WHITTIER JR. HIGH NEWS
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the WHITTIER JUNIOR HIGH CHO O L, Lincoln, ebraska
Articles written by pupils in English Department under Supervision of Miss D. Green.
Vol. 1 Printed in Printing Department under Supervison of J. M. Baker. MAY, 1924
9A Class Poem
mbe llrincipal's Masterpiece
By Asa Smith, Alfred Richardson, and Willet Shepherd
Have you hear.cl of the wonderful 9A class • And the logical way it came to pass? It ran aloud till a certain date, And then, of a sudden, it just- Well, wait, The whole occurrence I'll now relate, Worrying teachers into their graves, Blossoming out into marcel wavesHave you ever heard their final fate?
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Nineteen hundred and twenty four. Teapot Dome was then apourCongress, as usual, in a roar. That was the year when Tokio town Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Hiram Johnson was done so brown, Left without a vote to his crown. That very year, so the records say Mr. Culler finished the great 9A.
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Now in working with classes, I tell you what, There is always somewhere a weakest spot- Some are lazy, and some are slow, Some don't care for a thing but show. In civics, algebra, latin or art, Always some fellow won't do his part, While others will only make a start, And that's the reason, beyond a doubt, Some people fail, while others win out.
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So Mr. Culler inquired all around, Where the brightest students were always found: Algebra sharks from Elliott came,
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Clinton students were known to fame, Bryant and Whittier, much the same, Bancroft and Hayward, each sent a fewThen said the principal, "Now they'll do!"
V.
Do! I tell you, I rather guess
The class was a wonder, and nothing less. Clubs were formed and Clubs were stopped; Pupils came and pupils dropped; The class ahead stepped out one day, . And left their place to the new 9A . .
VI.
February-it came and found·
Mr. Culler's masterpiece strong and sound. February increased by MarchHonorable seniors, stiff as starch. April and May, in tune they cameRun~ing as usual; much the same. The days of June at last arrive, And the schoolhouse hums like a human hive, For in this wonderful 9A class
Each was eager that he should pass.
VII.
Fifth of June, promotion daySomething unusal on the way!
First a speech, and then a song, Then the certificates passed along. Mr. Culler, at last, as in duty bound. Arose from his seat and looked aroundBut the 9A class was not to be found! Instead, as all could plainly see, The class was now the new 10th B.
VIII.
You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How they all got promoted all at onceAll at once, and no one firstJust as bubbles do when they burst. End of the wonderful 9A class·. Logic is logic. They had to pass.
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Safety Education
By Marie Hahler, Whittier, BB
The traffic laws it is true, Should be obeyed by me and _you. Every one at all the schools, Should know and practice safety rules.
·.. In the streets one should not play, For it's against the laws in every way. Traffic rules all should know, Then all may safely come and go.
Railroad crossings :kere and there, Watch the crossings everywhere. First the traffic laws repeat Then one may safely cross the street.
Think, look, listen and stop, But please try not the train to hop, nd if it passes you near by top, look, listen; go not nigh.
Since we all wish fire the least, Keep matches out of children's reach, Or there may be a dandy feast For this mighty angry fire beast. Please obey the traffic rules, Not only at home, but at your schools, Think of them where' er you go, Then you'll be safe and make others so,
Accidents, accidents every day, Are growing more in every way, We're trying to put an end to this, So please the traffic laws don't miss.
Mrs. Green: '' Adam, how are you getting on in arithmetic?''
Adam: (Li;ke his last name): "Well, mother, I can add up the naughts just fine but the figures bother me.''
THE FINAL GAME
I.
There was a boy by the name of Pat. Oh, was he handy with a bat? He would hit the ball and it would-hum. He was always sure of a great home run.
II.
Elected manager was he Which kept him busy as could be. He was proud of his good post But about himself he would not boast.
III.
We had a game the other day With another room we had to play. The score was soon 11 to 6. Oh, boy! vVe had them in a fix!
IV.
The game was finished that very night. We fellows knew we had to fight, For they were sure a snappy bunch. From a certain boy we got this hunch.
V.
That night, after we all had met, On our faces you could see the sweat. The drops rolled off in little lumps, While our hearts beat with rapid thumps.
