Port Arthur High School - Sea Gull Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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MR. G. M. SIMS SUPERINTENDENT PORT ARTHUR PUBL1C SCHOOLS

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The High School Alumni Eh lGll schools as a rule have u very poorly organized alumni, if indeed the gradv Hates are organized at alli This is probably due to the fact that there is less school spirit in the high schools than there is in the colleges and therefore less among the graduates. Port Arthur is one of the few. While the alumni association is ' we be a an i 's h at present rathvr loosely organized, the first steps h that with the increase of membership the interest will be more keenl As is the ease in all organizations, there iu-e those who are interested and those who will not have a pint in the work, but it is hoped that each year a few of those rare individuals who care for such things will be added until the Alumni Association of the Port Arthur High School will be u force in the affairs of the school if not of the community: The field for useful work is large for graduates of a school if they will but heed the oppor- tunities. This is especially true in the ease of small schools, which, unfortunately, have the wind: alumni associations. The day of the public schools is now near. With the increase of the practical instillation which enables the pupil to more nearly choose his work the high school ill nu-tln more to its graduates The fact that the knowledge acquired in the pix blie schools is so largely preparatory to the practical instruction to be gained in the colleges robs the high sehoo l of mu eh ot' the credit which is justly due it If the suc- f'ul man or woman could look back to his or her hig school and see that it was there that he found the particular line of endeavor for which he was fitted, even though he gained most of his training in the colleges, he would feel much more inter- ested in its welfare and would he a patriotic alumnus. So it is to be expected that as the schools broaden in their scope of training, the alumni Will he more e10 ely organized; and when that time comes the larger era for the school and its students and graduates will be here At the present time the Port Arthur High School alumni number about one hundred In the spring 1913 the graduates met in the auditorium of the high school and elected officers and made arrangements for perfecting the organization There were .Ihout forty present at that meeting. It is probable that another meeting will be held this spiing before the annual banquet for the purpose of getting all the members possible to at end. The interest for the time being is largely resting on the graduating class of each year, as they represent the majorit 0f the alumni in the city. Still, after this next meeting it is hoped that the entire membership will take an active part in the affairs of the association.