The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1950 Page: 2 of 4
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WESTERNER WORLD
WELL, AT LEAST i TRIED l
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STRAIGHT/ THIS
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STAND UP
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Beautiful Building; Ugly Campus?
Have you noticed the campus of Lub-
bock Senior High school recently? It
could really undergo a good cleaning.
This writer took an inspection tour
of the campus Monday morning. Every
place that was looked upon—and that
was the entire school block—was lad-
en with papers and trash. The bottoms
of the hedges and shrubbery that sur-
round the school cannot be seen be-
cause there are so many papers around
them.
The new open patio is already
covered with papers. The grass in it
must be nearly a foot high in spots.
The open patio that has been here all
the time looks a little better than the
new one. The only thing found there
was sxraw leit trom tne stocK exmoit
last week.
The once beautiful closed patio has
beep marred by papers and dirt on the
wooden box, a tin can, and papers in the
fountain.
At tne normwest entrance limos
that had oeen cut trom trees were
seen. Also mere are a greax many
weeds m max corner or tne diock.
A laacter was round behind the snruo-
bery at me main entrance. neaKing
fawcexs were round just west or tne
front part or me building and at tne
end of the sidewalk to the west en-
trance. These leaks cause mud holes,
each with a radius or about three reet.
Candy wrappers,, large pieces of
wrapping paper, comic and news-
papers, and pop Dottles were the things
found around the shrubbery. Most of
this trasn would not be there it tne
students would be more careful about
what they do with their candy wrap-
pers and other trash.
If the students could take a little
time to clean tne grounds, me campus
would soon iook good enough to be-
long to tne oeautirui senior nign
school building, as it is, tne campus is
a disgrace to the building. If students
would just realize that the wrapper
from a candy bar isn’t to be thrown
on the campus but instead into the
wastebasket, i the grounds probably
wouldn’t be dirty. It’s our school and
our campus. Their appearance reflects
the character of the users. It’s left up
to us, the students of Lubbock Senior
High school. What are we going to do
about it? What are YOU going to do
about it?
A Code Oik Tbe &acL?
Cure For Cold; Don’t Get One
Dot a code in de ead? Do you often
feel the urge to blow? Do your eyes
flow like the Mississippi? Are your
friends beginning to avoid you? Is a
common cold ruining your romance?
Don’t let this happen to you!
First supply yourself with a half
( dozen boxes of tissues then dose up on
cold tablets; if this does not get the
desired results add an asprin or two
or three, mostly three. Next, if a hack-
ing cough develops, take a box of cough
drops, spray your throat continously,
:and tear a strip from grandpa’s flan-
nels, smear it with salve, and make a
poultice for your chest.
As a last resort try old faithful nose
drops. Four drops in each nostril every
ten minutes, then alternate three and
four in every other nostril for the next
thirty minutes, then put two in one and
four in the other every twenty minutes
on the odd hours.
What’s the matter? You aren’t over
that cold yet? You must have read the
directions wrong.
But as most doctors advise, the only
sure cure for a cold is not Jto catch
one.
Off The Rack
by Hubert Waddiil
All the girls tote little cases.
Designed for making up their faces.
I wish they had some other kinds
Designed for making up their minds.
The Blackhawk
* ■ * *
“‘Best policy’ works with only a
nickel’, so says The Daily Lass-O. For
further explanation this incident from
the Texas State College for Women
follows:
On a desk in one of the rooms in the
Administration Building is a nickel.
Under the coin is the penciled note,
“If you are honest, you will leave this
here.”
Though someone has scribbled “Bad
as I need muney this hant funy,” the
nickel and note have remained un-
touched for a week. ’
* * *
Where there’s a will, there's a re-
lative.
Tulsa School Life
book’s publishers said.
Oh, well, those of us who are not
fortunate in seeing our names there
this year can always look forward to
next year. Then the odds might be
10,000-to-4.
* * * *
Good Average:
Anxious mother: “I’m glad to have
you home from college. Did you pass
everything?
Son: “Everything but two Dodges
and I still think they must have had
airplane engines in ’em.”
Tiger Tips
* * *
“The open book is the key to know-
ledge and justice, founded upon a
shield of honor.”
This is the legend of the proposed
emblem unanimously chosen to be re-
commended to the Plainview High
school students by the Student Coun-
cil.
* * *
From Chicago, by way of The Corral,
we see that “the odds against getting
your name in Who’s Who in America
are 10,000-to-3, despite an increase in
the size of the 1950-51 volume, the
This seal, or emblem, maybe used on
all school stationery, senior invitations,
diplomas and certificates, the mast-
head of The Plainview and The Plains-
man, and on all trophies.
