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THE STAFF
EDITOR ........................ Margaret Carter
Associate Editors................Mary Gardner
Jane Hopkins
Business Manager ........ Edward Watt
Assistant Business
Manager ..................James Campbell
Faculty Advisor ................ Miss Whitsett
Circulation Manager .... C'. C. Baker
Society Editor..............Dora Lynn Smith
Assistant Society Editor Audine Guerry
Exchange Editor ....Edna Earl Barrett
Sports Editor ................ Royce Barnes
Feature Editors ....I........... Dick Dalton
Mary Frances Ritch
Reporters .................... Sam J. Little
Loren Elam, LaRue Ratts, Saleta,
Wentworth, Don Vandagriff, Henry By-
ron, Marie Stults
Typists ........................ Gloria Willmon
Pauline White
The Origin Of
Hallowe’en
Look who’s just around the corner!
As I live and breathe it’s Hallowe’en
himself! Did • you ever wonder just
whe: e he came from? Well, long, long,
ago, before the time of Christianity
the Pagans thought that all the spirits
came to earth on the night of the
A Trip to Mars
Last summer I suddenly decided that
I would visit a fried in a distant city.
After I had been on the train for a
short time, I became very sleepy. I
tried to read an article about the So-
lar System, but in spite of all my ef-
forts, I soon fell asleep with my chin
resting in the palm of my hand and
my elbow on the arm of the chair.
When I awoke, I looked out of my
window and to my astonishment I saw
blue grass growing. My mouth flew
open and I sat there and gasped in
amazement. Then I thought, “Am I
eeing things?” I then cleaned my glass-
eses thinking that it might help a
little. Replacing my glasses I opened
my eyes wide and the blue grass was
stil there.
The train came to sudden stop, and
I was told that I was in Mars. I said,
“Mars of all places. How did I get
here?”
Everyone looked at me when I said
this and smiled as if he had something
up his sleeve. I consoled myself by
thinking that it was only his elbow.
I then noticed that the people looked
different, They had large blue eyes,
heavy black eyebrows, light hair, thin
lips and their ears extended to a point.
Everyone seemed to be about the same
size, not very tall and weighing about
one-hundred and twenty-five pounds.
thirty-first of October. They formed
the habit of having festivals then and \ jjow j got off the train, I have never
called it Holy Evening (from which |been afc)le to explain.
Hallowe’en was derived). Around it at j was dazed, but I suddenly discov-
number of superstitions came to cen- I ered that I was walking along a stone
ter; among them, the belief that wit- c path. When I looked at the stones
ches and spirits can foretell the future
on this day. People would gather to-
gether and crack nuts, tell stories and
“bob” for apples, as they do today.
In England Hallowe’en is known as
“Nuterack Night.”
So be sure to let no black cat cross
your path and also to kiss the driver
when a rabbit runs in front of the
car.
It’s An Old Game
This popular game called football
was known, in a rude form, in the far-
off days when all Europe was in bar-
barism Aborigines of many of the Pa-
cific i lands and the Indians of North
America played a game similar. It
seems that the Greeks taught it to
the Romans and the Romans, through
their soldiers, to the northern races.
Football became an organized game
in the nineteenth century. It was the
great English schools such as Rugby,
Harrow, and Ebon that made football
practical.
Two distinct types of football have
been developed: “Rugby”, which per-
mits running with ball, and “Soccer,”
which prohibits it. The correct name
for football in the United States is
“American Rugby.” Football was played
at several Eastern colleges in the United
Slates, soon after 1830.
McGill College in Montreal chalilleng-
cd Harvard to a match, and on May
15, 1871, these two teams playecl the
first intercollegiate Rugby matcih in
America.
Weatherford High School is interest-
ed in this “Old Game” so let’s '.help
her keep an “Old Game.”
Home Economics
Club
'"he Home Economics Club met for
fhe first time this year, Wednesday,
October 21, 1933. This being 'our first
meeting we elected the folowrng offi-
cers for this year’s work,
oly: • Mi ller—President
( lorir. Willmon—Vice-President
Clementine Trammell—Se< rretary
I Ten Sue Waters—Reporte r •
Verne!! Kelley—Sales & So rial Chair-
man.
