WHITIIER JR. HIGH NEWS
Vol. 2 MAY, 1925
Wbittier Junior J!,iglJ ~ong
Once again here as school mates assembled We fain would lift our hearts in song, To our High School, our dear Junior High School, Let gladness the moments prolong; We are proud of her lads and her lasses, Of honors won in days gone by,
So here's a cheer for our old High School, For Whittier High School, Our Junior High!
Here's to our classes, Here's to our lasses, Here's to the lads they adore,
Here's to the 9A, so mighty, 9B so flighty 8th grade and Freshies too; Let mirth and gladness, Banish all sadness, And as the days go by, You'll find us ready, and steady, Boosting for Whittier Junior High!
Soon for us will the school days be ended, The dreams of youth that fade so fast
But we know that the heart oft will ponder In mem'ry o'er scenes that are past; There are joys that will long be remember'd, And friendships, too, that ne'er can die, So here's a cheer for our old High school, For Whittier high school,Our Junior High!
Repeat chorus
No. 6
A LEAP IN THE DARK
About three years ago, Billy Ferguson went to visit his grandfather who lived on a farm. One evening as the dav had been very warm he had taken o1r' his shoes and stockings and was jumpino- around the kitchen in his bare fe~t when all of a sudden he bumped the edge of the dishpan and knocked it off of the table. . His grandfather was a very_ strict old gentleman who hated n01se, so when he heard the clatter of falling dishes he started for the kitchen. Swiftlv deciding he had better be o-one from there before his grand- £a ther arrived on the scene, the startled boy made a dive for the door and ran out into the yard and around to the dark side of the house. On that side of the vard was a cactus bed. Billy had forgotten abou_t this a1:d plunged right into the II1;1ddle of it. For the rest of that evenmg you can imagine what our hero was doing.
BERNICE SCHELLENBERG.
A FUNNY EXPERIENCE
One day while I was visiting at my neighbor's home, we became aware of the fact that her small daughter had become very quiet. We went to the bedroom door and peered in. There we saw a funny sight. The little · girl had gone into the bathroom and taken her mother's false teeth from a glass of water and now she was trying very ' b • ' hard to get them into her ba y sisters mouth. 'when her mother asked her what made her do it, she said, "Baby can not eat chicken without any teeth."
F.IB STREET.
BROTHER 0' MINE
h " 'd
"Let me wash my teet , sa1 my brother who is about two and a half years old. I replied "No, you are too little" so Harold ran on out to play. I w~shed my teeth and being in a hurry went off and left my tooth paste lying on the sink.
After awhile Harold came into the kitchen to get his ball. Seeing the tube lying on the sink, he spread the paste all over Donald's hair brush. That evening my big br_other_ Donald came in and brushed his h:ur. Not noticing the paste on the brush or in his hair. he came to the supper table. '\Ve did have a good laugh on Donald for he did not know how he got that stickv stuff on his· head. Naughty Har~ld o-ot off easv on this account e ., l until that night when I went to was 1 mv teeth and found the tooth paste tube empty and the contents spread on my hair brush too. MURIEL STITH.
A NARROW ESCAPE
Last summer, when I was out on a farm for the first time, I had an adventure that I will never forget. I was walking up the hill towards the house when I heard the gallop of horses coming up from the field from their dav's work. They came upon me so quickly I didn't know what ~o do so I started running up the hill towards the house, followed by the team. My sister, seeing me, took pity on me and told me to get out of their way. I tried her advice, and to my surprise it worked. I was the victim of the laughter of e,very one on the place for a week after that.
HAZEL POLIN.
.WHITTIER CROSS WORD PUZZLE
By Robrrt Madden, H. R. 212
. Drawing made by Francis Ayres in ri. ),, Beardsley's Art class.
5. ame of a Linc< 1n school. 6. Hall of our sch .>Ols.
7. \Yhat a part of a1ithmetic is The a sistant pr incipal ailed . Horizontal
1. \Y hat l\fr. Culler and Mi Rou - ' 9 • A nm ical club. seau do in a embly.
·> A course in mathematic
.3, Germ tudied in science. -t-. \\.,..hat we ha Ye on \\.,.. edne day and ,'ometime . on Friday.
TDEA.G EXAl\I .
\Yhat i: the capital of the . S. i
\Yho di. coYered America Y
Ho\Y long- did th e Forty Years War ti),,t ?
".,..hat countrie . fought in the pani:h- rneriean wad
To what point wa . the California p-old rush made Y
\Yhat i the hape of a circle.
Ont of :-56 nH'n killed in battle. ho-w 11 1any died •)
\Vho made fiincoln' Gett~ sburg add rr1-. ·?
\Yho inwnted the Fo r d?
Tn what ~ ear "'a the gold ru h of ·-1-n nrnde:
How many ides has a triangle? 11. 12. 13. 14.
Verti c 31 what \Ye write ora.
A dead la ng u agE
A famous writer.
A tool used in th e woodwork shop.
l\IAJOR S PORTS
At the beginning of the semest er the followin O' officer we re elected f or the ~~ear: Elmer D urich, President; Glenn \Yittstruck, ,.,..ice -Pre sident ; Abe Novieoff, ecretary. Afte r we had held a few meetings a ervi ce committ ee wa chosen, to see what we would do during the next week. Mr . Dow e xplained the fundamentals of footba ll, basket ball and baseball. We have p layed ba ketb~ll a?-d ba eb all, and ho.ve a lso gone sw1mmmg.
