Lincoln High School - Bumblebee Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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and there was a feeling of genuine friendship throughout the school. And now we come to the fourth and greatest year in the history of the class. We automatically tas was their custom in many thingst became Seniors in September. With the gaining of this title, we began to take ourselves more seriously than ever before, and when I say, useriously, I mean seriously! As the year drew to a close we were positively dizzy with dignity. All this was looked upon with friendly amusement by the teacher-explorers, Who regarded the result of their fourth year of hard labor with rightful pride. They had converted a band of ignorant untamed aborigines into inteiigent courteous citizens of their great school, and had lost only the usual proportion in the process. Better yet, they had folind that for which they had been searching so eagerly, geniusiin fact, several of them; and all of the class were passable. A number of senirrs gained unusual distinction during the year, particularly those whose discovery, so delighted their explorers, Ollie Mae, Ella, Agatha and Arzalia. In order to let the other part of the world know something of the achievement since we we explored; wc radiogramed the Bumble Bee with Woodson Andrews as editor and Beatrice Guidry as associate editor; Burness Broussard as business manager and Ethel Thomas as assistant buiness manager. A class song, a class will and a class motto were adopied and used on every pos- sible occasion, to the despair and anntyance of all other members of the ship, but it was deemed advisable for the sake of peace for the class to ignore them as far as pos- sible, At the expiration of the four years, the principal expressed himself as greatly pleased with the addition to ship and pronounced them all highly eligible for ad- mission as citizens. He praised the work of the explorers and predicted that their names, with those of their discoveries, would be written in history together. VVVVWVV ttBY THEIR SAYINGS YE SHALL KNOW THEMtl I have one rule and that is, Do Right' HPlease govern yourselves accordingly. I shall read or translate the Latin. Come out to spring practice this afternoon.n Boys and girls this reminds me of a little story that goes- Well, my dear child, you should have known. Always remember neatness in arranging a meal. nYon big fat buster. As a member of the Good Manners Club. I have an entertainment for the benefit of the school, tell all of your friends. Get more pep in you, open your mouths and sing; now that's it. nDon't cut them potatoes like that, girl. Say roommate do you know that- ' uI can prove that t2-6 isn't 0 it's not true. Oh, Miss Treat, that's sume-the-thingli That's the way I understood it twrong wayl. Lemme tell you: lemme tell you.u Oh, shucks! I wanted to tell you! Please be quiet. Clean up and brush up every day.

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CLASS HISTORY One morning just as Aurora, the beautiful goddess of dawn, stretched her rose- tipped fingers across the horizon to announce her Lord ApollosY coming, I wandered on as in a trance until I came to Mount Helicon. At the topmost peak of this moun- tain sat the Goddess Clio writing the history of gods and men. Lo 0 king over her shoulder, I read the histcry of the class of 1933, and this is what I saw: One morning in September while the ship of education of Lincoln High was cruis- ing along some strange shores, it was hailed by a group of boys and girls 27 in num- ber. jrhey were called Freshmen, for truly they were fresh. To the casual eye, they seem merely a group of ordinary boys and girls well dressed, reas nably good looking, and badly frightened, but to the trained eyes of these dareless and experienced explor- ers, these strangers seemed distinct and widely separate individuals, each possessing aptitudes and talents, deficiencies and capabilities decidely worth finding out. Gently attempting to dispell the fears of the strangers, the faculty bade them get on board, and spent the next few weeks attempting to gain their confidence and friend- ship. After great difficulty they succeeded in accomplishing this. So great were the achievements cf these sgtrangers that their discovery will ever be remembered in the history of Lincoln School. As the voyage went on, the Freshmen became part of the life of the ship. The were taught new strange customs and manners, and were required to learn dfficult lessons. At first they often wished they had never been found, but before a year was over they became thorcughly at h:me in their venture as high school students. During the first few months of the year the Freshmen suffered many inconven- iences because of their untamiliarity with the rules and regulations. They suffered intense agony and despair during- this period, because of the social functions which they were required to attend in order to acquire poise and dignity. The male Freshmen tin particulan found the dances ttrture, but the female enjayed them greatly. In time, however, this functioning became festival occasions for all. Much information was gained, regarding the Freshmen, by the exploring faculty in the first year of the voyage, Their intellects were found to vary in keenness from sponges to razors, but as a whole they turned cut to be very satisfactory and some were a source of great joy to their explorers. Already some of the Freshmen were showing signs of unusual ability in various fields. Joe in athletics, Mattie in dancing and Agatha in Home Economics. At the end of this year a terrible disaster befell the Freshmen, althocgh it