The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1944 Page: 1 of 4
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Back The Attack
Buy War Bonds
The W esterner W oriel
Senior
Edition
Vol. 10
Lubbock Senior High school, Friday, February 11, 1944
Number 20
Leader Of Men
...VJfc HEQE U16UIN SEJOWfc
THAT THESE MEN SHALL
iMoT HrfWE DIED VAlMi
THAT TVUS NATION, UNDER
600, fHAlL HAVE A NEW
©ISCtH OF FREEDOM, AND
T-HAT THE 6DVeRNMENT OF
THE PEOPIE^VTIE PEOPLE,
fomHE PEOPLE, SHAH MOT
m\SR THOH THE EARTH-
G R. Will Give
Boy-Gir! Banquet
Dr. H. I. Robinson To Be
Guest Speaker For Event
Swinging into semester activities,
the ©irl Reserves will hold their an-
nual boy-girl banquet Tuesday night
at 7:30 o’clock in the Hilton hotel
ballroom. The affair is semi-formal,
and each member will bring a date.
Publicity committee members
have charge of selling tickets, which
cost $1 a plate or $2 for both. Tick-
ets must be bought by 4 o’clock this
afternoon, announced Roberta Nib-
lack, publicity chairman for the
banquet.
After the meal the program will
he held. Ted Forsythe will give the
invocation; President Bess Griggs,
welcome; Roland Nichols, response;
Dr. H. I. Robinson of the First Met-
hodist church, talk; and singing will
be led by Barbara Tatum.
On the program committee are
June Royalty, chairman; Rue Cope-
land, Jean Mc.Kinzie, Pat Naylor,
Mairjane Grace, and Charlotte
Bailiff.
Decorations and the program will jn a time of strife or peril a nation descovers new and capable leaders,
carry out a valentine theme. On This has been proved by every war our United States has experienced, and
the balcony will be a large cupid it is natural that some leaders should come farther to the front and go
with the streamers extending up- farther down in history than others.
ward to two red hearts, carrying out Abraham Lincoln seemed to rise from almost nowhere when he became
the theme of the program. President. None of his background with which we are so familiar today
Place cards will have the was known or even cared about until long after his assassination. Yet,
program on the inside. Red and this y°unS Illinois lawyer was largely responsible for keeping this nation
white crepe paper streamers will united- Employing tact, wit, and sober thinking, Lincoln led our country
run down the table which will be tbrou£h one of its niost critical periods just as our commanders ^re doing
Placed in U shape;'the centerpiece t°da^„ K ha who *tateA “A house divided against itself' cannot
will be red sweetheart roses. ’ a ®n he prevented our American house from crumbling.
Present Leaders Must Do As Lincoln
. We are not able therefore to pay enough tribute to this distinguished
oyce °cum is chairman of the individual tomorrow on his birthday, but we can live in the .security that
so long as we have men like Abraham' Lincoln, there wj*"^ways he an
decorations committee.
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America.
Ladies Auxiliary
To Sponsor Contest
A A,
Just as Mr. Lincoln’s generosity and initiative brought fjL United States
safely through the perils of the Civil war, so today the1 same ability is
found in its leaders and soldiers. Today the men and women of America
are joining hands to see to it that “This nation, of the people, by the peo-
ple, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”—Bob' Hassel
“LTnity For Peace’’ is the subject
for the ninth annual national essay
contest, sponsored by the Ladies
Auxiliary to the Veterans of For-
eign Wars, it was recently announc-
ed. The essays must be in not later continue(I this week,
than midnight, April 27, 1944.