The Plainsman
'P&ewi
‘P/to&ek
Climb Aboard A Soap Box:
Well, after a postponement and an-
other lenkthy week has dragged by, the
long-looked-forward-to day of Wester-
ner Round-Up has suddenly sprung up-
on us. We shall clamber atop our soap
box now to explain why students en-
joy this trip into the past, lingering a
whole day. The most important, the
foremost, the most talked about is, of
course, the homwork situation.
By Pharr The Best:
Since this here subject is by Pharr
the best to talk ’bout, by Pharr the most
unliked, and by Pharr the worst in L.
H. S., it’s what makes Round-Up so
longed Pharr. That’s why we decided to
treat this in a se-pa-rate paragraph.
Why? Cause this here’s the day when
most (?) teachers fail to sign home-
work. At least we hope that’s true; they
know us too well to know that we’ll get
it.
Must Be a Good Ole Limb:
We’re stickers for a going out on a
limb; so we can’t keep, from a telling
why we jest then used our name in-
stead of “far” in the a preceding para-
graph. Ya’ see; it’s kinda like this: Some
of the looks of the “L” association mem-
bers have been sort of thawing out
lately. But ya’ know, we jest got so us-
ed to those frigid glares that the mild
weather seems so unusual somehow.
And then we hit—we’ll probably feel
like we’ve really been hit when this
here is read—upon the idea of using’ a
pun on our name because we didn’t
want the “L” association to forget us.
So we did it! ... Really, though, it’s
all in fun.
Back To Grammar:
Gettin’ back to the original subject of
why we like Round-Up—yep, we’ve
certainly led our horse off a the beaten
trails today—another reason is that we
can jest disregard our grammar and re-
sume the true (?) western lingo. We’ve
kinda tried to lead up to this here
thing grad-u-a-ly in them paragraphs
above. Don’t no weather we seceded or
not, but we’re almost afraid to enter
Miss Irene Armes’s domain this after-
noon. Has anybody an English class for
hire?
Shure Do Look Puriy:
One of the main attractions at this
here annual avent—we didn’t no
weather it were e-vent or a-vent—is
them typical western regalia. Every-
one shure do look purty today. At least
from all that there gossip we been a
listening’ to, we think this here must
be true of you all.
Oh, Feed Me Nov/:
While talkin’ ’bout gossip, we’uns be-
lieve you all’ve probably passed by
pub office some time during this here
week. Any of you’uns—especially these
who’ve been a griping ’bout the gossip
and that there joke stiuation—who’d
like to, there’s a little box outside the
door with a kitty draped ’bout it. Now
this here kitty is jest a beggin’ for you
all to feed it somethin’—but please don’t
go ’n feed it candy like someone at the
P.-T. A. did. Well guess this here’s it;
so we ll be a gallopin’ off till next week.
Texas in February:
February 25—Etaweaze Turner, Kath-
leen Lacy, George Beerry
26— Wanda Campbell
27— Alene Mitchell
28— Carl I n c e, Margaret
Smith
29— Donnie Maxwell Dean
fykieti tf-atktaliei.
Rocket Wrecks
Recent Record
Do you like to travel?
If you answer this question “yes,”
then you should have been along with
your reporter on his last adventure.
Heading his “Rocket 8888” straight up,
he soon attained the remarkable speed
of light, 186,000 miles a second. This
course was kept for ten years. By this
time the almost unheard-of height of
58,697,136,000,000 miles had been reach-
ed.
Your reporter set his nerves, and
determined to answer the scientific
question, “Does this height make you
dizzy?” Looking down, nothing could
be seen; therefore, your reporter did
not get dizzy. After this remarkable
experience and discovery, the rocket’s
nose pointed earthward again. t
What awaits your reporter when his
new model “Rocket 88888” is finally
completed?
_ Friday, February 24, 1950
Monsieur Henri French
Besides Other LStudies
“Parlez-vous francais?” Well, maybe
not, but Harry really does. Althhough
only a junior, Harry Estill regularly
attends a class in second year college
French.
Between 8 and 9 every Monday, Wed-
nesday, and Friday, Harry goes to Tech
to take the course which he started
back in his home town, St. Louis. He
gets along very well with his fellow
Techsans—not to mention his many
friends at L.H.S.
Of course Harry has many and varied
other interests also. He’s the prexy of
his guidance and a member of the Hi-
Y, Golf, and Latin clubs. He plays the
piano and enjoys golf and stamp-col-
lecting too.
Monsieur Henri also is a fairly ra-
bid sports enthusiast. This year he’s
played forward and end on the Cow-
hand basketball and Pioneer football
squads respectively. And back in St.
Louis he lettered in both of those sports
and was the captain of his “B” baseball
team.
Quite an active garcon (just plain
'‘guy” to you), this commuter between
Tech and L.H.S.!
luy MdHC4f,
Some bright soul must think we’re
hungry or have a marvelous (?) sense
of humor. The kitty out in front of pub
office is to be fed with gossip and news,
not gum and candy. Thank you for the
candy, anyway.
