Meridian High School - Meri Dian Yearbook (Meridian, MS)

Text from Pages 1 - 108 of the 1937 volume:

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Signifi- cant of a chalice of memories, this our Meri-Di'an has heen assimilated to hold within its covers those por- traits which hest represent the treasured experiences of our high school career. Anal, like old hooks, old friends, olcl wines , may it ever serve its purpose to delight you in ramhling through its leaves. WCDR MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL I Oone who for eight years has been an earnest devotee of the Seniors and a cynosure of inspiration for all! To his self-sacrifice, genuine interest, in- finite ingenuity, and enthusiastic endeavors may be attributed much of the furtherance of MHS. Be- cause we realize his true worth, We the Class of '37 dedicate the Meri-Di'an to Mr. T. Carter Harmon. ATICD MR. T. CARTER I-IARMQN Q7 Qmzz, fdmw CGNTENTS THE SBHIJUL THE BLHSSESES i1'IHLETl!3i3 UBBilIlIZI1'I 101153 Q46 sc:-noon. M AR D 0 I4 ADMINISTRATICDN DR. H. M. IVY MR. J. L. MCCASIQILL Supl. Cily Srboolx Prinripal High Srlmol BOARD OF TRUSTEES J DR. CHARLES A. RAY, President B. Carter, Jr. M. V. B. Miller J. B. Melton Mrs. I. A. Rosenbaum ,A IIACUI. Miss C Mrs. Mr. Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Mies M rs. Miss I Miss Miss ART I.ouisc Iluworth XDMMIQRCIAI. ARTS I Ilinnic NIV. W'ilIi.1ms IIILILI Van OIv:t.i Mcntlows I'.itti I..1mIu Iftln.i Iirogiin IQNGIISII Bt-ssic Smith Maud Smith Ilulcn Rccd R. I. Sawycr C.itIi.ilucnc Hales OMIQ IQCONOMICS Ilclun Ihlwltins M.irg.irct Iscslcr LANGUACIIQ Miss fora Morton Miss Almii Phillips Mrs. 'I'h.uI Van LIIIRARY Mi-s AtI.i IIuII.itI.1y MANUAI. ARTS Mr. Dulwin 'liliigpcn Mr. -I. C. Morris M ATI IICMATICTS Miss ItI.1 Iialu Smith Miss Mgitiic Royals Miss Lucy Iilliott TY Mr MUSIC . II. Cf. I..inc Mr. I5r.mIt Ilnrmim III Mvs IYSICIAI. IiIJUCfA'I' SCIIQNCIIC Miss ViL'I0ri.l wiiss Mr. -I. Ii. I'c.irsun Mr. I. Cuirtcr II.irm1m 3 Mr. 1IllII.ll1 Intrick Mr. Purcy I I.1Icy Mis Mr. Mr. Mr. Mis SOCIAI. ?KfIIfNCII'i s Amiiu Iicllu I5urt Al. If. Baxter I.cI.intI GcIsh.irt R. I. Sawycr s Ifmm.i Ruth Ciurlmii Mary Inuisc Alford ION 1 H APPRECIATIGN - f Q we-ML , trunk ea r lfx N- ,if lfxciae MR. JAMES L. MCCASKILL The graduates here pay tribute to one of their dearest friends-Mr. Mac. Through his personal promotion our principal enabled us to make a cherished dream a manifes- ration-The Meri-Di'an. All with whom he has come in Contact or molded into thought have responded to his amiability and the attainments which he has brought to Alma Mater. gl i I ,un-qgvrggf?-f-3.i--1..f--A-e mp . .,,. -gnupg, vin . .g-.fq S. - - -- r - '- - . Q46 CLASSES Ciicn. C31-IANDLER GERMANY I'r'1'.v,'il1'f1f nf Swiior Cluwx l7K'CI'Ifif i Literary Society, Pres. '36, Sec. '37g Dramatic Cluln '35, '36, Pres. '37, Sec.-Trans. junior Cla-:rg Track '36, Safety Squad '37, Club lftlitor of Meri-Dian. JAMES LESLIE QUINNELLY Viri'-Prrs. of Swlior Cluxx National Honor Society, Vice-Pres '37g Prentiss Literary Society, Sec. '37 French Club '36, '37: Boys' Band '34 '35, '36, '37, Club Editor of Meri- Dinng Salutatorinn. ELEANOR MYERS 7'fl'zlK1lP'!'V Srnior Claxx lfrcncli Club '36, Sec. '37g Picrian lftcrnry Society '36, Pres. '37, Dra- matic Club '3S. EN! RS SENIORS WILLIAM EDWARD ALLBROOK FRANCES BROWN ALLEN SIDNEY EDWARD ALLEN ALMA JANE ANDERSON' Biissiu MAUDE BARER ETHILL DE LoRIs AVARA Hcrmcan Literary Society '35, '56, '37g Home lic. Club '36, '37, DORIS EVELYN BAKER Home lic. Club '3S. I-IILDA RITA BA KILR Hermenn Literary Society '37g Library Monitor '37g Home Eu. Club '37. WILLIAM LAWRENCE BARADELL Dramatic Club '57: Track Team '37q Safety Squad '375 National Honor Society '57, NINA WALNE BANES Home llc. Club '37g Hermcan Literary So- ciety '37. O DAVID I. BARLI-'ILLD, JR. ALICE GERALDINE BATIas Dramatic Club '36, '37: Pep Squad '39, '36, '37, Glee Club '36, WILLIAM J. BIeAsLIiY FRANCIS CILII-'TON BLARI-. Boys' Band '35, '36, 37. VICTOR BOGAN Glee Club '36, '37: Football Team '37. JOHN DAVID BRENT, JR. LEON BRETT GERALD DAVID BRITT Safety Squad, Second Licut. '36, ALLII3 PHA BROWN Home lic. Club, Sec. '37, Home Room Rc- portcr '37, Delphian Literary Society '36, Second Vice-Pres. '37, Pep Squad '35, Wild- cat Staff '37, National Honor Society '37q Snap-Shot Editor of Meri-Dian. CONRAD BROWN Football Team '34, '35, '36, '37g Track '33, '34, '35, '36, 375 Home Room Presi- dcnt '37, SENIORS SENIORS MARY EMMA BROWN Delpliian Literary Society '35, '36, '37, Glce Club '36, Dramatic Club '36, Home Room See., '37. MADGE ROSALIND BROWN Delpliian Literary Society '36, '37g Home lic. Club '36, '37. MARX' FRANt:us BROWN JOHN BuNuo1c:T Buifsc:H1fR Lamar Literary Society '37, Home Room Vice-Pres. '37, English Class, Pres. '37. Pli'l'liR PAUL BUlasc:HieR llcme Room President '37. JAMES LLOYD BULLOCK Prentiss Literary Society '36, '37, Baseball Squad, Dramatic Club '36. MAR'fHA BURNLT1' Pep Squad '35, '36: Home lic. Club '35, 56. DOROTHY ANN11 CALl.OWAX' MARX' A111111 CALMi1s DOR1s CALLOWAY I CHARLES CLIFFORD CAMERON Cross Country '36, Basketball Squad, Boys' Band '34, '35, '36, '37, Reed's Orchestra. JULIAN ROGER CAMERON Safety Squad '36, '37. BEN CARNIZY Football '37, Basketball '37, Track '36, '37, BONNIE BEss CARPENTER JOHN CARTER Tennis '37, Football Squad. REED CARTER Boys' Band '34, '35, '36, '37, Leader of Butch and the Boys' Orchestra , Home Room Sec. '34, '33, TH1il-MA CHRISTINE CHANDLER MARION CHAMPENOIS OLl'1N CHATHAM liVliRli'I'TIi OLIVER CHRISTOPHER SENIOR SENIORS EDITH MARIli CoA'rs Library Monitor '37, Dictionaire Club, Sec. '37, l'.aII st of .lunor and Senior High Orchestra '37, Glee Club '35, '36, '37. W. F. CLARK WILLIAM Y. COBB, JR. Safety Squad '36, '37. HAZlil. AUGUSTA COBURN Pep Squad '35, '36. MELVILLIL COLLINS LOLIQTIA MAL CooIfI3R Delpbian Literary Society '35, '36, '37: Dramatic Club '36, '37. RALPH COVINGTON Football '36, '37, Track Squad: Boys' Band '36, '37, Glec Club '37, BILLY STONIQ COLSTON Boys' Band '37, Capt., '35, '36, Reed's Or- cbestra. CARLliliN CREWS Delpbfan Literary Society '35, '36, '37, Maid of Football Team '37: Home Fc. Club ws, '36, '37, A. B. CRENSI-IAW Tennis '36, '371 Boys' Band '36, '37, Reed's Orchestra. .ll 'f 5 17 ' A 1f,, ,f . UIQ' A Q 'ss . I I ,I ah .ai 1 6 I 'li' I MARGARET AMELIA CUNNINGHAM AGATHA LEE CULPEPPER Glce Club '36, Dramatic Club '36, Pep Squad '37, '36, Home Room Prcsidcnt '37, Hermcan Literary Society '37, National Honor Society '37, Wildcat Staff '36, lfditor '37, Co-Editor of Meri-Dian. C ARLL. ,XVERY CURTIS, JR. GLADYS DANIELS JOE H. DANIEL WILBUR DENNIS JAMES OREN DONALD Boys' Band '35, '36, '37: Lamar Literary fiociety '35, '36, '37, Track Team, Mgr. '36: Dramatic Club '37g National Honor Socie- ty '37. WILLIAM DE WITT DENTON Prentiss Literary Society '35, '36, '37g Dc- lratfng Club '37, W'ildcat Staff '37. FRANCES DUANIE OLIVER EASTLAND SENIORS . 'M' E ' 20 SENICDRS XIERNON DURELL EQKLES Safety Squad '36, '373 Football Squad, Track '56, MAR1'HA El.IZABli'I'H EDMISTON Home lic. Club '36. CAROLYN E . -J liLIZABli'I'H ANN MlNNlIi Rx2B1accA ELLIS JOHN C. ETHRIDGI5 MARTHA ETHRIDGE GUY EZZIQLL Football Squad: Baseball Squad. MAR'flNA FAIRCHILD l'cp Squad '36, '37: Dclphian Literary So cicry '36, '37g Home Room Secretary '57. EUGIQNIA MARION Fowuik Vcrgil Club '37. 21 WILLIAM B. FELRNOR Lamar Literary Society '38, '36, '37g Li- brary Monitor '37: Debating Club '36, Pres. '37g Wildcat Staff '36g Sports Editor '37g Dramatic Club '36, '37g Sports Editor of Meri-Dian. WILLIAM HOWARD FARR CARL EDWARD FLANDERS Boxing Squad. ANNIE RUTH FOUNTAIN Delphian Literary Society '37g French Club '36, '37g Pep Squad '36, '37. ROBERT WALTER FRASIER, jR. Safety Squad '35, '36: Second Licut. '37g Glcc Club '36, MARY ELIZABETH GALBRAITI-I Wildcat Staff '37g National Honor Socie- ty '375 Class Poetg Vergil Club '37g Feature llditor of Meri-Dian. MILDRED LOUISE GUNTIiR Home Room Vice-Pres. '37. LOUISE GARRETT BERTI-IA MAE Gll'SON MARY GEORGE Wildcat Staff '37g Home Room President '35 SENIORS SENIORS ' WIl.LIli WAL'I'liR GODWIN Home Room Secretary '37. JAMES OswAI.D GOLDMAN Lamar Liter.Iry Society '35, '36, '37. AM Y OLIVIA GORDON ST ELL A GOSSli'I I' HAROL,D GOUGI-I LII,,I,IAN ELIZABILTII GREGORY Hermcnn Literary Society '35, '36, '37, lfrencli Club '36, '37. HARRY I IOLMliS GRILENI5 DAVID GRIFITIN Social Science Club '36: Pres. '37, I.4Im4Ir Literary Society '35, '36, '37g Home Room Pres. '37, Debating Team '36, LOIS AGNES GARTMAN Wildcat Staff '37. 41' if' KA'I'HIaRINIa GUNN V 1 .I l - 1- 1 I 1 I l 23 JAMES HALILS REBECCA ELIZABETH HAl,l, Glee Club '35, MARY ELIZABETH HARBOUR Glee Club '35g Home Ec. Club '37. RACHEL ELIZABETH HAMII.TON Pep Squad '35g Wildcat Staff '36, '373 Dramatic Club '35, '36: Pierian Literary So- ciety '35, '36, '37, Debating Team '36g Home lic. Club '36, '37g Cvlee Club '37, Art Club '35g Home Room Sec. '36, Social Science Club '37: Feature Editor of Meri-Dian. THELMA RUTH HARPER Basketball '36, '37, National Honor Socie- ty '37, BERNICIQ ANNELLE HARPER Basketbal 36, '37, National Honor Socie- ty S ' LESLIE C. HASTY ' all Squad. MILDRED INEZ HARRlNG'I'ON Delpbian Literary Society '35, '36, Sec. '37, Pep Squad '35, '36: Boys' Band '35, '36, '37, Home lic. Club '37g National Honor Society '37. EDNA EARL HEITMAN Dclphian Literary Society '37, FRANK HAX'ES S E N I O R S SENIORS ANNIE DEAN HENSON Dclpliian Literary Society '37, NVILLIAM PERRY I-IERRING, JR. Baseball Squad. CAROl.INli I-IOBBS Pierian Literary Society '36, '37g Wildcat Staff '37: Art Club '34, '3Sg French Club '36. CHARLES HOLLAND SARA AGNES HORGAN Delphian Literary Society, Reporter '3Sg Vice-Pres. '36g Pres. '37g Home Fc. Club '36g National Honor Society '37g Feature Editor of Meri-Dian, CAl.lSTA PIOLLIDAY Glee Club '37g Delpliian Literary Society '35, '36. MARY CLARE ILLGES Glee Club '36, '36g Dictionaire Club '37. VICTOR GORDON JONES JAMES I-IORACE JEFFARIZS Library Monitor '37, NINA JAQUA Hermean Literary Society '35, '36, '37g Pep Squad '35, '36g First Lieut. '37g Home Room Pres. '37. '97 JUANICE KEETON ELIZABETH JOHNSON matic Club '36, '37. JAMES MACLIN KIMBROUGH Lamar Literary Society '35, '36, '37g Boys Band '35, '36, '37, BEN OLIVER KEY Rced's Orchestra, Boys' Band '35, '36, '37 Home Room Reporter '37. MARY GEORGE KNIGHT MAMIE RUTH KIDD Pep Squad '35. MARGARET KNOBLES Glee Club '36, '37, HAROLD KNOX Vergil Club '37. DORIS CLARICE LANE Delphian Literary Society '35, '36, '37 I I Wildcalt Staff '37, Club Editor of Meri-Dian 'Q MARY LANIER Home lic. Club '37: English Club '37, w s I Y, , In L S E N I O R S Pierian Literary Society '35, '36, '37, Dra- SENIORS TRULIE LASTER Home Room Secretary '35. JOHN M. LAWRENCE Home Room Sec.-Treas. '36, '37, Boys' Band '34, '35, '36, Captain '37. ROSELLE LE15 Home lic. Club '35, MARX' BELLE LE GUIN Dramatic Club '37, JOSEPHINE CAROLYN LOVURY French Club '36, Pres. '37, Editor of La Vic '37, Dramatic Club '35, '36, '37, Her- mean Literary Society '35, Sec.-Treas. '36, Pres. '37, Wildcat Staff '36, News Editor '37, National Honor Society, Pres. '37, Home Room Sec. '35, '37, Co-Editor of Meri-Dian. EUGENE MARTIN BILLIE MAY Home lic. Club '35, Vice-Pres. '36, Del- phian Literary Society '35, '36, Fourth Vice- Pres. '37. CHARLENE MAY Wildcat staff '37, Delphian Literary Soci- ety '35, '36, Vice-Pres. '37, Home Ec. Club '35, '36, Treas. '37, Cheer Leader '36, '37, Pep Squad '35, Subscription Editor of Meri- Dian. MARGUERITE MASON MARY LOUISE MATTHEWS National Honor Society '37, Vergil Club .17 wily' EMMA FLORINE MARTIN Pierian Literary Society '35, '36, '37. MARY NEAL MARCUM ROBERTA MAY'O ROBERT MCBRYDE Track '34, '35, Capt. '37, Basketball, Capt. v 36, '37, Cross Country '34, '35. ELOISE lWClNNlS Pep Squad '35, '36, '37. JOHN WA1.TiiR MCCORKl.li Prentiss Literary Society '35, '36, '37. ETHEL MCKEITHEN Debating Team '36, '37, Home Room Sec. 36, '37, Dictionaire Club '37. 