Altho we had only one week and two days vacation our faculty and students made good use of the time, some visiting relatives and others staying in Lincoln.
Mr. Gam mill was with his parents in Denver for the first half of vacatio n, and like the rest of us was sorry when he had to come back to school. Mr. W. F. McMullen likewise visited a few days with his parents who live in Soloman , Kansas. Miss Cross spent the time with her father and sister in Fairbury while Mrs. Swisher was unfortunately confined to her bed for most of the time becaus e of a bad cold. We are all glad to see her back in school again .
Joesphine Heilman of 101 did something different from the rest of us by attending country school. She probably found out that Whi ttier has many advantages over those schools and is glad to be here. Idamae Leuk of 303 learned to ice skate and like all beginn ers spent a good share of the time sitting on the ice.
Many others had interesting vacations and if space permitted you could read about them.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
NOT IN VAIN
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; . If I can ease one life from aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.
n,Emily Dickinson
Whittier Chosen Co1nmunity Center
WHITTIER
BAND PLAYS AT FIRST MEETING DECEMBER 18
The first Whittier Community Center meeting was held Monday, December 18 in the Whittier auditorium.
The first number on the program was the Whittier band playing five selections followed by community singing, the leader, Mr. Oberlies. A tumbling act was demonstrated by some high school boys.
Dr. J. Stanley Welch and Mayor Fleming remarked that they were greatly pleased with Whittier
Civic League Nominees Chosen
NOMINEES INTRODUCED JAN. 5, BY PRESENT OFFICERS
The candidates for Civic League officers were introduced on January the fifth and on the following Monday, January 8, the officers were elected.
The nominees were selected . December 18. The six candidates for president were, for the girls: Elizabeth Cross of 301 Frieda Dinges of 209 Norma Anderson of 210.
The boys as follows: Raymond Shrader of 210 Richard Smith of 209 Raymond Hensley of 108
Close seconds were those up for vice president.
Girls:
Audra Hawley of 110 Darline Storing of 108 Verna ~mburger of 212.
The boys up for vice president: Frank Rubino of 303 • Taylor Lewis of 209 Clifford Miller of 212. having a Civic Center and that Nominees for secretary were: they would help as much as possible to make it a success. Madaline Slagle of 212
The cartoons drawn by Oz Betty Moritz of 210 Black pleased the audience Drusilla Wiley from 303. greatly, especially the cartoon The boys were: he drew of Mr. Culler. The last Kay McKay of 303 feature was a moving picture on Bernard Millett of 209 Cod fishing. James MacPherson of 103.
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FACULTY COMMITTEE
Miss Selma Hult
Homer L. Gammill
Mr. Culler Miss Olive Keller Miss Cross
Malcolm Hayes Editor-in-Chief
Helen Evans 9A Editor GREENLEAF STAFF
Jessamine Clark Mary Bullock
Navada Morris Harold Seng
Dru~illa Wiley PRI NTERS
Peter Alexander
George Binger
William Brehm
Robert Coles
William E stes
John Fox
Merle Hancock
Ru sse ll Hoagland
Franklin Lohr
Robert Mitchell
Norman Sheaff
Theron Smith
Lyle Way
Glen Morris
Bill Brehm
Ted Bliss
Bob Campbell
James Coy
Albe rt Firestone
John Gabarron
Albert Heidenreich
Harold Kelley
Robert Martin
Bob Patterson
Charles Skinner
P a ul .Townsand
Gerald Wilson
Jacob Huck
AUF WIEDERSEHEN
To the 9A's that are leaving Whittier, starting the New Year in senior high, the pupils and faculty members of W11ittier wish to send with them the heartiness of a lasting friendship. Whittier has greatly enjoyed the cooperation and splendid sportsmanship of the 9A's during their three years sorjourn at Whittier. It is with deepest regret that Whittier sees them depart but with a hope that everyone may see them from time to time during the years which are to come.
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CALENDAR
Jan. 8, Civic League election
Jan. 9, P. T.A. Evening Meeting
Jan. 11, Efficiency Meeting.
Jan. 12, Assembly, Advanced Orchestra
Jan. 18, 9A Class Day
Jan. 22, Band
Jan. 24, Program, Incoming 7B's
Jan. 25, Promotion
Jan . 26, Semester closes
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Greenleaf staff wishes to extend thanks to everyone who helped by contributing any man~ uscript to the Greenleaf.
It has been difficult this year to edit the paper, due to the fact that little miscellaneous material has com e to the Greenleaf Office. But to those who contributed, the Gre en leaf wishes to acknow1edge thanks.
THE NEW YEAR
As the last remains of Christmas candy and nuts fade away, involuntarily, unconsious1y, one stands on tip-toe ready to greet the New Year. For with it comes new days, a new beginning of adventure on an uncharted sea. Resolutions start with us upon the voyage, but before it is ended there is to be found on a desolate shore, broken resolutions that have been ruthlessly pushed aside, as the ship moved too slowly forward.
This New Year, each should resolve to make only one resolution. At the end of the year, face it and see if that resolution has been carried out. If so, then the lesson of steadfastness to something has been learned and the New Year will not have been fruitless.
January 10, 1934
JOKES
Dad: ''The road to success, i s apt to be a long hard one m y boy."
Son: "Aren't there any shortcuts, father?"
Dad: "Yes our prisons are filled with men who took shortcuts. ' '
A very thin man met a fa t man in a hotel corridor.
''From the looks of you,'' sa id the latter, ''t here might ha v E been a famine. n
"Yes," was the reply, "an d from the looks of you, you mig h have caused it."
Little negro boy: ''Daddy ca n I have some 'lasses?"
Daddy: ''Son, you should sa y molasses."
Little: "I ain't had my firs t helping yet.''
Waiter: "Where's the pape r plate I gave you with your pie? "
Custom er: "My word! I thought that was the lower crust !
Jack: ''What is the noblest kin of dog?"
Bill: "I give up."
Jack: "The hot dog. It not onl y doesn't bite the hand that feed s it; it feeds the hand that bites it."
Miss Osthoff's Drama I clas s was practicing a play. Kay start s his part without any force.
Miss Osthoff: Kay, mayb e you don't feel any better than I do this afternoon.
Kay: I don't! I just came from Chorus class and I'm all out of breath.
Januar y 10, 1934 •
WE ATHER PREDICTIONS
Cont'd from last issue
Jul y , Rain in states that don't need it . Drought in the states that do need it. Warm to warm to hot in Tennessee. Days will be lon ger west of the Rockies than in January. Rise in temperat ures · and patriotism about the fo urth. Frosts unlikely in New York state.
Aug ust, too hot to talk about in most parts, while cool breezes will be found in Alaska. Cotton, howev er, wlll not be killed by the cold in the South, nor will snow be in s ufficient quantities to obstruct Sunday traffic.
September, very hot. Days will begin to get shorter. Cooler only on Labrador coast.
Oc tober, Leaves and cot ton will begin to fall. Although some wh at cooler, temperature will be a bit warmer toward the end of the month due to hot air an d h eated arguments over B a llo we' en pranks.
Nov ember, Lessening danger of hea t wave along coasts. Cool to cool er in nothern Canada and in som e other sections. Snow and sleet in some parts will be accom panied by woolen pajamas and ove rcoats.
Dece mber, Cough-syrup sales go up a ll over the country. Particularl y disagreeable because of intens e cold and Christmas shopping bills. Scarcity of summer resorts ice bills. Very cold in some section s.
THE END
Pupil : "I don'tthink I should
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NOTABLE NOTES Dick: ''If germs come Germany and parasites come from ' Mr. Strawn's third period Paris, what comes from Ireland?" physical education class had re- Henry: "Mike robes." moved their shoes to play on the gym floor. When the fire bell rang, it found several embarrassed boys stepping gingerly so as not to ruin their stockings.
Junior Wheeler of home room 310 is a new pupil and has just entered •from Elliott.
How many have been watching
The other day in one of Miss Jones' music classes she said: ''Open your mouths wide and sing." At the end of a song she said: "That's fine John, you opened your mouth nice and wide." Then as an after thought she added, ''Oh, I see you were only yawning."
the color team chart in the hall "One old saying is, 'A cat has on second floor? It looks as nine lives.' Well, a frog croaks though the green team is losing. every day." They had better snap out of it if they want to beat the orange team Bob: "Why does an ostrich which is ahead. The blue team have such a long neck?" has a chance of winning, but we Bill: "Because its head is so can't imagine the red team not far away from its body." having many points and 307 is on that team.
Mrs. Pinney's, fifth period civics class with one exception was very much interested in the recitation, but to Samuel Nevels it served as an effective sleeping powder.
The Greenleaf staff wishes to correct a mistake in the 7A championship game. 310 had the championship instead of 216.
Sam Pappas of Home Room 310 has made a checking board for attendance. The pupils find this board useful and greatly appreciate what Sam has done.
JOKES
get a zero on this paper." (Don Yates to boy who kept
Tea cher: ''Well, I don't either, missing the ball): ''If you fell but th at's the lowest grade I out of a boat you couldn't hit the could g ive you." water.:'
Customer: "I don't see any chicken in this chicken soup."
Waiter: Well, did you ever see a horse in horse radish?"
Two boys were quarreling between themselves, one somewhat shorter than the other. The taller one said, ''Listen, Shortie, if you say anything to · me I'll make you eat your words. ''
Shortie: "Hot potatoes and gravy with ice cream and angel food cake."
Mrs. Pinney: ''Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?''
Dorothy Diamond: "At the bottom.''
Goofus: "What do you mean by first class mail?''
Rufus: "I think it means where the postman is allowed to read the mail.''
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EXCHANGES 16. Jackson Hi-Life
Jackson High School
As a courtesy to those schools Lincoln, Nebraska who have exchanged publications 17. East Junior Booster the names of the papers are printed.
1. Boise Highlights
East Junior High School
Sioux City, Iowa
Boise High School 18. Fol well Ariel
Boise, Idaho Folwell Jr. High School
2. Spirit O' Roosevelt Minneapolis, Minn. Roosevelt J.r. High School
New Bedford, Mass.
3. Sutter Static Sutter High School
Sacremento, Calif.
4. The Junior Lawrence Lawrence Jr. High School Lawrence, Kansas
5. The Signal Havelock High School
GIRLS SPORTS
Having such nice weather before Christmas, we were able to play most of our game outside, The games were as follows: 4th tournament. 9A 207-112 Lincoln, Nebraska 9B 112-208 Champions 110-210
6. The Advocate 108-301
Lincoln High School 212-301 Lincoln, Nebraska 8B 220-300
7. Flashlight
Sandy Junior High School
Sandy City, Utah
8. The Mid way Student 300-314 312-101 Bye-218 218-101 Lane High School 101-314 Champions Charlottesville, Va. 7A 222-310
9. The Hamiltonian
Hamiltonian Jr. H. S. Oakland, Calif.
10. The Blazer
South Junior High School Niagara Falls, N. Y.
11. Our Talkie
Norfolk Jr. High School
Norfolk, Nebraska
12. Walnut Cracker Walnut Jr. High School
Grand Island, Nebr.
13. Junior High Life
Clarinda Jr. High School
Clarinda, Iowa
14. The Junior Gossip
North Platte Jr. H. S. North Platte, Nebr.
15. The Sherman Spotlight
Sherman Jr. High School Hutchinson, Kansas 216-310 Champions 7B 305-104 Champions
The 5th to u r n a m e n·t has just begun but there have not been enough games played to put the results in this issue.
BOY'S SPORTS
310 did not win the grand school championship, as was stated in the last issue of the Greenleaf. Instead, they won the school chamionship.
There have been no further games in the 9th grade touch tournament, nor any games in the 7th or 9th grade baseball tournament. There was a game between 314 and 101 which com-
January 10, 1934
pleted the 8th grade tournament, 314 being the champions. With 4,750 points recieved from having the most major grades in deportment, the Reds are now second in the color race. The oranges are, however, still in the lead.
THE GOSSIPER
How many of you made New Year res olutions that you woul d study harder and get bette r grades this year? Don't all spea k at once.
From now on until the end of the semester we will have to b polite to the 9A's because the y will be going over to High. I wonder if we can ·get along without them. Dear me, we'll just have to bear up!
Quite a bit of intelligence i leaving us in Malcolm Hayes Dorothy Anderson, and Rober t Coles ain't so dumb either. Th orchestra will lose a good flute player in Richard Morse and som good chairmen are leaving too. Dorothy Bair, Betty Ann Carey, and Helen Evans are g o o d examples.
If you see the teachers take down their hair and weep the cause will be saying good bye to George Bi~ger. He does have a way with, "them there'' teachers. What's the secret George?
Let's all compliment the 9A's on class day and tell the girls what cute dresses they are wearing. (They really expect it) Won't the boys be thrilled if you tell them how "ducky" they look?
T he Whittier Greenleaf
Humo rous Assembly
En tertains Pupils
PL AY TO ADVERTISE T HE GREENLEAF GIVEN
War ren Beck's play entitled ' 'On with the sho w '' was presen t ed in the au d itorium, Friday Febr u a ry 16, b y Mi s s Osthoff' s dram a II class , t o a dv er t ise the I Whittie r Greenleaf.
Ka y McKay ta k e s lead by playing th e part of ''Bubb'' While the pa rt of "Jerry" his sister, is taken by Wilma Grinsted The remain der of the cast was a s follow s:
Jo-Jo Dale Johnson
Dan Kent Murph y
Fri t z Jim Clement
Sara h Martha Densberger
Maybe lle Altha Nace
Agne s Betty Mill er
Ike Wayne Parker
Billy Morris Mayfield
Oscar Joe Ba ker
Hank Henry Gerdes
Delore s Gwen Cannon
Alice Evelyn Belote
Ethel Kathryn Roemer
Marie Jean Cox
With t he usual difficulties of amateur players the actors are finding it difficult to ''put the play a cr oss" which is being presented in Bubb's barn. But a numb er of jokes found in on old discar d e d greenleaf enables the s3-ctors to finish up with fair succes s.
After all expenses have been met with much concern on the part of the actors, it is found to their g reat delight that the pro( Co ntinued on page 6)
MOVE
C ivic League Installs Officers
PRESIDENTS GIVE SPLENDID TALKS
Teacher's Schedule Slightly Changed
The installation of th e new Civic League officers was held February 9, m t he Whittier Auditorium.
The me e ting was opened by the scho ol singing "America" in ROOMS OF MR. GAMMILL unison. Th e flag salute , led by Taylor Le w is, and the Civic League pledge led by Verna Umberger were given.
AND MRS. WHITE CHANGED
Students were rather surprised Monday, January 29, to look on their program cards and find 108 for 7A History, 316 for drama, 212 for Civics, and 101 for 9A English.
Miss Ralston then installed the new girls Civic League pr esident, Frieda Dinges. Raymond Shrader, the bo y s Civic League president, was installed by Mr. Ross.
Raymond then intro d u c e d Taylor Lewis, the boy's vice president, who gave his interpretation of the Civic League pledge.
Miss Schofield who for some After the music under the direction of Mrs. White, the girls time has been teaching home ec- vice president, Verna Umberger, onomics is now teaching history gave the meaning of the flag salute.
and a study class as well as home The two new secretaries w ere economics. It is the first time Mrs. next introduced by the presidents. Shike has taught drama since she Following these introductions . . Raymond Shrader addressed the began teachmg m Whittier. Mrs. committee · chairman and in Childress is teaching Civics and / response they took an oath of office. The committeemen were Mrs. Swisher 9A English, both then spoken to by Frieda Dinges subjects different from what and answered her speech with a they have been instructing lately. similar oath.
Mr. Gammill was for a short The presid e nts introduced t he time in room 203 but has exchanged rooms with Mrs. White, her room being 104.
chairman who in turn in traduced the members of the playground, office, usher, saftey, and property committees .
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THE WHITHER GREENLEAF
manner because they help us in many ways and give us a good education. There are many ways in which a pupil can be courteous to a teacher, first to be polite, second dependable, and third honest. Let's all try from now on to have courtesy.
Newspaper
Miss Selma Hult
Homer L. Gammill Mr. Culler
Mary Bullock
Miss Olive Keller Miss Cross
Editor-in-Chief
Navada Morris 9A Editor GREENLEAF STAFF
Dean Pohlen z Ardeana Kni pp el
Harry Abrahams
Orpha Anderson
Alfred Bowers
Bob Campbell
Jack Davoll
William Gaiser
Leroy lhrie
Ruben Koch
Clifford Miller
Robert Mitchell
Frank Rubino
Jacob Schafer
Charles Skinner
Bmce Eberhart
Drusilla Wiley
PRINTERS
Peter Alexander
Ted Bliss
Robert Brill
Wendell Carr
Eugene Dolansky
Alvy Hadden
Harold Kelly
Robert Martin
Bernard Millett
Leon Polick
Manuel Schaaf
Herbert Schwartz
Edgar Wobig
Lyle Way
WELCOME
Whittier School wishes to take this form in which to welcome the one hundred and forty two 7B's who entered Whittier, January 29 •for three years of study before going on to senior high. The spirit of cooperation and friendship shown this first week by the freshmen will enable them to enter more freely and wholeheartedly in the various school activities of Whittier.
COURTESY TO TEACHERS
Nothing but a smile But it serves to strengthen A weary traveler to go Another-just one-mile. Just a word-a mere word of cheer, But it helps those that Are discouraged, and to us dear. Nothing but a passing thought For those far away Embroidererd with Jove and vet exquisitely wrought. V Just httle things yet more'Tis the thoughtful one That makes rich the Lives of the poor.
RUNNING IN THE HALL
Hark! Ye Whittier Students, one and all!
Take this advice, ''Have a care!"
For if you're caught running in the hall,
You know what's coming:- · ''Oh Boy, Beware!"
We all have plenty of time and there is no use running to and from classes or at noon. Many accidents are caused from running and hurrying in crowded places. The pupils are urged to cooperate with the faculty to help stop the rushing and running in the halJs.
We pupils of Whittier know what c?urtesy means and we I ~assenger: ''How long does the should hve up to its laws. A Itram stop here?'' teacher is one whom we look up Train Official: •'Four minutes, to and respect in a courteous lady; two to two, to two two.''
February 16, 1934
Passenger: (to herself) "He avens, I wonder if he thinks he ' s the whistle."
''Darling, I've bought you a simply marvelous washing m achine. You just press a but t on and the work's done."
"Um - hum! And who's goi n g to press the button?"
A minister attempting a eulo g y in a funeral sermon: "We ha ve here only the shell; the nut is gone.''
Old Lady: (to boy with sli n g·- shot) ''That's a thing I ne v e r could do, hit a harmless li ttl e bird!"
Boy: "I can't either!"
Sailor: ( struggling in wate r "Help! Help! I can't swim! Dr op me a line!"
Captain: ( from the. deck ) "Yes, and you write me sometime too.'' r-
Don Yates: " Why are the r e no insane asylums in Asia ?"
Morris May fl el d: "Because nomad p~ople live there.''
A gentleman, wishing to sett le a point or two on art, approach ed the information desk of a publ ic library.
"Where," he asked, "might I find something on Coneggio an d his 'Flight Into Egypt'?"
''Everything about aviation in room 121, '' responded the cle rk
Edgar Norman: "Why so dow ncast, Bob?"
Bob Metrakos: "I just flunke d my correspondence school fina l exam!''
Edgar: "How come?"
Bob: "Well, they didn't laugh when I sat down to the piano."
February 16, 1934
SCHO L.ARSHIP ROLL
Quite a few boys and girls kept their gra des above four with less then half of them fours this last semester. They are as follows:
7B-H. R.102, Wayne Beeman, Ruth Bstandig, Dick Earl, Hazel Elliott, Robert Clark Ellis, Elizabeth Ge r des, Mildred Krieger, Alice Me rting, Bobby Metrakos, George Rebensdorf, A 1 b er t Seiler, · Bertha Sprier, Davadene Walter m ire.
H. R. 104, Mark Allen, Arthur Gakel, Charles Hancock, Henry Hergenr ader, Frieda K r a ft , Wayne Kyckelhahn, Walter Loos, Robert Love, Aileen Merting, Edgar Norman , Margaret Pitts, Rae H ope Quimby, Marie Rubino, La Ve rne Schroll, Opal Thomas, Marian Tway, Margaret Ward, Dayton Wiley, Naomi Young.
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H.R. 106, Jopn Anderson.Delmar Bo mberger,, -1-)onald Hilgert, George Sanders, Lorraine Thompsen, Betty Umberger, William Welch, Helen Wilborn.
H. R. 304, Francis Cox, Charles Finley, Virginia Hageman, Ervine Inglis ,. Katherine Kiesselbach, Grae~ Knapp, . P~uline Loos, Ramona P ickerin·g, ~obert Runnalls, Ph il ip Van K euren, Norman Warnke, Betty Weart. "'
H. R. 305, Evelya Adams, Phyllis Draper, Harold Eaton, Doris Fiske, Virginia Jensen, Ruth Morton , Keith. _ Rose, Helen Schmel zel, Phan· ie Stepney,J ean Vanderb urg.
H. R. 320, Ered Black,· Truman Clare , Mollie Kqpl, ~Virgil Foster, Lucile Jennings,"" Elaine Johnson, Edith Martin, June McMeen, Beulah Mericle, Lloyd Montague, Tommy Nickelson, Bonnie Parsons, Le o Soderholm, Paul Sehnert, Glenrose Wa:ssu:ng, Warren Watso n, Jack Wyman.
7A- H.R. 216, Jean Carnahan, H. R. 314, Gwendolyn Booth, Margaret Hedstrom, Robert Miriam Hackman, -Dolores Han- . Pierce, Katherine Reich, Erwin sen, Rosa Klein, Manuel Schaaf, Wenz. • Albert Schwindt, Martha WimH. R. 222, Melville Green, berly, Clayton Fisher, Bernard Edward Herzog, virgin i a McCune, Sheldon Mecomber, Michael, Esther Leichner, Reuben Ruth Patrick. Reifschneider, Erma Schnitter. • H. R. 316, .Josephine Gold, H. R. 302, Frances Andersen, Richard Huth, Fred Johnson, Ben Alice Day, Maxine Erwin, Dwayne Kushner, Lynn Myers, Kathleen Hutchens, D O r is Robert Sauer, Marie Seiler, Fred Newbill, Herman Reifschneider, Swihart. Ruth Schmidt, William Thompson. 8A- H. R. 103, Wilma Grinsted H. R. 310, Margaret Eirick, Richard Mc Ca u 1 e y, James Eleanor Gillespie, Gladys Harral, Macpherson, Max May fl e Id, Lometa May, Sam Pappas, Altha Nace, Jack Patterson, Dean Dorothy Peters, Eldon Sanders, Pohlenz, Esther Rembolt, Roy Maxine Simcoe, Helen Snyder, Turnbull. Maxine Woodward. H. R. 105, Gwen Cannon, 8B- H. R. 101, Marguerite Bell, Kenneth Covey, Edward Edison, Arlene Burkett, Jean Burr, Ver- Lamar F o w 1 er, Vi r g in i a deen Clough, Virginia Dolan, Kinnamon, Pearl Little, George Gale James, Alex Mi11er, David Manning, Betty Miller. Ruth Penterman, Genevieve Scdoris, Nelson, Edgar Wobig, Mayloo Orletha Thompson, Leland Van Morrison. Boskirk.
H.R. 308, Eugene Dolansky, H. R. 218, La Vetta Ailse, Bruce Eberhart, Arline Irvine, Frank Brill, Lawrence Echel- Orv·a Kesler, Morris Mayfield, meyer, Maxin e Humm e 1, Leon Polick, Philip Yakal. Dorothy Mattley, Paul Miller, 9 B_ H. R. 108 , Irvin Babb, Don Sharp. Lenore Barcus, Stella DeMoran-
H. R. 220, Cleo Blackledge, ville, Clare Eaton, Merle Hancock, Barbara Brown, Betty Jane Carl- Frieda Helzer, Eileen Hunt, son, Georgia Gaddis, Robert Virginia Lagoni, Rola Pappas, Ke 11 y,. Leon Poster, W i-1 ma Pauline Sartain, Darl ene Storing, Taber. Arthur Winchell.
II. R. 300, Elaine Brinkworth, Almerlene Hiatt, Sylvia Lottman, Elsie Loso, Charlotte McAllister, Thomas Minthorn, Marian Moffet, Dale •Moore, Donald Sehnert, John Traudt, Juanita Williams.
H. R. 110, Larene Beighley, Lurietta Brown, Roger Cox, Ruth Farmer, Maxine Gary, Audra Hawley, Hazel Holmes, William Korella, Margaret Kraft, Betty McFarland, Erna Merting, Harold Seng, Marie Sullivan.
H. R. 209, Robert Adams,
H. R 312, Ruth Bock, James Carrel, Lois Dingman, Lois Duncan, Robert Folsom, Ardith Hackman, Richard Ingles, Audrey Elizabeth Berlowitz, E st h er .Koons, Amy Martin, Fritz Sien- Bowers, Clarence Brown, Dorothy knecht, Doris Wilso~. Jane DeLatour, Marthena Dens-
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For the saxaphone player- "Am I Blew!"
• H. R. 210, Norma Andersen, Orpha Anderson, Velma Biggs, Metta Braun, Marjorie Gabel, Jack Hutchens, Violet Kapke, Franklin Lohr, Frederick Meier, Bernard Merryman, Betty Moritz, Emagene Norman, Dorothy Pegans, Edwardene Phillips, Raymond Shrader, Marion White. of milk?"
Teacher : "Johnnie, what does c-a-t spell?"
Johnnie: "Don't know, sir." 'reacher: "What does your mother keep around to catch mice with?''
Johnnie: "Trap, sir."
Teacher: ''What animal is fond
Johnnie: "The baby, sir." H. R. 212 ,. Jean Cox, Clifford Teacher: "What was it that Miller, Na vada Morris, Charles scratched your sister's face'!',
H. R. 303, Doris Berg, Delbert Betz, Hazel Borland, Mary Bullock, Charles Corn, Charlotte
Music For Everybody: Second Bagpiper: "Shure, it' For the street Cleaner- "I love in the bag." a Parade."
February 16, 193 berger, Frieda Dinges, Victoria Ekblad, Leroy Foster, Roland Fricke, Bernard Millett, Marjorie Moore, Betty Mueller, Ruby Reckling, Jacob Schafer, Richard Smith, James Snyder.
Restaurant Customer: ''Loo here, how much longer do I hav to wait for that half portion o Long Island duckling?''
Waiter: "Just wait until some body orders the other half, si r. You know we can't go out an d kill half a duck."
Mus ica lly inclined m a i d en "H ave you a Zither?"
Him: "No, only a kid brother. "
She: "Shall we sing together ?"
He: "Yes, let's duet now."
Muehlhausen, Betty Reed, Mad- Johnnie: ''My nails, sir." alene Slagle, Esther Stuermer, Teacher: , Tm out of patience. Verna Umberger , Elizabeth Wil- There, do you see that animal on lis, Gerald Wilson. the fence? Now tell me what H. R. 301, Mary Barch, Eliza- c-a-t spells." beth Cross, Evelyn Egley, Jack Johnnie: "Kitten, sir." Fowler, Adam Fox, Lucille Grotjan, Leroy Ihrie, Horace Kohiro, Margaret Koons, Wayne Koons, Vivian Loro, Helen Ludwig, Ruth Traver, Martha Whelan, Ruth White.
Father: "This thrashing that 1 am going to give you son, will hurt me more than it hurts you. ' 1 Son: "Then I suggest, Da d , that you be as easy as possib le on yourself!''
NOTABLE NOTES
Lecturer: "Do you say that your hens sit or set?"
Busy Housewife: ''It never matters to me which they do. What I am anxious to learn when they cackle is whether they are laying or lying.''
Franklin, Mollie · Glanz, Geraldine, Drummer: (to cellist) ·''You're Knisley, Buren Lenox, Kay Mc- a viol player!" Kay, Harold Mahaffey, Amenda Cellist: ( right back ) "Your Maser, Donald Mills, Frank playing is bass, too." Rubino. ---
JOKES
Mr. W. F. McMullen (asking his home room girls about the game they were losing) ''What seems to be the trouble, girls?''
Idamae Leuck: ''They throw the ball too high and we can't catch it!"
Frank Rubino (speaking up in a taunting tone) "Sissies!"
The bride gave a piece of the first pie she had baked to a tramp. She said there was wood in the back yard that he could cut up.
After a time the tramp came bac k and said: "Lady if it's just the same with you I'll eat the wood and saw the pie."
First Scot: "Ha'e ye got the music for Annie Laurie?''
Two boys, Norman Hoga n from Havelock Junior High an d John Hamilton from Holdrege , Nebraska, entered Whittier Monday, Febuary 12. They are both taking 9B subjects. Norma n Hog an is in the advance orchertra.
Lamar Fowler of 105 brough t an egg to school the other day , after soaking it in vinegar over night. Thinking it wouldn't break he kept dropping it on his desk. To his surprise it broke. Of course Miss Jones went back to investiigate, and it happened Lamar had to clean it up. We send our sym- pathy to Lamar.
Mr. Gammill's sixth period printing two class is a large class and will be fully capable of putting the Greenleaf out successfully.
Februa ry 16,
Who said they were of the weake r sex? Vivian Loro and Lo Desca Schell are showing that women as well as men can succeed in the industrial fields. Lo Desca is taking printing for the first ti me while Vivian is entering u pon her second semester of this ma nly ( ?) art under the able instruc tion of Mr. Gammill.
Whe n Miss Marie Cross discovered th at Betty Mueller and her friend s were enjoying their conversat ion on various subjects in the cla ss room, Betty promptly moved to a seat by Taylor Lewis. "N ow you won't talk to Taylor will you Betty?" Miss Cross inquire d and Betty meekly replied that sh e wouldn't.
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Gammill had just read. He turned around and replied,' 'If you'd listen you might understand something!" Expecting a reply which did not come, he turned around and everyone was slumped down in thier seats looking wildeyed. Seeing his mistake of speaking as abruptly as he did to his 9A's he quickly started speaking such kind words that the half scared looks went out of their faces.
JOKES
Miss Curley's English class was practicing verbs. She asked for the principal parts of the verb ''hop.'' Sam Moore's hand flew up in the air. When she called on him, he blurted out, ''hop , skip, and jump."
The color teams for next semester loo k very interesting and it is hoped t his contest will be enjoyed by all of tp.e pupils. The teams are as foll ows: Red 210, 209, 314, 220, 302, 203. 102, and 207. Blue 303, 103, 312, 101, 300, 304, and 307. Green 108, 105, 308, 218, 216, 305, 320, a nd 104. Orange 301, 212, 110 , 310, 316, 222, 106 and 208.
