Wharton High School - Tiger Yearbook (Wharton, TX)

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COLORADO OUR CLASS The presrdent of our class rs a lady of Wharton of ancrent and honorable descent a very pretty brunette her name rs Dorothy lngram All who know our town are well acquarnted wrth the parts and merrts of Dorothy She rs a lady that rs very srngular rn her behavror but her srngularrtres proceed from her good sense and are contradrctrons to the manner of the school only as she thrnks the teachers are rn the wrong However thrs humor creates her no enemres for she does nothrng of sourness or obstrnacy and her berng unconhned to modes and forms makes her but the readrer and more capable to please and oblrge all who know her She rs now rn ler Sophomore year at Hrgh School cheerful gay and hearty a great lover of nature lzut there rs such a mrrthful cast rn her l:ehavror that she rs rather beloved than esteemed Her parents are wealthy all the young men profess to love her and the young women are glad of her company When she comes to school she talks wrth everyone untrl the bell rrngs I must not omrt that Dorothy rs a member of our Latrn class and that three davs ago she garned unrversal applause by translatrng a passage ln Cac ar The person next rn esteem and authorrty rn our socrety rs Prnkney Rowe a boy of great probrty wrt and understandrng No one ever took hrm for a fool but none except hrs rntrmate frrends know what lrttle sense he has Thrs turn makes hrm both humorous and agreeable As few of hrs thoughts are taken from lrterature most of them are unfrt for eonversatron Hrs taste for books rs not good srnce he reads nothrng but novels H rs an excellent crrtre but the trme of work rs hrs trme of play exactly at 5 o clock he passes through the post oflice crosses the court house square and takes a turn at the cream parlor untrl the show begrns he has hrs shoes polrshed and hrs harr shampooed every trme he goes up town In order that we may keep up wrth the nexss we have wrth us Elmrra Carson who rs appornted to frnd out all the latest outsrde readrngs rn hrstory school gossrp drvorces weddrngs love affarrs accrdents murders and deaths Every mornrng when the school bell rrngs Elmira rs the flrst one on the steps and from thence proceeds to grve out the news of the day The person of next consrderatron rs Manfred Heyne a boy of great emrnence rn the crty of Glen Flora a person of untrrrng mrrth He rs acquarnted wrth algebra and all rts rules He has made hrs grades hrmself and says everyone may do the same rf they try hard enough The puprl who has been estrmated as the wrttrest boy rn school rs also one of us although he rs a member of the Erghth Grade Englrsh class He has chosen to come to school rather to obey the rnstructrons of an humorous father than rn pursurt of hrs own rnclrnatrons He was placed here to study readrng wrrtrng arrthmetrc and rs the most learned rn all our class rn these subjects It rs sard he keeps hrmself a bachelor by reason that he was crossed rn love by a beautrful perverse grrl of the next town to hrm Before thrs drsapporntment Wrllre ay was what you would call a fine gentleman had often supped wrth Mr Hodges and Mr Poston won the popularrty contest for Mary Lee Wrlson and kreked Paul down starrs for callrng hrm a youngster Berng rll used by the above mentroned grrl he was for a year and a half very serrous but hrs temper berng naturally Jovral soon got over rt and only a few days ago garned unrversal ap plause by danerng the Hula Hula dance for the Senror Class In order that our class may not seem wrthout a lover we have among us the gallant George Rerd of Glen Flora a boy who lrves rn the country but strll knows how to make eyes at the grrls Hrs person rs well turned of a good herght He rs very ready mth that sort of drscourse mth whrch men usually entertarn women He has all of hr lrfe dressed well and rt rs sard he never goes wrth more than srx grrls at a trme for the reason that no more can get rn hrs car He can smrle when a grrl speaks to hrm and laughs easrly He knows the hrstory of each puprl and can er en tell why Nannre talks so much X i , , , . , Y , . . . 1 . , s . , . v , . I 9 , . ' 1 ' I S . . , v V. . . , - 1 - . . , . C , 1 t , , . Y N . . , . t , . , Q . . - t , . y - . , . , . J , . . - , . . . . . ,, ,, . . 9 a - V . . U H - - .. H - , 7 I Y . , . V 1 r . 5 . - . F lr rrglrr

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LOLORADO DoRoTHY INGRAM JEWELL PRAYTOR EDITH BOWEN PINKNEY Rows MANFRED HEYNE Colors GOLD AND GRE imgivw 'fir--M Mal., ,jwwmm X CLASS OF I973 OFFICERS MOTTO President Vxce Presulenl Labor orrma 11flC1l Flowers Secretary Reporter Treasurer EN NA TURTIUM AND FERN YELL w b a Nxgger nigger hoe Half past alligator. Zip boom bah! Sophs! Q0 . Rah! rah! rah! potatoes.

