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

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if 9 lllA DITAH YAP 'ii r -I-MTL Jil af- LM From the Land of the Unknown ' May 25, 1928 Class of 1928: The records of your future are held in the large Diploma Dirigible. Father Time will unroll the manuscript on which it is written and read to you the future of your class. As he reads to you each member will appear at Graduation Gate as he will be in thc future. CSig'nedJ CHIEF RULER or THE LAND or THE UNKNOWN. Listen, O ye of the Class of 1928, what your diploma holds for you, for it is written your President, Rats Killam, has in all his dignity and stately bearing profited by his leadership of this Class. See him, not leading the affairs of a high school class, but the affairs of our state, the Governor of Texas, in 1952, on the day of his inauguration. Again it is written-your vice-president, Garey Burr will gain fame and fortune as football coach at Laredo High School, by the use of Shirle'y's famous method of making the boys get in there and fight. On the other hand, Willis Lcyendecker has astounded the world with his in- ventions ...., having perfected a rouge which, once on, neither soap nor water can remove. We find Henry Neff and Naydine Shumate saving the world from sin. They have become missionaries in Japan. Etta Mae Niendorff spends her time managing a tea room which caters to men only. She and William Nell have made a fortune, since he is a great lawyer and helps get Etta Mae out of her matrimonial scrapes, which are many. We see Maurice Matthews and Lewis Schwartsman often, since they pose for cigarette posters and arrow-collar ads. We see Lasca Fortassain as the world's greatest newspaper woman, owning branch papers all over the U. S. Johnnie Beyette and Leon Fortassain are travelling with a circus now, John is the wild man, and Leon is his ballyhooman--they claim they owe their success to their dramatic training in L. H. S. As we read farther we find that Ruth Delling has captured the Prince of Wales, and spends her time tumbling from horses with the Prince. It is written that Catalina Llanos leads a dizzy life in the Follies of 1940, but that she will finally settle down to run an old ladies home with Evelyn Randolph. who has jilted so many men that her name is always on the front page of the scandal sheet. See the greatest aviator of the time-Hazen Sorrel. He blushingly admits that he owes his success to his little lady, Kathleen Aldridge, who dances on the wing of his plane and does trick parachute drops. Roy Bass and Virginia Beyette have just had their first book How to Make Love accepted, and are now spending their honeymoon in Encinal. We see Jessie Clarke patiently waiting for Johnnie to finish A. 8: M., and she draws cartoons for the Laredo Daily Times for a pastime. Evans Younkin, a doctor, has won fame and millions by injecting learning serum into L. H. S. students. which causes them to finish the four years course in six months-money back if not satisfied. Virginia Moon and Edna Tarver are Dr. Younkin's nurses, who spend their time paying back money to unsatisfied patients. 'We find Ethel Laue and Ethel Puster running a beauty shop-Ethel Puster poses asfubeforen, using the famous Ethel and Ethel products, and Ethel Laue poses as a ter . It is written here that Dora Saenz has endowed a great Laredo High School, built on the lines which Mr. Wade has planned-and in the hall of the magnificent building, the Class of 1928 has erected a beautiful fountain in honor of its most loved teachers, Miss Pierce and Mrs. Moore. Page 31 -A

