Graham High School - Steer Yearbook (Graham, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 126 of the 1941 volume:

if 5 E 'L fx . 5 , gr V' W U l w N 1 x X xxx M539 XAQ .. lil.-Lg-. 4.L1...Ql1 THE GRAHAM STEER T e Steer Jl compilation of the weeklq newspapers published bq Cl'Le Stuclent Bo q Of Grd Q-1mHi 11 SCLOO Qraham, Texas Forewor In this, the first edition of The Steer, we have attempted to present every activity of the 1940-41 school year. The events of our school days are so dear to us that, while living them, they seem realities which We can never forget. Time, however, Will take its toll of our memories, and we hope these pages will serve to revive them. Dc ic.-llion To 3 man who is ever ready to render service and advice, who has shown his interest in the problems of the strdents, who is friendly and understanding, who takes great pride in his work- and the progress of Graham High School, who has as- sisted in the publication of our school paper time and time again, who has proved himself as a right- ful leader in the eyes of the stu- dents of Graham High and the citi- zens of Graham, we, the sta-if of '41, gratefully dedicate the first volume of 'tThe Stee1 ' to Mr. O. B. Rose, Principal of Graham High School. SUPERINTENDENT GRM-lAM PUBLIC SCHCGLS I. T. Gilmer, B. A, M. A. J I P w N P- 6 I THE GRAHAM STEER OUR PRGGRESSIVE BOARD QF TRUSTEES George Fore George Newton Secretary J. T. Rickman Dr. W. 0. Padgett President M. l.dl'mOUi' W. o. iviobiey Elcion Willis E GRAHAM STEER Q VADA BAIN, M. A. English Speech, 2 W Social Science HELEN BARNETT, B. S. Physical Education IRENE BISHOP, B. S. , Hornemaking ! of M .W MMM GARTH BAKER, B. S. Agriculture FLOY BISHOP, B, A. English FLOYD BOZE, M. S. Mathematics, Biology, . D rec Juni THE GRAHAM STEER ,wiff JOHN BRUCKNER, B. S. I uetrlal Education MAUDE DUNCAN, B. A. English, Speech i..l. NORINE ELLINGTON. M.A. Latin, English MRS. T. J. HOWELL., A. B. Dean, Study Hali Supervisor Z Z W. W. CLIFFORD, B. S. Coach of Basket Ball Ass't Coach of Foofball MILDRED HODGES. 5.1! fl i pu awww? ww 'i Mgfi RAY HUNT, B. Science B.S if S. THE GRAHAM STEER v nj , WILLIAM MAYES, B. S. Orchestra i SABRA PARSONS, M. A. English i i GEORGE ROBINSON. M, A. Social Sc'ence ,i We I, ,ff W LUCILLE MOORE, B. A. Librarian VERA PERIMAN, B. S Homemakinq MARVIN PRIM, B. S. Commercial NELSON ROSS, B. S. Asst Coach ef Football mf i -M . fi 11: 1'f'fd-iajgf A Q' 1 .9 nw-. -,, 'i 1, ,.,., U. , 'F ,fm-'WY' ' -F ' ' ifF'4':.,' -... ,H -i f 1, fr- .f--:-.,--5--1-vff,-q,?..... .,?.....,,,..i.,, W ,- ,V H , X. V W . ., , W . ,, vw A . Q 1 A 3.1, 5 iff! THE GRAHAM STEER I ' L Zi, fwf A E. F. SCOTT, M, A. 1 ' Mathematics, 'Tennis Coach 1 ,. J, is if ' 2 M. fl' 'AA RQ ' , Ir :V . l 1 . Q. 53 16 . E-9. -x lf 1 2. If .Ji . fi. ' r 'IZETTA SPARKS, B. A. Q Mathematics, Girl Reserve Sponsor ' ,V f x ' 1 'H ex , K 2 N fi - s Q-ii if X 1+-i. nAcHEL TYLER, B. A. Commercial, English fs '41 4' gif' .... . ' fi' ' - 4-J: b fy GEORGE WRENN, M. A. Co-ordinator ' 53' , ' 'L3Cf. .' F g,,5A.-1 j 115631 in g 5' if ,-Tl ff? I- ewif' ' . uf: W - zo -- A- : 'if'1n3i A-f ig -. .. A, f E-fi -r. -1- -A . V: 1- ' V - x xl: z f- 'A ml, - 1 5.1 6 I I of V J SMITH, B s ' . ' , 0 A 'Q Ma atlcs, Director of Senior Band ' OTHO TINER, B. E, Civics, Physical Education, Coach of Football I I I HOWARD TYS , .A. ' panislx p W - 'LJ i . - ' , l '-iff ' '-11' f-111 1 -I 3.45 . .,,- -fs:-1 ,- 1 Q, , ' . ,,,4g' W . . V l-H ', ' ,9h:T'l'-T, 'i zE..x.dx:.'.z..zBc..1.is.n,....-.if..M.,'u.:iu.Am.-.-.lzaasn-5-,.1.,,. ...-.1-..?:':.::i'F.E,..g..1.. .,,. ....,gm!1h1' fig. f ' 1 -,,,.,.,., A i I ...rw-.Y . THE STEER iVOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1940. NUMBER 'l Graham Steers Seniors Honor Girl Reserves Upset Ch1lCl1'eSS School -With Plaque Meeting Tuesday Bobcats, Score 13-0 Q The Steers defeated the Childress Bobcats here Friday, October 18, with a score of 13-0. The Bobcats held the Steers to a scoreless first half. The Steers held the upper hand at all times and kept the Bobcat star, Vic Bates, hemmed up behind his own line of scrimmage. The Bobcats kicked olf at the half and the Steers took the ball on the 30 yard line. Atter three downs Graham kicked to the Chil- dress 20-yard line. The Bobcats then kicked to about the 40-yard line and George Wilde brought it back to his own 45-yard line. In the next play Glenn Brock broke loose and ran 45 yards to a touch- down. J. R. Wilde failed to make the extra point. Graham kicked off and after a series of plays Bob- by Lawrence intercepted av pass, putting the ball into possession of the Steers on the 50-yard line. Af- ter a series of plays the Steers brought the ball into scoring posi- tion as the quarter ended. Then George Wilde ran over for a toucl:- down. J. R. Wilde converted the extra point making the score 13-0. In the last quarter the Steers ran down to the 1-yard line but lost the ball on downs. The Bobcats kicked out and the Steers 1'an the ball back to their 20-yard line. They but the game ended before they drove well inside the 20-yard line, could score another touchdown. The stars for Graham were Geo. Wilde, Douglas Carter, Jim Cook, Bob Lawrence, Morris Newby, Al- vin McClelland, Glen Brock and Bob Green. The ma-in players for Childress were Vic Bates and W. Trice in the fContinued on page 43 i Of Superintendent Donald Jones, representing the senior class of '40, presented a bronze plaque of Supt. Gilmer to G ra h a m High School before an assembly of all the high school classes on VVed- nesday, October Gilmer expressed his gratitude in a short speech ol acceptance a n d lie wished the I, T, GILMER class all success in their future un- dertakings. The plaque has been hung on the right side of the main entrance to the hgh school. HOMECOIVIING SPONSORED BY QUARTERBACK CLUB Friday, October ll, saw great activity in fulfilling the plans of the Graham Quarterback club for a full days program of homecom- ing. Registration for noinecomers was held in the hgh school building from 1 o'olock on, and many fami- liar faces were seen strolling thru the halls of the new building. Tea, coffee, and cakes were served in the school cafeteria by the home- making department, and music was provided by the school's modern two-way radio. The program wa-s climaxed by the Graham-Vernon football game. -- -lll The new face in Mr. Rose's of- fice is Kathleen Ardis, who is quick- y becoming Mr. Rose's efficient sec- retary. We wish her the best of luck! sr 1 Is Well Attended , -' q !'11 The Girl Reserves of Graham High School held a regular meeting' Tuesday evening at the -Memorial Auditorium with Marjorie -Street, president, presiding. One hundred and one girls answered the roll call. The opening song, Follow the Gleamj' preceded the businessineet- ing. A report from the service group was read showing that they were responsible for placing flowers on the teachers' desks during the homecoming. ' The 'Sedarmoc group told of their plan for selling mronogramed scarves in school colors at the football game Friday night. 'Ihe Social group reported seventeen member- S11iD dues paid, by far the best fi- nancial report, as other groups re- D0rted only three or four paid mem,- berships. r Mary Jo Johns, publicity group leader, conducted the following pro- gram: Mary King, What Is Per- sona1ity? g Mary Lou Scott, Per- sonal Attractivenessng and Jo An- 11ice Cornish, VVinning Nvaysf' A game, Test Your Charm. was en- joyed by the group. The friendship circle was formed on the la-wn of the First Presby- terian Church, and the meeting was completed with the sing'ng of Taps. ... i.- -1 T0 119117 the Steers continue the Willllillg pace, give them your sup- port by being at the game tonight. C A The staff of The Steer regrets' that many news' articles have been omitted from the paper. More news was submitted than could appear on four pages, Q , THE GRAHAM STEER THE STEER' Issued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. Subscription Price S1-00 Per Annum ' s T A F F T- I J. P. ELKINS ............ Editor JO ANNICE CORNISH .. Associate Editor. BILL BOASE ....,, Business Mgr. JOE McKINLEY ...... Associate Business Mgr. MARY McFARLANE, Society Editor MARY HELEN NICOLLETT .. As- sociate Society Editor SMITTY LUNDY .... Sports Editor CLAUDE BLOODWORTH .... As- sociate Sports Editor BETTY HULSE .. Exchange Editor MYRTLE HAWLEY .... Associate Exchange Editor. A SCHOOL PAPER? Will Graba-In High School have a school paper and a year book of the current events of our high SCh00l activities? This question is entirely up to the students of our high school. It is your school and YOU? choice. In your hands is the des- tiny of the paper. VVith immediate cooperation from you. under the title of subscriptions, the staff will put forth every effort in making the school paper an interesting one. Those considering the purchase of ai school paper probably have run into many unanswered questions that they would like to become acquaint- ed withwbefore making the necessary steps toward becoming a reader of Um' School DHDGP. No doubt such questions as these: Will I, as a subscriber, receive the value of my 31.50 subscription so far as actual content is concerned? How may I be assured that my year book will conta'n a complete list ot' all the Weekly publicatjons? May I, at times, present a composition of my own to be published in the paper? Will. the paper contain pictures? These questions can be a-nswered ery well with the plans that have been made thus far. A If and when you subscribe for the DHDGY. you are in doubt as to wheth- er you will receive the value of YOU? Sl1fbSCI'iDtion, I repeat that tl1e staff will place in the paper only those articles of interest to you and Graham High. 'Every article will be an effort to represent under- takings of the students of G. H. S. and to present a record in our year book that you may smile upon in the years to come. So, a-fter all, it is only a thought of what you con- sider your money's worth. Your purchase entitles you to two copies each week. One of these copies is on ord.nary newsprint pa- per, and the other will be printed on high grade paper. The higher grade paper will -be stored until it is bound into a year book in the spring. For the benefit of you who would like to write an article, it is your privilege to do so at any time. Sub- mit your writlngs to any of th.e staff members, and if it is suitable ma- terial, it will be placed in the paper for all to read alld enjoy. As many pictures will go into these publica- tions as do the funds of the paper provide. We, as the staff, feel a great re- sponsibility i11 the editing of the you, as readers, desire a of work for the money you have put into the cause. The staff real- izes your position, .and we shall shirk at nothing to -produce some- thing that will mean a great deal .n the way ,of ma-king G. H. S. more enjoyable to you. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM HOME ROOMS Miss Periman's home room has elected home l'001Il officers, They ire as follows: .. Robert Butler Vice-president . . . . . President .... Wileth Boyce Secretary .... .. . Lillian Burns Louise Crow Billie Babb This home room a-greed to elect 'l'reasurer . . . . . . Reporter ...... . ..... new of-icers every six weeks. l SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST First prize of twenty-five dollars was won by the .Senior Class float in the North Central District Fair DH.'1'Hde. The junior class won sec- ond, and the sophomore class won third. A clever float was also en- tered by the freshman class. All of the beflufllflflly decorated floats had la patrioticltheme, and eXh'bited the artistic ability of the school, school paper slnce we know that' real piece V Thinking Out Loud We Wonder: Why Wanda Bell was so disap- pointed when the band didn't march last Friday night. Where Mary King learned so much about football. Whether Mr. Rose wa-s more pleased with our victory last Fri- day night or 'with the twirling abil- ity of his small daughter. VVhy Marjorie Street will think twice before ordering pineapple soda pop again. Vlfhy Gertrude Bobo was espe- cially thrilled over our first touch- down last Friday night- -No. 17 did do quite well.. Why Alvin McClellan goes to the Clinic so often-we hear those nurses really appreciate h'm. Why Freshmen get smaller every year. We noticed Mary Jo Johns, ilVI'ary Etta- Carter, Cdeatta Douglass, and Quth Hickman wearing some awful- ly pretty chrysanthemums last Fri- flav niglit-Some people are just lucky! Steve Lindley sdpplied a good laugh at the Vernon game. Imme- diately after the Steers' touchdown, he grabbed the ball and started home! Imagine his surprise and embarrassment when he discovered the game was not over! We hear that VVa'nda MclCleski and J. Duff Pitcock are enjoying each other's company since last Sat- urday night. COUPLES WE SEE OFTEN Gwendolyn Edwards and Malcolm Stewart - Doris Mobley and Sid Hearne -- Lillian Burns and Gerry Bishop - Louise Laviolet and Bill Purselly - Gertrude Hubba-rd and Jimmy Hays - Mary Leslie -Swott and Bill Cooney - Gertrude Bobo and Glenn Brock -- Melba Thetford and Raliegh Newell - Exie Pearl Hayes a-nd Alva Lee Ana-ble - Charlsie Grace and Bob Morrison - .lean Clements and Douglass Cart- er - Pauline Morgan and Billy Len- nington - Frankie ,Sharp and J. R. Wilde - Joe McKinley seems to have his eyes on one of our cheer leaders and we don't mea-n Bill Bcase's new 1 girl. '- v71',qw . ,vw -1-qv-'H ,, - V , . ...' 5'v THE GRAHAM STEE'R' GRAHAM WINS OVER VERNON 7-0 In a thrilling last minute of play the Steers won their first confer- ence gameeover the Vernon Lions 7-0 here October 11. The Steers played what looked like a tie game until the last two minutes of the game. George Wilde led a drive down to the one-yard line and then dived over for the touchdown. J. R. Wilde kicked the goal, scoring the extra point. This ended what will probably be the most thrilling game of the season. The stars of the. game were Geo. Wilde, Cook, Newby, McClellan, and J. R. Wilde. GRAHAM B TEAM TIES MINERAL WELLS B TEAM 6-6 On Wednesday, October 16, the Graham B team was held to a 6-6 tie here by the B team from Mineral Wells. During the first part of the game the two teams seemed fairly even- ly matched. Late in the second quarter the Graham team staged a drive down to the ten yard line but the boys failed to score because of a penalty causing them to lose the ball. The Graham team kicked off to the Mineral Wells team at the half and recovered a fumble. Again the Steers ran the .ball down to the pay zone but lost the ball on downs Later in the fourth quarter a Min eral Wells boy caught a pass mn his own forty and ran for a touch- down. The game ended without either team making a serious threat for a' touchdown. The stars of the Graham team were Red Calwell, Kelly Conklin and Ward, backs. The outstanding Dlayer for Min- eral Wells was Wright. STEERS DOWN DENISON 7-0 The Graham Steers traveled to' Denison to defeat the Denison Yel- lowjackets 7-0. George' VVilde led the Graham Steers on a touchdown drive to the five yard line. Cagrter then took the ball and plowed over for the score. J. R. Wilde kicked the extra point. Denison made no serious scoring attempt. , Meet The Steers MR. 'DINER-Halls from VVaco, T. C. U. Graduate, 1 year football letterman, 3 yea-r track letterman, 2nd year in Gra-ham, coached for- merly at Masonic Hoine. Ambition: To have the nest school spirit in the state of Texas. Electra, told the FIRST PEP RALLIES ARE, HELD ON SQUARE Thursday night, before the game with Vernon on Friday, a pep rally was held on the court house lawn. The master of ceremonies, Mr. C. EL Penix, called on several peo- ple to give short talks. Among these were Nick Craig, Dr. K. D. Oates, J. T. Butler, the cheer leafd- ers, and Coaches. Between each talk school spirit was shown by yells and band music. Everyone then formed behind, the band and paraded around E the square. The second rally was held Thurs- da-y night before the Graham -Steers played the 'Childress Bobcats. Rev. S. C. Guthrie acted as mast- er of ceremonies. He called on Mr. Rose, Mr. Tiner, Mr. Clifford, Mr. Ross, Mr. Roebuck, J. P. Elkins, .,, 3, Ad l .H I-4 3 fl , ' I7 , .Inn 2 ri? if - .t,. vt ff! ,.,,.3 351 'xlfip sq.. . ig .A it-4 . 'i 'A George VVilde, and Morris Newbyqi' to make -short who scouted the talks. Mr. Ross, Bobcats game with audience just what to expect. The'band led a parade of the entire square. crowd around the . -..-1 , .., ,ff ., i A . tif.. Reev- 1 Hg . ffl, ny Av v .l ,, ,- J .,s MOUNTAINEERS W3 DEFEAT STEERS 13-6 4 The Mountaineers of Mineral A Wells held the Steers to a score of 13-6 at Mineral VVells Friday, Sep- MR. CL-IFFORD-Hails from Ed' tembel' 20. na. T. C. UA is alma mate,-Y 3 year During the first half the .Steers letterman i11 football, 3 year track Were N111 OVGI' by the M0LiHtair1eeI'S. I , letterman, 2 year basketball letter- The Steers ca-me back in the last man, 2nd year in Graham, played half with H' Score of 6-0 and when ' halfback in Sugar Bowl in '38, the gun Gilded the game. the Steers fel , were well on their way to another' touchdown. . L-L. . jf '- ..!'vI , ,E rg .L -2 Moinms NEVVBY-Age 17, left A end, senior, 3 year letterman, play- . V ,q ed 60 minutes of every game' last' GEORGE WILDE, Age 17. quarter-ii' year, named on all-district squad. back, senior, 2 year letterman named lA great leader among the squad. 011 All-District squad, played 60 min- L Outstanding end in Steers' history, utes in all of the 1939 games. A N -1 'M 3 E12 f. - 1 4 THE GRAHAM STEER Jn, 1 HOME ROOM PRESENTS RADIO PLAY Last Week Miss Bis'hop's Home Room presented the first actual radio play in the history of Graham High School. The play was a dramatiza- tion of Tennyson's narrative poem Enoch Arden. The broadcast, which came from Mr. Rose's office, was re- ceived in the auditorium at the as- sembly periods Tuesday and Thursday! The cast consisted of: Pauline Ball as the child, Enoch, Dorothy Askew as little Phillipsg and Gertrude Bobo as little Annie. Gene Brazelton play- ed the part of Annie grown up, with Maurice Aston as Phillip, and Gerald Bishop as Enoch. Claude Blood worth played the part of barkeeper with Betty Baker as- his wife. Ma- dell Brigham acted as Annie's daugh- ter.' The messenger was Dwight Cope, and the captain was Alva Lee Anable. Announcer and narrator for the event was Jean Clements. Sound effects were controlled by Glenmary Baker, and music was furnished by sGwendo1yn Edwards. i. FYFTY-THREE TEACHERS ARE ON GRAHAM SCHOOL FACULTY Graham now has on its payroll the largest faculty it has ever had. Four- teen of these teachers are teaching in Graham for the first time. The new teachers are: Miss Vada Bain, Social Scienceg Miss Irene Bishop, .Homemakingg Miss Sabra Parsons, Englishg Miss Vera Perriman, Home- makingg Miss Rachel Tyler, Commer- cialg Mr. John Bruckner, Jr., Indus- ,trial Artsg Mr. Foy L. Brantley, Principal of Shawnee Ward Schoolg Miss Ruth Huffakfr, Mr. William Mayes, Mrs. Eulah B. Swaim, Misses Rosemary Williams, Catharine Tice, Bird L. Glass and Elizabeth Murrell. elementary grades. GRAHAM UPS'ETS- fContinued from page ll backfield and B. Thompson and C. Epp in the line. Graham Childress 12 first downs 1 187 yards gained rushing 47 34 yards gained passing 0 3 of 9 pa-sses completed O of 7 5 for 166 punts 7 for 186 1 for 15 - penalties 3 for 25 'Y Two Classes ' Make Field Trip The biology classes of Graham High aSchool went on their first field trip Saturday morning. There were two classes, Mr. Hunt's class and Mr. Boze's wclass. The gI'01lD of 22 started at 6:30 in the morn- ing, willing and eager to hike and explore. The boys and girls were carried by bus out the Wichita Falls high- way. Alter traveling about 6 miles the students stopped and cooked their breakfast. After washing the lishes they travelled two miles far- .her, piled out, and hunted for In- dia-n bones. A week or two ago several bones were found around the rocks and caves in that vicinity. There were two hip bones, a skull and a part of a back bone of a supposed Indian, but no Indian bur- Lal ground was discovered. The students started back at Sl. Throughout the trip much enthu- siasm a11d interest was shown. The group returned very IIRDIJY and Hn' xious to go agaill- - l iFFA SWEETHEART lls SELECTED Gertrude Bobo was ter sweetheart by the their weekly meeting The members elect chosen 'Chap- local FFA in Wednesday. a sweetheart every year to act as hostess for their club. uvuss Jewel. eoso ' IS MARRIED Miss Jewel Bobo became the' bride of Mr. Frank Bunger on Oct! ill, in quiet rites performed in Wil- son, Oklahoma, where they will make their home. Mrs. Bunger will be well remem-i bered here, where she has scoresi ot' friends as Mr. Rose's secretary. THREE CHEERS FOR THE IHEER LEADERS! The pep that has become so in- fectious around G. H. S. lately can be attributed to the vim, vigor, and vitality of our newly elected cheer leaders, Marjorie Street, Jo Annice Cornish, Jimmy Hays, and J. P. . Elkins. Spanish Club Begins Year's Activities The Spanish Club day, O-ct. 16, and the dents were elected as Strickland, presidentg vice-president, Allie met Wednes- following stu- officers: Geo. Billie Babb, Grace Petty, secretary and trea-surerg and Ger- aldine Jackson, reporter. A pro- gram and appointed a social committee were by the president. The chairman of the two committees are Jean Roberts and Gloria Jean Strength. The members of the club decided to buy av club pin. The Club name is C'irculo Espanol. The purpose of the club is to bring a closer understanding be- tween us and the Latin American countries. During the year the club Plans to study about the geograph- ical conditions, as well as the cus- toms, dances, songs, and Mexican food. The students of past years have found that correspondence with the different countries to be very inter- esting, and this year the student who wishes to carry on correspon- dence will do so for his own en- joyment. The club plans to spon- sor several programs this year. They will probably be composed of S panish da-nces, music. plays, and Talks. They also plan to have a number of picnics. A special Christ- mas program will be given as well special programs on Spain, Mex- ico. Spa-nish heroes, sports, etc. At the present the club has a membership of twenty-seven. Any- one who is taking Spanish or has had Spanish is eligible for mem- bership. --i PERSONALITY CLUB DISCUSSES INFERIORITY COMPLEX The Personality Club had an inter- esting program on inferiority Com- plex in the library Wednesday, Octo- ber 16. The program leader, Maxine yKimmell, introduced Margaret Haw- kins, who gave a very interesting' talk on That Inferiority Complex. Mrs. Howell then gave an exercise on how to enter a room and how to sit down. The meeting closed at the sounding of the bell. an 4 HE STEER VOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1940. NUMBER 2 Honor Roll For First Month Is Announced The high honor roll for the first six weeks is as follows: . 8th Grade Blake Allison, Bill Bass, Glee Clements, Pearl Faye Corley, Mary K'ng, Reeves Moren, Margaret Ann Turner. 9th Grade . Gwendolyn Barrow, Lou Wallace Childress, Lorraine Gulley, Joe 'Lee Jones, Wanda Mc,Cleskey, Edwyna Prfgh, Fraink Lee Ragland, George Strickland. . 10th Grade Charles Atkinson, Donald Bills. Billie Louise Crow, Margaret Haw- kins, Mary Helen 'Nicolett, Auie Petty, Joyce Rogers, Jeane Strength, Ina Mae Monroe. 11th Grade Louise Cletcher, Myrtle Hawley. Post Graduates ' C. L. Holcomb. 1 ' BATON TWIRLERS ARE ORGANIZED The baton twirlers that have been going out on the football field at the half of our football games were orgaiiized to help entertain the audience during the half and to add color to the band. There are approximately sixty-five girls in this group. The majority of these are junior high girls, be- cause many of the high school girls do not have the last period off. The six mascots .are from East Ward., , , La Vern Brothers is largely re- sponsble for their ability as twirl- ers. Miss Tucker is sponsoring the group. - These girls are -going to the Gra- ham-Breckenridige game Friday night. Genevieve Yancey, Ruth Hancock, Alleene Rylee, , a-nd Exie Pearl Hayes, have assisted in typing news for The Steer' this week.- Speech Club Studies Radio Work In the weekly club meeting, those interested in speech met and adopt- ed radio work as -their theme for the year. Officers were elected as follows: President, Mary McFa-rlaneg secre- tary, Marie Simpsong treasurer, Jon Bloodwortlig reporter, Doris Mob- ley. Program plans and activities were discussed. The club is look- ing forward to an interesting year, when all the members may learn more about his particular interest in speech work. JO ANNICE -CORNISH NAMES SCHOOL PAPER The name of the G. H. S. IDHPGV, i'The Steer, was submitted by Jo Annice Cornish. She will receive a newspaper subscription and also a bound copy of these DHDGYS fl' the end of the year. The naming of the paper caused quite' a- bit of thought, some argu- ment, and much confusiong but now that the paper is named, everyone is satisfied. The committee that selected thi- name consisted of the president of each class. one student from each class appointed by the president, Mrs. Howell, Miss Parsons, and Mr. Tincr. K BEAT BRECKENRIDGEH! Tonight the Steers journey ,to Breckenridge to meet the Buckaroos for the first time in inter-sectional play. Breckenridge High has ,al- ways placed a formidable opponent on. the lield, and the '40 tea-in is probably no exception. Breckenridge is not so very far from hereg so let's re.l representation .eam to the finish. Come on, Steers, Buckaroos for a home' with our fifth straight vic- tory! turn out with a and back our let's toss those loss and come Steers Defeat Electra 38-0 -- - The Steers defeated Electra here Friday, October 25, by a score of 38-0. ' ' The Steers held the upper hand at all times. The first scoring alta tempt came early in the first quar- ter when a drive beginning on the 50-yard line ended on the Electra 1-yard line. lEHectra then kicked to their 35-ya-rd line. George Wilde brought it up to the 20-yard line. Bobby Lawrence broke loose on the 14 and galloped to ,a touchdown. J. R. Wilde, lmissed the kick .',, '1 Q The next touchdown came affew plays later when Bobby Lawijenccfi broke loose on his own 30 and ran' 70-yards for a. touchdown. 'J. R. 'Wilde's kick for extra point wa-s' blocked. In the second quarter George Wilde -broke loose from Electra's 31-yard line and ran 29 yardsjto score. J. R. lVllde's try for extra. point was no good. ' Late in the second quarter the Steers were again in scoring range, and George Wilde scored. J. R. Wilde kicked the extra gpeint. -ln the third quarter the Steers tailed to score, but in the ilourth quarter two passes, Wilde to .Newby -nd Wilde to McClellan, scored for touchdowns. Only one of the tries for extra points was completed. At this 'point Coach Tiner ran in a whole new team composed of the second string. They were still hi when the game ended. ' Game At a Glance Graham Electra 18 First Downs '2 140 Yards gained rushing 27 94 Yards Gained Passing 0 4 of 5 Passes 'Completed 0 for 1 for 20 Punts 14 for 516' S for 90 Penalties 3 for 15 The starting line-ups were: Graham: Ends, Newby and Mc- CContinued On Back Page? , ,A-.. THE GRAHAM STEER 1- '3' ,THE STEER, Issued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. -Subscription Price 51.00 Per Annum s T A F F '- 4. P. ELKINS .....,...... Editor JO ANNICE CORNISH .. Associate Editor. BILL BOASE ...... Business Mgr. QOE McKlNLEY ...... Associate Business Mgr. MARY Mc'FARLANE, Society Editor ,MARY HELEN NICOLLETT .. As- sociate Society Editor SMITTY LUNDY .... Sports Editor CLAUDE BLOODWORTH .,.. 'As- sociate Sports Editor BETTY HULSE .. Exchange Editor MYRTLE HAWLEY .... Associate Exchange Editor. WHERE'S OUR PEP? What'za matter with our student body? Since the Vernon game, our pep has fa-llen down very no- ticeably. Are you tired of the yells we have, or are the cheer leaders letting up? I can't account for tim lost enthus!asm, but I do know that to keep pace with our team we'v-3 got to show more fire than was shown even in the Vernon contest. We have something this year which Graham High ha-s lacked for a period of time, a winning ball club. So when we have a rally. let's have a pep rally, a rally with all-district class. Let's put something in it and have some of these old spine chilling ra-llies that will make our team want to go out and tear 'em'up. What do you say? ,The staff of THE STEER is grateful for all comment concern- illg the paper and is especially grateful for the opinions already ex- pressed by several' of our faculty. Mr. Gilmer commended the staff highly on their first edition. He said that THE STEER was a step 'forward in school publications. THE STEER, he said was on a much higher plane than most school newspapers in its content and choice of news. Mrs. Howell was pleased with the first edition of THE STEER. It is representative of the students of 'INDUSTRIAL ARTS is OFFERED STUDENTS The newest thing in Graham High at present is the industrial arts course taulght by John Bruckner, graduate of A. 84 M. Forty-two have enrolled for the new course with all four classes represented. The classes are mixed at the present but divisions will be made next semester. The present projects of the stu- dents vary from tie racks, -bird houses, and notebook covers of wood, to .boat construction and serv- ing trays. The entire department is working together on the con- struction of cabinets for the place- ment of tools. HOMEMAKING CLUB k BEGINS NEW YEAR The Homemaking Clrb met for the first time this year in the cafe- teria- of the high school, with eighty-three members. The .first meeting was an initia- tion service by candlelight. The new mem.bers lighted small candles from large 'candles representing friendship, knowledge, s e r v i c e, health, courtesy, and achievement. The table was decorated with the ':lu.b colors, green and white. The general subject the clu-b will :tudy this year will be Getting Ready for Life. The club officers are: president .To Annlce Cornish: vice president. Marjorie Street: secretary and trea- surer, Betty Raglandg parliamen- tarian, Dorothy Moore: reporter, Xlary Kathryn Norredg song leader, Rose Mary Rehders, and pianist, 'lwendolyn Edwards. These officers are planning to at- tend an area meeting in Vernon Saturday. Graham High 'School and their ac- tivities, she stated. Mrs. Howell also believes that the publication is something that will mean a great deal to all of the students in later years. Mr. Prim said our school paper was one of the school, for the school, and by the school. He stat- ed further tha-t publication from can learn more ties than from THE STEER is a which the students' about their activi- any other place. 1940-1941 CALENDAR FOR GIRL RESERVES' PROGRAMS Sept. 19-'Cabinet Meeting Sept. 24-Meeting of all old mem- bers Oct. 1-Swing-in Swing-out Pro- gram on S-tandpipe Mountain Oct. 8 - Wb:a.t-You-Are-About-To Get-Into and new members re- ceived Oct. 15-Personality and Charm, Sus Amigos Group Oct. 22-Ourselves and Others- Soclal Group Oct. 29- Hal1owe'en Social-4Sed- a-rmoc Group Nov. '5-Pin Ceremonial Nov. 12-An International Sing- Song-Arts Group Kid Across the Way Nov. 19-The -Service Group Nov. 2!6-November Social-S-us Amigos Dec. 3-VVho Am I?-Social Dec. 10-'Christmas Around The World-Sedarmoc Group Dec. 17-'Christmas Candle Light- ing-Service Group Dec. 31-New Year's Party-Arts Group Jan. 7-Our Worship Meditations Sus Amigos Ja-n. 17 - Everybody's Birthday Stunt Night - Social Jan. 21-No Meeting - Mid-term Exams Jan. 28-A Folk Festival-Sedan moc Group Feb. 4-My Boy Friends And I- Service Feb. 11-Boy-Girl Affair-Service Feb. 18-Talent Program-Arts Feb 2-5-Hobby Program-Arts March 4-An Evening in Holland- Sedarmoc March 11--March Social-+Socia:1. Ma-rch 18-Over the Mexican Bor- der-Service March 25-The Art of Making Friends-Arts April 2--Plans for Banquet April 9-Mother-Daughter Banquet April 16-A Flower Project-Sus Amigos April 23-Election of Ofjicers- April 30-Closing Social-All Social Gerald Bessie Allen and his white convertible 'car can be seen almost any time around. THE GRAHAM STEER BRAIN TEASERS We believe that everyone likes to try to solve puzzles. All of us like to have our ability challenged by some new situation, or some puzzling problem, and we feel no small sense of satisfaction when we have met the situation or solved the problem successfully. We pro- pose, then, to set forth a number of problems, or, puzzles. each week for your consideration. The solution of these problems will be Swell in the issue of the next week follow ing, and anyone solving -them 00 rectly will be given recognition at that time. Mr. Scott has agreed to take charge of this section of the paperg so if you solve the problems give him your solution before the end of school on Monday following their publication, in order that your name will appear in the next ls- sue. Also, if you have a problem you want printed, give it to Mr. Scott, and you will be given proper credit when it is published. Are you ready? Then here goes for the first problems-and they should not prove too difficult: ill What number is it tha-t when multiplied by itself, gives an an- swer less than the number itself? 123 What number it is that gives the same answer, no matter wheth- er you divide it by five, or subtract five from it? MR. BOZE'S ROOM PRESENTS DR. I. Q. The pupils from Mr. Boze's home room presented the assembly pm- gram Tuesday and Thursday after- noons. Filford Fultz was Dr. I. Q while his assistants were Joe Woods, Betty Ann Westerheizl--, Geraldine Willis, Betty Smith, Blan- che Smith, and Mary Glen Rhea. Also Patsy VVoods sang Blueberry Hill accompanied by Lou Wallace Childress. This program was pre. sented -by the compliments of Her- shey Kisses. N 0 T I C E ' A box will -be Dlaced on the stage in the auditorium in which students may put items of in- terest for the school paper. THE BLUE BONNET GIRL RESERVES ' The girls who cannot meet every Tuesday night at the regular Girl Reserves meeting have organized a Blue Bonnet Gdnl Reserve Club that meets at the Wednesday Club pe- riod. The following officers were elected: 'Bernice Strickland, Presl- dentg Velda Bradshaw, secretary: lmogene Davis, reporter, Marcella Morris, song leader. The four group leaders are Clytee Burdick, Anna Jewel Atwood, Mae Bullock, and Marguerite Milligan. Each chair-N man and her group is to present one program a. month. Miss .Sparks is the sponsor of this club. - FUTURE FARMERS BEGIN YEAR'S WORK The Graham Chapter of the Fu- ture Farmers of America have or- ganized this year with an excep- tionally large membership. The chapter has a total membership of something over 140 boys. Billl Boase was elected presidentg Arthur Lee Shahan, vice presldentg Bill Bort, secretary3Bill Pursley, reporter: Bill Heighten, treasurerg John Wragg. Farm Watch Dogg George Lynch, Pa-rliamentariang and Mr. Rose and Mr. Baker, advisers The chapter has set up a definite program of work, paid their dues, and initiated their Green Hands. The boys are setting up plans for developing their ability as leaders: plans for community service: plans to improve their scholarship: plans to do their work cooperativelyg and plans to save their money. - ?.1. BOYS' GLEE CLUB IS ORGANIZED For the first time in the history of Graham Hi-gh School a. Boys' Glee Club has been organized. Twenty-eight fboys are enrolled, un- der the direction of Miss Mildred Hodges. The group made its first public appearance at the pep rally on October 25, when they sang the ' Alma Mater. The senior clafss is going on a hayride November sixteenth. They have been trying ever since they were freshmen to have a hayride and finally succeeded. If only it i , doesn t rain! I GRAHAM B TEAM BEATS OLNEY B TEAM Playing their third game of the season, the Graham B squad dc- feated the Olney Cubs 21-0. Graham scored early in the first quarter, when, after several vasses. Peavy Ward plunged over from the ten- yard line. Haberthur scored the extra point. Late in the second quarter Conklin scored on a beauti- ful run that started from his 40- yard li-ne. The third quarter was scoreless,- but Graham threatened several times. Late in the last quarter the Steers marched down to the five. Caldwell scoring from a play around end. The Grahamteam showed a great passing attack, with Ward and Caldwell doing the pitching. The Olney club was- outplayed in near- ly every position. NEW CLUB IS ORGANIZED The students who are interested in creative writing have organized a Scribblers' Club. These students ,plan to write original dramas, short I 1 I stories, poetry, news articles, and essays. The following officers for this club were elected for this semes- ter: Louise Cletcher, president: Pau-line Ball, vice president: and Rhythene Baker, secretary and trea- surer. The president appointed a reporter to report the-meetings for :ne month st a. time, so that every- nne in the club might have the ex- perience of writing news articles. Louis Pitcock is reporter now. Allene Rylee and Raythene Baker were appointed as the constitution and by-laws committee, and at the last meeting the chairman present- stl the constitution and by-laws 'to the club to be corrected and accent- ed Miss Parsons, advisor of the club. told the club of two poerty contests that high school students might en- ter. Mr W1'en's home room officers were selected at their regular meet- ing October 28. They were as til- lows: president, Glen Denny: vice- president, Louis Pitcockg secretary and treasurer, June Elllotg reporter, Mary Doris George. THE GRAHAM S'TEER GIRL RESERVES HAVE HALLOWE'EN PARTY b .11 0ne hundred a-nd eight girls took part in the Hallowe'en Festival at the Memorial Auditorium Tuesday night. The 'Sedarmoc group of Girl Reserves had charge of the enter- ftainment. 'Dorothy Moore and Miss Tulcker directed such games as .bean bag rela-y, eating apple contest, bean race, and folk dances. A grand march led to the assembly room, which was decorated .in'fall leaves and 'lighted -with jack-'o-lanterns. Refreshments consisting of Hallo- we'en sandwiches, pota-to chips,-and cookies were- served. This was indeed a high occa- sion ' 'for all girls and the Sedar- moc group, and' their leaders 'are due much credit for their work 'of planning and directing so efficient- ly an hour of entertainment for S0 many. Before singing of taps, announce- ments- .were made -concerning , the next meeting, at which time all girls who have met the require- ments of paying dues. and saying the code and quest will be recognis- ed as Girl Reserves. A ceremon- nial lswbeing, planned by Girl Re serves of long standing, and only those girls who have met the above requirements will be permitted to take Perf- . -.. INJURIES . 'Douglas -Cox 'fis still nursing a broken arm. - Martha Jo Hawkins has been- con- fined to her bed for the 18.511 few days, after having a tooth pulled- Leonard Eteele -has been attempt- ing to come back to school, but his broken arm will not allow it. Fingers 'are common things to he Wrapped up,-but Marva Dell Tubbs has been suffering with a bone felon.- STEERS DEFEAT lContinued From- Front Pagel Czlellang Tackles, J. 'R. Vvilde and Herringg Guards, Joyce and Coonel'3 Centers- Allang Backs, Lawrence, Cook, Carter, and George Wilde. -Electra: Ends, Bissell -and Rain- eyg' Tackles, Goodson and-:Header sbngf--Guards, Crews--and -Gillies: Center, 'Stariselp Backs, B. Gillum, McDaniel, Pearce, and Vvilliams. Meet The Steers x ff' JIM COOK-Age 16, senior, year letterman. Plays -for -keeps, honorable mention in '39, guard. 0118 , . BOB LAXVRQENCE-junior, presi- dent, age 16, one year letterinair eligible for 2 years, treks to Breck- enridge frequently, blocking back. --,f ----1----f-e - -- J., R. WILDE-age .16, sophomore, one. .year -letterman, hails' from Spring Creek, conversation artist, ' tackle. I YEHUDI SAYS From all the reports of the fresh- man pa-rty last Saturday night, we certainly have an up and coming bunch of fish ! ! Bill Boase would have made many a matinee idol turn green with en- vy last Saturday night when he was seen with Isabelle MOFarla'nd of Fort Worth. ' A Billie Mae Tackett certainly rated the Aggies, over'the week-end!! lt was Alfred Mobley Friday night and 'John Hayes .Satufrday pg ni. Wonder who contributed the mili- tary jewelry. , Don Ha-den finds algebra class more 'enjoyable these days. Could Wanda be her name? ' More than one unattached male has. wondered who enjoys Fleeta Ford's company. .Geraldine Martin and Eugene George- seem to have al pretty .bad case of softening of the hearteries. It seems '5PerkP' Purselly has fin- ally found his - one and on1y in Leoma Brothers. ' . Bette Baker says 'she can't re- memberywhether it was Charles or James Friday night but on Satur- day night -' there was no mistaking Curtis, who now hails from T. C. U. Timmons and Taggart. Inc., are 'is consolidated as ever. Jimmy Cook says he had lots of fun Saturday night. Wonder wheth- er Pauline Morgan was the reason? Rumor has it that Dorothy Crow is looking to Darwin Willis for en- tertainment lately--and ,vice versa. Mary Lou Scott and .loe Hays were noticed together over the week-end. ' H' I We never ,see V Morris Newby iaround any more-wonder if ho' spends his few spare minutes-,wrib ing. letters, to Ruth Hickman? Ask Margaret Hawkins who Paul is, and watch her blush! -J. T1 .Privitt says he's lost his: woman, -but to wa-tch him every noon period!!! -. - After a slight disturbance, the Laviolet-Purselly' friendship. is, as close -as ever, . The look on George. Wilde's face when 'he thought Miss, Bishop had' assigned .ga fifteen. page theme would 'have stopped the ilentire Breckenridge linel' n THE STEER VOLUME 1 GRAHAM . ,.w, HIGH SCHOOL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1940 NUMBER 3 Junior High Geography Class Gives Program For Juniors and Seniors Miss Bunting brofught her home room from junior high, and pre- sented songs and dances typical of the British Isles. Aside from the group dances and songs, Bobby Ruth Crawford and Bobby Bass, dressed in native Scot- tish plaids, danced the Highland Fling. ' An Irish mother was Dortrayed by Frances Nantz. A-15.0 ggn early American folk dancg was given by the students. The program closed with the sing- ing of God Bless America by the entire assembly, led by John Hocka- day. ' Harry Cain was the announcer for the proB'I'8?m-' ' CIRCULO ESPANOL HAS INTERESTING REPORTS .-1 The meeting of Clrculo Espanol was called to order 'by the vice- presldent, Billie Babb. The roll was called and the minutes were read by the secretary. Afterwards some interesting reports were given by the following people: Traditional Spanish Holidays, by BGUZY L29 Groveg El Dia de Todos los Santos, by Frank 'Raglanch El Dia de 10S Muertos, by Allie Grace Petty. The meetgng ended with Mr. Tyson, sponsor of 'El Clrculo Espanol, toll- ing the story of Don Juan Tenorlo. .l... HOLIDAYS -i. O Mr. Rose announces that school activities will close for a day, Mon- day, November 11, to celebrate the signing of the Armistice. School will also be turned out thei21 and 22 in observance of Thanksgiving. . ,.r Majorettes r La Vern Brothers and Charlsie 'Grace, junior and sophomore, re- spectively, are majorettes of the high school band this year. This is Charlsie's first year as majorette. but La Vern has had experience at Sftrawn High School. SPEECH CLUB STUDIES RADIO SPEECH Behind the Mike was formally adopted as the name for the club composed oi those students who are interested in radio speech. For the first program the students tested their voices by reading a selection over a loud speaker. These will be criticized a-t the next meeting. A committee was appointed to maker plans for a social. The sponsors of the club are Miss Duncan and Miss Bain. FIRE CHIEF IS ELEGTED In a meeting of the boys Thurs-I day morning, votes were cast, and ai fire chief and an assistant were elected. The choice for chief was in favor OE Morris New-by, and Douglas Carter and George Wilde were chosen as the- assistants. Girl Reserves Have Ceremonial The Girl Reserves of the Graham High School held their pin cere- monial at Memorial' Auditorium Tuesday night. All the girls that took part in the CBYBIQDDIRI were given blue ties to wear on thier white dresses. The girls marched' into the room lighted with candles. The old girls sat on one side, the new girls on the other side. Louise Street, a past president of the Girl Reserves, was in charge of the pro- gram. The other parts were given by other ex-Girl Reserves. Mrs. Gruhy, the main speakermof -the evening, was the first president of the Graham High School Girl Re- serves. Y A The following program was given: Processlonal .... Billy LouWMafrtln Call to Worship .... Louise Street Song ........ Follow the Gleam' Introduction of old Girl Reserves Poem My Purpose .... Virginia Higginbotham Talk ........... . . . .... Mrs. Gruby Duet-- Oh, Master, Let Me Walk with Thee .. Barbara Bloodworth and Clota Damron Meaning of the Triangle .. Imogene Butler Meaning of the Circle .. Dorothy B. Bower Ceremonial Prayer .......... Mrs. K. Heggie, Taps ...................,...... All ln the ceremonial a. charge was given to all old grls to carry oil al- ways bo flnd and give the best, and as each girl received her pln, she took her place to form the triangle. Each new girl was given a similar charge, and on receiving her pin of recognition took her place to form the circle about the triangle thus completing the Girl Reserves' symbol. Together all girls said the code and quest. Come on Steers and baet those Indians I ! ! THE GRAHAM STEER THE STEERA Issued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. Subscription Price 81.00 Per Annum 'A s'rAFF Editor .......... ...... J . P. Elkins Associate Editor Jo Annice Cornish Business Mgr. .......... Bill Boase Associate Business Mgr. ......... . Joe McKinley Society Editor .. Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicollette Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Editor .......... Claude Bloodworth Proof Readers Myrtle Hawley,g Bette Hulse Typlsts ........ Genevieve Yanccy,' Exie Pearl Hayes, Alleene Rylee. Marie Simpson. ' Paper Folders .... Jon Bloodworth,, amy Smith, virginia Lundy,! Mary King. I CARE OF SCHOOL No doubt lt is needless to remind the students of Graham High howl fortunate they are in being able to attend an institution for higher learning with so many comforts and modern' -conveniences, but the ques- tion is how do you feel toward leaving the school in an unscarred condition so that the future high school sutdents may enjoy the same benefits now offered to you? Most of you know how the old high school was treated in respect to the furniture and equipment: how tho desks and walls were cut and marked: and how ink was care- lessly overturned on the woodwork.l We have su-ch a. beautiful and mo- dern. equipped building, one of the most beautiful in the western pa-rr. of 'our state, that our pride should' prompt us to take excellent care, of 'it. L-et's work together in the care of our school and make its appear- ance seem always new and unworn., BEAT QUANAH ' Traveling to Quanah today, the Steers' will engage tonight in one of the toughest games of the sche- dule., Quanah has been defeated only once, and this was by Amaril- lo. W A u SCHOOL DAYS IN SONG tBy Billie Hai-nelly OI-I, HOW I HATE T0 GET UP IN THE MORNING and go to school is typical of MA'RiIE, who ALWAYS AND ALWAYS. brings AN APPLE FOR THE TEL-xf.'H'EiR. JOSE'PHlN'E Awas absent, and when asked 'WVHERE WAS I just YESTERDAY, replied, LOST, LAZY BONES was SO, LONG in getting to school that the 'teach- er wanted to know why, and he an- swered, I DIDN I' KNOW WHAT TI-ME IT WAS. Sitting in class DAY DREAM- lNG while the rest of the pupils discussed HCIIRISTO-PHFR CULUM- BUS , some one was heard WI-IIS, PERILNGJ' OH, JOHNNY, WHO were you telling THESE FOOL- IS-H THINGS T'O ? the teacher ask- ed, and Johnny replied, LOlJlSE. Teacher said, BILLY studios NPG!-I'1 AND DAY but Y JU do not. Going down the hall. I heard ALEX ANDEIVS. RAG TIME BAND playing UTHIE TOP TRUMPET. This was not ON THE SENTI- MENTAL SIDE, but it sounded so wonderlul that it was like walking through STAR DUST. MARY LOU said, I have TIME O-N MY HANDS ONCE IN A- WHIL-E , .but NOW for several days SO MANY MEMOLRLIESY' have been RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND that THEY SAY to me PLEASE COME OUT OF YOUR. DREAM. After seeing ther grades on a re- cent quiz, DlNAH and CEC.ELlA were heard to remark, I'LL NEV- ER -SMILE AGAIN. XVhen dismissed, DlNAH'S SIS- TER KATE said, I will have to HHURRY HOME as I MUST SEE SEE' ANNIE TONIGHT. FOOTBALL BOYS SEE :GAME IN Pom' wonri-i The football boys were treated to the Baylor-T. C. U. football game Sautrdavy at Fort Worth. Twenty of they, accompanied by Mr. Tiner and Mr. Clifford. made the trip on a school bus. They lfet Graham at 10 o'clock and returned at 7 o'clock. The game was enjoyed by all, and many valuable points were picked up from watching the contest. l J ! i I 1 . BIG GAME WAS BAGGED AT G. H. S. The mighty hunter, Bill Boase, finally caught the mouse that was running loose in our halls. 'He, with the assistance of Glenn Brock and a large portion of our football team, cornered and 'conquered the beast in the study hall, and disposed -of him in the wastebasket. The cour- age of all those present wa-s re- markable! Biggest surprise of the year- Douglas Carter, Foot Wilde, and Pete Wheeler seen with their re- spect've heart interests at church Sunday. After listening to Donald Bills the other day we would say we have an up and coming Paderewsl-ti in our midst! Gerald Allen decided that being a G-Man was the job for him after learning that they never have to inform their families of their plans or whereabouts. James Furrh certainly does get around--we hear that he sets the hearts of many freshman girls a-flutter. E The speech class finally caught up with Bennie Jack Franks-They tried him the other day on charges of dishonesty! They say he stuffed the ballot box during the election of officers. 'Many of us have been wondering where George Wilde spent' his time when not playing football-we may have stumbled upon something when we heard both Betty Hulse and Barbara Justice stand high in his esteem. I ' Mr. Tiner accused Mary Leslie the other day of being engaged be- cause of the fraternity pin she wore. They tell us quite a lengthy discussion was held on the sub- ject- - Bill Cooney didn't approve of the accusation. PHo'rocnAPi-av ctus The Photography Club, sponsored by Mr. lVrenn, will have charge of l-he Dlwtography for The Steer. The club now has thirteen members and is still open for membership. Mr. Wrenn is developing a program of table-top photography, which will be a project for the entire club. 3.T Miss Elllngton's home room pre- sented a program in the assembly Tuesday, Nov. 5, before the fresh- men and sophomore classes. THE GRAHAM STEER BRAIN TEASERS For NOV. 8, 1940 QMr. Scotty I wonder if you really like to have your ability tried with these puzzles each week? Only a few of you seemed to take any interest in the first two problems that we pub- lished last week. Bobby Ashley and Fletcher Moseley were the only ones who turned in the correct solu- tions. There were a few others who seemed to have the answer to the iirst problem, but unless you write your name on a slip of paper to- gether with your answers, ll will not be able to remember your tell- ing me your solutions. Remember, then, to write both your name and your answers on a slip of paper and either hand' it to me when you meet me in the ,hall-s or else -bring it. by room ,217. , . ' ' ' The answers to last- weelis: prob- Number one. is a number multiplif-Ii by less than the lexus are as follows: any common fraction such that when it is itsi-li gives an answer number you start with. Number two, 6 1-4 is the number that gives the same answer -rio ma-tter wheth- er you subtract five from it, or d.vide it by five. How did you do on these problems? Well. maybe you will do better on the two for this week. 3. Can you write the number 55, using only five fours? 4. A man killed 20 ducks while hunting. He fired only eight times and killed an odd number each tme. Hiw many did he kill each shot? HOMEMAKERS G0 T0 VERNON The Graham chapter of the Fu- ture Homemakers of Texas was well represented at the area meet- ing held iu Vernon last Saturday. The program consisted of sever' al speakers who spoke on Woman's Part in Our National Defense Pro- gram. The area song, God Bless America, was chosen by popular vote. Approximately five hundred and fifty-four girls from this area were present. ,The girls going from Graham were: Betty Ragland. Dorothy Moore, Gwendolyn 'Edwa-rds, Mary Kathryn. Norred, Jo Annice Cornish, and Missy Perlman, the club spon- ser. I I A -V Meet The Steers . ALVIN MCCLELLAN, end, age 17, one year letterman, senior, Coach Tiner says, Plays best under fire. Comes from Jean. GLENN BROCK, wingsback, age 17, one year letterman, senior, es- corts FFA sweetheart, hails from Spring Creek. DOUGLAS C'A'RTER, full-back, age 17, first year on varsity squad. sneior president. According to Mr. Tiner he is The punch of the ball club. ' BOB GREENE, guard, age 16, one year letterman, senior, Ta-lk of the district. I VALTON JOYCE, guard, age 17, one year letterman, sophomore. Coach says he ls, Hardest charger on the squad. D. M. PURSELLEY, center, age 17, one year letterman, senior. Showed much improvement this year, says Mr. Tiner. GERALD ALLEN, center, age 17, one yea-r Iletterman, senior. Never lets up. Too much good can't be said about him. say the coaches. BILL COONEY, guard, age 17, one year letterman, senior. Most im.- proved player 'on the club. PERSONALITY CLUB HAS HALLOWE'EN PARTY The Personality Club met Wed- nesday, October 30, in the library, where a Hallowe'en party was en- Ijoyed. Many interesting games were ' I played, and apples, candy corn, and peanuts were served to each mem- ber of the club. The meeting closed 'at the sounding of the bell. NEW OFFICERS ARE ELECTED IN HOME ROOM Miss Sparks' home room met Tuesday and selected their new of- ficers for the second six weeks of school. They are: Oliver Hill, presi- dent: James Furrh, vice-presidentg James Creacy, secretaryg Gertrude Hubbard, treasurer: and Dorris Jo Jackson, reporter. ' .- Thursday at the regular meeting the group had a Halloween party, which had been planned by Leora Flynn and Rosa- Ann Hays: Refresh- ments were in Halloween design and color. - I I I I BRECKENRIDGE DEFEATS STEERS 26-19 The Steers were defeated by the Breckenridge Buckaroos Fri d a y. November 1, by as score .of 26-19. The 'Steers scored in the first few plays by recovering a. fumble on the Breckenridge 30. A few plays. later Carter carried the ball over for a touchdown. J. R. Wilde's .try for extra point failed. Later in .the same quarter Breckenridge took the lead by making a. touchdown and kicking the extra point. h In the second quarter av Breck- enridge player passed from their 35 yard line to score. The try for extra point was no good., Close. to the end of ridge again extra point in the lead. The first came when Carter pushed over for a touchdown. J. R. Wlldefailed to make the extra. point. Later on, G. Wilde passed to Newby, 'who scor- ed: J. R. Wilde made the extra. point. 'I ' A this quarter Brecken- scored and kicked the to put the Buckaroos score latter then 'half In the last quarter Breckenridge scored, ibut the try for 'extra point failed. ' Game at a Glance ' Graham BU-idgg 13 First Downs 14 134 Yards Gained Rushing 186 165 Yards Gained Passing H40 11 Passes Completed H '2 0 Basses Intercepted 4 ' O 3 for 110' Punts 3 for 124 2 for 10 Penalties 3 nor 35 BAND CLUB DISCUSSES FORMATIONSA A The first meeting of the Band Club ,was used for electing officersfwhich 'are as follows: President, A Clark I 1 I . I Smithg Vice President, Barbara Jus- ticcg Secretary, Jean Clements: Treasurer, Don Haden. ' Plans for socials and committee ap- pointments were also made at this meeting. The second meeting of the Band Club was devoted to the discussion of band formations. Mr. Smith took charge of the meeting and explained to' the members formations they will learn to be used at the half.of.the football games. . , . ?Mr..-,Rose was lll on Monday of this week. THE GRAHAM STEER HOME ROOM STUDIES COURTESY The freshmen students in Miss B.aln's home room have chosen Courtesy as the theme for its weekly meeting. On Thursday, Nov. T. interesting talks were ma-de on this theme by the following stu- dents: Joe Langford, Courtesy at Scho0l g Floyd Ingram, Why 1 Hate to be Bossed g Buster Maples, When I Do As I Please g Estle Lee Holder, ls Courtesy Neces- sary? g Mary Helen Belyen, The Person I Most Admiref' The program was concluded by Frances Wright reading the poem, Myself by Edgar A Guest. SCIENCE NEWS The Paleontology Club, sponsored by Mr Hunt and Mr. Boze, met last Wednesday and elected Claude Bloodworth its new president. Other officers of the club a-re: J. B. Fore, vice-president: Suzanna Larmour, secretary: Arthur Hubbard, tax cu!- lectorg and Dorothy Askew, report- er. A rather vivid initiation has been set up for new members. You will probably notice them next week with 9. bone around their necks. We hope all teachers will notice this and see that it does not cause an? confusion in their classes. Thurs- day night the boys and girls will be initiated in style when the for- mal initiation will be held. ..........1.... ...,..,.i-...l-. MASTERPIECE - Dr. Smith f.Mr. Smith to you! and Dr. tRedJ Mayes, have combined their musical talents to produce nothing .less than a killer. Messrs. Smith and Mayes call their master- piece The Blues. It consists of moaning trombones, screaming clar- inets, riffing saxes. -and blasting trumpets. The student body will officially hear this no-doulbtworld- renown composition at the ball games. When the band quiets down, you'll hear a trumpet romp up and do-wh the scale in a most unorthodox manner. Behind this trumpet will be no one else than Dr. Inman with Dr. McKinley back- ing him up with a screaming clar- inet. Mr. Smith is sure this will appeal to the music lovers of G. H. S. ' PERSONALS ,. Bill Boase and Clark Smith were in Denton east week.end. Miss Christine Tucker and Miss Vada Bain were in Fort Worth Saturday. Mr. Gilmer was in Austin this week. Miss Mildred Hodges, music in- structor, is at her home in Denton recovering from the flu. Bill Bullock, who is new attend- ing Baylor University in Waco. spent the week-end here. Mr. and Mrs. Ra-y Hunt are now at home, in the Allison apartments. Mrs. Hunt. has been teaching in Gainesville for the past eight week.s SEVERAL G. H. S. PUPILS MOVE 'Several Graham pupils are now the gains of some other high schools. Bonnie Catts has moved to Odessag, the Pugh grls, Etlwyna. and Hallie Wanda, have moved to Phil- lipsp Ernestine, Buryle, and Muryle Harwell :have moved to Borgerg and Joe Forgy has gone to Mineral Wells. CLASS ENJOYS SHOW The social science classes ot Mr. Robinson were treated to a movie Monday, in the class room. The pic- .ture show was about the progress of mankind. Spooks and witches ran freely on Halloween from all reports. We hear a. number of teachers' cars were visited and dozens of screens and doorbells. One party we heard about were chased with threats ol! a shotgun for dropping a brick on someones front porch. tAccidental- ly of course!J Then, too, we heard that a number of people found a golden substance on their property that closely resembled eggs- but then Halloween comes but once' a year! - Through the courtesy of Mr. Glenn Burgess, the staff is using a picture which he took of the majorettes. ...- NO ONE should be blamed for try- SCHOOL GIVES FOOTBALL BOYS SEND-OFF Undaunted by the drizzling' rain, many of the high school students and the band turned out at eight fifteen o'clock to send the boys to Quanah. True school spirit was shown in the songs and the yells of the student lbedy, and it all was truly inspira- tional to the team. The big char- tered bus pulled out at eight-thirty 'with the exchoes of the school song ifollowing' in its wake. At one o'clock 'two school busses took the band to 'Quanah. HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA i l The high school symphony orches-' tra, under the direction of Mr. Mays, consists of thirty members. There fare twenty violins, two bass fiddles, three cellos, and two violins. The .orchestra will be joined by twenty- five members of the band at mid- ,term. They will attend the state imeet this spring. -1-...T-....l.T. THE SUGAR CURE New FFA Club Member: One of 'our pigs was sick, so I fed him sugar. ,- 'Old FFA Club Member: Sugar! You're crazy! New FFA Club Member: Crazy Milling! Haven't you ever heard of sugar-cured ham'?' FAULTS I The faults in others which I see Perhaps do not belong to me, But this I'm sure, the ones I own To others are as clearly shown. -Edgar A. Guest 1 NOT 'SO MUCH She: How much money do M you happen to have on you, dear? He: Between 98 and 100 dollars. Q Isn't that quite a bit of money' to be carrying around? ' ' . Oh, two dollars isn't so niuchlf A .YANKEE WIT A motorist was observing a farmer ,tilling a rock farm in Vermont, and ,remarked, Honest, my friend, I don't see how you make a. living on-V this farm. Look at the rocks every- where . . . . ing to get the best out of life, butl ,UI ain't so poor as y' think I be,'! they owe it to the world to give 'it replied the,Yankeeg: I don't own this the best that is in them. ' farm?