El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-18
SAM HOUSTON
ANNUAL DINNER
Debating Society Boys Get
Together for Banquet and
Listen to Talks.

The sam Houston Debating society
of the FL Paso nigh school enjoyed its
fifth annual banquet Friday night, IN
the private dining room of Hotel Paso
del Norte- The tables were arranged
in a rectangie and were decorated with
a runner Of asparagus ferns and sprays
Of California pepper trees. red berry
laden with red and white carnations
scattered over these. The runner eN-
tended the entire length of the table.
ABOUT the room were vases ulled with
red and white carnations and ferns.
The banquet was very jolly affair
Eugene Thurston, the retiring president
He was introduced by Robert Jolly and
gave a brief summary Of the history OF
the sam Houston society's annual ban
Quets and introduced the incoming
president. Harry A Welsch-
The new president asked the copoer-
alton Of ali the society members in
making the coming year bigger and
better one for the society. He said that
his platform would be more debates,
with larger number of society mem
bers vitality interested in the work for
which the society stood
Principal A. H. Hughey spoke in high
praise OF the society and the traditions
back Of it. He said that the Sam
Houston Debating society had made as
fine a record Of achievement as any
high school debating society in the
state, and also commended the members
Of the society for the high standard
Of personal conduct maintained in their
school life.
Eugene Harris, an alumni Of the high
school and of the sam Houston Debat-
9ng society: spoke OF the value to the
individual in literary society member
ship, both in high school and in uni
Versity life, compared with fraternity
membership He spoke of the democ-
racy OF the literary society compared
with the fraternity and of the broader
opportunities for development offered
BY work IN the literary society.
Miss Ruth NJ. Augur talked on the
in Al mr.
ganization bearing an equal part of the
work OF the Organization-and the
personal development gained from or
Superintendent r, J. Tighe praised
the work Of the literary society as a
part OF the high school work and said
that all the students of the public
speaking department should belong to
literary societies also. Mr.. Tighe sug-
Sested that stronger individual devel-
opment could be gained by having more
literary societies with smaller member
ships IN each and more competition
among the societies.
POSTMASTER Thurston then called
upon the incoming secretary. William
Bias, who spoke in appreciation OF the
honor given him in the office to which
he had been elected and of his hope TO
make this year successful one for the
Robert Wulff, the incoming program
chairman, spoke Of the Importance of
cooperation IN programs for the meet
Of the members in attending the meet
lngs regularly and participating in the
programs
Harold Coldwell. an alumni Of the
Schooi and former president OF the So
ciety, spoke of the loyalty of the alum
~ 10 the school and society and paid a
trloute 10 Keynote Hunter, the pres
ldenI OF the society for the last half
OF last year, who is now a student in /
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech l
nology.
Harry Schumacher, of the class of
houston Debating society
Among those present Al the banquet
we're principal and Mrs. A. H Hughey,
superintendent r. J. Tighe Misses IA :
re Mae Loretz, LaVon Sorrells. Blanche
Roes Ida Hunter. TaIIulah Ellis. Fran
ces Earle, Daisy McVey. Esther IN
cham, Helen Reading, Elizabeth Haw-
slns, Jessie Ewart. Phyllis LOrig. Mary I
Heermans, Harriet Heermans Mary
Ilneher. Edith Robertson, Thelma Spi- 4
melll, Lucille -CrenshaW, Rebecca Maetze.
kaIhleen Perkins. Madeline Birnev. Ju-
la Morse and Ruth n Augur. Messrs. /
Eugene Harris, H A Welsch Eugene
Inurston. Harold COldweI Henry 4
schumacher, Robert Wuiff. Robert JoI- i
", William Bias, John Schaffer. Eugene 4
a Womeldorf, Ralph Peterson Hugo
Becker. Lemuel c. Smith. jr-. Charles
a Thurston, George ". McCIure-
wayne Garrett, Paul MCQUEEN. Earl !
Evans. Harold Depew, Claude PrIJde 4
Leland Bartlett. Frank Scotch, If. Ma l
4 41oI, robertson Rolston Cooper and /