The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1961 Page: 2 of 4
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PAGE TWO
THE GRASS BURR
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1961
New Year's Resolutions
To Keep or Not To Keep
New Years Resolutions are just
'wonderful if only people could, or
shall we say, would keep them.
Think what a better world this
would be if only everyone made and
Jkept ONE good resolution each year
of their life. We would have better
people in the world, a better
world to live in, and better things to
look forward to in the future.
Why don’t you make ONE good re-
solution this year and try to keep
that resolution? You will be surpris-
ed how well “61” turns out to be.
Cramming Not Necessary
for Semester Exams
Are you ready four your semester
tests?
This will be a familial’ question
from now until January eighteenth,
nineteenth, and twentieth of this mon-
th-. . I
You, as everyone has, have cram-
med for an exam the night before.
This is not the right thing to do. If
you keep up with your work and stu-
dy a little every day then when the
dxam comes all you (have ito do is
look over the material and refresh
'your memory. It has been proven
that a higher grade will be made if
the person doesn’t stay up half the
night cramming for the exam.
Cramming is a lot of hard work for
nothing. |
So let’s all start preparing now, so
we won’t be burning any mid-night
Oil next week.
Good luck.
How many new students have
found: New burr p 2
you met? Chances are, unless you
have them in a class, you don’t even
know their names.
Many students don’t realize the
importance of being friendly to the
new students. It makes a person feel
wanted and a lot happier if the stu-
dents in a school are friendly.
Have you ever made an attempt to
be extra friendly to a new student
and seen his delight in your friendli-
ness.
If you have ever entered a new
school, you know you would want the
students to accept you and treat you
as one of them. It is a sad feeling to
be without friends in a strange place.
Keep this in mind and do unto the new
students like you would have them do
unto you if your were in then* place.
Office Releases
Slate for Exams
Principal Raymond E. Curtis had
released the schedule of mid-term
exams for Weatherford High School.
Mr. Curtis stated that the tests will
’tie given January 18-20. He also said
“Two exams wifi (be given each of
the two days, one in the morning and
one in the afternoon. Following the
'two hour exams each istudant will at-
tend his next class for a regular
class period.”
The exam schedule is as follows:
Wednesday January 18 — First
and Fourth periods exams and meet
second and fifth period classes.
Thursday January 19 — Second
and Fifth period exams and meet
third and sixth period classes.
Friday January 20 — Third and
Sixth period exams and meet with
first and fourth period classes.
“Everyone is required to meet his
class schedule whether he had a test
or not, since the exam days will be
counted on the attendance record,”
concluded Mr. Curtis.
Curtis Lists Events
R. E. Curtis, Principal of Weather-
ford High School made known the
'plans for important activities throu-
ghout the coming semester in a spe-
cial assembly, Friday, January 6.
These are some of the events slated
by Mr. Curtis which may be of im-
■portance to you.
Jan. 20 End of First Semester
Jan. 23 Beginning of Second Se-
f.nester
Jan. 31 College Day
Feb. 23 American Museum of Ato-
mic Energy “ATOMIC WORLD” as-
sembly
Feb. 24 Student Council Election
Feb. 27-Mar. 3 Public Schools
Week
Mar. 7 National Merit Scholarship
Tests
Mar. 8 Career Day
Mar. 31-Apr. 3 Easter Holidays
Apr. 7-8 District Spring Meet of
Interscholastic League in Graham
May 26 Graduation Exercise
The Grass Burr
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Co-editors --------Jimmie Sue Mitchell and Tommy Maddux
News Editor____________ Eiddie Patton
;Sports Editor------------------------------Bobby Tarpley
•Sponsor -----------------------Miss May Belle Whitsett
Assistant Editors____Elizabeth Harrison and Bobby Tarpley
Exchange Editor------------------------------Pam Brown
Assistant Exchange Editor________________Jimmy Caldwell
Business Manager------------------------Wymon Hamilton
Assistant Business Manager________________Roger Bradley
Advertising Manager________________________Eddie Patton
Assistant Advertising Manager______________Charles Floyd
Circulation Manager______________________Johnny Marshall
Assistant Circulation Manager________________Mike Phillips
Sports Writers----------Elizabeth Harrison, Ed Galbreaith,
Suzanne Cash, Bill Pettit, and Bobby Tarpley.
