Lincoln Whittier Junior High 1927 Yearbook

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May 20, 1927

Juhli!i~rh by &qr llqittirr 3Juuior ~tgq g,rqool

1ljiurolu, Nehra1Ika

FOREWORD

WITH PRIDE A D PLEASURE THE WHITTIER JU IOR HIGH SCHOOL OFFE RS THIS SECO D UMBER OF "THE GREEN LEAF." IF TO THE STUDE TS IT RECALLS SOME OF THE HAPPY HOURS OF WORK AND PLAY IN THE PAST YE .L\ R, A D TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IT GI VES A BETTER U DERSTA DI G OF THE A IM A D EXTE T OF THE VARIED ACTIVITIES OF THE SCHOOL, IT WILL HA VE FULFILLED ITS PURPOSE.

DEDICATION

THIS SECO D ANNUAL NUMBER OF THE WHITTIER GREE LEAF IS AFFECTIO ATEL Y DEDICATED TO MISS EMMA S YDER, WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH TO ORGA IZE A D BUILD UP OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY. AS OUR LIBRARIAN, SHE H A S PROVED HERSELF THE FRIE D, ADVISER, AND HELPER OF EVERY STUDE T I THE SCHOOL. TO TEACHERS A D PUPILS ALIKE SHE HAS SHOW 1 UNFAILI;-..JG COURTESY AND KI D ESS , SO THAT A LL WHO COME WITHIN THE RA G ::. OF HER I FLUE CE FEEL THE CHEE RI G WARMTH OF HER SYMPATHY. I TEREST, AND PRACTICAL HELPFUL ESS.

Mrs E~nn :'\YDER

1R. CULLER SEL.'.\1.-\ A H ULT

The Faculty

C. L. Ct:LLER, Prinrip al SEL\IA A. H n.T, Assistant Prin cipal

RE X D. B..\I L EY

MR Evn Y~ A. B HR0\\"3

ABBIE E. BE \RDS L EY

A .· :-: .\ H. BETHU:\"E

MRS. L EzE K. Bo3CHULT

ETHEL BRY .\:\"T

\VI SSIE RuRKE

• ' ELLIE M. CL..\RK

;\ETTIE 1. C'O\\' \:\"

1 , RIE L. CROSS

GR .\CE E. CURLEY

EUDOR .\ D .\Y

ALICE M. DEE

MARY EDGl:-;"GTON

H0~1ER L. G \~1~111.L

BERTH..\ L. GREE

DoR o T :: y GREE:-:

MRS. A'.\lY GR BB

1Rs. P E \RL I. H .\UGi-i

C. RL H E3 TO:\"

GR \CE L. HO OPER

\Yr L L A HUFF'.\!..\:\"

EDITH ~I. ] OH :-: ~O :\"

MRS. Eu1.\ S. ]O:\"ES

OLIVE H. K ELLER

E'.\11LY Kr:-:c

BERTH..\ L.nrn .\RT

\V. F. McMu LLE:\"

E~nl..\ 1ADSE:-;-

L1LLY .\X M. 1\1., LO:-:E

M..\TI "IE 1 U ~I FO RD

K.\THRYX M u::-;:-:

REX A. i\ I LE3

A:-:::-;A E OnHoFF

C A. PE:\"TO:\"

E'.\l!LY M. P ETER~O:'-:

\IR BES A. P HILLIPS

l\1Rs R uTH Pr:\":\"EY

CL..\RE:-:CE S. PORTER

Ec .· rcE L. PRE STO:-:

MILDRED E. R OBERTS

LE .\rl. CHOFIELD

E:-.n1.-\ E. S:-:YDER

G. \ V UPDEGR..\FT

:--.: ~:S:CY M. \ V .\TERS

M RG .\RET L. \ VJLSOX

MARY P. \ VILSO:S:

ETHEL MAY \ Vooo

A:-;-:-: .\ Ev .\:,; , O/fire 11 ssistant

THE GREE LEAF

THE GREEN LEAF

en-re LEAGUE OFFIC E R FIRST SL\IE TER BOYS

GIRLS

B ·nr M ob ley .............. Pre sident Doris \Vilk in s Pre si dent

L o" ell B oo mer ........ Vic e-Pre siden t · Ruth Turner .. .. .... . Vice-President

:u ervin \ Verrell .. ... ...... Secretary Ca therine i\ eal Secretary

Chairm e n of Committ ee s Chairm en of Ccmmittees

L eo 11cMah o n . . ... . . ... Pl aygro und Vernetta Zimrr.erel e .. . .. . Pl ayground

Homer Turn e r .............. Service Lucille Pa vey ... .... ........ Service

Dcnald arbach .. .. .. .. .. .. P rog r am Es trid Ander so n . ..... . ..... P rogram

George P entico .. .. ...... .. . P ro pert y En lyn D :e rk . . .. .. ... . ... Propert y

B e rn a rd Tonner Safety Ruth Adams Safety

Eug en e Hen::ler so n L oyal t y Charlotte \Veb s ter L oya lt y

CIVIC LEAGU E OFFICERS SECO.'.'\D SE 1 1IE STE R

G IRL S BOYS

Catherine eal Pre sident Homer Turner Pre sident

Ruth Scofield . .. . .... . . Vice -Pr esiden t Nea l B ro"·n . ......... Vice -Pre siden t Eloi e Dobb s ............. . Secretary R obert Ander on ....... . .. Secretary

Chairm en of Committ ee s Chairm e n cf C r 111111 i tt ee s

.A ltine H a hn Playground H a rve y Lanm a n Pl aygrou nd

Dorothy l\1obley . . . . . . . . . . . . . ervice Harold pen cer . .... ........ . Service

Chri stin e Ferguso n P rogram h ichard B ac ks t rom P rogram

r\1ar ga ret l\1 a n ches te·· Propert y R o bert Teten · P roperty

Lucille Maj or afety Elyw n A s hford. afe t y

1artha Her shey Loyalty \ Voo d row White Loyalt y

[ P \ GE EIGHT]

T he Civic League

"As rou older students kno" ·, our CiYic League "·as started in the fall of the year 1<::; 13 by lVIr. Fred ~1. Hunter, at that time Superintendent of Schools of Lincoln. and 1 Ir. \ Valter \Vhitten, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. "·ith the interest and approval of many prominent business men of Lincoln. The purpose " as to form a plan "·hereby the schools and the business men hould co-operate in making it possible for the boys and girls of L:ncoln to become more familiar "·ith the industrial and ci,·ic life of the community.

"Ever~· Civic League member "·ho has caugh t the spirit of this organization kno,n that, in order to continue to meet the duties of a good citizen. he must ha, ·e at leas t a high school education, so it should be the aim of every one of us to keep up our ,York and make our credits at the end of every semester.

" ' Vhit t ier is a small t0\n1 in itself. E, ery to\\·n has its bums, its loafers and its slackers, and so has \Vhittier. Those boys a n d girls "·ho loaf and play and do not try to ge t their studies, are not good citizens of our school to\\·n. When -ou say 'I am a member of the Civic League', it mean 'I am a good citizen' , and a good citizen is not a bum or a loafer. We ci t izens of this school are not goin g to have these bums and loafers. \Ve are going to inspire t hem t o be bet t er, more respectable , desirable, truthful, \YOrthy ci t izens of our community. ·

"YVe some t imes hear it said that our education is to fit us for our future life , but t he present time is just as importan t as some fu t ure t ime; \H are living now n o t merely preparing to live, and if we keep these traits of an undesirable school citizen, we ,Yill gro"· up into manhood and ,mm an hood as undesirable citizens of the United States \ Ve are right now molding our lives, making the foundation, and setting our habits for the crises " ·hicl1 will surely come in our lives, so let's start right. It is not too late to mend our bad traits. Let's make , Vhittier an outstanding school community." -Ornted from the speech of Billy Mobley, deliYered when he wa sworn in as president of the Boys Civic League for the first semester

Color Day

l Our fourth an nu al Color ' Bay ,n held December 3, 1926. every activity of \,\ hittier improns " ·ith every new occasion enjoy las t Color Day be tter than any other.

It seems as though E Yerrone seemed to

Our Color Da~· programs are ahnys very interesting and made up by \Vhitti er pupils Our last assembly pro g ram ,n s opened with a se lect ion by the preparatory orche::tra, directed by }Ii ss l\J unn. Doris \Vilkins then t old what our Color Day stood for and th at " ·e ha, ,e :\Ir. Culler, :\Jiss Da~' a nd th e t"·o sis ters named Green, and n o,,· ,n are looking for someone by the name of :\Ir. or ::\Irs. Black to carry out our color scheme. She next introduced the first speaker of the afternoon , Donald arbach, n-ho told ,Yhy ,..-e ha \' e Color Day, and its value.

He ~tarted by telling "·hy \Vhittier has o much , alue for the pupils and " hy they are so proud o f it '· \ Vhittier has value because "·e, th e stud ents of ,vhitt :n, sponsor its clubs. o rganize its Ci, ic League and plan its games \V e design Whittier's enterpri es, therefore our school has more value to us just as earned money has more , alue than m a ne~ · that is g i ven to us." The next part of his speech was "the mean:n g of green and black " Firs t. he said , "The green recalls the emerald which is u~ualh · "·orth from o ne t o fin tim e as much as a diamond of equal size a nd value. Green, thus symb o lizes qual it y. It had been a custom in old }I exico t o ,nar green a - a .· mb o l of ruler s hip and po\\ er. \ Ve might associa t e th at custom here in school , ho"·ing that ,n are th e rulers of \Vhitt ier's future, reputation , and success Just a green cap are "·om by ninrsity fre hmen, the 7 B's may partly take green as their color to sho,,· that th ey are nm· to \Vhitti er. The 9A ' s may claim the black " hich shmvs that they ha \ e comple ted their ,rnrk. It may also s t a nd for the bit of sorro\\· that enry 9 A has in leaving his school." Donald closed his speech by aring that , "_ •o other Juni or high school, no matter where it is located o n the globe could ever measure up to the studen t 's best friend, ' 'Vhitti er' "

The next peaker, Estrid Ander son , told us of the "Spir it and Traditions of \Yhittier". ._ he t old us t o imagine a mere building trying to sern a . a school; a school " here th ere are no games, spor t s, assemblies, spirit, gymnasiums or loyalty to the sc hool and bet,nen the s tud e nt bod, · and the facul tr ; a chool that provides no entertainment for its pupils nor furni hes a playground. "A school like this." s he said , ' \rnuld be one " ·hich had ne:ther spiri t nor tradition , and a school in which life ,rnuld be nry unpleasant." Es trid finished by telling that if we renew our pledge of loyalty to\\ hittier and ,rnrk in its behalf, ,n n-ill in later years look back on our junior high chool days as days of joy, "·ork, spirit, and health. ,ve " ill look back on the school " hose slogan is, "Y\ hittier , o n th e Square."

B illv ~Lobley th e n in trodu ced our third and last peaker, Glendon Johnston. He spok~ on "H-o"· \Vhitti er Look - t o a - e,nomer. " He, being a 7 B, cer t a inl y made a good job of esplaini n g jus t ho,v ,vhittier looks. He began by saying that no one could fail t o notice th e beauty of our Junior High as it seem , "a door of opportunit y" opening up o n a flight of s t airs t o be climbed by th e s tudent' s efforts. After a ..-err hort time the ne,n omer finds th e Whittier spirit and becomes a real friend to th~ Green and Black He sai d , ":VI a n y cha n ces for success are staring every pupil in the face and it is his duty t o make " hat he ,rnuld of th em. "

During the assembly " e sa n g our tn-o ,vhittier song . led. by ::VIr . Ph illips . Our a sembly " a cl osed ·,, ith ano th er number by th~ orches tr a .

-Donald Sarbach

THE GREEN LEAF

Mr. Rex D. Bailey

A year ago }Ii ss R o u sseau was dra\\·n from "\ Vhittier to be th e principal of the Tew R andolph elementan- school. This nar we lose 11 r. Rex D. B ailey, who goe~ t o be princ·pal of th e Junior High School a t 26th and 0

.\Ir. B ailey came into th e Lincoln school system in I 9 I 8. For four year he t aught Indu s tri al Arts in th e ::\l cKinle, · school going from there t o 26th and O \vhere h~ had charge of th e ::\Iechanical Drawing and playground \\·ork. In r 923 he came t o the ,Vhitti er Juni or Hi gh ~chool " ·here he has had charge of the ::\l echancial Drawing and th e problem of dealing \\·ith all the bo,·s \\·ho came late t o school. ·

A t YVh:ttier he \\·ill be greatly missed, but he carries t o hi nm· field a host of cordial good \\ ishes from th ose he lea\'es behind

Fads and Fancies

::\ Iiss Evans-Chrn ing gum .

}I r. H es ton-_..\ auditor needs an adding machine

:\Jis s Os th off-shaking her finger t o help impress the mearnng

.\fiss Day-Playing ccp in the cafe t eria

.\frs cofiield-" ,Vh ere is your thim ble ?"

}I rs Grubb-"11 r. Culler· likes us t o do so a nd -o "

:di s Cross-A special clas in Latin a t 8 o'clock

}Ir. Gammill_ - enr t o be see n on third floor.