-' HE S EE VOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1940. NUMBER 47 Steers Lose to Coyotes 21-7 The .Steers were defeated in Wichita Falls Friday, November 15. The game was tied at the end of the ifirst half 7-7, but the Coyotes scored two touchdowns in the last half, making the score 21-7. The first score came early in the second quarter when the Coyotes intercepted a, pass and ran the ball down to the 28 yard line. Arthur carried the ball over to score. The try for extra point was good. The Steers' only tottlchdown came when G. Wilde quick kicked on the first down, and the ball rolled to the one yard line. A holding penalty against the Coyotes gave the Steers the ball at this point, G. WVilde carried the 'ball over to score. J. R. Wilde tied the score by making the try for extra point good. The Coyotes scored in both the third and fourth quarters. The touchdown came in the third quart- er when Bill practically crawled to get over the Steers' line. The try for extra point was good. In the last flew minutes of the third quart- er the Coyotes intercepted a pa-ss on the Steers' forty-yard line, run- ning the ball down to scoring dist- ance. Bill carried the ball over for the Coyotes. The try for extra point was good. GAME AT A GLANCE Graham Wichita 4 First Downs 14 46 Yards Gained Rushing 19-l TO Yards Gained Pa-ssing S9 3 of 17 Passes Completed 6 of 15 0 .. H . Passes lntercepted by . o 5 for 238 Paints 4 for 55 2 for 20 Penalties 4 for 50 Starting Line Up Graham: Ends, Newby and Mc- Clcllang Tackles, Herring and J. lt. Wildog Guards, Cooney and .loyccg Center, Allang Ba-cks. Carter, Brock, Lawrence. and G. Wilde. Wichita Falls: Ends, Baumgard- nor and Oglesby: Tackles, Huff and Ulontlnued On Back Paxel Fine Arts Group Gives Program For Reserves The Girl Reserves of Graham High School met Tuesday night for their usual meeting at Memorial Auditorium. The president, Marjorie Street, called the meeting to order and Follow the Gleanr' was sung. After the reading of the minutes and the reports from the commit- tees, Mary McFarlane, leader of the Fine Arts group, took charge. She explained that Y. VV. C. Afs, the world over are observing this week as ai week of prayer and world fel- lowship, and that we, as a part of that organization, will turn our thoughts on similar ideas for this meeting. Miss Ellington led the Sprayer, thanking God that we are Americans and asking that we lmights have Christian fellowship laround the world. I 111 the D1'0g1'a1n, the leader led .the girls in making an imaginary trip to difierent countries, and the following were numbers on the pro- grain: Ireland: Songs -- Danny Boy and My XVild Irish l'tosc -- Patsy Woods. Scotland: Dance- l i I i 1 Highland Fling - Bobby Ruth i Crawford and Bobby Bass. Song- Auld Lang -Sync - All. Spainti Song- Juanita -all. Italy: Song- Santa Lucia -Patsy Woods, Paul- ine Moran, nad Rosemary Rheders. Germany: Piano Solo- Blue Dan- ube --Lou Ywlallace Childress, Pong 5 Bram's Lullaby - Cassie Louise iGeorge, and Ruby Brown. America: 'Song for the West- Home on the Range -all. Song for the South I Dream of Jeanie -all. Song for all America-- God Bless America --all. After the progra-ni plans were discussed for a Thanksgiving bas- ket. The Service Group will be in charge of this project and all girls are requested to bring something ifor the basket before the next meet- I i Juniors Sponsor Box Supper The feeling of loyalty among the juniors was not so great Wednes- day night when the students gavth- ered for the box supper in the high school cafeteria. The following girls prepared and decorated boxes: Bet- ty Lee Timmons, Laverne Brothers, Billye June Brigham, Louise Been, Clytee Burdick, Jean Strength, Bc-tty Louise Jones, Emma. Jo Miller. Mrs. Leslie Scott and Mrs. Floyd Boze served as judges for the most attractive boxes, and prizes were awarded to Louise Reep and Jean Strength. The boxes sold rapidly as the auctloneer, Mr. Boze, called for higher bids, and every box brought at least one dollar. Because of the scarcity of boxes. the box supper was turned into a cake walk, and students paid five and ten cents for each walk The one sitting in the chair with the lucky nsumber won the cake. They all marched to the music of a port- able radio. After six of these walks the boxes were opened, and some time was spent in eating the food. The boxes and cakes brought 31227. The class wishes to express appreciation for those who attended: this affair and wnats everyone to know it now has about one-third the required amount for the junior- senior banquet. , EL CIRCULO ESPANOL - Wednesday after club business had been discussed, members of El Ciroulo Espanol were surprised with a Mexican meal consisting of tam- ales, chili, and crackers' When everyone had finished eating, a talk on Spanish Food was given by Cassie Louise George. , -1..- ing. The meeting was con-eluded by the forming of the friendship circle and the singing of taps. THE GRAHAM STEER 1 BEHIND THE SCENES THIS 'N THAT 'Subscription Price 81.00 Per Annum Issued Each Week By The Students- cf Graham High School. STAFF Editur ................ J. P. Elkins Associate Editor Jo Annice Cornisn Business Mgr. .......... Bill Boase Associate Business Mgr. ....,.... . Joe McKinley Society Editor .. Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicollette Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Editor .,........ Claude Bloodworth Proof Readers .... Myrtle Hawley, Bette Hulse Typists ........ Genevieve Yancey, Exie Pearl Hayes, Alleene Rylee, Marie Simpson. Paper Folders .... Jon Bloodworth, Betty Smith, Virginia Lundy, Mary King. cREDl'r 'ro OPPONENTS Should we give credit, when due, to an opponent? Should we applaud outstanding accomplishments of the opposition, even when we are re- ceiving the worst end of the issue? Since it is football season, and in- terest is centered around football games, it is appropriate to use foot- ball as an example. When the team representing our school enters the field it is always greeted .with ET cheer from hometown rosters. On the other hand do you ever razz the entrance of the visiting team? This is poor school spirit. The best impression that we can give visi- tors is the way in wllicli we play our part as hosts. It takes very little effort to applaud a good play on the part of the opposition, but it makes it great dift'e1'ence to the visitors. Observe the 1l1CIllbE?l'S of our team and see if they do not compliment good plays of opponents even ou the playing field. Curry- ing out your part as host is one of the main points of true school spirit. Let's strive to produce at reputa-tion of good sports for our town, scohol, and ball club. For what will you give special thanks on this forthcoming Thanks- giving Day? 5 i l l I 1By Billie Hartzellj I wond-er holw many of our stu- dents realize the amount of work involved in the publication of a single issue of The Steer. For the information of those who have never given the matter much thought, here is a brlef summary of what takes place in the preparation of our school paper. The editors begin the collection of news on Thursday. Each :rrticle Sllblllilffd is turned in in long hand. It is proof read and corrected. The article is then typed by a staff typist. This type-written copy is proof read. fSometimes it is cor- rected and re-typed, and proof-read agaiu!J Articles may be submitted on Friday to be published the fol- 1owLng week. Monday afternoon, the material for pages two and three is sent to the printer. By Vv'ednes- day afternoon, the material for pages one and four must be rcudy. Next day the printer sends the galley proof of the news submitted. It is then proof read. The correct- ed galleys are returned to the printer together with a dummy, which shonvs the position or loca- tion of each article, The printer then completes the paper. The papers are brought to the school building where the paper 'folders take charge. The papers are 5 r l I 1 over to the business distribution in the Friday afternoon. you have it!!! then turned 1l'lZll!Zl.Q0l'S for home rooms Ancl there SOME LIKE IT HOT !! Whether 'it was too cold to stop or whether the band really wished I 6 1 1 Z a l I 1 I . I l I to keep playing music, it isxftl known, but they never let up dur- ing the entire game at Qunnali. Finishing a piece of Il1llSiCf, the band would jump right into another at the bark of Mr. Smitlfs voice for more jazz. Thanks to them, many bystanders were saved from being frozen. , DOGGlE TEAM DOWNS OLNEY TEAM 13-12 . A 'iDoggie team coached by Foy Brantley, principal ot' Shawnee, went to Olney Thursday, November 7. and barely nosed out a lefun from the Olney-Junior High 13-12. I 1 The girls who are baking gym will be able to challenge the foot- ball boys any day now if Miss Tucker continues those exercises. Mr. Tiner has a subtle way of showing off his boots -- he puts them on the desk Where everyone may just happen to notice them. The Lions Club took a big chance the other day and invited our foot- ball team for dinner. FTOm a glance at the menu we would say they must have enjoyed a, grand feast! Madell Brigham and Arthur Hub- bard seem to be able to see things the same w'ay these days. That S. M. U.-A. 8: M. game last Saturday in Da-llas was attended by Bette Baker, Mary Leslie Scott, Mary McFarlane, Mary Helen Nic- olctt, and Jo Annice Cornish, and they certainly weren't cheering for S. M. U. ! ! I When George Inman doesn't run to Olney, he finds Juanita Gallawher very interesting compa-ny. Nosin' around at noon- We no- ticed! Gerry Bishop and Lillian Burns, Bill Purselley and Louise Laviolettg and Jimfmy Hays and Gertrude Hub-bard Watching the grass grow on our campus- A great proportion of our foot- ball team blocking the sidewalk. Mr. Tiner's first period civics class gave Joe Fm-gy a, farewell party when he loft for Mineral Wells last week. We shall all miss Joe and hope he will come back and visit us often. Wendell Willis and La Vern Brothers have resumed their 'friend- ship' it seems-we hope it's per- manent this time. Mary Jo Johns has been Wear- ing :1 lovely big ring. and We do mean .b'g-who's the lucky boy, Mary Jo? They tell us that Delbert Parke is the reason why Alleene Rylee jumps when anyone mentions Breck- enridge. Instead ef saying that something is as steady as the rock of Gibral- tar, we will soon say as 'steady as Maurine Casky and Henry Schlitt- le1 '-they are still going strong after three years. The long faces belonging to mem- bers of Miss Parsons' English class n.ny be attributed to a term theme. we hear. I THE GRAHAMI STEER HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY TAKES MANY MAGAZINES Many students do not realize the expense of maintaining an up-to- date library for recreational and re- search reading. Graham High School takes nea-rly fi.ty magazines, newspapers, and other periodical material. On the following list one may find any type of magazine that he may want: Amercian Boy, Amercian Girl, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Mag- azine, Current H.story and Forum, McCalI's, Mademoiselle, National Geographic, Newsweek, Popular Me- chanic, Reader's Digest, Scholastic, Time, American Home, Forecast, Parents, Hygeia, House Beautiful, American Magazine, Nations Bus- iness, Scientific American, Practic- al Home Economics, Nature, New Republic, P 0 p u I a r Photography, Motor Magazine, Platofrm News, One-Act Play Magazine, Automotive Merchandising, Popular Science, Ladies' Home Journal. Woman's Home Companion, Current Biogra- phy, Roiarian, Texas Outlook, Cur- rent Events, Chiropractic Home, Sc ence News Leaflet. The school takes four news- papers: Dallas Morning News: Fort Worth Star Telegramg Graham Daily Reporterg VVicbita Daily Times. All magazines pertaining to fash- ions and home economics are filed in the home economics depa-rtment for reference by the girls who are taking that subject. All other magazines are filed in the book room and may be referred to at any time. HOME ROOM SELECTS NEW OFFICERS Miss Pcrlman's home room met Tuesday and selected new officers to serve until after their next as- sembly program. They are: Dorothy Crow, president: Dean Baker, vice- president: Velda Bradshaw, secre- tary? and Clytee Burdick,- reporter, They decTded to let Louise Crow continue to be treasurer. since she is collecting the money for the school newspaper. The next program, which will be Nov. 18, is going to be about the flag. I I I I I I Meet The Steers DONALD IIFIRRING, tackle, soph- omore, a-ge 16, played first game last year, ambition: to become a, farmer, 1 more year, 1 year letter- man. , ROIBERT BUTLER, center, junior, half back on B squad. DONALD BUTLER, guard, junior, a-ge 16, first year on varsity, A real player. BOB MORJRISON, tackle, junior, age 15, two more years, first year to play football, a real hustler. BILL COLE, freshman, age 16, first year on squad, up from B squad. C. XV. DOWNEY, end, senior, age 17, comes from .Tea-n, first year on A squad. ..,s... ,-t,...........-L.. SRAIN TEASERS T. H. XVheat was the first to turn in the correct solutions to last week's problems. He wrote the num- ber 55, using only five fours like tl1is: 44 plus 44 fourths. He said that the hunter could kill 20 ducks in 8 shots and kill an odd number each shot by killing 1 duck each of the .first three shots, then three ducks each of the next four shots, and then five ducks the last or eighth shot. Others turning in correct answers were Doris Willis and Virginia Wil- lis. Did you do as well on these last problems? Try these for this week. 5. A man who has only two rows oi corn hires Mike and Ike to hoe them. Mike hoes three hills on Ike's row and then begins on his own row. Ike finishes his row and then hoes six hills on Mikes row, when they find the work is finished. Which man hoes the more and how much more, if the ro,w's contained the sa-me number of hills? 6. A cowboy bought a broncho ior 3526, and after paying for his keep a while sold him for 361. This looked like a profitable deal until he figured out that he had actually lost just half the original cost and one-quarter or the cost of keep. Can you figure just how much he ilost on the deal ? I I I i I i I i I STEERS WIN FROM QUANAH 13-6 The Steers won their fourth straight conference game in Quanah Friday, November 8, with a score of 13-6. The Steers were trailing at the half 6-0, when the Quanah Indians blocked George Wilde's kick and the ball rolled over the Quanah goal line. The try for extra point was no good. At the half the steers kicked the ball out on Qmzanalrs 15 yard line. The Indians kicked the ball back to their 20. G. Wilde and D. Carter carried the ball down to the 2 yard line, and Carter scored. J. R. Wilde made the extra point, giving the Steers a one point lead. The next score came early in the third quarter when the Indians fumbled on their own 10 yard line. G. Wilde carried the ball over to score. J. R. XVilde missed his try for extra point. The game ended on the Graham five yard line when the Steers took the ball from Quanah on downs. G. Wilde let the wet ball slip out of his hands, and Quanah rc-coveredg but as they did, the referee's whistle sounded, ending 1.he game. GAME AT A GLANCE Graham Quanah 4 First Downs 8 76 Yards Gained Rushing 96 15 Yards Gained Passing 35 1 Passes Completed U Passes Intercepted By 3 for 25 Penalties 1 for The starting line-ups were: Graham: Ends, Newby and Mc- Clellang Tackles, Herring and J. lt. Wilde, Guards, Green and Cook: Center, Alleug Backs, G. Wilde Carter, Brock, and Lawrence. Quauah: Ends. Jolly and Dancaug Tackles, Crawford and Terrellg Guards, Hawkins and I3 Henderson, Center, Crossg Backs, Z. llenfler- son, Brazil, Forsythe, fi-ual Xvillian-s. 4 O 5 In assembly Tuesday Mr. Scotts home room presented to the fresh- men and sophomores a one.act play entitled Who Gets the Car To- night? I 1 I The home room welcomed a new student, Carl Pitman, from Gaines- ville. THE GRAHAM STEER SENIORS' HAYRIDE The seniors met at East Ward at five-thirty and were driven to Tonk Valley by Mr. Prim. Reaching the home of Estes Wadley, the seniors were treated to the sight of two hay wagons, and everyone was very much excited about riding in the rough, The hay was provided by Estes VVadley- and Earl Ratcliffe. Rea-ching the site of the camp, Mr. Prim and Mr. Boze built a fire in a flash-well, in six or seven flashes anyway--and everyone was enjoying the prospect of making his own coney islands. No one was seen :lackng enough foodg and Mrs. Howell would not let up on Mr. Prim and Mr. Boze, who were supplying her with hot dogs in relays. After the supper, the wagons were loaded, and under a gorgeous moon the ride began. One wagon broke down and could not be pulled by horses, but it was hitched on the other wagon for two horses to do all the pulling fpoor horsesil. The ride lasted about an hour, and then games were played. About ten o'closk the crowd boarded the buses and came back to town. HOMEMAKING CLUB HAS GUEST SPEAKER Miss Ruth Wylie, Home Manage- ment Supervisor of Young County, spoke to the Homema-king Club Wednesday, on Horne Management Supervision. Miss Wylie gave the girls the qualifications, the advan- tages, the salaries, and many other facts about the field of Fa-rm Se- curlty. HOME ROOM OF MR. ROBINSON The officers elected for Mr. Rob- insons home room areg Kenneth Edwards, presidentg Louise Lavio- lct, vice president: Bobby Morrison, secretary: Phyllis Jamison, treasur- erg and Odell Magerkurth, reporter. Two interesting programs have been given. One was on reports of famous men and women given by Geraldine Martin, Margaret Hawk- ins, Ralph Nall, and Ruth Hancock. The following week the members answered the roll ca-ll with a joke. Those having none were penalize-1 by the judges, Marva Dell Tubbs, Geraldine Martin, Phyllis Jamison, and Geraldine Hartzell. I I i I l I 3 BETTE 'N BOB Dere Bob, Now is the time for allgood men to come to the aid of the seniors, for we suddenly find that the sec- ond munth is almost up and we haven't sed ar memry work ner give ar book reports. Besides we are all-or nearly all-.thinking about the turm theme that is due Dec. 2. That's jest English, and we have seven tests to hand in befor Friday in tiping. I never will get them handed in becuz I make more errers on wnn test than purmissible in all seven of 'em. About 45 queschuns are due in Civics befor this week is over-oh, I jest know I'll never make it. Them ga-ls in the skule kitchen must be learning to cook right along. Today odors drifted down the hall and into Miss Sparks' math room, and I jest got so hungry I cuddent prove that two triangles were congruent. 'l bleeve Miss Sparks wuz hungry, too cuz she away look in her eye as big whiff of baked in of kids up here have had a fur once when fish floated A bunch been wearin bones around thnr necks so they cud be in the Science Club, and thur shure are a lot of 'unnie lookin things. Bettye Lee Timmons and Patsy Woods are rilly wearin big ones. Buster Maples is wearin a horse's jaiw' bone. Maby t's so he kan give someone the horse laff. Dorothy Askew has been having quite a time with her bono. When she started to eat lunch yes- terday, the bone dropped in her soup so she jest changed soup bowls with her dad before he -kan to the table. Arthur Hubba-rd has been payin a nickel a day so he won't have to wear a bone. I won- der where he is gettin all the mon- ey. I'll write you again next wek if I have time. Yurs Trule Bette. -r-t.l.T-....-..,.. AN ACROSTICS fBy Louise Reepj Smiling and gay, Music he'll play: Ideal is l1is hand, Teaching the band How to brighten the way. I FISH FACTS AND FICTION It seems that a. number of upper classmen. and faculty members are Wondering if the freshman class is dead- We fish are definitely a1iVe3 T0 Drove this, in each issue hereafter, there will appear a C01. umn called Fish Facts and Fic- tion- If WHY Of you freshman have news to contribute, please contact one of the sponsors or the class re- DOI'te1'. A 'tnews-box will be placed in room 131 sometime this week. News articles may be placed in this also. GRAHAM FRESHMAN TEAM WINS OVER OLNEY 14-0 The Graham freshman team coaicliecl by Mr. Ross went to Olney Thursday, November 7, to defeat the Olney Cubs. The star of the game was Douglas Price of Graham. m scrsucs INITIATION We are wondering why Mr. Hunt is making sign boards out of his Paleontology Club. Many of us have seen signs, bones, books, and sacks. The new members of the Paleon- tology Club are being initiated. Each day they are assigned to do a certain thing. If they do not co- operate, they are fined five cents. There has been a lot of funny talk going around. This also is part of the Paleontology Club. VVhen the new member greets any old member of the club, the new mem- ber answers by saying Pledge So and So. If this is not done, it is brought up the final night. The final night is the next Indian surn- mer day. You might like to know what the Paleontology Club is. It is the Science Club. Paleontology means the study of bones. A GOOD IDEA FOR A HOME ROOM The freshmen Mr. Boze's room of how to have each home roo-in tee is appointed program ready and sophomores in have a good idezr a good time. At meeting a commit- and they have a for the coming week. You ca-11 take it from one who knows: they have some nifty little programs. STEERS LOSE- 1Continucd From Trent Pagel Whitlowg Guards, Balin and Arm- strongg Center, Castledineg Backs, Arthur, Mzrrshall, Hill, and Bill. Q-. VOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL, FRIDAY, NOV. 29, 1940. NUMBER 5 SPANISH STUDENT HAS INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE Betty Louise Jones, second year Spanish pupil, has been correspond- ing with foreign boys and girls since last year, when various pupils in Spanish I received the names and addresses of boys and girls- living in the Spanish-American countries. At present Betty Louise is writing to a girl in Puerto Rico, a boy in Brazil and to six girls living in Panama. Letters have been written in both English and Spanish. Betty Louise has found out many interesting facts about the people living in these countries. The boy who lives in Brazil, is named Dianles Vidigal, and lives in Sao Paulo in the heart of the coffee producing region. He is studying to be a doctor, and enclosed in his lett-er post cards of Sao Paulo. Gloria Mareno of Pan- ama City has written very interest- ing letters, and she has sent flags, a comb, magazines, stamps, coins, photographs, post cards, and other very interesting articles. This week Betty Louise received some colored flowers made out of fish scales. other girls in Panama have also photographs of themselves as as articles from Panama. The sent well Betty' Louise is saving all of the letters she has received and is put- ting them in a scrap-book. She has greatly enjoyed carrying on this cor- respondence as well as making new friends in a foreign country. .Her scrapbook will be on exhibit in the Spanish room next Monday for all those who want to see it. This year the Spanish classes will continue corresponding with the Spanish-American countries, and it is hoped that a number of new friend- ships will be established. MOVED T0 OTHER TOWNS Doyle, Harold, and Louise Allison, and Georgia McCa1lister have moved to Newcastle. Jack and Loraine Gully have gone to Breckenridgcg La Margaret Phillips is somewhere in California, and Carl Washburn is in Wichita Falls. I I I l l ,- The above is the newest picture of Graham's fine new Hlgh School building, showing new landscape planting. iPhoto by Mr. Glenn Burgess.l SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS ARE UNDER WAY Everyone has noticed the Work being done in the rear of the build- ing. The men that are now working in the back are planting grass. When all the work lswfinished, we will see a fence surrounding the biocle that the school' is on. The fence will run along the inside of the drive around the school a-nd thcn on the outskirts. of the 'school block. The fence will run along twenty-five feet behind the walk that has already been laid. Shrubs and grass will be planted between the walk and fence. The top pipe of the fence will be equipped with a. sprinkler system to 'water the. shrubs and gra-ss. A practice football field is also in the plans. Around the outside of the field a track field will he .alrl. In the future, bleachers will also be built. The field is to be east of the building. On the south and southeast sides of the building lc-ur baseball diamonds will be laid ont. Three tennis courts are already unal- sr construction at the east of the auilding. These will be between the school and the :iasketball and courts are also practice field. Twc three volley ball under construction, NEW STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Joe McKinley, former 'assistant :business manager of the Steer, iwas appointed by Mrg aiwreym- and 'recognized by the staff 'asa the new photographer for the school paper. ,Joe is attending Graham High for his fourth 'year and is classified as Va senior. Photography has been his hobby for four years, and because he is both clever and skillful with the picture-box, the staff feel that .they have found in him an answer to their prayers. , iQ PERSONALITY CLUB ,- DISCUSSES GOOD APPEARANCE When the 'Personality Club .met Wednesday, November 27, the'topic of good appearance was discussed. iRuthanna Griffin. program 'chair- man, introduced Frances James, who gave a talk on hands and nails. Next, Margaret Hawkins gave an inform- Iing talk on posture. The mesting closed at the sounding of the bell. x west of the building. An incinerartor has just been corn- pleted .outside the back door of the cafeteria. This will .be covered by shrubs so that it will not be seen. The tennis, volleyball, basket ball, and perhaps the baseball .diamond will be finished by early spring, ready for use. THE GRAHAM STEER THE S EER Eubierlptlon Price 81.00 Per Annum Issued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. s T ,A -F F Editor ................ J. P. Elkins Associate- Editor Jo Annice Cornish Business -Mgr. .......... Bill Boase Associate Business Mgr. ......... . Joe McKinley Society Editor .. Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicollette Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Editor .......... I Claude 'Bloodworth Proof Readers .... Myrtle Hawley, Bette :Hulse Typlsts ...... Genevieve Yancey, Exle Pearl Hayes, Alleene Rylee, Marie 'Sim-pson. Paper Folders .... Jon Bloodworth, Betty, Sm.ith,, Virglnla Lundy, Mary King. G. H. S. SALUTES YOU Hats off to our football team! We are nearing the end of a very suc- successful football season, We have I won all the conference games but' one against strong teams. We, .the student body, pay tribute to -the 'boys who have won these games and brought more glory and recognition -to G. H. S. We salute Coaches Tlner and Clifford for building up such an ef- ficient machine. Our boys have played hard, and even thouigh they didn't win every game. Graham High School is very proud of them. Graham has had a more success- ful-ifootball season and made a bet- ter fshowing this year than at any 'time'in the last four or five years. Also we have had the best season since the team has been in the AA League. . Some of our be-st players wiil graduate this year. It is with a, feel- ing of sadness that we realize this ls the last year that some of the members of the team will be with us. We will lose such outstanding players as 'George TVllde, Morris Newiby, Douglas Carter, C. YV. Downey, Alvin McClellan, Glenn Brock, Gerald Bessie Allen, D. M. Purselley, Bill Cooney. The team fought a gallant 'fight BETTY 'n' BOB Dore Bob, Have -you notised the gurl'S hair drooping the last wek? Wei, it is 'jus the wether that is causing that, but it isnt the wether that is mak- ing everybodyls nees shake and ther teeth chatter. No, it's not the weth- er, it's the time-report card time! I'1l bet ther will be sofe moaniu and nashln of teth nex NVednesda-e when we all march into our clas- ses lik meek little sheep goin to ther slauter. It is 'too :bad that the Science clufb Wok cuddent have waited until this to ware ther bones cause now the pore ole turkey bones wil jus have to .go to waist. Ifiit gits eney colder, Mary Leslie Scott 'wli have to patch up ,those big holes in the is-ox she has been wearin around. Barbara Justice is up against a .life and deth problim. She likes her 'nee sox, but it sems that her own cusin wouldn't even spek to liver whin she wore thim last wek. Dorothy Moore had better have her hearing improved and the brakes on her kar fixed. She bumps into other kars all the time, and the other day she rode throiugh town honking the horn tryin to malt it work t'I'he joke is that it wuz workin all the timel. Everyone in town wuz strechin his neck and peerin raound trying to see who it was. Ask Glenmary Baker why she doesnt ever want to look ai weny in the eye agin. The gurls up here at ole G. ll. wil rilly 'be glad when Miss Tucker gits bak. They are afrad they are losing ther gud figgers from the lack of exersize. Vlfonder what the boys would think oI.i'n the gurls kut all ther hair off. Probly the same thing the gurls are thinkin about the boys right now. Have you seen the little Steer that comes to high school every Friday? It's a cute little thing. Some students and teachers shure do work to get it to cum. Pleez rite sun, Sinserly Yurs, Bette and G. H. IS. is proud of its 1940-41 football team!!! ' n I I I I I I I I I FISH FACTS AND FICTION HIGH SCHOOL FROM A FRESHMAN'S POINT OF VIEW High school to a freshman would be highly enjoyable except for one thing, the upper classmen. They ma-ke life unbearable for the fresh- men, who strive to make friends with upper classmen, only to be lauf-:hed at and called fish, lVe freshmen think this is only in fun and we shall probably do next year's freshmen the saute way. WHY FRESHMEN GET SMALLER EVERY YEAR, BUT-SMARTERl The reason that freshmen get smaller every year is that they don't have to grow so much to know so niuchg but to prove this statement our English I teacher told us that .this years group ot freshmen have turned in book re- ports and themes which are above the type of work done by the amor- age freshman class. THE FRESHMAN FUTURE FARMERS The fm-eshman Future Farmers are doing fine work this year in agri- culture. Some of them have a knowledge of the work almost equal to that ot' tl1e second and third year boys. XVe hope they will continue this fine work. LOUD TALKER We wonder why our little fresh- man friend, Bobby tftedl Cox, is able to talk so loudly and be heard so far away. He likes to take the floor to display his wit U3 and humor l?J. CONCENTRATION Most of the upper-classmen say that the freshmen use their heads only for hat racks. We think that we should be given credit for one thing: the choice of our class pres- ident, Mary King. NEW PUPILS Three new pupils have enrolled in Graham High in the last week: Fay Hinson from Jacksborog Carl .Pitman from Gainesville: and Jim- mie Ward from Megargel. These are all sophomores. ,- I THE GRAHAM STEER A ..l, , ' SERVICE GROUP GIVES PROGRAM FOR GIRL RESERVES The Kid Across the Way was the program theme in'Girl Reserves Nov. 19. '-Mary Kath- as leader, ' explained our commiufnity the Kid across the Vvay, are very few other Tuesday night, erine Snoddy, that to us in Negro -was the because there Nationalities living here, and that the principle discussions for the evening would 'be on the Negro. The Negro's National Anthem, Let Us March on Till Victory Is Won, -was sung 'by Barbara Blood- worth and Clota Damron. Pearl Faye Corley discussed the history of the Negroes in America. The group sang some Negro songs such as Swing Low, 'Sweet Chariot, and Lord, I Want to be a Christian. Negroes and their education was discussed -by Mary.Leslie Scott. Jo Annice told of other kids across the WZIY. 5 '. 1 The following poem is a poetic expression of the main thought in our relation to the peop-le of other races and Natlonalities. For there is neither East .nor West, Nor border, breed, nor birth: When two strong men -stand face .to face Though they come from the -ends of the earth. FRESHMEN HAVE CLASS MEETING A meeting of the freshman class was held Monday, November 4, In the cafeteria, where the paying of a small debt and the plans for a Christmas .party were discussed. A committee composed of the follow- ing was selected by the president, Mary King, to promote the plans of the partyx- Glce Clements, Pearl Faye 'Corley, Bill Bass. Frances Jaimes, Blake Allison, Mary King. MR. SMITH'S HOME ROOM Tuesday's assembly program, spon- sored by Mr. Smith's home room, was a play entitled' Betty, Behavef' given by Katy Jane Richards, Mary Ruth Lundy, and Virginia Helen Lundy. School papers have been sent to our 'iSteer from Fort Worth, Throckmorton, and iMcCamey. DON'T CALL HIM OLD MAN ' He may -wear last year's straw hat, .his finger nails may need men- icuring, hisfvest may hang a little loose, his pants may 'bag at the 'in' conference play by Wichita. .lPaIls, knees, his face may show signs of I' a'second day's growth, and the tin dinner 'bu-cket he carries may be full ot dents and doughnuts. But don't call him an old man. He is your father. For years and years he has ibeen rustling around to get things together. Never once has he failed to do 'the right thing for you. He thinks you are the greatest boy on earth, bar none: even though you plaster your hair back, wear -smart clothes, smoke cigarettes, and fail to bring home a cent. He is the ,man who Won the love .and life Ipartnership of the greatest woman on earth, your mother. He is some .man, and not the old man. If you twin as good a wife as he did, you will have to go some, boy.-Author unknown. SUCH DELIGHTFUL PEOPLE I He had never been outside the United States, and .neither had she: lbut both were recounting their ex- periences abroad. t 'And Asia. Ah, wonderful Asian Never shall I forget Turkey, India, Japan-all of them. And most of all, China, the celestial kingdom. How I loved it. , And the pagodasg did you see them? Did I see them? She powder- ed her nose. My dexrr, I had .din- ner with them. CHURCH TRIUMPHANT Doctor's Son: When my father' perforrns a major operation he gets - 5500. Lawyers Son: Thats nothing. When my father tries u big case, he gets a fee of 51,000.0 Minister-'s .Sfonz Hul1! When my .father preaches, they take up an offering, and it taikes eight men to ca.rry the money to the altarg APOLOGY The staff regrets that the error was .made concerning the announce- ment ln the Steer that Bonnie Catts had moved to Odessa. We wish to correct this mistake since Bonnie has moved to Corpus .Christi instead of Odessa. , ' STEERS REMAIN SECOND IN DISTRICT, DEFEAT BURK- BURN'ETT 18-0 The Steers, .having been defeated won their game from Burkburnett here Thfursday, November 21, 1830. George .Wilde made all .the scores in the game, the first ibeing a six- ty-four yard run, during the 'clos- ing minutes ofthe first halt. .J. R. Wi1de's try .for extra point was .no good. -Burl-nburnett kicked off attire ibe- ginning of the second halt and .the Steers started a drive from the forty yard line that resulted 'ln George Wilde's -scoring his ---fseoond touchdown of the game. Mc!-'lellan missed the try .for extra, point. .The Steers' last score came -in the closing five minutes .of -the game when the Steers .blocked .a punt on the Burkburnett thirty-five yard line. .George -Wilde carried the ball over to score. George --Wilde attempted to make the extra point but it was no good: however, 'be- cause of an infraction of the ru-les by Burkburnett, the Steers had a second try. Lawrence took this try and .it .also proved to be no good, leaving the score 18-0. i GRAHAM B TEAM WINS FROM OLNEY B TEAM 14-0 The Graham B team 'went 'to Olney Thursday, November 7, and won from the Olney B team .14-0. In the second quarter Price car- ried the ball over for a touchdown. In the third quarter Gi-bson blocked a. kick and covered it over the -goal line for a touchdown. Both tries for extra points were good. G. H. S. HAS FIRST FIRE DRILL Thursday morning, G. H. S. had its frist fire drill. Monitors -were appointed in .all the rooms, and in- structions for clearing the building 'were givne. The fire chief, Morris Newmby, reports the fire drill was very orderly and the b.ulldlng'wai cleared quickly. TABLE MANNERS Stop reaching across the Jcabie, Junior, llwven't you n tongue? Yes, sir, but my- arm ls longer-'I' THE GRAHAM STEER THAN KSGIVIN G PLAY FS PRESENTED Tuesday during the assembly hour a short playlet was presented to the Freshmen and sophomores. Mary Leslie Scott introduced the actors and actresses as being the speech students of Mrs. Raylee. The play was a modernized version of the old love story of John Alden and Pris- cilla Mullins. Priscilla was played by Gwendolyn Edwardsg John Alden, the dashing young Romeo, was' Clark Smith: Priscillafs mother, Mary Kath- erine Snoddyg the younger sister, Doris Mobleyg her younger' brother, Russell Pauli. 7 - HOME ROOM DRAWS FOR OFFICERS Miss Bishop's home room students drew for new officers. During the BRAIN TEASERS Wendell Ligon was not only the first to turn in answers to last week's problems, but also the only one with correct solutions for both problems. Chrystle Lewis, Nell Hinsgon, and Bobby Ashley were the others who had the correct answer to the Mike and Ike problem. The answers are as follows: in the first problem, Ike hoes six more hills than Mike. In the bronco problem, the cowboy lost exactly S29.00. How about trying the two puzzlers for this week and turning in your answers? 7. Two trains are 100 miles apart and are approaching each other, each traveling at the rate of 10 milfs per hour. An airplane traveling at the rate of 80 miles per hour s-tarts even 'with the engine of one train and flies I next six 'weeks the following will' serve: Gleninary Baker, presidentg Ma :Dell Brigham, vice president, Gertrude Bobo, secretaryg James Akers, treasurerg and Dorothy Askew, reporter. Bette Baker was elected program chairman. At the Tuesday meeting a Thanks- giving' social was held. A'new game, Battleships', was-introduced to the group. The progress of the game continued as the members ate pop- corn and apples. Bette Baker will arrange the next program. PROGRAM Fon NEXT TUESDAY IS ANNOUNCED Next Tuesday, December 3, Miss Tyler's home room of freshmen will present the play, And the Villian Still Pursued Her, by Le Roy Kaser. Theffollowing cast will take part: Jack Screwluce .......... Willard Watkins Emaline Handout ........ Dorothy Pickrell John Handout ................ Bill McFarlane Lena Handout .................. Marjorie Neil George Grabum ...., .......... H oward Miles Jim Spyut ........................ Merle Persing Marie Innigin .................. Marie Nunley Leaping Lizzie ............ Earline Pickard HOW TIME DOES FLY!!! This week marks the close of the second six weeks with mid'-term just around the corner. After the Christ- masholidays, only one week of actual school work will take place before the exams. An addiiional week will be spent in reviews, previous to the exams. Mid-term will find a few of the seniors graduating, and likely, too, a few remaining in Graham High for still another year. Y f I I I back and forth between the engines until the trains meet. How far does the airplane fly? 8. A man has a square garden with 12 posts equally spaced on each side. What is the to'al number of posts? Just as we went to press, Clytee Burdick turned in the correct answer to both problems. NOSIN' AROUND Turkey Day, Turkey Day, . Would that thou were here to stay, If only we could choose one date When everyone would celebrate. Before, the calendar we could trust, But now, Franklin says revise we must. Thirty days has September, April, June, and November All the rest have thirty-one 'Till further notice from XVashington. -or so it seems to many of- us after celebrating two Thanksgivings. Between Jack Bates, Bobby Ashley, and Arthur Hubbard, Mr. Scott's seventh period geometry class is kept rolling in the aisles. Many of the radiant expressions and absent-minded answers given by many of our local girls can be at- tributed to the fact that the Aggies came home last night! Have you ever rubbed shoulders with a ghost writcr ? You do every day-the author of Bette n' Bob is keeping her name a deep, dark secret. After beating Bnrkburnett last Friday, Bill Cooney and Jimmy Cook felt they should show their apprecia- tion in some way, so they entertained SPEEICH CLUB ACTIVITIES The Behind-the-Mike Club enjoyed a picnic at the Stegall Lake, Novem- lber the thirteen'h. The members and 'their guests took picnic lunches and roasted weiners-some of the finish- ed articles would have made the homemaking department turn green with envy C?l. Several games of iucapture the flag were enjoyed, then the group returned home. This club has not only gained pleas- ture from its socials, but is now en- joying the radio work it is doing. During every club period several members read a selection over the public address' system, and the other members make suggestions and offer criticisms for improvement. This has been found Very helpful and interest- ing to the members who are eager to improve their speech. GIRL RESERVES HAVE FUN A social was the climax of the lNovember meetings of Girl Reserves. 'This was- held Tuesday night, Novem- ber --26, under the direction of the Sus Amigos group and their leaders, Miss Lucille Moore and Mary Jo Llohns. The game, Charades, was the high point of entertainment. You should have seen Marjorie Street act- ing like an angel or Cleatta Douglas the statue of liberty! Others taking part in the charades were Mary King, Mary Efta Carter, and Mary Jo Johns. A folk dance to the time of Good Night Ladies also furnished much enjoyment for all. Dessert? Yes, everybody had a pepermint stick to eat on the way home. Miss Mildred Hodges, who has been ill for the past three weeks, has resumed her duties as director of the choral and glee clubs. . Miss Christine Tucker returned Monday night from Gladewater, where she has been with a sister who had been injured in an automobile accident. 1--....1. THOUGHT Fon TODAY . iBy John T. Reedj Any child can eat unripe apples And get the colic Few grownups can eat life, And thrive on the diet two very attractive Burkburnett girls quite frequently over the holi- idays! V - THE STEER VOLUME 1. GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL, DECEMBER 6, 1940 NUMBER 6 RED CROSS DRIVE COMPLETED In high school the drive for the local Red Cross unit shows the fol- lowing results in each of the home rooms: Mr. Smith .. .. S .90 Miss Bain , , . . .80 Miss Tyler . . . .20 Miss Sparks . . . .97 Miss Duncan . . . .65 Miss Periman . . . . .25 Miss Ellington . . . .7 0 Mr, 'Scott . . . . . . 1.05 Mr. Wrenn . . . -'70 Mr. Tyson . . . .75 Miss Bishop . . . .70 M1'. Boaz .... . .50 Mr. Tiner . . . .45 Mr, Prim . . . .50 Mr. Baker . . . .51 Mr. Robinson ................ .25 for Contributions from the teachers Red Cross membership amount-' ed to S17.00. NEW CLUB IS ORGANIZED The Art Club, formerly the Latin Club, ofs is a new addition to the list chool clubs. This club is spon- sored by Miss Ellington The club started their activities by tinting photographs. Christma--3 cards are now being made. Designs will be worked on the cards in var- ious kinds of paint, oils, pastels, and walter colors. Monthly dues will be used to buy needed materiafls sizfch as reed, rafia, clay, a-nd wood. At a recent -meeting of this club Rosa Ann Hays was chosen presi- deutg Jo Ann Stinebower, secretary, and Pauline Norris, reporter. GRAHAM HIGH CALENDAR A look in-to the future reveals that a, faculty dinner will be held December 125 a minstrel show, De- cember 13: 8. Shawnee operetta at the high school auditorium, Decem- ber 16g and the Christmas holidays December 20-30. ,-vvvvvvvvvv--vv-- - vvvvv vv---v G. WILDE, NEWBY, AND COOK ON' ALL DISTRICT TEAM George Wilde and Morris Newby were elected to the all-district team. George Wilde, quarterback, and ace ball carrier, was nominated to a position in the back field. Morris Newby, end and captain, was fnoininated to the end position on the team. Jimmy Cook, guard and sometimes blocking back, was nominated to the second team. Several other mem- bers of the .team were given hon- orable mention, FRESHMAN CLASS PLANS PARTY The Freshman Class niet Decem- ber 2, in the cafeteria to discuss the Christmas pa-rty to be held in the junior high school gymnasium, Friday night, December 6, from seven until nine. Committees were appointed by the president, Mary King, to promo-te the plans for the party. The committees were as fol- lows: Ticket committee-Bill Bass, Jon Bloodworth, Johnna Lou Mc- Coinbs, and all sponsors: Foods connnitiee-'xVilford Fultz, Frances James, and Miss Duncan: Game cominittee--liiary King, Glee Clem- ents, and Mr. Hunt: Cleo-n up com- mittee-Zane YVinkler, Blake Alli- son. Joe Lankford, and Mr, Tyson. Tickets were on sale from Tues-I day morning Iumtll Friday morning ii.. ...i-... ..... Santa Claus comes once a year. But, boys and girls, the Student-- Tcacher Christmas Minstrel is some- thing that comes only once in a life- time. Once in lifetime, remember All the actors in black-face. Songs, dances, jokes Io make your side split, an orchestra the match of which can't be found this side of New York. The Student-Teacher Minstrel just before Christmas. Make up your mind to see that one even if you have to plan to miss Santa to do it. STEERS RIP OLNEY 19-6 The 'Steers closed their season in Olney Thursday, November 28, de- feating the Olney Cubs 19-6, This leaves the Steers in second place in the district, having been defeat- f, ed only by Wichita Falls in confer- ence play. The Cubs scored the first touch- down late in the first quarter on a, series of plays starting on the 50- yard line. The try for extra point was blocked, leaving the Cubs ahead by one touchdown. The 1Steers tied the score in the second period in a drive starting on the Olney 30-yard line. The try for extra point, however was wide. In the third qua-rter the Steers took the lead when Bobby Lawrence retruned an Olney punt from the -Olney 35-yard line. J. R. Wilde made the extra point good, making the score 13-6. 1 In the last period George Wilde broke loose on the Olney 40-ylard line and ran over to make the last touchdown. The try for extra point was no good. Game at A Glance, W Graham Olney 6 .... .. First Downs .... .. 12 193 Yards Gained Rushing 135 4 Yards Gained Passing 115 1 of 7 Passes Completed 7 of 14 2 Passes Intercepted 0 2 for 10 Penalties 2 for 10 8 for 244 Punts 1 for 4 Startlng Line-ups Graham: Ends, Newby a-nd Mc- Clellang Tackles, Herring and Cole: Guards, Joyce and Cookg Center, Purselleyg Backs, G. Wilde, Brock, Lawrence, and Carter. , Olney: Ends, Smith and Tucker: Tackles, Matthews and Ha-rwellg Guards, Daniel and I-Iolderg Center, Xvainrightg Backs, -Collins, Tvrkght. Nored, and Graves, Two new pupils who have enter- ed G. H. -S. are Florene and Wanda Oliver. Florene is a junior and Wan- da is a fre-sh-man. These two girls moved from Crosby. THE GRAHAM STEER THE STEER Scbscription Price 81.00 Per Annum Issued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. S T A F F Editor ................ J. P. Elkins Associate Editor Jo Annice Cornish Business Mgr. .......... Bill Boase Associate Business Mgr. ......... . Joe McKinley Society Editor .. Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicollette Sports Ed.tor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Editor .......... Claude Bloodworth Proof Readers .... Myrtle Hawley, Bette Hulse Typists ........ Genevieve Yancey, Exie Pearl Hayes, Alleene Rylee, Marie Simpson. Paper Folders .... Jon Bloodworth, Betty Smith, Virginia Lundy, Mary King. LIBRARY CONDUCT The conducthin the library has reached ai new high in our school this year and is greatly appreciated by our library supervisor, Miss Moore. It seems that the library has always been the hardest place in which to refrain from unnecessary conversationsg however, Miss Moore reports that she has had little trouble from excessive talking. O-ur is a workshop and it locks it thus sit and li-branry as if the students are using instead of an opportun'ty to talk to friends for an hour. i1 PUNCTUALITY IN SCHOOL WORK Getting material to your instruc- tors on time not only means a great convenience to them and a help to your grades, but it will be very use- tul in later projects that you wish to take up. Forming the habit ol' punctuality now, in high school, may perhaps mean eiiher failure or suc- cvess in the realization of your am- bition. Too, you will find that keep- ing your work up and not falling behind is really much easier than working frantically to make up for lost time. Think about it. lt is for your benefit, and after all you are most important to YOU. BETTE 'n' BOB Dere Bette, Do you know why the fu-tbawl boys allus luk at the floor whin they stand up in assemble? I have been wonderin about that for 0. long time, I always luk down to see if ther is anything on the floor whin they stand up cause the way they stand the-re gazing fixedly at the floor with that loving look in ther eyes would make anybody think ther is something down there. Jean Clements can rilly throw notes, .she wlll make a great passer sumday methinks. She has that great left that will make history or maybe git her sent to the study hall. I heard that .Ioe McKinley got so cold at the -O-lney game that his knees knocked the rithm of Down Argentine Way perfectly. and his teeth chattered Yankee Doodle in swing time. Mr. Tiner would make a perfect blushing bride. The other day wh'n Mr. Rose asked hem to stand up in assembly he turned as red als Frank Shioldis hair. He is a. better blusher than Miss Bishop. Joan Cribbs, Rosa Hays, Frances James. and some other futbawl fans decided they would have a- yell sec- shun of ther own at the Olney game and they were doin fine until they yelled BLOCK THAT GOAIJT. TheY were soon informed of the fact that the yell was block that kick, and they -changed ackordingly. They had a very cute new yell, but for some reason .limxnie's sister didn't have xnuf-li influence on him whin they tried to gtl hem to yell it. They usel .tzp much of ther yelling power trying to git Jimmie ,to lead the crowd in yelling it. J. T. Prlvett is really a swing- eroo or a dooderoo or something in typing. He can type so gud that he dosen't even have to think about wha-t he is tiping. He puts all the rythm he has into it, He gits al- most ten words a minut sometimes, and every now and then he only has ten errors. Bill Cooney is a real tipist too. During the hour of tfping he tipes exactly ititteen min- uts and is so exhausted after so much work that he rests the other NOSIN' AROUND Ode to Report Cards All hail the daiys are passing And 011, how sad my dot! All hail the dwys are passing, And I am on the spot, All hail the days are passing, And a term theme have I not, All hail the days are passing But ol1, my gosh, I'm not!!! After knociking out the Olney Cubs, the majority of our fooobull team tripped the light fantastic at the Thanksgiving dance last Thurs- day. Wereuit we all surprised when we saw J. P. Elk-us with Mary Kather- ine Spivey? Last week was one of the longest, most dreaded weeks we have had, There we were with six weeks' tests on one hand and turkey and dressing on the other. NOTE: The visiting collegiate students might be considered cranberry sauce, June Thedford and James Moody have been making rounds together lately. Bumping into doors has always been a good excuse. Malcolm Stuart doesn t CVSII give that one for that glorious shiner he's been displaying. Hmmmm- Gwendolyn mlust ceitain- carry a. punch! Phyllis Jamesons hobby is fun. Let's watch and see who has some with her. r 1 Much to the amusement of his classes, Mr. Scott constantly refers to Plato and Aristotle as the boys he went to school with. 'Has anyone had enough nerve to ask Mr. Hunt if his wie burns toast? Jean Clements is sporting a very masculine looking watch- couldnt be Douglas Carter's, could it? Seen .Sunday afternoon: Bobby Morrison and Russell Paul playing chase, and we do me-an chase!! All those Oh's and. Ah's that have been heard in the vicinity of the trophy case are due to the beau- tiful tea service to be presented to G. H. S. 'by the Class of '41. One of the great mysteries of life: How our lovable study hail supervisor, Mrs. Howell, gets such a tremendous task done so we-ll! forty-live minuts. Sea you sune. Lurve, Bob. THE GRAHAM STEER ISH ACTS AND ICTION Mr. Hunt's science class, which is mostly freshmen, went on a field trip Saturday, November 30, The? went out about ten miles southeast of Graham. Some of the pupils from Mr. .Smith's and Mr. Tinerfs classes were invited to go with them-. They left at 7:30. Breakfast was cooked and eaten as soon as they arrived. After breakfast they went, on a hike over paths which were hilly and rocky. They found bones of rabbits and other animals, Moss was gathered -by some of the class. When the stu-dents grew tired, they returned to camp. It was then tim.e to go home. At last half-of the high school grls in the Baton -Clorps are in the freshmau class. This list includes Margaret Turner, Blanche Smith, and Branys Bennett. Why is it that when Carlsie, Bet- ty, and Johnnia Lou are seen rid- ing around, there is often some car following them? This car usually contains Bobby Cozart, Bob Mor- rison or Russell Pa-ull. We Wonder why so many of our freshmen girls don't like freshman boys. Examples of this: Glee Clem- ents, Ciharlsie Grace, Jackie Cence- batigh, Juanita Gallaher, Dorothy Fickrell, Frances James, Ruth Jane Knox, Patsy Wood, and Johnna: Lou MdCombs. . The freshmen boys playing foot- ball this year were: Bill Cobb, Gor- ald Jackson, B. L. Caldwell, Lever- al Ward, Roy Livingpool, Howard Hunter, Douglas Price, Ed Crochern, Solly Sningler, Robert Haley, Gor- don Forehand, Glen Medlen, George Inman. William Lyles, Bleu Brew- aind De Troy Kerbow. ster, Sorry they're leaving, Every one's grieving: No one else can take their places: , In their spa-ce will be strange faces: Off fwith their knowledge Rushing to college. Say do you know who they are? Q fo. H. s cooPERA'rlvE ASSOCIATION Credit where credit is due! Let's cons.der some of those who con- tribute their service in such a. quiet and unassumiimg manner that few of us realize the benefit that they are to the school. We may call this the Graham High School Cooperative Association. During the football season, the FFA boys sold refreshments at ev- ery game played on the home field tand they didn't charge 10c for Dollies eitherl. Orchids to the assistant librarians who work quietly and efficiently in helping Miss Moore. They are Louise Cletcher, Wanda Bell, Ma-ry Ruth Lundy, Louis Pitcock, Gwendolyn Edwards, Dixie McAfee, Lola Joy Petty, and Colleen Gahagen. Other unsung heroes we wish to praise are Russell Paull and Alvin Savell, managers of the football tea-ni. They could be seen early and late marking off the footbarll field and hanging out towels. There is also Waldo Orr who has contributed his time and services anyway that he could in helping the football team, The homemaking department finds Fleta Ford indispensible. She is the official cleaner upper. A number of the high school girls, under the direction of Miss Periman have been making curtains for the junior high school auditorium. They are Colleeen McGee, llflargaret Mc- Kibbcn, Altie Lee Ponds, Cassie L. George, Dorothy J. Bills, Marcheta Casey, Betty Lee Grove, Leora Downey, Doro-thy Gathings, Dorothy Flynn, Genevieve Yancey, Vera Dell Baker, Ruth Bussey, and Charlotte Burton. There are the roll checkers who help Mrs. Howell. They are: Mary Leslie Scott, Mary Jo Johns, J. R, XVilde, Hermon Vaughn, Marjorie Street, Billye June Briglian, Jo An- uice Cornish, Mildred Knox and Doris Mobley. They are so quietly efficient that wer-hztps we do not appreciate the work that they do. ln Miss Sparks' room we would like to mention Bobby Morrison, Frank Ragland, Kenneth Willis. Troy Lee Shepherd, and Ernest Rat- lfl, who adjust the shades every afternoon at 3:45. Also George I f Meet The Steers GERALD JACKSON, age 16, end. freshman, first year on varsity squad, a real threat next year. GEORGE LYNCCH, age 16, end, junior, first year on varsity squat? and has the ability in him. ARTHUR LEE SHAHAN, age 15, back, junior, up from UB squad, fast improving player, first year on varsity. BILL BOAJSE., age 16, back, jun- ior, frist year on A squad, really has the ability to go. WYLIE DOIFTTN, age 16, end, junior, comes from Loving, first year on Graham team. LOYD ORR, age 16, junior, comes from Jean, first year on Graham A team, a real charger. BANK IS ESTABLISHED IN G. H. S. ' ' - Miss Tyler's second period Junior Business Training class recently es- tablished a bank, The idea is to be ca1'ried out in business form with regular deposit blanks, checks, and statements. The cashier, John T. Reed, was elected by the class. Deposits may be given to him of any amount, starting with ten cents. The class has not yet decided whether other high school students will be allowed to deposit. The Steer has three out of town subscribers, Jack Gulley, Geor- gia McCal1ister, and Ray Anable in Fort Sam Houston. Strickland, Mary McFarland, Doro- thy Moore, and Katie Jane Richards check the rons in Miss, Sparks' classes. Other martyrs to the cause are Bernice Strickland, Mary Katherine Norred, Jessie Lee Atwell, Mary Lou Scott, and Mary Jo Johns, who assist Miss Tucker with the uni- forms and eqmzlipment. Vie have brought to notice a few of' those who work behind the scenes, showing, a. great amount ot' school spirit, and who heretofore have had very little retognition. Other' members of this association will, no doubt, be reported for next weekis Steer. THE GRAHAM STEER LITERARY CHARACTERS ENTERTAIN GIRL RESERVES The hgh school reading lists be- came a reality Tuesday night when the social group, under the direc- .tion of Miss Vada- Bain, gave an un- trsual program for Girl Reserves. The doors of Bookland opened to admit the Little Women and John Elden and Pricilla Mullins. Then Becky and Tom 'Sawyer skipped in, only to be followed by the sleepy Rip Van Winkle, and the stately Florence Nightingale. All the sen- iors jumped when Lady Mac-beth appeared in her sleep-walking scene, Racial differences were contrasted when characters from the Good Earth shuffled in, quickly follow- ed by tne dancing Topsy from Un- cle '1'om's Cabin. Another contrast was drawn .when the daring and vivacious Cleopatra was pursued by the Puritan girl from A Lantern in Her Hand. Love for the wide open spaces and comradeship were exemplified by The Three Muske- teers and The Log of a Cowboy. The French days -of the powdered wigs and hoop skirts were revived as Marie Antoinette closed this bril- liant a-rray of characters from the past. 1 -j lssf The charactres were portrayed in order of their appearance 'by Shir- loy Mobry, Lillian Burns, Imogene Sm-ith, Mary 'Raith Lundy, Louise Lavlolet, Wanda McClesky, Gwen- dolyn Barrow, lRosa Ann Hayes, Katy Jane Richards, Frances James, Lou Ellen Roberts, Joan Cribbs, Virginia H. Lundy, Mary King, and Mary Helen Nicolett. Three representatives from each group acted as contestants, striv- ing to name either the characters or the books portrayed. The prize, a bag of Kisses fHer- shcyl. was won 'by the Sedarmac Group. ,INTERESTING BOOKS In the library there are several books on games and other entertain- ment that are very helpful in home room programs-or just to have a party. There are not only books for programs, but books on hobbiesg for example, there is The Care and Feeding of Hobby Horses, What to Make,'7 Creative Handicrafts, Photography for Fun, and others. Let's Have a Good Time Tonight, The Big Fun Book, and Home SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Graham now has a symphony or- chestra, meeting each afternoon at 3:45. Both high school students and 'junior high students are members of i the orchest1'a. This week they have started practicing their first over- ture. Beginning next week, the or- chestra will meet in the band house every Monday night at 7:00 o'clock in addition to the afternoon meeting. The players of the string instru- ments are: Violins: Myrtle Hawley Mable Baker Jackie Cencebaugh Virginia Cencebaugh Jo Frances Clark .Ioan fFa1kinburg Mary Frances Harlan Bobby LaRue McElroy Sharlyn Reaves Louise Reep Gennelle Gonchstone Yvonne Pendleton Charlsie McGrew Annie Doris Thorn Violas: Pauline Norris Rosa Ann Hays Doris Miller Cellos: Lou Wallace Childress WVanda McClesky Jo Ann Stincbowcr Basses: Alleene Rylee Merle Pcrsing' Piano: Dorothy Moore Some of the band members will meet with the members listed above on Monday night. There are fifty-one members of this symphony orchestra. EL CIRCULO ESPANOL The meeting was called to order by the president. The roll was czrll- ed und the minutes read by the secretary. A Spanish game, Pren- das, meaning forfeits, was played. Someone asked a question in Span- ish and called on someone to an- swer. If the question was not an- swered correctly in Spanish, the contestant paid a forfeit of one cent, and then asked the next ques- tion. The game was enjoyed very much. The meeting adjourned at 1:45, Room Guidance are 'good game books. These books are anxious to be used, so let's have some parties! BRAIN TEASER3 There seemed to be more interest shown in the puzzlies for last Week, and we hope that this means that you will continue to be interested in the problems proposed each week. Those who turned in correct answers to both problems are Wen- dell Ligon, T. H. VV-heat, Bobby Ash- ley, and Gertie Nell Hinson. Those who solved only the second prob- lem correctly are James Wheeler and Joe Frank Harris. The correct answer for the first problem is that the airplane flew 400 miles before the trains met, In the second prob- lem the man has 44 posts in his garden fence. If you get answers to the problems eaich week, why not turn your solutions in to Mr. Scott? The puzzlies -for this week follow: 9. fSuggested by George Wilooxj. On Monday Herbert asked his fath- cr for the time. He was told that it was noon but that the watch was .two minutes fast. On Wednesday, Herbert again inquired the time and .was told that it was 8:00 A. M. but that the watch was now one min- ute slow. At what time was the watch exactly correct? 10. If that seems to be too dif- ficult you might try this one, If one third of six apples sell for three cents, what will one-fourth of forty apples sell for? Two FIRE ALARMS IN ONE DAY C111-ng! Clang! lt's a fire drill. lhionday witnessed two fire drills at ill:-aliam High and both drills were icarried out very well by the stu- fleutsg however, Mr. Rose requests .hut no talking go on while clear- ing the buiilding. The time for the first drill was one minute and twenty secondsg the .next drill was five seconds slower than the first. I ASSEMBLY NOTES The juniors, seniors, and sopho- mores had a sing-song during as- sembly. Under Mr. Boze's direction, popular songs and old favorites were sung, . Friday during assembly, Sergeant Barrington the recruiting officer in Graham, will speak. Miss Moore ls now making slides for assembly sing-songs. The collec- ition will include patriotic songs, ,popular airs, and old favorites. 