Driscoll Middle School - Ranger Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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OFFICIAL V 3 ' ' ROBERT DRISCOLL BI-MONTHLY 1 A f 'fl JUNIOR HIGH ' PUBLICATION T ' ' SCHOOL VOLUME IV conpus CHRISTI, TEXAS, MONDAY, JANUARY so, 1956 NUMBER 10 Dri coll P RIH D DKI SHIGHI PRAI E OF STUD Mr. Gilbert Parish, principal of Hohert Driscoll Jr. High School, had this to say of the Student Council of last semester: Our school owes thu retiring offi- cers of the Student Council much for the contributions they have made to our school this year. Through their leadership the student directory was published as well as the revision of S.C. Reports State of Finances Receipts Balance June 1 54-6.66 Balance July 1 541.66 Balance August 1 331.66 Balance September 1 331.66 Refund from workshop 15.00 Ribbon sale I 525.00 Balance October 1 258,01 Magazine Sale 'l4429.'l5 San Benito Dues 39.00 Ribbon Sales 30,00 Balance November 1 6415.05 Ribbon Sale 10.00 Dance 8.00 Balance December 1 529.99 Student Directory 130.00 Balance .lilIll.lHl'xV 1 4-99.29 Balance .lmiuary 15 11474.35 Disbursements VVorlisliop fees 36710 Printing: 260.61 Curtis Maigaziiit' CO. 1076.36 Flowers 18.95 Gifts 41.00 Prizes 7.50 Camly 241.95 Cake 8.10 TOTAL DISBUliSElVIEN'l S 321767.21 xueen's Race 0115 120 Participate VVL-ll, ull Ihr' hrmmrooin nominees are elected and the cmnpnign has begun. Each liorxmrooni sr-loctvcl Iwo girls lo l'CI'll'l'50Ill, them and see how many IJUIIIIY votes they can get. Approxi- mately IQU girls will he campaign- ing. There will he one queen, two princesses, and about Ihr' first ton rurnlurs-lip will he rluclmsss-S. VV-ll0l'l vlmsen, lY1lCl'l, girl will pick a boy to escort her during the coro- rmlion in lVlarcl1. Good luck to all the nominees from the Prairie Press staff ! E T COUN IL i I i 1 i I l I the Student Handbook. They directed the annual magazine sale and assist- cd the Cheer Leaders in developing school spirit during the football and basketball season. But -even more than these they have worked hard in assist- ing in promoting slchool morale and loyalty throughout their term of of- fice. Our hats are off to Beverly Couch, your President, David Irving, your Vice-President, and to Cevile and Boho, your Secretary and Treas- urer. for a magnificent job of lead- ership. Also we wish to congratulate Elizabeth Weblm and Bob Finke for their part in this program as Par- liamcntarian and Sergeant-at-Arms. Mrs. Teeny Adkins, Student Coun- cil sponsor, was very enthusiastic about the accomplishments of the Council. Experienced officers were a great help in making our work run smooth- ly last: semester, said Mrs. Adkins. One of the reasons for the success of the Council was the fact that three of the officers attended the workshop last semester. The knowledge and ex- pc-ricnce they gained in Student Coun- cil work was invaluable to them in their positions as officers. I feel that this year's Student Council should receive special credit: for their untiring efforts in compiling the student directory. It is the largest we have ever put out and wc had a smaller number of people to work on it than ever before. Our parliamentary procedure was much improved because this year the Council had more material available from which to study. This Student Council did more work and had less entcrlaininent than any other, The Christmas. party was the chief entertainment the Council had. Due to the efforts of the Treasurer and his committee members and the cooperation of the whole Council, the finance proiects went well. Mrs. Adkins went on to say that she is not satisfied with the present ill'l'Hl'lgPlll0lll of one representative from two rooms, hut that it is a Inat- ter of l'lCL'GSSllZy. One good result of this arrangement, said Nlrs. Ad- kins, is that ihc committee's are smaller and therefore more efficient. This somoster's Student Council has been a pleasure to work with, and we are looking forward to a busy future. tudent Council End Acti e Seme ter STUDENT COUNCIL EVALUATES ACTIVITIES OF FIRST SEMESTER Even before school started this year the officers of the past semestefs Stu- dent Council were hard at work. They