Miss Margaret Wilson of 307 has a new 7B •home room. They have thirty seven enrolled, twenty of which are boys. It looks a s if they are going to have a record as good as her home room ha d last semester, which won three championship games.
Mr. Gammill seemingly had his new 7B home room students half scare d to death. After reading the bulletin to them, one of the boys raised his hand and asked someth ing about a game that Mr.
The teacher was explaining to the class that ''ous'' on the end of a word meant full of, such as dangerous, full of danger. She asked Johnny to give a sentence using ''ous'' in one of his words. Johnny thought a moment and then quickly said "Mother wouldn't have seen me come out of the pantry if I hadn't been so pious.''
"Where's the car?" asked Mrs. Diggs.
"Dear me!" exclaimed professor Diggs, "did I take the car out?" ·
''Great jumping jimson-weed, why do they let all that water escape, why don't they get a plumber to fix the pipe.
Convict: ''Call this a modern prison? There is no garage. Where am I to park my car wbile I serve my sentence?" •
First Magnate: "I met that young doctor as I came in. A v-ery go-ahead chap, that!"
Second Magnate: "You're right! He's removed my tonsils, and my appendix-and now he wants my daughter's out!"
Mother:' 'Now behave yourself! What would your teacher say if you behaved like that in school?"
Small Son: ''She would say 'Behave yourself! Remember . you're not at home now'.''
''Dad,'' said the youngster, just as his father had settled down to enjoy the Pathfinder, "Am I made of dust?"
''I think not,'' replied the patient parent, ''Otherwise you would dry up now and then.''
''Of course you did. You drove it to town.''
''I remember now that after I'd got out, I turned to thank the gentlemen who gave me the lift and wondered where he had gone!"
Each member of the Sunday School class was asked to give a Bible verse for the opening exercises. Billy, age 7, had carefully been taught, ''Be not afraid; it is I.'' When called upon for his verse, the confused child said, "Don't get scared it's just me."
She said solemnly ''I cannot marry you because I do not love you, but I will be your sister."
"Good!" he answered "and -- how much do you think your
Visitor at Yellowstone Park, father will leave us when he looking at "Old Faithful" geyser. dies?"
GIRLS SPORTS
The games so far this semester have been a huge success! A real interest has been shown in the tournament games. The new color teams are well organized and are pretty evenly matched, creating an interest between the home rooms of the same teams. Because of the· warm weather we have been having, most of the games were outside. The baseball tournament results are as follows, the latter home room being the winner.
The b a s k et b a 11 tournament results are as follows:
9th 209-303 8th 312-316 110-212 218-300
Bye-210
The results of the present cricket tournament are: 9th 210-110 8th 218-220 105-103 7th 106-320
As another way to gain points for the color teams, nontournament games have been started on field eight. Anyone is eligible to play and in this way each girl who plays in any game gets five points for her color team. This should eliminate the idle loitering around the walks. Let's get out there and take part. Play just for the sheer fun of the game and not necessarily to win.
Teacher: "Columbus landed in America in 1492 A. D. What does A. D. stand for?"
Bright Pupil: "After dark!"
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE GOSSIPER
Thoughts while strolling : Hope you folks who don't get such grand grades or can't get along with your teachers gave them valentines Wednesday. Not comic ones for heaven's sakes, because you might be thrown out the window, but sweet little ones. You'll be suprised what they will do!
Seen at random: 9th graders going up the wrong stairs and Freshies going up the right ones. Also a 7B who after taking his coat from his locker left it open and started to go. Some little voice must have told him to shut it for back he went. That little scene made me go puffing up to third floor just to close mine.
Sherod Harris must have been in a hurry the other morning because the glass of H. R. 304 was mysteriously broken by someone's fiddle and it seems the owner's initials are S. H.
MILK FUND
A stunt program is being given by the teachers of all the schools in Lincoln the evenings of February 16 and 17 at Lincoln High School to raise money for the Milk Fund. The schools are divided into groups, Bancroft, Lake Veiw, Belmont being in the same group with Whittier.
This group is having a comedy about Admiral Byrd in Little America and a chorus of penguins given by the teachers. The skit was written by Miss Hult of Whittier and Miss Schemel of Bancroft. Miss Osthoff has charge of the speaking parts, Mrs. White and Miss Williams are conducting the chorus. The Lincoln schools are working to raise seventeen hundred dollars for this fund.
February 16, 1934
BOY'S SPORTS
The color teams this semester were chosen in a manner quite different than any other semester. Rather than having a variety of different grades on each team as was done last semester, the teams this term were chosen with regard to playing strength of the different home rooms. For instance 310 was put on a team that needed a strong home room. The teams were chosen by Miss Williams, and Mr. Strawn, and the chairmen of the two playground committees. It is hoped that with this new system the teams will · be more evenl y matched.
The teams are as follows: Orange: 301, 212, 110, 310, 316 , 222, 106, and 208. Red: 210, 209, 314, 220, 302, 203 , 102, and 207.
Blue: 303, 103, 312, 101, 304, 300 , and 307.
Green: 108, 105, 308, 218, 216, 305, 320, and 104.
The team standings at the end of the first week were, Green , 1700 points; Orange, 1650 points; Red, 1250 points; and Blue, 1200 points.
Below are the boys games, the victors appearing last.
ceeds as profits from the play wil 1 permit them to subscribe for the school paper, ''The Whittier Greenleaf.''
Following the play, certificates and booby prizes were awarded to the highest and lowest subscrip- tion home rooms.
The play was announced by Betty Moritz.
T he Whittier Gre enl eaf
VOL. 11 NO. 9 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA March 2', 1934
Linc oln Teachers On Review
PRO GRAM CONSISTED OF SIX FINE ACTS
The teachers of Lincoln present- ed a fine entertainment in the Linco ln High school auditorium, Febru ary 16 and 17. The returns are to be spent for the milk fund for un der-nourished childern.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
NATURE
All nature speaks in music--- every tune She utters, from the crashing thunder's roar Or Ocean's gush upon rocky shore Down ·to the insects hum, or light winds moan, Is full of harmony.
Mother--Daughter
Get--together
Students Choose Class Officers
7B CLASS EAGERLY AWAIT ELECTION RESULTS
The majority of Whittier students have elected their class officers, with the exception of the 7B's and they were not far behind for they elected their officers from this list:
• The program consisted of six separat e acts, the first being a FRIEDA DINGES GA VE President: Mississ ippi Show Boat Review WELCOME TO THE Marjorie Goldstein 307 put on by Lincoln teachers. MOTHERS Wallace Provost 207
The s econd was called ''The --- William Loeffel 207 What-no t Characters" represent- A mother and daughter get-to- Vice President: ing a musical powder box and other li ttle noveltie~ which did gether was held Tuesday, Feb- George Van Sickle 208 many attractive stunts. ruary 13, at 2:30 P.M. in our Cassie Tapley 307 "A Century of Romance" was auditorium. After a short busi- Florabelle Moeller 208 a musical act. Love songs that are ness meeting a recognition of Secretary: typical of the songs of that decade Founders Day was given by Mrs. Mollie Bronstein 207 were s ung, th e fir st going back Fred Sehnert. Since this was Bruce Gould 208 as far as 1820.
"Polar P opularities," the per- mother and daughter day, Mrs. Hal Bosserman 104 formance in which the Whittier Roy M. Green gave a talk on Treasurer: teachers t ook part was supposed "Books Mothers and Daughters Warren Hinze 208 to take place at the south pole Both May Enjoy." Frieda Dinges, Billy Doran 307 with Byrd's expedition. The our girls Civic League president, Betty McCarty 104 dance of the penguins accompain- gave a welcome to the mothers This election, which is of in- ied by the wonderful feminine and Mrs V. A. Randall responded terest to us all, took place the voice of Mr. Gammill singing for them. 26th of February. "Alice in Wonderland," brought 1 Following the program, ice The 7A's who are coming to many laughs. \ cream and cake were served in the front in school activities, The Fotygraft album displayed the gymnasium where the girls list their nominees as follows: Ma and Pa's wedding picture, and introduced their mothers to the president, vice president, secmany other family pictures which teachers. There were quite a few retary, and treasurer, following were enjo yed by all.
7B's and their mothers since a in consecutive order: The con cluding scene was ''In special invitation was extended Bonnie Parsons 320, George Old Heid elberg." to them. The get-together was Sanders 106, John Anderson 106, The music was all furnished by a success and was enjoyed by and Robert Runnalls 304. the teache rs orchestra. all.
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THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Published every t"'o weeks during the school year by the pupils of Whittier junior high school, at 22nd and Vine streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Set up and printed by the pupils taking printing I, and II
CALENDAR
March 13, P. T.A. Meeting
Six weeks reports March 15. 9B and 9A Class Meeting
March 16, 8A Class Meeting
Miss Selma Hult
Homer L. Gammill
Mr. Culler
Miss Olive Keller
Miss Cross
Mary Bullock Editor-in-Chief
Navada Morris 9A Editor GREENLEAF STAFF
Dean Poh l en z
Ardeana Kni p pel
Harry Abrahams
Orpha Anderson
Alfred Bowers
Bob Campbeil
Jack Davoll
William Gaiser
Leroy Ihrie
Ruben Koch
Clifford Miller
Robert Mitchell
Frank Rubino
Jacob Schafer
Charles Skinner
Bmce Eberhart
Drusilla Wile y
PRINTERS
Peter Alexander
Ted Bliss
Robert Brill
Wendell Carr
Eugene Doiansky
Alvy Hadden
Harold Kelly
Robert Martin
Bernard Millett
Leon Polick
Manuel Schaaf
Herbert Schwartz
Edgar Wobig
Lyle Way
SANITATION
There certainly is nothing so vile and filthy as spitting in the fountains. While only a few Whittier students are doing this it most certainly should cease at once. If those pupils who are doing this sort of thing would only consider the health of the many other students that wish to drink at those same fountains, it iS felt that the former surely would stop this unhealthy practice.
the president's chair but in each little world of our own one can grow great and broaden through the challenges of day by day. The learning of patience: swe etness; the calmness of assurance that comes with the facing of daily needs and crises, is only little compared with what can be accomplished through the challenge of every day living.
Lind burgh flew over the ocean; over night he became famous.
Seldom is there a question of greatness when it is of world renown, but, in a wonderfuf mother; a missionary who lives meagerly in the isolated places that are scattered over the world; a sister or brother who takes the responsibility of an older one; the friend; the teacher, found always on the job; the dreamer; the lover of music; or perhaps one that just naturally sees the bright side of life; whose very -smile carries sunshine to thoul sands of hearts.
Thus in the common place things of every day life one may broaden himself by doing his or her share which will help in the making of a better world.
NON COMPETITIVE GAMES
In former years at Whittier OUR CHALLENGE only tournament and special scheduled games were offered to Our challenge is to meet the those who were not under weight problems of every day without to win points for their color complaint. Seldom does one reach teams.
This semester included in schedule of regular tournar g a mes are non com pet gamesJ where anyone, bar none may participate. In this all pupils will be on an € basis; all working towar goal, winning points for 1 color teams, five won every anyone plays.
MAGIC PATHWAYS
Magic Pathways stretching • into the night, Endlessly winding toward tb stars bejewelled in mi glowing light.
A silver river, a miniature hJ basking in silent brooc
A flash of wings and in the trees-wind softly crooning.
A towering mountain-a rug pine standing silent through all blight
While Magic Pathways work blend into dreamland rhyme.
Yes, Magic Pathways work : blend into dreamland rhyme
As softly on heavy feet the: tread on Pathways of Reality
And the Rich on Magic Pathways tread-drea dream on -unreality!
''The reason so few of us r the top is because no succe method has yet been devise which a person may sit down slide up hill."
''I have no time to wor said the happy man. ''In the time I'm too busy, and at r I'm too sleepy."
1934 the ;nent itive -ring way iqua l d a ~heir time far ie sty tk e ling ; ·ged : and and Poor .meach ssful :d by . and ·ry,'' : day 1ight
Ma rch 2, 1934
ACROSS
1. One of the articles.
3. Faithful.
7. Male (sub. pron.)
9. Swamp.
11. Word of denial.
12. Cut down.
13. Scent.
14. Foundation.
16. Yours truly.
17. Boy's nickname.
19. P ut papers ·in order (past)
20. Advertisment (abbr.)
21. Arabian (abbr.)
23. Stringed instrument.
25. A band of leather.
27. To comply with orders.
30. I owe you.
31. A girl's name.
32. At a distance.
35. E lse.
36. The (German).
37. A domestic animal.
38. A conjunction.
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A CHAT WITH AUNT BESSIE
Dear Aunt Bessie:
I am very much troubled about an exceedingly bothersome prob- lem. Here is my perplexity. I have great difficulty in refraining from exercising my jaws. In short, I talk constantly. Please tell me how this may be remedied.
Sincerely, Martha Whelan (301)
Answer: That is simple. Concentrate continually upon avoiding a n y s e m bl an c e o f garrulousness.
Dear Aunt Bessie:
I'm terribly in need of help. My problem is this. For such small things as talking continually and failing to prepare assignments, I am often sent to the office. Please tell me how to avoid this unpleasant experience wit~out behaving as this seems impossible.
DOWN
1. Higher than.
2. •Motion of the head.
4. Against the surface of.
5. Second person.
6. A preposition.
7. Stockings.
8. Female sheep.
10. To proceed. •
12. Mother.
14. Sleeping rooms.
15. To be borne in a carriage.
16. Food eaten at a special time.
18. To perform.
19. One object of environment.
22. A form of the being verb.
24. Behold!
25. Small nail.
26. Prevaricator.
28. Next to.
29. Three feet.
33. 1st. person pronoun pl.
34. Same as 12 down.
35. Against the surface of.
Sincerely, Sam Moroe(316)
Answer: My dear boy, you should feel honored to be allowed to enter the office of our fine principal. However, if you do not, you must learn that nothing is entirely impossible.
Dear Aunt Bessie:
Is there no way of telling the difference between up and down stairs? Between classes, I find myself surrounded by kids going in the opposite direction from which I wish to go. Answer me at once lest I be expelled for always being late to class.
Sincerely, - Robert Worley (307)
Answer: See Darlene Storing, chairman of the office committee for some stairway passes. When on the wrong stairs, present these. They'll let you by. (Oh, Yeah?)
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The playground needed some new balls but Mr. Strawn thought he would take the old ones home and fix them. The next day he brought them back all repaired and his fingers showed it. They played out doors that day and one of the boys knocked a fly and where do you think it landed? Right in a garbage truck and the garbage m~n drove away with it.
Edward Edison had Mr. W. A. McMullen's sixth period science class stumped the other day with this riddle, '' Why is a lazy dog like a sheet of ruled history paper?" Since no one could guess Ed ward explained that a 1azy dog is a slow pup (slope up) and a slope up is an inclined p1ane (ink lined plane) and an ink lined plane is a sheet of ruled history paper.
If we get an extra fire-drill this month, don't be surprised. It will only mean that some one caught sight of Bod Francis' new red sweater and mistook it for a conflagration.
We hear that Emma Herganrader of 103 has gone to Colorado. It. will be pretty easy for 308 to beat 103 in baseball now. But we're sure everyone will miss her. Several girls are going to keep in touch with her so we'll hear how she's coming along.
It quite cheers the Greenleaf Staff to have Mr. 0. H. Bimson, Assistant Superintendent of the Public Schools, write and tell us that he has read the Greanleaf with interest, approving of its simplicity and thinking it a fine junior high school paper.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Home Room 303 is glad to welcome Billy Quapp back to Whittier School. Due to illness Billy was unable for a time to continue his school studies.
Miss Green's home room had their picture taken for the class book. Miss Green said the camera is still in tact.
Miss Madsen's home room have a lending library and Billy Leach is the librarian. One day when Billy and Philip Yakel were checking the books they found to their surprise a lot of paper dolls and animals which belonged to Edwin Harral. The boys pasted them on paper and gave them to Edwin. Ed win wasn't pleased because he tore them up!
SHOP AND HOME ECONOMICS NEWS
Mr. Heston's first period electricity class are experimenting with bells. They started out with one bell and succeeded so they are using two bells. These bel1s are used in the home, for doors, and offices.
Miss Schofield's eighth grade home economics class is studying different phases of the home in relation to health, rest, work and entertainment. The seventh grade class is learning the value of a personal account book and how to use the machines. They are going to make aprons.
In the Jackson Hi Life, a pape r from Jackson high school i n Lincoln, comes an article b y Charles Murray, famed Holl ywood actor. Known as Kelly i n "Cohen and Kelly" comedy team . He says that ''Hollywood is th e best city in the world -to sta y away from!" He entered movi es along with Mary Pickford, Glor ia Swanson, and Edmund Lowe. A s a parting remark he said, ''If y ou ever get the desire to enter p ictures, let me take you aroun d Hollywood and you'll get over it !'' (Now do you folks want to g o into movies?)
In the same paper is a jok e about two English teachers wh o were in an auto smash~up. One of the teachers faintly gasped. "It's no use. I'm done for!" "Heavens," shrieked h er friend, "Don't end your senten ce with a preposition!"
From the Hamiltonian pap er of Oakland, California comes a joke that so"me of our twins in Whittier might appreciate:
Henry: "What are you cryi ng about, Billie?"
Billie: "Cause my broth er Willie has been a bad boy." Henry: "Well, that can't hu rt you!"
Billie: "The heck it can 't!" We're twins and Pop can't tell us apart.''
To typists: Just think, thre e girls over at high school can typ e fifty words a minute witho ut making a mistake! Can you?
Miss Wilson's first period home We get exchanges from Ne w • 1 d . IYork to California, all of ·whic h economic~ ass is st u Y 1 g I are most interesting and amu scharacter1_stics of tea. The girls Iing. From now on we will put in are plannmg to have a tea for little news items and jokes fro m some younger girls of the school. these different papers.
Mo torist: (after knocking over a but cher's boy ) "I'm sorry, my lad; ar e you all right?"
Bo y : (picking up contents of his basket) "Dunno. Here's my liver and ribs, but where's me kidne y s ?"
Tea cher: "When I say, 'I was hands ome,' I am using the past or :(:!r eterit tense; when I say, 'I shall be handsome,' I am using the fu ture tense. Now Archibald, tell me what tense I am using when I say, 'I am handsome'?''
Arc hie: " Pretense."
Mis s Margaret Wilson: ''How would you define a picnic?"
Esth er Stuermer: "A picnic is a da y set aside to get better acquai n t ed with ants, bugs, worms, mos quitoes, chiggers, sand fleas, and po isin ivy.''
Judg e (in dentist's chair): "Do you sw ear to pull the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth? ''
Wilm a Grinstead would like to know i f a man who fights with his fe et is an arch-enemy.
Wayn e Beeman: "How much did you say those apples are?"
Stor ekeeper: ''Fifteen cents a peck.''
Way ne: "What do you think I am, a b ird?''
Ma nager: "Where in the dickens is · the India Rubber man?' '
Clow n: ''The giant made a sling-s hot out of him."
Mrs. Firefly: "Go! I never want to see your face again.''
Mr. Firefly: "Very well. You glow y our way and I'll glow mine.
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Barber: "Haven't you before sir?" I shaved Did anybody drop a roll of bills with a rubber band around them. Customer: ''No, scar in France.'' I got that ''Yes I did'' replied several voices.
Visitor: "And what is your name, my good man?'' Prisoner: "7924."
Well I just found the rubber band, said the old calmly.
Visitor: "Is that your real James Snyder: Which would you name?'' rather be, a villain, a fool, or a
Prisoner: ''Naw, dat's just me maniac. pen name."
Skeptical Miss: ''Can this coat be worn out in the rain?"
Fur Salesman: Lady, did you ever see a skunk carry an umbrella?''
He: "Why do you say I should get a hand organ?''
She: "Well you wouldn't have to go to the trouble and expense of getting a monkey.''
Orchestra Leader: "Did your drummer say anything when he quit?''
Joe Baker: I don't know. What has been your past experience.
Fond Mother: "Where did you get that black eye Harold? Didn't I tell you all good little boys never fight.''
Harold: Yes, mother, and I believed you. I thought he was a good little boy and hit him, and I found out he wasn't
Maid: When would you like to be awakened, · Madam?
The haughty one: I will ring when I wish to be awakened
Violinist: "No, he just picked Joe Baker: "Did you have a loup his drum and beat it." cal anaesthetic?"
Le Roy Ihrie: "No. Mr. Justwed: "What did you a hospital in Boston." do to this meat? It has such a peculiar taste."
Don Mills: (to editor of GreenMrs. Justwed: "Oh, nothing. It leaf) "I have an original joke did get a little burnt but I fixed here which I---." that. I applied Unguentine right I Mary Bullock: "My, I didn't away." know you were that old!"
Mrs. Edison, mother of Ed ward Edison, 9B, proudly pointed out a cedar chest to her friends and said, ''My son, Eddie, made that out of his own head, with enough wood left over for a footstool.''
''No, ' ' said the shop keeper "We can't take a gramophone back after a customer's had it for a year. Is there anything wrong with it?"
First Lady: ''Did your daugther pass her examination?'' •
Second Lady: ''No, they asked her questions about things that occurred before her time!"
Unemployed: 11 Could you give a man a job, buddy?"
Barber: "Yes, I've wanted that pole repainted for a long time."
Unemployed: "O.K., but where can I get the striped paint?''
STUDENTS CHOOSE CLASS OFFICERS
(Continued from page 1)
The 8B class, brought into the lime-light by the championship won by home room 310, are glad to list their officers: Esther Leichner 222, Eldon Sanders 310, Lometa May 310, and S a m Pappas 310.
The 8A officers follow: Earl Beardsley 101, Gale James 101, Ray Rhoades 316, Robert Kelly 220.
The 9B and 9A classes have elected with care the following boys and girls:
9B Bruce Eberhart 308, Donald Yates 103, Max Mayfield 103, Dean Pohlenz 103.
9A Frederick Meier 210, Harry Abrahams 110, Mary Bullock 303, Esther Stuermer 212.
The election of class officers is one of the most important of the many events that take place every semester.
The nominees chosen represent to faculty members and Whittier Students the standard of the class. Therefore there must be careful consideration b e fore nominating.
Willie, when compelled to wash his face:"Boo, boo! I don't want to! Boo, hoo!''
Mother: ''What's the matter darling?"
Willie: "I don't see why I can't cover my face with paint and powder when it's dirty, the same as you do instead of having to wash it!"
NOTABLE NOTES
All Whittier students extend their deepest sympathy to Miss Johnson on the death of her father who died Thursday, February 22. I
Edward Edison, 105, has been seen carrying a girl's bracelet, taking it out' of his pocket, and gazing at it admiringly. We wonder whose it is?
Miss Green's 9B English classes are divided into teams, two in each period. Each captain keeps a score-sheet and records the points earned by his or her team. Points may be obtained in the following ways: grades above 4, board race, team race, penalty scores, individual initiative, and outside material.
Miss Evan's personality must have caught a young gentleman's fancy (he is quite good looking). His conversation was quite interesting. He must be about four. All are anxious to know how the courtship will continue?
The Greenleaf staff wishes to thank Orpha Anderson and Lyle Way for their work on the crossword puzzles, which is extra hard work and out of their regular line of work.
March 2, 193
It's very disconcerting to teacher who has known two pupi separately to discover that the are twins. Miss Green has ha this shock twice this semesteronce with Alice a n d Ailee Merting and once with Max an Morris Mayfield. She is no ' wondering where the lightnin will strike next.
IMP OF INDIFFERENCE ADMITS DEFEA 1
The Imp of Indifference, one < Whittier's worst shadows had, i the second semester of 1934, 1 admit defeat. Two 9A hon rooms, 108 and 212 proudly r ported 100 per cent home roon and those remaining admittE not one had less than ten subset hers.
Mrs. White, whose home roo led the 9As a merry chase, d not quite reach the aspired 11 per cent. But on the whole, was a good campaign, for by F1 day afternoon the office report , 609 subscriptions.
ENIGMA
My first is in walk but not in run,
My second is in three but not i: one,
My third is in his but not in hE My fourth is in thistle but not
As the whole city of Lincoln is burr, sad about losing Reverend Ervine My fifth is in tree but not in Inglis, so Whittier will miss his bush, two sons, Richard and Ervine. My sixth is in kick but not in
Grocer: ''What do you want Their fine spirit of cooperation push sonny?'' and personality wlll be missed My seventh is in Bruce but not
Boy: "I'm trying to remember but all are confident that they in Dan, what my mother told me to get My eighth is in red but not in in this jug." will carry with them part of tan,
Grocer: ''What jug?" Whittier to their new home, in My whole is the best school in
Boy: "Oh! I forgot the jug" Greeley, Colorado. the land.
ls :y .d n d w g )f :n to
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March 2, 1934
TH
E
As I was sitting by the windo w, A bir die sa id to me,
Wake up ! Wake up! for spri ng is h ere ,
T H E WHITTIER GREENLEAF
A DAY ON THE FARM
If we don't we're stuck on our own stuff.
If we stick close to the job all day,
We ough t to be out h u n ting ne w s. Chee ! Che e! Chee!
It was the robin w horn we a ll love well, He wasn 't fat nor lean, And when I got to thinking, .J tho ught it was a dream.
It wa s the r obin neatly dressed, . In black h at and orange vest, And in his h ungry mouth was press ed,
A worm from the earth's sw e e t breast.
- Esther Jacoby, 307.
Th er e's a man in the building who would be a good looking lady. He ha s a voic e like a lady and it's really a s ham e he isn't one. He is a fine man w ith a 7B home room. But you had be tter start guessing. Who is he?
-Au gu st Gunnerson, 207.
THE A FT ERNOON NAP
Aw, I don't wanna take a nap! Can't I go out and play'! I always ha ve to take a nap At the bes t t ime of the day! The boys are g oin' swimmin' 'n I ain' t tired a bit! Can't I go w ith 'em, too, mom? Swimmin ' makes me feel so fit ! Gee, I do fee l- kinda - sle ep y ! And- -my eyes are-- closi ng tight !
I thought th e- -only-tim eto sleep !
Was just, - -well-ju s t at-n igh t!
z-z-z- z- z-z- z.
While on a farm about nine years a g o I had a thrilling experience Of course I had ma n y thrilling experience s but thi s one always stayed with me the lon gest. One day I decided to go out to the pig pen where all the pigs were wallowing. I spotted a nice fat pig so I decided to see if I could ride him like a horse without a saddle or bridle . The pig did not notice me at first, because he had ' his h ea d turned the other way but wh en I was almost upon him, he began squealing for all he was worth but I didn't care, for now I was on him and then is when the fun began. At least I thought so. The pig had s tarted for a nice big mud hole but I was still on top of him in spite of all his squealing. He was in the mud puddle now and I was with him.
I couldn't keep my balance so I fell and landed right square in the mud When I had gotten up I was mud from head to foot but the pig was gone. When I got to the house my aunt and uncle laug hed so hard at the sight of me they cried. They said they wouldn't punish me because they th ought I had my lesson, and I h ad.
-Gladys Stephenson
THE EDITOR'S TRIALS
Getting out this paper is no picnic.
If we print j okes, people sa y we 1 re silly . If we don't, t hey say we are too serious.
If we cl~p from other pape r s, We are too lazy to write it
• - Ruth Tr a ve r, 301. down ourselves.
If we d o get out a nd try to hustle,
We ought to be on the job in the office.
If we don't print contributions, We don't appreciate true genius.
If we do, the paper is full of junk . If we change a fell ow' s write-up,
We're far too critical.
If we don't we're asleep. No w like as not, someone will say,
We swiped this from some other paper. We did.
Oh, happily we'll spee d away
Upon the Bay of Love today
And have a very merry ride
With you a sitting by my side.
- Lawrence Martin, 307.
Whe n I went up town one d a y, I left my litt le thr ee year old brother playing at home . Imagine my surprise on coming hom e t o find he had the fish out of the bowl trying to make them wa lk.
- Carl Tracy, 7B
MY PA'S LIZZY
My pa he's go t a liz zy It' s sumpin like a model T. But t h e best t hi ng ab out it is It's just for him and me. It looks so out of date
She ain't so high in rank. Wears my pa out nearly, Cause he always has to crank.
-Jimmy Kelso
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE GOSSIPER
BOYS' SPORTS
The pick-up games have met with real success! The pupils have displayed a feeling of approval toward these games, by entering in the games and in this manner winning points for their color team. In ·these pick-up games for one week alone , Red won 435 points, Green, 280; Or ange 165 and Blue 100 points making a total of 980 points for the boys in one singl e week.
Of course the home room players have been playing in the tournament games. Due to warm weathe r most of the games have been outs id e . The games are as follows , the winners appearing last: BASEBALL
Rollin Owens almost passed out the other day when he was called to the office and mind you, not for chewing gum! Who should he see but his brother Albert who dropped in to say' 'hello.'' He is in the United States N a vy and was a student of Whittier no t so man y years ago.
On a bright Monday mo f ning three children decided to make Whittier their school home. They are Lucille Rouse 106, Harold Rouse 212 , and Clair Miller 320 The brother and sister came from Walnut junior high school of Grand Island while Clair came from the F alls City juni or high school. Make yourselves at ho me , and I hope you find us a friendly bunch.
GIRLS SPORTS
The tournament games hav e been a huge success. A grea t interest has been shown by th e Whittier girls, and we hope it continues. Because of the war m weather games have been play ed out of doors. The following ar e the scores of the color team s , sho w in g Red having the greate s t am oun t of scores with the tot al of 3350, Orange the second hig hes t w ith a total of 2500, Bl u e w it h the third high8st of 2400 and Green with 2100.
What's this we hear about Richard Smith 209 and the excuses he gives for late English papers; Ed wardene Phillips 210, and her gum chewing, and the new way the girls have of whispering to each other in glee <'lub so Mrs. White won't hear them?
1st floor 8 teams 2 won 6 lost In a civics test Mrs. Childress
Red
Played Won Lost "What is the 20th amendment to the Constitution?'' The answer
7 2 5 is the "Lame Duck" amendment
Blue 8 3 5 but some bright person got a tri-
Green 10 7 3 fie mixed up and when the answer
103 has won ninth gra d e ch a mpionship , 216 the eigh t h grade championship, and 304 t h e se ve nth grade championshi p . We' r e waiting to see 103 play 216 fo r school championship. T he pick-up points for the past t w o we eks show Green in the le ad with the total of 680, Red seco nd with 510, Orange with 490, a nd Blue with 230.
