Ensley High School - Jacket Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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THE GLEAM 9 American Chemical Society Contest For the past two years the American Chemical Society has offered prizes for the best essays on subjects dealing with Chemistry written by the students of the High Schools of the United States. There are six state prizes awarded to the writers of the best essays on six assigned chemical subjects. The state winners are entered in the national contest. The prize for the winner of the national contest, for boys, a four year scholarship to Yale and for girls, a four year scholarship to Vassal . Jane Summers, 1925, won first place in Alabama and later national honors in the 1924-25 contest. Vassal requires every girl to be seventeen years old before entering and as Jane was only fifteen, she had her scholarship transferred from Vassar to the University of Michigan. PAUL MORROW. ’26. -----------o---------- Do Your Best It has oft’ been said by the men of old That the truest hearts are composed of gold, That the truest lips speak the words sincere, That the mutest ears try the best to hear. It has, too, been said, in the years gonq by That the ones who win are the ones who try. That the ones who try live in joy galore, While the ones who cheat live to try no more. Now, the only truth that I’m to reveal Is to live a’right and from Time don’t steal, Make your minutes count, always do your best, And you’ll find yourself far above the rest. C. F. HfLL, ’25. -----------o--------- Montevallo We are proud of the record of our girls at Montevallo. There were more than seventy-five girls who tried for the Dramatic Club and of this number only six succeeded in making the club. The only Freshman in this successful six was our own Catherine Allen who will play the leading part in the Montevallo play to be given in Auburn, Montgomery, and at Judson College. There is a club in Montevallo which features strongly in the life of the

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8 THE GLEAM Graduates of the 1925 Class Who Are Attending College B'ham-Southern Miriam Sayer Claude Chamblee Dorothy Ransom Majorie Sayer Fred Treherne Clara Warren Marion Hurlburt Helen Albert J. M. Ball Thomas Barrett Wayne Dean Wilmont Cooper Rosabel Cantrell Nena Jo Cantrell Cecil Folmer Claudine Lacey Minnie Mae Shannon Harbin Singleton Sarah Riggs Elva Roberts Alex Patterson Fountain Hair Doris Finch Wilfred Hardin Cecil Pondor Cadle Propst James Waggoner Cecil Wilhite Howard College Aubrey Riggins Martha Bradford Elizabeth Leslie Jewett Motley Alwilda McDonald Earl Jackson Dorothy Smith Elizabeth Teague Selwyn Smith Auburn Raymond Fayet Floyd Huffaker William McCall Hardwick McLaren Edna Creel C. H. Ellis . Alex Marshall A. T. McCall Duke University Ralph Morrow Harding College William Scott Vernie Rowe Randolph-Macon Evelyn Barrett University of Ala. Catherine Byrum Robert Marston John Flautt Ida Fisher Livingston Normal Minnie Wade Corey University of Mich. George Brisban Jane Summers Montevallo College Gartrell McCurrey Catherine Allen Alma Almon Elizabeth Bryant Nell Harris Judson College Louise Jackson Dorothy Morrison Alberta Appleton Margaret Hassler

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10 THE GLEAM college composed of the presidents of the different classes and the presidents of the different clubs. Alma Almon, ’25 was elected secretary to this club. Membership in the Math. Club at Montevallo is based on a year’s satisfactory work in Mathematics. Ensley High is represented in this club by Mary Bryant of the class of 1924. ----------o--------- Birmingham-Southern Our girls at Birmingham-Southern are winning honors also. Nena Joe Cantrell, ’25, Clara Warren, ’25, and Marion Hurlbert, ’25, have made Le Cercle Francais. The try outs were conducted in French. Clara gave the Life of Joan D’Arc, and Marion sang a French song, Alouette, and Nena Joe gave La Marche Lorraine. Three cheers for the cheer leaders! Thomas Barrett, ’25, has been elected one of the Freshman cheer leaders at Southern. ----------o--------- Birmingham-Southern Our Music Department is not without its share of the honors won by our Alumni. Thomas Barrett and Cecil Folmar of the class of ’25 have been elected to membership in the Birmingham-Southern Glee Club. Cecil also plays in the orchestra and the band at Southern. ----------o--------- University of Michigan Ensley High School is a preparation for life and we are always glad to hear of the honors which come to our students who have left us. The University of Michigan boasts of an enrollment of fourteen thousand. One of the organizations there is the Portia Honorary Literary Society the membership of which is limited to twenty-five. This year there were only four vacancies to be filled. The tryouts were conducted before the entire faculty of the University. Of the three hundred who tried out this year our own Jane Summers was one of the successful four.