The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 247, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1933 Page: 3 of 4
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Christmas
ih t
Jhmpasasnigh School
New Year
'OLUME 8
Edited by Pupils of Lampasas High School
NUMBER 15
BADGER STAFF
SOPHOMORE A HAS STUDENTS ATTEND T. H. BROTHERS PLAY
CHRISTMAS TREE i S. P. A. IN BELTON AGAINST EACH OTHER I
THEY ARE AT IT AGAIN!
,'o-editors..................Mary F. Casbeer
and Lurline Creekmore.
ports Writer..............Bob Yarbrough
oke Reporter............Ellen May Bailey
columnists..................Kathryn Harkey,
Orville Rush.
It’s eas^ to make New Years Res-
A Christmas tree was the main ! Many new ideas were brought back Seldom in the history of Lampasas olutions, but sometimes it is hard to
feature of the Sophomore A class by the members of the Badger staff high school has brother played keep them.
meeting held ^Wednesday morning, who attended the Texas High School against brother in any kind of sport. IVIany high school students weie
Christmas carols were sung by the Press Association. These students This year the unusual has actually timid and wouldn’t tell their resolu-
entire* cl&ss cind tlie sponsor, JVIr. feel th&t their trip w&s. <x very worth happened. Two brothers were pitted tion when they weie inteiviewed,
*nior Class^Reptr’^Christine Davis ' w- R- Park> asked questions concern- while one as they attended all of the against each other in both of the Mt. however, a few didn’t mind telling
nior Class Repr — Mary K Walker ^ Christmas. Presents were taken meetings which applied to high school Pleasant-Lampasas basket ball games, theirs.
, % * * * A f Y ' ; from the tree and distributed among newspaper writing. Many very in- Lucius Montgomery of the Lam- j Ellen May Bailey says that she is
P ’ * ............ 1 the students. j teresting* talks were given by lead- pasas Badgers and his brother, Earn- going to make “some,” but she is
___ing Texas newspaper men and women, est of Mt. Pleasant, sons of Mr. and sure that she won’t keep them as she
In the business meeting Kathryn Mrs. L. B. Montgomery, were engag- has to come to school the day follow-
Harkey, columnist for the “Badger,” ed in a friendly battle in both of ing New Years. Ellen M. has resolv-
was appointed as one of the members these contests,
of the committee to plan the program _______
oph. Section B............Vivian Dickens
reshman Reporter..........Jordan Wolf
E. Reporter......Mary E. Taliaferro
eporters*—Eugene Coffey, .Marvin
iekason, Margaret Wooten, Rober-
Hammond, Betty McCrea, Kath-
ine Matthews, Gweneth Parsons.
TEACHERS AND
STUDENTS TAKE TO
SHORTENED LANGUAGE
STUDENTS WELCOME
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
JIGHKCHGipIy
'ounded
i 9 2 3
re's
ESS ASSOCI
ATIOl^
“Happy days are here again, sang . 1-0l. nexj; year’s convention,
the students when told that the j 'j,be girls were heartily welcomed
Christmas holidays would extend from by ^be Baylor girls as well as the T.
Dec. 22 until Jari. 2. H. S. P. A. delegates. Those stu- j
In behalf of the* student body the derds wbo attended this meeting are: !
Badger staff wishes to thank the fac- Lurline Creekmore, co-editor; Annette
ulty and the school board for^ the Roberts, news reporter; Betty Me- j
Crea, news reporter; Mary K. Walk- \
er, junior class reporter; Kathryn i
Harkey, columnist; Ellen May Bai- J
ley, joke editor; Mary F. Casbeer, j
co-editor and their sponsor, Mrs. !
holiday period given them and to
wish them all a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
ed to be a quiet and earnest student
next year.
Margaret Wooten and Mary K.
Walker have resolved not to write
notes in Mr. Moore’s American His-
tory class.
Frank Dickason has resolved to i shortened language and this writer
leave off chewing gum in Miss Lem- | knows what to tell and what not to
berg’s English class. Those zeroes ■ tell when a big husky weighing
don’t raise one’s grade. ; about 183 pounds says, “D. P. A.