1 JEAN MCCARVER French Club '36, Delphian Literary Society '36, '37, Wildcat Staff '37, Dictionaire Club '37, La Vie Staff '36, English Club Pres. '37, Typist of Meri-Dian. JOSEPHINE MCLAURIN Hermean Literary Society '35, '36, '37, Home EC. Club '36, Glee Club '37, Art Club '35, National Honor Society '37. DORIS MCPHEARSON Hermean Literary Society '37, Home lic. Club '36, '37. SENIORS 28 SENIORS LULA KATHRYN MCLEAN Dramatic Club '36, '37g Art Club '36q Pierian Literary Society '36, '37, BETTY MENTON HAROLD KENNETH MOODY DONALD MILLS Football Squad. BLANCHE MILDRED MooRE Home lic. Club '35. MARY MooRE Home lic. Club '36. L. C. MONETTE CECIL LARRY MULLOY Football Squadg Boxing Team: Wildcat Staff '37g Dramatic Club '36g English Club, Pres. '37g Glee Club '36, '37g Track Squad. LEE R. MEYER i Lamar Literary Society '35, '36, '37g Bas- ketball '35, '36. HATTIE B. MUSE O ' 29' r 'wil . 9 'f -Ti' C MARY KATE NAYLOR JI1:wIsl-I. LIQIQ OIJOM Home lic. Club '36, JOSEPHINE ODOM Valedictorian. EDWIN WILBURN PANKEY, NIR. Boys' Band '34, '35, '36, '37, Reed's Or- chestra, Cross Country, Lamar Literary So ciety '35, '36, '37, Dramatic Club '37, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARKIZ, JR. Boys' Band '34, '35, '36, '37, Drum Corps '56 'I7 ,,,. CHARLES FRED PARTIN lfootbnll '36, '37, Basketball '37, Truck '5s, '36, '37, Essui MAE SWEARENGEN Art Club '34, '35, French Club '36, '37, La Vie Staff '37, Pierian Literary Society '37, Home Room Sec., '35, '36, '37, Wildcat Staff '37, National Honor Society '37, Typ- ist of Meri-Dian. MARIE LOUISE PARTIN HAZEL PIGFORD N' I 3 JAMES THOMAS PEDEN R 'QA Dramatic Club '36, Glce Club '36, '37. SENIOR Q, SENICDRS 1 l 5 MARX' COCHRAN PIGFORD Hermenn Literary Society '33, '36, '37, French Club '36, Vice-Pres. '37, 1.11 Vie Stuff '37. WIl-l.lAM LLOYD PINRSTON Prcntiss Literary Society '37, Boys' Band v Y Y 1 34, is, 36, 37. L31-1NMAN POWIZRS ALvA OSCAR POOL, JR. Boys' Band '36, '37, Prentiss Literary Socie- ty, Pres. '37, Sophomore Class, Pres., Nation- .il Honor Society, Treas. '37, junior Class Vice-Pres., Business Mgr. of Meri-Dian. SARA RUTH PULLIAM LURA RAULINS DOROT H Y RAY HELEN REILY Glce Club '34, '35, '37, Pres. '36, Pierian Literary Society '34, '35, '36, '37. Biassuz IEVLLYN RIZYNOI .ns i R5 7 i ' 1 JOHN LNFROL L' l.nm.ir Literary Society '35, '36, '37, ya: i . . 31 JACK CARY REILY Boxing Squadg Prentiss Literary Society '37 MARY GRAY REYNOLDS Pep Squad '34, 'Hg Delphian Literary So- ciety '35, '36, '37g National Honor Society ,37. EVELYN ROBERTS EDITH NORVEI. ROGERS Home Room Secretary '37. CARL SANFORD RICHARD CANTEY SETTOON Football Squadg Track Squad: Dramatic Club '37. MARION LEE SIMMONS Glee Club '35, '36, '37. GWENDOLYN SKELTON FRANK SMITH GWENDOLYN SMITH SENIORS SENICDRS -IESSIE LEE SMITH Delphian Literary Society '35, '36, '37, Home Fc. Club, Pres. '37, Wildcat Staff '37, Home Room Pres. '37. LAWRENCE SMITH Football Squad. SYBII, HORTENSE SMITH Football Sponsor '37. STEWART SMITH Football '36, '37, Track Squad: Home Room Pres. '37, Sports Editor of Meri-Dian. MIELARD SNQWDEN MYRA SNOWDEN Pep Squad '35, '36, WIIILIAM SPALDING Lamar Literary Society '36, '37, English Class, Trcas. '37. GRACE SPEED Library Monitor, Prcs. '37, Track '35, '36, '37, Basketball Capt. '34, '35, '36, '37. LOUIIL STEPHENS Safety Squad '37. VIRGINIA STINSON Library Monitor '37. ROBERT BORDIZAUX STUART FRANK SUTTON DIERRliI, CRATIN TAY1.OR Boys' Band: Rccd's Orchestra: linglisli Class, Sec. '37, ROSE ELIZABETH TAYLOR Glcc Club 'Hg Pep Squad '36, '37, ANNIE LOUIQLLA TEMv1,1-, I , as Q 'S - A Q! . A XVALTER JAMES TA1'l.OIl,JR. I Safety Squad '37: Lamar Litcmry Society 'kk '36, '37g Wildcat Staff '36, '37, ,K 0 it l 2 A ' A I ' My 1 QA -1 ' JAMES E. TERRY Lamar Literary Society '37. . iw' 'xr ' I HARRY' JACKSON TEW YI Football Squadg Baseball Squad. II IRA HENDRIX THORN Lamar Literary Society '35, '36, '37g H.rc- lull Squad: Tennis. ii li. j. THOMl'SON Il . S E N I G R S IL 1 1 1 1 I 1 34 l L SENIORS JuANNi1 ULLMAN Home Room Sec. '37, Pierian Literary So- ciety '35, '36, Vice-Pres. '37, French Club '35, '36, La Vic Staff '36, Wildcat Staff '34, '35, '36, llomc lic. Club '37. JOHN EVALD UNGliR Boys' Band '34, '35, '36, '37, Lamar Liter- ary Society '35, '36, '37, B. li. WAl.Kl'lll Prentiss Literary Society '37, XVildcat Staff '37, Track Squad: Dramatic Club '37, Safety Squad '36, '37, Art Editor of Meri-Dian. Ii1,1zA1sm'i-1 VAUGHN Lois WALTLRS JAMIQS WALKER Boys' Band '35, '36, '37: Lamar Literary Society '36, '37, CHARLES M. WASQOM JAMES WATTS Lamar Literary Society, Pres. '37, Football Team Mgr. '37, Track Squad. JUNIUS PATTON W11i.t:H RAL: Wiims O fi X 35 'D O OLGA GATES WHITAKER ANNE LAURA WHITIQ Pep Squad '55, '36, '37, JOHN CREWS WI-IITI5 -IACQUIZLYN LLL WI-IITI43 History Class, Vice-Pres. '37g Hcrmcan Literary Society '3 7. DORIS LOUISE WILLIAMS Pierian Literary Society '37g Wildcat '37, I-IAZEL WILLIAMS RIQHAIIII Luxvis WILSON, JR. RODLIIIQIQ WILLIAMSON MARX' LLL XVRIGHT Home Room Sec. '57, XV. ROBERI' WILSON Drarnatic Club 36. Staff SENIORS I -,- -.,,,, -1.-W .. THE 1Bi ilateh Zoumal rlume 0 MERIDIAN, MISS., JUVEMBER 13, 1950 Number 0 Q Qountiy Headed for Intense Heat Wave ven Rustic Maids May Learn How To lbraith, Lane and McLaurin Grease Up Rusty Prospects For Elegante School HAS 9 DOER-UPPERS By Doris Williams 'aculty members of the Elegante .ool for Milady are now promoting rive for the glorification of bucolic 2 eyes of the nation as was re- led by Mrs. Carolyn Elliott Burns- F, keeper of the girls to the star Miss Ethel McKeithen' missionary After she took her seat the hostess orter of The Pixilated Journal. it the meeting held yesterday a :mittee composed Galbraith, Doris ne McLaurin was Ligate the rustic .nyone interested of Misses Mary Lane and Jose- appointed to in- situation. in enrolling for eiits from the move must contact of the following department ds: liss Mary Louise Matthews, From Bottom Up g Miss Margaret ubles, Non-Twitchers g Miss Eu- ia Fowler, Keep 'Em In Your tches g Miss Geraldine Bates, 'vastating Smilers g Miss Martha nett, Captivating Coughs g Miss 'y Alice Calmes, Tantslizing k g Miss Bonnie Bess Carpenter, inkie Droppers g Miss Olga Whit- r, More Monopoly g Miss Carleen ws, Let 'er Gol . ill Or Kure Has Individual Thief ir. Guy Ezzell, proprietor of the or Kure Drug Store, located at corner of Swish and Layapaint sets, entertained a most individual glar from 8:3156 p. m. until UA p. m. An assortment of cscratchers and chokers was taken souvenirs, 'itnesses to the party were Messrs. Iiam Farr, Leslie Hasty and Mrs. tie B. Futchwash. Since Mrs. chwash ll-Iattie B. Musel couldn't 9 it, she was gagged to the Leav- iere lnlirmary by the honored st who was becomingly attired in iameleon tie and pocket handker- f. 'Lil Interruption Packmohile Leaving Cavern, Is Fr'endly With Submodian- 'nish Neck and Neck FURNITURE CAN TAKE IT ' By Allie Pha Brown Returning from the Canutakit Cav- ern at the same hour Apollo made his entrance, the canary-streaked Pack- mobile of Mr, John Walter McCorkls, famous explorer and tiddledywink star was deterred in flight by the sub- modian driven by Mr. Tabert Brice, of the Takit Away Corporation. The yellow Packmobile was immedi- 'Rat' Suddenly Goes Haywire At Wheel John MCCOI-kle Has 'N l.r ' l: ,D 4 Qi o C lNl '! x X 15 c -L 4251:- I S fl a Q H 'J Giilruirgray -Q, l f , if f A F i Thllfflll , A A a as q f ,qt v-...Z 4' 1 :lj ' lil 4We':.:ff:-'fig Posse Grabs Ethel McKeithen At Docks: Just Landed From Barbaric Living Arctic Taxied To Ann Laura Whlte's Where Sneaks Through Door- Confronted By Acceptance Line Supported By 7 Holder-Uppers to Swingartica, was welcomed today by a posse at thc docks. In the re- ceiving line were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sanford, Miss Evelyn Roberts, Mrs. Elizabeth Hall Whalin and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Brett fAnn Campbellj. Miss McKeithen was taxied to the home of Miss Ann Laura White where she readily indigested a' snake hip sandwich. She then snesked through the front door but was confronted by an acceptance line supported by Mis- ses Mary Kate Naylor, Edith Rogers, Louella Temple, Elsie Thurner and Mesdames Mary Wright Titecurle, Jewel Odom Stileplatc, and Doris Mc- Phearson Platinworth, SLIPS UP ON FORCE OF LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Miss Mary Pigford of Mississippi, Messrs. Oscar Pool and John Eth- ridge of the University Find or Be Found Out, met at the Dine-a-mite Hotel in New York last week to dis- cuss the new discovery of the force that causes love at lirst sight. From here they journeyed to San Francisco where they were the guests of the Musical Researchers Institute of which Misses Myra Snowden and Gwendolyn Skelton are the head in- vestilookers, The hostesses reported that they had scratched their noses upon a method whereby pestiforous musicians could be made obsolete. announced that Miss McKeithen would lecture on The Need of a Mis- sionary at Home and the guests Went home to lock all doors and to stop up all keyholes. When they re- turned, they listened intermittently to the honored guest and the kitchen sink dripping up a storm. The H20 quietly but disconcertingly entered the living room and the speaker fsinted, but was quickly revived by an invol- untary bath. Bathing suits in baby blue, pink and lavender were donned. Rhythm Slingers Do' Rhythm Revelation At a recent meeting of the local Rhythm Slingers Association it was announced by Miss Ruth Fountain, chief slinger, that a rhythm revela- tion will be held next Thursdayweve- ning at the city morgue. As an in- troduction Mr. Lawrence McMahon will render a vocal selection Please Don't Ostracize Me When I'm Gone. After this ennui Mrs. Calista Holli- day Wuzi' will olfer Chopin Sticks , and Mrs. Rebecca Ellis Kaplop will play for the employment of all lis- teners. Miss Mary Grey Reynolds will sing a toolow with key trickling by Mrs. Edith Coats Weiring. tThere will be a receptacle for all mushy missiles at the entrancej ately diminished to silver threads while the furniture a.r,rived at its destination via telephone wires two and one-half minutes early. Taking up space in the vehicle of Mr. McCorkIe were Misses Mary George Knight and Elizabeth John- son, of trucking fame and Messrs. Whit Sturges, Lee Meyer, L. C. Mon- ette, and James Maclin Kimbrough. Holding their own tan ancient chair, table and lamp respectivelyj were Messrs. Denman Powers, and Jack Reily. First to the scene of the disastro- phe were Dr. Jackson Laasater and his two assistants, Misses Mary Moore and Eloise Mclnnis who readily dis- covered that the funsters suffered no ills other than strained larynxes. Sums, Sums, Etc. Employs New Bunch Everette Christopher, long-cigar executive of the Sums, Sums, and Sums Business, Ltd. has employed a new force of traveling secretaries and accountants, available on week nights only. As all of these are graduates of the Rough and Tough Totalera Universi- ty, Mr.f Christopher guarantees de- liciencyaf Members of the force are Misses' Caroline Hobbs, Martina Fairchild, Lois Walters, Elizabeth Vaughn, Bessie Reynolds, Gwendolyn Smith, Mary Belle Le Guin, Marie Psrtin, Mesdames Annie Dean Loknesh, Mar- guerite Mason Nite, Bertha Kelly Waites, Trulie Laster Swings, Nina J. Price, and Messrs, W. F. Clark, Billy Cobb, and Albert Sikss. Page Two THE PIXILATED JOURNAL Friday, Juvember 13, 1950 - UNFOUNDED - Editors Publishers Writers land Flunkiesj GATHA CULPEPPER AND