E,-el_rn Dierks-Being a lady.

Gladys B ross-A ne"· piece of je,nlry e\'ery \\·eek.

Helen , vard- ~-\ little rouge, a li ttl e po,\·der, makes th e cheek · a little louder.

.\Iiss :Hunn- "I ate, drank, slep t and dreamed the opere tt a."

Ruth Haack--"Oh ·nothing , n o thin g: !"

Bernice B e thel-Bett y ::\IcCoy, th e Lass of Lim erick To,rn.

Zeno :\I ackay-A bright cra~y -quilt s,nater.

Ca therin e eal-Ju s t o n e of th ose b ig presidents done up in a Ii ttl e package.

Homer Turner-The biggest boy in \Vhitti er wearing short pant .

Do n ald E d"·ards-Pretending t o be as s tudi ous as a professor in clas

H arvey Lannon-"That notice is " ·rang! I t old :\I iss E\ an right."

I ,·an Hoig-Dra" ing cartoons.

Demaries Hilli ard- Ruinin g the desk ,vith th e mallet

Robbie Lantz-.r\rguing in home room meeting

Ruth Sibler-Oh dear, Oh dear.

X eal Brcrn :n- aving hi energy during class to carry Vi, ian's violin h o me.

Grace ;\Iari e Phill : ps-\V riting poetry.

Sports at Whittier

The first t o urn ame nt in "·hich ,,·e played baseball, 3 IO. a 9 A room , "·o n the school champio n s h ip Later o n 3 IO ,v on another baseball t ournament The se\'en th grade also had a tournament from " ·h ich 10 5 emerge::! \'ic t oriou 3 TO rightfully claimed the sch ool champio n ship

.\" ext came the soccer t ournament . The cro\\·d ah,·ays says, "The big fello"· will " ·in" but the 9 B's defeated th e 9 A's and the gB's defeated the 8.A's. 3 0 8 and I IO played for th e school champi o nship. I IO "·on . I IO ff2S 211 S B home room.

· Y\'h:Je the 8th a nd 9 th grade "·ere playing soccer, the e, enth grade played a game ne,,· in \Vhittier , n en: r tr :ed before in the t ournaments This game \\·as T ouch In Touch, the runner is t ouche d instead of being ta ck l e::!, as in foo tb all. 3 r 8 \\·en this Touch t ournamen t.

The 8th and ()th grade · played Outdoor Basketball. Again the cro\\·d was wrong. The SA champi o ns, 220, finally defeated 3 0 + ( 9 .A) for the Outdo o r Basketball champ io n sh ip.

Speedball requires -;peed, bra·ns, cooperati c n. and ~portsman:hip. It is a mixture of football, t ouch, basketball. and nrious spor t 2 0 5 n- c n the tournament.

The g A's "·on a n other class t ourney

The girls opened the year , , ·i t h a Baseball t ournament in " hich 209 "·on the chJmpicnship. ~03 carried off th e title of Longba se champions " hiie 209 ,, on the Vollei hall t ourn2me nt.

'fhe girls also played aher school Basketball. The Reds \\·on from the Bl ack · " ith Dorothy K ing as their leader. A faculty game \\'as then played in " hich the facultr won 22-8.

Our s logan is. '·.-\ game fer every girl ,rnd a girl in every game."

-:'\ea! Br 0 wri, 9 8 , a :1d : \!tine Hah n , 9B

Her Opinion

" It 's a terrible thing t o b e a twin ," Said a little girl as she tip-t oe d in ,

"I " ·ish that so meone " ·ould come along And take my sis t er so big a nd strong,

" Becau se its a terribl e thin g, you kn O\\·, To have her folio" · \, here ve r I go And not a thing can I say or d o ! l • o"· ho"· would yo u feel if t ha t happened t o you?

" \ Vhenever the co mpany 's at the do o r , ~Ia al\\·ays se nd me t o th e s t ore, And s: ster al"·ays ge t s t o stay, And hear " ·hat the company h a to ay.

"Some tim es she goe t o visi t a friend , And I st ay home the stockings t o mend;

But " h e n \\·e' re t oge th er. \H al"·ays ,nn , So i t is n·t so bad t o be a t\\ in " -Edith mith, 9A

Know Our Twins

Leon Hunt pend s his spare t ime eating and Leta in fi gh ting to get him to help her " ash th e upper di shes.

William and \Vilber Hut c hin are as mu ch alike as " T"·eedled um " an d ' 'T,Hedledee " in " Al:ce in \ V o nderb nd. " ee th e ,nll kno\, n po se

Herald Pine is a little t aller than Gerald but a ny o n e can ~ee that Gerald i~ " bos " and ha hi s brother ,nll t a med.

Ellsn·orth Smi th is th e o nh· b or in i-, Vh itti e r t ha t has thr ee t,Yin sist e r;

Dori s and Dorothy Gaddi had t o go a \\·m· but the, · sen t th eir m a ne,· for a GREEX L EA. F: \V e mi , s th em -yet.

Eka a nd Elma Lrn·is can fool anybody . :\' o o ne can tell th em apart, or toge th er, either.

Jame s Lantz keeps ' an amused eye on J oe because J oe t alks in hi s s leep, usua lly about so me " Alice " or " Helen. "

The Whittier News

THE :\" E\YS, the monthly paper of \Vhittier, is no\\· ,Hll es t ablished. Every mon t h, editorials, poems, articles, and jokes pertain:ng to our schoolmates and t eachers, and numerous other '\nite - up " are published. These form a permanent record of all that is going on

ometimes "·e hear pupil talking abo'ut the E\YS, saying that it is the same thing every time the paper is published. These people ,nnt to be arnu~ed ,Yith pictures and cartoons, but the ~EWS is not meant to be a funm · paper; it is published for the purpose of keeping the pupils and their parents informed of the various events as they occur. ::\'" ow if these people would get out and boost for the paper and get as many subscriptions as possible, the staff " ould haYe more money and a better paper, as the staff depend entirely upon subscription money for its capital.

The ,, ay to make a snappy and "peppy" paper is for eHryone to be on the lookout for items of in t ere t \Vatch for them. If some t hing interesting happens on the playground. or in a game, or in any class , or anpYhere in the school, write it up and hand it in yourself, or speak to 1Iis Green, or to one of the staff members. If your article i not printed you may lay the fault to one of these three things: firs t , several art:cles pertaining to the same subjec t have been handed in and perhap yours \\·as not the one that ,Yas chosen; second, it may have been suitable for the paper but there "·as other news that must be rushed in as it ,rnuld have been stale by the next editi c n; third, the arti le may ha\'e been mi -placed , as there are fifteen pupils checking over the work. So when your contributions are not accepted, do not hold a grudge against the staff.

-Taken from speech of Doris \Vilkin when she was made pre ident of the Girls Civic League [

THE GREEN LEAF

!Vlr. Culler's Masterpiece

HaH you heard of the ,rnnderful \Vhitti er "NEWS"

That expounds so many logical vie"·s?

Still going to run in ' 28

\Vith nenr an issue even one day lateThe editors fret; the printers groan

They che"· paragraphs as a dog does a bone

:Miss Green "·ants two items; l\Ir. Gammill gives none

But "·ait,-I'll tell all things, and just as ther come.

Nineteen hundred and t,nnty-five

1\Iiss Rousseau ,ns then alive

Doing her duty as she saw fit

But she ,nnt to Randolph and is out of it. That was the year when, green as could be Three hundred pupils came out to see

If a better school could be found than th eir o,rn And take it from me , they surely \Yere shown.

No"· in printing a paper, I tell you thi s

Some thin g is sure to go ,nong with a hiss- -s-ss !

So "C L. C." after careful thou gh t

\Vent t o a print shop, and there he bought Rags and presses, type and ink

And to be sure his enterprise ,rnuldn ' t s ink , He hired a n instructor, contracted ,vith Righter

And \Yhen he ,ns throu gh, prospects looked brighter.

Seco nd semes t er came and ,nnt , Hundreds of copies received and sent . Seco nd semes ter plus a month gone by Subscriptions "·ere running clear sky -hi gh.

l\Iore days went by, vaca ti o n came, And found the "N E\YS" running just the same.

Thirteenth of Sep tember , school s tarted once more Pupil s entered through every door, Eager and "·ishing t o buy the "~ EWS"

Prompt ar1d ready t o hear its vie\\ s. "Ah Ha!", said C. L. C., "I guess it'll do!" As he gazed o n the t ype and the presses, too. Do [ Well, for me,-and it's all I will say, That paper's al ive a nd is thriving today! Classes have gone and teachers come on , But th e "N nvs" is as s tron g as the day it began And with each "gradua ti on" it gives a survey Of the pupils and classmates who leave us that day. But where would it be, now just thin k for a minute , If good C L. C hadn't put his faith in it?

\V ith this question I'm closing, with all due apology, ' o more " ·ill I say Let us sing the Doxology!

-Carroll Stalcup, 9A

THE GREEN LEAF

:',Jiss :\funn

Dean Pepple

ea ! B ro\\·n

L a \ "erne L amb

\\ .alclo \\ "oodside

On·ille Cole

L ouis · o \·ic o ff

Ehn·n \ shfo rd

1Ir ."Culler

} lax Simmons

z, n o :\la ckey

B"lly .-\rmstrong

Ed\\'in :\I urphy

:\I erle K ramer

E\·erett \" an ickle

R u th Saline

:\l ;irtha H ershey

H elen \\ .an!

E,·eln1 Die r ks

Th a):li e :'ll urray

:\I erle Covne

\\ "alter Dale

H omer Turner

.-\! ex chieck

Le~lie B a il ey

Frances Senn

K ath ryn B oggs

Dema1·ies Ililli an.l

Pauline Goodale

Ju anita Craig

Be ss ie 1-.:: antor

CeneYie\·e \\ "ardman

B ernice Gross

E st her H arm

Thomas To,,·nsend

De 1w er }f cClain

R obert \ n derso n

On·ille Tador

Evelvn Ga~ldi ·

Pe ar·: R anda ll

Doris K e l so

Esther Shriber

.\melia Kaler

R ache l Baker

\! tine H ah n

R uth Ri ggin

Jeanette 1, eane

:\I ayme Pe t erson

\"jyi an Cumming

Pe ar l Shank

R uth cotield

:\I elvin (;unn

The Glee Club

Ro~s Taylor

Bobby L antz

Bru ce Ducker

Tames Ke a ne

Bernard J en nings

Ruth Kech Ida Kaplan

l, a thleen Becker

Ruth H aack

\ udrey Carpenter

\lice Dill

E sther Ro se n berg

Cenrude Ellis

Helen Tohnson

DNis P ars ley

Lu ci lle P avey

R obert Teten

K a rl P ark

The music departm e nt h as been very s uc cessfu l thi s ~·ear. Tht Glee Club, " hi c h is directed hy 1 Ii s :\Iunn , ha s been ca lled o n t o sing before P T. A and a ~embl ie It is made up of people \Yh o pa ss a sa ti sfac t ory t es t in si n g in g and " ho ha, e a hi g h rec o rd in citizenship The ma : n e\'ents ,vere the mid -year fe ti, a l and t he operetta . The opere tt a, " The La ss of Limerick Tm, n '' , w as a great success. 'o me o f th e phrases used by the cas t are s till being repeated all ove r th e building

The Orpheons Cluh i for people " h o pl ay a n instrument. si n g, d a n ce, o r recite. All members of the Gl ee Club, Orche s tra , o r B a nd , as ,Hll as th ose wh o tr y o ut u ccess full y, are e li g ible fo r member.h ip. The objec t o f thi s club is t o give it s member practi ce in preparing programs a nd appeari n g before group~ .