Jewell Jones has resolved to call j w g.» which means, “don’t
An unlearned Freshman was sim-
ply astounded the other- day when
he heard Miss Lemberg say, “R. T.
W. and T. Y. G. A.” to Orville Rush
and when confronted by said Fish,
Mr. Rush said that this simply meant,
“Raise the window and throw your
gum away.”
It means that the source of this
queer language came from the names,
of the many different national and
state relief organizations, among
which are the R. F. C., N. R. A.,
C. C. Cv, P. W. A. and C. W. A. The
idea of using abreviation is a great
fad, for even Mrs. Bigham, a woman
of many words, is using this queer
language. When she told Marvin
Dickason to “K. Y. M. S.” the whole
Journalism class simply roared, but
she explained to Marvin in no un-
certain terms that this meant, “Keep
your mouth shut.”
Other abbreviations heard here
and there are:
Mr. Park—“0. Y. B.” which means
“open your books.”
Mr. Carothers—“G. T. A.” means
“get the acid.”
Miss Tompkins—“G. Y. R. P. which
any H. E. girl can tell you, means,
“get your rolling pins.”
My. Moore—“B. 0. B. R.” and
American History students know that
this means “battle of Bull Run.”
Even students are taking to this
The items appearing under this
ading are written and furnished SC HOOL BOARD MEMBERS
ARE FRIENDS TO ALL Thomas Bigham.
___ ! These students were required to
beginning of write a certain amount of material
he Leader by pupils of the Lam-
mas High School, and the paper is
no way responsible for these news
ems.
Every year at the
school, near all holidays, and especial- f°r the “Badger” in order to be able
THE CHATTERBOX
i his English teacher, Miss Lemberg,
J instead of “Teacher.”
j Maggie J. F. and Ellis B. have de-
: cided - to stop talking in the seventh
period study hall. They are caught
too many times.
means,
anything we say.”
NICKNAMES IN L. H. S.
‘What’s in a name,” could easily
ly'*neai"~ChiiJmaTone' can hearD‘1 to attend ftia convention.^_Bob Yar-1 Don>t you think we have . nice h.|neW COURSES TO BE OFFERED , ^appM^to^some^of tte nicknamea
RISTMAS MEMORIES
wonder how many days the school Trough, Ellis Bullion and Mary Eunice
board will allow us for Christmas?” Taliaferro had fulfilled this require-
AMONG THE STUDENTS pass f rom one student to another. j ment but were unable to attend.
How many students know exactly j
We all have exciting experiences wkat‘‘the school board” means ? The
t none so thrilling as our memor- Lampasas school board consists of six |
s of first Christmases, was the opin- local business men who elect teach ’
A SPANISH CHRISTMAS
E. department in our school? It is
so up to date and they always cook
At the beginning of the
j j looking around school some of the
H. E. dining room the other morning continued. The new subjects to be
Of course I offered to the seniors are: Commer-
In all countries no matter what
n of some of the L. H. S. students erSj determine the length of holidays, race of people live there, Christmas
en they gave their first memories and decide on all importont matters is celebrated in some way. The j stairs,” all my life but that just goes try. Trigonometry will be taught if
dear old Santa Claus and Christ- fov the best interest of our school. Christmas tree was of Germanic orig- j to show you how modern they are ' at least fifteen students sign up for
and enjoyed it so much
pretended I had eaten the dish, “up- cial law, algebra and plane geome-
These men are: Mr. Frank Baker, in and the idea of yule logs has de
Mildred Irvine said, “I remember presjdent, who is probably known by scended from the days of paganism,
en I was about three or four years ev-efyone in Lampasas. He has work- The Spanish Christmas is celebrat-
ed in view of the best interests for ed very differently from our own
i, we went to my grandmother’s
and how they are always cooking new it.
things The new courses to be offered to ;
Oh. I wnt to tell you something : the rest of the students include Amer-
crazy. Isn’t Mary F. Casbeer the | man History, which will be taught m| -Jj, T_
Mildred Irvine, “Milly”; Earl Lind-
say, “Doc”; Kathryn Harkey,
“Sophy”; Floy Humphries, “Runt”;
Royal Williams, “Monkey”; Vivian
Dickens, “Tootsie”; Meredith Camp-
bell, “Rosy”; Thais Higgins, “Pat”;
Garwood Burns, “Dynamite”; S. L-.
