The Seagull, Yearbook of Port Arthur High School, 1916 Page: 28
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History of First Mid-Year Class
This class is small but we live up to the proverb, "little but loud." We
are such a remarkable class that it will be best to talk first of individual char-
acteristics and then of our qualities as a whole.
The first one that comes into my mind is Ruth Bammert, who has been a
member of this class ever since it left the kindergarten. Ruth is not a mathe-
matical shark but she certainly "hands over the goods" as an artist.
Jeannette Carter is the next one to be considered. Like Ruth, she has
been with us from the primer up. She is our musician and when it comes to
:'tickling the ivories" she will always take the prize.
Elizabeth Dunstan came here from Mississippi and joined our class in the
tenth grade. Lizzie is the only girl athlete but she makes up the other girls'
part for she has been captain of the girls' basketball team and has piloted it
to continual success.
Rolland Lawrence is also a new recruit, having joined us in the seventh
grade. Rolland is a singer, catoonist, and mathematician, but he intends to
specialize in cartooning and designing. He is President of our class and also of
the Barbarossa, Secretary of the Glee Club, Junior Commissioner and Art
Editor of the Seagull.
The fifth member of this famous class is John Rader. John came to us
from the country school, which can readily be seen by a glance at his feet, he
has always done his best and has made very good grades. He is a second-class
football player, but intends to be a first-class one next year, indulges some-
what in track, but has too much Dutch to make any records, excepting, how-
ever, the mile.
Another one of our new members is Francis Rushing, who annexed him-
self when we were in the tenth grade. He is a debater of no small skill, an
artist and general good worker. Francis is also a good football player, but
takes part in no other athletics.
Last, but not least, is Herbert Willard, or as his friends call him, "The
Colonel." Herb, who is one of the charter members, is very quiet but when
he is called upon he can usually give the desired information. The Colonel
plays football like a demon and we certainly hope that when he comes back
next year he will have gained some weight so that he can play like two
demons. In his studies he has no favorites but is excellent in them all.
Some people think that because a class is small it will not have any
advantages, but in spite of our fewness in number we have many good quali-
ties, which give us the advantage over the others, for example our extreme
good lookingness, also we are great students, as our report cards and also our
teachers, will testify.
-J. F. R., '17.
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Port Arthur High School. The Seagull, Yearbook of Port Arthur High School, 1916, yearbook, 1916; Port Arthur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139823/m1/32/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Port Arthur Public Library.