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

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?Je :TD am: : Lather Maison THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT History is the uOpen Sesame to the treasure of the past years. It unlocks the door of knowledge to the eager adventurer. There are over nine hundred adventurers in the history department who have yielded to the lure of history and with the aid of the six little men you see in the above picture they are striving to gain a little knowl- edge from its endless pages. Some of these adventurers are studying civics and learning how our country is governed and how it meets its numerous problems. Others are taking sociulogy to learn to have a clear viewpoint of the numerous social problems of this country. e his- tory of Great Britain is being mastered by some and others are being taught the history of the European nations. Finally there are those who are learning the glorious history of our country Each of these courses has its own distinct value but all of them are teaching us how to become good American citizens by profiting from the example set by others so that we may at some time take part in the government by our country and perchance be able to add to the unfinished story of History. ENGLISH DEPARTM ENT At the High School open house program last fall visitors were given tags bearine' the words, Good English is Good Business,n a slogan that will carry every student on to success. With this slogan in mind we have reason for a busy year. A review of the year's activities of the English Department shows among other things observance of Fire Prevention Week, Better Speech Week-with its slogans, posters, speeches and play; the Home Lighting Contest, the Good Read Contest, the American Legion Contest; the publication of High School column in the Port Arthur Daily News, including a number of poems; preparation of exhibits for the Port Arthur Fair; the purchase of a dictionary by each student; instruction in use of library; win- ning debaters in the Interscholaste League; and a successful senior play, HClarence.

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TO THE CLASSES I shall long remember the work that has been done this year with you, the students of Port Arthur High School. For me it has been largely a matter of becoming acquainted; for you it has been largely the business of selling the high school and Port Arthur to a stranger; and this you have succeeded in doing only as young gentlemen and young ladies can do. You have responded affirmatively to every appeal; you haxe been most consid- erate of every trust. In you this high school has had worthy representa- tives in this and neighboring communities. Hence, working with you has been a pleasure not only to me but to the entire faculty as well. Let us join hands for all future work with this our aim to build in Port Arthur the best high school to Le found in the whole country. Such a task is a co-operative one, and upon your shoulders will fall the major part of the work. Finally, may I indulge the hope that you will have a most enjoyable summer vacation, and that you Will return to school in September full of life and determination. Fraternally, LYNN B. DAVIS, Principal High School.