JOSEPHINE LOWRY Add Brains: Stewart Smith 13 YEARS AHEAD OF TIME MERIDIAN MISS. Craziest City in Mississippi and Daily Growing Nuttier ' PHONE! QASK CUTIE! O MEMBER OF UNASSOCIATED PRESS Thought for the Day: ' KEEP YOUR CHIN UP OR SOMEONE WILL STEP ON IT I THE PIXILATED JOURNAL Say It With Grapefruit Within two days our fair city has become the grapefruit-rais- ingest city on the globe. Ever since Lawyer DeWitt Denton washed the gold dust out of his right eye men, women and child- ren have been begging for grapefruit. The giant seeds distributed by the Growemquik Seed Co. will produce fruit that will fit nicely into the smallest bathtub. Eu- phemism: Don't be small change. Whether your coffee can, your sherbert dishes or flower bowls are empty or not doesn't matterg plant grapefruit, anyway. Remember your civic pride-you know, the stuff your grand- father parked in the closet. Pull it out and make it talk the breakfast-bath lingo. Poor Punk No longer will he pester innocent young damsels with amorous tales of valor and bosh, ,nor will he charge sodas on his sister-in- law's drug bill. The cat won't get kicked and the dog can bark whether it's alka seltzer or not. The family can take all the rides it wants, even go to town on Saturdays. If someone besides his majesty wants to croon bathtub blues, it'll be all right 'cause he won't know, anyhow. The preacher no longer will have to applaud when he comes to services 'cause he won't be a-coming for a long stretch. Them lmtruments will run the neighbors crazy by themselves 'cause he ain't agonna blow 'em no more. In fact, even if itq will be a. tech of heaven, the community ex- tends its soul-felt, sincerest, dutiful sympathy to the entire Cren- shew family on their son's recent trip to the land behind the bars. He didn't mean to put snuff in his girl friend's papa's pipe that night anyway. Of this we are certain, for he solemnly swore he wished it had been inhalable cyanide. War? Yes, and we boys at home must do our part to win the cause for which our damsels are scratching in ten-carat gold armor. Our duties are triple-fold. First, to secure bigger and better per- fumed bombs and they are pleading for lavender. Are we to deny them the scents for which they yeam? Second, to pursue the gallavanting peacock till we bring home the plumes fa feather in her head-gearl. Third, when we are not occupied with house- hold duties, to confiscate every butcher's fingernail file for a radius of two markets. Too, before we take that little trek to the night clubs of our blossoming metropolis, we should save out at least nickle one for a hershey bar for her. The morning after we should hock our tux at the cleaners so that she can have her hair curled be- tween rounds. All in all we must, we can't, we won't shave until she brings our prize razors back. Before you lull to slumberland the kid in the polygon pants, remember his mother on the battlefield. Pillsborough Politics Driving Town Daffier Poli.icians in Pillsborough! And the crowd ran amuck when Mr. De- Witt Denton, manager of the notor- ious Mr. James Quinnelly, candidate for the coveted position of chief trash disposer in the city of Pillsborough, announced that his candidate would throw the ball for decorative bottom- less trash containers of hues in direct contrast to the general color scheme of the homes. Whereupon Mr. David Griffin, supporer of Mr. Robert Fra- sier, retaliated that his man for the job would even furnish said containers and challenged the furor on. Like a charging bull Mr. William Felknor snortingly acquiesced and stormed that his nominee, Mr. Roger Cameron had the essential knowledge for hold- ing the position conferred on him by the degree of MDR fMaster Dirt Re- moverl. The meeting ended in an open massacre of ejaculation: . . Mr. James Donald, one of the first sena- tors to be chosen by the hat drawing method, introduced a bill in the Sen- ate today for the declaration of bank night as a national holinight. A most ardent opposer to the idea, Senator James Hale of Hunktown, lows, gave conse- nation by the Hale's Hayes Donald a frantic dissertation of the quent evils of turning the loose on any night. Swayed potent eloquence of Senator noble address, Senator Frank withdrew his support from the Bill and firmly declared that he pre- ferred to holler in the broad open daylight. 191. Hackinet To Make Debut At Jubilee The Picklepeeno, Inc. announces that its first Jubliee will be the offi- cial debut of an unusual ind in the way of musical instruments - the hackinet. No one will claim the inven- tion, but its sale is astounding since its uses are so manifold. It is a five-cornered red and yellow collapsible object which can be used as a musical driver's seat, screw driv- er, can opener, razor, and to clean old tapestries and knot shoestrings. If you press the raised hicky on its left side, it will play orchestral jazz, the green nub on its right and any- thing you ask for will ejaculate. lt's de-lirious, it's de-versatile, it' de- gip, but buy yours now! Suspended Sky Port Hangar Done. Say Nitwit Engineers The hangar for the Suspended Sky Port has been completed according to Engineers John Unger, James Walkcr and Frank E. Smith. This being the first of its kind to prevent the aviator from getting lost in the fog and to enable him to settle down, Engineer B. E. Walker invent- ed a plane especially built for sit- down purposes. CITY LIGHTS Harry Greene, fruit retailer's slgr reads, Anything squeezed while yor wait . Ben Key, the flying surgeon rea turned from Asmaphalia by surg-mya plane. James Jefferies, printer of the Dis. zy Circle, now has for sale invisibli ink calling cards, legible upon wink- ing. Victor Jones, mail carrier, trans- ports the letters on his route by call- ing a meeting of the Zippy Zipster'i Patching Society. The Sell 'Em, Shake 'Em or Shooi 'Em Advertising Agency of whicl Walter Taylor is manager, has inno- vated the practice of using live mod' els in snow, sleet, rain or other ine- briates. Victims up to date are Marg George and Harry Tew, Junius Welch of the Baffling Buttoi Stores announces that beginning to day no misleading aromas will emana ate from compartments. Harold Gough, laundry proprietor has for his slogan, We keep the dirt Miss Bessie Smith has a uniqui Lilliputian violet garden from whicl she will give bouquets to the one: guessing how she got the origins plants. ln the local kindergarten a chali gang club has been formed to pro tect bridge-orphaned kidlets. Proml nent in the club's riots are Msrgiv Tisdale, Lee Meyer, Jr. and Ann Deal Astowat, The Linger Longer Coffin establish ment owned by Charles Wascom nov has on the market a box that can b- opcncd up for Sunday nitc dates. At thc Stephigh School Of Dancv students of Jacquelyn Lee are kicking chandeliers for class exercises. All unfortunates in love should su Neute Hollando for advice. They sa: his technique's wonderful. --il--1 THE KRITIK -Jean McCarver VARIETIES OF 1950 Most specacular among the scin tillnting affairs of the season is Witl the Stars , gleaned from the nebulou: spaces of Hollywood, Broadway om The Natiloportem Qsuccessor to Me tropolitan of bygone daysj now whiz: ing at the Oredacort . . remember tht Trocadero? A. B. Crenshaw, the greatest ido of the fragile fiowers since Rober Taylor . . Reed Carter, the Padcrisk: moderne . . Richard Settoon, the Sha key dramatist , . Wilyam Baradell- you can't help dimpling . . Leah Lettr fDot Ray! in indigo rhythm . . Clya diver Rogers in e triple ivory melo dy . . Lois Gartmsn dancing for yoi -flavors-they say strawberryfhai it . , Cecil Germany, rave of the brid al path . . Helen Rc-ily in a night ingale version of Samson and De lilah , . Jacquelyn Lee iwhitel il a light bulb fantasy . . illumination in terpsichorean rays. iy, Juvember 13, 1950 THE PIXILATED JOURNAL Hazel. Pxcroan, Edizor Page Three 0:0 I I. DeHotte Receives Extinct Canine In Style Review At Rappinhocta Salon S L U M M l N G Dude In Waiting Gown- fears Halo Of Dougaloos IANNEQUINS PRANCE i, Sybil Smith DeHotte received prize of a Peppican Pekinese of riple mint species at the Style w conducted by the eminent ts Billy May Burke and Essie Swearengen at the Roppinhocta last evening. s. DeHotte was gowned in a e waiting gown sparsely orna- ed with spun glass. Her feet enveloped in nickel-plated cello- e. On her head was a halo of s. nncquins in thc order of their lrance were Juanice Pool, Mar- Cunningham Tisdale, Sybil i DeHotte, Elizabeth Eskridge. ed H. Carter, Lillian Gregory Mildred Gunter Gallops, Jessie Hopes, Emma Martin Duerin, ryn McLean, Margaret McRoy. Baker Ludcn, Nina Walne Man- Mary Emma Gottim, Thelma rller, Augusta Coburn, Charlene Losim, Loletia Cooper Pascrbie. ,hy Calloway Dimple. Hure designs were hung by Mme. Elizabeth Harbour and Mme. nia Stinson of the Pilcmup Beau- lunge. Melodies for the proces- were slung by Ye Ole Routers, y James Welch of International rbance. nby Bootees 1 Samolian tChains Includedj afety Pins - - .-4 Bits C5-Inch! The Olifspringers Vatch for the Three Corners 1lil-1 7E'VE THE FRESHEST l' ! O IN LEMONS HARRY GREENE FRUIT RETAILER Femme Bit By Love Bug ls Given Weapon Shower Miss Blanche Moore, bride-to-be of Mr. I. Gotbitt, was tendered a wea- pons shower by Miss Mary Clare Illges at the home of the latter on Elitrowe Heights Tuesday evening. All who failed to bring objects of defense were escorted through the bar where they enjoyed a sorphorific beverage, flavored with arsenic, the exclusive concoction of Mr. K. K. Killem. The rest were embarassed in a game of What's your age? Vying for the rosiest blush were Misses Doris Galloway and Louise Garrett. The copsies were called in for a game of bridge. lo-.1 Stag Party Rages In Britt's Honor In honor of Mr. Gerald Britt, prom- inent merchant who sails tomorrow on the Sailorsinke for Hottendom, a stag party was given in the sandwich mom of the Holsom Cafe Tuesday evening. Mr. Wilbur Dennis inimical toast master of the evening, lent spice and pugility to the program. Mr. J. D. Brent was heard in a yodeling num- ber after which Mr. Lloyd Bullock imitated the football hero of Harvard who fell on ribbon streamers at last year's Prom. A tasteless four-plate dishout was placed in front of the following friends of Mr. Britt: Messrs. Wilbur Dennis, J. D. Brent, Lloyd Bullock, Billy Herring, Eugene Martin, Donald Mills, Olen Chatham, Joe Daniels, Vernon Eckles and Lawrence Smith. After this disappeared lwindows. corners, undemeath table! Mr. Britt toasted his guests with champagne. Aquatic Musicale Seen slumming among the sea weeds at the opening performance of I Shall Have a Bath , were Miss Mamie Ruth Kidd with Mr. I. Sette- bak: Mr. and Mrs. Roswan Ellbert Keith tElizabeth Taylorlg Mr. and Mrs. Sophocles Smythe tStella Gos- settlg Miss Knedien Knavin with Mr. Harold Knox, Miss Holdja Hand with Mr. James Terry: Miss Topine Hatte with Mr. Rae Webbg Miss Esmelda Innks with Mr, John White: Messrs. E. J. Thompson, James Goldman, and Ira Thorne. Emerging between measures were Mesdames Ruth Pulliam I-Iarde and Lura Raulins Truckster fthese with- out their hempsj, Messrs. Harold Yar- borough, and Carl Flanders also were unable to stand the pressure, Eminent Rhymster Tickles Hornmen- D, I. Barefield, eminent Sassjeticca poet, was the guest of honor at the dinner of the Antlers Club held in the dining room of the Jimmie Mun Hotel last evening, Edward Allbrook, president, called the meeting to blows, after which Billy Beasley argued the minutes of the previous meeting. Clifton Blake was appointed to serve as chairman of a committee to change the password. Serving with him were Messrs. John Buescher, Charles Curtis, Harold Moody and Charles Holland. Miss Yella Blok favored members with the musical hit, I Guess It's Because You Fiddle unaccompanied and the guests enjoyed a rest period. After this a divine salad course of pig ears and chow mein was distribut- ed among members by a hula dancer bedecked in the Antlers' Bower, the drooping daisy. Transformations . IN ALL COLORS WITH Depending 0 I-DAY KINKS, Special .,., CLAW RENOVATION ..,. , OR WITHOUT SHELLAC n Your Purse , 2 Bits , 4 Bits Havureds Make Hash From City Spinsters Scribbler Reviews Own Novel- Club Actually Survives JAW EXERCISE WRECKS The Havureds met in the whatnot sprinkled parlors of the Femme House this morning. Mr. Sidney Al- len, noted scribbler, reviewed his lat- est novel, After the Trucking'l Through . After he resumed his seat Mrs. Ethel Avara Dunkin.