TEACHING YOUR WI F E TO DRIVE 'IHE CA R
Here itis given by color teams: asked the following question: Now we're all set. Just turn t he jigger over and push the hick ey with your left hand and pull down on that other little ji mcrack with your right, than pr e s down the doodad with your fo <J and pull the thing-um-bob at thf same time and when it starts yot push down on the doofunny wi tr your left foot and yank t h,
Orange 7 4 3 was given he asked if Crippled Goose would be OK.
A very careful record is being kept of all the games played.
At the end of the semester the Arristiele Senez 308, just came from Omaha, Nebraska where he Greenlea f will publish all of this attended the Technical h i g h information. It is hoped the read- school. How does Whittier seem ers of the Greenleaf will enjoy after going to such a large school , this. Arristiele?
umpty-diddy back. Then let up 01 the foot dingers and put yom other foot on the hickey m doodle; and don't forget to pu down on the hootnanny ev e time you move the what- yo may-call-it and you'll be hun k dorey, see?
t he Whittier Greenleaf
VOL. 11 NO. 10 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA March 16, 1934
Whit tier P.T.A.
Wi ll Present Play
"THE D UTCH DETECTIVE" IS AN EXTREME COMEDY
SEEING
Nothing is lost on him who sees \Vith an eye that genius gave ; To him there's a story in every breeze And a picture in every wave: n,Moore
Art Exhibit Held
PRIC.E: FIVE C ENTS
Musical Program Given in Assembly
TRIO FROM UNIVERSITY PLAY SEVERAL
NUMBERS
The Wh ittier P. T. A. will • At Morrill Hall On March the seventh a trio Present ''The Dutch Detective'' consisting of piano, cello, and violin gave a group of musical April fif th, in the Whittier LINCOLN ARTISTS numbers in the Whittier audiauditoriu m.
REPRESENTED torium. Miss Ethe] Owen played
The play, an extreme comedy, HERE the violin, accompanied by Miss takes place in the Splinterville ___ Hilda Chowins, at the piano, railroad station and te11s of two The Nebraska Art Association and Miss Mayhew playing the escaped l unatics. Otto Schmultz, is putting on the forty-fourth cello, a student of the University the wou ld-be detective, compli- annual exhibition of paintings at of Nebraska. cates matte rs for J abo Grabb, the Morrill Hall. It began the 13th of The first number on their prochief of the police force in Splin- February and will close the 18th gram was '' Extase'' by Gonne, terville, when he decides to help of March . f O 11 owed by Mendelsohn's capture the lunatics. In Gallery A are thirty-five "On Wings of Song," and "My
Inter-ming led with this dis- paintings, painted by out of state Wild Irish Rose" by Alcott, an tressing affai r, is the problem of artists, sixteen of which are old favorite, beautiful and much Augustus Co o and his young painted by James Chapin, noted beloved song. bride, Gladys Coo, who are being all over the country for his ability Granados, whose life story was pursued by her father, Major to paint people in every day life. told in brief outline by Miss Howler who is opposed to the The Drunken Farmer, Pretzel Ethel Owen, died when but marriage. man, and the Portrait of Aline fo1·ty-six years of age while re-
To add to th e confusion, J abo's MacMahon are three of his most turning to Spain after visiting intend ed bride marries Major interesting paintings. Lincoln the United States. Howler. Katrina Kraut and artists also ·.Jxhibited paintings, "Playera," a bea~tiful and Araminta Sourdrops stage a some of which were by Lincoln exquisitely written piece weaving splendid fight over Otto . I school teachers. In Gallery B are the Spaniards free, gay and wild
The par ts are to be played by: j paintings from the permanent music was played; the encore Otto Schmul tz Mr. C. W. Toms collection of the Nebraska Art number was a well know number Plunk Jarlec k Association ones which have entitled "Mother Machree' ' often Mr. Homer G~mmill been purch;sed recently. heard over the radio. . J abo Grab b Dr Ray Brigham The exhibition should be attend - Whittier pupils enJoyed the Major Ho wler Mr . A. L. Myers ed by all school children for they music very much and are in hopes Augustus Coo can compare these modern paint- that they will be invited again to Mr. Donald K. Strawn ings with the old masters that come and play in their exquisite (Con tinued on page 4) they have studied. way to Whittier pupils.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Published every t~o weeks during the school year by the pupils of Whittier junior high school, at 22nd and Vine streets; Lincoln, Nebraska
Set up and printed by the pupils taking printing I, and II.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
CALENDAR
March 16, 8A Class Meeting
March 19, 9B Class Meeting
March 21, 7 A Class Meeting
March 22, 7B Class Meeting
8B C. L. Trip
Miss Selma Hult
Homer L. Gammill Mr. Culler
Mary Bullock
Miss Olive Keller Miss Cross
Editor-in-Chief
Navada Morris 9A Editor
Drusilla Wiley Editorials GREENLEAF STAFF
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Alfred Bowers
Bob Campbell
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Ruben Koch
Clifford Miller
Robert Mitchell
Frank Rubino
Jacob Schafer
Charles Skinner
Lyle Way
PRINTERS
Peter Alexander
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Robert Brill
Wendell Carr
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Robert Martin
Bernard Millett
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Manuel Schaaf
Herbert Schwartz:
Edgar Wobig
I van Woodhead
Keith Butts
On Editing a Paper
Upon editing a paper one encounters more obstacles than perhaps in any other profession. In a school paper such as the Whittier Greenleaf • the re is always the question of keeping to strictly so; the articles are written and published by the pupils. Appearance of a paper has much to do with attractiveness and salable q u a 1it es; the number of words is also a serious question, especially so with any front page story, headlines also coming into consider ation.
Assignments, such as assemblies are made to the pupils on the blank sheets called th e ''dummy." Below each assignment' is ''deadline'' or latest possible date that"copy" is due. "Greenleaf Copy" with all data such as date, number of words, et cetera, accompany the original copy (pencil) to Miss Hults's box where it is graded, typed, sent down to Mr. Gammill, corrected, set up, and proofs (on yellow paper) are made and returned to the Greenleaf office marked 0. K. The original "copy~' is returned to the Greenleaf office and filed in the reporters envelope.
Notable notes, jokes, stories, and poems, take in a wide and general scope---any one who wishes may contribute to this part of the paper. Light gay things are al ways welcomed for they liven up the paper
Cooperation of Civic League Officers Important
Although Whittier's standard of citizenship has been held high by the wonderful cooperation of all the pupils it has been in question of late: "Have Civic League officers been as c on s c i e ntious about their responsibilities as they ought?"
Their representation of the school is looked upon by pupils with interest. Constantly they should be at their best, be present at games, take a keen interest in
March 16, 1934
all school affairs, be careful abo u t talking or greeting friends wh ile on duty in the halls,and in ge neral live up to the responsibili ty that the Civic League bad ge represents.
Whittier's Appearance
The pride of our scho ol , Whittier itself, is beginn ing t o seem changed. Strange and wi e r d pencil markings are appearing a s mysterious decorations upon the walls, while wads of gum app ear here and there as marks of deg radation, instead of improveme nt Many types of people are m ad e to wear jewelry and beauti fu l clothing to bring out that thi n g called personality. Whittier h owever, is the type that stands ou t more strikingly perhaps, in it s cleanliness and simplicity - it s true self. Let us all cooperat e in making our school w h at i t really stands for.
Why Eat
If signs, "Why Eat?" w ere hung about the city of Linc oln and in italicized words, ''No fo od sold to any one,'' undoubte dly our first and last penny would be off ~red to anyone who wo uld give us a crust of bread. But a s it is there are pennies dribbli ng through our fingers for sunflow er seeds and Russian peanuts. All of us have to admit that they a r e "Tasty" but why eat at su ch inopportune times? It i$ only a reflection on yourself. Show the teachers that it is not a ha bi t with you-make her believe wh at you really are.
March 16, 1934
CHAR ACTER AND PERSONALITY TRAITS
A pe rson with character has his ow n individuality. Dressing, speaki ng, walking, are done charact eristically by persons. Punct uality, accuracy, and persever ence also are part of a good charac ter.
Bo ys and girls of our age are just developing ·good characters and personalit ies. When we get to jun ior high our efficiency cards help us toward this gain. Under headin g six entitled Practical Arts in the girls division we find charac ter and personality traits. They are as follows : courtesy, truth fulness, industry, initiative, self-co ntrol, cooperation, dependability , health attitudes and habits , personal orderliness and cleanlin ess, conformity to law and order, and fairness. In trying to earn this credit on our cards we n aturally form good habits which contribute to our personalities a nd characters.
The development of our persona lities comes down to four facts: co urtesy, good grooming, friendl iness and gracious conversation or charm. Courtesy include s knowledge of introductions and politeness. Someone said tha t clean, fresh, well ordered app arel, bed, •bath, and table linen contribute to self respect i n c o n n e c t i o n with good groom ing. Friendliness for example means to be a friend to your friends. Gracious conversation or charm includes: speak moder ately loud, do not be obtrusi ve, and when speaking say so mething, but do not talk just to hear yourself.
Frie ndship is one of the most valuabl e things you can own.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Jewels, luxurious cars, and riches, none surpass it. Your parents, brothers and sisters, and classmates like to see in you confidence and trust, fairness, and loyalty to them. Being unreliable, deceitful and snobbish is repulsive. •
- Georgia Gaddis, 220
GIRL RESERVES NEWS
The Girl Reserves have held their election. As a result the following girls were chosen as officers for this semester: Norma Andersen, president; Lorene Beighly. vice-president; Elsie Loso, secretary; Frances Andersen, tre&surer; Ruth Traver, publicity chairman; and Dorothy Pegans, program chairman.
They are now holding a membership campaign and each member is to bring a guest to the meetings, hoping that she will join. After the drive for new members they will then begin working on hobbies, each one choosing her own.
The Club has its meetings every Wednesday ater school and Miss Quiggle is the leader. All girls are cordially invited to become members.
A certain young teacher named Ross, In third period is my boss. He runs around the room
Like a maid with a broom And says, ''I will have to get cross!''
-Theodore Wilson
I know a young fellow called Dave, Who went venturing into a cave. He found a wild cat He couldn't make scat, And now poor Dave's in the grave!
- Desmond Corcoran
Bill Johns: "Say, Edgar, did you get rid of that stray cat as I told you to?''
Edgar Wobig: "No, you can't drown that cat!"
Bill: "Why can't you? Did you tie a brick around its neck and put it in a tub of water?"
Edgar: "Yes, I did, but when I went to look this morning that cat had drunk all the water in the tub and was sitting on the brick crying for more!"
Bobby: "Say, mother, was baby sent down from heaven?"
Mother: "Yes, Bobby."
Bobby:" They like to have it quiet up there, don't they?"
Mr. Smathers: ''Mose , can you explain wireless telegraphy to me?"
Mose: "Yessuh, it lak dis: Ef yo' all had a long, long houn' dawg, an' he stretched from Cincinnati to Pittsbrugh an' yo' stept on his tail in Cincinnati, he would howl in Pittsburgh. Dat am telegraphy. Only in wiahless yo' does de same thing widout de dawg."
Mr. Gammill: "There's an exception to every rule.''
Mr. Heston: "What is the exception to the rule that we must die?''
Mr. Gammill: ''Why, that's the exception to the rule that all rules have exceptions!"_
Sunday School Teacher: ''Why in your prayers do you ask for your daily bread, instead of enough for a week?"
Boy: ''Oh, I do that so we can have the bread freah every day."
The 7Bs have elected their class officers. They must think the girls can't hold any office because in the election you will find that only boys were elected.
The election results are as follows:
Wallace Provost of 207 was elected president, George VanSickle of 207 vice president, Bruce Gould 208 secretary, and Warren Hinze 208, treasurer.
MAKE WAY
Black crosses mark where feet have tread Ori fleecy snow that fell to lend
A touch of winter to the scene, That. hitherto was like Spring just seen.
But now! Snow must need to melt and run away For March is coming fast And on light gay feet Soon will come May WHITTIER P ; T. A. With flowers
WILL PRESENT PLAY So sweet and yet so gay,
(Co n tinued from page 1) So away, Snow, away! Move Gladys Ho wl er Coo on and make way
Mr s . Melville Green· For spring and summer each Ambrosia Mc Carty demand a long yet Mrs. Gene Allen beautiful day.
Araminta Sourdrops - Drusilla Wiley
Mrs. Van Horne
Hortensey Sma t ers
Miss Phebe Williams
Katrina Kraut
Miss Anna E. Osthoff
With such a play and a fine cast the performance is sure to be a huge success.
NOTABLE NOTE
The school library has received seventy new books from the city library. Among these are Three Points of Honor, a very· interesting Boy Scout book, the Dunmore series by Hawthorn Daniel, Westward Ho! by Kingsley, Black Beauty written b y Anna Sewell, and Uncle Tom's Cabin whose author, as you know, is Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is sincerely hoped that Whittier students appreciate these new books and show their appreciation by checking out these and the many others in the library.
failure at the sound of his voic e , and when the police came to t h e rescue they found the minist er, the Reverend P. E. Pilate, ato p a sixty-four foot display pipe in t h e pipe organ. From there the l ion went into the street and bus ied himself destroying fruit stan ds, until a squad of po.licemen cha sed • him into an alley. Five more c itizens of this city were killed by slipping on the banana sk in s left by the lion. The ten th one on the death list was Mrs. P. Q . R Snodgrass, of Harlem, N. Y. Mrs Snodgrass met her death in he r home. She heard footsteps at th e door, and thinking it was her h usband, went to greet him. U p on opening the door she discov er ed the lion, who upon seeing h er , roared loudly, frightening the poor woman to death.
Although the lion has elu ded
LION ESCAPES FROM capture so far, the police beli ev e his seizure is imminent.
PRIVATE ZOO
Death toll reaches ten.
NEW YORK, N. Y. (C. P.) -
What police believed to have been a damaged padlock resulted in the escape of Angel Face, a tame lion belonging to Mrs. Fritzie O'Holligan which was kept in her private zoo. The lion is famed the world over for his powerful bass voice and his love for bananas.
- Robert Lu eb s
JOKES
(Lieu.tenant without flicker in g an eyelash when the General ha d finished an hour's lecture on hi s personal appearance because hi s pocket was unbuttoned): ''I - I beg your pardon, sir- but y ou r own is unbuttoned!" And wh il e the General stood dumbfoun de d the newly-made lieutenant bol ted
''Mother, we've had the b es t time playing postman,'' excla imed the small hopeful of the fam ily . "We gave a letter to ev er y lady in the block.''
"But where did you get th e
Soon after he escaped, the Combined Fruit Grower's Exchange reported the disappearance of a warehouse full of bananas. Upon further investigation it was discovered to be the work of the lion. The next piece of mischief acctedited to the lion was the dipsersing of the congregation at St. Judas letters, dear.'' Reformed Church. Four people "Oh, we found 'em in the att ic , with weak hearts died of heart all tied up with blue ribbon.''
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ACROSS
1. Beho ld!
3. Bo ther.
7. Interjection .
9. Soon er than.
11. Ov er.
12. Spa ce of time.
18. Build ing for extensive view.
16. Unha ppy.
17. An article.
18. Pe rform .
21. Devo ur.
23. Hea d apparel.
25. Speck.
27. A girl in 108 (initials)
28. Did arise.
29. Firs t person pronoun.
30. Sna kelike fish.
31. Cave rn.
32. Con junction.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
DOWN
1. Constellation.
2. A globe.
4. Neither.
5. Nevada (abbr.)
6. Girls name.
7. Decorate
8. Dried grass.
10. 9A treasurer (initials)
12. Two of the vowels.
14. Coming to the finish.
15. A mark to be shot at.
19. Rub out.
20. Past participal of grow.
21. Night before.
22. Gorilla.
23. Concealed.
24. Digit.
26. Boys name.
A CHAT WITH AUNT BESSIE
Dear Aunt Bessie: Why must ninth grade girls study meat? I get - so tired of studying where to find chops and how much they cost. Will you see to it that the home economics course is changed?
Sincerely, Alida Taylor, 209
Dear Alida:
I d e eply sympathize with you for I realize that a girl with your masculine tendencies would not enjoy the study of meat. Maybe if you wore overalls, Mr. Culler would let you transfer to a wood work class.
Dear Auut Bessie: Can you suggest some way in which I may wear my glasses at school without having certain boys seeing me with them on? It's so embarrassing!
Sincerely, Mary Bullock, 303
Dear Mary:
Consult the Whittier inventor, Mr. Strawn, ( h i s inventions are not al wa y s successful, however) and see if he can rig up a small hoister which can be worn on the head.When you see a boy coming, press the button which you will carry in your hand, and your glasses will be lifted. This fixture may not look so hot, but then
Dear Aunt Bessie:
It ' s a gyp! How come Mr. Gammill got in at the free show a few Saturdays ago? It was supposed to be for children only.
Sincerely,
Dear Girls:
Ina Hendrix and Navada Morris, 212
How do you know how old Mr. Gammill is? Maybe he got in because of his feminine charm. But why are you complaining, you got a seat, didn't you?
Charle s Corn's mother: Charles: "I washed the one ''Charles , it's time for you to get Ithat's on the side next to where ready for school. Have yo u Mr. McMullen sits.'' washed your ears?" . 5
NEW STANDARD OF EXCHANGES NOTABLE NOTES DEPORTMENT GRADING
A new standard of deportment grading has been _ approved by the faculty members of Whittier after much careful consideration. All pupils are to be graded on an equal basis and lists of deportment grades and their meanings should be posted, if they have not been, on bulletin boards in the home rooms. In this way pupils upon receiving their grades can refer to them considering their grades instead of bothering the teacher. •
It is hoped 'that this new form of grading pupils on conduct will meet w ith success and that the pupils w ill further their efforts to cooperate more than ever before with the tea ch er s .
ODE T O A NAG
Oh, horse, y ou are wonderous thing, no horns to honk, no bells to ring, no license buying ever y year with plates to put on front and rear. No sparks to miss, no gears to slip; you start yourself no clutch to slip. No gas bills mounting every day to steµ.l the joy of life away. Your inner tubes are all 0. K. and thank goodness they stay that way. Your spark plugs never miss or fuss, your motor never makes us say bad words. Your frame is good for many a mile, your body ne v er changes style. Your wants are few and easy met , you have some t hing on the auto yet.
A woman driving a car and
The Walnut Cracker has a most. attractive and interesting paper. It is illustrated with cartoons which are done by the art classes. They have two whole pages devoted to home room news and they are all running a race to see which room will receive a banner for being champions in attendance. One had an unbroken record for thirty weeks.
The Blazer, a paper from the South junior high school of Niagara Falls, New York, tells of a popular book club the y have organiz e d. One hour a week is devoted to reading books chosen by the students themselves. Wouldn't that be fun?
The Sutter Static has printed three rules to disobey. The y are:
1. Don't fail to whisper in study peroids. No one g oe s there to study anywa y All would rather study t w ice as long at home.
2. Don't get to school until 8:19 in the morning for the bell doesn't ring until 8:20, a.nd it will
Poor Roger Cox! He must h a ,' e been unable to stand the col d seige that passed over Linco ln . For he was discovered in sec on d period orchestra class with a heavy piano scarf draped gra cefully about his body playin g a beautiful piece.
How are you standing it n ow , Roger?
A few days ago, some of t he girls of Mrs Osthoff's third pe ri od drama one class presented t h ei r t e acher with a graham crac k er They were told that it was too dr y to eat alone. The following d [ly , she was presented with crack e"·s, mi lk, and straws. Miss Osth off , greatly embarrassed, set them on her desk and continued as tho u g h nothing had happened. Bu t th e girls objected for they had p a id perfectly good money for th e food. "But," said Miss Osth cff , "what would Mr. Culler say i f h e found me eating?" The g ir ls sheepishly admitted that Miss Hult knew about their sche me , so Miss Osthoff went to the b ac k of the room and partook of thi s mid-morning lunch.
give the teachers lots of pleasure I Whittier students are gla d t o to change the slip and mark you · see Mrs. White back again a f te r present after having marked you an absence of several days, du e absent. to the death of her father.
3. Don't pick up any waste paper you see lying around; janitors are hired to work and of course the smaller the scraps of paper, th e more interesting the work and it wouldn't be courteous to help.
seeing some men go up a tel e - To all exchanges: Please don't phone pole, said to her friend.
"My, you'd think I'd never driven a car before, to see those men run up that pole.''
be surprised if you see some of y our jokes in our paper (We have a taking way).
Some small little boy asked h is aunt if she was going to put s ome more of that pudding on h is grandmother's chest. His a un t said, ''What do you mean, t ha t mustard plaster?''
Teacher: "Name four anim a ls in the cat family."
William: "The father cat, t h e mother cat, and the two li ttl e kittens.''
March 16, 1934
N OTABLE NOTES
The pupils of Whittier have taken a great interest in the paper an d have handed in several things of great interest. To show our appre ciation these items will be publ ished in the Greenleaf. We're hoping that every one will keep thei r eyes and ears open and write s om e th i n g f o r the Greenlea f.
A few girls were frightened the other day when Hubert Seng of 314 bro ught a guinea pig to school. Miss Hooper told him to take it to the office until after school. When Hubert asked Miss Evans for it that afternoon she replied, "With Pleasure!"
Ment ion was made in the first issue of The Greenleaf of two girls e nrolled in Mr. Gammill's printing classes. Now, they are joined b y four more of the fairer sex. Th e y are Maxine Simcoe,310; Gladys Harral , 310; Julia Eastman, 301; and Lurietta Brown, 110.
These girls say, ''Women have taken up every other occupation, why not printing?''
Harri et Carter was elected home ro om president to take the place of Lester Buckley who has moved.
In the last issue an article was written expressing the desire to know whose bracelet Edward Edison h as been seen carrying. And no w the staff's private detective N o. 999 by much sniffing and snoo ping has found that it belongs t o Marguerite Bell of 101.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE GOSSIPER
While Lincoln children were playing marbles and enjoying other spring activities before our last snow storm many children down South were enjoying their first snow balls. In Albany, Georgia, where Miss Hooper's relatives live, there was snow for the first time since 1898. Aren't you glad, boys, you live where throwing snow at girls and making them scream is a natural thing?
Can You Imagine:
Josephine Heilman playing with dolls, Bernice Firestine not talking in home room, Elizabeth Cross chewing gum, Mr. Ross a villian in a play, Mr. McMullen really throwing someone out the window and Mrs. Childress not giving tests?
Roger Cox, 110, was so very, very cold in orchestra on a drizzly day not so long ago that he had to put the piano cover around his shoulders to keep himself nice and cozy. Let's all pitch in and buy a blanket for him, so that the boy won't catch his death of cold.
Was Miss Osthoff nice when Kent Murphy, 209, said, ''Gee this liniment makes my arm smart!" Her reply was, "Then why not put some on your head?''
Has Eddie Williams, 207, been a bad boy or does just the sight of a stick give him the wim warns? One day when Mrs White came into her 7B class room with the baton she uses for directing the orchestra, Eddie spoke up and said, ''Mrs. White, do you carry that white stick to whip bad little boys?"
JOKES
Question: '' How do they ever get the Chinamen smuggled in?''
Keith Feaster (speaking out of turn): "Aw, they jest put 'em in a box and mark it 'Fragile'!"
Little Betty was in the country for the first time: "Oh mamma, look at that cute little green snake.''
Mother, also in the country for the first time: t'Put it down at once. It might be as dangerous as a ripe one."
Ronald Macpherson: '' H av e you seen Al?''
Don Bettenhausen: "Al who?"
Ronald: ''Alcohol, kerosene him yesterday and he hasn't benzine since, gasolined against ' · a fence and took a naptha. ''
Visitor: Well how old are you my little man?
Baby boy: I'm not old; I'm nearly new.
(Young telephone operator, haughtily:) "You're a detective! you can't fool me!"
(Detective, greatly surprised!) ''Well how did you ever find out?"
Telephone operator: "The seat of your pants is shiny where you have sat around in lobbies waiting for something to happen!"
Englishman: What's dumber than a dumb Dutchman?"
Dutchman: "A smart Englishman.''
After an hour of thinking, the Englishman said, ''What did you mean by that crack?"
8
GIRLS SPORTS
The games have been enjoyed by every one. Because of the weather the games have been played in the gym. The basketball tournament results are as follows, the latter home room being the winner:
This shows 303, 9A Champions, 103, 9B Champions. A few days later 303 was awarded 8th and 9th grade Championship.
The Kick pin games have drawn a lot of attention. The Kickpin results are as follows:
Seventh: 102-305 320-203 106-304 207-307 208-104
304 has won the 7A Championship, 307 the 7B Championship, and 304 the s e v en th g rad e Championship.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
March 16, 193, and close guarding without over ALL "BALLED" UP guarding. . It is generally true that the The reds are far _ahead m par • • t t ticipating in the pick-up games teams g1vmg encouragemen o Th 210 209 314 320 30 9 • h ey are , , , , their players rather t an razzmg 102, and 207. The school cham1 poor plays, are the teams th at for basketball is 105.All the 7tl get further and have the moS t grade home rooms have had pep p~ fun. games this semester. The gam e
BOYS SPORTS
are as follows: .104 vs . 208, 1Q. winning, 207 vs 307, 307 wo1 that game. 104 and 307 then pl a y Due to cold weather all t_he ed aud the game was won by 10-1 games for the fifth week w~re m- You can just feature Mr. Gam m il side; consequently no pick -up out there whooping and yelli 111 points were won. As you doubtless for 104. In the consolation tourn a know when games are inside only ment, 208 and 207 played, 20 three games can be played in a winning. 320 and 203 then play ed day, thus there will not. be so 203 being the high team the rE many points earned as if the The game of 207 vs. 203 has no games were outside. Here are been finished. In the first to m the winners and losers, the nament 212 were the baseb a l winners appearing last: champs, having won from 20
BASKET
BALL and 103 The line up for 212 is a 308 -105 203-320 222-302 follows: Captain, Frank Or ti2 222-216 216-101 218-101 who plays catch; pitch Do 207-104 301-209 208-106 Krcmarik; first base, Ra lp 101-105 304-320 212-105 Steele; second base, Ger al
H t • 1 'fi d b~y floors· Wilson; third base, Ch a r l e ere 1 IS C aSSl e , Cl°ff 3 d fl 6 t ams 3 won 3 lost Muehlhausen; short stop, 1 or 2~d fl~~; 10 t:ams 2 won 8 lost Miller; left field, Harold ~ou s, 1 t floor 8 teams 7 won 1 lost center fi~ld, Frank Bartzatt, r1 gh s field, Kieth Puddy; extra sh 01 WINNING WORDS FROM Here it is given by color teams: stop Don Higgens and substit ut MISS WILLIAMS Won Lost Points Total Alvy Hadden. The players for 10 · Red 2 2 400 7880 are as follows: captain, Roy Wil '
The most peppy Home Rooms Blue 2 2 400 6445 shire, Jack Oden, Ch a r 1 e as shown by participation in pick Green 7 3 1220 7530 Wheeler, Gale Booth, Wa yn up games are: Orange 1 5 400 80l0 Williams, Don Bettenhaus er 9A-110, 303, 212 Jim Kelso, Roy Sheaff, Bo 9B-105 Mrs. Barrows is evidently used Baker and Emmett Paxton. Th SA-314, 220 to Kent Murphy's ways but the girls of 302 have won the cham 1 SB-216, 222 other day when he came running ionship for basketball from tt. 7A-203, 102, 320 into the home room almost late, eighth and ninth grades and a1 7B-104, 307 she asked Kent what he would very happy over the game.
One of the best games this se- have done if Mr. Culler had . mester was the basketball game caught him. But Kent quickly Bobby Adams: No boy with an between 314 and 310. The winner replied, "He co u 1d n't have sense would act the way you dt was 314. The good features of the caught me, Mrs. Barrows ." James Snyder: How do yn game were the short, quick pas- In other words Kent was run- know how a boy with sense woul ses, accurate basket shooting, ~ing too fa st. act?
T he Whittier Greenleaf
VOL. 11 NO. 11 LINCOLN , NEBRASKA April 6, 1934
Wh ittier Teachers Enjoyed Vacation
SOM E FACULTY MEMBERS VISITED OUT OF TOWN
LOOK UP!
Up the hill of life 'tis a weary climb
If you're one of the jostling, jaded throng,
With head hung down as you march along,
But the man with his eyes on the sky line bright,
The Whittier teachers will al 1 Feels his pulses throb, and his heart enjoy a well earned vacation from grow light , March 27 to April 2. Some plan to And his fo otsteps move in a quicker leave town while others will t i m e occ u py themselves with Lincoln Lo o k U p! interes t s.
Miss Ma dsen plans to start a bee pro j ect to take her mind off of her scho ol work. While she may get stu ng, she will no doubt have an interes ting task.
Mrs Childress will accompany Mr. Chil dress on a trip to Kansas City.
Mr. W. F McMullen and family are going to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to v isit his wife's family.
, uRobe r t F. Adams
Graduating Girls To See Styles
GIRLS WILL MODEL DRESSES AT THE ASSEMBLY
On April 12 a style show will
Mrs. Swisher is going to her be given for the 9A girls, in our home in We e ping Water. Miss auditorium. The purpose is to Johnson is als o going to her home show the girls what is appropri- near Weep ing Water, where she ate to wear for 9A class day and and her sis ter plan to spend their for exercises at St. Paul's church.
Girls from Miss Wilson's home vacatio n beautifying their home. economics classes will be models.
Mr. W. A . McMullen plans to The audience may see clothes make h is garden if weather which are t oo conspicuous a nd permits. those which are not. Three girls Miss Osthoff, Miss Williams, will illustrate what dresses ~he Mr. Strawn and Mr. Gamm.ill ~ill j !t~~\·d st~~;, ~~il~h~ti!~s g;fII probab ly spend most of their time gi ve one minute speeches on practic in g "TheDutch Detective." s ho es, j e w elry, and o t h e r
Mrs. White plans to devote her acces so r!es. . . vacation to getting rid of her bad Es pe cially ~t this tlm~ me x - cold pensi ve d r esses are the thmg and • . t he model s are designed to prove
Most of the other teachers will t hat it is much more important remain a t home , resting from the t o b e simply and ta s t e f u 11 y regular s chool duties . dre sse d t han to be over dressed.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Rev. MacPhers on Spoke March 13
TALKED ONTHEINDUSTRIES OF SCOTLAND AND SPORTS.