VI.
We beat them 26 to 8. They tried their hardest a little too late.
Bob Tilman, the pitcher, who was there, Said, ''You won it fair and square.''
VII.
So the victory went to 102. We cheered for them till we were blue. The others left with heads drooped low, For the victory they had been too slow. - Max Lettween.
Whittier Junior High ews, May, 1924
Value of Whittier School Gardens TOTAL OF TWENTY-ONE CLUBS
To September 1, 1923
Anderson, Ernest. Avrashow, Isadore Ball, Marion E. . Bose, Gaylord . . Brostrom, George. Cochran, Robert Dean, Winona. Ferguson, William Fraley, Charles . Gunn, Burdette . Hershner, Leland. Huddleston, Dale Jennings, Harold . Johansen, Lloyd . Knight, Kenneth . Lamphere, Eugene Lettween, Max Madden, Robert Novacek, Alfred Singer, Jacob Stuermer, Karl Teten, Melvin . . Van Sickle, Howard . Weaver, Kenneth. . Whiteford, George Willis, Clarence Wilson, Cecil . Wood, Hollis . Woolcott, Floyd . Noyes, Irene . Sharpnack, Roger Holder, Viola . . Congdon, Holmes. Total
Whittier Junior High now has twenty-one clubs which the pupils of this school have joined. These clubs meet once every week at the last half hour of the day. The pupils get practice which they will need when they grow older and it helps to broaden their ideas of the work they are interested in.
THE WHITTIER NATIONAL BANK
The officers of the Whittier National Bank, which was organized by Miss Priesner in room 208, are as follows: president, James Smith; vice president, Della Randall; secretary, Virginia Crist; treasurer, Thelma Ziegler.
PUBLISH A HOME ROOM PAPER
Home room 216, under the supervision of Miss Madsen, has a paper called the "8B2 Live Wire." The Lit•e Wire is published weekly on Mondays.
The editorial staff follows: Rowena Benyston, Editor-in-chief; Ardell Park- _ _,_, hurst, Editorial; Robert Blackburn, News; Reed Smith, Lost and Found; Gaylord Bose. Boys Sports; Alice Wallick Girls Sports; Kenneth Knight, Cartoons; Marion Ball, Jokes;- Evelyn Hughes, Story.
Views of the New Whittier Building
See Opposite Page
1. Auditorium which will seat 1200.
2. Shop from west, showing Auto Mechanics and Electrical shops.
3. Building from north east,showing Mechanical Drawing, Printing, and Woodwork shops, also back view of main building.
4. Front view of main building from southeast.
THE GIRL RESERVES
THE JUNIOR ORPHE0NS
The Jane Adams triangle of the Girl Few people really know what the Reserves, under the supervision of object of the Orpheon club is. Miss Wyman, are having many jolly At every meeting a program is pretimes this semester. sented usually consisting of three or April 17, after club meeting the girls four numbers. Vocal and instrumenwent on a hare and hound hike. The tal solos and duets and dancing are hares with Miss Wyman left fifteen included on the programs. minutes before the hounds. They mark-Ninety-nine people out of one huned the way with chalk or sheets of dred suffer with acute attacks of stagepaper with numbers on them tied to • fright when asked to sing, speak, or trees or telephone poles. The hounds, play before a group of people. Here which were the other half of the girls, the members are given an opportuniafter going through alleys and down ty to become accustomed to appearing railroad tracks, found as the destina- in public. tion the State Fair grounds.
It is one matter tJ play a piece from There they roasted wienies and memory at home and quite another m3:rshmallo_ws, lett~ng Edna Godfrey matter to play before an audience. bmld the fire to WII_l an _~onor. On In this club the members receive prac- account of a few girls hvmg so far • . . . away most of them left for home early bee and experience m entermg, stand-
Th 1 b · 1 • f • ing on and leaving a stage as well as e c u is now p annmg or more . d d I · f · hikes and many good times. _ Mabel expression an mo u at1on o their Angelo. _____ instruments in rooms of different sizes.
Rex Fair from the University School of Music made a very interesting talk on the history of the flute and piccolo at the assembly which was held in the auditorium March 19th.
