Newman High School - Yucca Gloriosa Yearbook (Sweetwater, TX)

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1' ' :ng Why 1928!-29 W'us the Most Successful Yeeur S. H. S. Ever Held il... That 1928-29 was the most successful year ever experienced by the students of Sweetwater High School is beyond a doubt. However, to account for the reasons of this is more difficult. To start the year off right, we had a football team that won the sectional championship, only to be disqualified. To be sure, this naturally dampened the spirits of the students for awhile, but not long. In a few days they came out of it wonder- fully and it was only a bitter memory. . Then there was the paper to keep up the pep and enthusiasm during the first term. The Pony Express was really a great credit to the students as well as a source of news of the school. It portrayed Wonderfully the life of the students of Sweet- water High School. This past year was marked by another unusual quality. It was the interest displayed by the students in the literary societies. Many more than ever before took part in the different literary contests, including debate, declamation, and several others. This, no doubt, contributed its part to the success of our most successful year. On the thirteenth of April, the first High School Carnival that has been held in three years was not such a success as far as money was concerned, but it was very pleasant and enjoyable to everyone who attended. The proceeds are to be used in the erection of the new Mustang stadium. The year could' not have been complete at all without the publication of the Yucca Gloriosa. The fact that it is the first annual io be published since 1924 makes it even more creditable to the ones who make it possible. Naturally, there was a tremendous amount of work and expense attached to it, but it is in no way regretted now that the year is over. This, more than anything else, will help us to remember the memorable year of 1928-29. . Overshadowing all these, however, was still a greater reason why this past year was so successful. It was a spirit of co-operation that existed throughout the school. It seemed that everyone was working to the same end: A better school in '29. Naturally, with everyone working to this end, the school was more successful. A spirit of co-operation existed between the faculty and the students as well as between the classes. This spirit was forcefully demonstrated by the abandonment of that old but dangerous tradition, the class fight. To be sure, there was a friendly rivalry between the classes, but there was no hatred and animosity as is sometimes present. These things along with many more combined to make this past year the most profitable, the most enjoyable, and the most successful year that the students of Sweetwater High School have ever experienced. ff-'N 'N-'N '-W cv ' l

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f! 0 ,HC 'Ill JUNIOR SPONSORS The Junior Class of 1929 is fortunate in having Miss Beulah E. Davis and Mr. Arvy F. Ligon as their faculty sponsors. Miss Davis, who has been an English teacher in Sweetwater High School for the past two years, has given her very best service and support to the class in every way. Her personal instructions, lectures, and original ideas have been very beneficial to the class on more than one occasion. The Junior Class, as a whole, not only appreciates her loyal supportgbut each individual thanks her for her sincerest interest. Mr. Ligon, who has successfully completed his first year of teaching in the Sweetwater High School has proved himself a worthy helper, and an intellectual in- structor, and a staunch friend of the Junior Class. VVit',iout his thought- fulness, and cheerfulness, as well as his untiring labor for the class at all times, the Juniors would lack much of the splendid spirit of success, and enthusiasm that now marks them as a class. The Junior Class is deeply indebted to these two faculty mem- bers, who have so faithfully co-operated with them, this, their most successful year. ,J ,xx , ,K W E i.