Whittier students were honored March 13 when Reverend Mr Macpherson of the second Baptist Church gave an interesting and educational talk on the industries , authors, a nd sports of
Scotland.
Prece ding the t a lk Mrs. Swisher' s chorus class sang three numbers, accompanied by Roger Cox.
R eve re n d Mr. Macpherson opened his talk with a few Scotch jokes and t hen spoke on the ship building industry for which Glasgow, Scotland is so well known . The bridges of Scotland he talked upon briefly.
Sports, a never failing interest among both young and old, was his next topic and it was a great surprise and delight to discover that many of our loved games origi n ated in Scotland. Among them was golf , (here he told many interestin g things about famous golf courses), socker, and cricket.
He closed his talk, after ment ioning briefly Bobbie Burns , Robert Louis S tevenson and a few others, with the famous poem that is so well known by all . " The Lay of the Min s trel " by Sir Walter Scott.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
NOTABLE NOTES
Miss Norton, a favorite substit ute teacher, taking Miss J ohnson's place for a time, a ppeared with a mysterious black ey e. All are wondering- but hope it will soon look natural again.
Has Mr. W. A. McMullen gone "s issy" on us? He was seen playin g baseball after school Monday n ight with six girls. We wonder if Mrs. Mac knows.
It was stated in the last Greenlea f that Mr. C. W. Toms was to play the part of Otto Schmultz in t he P. T. A. play, "The Dutch Detective." Because Mr. Toms ha d to leave town, Mr : W. E . Ta ber will take the part.
216 is honored with the presen ce of two boys, who , though not bro thers, are really twins for they we re both born March 8, 1920. Th eir names are Lawrence Horner, born in Lincoln and Edwin Ba iley, who was born in Savannah Ge orgia They both entered Whitt ie r at the same time.
Miss Marie Cross is constantly, it seems, trying to overcome obst acles that catch up her Latin classes. The other day in her s ix th period she told the children t h at they were two lessons behind t h e high school. The thing they needed to do was work! with em-
GOSSIPER
The Gossi per: Well vacation is over and of course we all went to church Easter. We all looked at each other'sclothes and no comparisons were made because we don't do such things, do we?
Did you know that He n r y Parker, 304, went March 13 to London, England to live and that Thomas Rice, 320, used to live 1n India where his father was a teacher. I think if I had my choice I would rather go to London but India would do. Thomas wrote an interesting story about the place where he used to live and you can read it in the next issue.
Don't ever get into a fight with Arristiele Senez, 308 , for it seems he is quite a boxer and well-.
Robert Martin, 210, who was operated on for appendicitis is, as I write, getting along nicely at home. One consolation, Robert, you'll never have that operation again .
101 has reason to be proud, for at the close of the first six weeks 19 pupils were on the scholarship roll, 21 on the honor roll, and they had no tardy marks. 101, we congratulate you.
ph asis on the last word. Miss Wilson's three 9th grade ' 'Yes, but,'' .and Betty Mueller •home economics classes have each spoke pensively, ''at high school given one dinner and have invitt h ey only assign half of a Vocab- ed four teachers to each dinner, ul ary !'' Miss Cross replied ''Well honoring th e 9 A t e a ch er s ho w would you like for me to especially. They made place cards as sign just half of a Vocabulary?'' and coffee for the guests besides " No!" Came unanimous chorus the rest of the dinner. The cooks and Taylor Lewis put in with, must have been good because we '' We wouldn't know which half have noticed that no doctors have to learn!" been called.
JOKES
Wi1lie: I wish I had a million dollars. I'd go to the picture show every day then.
Jimmie: You'd take me with you, wouldn't you, Willie?
Willie: Naw. If you're too lazy to wish for yourself you can stay ta home.
Waiter: What's the trouble, sir?
Patron: I asked for some three minute eggs and instead you have brought me the three year ones. ..
Little Boy, talking to Billy Johns: "Should I take algebra when I get big enough?"
Billy Johns: ''Sure!''
Little Boy: "I don't think will.''
Billy: "Why not?"
Little Boy: "Because I know that you subtract dog from elephant and the result is cat."
- Kenneth Covey, 105
Boss: "There's two dollars missing from desk drawer and no one but you and I have a key to it."
Office Boy: ''Well, let ' s each put a dollar back and say no more about it."
''Hello,'' called a feminine voice over the telephone, ''is this the Humane Society?"
"Yes," was the reply
"Well, there's a book agent sitting in a tree teasing my dog!"
Son: Ma, what's the idea makin' me sleep on the mantlepiece every night?
Mother: Hush, sonny, you only have to sleep there two more weeks and then your picture will be in 'Believe It or Not.'
April 6, 1934
JOKES
Ralph Shiffer, 302, asked Mr· W. A. McMullen this question: .
In Mr s . Swisher's second per- "Never ask your husband for "What would you do if you met a iod Engl is h class they were com- money " co 1 d th • • Id , unse e e wise o lion?', paring th e things used in 1810 married woman. with th e things used in 1934. "I never have to," answered Mr . W. A. McMullen: "Well I'd Mrs. Swisher asked the class the smart young married woman• .look him straight in the eye, walk this que st ion. "What do we use "Robert sleeps like a baby ali up to him, stick my hand down today in stead of the 'Linen night long!" his throat, grab his tail, and turn Duster'? " Carl London' replied "Did you hatch all those chick- him wrong side out.'' "V.acuum Cleaner.'' ens yourself?" asked the in-
NOTE : A linen duster is a quisitive visitor. coat tha t men wore over their • ''No,'' replied the poultryman • clothes t o k eep the dust off. "I used an incubator!" '
Spring is here! That is no lie. On Marc h 12 a little boy saw a Robin s it t ing stiffly on a sign post tha t pointed to S street.
Durin g a home room meeting in 105, th e girl captain was reporting on the scores. She said the girls pla y ed a(baseball) consolation game a nd won, 16 to 1. Edgar Wobig po li tely raised his hand and asked, ''How do you play the game ca lle d consolation?''
Miss Jo nes in 107 was emphasizing _ ce r tain things in music and was g oing to show how it sounded. She was slowly backing toward t h e piano and talking when she b umped into it slightly. She turn e d around and said politely, ' 'P ardon me.''
The o t h e r d a y i n Mrs. Childress ' c iv i cs class, they were ch oo sing their vocations. Mrs. Ch ild ress asked Bob Adams what h is vo<>ation was. Bob replied, '' Oh, I'm going to be a doctor a n d Roger Cox is going to be the u n dertaker.''
Dentis t: Whi c h tooth do you want extr a cted?
Pullma n P orter: Lower Seven.
Cook-father to small son : Didn't I tell you to notice when the soup boiled over?
Small son, watch in hand: I did; it was half-past ten!
Little Brother: Ha! Ha! I saw you kiss Evelyn!
Suitor: Here, keep still. Put this quarter in your pocket.
Little Brother: Here's fifteen cents change. I have one price to all!
Boggs: Why aren't you going around with that school teacher any more?
Jones: I couldn't stand it any
A real estate agent was taking a party to a house classed as a stone's throw from the heart of the city. After they had gone about five miles the agent stopped and began showing the party a nice big house. The man looked around awhile and presently asked, "I'd like to see the man who threw the stone."
The Sunday school teacher asked her little girls how many wished to go to heaven. They all raised their hands except one. The teacher said, "All good little girls want to go to heaven. Why don't you?''
The little girl answered, ''No, ma'am, I can't go; our family is moving back to Detroit.''
longer. Every night I didn't sbow Teacher: "When I was your age up, she wanted a written excuse I could name all the presidents
from my mother! off by heart.''
A native of a western town which had a remarkable boom some years ago moved away. He happened to run across one of his old neighbors when visting another city. The first one asked the second how things were in the old town. "You can't imagine how dull things are," remarked the other. "You remember Bill Watson? Well, he dropped dead in f r o n t of the post-office Sunday, and they didn't find him until Thursday!"
Tommy: "Yeah, but there was only about ten to remember then.''
''Pearls may come from oysters, but some girls get diamonds from nuts."
My daughter's music are a fortune to me. How is that?
They enabled me to buy the neighbor's houses at half price.
BILL'S COMPOSITION ON CATS
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Andrews formerly taught here Or sometimes three, at Whittier and George, if you It's just a model T. don't know him, well-. -Exchange
The house cat is a four legged The Sutter Static, a paper from quadruped; the legs a~ usual Sacramento, California, says that being at the corners. It 1s some- the new sport at present for the times what is called a tame ani- girls is to jump rope. Get out mal, though it feeds on mice and your ropes, girls, it's in style! birds of prey. When it is happy The Operetta ''Crocodile Isit does not bark, but breathes land" was given March 16, at the through its nose instead of its Sherman Junior high school of mouth; but I can't remember the Hutchinson, Kansas. Do any of name they call the noise. It is a you remember when in 1932 ~it little word but I can't think of it was given here at Whittier and and it is wrong to copy. When Jeanne Marie Beaman, Adine you stroke this tame quadruped Scofield, and Thomas Brooks had by drawing your hand across its leading parts? (Those were in back, it cocks up its tail like a the good old days when we could ruler, so you cant get no further. have operettas.)
Never st roke across the hairs, as "Our Talkie" published by the it makes some cats scratch like students of the Norfolk junior mad. Its tail is about two feet high school has very well drawn long and its legs about one each. mimeoscope work to illustrate Don't tease cats; for _firstly it is the doings of the school. Conwrong to do so and second, cats gratulations, staff, for having have claws which are longer than such an interesting paper. most people think. Cats have nine Some of the slang phrases lives, but are seldom required in which slip from the mouths of this country because of Christ- the pupils of Boise, Idaho are .ianity. Men cats are always called "Dear Whiz! Nertz to you, By Tom-and girl cats are called gummy, Hello Emma! Oh, my Puss; but queer as you think, all hat I'll be hornswaggled, and little cats are called kittens, Kn~ck me down with a battlewhich is a wrong, orter be axe." We'll give you permission changed. This tame quadruped to use these famous sayings, if can see in the dark, so rats stand you want to. no chants, much less mice. Last ------Monday I drawed our cat on sume w bite paper and sold him to a boy who has a father for twenty pins and some coff drups.
EXCHANGES
George Binger, who played part time baseball with different city league teams last year is one of the brightest outlooks for Coach Andrew's team this season, so says the Advocate, Lincoln High school paper. Mr.
A MODEL T
It's just a model T, Runs on two wheels, Sometimes three, It's just a model T.
It's just a model T, Not very high in rank, Because you have to use the crank, It's just a model T.
It's just a model T , Just meant for you and me,
SPRING
The sky once more is turning blue,
And soon the birds' return is due.
The grass has donned its greenish hue.
Spring has come again for me and you.
The blustering winds of March have passed.
The fl owers gaze on the world at last.
And glassy streams begin to flow.
The farmer again begins to so w.
So as I sit and look upon
The rosy-fingered break of dawn,
A dread of future days fills my heart
Because soon with spring we all must part.
-Orva Kesler, 308 ,
Once • a Chinaman was going up a mountain. Upon turni n g around he saw a bear following his tracks. • ''You likee them tracks?'' he asked ''Then I mak ee some more.''
She must have made an impression! A woman on the bus was heard to remark to her companion, "I wish that handso me man in the front would let me share his seat with him.''
Promptly upon hearing the compliment six gentlemen ro se as a body.
Can you imagine the lady ' s horror or embarrassment or what ever it happened to be?
April 6, 1934
A CHA T WITH AUNT BESSIE
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Dear Aunt Bessie , I ask you , is Whittier a pub li c school or an insane asylum? The other d ay I saw the custodian, gayly pl aying on the front hall radiator as though it were a piano. I s it safe around here?
Sincerely , Elizabeth Taylor, 212 Dear Eli zabeth, . I ag r ee with you that he must have loo ked mentally unbalanc ed but it is not the only thing I've noticed around here that s eemed rathe r crazy. On the whole , however, I b elieve that it is a pretty good pl ace and en t irely safe.
Dea r Aunt Bessie, Will you pleas e te ll us w hy on ear th we must study civic s ? We're having such a time with it and it don't seem important anywa y.
A
Lot of 9A's
Dear 9A 's, Whe re would you study it if you did n't do it on earth? Anyho w, you must realize that Whi t tie r is planning to produce at least one president of the good old U. S.
Dear A unt Bessie,
How may I become a better baseba ll player? If I do get a goo d hit , so m e one catches it. Please answer immediately as we will probab ly play soon
Sincerely , Eleanor Gillespie, 310 Dear El eanor, Cover the bat (one for your own per sonal use) with tar. When the bat comes in contact with it, it'll stic k, Pick the ball off and run to fi rst and on the way throw it as far as you can. They will be so busy looking for the ball that they mi ght not notice it.
ACROSS
1. Small child
4. Frozen moisture
8. Wrath
9. Mournful sound
10. Post office (abbr.)
11. Perform
12. Uttered music
13 Period of time
14. Composition
16. Guide
18. Document
19. One of the articles
20. Crafty (pl.)
21. Girl's name
22. Touch lightly
23. Tree
25. 1st person pron.
26. Heavy twine
29. Change
31. In common use
32 Chief Police (abbr.)
33. In a short time
35. Perfix; three
36. Deer
38. Stumble
40. Theo Towle's initials
41. Coloring fluids
42. Small particle DOWN
1. Lived in 2. Did arise
3. Exist
4. Male descendant 5. Scolds habitually
6. Against surface of 7. Flies high
9. A month
10. Animal seized for food
12. Makes unhappy
13 A fish
15. Fishing net
17. Former Russian title
23. Walked
24. Infer
27. A portion
28. Choice Article
30. Speck
31. One thing
34. Girl's name
37. Knight of Elephants (abbr.)
39. Same as 10 across
THE WHITT IER GREENLEAF
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WHAT PUPILS PLANNED TO DO IN VACATION
Q. Why are weary people like carriage wheels?
Here are a few of the pupils A pin has a head, but has no hair; accounts of what they were plan-:-
A. Because they are tired. ning to do in vacation. Y/ ond~r
Q. Which bird can lift the how many of you really did what
A clock has a face; but no mout h there;
Needles have eyes, but they
• t • ht? you planned on doing? heav1 es we1g • Mearld Kilcoyne was to_ ~o ~o cannot see;
A. The crane Blue Rapids. Kansas to visit his Elephant a trunk without a lock
Q. Why is a wise man like sister and aunt while Jean Burr or key; a pin? wanted to go to the westeri:i part A time piece may lose, but
A. He has a head and it of the state to see ~ome friends. cannot win; comes to ·a point. ~~;%th~ecli~rctm!1~~e Ka1l\oab! A cornfi~Id_ dimple without a
Q. What is it that is put on the good girls and help their mothers chm, table and cut, but never eaten? clean house. A hill has no leg, but has a foot : ,
A. A pack of cards. If the weather was nice and A glass has a stem, but no root;
Q. Why does a sculptor die the ground not frozen. Emma A watch has hands, but no horribly? Leikam was to clean out her thumb or finger;
A. Because he makes faces flower bed and plant some Rivers run, though they have n o and busts . flowers. Roy Quincy was plan- feet; .
Q. Why is a dog b1tmg its ning to go on an over night hike A saw has teeth but 1t does not tail a good manager? out by the Lincoln Gun Club eat;
A. Because it makes both ends Saturday night and be at the Ash trees have keys, yet never meet. shoot Sunday morning. These a lock;
Q Why is it certain that "Un- boys and girls were all from A baby crows without being a cle Tom's Cabin" wa~ not H.R. 101. cock.
written by the hand of 1ts re- Billy Leach tink he go shootin - Edith Ferguson, H. R. 105 puted author? when spung vacashum gits hyar.
A. Because it was written by He tink he'll set a kan on a post Nervous Suitor: Sir, er-that i s. Mrs. Beecher's toe (Stowe) . an shoot at it. If he can hit da I would like to-er-that is I me a n '
Q. Why is an opera singer like can he can shore hit de post. If I have been going with yo ur . a confectioner? he doesn't hit ta go a shootin' he daughter for five years-.
A. Because she deals in ice stay home 'n warsh ditches. Father: Well, what do yo u creams (high screams)• (Wonder what grad3 Billy really want, a pension?
''Now that your little boy is going to school, '' cooed the persuasive book agent, ''you should buy him an encyclopedia.''
"Nothing doing" replied Mrs. Wilson, ''let the little rascal walk or ride the street cars the way I did.''
Dentist, to a little girl: can I do for you?''
''What
Little Girl: "I want you to pull the tooth the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth to stop the is in?)
Sherod Harris 304, is going on He: That dentist wasn' t a hike with a boy friend to a cave they have discovered.
Fred Swihart 316, expects to go riding out in the country, swim, painless.
She: Why, did he hurt you?
He: No, but he yelled when I go to the movies, and read a lot bit his finger! of good books.
Fred Johnson 316, is going to stay around the house, do his usual chores and sell magazines.
Dick McCauley: I though t there used to be two wind mill s by 'this fence.
Stanley Clark: There were , Bill: How did the Grand Canbut there wasn't enough win d yon originate?
John: A Scotchman lost a for both of them so they too k nickel! one down.
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Manuel Schaaf
Herbert Schwart z
Edgar Wobig
Ivan Woodhead
Spring Vacation
Spring vacation will soon co~e tripping along and all of us will be rather glad for a chance to have time to actually plan what we are really going to do during this vacation and the summer one that is coming. Bright, gayly colored materials and various patterns will undoubtly be the main thing that will occupy most of the girls minds as Easter is not so far away. About the boys, there is no telling what they may do, but all are sure to have a fine time and all hope to return to school with new enthusiasm. This is true of the 9A girls especially, as they plan to graduate in June.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
CALENDAR
April 11, Miss Munn, Bill Miller and Miss Luhr, Assembly
April 12, 9B Civic League Trip, Style Demonstration Rehearsal
April 13, Style Demonstration for boys and girls of the 9A class
April 19, 9A Civic League Trip, Glee Club sings for Civic League Trip
April 20, Program at 8 :00 Greenleaf comes out
For 9A Girls
Large picture hats with ostrich plumes and long trailing dresses with spangles· are appropriate on the stage when illustrating old fashioned scenes. For 9A class day or for promotion exercises it is most out of place to wear such ridiculous costumes. N o o n e would think of doing so. Sport dresses or plain afternoon dresses are just the thing for graduation and sensible girls will wear them. Why then should we be looked upon with disapproval by the other schools when we wear ankle length dresses, just for an informal afternoon affair? There is no need for it, girls. Let's all use good taste by wearing simple and not sophisticated dresses.
Pupils Work for Efficiency credit
Apr il 6, 1934
for a period of six week s entitles a pupil to an efficienc y credit. Try it! For it not only offers an efficiency credit but offers a chance for one to becom e more efficient and to have ini tiative.
Girls Filing out of Gym
Although the girls h a ve paid careful attention when fili ng out of the gymnasium it is a q uestion of late if they could i mprove. When marching out in si ngle file it takes a much longer tim e, and if the girls march out in twos it will have to be understood tha t no talking or pushing sh ould be carried on.
Safety Slides Being Shown
In a vain attempt to warn all p e op 1e against reckles sness, especially car driving, slid es have been made and are being shown at all main community centers and junior highs. It i s hard to realize but it undoubtedl y is true that eighty automoblile a cc idents in one form or other, happen daily, making an alarmin g total of nearly twenty thousand deaths a year and leaving abou t nine thousand eight hundred injured perhaps for life. It is st a t ed that there are six times mor e auto accidents as there is gol d mined in the United States. An d it has been proved since 1928 that one hundred more acciden ts occur than formerly. Figures a re nothing when none try to do a nything
The protection of properties about it but let us, a newe r gener- unoccupied is as much in demand as the efficiency credits that ation take heed, thus sa ving one many individuals are trying to thousand eight hundre d more earn. Caring for three empty lives per year besides the three houses and making reports con- thousand dollars it takes t o cover cerning them at the office daily damage, not counting los s of life.
GIRLS SPORTS
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ment takes longer to complete than the ''Elimination'' tournament that has been used. Every
The second tournamhent b has ninth and seventh grade home started. The weather as een . d
The following is the results o1 games played in regard to pupi l participation.
In the baseball tournament 308 is the 9B champions, 101 8A Champions, 310 eighth grade champions, 320 7A champions, and 208 7B champions. The consolation tournament is as fol lows the latter being the winner.
Ninth: 303-105
Eighth: 218-220 216-314
Seventh: 102-106
WINNING WORDS FROM MISS WILLIAMS
In the near future, a ''Round Robin" tournament of baseball will be played. This means that every ninth grade home room will play every other ninth grade home room. The team winning the most games will be the ninth grade champions. The eighth and seventh grades will determine their champions in the same way. The "Round Robin" tourna-
35 games Baseball 700 boyE
Pick up games one favorable for baseball and cricket. room will play nme games an There hasn't been very mapy every eighth grade home room girls playing in the consolatwn will play ten games. games. We'd like to see the girls Results of the tournament will taking more interest in them. The be posted on the bulletin board championship games are going to in the east corridor on first floor. be played. Following are the Color teams points will be games played, the latter being given as usual. week only 200 boyE Total 1476 bo y E the winning home room: -Phebe H. Willia.ms.
SO SAYS MR. STRAWN BOYS SPORTS
1476 boys actually took part ir. the noon games, which loob pretty good but the mark can b E raised by 2000 more. Let's g c boys.
The results of the playground With the i~troduction of long work the first six weeks of th is base and cricket into boys game~ semester are very gratifying d A when one takes into consideration a new mterest 1s arouse nyonE the amount of bad weather that in the home room that 1s schedwas had. uled to play is elegible for the sE
The following is a short sum- games with the exception of tho sE n:ary of what happened the firS t ruled off because of scholarshi p six weeks. d h · ht b
we played 163 games However, a wor ere m1g E Red - - - 35 appropriate as to the home roorr Blue - - - 36 being on time when they play Green - - 46 Too many games are bei n f qrange - - 46 forfeited.
This _of course. !epresents 163 F 11 • g are the games of th ( teams m competition. o owm
Games won and lost by color seven t h week, the winn er: teams are as follows: appearing last:
Games won and lost by floors
as follows:
2nd floor 54 27 27
t LONGBASE
1st floor 44 26 18 CRICKET
It will be noticed now that the Orange team is the leader in the 208-207 320-305 color contest by five points. Also The color team standings ari it may be noticed from this summary that the Green and Orange teams played ten more games than either the Red or Blue; yet the Red is in second place, to be exact just five points behind the leader. as follows:
The Whittier Greenleaf
VOL 11 NO 12 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA April 20, 1934
Professor Edison Spok e April 17
GAVE DEMO NSTRATION FO R THE PUPILS AT ASS EMBLY.
Professor 0 . E. Edison, who teaches elec trical engineering at the Universi ty of Nebraska, gave an electrical demonstration entitled The'' Electrical Eye'' for assembly, We dnesday, April 17. He showe d many interesting things such as proving that a match and a light bulb really could make a noise. Mr. Edison
THE DEED Knowledge we ask not,,,knowledge thou hast lent.
But Lord, the will,,,there lies our bitter need; Help us to build above the deep intent,,, The deed, the deed. ,,,John Drinkwater
Musical Festival
at Irving High
WHITTIER BAND AND ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY
The Musical Festival this year also sorted col ored balls into diff- will be held at the Irving Junior
erent colors , electrically. The High School on the evenings of Electric Eye , or rather by its real April twenty seventh and eighth.
On Friday evening, April name the Pho to Electric cell is a the twenty seventh, the program cousin to the t ubes in your radio at home. P r obably none of us know that yo u could send sound by light bu t at the assembly it
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PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Whittier
Pupils
I Plan
Gardens
PROJECT IS BEING SPONSORED BY P.T.A.
One hundred and forty pupils of Whittier are planning to have gardens occupy their time this summer. The gardens will be of varied size and a variety of things will be grown but all of the garden makers will be working for the prizes offered by the Lincoln council of the P. T. A.
Mrs. H. C. Schlueter is chairman of the garden committee and will be in charge of inspecting gardens this summer. The committee members will each inspect certain gardens four or five times before the final judging.
The committees are planning how they may help the gardeners will be given entirely by vocal groups. Whittier's glee club will sing three numbers, under the direction of Mrs. White. to have better, more profitable
The Pr o gram planned for gardens. Seeds may be furnished Saturday evening, Apr i 1 the was made cl ear to us all. twenty eighth, will be given over to some and organized plans will It was no t only interesting but to the instrumental groups, be given to all. orchestras, and bands. Mr. Welch M' H 1 M c 11 also educat ional and was along I will direct Whittier's Band; and iss u t, r. u er, an_d Mr. the line which the 9B and 9A J the Whittier Adyanced Orches~ra Heston are on the final judging scien 1 h b t d ' under the d1rect10n of Mrs. White , committee and will help make the . ce c as ses ave een s u y- will also play. 1 .. mg the las t few weeks. All secondary schools will be 1deciswns as to whose gardens are The appa ratus took two hours represented on both evenings. best. to set up a nd all appreciated the The Musical Festivals which The gardening project is well time and effo rt Professor Edison are _held every year are offered , worth the time and labor spent to Lmcoln people free of charge. d wh· • • took m ma king the electrical L II f h bl 1 an 1tt1er 1s proud to have so et a o us, w o are a e, pan demonstrati ons easy for us to to attend the Musical Festival at many pupils who will take part m understand. It is hoped he will least one evening and bo t h even- it, for Whittier has won many of come again s oon. ings if possible. the prizes the past years.
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Published evety t~o weeks during the school year by the pupils of Whittier junior high school, at 22nd and Vine streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Set up and printed by the pupils raking printing l, and II.
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Vegetable Gardening
CALENDAR
April 20, Whittier Program at
Member
Miss Selma Hult
Homer L. Gammill Mr. Culler Miss Olive Keller Miss Cross
Mary Bullock Editor-in-Chief
Navada Morris 9 A Editor
Drusilla \Vilev Editorials GREENLEAF STAFF
Dean Pohlenz Brnce Eberhart Ardeana Knippel
Harry Abrahams
Orpha Anderson
Alfred Bowers
Bob Campbell
Jack Davoll
William Gaiser
Leroy Ihrie
Keith Butts
Clifford Miller
Robert Mitchell
Frank Rubino
Jacob Schafer
Charles Skinner Lvle Way
PRINTERS
Peter Alexander
Ted Bliss
Robert Brill
Wendell Carr
Eugene Dolansky
Alvy Hadden
Harold Kelly
Robert Martin
Bernard Millett
Leon Polick
Manuel Schaaf
Herbert Schwartz
Edgar Wobig
Ivan Woodhead
Lost and Found Department
April 25, April 27, April 30, May 2, May 3, May 4, 8:15
Assembly Grades given out.
9B Class meeting
9A class meeting
8A class meeting
8B class meeting
7A class meeting
Landscape Gardeing
Beauty everywhere! is the demand from the latest Paris creations down to the flower boxes that are being repainted and set outside the window of any plant lover as soon as March announced her arrival.
A garden, where beanty and artistic ability are longing to be expressed, offers excellent opportunity to both boys and girls who wish to carry out. Magazines and booklets are easily picked up that offer helpful suggestions. One may have the small terrace garden with a color sch.em e carried out in both annual and perennial plants, so arranged that LOST-Buren Lenox's way ·with the girls. Anyone finding this when one flower fades · a new will please return it to Buren as , will burst open or hide the dead he greatly misses it. and bring a new beauty to the FOUND-One set of science pa- garden. Or yet again it may be a pers, grades all ones. Please rock or wall garden with the notify Jimmy Macpherson, 103 , foliage so arranged as to make at once or he will be tempted to use them himself. (as if he need- th0 se who see it think that this ed them.) little paradise of rare beauty was LOST, STRAYED or STOLEN- meant to be there.
April 20, 1934
While a flower garden has certai n attraction a vegetable garde 11 holds more than one person's a ttention and if properly planne d and cared for one may easi b' j have one the year around. Whe re .., a flower garden pays you bac k only by it's beauty the vegetab h~ garden repays your trouble a ml worry in more ways than one. Iiusually supplies you ( especiall y ! if it's your own) on either a I a r g e r or s m a 11 e r s c a 1e with a sufficient sum of " pock e 1• t money." Sometimes if it is an u nusual garden, well planned, it n ot 1 only supplies the family table bu it often helps mother out whe 1 she is able to get enough bea n-; -~ from the vines to fill one or t w, 1 • cans and enough beets to fi 1! ' three cans.
Ask Mother or Father to hel p you plan your garden. They wi l I l be glad to. And another thin g ' try to raise a few tomatoes ant l make it the best garden ever.
JOKES
LOST-Two hair ribbons belong- "Have a lovesome garden but ing to Ina Hendrix and Madalene don't limit it to just that if you Slagle. A generous reward will be would keep enhancing alike its given the finder. (Oh Yeah!) beauty as the years go by."
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Barb er: Haven't I shaved yo r l before?
Soldier: No, I got that sca r ) in France. 1
He: You're so good at conun1 drums, try this.
He: Take away my first lette r, take away my second letter, tak e away all my letters; I still a m the same. What am I?
She: That's easy, You're a ma il
Evelyn Belote's lipstick. If finder In a recent article in The Bet- carrier. will return to 308 no questions ter Homes .and Garden magazine, will be asked. (She suspects Mr. an author said: Gammill.)
She: Sure, go ahead. \
Pupil, writing letter in Englis h class: ''Snow balling has n o • place on a school ground because it might hit a window or hit a teacher which is worse, or hi t other breakable things.''
April 6, 1934 I THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF • {o A CHA T WITH AUNT BESSIE
Dear Au nt Bessie, I am in trouble and would like your mos t able assistance. Every night I ha ve to put my hair up on curlers. T his takes so long tha t it keeps m e from finishing my Latin, he nce, a seven in Latin. . What would you do in a case like that ?
Sincerel y, Marian White 210 Dear Mar ion, Who says you have to put your hair on cu rlers? But if you must, why not le ave the curlers on all the time ? This would save y ou the tim e of even combing yo ur hair; yo u would have lots of tim e for stud ying Latin then.
Dear Au nt Bessie, I find that I am too fat for my last year 's summer clothes. I like to eat so well that I cannot re-
Small body of water 1. Ask with reverence 5. Halt duce. Sin ce the treasury is quite 9. Grain
Hurried
Preposition empty, I cannot buy many new 10. Chum things. What shall I do?