On Monday Palmer June Anderson
and Ted Wallace had been engaged two
years. He gave her orchids for the oc-
casion.
* * *
Dark-haired Mildred Giles is going
steady with Bobby “Rocket” Day.
Saw Bettie Brown and Zoe Merri-
man cruising around the drive-in Sun-
day.
John Pittman and Ruth Breazeale
discovered that they went to the same
school, were in the same room, and had
the ^une teacher when they lived in
El Paso. Both were in the fifth grade
at Cooley School. They didn’t know
each other then.
* * *
James Grace and Shirley Thompson
were seen at the game Saturday night.
Jackie Smith, new junior vice-presi-
dent, was escorted to the B-Hi-U-Sweet-
heart banquet by Billy Harpole.
Marilyn Ewing was escorted by Travis
Bayne, a new student in L.H.S.
* * *
Connie Phillips has been writing
Calvin Davis who is attending college
in Fort Worth.
Alene Mitchell dated Lestine Moss
Saturday and Sunday.
Rodney Roper dated Bettye Power
over the week-end.
Gerre Bedford and Kenneth Owen
are sporting a couple of new steady
sweaters. They wore them to the game
Saturday night.
* * *
Juanelle Tisdel has a date tonight
with Virgil Kelly, her steady from Ab-
ernathy. Ditto for Vonda Ray and Ed
her steady. (
We saw Benny Ray Short playing
tennis with tiny Barbara Sanders on
Dupre courts Sunday afternoon.
Carrot-top Jack Weldon and Wanda
La Fon have our vote for being one of
the cutest couples in L. H. S. They were
together Sunday afternoon.
* * *
James Grace is quite proud of his
growing physique. He is taking a
Charles Atlas course on becoming a
muscle man.
Billy Wright and Frank Ford are en-
gaged in a bit of friendly rivalry over
tjie affections of Pat Abernathy.
Diana Darden is back in school after
being out ten days with the mumps.
* * *
Pat Martin gave the occupants of her
convertible a windy ride coming home
from Lamesa Friday night. Sandra
Toombs, Kitty Hinchey, and Pat Man-
sell rode back with her with the top
down. No curls, girls?
Boys Not The Same
As In Good Old Days;
Defy Nature Laws
Have you ever wondered why boys
do some of the things they do? The
following is supposed to give you some
idea:
THE BOY
After a male has grown out of long
dresses and triangles, and has acquired
pants, freckles and so much dirt that
relatives don’t care to kiss it between
meals, it becomes a boy.
A boy is Nature’s answer to the false
belief that there is no such thing as
perpetual motion. A boy can run like a
deer, swim like a fish, climb like a
squirrel, balk like a mule, bellow like
a bull, or eat like a pig, according to
climatic conditions.
The world is so full of boys that it’s
impossible to touch off a firecracker,
strike up a band, or pitch a ball with-
out collecting a thousand of them.
A boy is a piece of skin stretched
over an appetite. However, he eats
only when he is awake. Boys imitate
their Dads in spite of all efforts to
teach them good manners. You can
absolutely rely on a boy if you know
what to expect.
Boys are very durable! A boy, if
not washed too often, and if kept in
a cool quite place after each accident
will survive ‘broken bones, hornet’s
nests, swimming holes, and five help-
ings of pie.
When he grows up he’ll trade puppy
love, energy, warts, bashfulness, and a
cast-iron stomach for a bay window,
pride, ambition, pretense and a bald
head and will immediately begin to
say that “Boys aren’t what they used
to be in the good old days.”
Lejeune Phillips Interprets
Texas State Constitution
Everybody gets mixed up once in a
while, and Lejeune Phillips’s turn came
Friday in her fourth period American
history class.
While studying the Texas constitu-
tion, the fact came to light that a per-
son couldn’t be tried twice for the same
crime in the same court. Lejeune slight-
ly misunderstood the statement.
She piped up, “You mean, if you com-
mitted two murders, you couldn’t be
tried for the second one?”
The Westerner World
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Editor ------------------ Joy Pharr
Associate editor-----Mary Frances Forkner
Feature editor ------------ Bettye Power
Co-Sports editor^ --------------- Richard Hitt and
Donnie Dean
Special reporters . _______________ ._ Nell Peel
Alene Mitchell, Pat Bolinger,
A1 Alschuler, Ruth Breazeale,
Shirley Cartwright, and Nancy McKissack
Cub reporters Neal Friets,
Bruce Hamilton, Patricia Norman,
Sammy Wallace, Louise Davis,
Glenn Rainer, Juanelle Tisdel,
Neil Vaughn and Vonda Ray
Photographers----- ------- Glenn Rainer
Cartoonists-----Bruce Hamilton, Bassel Wolfe
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Hobbs, Bruce Hamilton, and Elizabeth
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