Ensley High School - Jacket Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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8 THE GLEAM Christmas Christmas, Christmas, each time you've passed, You've found us wiser than the last; Wiser, yet older by another year. Advanced, yet diminished, in our career. When you find us on each December day, You bring to our memory a holy day; Out of the years, past and gone. We recall a day when Christ was born. Once on a holy and wondrous night There shot from heaven a lustrous light, Shedding its glory from on high That all might know that God was nigh. Though time may roll his cycles on. That light shall ne'er grow dim or wan. But shall fill the world with heavenly chimes, And remind us all of Christmas times. FRED SHORT, ’24 ---------:o:---------- A Secret A new boy has come to live with us, And over him we girls do fuss; Because of his charms and sunny smiles. We try to capture him with our wiles. His eyes are blue and his cheeks are rosy; He always reposes in a swing very cosy; He cuddles close to us, and fondly caresses Our golden, red, brown, or bobbed tresses. Though he does not smoke, he keeps late hours, And uses all his charms and powers To attract the attention of everyone, So we maidens will notice him alone. When I go home, his bright face welcomes me; In me there are no pangs of jealousy; I’m sure he does not love another; How can he? He's my baby brother. SOPHIA BONFIELD, '24

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THE GLEAM 7 South are as wonderful as the West, each in its own way. California has been advertised. The people, especially the native sons and daughters, sell their state to the visitors. They advertise by large sign boards, newspapers. printed pamphlets and by word of mouth. They are hospitable. They talk constantly of California and its good points and at all times make excuses for all unpleasantnesses. After considering and weighing in the balance, all the good and all the bad, I find that wherever you are, whether North, East, South or West, you will find the same proportion of good things and the same proportion of bad in any section. After all contentment and happiness remain within ourselves, and the amount each individual holds depends largely upon his own desires to adapt himself to his surroundings, and choose only those things which make for the betterment of him. CAP. NEAL. -----------:o:----------- Home Lonely I wander through the woods. O’er many a hill and dale; I wander by many a waving field. And linger in many a vale; But no matter where I wander. Be it far, or be it near. To me there is no earthly place So sweet as home, and dear. ROGER RUSSELL. ’25 :o: A Star The unknown is an awful thing, and as I lie on my cozy little bed to-night peering through my window, through the bare branches of a giant tree, I see something that makes my very being throb with excitement, that makes my mind run in strange channels never dreamed of before. What is it I see in a far distance? It is a little star, shining and gleaming and bright. I'm thinking of you,- little star, and as I see your twinkling form and guiding light I cannot help but wonder that if within your bosom slumbers a tribe of mortals like unto ourselves; if they are greater in knowledge than ourselves; greater in spirit, strength—Oh, what a tale you could tell, little star, shining in the heavens. Perhaps your life is tinted with a sadness sadder by far than our own. Fame may fade, glory and riches may pass into the things of the past, but you remain steadfact, always twinkling forth your rays of glimmering light that make men wonder. We grow from our infancy to our manhood and you see us through our many struggles, through our trials and triumphs, through our joy and happiness, through sorrow and pain, and you see us pass away suddenly as we came. WILLIAM McARDLE, 25

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Chapel Exercises At ------------ E.H. S. The principal of the Ensley High School believes in making the chaj el exercise a vital part of the school day. He calls from 10:30 to 11:00 A. M. his class hour. The textbook he uses is “High School Song Rook by Zeiner, and who among us does not believe that our principal somewhat likes this text? Who does not know the anguish of being sent to his locker for his song book? Has one escaped? If so, he doesn’t know anything about a spinal chill and the horrors of encountering an angry police force always parked in the halls around 10:35 A. M. When we get our text , however, and return to the auditorium, the smile of our principal seems to say: Let’s forget our worries. Suppose we sing a little. And we do! When we finish singing, there is always something else interesting. One of the most attractive chapel programs we’ve had was the one given the last day before the Christmas holidays. The orchestra, directed by Miss Warner, and the glee clubs, directed by Miss Troutman, gave a lovely musical program. After the last musical number, Marian Hurl be rt told most beautifully Henry Van Dyke’s story: The Other Wise Man. The program in full was as follows: 1. Hymn— Joy to the World 2. Scripture Reading 3. Lord’s Prayer 4. Orchestra Selections 5. Carols—Junior Glee Club, Assisted by Girls. A. Good King Wenceslas Soloists—Billy Cochran—Jim McDowell B. We Three Kings of Orient Are Soloists—Paul Morrow—David Broughton—Eugene Purdy 6. Girls’ Trio: It Came upon the Midnight Clear 7. Mixed Chorus A. The Birthday of a King B. To Victory 8. Orchestra Selections 9. Hymn— Silent Night 10. The Other Wise Man —Marian Hurlbert. A very interesting program was given at the assembly period on January 16 by the Science Department. It was the third of a series of pro-