12. Girl ' s name
13. Against surface of S incerely, Margaret Koons -301
Dear Marga ret,
I deepl y sympathize with you for you'r e not the only one in that predi ca ment. You might try putting br ight colored strips of material do wn the sides. It would
14. Railway station 16. Suffix: one who 17. Cavern
18. Very small 20. Noun form of solid
22. First three vowels
23. Ocean
24. Opening of alimentary canal
26. Bird's stomach at least ad d color to the dresses. 29. African animal
Dear Reade rs,
Do you find yourselves overburdened w ith worldy worries? Please wri te me your every problems and y ou will receive sympathetic and wise ( ?) advice.
30. Instrument for turning lock
32. Pronoun 34. Foreigner
36. Boy's nickname 37. Over
39. Unite
40. National Recovery Act
7. Short poem
8. Spotted beast
10. Arm of land
41. Close by Aunt Bessie 42. Well known face powder 4. Head apparel 6. Note of scale
11. Cut low at top
14. Deleware (abbr.)
15. Mound of earth
17. Performing 19. Composition
20. Same as 23 across 21. Join with stitches
25. Girl's name
27. Prefix
28. King of beasts
31. Kill
33. Same as 15 down
35. Girl's name
36. Skill
38. Hurrah!
40. Word of denial
INDIA
Nine tenths of the people of India are farmers, but none of them live on farms They all live in villages for protection from wild animals. Their farms lie around the village. They figure on having about one fifth of their crops destroyed by wild animals.
My father had charge of a boarding s ch o o 1 for Indians.
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the other boys have eaten at about eleven o' clok and they are back to work. At five thi rty they all eat again not with knives, spoons, and forks but with their fingers.
The girls go to school at a different place. The Hindu girls go to school for about the first two years but by the fourth year only a few come. The others, to your surprise, become married. The Indian girls begin wearing jewelery when they are very small and get more as they grow older. Most of the women have holes in their noses and ears and some of the men have holes in their ears. Some of the women of South India have ears hanging down to their shoulderR .
These are only a few of the natural conditions in India. The years I have lived in India I enjoyed thoroughly and hope to go back again.
-Tho mas Rice
hoped that Secretary J. C Ludlam will think to mentio those pupils who hate to see h E go .
Mother : "Did you see San1 Claus last night'!" •
Little Billy: '.'No, but I hem what he said when he hit his t c on the bed post."
Rural Judge: Your fine is t< dollars.
Motorist : Can you change twenty dollar bill'!
Carl London: What should
' There were about one hundred and fifty boys and no girls. Every morning they get up, have a religious meeting and then go to work. The younger ones go to the kitchen and seperate the stone from the rice. The older ones that are still going to school goto study. The still older ones go to the mission farm, to the tailoring shop, or to the work shop. There they work all day except the younger ones and the ones that go to study. They stop working at nine and get ready to eat. They get their own plates, which are given to them by the mission, and WELL KNOWN TEACHER do tonight? go to the courtyard especially LEAVES SCHOOL SYSTEM Ralph Steel: Lets flip a c<. made for eating. After giving a --- and 'if it turns up heads, we'll prayer they sit down. Some ap- Miss Margaret Burrows, a to a show. If it's tails we'll pointed boys go around with big favorite and well know teacher out riding and if it lands on baskets of rice. and buckets of has resigned her position here, edge, we stay home and stud J curry (curry is made of meat, due to ill health after thirty years potatoes, curry powder, and red of unfailing service to grown-ups Poet: My poems are the ch peppers.) They eat a kind of and children alike. ren of my mind. bread made of whole wheat flour Her teaching career began in Ebitor: In that case you rolled out like your mother makes 1903 in the Bancroft school. better send them to a ref a pie crust then placed on a little After a year she moved to old school. round pan, which is very hot, Whittier where she taught nineand left there for about fifteen teen years . Since that time she Recently Mr. Heston read or twenty seconds, turned over has taught at the Clinton school. ''riot act'' to two boys who \ and left for about the same She plans, in the immediate amount of time. After that it is future, to live with her sister, playing on th e way to the sh put in the coals and left until it residing at Clinton, Iowa. Secre- Later one of the boys aske d swells up and it is baked. The tary J. G. Ludlam has been di- I other if that was a milk name of it is chapati. After they rected to write Miss Burrowsa I who "bawled" them out. eat they go to school and stay letter of appreciation for her Heston was wearing striped c until four thirty. In the meantime thirty years of service here. It is alls)
Judge: No, . but I can chan the fine to twenty dollars. The Secret Service at Wa s ington was anxious to catch slippery counterfeiter. He w reported to be in Oklahoma , sent the local sheriff six ph o· taken in different poses. T days later the sheriff wired ba1 ''Identified gang and arrested six.''
l r a d e n a 1a as so OS VO k, all vve in, go go che ildthe rere )p S. an · nan Mr. ver·
April 6, 1934
''JES JOE"
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Laboriously the locket was fashioned and when it was finish' 'Jes Joe '' he had heard them ed it looked not unlike a heavy say-but it hurt. He jes couldn't old chain to put on a scarecrow's help bei n Joe any more'n he neck.ButtoJoeitwaswonderful. could help- well a cat bein' a cat When he gave it to her you can fer instan ce. And the teacher was imagine the results! so kind uv queer- why on earth woul d any human bein git
THE SPRING PROGRAM
mad jes cause ya put a worm in Sally O' Blair's desk- but The Spring program to be gosh she did look so funny an - given at Whittier April 20 appears an her . bea n so kind uv fat- - to be very good. Miss Osthoff's an' jump in' an screamin, worse'n Drama II class is giving a play, any ol' tur key gobbler I's ever "The Mad Breakfast" by Isabel heard-. His bare toe , be - McReyn olds Gray. It seems Mr. grimed with dirt kicked an old Long has by mistake written Mr. stone and then all of a sudden Jones a letter asking if he may his jaws moving up and down visit ''his institution'' in answer autom atically on a square of to which Mr. Jones has written parafen e stopped and a dirty in the affirmative. Thus it is that little paw was grabbing at the Mr. Lo n g arrives at Mrs . dirt-. Simpkin's boarding house, where Wha t a discovery-maybe I kin Mr. Jones and Miss Brown make git thet into my collection o' rare preparations whereby the differbits and he held a rough black ent boarders will stress their object to ward the sun, squinting particular peculiarities which with big brown eyes (his one re- lead Mr. Long to think he js really deeming feature) to see if he visiting an institution of the could disco ver its origin - it insane. Some very queer situajest had ter hev hist-or-e-! tions arise and much comedy "Yes sir ! his-tor - e as sure as results. shooting !" And he held up what Miss W i 11 i am' s and Mr. appeared to be an agate (to his Strawn 's physical education inexperie nced eye at least) but it classes will give some dances. was in rea lity a mere stone . First will be ''The Farmers Tap
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I , Air Gai; II, Spirit Dance; III, Musette; IV, Finale: "Beauty Spot Reverie'' by Charles Arthur "Hungarian Dance, number seven and eight by Brahms.
The Glee Club se{ectfons will be ''The Heavens Resound" by Beethoven; "If Any Little Word of Ours" by L. Camileri; and ''Sing Along'' by Arthus Penn.
The admission is fifteen cents.
FORMER STUDENT RENEWS ACQUAINTANCES
Whittier teachers were glad to renew their acquaintance with Harry Northrup on Tuseday April the third. He was a student here at Whittier six years ago, and since that time has had six years of training in the United States Navy. His work as a machinist takes him to California where he expects to begin in a short time.
Harry was on his way from Norfolk, Virginia when he. decided to "drop in."
There was a young fellow named Benny, Who is always pinching a penny.
The pennies say, "Ouch!"
"Now , let's see . I'll jes pol- Dance" by Miss Williams' first ish this do'n a bit 'n then I'll tie period class. Second the ''Frolic'' it on the t little chain thet I got by the second period class. Third from th' barn door - - only I'll will be two "Swedish F o 1k shine 'er - - the chain - up o Dances, Rillian and Tantoli" by bit as it 's kind o' rusty n' bein's the third period class. The fourth it's Maybe lle's. I'll jes put it in will be The "Daffodil Dance" by thet tin can thet th' nails do da'' the fourth period class. Before come in- n give it ter her - -. each dance there will be a poem. She' ll like it I know - - cause Two will be given by Mrs Shike's I hear d her say she wanted one dram a I class and two by Miss ter wear with her pink dress. N' Osthoff's drama I class. I'll put a note with it saying' it
Orchestra selections will be has a rea l hist-or-el "Petite Suite" by Gluck Mottl;
In his pockets they crouch, From that mean little fellow named Benny. -Theodore Wilson
SPRING FEVER
The laziest thing I ever saw, When all is said and done. A dog was chasing a little rabbit And neither of them would run.
First Girl: ''We're inviting Miss Green to our luncheon.''
Second Girl: "You can't! She's already picked.'' (picked green apparently.)
"The Signal," the Havelock High School paper, should be congratulated on its second and third pages. No misspelling, no poor English, and not a thing to criticize. Reason: Those pages are blank.
Have you heard this joke before?
Billy: ''When you sleep your head reminds me of a story.''
Alice: "What story, "Sleeping Beauty?" •
Billy: ''No, ''Sleeping Hollow.''
If you haven't heard it, thank the Harding Bee Hive, Steubenville, Ohio. If you have heard it, just forget it.
"Miss Ge rtrude Haury, former English and social science teacher of Sherman has been moved to Senior High School.
To the Sherman Spotlight, Hutchinson, Kansas; In our school we move the pianos-the teachers all walk!
The pupils of the Walnut Junior High School have a very ineresting stamp collection club. They are to exhibit • their stamps the latter part of April. One member has a collection started by his grandfather in 1885. ''Get out your old old stamps, boys.
NEW LIBRARY BOOKS
Whittier has been favored with a few new books which will be ready to check out quite soon. There are two copies of Life Work, Thrift and Training, The World of Business, and Pets, Hobbies and Collections. The city library has loaned the library seventy four different books, some of them being, Sword of Antietam, Guns of Bull Run, Guns
•THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
of Shiloh, The Secret Cache, Katherine Gordon, J oscelyn of lhe Forts, The Yankee Girl of Bull Run, A Frontier Girl of New York, The Red Rose Girl of Dunmore, Shutter and Sword, The Boy King of Cannibals Islands, Hepatica Hawks, Calico Bush, Hity, Piku, Young Farmer at Work, The Andover Way, Robert E. Lee, The Secret Stair, Deering at Princeton, Army Boy in Alaska, Westward Ho! Windy Island, Maid of '76, Girls of 64, Gray Caps, Swift River, Master Simon's Garden, A Daughter of the Union, Heroes and Hazards, Two Little Confederates, Among the Camps, The Gold Bug, The Young Ravenals, Uncle Tom's C~bin, The Railroad to Freedom, F r o m Tannery to the White House, Thomas Alva Edison, Doctor Dick, Diantha's Quest, The Buccaneers Log, and two copies of Black Beauty. These interestingbooks are written by some of your favorite authors such as Altsheler, Bennet Brill, Crownfield, Curtis, Daniel, De Leww, Field, Gilman, Knipe, Kingsley, Meigs, Norris, Page, Poe, Sewell, Singmaster, Swift, Thayer, Wise, and Woods.
JOKES
Roger Cox recently "pulled" this on a number of people. We will tell you but you'll have to guess the answer yourself. Here it is.
"If a rattle snake and a cat and a dog were in the snow what time would it be?''
He not only rais~s them but h e carefully saves the seeds a nd plants them the next year. T h e largest tomatoes that he h a s raised weighed three pounds or more.
We wonder if Miss Green is taking to art more or less. We noticed that on the blackbo a r d she had a wicked looking Ind ia n shooting an arrow at a poor defenseless little animal. Mis s Ralston or Miss Beardsley, her e' R your chance.
We wond€r if Bobbie Metra k os has gone back to baby age. He was seen in his home room (1 02 ) playing with 5 little cars. '' Bob, you'r e in 7A; act your age."
These efficiency letters a r e certainly getting the Engl is h teachers down. The other d a y Miss Wilson of 307 was corre cting a letter when she discove r e d a few mistakes. One was, '' \V e crossed th e river in a fa ir y (ferry) boat." Also these t wo statements popped up; '' W e visited the place where th ey burned dead people'' and ''T h ey only burn up the ones they wan t to.''
ENIGMA
My first is in cat but not rat, My second is in rug but not mat,
My third is in love but not in hate,
My fourth is in linger but not in wait,
My fifth is in be but not in of ,
From a recent statement I My sixth is in bird but not in dropped carelessly Roger Cox l dove, mu~t have a fondness for IMy whole is a man whom we all tomatoes. love:
April 20, 193 4 '
Twins
Did you k now we had eleven pairs of twi ns in Whitt ier? Here is the list :
1. Louis Mc Chesney 320
Lois Mc Chesney 305
2. Alice Merting 102
Aileen Merting 203
3. Morris Mayfield 308
Max Mayfield 103
4. Eliza beth Taylor 212
Alid a Taylor 209
5. Helen J ohannes 104
Harr y J ohannes 307
6. Harold Seng 110
Hub ert Seng 314
7. La Vern e McKinney 302
La Dea n McKinney 300
8. Ben Wim berly 302
Martha Wimberly 314
9. Robe rt Wittstruck 312
Jam es Wittstruck 220
10. Edna Lem bke 312
Edwar d Lembke 106
11. Alex Gr oh 314
Georg e Groh 316
Frances Jam es, (300) twin is not in Whittier and neither is Margaret Elliot's. (208 )
TH E GOSSIPER
To girls onl y! Do you think we as citizens of t hese United States should let the boys get a way with this one. One aftern·oon not long ago, Mr . W. F , McMullen when talking to h is home room said, "The Girls of today are the spenders of t omorrow.'' Charles Corn prom ptl y spoke up with a "Right!" an d all the rest of the boys in the r oom heartily agreed with him. I a sk you now, is that fair?
A group of Whittier g irls gave a bazaar , a t which they raised $5.60,- so sa y s Marjorie Stewart. After much pondering they do-
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nated it to the milk and shoe fund. Congratulations,. g i r 1s, I'm afraid I would have done
PUPILS ENJOY VARIOUS · CIVICS LEAGUE TRIP
some terrible thing with the Whittier pupils took very money by buying four or five ice . interesting Civic League trips cream cones plus some candy. this sem.ester. The ~ide ch~ice P 1 1 of subJects, the mterestmg oor Opa . and Pearl Bodfie.d topics, and perhaps the thought have the ch1cken pox! Bet you ''of a day off'' helped to make two bits the second one who got them very interesting trips . it is ready to wring the first one's The 7B's had the choice of the neck. Anyway they have gotten follow~ng trips: ~oys, George F. t f h 1 h . · ·h · Burt Co., Chemistry, U.of N., a vaca ion rom sc 00 , w IC is Internatinoal Harvester Co. something· Lincoln Telephone Co:, Magee'~ ·
Such brilliant people as Billy Clothing, N ebaska School Supply Johns are going to drive us all House,_ Nitrates U. of N., nutty oue· of these days . In glee Trayelmg Salesman, and West e rn . . . Urnon Telegraph Co. club, Mrs. White said to the The 8B's went to these places: class, "Could I have eyes," where Boys, Business Administration, upon Billy tried his best to take Conservation of Health, Conser- his eyes out of his head. vation of Forest Products, Conti-
Spring
Spring is so dear, And now it is so near, Most all the birds are here So I am full of cheer.
Gardens here and there,
Flowers everywhere.
Elm trees budding fair
nental National Bank and other business houses.
Girls, Bankers Life Insurance Company, Clearing House Compensation Insurance, First Trust Company and National Bank of Commerce.
The 8A's went to such places as Air Mail, Art of the State Capitol, Food inspection and other worth while places.
The other grades have not yet Prove Spring is in the air taken their trips.
Girls, Advertising, Art in El- Delmar Bomberger ephant Hall, Children's Ready-towear, Grainger, H. P. Lau and Co. Esther Stuermer (on a ran ch Rudge and Guenzel's Crockery out west): Will you saddle that Department, and Salesmanship in horse for me now? Music.
Ranch hand: Which kind of The 7A's took these trips: Boys, a saddle do you want, madam, an English or a western?
Esther: What Agronomy farm Bureau of animal Industry, Carpentering and Painting, Civil Eng in e er in g, i s th e Counting Agent's Office, Farm difference?
Ranch hand: Th e western saddle has a h orn a nd th e English
Live stock Productfon, Farm Seeds and Grains, Fish and Game, Surveying and Outdoor Photoone doesn't. graphy.
Girls, Americanism, Art in Esther: I'll take the English Photography , Eiche Floral, Hill one because I won't be in any Hatchery, Painting, and other inheavy traffic! teresting trips.
8
WINNING WORDS FROM
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
WILLIAMS
It won't be long now until our Field day. Before that day comes, each home room should know who their most speedy runners are. When your home room is not scheduled in a game, you should meet at the race track and try out for the dashes and relays. in this way, the best runners will be entered on the color teams.
At the end of the first nine weeks of this semester, the color teams were very close. Many points are being earned in the pick up games on fields 7 and 8 as well as in the scheduled games. Be sure to turn in citizenship points at the end of the twelve weeks for they help your color team win. Points won on field day will count also.
Who will win the round robin baseball tournament? Each home room will play nine games w hether it wins or loses. If you lose one game, don't be disoouraged for perhaps you'll win the next game.
- P. H. Williams
bows and sucking on all day suckers. (grow up).
104 boys being defeated. Bruce Eberhart without Eugene Dolansky. Fred Swihart without sunglasses.
Ed ward Edison not talking someone's 1eg off Orville Knudtson anywhere but near the bicycle racks.
BOYS SPORTS
The games of the tenth week were about evenly divided with regard to the played inside and out.
Following are the home room and team statistics for the tenth week, the winners appearing last:
The team standings: Red Blue Green Orange SELDOM SEEN ON THE PLAYGROUD Played Won 7 14 10 7 2 9 7 1 Lost 5 5 3 • 6
Mr. Gammill without a flock of girls following him.
Dean Pohlenz not eating candy. GRILS SPORTS
Buren Lenox not going around with a lot of girls. The round robin tournament
Don Yates without his ''pet'' has just begun and so far there hat on. haven't been many games played.
Stanley Clark talking to some Watch the bulletin board for re~ girls. sults. The _ second tournament has
Eugene Dolansky with his not been completed. The followjacket off. ing are champions of a certain
Morris Mayfield without his grade: twin. 320 7th grade champions. S 212 • 1 ·th t b . h 310 .7th and 8th grade champions. ome gir s w1 ou rig t 210 9 th d h • gra e c amp10ns.
April 20, 1934
SPEAKING OF JUSTCE MISS
Black: ''Did you hear about the man that was convicted of murder?"
Jack:''Why?''
Black:" He killed time."
Small Girl: ''O, I think your lots better looking than your daddy.''
Boy: "I ought to be, I'm a later model.''
Two hunters were deep in conversation one day.
Hunter A: "I once killed ninety nine birds with one shot.''
Hunter B: "Ah! why don't you finish the story and make it a hundred?''
Hunter A: "What! Lie over one little bird!"
A photographer came to the door of an old man hoping to make a few cents taking his picture.
Photographer: Pardon me sir have you every had your pictur~ taken?
Old man: No, sir I keep it locked up.
Dear Mr Culler:
The boys are in the habit of taking the girl's hats and oj teasing them. I think this couk be remedied by refusiug to le 1 boys come to school. It would de them good since they like achoo so well.
Yours truly, Billy Leacl
MOTHER
What a wonderful friend is : mother! You may have othe friends but only your mothe understands. Mother loves you cares for you, forgives you an when you leave her, like a guard an angel her memory is alway with you. • •
T h e Whi tt ier ·Greenleaf -
VOL. 11 NO 13 LIN C OLN, NEBRASKA May 4, 1934
Regu la r Meetings
He ld By Classes
PUPI LS ENTERTAINMENT P LA NNED BY SOME CLASSES
The clas s sponsors have been
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Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues Be just, and Fear not. ---Shakespeare
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Whittier is well repr esented in quite bus y the last few we~ks plannin g t he c 1ass meetings which were held April twenty sevent h to May fourth, inclusive.
The 7A class meeting h e l d May th e fo urth was planned by the c las s president, Bonnie Parsons.
Motto es a nd class colors, which are alw ays interesting to any class, occup ied most of the 8B class me eting 's time. The mottoes and clas s co lors are to be voted upon soo n b y each 8B home room.
The 8A cla ss who met May the second, we re entertained by a short p rog ram of music and readings .
The 9B class which held its meeting Apr il twenty seventh, was entertain ed by the Drama II class a fter the business was transac ted. The play was entitled "A Tea fo r Aunt Priscilla" in which t he following pupils took part:
Jack Dale Johnson
Aunt Pris cilla Betty Miller
Ted Joe Baker
Sally Carol Lang
Larry Kay McKay
The 9A class meeting held April thirtie th , discussed scholarship and e fficie ncy points earned to date .
Drama I Class Presented Play
GIVEN FOR ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY
APRIL .27
the list of pupils who were recognized for superior scholarship in the university. N ames of these pupils were ann ounced at the sixth annual Honor Convocation which was held Wednesday, # • April 18, at the University Coliseum.
Mrs.Shike's drama I class gave The following recognized pup ils a play entitled ''Why Photograph- attended Whittier: ers Go Mad" for assembly, Fri- 1934 - Kathleen Becker, Harold day April 27. Spencer, Rachel Baker, Carl Erb , It was a one act play and showed and Mildred Huff. the worries of an artist, Mr. 1935- Franklin Meier, George Suffern Katz. Pentico, and Charles Werner.
His first customer was Burstan 1936- Betty Barrows, Ramon Dudd, a rising statesman with a Colvert, Charles Nielsen, and wealth of humor and a crabby Margaret Test. wife. Mrs. Analiza Sample was 1937-Genevieve Dowling, an interviewer of famous people Charles Fu en n in g, Eunice and had a volume of words at her Werner, Julia Whittaker, and disposal. The dim e store girls John Milton Roberts. wanted a sn a p s ho t, t oo Of the eleven Lincoln ·students
All the Littles inc luding Lotta, • who were selected as members of and Bigger, her son, wanted to be 1 the Phi Beta Kappa society, three, ''took,'' but P aw was the ''limit.'' Rachel Baker, Kathleen Becker, And then Bonnie Doone lost and Harold Spencer, formerly her job, but found that all photo- attended Whittier. graphers don't go mad. Prizes of money, medals, and The play was both humorous scholarships were a warded to and . well acted. Mrs. Shike and outstanding students. Charles the pupils participating should be \ Nielsen won a prize in Engineercomplimented.
(Continued on page 8)
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Publi shed every tVI- O weeks c{urin g the school year by
che pupils of Whittier junior high school, at 22nd and Vine streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Set up and printed by the pupils t ak in g printing I, an d II.
Subscription price 20c ea ch semester. Single copies 5 cents
May 8, P. T. A. Miss Jones' chorus class will sing
May 9, Assembly
May 10, Field Meet
May 11, Field Meet
May 17, 9B Class Meeting
May 18, Orchestra Concert
Miss Selma Hult Praise for the Boys
Homer L. Gammill Miss Oli ve Keller
Mr Culler Miss Cross
Mary Bullock Edi t or -in -Chief
Navada Morris 9A Editor
Drusilla Wilev Editorials GREENLEAF STAFF
Dean Pohlenz Brnce Eberhart
Ardeana Knippel
Harry Abrahams
Orpha Anderson
Alfred Bowers
Bob Campbell
Jack Da volt
William Ga iser
Ler oy lhrie
Keith Butts
Clifford Miller
Robert Mitchell
Frank Rubino
Jacob Schafer
Charles Skinner
Lyle Way
PRINTERS
Peter Alexander
Te d Bliss
Robe rt Brill
Wendell Carr
Eugene Dolansky
Alvy H ad den
Harold Kelly
Robert Martin
Bernard Millett
Leon Polick
Manuel Schaaf
Herbert Schwartz
Edgar Wobig
Ivan Woodhead
Boys Trespassing On Property
''No Trespassing!'' If this sign were to be placed on all the grounds of private properties we would surely think that there was something terribly wrong. Yet if they are not before us in ''black and white'' we take liberties and cut across yards , regardless, if we think we can get home more quickly or we think we can get a chance to walk with ''Bob'' or perhaps "Jane."
Boys, isn't this true? Let us
The boys seem to have won undue criticism in last issue's editorials but always with criticism there comes praise, and we think the boys deserve it.
Due to the severe illness of Mr. Gammi11 the boys h ave been ta kin g printing one and two under the direction of a substitute. But somehow it is not like being directed by Mr Gammill. Howev~r, the boys are bearing up splendicly. When they heard Mr. Gammill was not returning they took it without a word. Suddenly they became a group working more than ever together. Cooperation and initiative and better work seem to be their goal, a goal at which they are succeeding, accepting what help they get gratefully. Why are they doing this? Because of their intense loyalty to Mr. Gammill-and they may have to carry on the rest of the semester; they know this and are going to succeed. The whole school including Mr. Culler and Miss Hult join to help them.
stop and think. A moderate pace Boys Playing Around Shops gets you there in the same I amount of time besides proving I It has begun to be a habit for to the people that the boys of the boys to play around the shops. Whittier are not inconsiderate If Whittier school were not proafter all. vided with large and excellent
playgrounds, there might be some excuse. As it is there is room for every one. Boys, get away fro m the shops and seek a place on the playground. If you are not pa rticipating in some tourname n t game either join in a pick-up ga me or watch a game and help pep up the players by your o wn enthuasism.
Efficiency Points
As Mr. Strawn put it not lo ng ago, we put off earning our e ffi ciency points until the last minu t e and then run around ''like chickens with our heads cut off .' Everything that is of any importance has or should ha ve some system about it and so it is with our efficiency cards. We usually get up to twenty efficien cy credits and then we are stu ck . We don't stop to check over ou r cards to see if there might be a possibility to earn one point. We usually forget to include the rea d ing of books, the various opp or tunities offered m the scien ce classes, besides our hobbies and collections which we keep hidd en until too late. Also other thin g s that are written for us plai nly upon our cards we do not pret end to see.
Get out your cards, seven t h graders as well as ninth grade rs . An efficiency certificate is wit hi n the grasp of every person m Whittier.
THE DUCK GOES SHOPPI NG
One would hardly expect t o find a duck wearing shoes, as th e 9B's were on their way to th ei r Civic League trip on 13th and 0 street. Who knows but ma y be the du ck was just doing his sh ar e of the weekly shopping.
- Marie Apgar, 105
May 4, 1934
A CHAT. WITH AUNT BESSIE
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Dear Au nt Bessie , I'm fo rever falling through the crack be tween two chairs in th e cafeteri a. As a courtesy to m y friends , I must let them s it wit h me whe n they ask if they may. Pleas e solve the question of the seating arrangment for me. Hopelessly you r s, Verna Um b erg e r , 212 Dear Ve rna , I re ally am surprised to hea r that yo u could fall through such a sma ll crack. If you r frie n ds must s it with you t h e best solution would be to cover the edges of the chairs with gum ( there may b e some there alre a dy) a nd stick th em together. As a la s t resort you might try bringing a folding chair for yourself. After your fr iends have collapsed in it a few tim es, you will have a chair to yours elf.
1. Lawful. 1. One who has leprosy . Dear Aun t Bessie, 5. Rule. Isn't it a terrible problem 9. Indebted to. when you must share your friend- 10. Even (cont.) ship even ly with so many of the 11. Post Office (abbr.) fairer se x? I have so many girls 13. Suffix: small. to visit tha t I don't k n ow which 14. Boy's name. one to ca ll on. Please help me 15. Note of scale. solve this d iffi cu l t pro bl e m. 16. Period of time. Si n ce rel y, 18. Sister. Carl London, 212 19. Virginian dance. Dear Carl , 20 Quality of sound. Indeed , it is a trying situation, 21. Halt I am sure But I have a solution 24. Not quickly. that will eliminate all such trou- 28. Possess. ble. At the dime store, you can 31. Short song. buy a sm all, glass figure with 32. Drama teacher's initials. numbers on each of the many 33. Toward. sides, u sually used for fortune 34. Office assitant's initials. telling. N umber each of your 36. 208 girl's initials. many frien ds. Roll this glass and 37. Rigjd piece of wood. the num ber on top will corres- 38. Observe . pond to the lucky girl of the 40. Long for. evening . 41. A fact.
2. Advance. 3. Reverent fear
4. Allows.
5. Genuine.
6. Snake-like fish
7. Preposition.
8. Tumult.
12. Raw metal.
15. A me t a l.
17 . Same as 34 a cross.
18. Ther e fore.
21. With much soap.
22. A number.
23. Against surface.
25. Behold
26. Strange.
27. To find heaviness of 29 . Ripped.
30. Went by.
33. Sailor.
35. Ever (cont.)
37 . Cry of sheep.
39 Prefix .
Rosa Klein without her old pal, Esther Grasmick.
Wilma Grinsted without her chum, Esther Rembolt.
Poor Mary Bullock will be seen more often with her glasses.
Erna Merting without her violin.
Elizabeth Cross picking four leaf clovers.
Bernice Firestine without her everlasting c h u m, A rd ea n a Knippel as they say it.
LITTLE ROBIN RED BREAST
The mourning dove has come, The geese have flown away, But little robin red breast, Has come to stay.
The Cardinal and the Meadowlark Are singing songs so clear But little robin red breast Is singing ''Spring is here.'' Glen Eppens, 102
TO A DEVALUED DOLLAR
Crinkle, crinkle, little bill, Goodness, gracious, you look ill! Are you losing all your power? You seen weaker every hour. Bill, cheer up, your luck may change
We must admit that times are strange.
Though you're weak, I love you still-
Crinkle, crinkle, little bill. -Exchange
A TEACHER
I have a teacher named Green; She's as good as a queen, She's jolly and gay And laughs all the day, Such a teacher you never have seen.
-Charles Finley, 304
EXCHANGES
Here are a few good jokes from the Sutter Static, Sacramento, California, which I hope· you haven't heard more than ten times before.
Clifford: Do you play on the piano?
Norma: No, my mother's afraid I'll fall off.
Mrs. Newlywed: I do hope you keep your cows in a pasture.
Milkman: Yes, Madam.
Mrs. Newlywed: I am so glad. I've been told that pasteurized milk is the best.
Two girls were discussing by the telephone what they should wear at a coming party. A masculine voice interrupted asking humbly for a number. One of the girls scornfully asked, ''What line do you think you are on?"
