1931 The Chronicle Sophie B. Wright High School, New Orleans LA Yearbook/Annual

Original February 1931 issue of The Chronicle, the student annual from Sophie B. Wright High School, New Orleans, Louisiana. Features class portraits, essays, humor columns, and great period advertising from classic NOLA businesses (Katz & Besthoff, Solari’s, Feibleman’s, Eichling’s Avenue Floral Co., etc.).

• Interior title page: Class of February 1931

• Class colors: Pink & Blue

• Class motto: “To Be, Rather Than to Seem — Esse Quam Ideri”

• Content highlights: Senior/officer portraits (WHS 1931 crest), “Bee-Dee’s Advice to the Lovelorn,” local business ads, student writing and campus life.

📐 Approx. 11" x 8.5", stapled softcover, unpaginated (appears complete).
Condition: Presentable fair/good for age—cover shows edge wear, small chips/tears and toning; light foxing/handling to pages; staples intact and pages clean/legible. See photos.
🔎 Note: The cover design includes a stylized “February 1931”; the interior clearly states Class of February 1931 (this listing is for the 1931 annual).

A scarce piece of New Orleans school & business history, ideal for SBW alumni families, local historians, and ephemera collectors.

Named for: Sophie B. Wright (1866–1912) — a pioneering New Orleans educator, reformer, and advocate for public education for women.

When it opened, Sophie B. Wright High School was indeed an all-girls public high school. It was established specifically to provide young women in New Orleans with access to higher-level academic and vocational education — something fairly progressive for the early 1900s. The school originally focused on commercial, secretarial, and home economics training, but it also offered full academic programs that prepared graduates for teaching or university study.

The school operated for decades as “Sophie B. Wright Girls’ High School.” It was one of the city’s most respected public schools for girls, with a strong reputation for discipline, scholarship, and civic involvement.