The officers are - president, Paul Collins; vice president, Mary Sibley; secretary, Mary Warrington; treasurer, Lucille Clark; chairman of Program ' Committee, Alice Halburg - Dorothy Bancroft.
Some Views of the New Whittier Shops
See Opposite Page
1. Machine department, Auto Mechanics shop, showing new lathe at the right.
2. Pressroom of Print shop.
3. Mechanical drawing shop. The total number of drawing benches is twenty,four.
4. Composing and recitation room of Print shop. Total of twenty, five type benches. •
Pictures of the Electrical and Woodworking shops are not 'Jet available.
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FRED EASTERDAY'S REPORT CARDI.
On Wednesday night, quite late was Fred . When home from school he came, And on his face there was a dread As if he were to blame.
II.
He straightway to his father went As if to ask some favor. His father thought he had been sent To mend his ill behavior.
III.
''Can you write with your eyes closed? Then please do not delay For the favor that I wanted was To sign my card that way.'' - Louise Dybbro.
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wALKING FLAMES
If you are near Whittier school you will notice a red glare surrounding the building. You might wonder what the cause of this great aurora borealis can be. It really has not caused any fire so far but great fear is felt. After studying the situation from all angles you decide this matter at last is settled for you find there are fifty or more redhaired pupils inside the structure.
They should copy the University students and organize a society called' 'The Order of th e G)ld en Fleece." Then no more alarm need be felt on the subject thereafter.
THE BICYCLE RIDE
Mr. Heston's He jumped on his bike as he ought to, And rode very fast, or he thought to. But on crossing the track, He ran over a tack And said something he hadn't been taught to.
Charles Crick's Charles ·Crick is a boy in my class, Who was riding his bike pretty fast, But on crossing the track, He was hit from the back, Now Charles has his arm in a cast. -Charles Armstrong
Thomas Work went in to his mother . one day with his hands and face all dirty. "Thomas Work!" said his mother. Thomas went out and began chopping wood. His mother came out and said, "What are you doing, Thomas?" Thomas said, "You told me to work. ''
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Joe: Fred, let's make up a new game. For instance, let's see who can make the ugliest face.
Fred: Aw goon, you've got too good a start already.
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Mrs. Sibley: Elizabeth, here is the dish your mother sent her salad in. I am very sorry that I have nothing to send back in it.
Elizabeth Ferguson: That's all right. You can keep it till you do have.
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Things We Never Expect To See
Henry Rupert growing six feet tall.
Roy Heath having his lessons.
Miss Lambart getting fat.
Byron Binger getting into a fight with a wind ow again.
Mr. Culler with black hair. Every one's book report in on time.
Miss Bethune telling a joke.
Miss Cross living up to her name.
Thelma Ziegler with a natural complexion.
School held in old "\Vhittier building.
Miss CO\van getting her hair bobbed.
Norman Pickell coming back to school.
Leonard Hunt without a grin on his face.
Mr. Bailey ::is a steeplejack.
The Green sisters riding a double bike.
Miss Tierney using a stepladder.
Mr. Dow and Mr. Kraus as esthetic dancers.
Miss Harms being the first to arrive at a fire.
Miss Hamann out of style.
Miss Rousseau stop ta 1king about tardies.
Mr. Baker running in the halls.
Mitchell Gunn without freckles.
Robert Tilman without sJme girl's dorine.
V•layne McNerney wearing long panLs.
Kenneth Dimmit without a comb.
Asa Smith trying out for the baseball team.
Robert Chamberlain coming to school with his hair sticking straight up.
Miss Madsen: Was Karl chosen to be one of the 100 that are in the Operetta?
Gay lord Bose: Yes, he is to be one of the ciphers.
THE STAR OF THE 8B GAME
I was the star of the 8B Baseball game. The game was going all right when in the last half of the fifth inning I begged the captain, Glen Wittstruck, to let me take the place of a little kid named Henry Rupert. He decided to let me go in. T h a t decision was the ruination o f him. I was the star of the game.