me. We all got up early Christ- Lampasas in every way. American Christmas. In Spain arid craziest thing? She has such silly! a half term, covering a whole year’s j _ na ’ _ ,°ne&’ ’ia *
as morning and I distinctly remem- Kyle Oliver is secretary of the ether Spanish speaking countries, gifts j ideas now doesn’t she? Well, as I work. Public speaking will be given ‘ a er’ a ve ’ esl1® aa~
r going to my full red stocking board, and is also city secretary. Mr. are not given until January 1. On Was saying. The other day when we I to the sophomores, juniors and sen- rum’ 0016 ’ ®^.lb . *
nging on the fireplace. Oliver is well liked by every student Dec. 25 festivals and .dances are held., were going over to Belton to the press iors who wish to take it, but not e01g(^ a^, ma”’ 1 Sie Monto-omer*
who knows him. j They do not have Christmas trees, j convention and on that awful road we j more than twenty-five students will I * J _
id Eugene Coffey, was a long time Roy L. Walker is known as the The children and youths play a game ; came to a bridge and dear old Mary.be taught. A new course in typing j * onty » . ug 11 u J* 1 *
‘ 1 slept right by the fireplace f00tbail squad’s good luck charm. He called “Pinata.” A jug filled with j to]d me to Be careful because it was ! will be given, the fee being $9. j an aivm 1C'ason, apone-.
o keep a watch for old Saint Nick. dag made pep speeches time and time toys, candy, fruits and gifts is sus-1 a one way bridge. Now, why should | The courses to be discontinued are' _
I remember waking up with a little ag.ain and has done many helpful pended from the ceiling and a blind-j j be careful I ask you, I wasn’t go-! commercial geography and the last
toy wagon by my ^ side and outside things for L. H. S. folded person tries to hit it with a jng but one way. j half of ninth grade algebra, except JOKES
was white
the window everything
1 ith snow.”
:Howell Gaddy, freshman, said he
[membered a lot. He said he went
bed and left all his stockings hang-
up. Next morning Howell even
Mr. Harry Key Jr. is a member of club. When the jug is broken, all
Key Bros. Grocery company. He is
also well liked by every student in
L. H. S.
Mr. R. E. Rawls is manager of
W. F. & J. F. Barnes Lumber com-
at his daddy downstairs and saw and has made lasting friends
nta Claus’ footprint in the ashes among the students 0f this school.
Mr. Dennis Black, ’23, is connected
red seeing all his toys on the tree ^ the peoples National Bank. He
id especially a tricycle that he had
anted for so long.
of the children gather all presents
that they can which have fallen.
Then they dance far into the morn-
ing.
“L’
CLUB INITIATES
NEW
MEMBERS
What color is Eugene Coffey’s hair? j to those whose course requires it.
Do you know? Well, I thought he
had dark hair but I must be color POOR PENCIL
blind or “sumpin’ ” (mostly “sum-
pin’ ”. In English class Monday he
Miss Tompkins: “What did you do-
to this meat? It has such a peculiar
taste.”
Frances Y.: “Oh, nothing. It did
At a meeting of the “L” club Thurs-
“One Christmas when I was about
|ve years old my Mother tried to
is the youngest member on the board, day morning, 14 new members were
and has many friends among the j initiated by a method that is as old
students. j as the organization itself.
The student body wishes to thank: The initiation occurred at the old
Have you ever stopped to think
said his hair was turning grey watch-! how you would like to be a pencil? 'get a little burned, but I fixed that—
ing Miss Lemberg grading papers. I j Nothing could be worse than being I applied Ungentine right away.”
j knew Orville R., Lloyd' C. and a few; a hard lead pencil. If the poor pen-
others had been in school all their ! cil could only express its own thoughts
lives, but I didn’t think that bad of
at me to go to bed. I refused, be- thege men for the many things they j mesquite tree by the sidewalk where
ause I wanted to see Santa Claus.
