Spring Branch High School - Bruin Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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DEDICATION JOHN MOSES To John Moses, under whose guidance and direction the productions of Spring Branch High School have achieved HSTAR-BlLLlNG.'7 the Bruin Staff respectfully dedicates this hook. Grace and Ann present the Bruin A short speech from the boss at pep rally

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Programme ACT I Scene I The 4'Angels', Scene II Directors Scene III Stars Scene IV Ingenueg Scene V Understudies Entertainment by the BRUINS Intermission ACT II Scene I Pace-Setters Scene II- Encore Scene III Oscar Awards Intermission ACT III Scene I Patrons Scene II The CREW Music courtesy of the Bruin Band Entertainment courtesy of the Bruin Brigade All the worltl's a stage, And all the men and women merely playersg They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many partsg His acts being seven ages. First the infant xxfxwrfufxxfifxxaxswufvfsf And then the whining school boy, with his satchel, And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. Shakespeare TABLE OF CONTENTS K yah

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O R TITLED TEXAN f ' 6 9 f lvffi' j '1 5115 n'ROTE ,4 300K on P1,AfwAm,,F BLlI,DIiNl: . THE HQUSTON P ' V h h GC . . 9 I A Q is is sgmwint If ' A' A i uuso X Q iltizh ,SC 'Ji S 'iiind iliewiffiiieitfxl Pirantfh Fic-iGiPm9Hf 9 iiNt?fll'llLQi'V Wflirioi ai Lofff' Pffilf Alfie-gill Q i i ikiliifl' Caninholbl first 5 P131 ormal for Schools D1 andrum ipwgggxp,ilixiiggmy 5,g1,m,g,f A is or as , 1 um W3 me ieucnersibringin, By MARIE MOQRE liioifvor tax piirntiswis, if ,won liP 'f?lVo are an exainple of poorfearly n Horace Max Landrum always intended to be a law-gee: maine, otiwii is emit :ax efoiwmzw he said, -in is tsrrfie good gr, But 3 Cgmbjngtion gf Qjygumgtgmcgg including 3 fgflfl 'iii por cfm of inc t'n:'ei'it1ci,Siiorl-siyflifcti in stint on ctluca- ence w ance a war and a real estate boom have ma e himrmmp 'if Wi Pmiffifiii 'i'tifwU'i'fi- WW will We do for Sffi- Dr a , o , , 4 ci stead, the superintendent of one of the nations 'owing school districts. With a iegalfstyle caution,ldatc-fl without the dou - declined to claim, as someisiorts to which other ople have done for him, that have been obiiged to e Spring Branch Independent hoo! District is THE fastest- owing one in the nation, Let's just say that if any itrict is growing taster, I el sorry for its superintend- t, he said, Although the statistics are t conclusive. they are im- essive. Dr Landrum ihe has earned doctor of education gree from the University of mstoni went lo Spring aneh in 1941 to take charge the 11 teachers and 300 P11- 3 at a Country elementary iool, K , Fhis week 6.500 pupils, .at Landrum's customarily iservative estimate, will be rolled in the first through :ii grades at the eight cam- ses in the community. EHERE WILL be another ago election this fall, in which Fff!H8'E1fiClZAV1ill ask taxpayers finance a new junior high loo! for the Ridgecrest area, Hee more elementary school tidings and additions to sev- il existing Schools. Sut bond elections are no .felty to the community. ere has been one almost ev- ' year since Dr Landrum ar- ed on the scene, except dur- the war, and never .has ire been serious organized bosition, ?When the area started iwing, I thought it was a xporary crisis from the foci viewpoint, Dr Landrum cl. So I went to work as rd as I could, and the whole nmunityejoined in to help , to rnoei: the sudden need more schools and more CQIEYSQ WE HAVENT ceased