"Well," said the young man "judging from what I've heard I would say I was on the clothes line."
The Sherman Spotlight of Hutchinson Kansas had quite an account about track in their last issue. One of the boys made the 220 yard dash in 24.1 seconds.
Boys , can you do that?
NOTICEi
Perhaps you think our jokes are poor and should be on the shelf,
But if you have some better ones, hand in a few yourself.
This little ditty was taken from the Walnut junior high school paper, of Grand Island. To Whittier students: We do wish you'd hand some in yourselves.
NOTABLE NOTES
May 4, 193
All Whitti er students , parti ct larly his home room and his pri n1 ing classes, were glad to se Mr. Gammill back in scho o Everyone missed him grea tl and it is hoped that he will not b away from school so long aga 1n
In Mrs. Barrows' fourth per 1c industrial geography class a be was giving a report on the Linc ol Packing Company. He said n o l ing was wasted. Frank c·aywoc asked what they did with the f ee Mrs. Barrows said they mf c pickled pigs feet. Frank t hE a sked what kind of pickles t hE were.
Bobby Metrakos, 102, ha s very interesting botannical cc lection at home. Keep up tl good work, Bob. Who knows b1 what someday you'll be a gr e botanist?
Mr. W. A. McMullen's ni ff grade science classes are bring ir exhibits of elements and cor pounds to school. If the collec t i< is neatly mounted and consis t s enough exhibits, efficiency cr e c is awarded the student.
Mrs. Boschult was showi ng picture for the ninth grade s1 ence class. In the fourth pe r i, class she asked if any one h been in Minnesota where iron c is mined. Wayne Parker ra is his hand and said, ''I went fo ing there. In the mines.''
Miss Cross: Betty, what do e~ mean by a "sound body?"
Betty Mueller:They're all th e I guess
May 4, 1934
THE WHITHER GREENLEAF
WALL HANGING F OR brakes and a groan from every MR. CULLER other part of the old out-of-date
If yo u s ee a beautiful large wall hangin g in Mr. Culler's office you will k now right away it is the one m a de by Leroy Foster, 9A. Leroy was under the supervision of Miss Ralston in the 8B art and design a nd craft classes. He did excepti onally goo d work in both classes. Since he is not taking any art at pres e nt he works on the wall hangin g evenings after school in Miss Ralston's room. Leroy was mak ing a wall hanging in the de sign a n d craft class. Mr. r.uller saw it and admired it very much a nd a sk ed Leroy to make him on e. H e is making him a duplica t e on ly much larger. The dimens ions are 60 inches by 72 inches . Th e design is a creative flower re p eated over the surface and borde r done in crayola on osn~ber g cl oth. The colors are red yellow, re d blue violet, yellow green, gre en and black. It is hoped th a t the wall hangi n g will be done soo n as every bo dy will be anxio us to see it Le r oy has always done exceptional art work through the lower grade s ac cording to Miss K izer, and a t on e time helped make a covered w a gon for her wh ich was used as a table decorat ion fo r a din ner at t he Nebra ska St a t e • T eac h er 's Associa tion.
CO N CEITED BOYS
The ho use, old and weatherbeate n, ca me into view just before sun set. As the car drove slowly u p the drive the girl imagined she saw skeletons anc ghosts lurking behind everj tree. •
When the old F ord came to a etop, wi th a scr eech from thr
car, the brother and -the sister crawled out "to stretch their weary bones'' as Nancy expressed it.
"Well it does look a little spooky" asserted Bob rather reluctantly, ''but I guess we might as well go in now and catch that ghost of yours.'' '' All right'' came the answer from Nancy, and then in a startled tone she cried, "look!" Bob turned in his tracks and looked where Nancy pointed and then with a scornful laugh he said, "Is that your ghost? Why that's only Mr. Green's old white cow, and just because you saw something white over by the graveyard after dark you thought it was a ghost. Oh well, you're just a girl.''
- Marjorie Brown, 216
A good name is rather to be had than silver and gold . But when something more tempting arrives, we are as good as sold.
COURTESY
Jerry aged 14, finding his girl a problem was puzzled ''You see, ' ' said Jerry,'' I've walked to school with her three times and carried her books; bought her ice cream once, a ice cream soda twice. Now do you think I oughta kiss her?" His chum was thoughtful. "Nab" he decided. "you don't need ta. You've done enough for that girl.''
AUTUMN TIME
The le a ves a r e turning brown, Fast blowing to the ground. They're on the ground to stay. For many and many a day, And they stay on the ground. With their colors red, yellow and brown.
When the breeze begins to blow, It brings the flakes of falling snow,
When the trees so barren stand, All about the country land.
All the children run and play, As they do on summer's day.
And the geese they southward go,
To leave the co ld and winds and snow.
Then ducks are flying low, Putting hunters on the go.
All the hu nt ers with good aim, By t h e rivers get their game - Pauline Shiffer, 207
ENIGMA
My first is in love but n ot in hate,
My second is in fig but n ot in date,
My third is in no but n ot in yes,
My fourth is in coat but not i n d re ss,
My fifth is in oval b ut n ot i n squa re ,
My six t h is in l e mon but not in pear,
My seventh is in partner b ut not in mate,
My whole is the capital of a state.
Doctor: ''Deep breathing will kill microbes, you know."
Old Lady: "Yes, d octor, but how can I teach them to breath deeply?''
HOME ECONOMICS AND ART NEWS
Miss Wilson's ninth grade clases are selecting material and patterns for a project in clothing. The sport wear seemed to be the most popular costume. Some of the girls are going to make their class day dre ·ses. Cotton material is the most suited because most dresses this year are made of cottqn. After this project is finished, they will take the pieces which are left from the dress and make a Sun Bonnet quilt for the Red Cross.
The eighth grade class is making nice aprons for laboratory and home work. After this is completed the y will begin on something more difficult to handle.
Miss Ralston's 7 A art classes are havi ng figure drawing with ovals as the foundation. 7B classes
are making creative flower compositions. The Design and Craft class have finished making hot dish pads and •are beginning to make designs for wall hangings and fabric purses. A few of the pupils in these classes have been making designs for the Spring Music Festival which was held April 26 and 27.
OKES
Mother: (alarmed) John, why in the world are you feeding the baby yeast?
John: Oh, he swailowed my dime and I'm trying to raise the dough.
Lucille Whited: When I first came to Lincoln I couldn't walk.
Agnes Dunbar: Why, how was that?
Lucille Whited: I was born here.
In Mrs. Shike's science class they were studying about the nerves. In study period one boy came up and asked her where the "gall stones" grew, which had nothing to do with the lesson. She asked him why he wanted to know. "Oh, I just wondered, my aunt said that gall stones got on her nerves.''
When the doctor arrived he found the patient in tears. ''Cheer up my good woman, he said you'll pull through. It isn't that doctor, she groaned but just think of all the money I've spent for apples to keep you away.
Teacher: If a number of cattle are called a herd, and a number of Father: What are you reading sheep are called a flock, what Caroline? would a number of camels be
Caroline: It's a novel, father, called?
May 4, 1934
Author to Editor- "You said my story was both original and good, and yet you refuse to print it. How come?"
Editor-' 'Well, the part that was original wasn't good, and the part that was good was n' t original.''
Southerner: The laborers ar e sure lazy in the south. Why when they get a chill they are even too lazy to shake.
The trains are awfully slow too. The cows get up on the tra ck and let the train hit them just to knock the flies off. If you mis s a train at one station, and you walk to the next one you can beat th e train there.
Northerner: Well we h ave some awfully fast horses up our way. They use horses instead of telegraphy. Why, when you get going full speed on one of our horses it's awfully hard to stop. If you say ''whoa,'' the words will come back so fast it will knock you off your horae.
City Boy: Say, Dad how many kinds of milk are there?
Father: Well, there's evaporated milk, buttermilk, malted milk and - but why do you wish to know?
City Boy: Oh, I'm drawin g a picture of a cow and I want to know how many spigots to pu t on her.
called 'The Heart of a Lonesome Little Johnny: A Carton. Stranger: Parson, is it ri gh t Girl.' ones, hanct 111 a tew fo~ any person to profit by th e
Father: The usual rubbish I yourself. ~ mistakes of others? presume; the name sounds This little ditty was taken fro Parson: Certainly not. l'k ·t I the Walnut junior high schoo Stranger: Well then perhaps 1 e 1 • . , I paper, of Grand Island. T I you would like to return my te n
Caroline. Yes, dad, it s a book - Whittier students: We do wist dollars I paid you for marrying you gave mother years ago. you'd hand some in yourselves . cl me.
May 4, 193 4
ART CON YENTION I S
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
HELD AT FREMONT NEBR. attended the convention unani-
Three Whittier teachers were present at the annual convention of the State A rt T e a ch e r s Associat ion held at Fremont, Nebras ka, Saturday, April seventh.
Miss Be ardsley, Miss Ralston, and Miss Madsen, the latter going only as a visitor, drove to the conventio n, a sta t e wide affair.
•A numb er of interesting talks were give n and many interesting topics d i s cu s s ed. S e v e r a 1 Nebrask a teachers and three outof-state t each e rs gave very entertaining t alks and art hints which will aid the art teachers in the instructio n of their classes.
The pro gra m consisted of these different e vents:
The roun d table discussion; a talk called '' Art and the New Leisure," by Miss Marie Orr, Art supervisor, N ewton Kansas; business meeti ng and election of officers; re port on meeting of Western Ar ts Association, which was held a t Detroit, given by Miss Kizer.
In the af ternoon , Miss L ouise Boetje spok e on ''Creative Expression Th rough Art Wor k " She is art supe rvisor in Siou x City, Iowa. "Creativ e Expre ssio n in the Interm ediate Grades'' was the topic discussed by Miss . Beulah Ho lton of Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas. Miss Dana of Lincoln explained a n exhibit of her classes in design.
There were many interesting displays and exhibits from the various s chools throughout the state.
After t he morning session a luncheon was given at the Pathfinder Ho tel.
mously agreed that they had a good time.
All the Whittier teachers who While glancing through his sister's 10 A English book, Edgar Wobig came upon this sentence. "Wanted, a man to milk and drive a Ford car."
JOKES
Well, Doc, you sure kept your promise when you said you'd have me walking in a month.
Well, well, that's fine.
Yes, I had to sell my car when your bill came. • •
Tramp: ·Madam, I have seen better days.
Madam: That may be , but I have no time to discuss the weather with strangers.
Gibbs: My wife always gets
the last word.
•'The more a man has, the more he wants, "remarked the fat man.
•'My friend,'' replied the thin, nervous man, "Wait until you have had triplets in the family and you'll change your mind."
Teacher: ' ' Do you know why the earth turns round the sun on its axis?"
Scholar: "Yes eir. Because it don't want to be roasted too much on one side."
Wallace: You must be kind to Gabbs: You're lucky. Mine dumb animals. never gets to it!
Teacher:' ' Rastus, what animal is most noted for its fur?''
Rastus:"De skunk; de more fur you gets away from him the better it is fur you.''
To most people the three R's may mean Reading, Riting, and Rithmetic but to a lazy pupil they are Recline, Relax, and Rest.
Miss Hooper:"Did you write
this note to Betty?"
Gladys: Well, haven't I always treated you right?
Miss Madsen: What's thedifference between electricity and lighting?
Junior: You don't have to pay for lighting.
Small pupil: You don't seem t o know much, do you?
Teacher: Why do you say that?
Small pupil: Because you always ask us questions and we must tell you.
Barbara: I can spell my' sister's Lawrence:"No teacher, I think name backwards.
Miss Shike: What is her name? it's a forgery.''
Barbara: Anna.
Miss Clark: If you had two ice
Customer: (to butcher): Those cream cones and someone gave sausages you sent me had meat you three more, what would you at one end and bread at the other. have?
Butcher: Yes, madam, in these
Harriet: A good time eating hard times it's difficult to make them. both ends meat.
The round robin tournament is in progress and much interes t has been shown in it. The scores h ave been as follows, the latter being the winner.
The school champion of the second base b all tournament is 210 210 then p layed 216 and won grand schoo l c hampionship . CRICKET
108, 9A champions 308, 9B champions 108, 9th grade champions
300, 7th and 8th grade champions 304, 7 A champions 208, 7B champion s 304, 7th grade champions 108, School champions
FORMER WHITTIER PUPILS HONORED (Co ntinued from 1:>age 1)
ing, Marie Galena won a scholarship, as did Dorothy King also.
Ed ward Beachler , although he did not attend Whittier, seems to belong to U8 for he is Mr. Culler's nephew. He was amon g the highest three per cent of his class in scholarship and won a prize in engineering.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
DO YOU KNOW-
That there are no female light- Now that the track is ready fo 1 ning bugs? The female is a use it is hoped there will bE glowworm. more participation in the noon
That male mosquitoes do not games . If a home room is n o1 bite; only females do? playing it is considered a goo d
That the railway beetle flashes idea to have the best ath le t e~ a red light on its tail and a green meet on the track and d e ci dE light on each side of its body? the entries for Field Day wh icl
That a bee travels on an average is not so far distant. a distance of 43, 776 miles to All of the games for t hE gather one pound of honey ? • twelfth week were pla y e c
That the favorite of skunks is outside. The following are t ht bumble bees and yellow jackets? home rooms that part icip a te d
That all white cats bred from the lose rs appearing first: white stock are deaf? BASEBALL
That the body of no wild 307-~07 208-207 110-308 elephant dying a natura l death 210-301 305-102 209-21 2 has ever been found?
Tha t there is a new species of
2 animal, the tiger bred from a
0 lion and a tiger? LONGBASE
That the first mule bred in 216 -312 218-312 302-10 1 America was bred by George CRICKET Washington? 104-307
That monkeys have been train- 320-203 203-30 5 ed to read simple words of three By floors Played Won Los letters? Third floor 20 12 8
That the only animal that does Second floor 15 , 6 9 not drink water is the gemsbok, First floor 9 • 4 5 a South African antelope? Teams
That the Alaskan _ Indians insert a wick in the throat of the Red candle fish and thus illuminate Blue their huts? Green
That a jungle-born lion or Orange tiger is more easily trained than one born in captivity? Team
That all animals except man and monkeys a re n atural Red swimmers? Blue
Preacher- (on way to church), My boy, don't you know it is wicked to fish on Sunday What would your father say if he knew you were here?
Small Boy-Well , you can ask him; he's on the other side.
Orange 800 2183
By these figures one .ma y ot serve that the teams are beco min more near ly even , the Gree n a n Orange having only 20 p oi nt difference in their scores.
T he Whittier ;Greenleaf
VOL. 11 NO. 14 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA May 18, 1934
Mrs. White Directs Orchestra Concert 1 MAGIC
WHIT TIER PUPILS ARE EN TERTAINED IN ASSEMBLY
There's magic all around us in rocks and trees
And in the minds of men, Deep hidden sprin gs of magic; He that str ikes the rock aright May find them where he will.
-,,Alfred Noyes, Watchers of the Sky
PRICE : FIVE CENTS
1 Annual Field Day Held May Tenth
BLUE COLOR TEAM WINS MEET WITH 1100 POINTS
The Whi ttier Orchestra, under C d d Ch Whittier's annual field day was the direc tion of Mrs. Kathryn an i a teS Osen held on the Whittier playground, White ent ertained the students of for Civic League Thursday, May 10. This big event Whittier in assembly on May ___ under the direction of Miss eighteent h, by giving a concert MAY TWENTY-FIRST SET Williams , Mr. Strawn , and the of a numb er of well chosen mus- color team captains, went off ical selecti ons. FOR ELECTION OF splendidly and with very little Music of almost any kind is be- OFFICERS confusion. loved and ever new to everyone.
The events were as follows: It has that mystic power that The nominees for Civic League 1. Boys and girls fifty yard reaches down in one and plucks officers for nex_t semester ha~e dash. the finest cords of each individ- ~een c~osen ~ th ~~re fnd rill 2. Boys and girls sack race. uals natur e and takes him to the v~te u.y;~ hard ' a ;o c ass 3. Girls potato race. high unseen heights of aspira- e ectI 1 on wi. e. _on t et satmte 4. Boys obstacle race. tion, away from every day day. n votmg it 1~ impor an ° 5. Girls and boys basketball surrounding s. vote fo_r the one most capable of throw for distance.
The orche stra opened their con- uph?l~mg th e stand a r_d s of 6. Girls and boys baseball cert by playing the Connecticut Wh1tt1er an_d not necessar1l~ the throw for distance. March by Nassam. It's phrasing one wh? is your be st f:ie nd • The results of field day events and time made all feet feel like There will be only two candidates are: marching on always, with head for a:1 o~ce in the Civic League thrown back and eyes straight elect10n mstead of the customary ahead. three because of the smallness
An old favorite, known since of the ~B class •. kindergar ten days, yet quaintly Th e girls candidates are: beautiful in it's dignified tones, President was the Minuet written by the Esther Rembolt 103 famous young c~mposer, Mozart. _Yirginia_ Kinnamon 105 Stately ladies and dignified gen- Vice ~reside:1t tlemen cou ld be visioned easily in A ~lme Irv.me 308 . Wilma Grmsted 103 powdered hair and laces, bowmg Secretary low in a colonial room, with Pearl Little 105 others loo king on. Ardeana Knippel 308 (Continued·on page 3) (Continued on page 3)
Red Blue Green Orange
Girls 425 625 450 525
Boys 200 475 450 175
Total 625 1100 900 . 700
Because of lack of time the 220 yard relay and the baseball games were postponed until Friday, therefore the result of those two events are not . given with the above scores.
The blue team is to be congratulated on their fine athletic ability which made possible their victory I and all are to be compl~mented on their fine sportsmanship.
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Someone has quoted the following; "Education is a continual discovery of one's self a!)d the world, and a continued adjustment of one's self to the world."
That this is true, is easily proven, not only by the new independence of this younger generation but by those men and women who have spent most of their lives in just this type of study. That more children are staying in school during junior and senior high school years has been proven by figur es which were compiled by a research, conducted by the Nat ional Education Association.
In spite of spoken opinions and
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
CALENDAR
May 21, Election of class and Civic League officers
May 24, 9A Efficiency Day ~t 8:20 A.M 9A Rehearsal
May 28, 9A Rehearsal Election of Delegates
May 29, 9A Class Day
May 30, There will be no school. Decoration Day
June 1, Band Concert
June 6, Teachers meet 7B Class
June 7, Promotion Exercises
Marbles
"Come on. quit your snudgi n ," ''your shot, Bill, I go sec.'' T he se are some of the words and phr as es heard at the marble games. E veryone knows it is a lot of fu n to play marbles but Mr. Culler a nd Miss Hult are trying to imp re ss upon the boys that they sh oul d not play on the playground aro un d the shops as there have be en about three windows broken th is year.
Care of Gardens
There is the story told of a father who wanted excellent we lltrained children but when it ca me time to discipline them, to tak e them under his wing, so to speak, and weed out the bad and rep la ce the bad with good, he \Vas u nwilling to do so. He thought th at his children should be succe s s ful without cultivation, when he discovered they couldn't h e sa t back and looked on sorrow fully . This little story best illustra tes
briefs on education in the daily news of late, against it, it has been slowly but surely fighting it's way up the ladder. During the years from 1900 to 1904 out of one hundred pupils entering the first grade, thirty-two went through the tenth grade while only five continued until they reached the twelfth grade. This seems to be a very low increase but in 1928 anrl 1929 out of every hundred, seventy-eight reached the eighth grade, fifty-five the tenth grade, and twenty-eight our predicaments often times . We were able to pass through the are enthusiastic until the seed s twelfth grade. • are planted and then our interest
Illiteracy of the people ten ' wanes. We begin to re al ize years and older dropped from 10 per cent in 1900 to 6 per cent in 1930.
Although very young, education is winning for herself a throne which is increasingly being noticed, not only by those grea t thinkers that see into the
Let us take as much interest in our • garden as when we fir st began; after all it is just a matter of making up one's mind to sti ck to it.
that our vegetable garden s or flower gardens will not be grown and perfected overnight. The te dious work of cultivation a nd weeding has begun-we lack ju st what the father of his chi ld r en lacked and the consequence is an future but by those who have not unsuccessful garden for us. had the chance nor opportunity. It is too hard for them to comprehend, but it is there before them and they feel that the veil is torn at 1?-St.
May 18, 1934, ,
A CHAT WITH AUNT BESSIE
Dear Au nt Bessie,
Will you please tell me an effective way of reducing? I've tried alm ost everything but it ' s no use, I can't lose an ounce ! I would so like to be nice and thin by class day. Can you manage a remed y that will meet m y requirem ents?
You rs sincerely, Geraldine Knisley.
Dear Gera ldine,
I only wish I knew a diet, set of exerc ises, or something that would redu ce one so quickly, for I could us e some such thing myself. Ev er try eating just an orange , an egg and a glas s of milk a d ay? Well don't! Do y ou do setting up exerc ises morning and nigh t? Terribly tiring! Why get thin anyway; you're just pleasingl y plump.
Dear Aun t Bessie,
This hot weather is getting me down! Do n't you suppose it could be manag ed to put a large awning over the front steps so we could watch the games on diamond one without smothering?
Since rely, Ina Hendrix, 212.
WHITTIER GREENLEAF
I GO TO SCHOOL
I get up at rising sun, . Eat my breakfast on the run, Wash my te e th , wipe my specs, When I'm thru I'm most a wreck.
I glance at the clock, it's ten to eight.
Oh! dear me ! I'll sure be ]ate. Throw on my coat, jam on my hat,
My nose is red, my hair is ~at. Out the door at breakneck haste , Of time that's left there's none to w aste.
Down the street at top of speed.
Nothing in the way I heed.
Far away the school house looms , Just as the eight o'clock whistle booms.
I gain the front door just in time,
To hear the first bell loudly chime.
My elbows hit as I enter the door,
And my Latin (it would) slides to the floor.
I'm pushed up the stairs, shoved to home room.
Mr. Strawn will go on his rounds very soon.
I check out my badge and take up my stand.
The day has begun-Gee! ain't school just grand?
- Marjorie Moore, 209
Dear Ina, -------
I've al ways loved this school. Its very corridors reflect a spirit of sincerity, A oneness, that I don't believe exists in many schools.
The people working here show • interest
In the boys and girls
Who've entered here through portals opened wideThe soiled , the ugly, the unlovely ones.
Work to be done is viewed not through a jaundiced eye
By teachers, who, at end of day may leave
With no regret within their weary souls,
Of slighted task; What's brought about this unity
Of which I sing?
Can'st guess?
If not, the pleasure is all mine:
A studied forethought, care for minu t e details, Careful handling of anticipated troubl e , Guidance to those a bit in doubt; Withal, a n assuring calm, with supplement of smiles, And sympathy and inspiration, A balanced all.
- M. Carolyn Shike
To the Whittier Faculty
What the Children used to say:
Maybe you'd be shaded a little Judge: What's the charge, Twinkle, twinkle, little star, more if you would wear your hat officer?
How I wonder what you ·are. instead of letting the batters Officer: Vagrancy, your honor, Up above the earth so high wear it. Huh? • Anyway you he was loafing on the street Like a diamond in the sky won't have to stand it much corner. longer for you ' ll be going to good Judge: Ah, impersonating an What they say now: old high . It might be possible to officer! Thirty days in jail. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, take up a coll ection for those who I
1 don't wonder what you are, will be here for years to come. Drum: I feel like somebody You could be awning collection 1 1 beat me up.
You're a bunch of burning manager Getting up in the world, Harp: I'm rather unstrung gasses huh? , myself.
Cooling into solid masses .
JOKES
Britisher: You know, Pat, the sun never sets on the British Empire.
Pat: Of course not. It wouldn't do to trust an Englishman in the dark!
Grandma: Now, Willie, if you are very good today I am going to give you a penny.
Willie: You'll have to make it two cents, Grandma. I can't afford to be ·good for a penny with priceR .going up as they a re.
Miss Hooper had been reading to the class about the great forest of America.
"And now , boys," she announced, ''which one of you can tell me the pine that has the longest and sharpest needles?"
Up went a hand in the back row.
"Well, Jack Leonard?" ''The Porcu !''
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Miss Wilson: ''The secret of health is the eating of onions."
Ruth Farmer: ''Yes, but how are we to eat onions and keep it a secret?''
Jane Sperry: "Why is the tip of a dog's tail like the center of a tree?"
Doris Berg: "Why, indeed, Old Sap?"
Jane: "Because they both are farthest from the bark.''
Dorothy Jane Dela tour, 209, sent a poem to the editor who it seems had little use for verse. The title of the poem was "Why Am I Alive." The editor wrote, returning the poem: "B~cause you sent the poem by mail instead of delivering it in person!"
Miss Hooper: ''Lucille, where are elephants usually found?''
Lucille: ''P l ease teacher, the yr' e not often lost.''
''If the boss doesn't take back what he said to me, I shall leave." "What did he say?"
I. H.: ''Betty, do you know "You're fired!"
May 18, 1934
Ed ward Edison: I just saw t he doctor and he said I had one large cavity to be filled.
Norman Hogan: Did he g ive you any certain course of stu d y?
What's the difference betw ee n a sparrow and a baseball? Shir ley Green would probably answ er, ''none," for the other day in g ym class, she reached up to ca tc h a, baseball, and wonder of wonders, the baseball, whic h in reality was only a little sparr c w flew beyond her reach.
First Mother: Are you troub le d much by your children telling fi bs ?
Second Mother: Not so muc h a s their telling the truth at the mappropriate times!
Elizabeth Cross: "The m a n I marry must be bold, as bol d a s Hercules, strong, as strong a s Atlas, and industrious, as ind u strious as Vulcan and handso m e, as handsome as Apollo." (si gh ) Leroy Ihrie: ''How lucky w e met!"
__ _ only two things will keep you
Circus Giant: ''I hear the from being a great dancer?'' "What is a debtor, pa7" sword swallower is on adiet."
Betty M. :"No, what are they"?
I. H. "Your feet!"
·
A depositor: How could a dog save that much?
''Who wrote the first short story?"
"A Scotch author!"
Jimmy Macpherson: How fa r were you from the right answer in the test today, Don?
Don Yates: Across the aisle and down two seats!
"A man who owes money." Dwarf: "Yes, he hasn't ea t en
"And what is a creditor?"
"The man who thinks he's anything but p~cket knives fo r a
Miss Dee: I know a dog that going to get it." month!" was worth $17,000!
''Doctor, I'm bothered with a Customer: These stockings a r e queer pain. When I bend for- a fraud. I'd never be seen w ea rward, stretch out my arms, and ing the monstrosities! make a semi-circular movement Dealer: But Madam, I told y ou with them, a sharp pain comes in you'd never wear them ou t, my shoulders." didn't I?
"But why make such motions?''
'' Well, if you know any other way for a man to get his over- the 'board of education?' coat on, I wish you'd let me
Son: Dad, what is meant by
Dad: Well in my time, son , it know." was a heavy shingle.
May 18 , 1934, THE
MRS. WHITE DIRECTS OR.CHESTRA CONCERT
(Co ntinued from page 1)
"Old Favorite," written by Sered y the next number on this porgram , was beautiful in it's dreamin g phrases and it's lively overtone s.
Sulliv an, whose many compositions, e specially those whose trend was religious, and many operas have made him well known . The orchestra concluded their con cert with his composition entitled , "Sullivan's Operatic Gems . ' '
CAND IDATES CHOSEN FOR CIVIC LEAGUE
(Con tinued from page 1)
The b oy candidates ar-e: Preside nt
Don Yates 103
Georg e Manning 105
Vice Pr esident
Bruce Eberhart 308
Dean Pohlenz 103
Secret a r y
Paul Schaffer 300
Rober t Kelly 220
Deer E ditor:
WHITTIER GREENLEAF
ACROSS
1. A digit.
4. Proper.
8. Ad vertisments (abbr.)
11. Negative vote.
12. Prefix: cast down.
13. Exist.
14. Pronoun.
16. Topographical Engineers.
I jest cum to Whittier. Why (abbr.) cant I g o up the stairs I wanta 17. Mound for golf. go up? All the time I go down 18. Form into knot. the ha ll sum fella with a sore arm 20. Animal resembling frog. and a red bandage grabs me 21. Ardor. and pushes me aroum him (the 23. Band of leather. big boo b) and just cause I'm late 24. A jacket. they se nd me to the office an' if 26. Snake-like fish. they don't watch out I'll go to a 29. South-southeast. differe nt skool, then they'll be 30. Form of being verb.
31. Forward. sorry . est yoo wait!
J
32 _ You and me.
42. A wandering tribe. DOWN
1. Lose color.
2. Short poem.
3. Same as 31 across.
5. Against surface of.
6. A grain.
7. Coloring matter (pl.)
9. A necessity.
10. Cut with teeth.
13. Pound.
15. Slab of baked clay.
17. A tax on bridges.
19. Devours.
20. Be full.
22. Organ of smell.
23. Sweetheart.
25. Gas used in lighting.
27. Piece of timber.
28. Cover or protect.
31. Woody plant.
35. National Recovery Act.
36. Game of cards.
Answer : Go ahead. -Exchange Me. 34. Engineer offiJer (abbr.)
38. A prophet.
39. Applaud.
41. Adored.
33. Musical selection by one person.
35. Nevada (abbr.)
37. Pole used in rowing.
38. In like manner.
40. Police department.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Red had the least number of points.
Thursday, May 10, the annual The following day, May 11, the Field Day was held at Whittier all- star teams played. The RedSome of the events were: 50 yard Blue team consisted of: Don Yates dash, sack race, obstacle race , captain , Gene Lawrence, Kent basketball throw, and baseball Murphy, Harold Mahaffey, Dick throw. Originally a 220 yard Sm i th, Junior Hudkins, Lester relay was planned but due to the Proctor, Taylor Lewis, William fact that not enough runners we re Schmuck, and Jacob Schaffer. present, it was not run off. The Green-Orange team had The winners in the different these players: Bony Marshall events were:
50 yard dash:
7th Grade: 1st Sam Large
• 2nd Ralph Lamb
8th Grade: 1st Bernal Carter
2nd Eugene Firestine
9th Grade: 1st Bud Manning
2nd Ralph Steele
In the ~ack race the en t r an ts were: Kieth McClung , Don Do t y Mervin Suny ok e, David Penterman , George Reifschneider, Bernard Brehm, Br uce Eberhardt, Ed ward Fire st ine, and Ra] ph Overton.
Overton , Reifschneider, and Eberhardt were the w inners.