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. DLA Ii iM'L,1i1AY,fx is ,... W History of the Class of 1928 INCE it is so hard to write the history of my class, I shall get Father Time to help me roll back the Curtain of Time and reveal our past. Our first months in high school were ones of constant torture, for the Sophomores seemed to have a taste for Freshman blood. But the 82 members of our class got together and elected James Dickey as our president, and before the year ended many of the members of our class had taken part in all school activities. Radcliffe Killam, oulg star tennis player, represented the school at the State meet. The 'Tempter, who spends much of his time hiding in Laredo High School, tried to lure us from our work during our Sophomore year, but we showed our spirit by giving the first party of the year-a practice which was continued during our Junior and Senior years. Ethel Puster was selected as President of our class and Fernando Pena as Vice-President. We succeeded in electing Iona Parker as the most Beautiful Girl in school. During our Junior year we began to realize that the advice of the Spirit of Learning was of more value than that of the Tempter, and we were characterized as being Seekers of Knowledge . Under Radcliffe Killam as President, our enthusiasm was felt in all activities. In football our class furnished more players than any other class. In literary activities our class furnished five out of the eight representatives of the school at the district meet, and two of these, Ethel Puster and Herlinda Ancira, went to the State meet. We took charge of the publication of the Journal, and from a small sized publication it was enlarged to a standard sized newspaper. The class set a new precedent in ordering rings of a different type and instead of the conventional banquet to the Seniors from the Juniors we gave a Lawn party. As Seniors, our class continued to show the same enthusiasm and co- operation of former years, although it felt a genuine loss in the death of two of its members, Ben Eddington and Rodolfo Quintana. Under the guidance of the Spirit of Learning, forty members of our class have reached Graduation Gate which will open and lead us out into the Highway of Life. The Golden Fruit which the Spirit of Learning has given us from the Tree of Knowledge will serve in making useful citizens of us. i VV S- Q 77 W Puyg 30

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J it ' 2 URW bii7GlQllQi?Qfi'j C, e Lv -,.,..,.4 'T .1 Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1928 On behalf of my client, the Class of 1928 of Laredo High School of the City of Laredo, State of Texas, U. S. A., I have called you together upon this solemn occasion to hear her last will and testament. Listen, then, one and all, to this document that has been duly drawn up and sworn to: We, the Class of 1928, in possession of a crammed mind, extraordinary memory, and almost superhuman understanding, do make this, our last will and testament, thereby revoking all former wills and promises made by us from time to time. To such estate as it has pleased the Fates and our own strong hands and minds to secure for us, we do hereby dispose of the same as follows: To the worthy school board and to our beloved Superintendent, Mr. Christen, our sincere affection and heartiest good wishes. To the Juniors our exalted position in Laredo High School with the expectancy that each student of that brilliant class will make himself famous, will display his loyalty to old Laredo Hi with enthusiastic fervor, will make a great noise. To the Junior Class our nicknames of children and infants given to us by our all-knowing English instructor, Mrs. Floy Moore. To our beloved Faculty all the startling knowledge that we have furnished them from time to time in our examination papers to use as they see fit. To Mr. Madison we give and bequeath all of our various and sundry hat checks to use in business arithmetic classes as examples of business integrity and straight- forwardness. To Miss de la Garza we bequeath our time spent in the laboratory with Mr. Stapp in order that, in the future, she may use that time for conversational purposes and not make the poor man trot up and down the stairs with her between periods. To Victoria Palacios, Emma Vela bequeaths her brilliant eyes to catch as catch can. Hazen Sorrell, our famous scientist and distinguished thinker, bequeaths his ability to mix cocktails and ask foolish questions to Jack Younkin. To Oscar Hein we bequeath William Nell's fear of girls because the above named may prove too overpowering for the bashful lassies. To Elizabeth Kelly we bequeath Belia Leal's beauty secrets and hair dyeing ability because, as a blond, we think she would be preferred by gentlemen. We bequeath Madlyn Ward's various and sundry pieces of chewing gum that she has thrown out of the windows to all the future little Wards that will follow in her footsteps. We give and bequeath to the Pepsodent Tooth Paste Company Virginia Moon's sunny smile as a means of increasing their profits. Leon Fortassain leaves to George Crabb his guardianship of Barbara Biggio. To Ferol Perkins, Belia Leal bequeaths her figure in order that she may win a husband. I Willis Leyendecker bequeaths his ability to look wise in class to Richard Bryant, Esq. To Edward Biggio, William Mims leaves his fame as winner of the One Hundred and Eight Pound Bouncing Baby Contest. All the rest and residue of our property we leave to our much loved Principal, Mr. Wade, for his use and benefit to the exclusion of all others. We do hereby appoint our worthy advisors, Mrs. Floy Moore and Miss Alma Pierce as sole executors of this our will. In Witness Whereof, we, the Class of 1928, the Testators, have to this our will set our hands and seal this 25th day of May, 1928.