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

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History of the Class of 1915 WE1 Nineteen members in 1915! At our eighth grade g1'11111111ti1111 0111' 31-11 11'1151 Riekety, Ruchety, Russ, 'el'h ere are twen ntyrtv1 of s! The finest crowd :11 11.11: ever seen In nineteen fitet' We started off with the Freshman year in t'i 11' s,l1:1p1' but it was 111111111;1 this time that s saddest events in our history 111115111'r1'11.'l'111s was the 111-:1t11 11F Hurry Friedl,e one tote our most: 1111911 members the remain er sve eml have laid side schrml tie-1 111111 have joined forces with the matrimonial file: Among these are Thomas Flanagan 111111 M11111'1 R11'1'11s. Some ave moved 11w11 and are now in 11ther sch 011131 111111 I :111 is attending college in Enid, Oklahoma. mme 1'11111 graduated lust yen: from Bziyxiew 11111111 . Portland, Texas, and Allie 1101mm and Edna Aden turned traitors 111111 went 0101' to the Port Art ur Business Colleg 9 Others for 1 1'i1111s reasons have 1111111111111 out 11t' sehnol 111111 gone t1 111ikn he p1a1': l.111 those we lost are several who have 1'.11m1' in thl s 111 111111 111 that time 11-1ve 11e1 ped to make 0111' his stoiy 11nd the 1111'gest grudthingL 1111- 1. . 1. Fr rum the. stutt- 11f Innisiunu we 11:11'1' Elizabeth Huys Isalliel T11111l 211111 Catherine Kuelm It is sufficient pmof of their worth t11 suy t1111t t111'v s111111' ing 0 Tex1s: 1.1111 from members we 11m ftimous 111 lather whys. We 111110 the only 11111 1'15 who have ever been students in th Ti'ui Ining 111'p21rtment.0 111' 1'luss will also he. the first to leave. a gi t to the. High S:l11111l on its 1lcp :Lrture This gift is in the Form of two statues, v1hieh were. ed t011ee11r11t11 the 0stkudy h111.l s to work in the High School , there has been ki1'11g11inst our mentnl C11 ncitlya Not only mentally, but physically 1111111. we excelled 0111 frequent 1'11A counters with the Juniors 111111 Freshmen prove 111 Tyhe 111 '1' 11'9 1111211110 t1 handle, us though they have amost brought the 1001' down in their attempts to 1111 M1. ' the few encounters 111- deport ment 111111 behmiot' 111111 111' judge by pression made 11' B11rth11l11m111': th at t'e11'1'1' Seniors 11:111' bm'u 011 this year th:1n during any at er This should not 1111111- 1111 i111 pressiun 111111 we are 11 soft bunch for we have. 111111 11 11111 111112111111 111' 1111111 parties 111111 parades. or is it expected that 1111r uetixity will cease uprm ou1 111111111111011'1'1111 things we 1121111 done are but :1 promise of the. greater things we. are to 1111.Tl11' girls expect 111'. ome teachers 11nd nurses whi11- the boys an 111 beetmie 11111at111's. mechanics 111111 business official 5. But 11' hat ever we ay do we 11i11 always remember our 0111 Hi g.'h ' This is .the end of 0m jour nay because we hz11e not 11111111111 finished 11111 lif1- 's 1111'1'11111'11t111n. V11e lea1e, 110p ping that there are left behindm 11s r1'n11'm111'111111's 211111 1111111 muks of 11 great 11nd glorious 11111.11.

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ISABEL TODD Glee Club. Isnbel is our latest recruit to the ranks of the Seniors. homing to us from the Mm'ehouse High School of Louisiana, as she realized the value which a diploma from the Port Arthur High School would be to her in her efforts to secure a pnsitinn as a teacher. She is the thirteenth girl in the class, but not being superstitious, we welcomed her with open arms, figurativery speak- ing 01 course, Ind she has proved I perfectly safe nddition. Her advent into our world hnn been too recent to admit of a very datniled character sketch. ksww . WW The Senior Class! The Senior Class! 0h who can go their pace! They do their work, they never Shirk, And yet they keep their place. The Senior Class! The Senior Class! Wehll miss them when theyhre gone. But they must go; ht'is ever so, And will be left dltme. 0 Senior Class! 0 Senior Class! Please try to not forget The girls and boys, exams and joys That in Port Arthur High, yawve met.

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Future Activities of the Class of 1915 IF! years ago today the class of '15 graduated. 1' dThis thlought had m o 1 e the dem ethen an there resolved to take the day off and pen nd ' 111 v1s111ng some Ufa my former classmates Now I was on my way in my pr1vate airship g 1 My 115 destination was Port Arthur, where our graduation had taken place, and I lighted 1n front of the hospital, noted the world over for the f at that no 0110 f 't d 1 ' er vume 011 o 1 den hey were always armed um First I . e 0f 11 ad nurse, :1 woman of 151w ab111 vho escorted me to where a consultntlon was be111 h Id b two renowned surgeons, who, together with he erself, had made the inst'tunon poss111e Vhen emarked t at I could not thi of d1sturbi11g them a Sn :1 '1 - t1me, they replwd, H nt's a1 , e e 1 0r 'em dead alive 1 An one o 1 have cog 1zed th t 1 Wh ers of school- days, and I rem red the 1 e v1 en 9 had called the nurse Guss1e. H ,, so, Mrs. Beard, 11 radiant youn woman still, in gspite of her two yea of married lfe. No, Sarah Lee did not teach suhool v It 00k 11p 1'11 flight :1ga1n1 This time I stopped at 21 b1'1ck building, known as the New York High Sc ho 01. Upon my entr rsnce, a pug ge ca 13 and conducted me, at my request, to the office of the principal, she who had once be con Myra B.u1'nham I asked her 1f she could d1rcct me to some of on other rclessmates, and she 1mmed1ately e.n enve yuu tt1 1m11g1ne what happened when the obsequious waiter usheled miGrace Hamilton 11nd Edith Ho llifield e :1 sat down together and 0begun talking 11130 t old times. It occurr red to me u ask tHex n Bu us, and I uld not hel smiling at the e lustery they gave me. e a p ac as His 5:11111'y is 5111 o be en11-mm1s, for he draws women custmomers bya his face as 1 t :1 :11ddengf1rgres1t stir attracted our attention, and we fmally discovered that 11 famous navign Mo 11nd his pa rty had hu urriedly order ed a table. 110 had won fume by the discovery of some hitherto unknown fishing grounds Because 0 hls pelsonal 1101111111 1 y and ingenuity he 1 ne 0 th 0 men 1 bhc llfe Just 1 e 111-ty entered. ook at the top of the ma rvelous man 's ead was e no enoughy 11nd with one accord we rushed to him It was none other than Pete, M1. After a while we parted, and I set out for the fur- distant city of San Francisco. Here I expected to find her nbo ut whom 1n the ear 1y days a 11Freshie11 had said,