were preparing the slightly re- vised handbook for the students new to our school. Immediately following this, the officers and new student council representatives began work on the student directories, which con- tained more than 1500 names, ad- dresses, and telephone numbers. Al- though the Student Council was small this year, the directories were out in record time. An important and continuous pro- ject is the devotional work carried on for the second year by the Student Council. Each Monday morning some homeroom gives a devotional. Occasionally the Student Council members present the devotional them- selves and on special holidays they sponsor a special religious assembly, At Thanksgiving the speaker was Rabbi VVolfe of Temple Beth El and Student Body Elect Officers For 21141 Semester The Robert Driscoll Jr, High stu- dent body elected, their second semes- ter officers Monclay, January 16. Elected for president after serving as vice-president was David Irving. David is 15 years old, has brown hair, green eyes and his hobby is basket- ball. He lives at 922 Irwin with his parents and one small brother and sister. Filling David's old position as vice- president is Elizabeth Webb. Eliza- beth is 15 years old, has brown hair, brown eyes, and her hobby is hoys . She lives at 1322 Stillman with her parents, and two brothers, Gerard and Austin. Elected for the second time as secre- tary is Cecile Blackmon. Cecile is 15 years old. She has brown hair, green eves and her hobby is Ugossippingf' She lives at 422 Fairview with her parents ond one brother, Maxie, Re-elected for Treasurer is Boho Beynon. Boho is an eight grader, and is 13 years old. Boho has brown hair, blue eyes, and his hobby is sports . Boho lives at 41101 Up River Road with his iparents. one brother and one sister. We hcife that all the new officers succeed in doing their Ncjob well. ' at Christmas, Reverend Gray of Oak Park Methodist Church was the guest speaker. Beth Hall was chairman of the committee in charge of the devo- tionals. During the first semester plans were made to completely revise the student handbook for next year, in- cluding redesigning the cover. The constitution also got a complete ex- amination and several amendments will probably be coming up before the student body in the next semester. Bob Finke was chairman of the con- stitution committee and David Irving was in, charge of the handbook com- mittee. At Thanksgiving the civil Welfare collected and delivered seven baskets of food to needy families in the area. At Christmas the homerooms collected food and delivered it themselves. However, the Student .Council deliv- ered four of the baskets for home- rooms which had no way to do so. The courtesy committee sent cards, flowers, plants, and gifts to faculty members and students who were ill. Sharon Belcher. was chairman of the civic Welfare committee, and Maria Garcia directed the work of the cour- tesy committee. The stationery sale, the annual Curtis magazine sale, and the sale of ribbons and pom-poms for the foot- ball and basketball games, W6l'8 all projects to fill the treasury to over- flowing, The Strgdent Council has also begun work on' the Queen's contest and Coronation in Nlarch, which is the chief moneymalting project of the year. Bobo Beynon, treasurer, direct- ed the work of the finance committee. The success of many of the pro- jects and the fine school spirit are largely due to the publicity of the literary corrunittee. The literary com- mittee was resuonsible for all the post- ers and Pulilic Address announce- ments needed. Carey Griffin was head of this committee. The Student Council 'is sponsoring a contest for the homeroom with. the most beautiful garden. The gardening committee has dug up approximately twelve gardens this first semester. This committee also worked on the Thanksgiving and Christmas decora- tions. Jack Pratt was chairman of the gardening committee. h Besides assisting Mi's. Youngman's homeroom with the decorations, the Student Council furnished candy fav- fContinued on page 4-5 5