Election Of Guidance
Officers Is Continued
Election of guidance officers has
fi Cappella Choir
To Be Heard Tonight
Picturesque Denton A Cappella
choir from North Texas State Tea-
Miss Bernice Scarlett’s guidance ,chers college wm ^ heard in con_
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Vet- elected Sequoyah Perry, president; cert tonight at 8:15 o’clock in the
erans of Foreign Wars sponsors Rosemary Hairston, vice-president; High school auditorium,
this contest annually to help edu- Mildred Chism, secretary; Nancy Under the direction of Dr. Wil-
cate the youth of America to the re- Manderson, treasurer; and Juanda fred e- Bain> head of tbe music de-
sponsibilities which go with Ameri- rpavl , partment at the teachers college,
can citizenship. This ninth annual ’ ^ the choir is said by critics to be one
contest has the purpose of acquaint- Officers elected in Mr. Roger 0f the most dramatic and colorful
ing the boys and girls with the Orr’s guidance are Annie Mae Gra- music organizations in the South-
truths which must form an endur- ham, president; Mary Conley Jones, west. It is being brought to Lub-
ing peace in the post-war world. vice-president; Joanne Wolaver, sec- bock under the sponsorship of the
Length Of Essays retary; Charles Kelley reporter- and Allegro Music club’
The essays turned in must be from Lila Lea Haynes and Yantis Wright Alth°Ugh many of the eomposit-
500 to 1,000 words in length. The . . ’ !°ns are sacred music, the concert
song eaf eis- program is arranged to appeal to
Miss Claudia Neelley’s guidance the widest possible public taste. The
elected Quapha Ratwls, president Jer- Program is designed to give a pan-
oramic view of choral music from
the time of Bach to the present.
+, „ , , Admission for adults is 55 cents
wutmg the essay is eligible to com- Crawford, program chairman; Betty . . .
pete. There is no age limit. No pre- Ann Norman, parliamentarian; and U aX’ S U 6n S’
entry and post graduate students Marinell Thompson, reporter.
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Misner Players Give
Third Paid Assembly
“They Also Serve,” a five-act
play, was presented by the Misner
players in the third paid assembly
Tuesday morning at 9:40 o’clock.
Jack Grady introduced the lead-
ing man, Mr. Van, who in turn ex-
plained each act.
The play, written especially for the
Misner players, was a comedy with
only one serious scene, “The Dag-
ger Scene” from “Macbeth.” An-
other scene was a humurous rev-
ision of one of Shakespeare’s plays,
“Merlin’s Magic.”
Between “The Dagger Scene” and
“Merlin’s Gagic,” the backstage life
of two actors and their soldier son
was presented.
The Misner players have played
more than twenty years in the Un-
ited States and Canada in high
schools and colleges. Mr. Misner is
in Hollywood producing shows for
the U.S.O.; therefore, he was unable
to appear with his company in pre-
senting this play.
Such was the approval of the stu-
dent body that members of the Stu-
dent council signed the Misner play-
ers up for a return performance
next year, it was announced by Mr.
H. J. McCabe, Tuesday.
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American Legion Plans
To Sponsor Contest
The American Legion department
of Texas in co-operation with the
National organization will sponsor
the local oratorial contest to be
held in the Legion hall February 14
at 7:30 o’clock, stated Mr. H. J.
McCabe, chairman of the oratorial
contest in Lubbock.
Those participating in the contest
are Billy Masters, Irene Crim, and
Beverly Cumbie. The students are
going to submit original written
orations on “The Constitution in a
Changing World.” They will deliver
extemporaneous speeches on “Amen-
dments to the Constitution.”
The winner of the contest will go
to the district meet; then, provided
he wins all of them, he will go to the
regional, sectional, and national
contests. The national prize is
$4,000.
Sale Of Bonds
Total $50,592.75
Miss Cobb’s Guadance
Sales Total $20,236.45
The “Buy-A-Plana” campaign,
Lubbock High school’s contribution
to the Fourth Loan drive, had tot-
aled $50,952.75 in bonds and stamps
sales when the Westerner World
went to press.
Having $20,236.45 to its credit,
Mies Mozelle Cobb’s guidance class
was in the lead of the contest be-
tween guidances. Miss Glenys
Honey’s class was second with
$5,577; and Mrs. Lozelle Turnbough’s
class, third with $5,486.60.
New Goal Set
“Such fine cooperation has been
shown already in the campaign that
it is quite evident that we will reach
the goal of $75,000, if not exceed it.
However, everybody should keep
buying bonds so that we may be
certain of gaining our goal,” urges
Ben Wells, president of the war
bond council.
The campaign, which opened Jan-
uary 31 and closes March 29, had
as its original goal $20,000 in stamps-
and bonds. After the “kick-off” as-
sembly, which was held the first
day of the campaign, the goal was
raised to $75,000 in cash. With these
^bonds a pursuit plane will be bought
'‘which will bear a name plate show-
ing that the plane was bought by
bonds purchased by students of Lub-
bock High school.
Student Council Sponsors
Representatives for tb^J^^d coun-
cil fhe—guioan. S
classes. This committee, headed by
Ben, is in charge of the campaign.