Lo t: One tep while d'.ancing. ~f ariel wezey- 208.
Lost : My balanc e on the fr ont teps. Haz el Heed-216.
~TIGHT.i.:L\.RE
One evening I wa walking ~lowly down the ·treet, when uddenly omething was placed over my mouth by omeone behind me. I wa picked up and carried to a waiting automobile. and wa . whirled awav. ,ve droy many mile until we udd nly stopped in front of a. cabin in the woods. I " a ., taken out and carried into thi • cabin. To my great ~urpri e there wa • an old woman with a Yery evil eye preparing , upper. After giving me my supper :he took me to a mall room off the kitchen with bar on everv window. A.bout ten o clock the· light were blown out and I began to get drow y. Lying down on an old cot in the corner. I fell asleep. After midnight I wa uddenly awak ned by omeone without who ,Ya , trying to get in. Three time I creamed for help as loud as I could. Then . omeone hook me and told me to hut up. Opening my eye I expected to ~ee the old evil-eyed woman hnt to my great urpri .· it wa my moth r telling me if I didn't top haYing the nighti1:are he would put a file under my pillow.
HELE Hooo.
CA.UGHT
Recentlv while in a grand rush to cla . e in· order to avoid any ad experience. our attention was uddenly directed toward an unu ual scene of activitv. A mall boy wa vigorously rhewi1ig a wa<l of gum. This fact in it elf ,va ~ not O surprising a it was to :ee him stretch it between his two fingers until it had attained a length of about two feet. Racing alono- in the opposite direction wa a brighteyed mi chievou little girl, evid ently one of hi friend . A he approached him he put her pen to a most conYenient use, striking the gum quarely in the center. The gum twined around the pen. The result which immedia telv :followed were di astrous to pen, gum, and the boy's temper, you may be ure. - Myrtle Wall.
~TOT lIU H Fl:J~T
He : t out on hi teed 0£ teel for hi de tination. Our hero must have had confidence in hi bicycle. or wa. • in a hurry, to take uch ·a tretch of ground as ·he ele ted. for the mud wa a ::-ticky a gumbo, lippery a ice and not the kin l of ground one de. ire to walk, ride, or it on. He started out at a fair rate 0£ peed but midfi Id he found out that he had attempted too much. He was forced to walk and carry the rear wheel of hi. Yelocipede, to proceed. He trudged on till he reached the melting ice farther over. ,vith a combination of :-.lipper. .,, mud and more .lippery ice under him, at hi fir t attempt to mount hi wheel, he went down. Hi , seC'ond attempt wa ~ ucce. ful and he rocle a way, kicking the mud from hi hoe . and leaving a trail 0£ mud behind him. - Richard Travis
A~T U1.TEXPE TED TFMBLE
Down the crowded hall came a small bo~.,,, talking loudly to hi companion. Accidentally he dropped the hal£-che"·ed pen he wa carrying and stooped to pick it up. A girl omew hat taller than he wa walking ~·ather _fast and not . eeing him, bumped mto l11m and ent the lad prawling owr the floor. He got to his feet a quickly as po ible and after finding hi pen, and giYing the girl a rather hard look, again proceeded to his <'la room. - Evelyn Davey.
THE SOCCER GAME
Down the nrnddv field franti,·allv rn h the boy . kicking what nppears to b a large, dripping, mud balL Later we find out it is a soccer ball. with boy in hot pur uit. One gaunt young ster, ( as it appear from the . ideline ) look as though he would change places with ball, a~ he is jn the mud quite as often. Another lnJ with a winning aspiration and a pnir of goloshes, give one th 2 im pre . sion of a plow-hor e, trying to play the part of a colt. - Homer Brown.
WHITTIER JUNIOR HIGH NEWS, MAY, 1925
WHITTIER JUNIOR HIGH N EWS
Published twice a quarter during the school year by pupils of the Whittier Junior High School, 22nd and Vine streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Printed by pupils of classes in Printing I, II and III
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C. L. Culler
THE STAFF
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Sports and Circulation
Russell Trott
May 1925, Price 10 Cents a Copy
SCHO O L
Rtudies ! Studies ! Studies! 1t 's all that I can see. It keeps me just as busy As a busy little bee.
Books ! Books ! Books ! English and Latin II. That's enough for me, And plenty left for you.
,Vork! Vlork! Work! \\.,.ith Civics and Geomet:r:y I T never will be through, ~or ' even get half done.
Vacation! Yacation ! Vacation! Xo studies, work, nor books. Nothing left to do, But fish in little brooks. -Howard Colton.
PRISCILLA .ALDE~ CLUB
Election of officers took place at our first meeting and the following girls were elected :
Pre ident :Marie Cooke • \ice-President ........... Helen Lapp Secretary and Treas Eloise Bradford
The Betsv Ros and Priscilla Alden Clubs met· together, and alternated programs. Reports were given on home life in colonial days, child life in colonial days, women of colonial days, etc. Two dramatizations were given by the Priscilla Alden Club, the fu·st being, "Colonial School Days", and the second, '' The Experiences of l\frs. Rip Van "'Winkle.'' .A costume party came as the climax of the semester's work.
Perils of a Rainy Day
At noon one dav after an extraordinarily hard rai1{, I started to cross from one side of the front steps of "'\\Thittier to the other side on the "board ,yalk." I had no more than .' tarted when I sa,,~ some boys come racing down the steps toward me ,Jumping back, T allowed them to go on and vaguely wondered where I would haYe been if I hadn't seen them coming.