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Page-1' THE PRAIRIE PRESS Monday, January 16, 1956 1' 1 Driseoll's Loss tof b' Cmmingham Is Heartbreakerg Teams Work Hard Although boht games were lost by Driscoll, none has anything to feel sorry about. Both games were close and well contested. Ranger The first game between the B and the Cunningham B was a at the 5-1, in second -very good game. The score end of the first quarter was favor of the Rangers. The quarter ended also in favor of Dris- coll. At this point the tide turned. From then on it was all Cunningham. In the third quarter Driscoll didn't score a point and the quarter ended with the score 17-9 for Cunningham. Driscoll outscored the opposition in the last quarter but the rally was in vain for the final score was Dris- coll 17 and Cunningham 23. The second game was even closer contested and more evenly played. The first quarter was very close and the score at the end of the period was six-five in the Rangers favor. The second quarter apparently ended in a 12-12 tie but there was amis- take in the scoring and it was 12-11 in favor of Cunningham. The sec- ond half was really a dog fight. The score see-sawed back and forth and at the end of the third quarter was 28-25 in favor of Cunningham. The battle was iust getting underway in the fourth quarter, with the Rangers behind they started to edge up to- ward the lead. Although they lost 37-34, all agreed that the teams were very evenly matched and were sat- isfied, that is, everyone except the Driscoll fans. Student Council Officer Candidates President: Beverly Couch and Da- vid lrving, both ninth graders. Vice-President: Beth Hall and Eliz- abeth Webb, both ninth graders. Secretary: Cecile Blackmon, ninth grade. Treasurer: Adolph Schmidt, seventh grade: Bobo Beynon, eighth grade: Jack Pratt, eighth grade: Maria Gar- cia, seventh grade. QIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIE 2 MOORE ELECTRIC co. 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When I talk with some of my male friends he forbids me to talk to them. E.C. Dear E.C.: If you are not going steady with him-I would tell him to go jump in the lake. If you are going steady with him I would tell 'em that your friends are his friends. CI wish I could be around to see and hear thislj Pouse...hove o Coke Tee o ff refreshed vwvvvvvvvvvvmvvvvv SUN PHARMACY 626 Ol.D ROBSTOWN ROAD PHONE TU 4-B225 Dear Teardrop Club: My boyfriend is insanely jealous. Whenever I talk to one or some of the other boys, he gets raging mad and threatens to beat the boys up. I'm really nuts about him, What shall I do? C.P. Dear C.P.: My advice is to find a more civi- lized. boyfriend: one who only threat- ens to pull hair. Jokes Daddy, said little Willie, 'LI want to get married. Very Well,', replied his father, Who do you want to marry? Grandma, was the prompt an- swer. I-Iold on there, said dad, you rlon't think I'll let you marry my mother. VVhy shouldrft I? retorted the boy, You married mine. 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Page 2 T H E P A I R I E P R E S S Monday, January 30, 1956 THE PRAIRIE PRESS STAFF Editor-in-Cllief ..... ..................,.......,..............,,.,.....,.....,....,,. ..,,..,,,,,. M a ry Mosel Assistant Editor ....... ....,... P inina Norrod Business Manager ...v. ................ B etty Mull Society Editor .......... ......... Ann Donaldson Sports Editor ...................,........ ....... .... . . . ............. ............,,.. J oe Vickers Assistant Sports Editor ....................................,..,,,,............................ Billy Howell Reporters ............ Cecile Blackmon, Beverly Couch, Sylvia Herrera, Betty Sue Chandler, Gwen Porche, Manuel Cano Reporter ....,..........,... .,.,,.......,....................,.............,....., R ay James Advertising Staff ........ .......,....... J udy Blackmon, Sue Ann Gore Sponsor ................ .. ,..,.....,.............. Mrs. Cappi Adams STAFF TUTTER . . . NOW IS THE TIME Ooh! I'll never make up for that Ri I might as well give up now! Have you heard remarks like this running down the halls? I have. I hope it wasn't you that said it. If you did slip up and make an R on your report card, you sliouldn't feel like the world's coming to an end. Still, you certainly should not have that I don't care feeling. If you did make an R, by golly, you should get out and at least try to make up for it. We have just started a new nine week period, a new semester. Now is your chance to 'make up for any bad grade you have made. Don't put it off until the next nine weeks, do it now. There are approximately 1600 students at Driscoll-1600 future leaders of America. Let's be sure it remains a free, rich, and well-educated America. It's up to you. Gwen and Betty Sue ll! if if GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE One of the biggest iobs we have is learning how to get along with people. If you are unable to cooperate and get along you are in a pretty bad shape. Getting along with people is more than just being a yes-man or letting people walk over you. It means treating others like you would like to be treated. Nothing turns a friend into a foe as much as belittling. Often it isnit what we say but how we say it which angers people. It is just as easy to say t'Will you as You will! People would much rather be asked than ordered, even though you have the authority to order them. Too, we need to know how to smile. A friendly, genuine smile has more charm than all the makeup in a drug store. We can't get away from people so let's learn to get along with them. We must be friends to have friends. Mar'y CATCHWORD PUZZLE NO. 3 This week we have Catchword Puzzle No. 3. Only students in Robert Driscoll are eligible to enter. No entries will be accepted before Tuesday, 8:00 A.M. and after Wednesday, 3:15 P.M. Take your entries to lVIrs. Adams in Room 20, do not take to staff members. The first person to tum in the correct entry, will receive 32.50. ACROSS 34. Single 1. A note in the scale 55- Cafllfm fplumli 5, A Cut of beef 37. Utterly beautiful Pitch An eruption on the skin A sea eagle One of the great lakes A brand of chocolate cookies To allow District Attorney Relative Cabbreviationj Divine announcement Idol Resolute Finis A storyteller of fables Beef from a young animal Spanish for Uday To rip A pronoun A note in the scale An Italian sports car A place of battle A coal-tar product used for dye- ing silk Room of a church Spanish for the Spanish for tea Girl's name CFrenchj To ooze Sorry golfers Bird's house American Expeditionary F Cabbreviationj Study of the Bible Headgear Cpluralj Pertaining to milk Meadow A preposition A buddy To lease Large timber To peel To beg Reserve Officer's Reunion Cabbreviationj H20 Latin for bone DOWN Animal appendages Anger A smooth furrow Short for chocolate To give in Metal in natural state Against Spanish for know A large woody plant Eye-catching Female deer of the sea Not permit Mistake To act French for the Louisiana Cabbreviationj Father Openings A preposition A falsehood Form of to be 0 FC C 38. Short for Wesly 41. Texas State Educators Cabbre- viationj 4-2. Same as 1, across 4-41. Regard 4-5. Form of to be 46 Past of feed 4-9. Biblical pronoun 51, WOlllilH,S nickname 54-. Inside 55. One who gets i 58. Bank employee 60. Bedded down in tents 61. Tlierefore 63. A note in the scale 65, Abbreviation for margarine fpluralj 66. Equipment 67. Sweet potato 68. Masculine pronoun 1 1 69. Article 70. Argument 72. A cross 76. Same as 45 down 78. Brother Cabbreviationj 79. Pennsylvania fabbreviationj New Officers Elected The following officers were elected to serve for the second semester: Orchestra First Period President, Pinina Norrod Vice President, Gwen Porche Secretary, Ann, Porter L Treasurer, Cecil Kemp Seargent at Arms, Richard Zey Reporter, .lo Askey li K K Orchestra Second Period President, Joyce Byre Vice President, Sandra McLeod Secretary-Treasurer and Seargent ' at Arms, Sandra Cornett i U if Orchestra Third Period President, Walter' Gernand Vice President, Robert Wells Secretary-Treasurer and Seargent at Arms, Ruben Acuna I R U Mrs. Crider's First Period F.H.A. ' President, Jerry Mackain Vice President, Socono Flores Parliamentarian, Viola Gernaclt Treasurer. Joyce Jackson Song Leader, George Stein Reporter, Mickie Munoz 1' '72-753-7939-D5'B9'75B'?2-D53-B939-29952 15 lNGl.E'S GROCERY Q als The Friendly Super Market Q S 802 PEAIODY - Phone TU 4-6472 Q mKf'54GKC'KC'Kf'K4'K6E'34'E64'GGC'E6C' E