Wilson High School - Eagle Yearbook (Wilson, OK)

Text from Pages 1 - 138 of the 1923 volume:

DERRlCK'l'b | E hops and trust that this, the first l J volume of The Derrick, will not only serue as a pleasant reminiscence of the past, but also as a guide to our successors. The Senior Class of 1923 Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllffl f.jHUE DERRICK'l 7) MISS BESSIE READY p) 77 DERRICK'I 7) ,)illl!IHnillll ltllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH)l|(lillll||||||||||||||[||||||||||||ll|||||||||||||||||||||||||i||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||iii|||||||||||||||||]||||[f||ii|||i|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||)|;ff?l rTHE DERRICK23 THE DERRICK'25 BOARD OF EDUCATION L. F. Kimbrell Treasurer W. H. Midkiff President Walter Hodges Vice-President J. Mat Moore Member Floyd Magness Member DERRICK' R. 0. WEBB, B. S., B. A. Freed-Hardeman College, Henderson, Tennessee; and University of Oklahoma Life Certificate, Graduate Student, Principal of High School Geometry Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll! DERRIC'23 DOLLY RITCHEY, B. A. University of Oklahoma, Life Certificate, S.E.N. and University of Oklahoma ENGLISH AND EDUCATION aJiiliiiiHlilllllllllllllllllllllHllllllllllllll! s)'7H£ DERRICK'! 1) DALE N. MORRISON, B. A. Vanderbilt, S. M. U., and Chicago HISTORY AND ATHLETICS BESSIE READY Commercial Certificate, Universities of Oklahoma and Bowling Green, Kentucky Head of Commercial Department BOOKKEEPING rOHUE DERRICK'25 WINIFRED PHELPS, A. B. Oklahoma Methodist University, Life Certificate, Graduate Student University of Oklahoma SPANISH AND ENGLISH B. N. TALIAFERRO, B. A. Austin College, Sherman, Texas ALGEBRA SOCIAL SCIENCES miihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim DERRICK'I ) (giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii MRS. SALEETA HALBACH S. E. State Teachers College HISTORY, SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING nVE DERRICK23 MATTILENE LLOYD Graduate Paul Goetze Music School Vernon, Texas Special High School Certificate (THE DERR ICK 2 3 c - •. 1 .-tv V C •Cj +i. • g) THE DERRICK '23 Dear Seniors- We have now come to the parting of the way. You are soon to go into new fields. Indeed, this is a real “Commencement” in which you will form new partnerships and accept new responsibilities in life. Your relatives, teachers and friends have confidence in you and believe you have learned the lesson expressed by the poet when he said: Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. Our association has been pleasant, our joys and our blessings many. May we recognize Him in whom we live, move and have our being, and thereby triumph in the right. Principal, R. O. WEBB. J7 -v 7HE DERRICK'25 GERTRUDE O’DONNELL Junior Play ’22; Senior Play ’23. HERMAN ELY Quartette ’23; Senior Play ’23; Ho-logos Club ’23. AUDREY LANGFORD Junior Play ’22; Senior Play ’23. CHARLES McCABE Football ’22, ’23; Class Play ’21. AVIA BLANKENSHIP Basketball ’21; Play ’19; Glee Club ’22; Salutatorian. IPMm CTHE DERRICK ’23 THELMA STRANGE Senior Play ’20; Operetta ’21; Senior Play ’23; Secretary of Athletic Association ’23. VESTER WILLINGHAM Football ’20, ’21, ’22; Quartette ’21, ’22, ’23; Class Plays ’21, ’22, ’23; Operettas ’21, ’22. MADELINE EUKER Operetta ’22; Play ’21. CECIL STAPLES Baseball ’22, ’23; Junior and Senior Class Plays; Staff ’23. MARGARET REED Basketball ’21; Choral Club ’21; Play ’22. THE DERRICK'25 OPHELIA McNEILL Post Graduate. ALTON HOLMES Football ’22; Basketball ’22, ’23; All Southeastern End for Oklahoma ’22; Negro Minstrel ’22; Senior Class Play ’23; “W” Club. VIVIAN WALLACE Glee Club T8; Senior Play ’23. MARVIN ROBISON Senior Play ’23; Football ’22; Junior Class Play ’22; “W” Club. NEONA YEATTS Post Graduate. PHYLLIS WALLING Basketball ’23; Operetta ’21; President of Class ’22. URSULA MYERS Glee Club ’21, ’22, ’23; Operetta ’21. HARRY BRADFORD Valedictorian; Class Historian ’23; Football ’22; Junior Class Plav ’22; Staff ’23. DOCK CHILDERS Football ’22; Baseball ’23; Senior Class Play ’23. GERTRUDE SMITH Junior Plav ’19; Glee Club T9; Senior Play ’23. ■;) THE DERRIC25 MAURINE JONES Yell Leader ’21, ’22, ’23; Junior Play ’22; Senior Play ’21. J. B. AUSTIN Class President ’23; Football ’21, ’22, Captain ’22; Basketball ’22, ’23; Baseball ’21, ’22, ’23; “W” Club; Staff ’23; Senior Class Play ’23. ROXIE MOORE Basketball ’19; Junior Play ’22; Senior Play ’23; Staff ’23. J. A. MONTGOMERY Baseball ’20, ’23; Orchestra ’20, ’21; Quartette ’20, ’21; Class Plays ’22, ’23; Staff ’23. ANNA ROBERTS Junior Play ’22; Glee Club ’22. D£RRLCK 25 LEE WALLACE Glee Club ’22; Senior Play ’22; Operetta ’21. ROSE COLEMAN CHENEY Operetta ’22; Junior Play ’22; Senior Play '23. PAUL OWENS Football ’22, ’23; Basketball ’22, ’23; Baseball ’22, ’23; Business Manager of Athletic Association; Class Plays ’23; “W” Club. TREVA LETTS Junior Play ’21; Senior Play ’22; Glee Club ’23. RAMON MEANS Football ’22; Baseball ’20, ’21, ’22, ’23; Junior Play ’22. pH)i.iNiiiiiiiiiM!iu m i iiM[mmirrnnnB5 7H£ DERRICK23 e MARY HERRON Junior Play ’21; Basketball ’22, 23; Literary Society ’22, ’23; Glee Club '22. LYNN PARKHILL Class President ’20, ’21, ’22; Football ’20, ’21, ’22, ’23, Captain ’23; Baseball ’20, ’21, ’22, ’23; President Athletic Association ’23; Quartette ’22, ’23; Staff ’23; “W” Club. WILLOUS MOORE Mathematician, Typist and Accountant; Senior Play ’23. MUGGINS BROWN Senior Play ’23; Junior Play ’22; Operetta ’21; Glee Club ’20. MARY YOUNGBLOOD Glee Club ’21; Senior Play ’21; Basketball ’23. |� !i[ihiFiiiimlE:z: ;i;o (THE DERRICK 25 JOSIE DOUGHTY Holopos Club ’23; Senior Play ’23; Glee Club ’22. JOHN KERR Junior Play ’22; Football ’22, ’23; Staff ’23; Baseball ’22; “W” Club. MARY CRAWFORD Glee Club ’22. MANIE AUSTIN Football ’21, ’22; Basketball ’21, ’22, ’23; Baseball ’20, ’21, ’22, ’23, Captain 23; Vice-President Athletic Association; “W” Club; Senior Class Play ’23. DELLA DUNFORD Junior Play ’22; Senior Play ’23; Secretary of Class ’23. DERRICK 23 MILDRED BLACKWELL Hologos Club ’23; Senior Play ’23. THOMAS HENRY Football ’21, ’22; Basketball ’22, ’23; Baseball ’22, ’23; “W” Club; Senior Class Play ’23. LILY SMITH Senior Play ’21. JAMES COLBERT Class Carver; Mathematician. RUBY BATTLES Glee Club ’22, ’23. : 77 £ DERRICK '23 ( y; - Senior Class History In the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred Nineteen, there entered the portals of the high school a band of awkward and respectful people known to those who keep such records as Freshmen. Just as other Freshmen before them, they were very much afraid that they would be seriously bitten by such monsters as Algebra, Latin, Ancient History, English, and other like bugaboos. After a time they recovered from the effect of their introduction to the above mentioned species of work and commenced to rub off some of the green paint that all Freshmen acquire. By the time those hard examinations had come and gone, they were having a most enjoyable time by going to parties and sunrise breakfasts. Most of the boys were inclined toward athletics and usually gained some recognition upon the athletic field. As they went along, acquiring some knowledge as they supposed, the test as to whether they would become Sophomores was drawing nearer and nearer. At last it came, and with many a hurried glance at some book or someone else’s paper they passed through the ordeal. Time rolled along. The next year there came to school a group of more settled Sophomores. To show that their spirit was almost the same as ever, they often gave a party. But, unknown to themselves, they put more of their time on their books, which had been despised the year before. The parties given by the Sophomores were about as numerous as the year previous. When the exams came the number of failures were smaller. They distinguished themselves on the athletic field, thus repeating their former performance. These former Freshies now looked down upon the Freshmen and thought that they were very green; they did not consider that they had been that way themselves. Although they looked down on the Freshmen they looked up to the Juniors and thought that there were no wiser people anywhere than the Seniors. By and by the year came to an end and the Sophomores became known as Juniors. The class had enlarged and decreased by the coming and going of some new members of the class, due to the oil boom. Now the class numbered around thirty. These semi-solemn Juniors were very quiet compared to the Freshmen or Sophomores they had been. This year they reflected the glory of the Seniors. Their time being taken up by their studies, the Juniors did not give many parties. The most notable one was the one given by the girls of the class on Hallowe’en. They worked as they had never worked before and succeeded in avoiding any serious injuries in the examinations. About this time another member was added to the class. He turned out to be a joker and a very good athlete. The time passed slowly and uneventfully away until the class play was staged. This created a favorable comment so it was taken to a neighboring town. This play was to raise funds for a banquet to be given to the Seniors. By this time it was close to the end of the year, so the banquet was given the Seniors just before Commencement. They said it was the best one they had ever attended. Just as in the year before they became known as strong men on the athletic field. The examinations proved them worthy and they left school glad of the fact that they were entitled to the name of Seniors. The next and last year the class had increased to forty and five. These Seniors sought to distinguish themselves by producing the first annual to 7WE DERRICK23 be issued by Wilson High School. They had now gained the highest point to be reached in a high school and considered themselves among those aspiring to learn more while others thought that they were very wise. They gave several parties but conducted themselves with dignity as befitted Seniors. Just before the examinations, they gave a play for the benefit of the annual. Coming to school after the ordeal of exams was passed, they instituted a contest to see who was the most popular girl and boy in school. When the results were announced the girl was picked from the Senior Class and a Senior boy ran a close second for the most popular body. The Seniors came out with flying colors on the athletic field, furnishing most of the men for all the teams. Toward the last of the year they gave another play and then settled down to spend their last days in school as happily as possible. Now, these Seniors extend to each and every coming class their most hearty wishes for success. —HARRY BRADFORD. SENIOR ACTIVITIES Theatre Party- Miss Roxie Moore proved to be an ideal hostess to a number of Seniors, March 8th, when she entertained with a theatre party. The guests arrived at Miss Moore’s at 7 :30 and were tactfully entertained until time for the second show. At eight-thirty they attended a Paramount picture, “The Impossible Mrs. Ballew.” The picture proved to be as good as its name and was enjoyed by everyone. , After the show the party retui-ned to Miss Moore’s, and, after playing several games, were served with dainty refreshments, consisting ot hot chocolate, sandwiches and cake. The Seniors enjoyed this theatre party very much and are hoping that another one will be given before school closes. 