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

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GIRL RESERVES Left to right, back row: Gernell Linstrum, Lois Quinn, Dorothy Gross, Frances Cox, Geraldine Chamberlain, Mary Nell Denman. Front row: Ella Mikeska, Mildred Light, Alma Louise Bailey, Eileen House, Marjorie Morgan. The Girl Reserves try to face life squarely and find and give the best. The activi¬ ties include vocation, relationship between boys and girls, and world fellowship and personality development. They also participate in city wide affairs, such as the Easter sunrise service, weekly dances, interelub suppers, and attendance at regional confer¬ ences. The Girl Reserve clubs are a junior part of the Young Women’s Christian Association. HI Y CLUB Left to right, back row: Dick Becker, C. O. Wiley, C. D. Mitchell, Albert Micheal, Jack Smith, Robert Smith, Wilford Bang, Harmon Honsinger, Billy Smith. Front row: Tommie Evans; Edwin Miller; John Pautzaloc; Jack Hinds, program committee chairman; M. C. Krause, vice-president; Earl Morrison, president; Jack Nagel, treasurer; Conrad Mang, social committee chairman; Robert Kastrop; Harold Lindsay; C. F. Furlow; Payton Gentry; L. E. Parkman. Not in picture: Franklin Nelson, secretary. The John H. Reagan Hi Y Club, sponsored by the Y. M. C. A. and Mr. Carey Selph, has had another highly worthwhile year. This organization had much to do with the success of the older boys conference, the sunrise Easter service at Miller Memorial, the Hi Y officers training camp at Camp Ross Sterling, Jr., and the closing Hi Y rally, at which time Mr. Selph was presented with a Hi Y pen, the only one of its kind in the state.

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Officers MARION GREVE . Senior Consul ELLA MARIE NG . Junior Consul NEY SESSUMS . ..Quaestor HAMILTON RHODES . Censor MISS VERA HARRIS . Censor Tournament Teams Fourth year . MARION GREVE Third year . HELEN FORSMAN MARY ELIZABETH HUBERT Third term . HARRY REED VIRGINIA MENICK Left to right, back row: Robert Benhken, G. A. Lindenberger, Norman Koneman, Charles Matthews, Arthur Myers, 1501 Spencer, Lawrence Domingo, Jack Smith, Lucille Weaver, Marcellus Lowe, Harold Lindsay, Marion Greve, Ernest Brown, Leon Atlas, Eddie Roberts. Center row: Kelly Adamson, Vernon Batterso n, Hamilton Rhodes, Maurice Koneman, A. D. Scotty, James Palmer, Bob O’Leary, Billie Bob Robinson, Dorothy Holland, Ola Dinges, Bernice Turner, Julius Pohl. Front row: Mary Bob Coughran, Ney Sessums, Mary Elizabeth Hubert, Helen Forsman, Norma Lynn Wood, Joyce Rowell, Betty Phillips, Gwendolyn Cribbs, Ella Marie Ng, Dorothy Green, Ella Gray, Faynette Rochester, Mary Louise Jones, Mary Aline Earhart. ACTIVITIES Picnic, Circus, Style Show, Latin Tournament. Winners of district Latin tournament, held on April 3 Third Term: Harry Reed, second. Fourth Year: Marion Greve, second Fourth Year Essay Contest: Marion Greves, first.

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INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE CONTESTS Reagan, by winning many first, second, and third places, succeeded in capturing third place in the City Interscholastic League contests held April 2-3. In Journalism Reagan placed first, while in Speech Arts Reagan placed second with a total score of 77 points. Those winning first place were Frances Bishop and Gwendolyn Cribbs in debating; Virginia Vaughan in extemporaneous speaking; Alice Irene Dixon in typing; Robert Moore in copy reading; Frank Dolejska in both feature writing and charcoal drawing; Marion Greve in Latin essay writing; and Bobby Curtis in tennis singles. The second place winners were Billie Bob Robinson in declamation; Ernest Brown in extemporaneous speaking; and Frank Dolejska in editorial writing and on the Latin team. The third place winners were William Ward and James Heflin in debating; Bob White in sport writing; Annie Lois Manley in individual typewriting; the spelling team; Janis McLane in essay writing; the type¬ writing team; the one-act play; the Shorthand II and IV teams; and Tania Bozon and Harry Paine in art. Along with these honors Mary Virginia Griggs was selected the out¬ standing actress of the Houston Public Schools. The Reagan Statesman was rated the best senior high school paper in the city. While the Interscholastic League meet was being held in Houston, a similar music meet was being held in Kingsville. At this meet the Boys Glee Club and the Choral Club won first places, while the string ensemble was ranked the best in the Southwest. The second place winners were the piano solo by Jennie Mae Rulick, the flute solo by Dick Becker, the march¬ ing band, the male quartet, and the orchestra. The tenor solo by Cecil Nixon, the violin solo by Marcille McRae, the baritone horn solo by Dexter Gordon, and the concert band won third places. At the state Interscholastic League meet, held in Austin on May 7 and 8, Frank Dolejska placed first in headline writing and second in news story writing. The Reagan Statesman was placed third among the high school newspapers of the state. Such a decision was most gratifying since the papers winning the first and second places were both seven-column papers. Virginia Vaughan placed third in extemporaneous speech. Those representing the city in all Interscholastic League events were graciously complimented by a garden party held at Reagan on May 11 and sponsored by Reagan High School.