-stone, presi- dent of the club, did an interprets. tive spree. Seven new members were inveigled into the order of Havureds: Mines Doris Baker, Mary Frances Brown, and Mesdames Earl Allen, Mary Ll- nier Hohenrow, Gladys Daniels Kum- home, Martha Edminston Barge: and Bertha Mae Howdedieu. Reports on the latest entanglerasnts of the group were given by Min Edna Earl Heitman, Mesdamea Kath- ryn Gunn Tatlig, Mary Marfum Atl- wat and Roberta M. Townadinker. Posies were strewn by garland bearers of Roselle Lee, Florist. A general jaw-stretching was indulged in by all fstore bought teethed in. cludedj through the courtesy of Livy Gordon's Candy Citchen. YE STYLE SHOPPE O ers ONE RHUMBA CLOTH Two Samoliana And Thats NOT ALL' WE HAVE THE SNAPPIEST FIDDLING SUITS I 222 22nd Street THE PILEMUP BEAUTY LOUNGE PHONE: OF' H . K, ' Q I I ll 'ras BARGAIN or 'ms SEASON i ll l or i I . png, Four THE PIXILATED JOURNAL Friday, Juvember 18, 1954 4' I I3 ms T I 4' Elizabeth Jarrett Has Second Chance Rendered lneligible By Pink Tea -ls OK If Good Girl Swimmers Rate High Uncle Sam's chances in the 1950 olympics have sky-rocketed due to the reinstatement of Elizabeth Ham- ilton Jarrett, II, star backstroke swim artist and National A. A. U. champion. Mrs. Jarrett was declared ineligi- ble for further competition follow- ing an investigation proposed by the Olympic Board. Due to the observance of certain irregularities pertaining to training regulations which tlnally terminated at a pink tea, the Olympic star was notihed of her discontinuance as a member of the Olympic Board. But it seems that the mental an- guish proved ample punishment and repentance on the part of the star was forthcoming, to such an extent that reconsideration by the Olympic Board was merited. Permission for further competition was granted on the basis that training rules not be scorned in the future. Other members of the swimming squad which bolster its chances of a win are: Billy Colston, 200 meter: Clit! Cameron, 100 meter: John Car- ter, 50 meter: Jim Watts, clown: and Victor Bogan, Asleep, in the Deep. D0 YOUR JIGGING at l-li-Lo Nite Spot 2 Miles Wide IF IT'S HEAT YOU WANT, HAVE IT! IF IT'S ICE YOU WANT, HAVE THEM-! Try 0ur MARVELOUS 2-in- V2 MASTER MOODSTER Now On Sale-or For Rent Ole Man PEARSON Remember Me When Noted Bushwhackers Smashingly Defeat Australian Igloos In a snappy game of Hungarian polo the Alaskan bushwhackers were victorious over a fighting band of Australian igloos. The game pro- gressed at high speed and gave ln. dieations of being a natural , Nei- ther of the teams wasted any time sizing the other up, but recoiled and with blood in their eyes, locked horns in a battle to the nnish. The Alaskan team took the aggres- sive style of play, and from the very outset carried the action to the op- position, but before the game was well under way found themselves in hot water due to a freezing of the ball on the part of the Australian team, The mainstays in the Alaskan line- up were: John M. Lawrence, forward: Lloyd Pinkston, forward: Millard Snowden, center: and William Spald- ing, guard: while the outstanding players on the Australian team were: Loui Stephens, forward: Frank Sut- ton, forward: Robert Wilson, center: R. B. Stuart, guard: and T. Carter Hannon, stable boy. Buescher and Carney Tumble Bob McBryde In a rough and tumble tiddley wink match, the combination of Paul Bues- cher and Ben Carney proved too much for that great little squad consisting of Bob McBryde. Buescher put the disk in play when he forced it down-tleld to McBryde, who received in stride and made a magnificent attempt to score when the coveted object was intercepted by Carney, who passed to Buescher, the latter scoring with a beautiful two- iingered shot. Bernice and Thelma Harper were the officials, keeping order very nice- ly, thank you. Hippodrome In New Work City Scene Of National Weight Lifters' Meet Football Squad Goes On Road For Season Spring football training has drawn to a close after a sueeesaful season of the instruction of fundamentals to the younger hopefuls expected to till the vacancies of graduating seniors. Coaches Shirley and Brown predict trouble in camp for all opponents. The revised schedule calls for quite a little traveling on the part of the football team playing all games away from home. The gridders leave town on September 1 and remain on the road playing all-comers until De- cember 1 when they meet Central Hi in Berkley, California in a postfsea- son game, a traditional fued between the Wildcats and the Horse Flies. The coaches are basing their hopes on Spec Covington, Jr.: Cecil Mulloy, Jr.: Melville Collins, Jr.: and Derril Taylor, Jr., all star backs. Monarch Ping Pong Gets Swanky Hello King Ping Pong made his flrst ap- pearance to America's millions last evening and after having been ushered in, in regal fashion held full sway at the most prominent places of amusement. Mrs. Jeanne Ullman Worthington and Eleanor Myers Ward, profession- al doubles team defeated Misses Al- ma Jane Anderson and Bessie Maud Baker in a thrill packed doubles match, while Mesdames Sara H. As- towat and Dinah Brown Askew drew in an equally interesting singles match, and decided to take a ling at horse shoes. The championship doubles combi- nation will journey to Miami, Florida, where they will meet the south's best. Mrs. Hazel Williams Knockout and Mr. Willie Godwin. Raise all the Heck You Wanna-But when you break Light Bulbs-See Us! . THF ERSGEI ?0Y.? BUTCHWALD AND HIS RHYTHM BUTCHERS With Elegant Hash - Everyday THE SNOOTABILT HOTELE I-lerculean Figures Like Pumz Searching For Food Morsels Socialites Present Records fell last night at the Hip podrome in New York during an ex hibition staged by the National Weigh' Lifters' Association. These men of brawn, these hereu- lean Hgures journeying forth as thi hunger-stricken puma emerging fron the purple mysteries of his mountair lair in search of some morsel thai might so much as stay the pangs oi hunger which envelope his natural instinct, may also be compared tc the lone hyacinth whose gracafu movements provoked by a -gentlu breeze may perchance charm one oi Mother Nature's more delicate crea- tures. The most outstanding performanel of the evening was that in which Joh! Renfroe took the lead. After having been introduced by his instructor, Atlas, Renfroe crossed the stage in a display of poise and dignity seldom manifested by Olll moat erudite ambassadors. Among society's elite to registel their names were: Mesdames Marian Champenois Gainey, Frances Duane Skoreone, Martha Ethridge Toldusoe and Josephine Odom Valedict. Mis: Betty Menton, the national golf stan also let her presence be known througt wild hoops of delight during the per- formance. Local Yo-Yoers Stage Competition A Yo.Yo contest was staged at thc municipal auditorium last evening which gained wlorld-wide attention. Burton Robinson won by a decision after nosing out Fred Popeye Par- tin in a fast match. Experts say the reason for Partin's defeat is due to his extreme height, the Yo-Yo must travel through too much distance. Mr. Robinson will represent this region in a national contest to be held in Lost Gap five years hence. Others participating in the contest were: Oliver Eastland, Frank Parke, James Peden and Wilbum Pankey. Pankey claims his defeat is due to a chronic twitching of the ears, which kept his mind off his game, while Peden seems to think his drawback was due to a last minute fall in his arches. 1 We LIFES STAIRWAY Life is just a stairway With sundry steps to climb. Some will fall down with decay, Be hid 'neath worldly slime. Others lead a firmer way Toward God and high ideals, And, in directing, to the day Bring peace and all it yields. This stair keeps on winding, Its steps are yet untrod- Above a star is shining To light the path we plod. Ever it's pointing toward The things for which we'll sing. Baslz. in its rays! Go forward! Face what the future will bring. There looms beside, behind With which chaos will cling-- Sin beck'ning to fall in line, To reap the evils it'll bring. By its stealthy power to bind, With conspiracies to sting, The very souls of good mankind. Light flees on gossamer wing! Our teachers 've served a guide To vie temptation's strife. Always alert, they,re by our side With valor defending life. Now alone we stand today- To struggle, fight without shield. May we like Tennyson ever say, To strive, seek., find, not yield. -MARY ELIZABETH GALBRAITH 41 l 'Fo Aga H7 Fevvell, Alma IVIo'I'er' K a C'uKo?a,oer sv Harold Knox Ilrl ? ' ' 72 dear ole Al- ma Ma- ferg We naw bn! a- dfeui... A To each and ev! r feaelv- ery I-lere3 0 fare- well foa.sl.i 17 Y f f f ,.e..:.. V 5 e I P it -Q K ,.f N . f' . f - . ' a - LT-1 ,'i -FN ESFJI, 11' ill: r f H I r F Vlild- mfs re-luc- lzmf we'll all be 7b par! our while and blue g...i.. Bu! K bib-inf inffo all our hear-fs-,.T e .smiles we-love fhe mosbl Each ghlnhui 1 'mlm - gr - 1 45 . .fS3L'5iu1.l5f2?5 IiF'ul5i 'lf ' uf. ' V 9... .-. 5 22:2 1, -- fe n fl J T J J' 51353 f' if A we shall keep a por- frail' of Each l'r1l umlbh or de- Feaili. 7? l ffm? we rem- i- nlsce we'll Hhd A joy,. al- ways ne vv, I 552 'r' A . A' E' :U . QE' - .xii . uni, are I ' 4' O e ,. e , + 1 1 .'l: I: I -'-g-- ,.f jf? 5 f gawzz.