4c HALLOWE’EN PARTY Miss Bessie Ready entertained the Senior Class with a Hallowe’en party on October 31st, 1922, at the High School Building. Although it rained all the preceding day and on that night, it did not stop the Seniors from attending. The room was decorated with the witch, black cat and other spooky scenes. All wore costumes and were very attractive. A number of games were played, after which the “Pumpkin Pie’ and coffee were served. Everyone had a fine time in spite of the rain and mud. —One of them, ’23. ) rTHE DERRlCK 25 Senior Class Plays “AN EARLY BIRD” Cyrus B Kilbuck .....................................Lynn Parkhill Tony Kilbuck.....................................J. A. Montgomery Barnaby Bird ........................................Alton Holmes Mr. Mulberry.................1........................Herman Ely Bruce Ferguson ......................................Cecil Staples Art the Office Boy ...............................Vester Willingham Perry Allen ..........................................J. B. Austin Jassamine Lee ..............._.......................Roxie Moore Mrs. Van Dyne ...............................................Audrey Langford Miss McCarthy .......................................Della Dunford Mrs. Beavers...............................................Gertrude O’Donnell Rosa Bella...........................................Thelma Strange Mrs. Perry Allen ....................................Josie Doughty DiNy...........................................................Rose Coleman Act I. Private office of Cyrus B. Kilbuck. A morning in March. The Bird in the Tree. Act II. Sitting-room of Mrs. Beavers’ boarding house, Flagg Corners. The Bird in the Bush. Act III. Same as Act II. The afternoon of the same day. The Bird in the Hand. Time: About two hours and fifteen minutes. “PAIR OF SIXES” George B. Nettleton.................................................Tom Henry T. Boggs Johns ..........................................Manie Austin Krome ................................................Marvin Robinson Sally Parker ...........................................Gertrude Smith Thomas J. Vanderholt....................................Harry Bradford Tony Toler .............................................Dock Childers Applegate..... Shipping Clerki.................. Office Boy......................................................Willous Moore Mrs. Geo. B. Nettleton..........................................Muggins Brown Miss Florence Cole .....................................Della Dunford Coddles ...................................:.............Vivian Wallace Paul Owens Act I. Act II. Act III. Synopsis of Scenes Offices of The Eureka Digestive Pill Co., in New York. Home of Mr. Nettleton, two weeks later. Same as Act II, one week later. Time: About three hours. rTHE DERRICK SUN RISE HREAKEAST About five o’clock on the morning of December the fifteenth could be heard about the town the old cock, who was trying his best to wake some dignified Senior out of his slumber, to go back to the old pioneer days. In order to catch the Limited Street Walker Pullman, he must pack up the bacon and eggs, and be at the Old Inn by six o’clock. Upon arriving there he found several of the Dignified bunch ready to aboard the Limited. Six o’clock and the conductor, who was none other that Manie Austin, shouted, “All aboard for the old camp grounds.” All arrived at the ancient grounds about twenty minutes before Old Sol made his appearance. Soon a fire displayed its brightness upon them; then all hands on deck for breakfast. Just wait a minute! Was this meal cooked and served by the ladies as in the old pioneer days? This can only be answered by those who were present. There was never a better meal served as was cooked upon that occasion. The chief cook and coffee maker being J. B. Austin, whose benediction was, just as Old Sol began peeping over the hill, “That many days had passed since Old Sol had had the pleasure of catching the girls up before he cast his beams upon them.” The conductor again shouted, not for the Pullman, but for the Eats, “All aboard for Bacon Eggs.” No sooner had the words fallen from his lips than Ramon Means had made away with half a panful of bacon and eggs. Everyone just eat and ate, and looked as though they were about to pop, when the chief cook stepped up to the old fire with a pan of eggs and said, “Now, old fire, since the preliminaries are over, I will proceed with my breakfast.” Everyone had a fine time and said that the pioneer days would have to come more often. Miss Ready said it was just like the days when she camped out in the ’70’s. Breakfast over and the old Pullman pulled up to the camp, and the conductor shouted, “All aboard for the Inn.” Hey! Stop! Bang! Yelled the chief, who declared that he had eaten all that he could find and was ready to retire. ‘SENIORS ABROAD’ The whole town of Wilson had been in confusion for several days. The people had received the surprise of their lives. Mr. Diffie had announced his intentions of taking the Senior Class of 23, of W ilson, Oklahoma, to Africa, and would start a few days after school was out. The day at last arrived and the Senior Class, with Mr. Diffie leading the procession, marched to the depot and the people sent us away with shouts and their handkerchiefs flying in the air. We were honored with a special train from Wilson to Ardmore, so the waiting over was only a few minutes. You might be surprised to find that during all the excitement Josie never lost her powder puff, and J. A. and Roxie were never separated. The class spent a few days in Galveston, which every one enjoyed very much. We took in the whole town and looked the island over, but we spent verv enjoyable evenings on the gulf and beach. At last the steamer was ready to go and I must confess a lump rose ) cTtiE DERRICK 23 in my throat and I had to blink my eyes very fast as the shore faded from view. It seemed that luck had failed us from the start and we had a very rouRh voyage. It was our first experience on the ocean and we were all sea sick but Jennings, for he had crossed the great Atlantic before. We got some amusement out of watching Mr. Diffie, for it was the first time I had ever seen him looking as if he had nothing to do. We were all overjoyed when we saw the shore but we found we were not going to land at the first harbor, but at Carigo on the Nile. After resting there a few days we took a train to the desert but when the train could go no farther we mounted camels. This was very funny at first. It was early in the morning when we joined the caravan but as the day got warmer it grew very unpleasant and Della and Muggins fretted much because they were ruining their complexions. We visited King “Tut’s” tomb. It was very interesting to some but Anna and Gertrude were too busy noticing the style to worry about the old fellow and his relics. We journeyed on into the interior until we came to the jungles. At the edge of the forest there was a village that was on the bank of a large stream, the Kongo. We quit the caravan and stopped at the village. A boat was to be sent for us in a few days. By this time we had begun to grow used to strange customs and fierce looking people. Their huts were made of straw. The men wore few clothes, their teeth were filed to a point and they wore beads around their necks and the women did most of the work. We made a trip into the forest and killed an elephant and a gorilla, while one of the guides captured a lion for us, but we could only bring back the skin with us. When the boat arrived we bid our newly made, dark-complexioned friends good-bye and started on our journey. We were all tired of the small boat, so were glad when we arrived at the coast. The ship for the United States was to leave the following day. We returned home a tired, sunburnt bunch but wise. We all enjoyed our trip, but were glad to get back to the dear old U. S. A. again. —MILDRED BLACKWELL, ’23. THE DERRICK'23 “Such is Life Class Prophecy Not more than a year ago, which happened to be June 10th, 1933, I returned from a ten-year stay in South America, to the City of Wilson. I had no special reason for returning other than to look up my old school friends of the Class of ’23. Part of them I found easily, others not so easy, and heard of others. I found several still in the prosperous City of Wilson. Among them were Marvin Robison and Mary Crawford, who had happily united a few years before, and seemed to be satisfied with each other and the old “Beale’s Book Store,” which