was instigated by the benevolent faculty, and intended to prove lasting benefit to them, they suffered greatly. Several had their growth retarded this year by it and few, permanently disabled, left the ship forever. This disaster was called Final Examination. With the coming of next September, they receive a new name because of the skill acquired on the first nine months of their voyage, The prccess of naming- was called promotion, a term very familiar to the crew on board. They were given the name of Sophomores. Remembering the scorn with which they had been regarded when they first started on the voyage, they adopt- ed the same attitude toward the coming strangers who took their places. The routine of the class room was familiar and they found studying easier than before. The talents discovered the previous year were developing rapidly. The explor- ing teachers found much to please them, and also much to astonish them. Incipient love affairs were noticed in the stage of the voyage such aFBaysmureis abnormal desire for Ella, and Blanche's eagerness to become friends with Peter. In the third year of the voyage, becncse of an old educational custom, the Sopho. mores became Juniors, and their promotion made their sense of importance increase out of all due proportion. Great, indeed, was their scorn for the Freshmen and the Sopho- mores, completely absorbed in their own process of being explored, were no wiser, were not embarrassed or concerned. This was a year of hard work, and the dreaded ordeal of examinations was passed with few casualties. The teachers had endeared themselves to the hearts of the class,

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4.1 SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Like the Prophet Isiah, I am to forecast the future of this class of 1933. As I look through the cycle of time, I see a very stylish well-dressed lady approving some beautiful dresses for her Smart Shop at 4939 Calumet Avence, Chicago. It was none other than Lawrence DeBlanc. Several days later, I left for Philadelphia and while on the train, whom did I see but Joe Lyons. He recognized me immediately and came over to talk. He is now a very successful architect in St. Louis. . After reaching Philadelphia, I caIIed on Mona Mitchell, who was considered to be one of the most prominent women- lawyers in Philadelphia. Of course, we talked of old school days and had a delightful time together I remained there for a few days, then decided to go to Palm Beach for a few weeks, One day as I was strolling along the water's edge, I saw a couple approaching; the lady looked strangely familiar and I could hardly beiieve my eyes when I recognized her as Agatha Prevost. She introduced me to her husband who was a wealthy real estate man. I learned that Agatha had formerly been his private secretary. 11 Sunday morning Agatha, her husband and I attended m rning services at St. John's Cathedral. We learned that the choir was to broadcast. When the announce- ment had been made, we sat pleasantly surpi'iSed as Blanthe Batiste was leading the singing. She had been in charge of the choir for twu years, and our ears judged of how well she had taught them, As we were leaving the Cathedral we met Lawrence Baysmore. We had previously learned that Baysmore was at that time the greatest scientist in California. He was in Palm Beach because of his wife who had suffered a nervous breakdown. He insisted that we meet her, so we accompanied him to his home and were delighted above meas- ure to meet an old classmate in the person of Arzalia Deese, better knnwn now as Mrs. Baysmore. Myrtle McNulty, manager of a ladies' wholesale store in Salt Lake City, was con- valescing in Palm Beach, because of her recent illness she had not attended any social affairs. As the time was swiftly passing, and I had only about a month of vacation left. I sailed for Paris, bent on a short tour of Europe. My first night in Paris was spent at the Hippodrome with Mr. Melvin Arvie, its owner. 0n the next evening he took me to Sherryts where we dined and watched the chorus girls. I was very much surprised to know that Ella Badgett was leading lady and that Mattie Mitchell and Dorothy Gil- liam were popular girls of the chorus. On our way out we ran into Alexander Lafayette. He immediately offered to see us home in his Packard Straight Eight, As it was yet early we called on Marguerite Wesley, who was at this time a prominent Physicist, made famous by her recent dis- coveries in the field of radio. Early the next morning I was aroused by an outburst of loud talking. I opened my doctor and found several reporters trying to get a story from Helen Johnson, who who was a famous movie actress and was in Paris to make a picture of Parisian life. After having a long conversation with Helen, the urge to travel hit me, so I en- trained for Germany. After arriving in Berlin I became slightly ill and had my- self talmn to a fine hospital. A medical meeting was in session and as I was only slightly ill, I asked for the head nurse. In a few minutes she came in and I was sur- prised out of my illness on beholding Head Nurse Beatrice Guidry; accompanied by her eminent husband, Dr. Peter W. De Blane. They were soie owners of this hospital and it certainly was well equippedt We talked of old school days and Dr. De Blane told me that Attorney Burness Broussard's office was just across the street. I went over to See him, but he was busy. I passed the time away glancing at different books. One of these to my surprise, was written by Esther Gabriel, a successful author, on The Negro of the Present Day. From Germany I went to Rome and there in a magnificent art gallery, among the