The Egotist Raves
Sports Steal
First Place in
'Grass Burr' poll
A column inch is a vertical inch of
space one column wide. A column
inch in the Grass Burr contains ap-
proximately 36 words. Have you ev-
er wondered which organization has
the most column inches written about
it? If you have you are not alone
in your thoughts. The Journalism
class recently took a poll to learn
which club had the most column in-
ches written about it in the first sev-
en issues of the Grass Burr.
As to be expected the sports being
a pre-dominant activity, led the first
with 150 inches. Of the various clubs
and organizations, covered by the
reporters as beats, “The Junior Clas-
sical League had the highest total
which was 40 inches. Right on its
heels, though, were the Student Coun-
cil, Future Business Leaders of Amer-
ica, Footlite club, and the Library.
The purpose of this tabulation was to
see how well the various beats were
being covered land see 'iif any of these
were receiving too much or too little
space.
By TOMMY MADDUX
I’ve decided that I must get mar-
ried! And its all due to Texas wea-
ther. Last Saturday ( the day the
Lord almost broke his promise hot
to drown the world again), I worked
ten hours, most of the time making
got the delivery wagon stuck in the
deliveries (groceries, that As) I
mud, and did the same to my right
shoe. (If anyone finds such a shoe in
the four hundred block of East Third
Street,- call LY 4-3172.) Back at the
store, in a driving rain, I carried
two armloads of groceries outside to
a blue car, as directed by a young
lady. I made several attempts to op-
en each of the four doors, but to no
avail. As I re:entered the store, drip-
ping like Niagra, she mumbled some-
thing like “Oh, I forgot to tel you it
was locked.” I smiled and told her it
was perfectly all right (oh sure), then
I waded back out, unlocked the
door, and poured the groceries in.
As if this wasn’t enough, the North
wall sprung a leak, and I mopped
for an hour. Later, I slipped and fell
I on the floor, recently waxed by the
I boss lady. (She was restless one
I night, and got up at one o’clock and
j waxed the whole store.) To top the
! evening off, I stepped into a knee deep
| puddle in my own back yard. And
really, after a day like that, a fellow
has just got to go home and beat his
wife and kids.
Insert asteriks
Today, my term as Co-editor of the
Grass Burr expires. My mood .is mel-
ancholy. But I just couldn’t turn down
the editorship of the New York Tim-
es. Jimmie Sue just can’t bear the
thought of leaving either. You’d know
why too. if you could see that rat’s
nest" we call die “editor’s box,” sihe
has to clean it up today at fourth
period. .
Our only comfort in parting is that
we know the paper will be in good
hands. After all, Elizabeth has been
in the same class with me for four
and a half months, and couldn’t help
but absorb some portion of my great
knowledge.
Jet Ride Opens Whiding Tour
of New York City by
“The most impressive thing in my
tour of New York was the United Na-
tions Building. It was impressive in
two outstanding ways, for its beauty
of structure and for its purposes. The
building is decorated by furnishings
from every country associated with
the U. N.”
Horace Griffitts, Bookkeeping and
Business Math teacher, was speaking.
He was telling of his trip to New York
with his former roommate at TCU
Joe Dooley. The two men began what
was to be a whirlwind torn’ all the
way in an appropriate manner. They
flew to New York in a Boeing 707 Jet
the day after Christmas.
After arriving in New York and get-
ting settled at the Commodore Hotel
the pair saw a total of nine Broad-
way shows. Among the shows they
saw “Do Re Me” starring Phil Sil-
vers, “Tenderloin” starring Maurice
Evans, “Period of Adjustment” writ-
ten by Tennessee Williams, “Unsink-
able Molly Brown” starring Tommy
Grimes, “Wildcat” starring Lucille
Ball, and “Sound of Music” starring
Mary Martin.
Mr. Griffitts remarked Itfaat seeing
“Sound of Music” and meeting its
charming star, Mary Martin, made a
great impression on him. Miss Mar-
tin, formerly of Weatherford, sent
her regards by him to all the people
in Weatherford.
Jack Harrold, star of “Unsink-
able Molly Brown” ate lunch with the
two sightseers several times. They
made acquaintance with Mr. Harrold
while he was doing comedy rolls at
Casa Manana this summer.
Rodney Kelly gets.
