Main Avenue High School - El Sombrero Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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HVIiPACHE MARCH 22, 1921—THE AMAZONS This clever and amusing play was the production of a combined Hayne and Dramatic cast. When there is hidden talent at Main, these plays always find it and bring it to light. The cast and coach. Miss Daisy Briggs, Miss Stone, and Miss Bryan, the sponsors of both clubs, all worked together admirably to make a grand success, and such it. was. Miss Stella Vodrie, as a stately marchioness of Castlejordan, was especially attractive. Her three boyish daughters, Misses Ada Lee Shuler, Elizabeth Maxwell, and “Peggy” Mitchell, were splendid actresses and showed marked masculine traits. Then there were three very good boy actors, Messrs. Harrison Pollard, Oscar McCracken, and Harold Shaw. Miss Cozette Lawrence was an athletic trainer. The servants and family adviser took their parts to great advantage. The two clubs, with such clever acting and capable management, gave the audience a very enjoyable evening. Amazons? Yes. 22

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 Hviip-ACHE 1921” by the Shakespeares; “Current Art” by the Art Club; “At Gray Thornes” by the Hayne Debating Club. All of these were just as clever as they could be and each received a burst of applause. Especially humorous was “The Tragedy” in which Mr. Curtis Meeks was the blushing bride and Mr. Joe Kingsley the nervous bridegroom. The marriage service beginning, “We are about to hitch a team”, caused much hilarity. The Fates seemed to favor the Art Club, for the vote was in their favor. Miss Natalie Forsythe announced the winner at the close of the performance. MARCH 1718, 1921—MAIN ENJOYS ART EXHIBIT A most interesting art exhibit was held at the school on Thursday and Friday. A great many local artist’s paintings were displayed. Lucy Maverick’s, R. J. Onderdonk’s George Benson’s, and Elizabeth Newton’s works all contributed to the completeness of the exhibit. There were several miniatures by Eugenia Price and Eleanor Onderdonk. Two busts by Elizabeth Eberle, a former student of Main and since a pupil of Coppini and Larado Taft, received a great deal of attention. Besides the originals, there was a collection of reproductions of works in European and American galleries. These were very popular, the room being always crowded. Nearly all the English classes paid a visit to this interesting display of art. Those, who didn’t go, missed something very worthwhile. MARCH 18, 1921 VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT GRADUATION This is the first of its kind to be held at Main Avenue High School. Six boys received their diplomas, as auto mechanics and machinists, from the vocational department. In the front hall hung a large photograph of the Buick touring car, which these enterprising boys completed from a dilapidated old one. Mr. Fox voiced warmly the praise of the boys, who performed such a commendable feat. The work was, with the exception of painting, done in the school shops by the boys themselves. The address was given by Mr. J. H. Holmgreen. president of the Alamo Iron Works, and concerned the need of a vocational school in San Antonio. Mr. N. S. Hunsdon, State supervisor for vocational education, delivered a talk on the Smith-Hughes bill and how it could help the vocational training in Texas. The exercises were enlivened by a violin solo by Joe Karcher, and a saxophone solo by Oscar Dewees. The graduates, having the honor of being the first to receive diplomas from the vocational department, were: Clarence Berger, John Boykin, Harold Eckenroth, L. B. Holder, Edward Dunkin and Lynn Allen. Long live and prosper the first to arrive! —21 —

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