Mary had inherited from her aunt. That same day I attended a football game at the Wilson Park and there I met Dock Childers, the athletic coach, who was then coaching his fifth year in Wilson, and had turned out three championship teams, by the encouragement that came from his inspiring wife, formerly Miss Josie Doughty, now Mrs. Childers, who was teaching piano in the high school. On a tour of the old oil field I found Treva Letts and Ruby Battles, still chums, teaching school at Hewitt, where Treva was principal. Mildred Blackwell was teaching at Dillard, where she had been for several years, and said she had no idea of ever being anywhere else. In Ardmore I found that the decade had made many changes and improvements. One thing that especially caught my attention was a sign hanging from the awning of a very cozily fitted little building, which said “Phyllis’ Beauty Parlor.” I wondered if it were possible that it was Phyllis Walling, a striking young girl of the old ’23 Class. On investigation I found it to be she. I had trouble in gaining her recognition, but finally she, after my telling her of my graduation with her, thought of everybody I couldn’t be and then recognized me. I got my finger nails “cut off” and she told me that Gertrude Smith and Mary Herron were with some Chautauqua company. When the worst of the Winter was over I went down in Southern Texas. I visited several towns and saw nobody I knew. One morning as I gazed out the window of a Marlin, Texas, hotel, I saw a white closed car go down the street bearing the sign “Willingham Dairy.” I hurried down and when it came back and parked in front of the hotel, I asked the driver about the dairy-man. He didn’t know much about him, so I went out to where the driver told me he lived. No sooner had I stopped in front of the house than I saw Vester and Thelma Strange Willingham coming out to meet me. “Shake,” as we knew him at school, was about the same old boy. Thelma, who was dressed neatly, as she always was at school, had every indication of a very industrious wife. They told me that Ramon Means and Lee Wallace were married and lived in Arizona, where Ramon had a cattle ranch. I went back to town and that afternoon a bunch of ball players passed down the street. I asked a man who they were and he said they were the pitchers and catchers ol the New York Giants. I went out to the park and suddenly I heard somebody say, “Throw it in there Orlando.” In a moment a young pitcher threw one over to the catcher, who was warming him up. The ball hit the grand stand about half way up and the catcher came after it, and, lo and behold! the catcher was J. B. Austin. I rushed down and shook hands with him and )rTl £ DERRICK'25 T then his pitcher, Alton Holmes. He said Kid Gleason had bought Holmes from some town in the Central League. Holmes said the boys all tried to kid him a lot but he was a kidder himself, and they didn’t have a chance. I asked J. B. where Manie was and he said he had married Mary Youngblood, about five years before, and was then farming in Arkansas. hen he mentioned Arkansas I thought of Paul Owens. I remembered that Paul was going to Hendrix College. So I asked them about him. They said he had finished his four years of school and football, and had years ago grabbed off one of those Arkansas Queens, and was contented with coaching at Hendrix. After spending a few days at Marlin, I went to St. Louis, Missouri. While on the street, I bought a ticket for a lyceum number to be given at a local theatre that evening. I went and was entertained by a splendid male quartette. Reading the personnel of the quartette from the program provided, I was astonished at the names of Lynn Parkhill and Herman Ely. After the show I made my way to their dressing room, and enjoyed once more a talk with “Cotton” and “Red.” I was told by Lynn that the wonderful stories and several books I had read, which were written by an author who signed as “The Girl,” were the works of Ursula Meyers, a charming girl of the old class, who always showed marked ability in writing. I left the theatre and crossed the street. Just as I got to the opposite curb two ladies came out of a drug store and got into a new Duesenburg car. I noticed they had a fine car and took another look at them. In the driver I beheld the charming face of Lily Smith. Her companion was Muggins Brown. As they were about to leave I spoke to them. They turned and seemed as surprised as I. Lily had married a wealthy man of the steel works of St. Louis. Muggins had been married but she and her husband were then divorced. Lily told me that Cecil Staples and Madeline Euker had declared themselves in a state of matrimony and Cecil was a foreman at the steel mills. The following day I visited the steel mills which were across the Mississippi river in East St. Louis, Illinois. I was directed to Cecil’s office and found him to be the same old boy. He was still good natured and jolly as ever. He showed me about the plant and we came back to the office. I told him about seeing some of the boys and he at once thought of something to tell me. But instead of telling me we entered the office and in an adjoining room I beheld, in the small stenographer, none other than Neona Yeatts. She was as polite as ever. We talked of days gone by and friends of the past. She told me that, shortly after her graduation from college, she saw Avia Blankenship on her way to the heathenish lands, as a missionary. After my visit to St. Louis I heard of a new oil field springing up in Wyoming. I went to this field intending to work a while. After looking over things for a few days I went out to get a job. The first fellow I met was a dignified looking man smoking a two-bit cigar. I stopped him, and at the same time recognized John Kerr. He was then a rotary drilling contractor and very readily gave me a job. I went to his house with him and who was his wife but the old Della Dunford of our class. She was the same as she used to be at school, just sitting but never thinking. The next day out on the job I got by fine. At town that night I met with another chip off the old block, Willous Moore. “Jumbo” was a prosperous young lawyer then, and was looking for a location. He told me about graduating in the class with Harry Bradford from the Law Department of O. U., and that James Colbert was an architect and building contractor in Oklahoma City. As the town grew and more peole came in, one day a service car stopped on the stand, and several people got out. Among these was a man and a woman. I noticed the woman motioning to the man how to do everything, and which way to go. As they came nearer me I began to notice their familiar appearance. It was J. A. Montgomery and Roxie Moore, the two who had worked together diligently to put out our first Annual in the year of ’23. J. A. was still following Roxie’s suggestions, and had come there for the purpose of starting a newspaper. The next morning they were both down to meet Ophelia McNeill, who was their main stand-by in the newspaper business. The oil field life grew old to me and I left Wyoming for dear old Wilson again. On my arrival I began to look for people I knew. It was Saturday and lots of country people were in town. I walked about town all day. Late in the afternoon I saw a familiar face coming toward me. It was Anna Roberts. She was in town from Orr on a little business. She said that she had never married but was living with her father and mother at Orr. She told me that Audrey Langford had become a trained nurse and was then at the Wilson hospital. We went over to see Audrey and had a long talk about high school life. I asked Audrey where Gertrude O’Donnell was and she told me that she was married and lived at Durant, where she was an active member of the Southeastern faculty. That evening I went into the Royal Cafe and was delightfully served by Maurine Jones. She said that she and Vivian Wallace were running the cafe for Vivian’s father, who had become bi'oken in health and was not able to work. Last but not least came Margaret Reed. She was still talking Baylor but had never finished there. She was home visiting her parents, but said she would return shortly. It was her Senior year there and she was planning to marry after graduation.—TOM HENRY. SENIOR CLASS FAREWELL The joys of life are many, its privileges great, its pleasures manifold and intense; yet even throughout all of its happiest hours and most hilarious rejoicing, comes to the thinking mind, the sad and certain wail. This, too, shall pass away!” We cannot escape from this inevitable fate, no matter how earnestly we may endeavor so to do, for all things human are mortal. Yes, even the Class of Nineteen Twenty-three, of Wilson High School, is doomed to go the way of all the world, and pass from High School to return no more. As year after year passed by, and the struggling patient, though fighting desperately for life, seemed in her usual health and spirits, the hour of her departure seeming just as far oil as ever, we kept thinking hopefully of the future hours yet remaining, refusing to accept the verdict of the wise doctors who declared that her days were numbered. This, then, the awful hour we have dreaded for so many weeks, is the end of all. May Eighteenth has come, and Nineteen Twenty-three, . IIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIlHIIlH 7HE DERRICK23 s iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiHimniiimimwiii puny, weak and emaciated, is stretched before your eyes, and struggling for breath. Draw near, all you who have been friends of this most illustrious of all High School Classes, and listen to her last words; for like all departing spirits she has much to say in the last fleeting moments of her life. Dear Principal, we, the Class which is about to pass forever from the land of living students, thank you with our last breath for all that you have done for every part of us during the years we have been in your care. Our teachers have all had