Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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. '-y Te • • • • WESTERNER a ■ ■ ■ ■ a jiuminr (Class Officers John Dupre Scott Turner Alma Spikes Willette Waters President Vice-President T reasurer Secretary Class Colors: Green and White Class Flower: Snowball ( lacc Ivi ntJn ■ Not at tk tor-» k iit rlimkinnr

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WESTERNER iljistnru of flic Senior (Class of 1923 In early September in the year 1911, about forty eager children came to school for the first time. They found their teacher, Mrs. J. K. Wester, to be very kind and courteous, but nevertheless the sight of mother would hav e made each young student feel much better. But their fears were soon for- gotten and a new world of wonders was revealed to them. The second year Miss Grace Rucker took charge of the pupils which Mrs. Wester had started so successfully. She was the best of teachers and under her instruction, we all progressed rapidly, even Ewell Hunt and Alma Spikes seemed to grasp mentally the easier things. On entering school the next September, we were fortunate enough to find Miss Dean Lowe in charge of our grade. Miss Lowe guided us through the trials of the fourth year’s work very skillfully and though we did not make the very best of grades, the majority of us at the end of the term was prepared for fifth grade work. After a very enjoyable vacation of three months, we entered school on September the eighth. This year we had Miss Stella Thurman for a teacher. Miss Thurman was a most competent teacher and we learned to love her very dearly. She worked with us faithfully and succeeded in getting us through the work required. In the sixth grade there were so many of us that it was necessary to divide us into two sections, with Miss Mat Roy and Miss Adline Bellah as teachers. They were assisted by Mrs. Burford, who taught geography. In the seventh grade we went to the new Hunt building. We had a very successful year and at Commencement sixty-three students graduated from the Grammar School, and all were eager for their High School career. On entering our Freshman year, we, of course, had the “big head” to some extent but after having been through the many difficulties of a “Fish,” we forgot our important position and went to work. Miss Thurman and Mr. P. F. Brown, who were our room teachers, were in a very large measure re- sponsible for the envious scholastic records which we made that year. When we were Sophomores, we took advantage of the opportunities that presented themselves and became one of the liveliest classes in school. The class was still divided into two sections, each section having a president, who was a very capable leader. This year our class furnished the school with the largest number and the best athletes of any class in school, especially in foot- ball and baseball. When the end of the term came around, the Sophs had very little to grieve over because almost all of them had passed and, any way. three months’ vacation was something to be appreciated. We, as the Juniors of ’21 and ’22, were divided into two sections, Mr. Witt having charge of one division and Mr. Gunn the other. During this term, the Juniors were the “pepoiest” class in school. They rut on one of the best High School plays ever presented, namely, “The Decon’s Second Wife.” This class furnished two of the members of the vanity fair in the Westerner ’22 and they paid for them, too. This year passed very swiftly and as it closed, we as a whole, were prepared to make the best Senior Class that dear old Lubbock High had ever had—a class that can never be excelled. As the Seniors of ’23, we had Miss Daisy Armstrong as our room teacher i»iid we made an excellent start. On the second day of school, we had a class meeting with Mr. Dupre presiding. John Dupre was elected president, Scott Turner vice-president, Willette Waters secretary, and Alma Spikes treasurer. At this meeting it was unanimously decided that we publish an annual, so Ewell Hunt was elected editor-in-chief and Roy Davis business manager. Our first social was a party at the home of our president. At this party we had a wonderful time and “got pepped up” for the year’s work that lay before us. Our annual has been the main object of all our efforts. From the very first week of school we have been putting over schemes by which to raise the necessary funds to finance the third Westerner. We have been very suc- cessful in the work of paying for our annual, a fact of which very few classes can boast. The Senior Class ALONE furnished the best stock judging team in Tex- as, and in fact the best in all the Southwestern United States. This team consisted of the following boys: Glenn Blackman, who won first place; Judson Todd, Elbert Hester and Aubrey Rankin. Asside from our work, we have had several days of fun, such as the breakfast at the Elk Cafe or the all-day picnic at Blanco Canyon. Taking it all together, we have enjoyed our Senior year and because this must go to press, we must close as it is—the incomplete history of the Class of '23.