Yes! During that inning they ran in six scores and the other three got in while I was reaching around, over, under, between and behind my legs trying to get the ball. "\Ve were ahead of them at noon and then I had to go muss the thing all up. The score at noon was 9 to 3 and ~t night, when we quit it was 12 to 9 in their favor. Oh I tell you what, I sure was the star of that game. - Leonard Smith.
Eldon Carr: That was a fine hit you made this morning.
Gunboat: which one do you mean?
Eldon Carr: Oh, you know, the time you hit the ball!
8A CIVIC-LEAGUE TRIP
The program held before the Civic League Trip for the 8A' s March 26th was held at the Temple Theatre 15th and R streets.
The first number on the program was a selection given by the Everett Girls Glee Club, "Hark to the Mandolin."
Miss Ferine from the University School of Music gave two readings.
W. W. Curfman from the Board of Education introduced Mayor Frank Zehrung. Mayor Zehrung talked about "City Planning and Zoning."
LOUNGING AT THE STORE
The store on the corner of 22nd and Vine is a very bad place for the boys or girls of the Whittier Junior High school to spend their time, because it is a good place for the boys to have their smoke and also for the smaller boys to be tempted to use cigarettes.
If the boys of Whittier school did not make a practice of loafing at the store, I think there would not be so many cigarettes smoked and there would not be so many boys using them. It is bad not only for the boys to hang around the store but for the girls too because girls going past will draw a bright remark from one of the boys which is not good for the girls to hear. The girls are also likely to hear profane language.
It would be better for the students ·of our school if they left the store as soon as they bought what they wanted. - Ervin Plock.
ASSEMBLIES
The assemblies held at the Whittier Junior High have been very interesting as well as amusing. They serve as a recreation for both pupils and teachers. They cheer them up and make them feel more like going on with their work.
The assemblies are also good in an educational way for speakers tell them
of things outside •that the pupils may not have heard of before. The pupils also furnish material for them. The Glee Club furnishes songs, the orchestra plays numbers once in a while and the Dramatic Club puts on plays now and then. A few other Clubs have put on plays. The gymnasium Classes have put on one or two exhibits which were very good and unusual. This shows what the pupils can do with a little training. It also 5hows what is being done in the classes.
The University school of Music also has been called upon to entertain the pupils several times. It encourages them in music and helps them to learn to do things that are taught by those who know how. - Cecil Wager.
DRESSES FOR PROMOTION
The world is in a very critical position now. Men are being laid off daily and business houses are going bankrupt. There are many fathers in Lincoln who are out of work and are having a hard time trying to make ends meet. There are many money matters which are facing our fathers and mothers now.
Promotion coming soon is a great worry to the parents. • They want their children to look their best in a new outfit but how can they when the girls want silk dresses and satin slip-
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pers? Linen sport dresses are very . stylish and inexpensive. They will look more uniform and every one can afford to buy one. A person never ets his money's worth out of a silk dress but a linen dress can be worn for school and look very dressy. The goods for the dress will cost $2. 45 and the trimming about $2, making the whole dress cost about $5.
Girls can't we be satisfied with a pretty linen sport dress of some light color which will not cost much?Elviner Cameron.
FAILURES
Many pupils fail each term. This means great expense to the school board and the public. In general neither parents nor pupils realize this. The only thought the parents give the matter is that the child has to stay in the same class another semester and this will make it a longer time till he finishes school.
If a class of one hundred and twenty twelve failures, that would be ten cent of the class. Ninety dollars is the cost of sending a pupil to school one semester and as many times as he repeats, so is that much more.
When a pupil is old enough to realize that not only his parents but the whole city suffers when he fails, he should start to put a little responsibility for the burden on himself.
The city of Lincoln has been very generous in giving money for the schools. The parents should cooperate with the schools and cut down the the amount of failures to the lowest possible point. - Frances Yauney.
Visitor in Armstrong home: "Well, Charles, how do you like school?'' Charles (promptly) : "Closed, sir."
OUR CLUBS
The twenty-two clubs of this school afford the pupils a chance to learn more about something that interests them and to become better acquainted with the teachers and the pupils. It also teaches the children better habits of citizenship as for instance the members of the Girl Reserves received honor for doing certain things which lead to good citizenship. But this is not all the clubs do. The Radio Club is showing the boys how they may spend their leisure time without wasting it.