their part in instructing us. They have all had a hand in our education. You have been likewise a vital inspiration. What is there left for our breaking hearts to say as we face this last scene of all, but, “Thank you! ’ and “God bless you!” in the hope that you will see that our memory is kept green, for a week or two at least, of the days that are to come when we have passed forever on. Members of the Junior Class, you who will so soon be called upon to fill our vacant chairs, we cannot pass entirely from the land of the living without a word of advice to you ere we part forever. You have watched the career of Nineteen Twenty-three with pride and admiration, and, of course, with no little envy. How could it be otherwise? She has done grandly, gloriously! Like St. Paul of old, she has “fought a good fight; she has finished her course; she has kept the faith.” See that you, then, who are left to take up the work that she left behind, profit by her example, and “go and do likewise!” Follow in our eighteen perfect footsteps, Juniors, for your hour will surely come to you, even as ours has come to us, and we leave behind such a record for you to follow and we pass cheerfully out of our High School into the Great Beyond, feeling that our brief career as a class has not been in vain, if it helps one band of students to resolve to live to a larger purpose. But, though we must die, yet, may we live forever in the memories and the purifying influences that we leave behind. Classmates, the last moments of our life as Nineteen Twenty-three are last ebbing away. Our pulse is growing feeble, our breath falters, and only time and energy for one more word remains. We have studied together, we have hoped and planned together, and we have faced the coming of this direful hour hand in hand, feeling proud of the fact that, though we were so young in years, we have yet been able to make of ourselves the most talented, the most accomplished, and altogether the most illustrious class of students that has ever been fated to pass out into the Great Beyond from this High School. Together, now, we pass out of existence, and the class rooms and playgrounds will know us no more forever! It is a sad thought, isn’t it. Classmates? But let us face the unknown future as bravely and earnestly as we have faced every painful examination. Now we whisper our last farewell to one another an Nineteen Twenty-three dies. LEE WALLACE, '23. ) THE DERRIC Senior Class IDill I, J. B. Austin, do bequeath my scholarship to Wayne Cates. I, Manie Austin, do bequeath my skill as an athlete to Harry Jones. I, Harry Bradford, do bequeath my faithful study to Ramon Harris. I, Avia Blankenship, do bequeath my old maid ideas to Ella Lee Todd. I, Ruby Battles, do bequeath my blonde hair to Jay Robison. I, James Colbert, do bequeath my skill in carving to Biffle Brown. I, Della Dunford, do bequeath my book on “How to Vamp” to Alice. I, Dock Childers, do bequeath my blushing to Vannalta Johnson. I, Muggins Brown, do bequeath my popularity to Alice Forsburg. I, Madeline Euker, do bequeath my modesty to Valura Morris. I, Mary Herron, do bequeath my good looks to Ruth Cahoon. I, Anna Roberts, do bequeath George Steele to Golda Bridges. I, Audrey Langford, do bequeath my old-time ways to Elva Hightower. I, Phillis Walling, do bequeath my skill as a forward to Holly Bay Irby. I, Lee Wallace, do bequeath my short height to Thalbert Plyler. I, Mary Youngblood, do bequeath my timidity to Tess Wheeler. I, Mary Crawford, do bequeath my dancing to Zola Smallwood. I, Sue Myers, do bequeath my dates to Nettie Bonnifield. I, Cecil Staples, do bequeath my commercial law to Edward Causey. I, Alton Holmes, do bequeath my athletics to Ruel McCann. I, Gertrude O’Donnell, do bequeath a curl to Christine Hines. I, J. A. Montgomery, do bequeath love to one, Paul Polk. I, Roxie Moore, do bequeath my jealousy to Vira Gauntt. I, Gertrude Smith, do bequeath my bobbed hair to Maud Burris. I, Ophelia McNeill, do bequeath my quietness to Nolan Renzleman. I, Neona Yeatts, do bequeath my permanent excuse to Cortez Gough. I, Lynn Parkhill, do bequeath my bass voice to Paul Barnett. I, Thelma Strange, do bequeath Vester’s frown to Jewell Cahoon. I, Vester Willingham, do bequeath my tenor voice to Byron Walton. I, Josie Doughty, do bequeath my young ideas to Nettie Bonnifield. I, Paul Owens, do bequeath my curly hair to Robert McCall. I, Marvin Robison, do bequeath my novels to Mildred Mobley. I. Rose Coleman, do bequeath my wedding ring to Roxie xMoore. I, Ramon Means, do bequeath my quick temper to Ray Sales. I, Vivian Wallace, do bequeath my blue eyes to Velma Waggoner. I. Lily Smith, do bequeath my beauty to Ruby Baugh. I, Willous Moore, do bequeath my arguing to Ruth Hudgins. I, Maurine Jones, do bequeath my loud mouth to Jewell Cahoon. I, Treva Letts, do bequeath my sweet disposition to Golda Bridges. I, Margaret Reed, do bequeath my sprained ankle to Gertrude Smith. I, Tom Henry, do bequeath my pedagogy to Treva Letts. I, Herman Ely, do bequeath my red hair to Ruel McCann. I, Mildred Blackwell, do bequeath my freckle cream to May Goodell. L Charles McCabe, do bequeath my ability to bluff to Vannalta Johnson. L John Kerr, do bequeath my football shoes to Bill Tipton. 7HE DERRICK '25 % ELLA LEE TODD What is love without “a nother.” RILEY BIGHAM Built like a mosquito, long and thin. VELMA WAGGONER Blues vanish if you whistle. JIMMIE POWERS I only ask that fortune send a little more than I can spend. BIFFLE BROWN Much study is a weariness to the flesh. Biffle has been known to follow this creed through all the years of his high school work. ROBERT McCALL A prospect, though the line is not fully decided. MAMIE HOWINGTON She is dependent on nobody. THE DERRICK23 MAY GOODELL To have a friend, be one. May is known and loved by all. Ask her about axiom 13. CLARENCE MEDIS Solemn as the day is long. IRA HODGES Fashion is a fickle mistress. LULA WALTON The kiss of the sun on a half-blown rose. RAYMOND HARRIS Oh, why couldn’t I have been rich instead of so good looking? VANNALTA JOHNSON DERRICK '25 Oh, how can the heart of mortal man withstand my charms and graces? WAYNE CATES It is better to be heard than seen. Wayne is our Prize Fighter and takes a keen interest in Athletics. VALURA MORRIS An amiable disposition is to be en vied. MAUD BURRIS And still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all she knew. EDWARD CAUSEY Faint heart ne’er won fair lady. JAY ROBISON Always wears a smile. ALICE BURRIS Still and quiet, but deeper than you think. g THE DERRICK ’23 VIRA GAUNTT Small and dainty. RAY CARLISLE Vaulting ambition o’erleaps itself. NETTIE BONNIFIELD Better a man without riches, than riches without a man. SYLVIA WAGGONER Never known to sit still. BILL CHENEY Politeness itself. JEWELLE CAHOON To such a lovely lady bright, What can I wish but a faithful knight? WILLIAM SNOW His hobby is looking through his eyebrows. . r-:;;::; ;..p) EHE DERRICK '2 3 JUNIOR CLASS YELL Wilson, Rah! Juniors, Rah! Wilson Juniors, Rah, Rah, Rah! Nineteen, Rah! Twenty-four, Rah! Nineteen Twenty-four, Rah, Rah, Rah! Class Flower Class Colors Blue Violet Blue and White Class Motto If you can’t win make the other fellow step behind you. JUNIOR PLAY “At the End of the Rainbow Douglas Brown ....... Phyllis ............. Bob, the Lawyer ..... Marion .............. The Imp.............. Louise .............. Jack ................ The Butler........... The Maid ............ Ted, Football Captain Mr. Shelton’s Maid .... Elsie ............... The Bride............ The Groom............ Mrs. Brown........... Majorie.............. Druscilla......... 1 Mary Lee Woods.... (. Mable Weeks....... ( Christine Hines... ) .............Wayne Cates ............Jewel Cahoon ............Lynn Parkhill ............Ursula Myers .............May Goodell ..............Hazel Cates ...........Biffle Brown ...........Robert McCall ...........Valura Morris ..............Paul Owens .........Nettie Bonnifield ........Velma Waggoner .............Vira Gauntt .........Raymond Harris .........Sylvia Waggoner Ella Lee Todd (Theta Phi) Theta Phi Girls ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS LONG TIME: PRESENT DAY 7H£ DERRICK g iiiiiHiiiiHHiniiiimiiiiHiiiiinmniiiiL Fond memories of the Juniors ‘Tis Spring time, With the flowers in bloom. I sit on the creek bank so cool, And dream of Our Old School. When Lo, the fairies around me creep, And carry me to their Land so fair, From whence I am sent on a journey, The adventures there I must tell. Raymond Harris, with his monocle Oh, Has a private school for English you know. And Mamie Howington, with degrees tenfold, Is a matron at Yale you know. And Valura of old is now With the Flim Flam Studios. Biffle Brown, a clown of old, Is now an evangelist great; And often stops at Velma’s Cafeteria great, Where friends are met, and greetings flung, As they used to be when we were young. Ray Sales is now the talk of the town, With his cartoons from the grown-ups down. Nettie Bonnifield, of zoological fame, Is now writing in Chinese hieroglyphics. Jewell Cahoon of old is now Mrs. Kerr of baseball fame, so we’re told. Ray Carlisle, a whittler bold, Is now making toys by the carload. fyW; .: : M£ DERRICK 23 . After many years of struggle and strife, Edward Causey is a professor at last. But Vira and Richard Taylor came not to roam, As they are now happy in a home of their own. May Goodell, with her freckled nose, Is now in Congress you all know. Robert McCall loudly yells about his picture great, Hence, they flock to sigh and moan; For Bob is a screen favorite bold, And pleases us all as in the days of old, And to cop the comedy there, Homer McCabe, sobs and moans. Hubert McClure, with his oil wells galore, Says that Henry Ford will never worry him any more; For he has a Lincoln (?) (Ford’s son ’tis said). Ella Lee’s Domestic Science Class motto Is: A stitch in time saves nine, and sweets For the Heroes bold. Byron Walton has lost his heart; And William Snow