Starting again, I was alternately pulled and pushed by others until I found myself in the middle of the walk and suddenly isolated.
Looking toward the steps I sa"· the cause of the clear space.
A fight was on !
First a cap whizzed oYer my head and landed in a mnd puddle below. There was a ,,·ild rush for the cap. and before I could step back I felt myself swept off my feet and carried downwards. In a few moments boys and caps disappeared, and I found m:n~elf seated in the middle of a great p~ddle with my hat on one ear and everyone abovE:> laughing at me. At least T had become the center of interest for the moment.
TOrR .... Al\fE .. 'T
Before the Junior High chool were e. tahlished. there were inter 'chola tic contest. instead of the home room tournament . All the ~chool.· in the c:it~· participated in the e conte t in which ·o<.'cer a11d indoor ba.-eball were ph1yerl. "'\Yhen .Junior High chooL~ wrre estabi ·hed the e port had to be <1 iseontinued becau e all of the older pupil were placed in one or two difrrrent building and the pupil in the rlementarr school. were too . mall to appreciate or carr~· on a tournament. The• .Junior High chool :tudent. wanted a tournamrnt of . om ort o the home room onte. t, were introc1nced.
The olcl mrthocl ha a great many <li. adYantage one of which i that 011lr one team, u . ually le . than t\YelYe pupil~. can participate, while Yery frw are left out in the new method. The inter chola , tic o-ame lrd to m feeling which often re~ultecl in fights. The rea on for thi. was that the pnpiL did not kno-,Y each other nor did they know the umpire, therefore they alway. watched o that they would not be cheated. •
Tlw 1ww mrthod allow. nearly all of thP pupil to participate be ide • µ:iYing many pupil. experience in how to plan and conduct a tournament how to umpire a game, arnl how t~ manage a team.
If the pupils would cooperate by obeying whe1i. told to keep back of the rope, or to keep off of the diamond while game are being played it would help ,·ery much. The playground committee works hard to get umpire for the games, and to conduct the tourna-
ment but without the help of the . chool it would be difficult to carry on the games.
PIRIT
To he a ·ucce in chool one hould he happy and enjoy doing hi hare of the work. To receive thi plea ure one must be a part of the chool and feel that hi ervice is needed. Thi i one. o_f the great t rea. on. for having a c1Y1c league and the manv Committres. In the ba. eball tournament the ...,chool dt.,pend • largely upon each individual to do hi· be t. Every club in "'\\hittier ha it , officer who ·al o have duties. ..All of the e organization ]ead to a good chool . pfrit.
..A good illu tration of fine chool pirit was di played a hort time a()"o by ·everal home room who took hakets out and cleaned the south play- O"round. The pirit with which they accompli hed thi ~ ta k wa a gre;t plea ure to behold for the work wa completed quickly because each pupil came ,Yith the right attitude.
'l~here a~e a great many way in which pupil can ho-w their loyalty and :chool pirit. In each of the ·e the pupil will receive a much help a • the school for thu friend hip i made a . ,,ell a . happy memorie of chool day~ which will never be forgotten.
::.\Ii ro . , : '' Did you receive the puni hment you deserved, la t night.''
Howard Van Sickle: " o father , aid it would hurt him a m~ch a it would me."
1i, • ro . : ''Do you mean it would hurt hi feelings?''
Howard: '' To, his rheumatism!''
Wild Beasts
"\Ye were ()'lad when the e-vening . meal was oYer and the tent pitched m an open pot among the pine ,', for we had traveled long and far during the day. •
I woke just a . the un peeped oYer the rao·o' ed edges of the lofty peaks of the Rocky Mountain rang e in Coloi-ado. The· birds n-ere inging with the freshne ' S of the new day and an eagle . oared high in the morning air.
I looked out pa t the open flap on the tent. Our guide was kindling a fire for the morning meal. He had on an old louchy felt hat and his face was covered with the stubble of a two claY ' beard. He stood up and taking a pail he went to a spring to get some ,rnter. Pre ently I heard a queer noi e outside the tent. It ounded like harp teeth and strong· jaws breaking and crushing bones. I wildly thought of all the thing it could be, sn~ke , mountain lions. bear , wild cats and mad dog . I didn't hear any vocal sound that ga-ve me any clue a to what it might be. I ,vas shivering with fright when the guide came back. He was talking to someone or omething. I crept to the door and , entnred to look out, and there were two chipmunks. One was eating a h~rd hread crn t and the other runmng around in the dry ]eavesDolores Dean
All In One Evening ·
' ,Yell , stop at Lucy's hous~ if it gets too dark " , sighed Mrs. Bailey as she and her daughter ga-ve one 1?-ore look at the girl who was fast d1 appearing down the road .
..As she went, Ellen Smith questioned herself sharply. Why had sh~ refused to tay all nig'ht at the Baileys 1 She was about to go back to the farmhouse when her pride got the better of her and she started to run, thinking she might drown out some of the queer sounds she must hear on the way home .
.Although it was only eight o'clock, it was very dark and her footsteps frightened the birds in the trees above
her. .As she pas. ed Brown' cornfield and. .further on. their hou e, she breathed a , igh of relief and continued on her waY.
The nig11t ,rn now Yery dark and ~he walked faster than before. Suddenk ~he sa,Y something lying in the road· ahead of her~ It looked like a co a t yet couldn't be, because a coat would. haye been found before this so he ,, ent way out around it, thinking it might be a tramp asleep, and hurried pa ,. t another cornfield.