-a.: .. l ll ' .... ' E fD i mem- ber whal fa fren-sure mosrj A .spin if hard fo bed ii-. ce -five: For af- fam-menf in The fgngs we sfrive fo do. 7421... z g H 'W M : - I Ll E 5 L ' bg? e i e ' W T J JUNICRS if 4, N F4 7 ff' ,f WD' Q OFFICERS JACK PARKER . . . . . . . . Preszdmf EDWARD LOCKARD . . . Vice-Preszdmzl PATSY CARNEY . . Secretary-Treasurer MR. TOM SAWYER . . . Sponsor O Juniors--second today, but the sophisticated seniors of '38! Since this will be the first class to graduate from the new high school, many projects have been planned by the group to make the first year of occupancy in the new school a momentous one. Jack Parker, leader of the Juniors, is a charter member of the National Honor Society, and has led in scholastic endeavors since his grammar school days. Another Honor Society product, Edward Lockard, vice- president of the Class of '38, has been outstanding in all of his high school participation. A member of the Debating 44 Team and The NVildcat Staff, lid has proved an inspiration for his associations. As SecretaryA-Treasurer of the Class, Patsy Carney has exhibited marked ability and influence in Senior high. She is a member of The Wiltlcgit Staff, the Dramatic Club, and Pep Squad. Facing graduation with many stellar athletes, the mem- bers of the Class of '38 have high expectations for a year of athletic achievement. No previous class has had a greater number of outstanding athletic participants. Among these are joe Knight, football captain for '37 and 38: Joe Stringfellow, Sonny johnson, Red Perry, Flats Davis, Lee Smith, V. C. Rhodes, Reid Brown and Bubber Cunningham. TI-IE JUNIOR CLASS RGSTER l i I ! I: I , A .., 'N f N 5 L K 'X 'X N 1 Abernathy, Frances Aebli, Mary Allen, Ora Maude Alexander, William Amey, Betty Anderson, Mary Armitage, Arthur Armstrong, Jack Armstrong, Jill Arnold, Herbert Baradell, Ethel Barksdale, Mamie L. Barnes, Evelyn Barnes, 0. D. Barrett, Eleanor G. Beamon, Tom Beasley, Walter Beeman, Imelda Blackwe'l, Anita Blackwell, Juanita Blackwell, Louise Blanks. James Blum, Sarah Bogan, Erwin Bossa. James Booth, Kenneth Boswell, Ira, Jr. Boswell, Louise Bourdeaux, Jeanne Boutwell, Bryant Branning, Rachel Brannlmz. Rita Brent, Georgia Mae Brewer, Dan Brewer, Evelyn Brown, Katherine Brown, Reid Burrow, George Burt, Doris Busby, Mary Lee Calmes, Helen Camv. Usher Carney. James Carter, Catherine Carter, Doris Catlett, Jimmie Chatham, Robert Chisolm, Sadie Clardy, Annie Mae Clark, Harold Cotten, Victor Cox, Terry Crabtree, Fealdon Crampton, Edward Crawford, Eugene Cross, Jay Curtis, Lewis Curtis, William Daly. Charles Davis, Beth Davis, George Dease, Marjorie Dennis, Sara Denton, Charles Dewees, Cecil Dicks, Mary Frances Dollahite, Wayland glhuxbs- Tom ubols. Wor e DuBose. Wade A X X 'X -X 'N X X 'N f g x X V X X Dudley, Lawrence Dwyer, Winfield Edney, Ola Grace Ellis, Mattie Louise Ellis, W. D., Jr. Evans, James Glenn Ezelle, Ezzell, Hugh Ezzell, Mary Fairchild, Thomas Farr, George Felknor, Mary Adelia Flowers, Dorothy Mae Fowler, Richard Frilick, James Gamblin, Roy Gartman, Cris Gilbert, Dixie Gilbert, Dorothy Giles. James H. Gi lis, Elizabeth A. Gossett, Fred Gough, James Grace, Billie Gray, Margaret Grayson, Estelle Grayson, Marguerite Hale, Mary Halford, Frank Margaret Hancock, Tommy Harbour, Annis Sue Lela Hamrick, Harbour, Harper, Louise Harrington, Joe Louis Harrison. Merle Hartzog, Virgil Hatten, Dorothy Hawkins, Ruby Hayden, Eunice Hayes, Doris Hayes. Minnie Hearron, Archie Heiderhoff, Edyth Henry, Stanley Herring, Cecil Higgins, Dorothy Hill, Louise Hill, Minnie Hobgood. Charline Hodge, William Hollenbeek, Betty Hollenbeck, Joe Hollimon, Elizabeth Holliman, Vivian Holmes, Hudson, Hudson, Hudson, David Addison Billie Charles Irby, Frances Ison, Jimmie Ivy, Genell Jackson, Phyllis Jay, Louie Jeffares, Christine Johnson, Jimmie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Stanley Johnston, W. F. Joiner. J. E. X fx A fx 'X x 'X -X L N Keeton, James Keith, Bobbie Keller, John, Jr. Kennedy, Frank Kidder, Dot Knight, Ralph Knight, Shirley Lancaster, Ruby Leigh, Virginia Long, James Lowry, Burt Lynch, Ann Lynch, W. D.. Jr. Malone, Jack Malott, Thelma H. Martin, Chester Matthews, Leila Mayo, LaNoyette McArthur, Edwin McDonald, Evelyn McDonald, Orman McElwee, Van Dorn McGow'n, Mary E. Mclnnis, Marie McRoy, Helen Melnecoff, Sammy Merz, Florence Miller, Milton Mobley, Dan Monsour, Fredna Morgan, Frank Moss, Ernest Murphy, Betty Jo Myers, Sara Nassar, Clara Nelson, Emma Jo Newman, Charles Newman, Estha 0'mstead, Francis Oppenheim, Paul Parker, Minnie Patton, Jack Payne, Beth Pearson, W. T. Pharis, Louise Pickerrell, Lillian Pickett, Azalea Pigford, Jack Pool, Anne Pool, Bruce Powell, David Poythress, Ben Poythress, Eloise Ramsey, Martha Raney, Sara Rayburn, Aurinne Reed, Emmie Lu Rice, Woodrow Riley, Eva Ruth Risher, Lois Robertson, Maurine Rogers, Alma Rosenbaum. Alfred Rusk, Helen Saltonstall, Gurdon Satterwhite, Ben Schaefer, Duane Schaeffer, Eugene Scott, Jimmie Jack Seale, Charles ,X A Sessions, Florine Sessions, Lois Severance, Eunice Shannon, Ora Lee Shannon, Winnie T. Shepherd, Ollie D. Shirley, Rebecca Siler, Harvey Sisson, Hubert Skinner, Clifton Smith, Earl Smith, Lee Smith. Roy Smith, Ruby Nell Smith, W. J. Solomon, Jeanrl Stennis, John Stephenson, Frank Strain, Lola Belle . Slringfellow, Dixie . Stuckey. Carolyn Sumrall, Lorayne Tanner, Earl 1 Tanner, Evelyn Tate, P. G. Tatum. Mary M. Thead, Louise Thompson, Carleton Thompson, Louise Thompson, Ouida X Thornell, Arthur Tisdale. Mavis-' Travis. James Vann, Rush Vincent, Mary E. Viverett. Franklin P. Walker, Jessie Pearl Walker. Theo Wallace, A. D., Jr. 1 Dorothy Wallace. Walston, Leo Walters, Elizabeth Walters, Sarah Lou Ward, Elizabeth Ward, Willoise Warren, Rufus Watson, Marjory Watts, Jack Webb, Ruth X Weeks, Sybil Weir, Jack .. Welch, not ' Welch, Rebecca White, Evelyn , White, Jenoise Whitney, Anita Wilder. Melba Williams, Eloise Williams, Emmette Williamson, Wilbern Wilson, Robert Wright, M. L., Jr. Wright, Rayburn' Yarbrough, Elizabeth Yeagley, Herbertx Young, Lamar Zachry, Clarence Zachry, Pauline VX va SOPHOMCJRES r L4 CDI-'FICERS . . . . . . Pfl'Silll'llf BILL RAY . BRUCE POOL . . . Virr'-Prvsidrrll MARTHA RAMSEY . . Srrwlary-Trcfaszzrw' MRS. TOM SAWYER . . . Sponsor Although a Soph is considered third in rank in high school, the attainments of the Class of '39 merit its recog- nition for a first rank entry into MHS. Under the capable leadership of the officers and spon- sor, this class has displayed its desire to rise to a status of loftiness in Meridian High annals. Bill Ray, President of the Class, and member of the '36 football squad, has been designated tackle of the '37 team. To his athletic honors might be added his capacity for leadership. Skeeter Pool, though not quite large enough to be a football hero was the minute cheer leader of the '37 Pep- 48 sters. He is also recognized in the upper third of his class in scholarship. Serving as Secretary-Treasurer, Martha Ramsey, an- other letter leader , has, too, displayed her ability to lead her c'assmates. lintrance into the Sophomore Class seems to fill the stu- dent with self-assurance and school consciousness. Units multiply themselves and the students experience a keen in- terest in watching them grow-this with infinite satisfac- tion. Studies relative to one's vocation are assumed and the student eagerly accepts the responsibility which accom- panies. lfxtra-curricular activities beckon and through these the student broadens his perceptive lens. TI-IE SOPHOMORE CLASS V rust., ,. Abston. Patsy Adams, Dorothy Jane Adams, Johnie Mae Adkins, Josephine Adler, Donald Allen, Albert Dee Allen, George Anderson. Raymon Allison, Nan Andrews, Joe Atwood, Mary Elizabeth Barnes, Bessie Mae Barnes, Elna Bancroft, Charles Banes, James Irvin Barber, Dorothy Barden, Bonnie Jean Barnes, Mary Jane-X Beasley. James ' Beddlngfield, Bryan Beddingfield, Jerald Benson, Lela Bennett. Preston Birdsong, Frank Bounds, Davis Brett, Maurice Brame, Christine Brewer, Bill Britt, Cecil Brown. Harold Brown, Ed at-own. Willard E. Buie. Ada Frances . Burks, R. D. ', Cabler, Mildred Carmichael, A. 'I'. Carmichael, Katherine Carpenter, Mary Lucille Catledge, Carolyn Catledge, Sara Chatam, Wayne Christopher, Mary E. Cook, Roy Cobb, Edith Cooper, Sadie May Covington, James Covington, Joe Crenshaw, Dal Crook, Florence Crowley. Madeline Mary Cross, Billy Cruise, Dorothyn Culpepper. Eileen Curtis, Lois Cutsus, Toscla Daniel, Dalton Daniels, Mary Davis, Charles Davis, Charlotte Dearman, Mildred Dawkins, Laverne Dease, Martha Dement, Betty Wayne Dement, Shelby Denton, Ruby Dell Denton, William Dewees, Bennie Duke, James Howard ROSTER Eckles, Charles Eggerton, Fred Emmons, Sara Ethridge. Mark Ethridge, Elizabeth Fairchild, Orene Fairchild, Porter Farmer, Marshall Farr, Walter Farmer, Matthew Faulk, Ed Faulkner, Annie Lee Files, Gladys Mae Files, Lavertte Fitts, Harriet Elizabeth Flander, Glen Earl Forbes, Gloria ' Fountain, William Fuller, Hugh Garrison, Eugene Gavin, Donald George, Ida Gibbons, Ralph Gibson, Fannie Gibson, Lorene Glover, Tom Godwin, Clara Goldinf Margie Goodson,- Alton Goree, Bernice Gower, Norma Graham, Katherine Graham, Evelyn Joyce Green, Dorothy Grice, Louise Griffin, Dorothy Gullett, James Gunn, Billie Hall, Dorothy Hale, Newana Hampton, Tommy Harger, Erline Hardy, Eugene Harper, Lamar Harper, Melvin Harper, Juanita Harrington, Neville Harrington, Dan Hartley. Irma Harvey. Ann Hasson, Jane ' Heiderhoff, Evelyn Herring, Dorothy Herring, Mary Kate Herrington, Alice Hinton, Charles Hinton, Tom Hodgin, Florence Holt, Julie Howle, Sue Howell, Jane Hudson, Lucille Hughes, Billie Ivy, Evelyn Jackson, Dennie Jackson, Kathryn Jeffares, Robert Jenkins, Clarence Johnson, Otis E. Johnson, Robert Johnston, Opal Jordan, Lewis Joyner, Bonnie Lorene Kelly, Charles Kennedy, John Key, Ethelyn Juanita Key, Helen Kidder, Philip Donald Kittrell, Mildred Knapp, Jack Lane, Olive Rose Lawson, Virginia Lee, Loraine Little, Lyle Long, Annie Louise Lang, Charles Lowry, Bobbye Lawrence, Eloise McArthur, John McClure, Josephine McCormick, Bonnie Mae McLaurin, Alno If McMillan, Ned McPhearso'n. Mary McRae, Herbert McWilliams, Leon Mabry, Josephine Malone, Dorothy Mapp, Jane Marshall, Anne Martin, Lucile Massey, Jane Massey. Bernice Matthews, Orin Matthews, Talvia May, Mildred Mayo, Etoile Mayo, Franklin Miller, Hattie Mae Mills, Ernestine Mitchell, Mary Frances Moak. Mary Frances Mobley, Kathryn Moore, Charles Moore, Gladys Moore, Hanner Morgan, Agnes Morgan. Lofton Morgan, Edith Moss, Kathryn Moss, Mary Nabors, Arthor Henry Neal, Geneva Nealy, Mack Nelson, Jeanne Netter, Frances Newman, Lavelle Ott, Evelyn Page, Franklin Parker, Billy Parish, Ruth Parker, Mary Bryan Peavy, Vaughn Pigott. Otis Plummer, Janelle Pogue, Ada Dee Pond, Jane Prisock, Katherine Pruett. Hazel Quick, Lila Ranager. Mary Estelle Ranager, Waller Rawson, Harmon Rawson, Doris Ray. Bill Reid, Lucille Repsher, Saramel Riley, Billy Roberts, Melvin Robinson, Katherine Rogers, Hazel Rose. Frank Rothenberg, Rita Saget, Douglas Sanders, Rebecca Sessions, Nelma Shumaker, Dorothy Shumate. James Sikes, Beverly Simmons. Frances Simon, Laverne Sinclair, William Skinner, Martha Smith, Frank D. Snell, Robert Spencer, Raiford Speed, Martha Stewart, Paul Slampley, Kathryn Stampley, Leslie Stanton, Jack Stewart. Mildred Stoves, Nadine Swann, Laura Frances Tanner, Harold Scott Tew, Preston Thornell, Herschel Tinnin, Jane Timbrell, Martha Toland, Jimmie Vincent, Bonnie Walker, Loraine Walker. Harris Walker, Louis Wascom, Precious Watson. Elizabeth Watkins, Hollie C., Jr. Watkins, Loralie Wells, Jessie Lee Williams, Catherine Wi'liams, Eleanor Williams, Harris Cole Williams. Jack Williams, Julia Williams, Ruby Wilkinson, Sarah Willoughby, W. J. Worthen, Virginia Wright, Mallande Wright, Uldine Wyatt, Betty Youngblood, Imogene sf' , KN-'gf-3, gmmx W 5 ' Xi s L I x N'-N, 4 , x M. N X wo-W. i 8,5 x 1 N05 -Y X X0 : xx ggi x x. TN ff . Q, X .TXQDQQN A in e,, N x , Q 1 FRESHMEN OFFICERS CHARLES HARTZOG . . . Prcsidvnt OLLIE JEAN MORGAN . . . Vice-Presidwzf DOROTHY HODGES . . Secretary-Treasurer C Beginning their high school career are a large group of enthusiastic Frosh. Charles Hartzog, Ollie Jean Morgan and Dorothy Hodges, class officers, represent the intelli- gence, leadership, and popularity of the Freshman group. Attaining membership in the Freshman Class means that after eight long years of trying industry, students reach the climax of their career, innovation to high school life. It is then that the first thrill of receiving units is felt. Thoughts turn future-ward and things that were air-castles when mud-pieing seem just a few decades off. 52 XVith the start that the Frosh have, their high school days will indeed be successful ones. liven though they will not be the first to graduate from the new Meridian High School, they will be the first class to receive finis pigskins from both the new and the old schools. This is virtually a distinction. There should be no fear concerning the athletic achieve- ments of the Class of '40, The '36 football season was a bright one for the Junior High Kittens. Among the shin- ing stars were James Page, Jay Jackson, Charles Lang, Bill Thornton and Hunter Webb. May the stay in the new school be as successful as the way there for these Kittens! The personality material thus far realized promises a maximum of accomplishment. THE FRESHMEN CLASS Abel, Betty Abernathy, Mable Ackerman, Billy Aden, Ellen Jane Aebli, Jack Allen, Billy Archer, George Arnold, Stanley Baldwin, Annie Grace Baldwin, Mildred Baradell, Nora Barber, John Barker, Eddie J. Baughman. Roy Beard, L. D. Beasley, Elizabeth Beddingfield, John Beddingfield, Martha Beddlngfield, Owen Bennett, J a'ne Katherine Benson. George William Betrand, Charles Birdsong, Beatrice , Birdsong, Leatha Pearl Birdsong, Sara Blackmon, Evofn B'ackwell. Sarah Ellen Blanks, Joe Blanks, Thomas B'edsoe. Doris Carroll Blum, William Boswell, Carl Boyd, Jack Brand. R. V. Brand, Winifred Brewer, Carol Brewer, Edmond Brewster, Dorothy Britt. R. C. Brooks, Clyde Brown, Edna Brown, Fletcher Brown, Frank Thomas Brown, George Brown Merlta B.