Ensley High School - Jacket Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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THE GLEAM 25 Here’s to the gym girls! May their good work, training the freshmen, go on through the ages, carrying with it the ever prevailing spirit of loyalty to one’s self and others. May each girl be better for having taken gymnasium and let her motto forever be: “Carry on!” sara McCauley, ’26. -----------o--------- Tennis We have two kinds of tennis, inter-class and “gym.” The inter-class tournament is now being played and the winners so far are Edith Connor and Margaret O’Byrne; Dora D. Lloyd and Lorene Bas-kerville; Nell LeCroy and Beatrice Smiley. In the inter-class tournament two girls from the same class play for the champion of that class. The champions of one class play the champions of the other and when all the sets have been played, of course you have the “champs.” In the gym tournament a girl may select her partner from any gym class. Class sets play gym sets and the winners become tennis champions. The champions are awarded a loving cup upon which their names are engraved. This is an honor to be fought for and the highest ambition of every gym girl is to have her name on the cup. ZEMMA SINGLETON. ----------o--------- Baseball The baseball teams for the gym classes have been selected and some important games have been played. They are snappy teams and certainly show good sportsmanship. The captains of the two winning teams are: Florence Ficks of the fourth period and Louise Stapp of the sixth period. On November 19 the two teams clashed and settled the baseball championship of 1925. ZEMMA SINGLETON. B. M. CHENOWETH COMPANY Owners of BIRMINGHAM ARMS AND CYCLE COMPANY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SPORTING GOODS 103 North Twentieth Street 2017 Third Avenue, North BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

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24 THE GLEAM with a field goal. Then Ensley began a series of passes. McGonegle took a pass from Lowery and ran to the five-yard line and Lowery bucked the winning counter across. The entire Ensley line played a great game while Smith and Walker gained most of the ground with Country Lowery supplying the punch to put them over. HUGH ACKIS, '26. -----------o---------- Armistice Day Parade On November 11th our football team went to Sheffield to play Colbert County High, and a very great number of our students journeyed along. Because of this we were not able to get together any appreciable number to march in the parade. However, we gathered under the Ensley Banner some thirty-five or forty girLs—all dressed alike in dark skirts, white middies, Ensley caps and colors. Tt fell to our honor to lead the high schools and to march next to the R. 0. T. C. units. The parade as a whole was an inspiring sight and the streets were lined with people who were intensely interested in observing and keeping alive forever the memory of Armistice Day. -----------o---------- Initiation “All is well that ends well.” This quotation certainly applies to the initiation of the “rats” into the grand order of the gym girls; for what can conclude a well rounded initiation better than the old-fashioned “spanking-machine?” All rats,” so speaking, are much inferior to the upper classmen until they have undergone a number of ordeals which entitles them to an equal standing in the gymnasium. The “rats” are first christened with a suitable nickname, given to them in a very effective way so that they will remember it—by pouring a glass of water down their backs. Next comes the “stunt.” Each rat is required to exhibit her talent by amusing the upper classmen. The most enjoyable part of the occasion is the “grand supper” served by the upper classmen. Ow! How we all remember that grand six-course feast! Delicious food? Ah, yes! Cocktail a la fishfeet, soup of green lizards, slimy worms and cats' eyeballs served on elephant tusks. After the feast, the toastmaster asks each “rat” to select one girl whom she will solemnly promise to “love, honor and above all obey” for a period of one semester. At the end of the semester if her attitude has been one of loyalty she is given the honor of being referred to as an “upperclassman.” Ah, the fun one can have when she has reached such a height. She can then enjoy the sure movement of the “spanking machine” as never before.

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26 THE GLEAM | Literary Articles The group of Thanksgiving themes which introduces our literary section are those that were selected by Miss Luttrell to be given before the monthly meeting of teachers at Phillips High School. Thanksgiving I drift and drift in the deep sea of thought; And I gaze on a world of brown; Leaves that hang trembling at the crisis are caught And brought dancing to the ground. In yonder field brown cornstalks wave, As if beckoning to the sky; And perfect calm over all prevails save Lone, wandering winds that sigh. The sleek, yellow pumpkins from their fat sides peep Toward the tall, stately trees so bare; While the stern, black crow his vigil keeps O’er the ripening grain with care. Apples so red and rich brown nuts, Stored in a corner away, And the flash of the sickle as the grain it cuts Lend brightness to the children gay. Out from the laughter and happiness of all The fatted “turkey” strays, A pathetic note mingled in his call, For ’tis the last of his gobbling days. While o’er my mind all this does run, Its welcomed meaning holds, ’Tis “Thanksgiving” day chucked full of fun And various surprises untold. GRACE WILKEY, ’28.