Instrumental Music Students in Whittie r Junior High School

\'IOLIX

:.-.r \'rOn Barber

Fr.ances Carr

Ed<lie Cecan

\ "iyian Cumming

H o\\"ard Fish

I-Trnry Gerlach

Charles H alberg

Dorothy K ing

K arl ]..;:J ing

.\nna L o ng

hri ley Quillen

\ ileen R oHe

}l aurice s·h apiro

Hope \\ "hi tt emore

Adri a n Il o n o n

Gertrude L otman

B ent Peter:, o n

}I ade li ne Ouincv

}[ir iam St~;ith ·

}Iy ron S\\"ezey

S\'h i a Thomas

\\"allace \\" ay

}favn a r d }lav fie l d

L eota Cleme 1; t

:s ick Christakes

Ru sse ll X orma n Doroth\' L ee

K athr yn K e ll ey

I re ne Shep a1·d

H aze l R einhardt

D o nald \\ "o ochard

Dorothy Douglas

Elean o r H aines

El ta n or L i n dema n

Elaine Tu bman

Daniel :\lo ok

TRO}IBOXE

}I ar k B ald\\" in

\ "ernon L e,h

Harold pence r

Ri chard B ackstrom

Da \·id Hudson

L ynn Copsey

'CELLO

DorothY Field

Ruth Sibley

R o yal King

Tean P o\\·el l

Dorothy Stiastny

\l ice Giermann

CL.-\REET

Thomas Carr

II a rry Ge i ge r

}I an-in H arpe r

}I e h ·in Hunt

Bernard J en n i ngs

Glendon Joh n s ton

R ob ert s;nclair

Car l eton \\"ell s

Leonard \\ .right

Paul \\ "ard

Floyd Y oung

Donald Dresselhaus

Fugene Giermann

Don Crone

Ge o rge }I urphy

FLL"TE

}Ia rguerite Shephenl

Le ona Chase

Rollin Trail

Gtorge Goodale

B.\RITOXE

Ed \\·in }I urphy

D ar win Penrod

}Ia rion Rumbaugh

D Rl.: }IS

H a rrv \\ oods

Dona.Id L indeman

Frank \\ "ilson

PI..\XO

Grace }IcPhe rren

Esther R osenberg

Ruth } Iann

Jeannette Hamilton

S.\XOPHOXE

L o uis H ae

R av Kimmell

R ay \\" ells

Le o B ryant

I\1 usic at Whittier

CO RXET

Bo!)bie Cant

!fob H e i l ig

Francis K e ll ey

R annond L arso n

Or~·a l L o\\"e

Xelson }Iax\\" e ll

D o nald }Jun se ll

£yerett Sturmer \ rbor Th or ne

El on \\" oolcott

loh·n Reich

fl enr y Schultz

Le s te·r B ro\\"n

Quentin Quay

Leslie B aile \·

R oberta Ca\:in

}I erle II ickman

FREXCH HORN

Frank Slaymaker

}iELLOPTIOXE

\rthur Grass

Clyde \\ edge \\" oocl

Harley Durham

L inn, ! L vnxwci ler

P au l Cooley

For the first time in the history of \Vhittier, the Advanced Orchestra is meeting three times a week. The member s ~re usualh · chosen from the more adYanced pl a yers of the Preparatory Orchestra b ut others ma; , try out "·ith special permission. Mi s l\lunn, who also has charge of the Glee Clubs, is the conductor. Thi s gro up of thirty-five members has made se\ eral public appearances thi year for assemblies, Parent-Teacher's meeting s, and at the Clinton school opening. It has also a ss isted the Elective English class in several performances. The advanced Pr esco tt and vVhittier orche tra furni s hed the music at the mid-, ear commencement exercise .

The preparatory orchestra is largely composed of pupils in the instrumental cla sses and it meet s t\\ ice a \Hek. The Violin Clas s is under the instruction of Iiss Larabee and the all orchestral instrument class is tau g ht by ~Ir. Ri gh ter. There are fourteen memhers in the violin class and twelve in the instrumental cla s The purpose of the preparatory orches t ra is to prepare the pupil s for the advanced orchestra in "\Vhittier and later for the High School orchestras.

The band is an o r ga nization compo ~ed of about thi rt) · - five boys under the di rect: o n of , 1r. Ri g ht er. Th e) · have mad e nm imp o rtant public appearan ces this yea r , o n e at the mid-year festi, al in Decemb er and the other in the orchestra demontration April 29th. Each se m es ter the m os t ad, ·anc ed bo ys are t ake n from the in trumental cla and put in the band.

The Go ld Me da l

\Vhen "·e stop t o recall " ho the preTious medal " ·in ners ,Hre , ,H ,rnnder if they are continuing to sho"· the leadership ,vhich they began at " ' bittier. On looking over the high :-chool records ,H find that nine out of the ten are still in school. Of these n:ne , four are about to graduate from the Senior High School. They hold respon ible offices in their class. on the student council, and in their clubs. One of this number is president of his class while another is president of the Student Coun il. The other fi\'e have not been idle All han taken part in either the athletic or musical events of the school, and are, in the largest sense of the "·ord "carrying on."

C l ass Day

One of the greatest days of the first class of '27 ,ns their cla day on J a nuary I 4. The s tage had been decorated "·ith our class colors by the 9 B pupils. After all had t a ken seats they " ·ere led in their yell by D o n Tucker. l\1orri Poa ter , the president , gave an address of ,nlcome , and then announced the program: A double quartet of 9A boys gave several selections after " hich a group of girls from i\11ss Larnbart 's classes pre se nted an Indian club drill, ,vhich preceded a readin g by Doris "\Vilkin s. T" o of the class acrobats, Bernard l\1aster so n and Don Tucker , s urprised the onlo o kers by a number of breath-taking events. Those wh o received efficiency credit a nd tho e who had rendered succes ful er ice t o the chool ,Hre introduced by mean of portrait · given very effectinl~ · by Estrid Anderson. l\lis Hult and l\1r. Culler presented the honor medal s t o D o ris \Vilkins and D o nald Sarbach. The program wa then ended by the clas song. The orchestra played for dismis al. -J os: phine Perry_ 9A

_ \ nd e r so n , E s t rid

Beatty, R obe rt

Bell, Ethel

B err y, :- larg a ret

Bl odge tt. Pe a rl

B o li an.I. \\" ayne

B oomer, L o well

Br a nham, Guy

Britt a in, R oy

Bryan t , Belma

Campbell. Gr ace

Carr, Glay d eth

Carr, Grace

Casari, Elin o r

CleYeland, Lloyd

Copsey, Otis

C o wley H e len

Crum, Ju a n i ta

Deane. Dol ores

Deme h o Ys ky, F a nny

Dier, :-I ilo

Dietrich, :- Iarie

Dixon, X aomi

Do w n, Y eva

Dunker :-Iarv

Eddy, Phillip-

Eichhorn, Ina

Engli h , Albe r t

Everhart, Fl o yd

Feather, :- Iarietta

Fire tone, Hel e n

Fitch X o rm a n

Franks, Billy

Fult o n, F o rr es t

( ;a lena, :\ farie

( ;a rris o n (;eorge

(;at e ly, H azel

C a tt o, J oe

(;entry, '.\Iargaret

THE GREEN LEAF

Class Roll, First Semester

Gille sp ie, :-Iari a n

Gle aso n. \\" ill ard Crossman. Ruth Grunger. :- Ioli /

H agema n. Jessie

H age m a n. R oy

Jl ah n, L e na

Hahn, Lillian Haines, Esther Hender so n, Eugene

H eidenreich. £1 ,za b e th Tlerrm a nn, :-I aria

H oc kenbary, \\ -ar ren l roh nstein, \\" illiam

H oo k, Certrude

Huber. P au l Hughes, \' erona

H u lti sh , '.\Iarg a ret

H unt. Chester

To hns o n, Em o ry l o hn so n, L o i1ise i,;. ees te1 , '.\ Iaxit a

K ~rn s , \ -irgini a Ki esse lbach, :-lax King L uella

J,;.lippert, Edward Knight , Russell

K uklin, Irving

L app, Helen

L au b, B oyd

Leckei, Ja cob

Linds a y, Lym a n

Lit ze nb erg , J oh n

L o r o , :- l a ri e

L ot man, Selm a

L uehr , Th omas

'.\ J c( ;rcg or. '.\l a rgu er ite

'.\l c Kinn e y, '.\[ildr ed

;\[ c;,Iah o n. L eo

'.\fanch e~ ter. \\ "illis

'.\[ aso n. lifford

'.\Iastalk a , (; e ne \ ieYe

:-fa s te rso n, Bernard

'.\[ichel. \ lexander

:- Iiller, Ruth

'.\Ioblev. Billv

'.\Io o ney, Ha~ ry

:-[o o re, .-\d a

'.\f o r a n, Gertrude

:-[ urp hy, J oe

:-Iutchi e , D oro thy

rn :-:on H ilda

Ovu·ton, (;eraldine

rerry .T ose phine

P ete rs o n, Edn a

] 'hi lli"J) s Thelm a

Pilar. D o n

l' oas 1e1· '.\ [ o r r is Qu ay , '.\[ ax ine

R adcl iff Cr ade n

R e :che nb ac h , Charles

Rh odes R ee v e R oc k, Frances

R o gers, Be h ·a

R os nthal. \nn a Rudolph, .\dam

Rumb augh , L es ter

Rumpeltes, Ernest

Rush, F.r ce ll

S a nfor d, P a ul

Sadiach, D o nald

S c hneid er L ucas

S c hritt , Cu s t av

S c huldei~. I l enry

S ex t o n. Donald

Sharpnack, Roger

Shelt o n, R a n no nd

SheY L ouis·

Shuler , George

Siegfrie d R uth

Silk n '.\Iari e incl a ir, Xin a

t e Yen so n, '.\ l ab el

Suthedan d L o w ell

Sw artz R olli n

Tautfe s t, Opal

T ay l or , '.\Iarg a ret

Taylor, Ruth

Thompson, Frankie

Th ompso n. P a ulin e

Tu c ker, Donald

Turn er , Ruth

Turpen, Ruth

Tyhurst, L o ui se

\·anH ooze r, E rnes t \ \" a ller, George

\ \ "a lter s , H aro l d

\\ "ebs t e r, Charlot

\\ "ei n e rt, Elli e

\\ "ei t ze l, ll e l en

\\ es t o n, R o Le rt

\\ "h ee ler, \\ "i ln e tt a

\\ "he lchd, Lu ci le

\\ "h itn e y, Dorothy

\\ "ilker so n. Gerald

\\ "i lkins, D or is

\\ "i ll ma nn, Jacob, Jr.

\\ "illm a n, James

\\ "ibon. R aymo n d

\\ "i mherly, Ruth

\\ "1t t,tru k \li ce

\\ "ood , Ri c h ard

\\ "o r rell , '.\l en·i n

Y ale. Bernice

Z .111111erle , \ "erne tta

.Adams, Ruth

\ nderson Elmer

.\nnstrong. \\' m.

.\shford, Elwyn

.\very, Edna

Backstrom , Richard Bailey, Le s lie Baker. Florene

Barnhill. Howard

B auer, \\ "m.

Becker. :- Iarie

Behm. L i~le

Berl o witz. :'- Iart in

B oggs , K a thryn

B owman R ober t Brehm, Daniel

Brehm, Frieda

B rewer. H e r she l Bro\\ n, Fr eda

B rown. H e nry

B rown, Laurence

Brown, :'- Iary

B rya nt , Le o

Bu sch, \n na

But ts, \ !ta

Carlson, \'i o l et

Carpenter, \u drey

Carpenter, Earle

Chersovsky, \ nna

Christense n , Do r e tt a

Clark. :-I e l v in

Cocklin. >-° or man

Co o ner, L ouis e

Cordner \\ 'a lker

Courtney, :-l ax

Craig, Juanita

Crain, Charlotte

Culbert!>On, J oe

Cumming, \'iv ia n

Dale. \\ 'alter

Darn old Thelma

Da\·is, Clyde

Davi s Elizabeth

Davoll. \\ 'arren

Class Roll , Second S e meste r

cleBord. Elwyn

Dedmore, X o la

De in es, Esther

Dierks. E \·elyn

Dill, \li ce

D obbs , Eloise

Dolph, :-Iary

Draper, \my

Draper, \' era

Dudek, Ca lvin

D\·o rak, :-Ia r i o n

Easterday, Daniel

Edm o nson, Clara

E lam, Charlo tte

Elli o tt. :-[ ax

Elw e ll, Ora l

Ed) , :-Iary

Fergurnn, C hristine

Field, Dorothy

Foster, \ll an

F oste r, Sherdie

F o untain, Ge rtr ude

Freauf, \r no l d

Frederick, Ervin

Friday, Ruth

Fro ch h eiser, Alex

Gaddis, Evelyn

Gaddi , Glen

Gardner, :-Iilt o n

Gard n er, Pe rry

Gerlach, Hen ry

Goldberg, Elton

Cooclale, Pauline

Cordon. H e l en

Crass, \rt hu r

(;r o s, Bernice

Cunn, ~[ e lvin

1 r anneman, Bernice

H an~o n, Dwight

]l ardy, Inez

] f arm, Esther

Hartman. Car l

H avward. Buell

Hei ser , Pearl

H elzer, :-I arie

H e n dry, L ee

H e1·gen rader, H e nry

H ergenrader, J ohn

H ershey, :-Iart_h a

H illiard, Lois 1

Hoag, Francis

Hohnstein, Pauline

Ji oig, Ivan Holcomb, Stephen

H olcomb, \\ 'a lte r

Holmes. B on n ie

H ood, :-l erle

Hopkins. L o ui se Huff, :-Iil dred

Huntington, \\ 'm

J acobs, \ 'iv i an

J ames, terling

J en ning s, Bernar d

J effries, R obert

J o hnson, Helen E.