F.loise King-- Program Ch; lirman
The Club has planned to « meet one
Wednesday out of each r aonth and
we hope and expect to mak ® & worthy
showing this year.
f path.
again, I found that they were pink
and the blue grass was growing along
the sides of the path. I kept wondering
about the blue grass, so I felt of it,
to my surprise it felt like suede. As I
went along, I noticed that the trunks
appeared to be rubber. The trunks of
the trees were of different colors and
the leaves were aqua marine.
While looking around, I caught the
glimse of a tall white building. This
aroused my curiousity, and as I ap-
proached the building the door opened
and I walked in. After I was inside,
came to the conclusion that I had
walked in the door without turning the
knob or touching any part of the door.
then decided that the electric eye
was used in Mars, also. The inside
seemed very much the same as the
inside of any large building I had
been in. The woodwork was done in
pastel shades of pink and blue. Every
room seemed to be different and in-
teresting. I looked up and discovered
that one could see to the top of the
building. There were some winding
stairs leading toward the top. I de-
cided I would try to climb them. When
I reached the top, I found that this
tall building had only two floors, I
went into a room, smaller that the
others, as soon as I entered the door
closed behind me. Looking out of a
window at the colorful scenery, I
heard a knock at the door. Without
thinking I said, “Who’s there?”
A voice that seemed to belong to
a small boy, said “Diesel.”
I wondered if this was a game of
“Knock-Knock.” I said, “Deisel who?”
An old, grey haired man with long
whiskers done up in curls said, “Die-
sel be your last chance to get a bird’s-
eye view of Mars.”
Assembly Programs
Monday is the usual day for guest
speakers. The first speaker was Judge
Shropshire. He spoke on the most
outstanding boy in our Bible who was
Daniel. On the following Monday, Bro-
ther Campbell was our speaker. Inci-
dentally, his subject, also, was about
Daniel. Both talks were highly appre-
ciated. Following Brother Campbell
came Brother Hall who spoke on the
students and athletes of Babalonia
which was enjoyed by all. Last Mon-
day we were the audience of Bro-
ther Whaley, He urged us to lay aside
our grouch and to always smile. He
made the comparison of a grouchy per-
son to that of the Greek Athlete.
They have also some interesting stu-
dent programs. Our first student pro-
gram was presented by the Footlight
Club. This program consisted of sev-
eral skits. These skits were, in general
very amusing. Our next student pro-
gram was given us by Miss Bound’s
Home Room. This program was of a
miscellaneous type. On the following
Thursday we were greatly thrilled
when Coach Flewharthy told us of his
tour of the United States. Because
of lack of time his talk was not com-
pleted, but he has kindly agreed to
finish his talk on the succeeding
Thursday.
On Tuesday Oct. 27, we observed
Navy Day. In beginning the program,
we all sang “America” which was' fol-
lowed by a piano solo, “Anchor Away”,
by Josephine Bunch. Following her
was a talk on “Navy Day” by Mr.
McEilroy, He explained to us the rea-
sons for observing Navy Day which
falls on Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday.
All in all we have greatly enjoyed
our assembly programs this year.
Arithmetic
Club
The Arithmetic Club met Thursday
| Oct. 8, 1936 in room 205. The following
officers were elected:
President—J. W. Ford
Vice-President—Leroy Fair
Sec.-Treas.—Robert St. Clair
Reporter—R. T. Kelley
There are thirty members of
club sponsored by Mr. McMichen.
the i
Mr. McMichen’s home room met the
first week and officers were elected
as follows:
President—Virginia Ann Rawlins
Vice - President—Lester W aldr ip
Secretary—Charles Spain
Reporter—Glenn Quante
A special program committee ap-
pointed, by the president.
Mary Craten Winston
Mildred Shelby
• Charles Spain
Juanita Spain
Another program committee was
elected as fclows:
Chairman—Glen Quante
Lester Waldrip
Mary Ruth Thompson
Mr. McMichen’s home room is in-
vited to attend a Halowe’en Party giv-
en by Miss Hutchenson’s home room
and a good time is promised to all.
—Glenn Quante—Reporter.
Chapel Programs
As I See Them
209 Organizes
Miss Shipp’s Home Room met Sep-
tember 24, and elected as officers the
following:
President—Gloria Queen
Vice-President—Eurma N. Borden
Secretary—Dortha Anthony
Program Chairman—V. Cotton.
