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

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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

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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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Monday, January 30, 1956 T HE P R A I R I E P R E S S Page 3 Hoop-Crazy Hillsdale VVhen game time came Coach Sirnp- son still didn't know what was in store for the coming four quarters. This game would probably decide the championship of the conference. During the first quarter Coach Simpson found out what kind of trick the Cypress coach had up his sleeve, much to his regret. They were using a daring defense, with the forwards and guards going after the ball and their center guarding Tip like glue. The trouble was the defense was working and at the end of the first quarter the score was Cypress 20, Hillsdale, 8. The second quarter turned out the same way and the first half ended with Cypress leading 34-24-. But Snuffy fired them up to a fighting pitch. They came out with fire in their eyes and finally pulled the game out with a last ditch stand. The final score was Hillsdale 56. Cy- press 53. This just about sewed up the championship although they had another close shave with Slunkerlop by a score of -'1-9-41-7. The State Championship would be coming up in a month and the last game of the season was coming up with Lineingford this week and that would leave over three weeks of prac- tice for the tournament. The Line- ingford game was won with Hills- dale winning hy a score of 45-39, while the second and third string played most of the game. Coach had no thoughts one way or t.he other than to win or lose, He had high hopes for his team but wouldn't be too disappointed if they lost. CTO be continuedj UCC Basketball Tournament Driscoll's Rangers played North- side in the first round of the tour- nament Nfonday January 16, at Me- morial Auditorium. The Rangers won by a score of 34-25 in a game that was very finely played as all the tour- nament games were. High point man for Driscoll was Melisio Garza who scored six out of Driscoll's first eight points and wound up with ten points. High point for Northside was Homer Nlascorro with 12. The second round of the tourna- ment in which Driscoll played was against Baker on Tuesday at 4:00 o'cIock in the afternoon. The final score of this wild affair that finally ended with Driscoll on top was 30-27. At the half the Rangers were ahead by a '19-I0 score, But the second half was a different story. Baker came back with a valiant surge that was hopeless. Leading scorer for Driscoll was Sammy Garza with. ten points. Dropping in the most points for Baker was Richard Cook, with 15. The final round of the tournament was played Tuesday night after Dris- coll had defeated Baker and Cunning- ham defeated Sundeen. This was real- ly a rough and tumble game. It was a losing cause since the Rangers lost the game by a 46-33 score. Driscoll pulled up to within six points of Cunningham, only to fall behind to never catch up. Cunninghanfs big center, Lee Fant sacked in seventeen points to lead the scoring for the Cogars and th.e game. High point man for Driscoll was Billy Howell with twelve points. Pause...have a Coke Tee off refreshed Z The I Whispering Sands- What's this we hear about Jimmy Wells and Sally Clark going back to- gether. Yep, hear it,s true. . . .Did you hear about Linda Woods? She went fishing and really caught a big whopper .... Blanche Duff and Gerald Creel are still going strong. . , . Doris Rucker is having a birthday party at 3226 Huisache Street, Feb. 4-, 1956. I'm sure .everyone going will have a lot of fun .... Jane Plimper is really having a lot of fun at Canteen on Saturday night here lately. Wonder who? . . . Myra Jane Alston, Carolyn Alston, Eliza- beth Welali have been shaking dusk around here-and walking on clouds, couldn't be any special reason could it? . . . What's this we hear about Gwen Porche liking a certain boy over at Miller with the initials of J.P.? . , . Billy Howell seems to think a lot of a certain 8th grader, shall I tell, Billy? She's a doll, too. . . . Beverly Couch really thinks a lot of some certain boys out side of Driscoll .... Gilbert Balli just hap- pens to bump into Marcia Garcia also every day, quite a coincidence, isn't it? . . . Mary Guzman and Suzie Martinez and Sylvia Herrera think a lot of some certain boys at North Side .... Joe Vickers does think that some certain girl in his Homeroom. is really a cute one. Couldn't be a blonde could it, Joe? Yours till the sands began to whis- per again. SUN PHARMACY 626 OLD ROBSTOWN ROAD PHONE TU 4-8225 E E. o. MALEY, nruggise I It T BUDDY WHEELIS HARDWARE Phone TU 2-7689 IN THE HEART or SHELL CENTER Always Supplied With Your BEST BUYS Donit You Wish You Had.- Janice Pullium's clothes? Blanche Duff's hair? Linda Shoemaker's looks? Glenda Robert's football jacket? Florence Wright's flighty ways? Ginger Bedingfield's personality? .lane Plimper's figure? Pinina Norrod's grades? Joy Stanberry's eyes? Joe Weaver's clothes? Billy Howell's hair? Gerald Creel's looks? Leo Champion's football jacket? David B1-emeris personality? Joe Yardas' flirty ways? Jim Weeks' grades? Leland Freemarfs eyes? Saturday Night Canteen Westside Recreation Center's Sat- urday night Canteen is getting to be a gay affair, If you want a chance to let your hair down, come over and join all the cats. Some of the records that are really sending these cool cats The Great Pretender, Speedo , 'tDaddyo,', Only You , Moments to Remember . It's Almost Tomor- row . If you like to dance and are as gone on these records as most ofi these kids we know you will have a' good time. See you Saturday nightf HOLLIS-NEESE l AUTO PARTS ALL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION Ph. 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