Sponsoring the campaign, the Stu-
dent council will decide what prize
is to be given the winning guidance
class.
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Spanish Club Has Election
Newly elected officers of El Club
Panamericano are Mary Lou Stew-
art, president; Betty Su Walker,
vice-president; Mary Fhye Bonds!
secretary; and Maxine McCollum,,
reporter. Miss Velma McCandless’
is faculty advisor for the club, which
meets on the first and third Mon-
days Qf each school month at 12
o’clock in room 310.
exact number of words must be
counted. Any essay over 1,000 words
is disqualified.
Any boy or girl going to school and ry Crawford, vice-president; Mary
continuing his class work while Frances Stephens, secretary; Bob'
Captain Irvin Addresses
Special Assembley Monday
“Take the hard way!”
That was the advice of Captain W. B. Irvin suDerinten-
dent-on-leave to Lubbock High school students in I spec-
ial assembly Monday morning in the auditorium.
may compete.
Judging Of The Essays
The essays are to be judged on
literary construction, 50 percent;
and patriotic inspiration, 25 per-
cent.
Agriculture Boys Entertain
Mary Emma Girls
28 cents;
and service men are admitted free.
Tickets may he purchased from
members of the Allegro club or by
calling Mrs. Lloyd Croslin, president
of the club, or Mrs. Marlin Smith,
chairman of the promotion com-
Thursday night, February 3, the mittee-
Future Farmers of America club ————Buy War Bonds———
Buy War Honda- °f ,he Mary Guidance Class 317
Emma club with a game party at y v/ i . n
the Junior High school gym from riciS Valentine Party
7:30 to 9:30 o’clock. A Valentine party for guidance
Master of ceremonies was Edward class 315 was held in the .home of
DeaF cage 'five Tuesday"nightT39* Vo Bichardson- President of the Future Jeanne Reid. Verlene McSpadden,
34 in a game that produced a lead- °f Amenca’ assisted by social chairman, had charge of the
Betty Mangum. Other assistants entertainment, with Wanda Jo Mar-
were Billy Walden, Dorothy Town- tin directing games.
_ send, Ruby Potts, and Mary Lo Relays, auctions, and mental te-
Bill Cope took the spotlight with 14 Griffin. lepathy games were played. The
T°m S’n U C °S6ly fobowed by Thirty-five members attended, highlight of the evening ,was the
erry Crawford and “Mandy” Mand- Sponsors present were Miss Gert- liars’ contest,
erson with nine and eight points rude Watson, Miss Elma Miller and Guests were invited by members
respectively. Mr. Henry Elder. of the class.
Westerners Down New Deal
The every-ready Lubbock Wes-
terners downed the high-geared New
ing margin of not more than five
points at any time.
“Stay in school as long as you
can and take the basic courses.” He
continued, “Boys and girls have
dodged the hardest courses in high
school.” As an illustration of his
point he added, “The boys coming
in to the armed services are, on
the whole, extremely low in under-
standing of mathematics and
science. Because of this weakness,
the government had had to offer
instruction to supplement the course
the boys have previously complet-
ed.”
“From your conception of freedom
right now,” Captain Irvin urged.
“Each day we hear statements,
“We are fighting for freedom.”
What, then, is freedom? Ours is a
positive a natural freedom— a re-
tention of freedom unto ourselves!
We have a government of the people
with the ballot as our source of
protection. The Germans, however,
define freedom as the right to give
up all individual freedom for Hit-
ler,” explained Captain Irvin.
“I am learning more English than
I ever kneiw existed. I have heard
it all and it hasn’t helped me,” he
declared. Superintendent Irvin urg-
ed students to refrain from cursing
and, as he devoutly expressed a
■wish, “I hope that our boys in
those last minutes will use ’ the
Lord’s name reverently.”
In explaining terms that have
grown out of this war Captain Irvin
defined man who doesn’t fit in the
life a soldier must lead, as “barrack-
wacky.” “Bomb-happy” is the title
he gave the men who cannot keep
clear heads during battle. A man
who ^ “breaks” under the strain of
life in Greenland of Iceland is
dubed “glacier-happy,” jn the army.
“Zero-itis” is the disease of the pilot
who has a “hardy respect” for
zeroes. This symptom has been
found quite often in the South Pac-
ific area, he said.
That inevitable Texas pride was
displayed in two jokes with which
he entertained the faculty and stu-
dents alike.
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