-ym' Albert Buckton. Charles Buie. George Burnett. Lucille Cahn, A. L. Callaway, Roy Cameron, Winston Carlisle, William Carmichael, Louise Carney, Nell Catlet . John Chatham, Corine Chatam . Wade Chiles. Cliff Chlsolm. Hellon Clark, Clark, James Onie Lee ,. -in ROSTER Eibrlee, Ida Marie English. William Ethridge, W. C. Fairchild, George Faucette, Edna Felbleman, Edgar Ferrill, Rowena Fiscus, Clara Fiscus, Elmer Fleming. Marshall Florence. Stella Mae Foust, Francis Foust., Martha Frashier, Ed Freeman, Jeanette Freeman, Mae Frohlich, Maurice Fulenwider, Polly Fuller, Ruth Gainey, Emma Jean Gartin, Algie Gartman, J. D. Gay, Margaret Elizabeth Gensert, Elanor Betty George, Lillie Giles. Fletcher Glascock, .Iohnnie Mae Glascock. Talmadge Glover, Pauline Goldman. Louise Gossett. Nettie Cleo Graham, John Grayson, Freeman Grayson. W. M. Green. Annie Pauline Green. Norman Green. Clydlne Griffin. Nancy Griffith, J. B. Grimes, Julius Grisham.,,Zora Gullett, Frank Gunn, Billie Haney, James Marshall Harbour, Marjorie Harper, W. J, Harris. Lucille Hartzog. Charles Hawkins, Billy Hayden. Katie Hayes. Wirt Henegar, Elizabeth Henson, Edwin Herring, George Hester, Virginia Higgins, Marjorie Hightower, Thomas Hilton, Helon Hodges. Dorothy Hodges, T. H. Hoffman, George Holsornback. Pansy Ma Jnhnsfm Quave, Mary Coats. Annie Louise Cockrell, Henry Collins. Osborne Cooley, Nell Covington, Martha Covington, Sara Crawley. Earnest Curry, Edna Carolyn Daly, Gray Daniels, Bertha Dansby, Glovis Davenport, Tommy Davis. Dan Davis, Daniel Davis, Earllne Davis, J. D. Davison. Juanita Dearman, Leatha Deese. Aubrey Dement, Jeanne Dement, Margaret Dixon, Henry L. Dorr. Lawrence Downey, Charlotte Dravin, Lewis Drinkwater, Bill Wayne Duke. Neville Dukes, Lamar Dunn, Elizabeth Anne De Briere, Helen De Brock, Marian East. John. Jr. .. Eastland, Meade '- Eastland, Tommie Jean Easterling. Sim , Edwards, Ruby Elkin, Marnel Hopper, Billy Houston, Elizabeth Hudson, Sam Hughes, Marguerite Hughey, Montez Huahey. Sadie Hurst. Juanita Husband, Doris lllges, Daisy Lee Irby. Charles Jackson. Jay Jaoua, Palmer Jeffares. Sarah Jenkins, James Johnson C. I. Johnson, C'ara Wanda Jones, Henry Lee Jones. Stanley Junper, Fred Kahlmlls. Maurice Kidd. Earl Kittrell. Ruth Knight, Lewis Knight, Thelis Lackey, Ben Lancaster, Lavall Lane, Eda Faye Lanier, Hugh Letting, Albert Leavell, W. A., Jr. Lee. Gladys Leiltb. Jack Lewis. Charles Lide. Eva Jean Litchfield, Mabel Littleton, Luther Lockard, Thomas I X ' E Loeb, Joan Logan, Robert Lollis, Annette Long, Hazel Loper, Frank Lowe, Robert Lucy, Stennis Luke, Harvey. Jr. Luke. Jake Mabry, Mary Ruth Maher. Clara B. Marcum, Jack May. William McAdoo, Elizabeth McAlister, Bryan McAllster, John McArthur, Irvin McArthur, Lawrence McCarty, Everett McCarty, James McClure. Pauline McDade. Grace McKellar, Ruth McMahon, 0'Lena McMahon, Thomas McNair, Alice Joyce McWilliams. Dick Mcador, Alford Lamar Middleton, Douglas Miller, Arthur Mitchell, C. C. Mitchell, Marie Monette, Peggy Monsour, Charles Mooney, John Earl Moore, Audrey Moore, Elsie Moore. I.avelle Moran, Donald Moreland, Lois Morgan, Harold M0l'lIan. Ollie Jean Morningstar, Dave Morris, Jean Morrison, Edgar Murphree, Bill Myers, Arline Naylor, Eugene Odom, Ethel Grey 0'Flinn, George Owens, Emma Jean Owens. Merrial Padgett. Charles Pagan, Ruhye Earl Pagan. Ruth Pearl Page, Forest Clifton Parker, Jack Parker. Milam Parnell. Matibeth Patterson, Dorothy Peebles. Addie Brown Peterman, Ann Pettey, Katie Ruth Pierce, Dorothy Pigford, Dorothy Pigford. Helen Pigford, Thomas Pigott, Tom Pirzott. William Platt. A. J. Plummer, Doria Plummer. Gloria Pogue, Edward Pogues, Myrtle Powell, Wilhemina Pugh, Carlton Pugh, Geraldine Pulliam, Dorothy Elizabet Quinnelly, Doris Rafkin, Maxwell Rainer, Sue Ramia, John Ramsey, Milton Ranager, William Rayner, H. S. Redwood, Billy Regions. Dorothy Reynolds. Dorothy Riddell, Joyce Rivers, Evelyn Roggrson, Jewell Ro rtah Cody Robinsoni, . Brewster Robinson, Harold Robinson. Samuel Curtis Robinson. Wilmer Rogers, Maxine Roqulns. Louise Ross. Margie A V -sr, ' y., Ross, Roger Rusk, Dorothy Rucker, Harold Rucker. Joe Sanderford, R. F. Sanders, Nell Sanderson, Geraldine Satterwhitle, Dorothy Scarborough, J. L. Schade, Dean Scott. Charley Scott. Erline Scruggs. Odis Shamburger, Margaret Shank, Jack Shannon, Everette Shannon, Floyd Shaw, C. W. Shepard, Ellawayne Shepard, W. K. Sherman. Norma Shotts. Shuff, Jack Bernard Shumate, Joe Shumate, William Sikes, Sarah Alice Simmons. Evelyn Skelton, Clarisse Smith. Chester Smith, lla Marie Smith, Jack Smith, James Ellen Smith, Jeanette Elsie Smith. Lave le Smith, Mary Frances Smith, Robert Smith Warren Sparks, Lois Starker, James Strange, Kenneth Sturdivant, Edna Ruth Sullivan, Fred U Sumrall, Lee Sumrall, Marie Swilley, Janelle Tarkenton. Mary E. Taylor, Alberta Taylor, Betty Jane Taylor, Clarence William Temple, Moses Thead, Mary Edna Thompson, Eloise Thompson, Harold Thompson, Reba Tibbett, Margaret Tidmore, Cliff Tims. Jimmie Touchstone. Sarah Trawick. Bob Ulmer, Laverne Vance, James Vardell, Pat Wadkins. Robert Wahrendorff, Wayne Walker, Jean Elizabeth Waller, A. W. Waller, John Waltman. Albert Waltman, Willie Warren, James Washburn. Nat. I. Watkins. Elmore Watkins, Frances Watson, Alice Ruth Weeks, Mary Helen Welch, Bill Welch, Cecil Whitehead, John hWhit'ney. Emory Whittington. Ralph Wilder. T. W. Wilkes, Myrtle Wilkinson, Dorothy Williams. Dorothy Williams, Leo Williams. Marie Williams. Morris Wilson. Grace Wlmberly, Herbert Wood, Sara Wright, Pauline Wright, Wylene Yarborough, Nell Yarborough, L. M. Yeomans. 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Numbered among those who tried and failed are the highly vaunted Jackson Tigers who were destined to sip the bitter dregs of defeat as a result of the in- spired play by the Wildcats, which garnered for them a I9-13 win over one of the state's outstanding teams. Seven thousand rabid fans witnessed the most thrilling spectacle in the annals of Meridian football, when twice in the grasp of defeat the not-to-be- denied Wildcats overcame the margin and fina'ly submerged the Tigers by one touchdown, in a game which was characterized by emotions ranging from the depths of despair to the heights of hope. It was during the first five minutes of play that the Wildcats' first score was forthcoming. Knight made consistent gains un- til the ball was put in posi- tion where Stringfellow carried it across the goal ai M. l-l.. unmolested. Stringfellow converted. Not to be outdone Jackson retaliated with Furlow scoring and Kinard converting. The score stood 7-7, and re- mained unchanged until that wild and never-to-be-forgotten fourth quarter when Chambers scored for Jackson, putting them in the lead, Brown scored for Meridian, tying the score and Stringfellow scored for the Wi'dcats, ending the game with Meridian leading 19-13. Ifiril rout Dan Mobley, Charles McDonald, Bill Ray, Gerald Beddingfield, Milton Miller, Harold Moore, Milton Lockard. Svmrzil role: Ralph Knight, Tom Hfnton, Francis Stuckey, liarl Tanner, Cliff Shirley, Fred Partin, Lee Smith, Dan Thornton, ,Ioe Stringfellow. 'I'l2inl row: Mr. Baxter, Lee Perry, john Abel, Ralph Covington, Preston Bennett, Robert johnson, Har- eld Clark, -Ioe Knight, Conrad Brown, Mr. Van. Fonrllr rout Phillip Kidder, Durwood May, Hugh lizzell, Lawrence Smith, Clarence Zaehry, Ben Carney, Alex Touelistone, Robert Leigh, Richard Settoon, Flat Davis, -lim Wgltts. SQUAD A 61 . 641' fi-si, B , ,, ,lvLr I 1 Y: QESUME CDI: Meridian's gridiron squad closed the 1936 football season with a record of having defeated five Big Eight conference teams and two non-conference teams, with only two defeats chalked up against the 'Cats. During the course of events of '36 such elevens as Jackson, Laurel, Newton, Quitman, Brookhaven, Gulf- port and West Point went down before the Wildcat squad by a sizeable margin. Seven of the games played were won by the Meridian team and the eighth, against Biloxi, was defaulted by the coastal squad, bringing the total won by the 'Cats to eight. Meridian played seven games at home and won a'l, but a jinx seemingly followed the squad on each out-of-town trip-first in Vicksburg, then in Hattiesburg and lastly, Biloxi. During the season the Meridian squad totaled 174 points against 48 points of the combined efforts of the opponents. Opposing ballmen did not cross the blue and white goal during the first four games of the season. Vicksburg was the first team to do any damage to the home squad, crossing the Wildcat goal three times, to hand the 'Cat team their first defeat, 20-6. Hattiesburg was the only other team defeating the '36 squad- Tiger ballmen winning by one point on a fluke touchback by a score of 8-7. Meridian's record for the year stands as one of the brightest in several seasons, win- ning each home game and a'so packing in large crowds each time Greer field was the scene of the combat. Prospects for the 1937 season look even brighter than at the beginning of '36. Again under the leadership of Captain Joe Knight and with such men returning as CAPTAIN Red Perry, Lee Smith, Joe Stringfellow, JOE KNWHT Dan Thornton, Pep Bennett, Sonny Johnson, Sandy Rice, and Bill Ray, the first team of the new school should go places. 62 SEASGN Chosen for the first time seven years ago, the cheer-leaders, under the per- sonal direction of Mr. T. Carter Harmon, have become a most vital part of M. H. S. These students furnish the major part of the pep and enthusiasm at the football games and do their part toward stirring the cheering sections on to their utmost in the support of the pigskinners. First row: Mary Jane Barnes, Dorothy Barber, Joyce Sanders. Second row: Bruce Poole, Charlene May, Katherine Graham, Earl Smith. f as BASK Iirrl mu oc Knight, Harold Cunningham, Reid Brown Bob Mtliryde, joe Stringfellow. Srfwnl mtv: Coaeh Baxter Wriglit Still, Ben Carney, Fred Partin, I Tom Hinton X C. Rhodes, Coach learson. After spectacular playing featured by numerous wins, Meridian's Cagers closed the 1937 season with the Big Eight basketball tourna- ment held in Biloxi the week-end of March S. Having e'iminated the Brookhaven five in the first round, 40-10, the Wildcats were in turn defeated by Vicksburg in the semi-finals of the meet. During the course of the season, such teams as Vicksburg fconfer- ence championsy, Laurel, jackson, and Selma went down before the 'Cat team. Meridian fans were fascinated by the overwhelming vic- tories while visitors were somewhat downcast by the subsequent defeats. Captained by Bob McBryde, the quintet composed of Bubber Cunningham, Reid Brown, Joe Stringfellow, joe Knight, V. C. Rhodes, Popeye Partin and Tom Hinton turned in an excellent record, having gained a total of 327 points against opponents' 295. Wildcat ballmen showed exceptional ability in close guarding which was one of the primary factors in each of the Wildctlt victories. All p'ayers displayed unusual skill in the game as well as superior sportsmanship. G4 .1 '. B LI. lfivxf row: Martha Speed, liarline Davis, Grace Speed, Frances Guy, Hannah Moore. S!'lYH1Ll mu: Miss Louise Alford, Mary jane Barnes, Hattie Mae Miller, Thelma Harper, Bernice Harper, Elise Norton, Imelda Beeman, Margaret Dement. Experiencing a season not quite up to par so far as wins are con- cerned, but abounding in valuable experience and the higher requi- sites of the game, the Meridian sextet completed a mediocre season in regal fashion. The rather uneventful season came only after a terrific struggle on the part of the opposition. The Wildcat sextet defeated Laurel, and Why Not, only to suffer the effects of their own bitter medicine at the hands of jackson, McComb and Suqualena. Even though the opposition was not overwhelmed with a barrage of goals, it was accosted and dealt misery by the courage and love for the game exhibited by the 'Cat squad. Among the outstanding members who closed the season in good form was Grace Speed, captain and center of the sextet. Meridian High's thin clads experienced a very successful season in winning five track and field meets in 1936, while suffering only two setbacks. 