has followed his name. And is now making Artificial Snow. Sylvia and Wayne both have a new name; Wayne is now known as the battling dane, While Sylvia agrees the honeymoon was a dream. Clarence and Jay, We are now proud to say, Are now in the sun light’s Rays of Success. Maude and Alice Now live in a palace, While Ruel McCann has become an heir, And has honestly dyed his beautiful red hair. Vannalta Johnson, a star of grace, Has beaten Irene Castle out of first place; And Life-guard Thalbert will proudly tell How he saved Mr. Morrison’s grandchild From falling in a well. jjjiiHuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir =S) THE DERRIC 5) 7M? DERRIC23 Cfhe Sophomores Paul Polk ................................................... President Elmer Midkiff ...........................................Vice-President Paul Barnett .................................................Treasurer Miss Phelps ....................................................Sponsor In the roster of our class we find the names of the following: Mable Weeks, who counts the days as well as weeks; Clytee Powers, who is not as powerful as her name might sound; Paul Barnett, who has an appalling amount of Blarney; Gladys Dumas, with as many good qualities as there are grains of sand in (sand) dunes; Mary Bell, who is truly as merry as the sweet sounding symbols; Houston Bandy, even though he does not bandy words with the girls; Zola Smallwood, who is not near so small as you might think; Charles Goodell, sometimes bad and sometimes good; James Snow, who likes rain as well as snow; Mildred Mobley, who does not like to associate with the mob of Co-eds; Elbert Dumas, the boy who seldom smiles; Golda Bridges, it is useless to burn bridges in front of her—she alwavs takes some with her; Ted Owens, although he does not owe anyone; Onita Green, but not so green after all; Holly Bay Irby, a flapper of our day; Retha Walton, although she lacks quite a bit of weighing the last syllable of her name; Leitrice Fulton, who is never seen without candy; Elva Hightower, whose name is not deceiving; Ruby Baugh, whose work is as valuable as the suggestion in her name; Clyde Jackson, as happy as any mother’s son could be; Bob Couch, don’t mistake her for a boy; Irving Gourlev, but he is not at all girly; Eual Adams, a descendant of Alexander the Great; Alice Forsburg, who forages as diligently among her books as the other Alice did in Wonderland; Floyd Galloway, or any other way, always manages to contribute his part of the study hall entertainment; Christine Hines, with a taste for all the (57) kinds of Heinz foods; Cortez Gough, whose Spanish name has nothing to do with his inclinations; Ruth Higgins, the gleanor, in the field of knowledge; Beth Jones, (in the words of one who lisps!, “Who likths to think she alwayth doth her ‘Betht’;” Clara Holman, she expects to change her name sometime but he must be a “Hole-man;” George Steele, shows on the athletic field that he is true “steele;” Ted Jones, earnestly following the footsteps of famous Ted Roosevelt and we think he will reach his goal; W. L. Coleman, who keeps his class-mates wondering whether he will be a great statesman, an orator, or a math, teacher; Paul Polk, pokes nothing in the “Poke,” we know his every thought; Loyce Morelock, who does not need any more locks; Wilbur Jackson, better known as “Stonewall by his triends, Bill 1 ip on could tip the scales at a ton if his weight was measured in “pep;” Rusty Cahills name might suggest an old wire, but know ye him by his woids, Mildied Sartin, whose teachers wish she were more sartin ot hei seat in the studv hall; (also) Myrl Sartin, her sis; Herman Webb, sometime we think someone will be sure to catch “her man” in a “Webb” made by cupid s artful hand- Helen Wilson, with a most illustrious name, already has had one family in the White House; Mary Lee Woods, a strong advocate of Forestry; Elmer Midkiff, good natured, not very energetic but the poet of our class; J. Mat Moore, who gets no more than he receives. e 17 E DERRICK ’23 a M itf er. xoTuma bhl, i ■ 'p) 7HE DERRICK ’23 : CTHE DERRICK 23 Freshman Class History The Freshman Class was organized at the beginning of school with a membership of seventy-five pupils. The officers elected were: President, Nell Allen. Vice-President, Lary Doughty. Secretary and Treasurer, Ralph Owens. Reporter, Ethel Gourley. Our class colors are cardinal and straw, and our flower is red carnation. The class motto is: “If the elevator to success is not running, take the stairway.” We elected Miss Johnson as sponsor and we think that she is the best in this school, even if she does sometimes rule with an iron hand. In the way of social events we have had a wienie roast and a party. The wienie roast was given by the class as a whole, but the entire High School was invited. Later a party was given by a member of the class as a farewell to a member of the Sophomore Class. In candy sales and other sales and means of raising money the Freshman Class have co-operated with the High School and they have made a good showing as good hustlers. They have taken an active part in athletics, both in basketball and football. We feel rather proud that we have two Freshman boys on the Wilson High football team and five girls on the basketball team. As only half of the term has passed, we can only give part of the Freshman Class history. But in the future you may expect great things of the Class of ’22 and ’2S. HIGH SCHOOL QUARTETTE Vester Willingham Herman Ely Tenor Baritone George Steele Lynn Parkhill Second Tenor Bass One of the best quartettes in the Southwest, and deserves much credit, owing to the hardships and non-co-operation. Their willing power has won them a great favor and there is a bright spot in the heart of all that knew them. x) DERRICK'23 x. r x::;::ixxx::xr “Letter Men” This year is the first time in the history of the school that letters have been awarded. Twelve men were awarded letters in football and nine in basketball. Football Captain—J. B. Austin Captain Elect—Ted Owens Manie Austin Paul Owens Harry Jones Willie Tipton Marvin Robison Dock Childers John Kerr Lynn Parkhill Alton Holmes, All S. E. End Tom Henry Basketball Captain—Lynn Parkhill Captain Elect—George Steele Paul Owens Ted Owens J. B. Austin Willie Tipton Alton Holmes Tom Henry Manie Austin These letters seem to be regarded very highly in the minds of others. They have induced boys to win a “W” who have never played athletics before. 7RE DERRICK’23 HARRY JONES Most Popular BSy g) nVE D£RRICK '23 gjg miDiHiiiimiiiiii W. A. HARRIS Mr. W. A. Harris was elected a member of the Board of Education of Independent District No. 43 in 1915 and served faithfully as Member and President of the Board until his resignation in the Spring of 1922. Perhaps no citizen of our town has done more for Wilson schools than Mr. Harris. He is a progressive business man of Wilson, being one of the proprietors of the H. K. Gas and Oil Company here. The staff, on behalf of the whole school system and the general public, take this method of paying tribute to Mr. Harris and of expressing our thanks for his efficient service for Wilson Public Schools. THE DERRICK23 A1— a B— Bo, A1— a B— Bo, A1— a B— Bo, Bi— Bo— Bui Boom set a rat trap Bigger than a cat trap; Boom get a rat trap Bigger than a cat trap, Camel—Camel sis boom bah, Wilson High School, Rah! Rah! Rah! Wilson, Wilson is our cry— V-I-C-T-O-R-Y-! Ker-Yi, Ker-Ye, Kerflipity Bim, Come out of the woods— Sandpaper your chin. We’re wild! We’re wooly! We’re notched like a saw. � � t ic noi cncu imc a, aaw, WILSON HIGH SCHOOL, Rah! Rah ! Rah! W-, W-, W-I-L, S-S, S-O-N, W-I-L-S-O-N. WILSON. 1-2-3-4, 3-2-1-4, Who for? What for? Who are you going to yell for? WILSON! IT’S WILSON HIGH FOR ME And if in other lands some day My wandering feet may roam; ’Twill only teach me then, I know the joy of getting home. So it’s home again, and home again, IT’S WILSON HIGH FOR ME; My heart is turning home again, And there I long to be. In the school of youth and freedom, Beyond the ocean ports, Where the air is full of sunlight, And the school is full of sports. —C. A. S THE DERRICK23 IDilson High Out in Western Carter County, Wilson High, Wilson High, Where we pay the one-eighth bounty, Wilson High, Wilson High, Where the oily gushers flow And the cooling breezes blow, That is why we love you so, Wilson High, Wilson High, That is why we love you so, Wilson High. We’re a band of faithful workers, Wilson High, W'ilson High, For your pupils are no shirkers, Wilson High, Wilson High, With a willing hand and heart And a cheery smile to start, Each one here will do his part, Wilson High, Wilson High, Each one here will do his part, Wilson High. We will always think of you, Wilson High, Wilson High, From the Freshies Verdant hue, Wilson High, Wilson High, And the Saucy Sophies, too, Watch the Juniors tried and true, Watch the Seniors all get through, Wilson High, Wilson High, Watch the Seniors all get through, §uiiMiiiiiim DERRICK'25 Coac i Coach Dale N. Morrison has developed the strongest teams in football, basketball and baseball that W. H. S. has had in her history, according to those who are capable of judging. He is liked by all the men that he has coached. He is always on the job to do w’hat he can for W. H. S. In athletics alertness is demanded; he has put his whole soul into the game. He always did his utmost to give his opponents a square deal regardless of the effect on himself. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE September 22....................At Wilson 19 Marietta 7 September 29...................... Wilson 1 At Ardmore 0 (Forfeit) October 13........................ Wilson 1 At Kingston 0 (Forfeit) October 21...................At Wilson 13 Denison 0 November 3........................ Wilson 0 At Durant 6 November 10....................At Wilson 0 Tishomingo Aggies 0 November 17...................At Wilson 30 Healdton 0 November 24....................... Wilson 0 At Ada 26 November 30...................At Wilson 18 Bowie, Texas, 0 cz. ynimfia 3hl el l|[||lllllllll![||||IIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllW J. B. AUSTIN CAPTAIN AND TACKLE “Si” always plays like a veteran. He is steady, never says much, but always tries to lead his men to victory. When the next call for football is sounded, he will be among the missing, since he graduates this year. TED OWENS LYNN PARKHILL CAPTAIN-ELECT QUARTER BACK “Cotton” is a good passer, place kicker and broken field runner. He is a good fie.d general, directing his plays in such a way as to baffle his opponents. He will be missed next year upon .he old gridiron for he is a Senior, in w. n. a. ALTON HOLMES END Too much cannot be said of this young ambitioiS football player. He is an all Southeastern End. He takes it upon himself to stop ail opponents coming around his end, and catching passes is his specialty. We hope some college gets him next year, since he is a Senior. HALF BACK Ted suffered a great handicap this season by breaking a collar bone in the early part of the season. But he has the fighting spirit to make his opponents fear him in his next two years g) HJiE DERRICK '23 sj HUE DERRICK'I 7) y r CHARLES McCABE FULL BACK “Chock” is a powerful man whan it conies to breaking through an opponent’s line. He is a good passer, 1,00, which helps him wonderfully at his position. He will be missed on the old squad next year. PAUL OWENS HALF BACK “Jelly” was shifted from a guard to half back early in the season. Here he made good since he is fast, powerful and a good broken field runner and also has the spirit of an iron man. He has spent his last days on the gridiron for W. H. S., since he graduates this year. MANIE AUSTIN TACKLE Manie won his place this year by his constant fighting spirit and could be depended upon to get his man. He is small but his speed and knowledge of the game puts him in a class with much larger tackles. We regret very much to see him lost to the team next year, since he graduates this year. NOBLE DANIELS HALF BACK “Shorty” is a good broken field runner and his speed put with it makes him a man to be dreaded by all opponents. He has two more years, in which time we believe he will step with any high school half back. ■fe ctJ on yja 3kl D 7Mf DERRlCK'l’b @ l!flWII]ililllllllllllllll|[||||!IIIIIIIIIIIIL JOHN KERR UTILITY “Nookie” coull be depended upon to pass, punt and carry a ball in broken field. Any time a man got hurt he was usually called upon to fill his place, and his knowledge of the game put him in a position where he cou.d. He graduates this year. DOCK CHILDERS GUARD Dock is little but what he lacks in weight he possesses in speed, so this makes him a lineman to be feared by all opposing teams. He is a great punter also. It’s good to know W. H. S. will have him back next year. WILLIE TIPTON HALF BACK “Touchdown” came out this year for the first time in football but soon won a place on the team by his constant fighting. He is a man that all Southern Oklahoma will fear in his next two years with the old W. H. S. TOM HENRY QUARTER BACK “Arkansas” is a good field general, calling the play least expected by his opponents. Early in the season when Coach Morrison needed a quarter back, Tom was shifted from half back, making good. Since he is a Senior his football days are over for W. H. S. — 12827838 ) 7Mg DERRlCK'2'b lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllL VESTER WILLINGHAM GUARD “Shake” is little but his speed puts him in a class with much larger men. On account of injuries received early in the season he was forced to quit the game. He wore his last football togs this year for W. H. S. MARVIN ROBISON CENTER Marvin is an accurate passer and a strong man on defense. He can break through a hole where many opponents think is impossible. He spent his last year for W. H. S., being a Senior. HARRY JONES QUARTER BACK “Son” is small but his fighting spirit puts him in a class with men who had two and three years experience. While this is his first year, we hope for him success in his next three years for W. H. S. FLOYD GALLOWAY GUARD This was Floyd’s first year, but he gave a good account of himself. Being heavy and powerful, it’s hard for an opponent to break through his line. Two more years for W. H. S. RAMON MEANS GUARD Ramon played a good game from the mtset. However, it was late in the eason before he made his appearance, 'et his fighting spirit won him a place in the team. Since he is a Senior his ilnvino’ davs are over for W. H. S. HKE DERRICK'15 Football Banquet On Thanksgiving evening of ’22, just after the victory over Bowie, Texas, which was won on a field of mud, the end of the football season was marked with a splendid banquet. Under the auspices of Miss Ready and the untiring Senior girls, this was made possible. A delightful meal was served, consisting of several courses. With Mr. Wood acting as toastmaster, toasts were heard from several, and later Ted Owens was elected captain of next year’s gridsmen. A speech was heard from him and was followed by a talk from all football men present. This banquet was the last to be enjoyed in high school by nine Senior boys, who were all first string men. Miss Ready and the girls will ever be remembered for their loyalty by all those present. gpiiiiiiiiiiiwiiim DERRICK 1_ 3 pMniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ' AFTER THE GAME The football game was over And before the garden gate, A maiden and a man Were lingering rather late. They talked of punts and passes, All of which were very tame. Till Cupid put on his nose-guard And butted in the game. He lined the couple up And made them toe the mark, And soon he had them going With a scrimmage in the dark. As they sat there silent In their new found bliss, The man thought the scrimmage Ought to end with a kiss. Thereupon he tried one An amateur affair— But lost it on a fumble And instead he bit the air. The next he landed on her ear, And the maid did shyly say: “You’re penalized for holding, Jim,” Likewise off side play. Fiercely he tried another, This time succeeded fine, And made a “Bully” Touchdown On that Red two-yard line. As they sat there in silence, Communing soul to soul, The parlor door swung open And father kicked goal. —V. B. W., ’24. 'THEDERRICK BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR THE YEAR 1923 W.H.S. Opponents H. S. vs. Ardmore ................................20 24 H. S. vs. Mannsville .............................18 13 H. S. vs. Zaneis .................................19 5 H. S. vs. Marietta ...............................10 32 H. S. vs. Marietta ...............................15 23 H. S. vs. Dundee ............................... 32 23 H. S. vs. Ring-ling ..............................23 27 H. S. vs. Ardmore ................................26 19 H. S. vs. Ardmore ................................29 28 H. S. vs. Healdt n................................29 14 H. S. vs. Ardmore ................................38 26 H. S. vs. Healdton ...............................44 25 H. S. vs. Dundee .................................61 21 H. S. vs. Ardmore ................................34 18 H. S. vs. Legion .................................32 14 H. S. vs. Waurika ............................... 32 10 H. S. vs. Healdton................................18 9 H. S. vs. Loco ...................................21 22 H. S. vs. Ardmore ................................42 21 At District Tournament W. H. S. vs. Heavener ............................ 28 20 W. H. S. vs. Durant ................................11 22 THE DERRICK25 THE DERRICK BASKETBALL TEAM Dale N. Morrison,Coach IT-) 'THE DERRICK '23 Lynn Parkhill, Captain, is a forward in whom the team placed great confidence. He is a sure shot at foul goals, and field goals as well. Always in the game with his wonderful passing. George Steele, Captain-Elect, is a center who usually gets the tip off. is a good man both on defense and offense. He Alton Holmes is a forward not surpassed in these parts. Shows marked ability in shooting from all angles. Holmes plays an aggressive game throughout, never weakening on defense. J. B. Austin is a guard who deserves none the less credit. He is a fast man, always in the game, a strong defense for any forward. Especially good at passing and breaking dribbles. Paul Owens is an impregnable guard, dreaded by all forwards opposing him. An excellent dribbler and passer. Always fighting until the last whistle blows. Ted Owens is a repetition of his brother, Paul, at guard, defensive man. Always fighting to the end. He is a strong Willie Tipton, utility man, good in any position. Strong on defense, a good passer and dribbler. Manie Austin, a small man, always after ’em. Played all positions with marked ability. Manie is noted for his team work and passing. Tom Henrv is a good man at center as well as the other positions. He is a man who is easy to coach and always willing to do as the coach says. Tom is a better basketball player than he gets credit for. Jillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll! ® THE DERRICK '23 GIRLS BASKETBALL Johnson Walton Todd, Fulton, Lindsey, Tackett, Irby, Bridges, Walling, Woods, Waggoner, Coach Morrison Gourley, Dinius, Martin, McCabe, Wheeler, Baugh gjiiwiiiiiii'iiiim (THE D£RRICK f23 BASEBALL TEAM Reading from left to right: Coach Dale N. Morrison, Captain Manie Austm, -L B Austin, Tom Henry, Raymond Harris, Ted Owens, Dock Chdders, Paul Owens, J. A. Montgomery, Alton Holmes, Lynn Parkhill, Cecil Staples, Joe Jacobs, Bill Tipton, and Ruel McCann baseball '23 With Coach Morrison’s experience in minor leagues and years of service in College baseball and coaching, makes him one of the best in his time. He has always put out great teams and it is the regret of all to not have been under his coaching in their high school career. This year’s baseball team, under the direction of Coach Morrison, got away to a good bad. S aring one of two games with the Tishomingo Aggies. Then taking another from Ardmore Hi the following week. Everybody had been in the game throughout. Alton Holmes is a repetition of George Sisler on the old initial sack, although a new man in that position, he looks like a veteran. Captain Manie Austin, the veteran of second base, is still defending his title in great style. While at third base, since the absence of John Kerr, it has been hard to find a regular, although Harris and Daniels have been holding down t e last corner. At short stop, Ruel McCann plays like a veteran. This is “Pinky’s” first year in baseball and we predict the big show for him some day. Out in the gardens, Ted Owens, Cecil Staples, Paul Owens and Lynn Parkhill have been pulling ’em down in great style. All of these are men who have seen several years of service. At the receiving end, J. B. Austin and Jess Cahill make Ray Schalk look like a rookie. Austin is a veteran of three years behind the plate. On the mound are Childers and Henry. Both have had good luck and great backing from the others. Childers is a new man here but shows a great deal of experience. Henry, a veteran hurler of last year, is still showing the old stuff he learned under Superintendent Rogers in ’22. “LOOK OUT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.” 