Ipmeone blew a whistle outside and
Ifien I heard that, I thought it was '
I ^ , prosperous New rear to each.
Iinta. It didn t take me but about
Te-half a second to get in bed and
Iyer up my head. I said never again
luld I have such a narrow escape.”
nis is an account Mary E. T. gave
have done for L. H. S. and to wish a
very Merry Christmas and a most
‘L” CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
many a student has received his
stripes. Each one of the new mem-
bers was forced to place his head
against the' trunk of the tree and
while in this bending position the old
members ran by and hit him with a
belt.
The initiation occurred before a
The first meeting of the “L” Club
j the first thrill she received from this year was held Tuesday and the I VcS" sturicnfS and
hristmas. following officers were elected: Pres- t(?acherg who were alI in sympathy
Lewis Walker said, “When I was ident, Orville Rush; vice president, w-fh the ngw members becaase of the
ery little, I remember that my older t. J. Childers; sec’ty.-treasurer, Au-; geem- ly hard ordeak
pother drew some decorations on by Brown. Fourteen new members j "__
|aper and pinned them on the„ fire- have been added to the “L” club roll q^NERAL HISTORY CLASS
jliace and also nailed both of our bringing the total number of mem-! CHRISTM \S PROGRYM
fcockings on each side of the fire- bers to 23. j
|ace. I remember that we tried to During the meeting many sugges-, Thg g.eneral history class> taught
le who could stay up, longer to see tions were made concerning the fu- , Migs Lucile Lemberg, enjoyed a
Christmas program during its regu-
lar class period, Friday.
“Ole Eugene.”
Say, had you heard, Betty McCrea
has started a new fad. Do you know
what it is? She‘s not only wearing
a knot on the back of her hair but
also in the top of her hair. Gosh,
what a woman. But the crazy part
is she said she got the idea when she
hit the top of a car when she was
riding. Now, isn’t that too crazy?
SENIOR CLASS RINGS ARRIVE
E>anta Claus. We finally gave that ture activities of the club. Several
Ilea up but rushed downstairs early pians were also submitted for meth-
pe next morning to see our Christ- 0d3 to raise funds for the betterment
has stockings filled with presents. 0f athletics in this school.
-- I This club is sponsored by Coach
WHAT IS CHRISTMAS? Dudley S. Moore who takes an active
r Christmas is the celebration of the part in the various activities of the
[irth of Christ. The Christmas spirit club, and who helps in every way to
|velopes the entire world and peo- improve the feeling of sportsmanship
for a day try to live more nearly that exists among the boys,
to the best in their hearts. In a
Lw words Christmas means “Peace NEW ALGEBRA
Earth, Good will to Men.” CLASS ORGANIZED.
*To students of L. H. S. the Christ- -
is holidays mean a “breathing From now until term examinations
fell” in the general routine of an extra class will be conducted in
phool work. The monotony of school eighth grade algebra. Approximate-
prk is broken and the Christmas ly 14 students who are not passing
lirit and “Peace on Earth, good their work have enrolled in this class.
Lamar Hocker told the story of
Dickens’ “Christmas Carol.”
Melba McLean, member of the sec-
ond grade, read “ ‘Twas the Night
Before Christmas.”
Candy and apples in individual
sacks were given to each student.
Miss Lemberg was presented with
a toilet set by Annette Roberts from
the class.
On the shortest day of the year
one of the longest periods of history
for the seniors, came to a close when
the senior class rings arrived Fri-. qUjb using my eraser so much.
instead of the ones it writes for its
owner it would probably write a
diary similar to the following:
8:00—Girl named Charlotte Stapp
bought me for five cents.
8:30—What an exciting day this is
going to be. Charlotte just sharpened
me and I don’t feel well. She be-
came interested in what was happen-
ing in the hall and forgot all about
me so I am lots shorter than before.
9:00—Went to study hall. While
Charlotte and Nova Dell were talk-
ing, I met the nicest pencil. His
name was Michado No. 2.