Ellen topped in front of a .farmhous e to rest as she felt that no one ,rnuld bother her there. Voice came from the barn. She Ii . tenc<l and heard a -voice houti.ng, ""\Ve will get her on her way home from Bailey's place''. he list~ned for no more. Rushing on, she stumbled into her °'vn home and toid her amu, ed family a bout her adventure.
' v{ ell ! '.Yell ! Yon sure got what you deserved for not taying at Bailev' .· when I told YOU to. '
"\\.,..h:'i' didn't you brmg my coat· home?'' continued Bab.
'' She thought James was after her : he wanted hi dog.''
Ellen fled to her room feeling much ashamed and vowing that she would ne-ver be such a coward again.
-Ruth Jenkins.
First Row: Mr. Culler, Miss Tierney Miss Hult, Mrs. Blythe, Mr. Baker, Mr. Huffman, Miss Kidder, Mr. Lampton, Mr. McMullen, Mr. Loewen, Miss Jeannette Johnson.
Second Row: Miss Bertha Green, Miss Cross, Miss Dorothy Green, Miss Madsen Miss Edith Johnson, Miss Yost. Thi;d Row: Miss Dee, Miss Cowan, Miss Snyder, Miss Hooper, Miss Bryant, Miss Hamann, Miss Safford, Miss Osthoff, Miss Wilson, Miss Aura, Mr. Heston.
Fourth Row: Mr. Penton, Miss Clark, Mrs. Pinney, Miss Curley, Miss Waters Miss Muldrow, Miss Keller, Miss Edgington, Miss Beardsley, Miss Rousseau, Miss Bethune.
Top Row: Mr. Bailey, Miss Preston, Mr s . Grubb, Miss Malone, M i s s Priesner, Miss Burke, Mrs. Barrows.
Whittier Junior High School Advanced Orchestra
(From left to right) Center front: Helen Ludlam First Row: Viola Baker, Lucile Aura, Billy Ferguson, Royce Miles, Forrest Spieler, La Verne Westerhoff, Anna !Long. Second Row : Howard Van Sickle, Gudrun
Halberg, Henry Haack, Jack Plamondon, Oril Barber, Howard Colton, Victor Novacek, Alice Wallick, Dorothy
King. Third Row: Avis Willman, Eloise Bradford, Robert Madden, Roscoe Roeder, Allen Coles, Dorothy Whitney. Fourth Row: Robert Butcher, Eldon Baker, Eddie Cecan, Harriet Daly, Bernice Schellenberger, Ronald Loper, Richard Mulliner, Harry Mooney, John Hall, James Smith, Alfred Novacek, Charles Fraley, Reed Smith , Alberg En71ish, Robert Kiffl.n. Center Back: Mr . Culler, Miss Hamann, (Director) Mr. Righter.
Whittier Junior High School Band
(From left to right) Center: Billy Ferguson, Royce Miles
First Row: Victor Novacek, Howard Colton, Lloyd Camp, Forrest Spieler, James Smith, Roscoe Roeder; Charles Fraley, Alfred Novacek, Reed Smith.
Second Row: Paul Spencer, Jack Plamondon, Oril Barb 3r, Harold Spencer, Glen Large, Ronald Loper, Richarq. Mulliner, Harry Mooney , John Hall, Dwight Phillip 3, Russell Trott, Donald Munsell, Raymond Sincebaugh, Robert Kiffen.
C. B. Righter, Jr., Director
CLASS DAY
In the 9A cla. program Thur day, 1faY 1-lth, Theodor·e Kie · elbach gave the· . ' chool a welcoming addre . The ft..\.. cla in uni on then opened the program with the chool ong. The l\Iay Queen, Emily hedd, wandered into the mid t of the cla , attracted h • th mu. ic. Ru ell Trott ,velcom d tl;e )fay Qneen who tayed to hear the program the cla had pr pared for her. Robert Kiffin entertained the Queen ,,, ith a cornet olo. Eight boy and girL repre enting unbonnet ally and Qy rall Jim gave a very clever dance. Then tanle~r Moran told u. a 11 the ,my to Rain bow Land. A election wa played on the violin by Lucile ura. :.-lady \\..... ay, a an old-fa hioned ro . e, danced for the Queen. A humorou ba . : viol election wa given lw Ro. co Roeder and hi friend. with .J~ck 'chuyler impersonating Ro coe. '' ...\pp le Blo . . om '' wa then pre ented bv Bernice chellenberg. .... ..... ext came .T~me mith ,Yith '' The Blue Bell of 'cotland'' on hi baritone. A group of 9..A ': gave a Dai y Petal dance. La t but never lea t the entire cla . . ~;;ang their farewell song.
Thi: program, which differed completely from the u . ual cla day exe_rcise . , wa. a great ucce . , and will probably et the tandard for imilar celebration in the future. The cla: and their pon. or . are to be congratnlated on the inter0 et and oriiinalit~· of th0 plan.
The Unexpected _ I
One dark night I wa walk.ing home from the Y. ::\I. C. A. .._-\. I approached the Rock I land track I began to notice all of the good hiding place for robber . Ju t then ome one com ino- alonO' behind me muttered. " tick t" em up . '· I turned around and the.re . tood a rather hort man with a gun in hi hand. I lo t my head completely and tried to grab him. He fired point blank at my face. What did I do . ... ..... othing for I had lo t my head , o it did not hurt me.
