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

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grammar school bu1ld1ng was remodeled Both burldmgs were thoroughly modern wrth the latest equrpment The standard of the school was rarsed to a school of frrst class as rt now had twenty two affxlrated cred1ts More emphas1s was placed on athlet1cs and other extra currrcula courses were rntroduced 1924 found Mr S N Dob1e as head of the school system For srxteen years he gurded and trarned the youth of our commun1ty The lrbrary and laboratorres were enlarged more teachers were added as were more cred1ts of affrhatron The largest class rn the hrstory of the school was graduated 1n 1938 In 1931 the Grammar School was agam remodeled and 1n 1935 the gymnas1um was erected After Mr Dob1e s retrrement rn 1940 Mr Gunther Schwarz was super1ntendent H1s perrod was short lrved as God saw f1t to call h1m to h1s h1gher rewards However he was re sponsrble for the add1t1on of the twelfth grade Mr Webb succeeded Mr Schwarz for the next two terms Homemak1ng a long felt need was added to the course of study And last but not least rs our own Mr W R Robbrns or as he rs lov1ngly called by all the students Coach Rob b1ns H1s arm rn athletrcs as rn other departments 1S to develop a sprrrt of honesty farr play and clean l1v1ng An Amerrcan crtrzen should learn to play fa1r and frght hard for the nght The proper krnd of athletrcs touch these th1ngs better perhaps than anythmg else Mr Robbrns rnterest 1n all chrldren 1S shown by hrs efforts for consolrdatron of all schools rn the county We take thrs opportumty to pay tnbute to those men and women who have 1n all trmes served on the board of trustees They have g1ven untrrrngly of therr trme to a Job that was payles and oft trmes thankless Space does not permrt the mentronrng of the many be loved teachers who rnade the chrldren of yesterday the men and women of today The many hundreds of puprls who have passed through the portals exernplrfy rn therr own lrves the rnstructrons and prmncrples mapped out by therr Alma Mater . . I - . O a 0 ' ' . I , . . . . , . . . . . . I ' Q . . ' 1 I . , . . . 1 . . 1, . H . . . . . . 0 1 I I 1 ' - -- u -n I . I I I . I . . . . . . . . . . N . D - . - . . . . .

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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,

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0 0 0 SUPERINTENDENT W R ROBBINS I would l1ke to take thxs opportumty on behalf of the edxtor of The Brandmg Iron the student body and the spmt of cooperatron and assrstance shown rn the work we have done rn Mason Hlgh School th1s year W1lhOUl the1r approval and assrstance we could not have atta1ned the success one reaches through the umty of pup11 faculty and board members N- faculty to thank the members of the school board for the