Pharr San Juan Alamo High School - Bear Memories Yearbook (Alamo, TX)

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GRADUATION Diplomas slgned by the Presrdent and Secretary of the Board the Superlntendent and Prmcrpal of the Hrgh School wrll be awarded all students who satrsfactorrly complete slxteen unrts of the Hugh School Course of Study PROMOT IONS Promotlon from grade to grade shall be determined by the students daily work the wrltten tests and exammatlon and the teacher s estrmate of hrs abrlrty to do the work of the next higher grade Students who were not regularly promoted but who were retained for spcral exammatlons shall le required to pass hese exammatrons before taking up the work of the hlgher grade The make up exammatlons shall be glven on Monday the hrst day of the school REPORTS Reports showmg the student s standing ln subjects and m attendance and deportment wrll be furnished parents at the close of each month Ar the close of each term the report card will show the exammatron grade Parents are requested to study these reports carefully because rt rs rmportant that they understand fully the character of the work whlch rs bemg done by therr chrldren We shall apprecrate the co operatron of all the parents rn our eflorts to make the school accomplrsh the best results RECORDS A permanent yearly record of the work done by every chrld rn the school rs hled ln the Supermtendents ofhce at the close of each year A record of the credrts of all DISCIPLINE The dlscrplme of the school wrll be strong and hrm but reasonable It rs our pollcy to have as few hxed rules as rs consrstent wrth the best rnterest of the school Every effort wlll be made to st mulate rn the student the desrre and power to act from prrncrple and to do rrght because rt IS rrght and to develop rn hrm a sense of honor and a hugh regard for the truth All approprrate means wrll be used to rnculcate a manly and womanly sprrrt and to preserve such order as wrll lung about the best results rn the school work EXAMINATIONS The school year IS drvlded mto two semesters and at the close of each semester an exammatlon covering about four days IS grven Wrrtten tests are glven near the close of each month THE LIBRARY The lrbrary occupres a large well ventrlated nd well lrghted room Books to the value of approxrmately eighteen hundred dollars SISOO 00 have been provrded Besrdes varlous reference and source books rn all the hugh school subjects supplementary readmg books for the grammar school students classrcs for the hrgh school books on general lnformatron and culture the collectron mcludes three Encyclopaedras Student and Teachers the Brrtannrca and the Internatronal Encyclopaedras All the leadrng high school students is also kept on file. L I . . . ' . a . Q S nt

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mag rzrnes and two darly papers are found rn the readrrrv room lnhe books are classrhed and arranged and a systematrc method of takrng books from the Lrbrary rs provrded f very precautron rs taken to prevent the Lrf rary from becomrng merely an ornament and to make rt somethrng of real value to all the chrldren rn the school LYCEUM COURSE Students and crtrzens of the Pharr San urn community enjoy each year the splend d entertalnment and musrc provrded through the Lyceum Course For three years the school authorrtres assrsted by representatrves from the communrty have added thrs r structrve and rnsprratronrl feature to the regular school courses Each year has brouvht rncreased rnterest rn the t lent furnrshed by the lyceum Bureau The support grven by the entrre communrty plrrnly shows the realrzatron of the benefits of thrs valua le feature of the school lrfe fhe num ers of each course are selected most carefully by a specral comm ttee whrch endeavors to secure the best talent possrble num ers that wrll be broadenrng and uplrftrng rn therr rnfluence upon the communrty Contracts are made wrth the Drxre Lyceum Bureau well known for the excellent qualrty of rts entertarners Among the rnterestrng numbers selected for l9Zl 1922 rs the drstrngurshed Welsh orator Arthur Walvvyn Evans who rs a scholar and a keen analyst of men and affarrs as well as the grfted orator from the background of hrs remarkaale experrences he rs alle to brrng a message that rs grrpprng rn rts force and appeal He rs the type of sperker who fulfrlls the real mrssron of the lecture platform lhe Wrnsor Grrls present a provram of great varrety In therr combrned work the grrls play vrolrn cornet and prano Some of therr songs are grven rn the costumes of forergn countrres Besrdes musrcal abrlrtres Mrss enson as a reader of chrld dralect storres has few equals The Bureau recommends the Wrnsor Girls as one of the most satrsfactory concert companres ever presented to Lyceum audrences lhe popularrty of the Brltmore Qrchestra program rs due to the fact that rt appeals to all classes of musrc lovers Under the leadershrp of Mr Eugene Schwerzer thrs orchestra has had marked success durrng the past year throughout the east and mrddle west as a result they have been selected to make a transcontrnental tour durrng the comrng season Readrngs vocal and rnstrumental solos duets trros quartets and sex tets rn fact all arrangements for male vorces and rnstruments rncluclrng vrolrn cello cornet saxophone and crums are used to delrght therr audrences The versatrle members of the organrzatron double on therr Instruments rn therr or chestral work so that practrcally every known rnstrument of the modern orchestra rs rn use durrng the program lhe Percrval Vrvran Player producers of great plays wrll present the very effectrve orama l'r'1e Feathers of tl e play rn New X ork and Chrcago theaters rs suggested by the prarse of the country s greatest dramatrc crrtrcs best known through hrs long assocratron wrth famous Ben Greek players proneers rn the productron of plays for Lyceum and Chautauqua audrences The Frne Arts Mrxed uartette rs an organrzatron of solo vorces of the frnest qualrty lqhe concert and dramatrc experrence of these artrsts makes possrble a most entertarnrng and rndrvrdualrstrc program Complete ensemble trros solos group songs rn costume readrngs and a dramatrc sketch make up therr novel program Mr lqhurlow Leurance the famous composer and authorrty on Indran musrc has especrally coacfed and prepared for rts tour tfe organrzatron called Lreurance s Symphonrc Orchestra Each mem er of the orchestra rs an artrst of unusual talent makrng the combrnatron one of the hnest orcfestras of rts krnd anywhere wrrtten by the noted wrrght Eugene Walter The success The personnel of the company rs well chosen Mr Vrvran tzerng nt i , L 1 1 .3 . I ' , , L c . A f ' J 1 L ' 1 J Z ' 1 1 1 fl' . . , , , 1. . O 4 . G - ' . . . I. b . . Q . U I 1 1 J , I1 I - : . . A , . L . . . , , - , . 7 , ' , , 1 1 1 ,. - . ' . . 1. 3 L ' I 1 ' . 2 ' ' ' f c . S . 1 1 1 . ' . 1 J . ' 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 I 1 1 1 , . . . 1 1 1 ' . . . U ,, . . . . V ' 1 1 , ,, .. I 11 . . 1 A - 1 1 - . ff - - - 1 .1 . , . 1 . , ,. . . , . . - 1 1 1 1 1 . , , 1 . . . . . , . 1 r L . . . - f 1 A . an A'