1 THE S EER voLUME 1. - GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL,FF'RlDAY, nec. 13, 1940. Nurvisea ij CHEER LEADERS The Graham High pep leaders, Jo Annice Cornish, Jimmie' Hays, Marjorie Street, and J. P. Elkins, have been working together for the! past two 'months in order to create new yells and to find .some new motions in -which to lead the yells. They are classified as seniors, but this is the first year otcheer lead- ing llor Jo Anni-ce and J. P. Jimmy last season. The cheer lea-ders made the trip to Quanah to find they had no student body to lead, but the Graham High band served their pur- tory. MR. SCOTT'S HOME ROOM In the regular meeting of Mr. Scott's home room Thursday a pro- gram was gven: How South Am- erica Feels About the United States - Venedia Whitakerg and Items dn. the News -- George Strickland, ANNOUNCEMENT On Tuesday night, December 17, at eight o'clock, the Shawnee- Ward School wLll present an operetta in the high school auditorium. The program will include one hundred and ten children in clever, colorful costumes. There will be singing, dancing, and good acting. No ad- mission is charged. pose and cheered our team to vic- HONOR ROLLS ARE ANNOUNCED Monday morning Mrs, Howell read the following low and high honor rolls for the swond six weeks: 'High Honor Roll Eighth Grade: Blake Allison, Jr., Bill Bass, Jon Bloodworth, Glee Cle- ments, Mary King, Margaret Ann Turner, Pearl Faye Corley. ' Ninth Grade: Ruth Lee Bussey, Lou Wallace Childress, Rosa Ann Hays, Wanda McCleskey, Frank Lee Ragland, Imogene Smith, George Strickland, Jack Wiley. Tenth Grade: Charles Atkinson, Chilton Ayres, Clytee Burdick, Lil- lian Burns, Margaret Hawkins, Jo- llene Rowley, Jeane Strength., ' I Myrtle Hawley. Mary McFarlane, Marjorie Street. Low Honor Roll Eighth Grade: Ophelia Armstrong, Harvey Barnhart, Hugh Blevins, Lil- lian Brisco, Doris Bryant, B. L. Cald well, Charlsie Grace, William Guinn, Elizabeth Hays, Vester Hazelton, , Bud Lane, Johnna Frances James l . . lL M C bs H ' N- - -l , and Marjorie, however, were leaders, Ou C Om y any ,lIqNec y Reeves Moren, Edward Petty, cliffe, Flo Ann Smart, Blanche' Smith, Minnie Snod- grass, V W. C. Snodgrass, Weldon Spivey, Dean Taylor. Ninth Grade: Leota Byrd, Leora fFlynn, James Furrh, Colene Gahagan, lBetty Lee Grove, Gertrude Hubbard, J. C. Jones, Joe Lee 'Jones, Jackie Ledbetter, Joy Petty, Carl Pittsman, Mary Katherine Spivey, Bobby Doug Stewart, Malcolm Stewart, Jo Ann Stinebower, Harold West, Bob Wheat, Venedia Whitaker, J. R. Wilde, Paul- 'ine wi-ight. Tenth Grade: Gerald Allen, Billie Iliabb, Mable Baker, Donald Bills-, Vel- ,da Bradshaw, Louise Crow, Gwendo- ilyn Edwards, Sue Lisle, Geraldine ,Mnrtin, Mary llclcn Nicolctt, Twila ,Smith, Mary Kay Snoddy, In-xagenc Sweeney, Bettie Lee Timmons, Ear ,lcnc Veal. i Eleventh Grade: Glenmary Baker, Marie Nunley, John Mary Frances Rat- Singleton, Dolores V Eleventh Grade: Louise Cletcher,,,'- 0. B. ROSE, PRINCQIPAL OF G.H..S Mr. Oliver Burl Rose came to Graham seven years ago as teacher of vocational agriculture, Before l lllnythene Baker. Gerald BiPl1op,' Claude Bloodworth, Louise Braddock,, l QContinued on page 43 coming to Graham, he served as principal of Gustine High School, where he also taught classes in vo- cational agriculture. I ' He obtained his college education from A. .fc M. and holds H. sl and M, S. degrees. ' ' Mr. Rose is now serving his Sec- ond year as principal of Graham High School, He also teachers clas- ses in vocational agriculture. , In the agriculture department, Mr. Rose, is largely responsible for its growth and success. He organized here an FFA chapter which has be- come the largest in the state. This chapter has taken more than its share of prizes in state and dis- trict meets. Mr. Rose has also taken boys to a national contest at Kan: sas City, where they have won sec- ond place. Mr. Rose owns his home in Gra- ham ,and has been prominent in civic affairs. Last year he was presi- dent of the Lions Club. His two daughters have won considerable recognition as members of the Baton Corps, CMI'-. Rose says he is five feet and six inches tall.J Is he neally? THE GRAHAM STEER BETTE 'N' BOB P HE S I EER .. 'SH - , - ' A C T S A N D Subscription Price 81.00 Per Annum Dere Bobf 'CTI 0 , Q- I wuz glad to git your leier and N Issued Each Week By The Sllldbhfl of Graham High School. S T A F F Editor ................ J. P. Elkins Associate Editor Jo Annice Cornisn Business Mgr. .......... Bill Boase Associate Business Mgr. ........ '.. Joe McKinley Society Editor .. Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... V Mary Helen Nicollette Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Editor .......... Claude Bloodworth Proof Readers .... Myrtle Hawley, Bette Hulse Typlfta ........ Genevieve Yancey, Emil: Pearl Hayes, Alleene Rylee, Mane Simpson. Paper Folders .... Jon Bloodworth, ,Betty Smith, Vlrglnla Lundy, Mqry King. OUR TEACHERS Fortunate indeed are we, the stu dents of Graham High, in having a mculty so interested in the ad- vancement of higher learning for their Pupils. Every single one of Glenn ls eager at all times to render extra help if it is needed. Too, they are always ready to offer their ser- viceb' and advice in aiding students to choose the 'best subjects for a background for later vocational tvaining. Our teachers seem one of us, serious enough during classes, but loads of fun at other times. Where eise is av faculty whose mem- bers will hike and fish with stu- dents, 'ride hay wagons, and play ottdpor games like youths again Lalways stiff and sore the next morning but still a sport about ith, our athletic traditions, school issues with heart This sort of faculty is a -gold mine and should as such. We would not and back und other and soul? as rare as be valued exchange our mculty for a-ny, any- where. Our teachers are real sports! ..1 Mr. .Boz.e's home room Olected new officers lust Thursday. They are: Tammy Roach as president, Virginia Wisclom as secretary, Aand Kim-aldine Willis as reporter. k I thot it wuz about time you rote to me. Have you notlsed Joe Frank Har- ris, Bill Muller, and Bennie Jack F'ra.uks, esxpechelley Bennie Jack, going around with sore arms this week? Et' you have it is because they ackted lik regular Sir Walter Ralieghe-s o nth fieeld trip Satur- day. They pulled the gurls up all the hills. Nice wurk--until they got tired. Sum of the other boys out ther didnt bother themselves tho., Mr. Bingham won't have to clean the gym floor ef Myrtle Haw1ey,' Louise Cletcvher, Billie Babb, and Mable Baker continue to pull each other around on it. They clean it pretty wel. Efris McC'1eur and Raythene Baker can rilly play volley bawl. Yolt oufght to see em swing their arms back and make tha-t bawl just fly over the net. Ther are a good many other gurls up here than kan play i volley bawl reel good, too. i Mildred Nox told Mr. T,ner ther other day that she didn't like sun-I tans, whiu he asked her why she didn't buy herself one. I should think that she would tell someone else that she didn't lik thim in- stead of Mr. Timer, It looks tb me: lik he has a pretty had case of it. Last YVed11esdae Miss Parsons was wondering whether or not to give out the report kards before klass or rite before the bell. She said she havted to listen to sum of the pupils cumplane about ther grades. D. M. Purselley spoke up promply and said, Oh, thats all right, Miss Parsons. Ef you give them to us now, we will be too sick to say anything about the grades. She gave the cards out. and evidently everyone did feel bad because the room was quiet alll that da-y. Mr, Prim allus likes to give out report kards at the end- of class so kids'can go to ther next kla-sses and pull the other teachers' hair out instead of his. If all the teach-, ers did that though, Mr. Prim' is bound to git his hair pulled out somewhere in the dee-l. His short.- hand class finally convinced him of Bill McFarlane is doing good these dayfs. Last Friday of two classes. Mary King was she didn't beat day night. We hear that man sponsors is leading parts in the negro minstrel. which is to be presented Fridawy, the 13th. We wish Miss Duncan good luck in spite of the date. he was kicked out disappointed when Patsy Wood Fri- one of Our fresh- taking one of the THOUGHT FOR THE DAY' By John T. Reed It's better to not know So many things, Than to know so many things That are not so. -o- Taxes could be a lot worseg What if we had to pay, Op what we think we're worth? FUGITIVE FROM A BRAIN GANG In this world there seem to be Only -wiser ones than me, Learned ones who study much, And say they can enjoy such, They glory in all knowledge free, And revel in biology. With now and then some English Lit., And economics - just a bit. Civics, Spanish, Latin, Ag., All this knowledge makes me gag. Matlxexnatics I would question, It brings me down with indigestion. Why must I spend my hours here, When fun and frolic lurk so near? These learned folks are killing me, And where it gets me I can't see. kards out at the first of class. I think that all techers should do this becuz the kids are allus dredin' to git ther report kards so had they don't listen in klass anyway-so the techers might git thim out of ther agony a little if they went ahead and broke the sad news. Thinkin uv thim report cards re- .minds me uv that proposition in geometry. Miss Sparks acted hert today whin I did:n't know my les- son, so I better study sum. So long, See you at the minstrul, .his and so he, too. gave repo:-tx Bette, THE' GRAHAM STEER NOSIN' AROUND BAND HUNT WILD-E AND NI'CLELLAN History ls Made! The biggest sensation of the cen- tury: tall, good-lookin1g, and blush- ing Charles Atkinson smashed the hopes of many a high school girl Saturday night, when he was seen with Johnna Lou Mc-Combs. Rumor has it that it is his first da-te, too! Note: The same young lady was seen with Jimmy Griffin Friday night. Russell, what I.S the matter? Few' people know that the J in J. R. Wilde's name stands for Johnny, Lately he's -been advertis- ing the fact because Frankie and Johnny Were ISweethea1-ts. The ring that has adorned Betty Ragland's hand has been the source of much questioning lately. Who is it, Petty? Those freshman really believe in style. The night of the fish party la-st week Jack 0'dell arrived for Anna Louise Bates with a box of candy and a. yellow cab!!! Amon-g those who went to possum on the band party fwe they caught a skunkll were jorie Street and Joe McKinley, Richards and Johnny Givens, Bette Baker and Burton Kertly, Betty Ann Westerheide and James Akers. hunt hear Mar- Kay Everyone at school knows that the typing classes went to Breck- enridge last Friday to see Albert Tangora, wor1d's champion typistg but not everyone knows yet that he bought the drinks at the drug store for Barbara, Gertrude, Madell, and Alleene. VOICE PUPILS GIVE PROGRAM Mrs. IS. A. Penix presented a pro- gra-m of musical numbers Thursday during assembly. Mary Helen Nic- olett announced the following pro- gram: Moonlight and Roses - Mary Helen Ncolett. Rosemary Renders Playmate and Duodle-Doo-Doo - Curtis Gray, Wrap Your Dreams in the Red, White and Blue -Peggy Conklin. ' Trade Wnid-s and By the VVay -Rosemary Rehders, Ferry Boat Serenade and Mary Band socials have proved in the past that they can really be u sue: cess. It is also known that they can usually be very unusual affairs- maybe this should be credited to the original ideas of the mud dir- Iector, Mr. Sm.tl1. Friday night saw another ba-nd social come and go with as much a ,barrg as the 'former ones have come and gone. The band merrxbers, with a few guests including Mr. and Mrs, Boaze, -Mr. and Mrs. Prim, Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Sn-ith, I I I I I and Mr. Mayes, met at the band' ,house at five o'c1ock Friday after- noon, and -went in private cars to' the home of James Akers, a band member, The boys played football awhile, and according to them Mr. Boaze is a real football hero. After aI ga-me of football the food was brought out. Everyone says he thor- oughly enjoyed the sandwiches, and ,roasted marshmallows and weiners. The fun really began after eating, as it always does. About ten ,boys started the hunt with the others following, but the credit for find- fing the skunk must go to Rowdy, Mr. .Smith's dog. lt was not Rowdy however, who brought the skunk' back, but it was Bennie Jack Franks. - You can readily see from the fol- jlowing statements made by band members that a good time was had by all. James Furrh- I thought it was okey doke. Joe McKinley- It was a lot of trouble to go to just for one skunk, but I have never had any more ilu-n. Bennie Jack Franks- Plenty of fun, but it smelt. fl-le means he smelt, but why shou1dn't heffl Shirley Mabry-- It's the first pos- sum hunt I ever went on. but I'm ready for another one. I ---i1...1...-1. FIRST YEAR HOMEMAKERS D0 GOOD WORK The following girls in Homemak- ing 1B, taught by Miss Vera Periman, -have made A on their first garments: Fay Adell Atwood, Leola Joy Petty, 'Mable Baker, Dorothy Jean Bills, IPattie Lee Bryan, Marcheta Casey, 'Betty Claybrook, Leora Flynn. Betty Lou -Mary Helen Ni'C016if- 1Lee Grove, Shirley Mabry, Margaret Moonlight Bay -- Rosemary Reh- McKibbcn, Altie Lee Ponds, Patsy ders, Mary Helen Nicolett. ,Wood I I i VISIT RICE INSTITUTE George Wilde and Alvin McClel- lan left Graham Tuesday morning for Houston and Rice Ins-titute. These :boys were given this trip by the vice-president of the Humble Oil Company. George and Alvin stopped at A, 62 M. and inspected that school. Both boys have had of- fers to play Iball for Rice. 'Saturday morning they toured the campus of Rice and ate lunch in the mess hall with the boys. In the afternoon they attended the Rice vs. S. M. U. football game, and later met the Rice coaches. Saturday night George and Alvin went to the Hollywood Ict Skating Review, and there saw Sonja Heine. They left Houston Sunday morning and reach- ed Graham that same night, George now plans to attend A. 8: M. next year, while McClellan favors Rice. 2.-.i.....i ...... SENIOR CLASS HAS MEETING I The senior class had a called, business meeting at 9:15, Friday morning, December 6. The presi- dent, Douglas Carter, called the meeting to order. The presentation ot' the silver service was discussed and the following committee. ,was appointed to plan the presentation and to draw up rules regarding the use of it: Jean Clements, Myrtle, Hawley, .Jo Annice Cornish, Claude Bloodworth, and Douglas Ca-rter. Marjorie Street was elected as sen- ior reporter for The Steer. The president led a discussion concern- ing the concessions for the basket- ball gamcs. Bill Townsend was ap- po'nted chairman of the peanut committee, and Morris Newby chair- ma-n of the popcorn committee. volley ball teams were discussed. and it was decided the girls should practice Tuesdays and Thursdays in the gym, and the boys Mondays and Fridays. The boys and girls then held sep- arate meetings for the solution of their own probems. The girls elect- ed Jean Clements to be cha-irmnn of the candy committee, and plans were made for making the candy. The boys discussed their volloj' ball team, and the president ap- pointed as captain of the practice teams Alvin McClellan and Ear' -i Ratcliffe. 0. THE GRAHAM STEER BRAIN TEASERS Not a single pupil turned in the correct answer to the puzzle pro- posed by George Wilcox in our last issue, although several tried it and came close to the right answ- er. Wendell L gon, Bob Ashley, Nell liinson, .Reeves Moren, and T. H. Whoa-t were the ones that solved the second problem correctly. In the first problem about the incorrect watch you will find that it was correct at exactly 5:20 p. rn. o11 Tuesday afternoon. The 'correct an- swer to the problem was 15 cents. I am just giving one problem this week because it is really one to tax N-your reasoning powers to the fullest extent. The Artisans There a-re three men, John, Jack and Joe, each of whom is engaged in two occupat ons. Their occupa- tions classify each of them as two oil the following: chauffeur, mer- chant, musician, painter, gardener, and barber. 'Fro mthe following facts find in wha-t two occupations each is engaged. 1, The chauffeur offended the mu- sician-by laughing at his long hair. 2. Both- the musician and the gardener mused to go iiiishing with John. 3. The painter bought a hat from th-o merchant. 4.' The 'chauffeur courted the painftens sister. 5. Jack owed the gardener 35.00, 6: Joe beat bothxlack and the paintenat tennis. ' ' H ' TYPVING cLAss seas B ALBERT TANGORA Friday afternoon the typing clas- ses :of Miss Tyler and Mr. Prim went to Breckenridge to see ,and hear,,,Albert Tangora, one of tl1e world's champion typists, , Two busses, driven by Mr. Prim andljlkir. Dewey, le,t Graham about twelve and reached Breckenridge about one.. K , M p . world's record that Tangora has ,set is one hundred and forty- one Uwordsper- minute. In his dem- onstration' no ,sun-tea with forty wordstper minute, increasing his wordsi per minute, increasing, his speed,Uun.tll,l1e reached one ,hun- dredfflandl forty words a minute..In the last v.:or1d's contest Mr. Taugora, maintained the speed of one hun- SCIENCE NEWS The Paleonthology Club with leaders, Mr. Hunt a-nd Mr. Boze, held its first initiation for twenty members last Thursday night ,at Lake Eddleman. The twenty pledges were com- pletely exhausted after a hike over the dam and strenuous calisthcnics by Hal Crlbbs. Then began what Mr, Hunt so aptly called the physical part of the initiation. The pledges were shown a clever exhibit of eye-balls, icastor oil, liver, earthworms, oys- ters, and dog food. Really what 2 I 1 l happened thereafter is still a vague picture in the minds of the pledges. A.t the conclusion of the in'tia- tion the old members joined hands with the new members, and Mr. Boze led the group while they sang the school song. 'V , The new members are: Dorothy Askew, Lois Audrian, L.u1ian iB1-is- coe, Glen Brewster, Doris' Bryant, Bobby Cox, Kathryn Haley, Eliza- beth Hayes, Buster Vlifaples, John Reid.. Delores Smart, Patsy llvood, noi-is wins, Hai-om niitnerford, Bettie Lee Timmons, Branyse Ben- nett, Wilbunn Bullard, and Arthur Hubbard. Q., ' SPANISH I CLASSES PLAY LOTERIA . A During the first of the pa-st week, the Spanish I classes enjoyed play- ing Loteria. Loteria is played ex- actly as is B-in-go. The only catch is that all nrimbers are called in Spanish. All da-y suckers and sma-ll toys were given as prizes. 13-ill Mc- Farlane must have a lucky rabbit's foot. as he won three times, Among those winn'ng in the morning: class were 'Charles Atkinson, Bill McFar- lane, Harry Mcbleely, Ja-ck 0'Dell, Robbie Lawrence and l.ou Wallace Childress. In the afternoon class, Harvey Barnhart, Dixie Dell Mc- Afee, Meri Persiug. Winnie lVisdom., and Billie Marie Easley won. Frday night in th-eucafeteria the senior girls will entertain the sen- ior boys with a buffet supper. The supper will begin at six, and then the crowd will attend, the..Negro Minstrel, -' , . dred and forty-one wordsperdmin- ute' for an hour FRESHMEN HAVE PARTY The freshman party held Friday night in the junior h'gh school gym was definitely a grea-t success. Each committee worked efficiently. The ticket committee, composed of Jon Bloodworth, chairman, Johnna Lion McfCombs, Bill Bass, and all Sponsors, collected the tickets ot each student as he arrived. After everyone had arrived, the game committee, composed of Mary King, cha-ii-man, Glee Clements, and Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, took charge of the games. An introduction was given to the party by the girls' taking boys for partners and discussing a certain suibject with him. Follow- ing this, a game called passing -the Fish was played. Several types iof box'ng matches were held some 1 l got which were horse and rider box- ing match, blind bxoing match and a girl boxing rmatch. The girl con- itestants were Mary King and Pat- I . 'sy Wood of the first bout and Marie Nunely and Betty Jo Burk of the second bout. A contest for the long- iest grin was next in order. First place was won by Blake Allison Jr. and second place by Mary Louise Bryan. A circle was formed by all students and a game of bingo was enjoyed. After the games, refresh- ments of soda water, ca-ndy, and apples were served to the sixty- five -. students by the refreshment committee, composed of Wilford Fultz, Frances James, and Miss Dun- C7-111. l i 3 GIERL RESERVE REPORT 5 Christina-s Around the Wo1'1d lwas the theme of the program giv- 'en by the Girl Reserves Tuesday night at the East Ward Auditorium. Q The Sedarmoc group, with leaders 'Jean Clements and Miss Tucker, had charge of the Dl'01gI'i1II'l. Sihort talks were given showing ways the countries of Europe and of America celebrate Christmas. Dances and songs with junior high girls also Aaddcd spice to the program. fConfinued from page ll Gene Brazelton, Jean Clements, Hal Cribbs, J. B. Fore, Marion Gibson, -Joy Ilickerson, Betty Hulse, Suzanna Larmour, Ei-is Mc1Cluer, Dorothy Moore, Betty Ragland, Bernice ilthoades, Alleene Rylee,- bernice Strickland, Rachel Strickland. l Post Graduates: Bennie Jack iFranks, G. B. Johnfon, .Frank Rickles. H ES VOLUME 1 GRAHA M HIGH SCHOOL, DECEMBER 20, 1940 NUMBIER 8 PLAYERS SELECT GEORGE AND J. R. WILDE ON ALL DISTRICT TEAM In a poll held last week among the players of District 2-AA, George and J. R. Wilde were named on the first team. George Wilde was named on the coaches' all district team the Week before. J. R. Wilde, however, only received honorable mention. Morris' Newby, who was named on the coaches' all district first team, was moved down to the players' sec- ond team. Bob Greene, who did not receive honorable mention on the coaches' team, was named on the players' second team. Jimmy Cook, who held Bob Greene's place on the coaches' second team, was given hon- orable mention by the players. Certificates will he given each member of the following team: First Team Player Town Pos-ition Max Bungardner Wichita Falls End! John Jolly Quanah End J. R. Wilde Graham Tackle McCharles Huff Wichita Falls Tackle The hostesses were: Lou Wallace Bobby Henderson Quanah Guard Johnnie Davis Vernon Guard Max Jones Childress Center Iohnny Colllngs Olney Back George Wilde Graham ' Back Emmett Maxon Vernon Back Victor Bates Childress Back SILVER SERVICE IS PRESENTED Thursday afternoon the senior class presented to the school a silver service. Douglas Carter, senior class president, gave a short speech pre- senting the service. Myrtle Hawley, secretary, then read the rules govern- ing the use of this service. Mr. Gil- mer responded wi,h a speech of thanks on behalf of school. SENIORS RAISE FUNDS FOR TREASURY The seniors, Working hard to raise funds to pay for the silver service, gained the permission to control the concessions at all the home bas-ket-i ball games. The results of the sales at the first game have been esti- niatcd at approximately five dollars MRS. EUGELNIA HOWELL, DEAN OIF HIGH SCHOOL Mrs. Howell came to Graham seven years ago. Her former home was at Okeechobee, Florida, where she taught school before coming here. Mrs. Howell attended Brenau Col- lege, Gainesville, Georgia, where she received an A.B. degree. She also attended the University of Georgia, where she-has done considerable work on her master-'s degree. Mrs. Howell taught the fourth grade the first year that she spent in Graham. The next year she re ceived the position as Dean of high school, and she has continued to serve in that capacity. Mrs. Howell is co-sponsor of the senior class and the Girl Reserves. She also sponsors the Personality Club. She is' secretary and treasurer of the Texas State Association of Deans of VVomcn and Advisers Of Girls. Mrs. Howell is gracious and kind. She is always willing to cooperate and help the Students when and how- ever she can. She is our lucky star, our peacemaker, and a friend to all. ..-, ...-.- , HIGH 'SCHOOL FACULTY ENJOYS DINNER The second year foods classes of Miss Perriman and Miss Bishop hon- ored the teachers with a dinner Thursday night in the high school building. The table decorations were very colorful. In the center of the table was a brightly colored box contain- ing smaller boxes, decorated with Christmas paper, red berries, and green leaves, and filled -with candies and cookies made by the homemak- ing classes. There was a box for each teacher. Four red tapers were placed around the centerpiece. Bowls, decorated with Christmas snow and holding wires with different colored bells and balls suspended from them, were placed on red stars with gold edges. Places were marked with nap-- kins of red Indianhead, bearing indi- lvidual names in gold. The room iwas decorated with bowls of pine and ynandiniase poinsettias, and red can- dles. - The guests came into the candle- lighted room and found their places at the table. After the blessing was said by Mr. Gilmer, the electric lights were turned on. The menu was: baked ham asparagus tips sweet potato puffs Christmas salad Cranberry sauce hot rolls date pudding and whipped cream Coffee TIIITITJS Childress, Mary LOU Scott, Betty Ragland, and Mary Jo Johns. The hostesses and the women wore eve-- ning dresses, which added to the beauty of the dinner. In addition to the high school teachers, Miss Velma Anderson and Mrs. George Wrenn attended the din- xner. Miss Anderson was a special guest, and Mrs. Wrenn came 'in the lplace of her husband. Monday afternoon during assem-3 ..,,,................ bly, two skits, one a clown and the other a French doll, were given by' two students of Shawnee Ward School. These two skits were a pre-f i In Miss Bishop's home room Tues- day a Christmas story was told by Rathene Baker. In addition to the pzmgram the members of the home View to the operetta to be given Tues- 3,-Dom discussed plans fm- fl New c'.1y night. X iYea r's paray. THE GRAHAM STEER ,THE STEER Eubfcrlptlon Price 81.00 PerfAnnum Issued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. S T A F F Editor . ............... J. P. El Associate Editor Jo Annlce Cornisn Business Mg-r. .......... Bill Boase Associate Business Mgr. ......... . Joe McKinley Society Editor .. Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicollettr Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Editor .......... Claude Bloodworth Proof Readers .... Myrtle Hawley, Bette Hulse Typlsts ........ Genevieve Yancey, Exle Pearl Hayes, Alleene Rylee, Marie Simpson. Paper Folders .... Jon Bloodworth, Betty Smith, Vlrglnla Lundy. Mary King. A kins - All of us, teachers and students, have gone to the magazine rack in the library to look up an article that has been recommended by a. student or teacher, and found it either mark- ed and scratched, or cut and torn until it could not be read. -lt is the same way with the newspapers Some of the students in this school have no more respect for magazines, books, and newspapers than they have for the mud on their shoes. It seems that we could respect. things more. CHow would YOU like to find an article that might help you in some subject torn to shi-eds?J You wouldn't like it. Why not try to cooperate with the other students. Don't tear a cute joke out of the paperg copy it, and leave it in the paper for others to enjoy. HOME ROOM HAS QUIZ PROGRAM Mr. Hunt's home room enjoyed a very interesting quiz program Tues- day aiternoon. Questions pertaning to nature and popular songs were asked the members. Each member who gave the correct answer to his question was awarded some candy. Those who did not miss any ques- tions were dhosen for the final con- test: each of these was awarded a large candy ibar. Hoyle Speake, a member of the home room, pre- sented thls interesting and intel- lectual protrram. 'l l BETTE 'N' BOB Deer Bette, Boy, I rilly have something funy to tell youse, Least, I .thot it wuz tuny. Youse no Mr. Rose prides him- self on not ever bein late to skool-N well he nearly busted his gud rekord the other dae. He got up a little ate I think, and wuz rusllin around sos he wuddent be tarty. Whin hel got out to the kar he notised that Liis feet shure wer kolcl. He looked down and -- lo and behold-he had forgotten his soks. Lillian Burns had a time last weak ,'GiCltll1 a .long poem for memry vurk in Englush entitled, Love is Dead. It wuz rilly quite sad, but I ca-n't remember goin to Gerald 3-ishop's funeral, kan youse? Mr. Robinson wore his overshoes po skool last week, and wore thim iearly all dae. He hated to take him off so bad, that finally Mable Waker had to force hem to remove unm, A Mr. Tiner asked lkla-rgaret Haw- :ins why her parents didn't name 'ier Sad-ie. XVe th-ot that wuz pritty kute--fer Mr. Tiner. . Albert Cleveland cuddent git hem 3. gurl enny uther way so he finally resorted to misteltoe. I wonder if it will help. The sayin-g-- lVhnt's it to yoit nosey,--you're not trritin' a buk or a short story wuz changed slightlee the other dae whin Myrtle Hanley wuz asked a question. Sho sed, Whats it to you, nosey, you're not wriitin' a huk, a short story, or ri turm theme. Diuglas Carter ha-d such a long speech in assemble the otlier dae that he wuz semply exausted whin he finished, Alvin Mc-Clellan wuz enstructed by Mr. Tiner to pick up all the news he cud wlrle he wuz leanin' on the walls of the buildings in Loving and carrying on a conversation with the other old timers. Mr. Tiner wanted him to be prepared to tcll his civios class about it. Pleeze rite me a long leddor, er let me kum to sea you. Bob. P. S. The other dae I saw old Santa, an he showed me the purtiest red night cap. It wuz trimmed in glace an stuff, The name on it wuz Noreen llilllington, 701 Virginy Streat. lAsk ter see it. Lurve, l Bob. l NOSIN' AROUND The -breeze U1 from the North Pole that struck here this we-zk ro- minded most of us that Christmas will soon -be here and with that su-1- den thought came that last minute rush- Everywhere from the study hall to -the bookkeeping room last minute hints were 'being formed to Santag the result is found below: Glancing through the library we saw Mary Jo Johns with har head in Modem-o-isel-le and an eye on those knee-length sox. Kenneth Ed- wards says a portable radio and phono-graph would look swell in his Christmas stocking. Looking out at the melting ice, Marjorie Claire -Street .tells -us that she wants tons of snow so that she can go sleigh riding-if she had a sleigh. With an eye to the cold, Mr. Boase is asking Santa for a pair of earmufis -they would come in pretty hand-y in class, too. Betty Grable was the answer many of our local boys gave as the ideal -Christmas gift-this was the special wish of .Donald Jones. Bette Baker sighed and said that a term theme in the toe of her stocking would keep he-r from even asking for an extra handkerchief. Then, too, a blue Cadillac conver- tible is the only thing Ma-lcolm Stewart is asking for-he says you pick one up for S2,000! Looking into the 'Chemistry Lab, we rem- embered Mr. Hunt told Santa that several days of REST would be wel- come to him. Red wagons seem to be the' desire of the majority of our football team--wwe hope the supply holds out. Perhaps the most origin- al thought we hea-rd was given by several of our local co-eds, who said they had everything they wanted. Frankie Sharp has been a good little girl the past few weeks and wants a chenille housecoat. Exie Pearl Hayes also wants a chenille robe. Margaret Hawkins and May Dell Brigham have' great faith in Santa Cla-us. They each want a fur chubby. H. L. Parsons, Jack Sul- livan, Chilton Ayres, and Billy Heighten all seem to have the hunt- ing fever and want shot guns. Betty Hulse wants a combination radio and phonograph. Our camera enthusiast, J, B. Fore, would like a new camera. Bill Cooney is modest in his de- THE GRAHAM STEER - FACULTY HAS PICNIC Y I S H The faculty of the Graham Meet The Steers ACTS A N D Schools closed all books and papers WHLSON BROOKQ age 17 soph- ICT I O N gondflsi :him they ?eftT1i0wn at omore, wiirgback, has plelity of . X OC oc or a' meme' e group power, should be a real threat next Wynelle Williams is ba-ck in school after a two weeks' absence. -Margaret Ann Turner and Eliza- beth Hayes are carrYi!1g 011 an in' tere sting correspondence with friends in England. Miss Tyler's freshman home room has ordered some pins which will be blue with G. H. S. on them. .Seems that the upper classmen Of Graham High are beginning to rec- ognize the freshmen as being part of high school. We want them tc- know that this is greatly appreciated, Blake Allison Jr, was the first place winner of the Longest Grin, a, game played at the freshman par- ty. We .find his grin was 3 3-4 in- ches. It takes a pretty big mouth to have a grin like that. Wo no longer wonder at his talking so m.uch. I Vile fish were very much surpris- ed to find twio -black boys in o-ur classes Thursday. At first everyone wondered if they had come from Negro Town, buit We were informed they were only to help advertise the Negro Minstrel. Man-y people are wondering why our freshman friend, Jackie tQueen- iel Cencebaugh, is passing notes to two boys. Can it be that she doesn't like King as much aas she did? Betty Ann Westerheide is nearly always late to English. We wonder why? Hint: James Akers is late to his claiss, too. sires also. He only wants a sport roadster. - l I l welnt in school busses to the Aker's, lease, and the lunch was spread in the light of a torch. Sometime af- ter most of the food was consumed, games were played under the direc- tion of Miss Tucker. The men on the faculty enjoyed football while Mr. Gilmer umpired. All paired off, and footrace contests were held. Other games played were snatch the towel, crows and cranes, and three deep. There was a very interesting contest, a newsaper slap, between Mr. Gilmer and Miss Sparks, Miss Sparks hit at her opponent vigor- ously, thinkinlg he, too, was blind- folded. It was a Weary group that returned to the town, yet not too weary to revive songs of old days. In addition to the faculty, those attending were the wives ef the teachers, Mr. S-wiain, and Anna Mar- ' garet Gilmer. It is reported that Russell Paulll, wants a new suit and also a little red wagon! Velda Bradshaw, lVyno Jean Roberts, and Leonard Belyeu want wrist watchesg and Altie Leo Ponds wants a ring. J. R. Wilde will be satisfied if his footba-ll jacket arrives by Christ- mas. For the swell football he play- ed .we h-ope 'Santa remembers him. Mr, Tiner wants Santa Claus to bring him la successful football sea- son next year! Boys and girls, it might be wise to leave this week's copy of The Steer around where Sa-nts. will have access to it. The thanks for a grand party go to the entertainment committee, composed of Misses Tucker, Fuller, Scott, I-luffaker, Mrs. Howell, and Mr. Rose, president of the Graham Independent Unit of the State' Teachers Association. HOME ROOM HEARS STORIES OF NAVY New officers, consisting of Joe Craig, presidentg Joe Frank Harris, vice-presidentg Doris Crum, secre- taryg Altie Lee Ponds, reporter, and Marjorie Jo Crum, treasurer, took charge of Miss 'Sparks' home room Thursday. After discussing the plans for a Christmas program, the pres- ident introduced a visitor, A. J. Bullock. A. J. told of his work in the United States Navy and of some of the most interesting places which he has visited in China, Siam, and the islands of the Pacific. He urged the group to master their high school subjects, especially al- gebra' and geometry, for there may come a time when they, as he has done, may wish the-y had more knowledge of the subjects, Naviga- tion and much of the air craft is fundamentally mathematics in na- ture. May all our readers have a Merry Christmas. year. JAMES WHEELER, age 15, soph- omore, fullback, up from B squad, fast, and has the ability to go far in the next several years. OHILTON AYRES, age 15,, junior, tackle, lst year on A squad, is tt fast and powerful charger, main stay next year, LOULS. ISTINEBOTVER, age 16, senior, tackle, up from B squad, never lets up, always a. hustler, will play next year. ALVIN SAVEJLL, age 18, senior, manager, 2nd year as manager, real- ly :gets the job done, one of the best managers in the school's his- tory. RUSISELL PAULL, a-ge 15, soph- omore, assistant manager, 'always ready to help and be of servicepa big little manger next year. PRACTICE FOR LOCAL VOLLEY BALL TOURNAMENT STARTED Four teams have organized vol- .ley .ball teams to compete in the tournament that is now being plan- ned. Practice periods for these clubs and classes have already -been spoken for by the sponsors and captains. The senior boys and girls have organized two senior teams: also the boys of Miss Sparks' home room and the Bluebonnet Girl Re- serves have organized. Anyone wanting to play volley ball must belong to some organiza- tion in the school. Each player must bring ten cents to help pay for the cups offered as prizes. A committee will be selected to equal- ize the teams. Captains for the teams should be selected by the or- ganization. SCRIBBLERS PLAN CHRISTMAS PARTY At the meeting of the Scribblers' Club, December 4, plans were dis- cussed for a Christmas social. to be held at the home of Louis Pitcock. Club colors were suggested and vot-. zd ong blue and silver were chosen. 'laythene Baker and Eris McClure .vere appointed as the entertain- znent committee, and Ruby Brown is to have charge of decorations. THE GRAHAM STEER BRAIN TEASERS CConducted by Mr. Scottj We had several correct solutions to last Week's problems, and it seems that more of you are getting inter- ested in our puzzles. Those solving the problem correctly are: Miss Par- sons, Wenclell Ligon, Jack Bates, Weldon Spivey, Mary Helen Nicolett and Fletcher Moseley. The follow- ing tried the problem but turned in incorrect solutions: Roy Livengood, Elteeves Moren, Thomas Medlen, and Chrystle Lewis. May you have bet- ter luck next time. Try your skill on this problem for this week. Johnson's Cat Johnson's cat went up a tree, Which was sixty feet and three, Every day she climbed eleven, Every night she came down seven. Tell me, if she did not drop, When her paws would reach the top. By-the-way, the correct solution to last week's problem is as follows: John was both painter and barberg Jael: was both musician and mer- chant, and Joe was both chaufeur and gardener. . A CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS CLASSES TAKE FIELD TRIP The chemistry and physics clas- ses of the high school went on to field trip to Possum Kingdom Dam Saturday, December 7. The group of thirty-eight students left from the Junior High School at 8 o'clock and arrived at the dam about 9:15. Here the group was shown through the dam, and its im- mense construction could be fully appreciated from close range. The physics 'students had an excellent opportunity to observe the many rules governing dam construction and pressure. The students then returned to a point on tl1e'Brazos River, where they ate lunch. After lunch they went on a hike along the river They then returned to the bus and started home, arriving in town about 2:15. Those mailing the trip were Anna FOURTEEN STUDENTS HAVE PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT The following students are signed up for Mr. WVrenn's Part-Time Training 'Course this year, and are receiving their training at .the bus- iness places indicated after their names: Bill Bussey-Parker's Gro- CGPYJ Vtfalter Burns-McC1esky's Service Stationg Nolan Corley- Smith's Dry Goods Store: Evelyn Garrett-Young fCounty Court House: Eugene George - Grace Chevrolet Co.g Bernice Rhoades - County fi-ce: C. L. Holcomb-Ashley's .Shopg Bobbie Ragland - Texas Packing Co.g Bernice Rhoads - -County Agent's Office, John Robertson - Safeway .Storesg Kenneth Smith-- A. 8: P. Storesg Gerald :Stroud- Mr. Dewey, School Bus Garage: Col- 'lins NVickham-Graham Pipe a-nd Jewel Atwood, Chilton Ayres, Glen-i mary Baker, Betty Jean Brewster, Bennie Jack Franks, J. B. Fore. Mary Dorjs George, Marion Gibson. Joe Harris, Gerry Hartzcll, Jimmie Hays, G. B. Johnson, Reba Kirk. Suzanna Lamour, Bobby Savell, Lewis Stinebower, Billie Jo Tipton, Welding Co.: Billy Davis--Central Service Station. Mr. Wrenn says that all of his students are doing mvell and making a good name for themselves among the .business men of Gra-liain by their hard work and enhtusiasm. In case some of you might not be familiar with this part-time work, Mr. Wrenn points out that these students, juniors, seniors, and post graduates, work downtown in the afternoon and go to school in the morning. They receive 2 credits in school for their work downtown. Dell Downey, Myrtle Hawley, Thom- as lX'IcCracken, Joe Mcliinley, Bill Miller, Bob Wheat, Dorothy Askew, Ruth Hancock, Gertrude Hubbard Pauline Krebbiel, Loulse Laviolet. Smitty Lundy, Odell Magerk-1 ith, Geraldine Martin, and James Vthcel- TROPHY CASE Proud is Graham High School of its trophy case. The trophies date as far back as 1930. The oldest ftrophy is a large cup won by the band, who won third place in a meet at Abilene. There is quite a collec- tion in the show case, and they range from cups to plaques. All are beautiful. The latest memorial of tvictory to be placed in the case was the Quarterback trophy, presented to the '40 district basketball cham- .pions by the Graham Quarterback Club. Perhaps it is well to note that ,more awards were won by Graham :High organizations last year than any other year. Five trophies were placed in the case this past year. GIRL RESERVES HAVE CHRISTMAS PARTY The Service group, with Mary Les- lie Scott, Miss Bishop and Miss Tyler leaders, had charge of a Christmas social given for the Girl Reserves' at the East Ward auditorium Tuesday night. Some members of this gruop took part in a short play, The Na- itivity of Christ, while other mem- 'bcrs of the group sang Christmas songs. l After the play each group met and ldiscussed plans for a Christmas proj- Lect. During' ,these meetings apples and candy were served. NEGRO MINSSTREL IS POSTPONED The Negro Minstrel has been put off for a second time. Originally it was scheduled for Friday, Decem- ber 13. Mr. Wrenn announces that lit will be given on Friday evening, Charles Atkinson, Bill Boasc, Veraier. M A 'January 3, 1941. THE S VOLUME 1 ' GRAHAM HIGH SCIQIOOL, JANUARY 10, 1941u M 4, .NUMBER 5 FOOTBALL TEAM RECEIVES JACKET AWARDS Monday was the scene of great pleasure in the high schoolauditor- ium, where the football team receiv- ed their jackets. Mr. Rose intro- duced Mr. Tiner to the students, and he presented the jackets with praise to the boys. Later Mr. Tiner was called back with Mr. Clifford and Mr. Ross. who received jackets pre- sented by Mr. Rose. Each made short speeches and expressed his thanks. The boys who received jackets are as follows: - George Wilde, Glenn Brock, Bobby Lawrence, Douglas Carter, Bill Boase. Buddy Knox, Jimmy Cook, Morris Newby, Donald Herring, 'Bob Greene, Gerald Allen, D. M. Purselley, Bill Cooney, J. R. Wilde, V. Joyce, Chil ton Ayres, Alvin McClellan, Donald Butler, Robert Butler, J. T. Privitt, Alvin Savell, -Russell Paul, Bill Cole, and Wiley Loftin. ' STUDENTS COMPLETE I V5 REQUIREMENTS IN 'ENGLISH The following pupils have the re-l cuired number of points in reerear tional reading and memory.--work for the first semester: .. T' ' 1 English IV' , Marcella Morris, ,Frances Horns-i by, Annie B. Hinson, Jean Clements, ' Louise Clefcher, and Bill Townson. English III . Charles Atkinson, Donald Butler, Margaret Hawkins, Mary Helen, Nicolett, Joyce Rogers, Hoyle Speake, Bettie Lee Timmons, J. T. Privitt, Pauline Watson, T. H. Wheat, Gwen- dolyn Edwards, Kennethf' Edwards, Doris, Mobley, Mary Katherine Snod- dy, Ray Willis, Donald Bills, Herbert Curry, James Akers, Robert Butler, Betty Jean' Brewster, Aurelia Thom- as. Clvtee Burdick, Ina Mae Monroe, and Wendall Willis. A I English II A James Moody, Dorothy Rose, Sollie Shinglcr, George Strickland, 'Laura Mae Wadley, Howard Hunter, Opal Wickham, and ,Chrysile Lewis. Mr. Rose and Mr. Scott spent the entire vacation in Graham with the flu. CHORUS GIVES CHRISTMAS MUSICAL PROGRAM The Graham ,High School Choral and Glee Clubs and the East Ward Elementary Chorus under the direc- tion of Miss Hodges, presented to he public at the First Presbyterian Jhurch, December 18, ax Christmas musical program. The Choral and 'ilee Clubs wore white robes and were ,seated in the balcony. The church was ltghted by the soft glow at candles. The prograrm was az- followsz ' Prelude , Processional Scripture Prayer Carols: Joy to the XVorld, O Little Town of Bethlehem, It Came Upon a Mllnight Clear-Aud-i ience. Elementary Chorus Sleep Baby Jesus, 'Fraditionali Carol, Bethlehem Lullaby, Bxah-f ams, Away In A Manger, Luther. Joseph and Mary, Traditional Carrol by Gillic Ann 'l'ho'mou and H. L. Thornton, Jr. From Heaven ' .l'llg'lt,'iv Clarence Dickinson, sung by Betty Lee Grove, Frances James, Cassie Louise George, Bernice Strickland. J. XV. Martin, Donald IAJones, Arthur Hub- bard, Edgar Steele. ' Good King Wlenceslasf' 'Tradi- tional Melody, Silent Night, Franz Gruber, sung by Boys' Glee Club, 'fo Holy Night, Adoiphe Adams, sung by Patsy Nvood. A How Far ls It to' Bethleliemj' Geoffrey Shaw, Three Tlfise Men, Richard Kountz, sung by Boys' Glee Club, Girls Ch-oral Clizzb. ' Sleep My Little Jesus, Adam Geibel, sung by Rosemary Rehders and Joe Wood. Carol of the Russian Children, Bryceson Treharne, Gesle Bambino Pietro A. Yon, sung hy Girls' Choral Club. A ' . ASSEMBLY l'uesdny's assembly consisted of ten year old films of footballrules brought up to date-by Mr. ,Tiner's eloquent gestures. Many students have often wondered why the refe- rees make queer gestures at certain times... This film cleared up some of 'the mystery... Then Little Black Sambo' made his debut to Graham High School on slides. NEW BOOKS ARE' IN LIBRARY The most thrillingiincidcnt that has happened to this student body since they moved to the new building was the receipt of a shipment of new books for the library. A A Among the shipment, ofubooks will be found: Madame Curie, The' Bar- rets of Wimpole 'Street,.,Mother, Charm Ho Ming, and many, many more that were just off the press- There are 148 books in the shipment. THE STEER Zubneripzlon Price 81.00 Per Annum issued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. S T A F F Edna: ................ J. P. Elkins Annotate Editor .Io Annice Cornish Business Mgr. .......... Bill Beane Auochte Business Mgr. .,....... . Joe McKinley Sqclety Editor .. Mary McFarlane Anaoohte Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicollette Sporty 'Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Anociatn. Sports Editor ......... . -' Claude Bloodworth Proof Readers .... Myrtle Hawley, Botti Haha Typlifl .... , .... Genevieve Yancey, Each Pearl Hayes, Alleene' Rylee, Marlo Simpson. Pnper,Folders .... Jon Bloodworth, Botiy Smith, Vlrglnla Lundy. Mary King. ' A NEW YEAR Here it is, a new year! For some a refonnationg s ome, another chanceg so-me, a fresh beginning: some, just another yea-r. lu Gra- ham High it's. the end of eleven or more yeais of struggle by the sen- iors of '41, but w.th it comes, too, the startling revelation that their taht has only begun. Nineteen hundred and forty-one- it sounds no diferent now than nineteen hundred and forty, but it will bear out its significance. Bound up within these few words. nineteen hundred and forty-one, are our success or failure, progress, in- vention, and higher knowledge. ,,.,..,.............i--- SCHOOL AGAIN! 2 ! After 9. two weeks' holiday instead of the scheduled holiday of one week, students and tgiichers have returned to their studiesfand duties in Graham High Schdolz As a result of the present flu epidenxic, school activities were delayed for a time, but the opening of school dee-s not ata!! mean that the course of the disease has been conquered. Many studguts are now absent with the disease, and likely others will be unless the necessary steps are taken to protect their health. You can help with the fight against the epi- deerntt by restraining yourself from THE GRAHAM STEER NOSIN' AROUND After surch a joyous Christmas, And a Happy New Year, It seems we should be happy, and filled with good cheer, Yet over all the school there Hangs a. gloom, The dreaded atmosphere spreads From room to room. Faces are pale and white, Eyes are glazed with fright, Appreheusion fills every glance, Conversation doesn't have a chance. Foreheads are wrinkled and Brains are crammed, Pencils are dropped and books Are slammed, A Nails are chewed and notes are taken, Even geometry students begin to awaken, Hands are cramped and brains are muddled, Everyone's saying, If only I'd studied! All the students are worried About their destinations Most exciting news of the week occurred when the new football jackets were awarded. Congratula- tions to the lucky owners. Among those we noticed tripping the light fantastic dfwring the hcili- days were Billie Babb and Earl Butlerg Joe McKinley and Jean Remington, Kenm-ch Edwards and Betti Friedel, and Mary Jo Johns and Jimmy Cook, Bette Baker was well guarded at the Cotton Bowl game during the holidays by TWO at our best look- ing Aggies-Dan B. Orr and Sam Bates. Ou our sick list we found B111 Boase, who decided that the flu wasnt bad at all after his new sister-in-law fthe former Frances ,CattsJ played nurse-one's pulse 'must be taken! Old man pneumonia finally tackled Donald Herring, and the Aggie flu finally downed Mary 'Les' Scott. The Christmas holidays have be- fillontinued on Page 31 attending public houses Where a variety of people have -collected, ob- serving a few simple rules of health, lavoiding contact with aiflicted per- Qsons, and glving proper care to the ! common cold. I Treasure your health and bodyg 'life is often very short at the most. Dere Bob, Aren't hollydaze wunderful? 'Sleep- ing til ftin every dae is rilly nice but it is hard to start getting up at seven afgin -to go to skool. I guess ef youse gotta - then youse gotta though. I Wunder eg!! Marjie Street got that gun she wanted for Christmas. I kinda hope she didn't -cuze she is dangemus enuf without a gun, I guess Mary Leslie will be smell- ing like a tiger for a while. She wanted so-me Ti-gress perfume- for Christmas. I never heard of it be- fore but I guess it must make you smell 1-ike a. ftiger. X I almost killed myself the other nite. .I wuz walkin through a dark room and I stumbled over a box and fell down on the floor. I drug myself to my feet after lying there awhile and I thought I wud step high so I wuddent stumble again. I must have stepped too high becuz I stepped up .on the arm of a rock- Hng chair and it turned over with me. You can imagine how I felt 'whin I came too. Suzzanna Lannmovrr sed she herd 'the prettiest song the other dae, 'but she thought it had a queer title. She said the name of it wuz I've Got You Under My -Chin. I wonder if it-hat couldn't ,be I've Got U Under . My Skin. Whin Pete Wheeler red the au- nouncement in the paper sayin that skool wuddent start nmtil the 6th his eyes flashed on and off like neon signs. I wuz talkin to Sandy Claws the other dae and I notised that he cuddent talk very well. He sed that whin he slid down the chimney at nWilde's house there George stood waitin for hem. George was sftill mad cuz Sandy didn't give him the little train he wanted last year. ,ue-nge wuz so mad that he slappeu Sandy in the mo-wth and knocked his Nteeth down his throat. Sandy gave li George the litntle train he wanted ,iast year and George was then hap- PY. N Virg'nia Lundy won't ever have to .sing I Didn't Know Whart Time It -Wuz any more. She will always Qknow, 1She got a watch for Christ- E mas. I Ngxuess thafs all I fno to tel you so-So Long.. ' Bette. THE GRAHAM STEER !GRAHAM sovs PLAY IN ALL s i ' ' v 'SH 'STAR BASKET BALL GAME ACTS AND On Satnrrday, January 4, George 'CTWN Wilde, Alvin Mccieiian, and Glenn qBy Miss Bain's English lj FRESHMAN' CLASS MAKES NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Venus Raper The freshfman class has en1loYed the holidays and now are back to school, and many have made new year's resolutions to do better work in school. Mid-term examinations are near and some have resolved to study very hard for them. RESOLUTIONS John T. Reed Many a New Year has been ush- ered in by a. host of good resolu- tions and equally many an old year has been ushered out by a host ot good resolutions broken. As boys and girls this year, let us make two resolutions that we will not break, no matter what the provocation. Let us resolve: 1, In every class to be more in- terested and more :appreciative each minute of each day and of eaclil hour that we spend in our classes.. 2. To ,give our whole-hearted co- operation to our fellow students, our teafchers, and our school as a whole, b each day of the year. Let these be two resolutions we wll not break. ' .T FOOD FOR Wanda Don't make so and not keep any one and keep it Do something THOUGHT Ollver many resolutions of them but make every day. nice for someone every day. ?1. Billy After New Year comes mid-term, T A test on what we should have learnedg But let me .warn you to not deny, That the .fish will come through with colors hlgh. H oward ---.-l...-.-.......... Some of the memebers of the fresh- man class spent the Christmas holl- days vi-siting relatives and friends in various cities. ' Marjorie Neill visited her grand- parents in Brownfield, Ma-rjorle's former home. Wanda Oliver visited her grand- Brock went to Wichita Falls to play on the West side in an all-star basket fball game fbetween the 'East and West. The West won the game with a score of 35 to 31. Alvin McClellan was the high point man in the game, scoring more points than any other player. EL CIRCULO ESPANOL On Wednesday, December 18, El Oirculo Espanol enjoyed a. Christ- H1218 Dafty. Names had .been drawn Dreviously and gifts were exchanged among club memlbers. George Strick- land gave a talk on Christmas in Spanish 'Couutrie-s. ADDles were passed to the club members. The club hopes to have another -Christ- mas party next year. V mother in Bowie, Texas. W f H Bill Bass spent Christmas Day in Fort lV0rth visiting his grandpar- ents. Mary Sl'ce went to Fort Sill, Ok- lahoma, to seo her brother, Johnnie Slice. n Alma mater, we love thee - All times, of the year The clouds up above thee The hard studies near. Green in the summer time - Varied in the fall Crystal in winter time V Best sight of all. -Louise Cletchsr. 4,,.................,.-...-....1...... . ..-..... ' NOSING AROUND- James M.1.t.kln spent part of the holidays in Austin visiting a. cousin and seeing the ,capitol and Univer- sity of Texas. Harry McNeely visited in Wichita Falls, The class ls sorry that one of heir teachers and class sponsors, Mis-s Maud Duncan, had to spend part of he-r Cliristum-,a vacation in the hospital, but is glad that she is able to continue her work at school this week. The .1'T8BhIll8.l1 class is glad to wel- come Coleen Hunter from Haskell, and Lore Lee Rayburn, from Hunt School near Olney as new members lu! their class. The freshmen lament the ta-ct that the following membtrs oftheir class had the flu during the Lhrisimas holiday: Jimmie Griffin, Wanda Oliver, Bill Armstrong, Lillian Brlsco, Nets Fee Aston, Joe Langford, Bryan Moore, Charles R-agsdale, Jr., Oleta Simp- son, Anna Beall Lfchte, Lavonne Turner, Glen -Medlen. Virginia Helen Lundy, Mary King, Gabie Sue Mar- tin, Jack O'Dell and Carl Roach. iContZuued from Page, 23 come as popular as June, as n. time to tie the niarriage knot itvseeins. During the holidays Ruth Hancock became Mrs. James Fowler: .Anna Mae Hazcltou and Truman McCul- lister said l do, angl we lost Anna Jewel Atwood Q - And on THAT rings are being Hays and Katie to all of them, Gerald Allen son are kfpt hussling these days for Flora Mae Beecharrs time. Also noticed quite often are Flo- rine Oliver, one of our newest coeds, and Bill Bullock, who finds his home qltite conveniently located. , Bryson holds interest these days for 'Claude Bloodworth -- they say her name is Virginia Jo-nes. ., Mary Ruth Lundy got one of the sweetest gtts were heard of from Edgar Steele---a box of candy. BOYS. here's your chance! We've been told that Miss Tuciker-N ls -look- ing for skaters to skate with some ot' our cutest coedsi in the' Spring Dance Festival. So 'get out those skates and start working! to Johnnie Logan. CERTAIN FINGER, worn by Exie Pearl Rodden, Best wishes and Charles Atkin- THE GRAHAM STEER STEERS DOWN - BUCKAROOS, '45 20' Opening their '41 cake season, the 1 Graham Steers trounced the Brock- enridge Buckaroos 45 to 20 on their home court. The-Steer offense was - sparlded by Alvin McClellan, whso scored 24 points from his forward Qposition and was high point man for the game. Robert McClanahan scored on several long shots, total- iing' 8 points from his guard position. The Steers were off to a fast start land were neverf-headed, leading 21 to 8 at the half. 1,fThe Graham for- wards got the balltoff the back board land scored on several tip-in shots. iPlaying a zone defense, the Buckaros iwere never ablealto stop the fast of- ffense paced byf'McC1ellan. f Starting lineup: ., A QGraham+ i i 2 ' G. Wi-lde Deere McClellan Cain ' Brock Kennedy Orr Allen McClanahan Ray Substitutions : Graham: J. Wilde, Brooks, Carter, Loftin, Privitt, and Wheeler. Breckenridge: Carey, Slaughter, Wragy, and Harle. BRAIN TEASERS Fletcher Moseley, Wendell Ligon, and ,Weldon Spivey were the only ones .who turned in the correct solu- tions to the problem about Johnsfon's Cat, although I know of several more who must have found the correct. solution. The correct answer to the problem is that it takes the cat -14 days to reach the top of the tree, Try your skill on this wesk's puzzle which I have again stated in rhyme: A castle wall there was, whose height was found 'fo be just fifty feet from top to groundg .N Against the wall a ladder stood up- right, 4. Of the same length the cas-tle was in height. A waggifh fellow ,did the ladder slide, Ufhe bottom of itl five feet from the side. Now I would know how far the top did fall lly pulling' out theladder from the wall? ' ,A Monday the students of Graham high were permitted to hear, over the modern radio system, President lIoosevelt's address to Congress on 1l.e stale of national affairs. , Breckenridge- , PERSONALS The teachers ,of Graham High School spent their holidays among friends and at home. Mr. Wrenn went to College Sta- tion and Port Lavaca. He came back io Graham and rested from Christ- mas Day until school began. Mr. Bruckner went to Chicago, where he visited his family. While ,in Chicago he saw the popular stage lplay Du Berry Was a Lady- 'He 'came hack to Graham a week early. Miss Parsons' was in and out of Denton. She attended a reunion banquet of ex-teachers and alumni of Valley View High School. Mrs. Howell went to Florida and was on the train coming back to Graham when she received the tele- gram telling of the delay in the open- ing of school. On her way to Gra- ham she visited in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Smith visited parents in Com- merce and Went hunting on the Pos- sum River. Mr. Boze also went to Commerce. ilf any of Mr. Smith's tales are be- yond comprehension of the student body, Mr. Bozc willverify everything Mr. Smith says.l I Miss Duncan had planned a deer hunt with her brother, but flu kept her in the hospital in Graham until lllecember 26. She then visited her 'sister in Grapevine and also stayed at her cottage by Lake VV'aco. Miss Tyler went to Gainesville to see her parents and also attended a house party in the home of a girl 'friend in Midland. She spent a few n days bin Dallas. - I Mr. Huntfand his wifel went to Denton and Waco. In,Denton he at- tended a science lecture where new phases of chemical warfare were dis- eussed. ' , up ' Mr. Tiner worked in Fort Worth during the holidays',e:xk-ept for the few days he spent inl'Waco, with his family. J A Mr. Prim ' celebrated 'na quiet Chris'tmas ' in ' czrah-gmgi Gainesville, and Fort Worfhg E Many teachers visited their par- ontsat home. Those were: Mr. Baker, Graham,-,and Weatberfordgw Miss ,'l'ueker, Gladcwaterg Mr.. Tyson, Don- '-ton and Palesking...Miss -Bain, Lub- bock, Roscoe, and 'Meadowg Mr. Rob- inson, McKinney, Anna, and . Celina, Miss Hodges, Denton5,.Miss Perlman, Snyderg Miss Bishop, Paris and Dal- 'lasg and Miss Sparks, Frisco. GRAHAM DRUBS STEPHENVILLE FIVE, 38-19 Marking their fourth victory in as many attempts, the Steer cagers 'downed the Stephenville quintet 38 .to 19 on their home court Wednesday night. Leading through all four quarters, the Steers were paced by G. Wilde and McClellan, star for- wards. Wilde scored 18 points, and McClellan accounted ifor 11. The Graham cagers were closely pressed until they found their range in the latter Part of the game. Whittaker played an outstanding game for the Stephenville team. The Graham line up: McClellan ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. 'uutluhh 1 1 McClanahan ,.,, ,,,.,,,, 2 G. Wilde ....... ,,,,,,,, 1 3 B1'0Ck --------- -................ ........... a 5 Brooks ,...,,.,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,, ,,,-,,-- 2 Substitutions: L. Orr, J. Wilde, Privitt, Carter, Loftin, G1'21l121m meets the strong Ring- gold cagers here Monday night, NEW PUPILS The freshmen and sophomores have added new members to their classes since the holidays have ended. In the ,freshman class, Flora Mae Beachamp ,returns to us after going to School in ,Fairfield, Illinoisg and Coleen Hunter is from Point Creek. 1 In the sophomore class, Barbara Lacy returns from 0dessag'Love Lee il-tayburn is from Hunt, and Betty iJo Rice is from Floydada. I SOPHOMORES SEE 'SLIDES OF- SHAKESPEARE The sophomore Flnglish classes 'were ,treated with slide pictures of ,Shakespeare's birthplace, Hathaway ,Cottage, his burial place, and many 'other interesting scenes in the life inf Shakespeare. The students ex- pressed their appreciation to the tfrachers, and they hope to have similar lessons again. Don Herring, who had an attack of pneumonia, during the Christmas holidays, is reported as being com- ipletely well now. He will be back gin school Monday. l Moore was right in Graham A all the time. i ' Miss Ardis visii-ed in Wilson, Okla- homa, with Jewell Bunger tex-Bobol ,and spent most of her time at home. I. Mr. Gilmer spent his holidays in ,C-Iraham, but he spent the first part of this week in Austin, attending' I - - n a meeting of school administrators. THE ST 'VOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL, JANUARY 17, 1941 NUMBER 16 STEPHENVILLE QUINT BOWS TO STEERS, 23-18 The Graham cagers Hchalked up another victory to their credit by beating a stufbborn team at Shepfhen- ville 23-18, Wednesday night. Meet- ing a more determined five than 'they had the week before, the Steers were pressed throughout the the MC- SCOT- game, although never behind in score. Being closely guarded Clellan and Wilde led in the ing as usual with McC'le1la'u sink- ing four goals and two free shots. VVilde succeeded in making 7 points, This was about the roughest and closest game for the Steers so far this season. - 'Starting line-up: GRAHAM STEPHENVILLE M.cClel1an Tate M ctllanahan I-licks G. Wilde Autry Brock Arinstroiig Brooks J. Wizit.scz'c Substitutions: Graham-- Steplienville: Robertson. Woods, Wliicacre. The students and faculty are glad to welcome Mrs. Howell back to srhool after a week's illness. WEEK'S BASK'EVI' BALL SCHEDULE Wednesday Graham's basket ball team played ,Stephenville at Steph- enville. Friday night the Steers play Cisco at Graham, and Saturday Gra- ham will play Polytechnic High School in Ft. Worth. THE BLUE BONNET GIRL RESERVES The Blue Bonnet Girl Reserves had their regular meeting Wednes- day. A new member, Jean Owen, was made 'chairman of the group in which Anna Jewell Atwood was leader. Mai-gn-ei-ite Milligan lead a round table discussion on character, a sub- ject in which all girls are interested. On Miss Parson's bullztin board is a request for The Steer to be sent to Sunday School, which is. near Levclland. Marion Gibson entertained somjez of our faculty Sunday with a dinner which she prepared in completing her homemaking project. l l l 4 FOOTBALL BANQUET DATE IS SET The students of Graham High School are looking forward with great anticipation to one of the most en- joyable affairs that will take place this year. It is the annual football banquet, honoring the football team The date has been set for Thursday night, January 30th. The banquet will be formal. The banquet promises to be one of the best that G. H. S. has had in recent years. Dana X. Bible, coach .if the University of Texas, will be guest speaker. It is believed that Coach Bible will bring pictures of the Texas-A. 8: M. game. The menu will consist of baked ham, candied yams, green string beans. siiced pineapple with grated cheese, olives and pickles, hot rolls, pie, and coffee. It would be advisable for the stu- dents to buy their tickets as soon as possible, as the tickets are limited, Land according to Mr. Rose, they are 'selling fast. l The following teachers are chair- men of the various committees: Miss Periman, foodsg Miss Ellington, deco- fContinued on page 49 'l94CI STEER LETTERMEN WITH COACHES THE GRAHAM STEER THE 1 BETTE AND BOB NOSIN' AROUNU Deer Bob, fDedlcated to You Who Know, Qdggcfipdon price S1-00 per Annum Feer and dout are fillin the minds All alone in a crowd he grasped -, of minny G. H. S. studints lately. her hands leased Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. I s'rAFF Editor ................ J. P. Elkins Associate Editor Jo Annlce Cornion Business Mgr. .......... Bill Boase Asscclate Business Mgr. ......... . Joe McKinley Soclety Edltor .. Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicollette Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Edltor .......... Claude Bloodworth Proof Readers .... Myrtle Hawley, Bette Hulse Typlsts ........ Genevieve Yancey, Exle Pearl Hayes, Alleene Rylee, Marie Simpson. Paper Folders .... Jon Bloodworth, Betty 'Smfith, Virginia Lundy, Mary Klng. THE SENIORS ARE GRATEFUL The Senior class is very happy over the outcome of the concession- al sales for the thus far two basket- ball games played here in our thigh school gymnasium. As most of you know, the proceeds will go toward paying out the tea service purchas- ed. by the seniors,forVGraham. High School. The sale of 'Coca-Colas, home-made candies by the senior girls, popcorn and peanuts have been surprlsingly good, and it is really appreciated by the seniors. The seniors will have 'charge of the concessions at every home lga-me, and they hope the sales continue doing well. The seniors also are grateful to the ones who have consented to work with the sponsors, Mr. Prim and. Mrs. Howell in handling the concessions. LEXAMINATION SCHEDULE The mid-term exams will begin January 24. The English I and Ill exams will be taken Friday morn- ing and II and IV that afternoon. The remaining subjects will occur according to periods. First and sec- ond period exams will be given Mon- day morning and afternoon respec- tively and so on through the seventh period Thursday morning. There will he no school Thursday afternoon, but on Friday, everyone will return In classes to receive exam paper. That dark and dreary thot of mid- term exams is sneakin into sum of the tiny brain cells. It is a very un- iwelcoine thot because to a great niinny it means a lot of last minnit studying, commonly cawled cramm- ing. Russell Paul's futbawl jacket is about to times two lbig fer hem, but he thinks maybe he'll grow to tit it sum day-the chances luk purty slim. Gerald Allen wuz thrilled to a. raimbow lbecuz he got his name in the skool newspaper last week. Whin he red about himself he tern- ed all kinds of colors. Mr. Robinson has some boys on his History III volley bawl team that haven't taken History in so long they don't even remember whin America discovered Columbus. I must be -getting old and feeble Cor my memry certainly is fnilin me. The other nite I wuz reshln around in order to vget to .bed early. I must have been in too big a. hur- lry becuz wh.n I hopped in -bed I1 'found that I hadn't taken off my shoes. I took them oft' very grudg- ingly and didn't think much about it becuz I was so sleepy. I thot a , great deel about it whin I woke up fthe 'next mo-1-ning and found tha-t I had not only gone to bed with my shoes on but that I had completely forgotten to change to my pajamas. Juanita Danley thinks shorthand is la wiunderllul thing, but she also thinks it gets a bt koniplikated at times. J. T. Privett is gettin sew fancy ,with the tipewriter that he is goin to-o start usin to insted of just one. Pl.z rite soon. Bette. PERSONALITY CLUB loess Fon WALK Instead of having a program, the Personality 'Club went for a walk in the sunshine. The group got back a few minutes before the bell rang. I The Junior Class is very grateful gto the Coca Cola Bottling Co. for fthe donation-'of the col-:cs for the Junior Box Supper. Until Tuesday the officers had expected a bill in-' slead of a donation. And she squeezed his in return, The sorrow in her heart shown in her eyes, Through tears that made them burn. Please donlt go! I love you so. She whispered in his ear. He cleared his throat and bravely said, lt won't ibe long, my dear. It broke his heart to see her cry, This sorrowful Weeping lass. As he walked away, he turned and said, I'll see you after class. SIMAISIH! BANG!! IN OTHER WO-HDS IIITNS. HIT THE ROCKSU The dawn of the New Year brought disaster 'to three of the most con- stant couples in these parts. Ger- trude Hubbard and Jimmy Hayes have called it quits Jmmy Hayes may sue Donald Herring for alien- ation of affections. . WARNING TO DOUBLE DAT- E1R.S: You've lgot to be careful, or you'll get crossed-up. Lillian Burns- Jerry Bishop and Louise Lovilett- Bill Purslly did a complete about- face, and Friday nlght will find Lillian with Bill and Louise with Jerry. When discussing his plans for the tutfwre, Bill Boase decided he'd probably spend his paycheck for ali- mony. tThe charge would pro-banbly be desertion.l I wonder who VVyno Jean' .Roberts and Mary :Slice have lbeen fso 'busy discussing lately? Apparently the latest fad started by some of the prominent HJ stu- dents of G. H. IS. is going to the Star instead of Shieldsg It's the lute little place down neict to the Texas Hotel on Elm Street. I-Iinmmm-such food!!! Can anyone tell us who came out on top of that lively dcba-te on in- stnrmen-tal music at the Church of Christ 'Sunday evening? The oppos- ng forces were: Donald Herring, Glenmary Baker Vs. Jimmy Hayes and Auther Hubbard. K What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable: object? I don't know either, but you might learn af lot :by watching' LaVern tContinued on Page 33 THE GRAHAM STEER ISH ACTS AND ICTION Among those in the Girl's Choral Club and the Boy's Glee Clnib, we have a number of freshmen. These are: Patsy Woods, Ruthanna Grif- fn, Frances James, Blake Allison, Burl Bourlafnd, Bobbie Joe Gozart, 'Bill McFarlane, and Jon Bloodworth, We also have a number of fresh- men in the Graham High School Band. These are: Glee Clements, Blake Allison, James Matkins, Bill Bass, Jimmy Griffin, Bill McFarlane, Jack 0De1l, and Pearl Faye Corley. My! Did Glen Brewster-'s face turn red when Miss Moore told him to look up the word stat'stical in the dictionary. After waiting for about ten minrtes we discovered he was looking in the c's . Some of us are beginning to be- lieve that Jack O'Dell is attending school only to carry on ia conversa- tion. tHe is corrected every day by his teachersj Margaret Ann Turner received :1 Christmas card and gift from a friend in England with whom she has been oarrying on a correspon- dence for some time. Vlonder why Blanche Smith's heart is beating so fast this week? lt couldnt be because Donald Her- rng is back in school, or could it? VOLLEY BALL lTap'd plans are being developed for the coming voilsy ball tourna- ment, The captains of the tea-ms have been selected as a committee to formulate the rules, awards, and other questions that might arise. Futh Lee Hussey is the chairman of the committee for the girls, and Glenn lirock is chairman for the boys. As soon as the plans are com- pleted, they will be announced. SCP!-IOMOFIES 'START VOLLEV BALL I Twenty-sx 'sophomore girls met Friday afternoon and planned to start volley ball practice in earnest. Ruth Lee Bussey was elected cap- tain. and Mary Ruth Lundy was elected me.nafger. They had their first work-out Saturday afternoon from--2:00 until 4:00. Miss Sparks is the sponsor for this group. ' l A 1 CLUBS At the last meeting of Miss Ell- ington's Art Club the members se- lected pictures which they intend to copy with pastel paints. The sub- jects selected for study consist of landscapes, birds, and flowers. HOMEMAKlN'G CLUB The Homemaking Club had as its guest Miss Rachel Tyler who spoke on Air Hostessesl' CURRENT EVENTS CLUB The Current Events Club dis- cussed the important happenings in aviation during the year 1940. Mary Katherine Spivey was back. in school Wednesday. Santa must have brought her a good case of the fiu. i NOSING AROUND- tContinued from Page 21 Brothers and Nvendell VVlllis. Alvin Savell seems to 'be wonder- ing if he really does know how to manage things after learrrng his English grades. Hmmm, lots of other people seem to be wondering the some thing. George XVilde and J. T. Privitt were getting their entertainment 'rom a Breckenridge source last Sunday evening-they were pretty :utel 'Speaking of entertainment reminds me of a certain group who christen- fd an original idea last Sunday night by singing hymns to various ones about townf-Anyone know any- thing about that? That mournful look on Mary Kings face can be traced ot the 'Tac-t that John T. Reed has the flu. Her only hope is that he gets well n tinze for the Football Banquet. NOSIN' AROUND AT NOON: We noticed: Melba, Thetford and Ral- eigh Newell in the shade of the old elm tree, VVanda Bell coming back from lunch in Don Haden's carp Bettie Le Timmons, Mary Kay Unoddy, Gwendolyn Edwards, and Maxine Klmmell trying their luck at a Geometry problem. lt seems that 'Coleen Hunter and Bobbie Shingler have a case cf love at first s'ght. It's been men- tioned that Betty Anne WY-sterhide and Jack Bates a-re making a new two-some as Well as Bill Bort and Martha Jo Hawkins. STEERS DOWN RINGGOLD 42-22 Playing their fifth game of the season, the Graham Steers down- ed a. fast quintet from Ringgold, 42-22, on their home court Monday night. The Steers were otf to ai fast start and were never headed thru- out the game, 1eadiug,22-1,2 at the half. Wilde and McClellan shared the scoring honors for the night with 12 points each. Brock played outstandingly in his guard' position on the offense for the Steers, The Steers' B sqxivad took the opener from the Tonk Valley Cagers in a lively game by 10-15. Starting line-up 'for the Ringgold game : GRAHAM RINGGOLD McClellan Young M cf' lannahan Downey G. Wilde Lemons Brock Yeager Brooks Boyd Substitions: Graham- Orr, Xl'heeler, Privett, J. Wilde, Carter, W. Loftin. Ringgold- Lowery, Mitchell, Kutch. ,SENIOR HOME ROOM r 'STUDIES BANQUEH' MANNERS Bette Baker conducted the pro- .gram on Good Form for Banquets in Miss Bishop's home room Tuesday. Gerald Bishop discussed the 'fPre- siding Officer and Guests of Honor at Head Table. Seating of Other Guests was told by Bill Miller. Jean Clements talked on the Banquet Program. Then Claude Bloodworth discussed the Banquet Service. Q Following ,these talks there was given a choice test made on banquet situations that often become prob- lems on arriving at banquets. The whole group entpects to profit from the meeting soon, for the football banquet is not far away. Miss Sparks: In discussing' the ,earth as a sphere: Name the zones into which the earth's surface is di- ivided by the Meridiansf' , i Joe McKinley: North Temperate .Zone, South Temperate Zone, North iFrigid Zone-- ' i Gerald Allen: tinterruptingl: ,Ozone i Strange things happen in Asolid geometry class. J. P. said he liked 'infinite We wonder if he were .thinking about the candy 'his best tgirl, if hc l1u-- one, makes. 4 THE GRAHAM STEER BRAIN TEASERS Last Week's problem was a little too difficult it seems, because only two persons turned in answers. Wen- dell Ligon and Mr. Prim said that the ladder would Slide down a frac- and that one can tion more than three inches is just about as close as come to a correct answer. Maybe the problems for this week will not be so difficult and more of you will turn in the answers. If a number be divided by 4 more than itself, the quotient is .75. Can you find the number? Some horses and chickens are in a barng the total number of heads and wings equals the number of feet. How many horses and how many chickens are there? I JUNlOR'S JOURNAL The Juniors have decided that they want a section of the paper, An editor--and reporters are to be elect- ed. Lillian Burns has been elected to report for the second period En- glish class. Plans are to be complet- ed this week. 'Several members of the junior cla-ss have ,been ill with the flu, Those who have just recently come back to school are: Margaret Hawk- ins, Authur Lee Shahan, Jerline At- wood, and Mary Helen Nicolett. Maxine Kimmel has been ill and has not been able to return to school yet. Bobby Lawrence, we hear, spent the week-end at Decatur and Bowie- It cou1dn't be because of Margaret Ray, could it? Or could it? Have you noticed the affectionate glances that Donald Bills and Aurelia Thomas have been exchanging? From watching the game 'played Tuesday between Miss P01'llll2lIl,: Home Room girls and boys it might be wise to advi-e oiher teams to start practicing. Twila Smith sefmed quite excited whfn she received the letter telling her that her five-foot-five blonfl, preacher-to-be, Happy , was com- ing all the way from Abilene to see hor. Miss Tyler 'visited her mother in 'ifziuesville last week end. ASSEMBLY FIRE DRILL!! Last Thursday Graham High had its fourth fire drill of the year. The west stairway was blocked, leaving only two stairs to be used to clear the building. One drill a month is required by the state, and Graham High is rapidly filling the request. EL CIRCULO ESPANOL El Circulo Espanol is striving to put the club on a strictly Spanish basis. All terms of Parliamentary procedure, answer to the roll call, some reports, and simple conversa- -tion will be in Spanish. During the last club meeting, simple Spanish readings were read to the club. club members expect to have enjoyment from this new plan. The much 2-1 The Girl Reserves held its meeting of the year Tuesday at the high school auditorium. The Social Group had charge of the program which was called Ev- erybody's Birthday Stunt Night. The girls met in groups according to the months in which they were born and were given time to work up a short skit about their birth months. In January, 1940 was chased out by a scantily clad infant New Year, and the ever truthful George Wash- ington cut down the cherry tree in February. The ldcs of March brought disaster to Ceasar, and high winds played havoc with various headgear. April Fool's Day was brought clearly to mind bv several jokes, and a Queen of May was frowned as a group danced about the Maypole. lVe-dding bells chimed blissfully in June for a couple, and firecrackcrs and thoughts' of patriot- ism reminded us of July. A heat wave struck us in August, and Fchool slvly beckoned us in September. Ghost stories, disturbed by shrill sr-reams, marked Octfb'r's entrance. night 'lho histr-i-ic signing of' the Treaty of Versailles- in November' reminclerl of the peace anfl goof! will that pre- vails during the Chri lmas reason that was I'lL'i'Lil'Ctl hy a decor'1t'd Christmas tree. After the skits, Happy Bil'iiltl5lfx',, was snug, ard ev- eryoiw- left fcvlinfg vr-rv 'happy tha' we still celebrate lzii-tlidnys. first. Mondajfs :zsstnihiy conffi ted of FO0Ti?'A'g',L BANQUET pic ure elmw. Also a picture was , Hlmivnnpfi hom pane D , Fpcwn to ,he freghmen and SOph04 l'f llOl 'iFI Mr. Tire-i . prog1 'am: lili-sw ,f-.-,-as T-ge dgy dm-mg 5131- assem, Moore, liclvtkrg and Mr. Hunt, recep- lin'- tion. SPEECH CLUB PLANS SEMESTER WORK The Behind the Mike Cflu-b will this next semester use stage craft as its project. The cflulb plans to erect a miniature stage and install the stage equipment needed to pro- duce a play. ilu doing this the mem- bers will learn all the problems that take place behind the scenes and the solutions to This promises ing, and all the to begin work. them. to be very interest- unerlibers are eager Miss Pars-ons school Monday was absent from because of illness. Mrs. George Parsons taught in her place. Pauline Norris, who has been ill with the flu for the past two weeks, is reported to be much improved. HOME ROOM ELECTS NEW OFFICERS Miss Dunn-an's home room had a Imeeting Thursday and elected offi- ,cers and decided on a volley ball team. 5 The officers are president, Pearl Faye Corleyg treasurer, TVilforcl Fultzg reporter, Gordon Forehandg secretary. Glee Clements. The volley ball players are: B'lly Cole, Gordon ilforehand, Hd Cochran, W. P. Gregg, Jimmie Griffin, Bobby Cox, Bobby Cozart, J. C. Deakins, Arnold Grimes, Wilford Fultz. Billy Marie Easr-lv. Pearl Fay Corley, Juanita Gallaher, Frances Gilmore, Jackie Cencehauffh, Mary Helen Grimes, Joan Falkinburg, Kf'ther'n Haley. The captains are Billy Cole and Billy Marie Easely. i 5 --L. ----T. 1 I MOVED .Fic-foliar Mosvlov and Joyce M'Ge- hee have moved this last week. Fletcher moved to Plainvkw and Joyce to Bryson. Jeanne Strength w'thdrew befrre the Christmas holidays. , NOT A BEAR FXCT Forney Tribune: A party who wont to Nevada wrote back to Hs parents that he was shipping home the body rf his- cemrnrle who had bfen kilel lv n beer- Upon a r'v l of the c s- l'c-t. a t9l'?'l'f'!'!l Wil' Q f to the hav. Some mistake. Bill's body not ar- rived. The box containfd a beer. The replv came lac'-'. 'Ne mis .lil Hiil inside the b.a1'. THE ST VVOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL, JANUARY 24, 1941 NUMBER 11. REPRESENTATIVE FROM GRAHAM IS CHOSEN FOR D. A. R. PILGRIMAGE Marjorie Street has been chosen to represent Graham in the national contest which the Daughters of the American Revolution are conducting. The winner is to be entered in the Wichita Falls contestg then one girl from the district will be entered in the state contest, and the winner of the state contest will go to Wash- ington as a guest of the D.A.R. honor the To be eligible for this girl must be a senior, have a win- ning personality, maintain a high scholarship, and be truthful, patriotic and punctual. The girls nominated wire: Gertrude Bobo, Marjorie Street, Mary McFar- lane, Louise Cletcher, Myrtle Hawley, Marv Leslie Scott, and Jo Annice Cornish. The student body chose Marjorie Street, Gertrude Bobo, and Jo An- nice Cornish. These names were sub- mitted to the faculty, and Marjorie Street was the winner. .. -SENIOR CLASS HAS MEETING Monday, January 20, the seniors met in the high school cafeteria, and the question of pictures of the seniors for the school paper was discussed. After much argument the class de- cided to have pictures made in groups of five. Mrs. Howell, senior sponsor, made known to the boys of the class that a buffet supper will be given to them by the girls as soon as she feels well enough. l..1. This week the high school received the first copy of Legislative Service, a weekly bulletin which gives every bill and resolution introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate. This bulletin contains a roll of the new members among both .Representatives and Senators, as well as all standing committees. This material is available for the civics classes or any others who may be interested. HOMEMAKING GIRLS' DRESSES ARE JUDGED Eliminations in school dresses were conducted in the first year homemak- ing classes today. Miss- Velma An- derson judged the dresses in the sec- ond and fifth period classes. The dresses selected were chosen on the basis of general appearance, design, fit, color, posture of model, and good grooming. The following girls' dresses from 'the second period were selected as outstanding: Lola Joy Petty, Fran- ces James, Fay Adell Atwood, Golria 'Jean Bryan, Fleeta Ford, and Dorothy Gathings. From the fifth period classes Shirley Mabrey, Leora Flynn, Betty Sue Grove, Cassie Louise George, Marcheta Casey, Pattie Bryan, and Gwendolyn Barrow. The fall dresses were selected morning. In the spring another test will be conducted. Then most outstanding dress will be chosen from the spring and fall group. The girl selected will be delegate to the Homemaking Rally in San Antonio. The girl that receives this honor will enter other contests at the Home- making Rally. The Steer went to press before re- Lee this con- the sults were received for the seventh period contestants. Those dresses were judged by Mrs. George Wrenn. Mary H. Nickolett, Mary M:l7ar- lane, Mary K. Snoddy, Doris Mobley, Harold West, and Louis Pitcock pre- sented a skit for the Woman's' Soci- ety of Christian Service, Mondayg afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at the Metho- dist Church. The skit was written by Louise Street. l The faculty and students rcgrcti that MissTucker will leave us at the end of this week. She will be greatly missed by her many friends. Her enthusiasm for her work and her ispirit of friendly helpfulness have won the admiration of her students 'and fellow workers. Our best wishes ifor her happiness and success go with her as she leaves for Fort Worth. NEGRO MINSTREL NETS 384.80 The minstrel show, which played before a large audience Thursday, January 16, at the Memorial Audi- torium, netted S84.80, which will be added to the fund for the publishing of the school paper. The show was put on by talent from the Graham public schools. The 'following had a part on the program: De Black Mockingbird-Peggy June Hinley 3 iDe Chocolate Canary-Patsy Wood 'Leetle Hotfoot-Nelma Joyce Kim- mel ' De Cast, er supin': Rastus, George Robinsong Matilda, Maud Duncang Amos, Jimmy Haysg John, Louis Pitcock ,Le Leader uv de ,band--Mr. Smith 'De yuthers in de band: Drums, Mr. Prim, Saxophone, Mr. Boseg Geetar i Mr. Mayesg Clarinet, Mr. Cliffordg Pinnaner, Miss Range Specialty Acts: Songs, Patsy Woody Song and dance, Peggy June Hin- leyg Dance, Nelma Joyce Kimmelg . Reading, Clota Damrong Duet, Ed- ward Hipp, Alvah Berryg Dialogue, Mary Glen Rhea, Betty Claybrookeg Some talkin', Cora Leo Scurlockg Songs, Dixie Overtong De Parson, Miss Minterg Song, Jackie Ledbet- terg De Runnin' Guy, Mr. Brantleyg Jitterbugs, Marietta Carter, Ger- ald Stroud, Cleatta Douglas, ton Kirtley. i Interlocutor-George Wrenn DUTCH MEYER AND ODELL MORGAN ARE GUESTS OF MR.. TINER Since the Christmas holidays, the Graham High football graduates have been the center of great interest of some of the universities of our state. Distinguished coaches visiting Mr. 'Tiner have been Odell Morgan, line icoach, Riceg Dutch Meyer, head coach, T. C. U.g Bill James, line icoach, A. dr M., Sil Dummitt, A. 65 M-5 and Loyd Russell from Baylor. 5 Some of the boys have received offers from these men and will repre- sent our school next year in some of the large schools of the state. Bur- THE GRAHAM STEER OTHE STEER Sflltiscription Price 51.00 Per Annum Issued Each ivileek By The Stuments of Graham Hlgh School. S T A F F Editor ................ J. P. Elkins Associate Editor Jo Annice Cornish Business Mgr. .......... Bill Boase Associate Business Mgr. ......... . Joe McKinley Society Edltor .. Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicollette Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Editor .......... Claude Bloodworth Proof Readers .... Myrtle Hawley, , Bette Hulse Typlsts ........ Genevieve Yancey, Exle Pearl Hayes, Alleene Rylee, Marie Simpson. Paper Folders .... Jon Bloodworth, Betty Smith, Virginia Lundy, Mary King. THANKS FROM THE STEER All -members of the staff of the 'eSteer are very grateful to each one of the cast of the negro min- strel show, given for the benefit of our school paper. The staff realizes the hard work, money, and time put into the program, and we are only sorry that we can't thank each od you personally, Mr. Wrenn was the main spark of the program. He worked frantically to produce ina- terial for the snow, and he really discovered talent in the schools of Graham. Too, the cast worked hand- lnfhand wtih Mr. Wrenn, 'carrying out his. instructions to the letter, as, you can see from the results of the show. 1 We, the staff, feel deeply indebt- ed, not only to the members of the mlnstrel show, but to anyone who does what he can to promote the success of our school paper. Any afternoon you will find sev- eral band members sweating and laboring over solos, duets, and quar- tets that they hope to enter at the State Contest at Waco. Director Gen- eral Smih has high hopes for the forth-coming -contest. The Band it- self has been practicing long hours daily as a unit. Dr. William Mayes has been driving the orchestra: like slaves to perfect their numbers, and he is getting results, we guess, BETTE AND BOB Dere Bette, I had moore fun a-t the basket- bawl game the other nite, I never laffed sew much en all my life. Marion Gebson wuz ther and she wluz all kunfuz-ed about the game. She nearly fbroke a. blood vessel whi-n Alvin McClellan made the first gole. .She cuddent understand why someone didn't sew up the holes in the ba-skets. She said it looked like after the poor boys worked so hard too get the bawl in the basket, that sumone wud at least have the de- cency to fix those baskets where it wud stay there. Douglas Carter is as grasefulwith damsel. way he his hands as any young Had yoiuse ever noticed the holds his hands whin he is holding out his arm to guard some player? He doesn't get to play basket-bawl very much, but whin he plays he really is graseful. Hoyle' Speake was sinmiylmoi-uri- ed to dea-th at all the Rhyzipus Negricans that were produced on the agar agar that he kissed in biology class the other day. They were experimenting to PROVE to some of the studints the amount of germs that were produvced by a kiss. The substance th-at Hoyle kissed just foamed, smoked, and turned all kinds of colros. He thot he was dis- graced, ibut when he looked around and saw that most of the experi- ments looked the same way, he felt much better. Mr. Robinson blushed like a bride the other day whin he received a kiss from Glenn Brock. QIsn't he gettin affekshunate?J Mr. Robinson wuz sitting at his desk a-nd Glenn bent over hem to tell hem some- thing. Whin Mr. Robinson turned his face up, it seemed so conven- ient fur Glenn to kiss him that he did just that. Mr, Robinson liked to never have lived over it. Earl Ratclitfie told Mr. Robinson that he cuddent keep up with ALI. the girls, .but I think he does his best to keep up with MOST of thim. Well, .I guess I -better sign off- Be seein youse soon. Bob. ,.- Has any junior mentioned a junior play to you yet? I I NOSIN' AROUND The Negro Minst1'el brought out a crop of new couples last Thurs- day nlght. We -noticed Shirley Mab- rey and Frances Umphryes enjoy- ing the laughs together as well as Bill Cole and Dorothy P-ickeral. Watching the antics of the .litter- bugs with rapt attention were Glen Denny and Phyllis Jameson, and some of those lusty laughs came from Johnny Givens and Kay Rich- ards. From the way J. P. Elkins and Glen Brock study solid geometry the fourth period, one would think we had two future Elinsteins -in our m'dst, lit would probably be in- teresting to get Miss Sparks' view- point on this IIl3tt61'., Has anyone missed noticing tho-se bright red and green shirts Jimmy Hayes has been sporting lately? flilay-be between Rosemary Rheders and those shirts Jimmy is drown- 'ng his sorrowslb When did Imogene Landress start spelling her name with an M ? We noticed a rather la-rge ring. with an M engraved on it, decorating her hand. Wonder if Tliomas Medlen would know anything about it? Our spies tell us that Mary Jo Johns, Cleatta Douglas, and Mary Etta Carter have -been getting some pretty interesting letters from Al- bany lately-and all the time I thought it was Olney! YVell, girls, it looks as if Tommy Roach has become serious again. l3:.t don't worryg from what We hear, you'1l soon get your chance! Jerry Bishop is advertis-infg the 'act that he's a fmisundersto'od man these days. W'hat's the trouble Jerry? Lightning does seem to strike in the same place twice. Marjorie Street and Bob Green have renewed their sophomore friendship . After looking at those exams Fri- day, the majority of us could write a short, short story of our tenm's work in three sentences- I came, I saw, I flunked! J. P, Elkins and Pauline Morgan are anxious onlookers at the basket- ball games lately. And has everyone noticed how often Bill Cooney and Jo Annice Cornish can be found to- gether? Doris Mobley, Gwendolyn Ed- wards, and Charlsie Grace held sev- fContinued on Page 31 THE GRAHAM STEER ICTION ISH FACTS AND l1Ve want to welcome a new fresh- man friend, Coleen Hunter from Haskell, to our freshman class. Alvah Berry and Edward I-IiDD were two little 'negro b0YS who played their french-harps in the Minstrel' show' last Thursday night. Wonder why Dot Pickrell, Ruth Jane Knox, and Francis Ja1neS .change .boy friends with the moon, We freshmen are having to give poetry this Week to Miss Duncan. If we can give it as well as Miss Duncan did in the Minstrel Sho'-v we should make A. What? Are all the fish moving away? Marjorie Neill, former stu- dent of Graham High School, mov- ed to Abilene, where she will make her home and be a student of U16 Abilene school. PROWLIN' AROUND WE FIND Bill Miller in room 204, saying mercury work during the sixth week. He likes penalties, it seems. Claude Bloodworth rushing around trying to get his news in on time- for a change. Odell Magergnrth wearing new glasses. Virginia Frizzell in school again. The library closed, because Miss Moore is busy running off stencils for those impending examinations. Miss Parsons back of the job Of collecting and approving STEER. news. tContinued from Page 23 eral hen parties over the week- end. Wonder if the absence of Sid Hear-ne, Malcolm Stewart, and Bob- by Morrison caused this? Jimmy Cook's face gets that cer- tain light when someone mentions Viichita. Something tells us Yvonne Seyler is the answer. Bill M ller really believes in punc- tuality! We heard the other day fiat he returned lroni the first tunth .eriod just before lnf. mrilv bell ring for the sec-mit one. People have been talking about how q-Liiet the second period civics class has suddenly become since re- view began. Maybe those student.: l l l really need that credit after all.! tDon't we aii?y MARY SMITH ENDURES A WEEK By Mabel Baker In this andnext week's issues of The Steer will appear companion! articles which will be daily records of two high school pupils. This week we have the diary of a little ne'er- do-well whose school days are daily grinds instead ot opportuni-N ties fo-r fbetter education and self- hnprovement. Next week the diary will be that of an ambitious pupil. 8:33 A. M. Monday- Mary .Smith arrived at school just two minutes before the tardy bell rang. She knew she was supposed to get help with her geometry at 8:15, but why should she care? 9:25 A. M. Monday- Now came a study hall, and Mary was to say her memory work that period, but she just. didn't have time to worry about old memory work. .She preferred going to the library, for then she could sec Louis Ptcock again, He might help her locate material for her term theme, which, incidentally was long over- due. 12315 P. M. Monday- Mary spent the first ten minrutesl of her noon period eating, and the last fifty trying to convince Herman Vaughn that they should see the latest Kay Kyser picture. . 3:45 P. M. Monday- 'Miss Bain, the English teacher, had informed Mary that she lacked six book points and that this was her last week to give book reports. Mary had made an appointment to make a book report, ibut she couldn't this time, for that chemistry ex- Deriment had to be in. Mr. Hunt! would not wait another day, It was due three days ago. 8:15 A. M. Tuesday.. Mary .came to school ready for a very brsy day. The Science 'Club was ha-ving a meeting before school, :ind there were two of the CUTEST boys in there: so she just MUST go. 1:45 P. M. Tuesday- Mary dec'ded that she would spend this study hall in the Chem-l istry lab, 'because Bobby Savell worked there that period, and she wanted to get acquainted with him. T:25 A. M. Wednesday- l Carl Pttman ha-d come by in his new -coupe to take Mary to schoclg! so she arrived a little earlier. She: was going to Bryson with Bob to- STEERS TRAMPLE CISCO FIVE, 56-19 The Graham basketball team, coached by Pat Clifford, ranup a great score in the first quarter of the game with Cisco, held here Fri- day night, to win '56-19. The Steers, starting with a hombardiment that has not been equalled here this year, held the Loboes to two points while scoring twenty themselves in the first quarter. Nearly every mem- ber of the Graham squad contribut- ed in the scoring. Probably the best shot of the night was done by Mc- Clellan from the .corner of his for- ward position. McClolla1n and G. Wilde led in the scoring, totaling 28 points 'between them. iCLl1ilders was the only offensive threat for the visiting cagers. ,Start-ing lineup: Graham Cisco McClellan Childers , McClanahan Barnhill G. Wilde Taylor G. Brock Sanders Bl'OOkS Taylor Subsitutes- I Carter 'Wriglit J. lVilde Gardner J. Wheeler Ledford Privitt, Doggett Orr Loftin In the opener, the by J. McClellan and Eason, lost to a fast quintet from Proffitt. '- 4 B squad, led nightg so she couldn't work so hard as usual, :because she had to keep tit for her date. 8:15 A. M. Thursday- Mafy couldn't go to school' this morning, because she just must get her hair fixed. It had been a whole week since it had been shampooed. She would not go to school until noon, 8:30 A. M. Friday- Mary came to school only to ,dis- cover that she had forgotten her excuse, so she wrote one herself. She had been with Joe Bill last llieht. They got home at nine o'clock: so Mary just had him work her geometry. -One thing about Joo Bill he was a wonderful math stu- dent. 1O:00 A. M. Sunday- MRFY should gs to Clllll': ll, but she didn't have time, -liecsi-.5-3 she needed some outdoor exercise, since tContinued on page THE GRAHAM STEER BRAIN TEASERS Clytee Burdick, Wendell Ligon, and James Akers turned in correct solu- tions to the problems for last week. The answer to the first problem is 12, and the answer to the second problem can be found in a number of ways as long as the number of chickens is exactly three times the number of horsesg for instance, 3 chickens and 1 horse. Try your skill on these for today: 1. A 25-gallan barrel is full of Water: If 3 gallons are taken out each day and 2 gallons put in at night, in how many days will the barrel be empty? 2. I sell an article for 334.005 losing 15 per cent. What should I sell it for to gain 15 per cent? JUNIORS T0 PRESENT PLAY The junior class held a meeting Monday to,discuss possibilities of pre- senting a class play for the benefit of the Junior-Senior Banquet. The class decided to present a play early in March. 'Charles Atkinson was elected re- porter for the new section of the paper entitled Junior Journal. We are glad that Maxine Kimble was able to return to school Monday. Russell Paull was really glad. Why is it that Odell Majurkurth likes to go to the Miller-Sharp drug' store so well? Have you seen those kid pictures HOMEIMAKING GIRLS HAVE DISPLAY IN TROPHY CASE Some very unusual trophies have crept into the trophy 'case this week. lThey are the class projects of the ,Homemaking I b classes- These ,three homemaking- classes are study- ing a unit on Being Satisfactory .Friends of Children! In this unit ,the girls study the care and develop- ment of children from one to six, 'how to guide children in worthwhile activities, how to make toys from materials found in the home, how to select pictures, stories, and music suitable for children, and the effect 'that surroundings and associates have upon children. The project of this course is to construct a toy. These toys were 'made from the very simplest materials. The stick- I I I ,horse was made from a broomstick ,and scraps of' lumber. Also blocks fwere made from scrap lumber and painted bright colors, the doll cradle was made from an apple crate. The dolls and animals were made from l gingham, percale, and towels. I None of the toys in the cast cost more than twenty cents apiece, and lscme did not cost anything. l SPANISH CLASSES SEE INTERESTING FILMS On Tuesday, the Spanish classes saw an interesting film showing a of Sue Lisles? Ask her about themwcruise of the United States Navy around South America. Interesting , 'scenes were shown of the parts where Ina Mae Monroe has completed both memory work and outside reading for the entire year. Mrs. Henry Meredith, the former Miss Kay Leidigh, visited in Graham last Saturday. She was on her way to Lubbock to visit her parents. After an absence of a week, Evelyn Garrett is again in school. She was accidently shot in the foot while hunting. Patty Lee Bryant, member of the Sophomore class, is ill. the Navy anchored. On Wednesday, another film, 'In- dians of Mexico, was shown. In the Southern part of Mexico, the Zapote- cas Indians live. The huipil, a lace headdress, is worn by the women of the Zapoteca tribe. One of the most famous cities of the Zapotecas is Mitla, which means Palace of Eeter- ,nal Rest or City of the Dead. In this city are buildings of stone with I NOTICE The Steer is issued early this week so that the subscribers may get their copies before mid-term examinations begin Friday, Because of the 'early printing, it was impossible to use a. picture. No paper will be issued next. week. MARY SMITH ENDURES- iContinnfed from Page 3 she had such a hard week. She and Earlene Veal could go for a hike in the woods, IMary got homie just in time to hear Walter Wincheill, and she had to hear him, for Mr. Robinson always asked what he had said. She had to get to bed early, because she had a terrible week a-head of her-and oh! There were those 'book reports and memory work due LAIST WEEK. It was ,more Tbother to .go to school than it :wa-s Worth. Anyway she would be lout in another Yearg so what is the I difference ? i, SCRIBBLERS ELECT OFFICERS F0-R 'SECOND TERM At the meeting of the Scribblers Club, Wednesday, January 16, offi- cers for the coming semester were elected as follows: president, Pauline Bally vice-president, Louise Cletcherg lsecretary-treasurer, Louise Reepg and reporter, Raythene Baker. Gladys Ballard also read to the club an interesting mystery story of her own composition. I it-. ..,.-. Miss Sparks seems to be the most recent victim of the cold germg how- ever, she has not missed school. I A STUDY IN 'GRAMMAR A girl was asked to parse the word kiss, and this was her result: This Word is a noun, but it is usually used as a conjunction. It is. never declined and is more common than proper. It is not very singular, in that it is generally used in the plural. It agrees with me. I beatuiful designs. Of the sixteen, and one half million people in Mexi- co, over four million are Indians. On the Isthmus of Tehauntepec, live the Tehauntepec Indians. The women of this tribe are noted for their beauty. ,These women wear rebozas, which .'- '-f . i , help in carrying their loads. A re- Happmess 19 like Jam' you cant boza is a shawl worn over the head even spread a little without getting some on yourself. Some girls use a pill to get rid of a headache, but others use a head- ache to get rid of a pill. and shoulders. The men wear I serapes, a blanket which is draped over their shoulders. I Other films are scheduled to be ,shown to Spanish classes in the Ifuture. When Noah sailed the ocean blue, He had his trouble same as you. For forty days he drove an Ark, Before he found a place to park. Douglas Carter: What kind tooth paste do you use, George l George Wilde: None, my teeth ain't loose. I '-Qi'-nl' I Betteg Is he dead? v Bob: Well, if he isn't they Played an awful trick on him, they buried him. , of THE STEER VOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOII FEBRUARY 7, 1941 NUMHEIR 12. MUSIC FESTIVAL IS I SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT Friday evening, February 7, at eight o'clock, the Senior Band, the Junior Band, and the Symphony orch- estra will be presented in a music fes- tival at the -Memorial Auditorium. lt is to be the first public appear- ance of the Symphony Orchestra. This organization has accomplished much in the past seven months. Popular musci will be featured as well as classical music, The pro- ceeds will -be used to send the band to Waco- to the state contest. Tickets may be secured from any member of the band. Admission will be 15c for all high school students. This music festival promises to be very entertaining. The student body should attend and show the band members, Mr. -Smith, Mr. Boze, and Mr. Mayes that they ap- preciate their good work. NEW GYM TEACHER BEGINS DUTIES Graham has added a. new teach- er to its faculty recently. Miss Helen Barnett has taken Miss Tuc- ker's place in the gymnasium. M.ss Barnett is zz graduate of Texas lState College for Women in Denton, and her home is also in Denton. She majored in .health and physical education. Miss Barnett taught in Georgia 'State College for Women last year. HOME ROOM DRAWS FOR OFFICERS Miss Bishop's home room met on Tuesday and elected officers for the next six weeks. The following per- sons drew for their offices: Ray- thene Baker, president, H. L. Par- sons, vice-presidentg Bob Askew, secretary, and Betty Brown, treasur- er, Pauline Ball was elected by the members for program -chairman, and Louise 'Cletcher was elected report- er. The home room is planning tor a Valentine social and other inter- esting activities in the weeks to follow. I 1 Standing, left to right: Claude Bloodworth, associate sports editor: Smitty Lundy, sports editorg Myrtle Hawley, proof readerg Jo Annice Cornish, associate editorg J. P. Elkins, editorg Joe McKinley, associate manager, and Charles Atkinson, c-olu nnist. 4' Seated, left to right: Jon Bloodworth, paper folderg Mary King, paper folderg Virginia Lundy, paper folder: Billy Hartzell, columnist: Allecne Rylee, typistg Mary Helen Mary McFarlane, society editor, and Bill Boase, business manager. Nicolett, associate society editorg NEW PUPILS ARE ENROLLED ' We want to welcome the follow- ing pupils to our high school and hope they will be happy here: Oletn Cheatwood from Kansas, Charles Cole from Fort Wortli, George Firth from Denver Citi Dorothy Spur- lock from Graford, Betty June Thed- ford from Graham, Donald Martin from Keene, G. A. Asbfufry from San Saba, and Allan Bell from Jacks- boro. I . , I THREE BAND MEMBERS ARE HONORED D. L. Inman, Joe McKinley, and J. W. Ma-rtin were chosen to par- ticipate in the TrifState band event in Waco on February 13, 14, and 15, This is a great honor because the selections were made from thousands of 'band members. The student body is really proud of them land wishes them even more successes -in the future. . , I I GIRL RESERVES HEAR MR. TINER ,- Boy and Girl Relationship was C119 D1'Og1'an1' of the Girl Reserves Tuesday night at the High School auditorium. Mary Leslie Scott, chair- man of the Service Group, was ia charge of the program. Bette Batker spoke on Manner 'With a Date . Mr. Tiner told the girls what a boy likes best in 9. girlQ The Girls' Glee Club sang I Dream of Jeanie with Miss Hod- SGS Dlaylng the accompaniment. The cha-irman then led a round table discussion on various phases of re- lationships between the girls and boys. After the program, plans were made for the box supper, which will be held ,for the boys next Tuesday night, THE GRAHAM STEER 11-IE STEER Ef1Ti:licr'iptio'n Price' 51.00. Per Annum liaise E-en iwnk By 'rm szuaenes of Graham High School. S' T' A'Fr F Editor ................ J. P. Elkins Associate Editor Jo Annlce Cornish Business Mgr. .......... Bill Boaae Associate Business Mgr. ......... . Joe McKinley Society Editor .. Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicollette Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Editor .......... Claude Bloodworth Proof Readers .... Myrtle Hawley, Bette. Hulu Typist: ., ....... Genevieve Yancey. 'Exl-e Pearl Hayes, All-eene Rylee, Marie Simpson. Paper Folders .... Jon Bloodworth. ,getty Smith, Virginia- Lundy. lilary Klng. A NEW TERM! Class work is once again in full swing after' the mid-term exams of last week, and many students show an increasingly industrious attitude in regard to their studies. Most of these students fared not so well on the examinations, and they have grasped qfulickly .the opportunity for a new start. Those students with this newbornenthusiasm will. likely finish the year rather well despite a 'bad start. Students who made low grades on the exams and during. the first-term need not just keep on coastinag' through school. There is ample time to prove that you are the stufif ' to succeed. Don't let failure on the first four and one- half' months of school throw you. Climb' back on and ride 'em, even if you' did' pull leather a bit at the beginning. GZRADUATING SENIORSH lt won't be long now! ln approx- imately four short months the Sen- iors, of '41 will go their separate ways. If all seniors graduate there will be one hundred and thirty-two taking part in the graduating exer- cises. This will be the largest class even to graduate from Graham High School. BETTE AND BOB Deer Bette, Well, those dredful exams are over. Last Friday when the papers were handed, out there were varied expressions on the faces of the G. H. S. studints. -Sum were grin- ning from year to year: ther eyes glistening like dewdrops on a brght sprng morning and ther teth was shining like pearls tif they had any tethof course.l Now that is the hap- py side of the affair and naturally ther is always the other side--sum were walking around with ther neks disjointed iso they cud hang ther heds as low as they felt 1ike.l Ther eyes were dull as a gurl's shiny nose just after it's been powdered. I guess you get what I mean, .Mildred Knox nerly 'broke a blood vessel whin she saw that she pass- ed her 'Spanish exam. XVhi'H she looked at the paper she screamed just as lewd as she cud and said, I passed! Mr. Tyson was quite wrought up over the scene and nerly, had a nervous breakdown, but he, as well as Mildred, soon recov- .-1-ed from the shock. It is quite a coincidence CI thinkl that all of Mr: Hunt's papers that had mistakes in the grading were done by Mrs. Hunt, At least, that's what he said. Yes, yes, very odd. Mr. Tiner was ko-mpletely swept off his feet by Mr, Bible and has been gong around in a daze ever since the banquet: VVendell Willis is about to give up typing. I-Ie has desided that he simply will never make the world's best typist and if he can't be the best, he just won't be. Rumor is tha-t his semester average is seven. Raythene Baker is just too smart. I guess it's all right to make in the nineties on sum subjects, but 92 in shorthand is too mluech for any- one. Miss Sparks says these futbawl boys ought to be ashamed to go and take some out-of-town girl to the banquet after the Graham girls have-yelled' their lungs out at the games all year for them. And just because the Graham girls ea,u't talk be-cause of their lungs the boys take out-of-town' girls. She sed she yelled, too, and none of the boys asked her, Mary Catherine Snoddy looked fContinued on Page 31 l I i l NOSIN' AROUND In. trying to cover the entire ban- qfuet we found it more difficult than We had imagined, but here's what we found -by nosin' around- New couples could be found be hind every other place card such as: Pauline Ball and Waldo Orr-my, when did this happen? Marian Glbson, who shattered many girls' hopes, with Nick.fCraig. Aleene Rylee wearing blue and arriving with Estes Wadley. Imogene Davis and Authur Lee Shahan making a very new twosome. We had always wondroed how Mrs. Butler could tell which was Donald and which was Robert, but now she really does have a problem. They both date girls named Louise! One goes with Louise Loviolet and the. other with Louise Crow. Which is which I do not know. Charlsie Grace and Bob Morrison, Doris Mo'bley and ,Sid Hearne ma-le H. cute foursome and from the look in their eyes, Oh! Heck, you gvucessi M-adell Brigham, looking. demure in. white, arrived with ,our football manager, Alvin Savell. The lady in red in Russell Paul1's life that night was Maxine Kimmel. Did anyone notice the numbers of local misses who dropped their forks and stared when Alvin Mc- Clellan arrived at the banquet-1 ALONE! But when tl1ere's life, there's hopeg so don't give up, girls. .Something that brought more than one glance was the arrival of George Wilde and Jean Norman-We had always heard a lot about Brecken- ridge girls but Jean is even cuter than that!! An-other case of foreign entangle- ments was the arrival of. J. T. Privett and Rubye Smith lshe hails from the same cityl that same n'te- This is 'beginning to look pretty serious, we hear. We discovered that J,' B. Fore bad talents other than that of play- ing tennis when he arrived with Marjorie Street. Those freshmen certainly are step- ping out th's year. be tops as far as Mary King, Pearl Blue seemed to colors went for Faye Corley and Anna Louise Bates, all arrived in it. with Bobby Jo and Jack O'Del1 They also arrived Cozart, Park Long, fContinued on page 3, col. 37 THE GRA-HAM STEER f- .:sTEERs WIN FROM STEERS DOWN SLIDELL ,SH 1 R'lNGGOLD' Five, 29-22' QUINTET 43-28 Acir S. A ND I Chalkillg' UD their eighth COHSQ- Playing before probably the larg- lCTl0N CUtiVG'WiI1 in as' many Starts, the est home .crowd in..the schoolis- his- , 'Steers' downed a hustlins Ringgold tory, the .Steers stopped the strong We freshman have reason for pride in our lovely singer, Patsy Wood. We wish to congratulate her successluvl slnlging at the football banquet, ' A fnwmber of our B Squad Pla?- ers .who are freshmen received foot- ball medals at the banquet. They are Gorden Forehand, Glen Medlen, Willam Lyles, Sollie Shingler, John- ny M.cClelland, Wilson Brooks, B, L. Caldwell, Harry Pankey, Bill Cole, and Blen Brewster. Several futuremfre-shanen attended the Football Banquet last Thursday. night. They were Mary Bob Turns er with Garner Wilde, Betty Hub- bard with Donald Herring, and Peg- gy- Conklin with her -brother Kelly. Mr. Boze's freshmen home room elected officers Thursday. The fol- lowing were elected: president, Dean Taylorg vice-president, Zane Wink- lerg secretary, J-aunes Matking and reporter, Margaret Ann Turner. They will hold office for the next six weeks. THEY STAND OUT' The freshman class would like to call to your attention one of the memlbers of its class that we ,think you should know. Bill Bass, probably the smallest boy in high school, is jf chubby little fellow with a very Winsome smile that makes you like him im- tnediately, Bill is right up at the top in his school work and admits that he is very much interested in his general science. He likes most sports .and would like to play football, but wonders if he might not be mistaken for the ball during an exciting moment. Need we say that his favorite foods are milk and pie, but alas, :his chief dlslike is young ladies--confidentiab ly, we think he is a bit bashful. Better watch him, girls, because we predict a brilliant fruture for Bill. Garner Wilde seems to have been taking lessons from his brothers on the art of picking cute girls, as can be noted by -his arrival with Mary Bob Turner, He seems to be a good pupil! team, at Ringgold Tuesday night, 29-22. Graham, playing without the services of Alvin McClellan and Coach Clifford, never had' n sate lead. The Ringgold cagers came back in the last half, after trailing all the first, to draw with-in one point of the Steers, but that was :ls far as' their only serious threat went, McCla-nahan and Wilde lead the Steers attack with 8 and 9 points respectively. Loftin and Brooks also entered into the seor- ing with Brock, who plays. guard regularly, playing well in the vacant forward position. Lemons played ,wel-1 for Ringgold. Downey was high point man for the night. Starting Line-up: Graham Ringgold Privetti Mitchel MoClanahan Young Wilder Lemons Brooks Lowry Bl'0Ck Downey Subs: Loftin, Orr Subs: Kutch GRAHAMWBLASTS POLY 35-14 The Steers downed the fast Fort Worth Poly team at Fort Worth Monday night' to establish them- Solves as the strongest team in this section of the state. With M-cClel- lan and George Wilde hitting the loop from neanly all angles, the Steers after' a slow start scored 14 points in the final quarter to out the game on ice. The Parrots were the third consecutive unbeaten team that have had theirrecord marred by' the Steers. Startlng Line-up: Graham Poly Mc-Clellan Brown, George Wilde Donaldson Mc'Clafnahan' Orr Brooks Dawson Brock Phillips fContinued from Page. 21 simple stuuing in a beautiful fur coat last 'Sunday morning. Every- one guessed that Rachel was home, and' Ma-ry' -Catherine finally was forced to confess that she made Rachel stay in bed so she could wear her coat. -Sea you soon. Bob. Slidell Cagers Wednesday night. 43- 28. Slidell, previously unbeaten, put. up, one of the 'best teams the -Steers. 'have had to face. The lead changed several times with Slidell leading at. the first qruarter by 5-4 and the Steers at the half by 16-14. George Wilde and, Alvin M-c0lels lan shared the scoring honors with. 16 and 15 respectively. Brooks, Brock, and McCla-nahan played stout defensive ball. Starting Line-up, Graham Slidell McClellan Ak-ins Wilde Skinner MoClanahan . Phillip!! Brooks Moss-. Brock H811 Subs: V Loftin Mate'- Carter Orr Privett STEERS BEAT GORMAN 40-20 Chalking up their tenth straight victory, the .Steers downed a strong qunitet from Gorman' here FridaY night 40-20, thrus adding another unbeaten team to their credit. The Steers were off to a fast start and jnever were headed, leading 25-9 art the intermission. The Gorman five made several threats and kept the large crowd in an uproar. McClel- lan led in the scoring for the night with 21 points to his credit. Brock and MoClanahan played as good de- fensive game flor the Steers. Gra ham Gorman McClellan Crawley McClanahan Boze G. Wilde ' Bennett Brooks Alsobrook Brock Boze Subs: Loftln, Orr, Carter. Gorman subs: Brown, Capers. fContlued from page 21 respectively. Blonde Gertrude Bobo, dressed in white, effectively played the part aof. the angel in Glen Brock's life, The Hubbard -family for was it Donaldj has finally :made up, its mind, and Donald Herring arrived with Gertrude's little sister. J. Wilde, Prlvett,. THE GRAHAM STEER BRAIN TEASERS Vlfendell Llgon is the only one to turn in correct solutions to both problems proposed in the issue of January 23-rd. In the problem about the barrel of Water, you will find that it really takes only 23 days for the cask to 'become empty. In the second problem., the merchant would have to sell the article for 346.00 if he made 15 per cent on the deal. Clytee Burdick, Henman Vaughn, and Gerry Hartzell are the others who got this one correct. I hope that more pupils will find time to try for the answers to these brain teasers now that examinations have come and gone. I propose these two for this week. 1. ,lack and John sit down to eat, Jack has 5 cakes and John 3, all the cakes having the same value. A third 'boy comes along and eats' with them, paying 8 cents for his share of the mea-1. Lf they eat equally and consume all the cakes, how should the 8 cents 'be divided? 2. An orange just balances in weight with 3-4 of an orange of the same weight and 3-4 of an ounce. VVhat is the weight of this orange? GRAHAM DOWNS BULLDOGS 51-30 The unbeaten Steers added an- other team to its victory string when they trampled the previously unbeaten Burkburnett quintet here, January 22. The Steers were never behind in the count, although the Bulldogs crowded them until the third quarter when the Graham five broke loose with their last quarter barrage. McClellan again led the Steers' scoring with 25 points. Gra- ham's shifting defense hold the Bulldogs' star, Woods, to 8 points. The Steers led at the half 21-16. Graham Burkburnett McClellan Wood McClanahan Hayes G. Wilde Butts Brock Pe-'ry Brooks Owens Subs: Orr W'ismger Loftin Darla-nd Carter Joy. The junior class has gone ritzy this year. They have ordered a play with a S10 royalty. They usually select a non-royalty play. They have I I I I I chosen the play entitled OrderedN THE FOOTBALL BANQUET One of the most successful sea- sons in local football was brought to a close with the annual football banquet in the high scholl gymnas- ium. From the time one entered the brilliantly lighted bauiilding until the last car had departed, the spirit of the last season prevailed. Upon en- tering the -beautifully decorated gym- nasium, you were met with the beauty of the decorations. Red, white, and blue turned th-e gym in- to a blaze of color. Blue strips run- ning the length of the tables re- callled to mind the scores, and all the memories connected with the football season, Flags were placed at intervals throulgout the room, and individual ones marked each pla-ce. Flowers and candles were also at- tractively arranged on the tables. Clever programs and place cards were talken home as souvenirs-. The invocation was given by The Rev. Guthrie, after which everyone en- joyed a delicious meal. When the last -bite had been eaten, Mr. Tiner's introduction of the guests was fol- lowed by a cordial welcome from Mr. Gilmer. Realizing that everyone enfoys singing, Mr. H. L. Thornton led the group in several songs. Pat Clifford introduced the honor guests, the twenty-two lettermen. Then Jo Anni-ce Cornish, in toasting our team, said what everyone was think- ing. George Wilde rseponded to this toast by expressing the team's ap- preciation for all the consideration given them. during the year. The awards Igiven each year :by the Quarterback Club were presentedby Nelson Ross, who also presented a new award-a gint from the Quarter- back Club-to Gerald Allen for the best all-around boy on the football team. The splendid work done by our coaches was richly praised by Morris Newbyg a-nd Glen Brock, in a style all his own, presented Mr. Finer, Mr. Clifford, and Mr. Ross with a token of the team's apprecia- tion, Each of the coaches expressed his deep appreciaton for the fine cooperation given them by the team, the townspeople, and the student body. Mr. Ross then introduced the 1941 o-:ficers of the Quarterback Club, and praised the many fine things they had done for our team. PROJECTS IN SOLID GEOMETRY ARE ON DISPLAY The solid geometry class under Miss Sparks is displaynig in their room their term projects. These projects, constructed through the knowledge of solid geometry, in- clude the five regular polyhedrons, which proved the most popular among the geometry students: a project which includes practical ap- plications of goemetryg and one in which cones and conic sections are displayed. The projects are tacked on the walls of Miss 'Sparks' room, and 'the geometry class would like very much for everyone to see them. ASSEMBLY NOTES Monday during the regular as- sembly period, Gera-ld Allen exhibit- ed the 'blanket given him by the Quarterback Club at the football banquet. Mr. Tiner also presented Mr. C. E. Penix, president of the Quarterback Club, with a medal. Mr. Penix addressed the student body, thanking them for their cooperation during the last year, Tuesday, Mr. S. A. Fenix spoke to the freshman and sophomore classes on how we, as young Am- ericans could help and are helping Americas to grow. Mr. Slcott's home room was in charge of the program. EIGHT PUPILS ARE MID-TERM GRADUATES The following senio-rs are mid- term graduates: Grady Baker, Bill Cooney, C. W. Downey, Maurice As- ton, Morris Newvby, Gerald Allen, Annie B. Hinson, and Bill Town-send. fSome of these pupils are taking extra subjects this term. tained the group with several da-ncesg and Patsy Vloods, accom- panied by Miss Hodges, sang two numbers. Mr. M. K. Graham was given the privilege of introducing the guest speaker of the eveninng, Mr. Bible from the University of Texas. All those that attended the banquet quickly realized that Mr, Bible is as good a speaker as he is a coach. After telling several amusing exper- iences durineg his coaching career, he stressed the fact that a boy who is a good competitor in athletics is a good competitor in later life. As a-n added treat he showed pictures ,of the Texas-A. 8: M. game, bring- accompanied by Miss Range, enter-gthe banquet to a close. , Mary Ruth Lundy and Kay Richards, THE STEE VOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOIQ Fl-LBItUKXllY 14, 1941 NUMBER 15 IIONOR ROLL ANNOUNCED 1 FOR HIGH SCHOOL Names of students making the high honor roll of Graham High School for the third six weeks grade period were announced today as fol lows by Principal O. B. Rose: Sth Grade: Blake Allison, Jr., Har- vey Barhart, Jon Bloodworth, Glee Clements, Pearl :Faye Corley, Fran- ces James, Margaret Ann Turner. 9th Grade: Lou Wallace Childress, Gwendolyn Barrow, Leora Flynn, Betty Lee Grove, Rosa Ann Hays, 'Wanda McCleskey, Frank Ragland, Imogene Smith, George Strickland. 10th Grade: Allie Peity, Joyce Rogers. 11th Grade: Raythene Baker, Louise Cletcher, Marion Gibson, Myrtle Hawley. Mary McFarlane. PoLt Graduate: Donald Jones. ...1...L-0......i- MUSIC FESTIVAL IS GIVEN BY STUDENTS 'Ihe Graham high senior band, the, junior band, and the symphony or- Gerald Allen, Coach uana X. B'ble, and Mr. Tiner inspecting,Al- , lends blankft, giv'n him by the Quarterback Club. V FIRL RESERVES EN'l'ER'l'AlN BOY FRIENDS A Valentine box supper for thc' ,JOHN REED ENTERTAINS IVITH VALENTINE PARTY 1 John T. Reed entertained in his home last Wednesday with a'valen- chestrfi presented their concert at, Cv! R ' d h, the Memorial Auditorium, last Fri-lhqfd Teeyes tt if ilfeim :ai dc , i. ht Fb 7. Th - 5 e .ues ay nigi a me xg sc oof, 'W Hg ' e mary e semorlcafeteria. The service group with: band was conducted by Mr. Smi h the junior band by Mr. Boze, and the symphony orchestra by Mr. Mayes. These conductors are all members of the faculty. The concert program was varied with the introduction of the following members of the senior band who were honored with invita tions to play in the all-state band contest: Joe McKinley, J. W. Mar- tin, D. L. Inman and Sidney Hearn. Then D. L. Inman, Bill Bort, and J. W. Martin were featured in their rendition of Flirtations Proceeds from the concert amount- ed to approximately sixty dollars, and this money will be used to in- stall sound proofing in the band house. , 3 - WHAT? Jim Wilson is coming to Graham High School. WHO- IS JIM WIL- SON? WHEN? March 6, 1941, at 1:15 P. M. WHY? Watch for further information. Mary Leslie Scott, leader, directedi the entertainment. The cafeteria was: gaily decorated in hearts and cupids. carrying out a red and white color scheme. After a sing-song, led by Jo An'- nice Cornish, Gwendolyn Edwards told the Origin of St. Valentine's Day. The girls and boys drew from separate groups for candies and gum -and matched these for partners for the evening. First there were eats from boxes well filled with delicious lfood, and then the group was direct- ed in relay games, followed by the icver popular Swat Your Partner! line party. Several games were play- ed and prizes of valentine favors were given. Attractive refreshments were served in red and white valen- tine plates and napkins. Red and white nut cups filled with red and white cupids were served to the fol- lowing: Russell Paull, Harry McNuly, Bobby Ccvart, James Matkin, Bi'l iBass, Bill McFarlane, Dean Taylor, lJon Bloodworth, Jimmy Griffin, Mar- ,garet Ann Turner, Betty Jane Smith, QGlee Clements, Patsy Wood, Mary lKing, Anne Louise Bates, Virginia lliundy, and the host. 1 l NOTICES!! !! l All make-up exams will be given lMonday, February 17. All grades that were incomplete at The meefing adj0111'Y1Gd flfiel' Ml'-fthe end of the first s'fmes'er will be- Tiner led the group in Good Night, Ladies. Guests besides the high school gcorne Ps unless the necessary work lie, handed in by Friday-TODA11 ........1...-Q..v.-.... I Milk consumption at the Texas A. Joys and girls were Gabby Hamilland M. College mess hall averages and James Thomas from Breckin' 'one and one half Pints daily for each ridge and Mr. and Mrs. Tiner. l student. THE GRAHAM STEER QTHE STEER, leaded Each iVlleek By The Studhnte of Graham High School. -. 8 T A F F Eugltor ................ J. P. Elklne Associate Editor Jo Annlce Cornish Bu'eIn.ees Mgr.. .......... .Blll Beane Aesoclate Business Mgr. . ....... T.. . Joe McKinley Soclety Edltor. .. Mary McFarlane Associate Society Edltor ........ '.. -e Mary Helen Nlcollette Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Aesoolate Sports Edltor .......... Claude Bloodworth Proof Readers .... Myrtle Hawley, Bette Hullo Typist: ..... Genevieve Yancey., .Exle Pearlj-Hayes, Alleene Rylee,l :Merle Simpson. Paper Folders. Jon Bloodworth, Qeliyi Smith, Vlrglnln Lundy. 'nary King. . . -sE.IlIf1l0.!U:4-lf.- .W ,le, 5 The Graham High School is fortun- ate in having on its faculty three capable,,directors of musical' organ- izations.'Not many schools' in Texas- have so finanyg certainly no' other school inV,T4eStas' the' 'sine ofKGraham can boast three 'directors of' 'such 'tal- er1t.',We are 'proudbfb you, Messrs. Smith, Bogey and Moyes, land we of- fer' our best Avvishes 'l for continued success in the 'field' of music. V r OUR TEAM HAS SPIRIT! 1 Ourf-.basketball team has spirit. fighting spirit! 'rheywere defeated at Burkbuirnettulast Friday night but not --beaten. They fought harder and faster .than in any other game this season, audffleven .while the 'Burk Bulldogs stalled- for -' time- near... the close of the contest, members of our team drew penalties in their desperate eagerness to obtain the ball. . 'Countless great teams- have crum- bled once. they are defeated, .but the Steers are coming back with greater determination : than- ever. Wetruly have a great basketball teaxrrhereat Graham 'Hij and'it is coitceivablef that' dileat' ' ora defeats w111f'i5o overshadowed by the--sparkle V of our team. 'Q ' w BETTE AND BOB ITHE LONG ROAD T0 Dere Bob, 'Sense exams everything seems to be going kinda slow and nothln's happening. Correcting those exam papers shure proved to be a prob- lim, spechially . in English, ma-lnly English IV. Betty Rangiland took her paper up to be checked-1 by 'ZMiss' -Parsons ffor about the fourth timel and be- lieve it or not, it 'beat her back to her seat. Maybe you think Iietty's eyes didn't pop out Lon toothpicks when sihe looked on her desk and saw that paper all ready to be cor- rected again-. Betty had that 'QI give up look before she got threw. Poor little Frank Ragland is ex- pecting to meat deth around the corner any minute. I-Ie avoids'-:fevery corner as much as possible because Mildred Knox threatened him-when he pulled the chair out from 'under her inlgpanjshpclass last week. She sed she-fvvould get.-even with him. it she had to pull --himffoutzfrom under a chair. Rumar is 'that if 'Mary Helen Nic- olett lost her voice: it wouldn't bother her'much, since her eye- brows serve the same purpose 'as her voice. ' if Q I have been wondering who I am a. descendent from ,andy I 'guess 1 no now. An Englsh III studint':fo1d'me that I must be some' relation to John Smih. He sed somethiingabolut John Smtilfs spelling 'notmbcing so good- E ,...- . Betty Hulsei must have had an amusing dreem the other nlghtgp' she laughed W so.loud in her sleep. that .he -nei.ghlJorsf:herd her. . .. . .. Bobble Savell has gone a step further in his smoking career. He started smok ng cedar, then 'coi fee, now it is.Bull Durnem. - , All the gym girls say they wud- dent mind takin' gym at all,-in tack they would love it, if they, .thought at would make them look like Miss Box-non. ' ' ' ' Q I don't think of a thing else to say so- ' ' ' ' E Sea u' sun, ' ' ' ' Bette -.11 Mr. Gilmer was absent from school Monday, February' ll on 'account of illness. ' I ' A GOOD READING You know, I'1l 'bet you have nev- er thought how much trouble is taken so that you' might get good wholesome reading. Now have you? Well, since you ha.ven't, I'll tell you. FDRST: The books are unpacked from .boxes that hold about 40 vol- umes. SECOND: They are checked against the invoice, and if we are shorted the company is notified. In this process the duplicate copies are put together and kept together throughout, THIRD: The books have their backs broken, FOfUR'1YH: They are gone through Da-ge by page to see if any of the D'-loses are missing, if' ,there are two copies of the same page, or if -the Pages are folded. If pages are uncut, they are opened with a, pen knife, .This is called collating the books. FIFTH: The jackets of the books are' removed. SIXTH: The imperfect. copies of the books are returned to the ,com- ' DHIIY. l i SEVENTH An accession' record is made. Each separate book is given. a place in the record, with it's own number, author, title, pub- lisher, year bought, and pricepaid. 'A BIG-HTH: The accession' mzrnber isput on the stamp. This number and thestamp is put on pages 25, 75. and every following page-wiul 75 in lt. NINTH: Book pockets and date slips are pasted in, and the. bor- rower's card is put in. TENTH: -Call numbers ,are print- ed on the back of the book,' on the inside of the front, and- on the bor- rower's card. ELEVENTH: The author's card is .madefor the card catalog. TWELFTH: The books are shelv- ed. THIRTEENTH: 'After the books are shelved, title cards.. and sub- ject ca-rds are made and filed in the card -catalogue. There were 245 books in the ship- ment and theywere collated by: Estell Van Arsdale, Virginia Petty, Exie Pearl Hayes, and Miss Moore. We hope you enjoy these new books! THE GRAHAM STEER ISH ACTS AND ICTION We were very sorry to lose two of our freshmen, Bill Bass and Dude ley Land. Bill moved to Ka-nsas and Dudley to Wichita Falls. My! How Dorothy Pickrell's smile did fade when Bill Cole was passed from the English I to English If class. Mr. Hunt's general science class is plannng a. field trip the first warm day. In gen-eral science class we have noticed Park Long has an extra big smile when Pearl Fay Corley looks his way. The freshmen English classes were given special prices to see, the show Stanley and Livingston. which they will be studying within the nextwweek or so. VI'e, enjoyed it and only wish 'we could' see all of our literature on the screen. Why do we not have more shows of 'this type? - f THEY STAND OUT -...-.. Last week we introdulcerl one of our members, Bill Bass, and this week we 'are lamenting our loss beca-use Bll has rmoved to Kansas. We certainly hope that- we do not. lose our outstanding freshman for this week's column. This young lady does .not need an introduction. If you have ever heard a sour note from the trumpet section of Mr. :S1nith's band-well, that isn't Glee Clements butbyou Won't have to look very -far before you can see Glee playing a lot of trumpet for Mr. Smith. Seriously, we are very proud- nt Glee. She can always beidepended upon to do her share 'ands do it well. She is ever ready to help her fr'ends and is' a very pleasant girl to work with. Glee is one of our outstanding students in her school work. It is not any wonder why we really believe hat before her school days are over, she will ha-ve made her personality so well known that it will be long remembered In the portals of Graham High School. ' NOT ORIGINAL The following story was handed to the editor. Because it has its points, so far as creative writing is concerned, we are. passing it on to you -- just for fun. , HIC ' I I had twelve bottles of whiskey lin my celler and any wife .told me to empty the contents of each into the sink, or else. So I said I would and ,I pvroceededwiith the un- pleasant task. I withdrew the cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down the sink with the exception ot. one glass, which I drank. I extracted the cork from the sec- ond borne, and did likewise, with the exception of one glass, which I drank. Then I withdrew the cork from the third 'bottle and emptied the .good old booze down the sink, ex- cept one glass, -.which I drank. l 'fpulledthe ,cork from the fourth s.nk and. 4 poured .thee 'bottle down . the glass, which I drank, I pu-lled the bottle from the cork, ofvthe next and drank one sink out of it a-nd poured the cork down 1 pulled the next C01'k throat and poured the .he bottle and drank the I corked the sink with the glass, bottled I the' drink, and 'drank the pour. - . .. . ' When ' I' had everything emptied, I steadied the house with one hand and counted the 'bottles a-nd corks and -glasses with the other, and therewere 29. To be sure, I count- ed em again' whenrthey' came' by, and I had '74. As 'the' houses came by Icounted them againyand final- ly I had all the houses and bottles and corks and glasses counted with the exception of one house and one hottie, which I drank. 1.i EL CIRCULO ,ESPANOL 'l'he'Span1sh Clufb met YVCCIIICSCIQY, February 5, to elect new 'officers for the new semester. The officers -lecterl were: president, Allie Grace Pettyg vice-president, Willie Jean .to-bertsg., secretary, Cassie Louise Georgeg Committee, Billie Babb. Afterwards a game of hnngn1an was played, using Spanish words. the bottle. out. oi my I sink down! glass. 'Then BALLAD OF J. G. SMITH By George Wrenn I took any trumpet, went to Walk, Down around the squareg Where people stood and -talked and laughed Here and there. if Someone saw me with my horn Tucked 'beneath my arm, And asked me if I'd toot a abit, . Something warm. - I puckered up my mouth and blew ' A note or two, , They liked and they clapped so loud, Q I played a whole cbar through. They clapped-so loud Uwas Inspired And took a deep, deep breath alas..- And blew,..and blew until my eyes VVere- like to roll upon the grass! Oh woe is -me, Ohvwoe is me, I go in sorrow and in shame! I deafened half the folk in town- And so has grown my evil'-al'au:ne', I now can find nowhere .a' man, . Wh0'll let me .blow my' own dear - Horn as loudly as Iran! THE PERSONALITY 'CLUB The Personality Club- metl- Wed- Hesday. February 12, 1941, in the library of the Graham High School. The program chairman, Maxine Kim- mell,- introduced Ann Louise- -Bates, who 'gave an interesting talk' -:' o n Signing Off- Marilyn Hamil then gave a talk on Good Manners and Right Conduct. Mrs. Howell then read an interesting article' on mak- ing impressions. The meeting 'was adjourned when the bell sounded. PROJECTS 0F SEVENTH PERIGD HOMEMAKING RLS ARE .JUDGED Tuesday Vafernoon thefgxris In the hornernlaklng I B 'class were judged a 'contest ' of ' appropriate cotton GI in dresses for high school girls, Mrs. George Wrenn acted as judge. The girls' dresses were scored for appearance, Style, suitability, and workmanship. Dorris Jo- Jackson wa-s awarded the 'blue ribbon for first place, Rosa. Ann Hays, red ribbon for second place: and Leota Byrd, yellow ribbon for third place. The banquet 'was a great success, we all agreeg which all goes to prove that people have more fun tha-n anyobdyf' X THE GRAHAM STEER JB JUNIOR'S JOURNAL Dorothy Jean Bills felt highly complimented when Mr. Robinson told her that she was cute. Jolene Rowley thought she would make a good grade on her book- keeping, but she was very much dis- appointed when she found that 93 was her grade. Wonder why Dorothy Gathings looks so sad these last few days? Could it be because Grady Baker finished school at mid-term? The 7th period English III class extends their sympathy to Garland Wickham, because he finds it neces- sary to take grammar both terms ,this year. The Homemaking Il Class taught by Miss Irene Bishop. Zvlgnday afternoon, tryouts were BRAIN TEASERS Wendell Ligon was the only pupil to turn in answers to the problems in the issue of last week. You will find that in the problem of the cakes and the eight cents, that John received '7 cents and Jack only 1 cent. If you do not understand this problem you might try breaking it down into parts of cakes and parts of cents. In the second problem the orange weigh- ed exactly 3 ounces. I hope that more of you will try for the answers to the problems for this week. I. Tell me how much is lost by measuring off 20 feet of material with a yard measure 2 inches too short. Don't be too hasty in your conclusion. 2. A boy went to a spring with a 5 quart container and a 3 quart con- tainer. How could he manage to bring back exactly 4 quarts of water? -l SENIOR BAND PLAYS IN ASSEMBLY The students of Graham High School were treated by the senior band in the assembly Tuesday, IF1eb l l l I ruary 11. Several pieces of music, were rendered, and among them was one of the band's state contest num- bers, Niobe. . ITEMS OF INTEREST The tennis and basketball courts are nearing completion. The work- men are waiting for materials to finish the tops of the courts. The material should arrive within a week or two, and then work will be resumed. The courts should be fin- ished by the beginning' of spring. A shipment of spray pits, which are to be installed in the top of the fence, have arrived, and work has be- gun on the sprays. STUDENTS G0 T0 WACO Last Friday about one o'clock Miss' Duncan and a group of students went t W t t a ' d fo tou held for parts in the junior c'asf: play, Joy, which is to be present- ed in March. Among those present ,were Mary Helen Nicolett, Herman 0 aw 0 ac S Ju ges r a r Vaughan Gwendolyn Edwards, Doris nament. Mr. Glen R. Capp, head of the Forensic League at Baylor, sponsors a tournament each year at Baylor for high school students. This tourna- ment has grown to be the biggest one in Texas, and lasft year approx-A imately a thousand students and coaches were present. Mr. Capp ask- ed Miss Duncan to bring several of her students to the tournament to judge debates and declama'ions. The students from Graham judged two rounds of debates iliriday night and four rounds Saturday. When the quarter finals came, Miss Duncan judged, because only coaches and ex pertly trained people can judge these. The Graham students stayed at, Miss Duncan's cottage on the lake. Every meal was ea'en in a different place so that Waco was shown to th-cse students quite thoroughly. Doyle Bishop 'and Beverly King, for- mer Graham students, were very I !Mobly, Hoyle Speake, La Verne Brothers, Mary Katherine Snoddy, ,Maxine Kimmell, Bettie Lee Tim- imons, Mildred Knox, Darlene lF'riz- zell. and Bill Boaze. I Miss Duncan, Miss Bain, and Miss Minter acted as judges, and the characters were chosen as follows: l Joy Harned-Mary Helen Nicolett. Mrs. Harriman-Mary K. Snoddy. Brenda Denning-Doris Mobley. Daisy Mason - Gwendolyn Ed- wards. Clara Chipman-Darlene Frizzell. Mrs. Proctor Van Zandt-B.etty Lee Timmons. Dixie Hallet-Mildred Knox. Celeste Andre-La Verne Broth- ers. X Mr. Harriman-Herman Vaughan. l Robert Butler-Manager. Mabel Baker-Prompter. ,cmns vorm-:ir BALL GAMES 'ARE SCHEDULED helpful in showing them around the! Baylor Campus. The students that went as judges were Mary H-:len Nicolett, Mary Mc- Farlane, Lillian Burns and Jimmy Hays. Bette Baker visited friends on the campus and Mary King visited her brother Beverly. ......1---0.---- LOST--Parker's life time foun- tain pen, black and gold with full name Jennie Belle Bullock engrav- ed on it. Valued because it was a gift from my boys. Will finder please return! - . I The volley ball captains have drawn to see which teams play to- gether first. The boys and girls will play alternately, with the boys play- ing the first game. The team which has the greatest number of scores at the end of the tournament will be the winner. The first games are as follows: Senior B vs. Miss Duncan's room. Miss Permian's room vs. Sopho- mores. Senior A vs. Mr. Baker's room. 'The freshmen haven't drawn for .their first game yet. T' E venom: 1 C SMH A HOMEMAKING GIRLS RECOMMEND DAILY DIET T0 STUDENTS The homemaking girls are assist- ing in the national defense program by learning the esS'en'ials of a good daily diet, and by informing the Gra- ham High students what their daily menu should include. Although de- fense means planes and guns, it means building the health, physica fitness, and social well 'being of al our people. Hence, the homemaking girls offer to students the following recommendation: For a good diet I need daily: 1 pt. to 1 qt. milk' 1 eggmc- 1 serving meatll, poultry, fish or cheese 1 serving Irish or sweet potatoes 1 serving green or yellow veg:- tables other serving vegetablemi ' serving citrus, tomatoes, raw cabbage, strawberries or mclons, 1 o'her whole grain products Other cereals and bread as desired Butter, or margarine with vitamins added. Some sweets 6 to 8 glasses of water -----fGHS---- GIRL RESERVE REPORT 1 1 The Girl Reserves met on Tuesday night at Memorial Auditorium. The Fine Arts group, with Mary McFarlane as sponsor, was in charge of the program on talents. Pauline Morgan, Lou Wallace Childress, and Mary McFarlane discussed the fol- 10WiH2' talents respectively: art, mu sic, and speech. Mrs. Harold Wes discussed the humblest 'talents after reading from the Bible the parabl of the talents. The meeting was concluded with the singing of taps. ---GHS----- Have you met the new French glfl, Celeste Andre, a junior in high school? t e AM HIGH scnoof.. FEBRUARY 21, 1941 I NUMBER 11 The Symphony Orchestra, consisting of fifty-five pieces, was organ- ized in September under the directi made one public appearance. GRAHAM AND BURKBURNETT ravoimns IN I DISTRICT TOURNAMENT The Graham Steers go to Wichita Falls Friday afternoon to begin the ,ifficult task of defending their Dis-I trict Championship. Graham will play Holliday, Archer County repre- sentativzs, in the second tilt of the afternoon. Should the Steers win this game, they play the Jack County entrant, Bryson, in the final game Friday night. The winner of this game will meet the winner of the Vernon Wichita Falls game. The winner of this plays- the winner of the other bracket, which consits of three strong teams of Burkburnett, Seymour, and Bowie. It is the opin- ion of most critics that Graham and Burkburnett will clash in the finals Saturday night. Each of these quin- tets have defeated each other, Burk- burnett winning the second game on their home court, while Graham took the first tilt on their home court. ..f-GHS---- Mary Helen Nicolett has secured a ljob in Bingham's Dept. Store. on of Mr. William Mayes. It has - SCRIBBLERS HAVE VALENTINE PARTY ,....--. The Scribblers Club enter-'ainecl' with a valentine party on Fridayf- February 14, in Miss Parson's room. Each boy drew a heart with the name of a song on it which corre- sponded with one which a girl had drawn. They found their partners by humming their particular song. These partners were used in a game in which each couple had a heart to decorate and an unfinished line of a poem to compo l se. The. lhearts were judged on the basis of rhyme scheme as will as artistry. iPrizes were given to the winners, Lundy. Gladys Ballard and Smitty Cake and punch, with tiny red 'hearts as favors' were served as re- freshments to the following: Misses ,Betty Ragland, Louise Cletcher, Paul- 'ine Ball, Alleene Rylee, Gladys Bal-- lard, Ruby Brown, Eris McCli er., Rayihene Baker, and Sabra Parsons, ,and Messrs. Clark Smith, Arthur Hubbard, Smitty Lundy, Jimmy Hays, Claude Bloodworth, and Louis lPitcock. , ,-.-wth ---avg-w ' r 4'-a -F. , l THE GRAHAM STEER 'fri-IE STEER ni-he inch 'week ay The Students of Graham High School. 8 T A F F Editor ................ J. P. Elkins Associate Editor Jo Annlce Cornish Business Mgr. .......... Blll Boase Afsoclate Business Mgr. ......... . Joe McKinley Society Editor .. Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicollette Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate .Sports Editor .......... Claude Bloodworth Proof Readers .... Myrtle Hawley, Bette ,Hula Typhta ........ Genevieve Yaneey, Exl-Q Pearl Hayes, Alleene Rylee, Marlo Simpson. Paper Folders .... Jon Bloodworth, Betty Smith, Vlrglnla Lundy, 'Mary King. MAKE OUR NEW STUDENTS FEEL AT HOME ' it 1Editorialj ' A Of late Graham High has receiv- ed quite a few -new pupils. It is up to the students of our school to help them fit into our daily work and to put them at their ease. It's rather diilficult for new students to adjust .themselves quickly to our work-ing waysg it takes a little time, ibut friendliness on your part will do more than any other one thing to help newcomers adjust themselves. Try stopping and talk- ing to a new pupil and notice the way that he eagerly answers or questions you. He -may act as thoulgh he were starved for conver- sation. Be friendlyg make them feel at home, Let's give them the best impression of our school. . GHS EDITORIAL George Wilde, Bobby Lawrence, Douglas Carter, Mr. Tiner, and Mr. Cram are due some praise for their line sportsmanship shown in the assembly last Monday. These boys won a great deal of admiration when they answered Gerald Allen's request for them to come to the stage and sing a song. Graham High has just a lot of such boys and girls, which is an outstanding characteristic of our high school. BETTE 'N BOB Deer Bette, 1 That Goil Resoive box supper caused an upset at GHIS. Every goil turned up with someone else's boy friend. Every goil asked someone else's boy friend and was rilly sur- prized whin her own boy friend came in with anuther goil. Oh, such is life???'?? I certainly didn't know that jorie Street nat: magic power, be it's just a recent thing. It ably came all of a sudden. Friday she was tellin everybody who she could get to listen to her well, Mar- may- prob- Last land some who wovuldn't listenl when she was goin to get married, what kind of personality she had, what color she had her toenails painted, what color her hair wuz underneeth, and .the usual thing a forchun teller tells. Mr. Tiner has decided that 36 papers are more than either he or his w'fe can grade, so he is dissolv- infg everyone out oil' his ekonocks class who gives him the razzlberry or kicks him whin he's not lookin or doesn't havewhis lessun. Miss Parsons' throat is getting awfully soar repeetlng everything she says in G-ra-mznur class so that it will soak into the wooden-headed seniors. It seems that they knowv exactly minus zero about it, They have about all decided to get to work. Glenn Brock made 98 on the ioist test. Tink o' dat! Miss Moore doesn't reeulize what aguny she is putt'nag the kids in now that she won't even let us open our mouths. Why the Liberry period is the only free period we have all day, except lunch period. At lun-ch we are so busy eating we can't talk and then we go to liberry and can't talk-Oh, it's terryble. Not long ago I was wundering if Miss Tyler ever got angry. Vvell, I know now' fwhewll Plcez rite soon. Bob. - --GHS-i- BULLDOGS OUTLAST GRAHAM 31-26 The Burkburnett quintet upset the favored Graham eSteers at Burkbur- nett, Friday night, 31-26. This was the first defeat in the season. The Bulldogs worked an effective of- fensive that centered mainly around iforwards Wilde and McClellan. NOSIN' AROUND Alvin McClellan has finally de- cided to give our fair lassies a. tumble, and he started oft with a bang -by dating Leslie Scott. Wonder if Donald Jones has been practicing his trig lesson on Johns grocery sto-re window. Charles Cole, one of our newest additions has fast -become one of us and ha-s been christened Arkan- sas. tl-'rankly, I wouldn't advi-ge your calling him that.J ' We are hearing strange things lately, for instnace we understand hat Clark Smith and 1S1Initty Lundy zi-re actually balancing someones hooks-getting paid, -too. The Girl Reserves' Box Supper proved a great success, and from some of the results Cupid certainly shot his arrows around. Llinmy Hays certainly has had some good luck lately-especially Last week-end! The rea-son lots of our coeds haven't their lessons this week was the presence of our Aggies over the week-end. , Mary King went down to see her -brother, Beverly, over the Week- end, and Beverly came home 1Sat- urday afternoon. I hear Mary had a good time anyway. -.ii. TWO LOVING STUDENTS - ENROLL IN GRAHAM HIGH' Monday, Felbruary 17, Graham High -gained two new pupils, Bill Holder and Brooks Hill, and they hail from Loving. At Loving they took an active part in athletics and played .both football and basketball. Holder is fifteen years otf age and weighs 165 pounds, Brooks Hill has two years eligibility of footlba-ll and basketball, and he boasts 170 lbs. GHS -- The volley ball teams of Miss Duncan's home room had their third practice Tim-saay. 'rue fboys played Mr. Tys-on's boys, who -beat them by a small score, The girls e two pla-yed Mr. Sanith's boys. The-3 teams are showing some good pos- sible material. if more practice per- iods could fbe arranged they would make a better showing. Be-sides a two hour pract'ce one Saturday, and an hour during mid-term, .t-his is the ofnly .working out they ha-ve had. You had better watch that boys' team with Bill Cole as captain. They may surprise you-. THE GRAHAM STEER 7 7 TRAVELER T0 SPEAK TO AZLE HORNETS OUTLASTED -D V 'SH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BY STEERS 39-34 E A C T S A N D Y Jim Wilson, who is world renown- The Graham ,Steers -played one lcTl0N ed because of 1115 travel and ad' of their closest games here Mon- ventures, is to appear in person in day night when they Won over a After 3, Shgrt program arranged by Elizabeth Hays, Anne Bell Liflhle and llistle Lee Holder, Miss Bain's home room enjoyed D19-YiH'S ga1'll95 based on the Valentine theme. Re- freshments were Iservedg then the program committee for the -follow- ing -week was selected. It seems that Juanita Galla-her is interested in about four boys! We understand there are three gi!'1S who object to this. We noticed that Blanche zSunith has been wearing two S. S. Di1'1S lately. fHint: Bill McFarlane is not wearing his Din.J Jinnnie Griffin has acquired a new name which is none other than Robert Taylor. Confidentially. we th nk this name fits quite well. ----GH1S--- THEY STAND OUT We feel sure that a-ll of you know Bla-ke Allison, -but in case there is some unfortunate soul among us, then just ask any fresh- man for an introduction, because this is one ,ireshman that is really worth knowing. Blake does quite a bit of horse back -riding, a-nd if he does say so hinself he has a, mighty pretty horse. We also think that Blake is a very .good rider, and any time any of you young ladies that would like to accompany Blake on some of his gall-ops, ,give hi-m ai buzz ca. se he has an extra mount right now. Recently Blake has been try- ing to get his horse and his hound to become better fizends, 'but -the horse .seems to think that such a relationship would be just a. lot of pooch. Blake's home room teacher tells us that he lias an ideal attitude in class. She also said that he was a fine scholar and a gentle- man. We think that is a real compliment, Blake, especially since real gentlemen are gett ng to be about as scarce as hen's teeth. We are glad that our stand o.t has overcome his illu and is now back in school with us. VVhile he was sick a-bed, we tried to dis- cover his favorite food, color, the Graham High School assembly March 6, 1941, to tefll of his thrill- ing, hai-r-raising experiences. The program is sponsored by the Girl Reserve organization, and the tick- ets will be on sale soon. Mr. W.lson's hook Three-Wheel ing Through Africa becatme a. best seller, and the National Geographic Magazine devoted 65 pages in one issue to this fascinating story-a story of two young men, two pop- pop -bikes, two sidecars' piled high with too-ls, tires, gasoline, spare parts calmerais, quinine, and a banjo! From Lagos, Nigeria, they set out to make the first motorized cross- ing of Africa laterally North of Lake Chod, a, distance of 3800 miles with only 9-00 mi-les of roads, gar- ages 2-l0O miles apa-rt, and places where gasoline cost S-1.00 a gallon, The story will be illustrated with a stage full of curios, costumes, and other articles of interest, gathered l'terally from the four corners of the world. Mr. Wilson tells his story with his own inimitable grin, spontan- eous wit, and dash of philosophy that you will always remember. You can't miss this program, and the Girl Reserves will greatly ap- preciate yofua- -cooperation. f GHS GRAHAM DOWNS HOLLIDAY FIVE, 48-26 Marking their fourteenth conse- cutive victory, the .Steers won over a gallant crew from Hollirlay here Monday night 48-2-6. Graham held a comfortable margin over the visi- tors although .they dldn't put the game on ice until the last quarter. Alvin McClellan led in the scoring with 20 points to his credit. sport, or hobby, ibut about all the success that we had was to get a list of the things that Blake thinks a g'rl should do in order to be charming and attractive , . . some- time we will put them in the col- umn when we have no other news to use. Stay in there, Blake, we're pull- ing for you, and we know that you will always be one of the leaders in your class. fighting Azle quintet that never gave up. Azle is the winner of the Tarrant -County Championship, The Steers showed a powerful reserve strength with the second string playing ar large part of the game. Alvin ,McClellan was high point man. Wilde, Brock, and McClana- han played well for the Steers. GHS- STEERS WIN COUNTY BY DOWNING LOVING 41-23 The Graham Steers won the of- ficial Young County Championship Friday night, when they won their second play-off game with Loving, the Class B champions, 41-23. A Wilson Brooks led the Steer of- fense, while H-older, of Loving, was high point man for the night with 17 points. Q In the first game, played Thurs- day night here, Graham trampled the visitors 40-12. The Steers play- Eed tight defensive ball while Mc- lClellan and Brooks took the lead lfor the 'Steers' offense. M4cClellan totaled 20 points. ' GHS STEERS BLAST OLN EY Playing their first conference game of the season, the Graham Steers downed the Olney Cubs here Thursday night 60-28, The :Steers led all the way and Olney never developed a serious threat. Wilde a-nd McClellan were making shots from all angles to to-tal 36 points between them, while M-clC-lanahan, Brock, and Brooks held the visitors to 28 points. Privett and. Loftin played good relief roles for the Steers. Graham has only to win one more game from Olney to take the county Ch2. IIlDlOllShlIJ.' LIN E-U P Graham Qlney McClellan Hankins' M-cClanahan XVilliamg Wilde Smith Brooks Tuckgr Brock King Su bs- Subs-. Lof tin U5-0 J. lV.lde Slnjljh OPI' Barnett Pi-ivett Basher 11 ' ' wa- v- J J ,.. THE GRAHAM STEER I BRAIN 'rnixsnus I Wendell Ligon was the only pupili to turn in correct solutions' to both problems for last week. This seems tn have become a habit with Wendell Bob Ashley was ano'her who turned in the correct solution of 12 inches lost hy measuring off 20 feet of ma- terial with a yard measure 2 inches short. You see, one loses' 12 inches in measuring the first 18 feet or 6 yards, but none is lost in measuring the last 2 feet. Correct solu'ions tc the second problfm were also turned in by Lowell Bush, Herman Vaughn, James Akers, Robert A. Butler, Lewis' Carter and Charles Atkinson. There are several solutions to the problem of how to bring back exactly four quarts of water when you have only two containers, one holding five quarts and the other three. One lution is as follows: Fill the 5 qt. SO-- container and three qts. out into the other container leaving 2 qts in the larger container. Empty the 3 qt. container ton the ground or in the spring, who caresl, then pour thc remaining 2 qts. in the 3 qt. contain- er then again fill the 5 qt. container from the spring and pour off enough from it to exactly fill the 3 qt. con- tainer. This leaves exactly 4 qts. in the larger container. Try this prob- lem for this week's brain teaser: A man at his marriage agreed that if at his death he should leave only his wife and a daughter, his wife should get 95. of his estateg and if instead of a daughter he left a son, then the wife should have only IA. of the estate. Now when he died he left a wife, daughter, and son. Now figure for me how much each of the three should receive from his estate of 313,000 I GHS - PRIVETT LEADS STEEYRS 0VER'AZLE FIVE, 20-16 Without committing a single per- sonal foul, the Graham Steers down- ed the strong Azle quintet from Tar- rant County Monday night at Azle. J. T. Privett, reserve forward, led in the scoring with 8 points- Mc- Clellan was out of the line-up because of an ankle injury. The Steers held a two point lead at the first quarter, then Azle took over and held a lead until the final quarter, leading at the intermission 8-7. This was the Steers' 20th victory against one loss to Burliburnett. i The Senior Band, directed by Mr. J. G. Smith. This band has been one of the high schools leading organizations for three years. I ASSEMBLY Monday, a remarkable display of unusual talent was displayed when Mr. Tincr's home room had charge Eof the program. Gerald Allen posef as master of ceremonies. Donald -Bills brought his Swingsters from Loving. Jack Bills played the gui- tar, Le Roy Holland effectively used a washboard and jazz-bo, Bud Hoff man the drums, Raymond Dragor the harmonica, and Donald the piano. The Swingsters playid and sang popular songs of several years' stand- ing. Donald, Jack, and Le Roy took the vocals. GHS Tuesday a quiz contest between the freshman class officers and the sophomore class officers was held Charles Gibson acted as Dr. Quiz. Questions were given to the fresh- men: Mary King, Blake Allison, Mar- garet A. Turner, John Bloodworthg and sophomores: J. W. Martin, Bob Ashley, Wanda McClesky, Rosa Ann Hayes. - Questions about our school and other general questions were asked. The freshmen won with a Score of 74, with the sophomores trailing wi'.h a score of 59. Gertrude Hubbard acted as announcer, and Donald Bills assisted with the piano. -- GHS Suzanna Larmour, Betty June Thedford, and 'Bette Baker have as sisted-fwith the typing of the Steer this week. THE PERSONALITY CLUB The Personality Club had its meet- ing' Wednesday, February 19, in the library. A game called American Magic was played the first part of the period. Mrs. Howell then gave us a good talk on Being an Indi- vidual. The meeting adjourned when the bell rang. - GHS JUNIOR JOURNAL We hear Martha Jane Chesnut is in the hospital, and we all wish her a speedy recovery. Have you seen Pauline Krehbisl's lip? Somehow she fell and cut her lip, loosened a tooth, and skinned her face. We are glad nothing else happened to herg if it had, she might not be able to come to school. Everyone keep in mind about our junior play, and be sure to come to see it. Lillian Burns. reporter for the Sec- ond period English clafs, has changed to the seventh period class. Clytee Burdick was elected to fill Lillian's place as reporter- The class regretted to see Lillian change. Twila Ruth Smith, who is moving to Anson, came back to visit friends Saturday. We are told that Lillian Burns and Odell Magerkurth conducted a very interesting party Friday night at Odell's home. 1 THE TEER VOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL-. FEBRUARY 28, 1941 NUMBER 15. SENIOR GIRLS ENTERTAIN SENIOR BOYS The senior girls entertained with a buffet supper for the senior boys in the cafeteria last Thursday night. Ham, spaghetti, salad, rolls, dill pick- les, coffee, cookies, and chocolate candy were served to those present. A patriotic scheme was followed throughout in the cafeteria. The table was covered with a lovely cu' work linen cloth belonging to Mrs. L. B. Scott, and was centered with a sil- ver bowl filled with red and white flowersg also there were four silver candle sticks tied with red, white, and blue ribbons and holding white tapers. Mrs-. Marvin Prim presided at the silver service, which the senior class of 1941 presented to Graham High School. Card tables with white covers' were centered with American flag plaques. A variety of games was enjoyed by the seniors and guests, including Mr. and Mrs. Prim. Mr. Rose, Mr. Gilmer, Mrs. Howell, and Miss Floy Bishop. -1--GHS1--- THE JUNIOR PLAY VVork on the junior play continues now with a complete cast. All boys' parts have been selected. Arthur Lee Shahan is taking the part of Maxwell Harriman, Jr., the playboy son of the president of Binghams. Bobbie Morrison is the floorwalker in the same store, while the lawyer for the firm is' R. E. Taggart. Al- though the boys have not shown the great interest the girls have, they have worked with the same spirit of cooperation. Rehearsals are being held daily. since the performance will he staged Thursday night, March 153. Joy is a colorful comedy of life in a department store. The play is packed full of sure-fire situations, and the dialogue is bright and natur- ally humorous. The class is paying ten dollars royalty for the right of presenting the play to bring to its public worthwhile entertainment. Re- member Joy, Thursday night at 7:45, March 13, in the Municipal Auditoriuir. JUNIOR BAND Graham has had since mid-term last year a junior band, composed of 'beginners in music. This necess-itatesthe reorganization of the band every year- This band prepares' studentsto enter the high school band. The students and Mr. Boze, the director, meet every day in the junior high school building for rehearsal. Thirty members are now enrolled, all having full uniforms. The band has made four appearances up to this date. One was at a B-squad gameg another was at Elecira when they played with the high school bandg another was at an assembly program at Shawnee Schoolg and the last was in the concert given recently. Next month they are planning to give an assembly program for the junior high stu- dents. HOMEMAKING CLUB HEARS TALK ON NURSING A very interesting and informative! talk on Nursing as a Career was presented to the Girls Homemaking Club Wednesday afternon by Mrs. Stella D. iFox, RN. Mrs. Fox gave! a detailed description of the life? of a student nurse, and answered quesftions on this subject. She also stated requirements for entering the various schools. Of special interest, to students was the 'ifive year plan, which makes possible the R.N. and ILS. degrees in only five years. Mrs. Fox concluded her talk by emphasiz- ing the great need for trained nurses during the present world crisis. ' GHS ls March 13 a lucky day? The juniors hope so. 1 ASSEMBLY NOTES Monday in assembly fourteen sen- ior boys and girls were nominated, seven of which will be elected to have ltheir pictures and a short history of ,their high school accomplishments sent to Waco. These will be put into a booklet called Who's Who, and ,the booklet will be sent to all the high schools in this state. Responsi- bility for typing recommendationsi of each contestant was given to the person who nominated them. Those :nominated were: Myrtle Hawley, ,Marjorie Street, Gertrude Bobo, To fAnnice Cornish, Mary Leslie Scott, 'Bette Baker, Morris Newby, George Wilde, J. B. Fore, Alvin McClellan, :J. P. Elkins, Jimmy Hays, Gerald IAllen, and Douglas Carter. THE GRAHAM STEER Subscription Price 81.00 Per Annum issued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. S T A F F Editor ...,............ J. P. Elkins Associate Editor, Jo Annice Cornish Business Mgr. ........ Bill Boase Associate Business Mgr. ......... . Joe McKinley Society Editor ,, Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... ' Mary Helen Nicolett Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Editor .......... .. Claude Bloodworth Proof Readers .... Myrtle Hawley Betty Hulse Typists . ....... ' Genevieve Yancey, Exie -Pearl Hayes, Alleene Rylee, Marie Simpson. Paper'Folders .... Jon Bloodworth, Betty Smith, Virginia Lundy, Mary King. HAIL TO THE GRAHAM FANS The backing of our athletics from Graham this year .that of any one of especially in -bas- up until this year the citizens' of has far outshone previous years, ketball. Interest has always been lacking in the game of fbasketba-ll, but the .towns- people have reailly flocked, not only to the games at home but also to out-of-town games, to see the 'Steer cagers of '41 perform. It would be very easy to mention names of the business men of the town who have not missed over a game or two this season. This is remarkable, and the students and the team are proud of tl1e interest shown in our school activities. SOCIALS The classes of Graham Hi have socials quite often but not often enough. Parties, picnics, and the like tend to create ai better feeling towards the -class and works to bring the class members to think and act together as a whole. You officers of these different classes should meet with your respective classes and arrahge for frequent get-to-gethersf' It's fun, besides be- ing good for the class, ---GHiS1-- We are very glad to have Wid- burn Bullard -back .with us again. He has been in the Baylor Hospital. BETTE 'N BOB Dere Bob, How due you going two that March 1? I bet 'hat wil make stand -on ends teal today? Are you Jim Wilson progrim he 'wil tel sum tales Mr. Rose's hair and even waltz iround awhile. I wunder ef he kan iook lions. and tigers straight in .he eye and make 'em do the fan lance. I guess I'll no sune cause I rilly am going to that progrim. iL'll declair, you no I didn't no that Glenn Brock and Bill Boase were any relation, Mr. Bill Boase wuz rillly handin a line to sum admirers at Azle afbout Glenn being -hes bruther, He sed Glenn's name wuz Brook Boase. It sounds just a little 'ishey two me. Rosemaryi Rheders wuz being very dignified the other day givin her report in Spanish klass, but she nrufst have made a little mistaik somewhere in Writin her report cause she sed a man lost his mind and thin went crazy. This state- ment caused a muffled giffle f1'0m the klass and lllosemary sed, Well, he did. But sumohw I allus thot those to icailamatles snapped at the same time. A little freshman kame up two Betty June Thetford the other day and sed, You no who You 100k like? 'You look a l0t like BUCK ThetL'ord's wife. The little fish wuz very muchly suprizzed Whin BettY June sed, I am. EL-ast Thursday :Marjorie 'Street wuz paring out her sempathy to the l'ttle worms that were to be disect- ed that day. lShe asked Mr. Hunt ef he worms cud teal the -razor blade slivering thim open and whin Tklr. Hunt sed they cud she- just felt an sorry fer the pore little things. I suppose you no Whut chloryphll is, .don't youi? Well, it's the stuff that fives the green coler to plants. In Biologey klass the other day sum of the studints were trubbled about the coler of an erth.worm's blood and sumone sed it is green. Pauline Ball spoke up very 'brilliantly and sed. Oh, that's the -chloryphill in em. Rite sune-lSea you at the Jim Wilson progrim. BETTE ---GHiS--- Is March 13 a lucky day? The Juniors' hope so. l l l i I NOSIN' AROUND These loud noises echoing over school lately have been the break- ing-up of quite a. number of our most 'constant coluples. Gwendolyn Edwards and .Malcolm Stewartg Wanda Bell and Don Hadeng Bettie Lee Timmons and R. E. Taglgert, a-nd Doris Mobley and Sid Hearne are good examples. If you want to -catch up on all the latest news just visit one of Mr, Tiner's classes. He and his l'ttle bird seem always to know all. The senior party last week brought forth some startling pre- dictions. Between Marjorie 'Street a-nd the Owigi Board we learned that Douglas Carter will die young but he will marry when he's forty fyou figure it orutjg Jo Annice Cor- nish would marry a, man with the initials W. L. iS.-wonder who? and Alvin Mac Clellan isn't lazy. Speaking of Alvin reminds us of the way he saw S-cott got all of fililing 'her plate fshe ate it alll. Those sophs had the gym, too, last Tall, wavy-haired Tommy Roa-ch and cute Marva Tubbs are making a. strlking colmlbination about our campus lately. NVe may have a- new couple just any day now if things keep on as they are for La Verne Brothers and G. B. Johnson. Bill Holder is quickly learning how to twirl a baton - Charlsie Grace is his instructor! Donald 10 ca.ret Herring has been spending dots oif time at the Hubbard household lately. We hear it's Betty Hubbard! to it tha-t Leslie her vitamins by with spaghetti- quite a party in week. With all the lovers' quarrels go- ling on around school, Mary King sighs and says that she guesses she's pretty lucky that she and Bobby aren't fighting. Note: Bobby lost his voice at the basketball same and canit talk, so maybe that's the reason. Has anyone else noticed how long D. L. Inman and Bill Heigh- ten's finger naillls are gett'ng-looks like stiff 'competition for Confucius! XVe're beginning to wonder what sort of flling system Jo Annice Cornish keeps to identijy which Bill she has a date with! THE GRAHAM STEER ' SOPHOMORES HAVE ,HOLIDAY DOWNED BY I I lsH I I HOBO SACK PARTY STEERS IN OPENER, 42-27 A c T s A N D . -- 1 -- lg-I-IQN 1 The S0Dh0m01'eS have 001119 to The Graham Steers downed a fast C, lite at last. To, all passersby it quintet from Archer County at In the assembly program Febru- ary 18, the freshman and sophomore officers appeared on a quiz program -based on questions 'of general in- terest. The freshman officers-Won the contest with a score of 78-56. GHS PECULIARITIES OF THE EN'GLISH4 LANGUAGE XVe'1l fbegin with xbox, the plural is , boxes, But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes. One fomvl is a goose, two are called geese. Yet the plural of mouse is mice, not meese. If I speak of a tloot and show me two feet. And I ,give you af boot, would a pair be called beet? If the singular is this, and the plu- ral is these, Should the plural of kiss be called keese? We speak of brother and also breth- ren, But though we say mother, we nev- er say mothern. So the English, I think you all will agree, Is the funniest language you ever did see. GHS The junior business training class, composed mostly of freshmen, plans to go on a 'class trip to the banks next week. They have been study- ing about the banking system in their class. The freshman class is sorry that two of their former members, Lois and Lonis Audrain have moved to Durkburnett. Lois has rufndergone an operation and will be unable to at- tend s-chool the remainder of the term. 2 VVord has been rece'ved here bi' some of Bill Bassfs friends that if any of them come near Wichita, Kansas, he would be glad for them to visit with him. -GHS1----- - Dd you know Bobbie Morrison plays opposite Dbris Mobley in r:JOY:n looked as if ,the high school gym- nasium. had -been take11 over 'by a group of ho-hoes. Each 'hobo carried a paper sack which held his lunch. The changing from street shoes to tennis slices was the password that .et him. into the sacred hobo camp. Upon entering the was given a sign, either a yellow circle, a -green square, a blue triangle, or a ,red ieart, which designa-ted the group ie was in. Each hobo, along with .iis gang, played several .games such as shuffleboard, darts, freight 'ard, jump the shoe, and tennis hrow, The fboss hobo, Miss Bar- nett, the newest teacher in GHSg ind her tramp helpers were Charl- sie Grace, Donald Herring, Joan Zrihbs, J. Diff Pitcock ,Kay Rich- ards, Bill Pursley, James Furrh, Rosa Ann Hays, Bobby Ashley, tmagene Landress, and the presi- lent, J. W. Martin. She directed everal games for the enti1'e com- pany's enjoyment. After eating their 'e'reshments hobo fashion from a sack, the tramps were very glad to exercise their voices with a few songs. As a concluding act Miss Barnett put a bug in the eair of her helpers, and there was a mad :cramble for street shoes which '.v'ere fliufng to alll four corners of the gymnasium. All of this happen- ed on February 2-0, 1941, with about sixty-five sophormores and their sponsor, Miss Sparks, present. HSQQ- EURKBURNETT OUTLASTS STEERS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP The Buirkburnett Bulldogs de- .hroned the Graham Steers for the district crown, 28-27 in an over- time per'od. With the last quarter all -but over, Burliburnett led 25-23. Robert McClanahan, Steer fO1'XVEll'd, ball and tied the intercepted the score with 21 long shot that thrilled everyone in the a free throw to the lead in the ll-icClella'n found gym. Perry made give the Bulldogs extra period, but the range to send Graham into the lead, With less than a minute to play, Owens broke Wichita Falls Friday afternoon to score a. first round victory in the District Tournament. With the Steer five hitting the mesh from all angles, the losers never pro- duced a real threat. George Wilde was high point man for the -game with 12 points to his credit. All members of the Graham squad saw action, and most of them entered into the scorinig. Winton stood out fior the Holiday cagers while Mc- Clellan and QM-cClanahan played well from Graham. HS--- STEERS EDGE PAST BRYSON , CAGERS 23-13 After playing on even terms for the first two qmarters, the Steers opened up with a last half barrage to trounce a stubborn quintet from Jack County, 23-13. With the Steer resulars dividing scoring honors fairly evenly among them, they ran up 8 points the third quarter while hold'ng the losers scoreless. The lvictory enabled the Steers to enter Qthe semi-finals in .the District Tour- nament, M-cClella'n was high point man for the game with 7 points. The score was 5-5 at the first quar- ter and 8-S at the intermission. HS-- MCCLELLAN LEADS STEERS OVER VERNON, 29-22 After trailing at the half 9-12, the Steer -ca-gers staged a co-me-back in the last two quarters to take their semi-final game in the tournament at NVichita Falls, Saturday morn- 'ng 29-22. The Lions were off to a Fast start, leading at the first quar- ter 8-6: but McClellan and McClan- ahan started ina-king their shot Soo-d. McClellan scored 10 points. This victory enables the Graham Steers to meet the Burkburnett Bulldogs for the championship Sat- . urday night. ----GHS?-L Lives of seniors all remind us, YVe can malke our lives sublime, And by asking foolish questions, Take up recitation time. -A Sophomore through the Steers' stall, for time ,and dribbled down to make a crlp, shot that decided the game. Ibe WORK instead of JOY. ---iGHSi--- The Juniors think the title should THE GRAHAM STEER GIRL RESERVE REPORT The Girl Reserves met Tuesday night at the Memorial Auditorium. After the president, Marjorie Street. called the meeting to order, Mary McFarlane talked about Jim Wilson, whom the Girl Reserves are sponsoring March the sixth. He has- traveled all over the world, and he will tell of his experiences in Africa. The Sus Amigos group with Mary Jo Johns, leader, was in charge of a program on hobbies- Mary King told about her two hobbies, saving stamps and collecting samples of dog food. Mary Leslie Scott told about her hobby, collecting perfume bottles. After the girls were dismissed, they went in a body to the Presby- terian Church to hear Rev. R. Bruce Brannon, who is holding a revival there this week. -i-GHS---- HOME ROOM NEWS Mr. Scott's home room elected offi- cers and this was the result: Presi- dent: Garner Wilde, a fine prcsidentg vice-president, Carl Pittman - he means good programs for us, secre- tary, Malcolm Stewart -- we're ex- pecting a lot from himg reporter, Jo Ann Stinebower-or Yours truly. The new officers met Friday to discuss plans for the second semester. A party was planned, too. GHS SPANISH CLUB HFARS SPANISH MUSIC The members of the Spanish Club enjoyed several Spanish records among which were the following pieces: 1. Las Mananitas-an old Mexican song. 2- Las Nueras Mananits - called the new Mananitas. 3. Jesusita en Chihuahua-a Mexi- can song. A El Rebcano--The Souvenier. Por Tue-an Argentinian Tan- meains why. 6. El Jaripeo-a popular song in Mexico found in the lower countries. 7. Ajas Verdes-A Cuban Rumba which means Green Eyes. -i---GHS-- 4. 5. S03 Jim Wilson will be here to talk to the high school assembly on March 6. He will make a talk on his ex- periences traveling through Africa on a motorcycle. The admission is only 10c and tickets can be secured from any Girl Reserve. Buy now! --while you have a chance-only 1,000 tickets to be sold! MR, BRUCKNER'S CLASS MAKES WORK BENCHES ' The shop boys, under the direction of Mr. Bruckner, and with Mr. Bakcr's assistance, are making work benches. Three benches have been completed and three are unfinished. One bench is made of maple and cost about 5513 00. The other five are ofpine with a cost of about 52.58. Each bench is finished with shellac. These benches met with the approval of the state supervisor. D0 YOU REMEMBER? This time last year the Popular- ity Contest, sponsored by the staff of the Lazy G, was going full swing with the sophomore candi- dates, Margaret Ray and Royce Pars-ley, in the lead. Our basketball team won their second game from Ingleside with a score of 38 to 37. George Wilde and Alvin McClellan were the outstand- ing players on the team. The Steers' cage team played with Breckenridge and were defeated 38 to 18. Two of the major members of the team, Royce Parsley and Al vin McClellan, were unable to play. Miss Bishop and the cast of th' one-act play, 'tFixins were working very hard to make it a success. -l-GHS?--- Tuesday Miss Tyler's home room had charge of the assembly program A cake eating contest and two races, potato and thre legged, were partici- pated in by Charles Price, Love Lee Rayburn, Merle Pershing, Jack O'Dcll, Johnny McClellan, Charles Ragsdale, Glen Medlen, Gabby Sue Martin, Earline Pickard, Dorothy Pickeral, Mary Francis Ratcliff. Reeves Moren was announcer, and Patsy Wood sang two songs, You Walked By and Trade Winds. -----GHS----- This week ends the fifth week of this period. Report cards will be given Wednesday, March 12. -ions-1 Bingham's Department Store will be opened to the public Thursday, March 13. JUNIOR JOURNAL It seems as though Miss Parson's 2nd Period English III class will never catch up with her 7th period classg maybe the 7th period class should take a holiday. Have you ever noticed the new couple composed of Donald Jones and Mary Helen Nicolett? We'll bet you have because they are insepara- ble these days. Nice going, Donald! ----GHSl--- THE PERONALITY CLUB DISCUSSES NCHEWING GUM The meeting of the Personality Club was called to order by Mary K. Snoddy. The program chairman, Margaret Hawkins, presented Col- leen Hunter, who gave a talk on Parking Your Chewing Gum Out- side. Then Virginia Helen Lundy gave an interesting talk on Chew- ing Gum In Public. Mrs. Howell then read us an interesting article on Personality The meeting was ladjourned by the sounding of the bell- HS ----- ,D. A. R. SPONSORS 'ESSAY CONTEST 1 In the assembly, Monday, Febru- lary 25, Mrs. Penix, an official of the D. A. R., announced the D.A.R. essay contest for high school students and presented the rules governing the contest. The contest is open to all American history classes and to stu- dents who have had American his- ltory previously. The subject is The ,American Way of Living, and five ldollars will be awarded the winner. I l Plan to hear Jim Wilson. ,,, -sf-,' HE STE voLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL? MARCH 7, 1941 NUMBER 16l INDUSTIIIAL ART STUDENTS HAVE PROGRESS CHART Mr. Bruckner has announced for his manual training classes, a stu- :lent progress chart, which is posted on the bulletin board. Each time a student finishes a project, the stu- dent is given credit for his project on the chart. The chart is kept up- to-date as closely as possible and an accurate record of the number of as- signments that each student has ap- proved, is kept on their progress chart. ' - iGHS---- HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TAKE PART IN STYLE SHOW Twenty-five high school girls par- ticipated in a style show at the Pal ace theater Feb. 27. The clothes modeled were from Mrs. Divine's dress shop. Af ernoon dresses, sport dresses, and play-clothes were mod- eled with accessories. -----GHS?l- MEMBERS OF D. A- R. ATTEN D TEA Mrs. Howell entertained the D. A. R. members at a tea Tuesday after- noon. The tea was- given in the H. E. department. The Girl Reserve cabinet was on the program. HS-i- ILLNESS IN FACULTY Mr. Gilmer, Mr. Prim, and Miss Tyler have been out on account of illness this week. Mrs. Hunt substi- tuted for Mr. Prim and Miss Tyler in the typing, shorthand, and bookkep- ing classes. GHS STEER FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR '41 IS ANNOUNCED Sept- 19--Breck. at Breck. Sept 26-Sweetwa'er at Sweet- water Oct. Oct. 10-Paschal at Paschal Oct. 17-Electra at Electra Oct. 24-Burkburnett at Burk. Oct. 31-Wichita Falls at Graham Nov 7-Vernon at Vernon Nov. -Childress at Childress Nov 20-Quanah at Graham Nov 28-Olney at Graham F. F. A. CLASSROOM Classroom of the F. F. A. department with Mr. Baker and a few of the boys who take the subject. Seen by the students from time to time. THE STORY OF JOY Joy Harned is an attractive and vivacious young miss who comes to Bingham's Department Store in search of employment. Although she tries desperately to land a position, she is turned down- Upon leaving the store she detects a shoplifter in the act of snatching a purse from the wealthy and aristocratic Mrs. Proc- tor Van Zandt. Joy pursues the thief and recovers the purse, which con- tains, among other things, a valuable diamond necklace. Mrs. Van Zandt offers the girl money as a reward but Joy turns that down, 'saying that she is not looking for charity. When Mrs. Van Zandt persists in doing something for her, Joy asks her to put a good word in for her with Mr. Maxwell Harriman, Senior, the presi- dent of Binghanfs. Joy is finally given a position as office assistant 'o Mr. Harrison's son, Maxwell .Har- riman, Junior. For the first time in her life she is attracted to a boy and Mrs. Van Zandt is aghast when loy demurely informs her that she intends to win Junior for a husband if she has to murder him first and -narry him after! She has many ludi- on the walls are various banners won STEERS TRAMPLE POLY IN' FINAL, 62-25 Bringing to an end another great cage season, the Graham Steers tclimaxed their record with a H2-25 victory over the Poly Parrots of Fort Worth here Wednesday night. It was Graham's game all the way except for part of the first quarter. McClellan and Brooks sank shots almost at -will. Every member ot the Graham squad saw action and, incidentally, the Steer regulars set for the season. led at the first half 36-15, and 50-18. McCleT- man with 26 a high scoring mark tThe Graham quintet -quarter 17-13, at the at the t11ird quarter lan was high point points and Brooks totaled 12. Poly's pint-sized forwards, Gordon Drown la-nd Bobby Donaldson, stood out for the visitors. ,crous adventures, is discharged and lhired again many times- Just a sec- ond before the final curtain the audi- t ence is treated to a startling surprise. See what it is. I The play begins at 7:45 p. m., ,March 13, at the Municipal Auditor- ,lUlYl. THE GRAHAM STEER BETTE 'N BOB NOSIN' AROUND . 7 Dere Bette, I wake to look upon a face Subscription Price 51.00 Per Annum Say, did You no that Sulalllml Silent, White, and 00111- , - Lamour made zero on a chemistry lssued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. I STAFF Editor ................ J. P. Elkins Associate Editors .......... Jo Annice Cornish, Myrtle Hawley Business Mgr. ........ Bill Boase Associate Business Mgr. ......... . Joe McKinley Society Editor ,, Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicolett Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Editor .......... .. Claude Bloodworth Feature Stories ...... Betty Hulse Typists ........ Genevieve Yancey, Alleene Rylee, Bette Baker, Betty June Thedford, Susanna Larmour, Paper Folders ..., Jon Bloodworth, Betty Smith, Virginia Lundy, Mary King. AFFILIATION IN GRAHAM HIGH The students of Graham High are very fortunate indeed in their op- portunity to choose their high school courses from the forty-one affiliated subjects that are offered, This variety in subject material is very valuable to the students, especially to those who are unable to attend college. Few high schools of this size in our state can .boast of this large number of affiliated courses. From this list of courses the students of Graham High are able to ,obtain the credits that are best for later training in college. H51-.. KEEP OUR HALLS QUIET! Since the teachers have began patroling the halls during our noon hours, the noise has almost been done away with, but there are still a few who invade the halls at noon despite the policing of the teachers The days now are warm and sunny even if a little windy, and it should not be so difficult to stay outside the building during the lunch hours. HS.--- The homemaking club had a very enjoyable program Wednesday on business etiquette. Mary Glenn Ray gave a talk on Office Etiquetteng Katie Lee Rodden discussed The Ideal Business Wonian g and Joyce Rogers discussed Office Discipline, 1. i test the other da? Yes, its tru, a bg, fat, round, goose egg: it mite have even had a few spcekles. I thot Suzanua was a pertick science studint. Koh yeahlj The other da Billie Lennington wuz tryin .frantikally to prove that hes trig problim was rite: and G. B. Johnson, feelin sew sorry for hem, sed that Billie wuz rilly smart en a dcmb sort of a way. I don't no ex- zuctly whlult he mint, but I think ma- be ef I tried rite hard, I cud catch 9. vague mening, Mr. Robinson wuz very much de- sturbed the other da whin he saw steam kuming out of the .boiler room. He almost thru up hes hand and went screaming down the hall tearing his hair out, but he didn't. He just ra-n out the dore and start- ed yellin. He had beter control him- self whin it is sew cold and rainy. He might have given sum keds a bad cold sendin thim out en the cold. I Miss Bishop has decided that she has the sickliest pupills en skool en the Junior pla. It seams that every one of the alttors and avktresscs have bad colds. I always thot Mr. Tiner had hes hart set on bein a futbawl coch, but I guess he has changed hes profes- sion, He has desided to be a master of medisine' or ma-e-be just ct plane doktor. He sint Mildred Knox home the other da after diagnosin her kase and coming to the conclusion that she had a bad coff, fshe had been coffing all periodj. He gave Alvin Savell, Margurite- Milligan, and Bette Hulse sum coff medisine. Every time he herd sum one 'coff he grabbed hes medlsine and start- ed running toward the cotfer with a wild look in hes eyes. Mary Helen Nicolett nose a beau- tful song kalled Moonlight and Olives, Boy! Wha-tta combination. Don't forgit that we are goin too the Jim Wilson show together. Bob. HS--l It was a great disappointment to us all when the cutest couple in school had a l.ttle misunderstand- ing. Don, cafnit you and Wanda again be the cutest couple of old G. H. S.'! Oh, friend, the agony I felt Can never half be told. We'd lived together bfut a year: Too soon it seemed, to see Those gentle hands outstretched a-nd still - That toiled so mu-ch for me. My wakening thoughts have been of one Who now to sleep had dropped: T'was hard to realize, oh, irlends My dollar watch had stopped! CWhich always seems to be the case between Christmas and gradu- ationj That wicked gleam in our seniors' eyse lately could be traced to the fact that they are making out their list for graduation announcements- Guess a-ll ot us can guess what that means. Bill Cooney and Glen Brock are going to Stephenville to look over Tarleton this week-end: Douglas Carter and Morris Newby visited S. M. U. last week: and George Willde spent the week-end at Bay- ,lor. Gee, it must be wonderful-but, girls, you had better watch out! Some of the tales that drift out from .the junior's plaly practice are all pretty interesting -- a.bout tho latest experience has been the time 9. certain Maples ambulance called for Mildred Knox and had some difficulty in getting away. Is that right, Jerry? Shirley Ma-bry and Francis Ulmph- ries are still giving each otherthat certain look. It was too bad about Pauline Norris's getting her head bumped in that wreck last Week. Careful there, Pauline! We noticed Gerry Martin and Walden Howard together the other night -- could it be that Eugene George is in Houston? We understand that a certain lit- tle miss in Waco is responsblle for the far away look in Sonny Mar- tin's eye. Arthur Lee Shahan has been talk- ing the long way home lately, fRuth Jane Knox lives a little off his beaten pathl. Spring has finally come! tWe hopel. Early risers around our school are tearing off a fast game of ten- nis before the sun gets too hot. Ui 1 THE GRAHAM STEER Y ' 'S'N'Nfi9v'w'vAvAvAvAv'v'v'vTv'v'v'v'v'vAv'v'v'v'vAvAv'v'v'v'v'vAvAvAv'v'v'v'vAvAv'v'v'-A-Av'v'rl?F:v'JVv'vAv'vAv Afffvz use How We Feel About The Steer A C T S A N D rv--'vu-r':::-2-:.