65 QAKTQAQK Ifrmrl rvu': Conrad Brown, Flat Davis, Ralph Cov- ington, Bill Raney, Duane Schaeffer, Shorty Pearson. Srrwnf rout Coach l.. Gebliart, Bob McBryde, Cecil Germany, Reid Brown, Richard Settoong Coach -lim Baxter. Tlviril mir: Charles Mcllonald, liarl Tanner, Fred Partin, .loc Stringfellow, Stewart Smith. Abounding in experienced track men and well fortified with promising untried material, Coaches Gebhart and Baxter possessed a nucleus which they molded into a well-rounded track and field squad. Being declared winners of the regional and Laurel dual meets, the Wildczlts were faring well in the course of events, until at the hands of Greenville they were forced to take second place in the State meet held at Starksville-due to a deficiency of four points. Then the 'Cats coasted through the Meridian relays, but fared not so well in the Laurel relays, and when the bitter end was forthcoming, found them- selves perched in third place. Meridian had little trouble in downing Jackson and Vicksburg in the Triangular meet. Then came that eventful night when, after the smoke cleared from the battle ground, the opposition realized that the Wildcats were not to be denied in their quest for the Big Eight Championship. In this fashion the curtain was rung down on a very fortunate season. 66 TEAMS... Front row: Dot Welcli, Zora Griffin Leila Benson Grace Speed, Hattie Mae Miller, Mary hm B1rnes Swoznl mu: Miss Alford, Tiny Miller Ida Marie Smith, Nollie Smith, li. V. Childress, Dot Knight Mar tha Speed. Following the fine example set by the boys' track team, the girls' squad proved quite efficient in taking a lead if not setting a pace, by winning the Big Eight crown. Overflowing in an abundance of seasoned veterans, the team was well fortified in all phases of activity. Coaches Alford and Nichols took advantage of the wealth of material and developed a team capa- ble of offering opposition to the best team in the state. The aftermath of the regional field meet found the 'Cats casually licking their chops after having made a meal of the opposition in short order. But the finis of the Laurel-Meridian dual meet found the top hon- ors gone with the wind due principally to the velocity of the Tor- nado. Following this ill-fated tangle with one of Mother Nature's strongest forces. the Wildcats looking for greener pastures, journeyed to the state meet where they placed in three events after stiff oppo- sition. The last meet was a gala affair characterized by the dauntless spirit of four score gir's pitting their speed and skill againstithe best that the opposition had to proffer. It required the best the Wildcats had, but they met the qualifications and gained the Big Eight title as a reward. 67 I1 sf r 4 Clifton Skinner, Harold Tanner, Billy Allen George Benson, Donald Strange, Ross Dawkins, Otis Pickard Yvrrunl row: Charles Felker, Ed Paine, Lugenc Naylor, Charles O'Flynn, Harmon Rawson, ll1t Davis Charles McDonald, Lee Smith. BOXING Boxing reached a climax with the finals of the intramural matches held in the high school gymnasium February 12, 1937, before a ca- pacity crowd. Winners in each weight division were selected and pre- sented with golden gloves as recognition of sportsmanship and boxing ability. Those winning in the various divisions were Flats Davis, Royce Dawkins, George Benson, Otis Pigott, Eugene Naylor, Harmon Rossin, Charles McDonald and Lee Smith. These men were selected from approximately forty contestants who originally started work- outs and represent the best in each of their groups. Flats Davis, winner of the 125 to 135 pound class, was the most outstanding man of the season. Davis ended his fifth season of high school boxing and promises to be even better next year. Each of che winners presented an outstanding exhibition of skill and sportsman- ship. 68 lirwzf wut Red Perry, Harold Tanner, Skeets Weleli, Raymond W'right, Coach Pearson. Svmmf raw: Aloe Knight, Lloyd Bullock, Ralph Knight. 'I'lrir11 mir: Willnur Wfilliams, joe Stringfellow, Coach Van. Fourth row: Billy Herring. .lack Watts, Leon Brett, Tom Hin- ton, Pat McNair, Virgil Pricster, Richard W'oodruff. BASEBALL Climaxing a glamorous season, literally studded with victories, the Wildcat diamond squad ended its encounters in a blaze of glory, after losing only one game in thirteen starts. Coach Van had a roster of capable baseball players which he molded into a team possessing potentialities which far surpassed any- thing the opposition had to offer in the way of competition. Both offensively and defensive'y the team was in a class of its own, defeating any club that was unfortuinate enough to cross its path. Among the big guns, Joe Knight, Joe Stringfellow, Pat McNair, and Virgil Priester, were chief offensive threats, while the entire in- field composed of Bob Young, Skeeter Welch, Pat McNair, Red Perry and Jack Waitts played an air tight brand of defensive ball. Carl Edney, Virgil Priester, and Leon Brett led che hurlers, claiming speed, accuracy and poise. The squad was rich in its endowment of competitive spirit, sports- manship and all other desirable qua'ities necessary for the success of an organization. 69 BOYS GIRLS l'iIl'Xf rout V, Ci. Rhodes, Alex l,oui Allison, Coach l.ouise Tout'l1lone, Mr. Thomas Saw- Alford, -loyce Sanders. yer. Swami rout Douglas Mc- l,e.in, -Iaelt Malone, lra Thorn. TENNIS Meridian boys' Net Squad of 1936 enjoyed a very successful sea- son although the number of wins was not quite up to par. Alex Touchstone and Billy Cameron represented Meridian High in doubles and Billy played singles. Prospects for the 1937 season seem favorable with Alex Touch- stone and Douglas McLean and Jack Malone, new-eomers, as the basis of the team. Coach Tom Sawyer stated that he expects the team to secure many laurels in 1937. The year 1936 was kind to the gir's' tennis team, or rather Coach Louise Alford turned out one of the best girls' tennis teams in several years. Joyce Sanders played singles for the 'Cats and Gladys Carmi- chael and Loui Allison were paired together for doubles. Meridian's team made a grand sweep of the Big Eight tournament and came out equally well in each of the other matches. Aspects for the 1937 season are quite as favorable and a number of wins are expected for the teams. 70 PEP SQUAD A .. . . .,, mong the very essential units of the high school is the Girls lep Squad. Organized in 1934 under the direction of Mr. T. Carter Harmon, this drill team of four score girls more than serves its purpose of adding beauty and color to the various athletic events and parades conducted by the school. With so capable a director as Mr. Harmon the squad has greatly increased its numbers and has developed into a vital and necessary part of the football season. Miss Mary Louise Alford, physical education instructor, assisted in training the girls. The unit leads parades preceding football games, executes intricate maneu- vers between halves, and adds materially to the cheering while the game is in progress. The squad uniforms lend color and life to the games. White pants and shirts with blue sashes, tams and boleros carry out the blue and white of MHS and present an attractive pattern on the field. Meridian prides herself in possessing one of the most outstanding and best drilled squads of this kind in the state. Under the captainship of Loui Allison the most recent group reached new zeniths in field performance, gaining the recognition of all spectators during the past season. 71 x , ' l ,Nw 3 'V g.',,,..-4 ,5 .H u .i,,k, . vA,- -1 ,. 1' '- i f a F Ifirxf row: Robert Price, Robert Frazier, Roger Cameron, Billy Cobb, Orman Mcllonald, Billy Baradell, joe Andrews, Bill Rancy, Louie Stephens, jim Lowry. Swnfnl mu: Nlfalter Tay- lor, james jeffaries, Charles McDonald, joseph Gordon, Vergil Hartzog, li. li. XValker, Cecil Germany, Duane Schaeffer, Louie jay. Tlwinl rout james Giles, lirnest Moss, V. C. Rhodes, limmcrt Williams, Vernon lickles, Robert Waller, George lfarr, jack XVeir. SAFETY SQUAD OFFICERS V. C. RHoD11s . . . . . . . . Cajzlain DUANIL SCHAlil4'liR . lfirsf Lffllffllclllf ROIiIiR'F FRAISI-QR . Svmml Lfl'llfl'lltIHf EMMli'I I'lL WILLIAMS . . Top Sl'I'gl'lllIf Close cooperation with civic organizations has been a major feature in the work of the Safety Squad this year. In this connection it has aided in the Lions Club Safety Campaign by strict traffic direction before and after school and the distribution of safety pledge cards to all students. By constant duty during school hours the members live up to their motto, Service and Safety . Among the routine duties are: direction of traffic in the corridors, lunch room and about the grounds, enforcing regulations and doing office work. A Safety Squad man's official uniform is a blue military cap with white band and insignia, white belt, blue sweater with Wildcat insignia engraved with MHS Safety Patrol and the individual number of the owner. Applications are accepted during the year and when vacancies occur, new men are elected to membership from the list of applicants. 72 3 ,N 5 TQ -I.. ,f Q' Q , V 6 SR wi ig Y V425 WW . , 'XXX Xxwg xx 1 is 'ISP EW , 6 SI .xxx Q 'SW fisggqers, www vw -air we wx ,X 5 W 4? wx X W SQA Ag X K Xi X X X X X ' is x X Q A X -A 5 Q 4 ,x K 'N X98 WQX, g,t'Q',s'v ' .kwa S Q -1, M 'Q isyvs Signs' +1 S 'fa gs ,xg ,-4? 1' fmt W IE.. I 1- - W gg v- 5 -'y . ,V K H , 1 b v+ ' 1' . . H'-p:,: 'wt X M Nao.. 5 . 