-John Hall.
II
'.Ye were goinO' through the jungle when we heard the pit-pat of many feet. ,Ye broke through the bru h, and looked upon an amazing ight. 'f here, jumping around a man, who wa . tied to a po. t, were about twentyfhe blood thir ty, painted avage , who yellf'd , jumped, and \'\'aved their arm all at once. ear thi group were fiye white men. bound and gagged. ,Ye ru hed forward gallantly, to re cue our fellow mel}. A fierce . truggle ensued and I found my elf .-at upon by a burly gentleman, who was wiping the black off hi face. Thi . done, he calmly explained to me that thi was the Lion Tamer Club of .Johanne buri, holding their annual initiation.
-.Joe Di~ ... atale.
III
'l'he lion tole tealthily toward me. I screamed for help, but there was no an wer. I de perately pulled out my knife. The lion prang, but in mid-air, it head fell off.
"Try it again'', came the voice of the movie director.
-Joe Di atale.
Too Late
T·wenty year ago, at the time of the Ru ian-J a pane e War, my father was a soldier in the Ru sian Army. At
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From left to right: Miss Cypreanson, Miss Aura, Miss Rousseau, Mr: Culler.
that time, he yrns about tTI""enfr Year: old. tall, slender. and broad-. hol~ldered, and eYery time he moved. his . trong mu. cle: ·would . ho,Y plainl~- .
One da:v. when the oldier . \Yere , taying in a mall yilJage along the ~reat railroad of iberia, a oldier ran into the cabin where my father wa . , and cried out, ·' There i "' a wild bear near here, but I'm afraid to tell Captain Trowisky becau e h e would laugh at me. "
Of course my father wa ready for anv kind of an adventure. so he told th~ soldier not to report hi find to anyone else, but they two ,rnuld go themselw .' and try to kill the beast, for the~- were in need of meat in the ramp.
The soldier pointed out the place vd1ere he had een the bear, and ure enough there was a bear, but it was a dead one for Captain Trowisky had found it for him , elf and had killed it before they came. -Molly Grnnger.
Seeing a Ghost
One night at a party the boy were telling how brave they were, until one of the old farmers told us a story a bout a soldier who had his head blown off, and was buried right where he had been shot. The place where he ,-vas buried was an old lane, ,vhich later was made into a road. The story went on that whenever the wagon . would run over him he would groan, but later he would save all hi groans until midnight, and then let them all out at once.
__.._t\..s the farmer talked, he pick e d up a stone. and said he would tie a string to the rock he had in his hand, and would go out and put it on the tombstone, then at twelve o ' clock one of us was to go and get it. About eleven he went and put it on the tombstone a he had said. When he came back the question was asked who was going after the stone. We each said the other fellow's name. Then the farmer said, "I will settl e it. Draw straws." I drew the privilege of going. It was then a bout a quarter before twelve,
hut he , aid to come on find he would show me the "Tay.
WI1en \Ye got to the end of the tree he left me and said I , hould go on alone. A I wa. going along, I aw ,' omething \Yhite coming traight for me. It kept coming clo e and clo er. and the nearer it came, the more cared I wa . . but I picked up a £encl' po . t and still ,wnt forward. Finally \Yhen it got close enough, I threw the po .· t :it it . Then there wa a ru. tle and a bavd, and the neighbor's whitefared cow jumped through tne fence, hut I kept on. When 1 got to tht tomb tone I could not find the little rock. I Htarted to write ~ny name on the tomhstone with a bit of chalk T had in my pocket, bnt ju. t then m:r finger caught on the little stone . I grabbed it up and ran back to the how;;e a fast as my leg. could carr)me. V.,..hen 1 got back all out of breath I told them my , tory . Then the farmer , aid to the urpri e of the re t of ns . that he would haYe been "car "d, too. T told them I was scared. hut I -went on ju t the . ame . That iR as near a I eYer came to . eeing a rea 1 ()'host -Dwight P lli1Iips.
Hooch Hunters
One cold, windy day in March when four of us boys were on a hunting· expedition eight miles out of town, jt began to grow cold and snow, forcing ID,\T companion and myself to hunt shelter. ""\Ye soon found good protection from th e . no,v and wind in a plum thicket. Besides us in this thicket, ,, e di s covered two or three rabbits in the underbrush and we set out to cat ch them. It happened in chasing on e, that I blundered upon a suitcase halfhidden in the leave Many wild thoughts pa sed through my mind a I pried off the lock and opened it up. To my amazement it contained four gallons of '' moonshine."
It did not take my companions long to repor t our find to the police, and for several days afterward we swaggered about among other boys a . heroes. -Conrad Wolfe.