-.-.--:An.-.-.-.-:v':::::.-.-.-:::::::.-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-.-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-ixA if,-,-,-,-,-: ICTI ON YUUT receiving 8 CODY of The gest something of confidence be- , g . Stem' 92011 Friday iS DOSSib1e Simply tween a teacher and pupil. I do not Miss Tyler's home room has elect- ed the folllowing officers: president, Harry McNeelyg vice-president, Bill McFarlaneg secretary, Dorothy Piclc rellg treasurer, Dean McGee: and re-porter, Earline Pickard. We Fish were certainly glad to see Jean Gandy visiting our school. She now lives in Breckenridge. What's this we hear about Harvey Barnhart wrtiing to a girl named Lodema Knox who lives in Illinois? It seems Jackie Cencebaugh doesn't like boys anymore. It couldn't be because Colleen Hunter when many of us wondered if Mary The freshmen in Miss Duncan's home roomi are not going to be out- done, Thursday when they could not get the gym for volley ball we saw them playing on the tennis courts. That .bunch really likes volley ball. HS--i- THEY STAND OUT The diction-ary says that an ad- jective is that part of speech which points out or describes a noun or a pronoun. .It goes on to say that a noun is a name of a person, place or thing. That being the case we would like to adjective our noun this week with a bit of verbal chat- ter modifying our subject. It has not been so long ago is beating her time, or could it? would try to make the quarterback position on the Steer war machine or represent our deah old alma mat- er in the state golden gloves tour- ney. Well, Mary sorta fooled all of us .be-cause she isn't going to do eitherg she says quote, I didn't want to keep some of the other fellows from playing. think that fortuna-te in one of its many good about Mary that we have been trying to dis- cover if there was something new that we could co'n that would add to what has already been said. We can only say that as you read Margery W.1son's book of Charm, that you are reading about a young lady right in your own school, Seriously, we really Graham High School is having Mary King as students. We know so things that can be said becafuse about twenty people really work at the job. Below are testi- monials from. some staff members. Now we know how they feel about putting out the paper. To me being one of the Editors of our high school paper is one of the greatest honors anyone in higmh could have. of the most discouraging I know of is to take a long up to Miss Parson's desk school One things article and have red marks appear all over it before I know what's hap- peningg however, I enloy writing most of the assignments1I am given. What I really enjoy is when neither one of the business mana- gers is available and ll can step in- to their place, borrow a ca-r, and run down town several times in one period. JO ANNICE CORNISH We paper folders feel that it is a great honor to -get to fold the papers. We like this job because we get to see the paper first, and we sometimes get out of class fal- though not often enoughl, and we get our name in .the paper every week. It's really a lot of fun, even though the ink rubs off on our hands and won't come off except by wear. We get to miss the .study hall on Friday and that's worth folding 400 papers. It's nice when you go out of town and talk to some girls and boys of other schoolsg we can 'Oh, I'm on the staff of the Graham High School paper. Of course we don't tell them we're just paper folders. But with all joking aside, getting to fold the papers, we feel, ls a big honor and we really do enjoy it, MARY KING Proof reading has not been the boresome task I expected. This task includes only the reading and cor- recting of the tgalleys sent back to the school ,from the printer. I con- sider it a privilege to have the op portirtmity of reading the paper, at least once a imonth, before it is printed. Somehow the news is spicier when only a few of us know what is coming out,' and proof reading to me seems to sug- begrudge .the time I spend on the newspaper, for I believe its publica- 'tion has been successful, and we feel justly proud. I FLOIY BISHOP This job as being one of the business ma-nagers is ia swell lay- out at times, and a pain in the neck at other times. For example, Miss Parsons will call me out of class fp-referably Englishj and 'give me some news to take to the print- ing office. Then at other times she- will call me at my lunch hour and tell me that I've forgotten to take the news and to get up here fthe schoolj in nothing flat and take the news down to the printing office. You get the general idea of what I mean. JOE McKINLEY HS- No one could say it was an easy task if it had ever been theirs ito do. However, there -are a few ,people who like to underestimate lsomeone else's job. Now I happen .to have in mind the task of typing for the paper. Of course it is simple to type the little articles of local news, but, strange as it may seem, I have my likes and ditsI1ikes . Tarke sports for instance, I posi- tively ablhor them. Yes, they are un- interesting, because usually I've seen the game and then, too, they always have a lot of numbers in them. Numbers and the like are 'ny pet peeves so far as typing Ts concerned. I especially like to type the little personal incidents that always ap- pear in the paper, because then I Tet the latest -before it goes to press, Nevertheless, I enjoy typing any long collumns which have few proper names and few paragraphs. In view of the fact that I don't always get my favorite arti-cles to type, I still enjoy it, becaiulse it is 1 pleasant task and I'm always up to the minute on local news. ALLVEIEONE RYIJEE HS----- Binghanrs Dept. Store will be open- ed to the public Thursday, Mar. 13, N THE GRAHAM STEER BRAIN TEASERS ., Correct solutions to the problem for last week were turned in by Wendell Ligon IWendell, of course was the first to give me his answerj, James Akers, Herman Vaughn, and Robert A. Butler. An incorrect solu- tion was turned in by James Matkins. If you will read the problem again you will find the solution simple, the wife was to get three times as mu'ch as the daughter, while a son was to get three times as much as the wife. The solution of course as follows: the daughter gets SL000, the Wife 3 times as much, or S3,'000, while the son gets three times as much as the wife, or .S9,000. You will find that these total up to the 313,000 left by the man when he died. .Have you noticed how many more boys are turning in the solutions than girls? Come on, girlsg try your skill on this problem for this week. A man having 5 pieces of chain of 3 links each asked a blacksmith how much he would charge to make them into one piece of chain. The blacksmith told him that the charge would be 10 cents to cut a link and 10 cents to weld a link. Tell me the least amount it would cost to do the- work. Q ,',.'4 . .J .-Il CLUBBING AROUND It was voted unanimously that the Scribblers would enter the contest- that the D. A. R. is sponsoring. A trip to Fort Worth was dis- Gussed in the Current Events Club. It seems that the football boys have turned to volley ball from the way they play in Football Club. i A Spanish program is being plan-I ned in the Spanish Club. They might even have a Spanish play. In the Personality Club manners were being discussed by Ruthanna Griffin and Margaret Hawkins. . --1--GHSf--- The Paleontology Club, with Mr. Hunt and Mr. Boze sponsors, is plan- ning a treasure hunt some night next week. The hunt will be made on bi- cycles. This will be the beginning of a drive for new members, and will be followed by a rush week and an initiation in the spring. ..,. - The homemaking officers: Jo An- nice -Cornish, Marjorie Street, Bet- ty Ragland, Dorothy Moore, Gwen- dolyn Edwards, Mary Kathryn Nor- red and their sponsor, Miss Vera Periman, are going to an area- meet- ing Saturday, March 8, at Spur. THE CLASS OF '42 We have noticed that other classes have special mention in THE STEER, so the sophomores thought it expedi- ent that they, too, have a column. They intend to publish a short sketch about every spohomore, and they hope these sketches will keep the names of their comrades alive in their hearts always. Joan Cribbs is a favorite with all of her schoolmates. She is fifteen years old and enjoys reading. She has a peculiar disposition: sometimes happy, sometimes sarcasticl, some- times willing to help, and sometimes -well, you guess. Carl Pittman, fourteen years old, is a new student, who came from Gainesville. He is very likeable, and he makes good grades in his work. Carl is a real leader and good sport, and you should really learn to know him. Wanda McCleskey, one of the most popular girls in school, has a won- derful personality. She makes good grades and is in both the band and the orchestra. Not only is she the treasurer of the sophomore class, but ishe is a willing worker in all its activities. Pauline Norris has that something in her personality which makes her very original and interesting. Even iwhen she has an accident and her blue eyes turn to black, she comes out smiling. Katy Richards is certainly one of the most active of the sophomores. She can sing and dance. Usually you see her driving her Ford Lizzie after school hours. Katy is just like the old saying, She is more fun than a barrel full of monkeys. Any time you see a red headed boy who talks cleverly and with a drawl, it is bound to be Bethel Ballard. Somehow people grow to like him. He makes good in his grades and hails from Red Top. Jack is one of the Wileys from Bunger and is here in high schoof for the first time. It is hard to get acquainted with him, but his pleasant smile causes you to know he would make a real friend when you know him well. -11-GHS Don't miss the affectionate greet- ing Laverne Brothers gives Herman Vaughn and Arthur Lee Shahan in JOY. , Q R. E. Taggert, a prominent lawyer, has a good scene with his secretary Mildred Knox. I I I rv.v.v.v.v.V.v.'.'.Y.v.v.v.v.v.v.'.v.v.v.'.v.v.v.v.'.v.v v JUNIOR JOURNAL Yv'v'v''Av'vA-'vAvAvAv'vAvAvAv'v'v'v'vAv'vAv'v'v'v'vAv'v'v'v'vAv'v'v'a The following juniors have com- pleted all of their memory work for the year: Clytie Burdick, Earlene Veal, Dorothy Baker, Sue Lisle, Annie Jewel Gann, Ina Mae Monroe, Mary Helen Nicolett, Jean Roberts, Kenneth Edwards, Hoyle Speake, and Margaret Hawkins. Only two seniors have their memory work: Bette Hulse and Louis Pitcock. The junior and senior class offi- cers had a battle of brains in assem- bly. last Thursday. Those who com- peted for the seniors are Myrtle Hawley, Joe McKinley, Jimmy Hays, and Jo Annice Cornish. The juniors were Bobby Lawrence, Maurene Cas- key, Lillian Burns, and Hoyle Speake, who substituted for Bill Boase. The seniors won, but the juniors ran them a close race. -lGHS-l- The junior play is coming along very well. We hope everyone intends to come. At the class' meeting held in the cafeteria there were nearly fifty jun- iors who promised to take tickets to sell for the play. We are certain that with such class spirit, the play is going to be a great success. Our seventh period English III! class feels honored. There was only one in the class that didn't have his outside reading completed at the end of the fifth week. We hope that next time We shall have one hundred per cent. Odell was really worried the other day when the juniors were reading Poe's 'iFall of the House of Usher. She still wonders how Madeline got out of the casket. Miss' Parsons comforted her and told her not to worry too much, that it was Poe's imagination. PERSONALS Miss Sparks attended a shower over the week-end in Oak Cliff. Miss Perriman and Mr. and Mrs. Wrenn attended the wedding of Miss Velma Anderson in Aspermont. - GHS SENIOR INVITATIONS The orders for the senior invitations were placed early this year because ot the national defense program which has slaokened the manufact- uring processes to some extent. Or- ders were sent by some seniors last Monday, March 3rd, THE STEER VOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL, MARCH 14, 1941. NUMBER 17. SPRING TRAINING STARTS APRIL 1st. The Steers will don pads and headgear April 1, to begin their spring program of head bumping . The training period will last for thirty days, and during that time Mr. Tiner, Mr. Clfiford, and Mr, Ross will Work toward ironing out the problems met with last fall and producing some real prospects for the season of '41. Graduate mein- bers of the '40 squad will Work out with ,the squad of next year and will occassionally take part in scrim- mage. -L-GHS--i HATS OFF TO: MR. ROSE for having the halls swept at noon. THE SENIORJS for donating to their prof- concessions the Bundles for Britain its from the sale of all at the game Monday night. CAST for THE JUNIOR PLAY their excellent presentation of Joy. BIEITTE HULSE for ha-ving a. six weeks' average of 98 on English with Miss Parsons. MARY LESLIE SCOTT, JO AN- Nl-CE CORNISH, MORRIS NEWBY, GEORGE WILDE, ALVIN McCLEL- LAN, MYRTLE HAWLEY. J. P, EL-KINS and IVIARJORUJ STFREET for winning in the Wh-Ts Who con- test. MORRIS NEWBY, BILL TOWN- SAN, BILL COONEY, 'GERALD ALLEN, EVETLYN GARRETT, and J. B. FOR'E for taking If-nglish IV this term even it' they do already have that credit. ALVIN MCCLELLAN for volun- tar'1y taking senior English twice a day. -iGHS- - --+ The F. F .A. chapter -will have 'their annual Father-and-:ion banquet Friday evening, at 8:00 o'clock, in the school cafeteria, Mr. E. L. Alex- ander, head of the education de- partment of A. Kr M. will be 'the guest speaker. Group Entertains D. A. 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Reading from left to right are: Joe Lee Jo11es, Lou Wallace Childress, Doris Mobley, Mary Katherine Snoddy, MarJ'0rie Street, Gwendolyn Edwards, Mary Leslie Slcott, Jean Clements Mary Jo Johns, Dorothy Askew, Mary McFarlane, Jo Annii-ce Cornish, and William Lyles-. SENIOR NOTES The seniors must place their or- ders for their invitations by M-arch 18. This will be their la-st chance to get invitations. The seniors have decided to spend sen'or day at Brownwood. Vlfhen Mrs. Howell rechccks the seniors' -credits, the caps and gowns lor graduation will be ordered, - GHS--1 HOMEMAKING CLUB SENDS DELEGATE TO AREA MEETING At an area meeting in Spur last Saturday, Graham was reprseented by Betty Ragland, sceretary of the club: Rosemary Rehders, song lead- erg and delegates Joyce Rogers, Ethel Jones, Jessie Lee Atwellg and the sponsor, Miss Periman. Therneeting was held in the Spur High School, where a program was presented, with Rosemary Rehders taking part. After lunch. Betty Rag- land attended a meeting with the House ot' Delegates. After the even- ing profgram the Graham 'delegates ! JIM WILSON TELLS EXPERIENCES IN AFRICA Jim Wilson, sponsored by the Girl Reserves, told of his experi- ences while traveling through Africa on a motorcycle. He told ,his story in a very novel Way, His small son helped him exhibit blankets, works of metal and pottery, alld weapons which he 'brought from Africa. The Girl Reserves made approxi- mately 336.00 on this program. - -GHS---- - TUMBLING TEAMS ENTERTAIN STUDENT BODY Two tumbling teams from the Weatherford College of NVea.therford, Texas, presented their acts before the high school and the 6th and ith grades of Junior High School, Frday during assembly period. Iloth boys and girls performed on ma-ts in the center of the gym- nasium. A girl at the piano played lively music throughout the per- formance. Bessie Lou Bert, a for- mer Graham High student, was one gtarted home, ici the pe1'f0l'lHe1'S. Gerald Stroud and Billie Mao Tac- THE GRAHAM STEER l THE STEER t Subscription Price 51.00 Per Annum Issued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. ' STAFF 'Editor ................ J. P. Elkins Associate Editors .......... Jo Annice Cornish, Myrtle Hawley Business Mgr. ........ Bill Boase Associate Business Mgr. ......... . Joe McKinley Society Editor ,, Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicolett Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy, Associate Sports Editor- .......... .. Claude Bloodworth Feature Stories ...... Betty Hulse Typists ........ Genevieve Yancey, Alleene Rylee, Bette Baker, Betty Jun Thedford, Susanna Larmour, Paper Folders ..., Jon Bloodworth, Betty Smith, Virginia Lundy, Mary King. CLEAN HALLS Do you remember the da-y our school was visited by the D. A. R. and the tea that was given to them in the dining room? Well, on that day, in order to improve the appear- ance of the school halls, they were swept the ffith period - 12:15 to 1:15- The halls looked so much fresher that the authorities of our high school have provided for boys working on the N. Y., A. to sweep the halls every day at the fifth period. Notice the 'appearance of the halls at mid-day and observe how much that extra sweeping a-.ids to the general improvement of G. H. S. GHS----- DID YOU KNOW? That Miss Parsons collects and corrects the material for The Steer? That the other English teachers take turn about each week in proof- reading the paper? That Miss Tyler types articles when it becomes necessary? That every article for the paper is proof-read three times by an English tea-cher? That two dummies are the 'Steer each week? made of That haltl ot' the paper must go to -Mr. Trout at 3:45 on Monday? That the linotype that type for the Steer has 10,000 parts? sets the BETTE 'N BOB I lfiosm' AROUND A Dere Bob, I jus don't no you. Oh, yes ther just must no. Miss Parsons is full fergittfull or eny news to tel is one thing you ether getting aw- else she was en a big hurry to git to school the other morning 'beculz she came strol- ling en the billding the other day with a curler en her hair! It was one of those teeny weeny little curlers. She rilly thot she was dis- grased whin sumone told her she had forgottin it. Just to sho how much the seniors rilly no about grammar and espec- ially case, Miss Parsons asked Ger- aldine Horn the -case of a pronoun and she sed it wuz singular. Whin she asked Estes .of a pronoun, he S Mr. Tiner gave a mental test the whether he wuz Wadley the case sed 3rd person. the football boys other da' to prove an idiot, an im- becile, or a moron, but I don't think he ever definitely made up his mind about their mental kapasity. A very, very odd thing happened on an English test not long ago whin Jean Clements and Ra-ythene Baker both made up identikal cen- tences. And to make it even more odd they sit rite akross the ile from each other, They finally convinsed Miss Parsons that it wuz mental telepathy, but the next time they took a test Raythene asked to move. The other da Billie Babb asked me where I was goin to eat and I sed Oh, let's eat up the street, and she sed very brilliantly, Aw, no, I don't like asphalt. Plez rite sune. Bette --lG-HS----' WILDIE BROTHERS EN'TERTAlN WITH PARTY George and J. R. Wilde were hosts to a. group of friends Satur- ziay, March 8, in the home of their parents, 810 'Carcfina Street. Table and other games were enjoyed by Barbara Justice, Glee Clements. Louise Crow. Ger- Gertrude Bobo, and Eugenia Nor- Smith of Brecken- Jean Clements, aldine Martin, Frankie Sharp, man and Rlulby ridge. Jimmy Cook, James Wheeler, Douglas Carter, Donald Butler. Rob- ert Butler, Glenn Brock, J. T. Priv- ett, George and J. R. Wilde. After refreshments were served. all at- tended the midnight prevue. Likable Leora Flynn and likable H. L. Parsons are getting very likable lately. Gloria Jeanne Bryan and Leonard Belyeu are saving those certain looks' for each other of late, Mary Leslie :Scott has been proud- ly displaying a cute bracelet lately -our basketball hero, Alvin McClel- lan was the donor, Lillian Burns seems to be divid- ing her time between Edgar Steele and Wendell Willis, Noticed at the midnight prevue, 100kiHg not at all sleepy but very interested in each other. were Mary Lou Scott and Bill -Cooney-which reminds me. The business at the Ice Cream Parlor has certainly in- creased lately. Hm-in-m, is it the weather or the fact that Bill's work- ing there? kett have been going around a lot. Say, goils, de hansome womioes dats new here-Bill Holder, Holt Sewell, Donald Orr, Brooks Hill! Woo-woo! De line foims on de Wight. The relieved expression on the faces of the junior play cast this morning was dire to the fact that that collossal production of theirs was presented last night. H-in-m-in so the seniors eat, 'liter all! The Timmons-Taggart friendship seems thoroughly dlsolved. Bettie Lee has been seeing a young man from Bryson, While R. E. has been looking toward Phyllis Jameson- fwhat's the matter, Denny?j for en- tertainment. Jimmy Hays has .been looking rather forlorn lately--as it he were frying to make up his mind. It couldn't be about-------? Wileth Boyce looks forward to the post1nan's visit evrey day--es pecially when the Denton mail comes in! We understanl his name is J. B. Brown. Dixie McAfee and Bill 'Townsan are new locker lovers . tD'etini- ion: Couples who espc--cially enjoy fhose few minriztes at their lockers between classesj Mcbley-Hearne Inc. seem to be as 'onsolidated as ever, and the stock n Crow-Butler Inc. seems to be get ting hghm' and higher.. THE GRAHAM STEER ,Tia - ' SIDELINES FROM THE LARGEST CLASS IS H THE SOPHOMORES ' AC T8 A N D A iYDOgraphical error was made The largest class in Graham High '01-ION in the sophounore column last week. School is the sixth period economics g W instead of the class of '42 it should class taught by Mr. George El. Robin- The ,Science ,Cdub is planning to be the class of '43. No sophomore son. The class has an enrollment of have a treausre hunt, March 14. expects to be double promofed, 46. Katy Jane was very much insult- The attitude of the class as a Each memiber may invite someone to the party with the hopes of getting more students to join their club. , i . It lk Ik ik We wonder if Blanche Smith has lost Bill McFarlane's pin, or just 1loesn't wear it any more. -if if ak ur If you have been wondering what those funny sounding instruments are in the -band you might ask Frances James or Pearl Faye Cor- ley. ll .lk lk A What's this we hear about James Matkin's -being a- detective? it if it if My, but this .Spanish seems to be getting these fish clown, especial- ly after a 'two day si:-I weeks' test. iv -8 it PF The entire .freshman class wish to express their deepest sympathy to Jackie -and Virginia Cenceioaugh in the l-oss of their mother, THEY STAND OUT The student body has been won- dering just where we, the fneshman class, have been get'ing so many students that we think stand out. lVell, it seems that every three or four years, the freshman students' seem to be more united and take a greater pride in their school and their class, and this year we think this is the best we've had. Jon Bloodworth, probably de- serves a great deal of credit for having taken such an active 'lead- ership in this class. Jon has been quick to seize the opportunities that would 'help his classmates get a :little 'bit more than normal. Jon has a fine 'sense of loyalty and cooperation with his teachers. He is one of those fellows that can see things to do and does them, and he does them well. But even though Jon spends a -great deal of his time shouldering more than his share of the freshmerfs respons'ib'ilities, he has retained almost a perfect record in his school work. Three cheers for you, Jon, and we are 'glad to have your smiling -coun- itenanoe in our ed to see her Chevy lizzie called a Ford lizzie . --lGH.S---- If at any time you see a boy at Fay Adell A.twood's locker singing Wabash Cannon Ball, it is certain to be Bobby Ragland. He is in Gra- ham High Schol for the first year and comes from Tonk Valley. Then if you cannot find him, just ask any Tonk Valley girl. Almost the smallest boy in school is Frank Ragland. He is easily rec- ognized in his speaking Spanish to people who cannot understand him. He is afraid, for fear that they will expose his inability if he speaks to his fellow Spaniards. Ffrank is a good sport, and oh, how he enjoys basketball. A tall, dark, and almost handsome boy is Kenneth Rehders' who is stopped at Wanda MoCleshy's lock- er at the end of every period. He says that he is very smart in typ- ing, but we can't believe it, You. can find him out of school learning the paper and paint business in his father's store. Those who know Lola Joy and her friends are many-apprecr Petty- ate her willingness to help, both in solving lesson difficulties and ir -inding books and information in the library. ' Have you noticed how neat -and orderly a certain soplioniore does his written work? Maybe he will be a boolrkeeper seine day. Who known? His name is Robert Douglas Stewart bult is better know as Bob- by Doug. Ruth Lee Bussey is possibly the most sports minded ot' all our girls. She is really interested in volley ball, being not only cap1ain of the sophomore girls' tea-m but also chairman of all girls' teams. Sha enters enthusiastically into all class acivtities and likes for to be doing things. We proud of this industrious 'y leader and she is a her .class are really and friend- brunette. Imogene and Irene 'Flnigpen are s'ste,rs. Bfut who could tell ,by their looks? Imogene is the blonde and whole is very good, and the response is excellent. Some of the students have acquired a knowledge of eco- nomics from experiences outside of school, and often have some original ideas. The leaders in the class are Gerald Bishop, Earline Veal, Eris' McCluer, Lillian Burns, Mabel Baker, and Lowell Bush. Mabel Baker and Clytee Burdick check the roll every day. This class is composed of juniors and seniors, with the seniors predom- inating. There are, however, a few mis- chievous students, and they furnish much amusement. These are Don Martin, D. M. Purselley, Wendell Willis, Marcella Morris, Sue Lisle, and Joyce Melton. Also some of the students show outstanding characteristics. For in- stance, Bette Baker seldom lets work interfere with pleasure. Lowell Bush is enthusiastic and bursting with or- iginal ideas. Claude Bloodworth strives to impress you. Lillian Burns is still in love. King Burgess vows to be a sftar pupil Qsomedayl. Don Martin always answers regardless of whether he knows what question was asked of him. But taken all in all this class is one of the most enjoy- able in school. Irene is the brunette. As to their favorite studies, the former likes her English, while the latter enjoys Spanish most. 'Charles Cole is among the newest arrivals to the sophomore class. He is energetic, industrious, and loads of fun, He is tall add slender with black hair, and freckles on his nose. He is a grand sport, and if you don't k-now him, then-:fs no better time than now to get acquainted. Another new boy in our class is J. B. Orrell, who comes to us from far off Mount Vernon, Ill. He for- merly lived in this community, so wnaybe he is not too 'much Yankee, He lives with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Knight, at Tonik Valley. He doesn't have much to say but let us help him enjoy Graham High. THE GRAHAM STEER BRAIN TEASERS Wendell Ligon, Royce Bell, Lewis Carter, Joe Blil Cope, and Bettie Lee Timmons were the ones who turned in correct answers: to the problem for last week. You will find that it cost exactly 60 cents to make he five piece-s of chain into one chain. This was done by cut- ting the three pieces of one chain and welding these to unite the other four pieces. You will notice that one tgirl turned in the correct an- swer to ,last week's puzzle. Come on, girls, try your skill on the questions for this time. 1. After cutting 10 percent off a piece of cloth a merchant found he had 100 yards left. How much had had he at first? 2. In a certain town of 500 people 3 per cent of .the inhabitants are one-legged and half of the others go barefoot. How many shoes are necessary? ' Hs---- The Graham High '41 football schedule published in the Steer last week contained an error. The foot- ball game between Graham High and Paschal High of Ft. Worth will be played in Graham instead of Ft Worth. SIDELINES FROM THE SOPHOMORES Colene Gahagan is a favorite with her smile and winning way, although she is a bit retiring. She always looks tops. ' She is dependable, 'es- pecially in collecting money for the school paper. Gwendolyn Barrow not only is the smallest in Graham High School. In fact she is the only 'one in Miss lEllington's Latin II class that al- ways hasv her lesson- She 'is very cheerful and is always trying to make someone else happy. Imogene Smith may have an ordin- 'ary name, but she is no ordinary girl. She 'is always neat and well dressed, above the average in her studies, 'and lfniendly ito all. -ions--M Mr. Gilmer is reported as still being ill, and it is not known defin- itely when he will return to take up his duties. Rosa Ann 'Hays with 'her crown 'of red gold is' one of the most whole- some girls in school. She is now sec- retary of the sophomore class and takes active part in her club and school activities. STEERS DOWN BRYSON FIIVE, 34-24 Le-d by forward Alvin McClellan, the Graham Steers blasted a spirit- ed quintet from Bryson here Mon- day night in a post-season game, 34-24. The Steers took an early lead of 6 pointsg then Shanafelt sank a couple of long shots, and Jones tallied a crip shot for Bryson to tie it up at the first quarter, Al- though the Steers led 18-12 at the half, the visiting cagers staged a rally in the third to tie the count 22-22 at the beginning ol' the last quarter. McClellan began sinking his shots in the second, and the Steers pull- ed away with an 8 point lea-d. The game was played for the benefit of the Bundles for Britain. HS----- GRAHAM DRUBS BRYSON 24-17 Playing the second of a two- game series, the Graham Steers made it two in a row over the Bry- son caigers when they took the last game, 24-17, at Bryson Tuesday night. iVilde and McClellan led the Steer attack with 20 points between them. Graham was never behind. although they never put the game on ice until the last Quarter. Robert Mc-Clanahan, star Steer forward, was not in the linc-np. The Bryson quintet played the entire game without a substitute Shanfelt and Henderson played a good game for Bryson, Hs----- GIRL RESEQRVE REPORT As an outcome of the contest of selling Jlm Wilson tickets. Mary Mc- F2tl'il21llO'iS group was entertained at Girl Reserves last Tuesday night in the Memorial Auditoruini. Each girl of Mary's group performed individ- ually as she was blindfolded. She revealed the exact words she will say when she is married, how high she can jump to evade a pan of water, and how well she could rec- ognize certain objects, even to a broken ogg on her head. A paper sack luncheon, furnished by the other four groups, was enjoyed by about thirty-five girls. --1GHS------ Miss Tyler returned to school Wednesday April 12, after having been ill for ten days. I ,EAv.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v. - - - - - - - - - - .J JUNIOR JOURNAL Tick-et sales began Monday morning for the junior play, Joy . Nearly every junior check- ed out some tickets, A contest was started between the boys and girls of the junior class. After the close of the play, the losers of the contest will enter- tain the winners with af party. Wasn't Bobby Morrison a knock- out in the junior play? NVQ .bet that Charlsie Grace wasn't the only girl to have her eyes -glued on him. -1-HGHS-il SCHOOL PAPER MAILED TO EX-GRAHAM Hl STUDENTS Every week the Steer is mailed to the students who once aitended fGl'?tll2J.I'Y1, High ibut have moved away, iThese students are: G-loriri Jean Stre-rglith, Levelland, Texas: Curl Washf:urn, VVichita Falls, Texasg Twila Ruth Smith, Anson, Texasg Jack Gully, Breckenridge, Texasp Louise Reap, Vivien, Louisianzzfg Georgia Mcfiullfster, Murray Ronteg 1--GHS--1 JUNIOR ROLL IS POSTED , The junior class roll has been placed on the bulletin board in the hall. Mrs. Howell has checked the credits and there are 106 juniors-- G2 girls and 44 boys. There are a few new juniors who have come from other schools. To be a junior one must have eight full credits by the first of the school term. S 1. ........... SENIORS RECEIVE 341.97 FROM CONCESSIONS The concessions at the basketball games this season netted the senior class S-11.97. The boys of the senior class will use some of the proceeds in order to purchase S0lllSllllllg for Graham High School. HIS--H ---- THE PERSONALITY CLUB The Personality Club met in the library, Wednesday, March l2, Mar- jorie Street and Bette Baker, from the Speech Club, gave Z1 very in- teresting skit on make-ups. The 'meeting closed when the bell sounded- ed. -?-1GHS--- -- lVatch Gwendolyn Edwards-, as Daisy Mason, chew her gum. She 'is a sftenographer, but wars against twork. L y THE STEER 'VQLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH scndoi., MARCH 21, 1941 NUMBER 1g JUNIOR PLAY NETS 3100.25 The junior play, Joy , by Nan Fleming, prseented in the Municip- al Auditorium, Thursday, March 13, netted the juniors one hundred dol- lars and twenty-five cents. After paying a royalty of ten dollars, the juniors will still have sufficient funds to promise the seniors a big- ger alld better banquet than last year. 'The play 'cast was treated to a 'buffet supper -at -the home -ot' Mrs. Mobley on Tuesday, March 11, after play pra-ctice, and -again on Thurs- day atter the program, at the home of Mrs, Snoddy. Mr. and Mrs. Boase .and Miss Duncan were also present at the buffet supper at Mrs. Snod- .dy's. --tGHSl--- THE .MUSIC .CLINIC Mr. E. L. Gadbois, .a conductor and teacher of music, helped .smootth -out some rough places in the band :and orchestra. Mr. Gadbois s one of 'the best conductors :or teachers .of instrumental music 'in the world. He represents the Victor Company. Thursday morning he worked with 'the string class of GI'Z1hEt1ll S orch- estra and Thursday afternoon with 'the 'high school band- He talked about development of technique, -and 'tone of 'quality and -balance. Friday musicians from twenty-six 'high school 'bands gathered at Gra- ham. A hundred and fifty 'piece clinic band was directed .by Mr. fGad-bois. The band 'clir-cetors -and 'school 'superintendents from these schools 'enjoyed 'a luncheon in ithe 'school cafeteria. Saturday fa general :session -will 'be held by the directors rand ,s1up,er- intendeirts. ---LG'HS-i- 'Messrs Rose, Koen. Robinson and 'Boze 'attended the iSixth District 'Teachers' 'Meet in Wichita Satur- day. Mr. Rose 'has been vioe-presi- -'dent of this -meet 'this year, gand Mr. flldbinson 'and TMr. Boze 'were dele- fgares ,form the 'Graham Distiiict, I I Section Of Head Table At FFA Banquet A I 1 . A I Reading from left to right are: H. I, Trout, editor of Graham Report- erg Billy Pursley, F. F. A. reporterg Garth Baker, teacher of vocational agricultureg O. B. Rose, principalg E. R. Alexander, head of the Depart- ment of Education at A. Kc M.: and Gertrude Bobo, F. F. A. sweetheart. On the other side of the table are seated guests: J. G, Snzith, Miss Sabi-a Parsons, and Mrs. Gene Howell. 1940 FOOTBALL GRADUATES 'E. R. ALEXANDER iS SPEAKER TO PLAY IN OIL BOWL CLASSIC AT A. F. A. BANQUET Three Graham High Football boys, Gerald A'llen, George VVi1de, and Morris Newby, received letters of invitation to take -part in the -annual Oil Bowl Football game -at Vvichita Falls on Labor Day. If the boys accept, they will go to Wichita Falls one week before the date set' for the ball game in order to 'train, and, they will receive an award for playing in the game. H1s----- TEAC HE RS' 'M E ET ING The local unit of the 'Texas State Teachers Associat'on met Wednes- day evening in the library of the high school. After the business was finished, volley ball and other games were enjoyed. After the games refreshments of doughnuts and -coffee were isreved. Miss Range was chairma-n of the ente-rtainme-nt comm'ttee, and she was assisted by Misses Periman -and 'Barnett and Messrs. 'Ross' -and Rose. l--GHS1--- Monday night bands from Archer City -and Olney met with Graham High ,Band Qfor apuactice. .All bands play'ng together rused 120 pieces in -all. I Mr. E. R. Alexiander, head -of the Department of Education aft A. 8: M. College, -was the principal speak- er at the F. F. A. banquet of Fri- day, Mar-ch 14. He was introduced by Mr. Rose, -and ihe -s-poke on the economic situation and what the future farmers would tdo :to meet th-em, Two 'hundred fathers and busness -men -attended the banquet. The pro- gram was opened with an invoca- tion 'by Gerald Bshop. The guests were introduced by 'Mr. Baker, and Robert Butler expressed apprecia- -tion to the dads in form of toasts. Responses were given 'by F. G. W'iley, father of :lack Wiley, and H. I. Trout, -editor of the local newspaper. A musical number was provided by Mr, Smith, J. W. Mar- ,-tin, -and Bill Bort. 'Project reports were Igiven by .Tack Wiley, Reeves Moren, Troy Lee 'Sheperd, and 'Charles Gibson. 'Bill Purrseley, Jack Stuart, Kelly Conklin, and Edgar Steele furnished the song, 'Memories . The banquet was ,adjourned wlth the closing cere- mony. THE GRAHAM STEER THE STEER Subscription Price 31.00 Per Annum issued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. S T A F F Editor ................ J. P. Elkins Associate Editors .......... Jo Annice Cornish, Myrtle Hawley Business Mgr. ........ Bill BOGSC Associate Business Mgr. ......... . Joe McKinley Society Editor ,, Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... ,Mary Helen Nicolett Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Editor .......... .. Claude Bloodworth Feature Stories ...... Betty Hulse Typists ,....... Genevieve Yancey, Alleene Rylee, Bette Baker, Betty June Theclford, Susanna Larmour, Paper Folders ..., Jon Bloodworth, Betty Smith, Virginia Lundy, Nlary King. NICE GOING, JUNIORSI Compliments to Miss Bishop and the -cast of the junior play, Joy, for their successflul presentation of the junior play, and also to the junior class as a whole, for their hustle in selling tickets. A very big C1'OWd turned out for the pla-y, showing just how much the juniors, outside the cast, worked in order to put their program over. The play was given in or-ier .to raise funds to support the junior and senior -banquet. Begun last year by the juniors and ermphasized by the juniors of this year, the ban- quet given by the junior class for the seniors will by all a-ccounts be established as a tradition in Gra- ham High School. Hs-- --- Opal Wickham directed the games for a St. Patrick's Day social in the Blue Bonnet Girl Reserve Wednes- day. Bernice Strickland won a. con- test in which she wrote more words than any one else from the name St. Patrick's Day. A most ridiculous game, one in which each contest- ant had to place a match box from her nose to the nose of another, caused mu-ch laughter, Candy and chewing gum fixed in green and white wrappiugs were served to all. BETTE 'N BOB Deer Bette, Your letter last weak was sew short that I was threw reading it befour I got started. I mite not have red it a-ll. I think I am gettingl neer-sited or far-sited one. can't ever remimbeer which, Boy oh Boy!!! Have you ever seen .that Jean Clements tumble? I mean that she is a regular tumbl- ing tumlbleweed from Tumblesville, Texas, where the tuinbleweeds or- iginally tumbled from. Miss Barnett has started her gym gurls to tum- bling, and somehow Jean finds it distressinglee difficult to get all her body too move. at the same time in a forward role I allus kalled 'em summersaurts, but Miss Barnett kalls 'em forward rolls, so I guess I wil two. The seniors were shaking like leaves on an awflull windy day whin they went to check ther credits with Mrs. Howell last weak. With a turm theme, book reports, memory work, typing assinmints, economics report, shorthand lessons. and tests all coming up and look- ing me en the eye, I am bound to get gray befour my time. Miss Tyler is a knock-in and a- lknock-out in that blew dress of hers. She certanley came back from her spell of flu looking well. George Wfilde had been serving ns teacher in the 3rd period typing class, and he had things sorta mussed up, but iMiss Tyler's capable Hands straitened everyth'ng up and put George back where he belonged tin the dunice c0rner.J I allmost stumped and did a very ungraseful flights of paiusing to other step balanced heap at the foot of the stars, but fortunately I didn't. You, sea, I just said I almost did. lt' you want to -get Mr. Robinson all het up just ask him if sum of Mr. Wrenn's writing on the black- Iboard is his. Mr. Rob'nsf.n takes .great pride in his writing fund feels greatly insulted whin sumcne thinks he rites as terrible as Mr. Wrenn. lt seams that Mr. Wrenn slings his letters everywhere, and it is as bad as a crossword puzzle to try to figser out what he meens for 'em to spell. Sea u sun, Bob swan dive down two stairs, the other day, scrape my nose on every and landing in an un- NOSIN' AROUND Flashes from the junior play last week: Wanda Bell and Russell Paul to- bether-wonder if Maxine prompt- ed this. Sitting over in the shadows that night were Bill Cole and Dorothy Pickeral, 'Shining alm.ost as .brightly as the moon that night were Mary Ruth Lundy and James Furrli. land we hear he's going to move to Mineral Wells.J Surprises seem to come in pairs, so next we noticed Kay Rchards an dDon Haden enjoying the laughs together. It looked natural to see Gertrude Hubbard and Jimmy Hays- together again-we understand lhey spent every nite over the week-end getting re-acquainted. J. Duff. Pitcock and Frank Shields decided that red heads should stick together, so they appeared with Wanda M-cClesky and Betty Hulb- bard-what's the matter, Donald? Claude Bloodworth and Bette Hulse made a new tvvosome that joyous nite. Geraldine Martin and 'Walden Howard are saving those looks for each other of late. Just as constantly as we see s-alt and pepper and ham and eggs to-- gether we find Glee Clements and Pete Vvheeler. ll-lost of us have decided that this year's senior class is the tallest, and possesses the largest heads lno doubt because of its intelligencej of any class yet-at least it would seem so after looking over Miss Moore's list. The sunny days last week-end in- sp'red many of om' local eds and co-eds to go picnicking---we under- stand they almost had a traffic jam at the lake. Some of our local couples jour- neyed over to Breckenridge last Sat- urday night .for a certain party, Speaking of parties reminds us tha-t breaking candy is a favorite game of many. ls that right, George? Bob Green has been spending lots of time with Martha .lo Hawkins lately-at least we find them to- 'cther just about always. THE GRAHAM STEER ICTION ISH FACTS AND I lay me down in class to sleep, 1 pray my notes my chums may keep, If l should be called on before I wake, Punich me in the ribs for heaven's sake! -JG if t Mr. Boze' and Bill Boase seemed to be enjoying themselves Thursday before the fifth period, playing marr- bles in the hall. 49 14 Il You upperclassmen had better watch these freshmen. They are really getting good in tennis. Dean Taylor, Harry McNeely, .lack 0'Dell, and Bill McFarlane practice every afternoon after school. 46 S It W'onder why Flora Mae Beau- champ got so cold and wet one 'Sun- day night. It couldn't be because she fell into the lake, or could it? ae' wh tr The fish are glad to see John T. Reed back in school after having been in bed with the flu for about two weeks. as 4 a Burl Bourland was christened chief pet No, 1 by Mr. Smith in his science class the other day. -i-GHS---i- THEY STAND OUT fThe Paper Foldersl The paper folders were chosen by the faculty rnembers who sponsor the paper. It was agreed upon by theni that Miss Duncan be respon- sible for the folding of the papers. Since it was impossible to get the papers off the press earlier than the iiith period, and since this period innnediately pre-ceeds the assembly hour it was decided that this was the logical time to have the papers folded. The paper folders were chosen on the basis of three things: C15 they must have the fifth period offg C23 they must be dependable studentsg f3J and they must be the type of student whose grades were such that he could afford to give a study period to this work, Virginia Lundy, Betty Smith. Mary King, and .lon Bloodworth are the, HOMEMAKING DEPARTMENT NOTES The third year homemaking girls are making special occasion dresses, such as dresses for evening or after- noon wear. The second year girls have start- ed work on general wear dresses made of silks and rayens. The members of the first year A class are studying breakfasts, meal planning, and table service. They have been divided into groups of six or seven, Each group plans a menu and market order and then pre- pares and 'serves the breakfast. Each group prepares a 'centerpiece -a flower or something of that sort-for the table. This prepares the pupils for planning family meals and preparing and serving them in a given amount of time. The members of the first year B class are making cotton school dresses. During the H. EL Club period on April 2, an amateur contest will be held. The wInner of this contest will be .sent to the Honiernaking Rally in San Antonio to compete in a con- test there. Pictures of the home projects have been handed in daily by the students. All of these pictures will be mounted and put on exhibit, but the ten best pictures will be select- ed and sent to Austin to be entered in the picture division contest, four students who were chosen. Bet- ty Smith, however, has changed her schedule which leaves the other three as active members of this committee. The paper can .be folded in about 15 minutes, but the entire hour is given over to this W01'k as the papers frequently do not reach the building until the last few minutes of the period. Numbers of times the papers are late, and these students have had fo be called from a class, and have allways -been very willing to give their time. The thing we have appreciated rnost is that these students seein to have felt that this is an honor to be able to serve the staff in this way. We like to see that kind of spirit in and among our students. I ! IN THE CLASS OF '43 Have you ever noticed the bass section of the G. H. S. Band? If so, you have. doubtless seen Sydney Hearne blowing away at a big bass. He seems to put all he has and then some into his playing as well as everything he does. -Sydney is interested in-well, it is rumored about school that he had a way with blondes in the junior class. The sophomore class is particular- ly proud ot' one so called Don Had- en, Ho plays a saxophone in the band and makes fair grades in his classes, that is, as long as he can remain in them. He is always tho-rightful and wears a, large grin which certain girls, it' not all, think attractive. Russell Paull was about the most important .man on the football team. Witliout him the others would never have had clean socks and probably couldn't have found their clothes, which they had forgotten to hang up, Even though he has to do all the dirty work, .being manager, you never heard him complain. He is always agreeable and really a suvell person to have around. Don't we all agree? Joe Lee .Tones certainly saved the name of our class in his ability to answer questions on the recent quiz program between the freshmen and sophomores. Not only that, but his luck is wonderful. Just think of having Betty Louise for at cousin, and raising pigeons for a hobby. Lou Wallace Childress has never tbelieve it or notl made less than an A in any subject, not even a HB . Last year she received medals for the 'best Work in algebra and science. She is the sophomores hon- or child in more ways than one. She is the only member or our class to be in the Girl Reserve Cabinet this year. ---?GH'S--1 VVl1o is the boy so strong and tall ,That we often see in the lower hall? He is a Boy Scout and a football fang Never says can't but always says can, Vice-President now of the sopho- more class, And thrills the heait of many a lass. He's been well-liked ever since he came. Yes, Bobby Ashley is his name. THE GRAHAM STEER BRAIN TEASERS The answer to the first prolbleni in the paper of last week is 111.1 or 111 1-9 yards .The second ain- swer is 50-0 shoes. Wendell Ligon, Bobby Wheat, Bob Ashley, Mary Helen Nicolett, 'Berald Grant, and Herman Vaughn all turned in the correct answers to broth problems. Hugh Blevins and James Akers got the .first .answer correct but missed the second. Bill Howard, Lindsey Grove, Douglas Carter, Pauline Wright, Chrystle Lewis, and Howard Hunter all got the second answer but missed the first. The problem for this week is several hundred years' old and has been stated in many different ways. A traveler comes to a river fbank with his possessions: a Wolf, -a goat, and a head of cabbage. The only available boat is small and can carry no more than the traveler and one of his possessions. Unfor- tunately, if left together, the goat will eat the -cabbage and the wolf will dine on the goat. Tell me how the traveler Shall transport his be- longings to the other side of the river, keeping his vegetables and animals intact. Hs--- THE REDDEST HEADS 'IN GHS fBy Billie Hartzellj In looking over the student body, it is surprising the number of red heads there are in Graham High School. Did you ever see a red head who wasn't 'spunky?l Redheads are not- ed for their courage, energy, and the ability to stand up for their rights. Ofur popular and well-liked Jimmy Ha-ys is an outstanding redhead, Most redheads are energetic: how- ever, Glenmary Baker has difficulty sometimes ni keeping awake in sec- ond period economics class. Frank Shields is another very lik- able redhead, as is Rosa Hays, with one of the best personadities in school. Henman 'Vaughn 'is a talent- ed redhead who is interested in dramatics and debate. Other 'redheads in school are Leon lS1n'ith, Bobby Cox, Albert Cleveland, Billy Sipe, Sollie Shing- ler, Dorothy Baker, Louis Pitcock, Bethel Ballard, Elizabeth Hays, Dor- idthy Spurlock. MECHANICAL DRAWING Mechanical drawing is the newest course to -be offered in our school. In this class, which is taught the fifth period, drawings are made of geometrical constructions and sec- tions of' objects. According to Mr. Bruckner, a student who is plann- ing to take engineering or archi- tecture in college will find this course invaluable. Four years of this work can be made ava-ilable. The course has not yet been af- filiated with the state, but will be in the future. This course was one month late in beginning, but now is running on schedule. A progress chart has been made, and as soon as ai student has fin- ished his particular drawing, a check is put .beside his name, This en- ables the student to know just where he stands in his work. Frank Shields, J. W. Martin, T. H. Wheat, R. Taggart, Bill Cooney, Bill Miller, and -Carl Pittman are taking the course. Bill Cooney, Bill Miller, and Carl Pittman are good in lettering. HS--H Betty Jones is slender, tall and has dark hair and eyes. Iif you hear something come jingling clown the hall it's not 'Santa Claus, but just Betty and her heart chain. Part of the year Betty lived in Fort Worth, but now we are happy to have her back with us. ' Lou Ellen Roberts has quite a hard time concentrating in algebra class with Douglas Carter making eyes at her. She must rent out that little red coat of hers at af penny a class, because you can always find it on someone else's back. Re- cently Lou started 'a project in bio- logy simply slaving over it night and dayg then, to everyones sur- prise, she started another. Jo Ann 'Stinebower is certainly an accomplished musician. She has been playing the cello in the orchestra for almost half a year now, She is also an artist, You must taike a look at the picture she is painting 'in !Art Club. vel-y fa'i'th'fully Jo brought 'up alll her Latin les-sons for the last six weeks, and so she was re- warded with 'a real fait little A from Miss Ellington. -?-GHlS----W Tuesday of next week Mr. Boze is bringing his junior Band 'to High school for an .assembly .prograra ' e A A - -,-,-,A,-,-,-,-,-vA,Av-v-v-v-v-v.v.v.v.v.v-'-Y-v-'Av-v-v-,1 JUNIOR JOURNAL When English MI class was dis cussing figures of speech in English, Miss Parsons gave ding-dong as an example out onomatopoeia, 'She then asked, Doesn't that s-ound like a bell?,' James Wheeler replied, No. Miss Parsons asked him if 'she could help it 'because she never 'had taken speech. I We are glad to know that Miss Parsons' English III class second period has finally caught up with her seventh period English III class. Now, since there are no more financial worries for the junior class iin regard to the comnig Junior- Senior banquet, we are all looking forward to going. You know it's not too early to start making plans. Dan Cupid evidently worked over- time last week. New couples seen were: Bill Holder and Billye .Tune Brig- ham. Holt ,Sewell and Earlene Veal. Jerry Bishop and Twila Smith. I Walden Howard and Geraldine Martin, I Joe McKinley and Florine Oliver. Bob Green and Martha Jo Haw- kins. Mr. Gilmer has been appointed on the textbook committee for the state of Texas. He serves with four other Texans .for one year. HS--t PERSONALS Miss Periman spent the. week-end in Ft. Worth and attended the Fat Stock Show. Misses Bishop and Sparks attend- led a wedding in -Dallas, Misses Barnett and Hodges spent .week-end in Denton. Miss Tyler visited 'in Gainesville. Q ..HSi.- ...- Kathleen and Buddy Knox are brother and s-iste,1'.l?il'lley are not twins, but no one Awould have thought so. They'don t look alike, ,and Kathleen knows a little more algebra than Buddy, however, the similarity is that they are both well liked because of their friendliiiess.. Buddy-should I tell you-wasl a lot- terman on the 1940 football team :and fa 'favorite 'players THE STEER ' JVOLUME 1 :GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL, MARCH za, '1941 NUMBER 19. HONOR iROLLS .ARE ANNOUNCED Mrs. Howell, dean of 'high school, 'has announced the following honor ,rolls for the first month of the sec- ond semester: High Honor Roll 8th grade: Blake Allison, Pearl Faye Corley, Blanche Smith, Winnie Snodgrass, Margaret Ann Turner. ,9th grade: Lou Wallace Qhildress, Mary Ruth Lundy, Frank Ragland, Imogene Smith, 'Bobby Doug Stew- -art, Jo Ann Stinebower. ,l0th grade: Charles Atkinson, Clytee Burdick, Allie Petty, Ina Mae Monroe, 'Mary K. Snoddy, Imogene Sweeney. llth grade: Raythene Baker, Claude Bloodworth, Louise Cletcher, J. Elkins, Myrtle Havldey, Betty Hulse, Mary McFarlane. - Low Honor Roll Sth grade: Ophelia Armstrong, Clyde Baker, Hugh Blevins, Jon Bloodworth, Gordon Forehand, -Arn- old Grimes, William Guinn, James fliurrh, Mary King, Bud Lane, Vir- ginia Lundy, Wanda McClesky, Harry McNeeley, Reeves Moren, Merle Pcrsing, Charles Ragsdale, W. Cl- Snodgrass-, Dean Taylor, Doris Willis. 9'h grade: Wanda Bell, Ruth Bus- sey, Leota Byrd, James Greasy, Leora Flynn, Colsne Gahagan, Cassie George, Charles Gibson, Betty Grove, Don Haden, Chrystle Lewis, Joe Pity. Mary K. Spivey, Edgar Steele, Mal- colm Stewart, George Strickland, Jack Wiley, Elois Young, 10th grade: Jessie Lee Atwell, Chilton Ayres, Dorothy Bills, Billye June Brigham, Joe Bill Cope, Elsie Marie Dooley, Sue Lisle, Roy Liven- good, Joyce Melton, Joyce Rogers, Mary Helen Nicole't, Jolene Rowley. 11th grade: James Akers, Glen- mary Baker, Louise Braddock, Hal Cribhs, Juanita Danley, Marian Gib- son, Joy Hickerson, Geraldine Horn, Emma Joplin, Wendell Ligon, Eris McCluer, Dorothy Milican, Betty Ragland, Rudell Ramsey, Katie Lee Rodden, Alleene Rylee, Marjorie Street, Bernice Strickland, Dorothy Washburn, O. B. Hearne, iost Graduate: Frank Rickles. i l . l I :SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST ,Pauline Ball, senior and president of the Scribblers' Club, has been ill for the ,last two weeks with a bad case of flu- Pauline's condition was ,quite serious for a while, but .after a trip to Fort Worth she is reported to be recovering. Pauline will be back in school this week. Some of the fourth grade pupils who are studying Spanish visfited the 5th period Spanish II class. They asked questions and read in Spanish to the Spanish pupils. -lGHS-l Mr. Boze and his Junior Band pre- sented a program of thirteen varied mus-ical numbers. Among the num- bers were '-'Old McDonald Had a Farm and The Land We Love in which the band members sang as well as played, ----GHS A bit of gaiety, 2 splash of color, the lively dance, and joyous notes of song characterized the Mexiflall home into which the Girl Res-erves made a visit Tuesday night. Mary Leslie Scott, her group, and her spon- sor, Miss Bishop, gave a splendid interpretation of Across the Bor- der, Down Mexico Way by means of discussions, song, and the MeXiCan hat dance, the Jarabe Tapatio. -lGI-IS---- INA MAE MONROEFS CORRESPONDENCE Ina Mae Monroe wrote to a Span- ish boy whose name was Anabal T. Galan. She received two letters from him in return. These letters came exactly one year apart, Febru- ary 14th. Anabal has just received a tifle and is also in his fifth year in Commercial College. Una Mile answered his last letter and is- ex- pecting an answer within the next four months, i--GHS--- In Mr. Bruckner'S woodwork clas- ses tln-e prizes are being Oflfered for the best projects. Two will be given in his advanced classes, and one in ,the beginners' class. x CONTEST IN ALGEBRA CLASSES Miss Sparks' algebra classes have each been divided into two teams. Two pupils were elected for captains, and then they chose sides according to the grades of the pupils. The team having the highest average in algebra at the end of the six weeks will be the winner. The losing team will entertain the winning team with a party of some' sort. ---GHS-- PICTURES ARE TAKEIN FOR STEER Eighty-seven seniors had individ- ual pictures taken Monday to put in THE STEER. Seventeen seniors had their pictures taken Wednesday. Thursday, the juniors, sophomores, and freshmen had their pictures tak- en in groups. --1GHSl-- SENIOR PLAY IS SELECTED Ester Olsen's Swing lFever, a three acts, has been select- senior play for '41. Try- held this week, and play expected to get under way comedy in ed as the outs were practice is immediately. Miss Vada Bain will coach the play. ---GHS- HATS OFF- To MR. BOZE' for his excellent Jun- ior Band. To the HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS who have little brothers and sisters in the Junior Band. To DOROTHY CROWV, whose type- writing speed of .39 words per min- ute is the best at G. H. S. To MARY MOFARLANE who suc- ceeded in taking a lawyer's brief in shorthand. To JIMMY GRIFIFIN, who has made the largest deposits in the Junior Training Bank, has made more de- posits, and has saved more money than any other pupil. -l-GHSi-- ANNOUNCEMENT Next week the Scribblers' Club ,will edit the Steer. Regular columns from the juniors, sophomores, and Freshmen will appearg but all other material will be composed by a new staff of scribblers. THE GRAHAM STEER THE STEER- Subscription Price 81.00 Per Annum Issued Each Week By The Student8 of Graham High School. S T A F F Editor ................ J. P. Elkins Associate Editors .......... Jo Annice Cornish, Myrtle Hawley Business Mgr. ........ Bill Boase Associate Business M r. ......... . Joe McKinley Society Editor ,, Mary McFarlane Associate Society Editor .......... Mary Helen Nicolett Sports Editor ...... Smitty Lundy Associate Sports Editor ....... Claude Bloodworth Feature Stories ...... Betty Hulse Typists ........ Genevieve Yancey, Alleene Rylee, Bette Baker, Betty June Thedford, Susanna Larmour, Paper Folders ..., Jon Bloodworth, Betty Smith, Virginia Lundy, Mary King. OUR COURTESY AT PUBLIC MEETINGS Observations at recent public gath- erings of various sorts have revealed to many that the attitude of the students of both high school and grade schools, at public gatherings, is not quite up to par. This is bad, especially of the actions of high school pupils. We are old enough surely to know better and to refrain easily enough from such acts of ln.