io edfmore teachers and more mils, The only difference is, rlorft consider the situation fists any more. 1t's just nor- !!! ' The texpansion problem Dr figixuin isiiiliiil facing is notillniilding 30310015 to meet popwg iQg51e,.oI course. But ble The people here ,make this an unusual land on where We ee ,things clone ' Dr clasping his hands on in In normal conversation ually leans back n his cradling his Qlilil in one l BUT SINCE he in ihis school district and th lthat it plays more than ipart in drawing the inity together, he is ii istr:-iight to talk about it ghe 'hacked uohis wontis 1pra1se with statistics, Q The ciisiric froughly, nv the igvoir on the west. ighway on the Baiou on the south and iOa Road on the emit, he iplained. Most of the ,who live here are business 'ecutives and professional so the general economic is above average. They are people, generally iwlio are Jvell edugatgd gherni :se ves an want t e es cation for their children. Thats true even in some of the newer isobdivisions, with lowerpriced ihomes, l HNOVV THIS high socioeco- ,nomic level is reflected in the schools. The average IQ of the students here is 115. compared to a national average of 100. And 86 per cent of our high 'school graduates go to college, 1 ' 3 1 fsaidhsitiing up straight ' I. c X53 3 Q . f. . . V e Thats almost twice the nation-E al average. We have only 2 perl cent dro outs in the hi h P H , school, while the national ever-t age is 20 per cent? Q Dr Landrum studied husinessg iadministration along with his preiaw work at So ut h w e s tg Texas State Cohege and the University of Texas, and that training has come in handy for the high finance involved in twill gi. Atl plan is n the 5,4 AT UNE flume. ttliicli t , inc nomo iings were t f l i ii the i E 3 s i Yi t - 4 951.25 he The Producer lueeggiit 255 h ,' fiiijndgglgqtion Sf DR. H. M. LANDRUM fiflfal valua- jl in-those vo mrgagytvgiuillg AS,-fhg onljt .7 In ., V may nQt,,ma'g,tgE Rom methods of teaching readigmg :este-at f is ' ' ' , . t t acgusauen might 'AWG lje still lookingelfor beti m2:Et?,nha5 use th is tiiiori liantllofir'-if Plonninff it Cl A 'K ,ft it Q l l iv f S. ZIP 'CXTWMW 'Vliiill I it 2. e J it . QQPT , ' Kifioimse where it spends S13 iillifiiiflfy' 2i,1ti1f'wi'ivcfl inet 1 Viet fine fiiviriffi i ' i tllTff'lYi?ff lv.ie1f.s .ann wffcofi nn GX- cnrists in the ,fixture if the noftiiced ti mtentiai once never receive a ha- sic founriaiion on which to build a, career? i UH PUT YI' on si nairiotit' liafrie. if you want io, 'Viiise Wiiiiffv spencis 2210 Rillion for iiiillion for otiuration. Perhani more nioney spent for educa. 'tion now woixlci ioaclz those ffrouiig people to live fi worm, iwiiilg lilo. so loss rrzoncv wouid iiirst - 5 James Y iii-yoa r-o gcome gstory l :vision s DR 4 ganri da lfloepbsei giully p irnanner Q UI si else ' j c:giiii'erl for cloifonself' P antirum tions not pre- iave the answer to that lmow is that efiuftar ming more complex and we are just irnaybc what I 'whore 1 Q His I IC. Lam ilhoro. B lwas gn t ine our ownfi he it Piools need some tort besides the 1. l'm unaltere- Q is ,, 5 --ff egg , V yn.. , fee uwlii' f ii l erated igiater a 'in VVill l We federal aid, but mend a study of ces on a slate , ini'-nme tax. ari- .iie state and filfi' ,business j I don' griesire law. I t i what ap i he H he riistriots, would YITII the concern space and Drhluaiicirtini most of the which fave Two of today h .Aw 'OOITI OW' Qi was i Qdate a igtlcorgei giinflucns ls Dr'L it aw cou is tate C . UBIY have the as the and this com' accented the teach- 493 to read be' should starts mittine