Obstacle Ra ce
7th Grade: 1st John Nelson
2nd Paul Rush
8th Grade: 1st Alex Knaub
2nd Ed Folmer
9th Grade: 1st Buren Lenox
2nd Norman Hogan
In the basketball throw Blue won first place, and Red and Green second and third respectively.
captian , B ab e Miller J a c k Fowler, Leroy Ihrie, Don Krcmarik, Jerry Booth, Frank Ortiz , John Schwindt, and Bud Manning.
The aug -ust Mr. Krieger umpired.
THE GOSSIPER
By snooping around in dark corners and in the queerest places me, myself, and I have found what some of these high falutin' 9A' s are going to be in later years. So, here it is all in a nut shell-.
• Ruth White, Kent Murphy , Betty Moritz, Marjorie Moore , and Roger Cox are going to be lawyers (crooked or otherwise.)
Bob Adams and Richard Smith are to be doctors and can you imagine it, Cleo Buckner is to be a home maker?
Frank Bartzatt, Charles Corn, Leroy Foster, Elwood Lahr and Harold Mahaffey are to be Civil
This con c 1u de d the day's Engineer surveyors while Jane events leaving these figures: Sp erry is to spend her life among Boys Girls Total Red 200 425 625 Blue 475 625 11 00
the flowers as a florist.
Now the Gossiper must bid a s ad good bye to Whittier as she? or he? is also one of these bright
By this it can be seen that 9 A's. Until we meet again, Adieu, Blue won and the invincible ( ?) a dieu, adieu!
May 18, 1934 GIRLS
The weather, the most fa vo rable of the year, has suited the girls very much. All the ga m ee have been played out~ide, wh ich is mostly baseball and get tin g ready for Field Day, the grea t est event of the year for every on e. The following are the base ba l scores from the round robin t ou rnament. The latter home roo m h the win n er. NINTH
The thermometers on the colo chart are nearing the end w it1 Red in the lead, Orange follow in g Blue the third highest, and Gr ee: the lowest.
VEGETABLE QUARREL
Boy-Lettuce not quarr elDon't beet me.
Man-You cantelope with daughter. If you turnip aro u n here again I'll squash you.
Woman - I wouldn't carrot a but I tore my nice spinach shaw
T he .... _ Whittier .·: Greenleaf
VOL 12 NO. 1 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA OCTOBER 5, 1934
Inst all Officers at C. L. Meeting
COMMI TTEES PRESENTED PR ESIDENTS GIVE TALKS
I wich I were an an autumn leaf, Dancing and frolicking along; Tumbling and rollicking to the song Of the merry autumn wind.
Faculty Changes
This Semester
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Asse m bly Held
October Fifth
DRAMA CLASS PRESENTS THE GREENLEAF PLAY .
The i nstallation of the new ___ The semesterly Greenleaf asCivic Le ague officers was held MISS McCARTNEY NEW sembly was held in the Whittier Septem ber 28, in the Whittier auditorium Friday, October , audito rium.
TEACHER OF fifth. Miss Osthoff's Drama II
The meeting was op ened by ART class p rese nt ed a very cleve r and the sc hool singing "Am er ica" in original play entitled, "A Spellunison The fl ag salute was led The new semester brings ing Lesson." by B r u ce Eberhart, and the changes in teachers as well as The cast included: Civic L eague pledge by Arline rooms. We have a new art teach- Miss Pritchard ______ Wilma Taber Irvine. er who came from a school in Fred
Miss Hult then installed the Minatare, Nebraska. Miss Mc- John
____________________ Wayne Parker
______________________ Junior Forney new Girls Civic Lea g ue pre si - Cartneyistaking Miss Beardsley's Pe r cival ____ Richard Hagelberger dent E sther Rem~o~t. Donald place who has a ]eave-of-absence Henry
____________________ Jack Pattison Yat~s, the boy~ Civic League for one year. Miss Ralston has Carrie
________________ Georgia Gaddis preside nt, was mstalled by Mr. I moved to 301 and Miss McCartney Lizzie
______________ Dorothy Trumble Culler. The 9A_ group gave the has a group of 7A's in 300. lVIary
______________ Elaine Brinkworth preamb le followmg Esther Rem- · Miss Dee has a room of 7B's Betsy
_________ Josephine Gold bolt's ta lk. in 112. This is the first home
Jane
I______________________ Udelle Jensen EbDohna ldt tihntrboduc~d . Br u c . 8 room she has had all during the The scene was a school room er ar , e oys vice presi- . . dent, wh o gave his interpret a - time she has spent teachmg m which a spellmg lesson was tion of the Civic League pledge. Whittier pupils. being held. Members of the The girl s' vice president, Arline Miss Cross has taken her 7B's staff, the typist, and the girl in Irvine g ave the meaning of the Iand moved to 205, her old home charge of editorials were introfla g salu te followe~ by a_ gr~mp duced in a quaint and orio'inal of boy s, and girls smgmg, room.. 0 "Flags of Many Lands" under m an ner. The pupils on the stage the dire ction of Mrs. White. WHITTIER P UPILS were asked to spell a word that T he t wo new secretaries, Ar- SUCCESSFUL AT MEET was the name of the position on deana _K n i ppel and Robert Kelly the staff. After the pupil spelled were m trodu~ed by t~e presi- Chelys Mattley, Blanche Rid- it he introduced the person hold- dents . F ollowmg these mtrod uc- . . . tions E sther addressed the com- nour, and Kenneth Jones, former mg that posit10n. mittee chairmen. The commit - Whittier st u dents, placed high Mr. Gammill then introduced teeme n were spoken to by Don- at the city swimming meet. the printers. The assembly aid Yat es.
Blanche a n d Kenneth won p laces closed with the presentation of T_he p residents_ introduc~d th e in the diving while Chelys broke 100 per cent certificates to the chairm en who m turn mtroduced t he committee members of a city swimming record. 100 per cent home rooms and a the pl ayground, office, usher, Fred Swihart, 316, placed third horse -shoe to the home room safety and prope;rty commit- in the 100 yard freestyle. having the least subscriptions. tees.
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Single co p ies 5 cent s.
FACULTY COMMITTEE
M iss Selma Hult
H o mer L. G a mmill Mi ss Olive Keller
Mr. Culler Mi ss Cros s
Editor-in- c h ief
9A E ditor
Bruc e Ebe r h art
D ea n Po hlenz
Ed itorials A r d ea n a K nippe l
T ypi st A r line Ir v ine
G REENLEAF STAFF
Virg i ni a K innamon Do r othy Mattle y
M o rri s Mayfi e ld M a rt ha Wimberly
PR I N T ER S
Phili p B ec ker
K ei th But ts
James Ca mpbe ll
James Ca rr el
C a rroll Dav id so n
Do nald Fa hrnbruc h
R ob e rt Fo l so m
Ll oyd Gib son
Don a ld Hi ggi n s
Ge n e La w rence
J a m es M a c p h e rson
Rich a rd Mc Farl a nd
Robert Miller
Dean Pohl e n z
R o bert
Proplesch
Albert Sch w indt
Frit z S i enknecht
Fran k Brill
Bob C ampbe ll
Jo h n C ay w o od
K enne t h Cook
C l arence D e Sh a y es
Edwa rd Fo lm e r Ro y F red e ri c k
L ou i s G rabow ski
Gerald H ube r
Ri cha r d Le e
Ze n us M a rtin
Ale x Mill e r
Erne s t M o r e llo
L eon P o lick
M a nuel S c hc aa f
Flo y Sh as tid
Jac o b S i nn e r
Leland Va~ Bo sk ir k
A Welcome To Freshies.
If you see some solemn lookin g p e r so n peerin g upw a rd a f te r the class bell h a s rung you ou g ht to help him with information, because chances a re he or she is one of those "long-looked-forward-to" freshie s 7B's, Whittier welcomes you to get on the ship for a three-year journe y through the lan d of knowledge, which really isn't so hard, and also offers many att ra ctions and pl ea su re s. You are invited on t hi s " c r ui s e" by the Whittier F a cul ty and also by the stude n ts.
"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfar e , and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." When you say this in your classroom do ·you ever stop to think you are rehearsing the introduction to a great document. In fact the !lreatest of i t s kind in the wor l d.
Our Constitution was made in Independence Hall in Philad e lphi a by the Constitution Conventi o n in 1787. The Conventi on lasted from May 25 to September 17, during one of the hottest summers Philadelphia ever had.
The Con v ention consisted of fifty-five men, among whom Washington was elected Pre s ident of the meeting.
Benjamin Franklin was the oldest member being eighty-one, and Jonathan Dayton the younges t, being only twenty-nine. Robert Morris, the financier of the Revolutionary War, was also a member. James Madison was called ''Father of the Constitution,'' because he took notes on the whole convention. It was Gouverneur Morris who styled that important document.
The whole of the Constitution only contains eighty-nine sentences, about 4,000 words. It is said you can read the complete document in twenty minutes. There are seven articles and twenty-two amendments. It provides for the law-making, lawenforcing, and law-judging departments of the government.
October 5, 163,
STARTING THE YEAR FR E SI
The reason we have a J u n io Civic League is to help in thi office, umpire games, take car1 of property and to keep ord er i1 the halls and on the playgr ou nd vVhen a member of the Civi1 League tells a pupil to stand bacl or to slow down the pup il i supposed to do it. Every bo d: should do as he is told by : member of the Civic League . The Civic League is al so ti teach pupils how to el e c t th1 leaders of the Civic L eag ue , a m also to respect the officers.
AROUND THE SCHOOL
Congratulations to 100 per ce n Home Rooms on being 100 per c en in Greenleaf subscriptions ! I cheers us very much to k n ov that all the pupils in these h o rn rooms like the Greenleaf.
Did you know that both W. A McMullen and his brother, W. l; McMullen have had additio ns t their families during the sum m er The stork left the W. A. 's a n in pound baby boy while th W. F. 's received an eight p ou n1 girl. Congratulations to you bo th
Incidentally, how many w ell meaning old folks are still as ki ng " Well how's school?" and y ou give them the moth-eaten r c pl "Ju st fine." Ah me!
Personal nomination for ou1 standing 9A pupil: James Mac pherson.
I suppose most of you read t h2 Bernie Masterson, a former Whi1 tier pupil, played with the Al Stars this summer and also si g ne
October 5, 1934
THE \VHITTIER GREENLEAF
SCHOLARSHIP
3 up to pla y with the Chicago Bears for thr ee years.
Though ts while strolling; Lots of 9B's on committees this seme ster. Gwen Cannon and Evelyn Belote are practically insepara ble. Miss Williams has pretty teeth
One w ord description of Mr. Gammill : twinkly.
The other day while wrapped in a day dream , I walked down the wrong stairs and had to be told by a fr eshie Did I blush?
If y ou see 9A's going around with b lank expressions on their faces don't bother them, they are undou btedly thin king of a civics test.
Fred Swihart of 316 has the distinc tion of being the ''50 yard free-s tyle title-holder for 1934 for sw imming in a contest held in Cam p Dodge pool, Des Moines, Iowa, th is past summer.
Only members of the Midwestern American Athletic Union are eli g ible.
T he Whittier pupils are glad to h ave Miss McCartney, the new teacher in home room 300. She previously taught at Minatare, Nebraska. She had an 8th grade home room and she taught art, arithmetic, geography and gram mar.
She was graduated from the 8th grade at Elliott which is now 26th and O Junior High and al so attended Lincoln High. Sh e attended the University of Neb raska. Her major was drawing and painting. She also attende d the Art Institute at Chicago during the summer of 1931 and she received her degree Au gust, 1933.
ROLL McCune, Manuel Schaaf, Albert Schwindt, Floy Shastid, Mary
The seventh, eighth, and ninth Jane Tuttle, Martha Wiemberly, grades made quite a scholarsb ip Lois Dingman, Lois Duncan, roll last semester. Robert Folsom, Evelyn Glascock, It is hoped the pupils can do as · Aridth Hackman, Elizabeth well, or better this semester. Jacoby, Audrey Koons, Amy 9B Class: Evelyn Belote, Martin, Amelia Michael, Fritz Eugene Dolansky, Bernice Fire- Sienknecht, Doris Wilson, Robert stine, Bruce Eberhart, Norman Wittstruck, Philip Becker , Hogan, Arline Irvine, Orv a Marj0rie Boggs, Charles GreenKesler, Ardeana Knippel, Morris berg, Mary Helen Iverson, Udella Mayfield Leon Polick, Marjorie Jenson, Elsie Loso, Sylvia LotArthur, Wilma Grinstead, Rich- man, Freda Martin, Charlotte ard McCauley, James MacPher- McAllister, Tom Minthorn, Dale son, Max Mayfield, Altha Nace, Moore, Marian Moffett, Ruth Dean Pohlenz, Esther Rembolt, Preditt, Donald Sechnert, Fern Marie Apgar, Edwarrl Edison, Trump, Juanita Williams, Delma Lamar Fowler, Billy Johns, Vir- Hoffmann, Esther Johns, Lydia ginia Kinnamon, Pearl Little, Michel, Donald Fahrn bruch, George Manning, Betty Miller, Richard Huth, Fred Johnson, Ruth Nelson. Dwayne Kushner, Lynn Myers, 8A Class: Cleo Blackledge, Ray Rhoades, Robert Sauer, Barbara Brown, Betty Jane Carl- Marie Seiler, Authur Pine, son, Maxine Copsey, Lawson Eloise Metzger. Engel, Marion Fowler, Georgia 8B Class: Edward Herzog, Gaddis, Virginia Gowdy, Donald Gerald Huber, Esther Leichner, Howard, Robert Kelley, Pauline Virginia Michael, Reuben ReifMcWilliams, George Metcalf, schnieder, Frances Anderson, Ernest Morello, Leon Poaster, Ben A 1ice Day, Kathleen Wilma Taber, Dorothy Trumble, Hutchens, Maxine Erwin, Doris Sarah Weber, Jimmy Wittstruck, Newbill, Herman Reifschnieder, LaVetta Ailes, Bernard Brand, Ruth Schmidt , William ThompFrank Brill, Lawr ence Echle- son, Ernest Dinges, Margaret meyer, Dorothy Egger, Maxine Eirick, Gladys Harral, Lometa Hummel, WesleyKnippel,Dorothy May, Frances Moore, Sam PapMattley, Jennie Pappas. Leland pas, Dorothy Peters, Eldon S ch muck , Donald S ha r p , Sanders, Maxine Simcoe, Helen Josephine Watts, Alan Ball, Earl Snyder, Carl Anderson, Robert Beardsley, Marguerite Be 11, Brodie, Jean Carnahan, John Arleen Burkett, Jean Burr, Flack, Margaret Hedstrom, Roy Virginia Dolan, Gail .J arnes, Moock, Katharine Reich, John Richard Lee, Emma Leikam, Sinclair. Henry Michel, David Penterman, 7A Class: Fred Beck, Truman G e n e v i e v e Scdoris, Orleth Clare, Lucile Jennings, Edith Thompson, Leland Van Boskirk, Martin, June McMeen, Claire Yvonne Vance, Gwendolyn Milter, Lloyd Montague, Tommy Booth. Dorothy Carter, Miriam Nickelson, Bonnie Parsons, Bob Hackman, Dolores Hansen, Ida Pettsenbarger, Thomas Rice, Paul Mae Hilliard, Rosa Kline, Bernard ( Continued on page 4)
During the three beginning days of the first school week the eighth and ninth grade home rooms, played on 1 y practice games. The seventh grade home rooms played practice games until last Friday. Each home room was . limited to one day for practice.
This year the playground committee changed the Whittier rules of baseball to make the games speed along and to give a fair chance to the home rooms with players that ca n not get back to school by 12 :35, t he time games are forfeited. First, the nonchampionship games, will only have two inn in g s. Se cond , there will be no r e s tr iction on forfeiting a game e xce p t that a horn e room must decide , by 12 :35 w hether they will play or forfeit.
The playground committee also decided to have an elimination tournament. But, as soon, and if, a home room loses the first game it plays in the elimination tournament, it will have its second chance in the consolation tournament. If a home room has played two or more games in the elimination tournament it cannot play in the consolation tournament. The winners of each tournament w i l l p l a y for the s c h o o l championship.
In this way every home room will have at least two chances to play in tournament games.
The winners are on the left.
BasebalJ Cricket 310 vs 302 203 vs 102 304 vs 305 301 vs 314 Come on, all of you, help your team win! Make these two touraments interesting!
SCHOLARSHIP ROLL
(Continued from page 3) Sehnert, Warren Watson, Glenrose Wassung, Jack Wyman, Milan Beatty, Phyllis Draper, Robert Lnebs, Virginia Jensen, Ruth Morton, Keith Rose, Helen Schmelzel, Francis Cox, Robert Francis, Norris Hammond, Bob Klause, Marvin Murphy, Robert Runnalls, Philip Van Kuren, Norman Warnke, Betty W~art, Mark Allen, Charles Hancok, Frieda Kraft, Wayne Kyckelhahn, Walter Loos, Robert Love, Aileen Merting, Edgar Norman, Rae Hope Quimby, Marie Rubino, La Verne Schroll, Wayne Scott, Opal Thomas, Margaret Ward, Dayton Wiley, Naomi Young, Desmond Corcoran, Agnes Dunbar, Jack Leonard, Lucille Rouse, George Sanders, Jean Smith, Margert S tewart, Lorraine Thompsen, Betty Umberger, Lucille Whited, Helen Welborn, Wayne Beeman, Ruth Bstandig, Di'ck Earl, Robert Ellis, Elizabeth Gerdes, Mildred Krieger, George Rebensdorf, Albert Seiler, Emor Shepard, Bertha Spreier, 7B Class: Harriet Cart~r, Mary Alice Coplen, Warren DeVere, Mabel Ebert, Bruce Gould, Etta Halverson, Gene Holehan, Warren Hinze, Delbert Hurd, Marion Leichti, Frieda Loos, Merle Mayfield, Florabelle Moeller, Frances Neu ens ch wander, Emanuel Niederhaus, Donna belle Norman, Aubrey Petitt, Harry Schritt, Marjorie Schuman, Ernest Spahn, Cleo Bartlett, Marve11e Bodfield, Albert Grant, Helen Johannes, Clara Knaub, William Loeffel, Baubara Quillin, Annette Smith, Elsebert Spencer, George Werner, Charles, Wheeler, Don Countryman, Billy Doran, Bessie
At the beginning of th e semester every home room h a d a noon hour for practice b efo re the tournament started. The boys' games will be a R ound Robin tournament. This s ort of tournament is better beca u 8e if a room gets beat it does not d r op out of the tournament as i n the elimination tournaments. E ' ery home room will play every ot her home room of the same g rn de. The seventh grade champ s will play the eighth grade ch a m ps and the winner of that will p lay the ninth grade champ s for school championship. The s co res of the g a mes are as follows , w inners appearing last:
308 vs. 103.
320 vs. 310
Plans have not yet bee n s ettled as to the color team s , b ut it is thought that it will ... oon start.
Special effort should be ma de by the teachers for the pu p iis to play if at all possible an d i f a pupil cannot play because of u nderweight or because of Sd me other defect he should be a t t he diamond watching his tea m . Pupils should also stand ba ck out of the way. If a safety co mmitteeman comes and tell s t he pupil to stand back, they s h o uld be sure and do as he tells t he m because it is not only dange r ous to them, but also to the run ne rs . You might get in the way of one of your own home rooms t ea m and maybe lose a score.
Grunger, Marjorie Gold s te in, Loraine Hohnstein, Ronald Macpherson, Richard Michel, Do lores Morgan, Howard Yates, Mollie Bronstein, August Gunne r s on, Wallace Provost, Clifford Scott, Pauline Shiffer, Gladys Step h enson, Irene Turnwall, George Van Sickle, Carol Whalen.
The Whittier Greenleaf
Assemb ly Oct. 10
Mr . Lefler Talks
BRINGS OUT IMPORTANCE OBEY ING TRAFFIC LAWS
On Octobe r tenth in the auditorium, the students were honored in heari ng a man who needs no introduc tion, who is, or should be, known by every school child in the city of Lincoln public schools-M r. Lefler, our superin- tendent of schools.
The assem bly was opened by singing of America. The Flag Salute and Ci vic League Pledge was then gi ven, being led by the girls and boys Civic League vice presid ents respectively. Miss McCartney teacher of 300 was than introdu ced to the audience. Mr. Culler next presented Mr. Lefler.
Mr. Lefler started his speech by telling a jok e on Mr. Culler, who, it seems, was supposed to be an usher at a p ublic meeting. As Mr. Lefler conti nued, adding points to the story, it became very interesting (Ah! if it had only been true). The joke was received with a hearty laug h. He then told a story of a little boy at Capital school, who said h e knew Mr. Lefler by his bald h e a d.
He then con tinued by saying that Lincoln had the reputation of being one of the worst cities in the Unite d States for violating it.a traffic ru les. Stressing the point of safe ty, he talked about bicyclists bei ng careful to follow
(Contin ued on page 2)
WIND IN THE COTTONWOODS
The wind
Makes music in the cottonwoods , ,,
At first the faintest whisper
That rises to a silver singing
Among the gold--- green leaves--,
The changi~g , changless sound
Of slow rain falling
Upon a desert land
7B Class Choose Semester Officers
SEMESTER ELECTION
HELD MONDAY
OCT. 15
The 7B class voted last Mon day ,,,Lena Wittaker Blakeney to elect class officers for this semester. Their candidates were:
P 1 F President, Eloise Fricke , Eleanor New upi s rom Jensen, Billy Brown Vice presi- N ebraska Towns dent, Elsie Schafer , Sam Wiggins, Connie McCauley; Secretary,
SEVERAL HA VE ATTENDED Mary Blish, Jeanette Bolar , Mary Marshal; Treasurer, Earl Lamp- LINCOLN SCHOOLS shire, Milton Bockoven, Shirley BEFORE Stockton
This s em ester we have T~e succe~sful candidates w~re, pupils new in Whittier from sev- 1president Billy Brown 108, v1ceeral points of Nebraska and out president Connie McCauley 112, of the state. Several of these secretary Jeanette Bolar 209 and · pupi~s have attended Whittier treasurer Shirley Stockton 303. prev10us to th1.s ~emester. Th importance of a class office
In 304 are Lillian Amend, com- e . ing from Keeline, Wyo. also cannot be over emphasized, and Leota Sinelser from Red Cloud, the pupils who have been elected N e b r. From Omaha comes to hold these positions can be ~dmiral Chistophe_r who h~s justly proud of the trust placed hved m Lmcoln previously. He 1s . th in 302. m em. .
In 106, is Betty Hiner who The duty of. the class pres1comes from Hamlet Nebr. In 101 dent is to preside over all class are Jessie June From,David City, meet i ngs which are usually held Nebr. Jeai:i Hering from Mary, two or three times a semester . Nebr. Elomse Hutt from Yuma Th vice president presides in Colorado. Walter Long from e District 26. He has been in the absence of the president. The Lincoln schools before. class secretary has a very hard
In 102 are Leonard Barton , job, that of keeping the minutes from Laurel. Nebr. Randall Neff of the meetings. The treasurer from Seward, Nebr. Howard collects, and is responsible for , Russell is from Cherokee, Okla- class dues. homa. From Emerald, Nebr. is 7B's we congratulate you on (Continued on page 5) your choice, it is a wise one.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Published every t~ o weeks during the school year by the pupils of Whittier junior high s chool, at 22nd a nd
Vine streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Set up and printed by the pupils taking printing I. and II
Subscription price 20c e ach semester. Single copies 5 cents.
FACULTY COMMITTEE
Miss Selma Hul t
Homer L. Gammill
Miss Olive Keller
Mr Culler Miss Cross
Editor-in-chief
9A Editor
Editorials
Bruce Eberhart
Dean Pohlenz
Ardeana Knippel
Typist Arline Irvin e GREENLEAF STAFF
Virginia Kinnamon Dorothy Mattley
Morris Mayfield Martha Wimberly
PRINTERS
Frank Brill
Philip Becker
Keith Butts
JamesCampbell
John Caywood
Kenneth Cook
Clarence De Shaves
Edward Folm e r
Roy Frederick
Louis Grabowski
Gene Lawrence
James Macpherson
Richard Mc Farland
Robert Miller
Bob Campbell
Frank Caywood
James Carrel
Carroll Davi d son
Donald Fahmbruch
Robert Folsom
Lloyd Gibson
Gerald Huber
Richard Lee
Zenus Martin
Alex Miller
Ernest Morell~
Dean Pohlen z Leon Polick
Robert Prople sch Manuel Schaaf
Albert Schwindt Floy Sha stid
Fritz Sienknecht J a cob Sinner
Leland Van Boskirk
Boys Stay Away from the Bicycle Racks
One of the reasons we have property committees is to keep the boys off the bicycle racks. Sitting on the bicycle racks is not only dangerous but is inconvenient to the boys who are putting the~r bicycles in the racks. If there 1s nothing else to do pupils should go to the diamond where his home room team is playing or if his home room is not playing boys should go and watch some other team or play in a pick up game. When a boy is putting his bicycle a way he should lock his bicycle and then leave.
DELEGATES
Whittier h a s delegates to represent their home rooms. so that they may get reports on important items to carry back to home room and discuss with the pupils.
GIRL DELEGATES
Arleen Burkett , l0l
Evelyn Ward, 108 •
Jean Fram stead, 105
Arlene Way, 108
Grace Ingram, 112
Helen Hobbs, 205
Ruby Thomas , 209
June Gakel, 212
Jennie Pappas, 218
Helen Poore, 222
Charlotte McAllister, 301
Marilyn Lawson, 303
Helen Schmelze), 305
Helen Wilson, 308
Lois Duncan, 312
Phyllis Plank, 316
Marjorie Randall, 102
Annette Smith, 104
Jean Smith, 106
Betty Lee Sherwood, 110
Ruth Gass, 203
F]orabelle Moeller, 208
Darlene Younker, 210
Margaret N au s lar, 216
Maxine Copsey, 220
Barbara Ruth May, 300
Maxine Erwin, 302
Katherine Kiesselbach, 304
Marjorie Goldstein, 307
Frances Moore, 310
Gwendolyn Booth, 314
Bonnie Parsons, 320
BOY DELEGATES
David Penterman, 101
Roy Turnbull, 103
Clyde Marshall, 105
Harvey Taylor, 108
John Larson, 112
Hal Moore, 205
Carlyle Hummel, 209
Clarence Gundy, 212
Bob Clough, 218
Edwin Burmood, 222
Thomas Minthorn, 301
Farrell Helmstedter, 303
Keith Rose, 305
Stanley Clark, 308
Billy Mohr, 312
Lynn Myers, 316
George Rebensdorf, 102
Donald Bettenhausen, 104
Billy Welch, 106
October 19, 163L
Joseph Quinlon, 110
Wayne Kychelhahn, 203
Eugene Helehan, 208
Bobbie Rice, 210
Ed win Bailey, 216
Ernest Morello, 220
Carol Whalen, 300
Edward Miller, 302 ·
Delbert Cates, 304
Lee Nolan, 307
Ernest Dinges, 310
Bernard McCune, 314 Clair Miller, 320
FRESHIE HOME ROOM S
This year the freshie class i a considerably larger class thausual. The rooms and teacher are as follows: 108, Miss Schc field; 110, Miss Mary Wilson; 11~ Miss Dee; 205 , Miss Cross; 20! Mrs. Barrows; 210, Mr. Ros~ 212, Mrs. Childress; and in 30:: Mr. W. F. McMullen. The pupils that have bee chosen to officiate in the horn rooms are as follows: 108, pres Marion Tunks; vice pres., Ro b e1 Delany; 110, pres., Myron Bra we1 vice pres., Floyd Perry; rn pres. , Alan Kreiger; vice pre s Junior McKee, 205, pres., Ro bei Metcalf; vice pres., Wil1iam Kol1 209, pies., Richard Wright; vi e pres., Bud Deeds., 210, pres Martin Minthorn; vice p re s Geraldine Maser; 212, pres., Mi son Myers; vice pres., Herbe1 Davis; and 303, pres., Donal Bieber; vice pres.,Charles Bu se ]
MR. LEFLER TALKS
(Continued from page 1) the laws of the city the sam e E any auto driver. Mr. Leth stressed three points for bicyc l riders; first, ride to the righ t < the street reasonably close to tl curb; second, signal for all turr either right or left; and last, stc for all stop signs and traff light. He is going to take thi s with Irving and Everett J um1 Highs only under the cond it ic that Whittier pupils pledge the cooperation. Whittierites! Are~ the one's who will slough on tl job?
October 19, 1934
TH ~ WRONG IDEA
Book agent to Farmer: You ought to buy an encyclopedia now now tha t your son goes to school.
Farm er: Not on your life. Let him walk the same as I did.
Jud ge: (To ex-prize fighter) Do you wis h to challenge the jury?
Culp rit: I ain't in top notch, but I think I could stand a couple of round s with that fat man in the back ro w.
It's funny brothers don't agree. Mr. W. A. McMuJlen tells us we can multiply feet by pounds and get foo t pounds but, Mr. W. F . McMu Jlen telJs us we cannot multip ly x by a and get xa.
Calle r: Is the boss in?
Boy: I'm sorry but he's not.
Cal1er : What makes you sorry?
Boy: I'm sorry I have to tell what ain 't true.
A sma ll girl, who had gone to the bar ber shop to get her hair clipped , came home and told her mother about her experience. ''Mamma " she said my "neck" wasn't cle an 'cause the barber used a vacu um cleaner on it.
A con ductor enraged at having the train stop so fa st went to the engineer and said, ''Do you know that whe n you stopped you sat all the peo ple on the floor?" The engineer re plied, "Oh, that's all right. I 'll put them back up when I start.' '
So you're a salesman now, Sambo? I suppose you stand be-
hind the products you sell?
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
The Guest: Nothing . Only he came to our party and introduced himself as the "Human Battleship" and I thought it was time he was christened.
Farmer : An' how's Lawyer Jones doin' doctor?
Doctor : Poor fellow he's lyin' at death's door.
Farmer : That's grit for ye, at death's door and still ]yin'.
Boy-Say mother, I want to know something.
Mother- What do you want to know?
Boy- When "l i g h t e n i n gbugs" lighten why doesn't it thunder.
Mother- I hear you are playing with those rough little boys next door. I hope they don't try to use any bad language.
Boy- Oh, they try it, but they are not very good at it yet.
Leon Polick: "Loan me a quarter old man. I promise you on. the word of a gentleman to pay it back tomorrow."
Leon Poaster: '' Bring t h e gentleman around and let me see him.''