K ahle r, \ melia

Keech, Ruth

Kel so, D o ris

Kerns, Frances

King, Dorothy

Ki pp, E d ward

lZ!in g, Ca rl

Klotz \' alentine

Lan ma n , H an·ey

L antz, James

L arso n , :-I aybe ll e

L arson, R aymo n d

:-Ic Crory, R obert

L o ng, \n na

:-fa ckay, Z eno

:-I ajors, Lu c ill e

:\lan c h ester, 1 Iargaret

l'.l ann, Ruth

1Ia rd in , :-[ er le

Me rriman. Tune

:-l essing. Edna

:-Iichel, Carl

:-Iill er, Carl

:-Iill er , I..::eith

:-Io bley, Dorothy

:-I oo ney, Elmer

:-l unse ll, Don a ld

:-Iu rphy, Ed\\ in

:-I urray. Th ay lia

X ea!, Catherine

X ewton, :'-Iary

X iederhouse, :-Iarga re1

S ovicoff, L ou i s

Parks, Karl

P a rsons, Frances

Pavey, L ucile

Penrod, D o nald

Pentico, George

Pepple, De an

P e terson, :-Iay m i e

Phillips, Grace :-larie

Pierce, Ll oyd

P o l hem i s Orpha

Parsley, Doris

Pun iance, D o nald

R a ndall, P ear l

Reinhardt, Toh n

R ichardson; Ernest

Rosenberg, Esther

R oy ce, -\il een

R ubino, Saverina

aline, Ru th

S edor is, Eddie

Schleiger, R aymo nd

Schneider, :-Iarie

chribe r , Esther

Scofield, Rut h

S co tt, Gordon

Seiler , :-Ia rie

Shank, Pearl

h apiro , 11a urie

• haw, Beulah

heldon, L ola

Sherer, Ja c k

• hentood, De \ ' ere

• hirley. Ll oyd

• immons , :-l ax

Sittner. Frieda

lagle, \\ 'ilmer

Smith, Carrie

Smith, Edith

Smith, Ellsworth

Smith, Fl oyd

Smith. :\ Laurice

mith, :-Iiri am

Spencer, Harold

Stalcup. Carroll

Sneet, :- Iae

Sundeen, \r dyce

T ay lo r. Orvi ll e

T ef t eller, :-:Ii ldred

Tetherow, C l aude

Thomas, yh·ia

Thompson, M arie

Thorne, .\ rbor

Todd, K ennet h

T o nn er, Be rnard

Tr a il, R o lli n

T raut, :-Iari e

Tre ad w e ll, :-Iargaret

Treat, Donald

Turner, Frances

Turn er, Il ome r \ ·an derpoo l. \ 'era

\' a nH ook, David

\' a nSi ckle, Everett

\' arga, H arold

\\ 'all, I rvin

\\ ' ailing, R osamond

\\ 'ard, H arrison

\\' eber, H erma n

\\ edge wood, C l yde

\\ eisenborn, Roy

\\ 'erner, Charle

\\ 'hite, \\' oodrow

\\ ' bitt en Crace

\\ ' il so n, Fr ank

\\ ' oolcott, Bl oys

\\ 'r igh t, Le onard

Y ockel. Fred

Z ager, Julius

Ziegler. H aro ld

Zi pp, Don a ld

Z ipp, Dorothy

As we 9A's look back over the years that " ·e have been in \Vhittier, and think of the good times we\ ·e had, we laugh a " e remember ho"· ,n w a t ched the clock in certain classes, a nd ,n almos t " ·i h " e could be 7 B 's and st art all oYer aga in. Only ,n ffh o are lea, ing ca n appreciate "hat \ Vhittier has done for u s. The kindn ess of the teachers, a nd the kind leadership of l\Ir. Culler, come back t o us and " ·e " ish-oh, ho,Y we " i h, th at ,n had , rnrked ju t a little harder.

\ V e a r e goi n g t o a strange schoo l a nd t o ne"· t eachers, a nd " e must gro w accus t omed t o ne"· urrounding. \Ve are proud of " ·hat \Vhitt ier ha done for u \V e shall al w ays regard the kn o,dedge " e recei,·ed in \Vhittie r as a st eppi n g st o ne , a nd it shall a lw ays in pir e us t o do o ur best. Those of u s "ho ha, e been leaders here mu t be " illin g t o giYe up our popularity a nd be onh · "F r eshies" at Senior Hi gh . \Ve no"· i"eaYe our pl ace t o th e n ew 9 A 's <1 nd it is our hope th a t they " ill l oYe it as much as " ·e have.

-Anna Long

Class Song

Tun e-" C omin g Thru th e Rye"

Oh , " e're the cl a s of ' 2 7

Gathered here t o day

\Ve bring yo u greetings a n d h ope you '11 like

Our " ·a rk , fun , and pl ay .

CHORUS .

Even · class s ure ha it s trial

A fe~Y are our t o day

Yet s till \Y e ' ll tn- t o do our be t

T o pl~ase you ali some way

\Ve tar t ed in as 7 B 's

o young, lost a n d small

But n o\\· " ·e've gro,, n t o be 9A'

We 're brave , tro n g a nd tall.

W e' r e goi n g t o le :we you soo n you _ ee

To eni o r Hi g h " e go

But " ·e' ll remember d ay " ith th ee

\Vhittier J un :o r Hi g h.

LEAF

\Vhittier Juni o r Hi g h ' our chool

'Yhittier Juni or Hi gh

Oh. thi s is th e chool " ·e like the bes t

Oh. \ Vhittier Junior Hi g h.

CHORCS

C l ass Day Orator

0 t eachers! 0 t eacher ! Ou r fearful nar is d o n e; The ·class ha ,nathered e, ·ery t es t ,

'J he g r ade · ,n sought are "·on; The end i · near, the shou t s ,n hear The pupils all are cheerf u l.

\Vh ile follo " · eres t he st ud,· room, t he t eac h ers g~im a nd f ea -rful :

B u t , oh, peech ! pee ch ! peech !

Oh th e burning drops of s\\·eat

\\Th ere o n t he s t a ge our speaker 1:;

Hi s d oo m a t last he's met.

0 spea k e r! 0 speaker! \ Vake up and hear th e bell;

\V a k e up-for you th e flag is flu n g-

F or r ou the s tud e nt s yell; For ~-o u in ult s a nd h.o rrid sco ,d s-

F or -o u the sea t s are cro \\ d ed ;

A t y~u th ey call , the eager mass. th eir m oc kin g faces turnin g

Here , Father! D o n ' t , Father!

l s it \"Our face I ee?

I it · ome dream , th a t o n your lap

Y ou\ e forcefully put me?

l\1y fa t her d oes n o t ans,nr; hi s face i se t a nd gr im.

I\1 y father d oes n o t h eed the ca ll ;

~I~ - chance i \'en- slim.

Tl~e soee ch is s po ke , ' ti a id a nd heard

I t s t:~1e is closed a nd d o n e.

The speaker till is liYing , ( 'cau se n o o n e h a d a g un )

Exult , 0 foo ls, a nd rin g , 0 bell ,

B ut I , with mournful tr ead

\ Valk the fl oor · I can n ot _it,

B eca use my d a d aw red.

-Earle Carpenter

- \ \'illiam H unt i ngton

Guess Who

She's had many t roubles, she's had many "·oes,

A nd th e reason for this most e\ ·eryone knO\n.

From 8 :..J- O each morn , till 3 :..J-O at night

She has only troubl e 'til I'm out of sight.

The talking that 's done or the rumbus there is

Can be traced to one source without any quiz.

And noise th a t is made or whate,·er it be

Comes from only one person and it 's usually me.

If silence e'er reigns 'round and about Then it is because I \ ·e been sick and stayed ou t.

If by chance I shall leave th e first of next June

I'm sure she will say, " It is none too soon.

He' s done all the shouting, he's made all the noi e, And _he's ahny around to spoil all my Joys.

He gets into trouble , throu gh no fault of mine

He 's grouchy and crabby and very unkind

He' mean and unruly and that I detest

And of all of the boys he's th e very worst pest.

He 's worried the miserable life ou t of me!

o if I rejoice the reason you'll see He al"·aj·s is causing me trouble and strif e

And I'll never forget him the rest of my life!"

o I'll give you the hint a nd him you can find

'Til the first of next June he's in t\\ o hundred nine.

-Irvin Wall, 9A-209

LEAF Remember?

Can't you remember \ Vhen Pa and us ,nnt Doffn to · the circus

To peek in the tent?

And \, hat we san- there l\Iade us laugh " ith dtlight , Then made our e,·es round \ Vith fear and ·"·ith fright.

"\Ve sa " · a giraffe

So stately and tall , And a monke, · did tricks! You reme~ber it all?

But the funniest part

\V as a clO\rn "·ho ,rnuld fight \Vith a big kangaroo. 0 my, " ·hat a sight!

v\ bile buying the tickets

P a go t a real scare, He felt for his purse And it just ,nsn ' t there.

And then " hen the bears

And the monke, ·s ,nre fed Pa said, "Come home , boys, It 's time ,n ,nre in bed."

If " ·e " ·ill be kind

And cheerful and good And help l\Ia and Pa And bring in th e ,mod ,

Then maybe again

The next coming year P a will call us and ay, ' 'The circus is here! "

-Charle Bilyue , 9A

I go t o a sc hool " ·e call "\Vhitt ier; I don ' t think it could be much prettier. The girls thev would err, The boys the)·. ,rnuld igh , If anything happened to .Whittier.

Miss Bryant T hi n ks

That is the best they haYe done for ages and :\largerie sat do,Yn " ·hen she "·as supposed to for once. It seems to me that Dick could act much a ngrier than he does. Oh, Heavenly Day s! Look at him crack that million dollar ~mile of his. I'd like to pinch him!

( It seems to me that he couldn't put a lung full of s team behind th ose exclamations although he does look fierce ) Ouch! I'll say he can! lt seems as though he could almost read my though ts and exaggerated that spe ech just to spite me

Did Helene actually come on -stage at the proper time? I surely can t ell she's put in some extra " ·o rk on that hard par t . Did I hear aright? Could it be possible that she repeated t he pronunciation of "a battle " "·ith a long "a"?

"\\That ,Yill I ever do ? ow, that part \Yas good! Isn ' t tha t just splendid! Her poise is perfec t and doesn' t she ,,:ear that costume wonderfully? It's ,,. wonder tha t she doesn ' t stumble over t hat long, full , torn skirt of hers. There! Didn ' t I t ell you? Ha, ha. ick is late on the stage entrance ::igain ! And of all the noi e back -stage! \Vhat shall I do \Yith them! I'm not going to say one ,rnrd until he finally " ·akes up t o t he fact t hat he should be on the stage becau e ,n ' ll just lose t ime and he'll watch it next time , I'm sure. He does mas t er t hat dialec t , t hough, doesn ' t he? He ca_n do it if he rnlr ,rnuld. ,vha t ! Oh , I am hocked! He has really go t down to business and look at tha t expressio n in his eyes . I knew he could do it and I shall not mention a n ything about the s t age e ntrance today because he has improved so much. I am so glad t ha t he is measuring up t o h:s standards and I ~hall t ell him so after class.

What can all of that noise and commotion be back-stage? Did you ever hear the like? Sometimes I feel like we couldn't accomplish one thing in a

we ek and other tim es as th ough \Ye had th e strength t o move mountain s \Vait until I ge t my hands o n th ose young ruffians back-stage and th ere "·on' t be enough remaining in the Electi,·e English Class to tell th e tale Thi s is µrecious time " ·asted and--,vell , did 1\Iollr realize that her presence \Yas needed on the stage? That stride fits her character exactly, and doe s n ' t she look interesting! That speech of :\"i ck's gins }loliy the cue to her lines and he has thro\\ n her off the track again. It didn ' t t a ke him long to give her a tip though, an d that's exactly " ·hat he'd haH t o do the day we put th e play on so I can't ay anything against his actions. Ooh! Doesn't she cuff his ears cunningly? She acts as th ough she is experienced. 1 uppose she's been experimenting o n her larger brother. Oh, no! I shouldn't be surprised if she did her practicing " ith her smaller brother for c, good reason of her o\\·n. :;\Jr! · ick dodged just in time and didn't he perform i t beautifully? If he did the rest of his acting as ,vell as that I hould be sa t isfied. He is doing his best toda y, though , so that is all I can ask of him I am very much pleased a t the way the play is progressing and if \Ye make use of our t i me t omo rrow as much to our advantage as we did today I shall not be afraid of the results

-\' ivian Cumming

Paul De\" ere: " \ Vhen I read about o me of tho se im entions in electricity, it make s me think a little. "

1I r. Heston: "Yes, isn't it remarkab le " ·hat electricity can do? "

"~ o \\·," said ::\Iiss Green, " Give me :1 definiti o n of space "

"Space," replied Dan E., "Is where ther e is nothing , I-I-can't explain it exactly, but 1 han it in my head all right "

THE GREEN LEAF Literary

A BAKERY HOP

As you enter you first see long show cases displaying the " ·a re of the baker. Among the "make-you-hungry" things in the shining glass cases there are crisp butter chips , sugared doughnuts , 1~.v ishly frosted cinnamon rolls, bread, a nd delicious fruit and cocoanut coyered coo kies.

From so me"·here comes the odor of fresh bread and ,n also hear the ,Yhir of the mixing machine s For further inspection " ·e open a Ii ttle "·hi te door. \Ve first lay our eyes upon long benches , shelves, bread racks, and a huge black enameled oven. Along th e shelves there cl re flavoring bottles, measuring cup s, cookie pan s, and various other odd looking articles.

\Ve also see a square shouldered muscular baker wielding a heavy rolling-pin over a mass of cream colored dough. Another is reaching into th e oven " i th a long stained wooden ladle bringing out the last of some hot bro" n bu tt er rolls. And others are busily working at their dail y task s

After a further inve stigation \Ye leave the shop ,nll sa ti sfied ,Yi th our visi t.

