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

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Ix; ,AI. .1 X What; Ever in hours of study the Seagulls circled and sailed Vainly I envied their freedom wish- ing that I were free. Now the sight of the Seagull brings sweet memories of goat Dear friends and familiar places that I am longing to see.

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History of the Seagull d3 $1 By W. 1;, Rutan, t12. it has become the custom, in this world of ours, to write a history of everything that oceupits a plan? of importance, and to follow this custom the editors of this year's Seagull are publishing a history of it The history of the Seagull as pre- sented covers only a period of four years, and we hope that by the end of the next four years some genius will arise from our midst, and not only add to this history, but improve upon the brief out- line as presented by the present writers The Class of 1912 was the first class to publish a review of the yvar's work in the form of an annual, and their work is to he greatly commended. HThe princi- pal part of everything is the beginning, and the beginning made by the members of the Class of 1912 is the thingr that has made the Seagull a success each year. l S B HAYNES i l Editanin-Chiefnflhe FirstSeagull M S- 3- Haynes W35 Chose to 9d h, the first edition of the Port Arthur High Schuol's Annual, and XV. Li Rutan attended to the financial side of the publi- cation. Th3 Class of 1912 thought of many names for the hook, and after much argument and discussion! doeidcd to call it the Seagull. The first Seagull stood in a class with similar publications of other sehocls in Texas, and has surpassed by nontx Financially it was a success, also, for a considerabl: amount of money was turned over to the Class of 1913 to start them in their task of publishing the second volume of the Seagull, Each year the graduating classes of the Port Arthur High School have published a volume of the Seagull, and each year the hunk has seen many im-