Ensley High School - Jacket Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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THE GLEAM 21 blems of our community, state and nation, we have resolved to form ourselves into an organized body which shall be called “The Civic Welfare League of Ensley High School”. The preamble explains the lofty purpose of the Civic League. We hope that the League may long be one of Ensley High’s best organizations. ----------:o:----------- The Ensley High School Library—Its Aim and Purpose The Ensley High School Library was organized in 1920. Up until this time there had been a library, but it was not so arranged that it was easily accessible to teachers and students. By the cooperation and aid of the Birmingham Public Library, the books were classified and catalogued and a trained librarian, Mrs. Mary G. Messer, was placed in charge. During that year, by the loan of books from the Public Library and under the librarian’s guidance, the library proved a valuable asset to the school. In September, 1923, the high school libraries of the Birmingham School System which heretofore had been under the supervision and direction of the Birmingham Public Library were taken over by the Board of Education. Many valuable books have been added from the funds and library of the late Dr. Phillips, whose death occurred in the summer of 1921. The chief purpose of the Ensley High School Library is to acquaint pupils with good books and their authors. The celebration of the different “Weeks” in the school this year has greatly stimulated the interest in reading. Better English Week. Good Book Week. American Education Week, and other such “Weeks” have turned the attention of boys and girls to books. How many times has the following been said? “1 don’t know.............”. “I wonder what..............”. “I wish I knew..............”. We have splendid reference works, encyclopedias, etc., in our library that will help clear these problems. The library subscribes to approximately thirty current periodicals! among which may be found such magazines as the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Current History, Current Opinion, Literary’ Digest. Mentor, Outlook. School and Society, Good Housekeeping, National Geographic, Modem Language, American Physical Review, and others. Aside from these, we receive two daily papers, two French newspapers, and the papers of various high schools and colleges. GLADYS POOLE, Librarian.

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20 THE GLEAM President....................... ..............Bessie Lewis Vice-President....................-............ Clara Smith Secretary .................................. Katherine Seay Treasurer.................................... Vivian Cooper There is no doubt in the minds of all the members but that cooking will be an outstanding feature in the schedules of Ensley High pupils. Up until the beginning of this year, cooking was given very little thought except as a minor. Not so now; it has at last attained its rightful place and major credit is offered. BESSIE LEWIS, 24 -----------:o:--------- History Department—-The Civic League The largest organization of students in the Ensley High School is the Civic League, composed of the students and teachers of the Civics classes. This is probably the only organization of its kind in the Birmingham district, and, with the spreading of the gospel of good work it is doing, it is hoped that other schools will take up the idea. The meetings are weekly and the programs are interesting and educational. One week, subject of the program is, “Respect to Our Flag”; then, “Christmas Spirit”, followed by “High School Loyalty”. Thus the varied programs go on from week to week. Officers are as follows: President................................ ...Pickens Seroyer Vice-President.........-...-.................. James Vance Secretary and Treasurer...................... Mildred Wilson Advisory Board Joe Brown Robert Carlton Hovd Chambers Joanna Hardy Sterling Mayhew Willie Mae Murphy Hendrix McFarland James Nolan Vera Stapp Margaret Wilson The preamble to the constitution of the Civic League is as follows: In order to create more interest in problems which have civic importance, to promote a more diligent study of civic problems, and in order to lend a helping hand in the social, economic and industrial welfare pro-

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Senior Section Senior Class Officers President.......................................Henry McDowell Vice-President.... ....................... Dewey Vines Secretary ...................................... Bessie Lewis Treasurer........ ................................ Neal Andrews Historian........ • •••••••• mum Augusta Graves Prophet ...... .................................Burk Hargrave Essayist........................................Richard Moxley Orator...................... .................... Frank Carlton Lawyer...............................................Sam Spurrier Statistician................ —.............—------Oliver Branch Pianist..................... -........—---------- Sophia Bonfieid Violinist.......-........-.............. -......Mary Ramsey Poet............................................Edith Henderson Vocalists... Eva Zeigler Lillian Watkins Charles Crum Artists ......... Willie Mae Copeland | Mary Bryant Class Colors: Green and White Class Flower: White Rose Class Motto: “Our Horizon Widens As We Climb '. -----------:o:---------- Senior Banquet The activities of the Senior Class of the Ensley High School are events always looked forward to with keen anticipation. At the Senior play, given just previous to the Christmas holidays, it was estimated that tw'o or three hundred people were turned away in addition to the thirteen hundred who saw the play. Perhaps no Senior class of former years has enjoyed a more delightful social occasion than that given on Friday evening, January 11. At that time, the Seniors graduating in June honored those graduating in February with a banquet. The banquet was served in the lunch room of the Ensley High School. The decorations were beautiful. The high school colors, black and gold, were suspended from the ceiling in a most attractive manner, the shaded lights making a beautiful scenic effect. At one