-:Max E. Elliott

RABBIT'S FOOT

Up the hot sandy slope toiled two gray haired old men. Their skin \\·as bro,rned by th e hot ,vinds of the desert. Their " ·atery eyes told of the many hard years of s trife they had fought together. . As the v reached the summit of the hill , the:'; · saw miles and miles of rolling sand dunes through the purple haze of the de sert evenmg.

" 11i gh t as ,nll camp here , Pard," said Tom, "·ho ,nnt by the name of ''Death Valley Tom".

"All right, it suits me ," was the reply of Jenks, the o ther old-timer. Soon the sizzling of bacon ,,·as heard and the aroma of coffee filled the air.

" The grub stake 1s getting mighty low," sa id Tom .

" Th a t' s bad ne,\·s," ans,,·ered J enb. '·\Ve are mighty far from a ny town. "

"Yes, and ,,·e ha, en't c;;truck any payci irt t o pay us for our year of tramping c ut here," replied Tom.

' 'I ,v ou ld like t o get o ut o f here before our ,,·ater gi , ·es ou t. That' s " h a t " ·orrie s me , n o t th e food," said Jenks.

Days rolled on ,,·ith ,nter ge tting lo,nr and 10\nr and the men nearly blind from seeing not hing but the scorching deser t. Then came the fateful day "·hen the food ,,·as go ne and only t,,·o swallows of ,vater were left. They ,nre ten miles from Sunset. the cnly to,,·n in th a t part of the country One more day and the water " ·as gone but stJl the old pards held t og ether. The sun rose higher and hotter. The mouths of the old men \Yere so sco rched c1nd s,rnllen they could not speak. Finally they srn· a sight ,vhich put ~treng th into them. There ,va s a little spring of water. What a gift to the desert. As Jenks stopped to drink , Tom pulled him back. Jenks then too saw ,vhat Tom had seen. It was a ign : " Danger-Poison Spring." Jenks fainted. \Vhat a thing to d o Tom carried him on his back to a little cave in the mounta :ns. He l a id Jenks do,,·n and p o ured some of the ,,·ater on his face. This soon re, ·i,·ed him. " \Vhat a fool I ,,·as." thought Jenk s, " to faint . " Finally Tom came running back. He ,ns frantic with joy. " Jenk s! Jenk s! ,, e're safe. I found gold and \\·ater. I ,nnt ou t t o get ome thin g t o eat. \Vhen I had ,, alked a " hile , I sa ,,· a rabbit. I threw a st o n e and crippled it. It led me to ,, ater. The rabbit ran into its h o le. I began to dig a nd found gold. Real pure gold. The mother lode."

The next day so me fri e nds brought the needed suppl ·es and a " ·agon from ·

t he town. \Vhen they had extracted ail the gold they " ·ent back to the to\\·n. ''If " ·e hadn't stuck together "·e' d han been goners, Pard. " said old Death Valley Tom as they dro\'e into the

" Yes , and I got that rabbit's foot too ," said Jenks .

-Adrian Horton, 9B

THE PRAIRIE FIRE

"'\Vhen my mother " ·a fifteen years o ld , ju t out of high school, she taught in a country school on the prairie l a nds of :\" ebraska . She \\·as a tall , thin , dark baired girl, and had not seen as many _rears as some of her pupils. he boarded " ith some farmer people ,vh o lived about three and one - half miles from the school house. She drove an dd gray horse hitched to a t\\·o " heeled cart

}Ian_r interesting and laughable things happened in this little school hou se, ,vhich looked like a large dry goods box lost on a large prairie exp,1nse.

1Ian_r trying th : ngs also happen e d rind many time the girl teacher " ·anted t<J break do,vn and en- or else run home to her mother ani give up.

The little school house ,ns heated bJ a small laund r_r ston " hich sat t!pon four tiny leg It stood near the b..ck of the chool house and the stovepipe ran aero s the ceiling to the front of the building One s tormy day the children ,nre playing "Then the Stagecoach U p, et", " hen someone bumped into the ston and it fell ovtr, all the pipe - came d0\n1 and thing ,nre generally upset ,vith oat every\\·here. The elder boys were al\\·ay " illing helper in cases of emergenc~· ho\\ ever, and .,oo n e, erything \\ ·as back to n or mal.

One day " ·hen Alex wa reading '' Duck Luck the Sky is Falling' ', \\Till ie jumped up and ·c ried , "Teac her, teacher , a prarne fire , They all ru shed out of doors and s ure enough,

just about a quarter of a mile away tb.ey sa"· the fire slo,d_r creeping up o n them. Of course, e,·er_rone was much excited and all ,nre hurrying to and fro in different directions "·hen the teacher told them to jump into a \\·agon and they ,rnuld go to the neighbors " hich "·as two miles a\\ m The, · kne\\· there would be many fi;e fighter~. ' l her arrived safely and the boys all grabbed ,nt gunny sacks and began \\·hipping the flames. They also ~:,rabbed breaking plO\YS and plO\nd '"hat they called fire guards around the houses and hay -stack .

The fire was put out just several y8 rds from the school house. As my mother did not li, e in the prame n·gion it "·as the first prair ie fire " hich she ,ms e, er near and she thought " ·i th horror ,vhat might ha, ·e happened if they had been caught in the school l1 o use.

- Al tine Hahn, 9B

LOST

\ Vhen I " ·as about five or six years o!d ,n drove to the country one Sunday afternoon and stopped in a shady place by a small stream.

This place looked like some paintings " ·e see, "·ith its green grass and trees , the clear stream, and some triendly looking CO\YS.

"\ Ve climbed out of t he car and sa t <lc, ,, n on the grass to enjoy the quiet ~md coolne s. After a " hile " e thought \\ ·e would explore a bit I found a fe " · , io lets nearby but I \\·anted to go farther in and see if they \\·e re not more plentiful so Dadd, · and lather sa id the~ · ,rnuld go " ith me. We c10 se d a little foot bridge and cra\\·led under se veral fence There ,nre no , iolets to pick but it \\ a another beautiful place to rest.

Daddy said that if my brother h a d oeen " ith us " ·c ,rnuld . s tay there, but as he had chosen to stay at our first s t o p , I " ·ent back after him. I " ·as

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sure I knew the way and I tarted out to get him. I ,n-nt under the ,n o n g fence and could find no bridge. Coming from behind a clump of trees I came upon some co"· . They did not l oo k so friendly because my daddy ,,·as not there. At m> · first glimpse I '-tarted screaming, " Daddy! Daddy!"

Daddy heard my first or second cry, and after " hat seemed to me a long time but " ·as onh- a fe" · minute s, Daddy found me an.cl took me back. I h ,. , e neYer been lost ince nor do I wish to be aga :n.

-Ruth Lagoni, 7B

THE PLATTE

(From my camp)

Looking from the bank of the riHr on the north side one sees the smoo th channel flo" ·ing s"·iftlr, filled ffith l og tin cans, and thistle throffn into it by tourists far upstream. X e:--t to the bank the " ·ater is rippl ing o, er the s,md like an angry sea, ready to smash ar:ything ,Yhich happens to be thro" n into it , eYen though it " ·ouldn ' t d ro"·n an average sized dog, it is so shallo,L On the oppo ite shore the to\\·ering tree bend· as though courtesying to the water. .About nin e miles to the " e~t and four miles to the south, smoke can be 5' een ris ing from Ashland's chimn eys bzily curling up in th e " ·armth of a late June sun.

-Albert Brown, 9B

CA GHT

It "·as - a morning late in June. I " ·as about tffo years old. ::\Iy mother ,rnuld not let me eat pie.

The threshers ,nre at our hous e It happened they were going to stay there over Sunday Of course mother " ·a s baking and cooking All morning I trotted bet,nen the kitchen " here I could smell the baking pies, and the living room, " ·here the men " ·ere bughing, joking and telling stories.

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,v e had a jolly dinner " it h lots of good things to eat. ,vhen the pie " ·as p~lsse d I eyed it sorrO\dully, but mother :--hook her head at me reprovingly.

.After dinner I ,Hnt outdoor , to play. l\Iother ,Yanted me for somethin g . She called, " Betty! Betty! Oh Betty , " here are you? " But she recei , ed no ans" er.

She searched the h o use but did n o t ficd me. he asked the men if they kne\\ · " here I ffa s. They said they h~d seen me playing in the fr o nt yard c nly a fe" · minute s before. he ffent 0utdoors and called but received no a ns,yer.

She entered the house by the back ffay. , vhen she stepped into th e back porch , there seated on the floor ,Yas a person " ho could hardly be recognized. She " as about the ize o f Bett>· and l oo ked like her but it could not be. for had not B e tty been clean? The once clean dress " ·as no\\· co, ered with apple juice. so ,nre the hands and face. A pair of frightened eyes " ·ere turned on her mother and she ffa n,ther hurriedly stuffing a big piece of 1Jie into her mouth.

:i\Iother gan me a bath and put on another clean dres s and if I remember rightly , I nenr ate pie "·itho ut p erm1ss1on agam.

-Betty Barrows, 7B

,vASTELA:\'"D

The hot September sun shone o n the little de se rted looking st~tion. The ~t a tion itself s t oo d in a s tretch o f ,rnstebnd. An old " ·ater tank r e~emb ling ~t fat gourd stood beside the tra c k. l nder the tank lay t,rn " ·anderer o f the railroad s Both " ·ore tan g led bc.ards and old blue overalls. One lay o n his back sleeping \, ith hi , m o uth ffide open, from " ·hich noise s n o t unl ike the croaking of frogs, came. The o ther " as ha) f hearted I> · tryin g t o fix t he sole on his shoe

-Raymond McClure, 9B

THE GREEN LEAF

\VELL, 1IICE, IS:\''T IT THE TRUTH?

In the loft of the old barn "·here the grain ,ns kept, Flippet and Cheeser " ere hunting for food. A Cheeser \Yas Flippet's " beau" he ahYay helped her hunt for food. Thi day they had not eaten since morning, and they could find nothing.

":\Ie-e-eo\\ ", came through the crack in the barn door , and then the door fle,\· open.

" Run, Flippet , run!" squeaked Ch eese r.

They both ran do,\ n a hole just in time to escape the cat. But they \\ ere not free yet, for this hole had but one opening and on all sides of them ,Yas solid \Yood. They saw the cat's paw reach :ng for them and they huddled into a corner in fear. They knew the cat could not reach them but they ,vere frightened.

" ay, Flippet, I have an idea," said Cheeser. "Let's gnaw through the wall and get out."

"Good! · \Ve can take turns," cried Flippet.

So they set about in earnest to gnaw. They \\·o rked in shifts and as morning was just coming they hit the other ide. Boo, thought Cheeser , such a dark place and maybe they \\ eren 't out yet, but he kept his hopes and crawled through the opening to the other ide. Sure enough he ran into another big wall.

"Oh, Flippet," he ighed, "we are not free yet."

"Psha,\ ", said someone behind them , "I figured you t,rn would be making a h o me pretty soon."

" B-b-but Grandpa ," cried Flippet , "ho,\· did you get past the cat?"

"Oh, fiddlnick , ," aid Grandpa , "the farmer took the cat away as soo n as he put the grain in the bin."

\Vhat ! Had the farmer left them food? Good! Cheeser thought to him elf he ,rnuld fill this beautiful

torehouse so if he should \Yin Flippet he ,\ ould be ready It ,\·as theirs.

"Yes, it is ours", said Flippet, as if 5he read his thought s

-Glen Gaddis, 9A

HI PRIVATE OPI~IOi\

In the beginning , the great day was r.ot Yery different from other days in the Card\\·ay family. Amy and her brother Hamilton, better kno,yn as Harn, had a " ·orse quarrel than usual, but a quarrel bet,\·een Arny and Hamilt o n \\·as no eYent, as they quarreled simply without effort.

0~ this bright morning Amy ,ns the last one to enter the dining room ,md Ham \\ as beside himself \\ ith jo y

"Ah, ha! \Vho's al\\·ays late, I'd like to know?"

"Well. I will say one thing for you, Ham. You're never late to a meal. "

\ i\Tith this amiable retort Amy sat ctO\nl to her breakfast. This meal was urnalh- conducted in as much ilence as the b~other and sister in good spirits, friendly or othern·i e, could make it. Ho,Hver on this especial morning, Ham se emed rather nervous, a fact Amy, ,Yho \\·as \\·atching him , stored in her 111ind. \Vhen Ham was nervous , it i11'"ariably meant that he had been up to mischief.

:\Ir. Cardway opened the morning paper and prepared to enjoy it and hi breakfast at the same time. As he ( pened to the middle section , Ham aid in unconcealed anxiety, "Say, Dad, \\·hat does the paper say about that beauty contest?"

His father looked at him in some amusement and then replied , "It merely sm s that the winnec of the conte;t \\ (11 be announced in the paper this evening. \Vhr th e unusual interest in the beau ty contest, Ham? You \Hre not thinking of handing in ~o ur name, ,\·e re you? :'.

Ham's face became a brilliant red as \my's laugh rang out, but he replied:

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No! One beauty is enough in thi s family, at least one person ,Yho think she is a beauty!"

