Richfield High School - Aries Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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Ed ards The officers of Edwards Literary Society, ,Rosemary Schwetman, vice-president: Betsy Perry, secretary: Peeler Williams, treasurer: Memie Adams, presidentg and Scott Cassler, parliamenlariang combined their efforts to promote literary interests at Richfield. -Juni.: zrrufzx , .ff f -.',f u:w,.b,,tu.11 - -

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in 7. Joy Adams Beverly Brickman Historian Ken Copeland Pat Dillon Secretary Kathy Embry John Enscy Paul Herring Dan Hilliard Vicelpresirlcnt Madclyn Hoffman Cheryl Hutchison DeDe Keen Sherrie Lawson Paula Levine David Levy Treasurer Diane McFarland Fred McGregor Tommie Kay Moore Betsy Perry Eva Powell Robert Rodgers Randall Simmon Beth Spain Ianell Walter Jimmy Wilson President Sharland Windham

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Robert Rodgers explained the goals of Edwards Literary Society to the fall initiates. Published agazine In the fall of 1963, a literary society named for Mar- garet Royalty Edwards, Poetess Laureate of Texas, was chartered at Richfield. This past year, under the spon- sorship of Mrs. Juanita Jones, the Edwards Literary So- ciety continued the endeavor to promote interest in lit- erary activities. The first undertaking of the Society was to sponsor an after-the-game dance on September 24. Edwards Lit, as it is called by its members, decided to alert some real literary activity. So they sponsored the dance to raise funds for their project. And the project decided upon was a literary magazine. The Society had been considering a magazine for some time. Richfield had long needed a literary maga- zine to strengthen its stature as the top school in Waco, as Scott Gassler, editor of the resulting maga- zine put it, and it was high time to put our plans into action. The magazine was named The Calligraph, mean- ing beautiful writing, and the first edition was in April of 1966. A modest, 16-page publication, it reflected the taste and imagination of the staff and the contrib- uting writers. They planned that it be continued as a tra- dition in the Society. Of course, the Work of the Society was not confined to the magazine, for the officers and members wanted a whole new dynamic program. They invited speakers, asked a theatre group to perform, and even included folk singers on one program. The CALLIGRAPH Slafl spent many hours in prepa- ration for the first issue af the literary magazine. 24l