11:00—Took a test and was sharp-
ened several times. I wish Charlotte
would make up her mind so she would
It’s
Motorist (after knocking over a
butcher’s boy): “I’m sorry, my lad;
are you all right?”
Boy (picking up contents of his
basket): “Dunno. Here’s me liver
and ribs, but where’s me kidney?”
Bob: “I was the most popular man
where I lived.”
* Gweneth: “Oh I didn’t know you
were a Hermit.”
day morning. To members of the
class, who have waited so earnestly
for them, it seems as if old Santa
has really come.
COUNTY MEET OFFICIALS
TO BE CHOSEN
fill to men” is again dominant. Mr. R. L. Hines, a graduate of the
some students go away on visits University of Texas, is conducting
others celebrate Christmas in this class.
homes. The school is very interested in
I’he Christmas holidays refresh seeing all pupils make their grades
ients mentally and physically, and as some of the freshmen do not
sr the holidays are over students happen to be mathematicians, Supt.
Id pursue their studies with more Charles Wachendorfer has arranged
and & greater determination for extra coaching to be given them eryone a Merry Christmas and a Hap-
ce better grades. until examinations are completed. py New Year.
THE JANITOR EXTENDS
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
“If a person is poor, Christmas
means a whole lot, but most of all
he is thankful for the health and
strength that he has and also that
he is able to work,” replied Will Dents
when asked what Christmas meant
to him.
He also said that he hoped the ones
who were able to give and receive
presents would enjoy Christmas to
the highest extent. He wishes ev-
All county teachers will meet Sat-
urday morning in Judge J. T. Hig-
gins’ office to elect officials for the
coming Interscholastic Meet of this
county which will be held the latter
part of March, 1934.
A director general will be chosen
j to preside over all events of the meet
, and an athletic director will be elect-
1 ed. Directors of each of the liter-
| ary events will be named too, accord-
ing to information given by Princi-
pal John Rowntree.
ANALYSIS OF CHRISTMAS
C—Cheerfulness.
H—Hospitality.
R—Reindeer.
I—Icicles.
S—Service. /
T—Trees.
. M—Merriment.
A—Appetite,
S—-Santa Claus.
nearly all worn off.
12:00—The bell rang for lunch.
In the rush I was dropped and some
one stepped on me. What feet! It
must have been Orville Rush. Well,
any way he broke my back, so I guess
that means another sharpening after
lunch.
1:00—Some freshman borrowed me
to work problems with. I heard all
the kids call him Howell Gaddy so I
guess that’s who it was. When he
found out that he had missed all his
problems, he threw me down just
like it was my fault.
3:00—Back to my right owner again
and am I glad? Those freshmen
wei’e. awful!
4:00—School is out for the day.
Oh, dear, Charlotte dropped me as
she was getting in the car.
5:00—A small grammar school boy
picked me up and to my horror took
out a knife and began cutting on me.
I am now about one inch long with
no eraser or point. After this day’s
work, all I can do is wish I had been
an eversharp.
Jack S.: “Did you see those perox-
ide blonds that got so excited over
the game?”
Don R. F.: “Yeah, the bleachers
went wild.”
Nova Dell Gray: “Where have I
seen your face before?”
Strange Boy: “Same place as you
see it now.”
Ruby: “Let’s give the bride a
shower.”
Kathryn: “Count me in. I’ll bring
the soap.”
There are two ways of looking at
a secret: it’s either not worth keep-
ing, or it’s too good to be kept.
Mr. Moore: “What is an arch ene-
my, Margaret?”
Margaret W.: “It’s a person who
fights with his feet.”
Annie L. B.: “But, he comes from
a good family.”
Maggie Jo F.: “He seems to have
come a long way.”
WHAT IS IT??
Knock! Knock! Bang! Boom! Are
the mysterious sounds issuing forth
from the home economics department
every day. “Curiosity killed the
eat,” and that’s what almost hap-
pened to several students until they
found what was going on in the
H. E. department. Several of the
braver ones ventured in one day and
found that these sounds were caused
by the home economics gilds, who are
remodeling old toys for the Com-
munity Christmas tree. After that,
things went on as usual, with a knock,
knock, bang and boom.
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