77 £ DERRICK '!'7) (mnjimrmm jp THE DERRI Miss Phelps: “Cecil, are you in your desk V Cecil: “No, ma’am; I’m in my seat.” Mr. Diffie: “Rusty, what is an apiary?” Rusty: “An apiary is a place where apes are kept.” Miss Ready: “I dread to think of my thirty-fifth birthday.” Tom Henry: “Why, did something unpleasant happen that day?” Mr. Taliaferro: “What’s your idea of happiness, Cotton?” Cotton: “Nothing to do and plenty of time in which to do it.’ Just Like a Freshman Just like a Freshman, I’ve wondered the whole term through, Flurking and failing, like most any fish will do; Hoping that some day I’d graduate, Wand’ring, squand’ring my time on some mistake. But now that I’ve flunked out, I need never worry more, I got the very grades that I was not looking for. With them I may grow tipsy, like a fishy would do; I’ll go to summer school, till I am a fool, Like most fish do. • • Mr. Taliaferro: “Anna, I’m tempted to give you seventeen in deportment for chewing that gum.” Anna: “Yield not to temptation!” Mr. Wood: “My wife can take a revolver and hit a dollar on a post fifty yards away. Mr. Webb: “That is nothing; my wife can go clear through my pockets and never miss a dime.” • • Ramon (with arms around Lee) : “Is this the first?” Lee: “No; this is the thirty-first; tomorrow is the first.” Miss Johnson: “Now, do you see the point of this sentence?” Mabel Weeks: “Yes; that is the first little round dot at the end.” • • Miss Ritchie: “What are you doing, Vester?” Vester: “Thinking.” Miss Ritchie: “Don’t waste your time.” Miss Johnson: “You may leave the room.” Cortez: “I didn’t expect to take it with me.” TTyrjTfriniMT (THE DERRICK 25 She drove out in the country four or five miles and then stopped the car. “Shan’t we go a little farther?” Vester asked. No! Thelma responded. “I’ve gone far enough; now it is up to you.” Mr. Webb (in geom. class) : “I’m sorry, J. B., but I don’t think you have an appreciation for good figures.” J. B. (quickly) : “Pardon me, but I have.” Mr. Webb: “Keep your mind on geom., J. B.” • Leading Flappers in W. H. S. are Muggins Brown and Lily Smith. Mr. Coleman: “So you desire to become my son-in law?” Bill C.: “No, sir; I don’t, but if I marry Rose I don’t see how I can very well get out of it.” Roxie: “Don’t you just love nights like this?” J. A.: “No; sometimes I study.” Raymond: “Jewell reminds me of an Eskimo pie.” Manie: “How so?” Raymond: “Sweet, but rather cold!” Harry Jones (earnestly) : “Mr. Wood, did you know that every time a boy has a date with a girl these days he hugs and kisses her?” Mr. Wood: “No, Harry; I didn’t know that. Whom did you have a date with last night?” Harry J.: “Ruth Cahoon.” Maurine sitting in the window chewing gum. Mr. Morrison: “Maurine, are you advertising Wrigley’s today?” Mr. Diffie: “My wife used to talk of taking up law, but now she is content with laying it down.” • Most of us aim well, but fail to pull the trigger. Some have no aim and try to get by with trigger work. Leap year, like mistletoe, is no longer necessary. MUSICAL TITLES The Vamp .......................................................Muggins Slow and Easy .......................................................j. b. Whispering........................................................Manie They Go Wild Over Me ............................................Diffie Lank and Leany Chili Beany.................................Miss Phelps How Firm a Foundation......................................Miss Ritchey Patches ..........................................................Wayne Love Nest................................................Lee and Ramon Freckles...................................................May Goodell tilt THE DERRICK'23 Muggins: “I don’t like this picture. I look like an ape.” Mr. Fonville: “Well, you should have thought about that before you had it made.” Height of Laziness Raymond Harris gets up at five o’clock in the morning so he will have more time to loaf. Ramon Means: “Say, Lee; have you anything with a kick in it?” Lee: “Yes, here comes father.” Mr. Taliaferro: “Doctor, do you think the cigarette habit causes weak minds?” Doctor: “No, it merely indicates them.” Mr. Wood: “How do they put water in watermelons?” Velma W.: “Plant them in the Spring.” ♦ What would happen if every one tooted his horn like Mr. Taliaferro? Wilson Hi would have a whole brass band. Mr. Wood: “There are four or five who study.” T. Henry: “Who are the other three or four?” ★ ♦ Sunday is the strongest day; all the rest are weak days. Mr. Wood: “What is a caterpillar?” Velma: “An upholstered worm.” Height of ignorance is a person who gets a shine before going to a Radio concert. Miss Phelps: “What is a vacuum?” Lily Smith: “I have it in my head but I can’t explain it.” Mr. Morrison: “Wayne, where is your history?” Wayne: “Somebody swiped it.” Mr. M.: “What?” Wayne: “Somebody hooked it.” Mr. M.: “What?” Wayne: “Well, somebody took possession of it.” ♦ Harry B., with feet out of window chewing gum. Mr. Webb: “Harry, take that gum out of your mouth and put your feet in.” Roxie M.: “What is the source of our real estate law ?” J. A. M.: “England.” Roxie M.: “No, Great Britain.” g) HUE DERRICK '23 © llllHlIlllllllllllllllllllllHIIIHIHIHIIIIli jitlWE DERRICK' % Determination One day you love me. One day you don’t, One day you hate me, But some day you won’t. Mr. Webb has as much right to know as anybody. He defined an “average” man as one who is not as good as his wife thought he was before marriage, and who is not as bad as she thinks he is after marriage. ♦ The Origin of the Species All members of the quartette are of the same species. They are unique, united and useless. They believe that life was made for living, that lips were made for smiling, that mouths were made for eating. Their ioys are like the pitcher that couldn’t be emptied; the more gladness they dispense, the more there remains in their hearts. Mrs. Halbach: “You looked like a fool when you proposed to me.” Mr. Halbach: “I was.” Biffle Brown: “Do you love me?” Velma W.: “Sure.” Biffle B.: “You’re joking.” Velma W.: “Well, can’t you take a joke?” Miss Ritchie: “What else have you read?” Ruel McCann: “Hair.” What We Think of When We .See Them The Country Gentleman ...................................james Colbert Whiz Bang ................................................Rose Coleman Physical Culture...........................................Wayne Cates Photoplay ..............................................Gertrude Smith Everybody s........................................................Della Dunford i g... —....-------... ... ..... ,...r Lee Wci 11 see Independent ...................Vester Willingham ( -smopobtan Phyllis Walling American Boy ........................................ _ ]r v(.) b Breeze..............................................................Mary Youngblood un .................................................... Ramon Means Snappy Stories.......................................................Tom Henry The Bookman ...............................................Manie Austin Little folks ...............................................paul Owens The Youth s Companion ......................................Miss Ready 31 -0 THE DERRICK'13 i i mm hns YY h_Q-—------—Li g (17 £ DERRICK '25 iimiiini .........................iiiiiiiiiiimma) 7M? DERRICK23 I’m wild about you,” said Rose. Get away from me; I’m no cave man,” Bill replies. Mr. Webb: “W. H. S. wants the cleanest sport possible.” Mr. Morrison : “I’d suggest swimming.” Della D.: “What do you find the hardest part of skating?” TedO.: “The ice.” Golda B.: “I appreciate your proposal but circumstances forbid my acceptance.” Paul P.: “What are the circumstances?” Golda B.: “Yours.” • • Miss Johnson (after hearing a big noise in room five) : “Here, pupils! We’re having class in here.” Alton H.: “Well, don’t let us bother you.” Mrs. Wood: “Sanford, who does the baby favor?” Mr. Wood (playing safe): “He is neutral.” Herman Ely: “Are you superstitious ?” J. A. M.: “Not a bit.” Herman E.: “Well, lend me $13.” Mr. Taliaferro: “She says that I am dull.” Mr. Morrison: “You should crack a joke occasionally. Ask her to marry you or something like that.” Mr. Webb (in geom. class): “All right, Lee; prove prop. 12.” Lee: “Well, the lines AB and CD are paralyzed and ” • Miss Ready (in distress about some of the H. S. boys): “If you stood in my shoes what would you do?” Miss Phelps: “I’d shine them?” Ella Lee T.: “Do you think I can ever do anythnig with my voice?” Miss Lloyd: “Weil, it may come in handy in case of fire.” Sylvia W.: “What is a bachelor?” Treva L.: “A bachelor is a man who only gets a hundred miles out of a pair of socks.” ♦ Mildred B.: “Anna, Miss Ready just passed a compliment on you ?” Anna: “What did she say?” Mildred B.: “She said you had a cute indigestion.” jp THE D£RRICK'25 ($ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnHiifiiniiiimiiiiiT Love is like an onion, We taste is with delight; But when it’s gone, We wonder— What ever made us bite. —S. W. Mr. Taliaferro: “Sylvia, if you don’t behave I’ll send a note to your mother.” Sylvia: “Better not; Daddy Payne is as jealous as a cat.” Mr. Webb: “Sylvia, what shape is this triangle in?” Sylvia (catching a long breath): “It’s in an awful shape.” Wayne Cates: “I’m trying my best to get ahead.” Mr. Taliaferro: “Fine; you need one badly.” Manie Austin: “Little boys should be seen and not heard, so I’ll strive on in silence.” Mr. Morrison: “Who was Caesar, Sylvia ?” Sylvia: “I don’t know, but I think he wrote the Ten Commandments.” Mr. Taliaferro: “Then what did Congress do ?” Alton Holmes: “I’ll bite; what did they do?” Golda Bridges: “Paul, what’s a strong-hold?” Paul: “Well, you have to use both arms.” Willie Tipton: “Why does Lynn always close his eyes when he sings ?” Herman Ely: “Why, he is tender hearted.” Willie T.: “Well, what’s that got to do with closing his eyes?” Herman Ely: “Oh, he doesn’t want to see them suffer.” J. B. Austin: “Well, why don’t you laugh at these jokes?” Little Freshman: “I have been taught to respect old age.” If you don’t like these jokes And their dryness makes you groan, Just stroll around occasionally With some good ones of your own. 7H£ DERRICK Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Minutes of the l]ear 4— School opens with two hundred sixteen. Enrolled Hard Heads. Freshmen in front seats. 5— Did you get your books? No, I can’t find one without a name in it. 6— Whose all the new teachers? Gee! Ain’t there a flock of ’em? 7— Rules, Rules, Rules! Mr. Diflie is giving us the blues. 8— Freshmen all in furnace room looking for a room somebody sent them to. 11— Maurine Jones elected yell leader. 12— Freshmen looking everywhere for yell leaders; claim they just must yell. 13— Now, who would be so ungrateful as to throw paper on the floor, while Mr. Webb is around. 14— Ramon practiced something new by taking Lee’s ear bobs off. 15— Half hour disagreement in Senior Class meeting. 18.—It’s all over the school. Did you know we had to study on Saturday and Sunday? 19— Anna rendered “Popping Her Tongue” to Mr. Taliaferro this evening; some entertainment. 20— Where is that football schedule posted on bulletin board? 21— Maurine brought a rake to school; got to rake up some yells, Pep meeting. 22— W. H. S. football squad tramples Marietta to tune of 19 to 7. 25— Seniors had largest per cent out for football game. 26— Senior weinie roast. 27— Where did the red eyed Seniors go? To the creek on a weinie roast. Oh! 28— Who tore Old Black Joe out of the song books? 29— Pep meeting. Wilson played Ardmore at Ardmore. Sure they beat us, 6 to 0. But, Gosh! we give ’em heck. 2— Chapel. 3— Sophomore hot dog roast. 4— Pep meeting. 5— Football squad hard at it. 6— Fire drill. Mr. Wood did get down; no women or children lost. 9— Carnival in town, hurrah ! 10— Everybody gave their word of honor not to go to carnival. 11— Mrs. Zaneis visited us today. 12— Nobody smiled today. Exams tomorrow; everybody looking for 90’s. 13— Football yesterday at Kingston; 13 to 0 in favor of Kingston. Hulley, Gee! Like to got caught writing in diary. 16— Holly Bay makes good bride. 17— Staff meeting. 18— So sorry Miss Ready broke her shoulder bone. 19— Do all the girls look alike to Mr. Taliaferro? Sylvia disagrees. 20— Ted broke his shoulder bone in game against Woodville, 13 to 0 in favor of W. H. S. •IRE DERRICK'23 Oct. 23—Play, “As You Like It,” given in chapel. Oct. 24—Lee Mansfield lectures tonight. Oct. 25—Pie supper tonight; all girls want a recipe. Oct. 26—Marie Wilson elected most popular girl; J. B. Austin ugliest boy. Oct. 27—Football boys witness game in Ardmore. Oct. 30—Mr. Wood lectured in study hall. Oct. 31—Hallowe’en tonight; everyone going somewhere. Nov. 1—Rained on Seniors’ Hallowe’en party at school house. Nov. 2 and 3—Teachers’ meeting at Durant. Nov. 6—Miss Smith’s class entertain at chapel. Nov. 7—It’s just a mystery to Mr. Webb who could have treated the Seniors so at the party. Nov. 8—Pep meeting. Nov. 10—Tishomingo Aggies play W. H. S. One of the best games of the season. Score 0 to 0. Nov. 13—Katherine Brown strutting her onions with bobbed hair. Nov. 14—Seniors have agreed on play. Nov. 15—Chapel. Nov. 16—Pep meeting. Nov. 17—Football game; Wilson defeated Healdton 30 to 0. Nov. 20—“Elizabeth’s Young Man” given by Sophies for benefit of Freshies. Nov. 21—Seniors began practice play. Nov. 22—Picture collection for Annual. Nov. 23—Football at Ada. Nov. 24—Annual Officers meet. Nov. 27—A few changes in study hall for deportment’s sake. Nov. 28—Pep meeting. Nov. 29—Exams. Nov. 30—Football game with Bowie (Turkey day game). Our boys carried off the big bait. Nov. 31—Raining (boots of all sizes in style). Jan. 3—Miss Phelps looks awful sleepy. But we wish you all a Happy New Year, and under a new leaf I shall hear less and say more. Jan. 4—Mr. Wood is sick abed. We wish him to be with us tomorrow. Jan. 6—(Refer to basketball game.) Jan. 8—Baptist minister addressed student body in chapel. Jan. 9—Zaneis boys and girls basketball teams visited us this evening; boys win and girls lose. Jan. 10—Mr. Diffie gone to inaugural barbecue at Oklahoma City. Hope he gets a tough piece of cow. Jan. 11—Seniors all took dinner at Zaneis and all reported full up. Jan. 15—School half over; everyone heaves a sigh. Jan. 16—Seniors sunrise breakfast; good thing it was cloudy. Jan. 17—Mary Youngblood has black eye. Where’s Wayne Cates, our film man? Jan. 18—Girls’ basketball team defeats Lone Grove. Jan. 22—Roxie said just because she was chewing gum was not the sign that she had indigestion. Jan. 23—Classes select most popular boy and girl for contest. Jan. 25—Pep meeting. Jan. 26—Sophomores’ party. Jan. 29—Harry and Muggins leading in popular contest. Jan. 30—Freshmen class meeting. Jan. 31.—W. H. S. defeated Ardmore Baptists by the small score of 28 to 27. Feb. 1—The Hoofit Club called on the furnace room to dry out. Feb. 5—First snow and everything that goes with it. Feb. 6—Chapel; football boys were presented sweaters and letters; kodaking in snow for Annual. Feb. 8—Teachers have gone to Oklahoma City for state meet. Feb. 12—Everyone back with a smile, especially the teachers; they must have had a good time. Feb. 13—New rules and if one is broken, one year and a day. Feb. 14—Wilson vs. Healdton at Healdton; boys won, girls lost. I wonder how hard the Healdton boy kicked J. B. Feb. 15—Rainbow girls give box supper in auditorium. Feb. 19—Chapel. Feb. 20—Wilson boys play Ardmore at Ardmore. The game proved to be one of the best of the season, with Wilson victorious. Feb. 21—Seniors call class meeting again; what a shock it would be if they would all agree on one thing. Feb. 22—Exams ;everyone wearing a frown. Feb. 23 and 24—Tournament at Healdton; boys lose by one free goal, girls by two points. Our motto is: If you can’t win, make the other fellow break the record. Feb. 26—Chapel and song from the W. H. S. song birds. Feb. 27—The lion tamers overwhelmed Zaneis. Our boys first add another big victory to their list. Feb. 29—Boys left for tournament at Durant. Mar. 1—Boys were defeated by Durant. Mar. 5—Juniors give party in gym. Mar. 6—Juniors began play practice. Mar. 8—Seniors give theatre party; all report a good time. Mar. 12—General assembly; school board visits the classes. Mar. 14—Mr. Morrison entertains “W” club at his home. Mar. 20—May Goodell has cut her golden locks off. Mar. 21—Miss Ready gave a party for “W” boys in honor of John Kerr, who was here on a short visit. Mar. 27—Junior play reported a big success. Mar. 28—Mr. Morrison is packing the pot of gold which he found “At the end of the rainbow.” Mar. 30—Freshmen declare a legal holiday and celebrated by going on a picnic. 2—Freshmen are doomed, so Mr. Diffie says, but this did not affect the high life Freshies. 6 and 7—Baseball team goes to Tishomingo; won one and lost one. 9—Chapel; all are merry. 10— Baseball with Ringling; big bait, 27 to 0 in favor of W. H. S. 11— Sophomores practice play. 12— Ball game with Ardmore; score 8 to 2 in favor of Wilson. 16— Ramon and Lee as yet have not announced their wedding. 17— We are all wondering what Thelma and Vester are going to do when school is out. 18— We wonder of Velma is going to be a flapper all her life. 19— Senior practice play. 20— Tishomingo Aggies play here Friday and Saturday. 23— Miss Phelps has taken J. B. to raise. 24— Tom is about to decide that he is a full grown jelly bean after all. THE DERRICK'25 Apr. 27—Baseball game with Marietta at Marietta; boys report a good time. Apr. 30—Harry Bradford entertains the Seniors. May 1—Lost and Found: A false wig belonging to a prominent teacher, who is very slender, black hair, brown eyes and who makes English her hobby. May 3—Lynn is going to take his baritone voice to the bare country. May 4—Mr. Webb entertains the Seniors; all report a very nice time. May 7—Classes planning picnic to Turner Falls. May 8—Juniors go on picnic; Sylvia fell in the creek. May 10—Lily Smith calls herself the village vamp but Gertrude Smith disagrees. May 11—Senior play entitled “The Pair of Sixes.” May 14—The Negro Minstrel given by the Sophies was a success. May 16—Eighth Grade Graduation. May 17—Junior-Senior banquet. May 18—Senior Graduation. The Commencement exercises are over and the last farewells are said. A sad time, indeed—especially for the Seniors.—S. W. 3) 7V£ DERRIC Aduertisers IPe Thank Ijou This space has been reserved for the purpose of thanking our advertisers for their support. They have made possible the publication of this initial issue of The Derrick, and for this service The Derrick Staff and the Wilson High School wish to express their deepest appreciation. JENNINGS B. 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