Mason High School - Branding Iron Yearbook (Mason, TX)

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DEDICATION To the graduates of Mason Hrgh School wherever they may be the staff 1n grateful recogmuon of therr servlces and loyalty to Mason Hrgh School hereby ded1cates th1s Dramond Edxtlon of The Brand1ng Iron mr ,nf WW THE HISTORY OF THE MASON SCHOOL IN A NUTSHELL In 1885 w1th forseerng eyes the c1t1zens of the small commumty of Mason had a v1s1on of a blgger and better Mason to be They had long s1nce recognrzed the madequacy of the shack whlch was called ct schoolhouse Th1s one room butldmg was under the btg oak tree east of the Lutheran Church The teachers were Mr and Mrs T H Dunlap Mrs McGu1re and Mrs Ioe Br1dges The stnctest of d1sc1p11ne was mamtamed and they were not spannq 1n w1e1d1ng the rod August 29 1885 thmrty seven voters requested from the comm1ss1oners court that Mason be mcorporated for school 1 1 1 . - 1 v 1 ll 1 ll I . I . I . In A -,r W' t -4, 4 I ,,.- rf? I , ,.' , . I, , , 5 I 5111 , ' . ' r' ',.,,-0 . A , W. .2 ' -N, - . .Al ,' I ' ' I . ' gf-fl- 1 . . . . . . . , . . . , . I 1 ' 1

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MASON HIGH SCHOOL rg! ,pw 01199 Q 46 L,. Fa-L 'lt 21'- ..pv 5 rs .eo F2419 Ltr I pledge allegxance to Mason Hrgh She IS the tops between earth and sky She s got zest and stands each test She rs the school that I love best I pledge alleglance to my school I pledge allegxance to her rule Shes the school that heads the west She rs the school I love On wrth her colors purple and whrte That so proudly sh1ne rn the lxght e the school of my chorce She the school that makes me rejozce he my gurde 1n every need She the school that takes the lead Shes the school Ill love always so Here s to our Mason I-hgh' .Ji

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purposes Electron was held rn September and rt carrred by a vote of erghty four to frfty frve Wrth enthusrasm the crtrzens then decrded upon the plans of therr new burldrng The corner stone was lard rn 1887 and by 1888 the plans had materralrzed rnto the present grammar school burldmg In September the competent faculty consrstrng of Mr and Mrs T R Dunlap Mrss Anna Lorrng Mrs Allen Hrll and Mrs Lrzzy McGurre together wrth two hundred and erght scholars began a new era rn the hrstory of Mason Publrc School In 1890 Mr S A McCollum took charge It was under hrs supervrsron that the school was graded mto ten grades Also that year Mason Hrgh School boasted of her frrst two graduates Mrsses Hattre and Ruth Henry Prospects of a brgger salary rnduced Mr McCollum to go to Brady Mr Reader then took charge The succeedrng year agarn found Mr McCollum at the head of our school He remarned at thrs post untrl 1903 and Mr W Flescher In 1906 and for four succeedrng years Mr H B Cowles steered the rudder Under hrs supervrsron the school went through qrute a radrcal change New courses were added to the curnculum teacher s salarres were rarsed and srngle desks were rnstalled The class of 1908 exulted rn the fact that there were three boys rn the graduatrng class of erght members Hrther to there had not been more than two Mr Cowles annual report gave the enrollment as three hundred eleven puprls wrth a faculty of seven members Mr Koemg superrntended here one term and was suc ceeded by Mr R H Long Durrng hrs perrod the eleventh grade was added as was another teacher to the faculty thus makrng a total of erght Mr Gnswald Mr Lrtsey and Mr lowers successrvely served four uneventful terms Mr H H Horton started the school on rts upward trend In 1920 Mr P A Bennet arnved on the scene and wrth hrm came revolutronary changes Under hrs admrnrstratron rn 1922 the hrgh school burldrng was constructed and the Then came Mr. Templeton, Mr. Bruce, Mr. I. Montgomery,