Social Chairman—Ann Curry
Reporter—J. T. Cox
The name that was selected out of
several nominations was “Shippmates”
The colors are Red and White. The
rose is the flower. Reporter.
BY HENRY BYROM
THURSDAY, Oct. 1.—Mr. Duke’s Cha-
pel Program sponsored by the Foot-
light Dramatic Club.
DRAMATIC SKITS:
No. 1—No played by Jane Milliken
and Edward Watt
No. 2.—Virture Truimphant played by
Rebecca Culwell, Lorence Wolfen-
burger, Ed Watt, Mary Francis
Ritch, and Ruby Morris.
No. 3—The Family Picnic—played by
Edward Watt, Jane Milliken,
Leonora Kebleman, Martha Jane
McCutchen and Wilburn Jack-
son.
THURSDAY, Oct. 8—Miss Bounds’
Chapel Program
Reading by Rebecca Culwell
Here’s One For Yon Football Fans
It was a dark moonless night on the
f thirty-first of October. All the black
cats for miles around were yowling.
Witches were sailing about noiselessly
on their broomsticks. A football game
was in progress between the Chiggers
and the Elephants. The score was tied:
0-0. Suddenly all the lights blinked
out. But were the players dismayed?
No. Red Bugg the star quarterback and .
captain of the Chiggers, grabbed one
of the black cats for a football and,
amid much cheering, made a touch-
down. We’ll let you decide whether
the score counted,
Reporter. i
The Dramatic
Club
What’s that we hear about our Senior
President, rushing the prettiest girl of
the Senior class of ‘35.—Gloria Will-
mon.
The Dramatic Club met Oct. 8, 1936
in Room 200 with Miss Smith as spon-
sor.
The purpose of the meeting was to
organize. The following people were
elected officers:
President—Virginia Ann Rawlins
Vice-President—Anna Buchanan
Secretary—Walter Varner
Stage Manager—Danny White.
Treasurer—Cora Laurice Tally
Program Chairman—Gloria Colville
After a very pleasant meeting we
adjourned to meet Oct. 22, 1936.
Reporter—Dulce Buchanan.
Poor Froggie !
Stop me if you’ve heard this one but
it seems that one afternon in Biology
class Mr. Malone was looking for a
frog which he had picked up that
morning and put it in his pocket, in- I
tending to show it to his Biology stu- j
dents. During the search he produced |
a badly mashed sandwich from his j
pocket and remarked absently:
‘And I distinctly remember eating j
my lunch! ■
After Johnnie Baker’s name was
called for one hundred dollars last
Wednesday, one of our ambitious report-
ers rushed up for an interview. After
the usual questions about his birth-
place etc., the reporter said, “Johnnie,
I hear you are an artist.”
Johnnie answered, “Yes.”
The reporter then asked, “Do you
etch?”
Johnnie looked at him in a queer
way and then said, “Where?”
This ended the interview, but John-
nie is still wondering how that fresh
reporter knew so much.
S. A. Wheeler came into the office
about the middle of the first period
the other morning wanting a permit
to class. Mr. Granstaff asked him why
he was late. S. A. replied, “Well, you
see it’s like this—I squeezed too much
toothpaste and had the hardest time
getting it back in.”
Good-Music
Club
The first meeting at the Good Music
Club was held Oct. 8, 1936.
The following officers were elected:
President—Corinne Morris
Vice-President—Virginia Thomas
Secretary—Kathleen Thomas
Reporter—Catherine Ward
Plans are being made to study the
music of many lands.
Catherine Ward—Reporter.
Looks like Joe Freeman is sure get-
ting trampled on these days—If its
not Dick Dalton, it’s E. A. Thomas,
Better get yourself some Anti-Freeze ^ bet be ’thinks’its'7tire
Joe.
Angry Boy—“Waiter, there’s a tack
in this doughnut.
Pansey—“Why the ambitious little
Weatherford Hi.
vs
Jacksboro
Friday Night
7:30
Ball Par
COME OUT
AND ENJOY A
REAL FOOT-
BALL GAME.
WE WILL
CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE
YOUR
PRESENCE.
■
-Reporter.
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