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

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WE ARE THE SENIORS We are the Seniors, ponder it well, For a moral this is, in the tale 1 will tell; We came from the Franklin, confiding and young, What awful surprises upon us were sprung; What snares and what troubles on all sides were hid, Did the Sophomors haze us, believe me, they did. What pitfalls of Algebra, notebooks galore; And each test seemed worse than the one gone before, What terrible questions our young minds would burn; Is Latin or Spanish the easiest to learn? The study of History made some of us sad; I dont think myself. that that subjectis so bad, The grammar grades trials and sorrows may bring ; Till you strike High School English you-donit know a thing. The Freshmen can feature ttThe Call of the Wildh, Just wait till you read nDavid Copperfieldf child, Just wait till Miss Donaldson asks if you,re able To write a report on HLes Miserablestt; I can pronounce that as correctly as you, But it wouldntt rime smoothly, so what could I do? Well, we fought our way upward, each obstacle cleared, Till now were the Seniors, beloved and revered; We don,t wish to brag, but the case stands thus, were the SENIOR CLASS, take a lookat us. Yes, the Senioor year, a long picnic would seem, Were it not for that nightmare, the Senior theme; But the end is approaching, with pleasure and pain, We look backward fondly, half wish to remain; We cannot stay with you, we hear the world call, We are the Seniors, we thank you, thatts all. eLeon Smith

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OFFICERS President Pearl Hzmehett Viee-Presitlent Walter Norris Set-retary .HFrnncevx Carter Treasurer Gladys Fulbright Motto uWe mm because we think we mm Flower The sweet pea Colors Blue and Silver SENIOR HISTORY Four years ago the elass 0f i23 was preparing to leave the lower grades for the summit of learning, the High Srhonl. Our mmhers had been prevailed upon to make 0111- tlresxes at least one im-h longer, and a few boys were the envy of the class by virtue of the fact that they were the proud poss 'snrs of their first lung trousers. At length, after much Preparation, we murched dawn the isle of the auditorium where we received a diploma. which proved, to our mmsterimtiun mid dismay, to belong to same one else. The confusion resulted in a mad st'rumhle until, finally, we each received our own precious document. At length we came marching up the steps of the great building of P. A. H. S. but, to our surprise, we were greetedon every side with the di gusted remark, uJust look at those little kids from Franklin, will you? And we felt very much out of place, but we bravely took our share of the ridicule and started into our school work. A good part of eavh day was spt'nt on English although we were sure we had learned to speak this language in our infancy. Some students tnok Latin, but they were prone to argue the uselessuess of memorizing a dead language: other subjects were mustered all'o. Parties were given from time to time at which no refreshments were, either left or wustetL But then, when we. were sophomores. wns it not a grand and glorious feeling to know that we knew everything to he known afntl that we were looked up to by the Freshmen? Indeed, it seemed :1 Heaven! And it was during that year that we really felt the superiority of our clnss um! we supported it 100 per cent strong in all its undertakings, Then oame the time when we had gone, a step higher on our way. We were Junie '! The word was music to our eurs. and ah! the thought that we would lw Seniom the taming yemr. We now undustond that school was nut merely a plau- tn have a good time, so we hogan in earnest. We did some m'rmnmhle football playing that year, and humbled the mighty seniors to the tune of 60 in the Jaunior-Seninr game. After the downfall of the seniors, we decided to give them a party Yes, a real party '11 everything. Our elzlss gave many other entertainments. picnics and purtiex throughout the year. Memlrers of our class took part in all athletics, and our class was notive in sup porting the different teams. Finally came that never-to-he-fogottvn day of Sept. 13, 1922. when we were thenceforth to be known as SENIORS! Our whole soul and life seemed wrapped up