WHITTIER JUNIOR HIGH NEWS, MAY, 1925
\. MUD FIGHT
One day near the end of the chool . eme ter. two boy walked on the muddy playground. A they both had boot on they tarted to flip mud on ach other. Pre ently one of the boy thought that he could hower hi, opponent with mud, but ju t a he wa ready to do o a large boy who wa an ob erYer ru hed out and tripped him. The opponent, eeing the other hoy had fallen down on the ground thought that he would get revenge by . bowering him with mud but a he tried to do o he too fell down into the mud. Roscoe Roeder
·~L... r~ ... EXPECTED CR.A. K''
One morning before chool wa C'nlled a <'ertain 9A bov. who e eat wa. in the bnck of the room. wa ngoron. ly rocking back and forth and chattering to hi' neighbor. Each time he rorked, he went back a little farther. and now the legs of the eat were barely touching the floor. ~\gain he rorked back bnt thi time a little farther than he expected to. Over he ,n,nt. rrnrking hi. head on the blackboard. .All yon C'Ould ee wa his :feet clang-ling in· the air. Thelma Long
A CARE
I ,Yas wry much interested wlwn my A nnt told me o:f her experience \Y~th the Indians. One very hot afternoon while the men were ·working in th<' field two Indian::, from acros:-; thl' rin.'r entered the house while ... \.nntiJ ,rn:-- in the bedroom pntting lwr bah>· to sleep. The Indians evident1~T wp1•t~ hnnQT\. bPcanse they ate e,·erY thing p,1ta 0 hle thev ron1<l find in the kite-hen. Then thev ·wC'nt into the other~ room. of the hon:-e and finallY fonnd AuntiP holding her . cared haby. They . aid :-:omething :-he conld not nnder:::;tand. took out thC'ir lrniYes, sharpene l them. took out their tomahawk. and harp<'ned them. al:-o. ,,riwn theY fini hed. theY tnrne(l. went out of the ·hon. e and <li. appeared 111 the wood .-ALLE .• COLE.
THE MATCHL..,.G GA.l,IE
Two boy were matching dimes on the idewalk one un hiny day. All at once a dime bounced o:ff 1 the sidewalk and wa lo t. The matching game topped :for awhile. The small boy who had lo. t the dime began to hnnt :for it. while the larger boy walked awav verv unconcerned. About hal:f an hOl;r later the two boys met agam.
The mall bo, a ked, Did ou ~wipe that dime?"
·•1Vhat make you think o ' was the larger boy' reply.
--Becau~e you're eating candy,' was the . mall chap' au. wer. Floyd Grant
' HOCKED~'
~\ :few week ago, during the -gymna. inm exhibition, a group o:f boys ,wre a. sembled in the auditorium remoYing their treet clothes which were , ;orn over their gym uit . When 3 girl entered the auditorium through th<' . tage door. one o:f the boy let out a ··Hey. )'OH!'' he turned and gave them one look and out he bur t throngh the door like a chicken with its head cut off. John Dunman
Fat Sing
In certain room of Whittier High
There is a young chap who ne,er will lie.
He'. of medium height and average weight,
Thoug-h thi!-: doe n 't tell how much he ate.
Hi. hair i:::; red, hi eyes are blue, An<l hi face i sprinkled with freckles. too.
Guess Who?
'\\" e all of us like him, ye we do.
Of course we like :Miss Rousseau too. He often ays he's proud of thi school So all of us try to follow hi rule. ,vIL ~EITA WHEELER.
D O WN IN THE SH OP
Down in the hop
"\Yith copper and tin. "\Ye light our jet. And then h gin.
'l'here ·: a big old knife \\Tith a blad e o k en, I cut my finger ..:\ml my lip .· turned green.
They all looked at m , But it hadn ' t la , ted long. I looked at m~· finger \nd my nail ,Ya , gone.
Thev av that a mi: L a·. g~od a a mile.
But I '11 take mine
Phl~·ing afe for a while. -Leon Long.
A New Shop at Whittier
rrhe beet metal hop in 'Whittier i . the only one of it . kind in the Lincoln puhlic :school s~·stem. It i one of the :ix shop in \\..,.bittier, thi one being dirPcted by l\'Ir. Lampton.
rrhe week before the spring vacation 11r. Lampton divided hi third pe1·iod class into five different departments, the markers, the cutter , the :hapPr . , the finisher , and tho e who had charge of the advertising part of the bu. ines . . OYer all thP , e wa , a hop foreman.
This cla made to order for the hoard of education thirty-eight du tpan which will be di tributed among the schools of Lincoln. After receiving their order , the cla s fell to work and within three week , time had completed the entire thirty-eight pans, each one marked with the clas trade mark. The trade mark was put on with a stencil made by the advertising department.
Orvil ,vas once in a tree. He was being stung by a bee. \Ye said. "Does it sting."
He answered, " ure thing!" Then he hastil~r spran~ from the tree!
TOP PICTURE
Boys' Civic League O fficers
Top Row: Billy Ferguson, vice president; Russell Trott, president; Forrest Spieler, secretary.
Gir l s' Civic League Officers
Bottom Row: Bernice Schellenberg, vice president; Viola Baker, president; Vera Robbins, secretary.
LOWER PICTURE
Advanced Sheet Metal Class with exhibit of projects,
The purpose of the ebraska Club i to learn about .1. Tebra ka. The work has con isted mainly of stories and report by th e member of the club. During the fir t eme ter Mr. Blackman, of the State Historical Society, made a talk to which room 304 was i1wited. A party wa enjoyed just before Chri tmas. On April 9th we Yi ited the tate Hi torical ocietv room , where Mr. Blackman talked t'o u
Things We Never Expect To See
An tin Blodgett talking to a girl. The pupils in 102 not talking.
Mr. Blakeslev ,Yith a cowl on hi face. Tolbert Steen as a mo-,ie actor. Dorothy Frand en getting a low grade in Latin.
The Girl port Club deYoting the club period to a bu iness meeting instead of playing ball.
"'Yhittier with a bad reputation.
Donald Carr wanting to. be a violinist, ~.., oel Early as a noted inger.
Roger ·yfilkerson with the title of Daniel Boone II.