- consideration, Watch yourself, lf you are inclined to let yourself go once in a. While, and do:1't let some little, but very noticeable prank, mark you as discourteous and a nuisance. ---iGHS--l- SENIOR CLASS IS LARGEST IN HISTORY OF G. H. S. The senior class of '41, largest group ever to be classed as seniors in Graham High School, has a list of ? ?? graduates. The class began the school year with lightning-like en- thusiasm when the float representing the class won first place in the Coun- ty Fair parade, but the early fire seemed to die out as the season pro- gressed. Numerous meetings were held and business matters dis-cussed, but there seemed to be a lack of interest from the students toward the activities of the senior class. Then, when the seniors WC1'9 called togeth- BETTE 'N BOB Dere Bob, Wel, hear it is time two rite you another leter and I don't no nuthin too say except hello and I don't know how to spell that sew I won't say it. .Dorothy Jean Askew is gettin sew enterested in Biology that she just can't keep from kuttin up anything she seas sew you better bee carfull. She found a nise erth worm the other day and decided to kut hem up and make three of thim. Whin her mother found the three worms in her pretty vase with mud packekd en it she made Dorothy throw thim i waist baskitt and her experimin ruined. Dorothy's mother said orthy used two bee a nise little Mary Helen Nicolett has her on things other than Biology ltimes' en Biology klass. The n the t was Dor- gurl. mind sum- other lday Jimmy Hays wuz chekkin the role and ask her who was absint on her row. Very, very, very absint- mincledly she sed Oh, Donald Jones, and the thing is that Donald Jones isn't even en the klass. The poor gymn gurls have bin week en the neese the last few days after doing those stunts en gymn. It look- ed easy whin Miss Barnett did it, but it wasn't sew easy whin they tried it thimselfes- In fact, whin they got on ther feet to leave the gym most of thim found that even just walking requird a great effort. They wobbled whin they walked and expected ther nees to collapse'9ny minit. , 1 T i I don't no, of coarse, but it's my idea that the techers aren't starting the volly bawl tournament just cause they want to play every game. Everybody has bin examining ev- erybody else two make sliure they don't have the mezzles, so look out -you may git em. Sea u sun, BETTE. er to decide on pictures for the Steer, the members of the class perked up and speeches were frequent as seniors voiced their opinions- Re- sult, and agreement of almost the en- 'tire graduating group to have their pictures made for the bound copy of the Steen The action displayed at the class meeting removed all doubt that the class was drab and uninterested, and furthermore proved that senior classes in Graham High ,are better besides bigger, every year. NOSIN' AROUND Sunday afternoon driving turned out to be quite a problem for Rosa Ann Hays, we understand. But from where we were, it looked as if she took care of the situation very well. Speaking of Sunday driving re- minds us of the drive Miss Parsons and Miss Hodges took- They seem- ed to be enjoying the fresh air--so much that they rode on the fender. You can always be sure that when Charles Atkinson starts something ,he will do it well--exhibit A of this knack: his date with Virginia Hig- ginbotham over the Week-end. Marjorie Street and Hal Cribbs were seen here and there over the weekend-this looks interesting! From the look in Wilson Brooks' eye we would say that the answer is Patsy Woods. We've been wondering just who 'would first interest Holt Sewell. The answer seems to be Earlene Veal. It certainly wasn't difficult to tell who the seniors were Monday-those 'coats and ties stood out like neon lights. lBy way of explanation, that ,was the day they took the senior 'pictures-a handsome group, too.l Glamour! Glamour! Spring has brought forth a new set of darkened eyebrows for some of our cutest misses! Approval can be noted in almost every masculine glance. Music lovers, beware! It seems that Mr. Robinson's sixth period econom- ics class has a quintet all its own! We understand they will sing any- thing for anyone-all donations gratefully accepted! Mary Lou Scott has turned out to be one of the local coeds who must be having difficulty remembering which Bill she dates. It seems to ,have been Bill Bullock the last time we noticed. It was certainly nice to have Billie Mae Tackett with us most of last week, but not quite so nice as we imagine she thought it was when Alfred Mobley spent last week-end here! We wouldn't be surprised if Ken- neth Rehders doesn't look forward with a great deal of eagerness to visits and letters from a certain party in Breckenridge. l If anyone has failed to learn the cause of the rather loud tinkling noises around our campus, we would say it is the many heart bracelets' .circling our coeds' wrists. Clt could ' tContinued on page 3, col. lj I r THE GRAHAM STEER -. ' MORE ABOUT THE SOPHOMORES ' fff ' '- '' ' 53 H -J. W. Martin is the boy E I0 JOURNAL I I A C T 8 A N D - The sophomores thought was best. JUN R I c 1' I o N ' '--'-'-2'-2'-'-'-'-'-'-A-A-'-'-'-'Y'- 2W- i '? iidlsjwigi ifcglits limit zest Gertrude Hubbard was the recipi- The freshmen are presenting a play in assembly April the first. The name of it is Great Caesar. Be sure and see it. You will miss a lot of fun if you do not. These fresh- men have a real treat in store for you. They have been asked to give it for the juniors and seniors on Thursday following. You will thoroughly enjoy seeing Bobby Cozart os Julius Caesar, J. C: Deakins as the Mob, and Mary King as Calpurina. Don't fail to see this exciting drama, it is full of fun and excite- ment. Dorothy Pickrell doesn't seem to be able to make up her mind between two sophomore boys. Guess who? Bill McFarlane and Jack O'Dell should be able to play their instru- ments after a few words from Mr. Gadbois, the director who visited here Friday. If you want to know anything about pigeons, just ask Dean Taylor or Harry McNeely. --GHS-- NOTICE! Freshmen are to have all book re- ports completed by the last of April and all freshmen are now studying the play Julius Caesar in English 15 they should particularly enjoy the assembly program on April the first. NOSIN' AROUND iContiued from page 25 be the reason for the lack of noise in lots of our pockets and bank ac- countsil Most masculine eyes register ap- proval of the tennis class directed by M'ss Barnett-they also say it's pretty amusing watching the giI'1S try to stand on their heads-maybe they should try it sometime! VVe wonder if Lillian Burns- regrets her week-end spent in Olney. Gerald Allen has a domestic streak, especially along the candy line-or so we hear. Jo Annice Cornish certainly gets around. She was with J. P. El- ins Saturday night. From all re- ports, they had a wonderful time at Gertrude Bobo's party. Which re- minds me, Jimmy Cook and Ma Dell Brigham were also seen together at that noted occasion. -He is a member of the Glee Club Miss Hodges' right hand mang And among the other things he does Is play in the school band. -When J. W. blows his trumpet, The girls all gather 'round, For he is the sophomore president And catch of all the town. -Edgar Steele is the one Who gets his outdoor playg He hardly ever stops at all Until the close of day, -His favorite sport is tennis, His favorite study, band. He is a member of the F.lF'.A. And likes to survey land. -He is just fifteen years of age And doesn't like to studyg But you should come to know him And let him be your buddy. Shirley Mabrey is quite .proud of ,the ring Frances gave her. But, ,Frances, since when have you joined ,the marines? Shirley has a remark- able talent for playing the piano. You should hear her when she gets in the groove! Shirley is also in the band, and we hear she has a repu- tation for excellent sewing in Miss Perriman's H. E. class. For two years the girls in G. H. S. have been trying to convince Donald Herring that each is the only one for him, but it has taken Betty Hubbard to convince him. Donald is a grand football player, and received one of the beautiful sweater awards. He is exceptionally friendly, and aren't we proud of him! Colleen McGee is freckled, dark haired, and slender. She is quite a favorite among her friends because she is a lot of fun. I've heard her favorite subjects were Latin and al- gebra, and that she has a way of ,finding out things firsft. 1 Doris and Marjorie Crum are sis- fters. Doris is the older of the two, though it is quite impossible to tellg and she, you'll find to your surprise, ,is the quieter, too. Marjorie is quite talkative. She says she'd like to be a nurse when she grows up. Mr. Gilmer is still confined to his home on account of illness. He has sufficiently recovered that he can be up, and can take his telephone calls, but it will be several days before he can resume his duties at school. s ent of a lovely cameo ring for her birthday. We might add that Jimmy Hays was the one who gave it to her. Lillian Burns finds Olney as in- teresting town lately. We hear that for a change he's a blonde. Charles Atkinson, who is the Jun- ior Journal's editor, is as bashful as he is tall. He plays the piano with unusual ability and is an ath- lete as well. Another member of the Junior Class that has talent is Billie Babb. She taps and has taken expression several years. She is nicknamed Sweet William. One of our students from Loving is Erline Boyle. This is her first year in this school. Jessie Lee Atwell, nicknamed Jiggs lives in the country and rides the bus to school. She is very studi- 'ous and makes good grades. Jerline Atwood is one of the stu- defnts from South Bend. She has proved a creditable student. One of the smart pupils that come from South Bend is Marvin Adkins. 'We hear he was valedictorian in the seventh grwade. We have a lot of smart people in the junior class whom we have not given enough attention to. Mabel Baker, who has gone to Graham Schools for seven years, is one of the red-headed pupils here. She has recently moved to South 'Bend. Chilton Ayres plays football for G- H. S. He graduated from the Junior High School with honors and has continued to do good work. Another one of our red-heads' is 'Dorothy Baker from Loving. This is 'her first year in Graham. Have any of you seen a smart little girl running around the halls? Well, if you do, it will be Gladys Ballard, a junior from Red Top. She won the fountain pen and pencil set when she was in the seventh grade for having the highest grade of' any seventh grade pupil in Youna' County. We are glad to know that more of the juniors are working the brain teasers in THE STEER. I Some or the Juniors seem to appear las seniors to some people. Why could it be that Gwendolyn Edwards and Mary Katherine Snoddy are thought to be seniors? THE GRAHAM STEER 'BRAIN TEASERS -Wendell Ligoln, Bill Howard, Arthur Hubbard, O Herman Vaughn, Reeiqes 'MO1fGll, -Hugh Bleyins, 'Lewis Carter, Royce Bell, Charles Atkinson, Bolg Askew, Earline' Veal, Pattie ,Lee Bryan, 'Bettie Lee Timmons, Pauline Wright, and Mary Helen Niwlett all turned in correct answers to the problem for last week. There was another ,correct answfer turned in without any name attached. One so- lution to the problem is ,as follows: Take goat ,across first. Return and get the cabbage. 'Take the cabbage across and bring gffajl back. Take wolf across.. Return and get goat. The first problem for this week was ,suggested by George Wilcox, and the second was proposed by Don Martin, See if you can get the correct answers. 1. A ship leaves port with just enough water to furnish each man with a quart a day for 13 days. After 5 days they had the misfortune to spill some of -the water and lgse la man overboard. However, it so hap- pened that the remainder of the water exactly lasted the other men just the right time. Can you tell how much water was spilled? 2. Can you discover 13 coins that will exactly total one dollar? SONGS THAT FIT OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS George Wilde- You've Got To Be a Football Hero. 'Alvin McClellan-'fOld McDonald Had a Farm, Mrs. Howell- Worried Mind Miss Ardis-- I'll Take You HOme Again, Kathleenu Gene Brazelton- I Dream of Jean- nie,With the Light Brown Hair Barbara Justice-''Scatterbrain Bennie Jack Franks-f'Lazy Bones Jo Annice Cornish-'fDark Eyes Mary Lou Scott- Mary LOU' Glenn Brock and Gertrude Bobo- f'You're the One Mr. Boze- Put Your Lime Foot Mary Helen Nicolettf- You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby Mr. Hunt- I Wish I Were Single Agairf? ' Mary King-'fShort and Sweet Mary Leslie Scott-f'LoVer, Come Back to Me -Genevie. Yancie-'fGenevieve, Sweet Genevieve Mr. Smith-- I Hear a Rhapsody J, P. Elkins- There I Go WHAAT HAPPENS AT NooN If you'll just notice, some really lx interesting things happen in the halls, in the cafeteria, on the ,cam- pus, and perhaps in the classrooms. Good friends get together for tete- a-tetes: industrious students use the time for extra work on the Steerg and always there are ha couple of teachers patrolling the long, lower corridor. ' Snooping around today at noon- time, we found Madell Brigham chas- ing Billie June Brfgham, Tommy .Roach and Marva Dell Tubbs enjoy- iing each 0lZh6l.',S company, Hoyle iSpeake and others sweating over 'sweeping the halls, and Jimmy Hays ,reading a novel. Douglas Carter is usually talking his head off to Earl iRatcliff, and poor Earl has to take it because there is nothing he can do about it. Myrt Hawley is always' standing around sharing puns with Gleumary Baker, Dorothy Moore, and Dorothy Askew- George Wilde 'spends most of his time molesiing Mr. Tyson's poor Spanish stndents, who are trying their btst to concen- ,trate on Spanish, and George makes 'itharder than ever by making faces at them. Poor Mr. Tyson has a ter- 'rible time trying to attract their at- ,tention. Pete Wheeler and J. R. Wilde are usually together. Two heads be- ing better than one, they can think up more meanness that way. Dor- othy Moore's gay voice can be heard for miles, and Dotty Askew's red coat can be seen for miles. The Butler twins can usually be found flirting with some G. H. S. girl. But, be it lessons, leisurely strolls, hurried cramming for exams, or ex- changed confidences, it takes all that to make our high school dear to us. e-i-GHS---- BELIEVE IT OR NOT Only two boys take shorthand. None of those Jr. Band members have taken band before this year. Every seat was filled in assembly, and many students stood, although it was freshman and sophomore day. Gloria Jean Bryant reported to the sftucly hall on time Tuesday. Bill Boase is responsible for the little article, 'fSongs That Fit Our Students and Teachers, which ap-- pears in this issue, All Eng. III, second and seventh periods, were present Tuesday. I Miss Pe-riman cleaned house the ,other dayfcleaned out her big black ipurse, and then threw it away, MR. ASCOTT'S HOME ROOM HAS PARTY Mr. Scott's home room party turn- night. Those to go to the Played, with long beauti- ed out very well Friday attending boarded ,a bus lake- Tag football was Mr. Tyson throwing his ful passes. After getting warmed up by football, the crowd played base, ball. Food was then eaten with posi- tively no hesitation at all. Two, deep W2S played by the light of a large fire- Capture the flag follow- ed, in which Rosa Hayskept Carl Pittman very busy keeping her from the flag. Everyone was tired but ihappy when the bus came once 'again lto its stopping place. Cold drinks were sold by Malcolm Stewart and Bobby Wheat. . 1-GHS-1 GERTRUDE BOBO ENTERTAINS Saaturday night Gertrude Bobo entertained friends in the home of her sister, Mrs. Gale Wignall. After dancing, the guests were served re, gfreshments of cheese sandwiches, hot chocolate, and olives. After more dancing all attended the preview, The guests were: Ruth Nix, Ma Dell Brigham, Jo Annice Cornish, J. T. Privitt, Jimmie Cook, George VVilde, Bobby Lawrence, Glenn Brock and J. P. Elkins. lGHS-f ' SENIORS HAVE CLASS MEIETING At a senior class meeting Tuesday, March 25, a social was planned for Friday, March 28. The boys will furnish the food and entertainment and provide a program which includes a scavenger hunt and a picnic at Fort Bclknap, --GHS SMALLEST CLASS IN SCHOOL Miss Tyler's seventh period shorts hand class has the grand total of eight-one boy and seven girls. It is very seldom that every member of the class is' present, so many times only five or six are present. Mary McFarlane seems to be the smart one in the class. Claude Bloodworth practices his shorthand in physics. I-Ie can't ever read his notes though. Cleatta Douglas helps contribute to the nonsense, V YES, WHAT WAS HE DOING THERE? Mr. Rose: The other day a man was in my office showing some card tricks to Mr. Clifford and me. He was a card shark. ' Marjorie Street: What was he dee ing in your Office? ' L '- THE TEE TvoLUME 1 D GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL. APRIL 4, 1941 NUMBER 20l SCRIBBLEIVS POEM IS ACCEPTED BY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL POETRY ASSN. Louise Cle'cher, senior and mem- ber of the Scribbler's Club, has been notified of the acceptance of one of her poems to be published in the National High School Poetry an- thology. This association, with headquarters in Los Angeles, conducts two con- tesfs each year for high school poets. Louise submitted two poems of her own composition. The one given a place in the anthology was An Old Maid's Leap Year Speech. A copy of the anthology will be in the library in about two weeks. ' --GHS--1 PRACTICE' FOR SENIOR PLAY IS BEGUN V On Thursday afternoon, March 27, tryouts wlre held for the senior play, Swing Fever, by Esther E. Olson. The judges, Misses Bishop, Ellington, Bunting, Minter, and Duncan, had a hard time choosing the players since so many students tried out. A The fol- lowing cast was finally selected, how- ever, and practice under Miss Bain's direcdon began Monday. Alexander Norris ............ Louis Pitcoci Polly Becker .............. Louise Cletcher Mrs. Grimm ...,... ........... B ette Baker Philip Non-is ...,........... .Majory Street Mrs. Norris ...........,.. Mary Leslie Scott Mr. Norris ...- ..... Claude Bloodwortl' Tootsie Norris ............ Gene Brazelton Grandpa Faller ,,,,,,,,,,..,... Glenn Brock Miss Spencer .... l ........ Mary McFarlane Miss Slocum .,,,.......... Dorothy Askew Mo-rgan Maxwell .......... Jimmy Hayes Jake Richards .......... Arthur Hubbard Penny Palmer ............,, Alleene Rylee The following students were select ed by Miss Bain as helpers: Make-up--Jean Clements, Jo An- nice Cornish Advertising'-Mary JO ohns, J. B Fore ' Prompter-Myrtle Hawley Property Manager-Bill Lenning tiili Stage Manager-D. M. Purselleyn 1 Alleene Rylee, Maurice Aston, Gladys Ballard, Pauline Ball, Louis! Pitcock, Rubye Brown, Eris McCluer, Raythene Baker, Louise 'Cletcher ' ' HOMEMAKING CLUB GIVES ELIMINATION CONTEST -q.. Patsy Woods was chosen in a musi- cal contest Wednesday to represent the Homfmaking Club at their 'May rally in San Antonio. 'The contest was held in the cafe- teria with the il-Iomemaking Club as audience. The first place winner Patsy Woods, gave 'the vocal of Danny Boy, and Mighty Like a Rose. Jo Annice Cornish, the second place winner, rendered a semi-class ical arrangement of Deep Purple on the piano. An accordion version of Nolan was given by Gwendolyn Edwards. The contest was unde the direction of Miss Perriman, and Mrs. Hall acted as judge. -----G H S--- STEER IS PLANNED FOR NEXT FIVE WEEKS The schedule for pictures to ap- pear in The Steer for the next five weeks has been announced. Each edition will have sfix or eight pages. The classes are responsible for the material'that accompanies their pic- tures. Schedule for pictures is as follows: Freshmen-April 4 Sophomores-April 11 Juniors-April 18 Seniors-April 25 Faculty-May 2 '- HISTORY OF THE SCRIBBLERS One of the youngest and smallest clubs in our high school is the Scribe blers. It was organized in October, 1940, with Miss Sabra Parsons as sponsor. Officers were elected at the first meeting, and Louise Cleicher was made president. A The club first studied poetry, and several of the pupils wrote poems. Louise Reep, a member who has re, cently moved away, wrote several acrostics that were printed in, the school paper, and Louise Cletcher wrote one poem for thexpaper and sent two to the High School Poetry Association. . Short' stories were studied next, and a ghost story by Gladys Ballard was voted the best of those written. Other stories- were written by ,Erris McCluer, Raythene Baker, Louise Cletcher, Pauline Ball, and Rubyo I Brown. Second semester officers were elected in January, and Pauline Ball was made president. The club has had one social, and is sponsoring an edition of the Steer. Members are Eris McCluer, Ray- thene Baker, Pauline Ball, Alleene 'Rylee, Rubye Browne, Louise Cletth- er, Louis Pitcock, Maurice Aston, and Miss Sabra Parsons, sponsor. -GHS-l See Scribbler Pitcock in the senior play. THE GRAHAM STEER I I TINA AN'D TIM it LIN-A-DAY HE S Louise clCtChCl' wednesday: And HHWHBHB Baker' The sixth period economics class ' I ' PI 1.00 Per Annum fubser 'won ree S Deer Tina, sounded like the Metropolitan opera, Issued Each Week By The Students HOW are YOU? SIDS tilkillg lim when Joe McKinley, Arthur Hub- of Graham Hl h School- STAFF OF SCRIBBLERS Editor ............ Louise Cletchel' Business Manager .. LOUFS PifC00k ..Humor ............ Pauline Ball Sports ............ Raythelne Baker Typists: Alleene Rylee, Pauline Ball, Raythene Baker, Eris McCIuer. Paper Folders: Gladys Ballard, Rubye Brown, Raythene Baker, Erie McCIuer. OUR BULLETIN BOARDS Have you ever paid very close at- tention to our bulletin boards? In some rooms we find the bulletin boards contain important and help- ful material, artistically arranged: in others we find shaggy-edged pic- tures that seem to have been there since the beginning of time, and which are entirely unrela-ted to the course studied in that room 5 ln still other rooms we find exactly noth- Ing on the .bulletin boards. Some examples of the first kind of bulletins are Misses S-narks', Par- son's. Ellington's, Perrimarfs and Mr. Tyson's. These bulletin boards e-fectively portray the nature of study in that particular room, so that a stranger, upon looking into the room, would instinctively guess what was taught there. Hats off to you teachers who have set such good examples. I thin-k we would all like to see appropriate .bulletins in every room. After all, don't we want to keep our good reputation as being one 01' the prettiest schools in the state? And this plan would add to its ap- pearance a great deal. So, teachers and pupils, let's cooperate in lllirk lug our bulletin boards attractive. -Louise Cletcher H'Sfli'i' CHEWING GUM The art of chewing gum has been a, menace to some people since 7 many people -can not endure watch- Lug people chew gum. It has come to the point that one has to know his associates ,very well, in order that he will know whether to chew or not to chew. I must say that it really doesn't flatter a person to chew gum, A student ln school I last weak, I ain't feeling so gud. Say, hev you notised thet little stashunary -box thet Miss Sparks brings to skool with her so mutch? Well, sum uv her pupils lnvestu- gated and found thet she brings py in it. And the other day, she brot a diffrunt box, and they found thet it contained kake. She shure ls aw- ful pertickler, d'on't you thank? Thursday those seniors showed pla-nely thet they all eat' at three- forty-five ever day, cause they cud- dent even look at pitchers of food without becnuning faint with honger. We thought Marjorie Street wuz going to git desprite, looking at a big, jucy rost in a maglzinc. 0-h, I'll bet you dinunt no Mr. Tiner wuz ordering us girls sum polo shluirts with steers haeds on them.. Don't be surprised if you sea a bunch of red bulls charging down the hall, cause we rilly keep up with the times, and you boys can jest stop -right now trying to glt ahead of us in styles or other- wise. I wunder how Miss Perlman ever got Ily she street the othur day. Wuz she ever emba-rased? She sed she wud flunk any gurl who put lt in the papur. Boy, am, I glad II aln't ln hur class. Charles Cole sertainly does en- ioy reading. He's a buk wurm lf I ever saw one. Why, last Thursday, he struck pore, lnnersint Fran-ces Hornsby because she aixldently put her hand over The 'Covered Wag- gin thet he wuz reading. The next day hur finger wuz all red and swelled. Ain't he brutal, tho? I sirtinly did hav a gud Lime at the senior's party Friday, dimunt CCont'nued on page 4. column 17 finds this a difficult problem to combat, as many teachers do not object to our chewing gum and others object. I believe that if we know that a certain person does not like to see us chewing gum in his presence that lt would be both wise and courteous to refrain from this act. -Eris McCluer her drlver's lislnse. She evdent- dlnrunt desenve thfern, becausg wlnt down the rong side nv the bard, Gerald Bishop, Louis Stine- bower, Mable Baker, Lillian Burns, and Betty Ragland vocalized on one of the most recent hits, You Are My Sunshine. Thursday: All of the seniors are simply scar- ed to death-the tryouts for Swing Fever are this afternoon. Friday: I just saw Pauline Ball: we are very glad to have her back with us She is looking fit as an fiddle. Goodness, but why are there so many girls with their hair done up, and so many boys with new halr cuts--there Hlllllst be some parties tonight Later fSat. Morn. 12303 There were some parties! Jimmy Griffin, Betty Louise Jones and the seniors. The senior scavenger hunt turned out to be quite educational. Most of them learned what a mustache cup was. Saturday: This ls a small world, lsn't it? In Ft. Worth, I just saw Miss Sparks, the Miss Bishops, and Vir- ginia Higglnbotham at the Fair, getting ready for two weeks from ,tomorrow-you all know the Easter Parade. Saturday: Smitty Lundy is giving everyone reasons why he should go to Denton to college. Could it be a certain college professors daughter? Sunday: Mary Helen NI-colett surely ls Popular, or should we say lucky? She has four guys on her apron strings-looks like she's got them The thrill of a lifetime is to see there for good. Gwen Edwards in her new Dodge Club Coupe. Mary McFarlane really gets around. She is with Arthur Hubbard Friday night at the scavenger hunt and the da-nce, and at the Epworth League box supper, Arthur bought her box, and then took her home. Monday: If those bookkeeping students don't quit 'coming up short on cash, all of them will be in the penlten- tiary bustin rocks instead of in school working problems. THE GRAHAM STEER FIRST ROW: B. Howard, F. Long, C. Hunter, E. Hays, K. Haley, F. M. Hamill, J. McClellan. James, R. J. Knox, V. H. Lundy, SECOND ROW: Mr. Hunt, B. Lane, M. J. Hawkins, J, L. McC0mb5, G, S, Martin, M, King, G, Medlen, R. Moren, E. fHipp, Miss Bain. - THIRD ROW: J. Matkin, B. McFarlane, L. Grove, D. McGee, H. McNeely, B. Horn, Miss Duncan. fFOURTH ROW: B. Maples, J. Hawley, G. 'I-liggins, W. A. Norred, K. McGee, R. Caswell, B. L. Caldwell, Mr. Tyson. INTRODUCING THE SCRIBBLERS By Eris McCluer Perhaps the Scribblers Club does not have the largest number of mem- bers, but these members and spon- sor have been pioneers in initiating an organization for writers. So I want to introduce these people who have been my associates in club work. Miss Parsons is the Sponsor of the Scribblers Club, and much credit goes to her as she has been very capable and efficient. Maurice Asfton has not been a mem- ber of our club very long, but we feel that he will make us a member to be proud of. Pauline Ball is the president of our club and can always be relied upon to co-operate in everything the club undertakes. Raythene Baker is the Scribbler reporter and one of the most versatile members. Gladys Ballard can really write good short stories and is very co- operative. Rubye Brown is the secretary and treasurer of the club and is always willing to take part in the activities in which the club participates. Louise Cletcher is the vice-presi- REELS IN GRAHAM HIGH By Eris McCluer and Raythene Baker I guess all schools have their prob- lems to solve, but Graham High has a serious problem. Have you noticed the drove of B's swarming over the halls and rooms? During the class period these B's may be found in their hives and during intermission on flocking from classroom to class- room. One can hardly walk down A This year many 'other Bees heard of this wonderful nectar and decided to investigate. When school opened, two more bees had alighted: pert, enthusias ic Miss Bain and musi- cally inclined Mr. Boze. The latter Bee was by no means unknown to Graham High, though. l Then came our shop teacher Bee, Mr. Bruckner, who strongly resem- bled a school boy, and then another the hall Without Seeing 9- b11SY beeiwho is an almost exact replica of buzzing to class. There is one thing' peculiar about this hive though, that is, one member usually came at a time. . . . . I First came that vivaclous and in-E tellectual Bee whom everyone knows, Miss Floy Bishop. Then the next year another Bee was attracted by the excellent nectar of Graham High. This one was none other than our agricultural expert, Mr. Baker. dent of the club and the most active member. Louis Pitcock is the reporter for the club and always has some new and original idea to present. Alleene Rylee enjoys writing poet- ry and sometimes thinks up quite unusual and new ideas. another Bee here. This was Miss Irene Bishop, sister Bee of Miss lFloy Bishop. I For a while it seemed as though the Bee community was settled down, when the dream of all men and the perfect gym teacher Bee came. This one answers to the name of Miss Barnett. The school also has a useful worker lbee, Mr. Bingham. The Scribbler's club also has its share of Bees, too. They are Rubye Brown, Gladys Ballard, Pauline Ball, fand Raythene Baker. --GHS-- Measurements of a daehshund- halt a dog high by a dog and a ,halt long. THE GRAHAM STEER If . .. . ,,,,, . . ..,. FIRST ROW: M. H. Grimes, B. Bennett, L. B1'iSco, D. P. Bryant, M. L. Bryant, A. L. Bates, J. Cencebaugh, P F. Corley, J. Falkinburg. SECOND ROW: R. Griffin, C. Carter, O. Armstrong, F. A. Atwood, G. Clements, A. M. Guyton, M. Buchalla B. J. Burke, Miss Bain, J. Bloodworth. THIRD ROW: Mr. Hunt, M. Barnhart, W. Fultz, R. Burkett, H. Anderson, B. Brewster, G. Fore- hand, B. Al17son, A. Berry, Miss Duncan, J. Griffin. .FOURTH ROW:' R. Ford, B. Bourland, C. Baker, B. Cox, B. J. Cozart, Mr. Tyson. 'rind nfs 151511--J HUMOR---WJ Lived there the man fcontimfed from Page 27 Marjorie: Mr. Hunt, what's a With soul so dead you? Miss .Sparks did look kinda funny on thet chimney top, though. And I thought Rayhtene Baker wuz going to faint heving to chase Douglas Carter for so long. She ortetr go out fer the mile dash or whatever it is-, she's so long-winded. It seams ever body wint to the drug store. Surely it wuzn't becuz they were hongry! I saw Jimmy Hayes bying a paper. Going to ketch up on the latest news, I guess: but personally I'd thank that red shirt Wouldfurnish enuff excitmunt for him: it's plenty loud. Bill Lenninlgton, Douglas Carter, and Earl Ratcliff must have got awful hot thet nite, cause after they left, they played freeze-out all the way home, and then wint to the lake and put there feet in the nice cool watur. Them seniors shure do go on about ther pitchers. Myrtle Ha-wley sed she diddent lik her pitcher cuz it made her luk mean. And I tho't that pitcher luked just like her to. It you sea sum senior running around with the same old buk all skeleton? Mr. Hunt: A bunch ot bones with the people scraped off. ..o... Douglas: Say, do you know what bacteria is? Morris: Rear teriaf' entrance to a cafe- -o- A senior is a student in the last stage of torture. HSi--- Sluicide blonde-she dyed by her town hand. time. don't think he likes it. He's riting a term theme on it. You know Jolene Rowley must be gitting awful forgetful lately. Sun- day she went to Oklahoma and wuz almos home agin when she sudenly discovered she hed left her shoes. Can you eniagine Jolene barfooted? Well so long till I see you at the senior play. I'll bet it's a. wow! I hear Louis Pitcock is slum jitterbug. Sinserly full ot expactashun and exitmunt, 1 TINA. A Who never gazed and said, Hin-man-m not bad. --1--GHS -M Mrs. Howell: Young man, don't you spit on this floor. .Bill Boase: What's the matter? Is it still leaking? SHS Courtship is the period during which the girl decides whether she can do any better or not. HS------ There are meters trochalc, And meters iambic, And meters of musical tone, But the meter thats nea-tor and sweeter, Is to meet'er in the moonlight alone. HSi-- Bette: Surely you'1'e not going to let that blonde girl get 2-w'ay with your boy friend. I'd dye first. Gertrude: NO. Miss Duncan's speech class pre- sented a one-act ar, at assembly play, Great Caes- Tuesday afternoon. The play was a burlesque of Shake- spear-e's Julius Caesar. THE GRAHAM STEER .SH Q g IN Tl-lE ClI.BLSS'6if'52i3 ll A C T 8 A N D f''' 4'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'-'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'-'A'-'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'-'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'-'A'A'A'A'A'-'A'A'A'A'A'A'A'- A'A'A'NAAi IC1-ION Did you notice a good alto singer Have you noticed how many Bob- V 1 in the Choral Club? It was Cassie bys we have in our class? There is For the last two weeks Miss Duncan's homie room has been prac- ticing volley ball. Last week a prac- tice game ways played between the boys' team and the girls' team. This week a team composed of 'boys from .Miss Duncan's and Miss Ty- ler's home room played two games against Mr. Tyson's home room boys. Wlnkum seems to -be quite the game played at parties of freshmen and sophomores. Is that right, Mary? Charles- Thedford seems to be re- ceiving interestlng notes from a freshman girl. Everyone got quite a laugh over Earlene Pickard Thursday when she said lt was the first time she had ever 'been shot by a. came:-a, and it dldn't hurt. Why does Royce Burkett take such a long route home every day after school? Lillian Brisco lives that way, you know. Jimmie Griffin and Don Haden en- tertained with a party Friday even- ing, March 27, in the home of Jim- mie's grandmother. Games were en- joyed, after which refreshments were served to the following people: Johnna Low McCombs, Glee Cle- ments, Martha Hawkins, Betty Rag- land, Mary Bob Turner, Betty Hub- bard, Wanda McClesky, Mary King, James Wheeler, James Furrh, Har- ry McNeely, Bill -McFarlane, J. W. Martin, Russell Paull, Bobby Cozart and the two hosts, Jimmie and Don. .--0.1 THEY STAND OUT Margaret Ann Turner is a small brown young lady, always smiling and doing her best to help her fel- low class. mates. She always does her part of the work of our class. She is especially fond of gym and can be found there during most of her spare time. Pearl Faye Corley is another per- son we consider outstanding in her class, her school work, and citizen- ship. She takes a very active part in school and social activities. Pearl Faye is very dependable and accur- ate in all that she does. We are pleased to have freshmen like Pearl Faye. George. She says that she is inter- ested in music, and she has a right to be with that voice. Her hob-by is collecting post cards and sou- venirs. She takes Spanish a-nd is secretary of the Spanish Club. -On the sidelines her beau is Quentin Wilson. It is hard to keep tab on such a fellow as J. Diuiff Pitcock. One rea- son is that he is often with Wanda Mc. When asked if he would like to have a- party in algebra class, he said, O, K., if I can take a cer- tain girl, but when told that it would be in class, his feathers fell. He is on his way to be a farmer, for he takes agriculture a-nd raises mighty good calves. We really should not give Bobby Wheat a write-up for he says he doesn't like our sophomore column. He is another of those -airplane makers, and is interesetfl in avia- tion. We haven't heard about him and his girl friend, but surely there ,is some lttle dame on his mind. 1 Nick Harlan, little but noisy, raises chickens and other farm crops-possibly -an influence of the FFA. He has no specia-1 hobby and floesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up. Poor Mack! Velma Hall is now president of She likes to collect scrap book. Boys, for a cook? Well, occupation is cook- her home room. things for her are you looking Velma's favorite Hg. We won't say Yhlngler 'cause he doesn't like our column either. We think his sense if appreciation needs to be worked in. mulch about Bobby l-Probably one off our most con- sistently good and dependable fresh- men is Earline Pickard. Earline is one of those persons that always has a cheerful smile for you and is always ready to lend a hand for a friend in need. Gossip has it that if it had not .been for Eurline, a certain freshman football player woufld not have passed one of his subjects. I am sure Mr. 'Finer will be gla-d to know that his big strong boys are getting a lot of help from all the students. We are proud of your record, Earline, and we wish the ' best for you. i Bobby Savell, who wantedf to be -u. junior so much at the first of the year he helped them make their float--that is the reason they won second prize, maybe: but we are not angry with him since he helped ed his own -class, too. Bobby is most dependable. Just ask Mr. Hunt. Robert Burkett should be called Bobby. Most :Roberts are so nick- named, .but this one is called Sandy. Could it 'be because he nearly has red hair? Robert Charles Butler, also called Bobby sometimes, is ai keen per- son, good lookng, and a real gentle- man. He is another one of these farm boys who has made a splendid record in the FFA Chapter. Precious things come in small packagesg That's a fact ,on which we all agree. Mary Ruth Lundy isn't very big, So she must 'be precious, you see. Her happy, smiling countenance Cheers all who come her way, And when she yells for the football team, They're sure to win the fray. She enjoys playing tennis, At volley ball she ls tops: And if she has a task to do, Until it's done she never stops. Let George Do lt, is a common saying: We believe it must be true, For anyone with problems to solve Knows exactly what to do. He takes them at once to George Strickland, And then his troubles are o'er, For George is the first to get his work done And is always ready for more. Very often he helps his teachers: And his interest is ln debate. He likes to go with Rachael and John Whenever they have a date. HS---- 'Ma-ry Leslie: Just think, mama, a poor worm provided the silk for my dress. Mrs. Scott: Fm shocked that you speak of your father so disrespect- fully. THE GRAHAM STEER .,.u.. D, Pickerell, E. P, Jefferys, FIRST ROW: Mr. Hunt, M. G. Rhea, O. Simpson, B. A. Westerhide, V, Roper, G. Willis, M. A. Turner, Miss Bain. SECOND ROW? A. B. Llchte, P. Wood, W. Oliver, D. Willis, L. Turner, W. Snodgrass, M. F. .Ratcliff, DI Smart, B, Smi'h, Mr, Tyson. Miss Duncan, Z. Winkler. THIRD ROW: E. Pickard, L. Ward, C. Roach, C. Thedford, C. Ragsdale, J. O'Dell, H. Rutherford, FOURTH ROW: D. Williams, W. C. Snodgrass, L. Smith, J. T. Reed, D. Taylor, J. E. Petty, A W. Spivey. ASSEMBLY IS GIVEN BY TEACHERS By Ruby Brown On March 26 the assembly period was devoted to a quig program, in which some of the teachers partici- pated. Quiz mistress, Bette Hulse puzzled the profs with her clever lit- tle questions, but the students seem ed to enjoy their intelligence, their consternation, and especially their mistakes. The two sides were chosen by Miss Perlman and Mr. Rose. Miss Peri- man's side included Miss Bishop, Miss Parsons, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Wrenng while Mr. Rose's slide was made up of Mr. Prim, Mr. Robinson, Mr Bruckner, and Mr. Tiner. Miss Beri- man's side was the victor by 5 points. --GHS---- The students and faculty members are saddened by the death of Mrs. Willis. They wish to express their deepest sympathy to the entire fam- ily, particularly to Kenneth, who IS a member of the junior class, and to Doris, who is an outstanding mem- ber of the freshman class. . sn-rrr LOUISE Jonas IS HOSTESS AT PARTY Friday night a group of twenty-i two sophomores enjoyed a wonderful party at Betty Jones' home. Games of dominoes, cards, forty-two, wink em, clap in clap out, and knocking for love were enjoyed by all. R6- ireshments in red, white, and blue were served to Dorothy B. Chapin, Lou Ellen Roberts, Katy Jane Rich- ards, Mary Ruth Lundy, Imogene Smith, Cass-ie Louise George, Betty Lee Grove, Margaret McGibben, Wanda Bell, Collene McGee, Joe Lee Jones, Carl Pittman, Billy Holder, J. Duff Piteock, Kelly Conklin, James Holcomb, Kenneth Rheders, Jim Hall, Park, Quentin Wilson, Albert.Cleve- land. Charles' Gibson, and hostess. Betty Louise Jones. Chaperons were Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Wright, and Miss Moore. Winners of the prizes were- Joe Lee Jones, Charles Gibson and J. Duff Pitcock. .Q-Fcns--H - .Mary Katherine Snoddy 'Sled Girl Reserves Tuesday in a program 'about friends. 7 YL- B-H-N SENIORS BOYS ENTERTAIN SENIQR GIRLS The senior boys of Graham High entertained the Senior girls Friday nigzht, March 28, with a scalvanger hunt. After the hunt everyone went to Fort Belknap, where games were played and refreshments were served. At 5:30 the class met in the high school auditorium where they receiv- ed instructions. On the list of in- structions were: a mustashe cup, 9. 'birds nest at least a year old, a yel- low garter, and some fish bait. The girls drew numbers to determine which car they rode in. Bill Cooney's ear won the prize for, finding the most articles on the list. V Q Everyone roasted weiners, ate hon dogs, and drank eojfee or lemonade or both. ,, The Palenotology Club, with Mr. Hunt and Mr- Bone as sponsors, held partynin the gym'.Thu1'sday night., Everyone played volley' bball and turnbledg games. and relays were held. After the fun. .everyone went. to the Science room and ate picnic lunches. THE STEER ' vonunm 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCIIOOL, Arun. 11 1941. NUMBER 21. I HOME TOWN SPEAKING CONTEST Students of high school have been asked to enter the home toum speak- ing contest sponsored by the Cham- ber of Commerce. Mr. Burgess met with those Stu- dents wishing to be in the contest and explained the nature of the con- test. He also gave them material concerning Graham. Prior to April 21 all but three con- testants will be eliminated. On April 21 in assembly one speaker will be chosen from the remaining three to go to Wichita. The following are entering: Jim- mie Hayes, Gerald Bishop, Weldon Spivey, Reeves Moren, Marjorie Al- bough, Mary 'Helen Nicolett, Lillian Burns, Allenc Riley, Gladys Ballard. The judges for April 21 will be: Mrs. Sam Harbison, Mr. Nick Craig, Mr. Chauncey Penix. ---GHS1.- BAS'K'E?I'BALL LETTERMEN ARE AWARDED JACKETS The basketball lettermen of 41 were awarded jackets by the basketball' coach, Mr. Clifford, in the assembly, Monday, April 7. Speeches were heard from several members of the team, which lost only two of the twenty-eight games played this Sea- son. The following boys received jackets: G. Allen, A. Savell, A. Mc- Clellan, R. McClanahan, G. Wilde, W. Brooks, J. T. Privitt, W. Loftin, G. Brock, L. Orr, and J. R. Wilde. Mr. Clifford was presented a jacket. HATS OFF The staff of the Steer would like to dedicate this week's issue of the Steer to the sophomore class. Responsible for two pages of the paper this week, the sophomores turned in more than enough news for two pages of the paperg and better than that, the news was in before it was due. Nice work, sophomores! MR. TROUT'S TALK Friday Mr. H. I. Trout, publisher of Graham's papers, spoke to the! assembly on democracy and Ameri- canism. JUNIOR TRAINING CLASS MAKES TRIP T0 BANK Miss Tyler's Junior Business Train- ing class went on a field trip to the Graham National Bank. As there are thirty-four pupils in the class, half of them went Tuesday morning and one-half of them went Wednesday morning. Mr. Gregory, cashier of the 'Graham National Bank, directed the pupils through the bank showing them the different types of instru- ments and machines used in banking. One of the most interesting phases of the trip was their seeing and walk- ing into the large vault, the door of which weighs sixteen tons. The class decided that a burglar would have a very difficult job if he attempted to enter that vault. This trip proved very instructive as well as interesting to the class. ---GHS--- JOHN TARLEPON CHORAL CLUB GIVES PROGRAM Tuesday the choral club from John Tarleton Agricultural College pre- sented a program of varied numbers. The director, Mr. R. Burton Coffin, led the choral club in a varied pro- gram and sang two songs: Through the Years and I Met Her On the Stairs-. The program began and concluded with the Tarleton .School Song. One encore was given by the group, Carve That Possum. -l-GHS-i-- ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEXT wiEfEK,S PAPER Next week's Steer will be publish- ed by Miss Bishop's sixth and seventh period English IV classes. -l-GHS-1- ASKEW WINS TROPHY IN F. F. A. CONTEST XT TARLETON Bobby Askew won a cup for being high point man in the entomology contest at John Tarleton College, Stephenville, last Saturday. Two banners, for second and third places, were won also. The other boys mak- ing the trip were: Charles Gibson and Herman Vaughn. ! GRAHAM IS REPRESENTED AT ANNUAL LATIN CONVENTION A party of Latin students from high school attended the banquet at the annual Latin convention in Breck- enridge last Saturday night. Guests from Mineral Wells, Eastland, Broxwnwood, Ballinger, Olney, Our Lady of Victory CFL Worthy, and Graham boarded the S.S. Latin in the banquet hall of the Y.M.C.A. building at six-thirty. As each sailor ascended the gangplank of the ship, he was presented with his sailor cap and given the key to his cabin. Pro- grams were printed in Latin. Many new friends were made while trying to decide upon the correct translation of the menu. Succeeding the meal a varied program was. presented, with the Breckenridge toastmaster acting as captain and directing the crew to many ports including iFrance, Spain, Italy, and a return trip to America. Each port was introduced by the clanging of the ship's bell. The ap- propriate boat decoration was carried out in the display of flags and life savers, which bore the name .S.S. Latin. At each new port the crew was en- tertained by a different town and then a response was given. These contributions consisted of songs, musical numbers, and skits. The pro- gram was concluded by the presenta- tion of awards to the contestants, who had competed during the day. Graham's crew consisted of Wanda Jean McClesky, Gwendolyn Barrow, Genevieve Yancey, Pete Wheeler and their skipper, Miss Ellington. ---GHS---- The young lady who is assisting Miss Moore in the library is Miss Virginia Helm from T.S.C.W. Her home is in Newcastle. For the next two weeks she is doing her practice teaching here. After leaving here she will return to T.S.C.W. for some hard studying before her graduation in June. THE GRAHAM STEER THE STEER Silbserlption Price 51.00 Per Annum Issued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. S T A F F Editor ............. J. P. Elkins Associate 'Editors .......... Jo Annlce comish, Myrtle Hawley Business -Mgr.4 ........ Bill Boase Associate Business Mgr. ......... . , in I Joe McKinley Society.. Editor ,, Mary McFarlane Associate' Society Editor .......... A. Q Mary, Helen Nicolett sggrts Editor ..... Smitty Lundy ,Associate gSports Editor .......... .. -L , Claude Bloodworth --Feature, Stories .... Betty Hulse Typjsts' ........ Genevieve Yancey, Alleene Ryleegf Bette Baker, Betty June Thedford, .Susanna Larmour, Paper Folders Jon Bloodworth, 'Betty Smith, Virginia Lundy, Mary King. BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CAMPUS A. - Did you ,ever notice the campuses .of .4 our neighboring schools and then compare them with our own? lf you have, you are sure to have noticed a marked difference. Many of .them are exceedingly barren, with. only a few sprigs of grass and a shrub here and tllere. But our campus already shows great pijomise, even though lt has ,not yet .been completed. We can well point to, it with pride. H .. ..Q,Won't you do your part in beau- tifyilng and keeping our campus that way? Don't walk on the grass even lf :by doing so you,can save 501116 time. . . V V' . .Be careful about the shruhbery. Don't throw paper on the' campus. Nothing is more unsightly than pap- er tsticking out from every 'shrubl 'lf you will do your part, we V-will all rbe' proud of our campus. it ' --Raythene Baker SCRIBBLERS DESERVEH PRAISE The Scribblers' club, which took -over -.theztask-.of editing the 'STEER' last week, deserve every bit 'of praise- given ' them' on their fine pulblication. 'The contents were of a fveryritzy style and displayed the -effort-of the staff to provide inter- esting reading material. It wash- fa grand piece of work, Scribblers, TINA AND TIM Deer Tina, I got yore letter last Week and wuz glad to heer frulin yollf. You no, ill shore do feel sorry for Louis Pitcock, ,heving to go up to the Home ekonomicks rum over day with thinl gruls trying on there new dressesand all. He sez it's his most emlbarasing momunt. l I wuz in the liberry the other day and over hlurd a senior asking Miss Parsons fer a confurunce, and when she asked hem whut fur do you no whut. he sed? He sed he wonted a confurufnce with hur so she cud 'ball him our and make hem study. I wuz never so amazed in my life. I foned Wichita the furst chance I got to see if there wuz any budy missing frvunl up there that ansured his description, but there wuzzent. lSay, Naureen iCaskey's mind must be running on sumthing besides cur- ra-nt fhistry. Last Weak whin Mr. Robinson asked hur whut the Dar- dunelles were she asked, Dark Canals? It jist Wunder whut cud she hev been thinking uv. I wish these gurls wud quit ask- ing me ,for harts to go on there bracelets. I'd hev to go hongry efln I bought a hart fer ever one thet asked me. They shure hev there nerve. Gluess ef'n I wonted to give um a hart, I wud without being nafgged to pieces about it. Hev. you bin waching the seniors practisin there play? George Wilde must lord it over his brothers at home, becuz you kin tell by the way he dluz it in the play thet it cllms natchrul with hem. 1 And hev' you 'bin smelling the smells in the 'hall latelyi' -Those home iuakur gllrlsunust 'finally hev larned to cook' gud food. Well, so long. Ef I git to' keep on spadin up Nflour' fbeds, maybe I kin get'tlle lnlmey to taike us to' heer K. iKizer the nineteenth like-Weed hoped. Will tell you later.. Q ' ' 'TIM , Gertrude Hubbard, who has been with the class of '43 since its be- ginning, tells us she' is going to, imove-to San Antonio when 'school is out. -- I ' ' ' - Louise: ,g When. eating celery, 'should one apologize-for ,the noise? , Mrs. Howell: -'f0ne should -talk so loud while. eating- celery that .the chewing is not' noticeable. ' ' W NOSIN' AROUND Gertrude Bobo has received one of the nicest Easter .gifts We can think of-+a. -combination radio and phono- 'graph complete with five records! 'The Easter rabbit in this case was Grampa1 Brock. 1 People with that certain look in 'their eyes-- ,' 'V M Virginia Frizzell and Valton.. Joyce, Betty Jo Jones and? Cllarles Gib- son, Marjorie Albaugh and J. R. iWilde, Jean Clements and Douglas I Burnett. Carter, Jean Brazelton' and L. - 4- We Wonder: V' N ' If it -could be that George Strick- iland is the prince charming Qin 'cute Jo Ann Stinebower's life in 'that first period Algebra Il class? If anyone had' a picture taken lthatreally looked like hllll-OI' what Iwe wish we look like? 'I . Where Mr. Tiner got that tan ho ,appeared with Monday morning? We noticed Gwendolyn Edwards 'showing the sights to some occul- lpants-of a blue Packard last Sun- day afternoon-we would have tak- 'en pictures too! WHAT IF What if Mr. .Hunt was at blonde? What if Blake Allison failed? ' What if Donald Williams was tall? What if Anne Bealle Licte was a senior? ' if What fat? - ' Mr. Tyson was short and What if Mr. Rose VV3.Sll'l' bald? A VVhat if Mary King was cute? Vlfhat if Elizabeth Hays hadblack hair? VVhawt if 'Bill McFarlane was in the first grade? What if Gloria Jean Bryanliked ll-arry McNeely?V H , , ,What if Jimmie Griffin, was not lin .around 'about wayl good ,look- ing , .. . . NVhat if ADean Taylor didn't do 'silly-play? ' ' ' 'YVhat if a- frog' had wings? S ? . . use-M George: I never knew fhatmrwo- men'could weigh so Hnluchk' 'Miss Bishop: What doe, you mean Georg-e?,, .. V AY.. ul ' George: il just read wllere' ein English woman lost two' 'thollsaild pounds. . V .1 2 Billy? .ffners cut- this.. anal-lcd. - 'Il'i5j1vin.'..1It1c1it-9-'C3.!14t. need :the sleep . -We-In 41 THE GRAHAM STEER THE SOPHOMORE CLASS Z FIRST ROW: Izetta Sparks, sponsor, Edwannay Reed, Jaqueline Ledbetter, Imogene Landress Mar- garet Norred. Viola Lindsey. Joy Petty, M ary R Lundy, Lou E. Roberts, Barbara Lacy, Katie J. Richards, Colene McGee, Pauline Morgan, Lorene Reedy. SECOND ROW: F. Ragland, T. L. Shephard, Imogene Smith, Jo Ann Stinebower, Glenna Martin, Dixie D. McAfee, -Opal Wickham, Laura M. Wadley, Faye Young, Wanda MfoClesky Willie M. D Wragg, Eloise Yorung, Vernall Gathings, Virginia Wisdom, Rosemary Rehders. THIRD ROW: B. D. Stewart, J. Sims, E. Steele, J. Stewart, J. W. Martin, presddentg, B Pursley B. Savell, T. Medlin, M. Stewart, S. Mabry, J. H. Parks, Margaret MvcKehben, Flo Ann Single- ton, R. Shoemate, J. G. Smith, sponsor. FOURTH ROW: C. Pit man, G. Wickham, S. Phillips, G. Wilde, C. Price, F. Ingram B Slilnffler 1 - 'L S K. Rehders, B. Knox, T. H. Mahoney, C. R. Butler, J. D. Pitcock, G. Strickland, J. Wiley. , Brooks Hill would like to fly Through the .blue and cloudless SKY T--L In an airplane .built for two With his instruments to guide him, And Dorothy Jean Bills beside him Thereis nothing he'd rather do. .1-oi Watch out you glamour co-eds At N. T. S. T. C. When Itmagene Davis learns her Algebra, Your rival she will be. io-. Charles Gibson is a sportsman, And he dearly loves to eat. When he gets to .be a ranchman, His joy will be complete. ..0-.. Wilson Brooks will be a great Success, If he will develop his wit. At least says his horoscope And he's sure to make :L hit. He's an :friend to all Wh0 Z0 0115 for sports- And he's got plenty of git-up and git. 7 Jimmie S.ims wants to own a ranch, The best in all the land. He likes to collect old moneyg And he plays in the high School band. -0- Proud as a peacock is Barbara Lacy And she would like to model fine clothes. She wants more hearts for her bracelet, And takes pictures of all her beaus. , 1 ......... Although J. R. Wilde is a football hero, His modesty we commend. He likes to study biology, And makes a faithful friend. He wants to be an engineer, When his school days come to an end. He ha-s a brother, Garner, Who is better looking, agree ally But his football ability, We'll determine this co-ming fall. HS-1-'---- Tina and Tim are here again this week, because Bette 'N Bob have BOOK TITLES THAT SUGGEST PEOPLE Little Women -Gwendolyn Bar- row, Mary Ruth Lundy, Katy Rich- ards. Romeo and Juliet -- Malcolm Stewart and Gwendolyn Edwards. The Sky Pilot -Bobby Vlfheat. Freckles -Albert Cleveland. Lovely Mary Mary Katherine Spivey. Knute Rockne -Coach Tiner. Just Patty -Pattle Louise Mil- ler. A William The Conqueror -Billy Pursley. 'tThe Mob -Kenneth Edwards. Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come -Troy Le-e Shepard. Emmy Lou --Lou Ellen Roberts. Sentimental Tommy - Tommy Roach. Daddy-Long-Legs -- Bofbby Ash- ley. Lady of the Lake -Attie Lee Ponds. The Fascinating Stranger -- been ill. lC.harles Cole. THXE GRAHAM srsen THE SOPHOMORE CLASS r FRONT ROW: Izetta Sparks, sponsorg Doris Crum, Ruth L. Bussy, Fletta Ford, Betty Clayhrook, Leora Flynn, Dathlene Knox, Betty L. Grove, Cassie George, Betty L. Jones, Wanda Bell, Dorothy Chapin, Charlsie Gra,ce,J. G.' Smith, sponsor. SECOND ROW: Joe Butler, Lou W. Childress, Gertrude Hubbard, Marjorie J. C-rum, Cole-ne Ga- hagarn, Billy M. Easly, Imogene Davis, Lexie Jeffreys, Leota Byrd, Gwendolyn Barrow, Rosa. Hays, Jo Ann Cribbs, J. Creacy. THIRD ROW: D. Marsden, W. Brooks, H. Blevens, B. Holder, K. Conklin, J. Craig, C. Gibson, D. Herring, G. Brewster, A. Cleverlztnd, B. Ashley, D. Haden, E. Owen. FOURTH ROW: J. T. Cole, G. A. Asherry, J. Furrh, J. L. Jones, G. Inman, J. Holcomb, B. Hill, E. L. Holder, P. Habethur, R. Burkett, M. Perslng, T. H. Reedy. VA-QSTORY WITH FIFTY NAMES II came before the Bell rang just in time to see the Sparks that Izetta was raising in her algebra class, trying to get Phillips and Robert's -lesson vunderstanda b le. Great Scott, they didn't know X from Y. Farther down the Hall I watched Ray Hunt his molecules. There seemed to be Fnrrh flying in the air like a Byrd, when in flew a Wrenn, who could tell tales like Srmith. After 'being introduced to a Wilde, Young Rose, so Prim in a dress made of a Lacy Wi'agg, he began this tale Wright away: Over the .Steele Bridges I walked, looking for the Crums that ihe Mil- ler dropped when he ran from the Bishop of West Cleveland, whom he, l was Owen. Into the Claybrook, which is a Pond down by Brooks Hill, I fell and made myself Creasy ime to the Cribbs to cha-nge my at-I when I hit the Strickland on thei l bottom where a Lily didn't grow. Instead there was Moore Cole tha-n I have ever seen. I let out a Howell to attract the attention of a Shep- hard -who was trying to get the Crows out of the Wheat fields near- FOOTBALL BOYS Here is a list of our sophomore boys who are on the football re- serve squad for the next year. We are sure that a lot of them will make the first string: J. T. Cole, Donald Herring, Gar- ner VVilde, Brooks Hill, Billy Holder, J. B. Orrell, Charles. Gibson, Park Long, Malcolm Stewart, Buddy Knox, Hugh Blevins, Max Brewster, Charles Robert Bmrtler, Kelly Conk- lin, Preston Haiherthur, J. R. lfVilde, James Holcmb, George Lynch, James Moody, Russell Paull, manag- er. -1--G'HS-1---- James Furrh is planning to move to Mineral Wells in June. Iby. He came to m.y rescue and sent tire. So, Mahaney, if I don't get any ,Moore Knox to make me Moody, II'-11 meet you with Boze tbowsl ini my hair in the Grove where we'll .Park Long or until Pauli can 'bring l 'the Parsons' Bills. V -Anonymous CAN YOU IMAGINE? J. T. Cole-Winking or flirting ,With a girl. Carl, Pittman-Not talking to 9. girl. Evelyn Morton-- Powdering her nose. Rosa Hays-Being a blonde. George Strickland-Being stupid. Richard Shoemate-Not grlping. Charles Cole-Not reading a book. Gwendolyn Barrow-Being six- foot-two. Frank Ragland-With a mustache, Imogene Smith-Cutting classes. T. H. Reedy-Not chewing gilm. VVa-nda Bell+Sin.ging in an opera. Albert Cleveland-Without freck- les. James Furrh-Being funny. Stewart Phillips-Being fat. l--GH.S--i- For the sophomore column we are indebted to George Strickland, Vt'a:- da Mc'Clesky, Jo Ann Cribbs, Katy Jane Richards, and Jo Ann Stine- iqower for the special articles and spicey Writ-ups, and to Gwendolyn ,Barrow for the jingilesf I THE GRAHAM STEER E' SUPERLATIVE IN GRAHAM HIGH IN THE SOPHOMORE RANKS 'SH WiS9Sl7-M13 Wl'em1 In this time of strife and trouble AC T8 A N D g Neatest-Jean Clements when Wm- js Sugh 5 curse, I CTION , Lazlest-Johnny 'Givens Hats off to Gertrude Hubbard. L f , Loudest-Mr. Smith It seems as if the freshmen bore the brunt of the joke in the Qassem- bly program on April 1. Each fresh- man whose name appeared on the program began to wonder what .he was supposed to do or where he was to go. Though all of- it was 11 :mix- up-, everyone had a' good laugh and enjoyed it immensely. Tho' freshmen enjoyed this Aparticrularly because tlieyfare studying Julius Ceasarf' HOME ROOM PROGRAM Miss Bain's home room had a very interesting program, Thursday, -Ap- ril 3. The pro-gram, being so soon after April 1, was based on April fool jokes. ' The home 'room -committee com- posed -'of 'Edward Hipp, chairman: J. fC. Deaki-ns, and Mary Ellen Belew were responsible for-' the program. T-he program consisted of puzzles both 'scientific and cross word.'The winner of these puzzles were, for the boys, Howard 'Hunter and 'for the girls Gertie Nell Hinson. A museum consisting of fancient instruments of punishment, tan old shoej, a marble bust from 'Ita-ly Ca,-broken marblel, and similar 'fod- dities were displayed by J. C. Deakins. A specialty act, Madam Loof Lirpa CApril Fool spelled back- wardsb, was given. by Ruth Jane Knox. Mary King then gave the selection Johnny Reads the Paper, and 'Charles Thetford read Where to Hold the Fair. This concluded the program. ' --+-ons--1 THEY STAND OUT Glen Medlen deserves agreat ideal of credit for his activities in the freshman class. He is also doing some outstanding work in football and Dl'O11llS9S'tO fberone-' of the reg- ulars be-1'-ore very long. -'Glen is do- ing a ldtito help his grades around door old G. H. sq in fact no was the 'ifirst freshman' to finish his b00k 1'6D0rts. We are sure that Glen will niakefthe sophomore as good a member as he has made the freshman class! ' Quiest-Miss, Ellington Sweetest Smile-Raythene Baker Prettiest Brunette-Bette Hulse ,Prettiest Blond-Bette Baker Smartest Bookkeeper-Myrtle Hawley Best volley ball player ffor the other teaml-Mr. Rose Wittiest student-Marjorie Street Wittiesft teacher-Mr. Boze Most industrious student-Gwem dolyn Barrow Most industrious teacher-Miss Parsons i-GHSii BRAIN TEASIEIRS The following pupils turned in the correct answers to the problems for last week: Wendell Ligon, Joe Bill lCope, James Akers, Gerald Grant, Frank Shield, Arthur Hubbard, Bob Ashley, Charles Gibson, Hugh Blev- ins, and Charles Ragsdale. Claude 'Bloodworth and Doris Willis turned in the answer to th-e second problem. The problem for this week is a little Am-ore difficult. ' A shepherd was asked how many -sheep he had in his flock. He repied ,that he could not say, but he knew if he counted them by twos, by fthrees, by fours, by fivcs, or by sixes, lthsre was always one over, but if he counted them by sevens there was none over. What is the smallest lnumber which will answer the above A conditions? I-le is very much interested in ,sports and feels just at home when he is working in the shop. Harvey is one boy that doesn't have to worry when a test is given. , Gordon Forehanfdis another fresh- man that promises to play a lot of football for our alma mater be- ifore he -graduates. We are, mighty jproud of our boys that can give as ,much time as a sport requires and ithen make good grades in his class work. Gordon isn-'t -lazy, and when there is any-work to be done he is iright in there doing his share. We areproud of you, Gordon. All ' ' . .G.HS i Congratulations to Mr. Hunt on Harvey Bai-nha-rt has the reputa- his XR'omanless Wedding. We have tion of bei'1ig'on'e of the neatesti and most accurate freshmen' in his work. always wondered how he would look lin an evening dress, now we know. Who wants to be a nurse. . You'l1 have to be, sick if she holds your hand: So you boys Amightuas well Disperse. E. i A V yr Volleyball, basketball, tumbling- Leora. Flynn likes them all, ,:. -., ' And if she didn't sleep so- much, She'd play them from spring Until fall: - -.-A- 2- 3 But she always feels so very blue, When she, g1oesn't. see, him in the hall. ,-o- A Why not write George Inman - a. letter? - For he's still collecting stamps. f He wants to be an ambulance A driver, 4- -3- -' And save many a life, perhaps .-0... . ' Preston Haberthur likes to hunt and fish. 1 And oh! how he likes to,eatg ,Ai But most of all hellikes thejgirls, Because they look 'so sweetl .- V I., A So, all you other boys, watch ouft, For hiis technique can't- bieibeat. Does anyone have as dog-- Especially one made. of glass? ,L- Betty Lou Grove is -collecting them, And she is a charming lass, Music, reading, and sewing Help her the time to pass, - ' 0 . .:j'ar,, James 'Holcomb wants 'to .join .... ' the After finishing A. Sz M. - . Right now he likes to -hunt' 1-Y-1' V and Ifish- -5 . ' -- marines ' ' ' Does everyone envy' himi? ' ' - - if H -Q I ',1o- -l . sl' All' you boys who notioo,-i -If you wantugood things to '-oafj' For the 'cooking of Vernell 'Gathihgs Simply can'tv be beat. Not only 'does s-he cook' and sew But -she'll keep your 'house 1 i all neat. - .. 1 --f::' -o- .Toe Craig is a member'of 'the FFA, The popcorn he sells is really- a treat. 1 ' ' 'A telegraph operator he wa-nts '- to be, ' 'M' J So' dash dot, dot dash nu next W9 meet. ' 'L THE GRAHAM STEER OPERETTA T0 BE GIVEN IN MAY An operetta entitled Old Kentucky Home will be presented soon by the boys' glee club and the girls' choral club of Graham High School. J. W. Martin has the leading male role, while Rosemary Rehders is Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair. Others having supporting roles will be ,Hal Cribbs, Edgar Steele, Jon Blood- worth, Marjorie Albough, Darlene Frizzell, and Patsy Wood. A. tenta- tive date of May 13 has been set. ----GHS-l... OUTSTANDING SOPHOMORES The following sopohomores have completed all outside reading in Eng- lish II: Jimmie Sims, Bobbie Shingler. Thomas Medlen, Joan Cribbs, Lou Wallace Childress, Colene Cahagan, Dorothy Chapin, Billy Fitzgerald, Dixie McAfee, Marjorie Crum, Elois Young, Jim Hal Parks, Leora Flynn, Johnnie Ford, Cassie Louise George, Betty Lee Groves, Maik Harlen, George Inman, J. Duff Pitcock, Rosa Ann Hays, Kathleen Knox, Wanda McClesky, Velma Hall, Gwendolyn Barrow, Ruth Lee Bussey, Lou Ellen Roberts, Jo Ann Stinebower, Imogene Smith, Kay Richards, Glenn Brews- ter, Ann Lou Burke, lKelly Conklin, Charles Gibson, Don Haden, Donald Herring, and Frank Shields. --iGHS--- WENDELL LIGON STUDIES THREE MATH COURSES Wendell Ligon, a senior from Lov- ing, is now taking three courses in mathematics. He takes algebra and triganometry under Miss Sparks and plane geometry under Mr. Scott. He is an A student in all three sub- jects and is quite a hand at working the brain teacersf' Wendell states that he likes girls once in a while, and he has no one favorite food, likes 'em all. He also relishes warm summer days in which he can swim and fish. Wendell plans to take up engineering in advanced college work. -1-GHS---- CAN YOU IMAGINE Kenneth Rehders-Being a movie actor. Jackie Ledbetter -- On roller- skates. Francis Umphrey--Not with Shir- ley. Doris Crum-Being a glamour girl. Ruth Lee Bussy-Writing 60 words a. minute in typing. r .