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

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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.

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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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ATMf It ' s all over now. But now matter how much is over and done with there is always something that is just started. Spring has gone down the road and Summer has stepped up with her wares arrayed in their most glori- ous colors. Many youths step for- ward and pick out blushing June brides, over in one corner is a fine array of voile dresses, straw cad- dies, pictures of Niagara Falls and Pikes Peak, and scattered among them are pile on piles of time-tables. But it is not at this counter that the crowd is gathering. There ' s a sale on at the other end and not a one of us want to miss a good bar- gain. Summer is offering tennis rackets, balls, courts, bathing suits, swimming pools, canoes, rowboats, ukelales, moonlight nights, balmy breezes, mossy paths, and hundreds of other knick knacks at the lowest possible costs and with absolute guarantee that you will have a good time ! And you don ' t need any time- tables either to use them. Just walk around Audubon or City Parks the day after school closes and if you are still living and past the golf links, and you resisted the whirring of the tennis balls, and the quiet plash of the canoes didn ' t affect you, you ' re bound to succumb when the little freckled faced kid yells to you : ' ' Come on in, the water ' s fine ! And if you dont . . . well, there ' s no hope for you, you ' re just one of those poor unfortunate un- human humans ! Some of you will go to camp, some will travel, and some will just stick around the old home and watch how high the thermometer can get and how low the ice runs, but each and every one of you are thinking that you ' re going to have the best time you ' ve ever had be- fore and here ' s hoping that you do !