Mi s D. Green not u ing the best of Engli h.
Ardell Deardoff a heavyweight boxer.
''AIN T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELI . G 1"
1. You labor in clas for half an hour.
2. You take your book home that night and sit up till ten o'clock but still the problem won't check.
3. You go to bed worrying about what the teacher will say next day.
4. You wake up next morning and remember you have a Civic League Trip that :forenoon.
··Oh. boy ! Ain't it a grand and glor• ions feeling?"
There wa a young fellow name Hall, ·who never missed hitting the ball. When he hit it a whack, He said, '' Fielders, stand back, Or you can't ever find it at all.''
THE STANDARD FLAG
A standard flag made of silk, 24 inches wide by 36 inches long, has been adopted by the Loyalty Committees of the Boys and Girls Civic Leaguf's. This comes equipped with a cover and bracket . The bracket when fastened above the blackboard bolds the flag out of the way and in plain sight. At night the flag is removed, slipped into the cover and put away. Rooms 107, 212, 216, and 218 already have the new flags installed in their home rooms.
Limericks
There was a girl named Gladys ,vay ·who never talked throughout the <lay. Gladys worked, and never shiT"ked, But never had a thing to say.
There was a young Barber named Oril, ·who one day got into a quarrel, He knew how to :fight So did the thing right, His opponent thus learned a good moral.
There was young girl called Ruth Pentico, Who most always said, "I want to go."
But when she went Her money she spent, So she very seldom got to go.
Bad Boy
Now Bobby, be good or I'll keep you tonight, You've been naughty as can be all day.
You've pulled Susie's hair with all of your might,
And you've troubled and troubled poor May.
Yon 've thrown paper wads that were covered with ink, And when reciting you'd rave, Of things you don't know a thing about.
Oh, Bobby, Oh, Bobby, behave!
VALENTINE KLOTZ, 7 A.
Joe Di Natale: "A fortune teller told me I had a great amount of money coming.''
Bob ,Johnson: "I'd rather have a bank teller inform me of something like that."
OTIB FRIE ID I BLACK
A very idventurous crow visited the Whittier school on the morning of March 27.. After appearing at Mis Johnson's room 302, he flapped to Miss D. Green's. A boy who happened to kn.ow the crow, which was a pet, ventured over by the window and the crow moYed to the boy's boulder. During the fire drill the bird kept cawing which aroused quite a disturbance among the students. He then flew to Miss Bethune 's room where he remained during the first period. Here they fed him corn which he didn't seem to care for, spitting it out. Afterwards he betook himself to Miss Johnson's room again. Here on fixing one of the curtains Mis Johnson let the string go out the window, which made the crow think she was playing with him. After visiting back and forth from the two rooms he finally recalled business elsewhere and departed. It is said the crow lives near the Elliott school and while playingmarbles the boys are in dang-er of having them taken by the C'ro-n· because he 3.s Yer~· misch it>Yous.
,VHAT PROBLE:M DID SHE ASK1
During arithmetic class fhe teacher asked a boy what he would have if she would give him sevent:v-five cents. fifty cents, ten cents and fifteen cent~. The boy paid little attention to the problem but kept on playing. When she asked him for the answer, he dj<l not reply at first but finally said. "I would have a fit." -Clifford Brewer.
A
Warning
Why are we tardyf
Why do we fail Y
We don't try bard enough. Ah! You've hit the nail!
Now see that you keep From failing this year !
And do not be tardy. H vou do-''O dear!''
• ,vlL_:rETTA WHEELER.
IT EYES DECEIVE ME
( )ne dark winter night I wa on my way home from town. I had to cross a bridge which w-as being repaired. The snow was blowing so hard that one could hardlv see a block ahead. As I wa nearing the bridge I noticed something white swinging back and forth. It looked a~ if it had arms. leg: . and a head on which was a bh11..:k hat. I was not the kind to belie, e in g:ho . ts but I thought if there were anY this certainlv must be one.
It kept coming clo er and closer anu still it swung its arms as if to tell m~ to stop. There was no use in being afraid so I walked up to it and b m)T snrprise my ghost was only a pair of white oYeralls. a coat. and a hat which had bt>en hung: there b;v the men who w.ere painting the bridg-e.
Dwight Phillips
Fire Drill
In firt> drill we must not talk ~Tor even speak a letter, For on the board with lots of chalk ,, e ha Ye been taught much better. II.
The bell will ring and we must rise And yet -we must not run, But if we do our duty well ·rrwiJl be a task well done.
BILLIE FERGUSON.
The World Is Old
The world is old, yet it likes to laugh ..:. ew jokes are hard to find. You know a whole editorial staff Can't tickle every mind. Ro if you find. some ancient jei;;t Decked up in modern guise, Don't frown and call the staff a fake , Ju t laugh. Don't be too wise.
• RICHARD BARRETT.
)Ian in Hornby (1Ganing- out of " i Pelow) : ,:r smell cabbag-e cooking."' El-n-in Benzing: ;:WPll. g-et your head a-n-a~· from, the radiator."
We Can't Imagine
].fiss B. Green having her hair bobbed.
Miss Cross giving a short lesson. Mr. Heston not inquiring about your conduct.
Rhelif ord l\:Ieyers not acting as a side issue in attendance.
Ardell D e ardor:f taking the part o:f Fat Sing.
Allen Coles taking the part of Lotus Blossom.
Marie Barner with a ''dead'' dress on.
l\fiss Brardsley having no knowledge of art.
l\fiss Edgington forgetting algebra.