This plan of having clubs in ·the school is rather an experiment. If it proves successful, which I am sure it will give the pupil a chance for widening their knowledge of the world and will make them better citizens of their city. With these opportunities for experiment the children will be more apt to make a succes in life because they have learned how to do things in their schooldays. - Violet Gary.
Paul McGrew has already been fishing this spring. He came in from a long and hot day of fishing the other day and dropping in a chair said, ''Mother, look what I caught! Five big fish and cat fish to!" Looking at them closely his mother replied, ''Paul, it's a good thing you caught them when you did for they wouldn't have kept another day."
THE LETT TwINS
Well, now, these twins, their name is Lett, . And one of their aims is never to fret, They really enjoy their class in Gym. And above a 11 things, th e y 1o v e to swim.
They're always good-natured and wear a smile, And believe i n making 1i f e w o r t h while. - Hf)len Streeter.
LIST OF TEACHERS
Second Semester, 1924
C. L. Culler, Principal
Maude Rousseau, · Assistant Principal and Civics
R. D. Bailey, Mechanical Drawing
J. M. Baker, Printing
Abbie Beardsley, Art
Anna Bethune, Civics and Science
Mrs. Alma Blythe, Art and English
Ethel Bryant, English
Wissie Burke, Mathematics
N ettieM. Cowan, Math~matics andHistory
Marie L. Cross, Latin and Geography
Grace Curley, Mathematics
Alice M. Dee, Household Arts(foods)
C. L. Dow, Physic.al Education
Mary Edgington, Mathematics
Bertha Green, English
Dorothy Green, English
Elizebeth Hamann, Music
Alma L. Harms ,English and Civics
C. W. Heston, Electricity
Lillie M. Holaday, English
Grace Horner, English and History
Mrs. Evelyn Barrows, Civics
Nellie M. Clark, English and Mathematics
Grace Hooper, English
Will C. Huffman, Auto Mechanics
Selma Hult, Mathematics and Geography
Edith Johnson, History and Civics
Jeannette Johnson, Household Arts
Olive Keller, Arithmetic and History
Inez M. Kidder, Science and French
L. W. Kraus, Woodwork
Bertha Lambart, Physical Education
Emma Madsen, Penmanship and Mathematics
Lillyan M. Malone, Commercial
Anna Osthoff, History and English
Mrs. Ruth Pinney, History
Wilhelmina Priesner, Mathematics
Emma Snyder, Librarian
Elizabeth Tierney, Music
Nancy M. Waters, Mathematics and Geography
Mary P. Wilson, Household Arts
Leah Schofield, Household Arts
Mrs. Ossie Wilmeth, Music and History
Mrs. M. B. Posson, English
FAMOUS SAYINGS
Miss Osthoff: "Adorable! "
Mrs. Barrows: "Behave! "
Miss Bryant: "Quiet Please! "
Miss Rousseau: ''You are not taking . the right attitude.''
Miss Cowan: "Be still!"
Mrs. Pinney: "Moon shine!"
Miss Priesner: "That's all right."
Mr. Culler: "Never say die."
Miss Hamann: "I'll kill you!"
Mr. Dow: "Mouths closed."
Miss Lambart: "Bfl a good sport."
Miss Cross: "Get a piece of paper and head it.''
Miss Edgington: "Oh for more time!"
Miss E. Johnson: ''I never was so busy in all my life.''
Miss Snyder: "Let's get down to bed • rock.'' -.,
Miss Bethune: "Nonsense!"
Miss Curley : "Aren't you funny?"
Miss Harms: ''I am expecting more from you.'' _
Mr. Heston: "How's your good conduct?"
Miss Madsen: "Quit talking!"
Mrs. Wilmeth: "You're not funny."
Miss Horner: ''We'll have a test tomorrow, boys and girls."
Miss Aura: "I'll see."
Miss Beardsley: ''I want it quiet.''
Miss J. Johnson: "Hurry up and get your aprons on, because we have a lot of work to do.''
Miss Holiday: "Less whispering and more studying.''
MissD. Green: "Foolish question number 2574 !''
