Wright High School - Chronicle Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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CHEMISTRY CLUB As customary, the Chemistry Chib went on Holy Thursday to pay its annual visit to the American Sugar Refinery. (You who; are going to take Chemistry, don ' t miss it.) We had the most wonderful and most interesting time ever. Of course it was a little tiresome (for those not used to walking), but the factory itself made up for our tiredness. The thing that took my eye (I can ' t speak for the others) was the laboratory where the sugar is tested. I ' d love to spend days there. We ate our lunch on the levee, enjoying a delightful river breeze at the same time that we enjoyed our lunch. Our dessert came later when we visited the packing rooms and tasted of the various sugar products. Then we took the car and left behind us a day of good times and instruction. Rena Wilson. LATIN CLUB The Club gave a Latin Card Party on the evening of April 17th and a large number were present. Light refreshments were served. A dorine and two cross-word puzzle books were the prizes awarded to the three winners. Latin may be considered a dead language, but a Latin card game is anything but dead. Dorothy P. Russ, , Secretary. NEXT YEAR ' S CHRONICLE According to the new plan of Chronicle management which ' is to be tried out next term, control of the school paper will be shared by the February and June classes of 1926. Instead of complete reor- ganization of the staf¥ in January, as has for some years past been the custom, there will be changes in only a few of the offices due to February graduation. These va- cancies will be filled as they occur. It is hoped in this way to carry on the work of the paper more smoothly and with less hardship to the newcomers than has hitherto been the case. Contracts for advertising will be secured for the entire school year, instead of for three or four issues. This should result in at least as great a volume of business as we have previously had, with half the effort that has been necessary. The Chronicle staff for 1925- 1926 was selected during April, 1925, at a real election, with a full ticket in the field, typed ballots de- posited in the official Chronicle Box, and tallied by election commis-

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close with the usual refreshments, much tO ' the sorrow of the girls, but maybe they are preparing for a real treat next time. Well, we ' ll have to wait and see. The February class of 1926 held it meeting March 31. The election of officers was as follows : President, Betty Donaldson. Vice-President, Adele Dufour. Secretary, Esther Bye. Treasurer, Lorena Mansefield. THE BOTANY CLUB The Botany Club is following the old saying of All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. There has been no end of good times. So many parties have been given that we fear that all play and no work is going to make Jack a dull boy. The Botany Club gave a grand initiation, with plenty of spooks and ice-cream. The May Day party was lovely. Besides King Dorothy Hennessy and Queen Myrtle Long, in their flowing robes of green and white, there were four dukes and maids and two pages (who were more like paragraphs), and a court jester. The king was presented with a huge cabbage filled with cigars, and the queen received a bouquet of carrots. The queen pre- sented her maids with beautiful lockets, and her pages with yery pretty rings. The kind presented the id ' ukes with handsome green and white watch fobs. Green and white ice-cream and cake were served, and games were played. We have lately had a flower show. The show was one of the finest we have ever given, and proved a great success. Miss Bu- chanan, Mr. Abale and Mr. Hines were judges. The first prize for the most artistic table w as won by Dorothy Hennessy and Lorelia Wooley ; for the best arranged vase, Ruth Bentley; the best wild nature, efl ect, by Dorothy Hennessy and Lorelia Wooley; the best cut flow- er, by Bessie Pringle ; the most original idea, by Margaret Hymel and Susie Roberts ; and the best potted plant, by Elvira Heitman. The tables were very lovely and the collection of plants large. After the show a house-warming was given to the graduated members. All the members are working hard to make the school proud of the Botany Club garden. Margret C. Hymel, Sect. CHEMISTRY CLUB On Wednesday, April 22, the Chemsitry Club held its regular meeting. The program, which con- sisted of talks, songs and poetry, was most interesting. A demon- stration by Miss Perkins added much to its interest. The new Laboratory baby ' s name was cho- sen. It ' s Chris. How do you like it. It was so late, however, when we finished our program and choosing his name that we had to postpone the christening tO ' the next regular meeting, when all his parents and grandparents will be present. Rena Wilson.

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sioners. The privileges of voting was restricted to the present Senior A, Junior A and B, and Sophomore A classes. In several cases the vote was very close. The following is the list of those elected: Editor in chief, Ruth Brandao. Business manager, Edna Gamble. Advertising manager, Dorothy Russ. Assistant advertising manager, Selma Heitzner. Circulation manager, Hester Kathman. Assistant circulation manager, Mary Cossgrove. Literary editor, Dorothy Pillow. News editor, Adele Foster. Exchange editor, Qorothy Brian. Joke editor, Dorothy Sanford. Athletic editor, Freda Heffron. Catty Club editor, Elinor Ives. Staff artist, Doris Donovan. Assistant staff artist, Ouida Seller. . The Business Manager will be in charge of the business end of the work, and the Advertising Man- agers and the Circulation Managers will all work in conjunction with her. It will be noticed that three new offices have been created, as •the need for them has become ap- parent; these are the Circulation Manager and assistant, and as as- sistant to the Staff Artist. It is to be hoped that the entire school will give to this new staff the same hearty and enthusiastic cooperation that has been bestowed upon the present one, to the end that we shall see next term an even ' ' Bigger and Better Chronicle. In the parish of St. James, 40 odd miles from New Orleans, is a historic and picturesque industry, infinitesimal in comparison with many of the other bountiful agri- cultural crops of the state, but so peculiarly Louisianian as to deserve a separate mention. This is the Pe- rique tobacco industry. There is no other place in the world where this peculiar tobacco is grown and a a consequence it is shipped not only to the Amer- ican markets but to tobacconists in all parts of the globe. The oldest umbrella in the world which is in the same condition as when it was purchased in Dorset, England, is in the possession of a resident of Hobart, Tasmania. It was brought there in 1770 by Wil- liam Levett and has been a cherished possession of his descen- dants.