\Vith this sligh tin g remark , Ham continued his breakfast and there was absolute sile n ce. This unusual sta t e of dfairs ,ns broken by a significa nt announcement from Arny. "You just \\·ait until t o ni gh t. Then I 'll have some thin g t o how you."

To at least t\\·o members of the Card" ay family , the day passed slO\dy At last , about fin o'clock, t he evening paper ,ns handed to Arny " ho \\·a sitting on the porch \\·aiting for it. \\ 7 ith grea t haste she turned t o the sec ti on where th e beauty " inners were to be annou nced a nd , with Ham looking o , er her shoulder, she read the list of nam es and looked at the pictures of the " ·inner . In the \'err middle of the page was a picture ,vith a name under it th a t made Am:,· gro " · pale first with horror a nd then " ·ith joy.

" But th at isn't the pi ctur e of me, t ha t I se nt in." he exclaimed. " H arn, m u didn ' t did you?" she demanded.

· "No"·, " hr ~rnuld I d o such a silly th ing as th a t? Se nd your picture in? Humph!" Ham replied in n o s, ne t tone of voice

"O dear, I " ·o n der if James-" but Am,· did not fini h her se nt e nc e

A little later, as H arn \\ as talking to a group of his close friends, he sai d :

"Of course I didn't say right ou t that I didn't se nd that picture in. She just jumps at conclusion . ro " · he thinks o ld J a rn es H arrison ~e nt it. Ah, ha! That means she ga, e him her picture. 0 ,nll , big sisters are rather ciumb some time but Sis i n't so bad l ,iok in g a t th a t.

-Mar gare t Hulfi sh, 9A

"GY PP ED"

One day as I was sit tin g in my office ( mr busines _ ,, as detecting) a lady came in. She had ragged clo thin g, old shoes, and a soiled countena n ce.

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At first I th o u gh t she w a nt ed to buy o r beg old clothe for th e Salvation Army or th e R ed Cro , but 1 soon found out th a t she " ·as in t rouble .

She t oid the trouble briefly just so I co uld get the meaning She aid t hat her husband had been found dead in hi bedroom, th at he " ·as a millionaire, and that she th ought he had been poi oned Abou t a thousand dollars had been stole n from him and he had been forced to ,nite a check for t he amoun t that he had in the bank After killing him, the men had left by a rope from a neighboring building , by swinging onr to its fire escape , but had left no o th er tracks. That " as all she had to sa:,.

I , being a nry great detective , " as jus t goi n g t o tell her a ,Yay to get out of her t roubles , by getting married t o me ( for she was quite beautiful ) I had just st arted to sa> · this but I \\ as interrupted by another detective ,vh o came in and said, "I\ e got it all fixed , Honey. I'n got your money , a marriage license, a nd a round t rip ticket ,:rou nd the \\·orld for a honennoon."

he go t up a nd kissed him·, and th ey left me , ,v onder in g.

- George H. Murphy, 8B

THE TREA URE SEEKER

"Hi , Bud , come on in. The \\ ater ' tine! " called J ack from th e river.

The boys " ·ere camping on a hill near a st ream. Right at the side of the camp ro e a bluff thi ckly conred " ·ith scrub tr ees The camp \\·a clo , e t o th e ,, a t er and pud , o call ed because of his dislike for peeling p o tat oe , " as ,vith Jack in " inuning.

Bud ans,nred , " Gwan , I don't like t o s\\·im. I am going to see "·hat's in that hole uo th ere on th e bluff and if I find a tre~sure you don't get any."

He quickly climbed th e little hill , holding on to th e bu _ he and tree , but ht found to his dismay that the h o le was occupied b,· "·hat he thought wa " , kunk , though it later turned out to

be a rabbit , but in his hurry to get ,nrny, he tripped and fell and rolled dO\rn the hill.

Spud and Jack soon heard a loud plash and found Bud spu tt ering and trying to get his breath for he had made a return trip do\\ n the hill and into the " ·at er.

"O, Bud , I th ough you didn't like \\ ater !" and " \Von ' t you please give u s some of t he trea ure ?" called the boys.

Bud , dripping " ·et, \\·ent into the tent , never to appear again for the rest of the da~· because he didn ' t have any dry clothe to ,Har.

-John Maher, 8B

ID'S COLLEGE CHAXCE

"A ll right, Bing , let 's go . "

Bingo , the leader of the dog team leaped up gro,ding at the other dogs "ho also immediately jumped up. Ano ther grO\d of ,rnrning from the leader ,111d the team star t ed like a whirlwind do\\·n the trail ,vith Sid :~\Ioran clinging to the provision loaded sle d.

Once out of the village, Sid, a ,nll built bov of fifteen, checked the speed of the t~am. It was a poor trail ahead o f them and the boy knew the dog s would need all their trength to travel the ten miles t o the cabin where he and his fa th er lived.

id "·as training his team for the race t o be held in January. Every morning he would hitch his dogs to the s led and make the rounds to inspect hi traps. To the inexperienced , his team looked big and trong enough to " ·in ,; ny race, but their young o\\·ner knew this race was not to be " ·on ,vithout h,,rd " ·o rk.

On arriving home, id "·as unloading the supplies " ·hen his father came out of the cabi n to help him.

" O boy , Dad , ,n ure came home on the hop ," remarked Sid. "Bing et a good pace and made · the other dogs t ep ."

" He mu t have ," replied Mr.

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:\Ioran ,» I " ·asn't expecting you for a half hour ret."

" I thought I ,vould give him a tryC• ut before th e race."

" ' Yell, I hope you " in, because if you don ' t you , rnn' t see college for a n other rear."

The ·sled unloaded and the dog turned loose. Sid soberly follo ,Hd his fa th er into t he house.

Time \\ ent fast and the day before the race ther sledded do\\·n t o Fort ' mith " here- the race was t o be held. Arriving late in the afternoon they paid the entry fee and ,nnt out to see the course and plan th e race. It soo n became dark so the l\Ioran s ,nnt to the hotel.

The next da,· da\\ n ed clear and cold, making an exc~llent day for a race . As the time t o start was dra,,·ing near , Sid ,111d his father t ook th e dogs to the starting point of the t,nnty-five mile course.

\Vit h a last "·ord of encouragement from his father, Sid took his place 111 the line t o receive final instructions.

" Ready ," from th e star t er.

All th e drinr s nodded.

The gu n \\·as discharged and th e teams st arted amid th e shout s of the o nlookers. Sid held his team t o a steady pace , saving their streng th for the finish ~1ost of th e other teams pa sse d him but the yo un g driver knew " hat he "·as doin g .

At the half-way mark he \\·as near the cen t er of the tring of contestants. The pace of the o th er t eams began to tell a nd they began t o fall behind

At the fifteen mile mark id ,vas m third place. Bingo was encouraged to a fas t er pace and at th e twenty mile rost the t eam " ·as in econd place with , Smoky" Gorman, last year' race ,nnner , a half mile ahead.

"A ll right, Bin g," encouraged id. The dog s sprang ahead and the pace bet,ne n t he t eams dwirJdled.

\Vith a mile yet to go the t,rn teams , nre close together , " moky " " hipping

his team t o grea ter effort , id e n co uragi n g hi s " ith " ·o rd s

The t\\·o teams ran abreast unt'l a quarter mile from the finish " ·he n Sid !-:o uted " Bingo , let's ee you go." Bingo responded b y grad ually forging ahead As he crossed the line the crowd _\ elled in g reat excitement. It \\·as ' id 's ra ce

The young drinr's face " ·as rad i a nt a::, the judges presented him " ith a ilver cup and the s ix hund red dollars "hich w ould g iv e him hi much longed j c r college education.

After the race hi s father, grasp in g his so n ' shoul der , sa id , " id , I hope you come th rough college by as grea t a margin as you " ·on the race. "

" I ' ll s ure try t o, D ad," soberly replied Sid as he patted Bin go's head.

-Eugene Henders o n, 9A

C.AL\ 1 r\FTER THE STO R:\ I

On the seco nd floor of our house is a l arge room. The desk is covered with scra tche s and scars The rug is -lightly tra_\ ed and " ·o rn. The chairs a re prob;: hly comfortable, but I ca nn ot say for ure , as I have ne ver te ~t ed them very lc!llg . A bookcase full of worn and damaged books s t ands as a memory of the past. The e books are " ·o rn as much from service as ammunition in an c1.e rial a ttack as from excessive reading . The floor is littered with battered and so iled books , dirt y s hoe s, boxing gloves ,111 d s,Haters. Suddenly, cap tapulting through the air, comes a book, it s pa ge fi uttering wildly. Aimed· perfectly b y a li g ht h a ired and fair kinned boy, the bo o k hit · it m ark-me. This brother of m : ne is smaller th a n I , but he is qu ite adept at the arts o f b ox ing and th ro"·ing. As thi second book s trike me, he u t ters a s hrill cry of v ictory. Determined to again ge t the better of me , he t akes careful aim amid the Ayir.g article in turn being thro\\ n at him, and hurl s another book which nmses its mark but s trik es the lamp above my head \Vith a crash, the

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glass falls and breaks into a th ousa nd ieces. Do,Ynstairs the door slams, and as I look out the " indo"·, I see my small brother te ari n g do\\ n the treet at an incredible rate of speed. For a t i me our liYing room has lost it s popularity.

-Reeye Rhode s, 9A

~AKES

I pulled t o " ·i th a start and looked ,1 rou nd guil tily as if I expec ted somebody t o be sta ndin g near , looking at me. [y faithful little pony had been ~,ladding along after my father' plow and I " as beginnin g to think life " ·as c1uite a bore, " ·hen I noticed in th e furro\\ · ahead o f me some li ttl e " hite ro und thin gs that looked like eggs

I stopped my pony , go t o ff, and, until m, · father " ·as over the hill , acted as if I , as l ooking at something th a t I had dropped , th en I t ook a tick and c.xamined the queer lookin g thing s.

I thou gh t th ey ,rnuld be n ice t o u se for eggs " hen my n eighbor girl came o ver t o play, so I rode back t o the hou se, put on some glo, ·es and brought a tin bucket back t o the field with me to put them in

I looked around t o see if I could see my father, for so mething told me he " ·otddn't let me play "·ith th ese thin gs, but not seei n g him I put four or five in my bucket and star ted back to the house.

As soon as I " ·as inside th e ga te my m ot her ca lled me a nd I se t th e bucket i n the scree ned-in porch " hich " ·e did not u se ve ry of ten.

H ooray! ~Ir cousi n s " ·e re commg ou t from the city a nd in the hu tle and exc itement I forgo~ abou t m y queer looking eggs.

A fe"· day s later I ,Hnt ou t t o ge t them , and ima g in e my sur pri se when I .a \\· three or four little sna ke s crawling ci ro und on th e inside of the bucket.

11y father found ou t who did it , as h e al\\·a\'s doe , but he didn ' t say anythin g t ~ me becau se he knew I " ·a cared enough -Ardyce undeen, 9A

A TRAGEDY

The supers titi o n th a t a ca t has nin e lives has been proven not true by the tragic deaths of old mother cat and her tour kittens, th ree of them never n amed, and th e fourth, a fine large kitten called T ommL

Thi · famih · of cats t ar ted life peacefully and safely in a s uburb an home, " here th e neighborhood furnishes delicate "ea t s" that ,v ould satisfy the t astes of th e most particular ca t. Rats. mice , moles, birds , a nd chickens gre ,\· in abu nd ance .

1loth er cat ,rnu ld bring in choi;::r bits t o her k itt ens eH n before th ey were old en o ugh t o apprecia te t he fruits of her se arch. but their hunting instinct " ·as keen a nd their appetite for n,\\· meat ,va made higher by " itne ssing bloody ruthless murders, ,vhen the uld ca t ' victims " ·ere t osse d about and caugh t again an d aga in by their captor.

The family had lived h appily for abou t six ,n eks ,vhen the first tra gedy Gcc urred.

L a t e one afternoon, five-year-old Catherine t oo k one of the kittens, a fluffy yello"· and " ·hite ball of fur , o ut t o the barn t o pl ay. In a little v: hile she came back, crying brokenheartedh-. Bet,n e n sobs she t ol d " hat had h appe ned. The lid of a heavy oak ches t had fallen o n the little kitten a nd killed it instantly.

Catherine's famih · and th e cat famihh ad bareh- recovered from the sh ock o·f l osi n g th~ir prettiest kitten " hen th e second blo"· fell.

A few days later , the gray and " bite kitten , th e favorite since the death of the yello\\· one, was found o n the back porch " ith all the s kin t orn off it s neck. It h ad been the prey of some " icked tomc a t. Its piteou s " l\1e o,n " t old th e terrible pain it wa suffer in g, o Catherine 's father t e nderl y carr ied it c1 " ay and in , ome qui ck painless manner ended it s mi ery.

In a shor t time the third kitten came up m1ss111g. He wa s found in a pail

of " ater int o " hich he had fallen and had been dro,vned.

Early one July morning a neighb o r knocked a t the d oor and " hen father ,rnswe red the knock , the words of the ne :g hb o r ,nre heard up s tair s.