-:.-.-.-:.-.-.-,-,-,-,-,-,-v.v.v.v.v.'.v.'.'.v.v.'.v.v.v,', JUNIOR JOURNAL r:::.-.'v-::::.-:,-,-,-,-,-v.v.v.v.v.v.-.v.'.v.v. - - - - - - . La Verne Brothers-Has been one of the baton twirlers of our band. She has an excellent personality and a pleasant smile for everyone. Clytee Burdick-is one of the re- porters for the Junior Journal. She won the mathematics award last year with a 100 average. Lowell Bush, we hear, was the valedictorian when he graduated from the- seventh grade. Mary Etta Carter is a little girl who possesses a good personality. Martha Jane Chesnut, who has re- cently had an appendectomy, is a very studious pupil of G.H.S. Bilie Louise Crow is one of our sweetest juniors. She plays a saxo- phone in the band. She went to Mc- Camey last year. Another of those outstanding jun- iors is Billie June Brigham from Red Top. She seems to be rather popular around some of the boys of old G.H.S. Rubye Brown is another that comes in on the Tonk Valley bus. Lillion Burns is one of the favorit and leading pupils of' the junior class. -Fleat Cheatwood is one of the new pupils that started to school here this year. She is a junior and is well liked. Maurene Caskey is the girl that is always with Henry. Marcheta Casey is another of the Loving pupils. She is known as e good volley ball player. Dean Baker is one of those Baker: from Loving. He is- rather comical at times, and is an enjoyable pe.soI: for a classmate. Royce Bell is new here this year, he came from Jacksboro. From what we hear, Royce is a real artist. Velda Bradshaw is a very quiet sort of person, but that doesn't keep everyone from noticing her lovely complexion. She also has a pleasant smile for everyone. l A good joke for The Steer is that one of the junior's little sister, while looking at a copy of The Steer said, The high school pupils don't know how to spell, do they? Katy Richards-+Not wanting to go to Ft. Sam Houston. Bill Holder-Holding a. gir1's hand. Joe Lee Jones-Going with Ima- gene Sxnlth????? SOPHOMORE'S- iContinued from page 41 It seems that Laura Mae Wadley and Jay Young like each other very well. Where you find one, the other is bound to be there. This is their first year at Graham High and they come from Tonk Valley. Fay is red- headed. Laura Mae is an unfortunate brunette and is called Sleepy. At noon if you are looking for them, just find Anna Beall Lichte and they will be with her. Since we are telling you about our different people, we would like to include the hog-raiser, Troy Lee Shepard. He has a lot of hogs and is prospering. He is an ardent second year F.F-A. boy, a very good student, and a resident of Loving. Another red-headed sophomore and Spanish student is Albert Cleveland. He tells us that he is not only a Spaniard but a farmer. He can't type, but sometimes he almost gets into trouble for having Frank Rag- land and George Strickland to type his Spanish lessons. Girls, he would be a red-headed lover, but can you imagine him without freckles? One of our best basketball players, the only sophomore to make first team, is Robert McClanahan. He can play almost any position. Boy, how he makes those goals! He started his basketball career at Tonk Valley. this being his first year at GiH.S. He is really a good sport, an dwe need more boys like him. The team had a little hard luck this year at district meet, but vve're sure that with a bov like Robert we sure can win next time. If there is something which James Creacv likes to do be-'ter than talk, it is to make model airplanes. He is really interested in flying, and aft- er his college ambltion is satisfied. maybe he will be an aviation engi- neer. His keen dark eyes reveal that he has the stuff it takes to reach high aims. .....--GHS--- You should have seen the one That got away- That is what Hugh Blevins has to say, For of all the sports he likes :fishing best: You should get him to tell you the rest. His chances of football are very high, And he's going to be an engineer by and by. THE STEER 'VOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCFIIOOL, APRIL 18, 1941 -NUMBER 22. MR. GILMER AND MR. ROSE ATTEND MEETINGS IN TEMPLE? Mr. Gilmer attended an education- al meeting for superintendents in Temple last Thursday and Friday. About 1200 sfurperintendents were present. They discussed a plan to put twelve grades in each school and finally passed ai resolution to en- dorse tlhe plan of twelve grades. The resolution as-ked the state de- partment to make provisions for it. There is a definite need for twelve grades in the schools. Since children start to school at six years of age, it is thought they need an- other year of maturity before reach- ing the fourth grade. The extra year would be put in the primary grades. The first three grades would be divided into -four. This plan has been recommended to the statel board, but as yet there has been' no date set for its defnite addp- tion. After the meeting, Mr. Gilmer went on to Austin, where he work- ed on an Equalization Bill. The bill concerns the expenses of the next two years. Mr. Rose attended the vocational meet ng in Temple. This group dis- cussed the question: What can the vocational students contribute to the National Defense Program? HS--- SENIOR SPONSORS TAKE TRIP Wednesday morning Mr. and Mrs. Prim and Mrs. Howell went to Ok- lahoma to prospect for a place to spend senior day. Th-ey ate lunch at Craterville, then visited Medicine Park and the Holy City where the Easter Pageant was held. From there they went to Mt. Scott, which is considered to be the highest peak between the Rockies and the Alle- ghenies. The scenery was very and how- ever, that definite plans have not been made yet for the senior trip. ---GHSl-- Grandpa saves the day. beautiful along the mountains rivers. The sponsors stated, ebrate. their sixtieth Anniversary HOMEMAKING CLUB ' -4 gr V .. FIRST ROW: Left to right: Doris Parsons, Betty Ragland, Gwendolyn Edwards, Billy Jane Brigham, Maureen Casfkey, Betty Ann Westerheide, Geraldine Willis, Lillian Bui ns, Jerry Hartzell, Dorothy Washburn, Marjorie S.1-Set, Geraldine Martin, Loraine Reedy. SECOND ROW: Joan Falkinburg, Mary Katherine Norred, Ethel Jones, Jessie Lee Atwell, Ophelia Armstrong, Melba Thetford, Dixie Dell McAfee, Fay Young, Lou Wallace Childress, Joy Petty, Laura Mae Wadley, Anna Beale Lichte. THIRD ROW: Miss Irene Bishop, June Elliott, Frankie Sharp, Vera Dell Downey, Velma Hall, Dorothy Moore, I-'lo Ann Singleton, Mildred Sue Lisle, Geraldine Horn, Miss Vera Perriman,. TO-P ROW: Mary Lou Scott, Madell Brigham, Martha ane Chestnut, Katia Lee Roddcn, Joyce Rogers Claudie Carter, Mary Ellen Belyue, Jo Annice Cornish, Genevieve Yancey. GlRL RESERVES CAIJEKNDAR , The Girl Reserves of America cel' HOMEMAKING CLUB The Graham Chapter of the Future Homemakers of Texas is one of the oldest clubs in Graham High School. The membership this year is the larg- est in its history. With two new :luring the week of April 20-26. The Graham Club will have the follow- ing calendar of programs: Sunday, 6 P. M., Vesper Service at First Methodist Church. Pwblic invited. sponsors this year, Misses Vera Peri- man and Irene Bishop, the Club has studied vocations. Several outside Tuesday, 7 P .M., Mother-Daughter Party in high school cafeteria. Wednesday, Girl Reserves on Lions' Club pro-gram. Friday, birthday gifts from every Girl Reserve. Saturday, 4 P. M. E. S. TL. Nation- wide Broadcast from Girl Reserves of Washington, D. C. .I-llsti...-..- The English IV students of the sixth and seventh periods have writ- ten the articles for this paper. They xave collected and typed the mater- ial, proof-read the articles, :natle the lummy, and published this edition is a class project. +0- Tcotsie ride 'em, April 29. speakers have told the girls about their own particular vocation, among these was a professional nurse. The officers of this year's club are: President, Jo Annice Cornishg Vice-President, Marjorie Streetg Sec- retary and Treasurer, Betty Ragland, Reporter, Mary Katherine Norredg Parliamentarian, Dorothy Mooreg Song Leader, Rosemary Rehdersg Pianist, Gwendolyn Edwards. These officers, with sponsors, have 'attended several District Rallies, one 'at Vernon and the other at Spur. The Graham Club will be represented at the State Rally in San Antonio by several members. Patsy Wood has already been selected to enter the .amateur contest at this meet. THE GRAHAM STEER THE TEER Subscription Price 51.00 Per Annum Issued Each Week By The Students of Graham High School. I THE STAFF Editor ................ Hal Cribbs Associate Editors Jo Annice Cornish, 'Myrtle Hawley. Bus ness Manager Mary Jo Johns Society Eliitor Mary 'McFarlane Associate Society Editor Mar- '-jorie Street Feafu14e,sfories . Yanciey. . . . Genevieve Proof Readers .. 1 , Joy Hlckerson. r Bette Baker, George Wilde,' Mary Etta Carter, Mary' Doris 'George, Ma Deli A erighaih. Paper Folders .' .... '..Elill Bort, Earl Ratcliff, Billie Kirby, Dor- othy Spurlock. .. Marion Gibson, Typlsts ............ L . ELECTIOINI OF STAFF ' The staff for this week's Steer was chosen from the sixth and sev- enth period English IV classes. Nominations for the different staff X positions were made in each class last Wednesday. The next day a secret ballot was taken. The new staff functions only this week. . ----GHS+- - THE HOME ROOM The home room is an innovation in Grahain High School. Although it is still in the experimental stage, a good home room can easily be- come one of the most influential in- stitutions 015. our school. One of the purposes of a home room is to pro- vide a place where a student may receive individulal help from his in- structor. A home room also supplies en extra source of amusement such as programs and parties. In the home room the teacher finds excell- lent opportunities for personal icon- tact with his plulpilsl and canthere- by promote school spirit and an at- titude of cooperation. It is my be- lief that a home room should also teach citizenship and good conduct. Since the ,home room does have an influence on the students, I believe that ,these objectives and many other projects,-for-'fthe 'betterment of our school,-life .pan'p'e'acc0mp1iSh- ed. Letfs have the complete cooper- ation of everyone ,ton make our home rooms worthlwhile. GIBB AND GLEN Dear Glen: I hope u don' .think me to bowled fur starti-nl this corespondenco, but I hav been admiren u at o. distance all yere. . Hev you herd that they r pealin tha skin off tha frogs jest like they wuz bananas in Biology class? Brooks Hill ,got all I-ought up cuss he thot the 'litle frogie had ei lung insted of a. liver, but Billie Holder, his rite hand man, set him strate. The libury is suire fulled with boys up at tha frunt tables since Virginia AHe1m started being a-round. If u se som nutty gal runnin down the hal with a funy 'lookin thing in onehand and a purse in the othur u'll no thet she is a HI igerl and thet she is karrying her hat that she is goin to ware in the Ester stile show. All tha guys up'he1'e at GHS wanta go to TSCW to colege since thos gals spoke' in assembly tha othur day. They think tha 'skul sounds purty gud, specily tha grub. However, whin they said dates-wuz as scarce as hen's teeth it changed a few of tha gerls' minds. Thu term theames shore are wor- ries, specily whin their due fore u huv Written itlntun. Say, those shore wuz lucky seniors last year. I'm tha most unlucky skirt alive, I sup- pose, or I'd huve graduated last vear. Tho junors hev .ben must al weak scratchcing the hey seed out of ther ears after her hey ride Friday. Thos 'things that sound like cow not to be coxv beis at jest charm bracelets. I of our gerls r weried lost from ther fellers. much tradin of charm bels hapen ftl. They r guess som' about getin Ther is so braslets thet Graham High Skul has bekom mor of a tredln post than a learnin plafce. Everybody is trad- in hart charms. and I pity tha pour bo-ws cause it sems they rlgetin the Worst of it. .Say jist take a. look at those tan shoes Mr. Prim is sportin. Sum style, ' eh? Y Now Glen, I wunt u tew teer up thes leter as son as u reed it cus Douglas Carter is sur nosey about othur peoples mallej Wy he even sets up nites 'peeing notes together. Hope u can rite me 'during Eng- lish klass. I f 'RGIBB , NOSIN' AROUND We wonder why people cafll Bill Boase Ervin Don't you. wish we knew whom Dwight Cope goes with? Has anyone else noticed how these measles epidemics break out in couples. Examples: Louise Brad- dock and Monroe Gann. And then there was Mary Jo Johns who -cried Thank you when the doctor told her she had acute indigestion. V While We are on the subject, were you one of those misled peo- ple who .th-ought Douglas Carter had all his eggs in one basket? We have always heard that he who leads a double life will get through twice as quickly. Wie guess thait's what 'Claude Bloodworth thought when Virginia .Tones from Bryson and Bonnie Catts from 'Cor- pwiils .both blew- in last Friday. G-eorge Wilde's ra-diant smile last Friday was likely due to the pres- ence of 'Eugenia Norman of Breck- enridge who was visiting. here. Flashes from the Senior Play practice: Aleene Ryllee can swing a mean hoof, especially with Dean Norris. Bette Baker can really warble My Bonnie Lies Over ,The Ocean . Gene Brazelton as the brat in the play has adopted a high ho silver theft any lone ranger in these parts would envy. Bette Lee Timmons has been dis- playing an adorable pair of RAF lwings. and R. E. Taggart was Wear- ing them the other dayg so appar- ently the pair has united the couple again. Donald Billls and Lou,E'lion Rob- erts seemed to be enjoying the show a great deal last Friday night. Foot Vvilde can be seen hang- ing on Marjorie .Aliboughs locker door between classes. I M'ldred Knox has been looking toward Bryson a. lot lately. A tall blonde and handsome lad called,Bill Dean lives there. Gerry Bishop was seen in Lillian Burns' car Monday morning. Maybe they were talking about a make- up -we hope. ' From what wehear, Hoyle Speaks had a. ducky time on the liayride. . -GHS--- School was dismissed at 2:00 Fri- day. Instead of the, regular fifty- tive. minute . classes, they, were- 'cut 1-to.forty-five minutes. ' N I' 8 THE GRAHAM STEER THE JUNIOR CLASS l-llitfl' ROW: Johnnie Bell Graham, E-th-al Jones, Jessie Lee Atlwell, Ma-urine C-askey, Billy June l31'iglin1n. Margaret Hawkins, Darlene Frizzell, Gwendolyn Edwards, Betty Jean Brewster. SECOND IIONV: Jerline Atwood, Phyllis Jamison, Ve-Ida Bradshaw, Gerry Hantzell, Lillian B1ll'I1S, Louise Loviolet, Mildred Knox, Marise. Billie Babb, Mafbel Baker, Ruby Brown, La Verne Brothers, Elsie lvlarie Dooley. TlllllD ROW: Miss Bishop. Clytee Burdick. Dor tha Nell Eldrirlge, Dorothy Bills, Marcheta Casey, Marjorie Hoffman, Dorothy Baker, Sqe Lisle, Wiley L-oftin, Robert Butler, Mr. Bo-ze, Bobby Lawrence. FOURTH ROW: Donald Bi'lls, Ray Livingood, Chilton Ayres, Charles Atkinson, Royce Bell, Don- ald Butler, Bill Boase, Joe Bell Cope. PLANS Foe SENIOR DAY ' The senior 'class met in the lib- rf- y Monday morn'ng to discuss plans for senior day. The class vot- ed to go to Craterville, Okllahoma. May 2nd, The sponsors are expect- lnr: approximately one hundred sen- iors to make the trip. -i-GHS---- The following seniors have com- pleted lal memory work for the year: Betty Hulse, Bette Baker, Mary Leslie Sicott, Mary McFarlane, Billie Hartzell, and Myrtle Hawley, also Louise Cletchcer, Frances Hornsby, Rathene Baker, and Betty Brown. The following seniors have com- pleted all memory work for the year: Betty Hulse, Genevieve Yan- cey, Marion Gibson, and Gene Braz- elton. Bonnie Catts from Corpus Christi, one of our former students, spent Easter holidays in Graham. She was entertained Friday evening with a picnic and a theater party by a group of her friends. F- N ISHED READING 'EQUIREMT LNTS The following juniors have com- pleted all outside reading for the year: Clytee Burdick, Marva Tubbs, Ina Mae Monroe, Veneda Whittaker. Uhylls Jammison, Sue Lisle, 'Waldo Orr, J. R. Wild-e, Mae Bullock, Glen- na Faye Martin, and Mary Kather- ine Snoddy. The following julnio-rs have com- pleted alll memory wrok for the year: Dorothy Jean Bills, Annie Jewel Glann, Earline Veal, Dorothy Nell Eldridge, Marcheta Casey, Phyllis Jameson, Ma-rva Dell Tub-bs, Clytee Burdick, Jessie Lee Atwell, Vernell Gathings, Ina Mae Monroe, Imogene Sweeney, iSue Lisle, George Lynch, Joyce Rodgers, J. R. Wilde, Gloria J. 1Srtrenlgth, Waldo Orr, Bob Morrison, Valton Joyce, Royce Bell, Donald Bills, Billie J. Brigham, Maureen Caskey, Billie L. Crow, Herbert Curry, Gwendolyn Edwards, Norman Hicherson, Mildred Knox, Doris Mo.bley, Russell Paull, Rose- ,mary Rehders, and Je-an Roberts. Jumons HAVE HZAYFIIDE Approximately :fifty juniors en- joyed a moon-light hayride Thurs- day evening. They met at East Warl at 6:30 and went in a school bus to the home of IE stes Wadley. Soon aft- er arriving 'a picnic lunch was spread, and the juniors ate around a large bonfire. Then they divided into two groups for the ride. While one went f-or a long enjoyable ride in the wagons' covered with hay, the others played such games as flying Dutchman, coffee pot, and three broad. When the first group re- turned, the others rode. It was a weary troup that returned to Graham about ten o'clock. Besides the sponsors, the juniors were accompanied by Mrs. Boze, Mr. and Mrs. Prim and Suzanne. --GHS-l Thursday during assembly several former G.H.S. graduates preseitecg ,facts about T.S.C.W. Lacy Varble, Martha Davids-on, and Norma Haden told the Junior and Senior assembly about the academic, social, and dormi- tory life at their college in Denton. THE GRAHAM STEER THEVJUNIOR CLASS W FIRST ROW: Marva Dell Tubbs, Billy Ragsdale, Joyce Rogers, Wyno Jean Roberts, Geraldine Martin, Betty Lee Timmons, Doris Mobley,Mary Helen Nicolett. SECOND ROW: Arthur Lee Shahan, Earlene Veal, Allie Grace lFlorine Oliver, Odell Magerkerth, Aurilia Thomas, Jolene Rowley, Joyce Melton, Mr. Boze. THIRD ROW: 'Miss Bishop, Kenneth Willis, Bobby Wheat, Palutline Watson, Ina Mae Monroe, Imogene Sweeney, Mary Katherine Snoddy, Geraldine Robinson, Lloyd Orr. FOURTH ROW: Wendell Willis, T. H. Wheat, James Wheeler, Hoyle Slpeake, Bobby Morrison, Herman Vaughn, Ralph Nall, Ray Willis. Petty, Glorie Jean Strength, JUNIOR JINGLES In the sparkling brook of wisdom, No brighter gem you'll see, 'Than the Burdick's bright eym-d daughter, Whom classmen call Glytee. Of course there are the merry too, And a serewball here and there. Hot Shot Edwards can always tell you, The latest thing not to wear. We juniors have some beauties, The prettiest you've ever seen, Gwen and Doris are two cuties, As well as Mickey and Maureen. Where could you find more ability? More spunk, vigor, and agility? Than in our two swell sponsors, Floy and Floyd, our loyal supporters. For ,all rofund guys you can find no better, , Than in the junior class, f1'here's Bob and Bill and Rob and Joe, And 'Charles whose friends just call him Chess K 'If you see a couple by 205 It's bound to be little Bettie Lee, And that tall blonde very much alive Whose name is simply R. E. We have two of the cutest twins, Donald and Robert we all know, In any game they always win, For they're ever on the go. Bobby Morrison is a lady's man, Why every girl in G. H. S. Will catch him if she can, When ai date is asked, the answer will be YES. I think J. R. Wilde is going crazy, From studylng English, such as Poe. His mind miust be quite hazy, For Poe is' hard to understand, you know. Among our noble geometric students, 'Mary Snoddy is a whiz. Just ask her anything, She's ready for a quiz. 4 DEDICATED TO THE GEOMETRY TEST, GIVEN APRIL 15-16, 1941 With cold, cold fear gripping my heart, My brain so soared tha-t it would not start. To think of the agony that awaited my ascent the dungeon where every 7th period is spent. I climbed those stairs with no more esteem, Than Marie when she climbed to the guillotine. At last I stood before that chamber of horror. Oh, if he'd postpone that test To 'till tomorrow. L ,i1 The class paint brush we present, To a competent artist, Louise Crow. Her beautiful women have caused much comment, But how she does it I do not knorw. ,i.ii. . We are wondering why Malcolm Stewart doesn't tell -the truth. He makes good grades, is a good sport, and is quite popular with both boys and girls, but he says his best girl friend is Loretta Young. THE GRAHAM STEER ISH ACTS AND ICTION The freshmen had a guest Friday, Malcolm Crich, from K. M. A. who visited in the different classes here. He went to school here two years ago. ' The boys and girls in Miss Dun- can's home room had a volley ball game Thursday. The game ended with the 'boys the winners. Margaret Turner has received more gifts from her friends in Eng'- land. Glfts received were coat orna- ment and a nurmber of English coins. . My! VVhat a disappointment to Bill McFarlane when he had ia solo in a band .number the other night a-t Throckmorton and was ready to play when a cornet player beat him to it. We wish to express our deepest sympathy to William Guinn for the loss of his father. -----GHfS-- BAND GOES TO THROC7K.MOR'liON Saturday at two .o'clock, the Gra- ham High School Band left for Throekmorton, where they played the contest numbers for the band theres In the afternoon, a parade ar'o1111d town was made. and about 530 sandwches prepared by the '.l'lll'OClIlllOl'tOl1 band members were survcdL Vflio band gave a conceri irom 7:30'until 9:00 P. M. The guests of the Crahain Band who went on the trip were: Mr. J. G. Sindh, dean 'at Esat Texas State Teachers' College, Charls YValke: of the Universityfof Texas, Harold Ashley of ETSTC, Curtis Kinin- month and Nick Vaughn of North Texas State Teachers' College. The Hand arrived home about 10:00 tha-t nfght. ' g l GHSi--- Mr. Tiner: Drinking lots of water will keep you from getting stiff in the joints. B'll Cooney: Sure, coach, but some of the joints don't serve wait- er. i, Mr. Prim: Miss Sparks ls going to celebrate her birthday next month. Mrs. Howell: Is she going to take the day off? , . VM'r. ' Prim: Day 'nothingi She's planning -to takeitwo years off. SPRING' PRACTICE BEIGINS' Coaches Tiner and Clifford are now directing spring drills. Practice was begun March thirty-first and will continue for thirty days. rF'orty-five boysv reported for practice, and out if that group are thirteen letter- aien with five of them two year let- termen. Wi'h these boys il! 2 coaches alan to build their team of forty-one. So far, the coaches have only experi mented with the boys, moving them from one position to another. Twc boys from Loving, Brooks Hill anf' Billy Holder, and Donald Orr from Jean are giving some of the local boys a run for their position. Be- cause they have practically no GX- pcrience in conference play and also because of their losing nine letter- men. with six of the nine being first stringers, Coach Tiner's boys are not expected to be in the top division in district competition next fall. Lcttermcn reporting are: J. R Wilde, Donald Herring, Bobbie Law- rance, Jimmie Cook, Bob Green, Wiley Loftin, Robert Butler, Donald Butler, Chilton Ayres, Billy Cole, Buddy Knox, Loyd Orr and Bill Boase. ---GHS-i- EXES DEFEAT STEERS The Steers were defeated 18-6 Friday afternoon in the third of a group of games between the 'Exes and the Steers. Two other games had been played since spring train- 'ng started, and the Exes are ahead 2 to 1. The Exes scored the first touch- down with a, series of plays that carried the ball to the twenty yard 'ne where George Vvilde went over, In the second period the Steers fied the score '6-6 when Jimmy Cook carried the ball from the nine yard line. ' In -the fourth quarter George Wilde and Douglas. Carter made the two touchdowns that won the game for the Exes. . , PATROLMAN GRANTHAM VISITS ECONOMICS CLASS Patrolman Grantham made a safe- ty talk to Mr. Tiner's second period 'Economics class. on Friday. Mr Grantham discussed the causes of accidents on' the highway and im pressed the necessity for carefu' driving. . Our former gym teacher, Miss hfhristine Tucker, visited here dur- ing the Easter holidays. She said she vliked her new school, but still m'sses her Graham students. ' H THE LEFTY'S PROTEST Have you ever vsat. n.ext.to a per- son who was left-handed, and been annoyed all during the meal by hisi awkward movements? Yes, most of us have had this experience. It is sometimes quite amusing and pro- vokes comment from all sides. But have you ever stopped to con- sider the objects of all this criticism? How do these ledlt-handed persons react to this treatment? As a mem- ber of this group I would like to show you the other side of this sto-ry. In the first place when a person has this peculiarity it is something that cannot be avoided, and therefore we must do the best we can. Doctors have proven that trying to correct left-handedness causes serious nerv- ous disorders. A Being left-handed is embarrassing on almost every occasion, from the dining' table to the school desk. This is only a minor defect, however, and in some cases the person is so well trained that it does not seem awk- ward. ln all events' you will be help- ing that person retain his poise and self-confidence by referring to it as I little as possible. So the next time you find yourself in company wi'h a Lefty, how about giving him a break and talk about-oh-well-just talk about the weather? ----GHS--- COLLEGE 'STUDENTS VI'S'T OUR SCHOOL The students and faculty welcomed the following ex-students who vii'- ited in our high school during the 'Faster vacation: Martha Jane Dov- idson. Norma l'-laden, Frances Milli- fan, Lacy Varble, Jean Remington, Louise Street, Marjorie Lay, Mary Gallaher, Joyce Cochran, from T.S. QW., at Dentong Ralph Thomas, Pat Cain, Floy Hinson, Alfred Mobley, Ernest Remington, Dan B. Orr, Sam Bates from A. Kr M. at College Sta- 'iong Mary Jane Johnston, Dick and Bruce Johnston, Mary Beth Smith, Daniel Steen from Texas Tech at Lubbockg W. L. Scott, from Tarle- ton at Stephenville: Charls Walker, Rachel Snoddy from University of Texas at Austing Betii Jo Friedel from Christian College, Columbia, Missouri: Phillip Harris from Buy- lor at Waco, Nick Vaughan and Cur- tis Kininmonth from N.T.S.T.C. at Denton. Tentative pllans are being made for a Junior and 'Senior banquet on 'Friday night, May 9. THE GRAHAM STEER SENIORS REHEARSE PLAY Rehearsals for the Senior play Swing zFever have been under way for the last two weeks. Several substitutions in the cast have been made because of spring training and an epidemic of the measles. Smitty Lundy has taken Glenn Brock's part, while Glenn works out for spring training at San Angelo Junior Col- lege. Swing Fever is the story of the trials of the younger son of the Norris family. Being a confirmed jitterbug, Alex, played by Louis Pitcock, is determined to attend the ball given in honor of Penney Palmer, a famous movie star, Allene Rylee. After many obstacles have been overcome, Alex goes to the ball and is selected to ,be Penney Palmer's dancing partner in her next pic- ture. After a mix-up with the Masked Marvel, everything ends happily with a jam session. This jam session has many sur- prises in store for the audience. ----GHS------ SPANISH CLUB PICNIC The members of the.Spanish Club and all Spanish classes enjoyed a picnic at Bud Guinn's ranch last Friday afternoon after school. The lunch was spread on a long table, and two large gas flares provided light for playing games. First, a game of baseball was en- joyed with Mr. Tyson and Mr. Clif- ford providing much entertainment. After the games, the lunches were eaten. Then more games were played by all. With bruised knees and tired legs, but happy expressions, every- one returned home on the bus. There were about forty or fifty present, and the honored guests were Mrs. Tyson, Mr. and Mrs. Scott, and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford. ----GHS---'- -- Hal Cribbs is editor this week, And all the news he seeks, He thinks it is quite a job, But to help him he has the senior mob. Marion Gibson gets first hand at the news, , + For she is proof-reader and finds the wrong cues, She would like for this job to last, For she never has to work in Eng- lish class. ----GHS---- SEE How Penny Palmer gets her man. SENIOR SALLIES Marjorie Street is the editor of this column-Senior Sallies. Gerry Bishop is susceptible to, the thing called loveg He always has him a sweet turtle doveg He always carries her books from school, And lends her his coat when she is cool. Mary Leslie is some glamour girl, All the boys give her a whirl. She wants to act on the stage, We think she will be the find of the age. Bill Bort is surely a wart, You should see him cavort, This week he folds the paper, And he does it with hard labor. Madell Brigham is a cutie, And she is always ready for duty, Although she isn't really very tall, She can surely make 'em fall. her Gertrude Bobo has a steady, When he gets there, she's always ready, Some boys think Glen's a hound, Because he keeps her tied down. Douglas Carter is president of our class, But he fell for a sophomore lass, He used to settle down to one, But now he wants to have some fun. Mary Mc is like an eagle, But publishes things that are legal, You should appreciate her more, For if she tried, she could cut you to the core. Juanita Danely has pretty blond hair, And her skin is very fair, She wants a job and is not at a loss, For she has already found her a boss. Jo Annice is a cute little number, The boys don't let her get much slumber, Her true love goes away to school, If he thinks she sits at home, he is fooled. ls.-.-- Park Long likes to play tootlball, But there are other things he likes more. He wants to be a chemist, And own a big drug store. ASSEMBLY On Monday, April 14th, the stu- dent body met in the auditorium to view an interesting film por- traying Wild Life , also a film based on the Art of Catching Bass . These films were presented by the State Game Warden, Mr. Etheridge, of Breckenridge. The school paper presented Mr. Smutney, world traveler and violin- ist, in a pay program Wednesday. He told actual experiences and gave hints and help in becoming a success. According to Mr. Smutney, boys can do anything they really desire to do with enough persistence. To the girls, he advised, don't get married young. A display of stuffed ani- mals was on the stageg these he used in illustrating different points of his lecture. Mr. Smutney played Humoresque on his violin and gave interpretations of bagpipfe. The school approximately 325.45 formance. Mr. Tiner's won the contest. ---GHS--- LTBRARIANS HAVE PICNIC Wednesday night -Miss Moore en tertained the following student as- sistants with a picnic: Louise Clet- cher, 'Charlsie Grace, Mary Ruth Lundy, Phyllis Jamison, Louis Pit- cock, Betty Ragland, Flora: Ford, Gwendolyn Edwards, Dixie McAfee, Mary King, Lola Joy Petty, Colleen McGee, Colsne Gahagan, Wanda Bell, and Miss Vinginia Helm. Mr. and Mrs. Boze and Mr. and Mrs. Hunt were among the guests pres- ent. After the picnic lunch, games were played. ---GHlSi------- JUNIOR JINGLIEIS Arthur Lee Shahan is a very little a bugle and paper made on the per- home room lad, Easy to get along with and never gets madg His heart interests are many and come and go, But when you' are with him, you never feel low. Maxine 'Kimmell is a quiet cute little lass, One of the more solemn members of the Junior classy She's a good friend, a sport, and Pak Yes, she's just exactly the right kind of gal. The junior jinglers are Mary Helen Nicolett and Bettie Lee Timmons. .i...-...GI-IlS..l1.... . Who is the masked marvel? A THE STEER ,VOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL, APRIL 25, 1941 NUMBER 23. HOMEMAKERS STAGE STYLE SHOW Thursday during assembly the homemaking classes of Miss Periman and Miss Bishop presented a style show and musical program. The musicals were Deep Purple by Jo Annice Cornish, an accordion number, Nola, by Gwendolyn Ed- wardsg and two vocal numbers, The Rosary and Mighty Like a Rose by Patsy Woods, who is to repre- sent Graham at San Antonio. Miss Periman ferent divisions them. The tiny group, modeling the State Rally in introduced the dif- and commented on tots were the first garments made by second year classes. From the first school dresses, first place was given to Ruth Lee Bussey, second to Shir- ley Mabrey, and third to Paty Lee Bryan. The second year girls modeled gen- eral wear dresses. Mary Leslie Scott won first place, Mary Lou' Scott, second, and Dporis Mobley, third. Winners in the third year division of special occasion dresses were Louise Laviolet, firstg Jo Annice Cornish, secondg and Betty Crawford and Frances Hornsby tied for third place. I ' ' . First place winners will represent Graham High School at the State Rally in San Antonio April 30 through May 4. The judges for the contest were Miss Boone from Jacksboro, Mrs Koen, and Mis-s Barrow of Graham. lGHS-l MARY LESLIE SCOTT IS WINNER OF CONTEST Monday morning the preliminaries for the Home Town Speaking Contest were held. Lillian Burns, Alleen- Rylee, Wanda McClesky, James Mat- kin, Weldon Spivey, Mary Helen Nicolett, Gerald Bishop, Jimmy Hays and Mary Leslie Scott were the con- testants. The finals found Mary ,Helen, Gerald, Jimmy, and Mary Leslie still contesting. Mary Leslie will go to Wichita Falls, and if she is winner here, she will go to Mineral Wells. CURRENT EVENTS AND AIRCRAFT CLUB FIRST ROW, left to right: Marva Dell Tubbs, Virginia Wisdom, Glenmary Baker, Betty Hulse, Myrtle Hawley, President, Charlotte Burton, Mary Etta Carter, Cleatta SECOND ROW, left to right: Mr. Douglas, Mary Jo Johns. Robinson, Wendell Willis, Royce Parsley, Joe Butler, Charles Atkinson, J. P. Elkins, Tommy Roach, Bob Wheat, George Wilde, Bud Lane, D. M. Purselly, Bob Ashley, Jimmy Hays. GIRL RESERVES ENTERTAIN MOTHERS Approximately 145 attended the annual Girl Reserve mother-and- daughter party held Tuesday night lin the high school cafeteria. The meal was served buffet style, with Mrs. S. B. Street presiding at the tea service. The table was cov- ered with a Venetian lace cloth and centered with an arrangement of blue iris. Entertainment by the girls consist- ed of special songs and folk dances. A welcome to the guests was given by Mary McFarlane, a toast to the mothers by Jean Clements, and the response by Mrs. Willard Mobley. Marjorie Street, acting as toastmis- tress, introduced Miss Izetta Sparks, who in turn pres-ented Miss Martha Sharp as guest speaker for the eve- ning. Besides the sponsors, the members, and special guests of the girls, these were present: Miss Ruby, Range from Junior High School, who accompa- .nied the singing and dances at the CLASS REPRESENTATIVES ARE ELECFED Friday m0rning during class meet- ing the freshmen and sopohomores elected a girl and a boy to represent them at the Junior-Senior Banquet May 8. Mary King and Blake Allison will represent the freshmen, and Colleen Gahagan and Billy Holder is the sophomores' choice. - GHS- SFINIOR DAY PLANS ' The seniors have voted to spend Senior Day, May 2, at Craterville, Oklahoma. They will leave from here and will prob- about 1:30 or a picnic lunch at some place early nFriday morning ably reach Craterville 2:00. They will carry and will stop and eat on the road before reaching Crater- ville. Saturday afternoon before re- turning home they may visit Medicine Park. piano, Mrs. -Harold West, Mrs. O. B. Rose, Mrs. R. L. Morrison, and Mrs. Sharp of Dallas, mother of Miss Sharp. ' THE GRAHAM ST':.ER THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1941 rw i MARY BILL M'GEE 'WFARLANE Current History Girl Reserves and Aviation Cabinet '417 Na- Club Reporter tional Forensic, League '41i Speech Club '413 Staff member of Steer : Senior Play 'il' , JOE M'KlNLEY Band Club: As- sociate Business Manager of The Steerg Orchestra f41 J 1 , ,- ' f il Tix? jig? Lggrd ,. , i FM :JT Q A fl W ,, .. ,rxy I 1-5 We V A ,, l , , Q '11 ,f f-.f ,' .7 .cl X SD, RSV 49 . Q 1 f K .fi 2. MARGUERITE ,DOROTHY MARCELLA RUTH NIX ROYCE LOUIS? MILLIGAN MOORE MORRIS PARSLEY s PRTCOCK JR r-2 Blue Bonnet Girl Girl Reserves '41 Pres. Blue Bon- History and Av Science anq9Arr,h, if Reserves: Senior H'making Club, net Girl Re- lation Club ery Glu Girl Volleyball '41g Orchestra serves: Volley-,A Scribble 5 Qluh team '41 '41 .ls Ball Capt. 01.41 bSen or Plaf' X ' T .P J Q 17.1 may J- is A Pg W Q' H173 A K' bf ,JJ .w,,Q':1' if if , X , X, . Ju' 'ii' Ek. J. T. PRIVITT D. M. BETTY RUDELL EARL BEr NICE Agriculture club PURSELLEY RAGLAND RAMSEY RATCllFFE Ri-:ones Basketball Football cl-lb Spanish Club FFA Football H'making. Club Band ' Girl Reserves 1' Q- Ugly' r 9lj1 THE GRAHAM areas THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1941 Mffl, pf! L 1.1 -X fl .li c JOY ANNIE BELL GERALDINE FRANCES ART'-IUR HICKERSON A HINSON HORN HORNSBY HUBBARD Girl Reserves Homemuking Personality Club Boys' Glee Club- H'making Club Club 0+ ,X Choral, Club- 4, Senior Play 9 paleontolggy i'N'- ef' club 4.ll 5H3pivw'J 1 W: A rf' x V, A -1' .. -1 - , W, K, X ,H e v , . BETTY HULSE Current Event Club: Staff Member: Liter- ary Club: Jr. mnmber of Chau- tauqua Literary Scientific ' Club 1 ,-C-C-sw,-,-,-A -.v.-.-,.x.'.- vv.'av.------..-.-,.-.---- --vvvvvv' 'il D. L.- lN'MAN GERALDINE MARY JO EMMA BILLYE LOUISE REBA KIRK FFA Cm, .1AcKsoN Jo:-ms JoPl-lN Kmsv pa,eo,,,o,,gy Band Club Spanish Club Girl Reserves Studelnt Assist- ,H Club Choral Club Group leader ant to Dean of Current Event Students: Sefllbl' Club Volleyball '41 f -'-'-'v A ' -2 '-'-'-A-'v'-if-23'-'-'v2 'wif-'-f-'vev'-'-f-'ve'-'-'-v-s 1-.--:-eauunn.-::::::.fvvvv.-:::: ' QQ, vb ' l f K,-3,11 ,f ,- '.,'v .- xl l , 1, f, A , .A .A 'u ,.-'- rn 153,-mv -r ' A Af- - V ' 10... BILL WENDELL SMITTY ALVIN EFQIS THOMAS I LENNINGTON LIGON LUNDY M'CLELLAN M'CLUER M'CRACKEN V FFA '41 FFA '41 paleongology Football Letter- Scribbler's Club Paleontology Club man '-41: Basket- Club '41 ball Lett-erman '417 All district basketball 1 ,J r fl Ayf f ,W V ftp lffiflill ,2 A V My !,,A, A, OF 1941 X fl flfffv , ,ff GERALD ALLEN Letterman '41 ALVA LEE ANABLE Future Farmers Football Club '41, Of America '41 Football team Basketball . . Manager '41 DOROTHY Bos Askew BETTE BAKER? GLENMARYM' Askew BAKERL, l Girl Reserves re- F'-'ture Farmers Speech Club '41 Current' llwlllstory porter '41g Pal- Cf America '41 Senior Play Aircragft'Club '41 eontology C l u b reporter '41 fv-vv--v -v-vvvvvv v I , , GRADY BAKER RAYTHENE BAKER Future Farmers Forensic Club Cf America '41 Secretary and re- porter for Scrib- blcr's Club PAULINE BALL Science and Arch- ery Club: Gi rl Reserves: Presi- dent and vice- presid e n t fo r Scribbler's Club: S e n i o r Vollcy Ball Captain LEONARD GERALD BELYEU BISHOP Future Farmers Of America Club CLAUDE BLOODWORTH Paleontology Club president and Represents- Associate Sports tive of Green- hand Chapter Editor: Basket- ball manager '41 'VV79f , v'v'v'-'iv'-'v'v'v'v2'-22'v7atv'v'-'ff-A-':-A-'-'v'-2'v--A-'-':-'vu'rf- vv'-'-'-2-'wx-:::.':vvvvvvv:::.ivvvvv.-:::::.-:::. .-.-v-.-. 7 -f ,A iff.-, A f f -- ,- A F V, lUL.f,-Z-fvemf ff--1 - 5, f .,,e ilk,-'1 - 1157 ,i.4fg'.:,13Qff,f . gaaflzfg,-531 an ggi V V ., - ., ,- -2,- e,!- ef f 1 --r 1 1, , f MM ,V -,M 1 , fl , ,n ., -R f,.f,.f,, ,-1 -- GERTRUDE LOUISE GENE MA DELL GLENN BET'l'Y BOBO BRADDOCK BRAZELTON BRIGHAM BROCK BROWN T Sweetheart FFA Senior Play Homemaklng Letterman, foot- Blue Bonnet Homecoming Club ball '-113 Letter- Girl Reserves ll Quceng Band man, basketball Club Flag Bearer '41Q All district 'U' basketball A C Ii. 5 THE GRAHAM STEER THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1941 ' ERNEST JOHN KATIE LEE RIBBLE ROBERTSON RDDEN FFA H'making Club HENRY MARY LESLIE SCHLITTLER SCOTT FFA '41 E , '41: Senior Gir Volley Ball '41 IJ .1 AA-AAAAAAAAAAAL , , Y M X' L I LI 1 W n I I IMARY. LOU CLARK SMITH MARJORIE RACHEL BERNICE A ' JACK SCOTT STREET STRICKLAND STRICKLAND SULLIVAN 4 Girl Reserves Orchestra Vice-president of Bluebonnet Girl, B ebo net Club Band Cluia '41 H'making club Band Club H'making Club Reserves J' iq ' 's 0 chestra '41 l Personality club '41: President of '41: Sen' i Bl ey T Girl V Reserves IVOIIQ all E 17, ' ee , '41: Cheer leader '41 A -J ' ' 41: Senior play I ' ' '415 whws who: 0-f IJ Good Citizenship lf. If -5, Vg Pilgrim of Daughx 1. A H, AP' ters of Americagv Revolution Q Q If f1p4f!,fr 1 ' I I I 'l BILL A DOROTHY A COLLINS TOWNSON WASHBURN WICK5-IAM Part-time train- Speech Club '41 H'making Club Ing Graham Pipe G Supply Co. GEORGE WILDE Science Club Football Club Lettered in foot- ball '41: Letter- ed in basketball '41: Second team all-state football All-district foot- ball and basket- ball JOHN WRAGG GENEVIEVE FFA '41 YANCEY Farm Watch Girl Reserve: Dog '41 Club: Future H'makinQ Club THE GRAHAM STEER SENIOR CLASS OF 1941 -... yy-1 4 .1 fl . 1-' 2' ' ,, , , Wy, W- AN VA 1, I 1. V, Af. c. w. DOWNEY J. P. ELKlN'S 'V-JUVNEN -A J. B. FoRE f-EXHPGINIA no A 1 LMQNROE FFA '41 Egg' ff dsfeef' El.1.lo'r-r pa,e,,,,.t,,,,,gy FR:zzEl..Lf' GANN WMS jfhj' H'making Club club Personality Club 1 r 'A-Y-::::v.-::::v J ---- .1 -.-,-,-. ----- , -,-,-,-,-, v. ., x . EVELYN MARY DORIS MARION .JOHN GIVENS GERALD Boa GREENE 1 GABRETT GEORGE e.lasoN Band , GRANT Football cm, H'makin Club Paleontology Club: Bandg Girl Reserves: 0 r - chestra 4 ' ', if 'i bEM0lN iwvvglfl. x EXlE PEARL HAWKINS HAYES FFA club HA :HEQVX Vice-pr ient of Sen. Volley Ball Curren Events Club '4 , Secre- tary of Senior Class '41: Staff member '41Q Who's Who '41 Team '413 Typist for Steer JIMMY HAYS Pep Leader '41: Current History and Aviation Club 41: Science Club 413 Vice- president of sen. glass '41 , O. B. HEARNE BILLY FFA '41 HEIGHTEN' FFA '41 Band '41 THE GRAHAM STEER THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1941 EUNICE CHARLOTTE BILL TRUSTON DOUGLAS MARY ETTA BUCHALLA BURTON BUSSEY BYRD CARTER CARTER 'Current Event Science Club Football Club Girl Reserves History and Avia- Pres. Sen. Class Current Events tion Club Club -- - - .1 -- Av. - - - .v.v.v.v.-,V?v.'.v.' Q I '1 K J I I JEAN LOUISE JINIIVIIE Blv..L JO ANNICE DWIGHT CLEMENTS CLETCHER COOK f COONEY CORNISH COPE Girl Reserves Scribbler's Club Football Club Pres. H'making Home Room Orchestra: sec- Club: Girl Re- president . retary of Band serves song lead- Club er: Treasurer of Senior Class '.-i Ulwj Lal ' Ibigv , I, J-.A ,ir -H I W Y Z--' A f 7 'HAL CRIBBS COLLIE SIBYL JUANITA BILLY Paleontology and CUSENBARY DALRYMPLE DANLEY DAVIS Glee Clubs H'making club FFA '41 '41 CLEATTA DOULGAS Current Event and Aircraft Club '41g Girl Reserves '41 V I THE GRAHAM STEER THE CLASS OF '43 Margaret Mrclilbben reads all kinds of books, The Blue Danube, she likes to play: And she hopes, when she finishes college, To be a school marm some day. -0- An airplane hostess must -be pretty: She must also be a nurse. That's -what Betty Clay-brook will be, If she doesn't prefer writing verse. -o- Dixie lMcAfee we have noticed gets prettier evrey day. She is tall and has fblaok hair. Dixie likes peo- ple, and they like her, because she has that certain something that all wish we had. -o- If Thomas Medlen could make a hole in one He'd shout .till he was hoarse, For he wants to be a second Bobby Jones 1 , And knock golf balls all round I the course. -o- gomeday you may see a girl with i the trumpet, gln a famous all girls band: 'lfhat will be Jacqueline Ledbetter, It all turns out as she's planned. 2 -o- Imogene Landress can keep a. secret, She told -me so one day. She also likes to go dancing, And she whistles at work or play. 'WB -101 LASTVPAPER ATO BE ISSUED NEXT WEEK Q Next Friday, sMay 2, marks the day of the last publication of the Steer , The' copies of the paper which have been saved weekly will be sent otf very soon after the sec- ond of May to 'be 'bound together. The staff of the Steer have enjoyed working on the paper and hope that you have received some joy in read- lng the products ot our labor. It was a real pleasure, a-nd the stu- dents and facutly cooperated with us beautifully. We only wish that the staff of the paper next year will have as much support as the staff has had this year. ------GHS1---- The members of the Spanish Club enjoyed several very interesting rec- ords over the speaker. These were played: La Panchitaf' La Golon- drina, El Tecolotej' Shunka, La Cumparsitaj' Jarana Yucatea, and Potpourri Mexican. p A D sE'r'rE 'N Boa ' Deer Bob, Wel, he-ar I am agin sitting down to rite u a leter. It's been a, long tim sinse I rote to you last. Among those exhibiting baby car- riages with pretty babiea en thim Sunday afternoon wuz Marilyn Ham- ill. She wuz pushing a lawn chair with wheels on it up plum street sew fast that it nearly blew me over as she passed. The pretty baby en- joying the ease and comfort of be- ing' sailed along wuiz Anna Louise Bates. I emagin fthey tuk terns push- ing each other cuz one kuddent have lasted :long at the rate they were going. You no, I allus thot Alvin McClel- lan wuz a big he-fman. Wel, I found out deferent the other da, and am I desapointed. Dld you no that he is a-ktually afraid to stay out in the sunlite for fear of getting freckles? Wel, lt's tru. Why, h-e wuz semply fravntek to get flntwo the bilding the other day sew he wuddent get those nasty ole spots all over hes fase. Et u notesed Miss Bishop going aroun lookin cross-eyed, chewin her finger nales, and tearin at her hair last weak it wuz becuz her English IV klasses wer puttin out the paper 'and she wuz footln the worries. Jean Clements is rilly down en the dumps over her new perminent. She sed ef they had kut rmuch more we cud have called her baldy from now on. She says if we don't sea her around anywhere we will no that she has gone into hibernation until it grows Slong agin. We have all heard the old saying, A peny saved is a peuy ernedf' but we never thot much about it untill now. The seniors are spend- ing most of ther time trying to find a penny to save sew they can ern one. It is going to take sum pennies for the senior trip. I'll sea u sune. BKETTE ' PERRIMAN HOMIE ROOM ELECTS NEW OFFICERS At the meeting held Tuesday, Miss PerriLma.n's home room elected new officers, Those elected were: president, Dorothy Jean Bills: vice- president, Williard Easong secretary, Mable Bakerg treasurer, Louise Crow: and reporter, Chilton- Ayres. A program committee composed of Williard Eason, Walter Bxurrns, Martha Jane Chestnut, and Oleta Chetwood was also appointed. NOSIN' AROUND Flora Mae Beachamp has declar- ed that never again would she go with someone who has a yen for the oil field! Maybe, just maybe, this all happened after Gerald Allen decided to spend the next three months in Weatherford--yes, you guessed it, working in an oil field! Such is life! One of the best advertising schemes we can think of was the placing of the study ha.ll in the cafe- teria just before 'lfunch-walting for the bell was practically inipoeible! Charlsie Grace and Bch Morrison have called it quits AGAIN. From what we hear, lt's to be permanent! We noticed Martha Hawkins and Bob Greene enjoying the midnight prevue over a bag of popcorn last weekend. Speaking of prevues, our spies tell us lt was hard to keep from thinking that -they were holding a faculty meeting at the movies last Saturday night. Miss Sparks was noticed deeply engrossed, and from those hearty laughs, it wasnt hard to identify Mr. Prim. Congratulations to Leslie Scott for her home town speech. We're afraid tho that the trophy she will receive is going to be a little large for her charm bracelet! HS--- WHAT LF Bobby Cozart. couldn't drive? J. C. Deakens never said any- th-ing? Dorothy Plckefall ma-de up her mind? Burl Bourland was a tear-her's pet? Jackie Cencebazugh had black hair? John T. Reed had long, wavy hair? Pearl Faye Corley didn't know her lemons? 7 Betty .Smith never missed a- day of school? --GHS-l Blake Allison and Mary King were elected to represent the freshman Class at the junior-senior Banquet. Others nominated were Glee Clem- ents, Dorothy Pickerall, Jon Blood- worth, and Bobby Cozart. ----GHS--- If you listened to the Early Birds Saturday morning you heard none other than the lovely voice of our freshman singer, Patsy Woods. Hats off to Patsy for going so far with her singing this year! TH ST ER 'VOLUME 1 GRAHAM HIGH SCHO-OL. MAY 2, 1941 NUMBER 24. BAND FARES WELL AT DENTON. The Graham High School band won first place in marching at Denton, Saturday, April 26. The band won second place in sight reading and second place in concert. The orches- tra was honored with first place in sight reading and second in concert. In the cornet solos, Sonny Martin won second, and D. L. Inman won third. The cornet trio, composed of Bill Bort, D. L., and Sonny, won third. Clark Smith came away with third place in the bass solo, and a clarinet quartet, made up of Charlsie Grace, Betty Ragland, Aurila Thom- as, and Wanda Jean McClusky, won second place. ---GHS----- Monday the library received a copy of Texas Sings, an anthology of poetry by high school students. In this volume is a poem by Louise Cletcher. -1-GHS--- Wednesday morning Miss Periman and the club representatives, Mary Leslie Scott, Louise Laviolet, Ruth Hussey, and Patsy Wood, left for San Antonio to attend the Homemaking Rally. CALENDAR FOR . COMMENCEMENT F IS ANNOUNCED The following calendar of senior activities has been announced: May 13-Operetta at Memorial Au- ditorium. May 19-22-Senior examinations. May 23-30-Examinations May 25-Baccalaureate Sermon at Memorial Auditorium, May 28-Class night at High School Auditorium., Reception for seniors and faculty, by Personality Club. May 30-Commencement Exercises HS--- SENIOR PLAY CAST IS ENTERTAINED After practicing the senior play Monday night, the members of the cast went to Louis Pitcock's home, where refreshments were served to them. A Tuesday night after the play Bette Baker gave a dinner party for the cast. ' --GHS--- Some certain parties find it is much safer to say what you think than to write it. Oh, experience is la hard, hard teacher! Kathleen Ardis is secretary of the high school. She is a former teach- er in Young County, and has been in her present position since Octob- er. JUNIORS PLAN BANQUET The Junior-Senior Banquet will be held Friday night, May 9, at 7:45 in the high school cafeteria. This aftlair is given each year by the juniors honoring the senior class, Only members of these classes, fac- ulty, and representative couples from the freshman and sophomore classes will attend. T1-in 194-il BASKET BALL TEAM L. Heading from left to 1'ig,'l1T. a-re: Mr. Cii.fo1'n, 1-oath: Bob MuClanahnn, J. T, Privett, Wilson Brooks, George Wilde, Glen Brock, Alun McClellan, J. lt. Wilde, Wylie Loftin, and Alvin Savell. THE GRAHAM STEER THE PALEONTOLOGY CLUB PALEONTOLOGY CLUB The Paleontology Club was organ- ized in the fall of 1941 for the pur- pose of creating new interest in the study of science. The word Paleon tology means the study of fossils and their remains, but this does not in- dicate that our work in the club is limited to this study alone. The Paleontology Club is a mem- ber of the Texas Junior Academy of Science. This membership entitles the club to enter exhibits. of their work in state and regional meets, where prizes amounting to one hun- dred dollars are given for the best project showing student achievement and initiative. The first formal and informal ini- tiation of new members was held last fall at Lake Eddleman. At this ini- tiation we had the pledges to demon- strate their ability so that we might be convinced that they would make a good club member. The club is stressing good grades and the stu- dent having the highest grade aver- age will be given a reward. The activities, other than those mentioned above, for the past year have been several parties, scheduled programs, and a movie. Another try will be made to enter some of our projects in the district meet at Waco the last Friday and Saturday in May. The following are members of the Paleontology Club: Dorothy Askew Claude Bloodworth Lillian Briscoe Doris Pearl Bryant Bobby Cox J. B. Fore Marian Gibson Kathryn Haley Elizabeth Hayes Arthur Hubbard Reba Kirk Suzanna Larmour Park Long t Buster Maples I Thomas McCracken John T. Reed p Dolores Smart HIGH SCHOOL HONOR POLLS ANNOUNCED Honor rolls for the Graham High School for the six weeks period were announced by O. B. Rose, principal, as follows: High honor roll: seniors: Glenmary Baker, Raythene Baker, Louise Cletcher, Marion Gibson, Myrtle Hawley, Eris McCluer, Mary Mc- Farlane. Tenth grade: Charles Atkinson, Clytee Burdick, Mary Katherine Snoddy. Ninth grade: Gwendolyn Barrow, Lou Wallace Childress, Frank Rag- land, Bobbie Doug Stewart, George Strickland. Eighth grade: Blake Allison, Glee Clements, Pearl Faye Corley, Bill Mdliarlane, Blanche Smith, Winnie Snodgrass, W. C. Snodgrass, Mar- garet Ann Turner. ----GHS----- The follo-wing teaichers joined the seniors on their trip to Craterville: Messrs and Mesdames Prim, Hunt, Boze, Ross, and Roseg Misses Elling- ton, Tyler, Barnett, Bain, and Moore, Mrs. Howell, and Mr. Bruck- ner. ', HS---- --- 1 Miss Riufby Range assumed new duties at high school Monday. She and Miss Hodges have charge of the music for Commencement. ,HS.......l. The proceeds from the senior play, Swing Fever, were S148.65, which estialbllshes a new record for plays at Graham High, Malcolm Stewart Patsy Wood Doris VVillis Harold Loyd Rutherford Betti Lee Timmons Bennie Jack Franks Hal Cribbs Branyse Bennett Wilburn Bullard Smitty Lundy Sponsors: Mr. Boze, Mr. Hunt BETTE 'N BOB I rilly do11't no much news, Bette, but I will tell u all I no. I saw Wileth Boyce riding around in the rain las-t Sunday nite and she seefm two beau en a very gay mood. She cudn't sen, out the wen- dos en the kar sew whin they park- ed on the square, she got out en he rain and wiped the wendos off. She seamed very desappointerl whin he rain got back on them again. Boy oh boy!! Ruth Lee Bussey is gettng too bee such a fast tipist .hat ef you try too wach her fingers lying a-round, your eye balls get :oo playing catch with your wisdum teth fel' you have any, osf coarse.l And you feel just like you are gonna -callapse any mennet, She gets 47 words a me-nnet. I am afraid I mite get up and run off down the road ef I ever went tha-t fast. I was sew aibsorbed en my Lhots of gettin two words a mennet the bell rang I and paper other da that whin the grabbed my tipewriter and ran down the haxll. I wuz half way down the hall befour I realized that I had for gotten too put my tipewriter up. Good Buy, BOB HS---- NOSIN' AROUND Gee, some people surely rate, like Leslie Scott, going to A, dz M. for the infantry ball. Oh what is so rare as a day in June. Maybe the underclassmen say that, but the seniors say what is so rare as a day in May, especially May the second and third. They can hardly wait for it to roll around so they can go to Craterville for Senior Day. What is this we hear about Doug- las Carter and Dixie Dell McAfee and Lou Ellen Roberts and Jean Clements and-oh good night, fwhy doesn't he settle down to one so we could really have some good gossip? ' Maybe Charles Gibson will turn Methodist after ally he was at church with Wanda Bell Sunday morning-a good initluence anyway. The senior play cast didn't be- lieve in all work and no play. They had jam sessions and picnics at nearly all the rehearsals, Have yoru. ever wondered what Mr. Bruckner does in his spare time? He has a broad field, for he is about the only bachelor teacher left around here. THE GRAHAM STEER THE LAST OF THE CLASS OF '43 The sophomores are blessed witn Brewstersg these let us mention. Max and Glen are tbotball players: Betty Jean, a future dietician. Rosemary Rehders likes to singg her voice is soft and clear. When T. H. Reedy fnishes school, lie will be an engineer. Alta Lee Pond comes from Lov-- ingg we're glad she likes it here Warida Bell wants to run au orphan- age, and make it her lite career. Joe Butler 'can 'make an airplane, Vernon Bridges likes to horseback ride, Stewart Phillips makes the piano ring, and Valton Joyce is true and tried. Mae Bullock likes to give perman- entsg typing is Leota Byrd's joy, James Moody once enjoyed playing footballg Elois Young is sweet and GGY. Will'e .Mae Wragg collects rec- ipes: Opal Wickham likes to swim, Pauline Krehbiel sings soprano, Glenne Faye Martin looks neat and trim. lt's better to be Wright than wrong, or so our Pauline thought. Ona Faye Hinson wants. to be a hostess - her life with danger fraught. Chrystle Lewis saves stamps: T. WV. Mahaney will fix your cars, Dorothy 'Chapin keeps glass dogs, Billye Ragsdale, pictures oi movie stars. Pauline Morgfan sings in the Glee Clubg VVyno Jean Roberts likes to hum, J, YV. Sullivan plays the trom- bone, and Harold West beats the drum. And now to mention again the representatives of the sophomore class, Billy Holder and Colene Ga- hagan-so capable a lad and lass. Time and space will allow only a brief mention of these sopho-- moresg Jean Owen who comes from Bunger - Viola: Lindsey and her friend, Margaret Nored - Edwin Owen, we're sorry he's in the hos- pital-Lorene Reedy, a primary teacher-to-be, maybe-Richard Shoe- mate. dark and handsome-pretty Dorothy Gathings - Brown haired Melba Thedford--Billy Pursley, afl- ways fa.thful and loyal-Eva Jo Miller, Will McMillan, Leonard Steel, Gsarland Wickham, Billye Jo Tipton, we don't know very well- Wileth Boyce, a, friendly blonde- FFA Chapter of Graham, High School FIRST ROW, Leit to Right: Norman Hickerson, Gertrrurde Bobo, Chap- ter suweetheartg James Copeland, Kelly Conklin, J. T. Cole, Ed Cochran, Bill Boase, Robert Caswell, Robert Butler. Y SECOND ROW, Left to Right: Willard Eason, O. B. Rose, Advisor: Edward Hipp, James Creacy, Bobby Cozart, Sidney Hezarne, Royce Bur- kett, Marv.n Adkins, Hulbert Anderson, Bob Askew, Dean Baker, Rolbert Cleveland, Garth Ba-k-er, Advisor. , INTERSPACING THIRD ROW, Left to Right: Grady Higgins, Joe Craig, Bill Heighten, Norman Hazelton, FOURTH ROW, Left to Right: Vernon Bridges, Robert Burkett, Mac Harlan, Donald Bills, Arnold,Grimes, Bill Bort, Gerald Bishop. BACK ROW, Left to Right: Charles Gibson, O. B. Hearne, Wilson Brooks, Max Brewster, C. W. Downey, Preston Habetheur, W. P. Gregg, Budd Guinn. FIRIST ROW, Left to Right: Jack Stewart, Bobby .To lzihepard, Stewart Phillips, Bill Howard, Loyd Dean Orr, Don R. VVilliams, Harold West, Wald-o Orr, Jimmie Simms, Detro-y Kerbow, Sfollie Shingler. SElC'O'ND R:OW', Left to Right: John Wragg, Glen Medlen, Troy Lee shepard, Rwhus Sipe, Frank Shields, Bobby Slavell, William Lyles, Arthur Lee Shahan, Joe Lee Jones, Johnny Nantz, Kenneth Willis. THIRD RONVV, Left to Right: Jack Wiley, C. W. McCoy, J. C. Jones, Jim Hal Park, Buddy Knox, Dean McGee, Tom Medlen, J. Duff Pitcock, Edgar Steele Riclhard Shoemate, Charles Price, Bill Pursl-ey, Vialton Joyce, George Wilcox, Vaughn, Ralph BACK ROW, Floyd Ingram, McGee, Reeves Doyle Mullinax, T. W, Mahaney, Wiley Lottin, Herman Nall, Bill Lennington, Billy Drue Slipe, Rolbert McCla-nahan. Left to Right: Peavy Ward, W. A. Norred, J. W. Sullivtan, Bobbie Shingler, J. T. Privitt, Henry Slchlittler, Ken-neth Moren, Earnest Ribble, Edwin Orwen, Leonard Steele, Ray Willis, John Edward Petty, Kenneth Rehders, Donald Orr, George Lynch. ris Jo Jackson whose first write- ups did not get in the paper. At any rate we think we have men- tioned every person on the sophomore roll. If we have omitted any, please forgive us. Good bye until we are juniors next year-we hope, we hope. --iGHS-- All but 7 of Miss Duncan's fresh- men have completed their memory J. T. Cole, Kelly Conklin and Dor-lwork. Three cheers for Izetta Sparks, Let's give our sponsor her due, She is also our column critic, And teaches us algebra, too. .She's No. 1 leader of Girl Reserved, A friend on whom to rely, She surely has the patience of Job, And her charm no one can deny. About 5015 of the students in freshman English have their read- ing points finished. L-- gnl- If THE GRAHAM STEER Y ' PERSONAlJTY CLUB FIRJST ROW, Left to Right: Johnna Lou MoCo'mbs, Martha Jo Hawkins, Imogene Landress, Mary K. Spivey, Anna Louise Bates, Marilyn Hamill, Virginia Helen Lfundy, Mary King, Margaret Ann Turner, Jackie Cen-cebaugh. i SECOND ROWV, Left to Rightg Earlene Veal, Glenna Fay Martin, Ruth Lee Bussey, Francis Wright, Lexie Jeffrey, Ruth Anna Grif- fin, Flora Beauchamp, Margaret Hfawkins, Pauline Morgan, Ethel Jeffrey, Mrs. Howell. THIRD ROW, Left to Right: Jackie Ledbe-tter, Phyllis Jamison, Mary K. Snoddy, Dortha Nell Eldridge, Blanche Smith, Ruth Jane Knox, Colene Hunter, Francis Hornsby, Maxine Ki-mmell. - SPEECH CLUB IW . 4 FIRST ROW: Love Lee Rayburn, Weldon Spivey, Wilfred Fultz, Jon Bloodworth, Mary McFarlane, Marjorie Albaugh, Doris Mob- ley, Mary Helen Nlcolett. SECOND ROW: Bette Baker, Annie Jewell Gann, Miss Duncan, Miss Bain, Bill Townsen, Jerline Atwood. SPANISH CLUB - FTRJST R1OW: Winnie Snodgrass, Cassie Louise George Betty Lee Grove, Gabie Sue Martin, Wynn Jean Roberts, Kathleen Knox, Mildred Knox, Odell Magerkurth. SECOND ROXV: Frank Ragland, Lindsey Grove, Aurclia Thomas, W. C. Sndograss, Meri Persing, George Strickland, Gloria Jeanne Strength, Allie Grace Petty. . BACK ROW: Glenn Brewster, llcyle Speake. -llgg ,',.. THE PERSONALITY CLUB PURPOSE-To develop a pleasing personality and a spirit of kindness and of altruism. The girls strive to improve their appearance, personality, and man- ners. In making these improvements they have programs on personal grooming, on various types of man- ners, and on being kind and consid- erate to others. For the social functions for the year they have had parties on spe- cial occasions such as, il-Iall-owe'en, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. For the closing of the club year they are planning to give an annual tea for the faculty and seniors. This is to be held on senior nigiht. May 28. The club has begun this year the practice of letting girls be a mem- bers for only two years in this club. THE SPEECH CLUB The Speech Club organized in September with the name Behind The Mike. Rladio speech was under- taken during this first semester. With the coming of Spring, interest shifted to dramattcsg the stage, lighting effects, and the art of act- ing has been studied. SPANISH CLUB One of the oldest clubs in High School is the Spanish Club. At pres- ent, it has a membership of 26. The purpose of the cluub is to furrther an .nterest in the countries, peoples, and customs of the Spanish speak- ing countr es. The mnrjority of the members are at present engaged in correspondence with boys and girls in some Spanish speaking country. During the year, the club has en- foyecl a number of sociails. Spanish games are played during club per- iod, Latin American music is heard, talks are given and other type pro- grams presented. Anyone who is taking Spanish or has had Spanish is eligible for membership. Clrb officers are elected each sem- estor. First semester officers were: President, George Strickland, Vice-President, Billie Babb, Sec.-Treas,, Allie Grace Petty, Reporter, Odell Magerkurth. Present club offkcers are: Presid-ent, Allie Grace Petty, Vice-Pres., Wyno Jean Roberts, Reporter, Odell M-agerliurth. W'dnesday, during the absence of Miss Periman, the Homemaking Club met with the F.F.A. 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