Laredo High School - La Pitahaya Yearbook (Laredo, TX)

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W p Qgilb 1 Hz YK r.. I i 3 1 l l i i l l Kodak Club N the school year of 1927-28, the Kodak Club was organized. It is the first. of its kind ever organized in Laredo High School, and is a very popular club with the students. There are about thirty-three members now enrolled in it, and they seem to -be more than pleased with their interesting work. At the first meeting of the year all important business was trans- acted. The colors chosen were gold and green, the motto is 4'Think Twice before you Click g and the flower is the Cosmos. At thc second meeting, Miss Annie Farek, the club 's advisor drew up a constitution which was promptly accepted by all the members. This constitution is very much like the one used by other clubs except for the fact that officers are elected to serve the entire school term. 'The order of the business is: 1. Roll call, 2. Reading of minutes, 3. Transaction of new business, 4. Transaction of old business, 5. Laboratory work, which consists of developing the films. All members, to get their credit, must bc able to develop a film perfectly. TOP ROW:-H. Acevedo, S. Beyette, R. Bunn, R. Davis, A. Flores, R. Garcia. MIDDLE ROW:-A. Gonzalez, J. Harris, G. de Leon, W. Leyendecker, O. Palacios, F. Richter. BOTTOM ROW:-A. Rosenbaum, P. Swancoat, J. Salazar, V. Torres, M. Wright, Miss Farek,'Sponsor. Page 97 c e ii 951342 l

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i 4 Qlliili- be F 9 ij Edgar Allan Poe Club i r I HE Edgar Allen Poe Literary Club was organized in 1919 ', by Miss Kate Tarver, who was at that time principal of ' Laredo High School, and who is now a teacher at Southwestern College at Georgetown. The name, Edgar Allen Poe, was chosen Q . for the club to commemorate the wonderful works of that dis- , 1 i . , . I tinguished American author. The object of the club is to train its members in literary A activities to insert in their school life an opportunity to practice f l 5 the power of public speaking. The club has done its work in i 2 V view, solely of this object. The motto Practice makes Perfect , i y also, was taken into special consideration, it is a recognized state- I ment all over the world. 1 5 l Q . i TOP ROW:-G. Allbright, E. Armstrong, E-. Biggio, R. Bunn, H. Carter. MIDDLE ROW:-Dan Derby, R. Derby, L. Ewing, S. Johnson, G. Monahan. BOTTOM ROW:-J. Myers, H. Neff, E. Owen, C. Warren, Tom Ryan, Miss Tittsworth, Sponsor. ' Page 96 l.

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i 1 l 1 I 1 I 1 l s 4 l 1 i l 1 s l I l l l i s-A 1 gg pcfrmsccvzii dfvdiiw '--'L -- Thomas Edison Club OUR years ago, there was organized in Laredo High School, the first co-educational society. Since that time there have been many more organized. The founder of this club was Mr. G. P. Gadberry. All other advisors of the Club have been men who are greatly interested in science. The purpose of the club is to stimulate more interest and enthusiasm among the science students. It has thus far succeeded in accomplishing its purpose. Experiments, short lectures, and general discussions add much to the interesting programs which are given. The club members chose for their flower, the Tube-rose, for their colors, green and White, and for their motto: An ounce of experimenting is worth a pound of theorizingf, Club officers are elected only once a year, and the club is represented at both the girls' and the boys' inter-club banquets. A TOP ROW:-J. Aldridge, J. Beyette, V. Beyette, J. Breen, R. Campbell, F. Galo MIDDLE ROW:-J. Guinn, J. Jefferies, Tony Leyendecker, A. Macmahcn, M. Matthews Wm. H. Mims. BOTTOM ROW:-M. Morgan, Miles Nye, P. Olsen, T., Sanders, H. Sorrell, Mr Stapp l i Sponsor. 0