'V ' X A5915 f mf. ' 'Tiff' fg gf v P ORGANIZATIONS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Mo'I 1'o: Sc'lwlm'sf1if:, I,m14ff'i'sbijw, St'l'l'll't', Cfitznlrler' Formal installation of the Meridian Chapter of the National Honor Sotitty was held October 13, l936. This chapter is the second to he organized among the high schools of Mississippi and the membership is chosen from the upp r third of their respective classes. Charter members of the Society are: llelen Aehli Ruth Anders l,ouise lNlar1eC1h.illx Agallia Culpepper lsatlore llravin Mary li, Galbraith Sara llorgan Members chosen Billy llaradell Betsy Harrell Allie llha Brown james Donald at mid-yea lidward l.oelxard CSl't'r'vlu1'yp .Io-ephinc Lowry ql'i'i'mlur1lJ Mary l.. Matthews -losephine Mclaurin Peggy Moss lili-pe Norton I' HFC! llerniee llarper ilihelma Harper Mildred Harrington Urman McDonald TPS ,lack Parker Umar llool Q'l'l1'i1x11r'i'i'l Alames Quinnelly llilfl'-lll'4'X.l Mr-.. Thad Van lSjmf1mrj I loise Poythress Mary Reynolds lfssie M. Swearengen -Ideli Xvclf' DRAMATIC CLUB OFFICERS Clccxll. CSICRMANY . . . I'n'si4lw1f JIAZAN SOLOMON . .. Vin'-Pn'xi41w1l Ma. T. CAa'riaR I'IARMON . . SIJUIISUI' Eighty-nine students of Meridian High School compose the Dramatic Club which was first organized in 1925 by Mr. J. L. McCaskill. Three-act plays have been included in the Club's program since its organization. The Jade God was the initial three-act play to be produced by the Club this year. The first of a series of 0I1C-LlCt plays was The liligib'e Mr. Bangs. Since the Dramatic Club was formed in Meridian High approximately thir- ty-six three-act plays and twenty-five one-act plays have been given. The club entered the Big Eight play tournament in which Meridian placed second twice and was awarded first place once. This year the Club loses three of its most outstanding members: Cecil Ger- many, Josephine Lowry and Billy Felknor. All of these have starred in dra- matic presentations since entrance into high school, Cecil having portrayed roles in five playsg Josephine, three, and Billy, four. Another veteran of the troop and the vice-president of the '37 Dramatic Club is Jean Solomon who returns for active service next year. 79 LAMAR LITERARY SOCIETY l'n'xi1f1'1lf . . hllm Wfltts Vin'-l'r'4'xi1lw1l . . Cllmrlic W'.1scol11 Srz'r'1'fur'y-'l'r'4'f1.v1H11 . David Griffin SIIUIIXUI' . . Mr. Pcrcy Ilnluy . I'r1'ml1'l1! . . . -Ioxcphinc Lowry VIH'-l'l'1'xirfm'lll . . . Mary Hale 5f1'1'n'l1l1'y-luvuxlfm1 . Ilnltic Mm: Millcr SIHHIKHI' ......... Miss Helen Ruud HERMEAN LITERARY SOCIETY 80 PIERIAN LITERARY SOCIETY l'i'i'.iiilwll l'i1'1'-l'i'4'xiili'1lf Si'ri'i'fur'Ay T r'4'ux1m'i Sfmuxm l'i'i'.mfi'lll I'in'-I 1'i'.i 5t'l'l'4'frll'j 'l'i'ni,x ll rw Sjmizml . lilcanur Myers . .Icannc Ullman . Louinc Marie Chalk . . Peggy Moss . Miss Maudc Smith . Oscar Pool cu! . . lid Iaickard . Cecil Germany ' . . . Is.ulurc Dravin . . . . . . . Miss Ida Kate Smith PRENTISS LITERARY SOCIETY 81 AF' 'J l I fifqfkfkfl Qkgugc l . f ,- :+', rc, 4 .ff A n I DELPI-IIAN LITERARY SOCIETY l'n'ml1'r1l .,....... Sara Horgan I'1u'-I'r'4'xirlvr1l . . Cllmrlcnu May SMH'!m'A1'-'l'1'f'u.xln1I . Mildred Ihrringtun Sjuulmr , . Miss Louise Alford . l'l'l'Ni1l4'IIf . . . l7.wid Griffin Vim'-l'l'1'xi41'1'1lf . . lid I.0L'k.ll'kI Sr'1'rr'lnr'y . . lfliw Norton 'l'r'mlv1m'1' . lid l,uck.1rd Slllfllwll' ..,.. Mr. Tom Snwycr SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB 82 FRENCPICLUB l'rrxiil4'r1f . . Aloscpliinc Lowry Vifl'-1ll'1'Ai!ll'Ilf . . Mary Pigford Si'i'ri'hlr3'-'l'i'nr.xl4n'i' . lflcanor Myers Sjmrlmr . . Miss Alma Phillips llr'i',xiiIr'lll . Vit?-Pl'l.Xf1ll'lIf . Si'u'i'li1r'y-'I'r1'il.wln'i'i' SfVUllX1H' . . . lidwgird Lockard . Helen Acbli . lllisc Norton . . Miss Corn Morton VERGH.CLUB W i i 83 HOME l'f'f'mlrr1l ECONOMICS CLUB . . . . . . . .lcssic I.cc Smith I'n'1'-l'r'1'ml1'lll . . . IIIIIIIC May Sm'rr!I1r'3 I I't'Il.KlllA1'l' sflflllwll' . . Allie I'I1.1 IIruwn . . Chnrlcnc May . Miss llclcn lluvkim . l'm'mfw1ll . . . . 'I'crry Cox Inu' l,I1',NIA!4'fIf . . l-.smile Gr.lvwn Sf'f'm'!11r'3 . . Ilarulnl i'I.lrk Rrl1rf'w1llI1!111' . . . I-'luiw l'm'lI1r'ux SIVIIIIVHA . . . . Miss Ada lIuII.uI.1y LIBRARY MONITORS Jr 84 F?'U7lf rou': Ethel Mclieithen, Kathryn Stampley. Svrmllf rout Billy lielknor, james Quin- nelly, lidward Lockard, Miss Cathaleenc Hales. DEBATE Quitters never wing winners never quit is the motto of the MHS Debat- ing Club, and it is the secret of the Club's success during 1936-1937. The debating teams, coached by Miss Cathalecne Hales, attained several ratings among the schools of Mississippi. Meridian was declared winner of the state debates held in jackson in Decem- ber, 1936. The victorious team was composed of Ethel McKeithen, Billy Felk- nor, james Quinnel'y, and Edward Lockard. Before entering the state debates they won the regional debates held in Meridian, December, 1936. In the Big Eight debates which were held in Hattiesburg, March 20, Meridian was declared winner. Those who competed in the Big Eight debates were Ethel McKeithen, Kathryn Stampley, james Quinnelly, and Billy Felknor. The best feature of Ethel's debating is her strong constructive speech. James knows the art of rebuttal, has an ability to summarize the opponent's argument and kill his points. Billy's strong attribute is refutation, while Ed is outstand- ing as an extemporaneous speaker. Kathryn is commendable for her stage pres- ence, and the vivacity she displays. Miss Hales came to Meridian High School in 1936 and, under her direction, the debaters have made rapid progress. She is also coach for the entrants in the declamation contests. 85 GLEE CLUB MOTTO: Music ix flu' 1u1i1'f'1'sul langzmgf' of HilllIk,iIllf.+LONGI IiI,LOWQ COLORS: Maroon and zrlwilr. The MHS Glee Club, one of the most outstanding organizations of MHS, is under the direction of Mr. Frank Harmon. Officers of the Club are: Rebecca Welcl1, Presidentg Olive Ross Lane, Secretary-Treasurer. Classical and semi-classical music is included in the program of the Club. During the year a number of presentations were given. h Among these were an annual Christmas sing in which both Junior and Senior choral clubs and the ele- mentary schools throughout the city participated. Several assembly programs were presented by the Senior Glee Club in which group singing by the entire student body was featured. A group of boys and girls were sent to Jackson to participate in the All-state Glee Club under the direction of Mr. Alwin King. Director Harmon has proved himself an able musical instructor since his coming to Meridian in 1935 and during the two years that he has supervised the musicians of the schools there has been a notable advancement. 86 lirout mu: 'liom Beamon, Pat Henry, Stanley Henry, Van Dorn Mclilwec, I.. M. Yarbrough, NV. M. Clhisolm, Spiro Spirson. Srrmlil ron: Henry Nabors, Rayford Rogers, Alav Cross, Lamar Young, XVilli.nn bruce, Alohnny lranlt Alexander, Uelwin Thigpen. Tfvirif rout l.a Noyette Mayo, klanies long, Mr. lfrank Harmon, director, Charles Gibbins. Mrzrzflwi :ml in jvirlurv: Georgia Mae Brent, lzdith Marie Coats, Charles Bancroft, Harold Harris and Lewis Rothenberg, ORCHESTRA In the spring of 1936 the Meridian -Iunior-Senior High School Orchestra was assembled. This organiznation has rapidly advanced and during 1936-I937 has been composed of twenty-one musicians from Junior and Senior high schools. The orchestra is composed of a number of instruments which include a piano, eleven violins, two trumpets, a baritone, three clarinets, one oboe, and three percussions. Mr. Frank Harmon innovated the orchestra and has since been director. Mr. Harmon, who is also director of the junior and Senior High School choral clubs, came to Meridian in 1935. In the fall of 1936 he was appointed state music chairman of the Mississippi Education Association. He is also Secretary-Treas- urer of the M. E. A. Music Department. The junior-Senior Orchestra made its initial appearance in December at the city-wide Christmas sing. Assembly programs have featured its routine since that time. 87 5 xx i- ll f fi ' ' VJL, ,, ,,. ua v C ,i l .ff i . ,:- it -f ,A K , J 4 , , REED CARTER'S ORCHESTRA ln 1934 Reed Carter organized an orchestra of nine pieces. Immediately winning favor of the student body, the orchestra is now composed of fifteen members who are known as Butch and His Boys . Members of the present orchestra include Russe'l Sessions, Horace McGee. james Quinnelly, Isadore Dravin, Torris Brand, A. B. Crenshaw, Cliff Cameron, Billy Colston, Lloyd Pinkston, R. V. Brand, Ben Oliver Key, Orin Matthews, Clyde Rogers, Frank Parke, and Louis Dravin, dancer. Benefit and assembly performances and music for dramatic plays have been included in the program of the orchestra since its organization. Their earnest cooperation in all activities of MHS in which their services are needed has en- deared them to the hearts of every student. In 1936 Butch and His Boys were winners of an amateur contest which was sponsored by the Strand Theater and which included surrounding counties. Reed Carter has also been a member of the Meridian Boys' Band for seven years and is assistant director of the band. Other organizations might well profit by the spirit of loyalty, and coopera- tion shown by Butch and His Boys . They have stuck by the school in all un- dertakings and their interest in assembly programs is unsurpassed. Through his kindness and unselfishness Reed enabled the Seniors to raise a large portion of the money for the annual by giving specially prepared programs. 88 HIGH SCHOOL BAND One hundred forty-seven members are enrolled at the present in the Me- ridian Boys' Band, which was organized in 1929 with only thirty musicians. Ninety of the boys enrolled play in the regular concert band and fifty-seven are beginners. In 1931, two years after its organization, the band entered the state band contest. Since that time it has placed first four times. In 1936 it received a rating of superior, the highest rating possible for a class A band to attain. Mr. Howard Lane, a graduate of the Naval Conservatory of Music in Wfash- ington, has been director of the band since its organization. Mr. Lane was cho- sen director of the All-State Band in '33, '34 and '35 and also of the All-South- ern Band in New Orleans in 1935. Reed Carter, who was named assistant director in 1936, has served as drum- major since he joined the band in 1930. He became drum-major as a result of the vacancy left by Robert Blanks, who was the first drum-major of the Me- ridian Band. Officers of the Band are john M. Lawrence, Captaing Torris Brandg First Lieutenant: Lloyd Pinkston, Second Lieutenant. 89 Firsl row: B. li. Walker, Billy Felknor, Margaret Cunningham, Agatha Culpepper, jose- phine Lowry, jessie Lee Smith, Patsy Carney, jean McCarver, Mrs. Thad Van. Srmzul mir: De Witt Denton, Hannah MeCraven, lilizabeth Hamilton, Mary lfelknor, Helen Aelvli, Allie Pha Brown, Caroline Hobbs, Dixie Gilbert, Charlene May. Tlwiril rua: l.ois Gartman, Alice Greer, ,lane Comfort, Doris Lane, Katharyn Grimes, Ruth Anders, Mary George, lfssie Mae Swearengen. Fnurllw mu: Walter Taylor, Cecil Mulloy, Eloise Poythress, Ben Poythreas, Mary lilizabeth Gal- braith, Doris Williams, lidward Lockard, Burt Lowry. WILDCAT STAFF The Wildcat is a bi-weekly newspaper which was founded in 1924 as a four- column, six-page publication. It has advanced to a six-column, six-page paper and is now edited by Agatha Culpepper. Mrs. Thad Van serves as faculty adviser. This official paper of MHS is a member of the Southern Interscholastic Press, the Quill and Scroll, and the Mississippi High School Press Association. In 1936 The Wildcat was rated among the first-class school papers in the twelfth annual contest sponsored by the Columbia Press Association, a national organi- zation of high school and college publications. The Wildcait received a score of 939 out of a possible score of one thousand. Josephine Lowry is news editor for the paperg Charlene May and Ben Poy- thress are business managersg Billy Felknor, sports editorg Cecil Mulloy, assist- ant sports editor. Fifteen students compose the reguiar reportorial staff. There are also two copy and proofreaders, five typists, and five students in charge of the exchange and circulation. The Wildcat has a regular exchange of one hundred ninety papers semi- monthly. Of this number, one hundred sixty-six are exchanged with other high schools and colleges throughout the United States. 90 K ANNUAL STAFF Jocmpkivxa. EDITOR IN gli sabwkk Nundxliurx Mm Eli UbUHXClQLb'lkL:LU1 ' L U x ' EWU LHFEWAQ-XY I DI I OR Allin, Phu. B'louJrx SNAPSHOT EDITOR 7.7. 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