Pine Bluff High School - Zebra Yearbook (Pine Bluff, AR)

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Colors olors have been in use as symbols since remotest antiquity. They have always been conspicuous in the past for their great moral as well The older and more historic the colors were, the greater their moral value; for contestants would vie with each other in maintaining their traditions and in adding to their glory. In practice they were the rallying point of the organization. Thus, in Pine Bluff High School when we are loyal to the red and the white, we are loyal to our school, for they symbolize the affection we have for this institution. For thirty-five years red and white have been our school colors. It was back in 1897 that red and white were adopted as the colors of P. B. H. S. They were primarily selected to identify the high school boys and girls as they marched at the State fairs, which were then held in Pine Bluff. The colors were first worn by the girls of the class of '97, but not on their arms as we do now. Then the girls wore spotless white dresses and carried red roses, and now thirty five years later, because the students of each passing year have upheld these colors, they remain as unsullied as they did so long ago. The color red stands for love, and white stands for purity. Certainly we could not wish to have our colors symbolized in any sweeter or more beautiful words than love and purity. Everyone loves his school, and that is why red is so appropriate. Also every student wishes all our school sports and contests as well as school work and all our activities to be on the highest plane of fairness and honesty and to keep the purity of our school unimpaired. Since that is true, there could be no more fitting color to accompany red, than white. All the basketball, football, and debating teams as well as every student who has attended the school since the colors were adopted have done everything possible always to carry the colors to victory. This is true because all of them have loved the school, yet no one has ever put victory above fairness. When we win, we win because we played the best game and deserved to be the conquerors. On the football field we decorate the stands with red and white; we unfurl a red and white flag; and we wear red and white ribbons. Thus our colors are interwoven in our school life. Therefore, this year we have chosen colors as the theme of the Zebra, and we wish here to dedicate our book to the school colors and not only to those who have fought for them on the athletic field and in active competition but also to those who have fought for them by doing their such a manner as to uphold our colors and bring glory to our school. The red and the white! Long may they wave! as practical value. In our present day, colors still hold their high place and significance in armies, navies, schools, and nations. Just as when knighthood wus in flower and knights carried the colors of their favorite lady into battle, so today the modern warriors of the gridiron and basketball court wear their colors into battle. They also wear their stripes on their arms to show how many years they have fought to gain honor for the colors and the school. We rally to our colors. They are a symbol of our loyalty. We wish them to wave ever valiantly in the breeze. everyday work in A Pi»c Three

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GEORGE BRANCH JAMES CHESLEY MARTIN October 29, 1931 November 30, 1931 Since the last edition of The Zebra, the Great Editor has written the symbolic “30 , marking the close of two life stories in Pine Bluff High School. One life had largely run its alloted course; the other was just be-ginning. The editorial staff of the Zebra recognizes the worth of George Branch, custodian of the school, and James Chesley Martin, a member of the senior class, their re-spective places of usefulness in the school, and the loss experienced by all of us at their going. These thoughts, quickening a sense of appreciation, prompt the dedication of this page in our annual to their memory. Page Five