'Student of Month'
Rodney Kelly was elected Student
ol the Month for the Month of Jan-
uary. :•
Rodney, fa senior, was one of the
tri-captains of 1960-61 football sea-
son. He has lettered in football every
year since the seventh grade and had
been a three year lettarmam on the
varsity team. He was elected on the
all-district (team in 3A-4 this year.
He has been very active in the Jun-
ior Classical League for the past
three years and was president last
year.
Rodney also belongs to the Future
Business Leaders of America, was
a candidate for Mi-. FBLA and a
member of the vocabulary team.
Other organizations he is in are:
The Science and Math and Future
Homemakers of America.
His favorite hobby is sports.
The New York Stock Exchange,
the Cathedral of Saint John the Di-
vine, the Bowery, China Town, Ma-
cey’s, Grand Central Station, and
Luechow’s were high points of their
tour.
During their visit at New York
Stock Exchange, Mr. Griffitts and
Mi'. Dooley .were shown the proce-
dure used in running the exchange.
Watching from the spectators gallery
they saw 3 million shares of Ameri-
can Companies stock sold.
Mr. Griffitts and his friends were
continually amazed at the large scale
that everything in New York was
run on, particulary Macey’s and
Have you seen any new faces a-
round the halls lately? Well, you
should. There are five inew ones. The
girls out number the boys four to one.
William Combel, the son of a re-
tired United States Army officer is
a sophomore in Mi*. Clark’s home-
room. William has attended school
in San Antonio, Anchorage, Alaska;
Augusta, Georgia; and previously
was in T. W. Stanley here in Weath-
erford. ___
Carla Ezell, a sophomore in Miss
Juanita Davis’s homeroom is the
daughter of a retired air corps offi-
cer. She has attended school in Mem-
phis, Tennessee; Sumpter, South
Carolina; Vogliveh, Germany; Ram-
stein, Germany; Elgia AFB, Florida;
Fort Walton, Florida; and Houston,
Spanish Specials
Amy Turney heads 'die scrapbook
committee and has an interesting col-
lection of items organized.
William Combel had enrolled in
Spanish 1-4.
Carolyn Henderson is endeavoring
to complete the Los Hidalgo’s em-
blem of Mexico. She specialized in
Catus designs.
Amy Turney, Ronuy Pickard
Guy Darden has a special liking
for the verb saber — no is verdad,
Guy?
Mikie Pearcy, and Barbara Ruth ex-
celled in Spanish 2 recently.
Larry Doggett operated a “Lost
and Found” department in Spanish
1-4 class last week. Doris Ann Carr
was the only one for a lost article.
Grand Central Station.
“Time Square on New Year’s eve
could only be described as frighten-
ing,” Mr. Griffitts said as he recalled
the 350,000 people gathered there oh
New Year’s eve night.
The last night that Mr. Griffitts
and’ Mr. Dooley were in New York
they attended the “What’s My Line”
show and the Ed Sullivan show.
They returned to Dallas, again tra-
veling by jet.
In summing up his trip Mr. Grif-
fitts said, “’no matter how many tim-
es I may return to New York it will
never seem so grand and exciting
again.
Texas.
Aden Barksdale, another sopho-
more who is in Miss Frances Smith’s
homeroom. Arlene has attended
school in Cottondale, Alabama; Tus-
cloosa, Alabama; Weatherford Pub-
lic Schools previously, and Sparks,
Nevada.
Glenda Washburn is a sophomore
in Mr. White’s homeroom. She has at-
tended school in Ingram, Cisco, Gran-
bury, and Brock. Previously she was
enrolled, in Weatherford Junior High
School. Sydney Blackwell also a so-
phomore hails from Yonkers, New
York, Sydney has a brother, Archie,
in Senior High.
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New Math Books
Augment Library
Seven new mathematical additions
have been made to the Weatherford
High School Library. The additions
are as follows:
Sets, Sentences, and Operations
terns
Understanding Numeration Sys-
Topology, The Rubber - Sheet Ge-
ometry
Fun With Mathematics
Number Patterns
The Pythagorean Theorem
Invitation to Mathematics
These books were composed with
the combined efforts of Dona van A.
Johnson, Head of Mathematics De-
partment at the University of Minne-
sota, and William H. Glenn, Mathe-
matics Supervisor of Pasadena City
Schools. Pasadena. California.
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