The Junior Historian, Volume 15, Number 6, May 1955 Page: 27
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THE JUNIOR HISTORIAN
THIS MONTH'S EDITORIAL
Miss Louise Kelly, writer of this
month's editorial, is sponsor of the Jun-
ior Historian chapter in the Wichita
Falls High School. She took her B.A.
degree at Trinity University, and did
work toward the M.A. degree at the
University of California, Berkeley,
North Texas State Teacher's College,
and the University of Texas. Miss Kel-
ly presided at the morning session of
the annual Junior Historian meeting in
Austin on April 30.
SAM BASS: FROM LAWMAN
TO OUTLAW'S GRAVE
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death would soon come, Bass shouted,
"Let me go!"
After closing his eyes a few moments,
Bass opened them and exclaimed, "T'he
world is bobbing around me!" They
were his last words. It was July 21,
1878, his twenty-seventh birthday. Thus
ended one of Texas' most sensational
crime careers.
The legendary Sam Bass already was
in the making. In folklore, Sam soon
became a cowboy hero who refused to
betray his pals, a Robin Hood who
eluded pursuers with ease and shared
his gold without stint. Of the many
desperadoes of the frontier he was re-
membered as the "beloved bandit."
Sam Bass's first tombstone, placed
by a sister, reads: "Samuel Bass, born
July 21, 1851; died July 21, 1878. A
brave man reposes in death here. Why
was he not true?" Souvenir hunters
have carried away this monument, piece
by piece, but the city of Round Rock
erected a new marker. Obviously the
citizens are determined not to let the
memory of Sam Bass die.
The Old Land Office Building, on the
southeast corner of the capitol grounds
in Austin, was erected in 1856 at a cost
of $19,700. It is said to have been
copied from a castle on the Rhine River
in Germany.HISTORY OF BALL HIGH
SCHOOL
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ties of a battalion at Ball High investi-
gated. The question of a corps at Ball
was voted on and passed by the trustees
and the first instructors were assigned
in the fall of 1935. Great strides have
been made in the field since that time,
and at the present the battalion's rifle
team ranks among the first high school
rifle teams in the state.
Since approximately 1945, Ball High
School has been the oldest public school
in use in the state. Faculty and admin-
istration members, as well as students,
began to realize that, through the years
of usage and service and due to changes
in educational methods and facilities,
the old Ball High was outmoded and
badly in need of many repairs.
Recognizing the need of a more ade-
quate and up-to-date school, Mr. J.
Davis Hill, superintendent of the Gal-
veston Public School District, began an
all-out campaign to wake the people of
Galveston up to the pressing needs of
the high school pupils. After much
publicizing and campaigning, a $4,-
ooo,ooo bond issue was passed by the
taxpayers of Galveston to fulfill this
need and construct two new high
schools, for both white and negro stu-
dents. This issue was passed on April I,
1950, and immediate plans were begun
for construction. On March 15, 1954,
the building was completed and students
of Ball High School entered a school
that is considered to be one of the most
modern in the Southwest.
In tradition and loyalty Ball is the
same beloved school that has seen thou-
sands of pupils pass through its doors
to become wiser and more capable citi-
zens of their community, state, and
country. The school alma mater will
never be sung without the thoughts of
pupils traveling back many years to a
man who cared enough to establish a
permanent institution of study for "my
boys and girls." The school makes an
unusual story, the ending of which
actually marks the beginning.27
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