John H Reagan High School - Spur Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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JACK ADAMS: “I dare do all that may be¬ come a man.” WILFRED ADAMS: “It is the mind that makes the man.” MARY AKIN: “True, she is quiet and un¬ assuming-.” MIRL ALBIN: His happiness is a blessing both to himself and to his companions.” DORIS ALEXANDER: “She is delightfully feminine.” SARA JANE ALFORD: “There is a wonder in thine azure eyes that fascinates me.” REBECCA ANDERSON: “There is no wisdom like frankness.” RICHARD ANDERSON: “A public man of light and learning, always aiming to be pleasing.” LOUISE ANDREWS: “Modesty is a flower that grows not in all gardens.” PATRICIA ANTOINE: “Success and achieve¬ ment are my goals.” LENICE ARNOLD: “Keep on as you are.” LOUIS ARNOLD: “Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.” FAYE ATKINSON: “A work of real merit finds favor at last.” LEON ATLAS: “The world cannot do with¬ out great men, but great men are trouble¬ some to the world.” MARY JO AVERYT : “The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes inconvenient.” KENNETH AVERY: “Step right up, girls; opportunity knocks but once.” RUTH BABIN: “What a spendthrift of her tongue she is!” JOSEPHINE BAHLS: “Gentle of speech, beneficent of mind.” MARVIN BAILEY: “The best of life is con¬ versation.” NORMAN BAKER: “Not by years, but by disposition, is wisdom won.” DOROTHY BALDWIN: “A face with glad¬ ness overspread, soft smiles by human kindness bred.” JULIUS BALL: “Every man is like the com¬ pany he is wont to keep.” LEON BALLARD: “Laughing cheerfulness throws sunlight on all the paths of life.” ELSIE BARABASH: “An intelligent woman is a treasure; a beautiful, is a power.” JUANITA BASS: “Of surprising beauty and in the bloom of youth.” WALTER BASS: “So gently blending cour¬ tesy and art.” NAN VIRGINIA BATEMAN: “The possessor of a charming personality and a sense of humor.” DICK BECKER: “Small axes fell great trees.”

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CLASS OF 1937 Officers Paul Bybee . Frances Bishop . Mary Bob Coughran . Mary Aline Earhart . Marvin DeWoody . Gloria Belle Jones . Edith Epley . Mr. R. H. Williams . . President , . . Vice-President . Secretary . T reasurer Sergeant-at-A rms . Reporter . Parliamentarian . Sponsor Committees Class Night: Frances Bishop, Rebecca Anderson, Billie Bob Robinson. Dance: Dixie Jane Christoph, Marshall Bethel, Gloria Belle Jones. Invitation: Charles Matthews, June Hardin, Vera Luce. Ring : Harold Murphree, Melvin Price, Martha Ruth Sessums. Senior Day : Marjorie Hogge, Virginia Boyd, Will Mullenweg. Election of Class Officers October 26! The day for the election of senior class officers had arrived! Paul Bybee, Billie Bob Robinson, and James Heflin were strolling up and down the hall, shaking hands with seniors, campaigning to the best of their ability. Each was trying to make a deep impression on his classmates. The candidates not only for presidency but also for every other office were smiling for votes. Cecil Nixon, Frances Bishop, and Vera Luce were giving their most convincing campaign speeches. Then came the day the votes were to be counted. All the seniors breathlessly awaited the final count. The news was out ! Paul Bybee led the race for president with 223 votes, with Billie Bob Robinson a second. For vice-president came little Frances Bishop. She carried the election with 206 votes, with Cecil Nixon second. In a very close race for secretary Mary Bob Coughran led with 191 votes to Virginia Vaughan’s 129. Mary Aline Earhart won the race for treasurer with 185 votes, while Marvin DeWoody won with 235 in the race for sergeant- at-arms. Gloria Belle Jones and Edith Epley won the offices of reporter and parliamentarian respectively, Gloria with 218 votes and Edith with 208.

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HELEN BESS: “She has a heart with room for every boy.” MARSHALL BETHEL: “Cheerfulness is the secret of popularity.” W. C. BIDDLE: “Many things difficult to design prove easy to perform.” FRANCES BISHOP: “They gazed, and still their wonder grew, that one small head could carry all she knew.” JOHN BISHOP: “My own thoughts are my companions.” AUDREY BLACK: “Nothing is more useful than a friend in need.” B. C. BLAIR : “His disposition is as sunny as his hair.” OLINE BLAIR: “Silence is a friend that never will betray.” THEO BLASBERG: “Let’s live while we en¬ joy it.” GLENN BLOUIN: “From the tongue of one drops words of wisdom.” JESSICA BOREL: “Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.” EMERY BORNE: “Good humor often varies with size.” WALTER BOURAY: “It matters not what one is thought to be, but rather what one is.” VIRGINIA BOYD: “She is as sweet as morn¬ ing roses fresh with morning de w.” JOHN BOYER: “The only fault is that he has no fault.” TANIA BOZON: “Talent is life’s greatest blessing.” VERNADELL BRANDT: “Patience is a rem¬ edy for every sorrow.” LOUIS M. BRANNON: “It’s the heart that makes men eloquent.” DORIS ERASHEAR: “A sweet disposition has won her many friends.” LILLIAN BREWER: “Seeking enjoyment and happiness.” FRANCES BRIGHT: “Sensitive, swift to re¬ sent, but so swift in atoning for error.” WILLIAM BROGDEN : “Born for success, he seemed, with grace to win.” ANNA BELLE BROWN: “A willing worker who believes all the text says.” DAVID BROWN: “He always finds time to play when some one has rhythm in her toes.” DUANE BUCHANAN: “Every man is the maker of his own fortune.” RUTH BUCHMAN : “Happiness is cheaper than worry; so why pay the higher price?” HELEN MARIE BLIHLER: “In arguing, too, she owned her skill, for, even though vanquished, she could argue still.” DAPHOLINE BULLARD: “A quiet disposi¬ tion, honest and kind.”