" Your ol d cat has been run onr by the treetc a r. She isn ' t d ead yet but you'd better ge t her. "

Father hurried ou t t o the str eetcar t1 acks and tenderl y picked up old mother cat. One hind leg and her tail had been nearh· severe d b,· the wheel s of the car and · her hoarse· moans ,Hre a \\ ful t o hear. Again father had t o be the merciful executioner.

For a while Tomm,· \\ ·as l on eh · but ueing young he soo n f~rgot that h~ " as ;m orpha n. He wa s a l arge strong tiger ca t and the object of admira t ion from evervone who saw him. His playmate ~n the family puppy and grea t time s they had. They would race all over the vard and then tackle like tw o football· player s, biting a nd scra tching until one or the other " ·ould le t o ut a painful ""\Voof" or "Meow", ,Yhich \\·as a sign to stop a nd rest , though not for long.

A few " eeks later Tomm y was heard ,n a kly meo" ing in the back yard. This " ·as unusual for Tommy hecause his me ows ,nre always h a ppy , health, · ones He ,ns taken int o the house.· H e could n ot walk and ,rnuld n o t eat. The family worried over him a ll day. He ,rnuld n o t st ay in the so ft ~ed made for him in the sunn, · " ·ind ow . He s t aggered off into a cool ;orner and lay d ow n o n the hard floor, p a ntin g and faintly meo\Ving.

Later o n , he see med to be reviving a nd a cool pl ace w as fixed for him in the cellarn·ay, " ·here he , ns left in quiet.

P oor Tommy! He brea thed hi s la s t a t r I :30 that ni gh t and a te arful funeral w as held th e next morning.

All of " ·hich goe t o pro ve th a t ca~s do n o t ha\' e nine live -L ou i Shev , 9A

THE GREEN LEAF

JUST SO!

To get an "A"

You kno,, · your stuff.

To get a " B' '

You use some bluff.

To get a "C "

Your ,York is punk.

To get a "D "

You simply flunk!

GRA);'DFATHER

He is an old man, so old that he can 1-:ardly ,rnlk around . He is slow in e:, erything that he does, but he does things right "·hen he tackles them. He is an enormous eater. \Vhen he starts to eat, at breakfast , his plate looks as if some one had set a small mounta i n of food before him, but "·hen he is through, you ,rnuld th : nk that the1e \\·as never any thin g on the table. He talks enn less than Calvin Coolidge . He i s a verr grouch_\ ' old fellow. Even \Yhen he is happy he never smiles or laughs. He is gray haired and his eyes are a dull blue th at look as if he \\·ere looking into space . His cheeks are yello\\· and flabby. and seem to hang from his face. His lips a re small and thin and only a pale red in col o r. YVhen he walks it sounds like a steam eng:ne going do\\ n the s treet " ith flat ,•, heels.

-Theodore Mattley, 8B

THE CLOCK TICKS

"Oh! I am so tired of hearing Clyde and Daniel talk all the time. The other pupils never ha, ·e a chance and it's ahYays the same old thing over and over.

"):" o\\· th ey are t alking about some tory called 'Sonny's Christenin . ' I can't see \\·hv thev don't talk ab o ut something m~re interesting.

"A n other one of those bothersome boys is Edward. He hardly ever has

his lessons and doesn't seem to care either.

"I am so ti red I guess I " ill stop and rest a" hile. I get so out of breath running so long. l\laybe if I stop for a while I can get something out of ,Yhat the_\ · are reading. I \\ onder why they are all looking at me. Oh! I forg o t to start running again, no\\· I \\·ill have to hurry and make this ne:--:t round faster than ·usual so thty \\ on't have to move mv hands. The,· all seem to be talking ·about me. I ~rnnder \Yhy? lf there is anything I dislike it is to tdk about some one."

-Lucile Pa\'ey, 9B

l\IlJSL. Gs OF THE "ELSIE SIL \.A"

"

\ Vrecked-\Vell , I\ e had a long lifetime and seen more than most, but being lashed to pieces on the bleak rock - bound shores of K rn· England is not my idea of a fitting death for such a ship as I ha, e been. I hate to think d my poor battered remains being s tr e\\·n for miles along this barren · coast, food for "·orms and fuel for poor fishermen's fires.

"l\1emories-It i the day ,Yhen I, resplendent "·ith ne,Y paint and p o lished metal, \Ya chris t ened and se t off o n my maiden voyage amid the cl:e e r ::, of the people who had gathered t o see me off.

"Ho"· I reveled in the feel of the water as I cut my \\·ay through. I kne\\· that my cap ta in and I \\ ere stronger than it.

" For three vears I li,·ed in a hea,·en I loved my c;ptain ! He \\ as a rover and so \\ as I! We visited nearly every port in th e Ea tern Hemisphere , but never tarried.

" Such happiness could not last, ho,Yever. For sometimes I had noticed that my captain seemed silent and preoccupied but never realized what " as ,rnrrying him until ohe day when ,Ye ,nre about t o leave Havre. A cruel, [

u g ly l oo kin g m a n ca m e aboa rd m e a nd e very o ne beg an ca llin g him 'ca pt a in 'a b_l as ph e my. I n e nr sa \\· my ca pt ai n c1ga 111.

" Thu s bega n m y d ege n e r a t io n. i\Iy bea ut ifu l n a m e - 'Co lu m bine '" .as c han ge d t o ' Th e P ecos' My s id es g r e \\· ru sty a nd m y p a int c r ac k e d. m y d ec k " ·as dirt, · I b eca m e a seco nd class fr eig ht e r. . \V e t ra , el ed be h ne n d i r t y l ittl e o ut h --\ mer ica n po rt s, n- it h Po thin g t o b r eak th e m o n o t o n y b u t t he s t o rm s a nd it see m e d t ha t I co uld n o l o n ger co p e ,, ith th em . Th e r easo n ,

1 kn ow , , rn th a t I n o l o n ge r h a d anyc. n e I " ish ed t o p ro t ec t. a n d n o o n e t o

1, r a ise m e h a d I co nqu e r ed.

" Thi s \\ as my lif e fo r th e n ext fi, c years . I ,m s fi n a ll~ · a ll o,nd t o go t o

:K e" · Y o rk " h e re I ,Y as in d tT d ock

b ein g ov erh a uled. Here I fou~d th a t

I " as t o b e so ld t o a co rp o r a ti o n.

"~\,ly n a m e \\·as aga in ch a n ge d. Thi s t im e it \\·as ' El sie S il va'

" For fift een n a r s I tra n l ed in a st ra ig ht p a th be t\\ e e n o uthh a mpt o n md Ke,,. Y o rk " ith o n e th o u g ht , t o find my ca pt a in. Ye s t er d ay I ga n up t he sea r c h a nd h e re I a m . The c re w \\ as save d a nd n o o n e is her e t o see m y l as t pitiful stru ggle

" I fee l st r a n g el y p ea ce ful, th o u g h , beca u se I kn o n- t ha t , n sha ll me e t

"·he r e goo d m e n a n d fa it hfu l t oo l s d o m ee t , e, e ntu a ll y.. ,

-!½ildr ed Te ft e l le r , 9B

A TAL E OF TW O T RAUP

Tw o tramp s , n r e " al kin g do ,n1 a n a ll ey t a lkin g o , e r th e d ay's cam p a ig n.

" I t ell yo u , Jim ," sa id one, " I think th a t vVellin g t o n street is th e bes t t o tn- , d o n ' t y o u? "

·"S ure , J a ke , th e pe o pl e th e re o u gh t t o b e g enerou s "

" If ,n d o n ' t g et it o ne pl a ce " e " ill ge t it a n o ther. "

" Y o u t a lk lik e yo u co uld p e rs u a d e a ny h o u se\\ ·ife int o g iv in g yo u fo od. "

" I prob a bly can ," h e an s\\·ered with

LE AF

a s, n ll o f hi s ch es t th a t ent t,,·o o f li is ns t b utt o n o n l o n g j o urn ey

" H ear , n are, J a k e , yo u t a k e th e nor t h si d e a n d I ,Yill t a ke th e so ut h

" I ee t me here i n o n e h o ur. "

J im \\" al k ed do \\"n th e str ee t until he ,\ as op osi t e a n im p osin g m a n s io n in t he mid t of a beau t iful la ,rn d o tt ed here a nd th ere " it h a tt rac t i, e flo w e r b ed s .

F ollo " i n g t he sidrn alk arou nd t o t he rear, h e kn oc k ed As soon as t he d oo r Lega n t o ope n he began : " Pl ease , marn, co u l d you gin a piece of cru s t t o a poor st an-in ' ma n? I\ e bee n -" .

"

Y ou ge t ou tt a he a yo' g o od fo' n o th in ' b egga' brfo' l'~e use di s' hea broo m o n yo'!" c ried i\I an d y, t he ma i d, bra ndi s hin g t he aforementi o ned im p len1e nt o f ,Y a rf are .

"

But m am .-- "

\Vh a ck ! B a rn! Crash .

"

Help!! O uc h!! he's m ur d e r in' n, e !" cre a m e d Ji m , falling onr a p ail full of so a p'.I· \\·at er ,, h ich im m ed:ately spilled on him.

"

Oh! " h e groa n ed as he limped p ainfully a,, ay , " ~ eve r a ga in !'' H e s t a rt ed to the m ee tin g pl ac e th ree - q u ar t ers of a n h o ur a h ea d o f t ime - o,, \\ e ,, ill turn t o J a k e and see h o w he i farin g . H e h ad been t o fo ur h o u es a t a ll o f ffhi ch he h a d bee n unc e r e m o n io u slr t u rn e d d0\n1 . As h e \\·as n ea rin g th e· back d oor of t he fifth h o u se, h e h ea rd a a , age gro,d a nd turn e d t o fi nd hi msel f faci n g a p a ir o f bulld ogs

" I think I'll t lT t he n ex t h o use , sa id h e a s h e cau ti u sh · st a rt ed for t he ga t e o nl y t o fi nd hfrn se l f staring a t h ird d og in th e face

"

I\ice d ogg ie, n ice d ogg ie , " he purred in hi s S\\" ee t es t , o ice as h e t ried t G c r ee p p as t it.

" Grrrrrrrrr ! S n a p! "

" H ey, l e t go o f my p a nt s l eg you m u tt! "

" \V oo f'. A rf! B o " · \V o " · !" as th e o th e r t\\ o j o in ed in.

" H e l p! C a ll off th ese d ogs H e lp !"

" Grrrrr r rrr ! \ Voo f !" fro m th e d ogs .

THE GREE LEAF

"Here, Jack! Here, Billy! Here, Sport!" a s,Het feminine voice called from the door.

"Oh! I hope my dogs didn ' t hurt yo u. " she said, hurrying on the scene. ''Aren't rou ashamed of yourselves," ~he scolde.d, ending them sli~king away

" "\Von 't you come in and rest a minute?"

" I-1-1 th-think I b-better b-be g-gomg ," he stuttered, still eyeing the dogs.

"Goo d bye then , and good luck. "

"Good bye," he ans\\·ered, s tarting for the ga te at a lope that soon became a fast run.

vVhen he arrived at the scene of their partin g he found his companion in no better cond:tion than him se lf, \ \· hich " ·as some consolation.

A they " ·alked a,yay not a " ·ord ,,·as sa id and both seemed 10 deep thought.

-Frederick \V. Hawksworth, 9B

HEART'S DESIRE

He was past fifteen and had knee pants on. He didn ' t like knee pants but he h ad t o wear them.

A s he returned from Sundav School o ne Sunday, he entered hi s h~me and fo und his · father itting in an easy c hair reading the morning paper.

He looked at his father o ut of one corner of his eye, but noticing that he didn't look very happy, he " ·ent on up to h is room, changed hi s clothes, and ,vent out to play ball with the other boys.

In a little while he wa called to dinner. "\i\Thile they \\"ere eating, his father asked, "Who " ·ere those men playing with you, John? "

"They ,veren't men. They were just the neighbor 's kids."

"Oh! I thought they were men , \\ ' ith those lon g pants "

''Say, Dad , can't I have lon g pant s ? I think I am old enough!"

"O h , go on! Y o ur dad never had long pan t s un ti 1 he " ·as seven teen."

"Yes, but, Dad , times have · changed, haven't ther ?"

" \Vell , i ' ll think it over."

The next evening ,Yhen his father cc1me home " ith a large bundle under h:s arm, John Ae,Y to t ell the ne,n to his mother. The next thing he thought about " ·as \Yhat the other fello,n \\·ould say

-Franci s Hoag, 9B

--\ SLIPPERY CATCH

One evening this summer, " hile we ,nre o n a vacation visiting in Connec ticut. m,· father and m,· cousin Harn' decided to tn- their· luck at catch'.ng an eel out ~f the mill race which ran but a s hort di stance in front of the house.

After digging bait and borrowing poles they ,Hre ready to se t their line s. Eel fi -hing i best done after dark " ·hen the eel, cra,ding on the bottom of the stream, can not see the h oo k as in daylight. So " ·hen dusk set in the hook s ,nre baited and th e lines thrown out into the ,rnter.