Miss Osthoff dyeing her hair black.
Miss vYilson trying to be a six-footer.
Miss D. Green living up to her name.
l\fiss Kidder with the first name Ima.
Class Officers
Second Semester, 1924,25
7A Class
President-Calvin Dudek. Vice-President-Minnie Metcatf.
Secretary-Treasurer-Lee Hendry. Sponsors-Miss Preston, Mrs. Grubb.
SB Class
President-Donald Sarbach. Vice-President-Nellie Smith. Secretary-Donald Tucker. Treasurer-Ruth Taylor. Sponsors-Miss Clark, Miss Kidder.
SA Class
President-Arnold Kleinbecker. Vice-President-George McMullen. Secretary-Hazel Davis. Treasurer-Marian Logan Sponsors-Miss Horner, Miss Priesner.
9B Class
President-Helen Streeter. Vice-President-(To be filled.)
Secretary-Treasurer;.._Bruce Thorpe. Sponsors--:Miss Waters, Miss Wilson.
9A Class
President-Mignonette Folden. Vice-President-John Hall. Secretary-Agnes Mae Packard. Treasurer-Howard Van Sickle. Sponsors-Miss Burke, Mr. Baker.
Hap p ine ss
I.
He sat by the fire place, an old withered man,
With money untold in the reach of his hand,
His servants came at his beck and call, He was alone for he'd no one at all. Greedy and selfish through all of his life,
He possessed neither love, nor children, nor wife.
His life ,vas ruined, this old withered man,
In spite of the wealth in reach of his hand.
Another man- lived but a little way on. He'd a crust of bread to eat with a song.
His life was quite happy, tho-' filled with hard work;
He had a large :family and never <lid shirk.
His children around him would laugb. out with glee,
His wife cooked the food for the large family,
But he was contented, though boasting no wealth,
In his heart was a song ; in his body was health.
MIRIAM CHAFFEE.
Miss Lambart: "Some girls nse dnmbells to get rosy cheeks."
Mignonette Folden: " And some girl s u se rosy cheeks to get dumbells."
Mi ss Bethune (in civics): "You must think of the future."
Russell Trott ( under his breath) ; "I can't. It's my girl's birthday and all I can think of is the present.''
::M}ss Green: "Homer, what · is a niche in a church ¥''
Homer Brow n: ''It's t he same as ,an itch anywhere else, only you can't scratch it as well."
€1ubs
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB
The Home Economics club held a can•dy sale in the cafeteria February 23. which cleared $4.75.
ORPHEONS CLUB
The Orpheons club has purchased a number of records for the music department of the school. They bought the records by means of dues. which are ten cents a semester
PRISCILLA ALDEN CLUB
The members of t he Priscilla Alden club were guests of t he Betsy Ross club, Thursday , April 9. They were entertained by a play entitled "The Mysterious Suitcase ."
The characters were:
Smith . ............... Billett Walke r
Black-face Sam Dorothy McKenzie Ghost ..... .. ... . ..... Helen Streeter
THE LIBRARY CLUB
P:resident
Burt William s
Vice President Daniel Giebelhaus
Secretary and Treasurer...... Robert Cochran
Sponsor Miss Snyder
The members of t h is club h a v e been mounting dippin g s from papers and magazines , and filing them for use i n the library. They have made man y v aluable additions to the material already a v ailable t o Whit t ier stud en t s
THE READING CIRCLE
President ........ ........................... .... . Mary Smith
Vice Pre s ident .... .. ................... . ..... .Lulu Nissen
Secretary Marie Broad
The Reading Circle Club, which i s sponsored b y Miss Burke, is divided into three grou p s. Each group ha s its own book from which to read. Th e books .are exciting and the members of the club look forward with eagerness to the half-hour of recreation
Miss Pound, who is the assistan t principal and girl s ' adviser at High School, v isited Whi t tier Thursday , April 16
~lumnt
Rollin Hickman '24 is a member of the Lincoln High School swimming team.
Russell Hackler '24 is a member of the Temple High School basketball t eam.
Robert and Arthur Danielson '25 are officers of the freshman class. Arthur is president and Robert is sergeant-at-arms.
Cornelia Gant '25 has been successful in trying out for the Orpheons.
Nadine Wells '25 is vice-president of the sophomore class.
Holmes Congdon '25 and Byron Bailey ' 24 won recognition in the Rippling Rhymes Contest.
Leland :1\farshall '24, Lyle Thomas '24 , George Gant '25, Alice Geddes '24, Louise Dybbro '24, and Yv ayne McNerney '24 all won high honors in s cholarship. Leland Marshall received the highest average among the boys.
Irmanelle Waldo '24 was a chorus girl in "The Follies of 1927," given during the sophomore assembly at the High School.
Robert Chamberlain '24 was recently initiated into the Lincoln Chapter of DeMolay.
Paul Collins '2-t is a corporal of the Lincoln High School Band.
Helen Gillespie, Alice Geddes , Leonard Hunt , Arthur Bukin, Alfred Richardson , Irmanelle Waldo, Eunice Dingman, Fred Easterday Jr., Lucille Bedell and Freedamae Westman have been placed on Sophomore debating team s .
AN OPERATION
About six weeks ago some men were working on the trees north of the pla.yground . Some boys were watching the men carve out decayed wood. A Ii ttle boy said , "Mister , that tree will die if vou take its insides out."
-Abe Novicoff.
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