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LOLOR XDO and why Mrss Henderson has to ask Paul rf he had just as soon srt down as stand up All of hrs words and thoughts are of grrls for he rs a heart breaker at least the grrls say so 'I o conclude hrs character he rs an honest worthy man lNext to George Rerd rn the class srts Bernhard Roecker a boy of good unclerstandrng but of rnvrncrble trmrdrty H rs one of those that deserve well but rs very awkward at puttrrg hrs talents before tho e wl'o would take notrce of them He went to school rn Glen Flora for some trme but havrng gone as far as possrble there he came to Wharton to llnrsh rn sprte of hrs trmrdrty and rs very popular rn the frrst year Latrn class I have never heard hrm make a sour or rude expressron A strrct honesty and regular behavror are rn themselves obstacles to hrm We must not forget rn our class Charlotte Garrett who has Jokes frugal sayrngs and wrse max ms at leer Hnger trps She generally greets the puprls wrth such a questron as Have you heard about the couple that was locked up rn the garage last nrght3 When ewell screws up courage to say No who were they3 her hearty laugh rs heard throughout tlae crowd and she replres Why Lrzzre Ford and one of the Dodge broth ers She even has the teachers afrard to answer any of her questrons However thrs does not create her any enemres but many followers There are three of our members who rf therr names were not called by the teachers once rn a whrle would not be known to be rn our class But when Edrth speaks and she seldom rntroduces the subject she speaks upon rt adds to everyone s knowledge and Paulrne s remarks are enjoyed by the whole class lona has a great knack for Domestrc Scrence where a great deal of demonstratmg and lrttle talkrng rs necessary They are all of general learnrng great sanctrty of lrfe and exact rn breedrng count hrm as one of us for he vrsrts us but seldom but when he takes the trouble to explam somethrng about electrrcrty we feel that we have a genrus among us whom the world wrll know about rn the future He has the mrsfortune to be the paper delrverer of the town and consequently does not have as many free hours to devote to hrs studres and pleasures as the rest of the class The next lady of emrnence rn our socrety rs Lrllran Ashenbeck She rs very soft and gentle rf we Judge her by the soft drmks sold by her famrly She usually rs studyrng algebra when she should be out playrng basketball She knows all the rules of punc tuatron but not one does she use When she talks she talks for a purpose Another one of our classmates who rs of a domestrc turn rs ewell Praytor a fact whrch all of the basketball boys and grrls rejorce rn for when trousers are torn or dresses rrpped jewel s knowledge of Domestrc Scrence rs called upon and she joyfully and pleasantly performs the task When the Nrnth Grade had therr socrety program and the new burldrng wedded the old she represented the whole shower that was grven by the good people of our town Our class feels as though we could not get along wrthout ewell But that our class may not appear a set of humorrsts we have wrth us the gallant Frrtz Ashenbeck a boy who accordrng to hrs looks should not be so backward but havrng had a very easy lrfe trme has made very lrttle rmpressron erther by the A s on hrs report card or traces on hrs brarn He rs acquarnted wrth basketball rn all rts forms and remembers the scores as others do rules The next person of esteem rn our socrety rs Paul Rerly a boy who lrves rn the country and rs l:y hrmself a great deal but strll he has not forgotten how to talk when rn com pany He talks all of the trme untrl Mrss Curry mentrons a D rn deportment and then he stops talkrng for about five mrnutes but soon begrns agarn We thrnk of Paul as a hero because rt IS sard that only a few days ago he rescued Bertha Krertstern from drownrng These are my ordrnary classmates ... r .... - ... . e , ' . ' s . ' . , . K . I s . . . V A a 1 ll Il I ' J - - A I I ! - . . , , . . I . , u . . Q , U f , . , . Flhe next member of our class rs George Karser. I cannot tell whether l am to ac- , 1 1 ' - ' ,l , . y 1 s n: 1 r l ' , . 1 v 1 I . . . . . . . ., , ,, . . : ' - - 2 . A- i D -Yi-' ? - l - fi? Y V - Fortx mn