The fishermen made several visits to ·the line and had t o re-bait the hook s, the eels being sma rt enough to get the bait without ge tting caught. About eleven o'clock, the folks ,Hr.t do"·n to look at the line s again and from the c unds out o n the green they must kve caught all the eels th at ever lived in the s tream s around Washington Depot.

There ,m s my father holding upnght in o ne hand one of the pole s and o n the end of the fish line squi rrned c1 r.d t"·isted a thirty-inch eel. Off to cn e side was my cousin Harry , greatly excited He ,ya d a ncing around in a circle at a respectful distance from the unfortunate eel.

" Hold him up in the air !-0 Rena! ( his wife)-Don ' t let him touch the ground !-0 Rena !-He'll travel a fast on the grass as in water !-0 Rena-I n 't he a beauty? Hold him up! D o n ,.t let him get away!"

By this time all of us who were upstairs ,vere gathered on the porch peering out to see the cause for this excitement.

After a great deal of maneuvering, the eel ,ms finally killed and brought up tairs for dressing. \Vith great care it " ·as kinned and cleaned and placed o n a plate. The saying " lippery as an eel" is certainh- true because just about a n hour after i t had been killed that eel jumped off the plate. It made u s all feel "creepy" but as " e kne"· it ,va ''m u scu lar action'', "·e soo n forgot about it and shor tly aftern·ard ,nnt t o bed.

-E trid Anderson, 9A

TRAI:\° TL\IE

The 10:+5 " as late . It had been due an hour ago. Anxiou friends and relatives paced up and do" n the platform craning their necks t o ge t a glim p e of the absent train. uddenly it came puffing and panting around the curve, racing along as if tryin g to catch up ,vith time himself.

The engine slo"·ed dO\vn at the tation and topped " ·ith a creaking and grinding of brake Then tumult reigned upreme. Brakemen leaped to the ground, scarcely " aiting for the train to stop, and etting down their stools they deftly a sis ted each pas enger to alight. Friend and relatives rushed to embrace one another. Red capped porters and taxi drivers stro, e to obtain posses ion of the tra veler ' baggage. Men and ,,·omen rushed by all intent o n their o,,·n busine s.

Here and there a brn·ildered and forlorn figure could be seen ,rnndering about, unable to decide " ·he re to go, only to be cap t ured by some porter and piloted off through the cro,,·d. They seemed to hover over the motley throng , like some ill-omened bird of prey, or vultures, ready at a moment's notice to pounce down and bear off some traveler.

\ Vhen the la t pas enger had either alighted from the train , or else boarded it , the conductor yelled, "A ll aboard",

and swung himself on the train. The bell clanged a nd the engine ,v :th a snor t, groan, and a jerk tarted on its " a, . The scene of bustle and confu -'ion the ·n ceased some,Yha t for th e t'me being. only to be reenacted " ·hen t he next train arrind

-D orothy mith, 9B

KID)."A.PPED

''Say. Dick. " ·hen ' s the gang gain' t o meet? "

"On \ Vednesda, That's thr ee da,· et," replied Dick·, ,vh o '"as the lead~r of our ga n g.

"

Better call a meeting before then because I heard one of th e 'Cro,,--' say they " ere gai n ' to do som e dirty "·ork ,Lt Bud' house tonight. The/re afraid of Bud so they ' re gain' t o send him a r.ote, as \\ e u ually do. telling him that ,n ha, e called a meeting for tonight.''

" ay, Henry, I'n got a g ood idea. \ly big brother isn't on friendly t erms ,, ith some of that gang and I kno"· he " ill help u: " ith hi car. Be do,rn to my house t onight and I ' ll ha, e e, erytr.ing read~ - ee you later. "

That ni gh t I ,rn the first one of all o f our gang to be on hand , but as oo n a , " ·e ,nre all there Dick said h is brother " ·~s go in g t o t ake us for a ride in his car, and " ·hile ,n ,Hre riding he 1·ould tell u about his plans.

Bud " ·as ju t leaving the hou e as ,n arri , ed, so ,n topped him and t old him ,vhat \\ e thought ,ms going to happen. \Ve all hid and ,rnited for cibout fin minute s , " ·hen " ·e heard the member of our rival gang sneaking to\\·ards a small shed near the hou e. They ,Hre tryin g to coax Bud' l ittle pup ou t of the hed ,vith a · piece of rneat , " hen the sig nal was given.

\\ e ,nre oon tr a, elina ou t of to\\ n towards the countn- " ·i th the "Cro " ·s" piled in the back s~a t , their hands ti ed behind them. The next morning very fe"· of our enemie , ,nr e een out of bed on time, after their four mile evenin g hik e back from the country.

-EYerett , an ickle, 9A

POLICE AND ROBBER

One day ,ve boys ,nr e playing police c'.nd robber. Some of th e boys and I v.-ere th e robber a nd a fe"· others "·ere policemen. We " ·ould pretend that " e " ·ere robbing some lady's house and steal in g gold chains. The gold chains " ere big pieces of rope cut in t\\ o. We ,rnuld s n eak up and rob the people of their jewelry and then sneak ou t of the " indow and run to our den. omet imes the police would ca tch us and put us in jail. The jail was our garage . Once when the policemen caugh t a boy the y put h im in jail and then chased 2.fter us. They did n o t catch u s until we were about ten blocks from home. When the y finally got us, ,n ,nre tired and vvanted to quit so " ·e all went home and forgot all about thi s boy th a t was locked in the garage. When I ,Yent into the hou se I heard him kicking on the door. I went and let him ou t but after that he wouldn't ever be a robber again.

-Dale L osa, 8B

"GOOD Tll\1ES"

The bo ys of a certain t ow n ,nre div ided up into two groups. The se groups were battling against each other ii, all seasons of the yea r. The boys would pla y baseball , and football, and ,vould have boxing, or wre stling matches and snowball fights One boy o f each group would keep score of the games or fight s won, and at the end o f the year the group that had the most h on or was the be st bunch.

The boys of thi town were very friendly to each other. The gro ups would go together on hikes for days at a time in the summer. They would tay in the woods until their food suprly was low and then the y ,rnuld return to town.

They had m any swimmin g conte ts ~. nd would go sw immin, g t o tea c h other s how to wim

If a boy wa . slow about tr~ ' ing to l ea rn to swim , he was thro\\ n into the

deep part of the pool and then was rescue d. I " ·as thrown int o thi s s\\ imming pool t\\·o o r thre e time s and the last tim e the y t old me t o s\\·im and I d id it. o I tried much more of the time, a nd n o" · I can rn·im a nd diYe like the rest o f them.

-L ouis Bouwens, 9A

The Traveler

Away-a\\·ay-a\\·ay] did go. I tr aveled ,n st For some business or o . lnto a land of foreign faces

I \\·as se nt.

To travel and see the country

\Va s " hy I went. But a companion along " ith me came, \Vh o s poiled everything, F or-"Lo nelines s" " ·as hi s name.

He made matters w o r se \Vhen ,n did meet J\nd he introduced me t o "l\1isery"

\Nh om he met down the treet.

A t ni g ht ,yhen I would tr y J,. fe"· hours t o sleep, :,1y two companions w ould loudly Talk at m y feet , And bring back beautiful l\1emories of old, Of my friends and m y parent s They then told.

' on-roamer and non-travelersH ope to tra vel some day, Rut I , for m y home, Dear God , do pr ay, No m ore to travel and roam, But there forever to sta y

-Esther R osenberg, 9A

PRACTICE MAKES P ERFECT

Keith Miller: " M other , if I " e nt t o a dinner, shoul d I ea t pie with m y for k? "

~fath er : " \Vh y, certainly."

K ei th: . " Ha ve you a piece that I ca n pr ac tice on?" FORTY-SIX]

Al tin e Hahn

l\ladeh-n Holder

Denve; :\IcClain

Ross T ay lor

Neal Bro\, n ylvia Thoma s

l\Iiss Burke

SPONSORS

STAFF

Miss B. Green

Grace Marie Phillip

Dorothy Kin g

Martha Hershe y

Mavme Pet erson

Car.ml Stalcup

ADVERTISI~G

The Green Leaf

Mr. Gammill

The GREEN" LEA.F is the result of th e combined efforts of the pupils and t eachers of the \Vhittier Junior High School. The staff which consists of Carrol t akup, Martha Hershey, Sylvia Thomas, Dem·er McClain , Altine H ah n , ~'Iadelyn Holer, Ross Taylor , and ~ real Bro\Yn has been enthusiastic in its efforts to produce the best for vVhittier. Dorothy Field and Grace 1arie Phillip s of the T ype ffritin·g classes have devoted much time to typing; P auli ne Goodale of the Art class has desi g ned the cover; _ and th e E n glish classes have written the literar y material. :Hiss Berth a Green and Miss Osthoff are sponsors for thi s GREEX L EAF and h ave been untiring in their efforts t o supervise and help th e staff. 1\1 r. Culler, :\li ss Bertha Green , ~11 s O sthoff. Mr. Gammill and ~lis Burke ha ve erved as members of the GREEX LE.-\F board. The GREE:\' LEAF is meant to represent the variou intere s t s of the school and it is hoped that it " ill ~erve as a future refer e n ce for plea ant memories of \Vhitti er Jun ior High School day [

1\1 iss Osthoff

Jokes

Glen \rVhitmer: " I ha ven ' t a ny pen. ''

l\1i B. Gr e en: " \Vhere 1s yo u r p e n? "

G. \V : " It ' b ro ke. "

l\1i Green: " H a ve yo u a penny? "

G. \V.: " X o, I a m broke t oo . "

Ir v in \\ all: " I he a rd m u h a d yo u r d og s h o t th e o ther d a y? '' ·

:\Ii s Oth o ff: " Y es "

I n- in: " \V as h e m a d? "

l\Ii s O s th o ff: " W e ll , h e did n' t like it , err ,nl l."

Th ere o n ce ,rn a boy n a m ed F ra nk M e ie r ·wh o t rie d h a r d t o kin d l e a fi r e, But th e , mo d i t w as g r ee n o h e use d gaso l in e

A nd th a t 's " ·hen h e beca m e a " hi g h fli e r. "

Ther e \\" a a yo un g l a d , n ca ll D e n ver, O n e d ay h e di d br ea k hi s s u s pe nd e r ,

H e's n o" · in d e pair ,

F o r it 's h a rd t o r e p a ir ;

A nd a l as ! ~1 cCla in 's f eel in 's are t e nd e r.

T h e r e o n ce ,, ·a a g irl fr o m ~. Y.

\V h o " as a ked 6:-,· h e r bea u o ut T . \

But the m ai den r e pli ed:

" \Ve ' d be s t s t ay in s id e, l' o r y o u kn o,,· h o w the n e ig hb o r s D. T. ''.

H aro ld S p e n ce r: " \Yh y h a \ e yo u go t o n so m a n y cl o the s thi bri g ht a nd su n s him· d a , · ?"

Clyd ~ D ;vis ( o n the ,,·ay t o paint hi s b a rn ) : " It sa ys o n th e c a n ' F o r bes t r es ult s, put o n thr ee coa t s '"

Dwi g ht H a n e n: " The h o rn o n thi ca r i b ro k e n. "

D o n Pur v ian ce : " N o, it i jut iniff e r e nt. "

D H.: " Indiff e r e nt? "

D. P : " Yeh , it jut d o es n ' t g ive a t oo t. "

I ,nnt t o ee the p r in c ipal \Vhen thin gs ,nre a t thei r " ·orst But I didn ' t ge t t o ee him B eca u e he sa w me fir s t.

P a r o n n o,, : " R as tu s, h o \,· l o n g h as it b een s in ce m u , nre a t chur c h? ''

R a tu s : " L ess.e e l e mm e fi gg er. I

~:: n ' t ne va h bee n th e r e ' t a ll ; n o, n o t

r, e \ a h. H o n- lo n g za t ?"

01' TH E TEP

K o rman C.: "I \Y a nt t o k i s y o u goo d ni g ht but I 'm afra id so m e o n e

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·ill ee u " h e : " O n ev er mind. I'll hut m y e_1 es."

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F ores t Fult o n: " I w o n der " ·h a t " e ' ll " ·ear in h eave n? ' "

~fr Os th o ff: " I kn o w " h a t I' ll \\ ear if I ee yo u th er e. "

F o r es t: " \Vh a t? "

l\Ii s O th off : " A urpri ed l oo k. "

l\1i s P e ter so n ( t o th e pupil ) : " \Vh a t d o " ·e o \\·e t o o u r sch oo l) " a m G a tt o (so o thin g l y) : " I O\ n : m y c h oo l t o \\ el f ees "

l\Ir. Huff ma n: " o tr y, o ld m a n , th a t my h e n go t l oo e a nd c r a t c hed u p yo ur ga rd e n. "

1\1 r. He s t o n: " Th a t ' a ll ri g ht. M r dog a te y o ur hen. "

Mr. Huff ma n: " Fine ! I ju t ra n ev er yo ur d og and killed him! "

L ee H e ndry t o H e r hel Bre,,·er: " If ) o u sa w a d og, a ca t and a n a k e , l y in g in the n o w , wh a t t ime w o uld it be ?"

H. B.: " I d o n ' t kn o \v. \Vhat tim e •,rn u ld it be? "

L. H.: " Winter t i me. "

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