Boy to butcher: "Do you have any bones?''
Butcher: ''What do you think I am , a jelly fish?"
Motorist: I'll plead guilty and save time altho I'm innocent!
County .Justice: Um! Ten dollars for speeding and five dollars for perjury then!
Usher: Hey! This guy says you No Sah boss. You see, Ah bounced a bottle on his bean. Bells mule s. What's the idea?
Perhaps you think our Jokes are poor
And should be on the shelf, But if you have some better ones Hand in af ew yourself. The address- Greenleaf Staff.
WRITTEN IN THE HOSPITAL
I tried to hop A moving car It didn't stop And here I are .
Mr. J ustwed: "What did you do to this meat? It has such a peculiar taste.''
Mrs. Justwed: "Oh, nothing. It did get a little burnt, but I fixed that. I applied Unguentine right away."
"Thinking of me, dearest?"
"WRs I laughing? I'm sorry."
Overheard m the hall: What kind of lamps did the people of Biblical days use?
"Did they have lights . in those days?'' asked an inquiring female.
"Why sure. Didn't you ever hear of Isrealites ?''
Jack : Why are you studying all the foreign languages?
Dick: Oh, I'm moving to New York.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
October 19, 1934
PERSONALS Miss Mumford, congratulations. we send our in Palmer Lake, Colorado with
After snooping around and hearing all those fish stories of Morris Mayfield's, we find that he spent about one month of the summer at Glacier Park. While in Whitefish he spent most of the time fishing and swimming.
Gwendolyn Booth took two trips this summer, one to Aurora Missouri, and one to Falls City Nebraska.
JUST SUPPOSIN'
Miss Mumford took a trip to the World's Fair at Chicago and a boat trip across Lake Michig~n.
The following pupils were omitted from the list of people making scholarship roll last semester as printed in the first issue of the Greenleaf: 8A Ruth Bock, James Carrel and Bernal Carter, all of 312.
_ Let's hope Mr. W. A.
Mrs. Shike was Caroline bell McMullen doesn't use that new instead of Caroline Shike. "arrival to the family'' for scienMi ss Keller was an Olive tree tific purposes. At least until it instead of Olive Keller. knows what's happening. Also Barbara was black instead of that Mr. W. F. McMullen doesn't Brown. start teaching their "infant" alGeorge was a young calf in- gebra too soon. stead of Metcalf.
Jimmy was girl struck instead Miss D. Green went to Madeof Wittstruck. line Islands, Wisconsin, this sum-
Our paper was an oakleaf in- mer with her two sisters. One stead of a Greenleaf. week was spent at the World's Fern was an ace instead of a Fair where she and her Sister Trump. were separated all of one day.
Leland would boss you instead On the way home they passed of Boss Kirk. through some mountains in Dorothy was an ice berg in- south ern Wisconsin which they stead of Gottberg. had never seen or even heard of Josephine was silver instead of before. Gold.
Ardith would whale men instead of Hackmen.
Mr. Morello was silly instead of Ernest.
Le flew instead of Leland.
NOTABLE NOTES
We should feel very proud to have Miss Mumford, teaching in our school ( who has successfully earned her Master of Arts degree in Geography, at the University of Nebraska), her thesis •being the Geographical Aspect of the Wheat Industry of Nebraska.
As the boys were p 1 aying ball Wednesday, the ball from diamond two went over the fence in the path of an oncoming steam roller. As the ball was slowly rolling, the roller hit it and flattened it into an oval shaped ball. Maybe Mr. Strawn is going to keep it for a keepsake, for after the bell rang he was seen going down the hall on the third floor with the ball ( ?) in his hands.
Miss Ralston spent most of her summer vacation at Ainsworth Nebraska. She was three weeks
Miss Bethune and her sist er, where she wore out a pair of sh oe s climbing mountians.
Eugene Clare, form er Whi ttie r junior high school pupil wh o graduated in the class of '3 0, is now wrestling with John Pe sek , nationally known .wrestler.
In order to get away from th e heat, Miss Bethune went to Palmer Lake, Colorado on he r vacation. Miss Bethune's si ste r and niece were on the trip wit h her. They rented a house an d made this their headquaters. F ro m Palmer Lake they went to Colorado Springs and through t he Garden of the Gods. They spent two d ays at Royal Gorge and went back by way of Pueblo. They drove through Baldpate Inn , th e Inn of Seven Keys.
Miss Beardsley, one of the Whittier art teachers, is spen din g her leave-of-absence in Wal nu t Creek, California with relati ves It is hoped that she is enjo yin g her vacation there and will be ready to teach, when she co m es back to Whittier.
We have never mentioned our famous athlete of Whittier wh o is Clyde Marshall. Clyde is a '' le ft hand" ball player and it seem s a s though the windows on the so ut h side of the buildin g are b adl y abused.
Mr Strawn mentioned tha t he kicked the ball the length of t he football field and three ya rd s more just with plain tennis sh oe s on. "What a man"!
Miss Cruise spent a very d elightful summer enjoying t he beauties of Canada. She also vi si ted Chicago, the St. Lawrean ce rivier, and Niagara Falls.
19, 1934
ARO U~D THE SCHOOL
The other day at 16th and 0, I saw a ma n drop a letter in a mail box wit hout the usual second look to see that it went down. I called out, "That's being diffe rent, " however he didn't understa nd, he merely glared.
Quest ion: What chairman of a girls co mmittee is on duty more often th an any other chairman? Answe r: Virginia Kinnamon.
Thoughts while strolling:
morrow 's game, Oklahoma has a good tea m. What ever became of the Program committe? Six weeks e xams start next week. Woe is m e.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
N EW PUPILS FROM NEBRASKA TOWNS
(Continued from page 1)
She has been in Lincoln schools before.
In 316 are Joseph Dolezal who came from Rural Route 2. There is Lawerence Frost also from Ruth Steffen and from Kearney , Rural Route 2 and Richard Nebr., Leslie Warshburn. Hagelberger from Rural 2.
In 108 are Bertrand Larsen · In 320 is Robert Sweem who who comes from San Antonio, f Texas. He has been in Lincoln comes rom Greenwood, Nebr. schools before and Alta Young from Sham burg , Iowa.
In 112 are Madge Barton from Laurel, Nebr. also Grace Ingram who comes from Fremont, Nebr.
In 209 are Lowell Hunche,coming from Ulysses, Nebr . , and JeanO'Donnell from North Platte.
In 110 are Mary Jane Dodds
Wonder who will win to- from Davenport , Iowa. There is Richard Peters who is from Tecumseh, Nebr. and from Bennett , Nebr. Joseph Quinlan.
THE GREENLEAF CAMPAIGN SHOWS SPLENDID COOPERATION
After writing those last three words I thought of this crack I read in the Lincoln High Advocate: " If woe is me, who is giddap? ''
I was rather surprised and a little dis appointed with the result of the World Series. It seems I never have my way.
Mickey (Bernard, to you) McCune is reported to be carrying the book s of a member of the fair se x h ome for her. I wonder.
All dur ing home room period one day I was bothered by an eerie, cli nking sound. After repeated e xplorations I found a small tin box with jumping beans in it. Peo ple have more fun with me.
The foll owing joke is told on the McMu llen brothers.
W. A. Our baby gives us a lot of trouble ; he yells unless he has hie own way!
W. F. Ours yells anyway; you don't kno w what trouble is!
In 205 are Harvey Lauer who comes from Franklin, Nebr. also Norvel Jacobs from Dist. 126. He has been in Lincoln schools before.
In 208 is Jerry Buckner who comes from Denver.
In 210 are Stuart Millberne from Murray, Nebr. Richard Saling who comes from Hazard, Nebr. and Carl Stewart coming from Rulo, Nebr.
In 208 are Catherine Cutler who comes from Broken Bow N e br. and Rose Quinlan is from Bennet, Nebr.
In 220 are Leslie Clark coming from Waverly, Nebr. and Betty Draper who is from Kearney, Nebr.
In 222 is Marie Padubsky who comes from Omaha, Nebr.
In 301 is Russell Richards coming from Elsie, Nebr.
In 312 are Eugenia May Durham from a countr y school, also Wilda Kreuger from a country school.
In 314 are Ruth Christensen who comes from Holdredge, Nebr. and Byrdis Whinnery coming from Grand Island.
The Whittier Greenleaf paper recieved 531 subscriptions this semester. Home room 103 had one hundred percent in subscription while home room 30 7 had the fewest 307 was presented with the Imp of Indifference Friday, October 5.
The paper is the same as it has b een right al ong. There are still 4 to 8 pages in it.
GIRLS FILING OUT OF GYM
The girls have paid careful attention while filing out of the gymnasium after the noon games. It is a question of whether or not it could be improved? As we know, it is quite hard walking out in single file, without talking and pushing. But we must consider that it takes less time if you follow the rules.
BOYS FILING OUT OF GYM
While the boys have always gotten out of the gym in an effective manner, Mr. Strawn and the safety committee would like to make it more orderly . When filing from the gym , boys should al ways obey the committeemen on duty These committeemen know just what to do and by obeying them we will make dismissal an orderly affair.
At last th~ tournament games have started and the home rooms have been notified as to which color team they belong. Blue, green, orange and red are the respective colors of the teams this semester.
Which color team will win this semester? You'll just have to wait .until good old Father Time passes by. He will help solve that.
The games are as follows and the winners are on the left.
BASEBALL
Elimination Tournament
103 vs 308 103 vs 105
101 vs 220 105 vs bye
301 VB 218 320 VS 216 8th Champs
101 VB 301 307 VB 300
314 v s 312 104 vs 106
316 vs bye 208 vs 104
314 vs 316 208 vs bye
314 VS 101 307 VS 208
31 4vs 103 212 vs 303 9th Champs
310 V8 302 210 VS 209
216 vs 222 212 vs 210
216 Vi3 310 110 VS 108
304 vs 302 205 vs 112
320 VS 203 110 VB 205
102 vs bye 212 vs 110
320 VB 304 212 VS 307 7th Champs
220 vs 308 305 vs 108
312 vs 218 220 vs 312
302 vs 222 305 vs ~02
106 VB 300 305 VS 203
209 vs 303 108 vs 112
209 vs 106 108 vs 209
CRICKET
103 vs 105 305 vs 203
308 vs 103 208 vs 300
308 va bye 106 VB 307
801 vs 314 104 vs 106
306 vs 218 104 vs bye
220 vs bye 208 vs 104
316 vs 220 110 vs 112
216 vs 302 303 vs 209
310 v s 216 210 vs 108
310 VS 222 203 VB 102
305 vs bye
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
NEWCOMB
105 vs 308
316 vs 220
310 VB 302
300 VB 106
BOYS SPORTS
305 vs 203 304 vs bye 210 vs 303
307 vs bye 103 vs bye 314 vs bye
POINTS OF WILL POWER
Can you:
1. Resist shooting the rubber band that so conveniently lands in front of you?
2. Keep from reading a continued story in your favorite magazine when you are in study class to get that Algebra?
8. Resist whistling or humming the tune that you hear the band play when you are supposed to be studying?
4. Keep from whistling, waving or otherwise attracting the attention of a friend who has come into your class-room?
5. Clean out your notebook without stopping to read old notes and assignments?
6. Carry a call slip without giving the person the high sign when you enter the room?
7. Locate the pencil under your desk without squirming around in your chair and making horrible faces?
8. Buy new notebook paper before the other runs out?
9. Walk by a class room whitout stopping to look in?
10. Civic League Officers, come after your badges without stopping to visit with anyone?
If you say yes to the above questions, will it be "Bravo" or have expression of doubts?
-Exchange
All the color teams this semeE ter have the same number of h orn rooms. The teams are as foll o wE
Red;103,301,302, 320,106, 20E 303, and 110.
Blue:308,314, 220,310,305, 104 212, and 108.
Green: 105, 312, 218, 216., 304 300, 210, and 205.
Orange: 101,31~ 22a 20~ 1ru 307, 207, and 112.
To the pupils who are ne w these color teams are ma de u and ''run'' un der the superv i Rio: of Mr. Strawn , and Mis Williams.
The winning home room of : ball game earns 100 point s fo his color team. 50 point s a r earned by courtesy to the u mp ir and all other officers in char ge o the game.
Due to the weather a f e, games of basketball were p lay e, in the gym. They were all pr ac tice games.
The scores of the games p la ye, are as follws. Winner app eari n: last.
110 vs 300 209 vs 212
vs 310
vs 312
vs 216 208 VB 307 314 vs 316
302 VB 304
301 vs 101 816 VB 105
112 vs 30 3
205 vs 10 4
308 vs 22 0
216 vs 20 3
209 vs 210
212 vs 210
105 vs 103
305 vs 31 0
305 VB 30 4
305 vs 30 7
This color team contest ru n s a: through the semester and a t th end of the contest pennants ar awarded by the gym teacher s , t the winning team.
Let us all go out and help you home room win and a]so h el your color team.
T he -Whittier Gfeenleaf
VOL 12 N O. 3 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA NOVEMBER 9, 1934
Fathers and Sons .
Mee t November 1
WHITT IER BAND PLAYS FA THERS VISIT SHOPS
The fat her and son meeting was held in the Whittier auditorium the evening of November first.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
CALENDAR
November 5, 7A Class Meeting, 209 visits the library.
November 8, 7A Civic League Trip, 210 visits the library, 8B Class Meeting.
November 9, Armistice Day Program.
November 12, 212 visits the library.
November 13, P.T.A.
November 15, 8B Civic League Trip, Delegate Assembly. N ovem her 16, Reports from delegates.
Whittier Assists In Demonstration
WHITTER PRESENTS MANY VERY INTERESTING EXHIBITS
Thur8day and Friday, October 25 and 26 respectively, Whittier united with other Lincoln schools to present a number of exhibits and entertainments for the N.S.T.A.
The Whittier Band, directed by Mr. L yle A. Welch, played three selec tions, "Royal Guards" -March; "S~mmer Nights"Waltz; and "Na val Reserves"March. ._____________ __, The 8B's sang. The boys glee
The secon d part of the program was a we lcome to fathers, given by Don Yates, president of the Boys Jun ior Civic League./ There was then a response by Mr. A. Lynn Myers, who is the city buildin g inspector.
The music department of Whittier presented three concerts
Armistice Day club, combined with 400 other boys presented a concert at the Program Nov. 9 1coliseum, led by Mr. Temple. The · girls glee club also presented a VARIED PRQGl{AM GIVEN concert.
FOR WHHTIER The Art department was rePUPILS presented at Everett by Wesley
The third number on the pro- On November the ninth in the gram was music by the Wilson Whittier Auditorium the ArmQuartet, composed of Helen, istice program took place. The Mary, Jame s and Ernest Wilson. program was opened with the Helen is i n 308, Mary is in 312, school singing America. FollowJames in 106, and Ernest goes to ing came the flag salute led by Elliott gra de school. They sang I Bruce Eberhart. Under the difour num bers. They sang a num- rection of Mrs. White the 7B her which introduced them' 'How- group sang, There Are Many do-you-do Everybody," "Ain't Flags in Many Lands. goin' to Grieve," "Swing low Donald Yates, the boys Civic Sweet Chariot," and ''Ain't it a League president gave a welcome Shame.'' to the parents. A reading given
The ne xt thing on the program by Twila Perrin about the bewas a sp eech by Newton W. ginning of Armistice Day was Gaines. followed by Esther Rembolt who (Con tinued on page 3) (Continued on page 3)
Knippel and Marion Moffett. Wesley made creative designs while Marion modelled clay animals.
Tea and Ice-box cookies were provided by the home economics department of which Miss Mary Wilson was city chairman. · This department provided marigolds and candlesticks for the tables.
Science so far as Whittier was concerned was represented by a display of weather instruments, an exhibit on improving things, and a demonstration of water. The three science teachers each took one unit.
(Continued on page 3)
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Published every tVI-O weeks during the school year by the pupils of Whittier junior high school, at 22nd and Vine streets, Lincoln, Nebraska. Set up and printed by the pupils taking printing I, and II.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
pupils of a new code that Lincoln had started. He asked us to vote on this matter and then report it to him. Most of the home rooms have done this but there are still some who have not yet decided.
Miss Selma Hult
Homer L. Gammill
Mr. Culler
Editor-in-chief
9A Editor
Editorials
Typist
Miss Olive Keller Miss Cross
Bruce Eberhart
Dean Pohlenz
Ardeana Knippel
Arline Irvine
GREENLEAF STAFF
Virginia Kinnamon Doro t hy Mattley
Morris Mayfield
Philip Becker
Keith Butts
JamesCampbell
John Caywood
Kenneth Cook
Martha Wimberly
PRINTERS
Frank Brill
Bob Campbell
F ra nk Caywood
James Carrel
Carroll Davidson
Clarence De Shaye s
Edward Folmer
Roy Frederick
Louis Gra bows ki
Gene Lawrence
James M a cpherson
Richard Mc Farland
Robert Miller
Dean Pohlenz
Robert Proplesch
Albert Schwindt
Fritz Sienknecht
Donald Fahmbruch
Robert Folsom
Ll o yd Gibson
Gerald Huber
Richard Lee
Zenus Martin
Alex Miller
Ernest Morello
Leon Po lic k
Manuel Schaaf
Floy Shastid
Jacob Sinner
Leland Van Boskirk
Boys Riding too Fast on the Sidewalk
The office has received several complaints of boys riding their bicycles too fast down the sidewalk east of the building. Unless this is stopped the office will be forced to ask you to wheel your bikes.
We all know, boys, that the sidewalk must be used, but can't we use it more sanely and consequently more safely?
Attention, Bicycle Riders
November 9, 193,
"I wonder why we have a 8a fe ty committee?'' Of cour8e to h eli in the gymnasium to keep thi girls behind the black line: one, the girls start playing baske t b al then it will be the duty of e ver: one to stay behind the black li ne
The most important rule am •The men who started this cam- the hardest to obey is when pa ss paign are sure that this program ing out of the gymnasium af te will work, with the full cooper- the games. The doors w ill b, ation of all the schools. Mr. opened and every girl shou ld b Lefler said that the . three silent un til the girl on dut y o schools, Irving, Everett, and Miss Williams gives a sig n al t Whittier were starting this so all begin to leave. the pupils will have to help. Divide in the center of t h
It is said that Lincoln does not gymnasium leave in a sing le fil have safe streets, so we all want without pushing and talkin g to show people that this is not true.
"Remember the Code."
1. Ride close to the curb!
2. Signal at all corners and stopping places!
3. Stop at all signals, lights or buttons!
Let us all help to make Lincoln a safe place!
GIRLS GYMNASIUM RULES
In the past semesters it has been understood not to eat candy in the gymnasium and this was all right but some girls brought it in the gymnasium anyway. This semester Miss Williams has made the new rule that candy can be eaten if the paper is removed before entering the gymnasium.
Girls who do not play ball should not attempt to go in the girls dressing room unless the name is written on the paper that the girls property commitee has.
After once entering the gym-
GYM RULES FOR BOY S
The boys have been filin g ou of the gym in pretty good for rr. but there are still a few t hin g that the boys persiE:lt in doi n~ First when a Ci vie League offic e tells you to keep your feet bac you should d9 as you are t ol because many accidents are lia bl to happen by boys stumbling ovE the observers' feet.
Another thing, the boys t h:: sit next to the tall .doors t h2 divide the boys and girls gy rr. will have to stop doing, is p ou nc ing on the doors, which an n oy the girls in the gym and a ls shows lack of interest in th games that the bo yR are pla yi n~ The boys should also rem mbf when the bell rings they a re 1 stay in line and not all rush a cr m the floor. The boys in the ba lc on should also wait till they 81 signaled to go.
October tenth, Mr. Lefler, nasium please don't ask to leave Friday, Oct. 26, the girls glf club sang selections at St. P a ul church for the high school d iv sion of the N. S. T. A. T hE were dir~cted by Mrs. Whit e. came to Whittier and told the unless it is of great importance.
Novembe r 9, 1934
N OTABLE NOTES
Comb ined with four hundred other bo ys from other junior and senior h igh schools, twenty-eight boys fro m the Whittier glee club gave a thirty miuute concert at the Colis eum, Thursday, October, 25 for the N. S. T. A. They were led by Mr. W. G. Temple of Lincoln High School.
Durin g the last program the prep. or chestra had, Betty Dobbs of 104 played several selections on her a ccordian. Prep. orchestra has a program every Friday in which several pupils -take part.
In Mr s. White's 7B music class, tt/ while t h ey were choosing songs to sing, La Verne Overton raised his hand a nd waved it wildly. When Mrs. White called on him he said, I, ·s r "Drink to me Only With Thine k , Eyes., .,
In the 1928 issue of the Whittier Jr. High News they said that, al though Whittier hasn't much in the way of a beautiful lawn or a ny fancy entrances, it could be k ept clean by not throwing can dy papers around and litering it with trash. You can see wh at a change has taken place in the six short years of progress .
The bo ys property committee wishes to express its thanks to Edward Edison who took the time to build a new box for the playgro und equipment.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
FATHERS AND SONS
MEET NOVEMBER 1 3
THINGS WE NEVER EXPECT TO SEE SEPARATED
(Continued from page 1) Dolores Hansen and Arleen
They then served refreshments Burkett. from the stage. The boys then · Esther Rembolt and Ruth took their fathers or partners to Preditt. the shops, where some of the Bread and Butter. boys were working. Virginia Kinnamon and Lor-
The program was enjoyed im- raine Redding. mensely by the fathers and the Evelyn Be 10 t e and Gwen sons.
ARMISTICE DAY
PROGRAM NOV. 9
( Continued from page 1) gave a reading, Significance of Armistice Day.
For the first time this semester the combined boys and girls glee club sang, Speed Our Repub- lic and Praise for Peace and a Hymn, solo part taken by Byrdis Whinnery, directed by Mrs. White. A reading entitled, Young Fellow My Lads was given by Billy Keller.
Miss William's girls physical education class had a balloon drill. Making This Thing Plain, a reading, was given by Frances Anderson. The program was concluded with the school singing, The Star Spangled Banner. Taps was played by Ed ward Edison.
WHITTIER ASSISTS IN DEMONSTRATION
(Continued on page 1)
The Social Studies department exhibit consisted of exhibits of materials used in history, and the first unit of work in industrial georgraphy.
The English branch was represented by means of posters. These showed the different phases
Mrs. P inney had her hair fixed of sentence building. The posters into rolls of soft curls this sum- contained a sample of the diffmer. If you haven't yet seen it ere n t work each semester. you'll have to go and see her Original compositions were also
Cannon.
Salt and Pepper. Norman Hogan and Bruce Eberhart.
Morris Mayfield and Don Yates. Georgia Gaddis and Wilma Taber.
Leon Polick and Leon Poaster and Dean Pohlenz.
Alge bra a n d M r . W. F . McMullen.
Mr. Gammill and his popularity ( with the ? girls.)
Herbert Schwartz and Billy Leach.
Science a n d M r . W A. McMullen.
Martha Wimberly and Dorothy Mattley.
Miss D. Green and her good disposition.
MOVING
Moving time, what a time! Everyone marching in a line. Down the alley mother and kids, Yes, we moved I'll say we did; Tubs and baskets and chairs galore, Boxes sitting all over the floor, This is how you move when you move next door, But if you ask me, I don't want to move any more.
- Lucille Whited
Tit: "What's worse than raincats and dogs?'' someti me. shown .
Tat: "Hailing Taxicabs."
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
First Student: So you are going to graduate with the junior class, are you'? Tell me, what are you majoring in?
Second Student: (proudly) Lunch hour.
Mrs.. Culler: "I'm going after dinner.''
Mr. ·Culler: "My dear, wha t will I do without you?"
Mrs. Culler: "The dishes."
"You go to bed at twelve or one, And th us destro y your health , my son .' ' "No, sir , " the bo y said drowsil y, "It ' s getting up t hat's killing me.''
- John Bannister Tabb
Lama r Fowler : "Boy, James Campell sure is lazy."
Frank Caywood: ''What makes you think so?"
Lamar -: ''Why yesterday in the library, he dropped a book and then dropped three more to make it worth while to pick it up.
Editor: Did you cut all the words out of that story that you could?
Reporter: Yes, I think so.
Editor: Did you eliminate all the words possible in the part about the farm?
Reporter: Yes, I even had the cow giving condensed milk .
AROUND THE CIRCLE
Rags make paper
Paper makes money
Money makes banks
Banks make loans
Loans make poverty
Poverty makes rags.
Roger Hageman: [trying out for track.] Coach will you time me , as I want to try a fifty y ard dash?
Coach: Wait a minute till I get a calendar.
Herm. R. ' ' Once I hit a golf ball and nearly killed a man."
Zeke: ''Really?''
Herm. R. ''Yes, the pro who was teaching me, almost dropped dead when I hit it."
First Boy : Everybody says I have my pa's ears and eyes.
Second Boy: Well I got my grandfathers teeth up stairs in a glass.
Small boy at Zoo: "Oh . mama, that monkey looks just exactly like Uncle Ned."
Mother: ''Why, Bobby, the idea! You shouldn't say such things."
Bobby: "Aw, mama, the monkey can't understand!"
Teacher: to tardy student, "Why are you so late?"
Bobby: "Well the sign down there--''
Teacher: "What does the sign have to do with it?"
Bobby: ''We-e-11 the sign said 'school ahead go slow'."
November 9, 193 4
Carl: That horse knows as much as I do.
Hen~y: Don't tell anybo dy . You might want to sell him so me day.
Circus manager: Well, wh at 's wrong now?
India Rubber Man: Every t im e the strong man writes a let te r he uses me to rub out t h~ mistakes.
Delores Hansen: "I can't si n g; both my arms are sore.·'
Mrs. White: ''But you d on 't need your arms ·to sing."
Delores: "No, but I need t he m to protect myself.''
Mr. Ross: "Is your wife al way s with you in your hours of trouble."
Pop Heston: "Yes, I d on' t have them unless she's aroun d. "
Betty: "I got Greece on th e radio.''
Mother: "Well hurry and w ip€ it up before your father ge ts home.''
Salesman (to girl): Now w he n you stop you must put on t he brakes.''
Girl: ''Oh, I thought the bra k es came with the car."
Two very pretty girls me t on the street and kissed each oth er rapturously. Mr. W.F. McM ull en and Mr. Heston watched t he meeting.
''There's another of t ho se things that are so unfair '' remarked Mr. Heston. ' "What is that?" asked Mr. McMullen.
Mr. Heston pointed to t he scene: "Women doing m e n'~ work.''
November 9, 1934
FA MOUS SAYINGS
Miss Gr een, ''Foolish question . number 7,525. ''
Mrs. P inney, ''Fiddlesticks.''
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Boxing Teacher: Have you learned the art of self-defense?
Parent concluding the recital of his exploits: "And that, my boy , is what I did in the great war."
Pupil: Yes, I think so, but I wondered if I could t a ke the r est by mail. 5
Son: "But Daddy, why did Mrs. White, to girls glee club, "Think high." . they have so many other men?''
Miss K eller, ''Now if I may have you r attention."
Mr. W. F. McMullen, "I hope you will arrive at the answer of that pro blem in good style" or "Are we getting it?"
Miss H aatvedt, "Be quiet."
Esther Rembolt, "Oh! Goodie!"
Mrs. Barrows, "You're ex. cused."
Miss Jo nes, ''Yes pen and ink.''
Wh ole School, ' .'Did you •· ever get told .''
Rober t Kelly, " "
Wayne Parker, "Aw! Go back to the fa rm!''
Bob Wittstruck, ''I'm Popeye
First : J 1m Fishback is suing the company for damages.
Second: What happened?
First : He was carrying a piece of ste el and the whistle blew and · he d r opped it on · his foot.
Poet: I'm going to publish a book a nd · use t he n a me John Smith.
F r iend: That wouldn't be fair.
Poet: Why wouldn't it be?
Friend : Think of the thousands of innocent men who would be suspected.
Customer: I'd like to see some"Bonnie thing cheap in a straw hat. the Sailo r man."
Ben Alice Day, where's your violin."
Miss Williams, (In Home Room) ' 'Quiet Please.''
Leon Polick, "No Kiddin'."
Dean P ohlenz, "You can't fool me.''
Everyo ne, "It's the last stick I've got. "
Lawer ence Echlmeyer, ''Goodbye, ple ase, and don't slam the door."
Glen Moler, ''How will you bet on tomor row's game?"
An ol d gardner was somewhat bored b y the persi s tent questions of a to wnsman st a ying at local hotel.
One day the visitor found his victim busy planting trees and immedi ately asked: "What kind of tree ~ are you planting?"
He was somewhat taken back wh en he received the reply: "Woo den ones."
Clerk: Try this one and look in the mirror.
"A moth leads a curious life." "How come?"
"He spends the summer in a fur coat and the winter in a bathing suit."
This joke was taken out of the Hesper County Journal, dated 1892. This shows that the people of the ''good old days'' had a sense of humor. The joke:
"Do you play c::irds?" "No."
' 'Billiards?''
''No."
"Do you bow 1?" "No."
"Go to the theater?" "Never."
''Then I am sure you can lend me five dollars.''
Mrs. Br own: She told me that you told her the secret I told you not to tell her.
Mrs. Green: The mean thing! I told her not to tell you I told her.
Mrs. Brown: Well, don't tell that I told you she told me.
Harold: Do you know how to get Baller's goat?
Walter: No
Scott: Watch where he ties it !
Dan: How do you like my new tie pin?
Orville: Where did you find that?
Dan: Find it? Why I bought it from a millionaire - Woolworth.
Big game Hunter: Once while I was having a meal in the jungle, a lion came so close to me that I felt his breath on the back of my neck. What did I do?
Bored Listener: Turned your collar up?
Teacher: Why are you tardy this morning?
Elvin: The bell rang before I got here.
Fortune Teller: I warn you, a dark man is about to cross your path.
New Driver: Better warn the dark man.
Proud Mother: Yes, he's a year old, and he's been walking since he was eight months old.
Bored Visitor: Really? He must be awfully tired .
JOKES
You can't sell that man an encyclopedia.
Why not?
Because he knows everything.
Well, maybe he'll enjoy reading it and finding all the errors.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
LAST MINUTES OF PERIOD
Three minutes until the bel1; every book is closed; the pupil is on the corner of his seat ready to dash out the door the instant the bell rings. One minute goes by; the pupil edges forward, but he is wondering if the clock stop-
Employer: (To applicant) ped; nothing happens, the pupil Can you write shorthand? watches the clock; another min-
Applicant: Yes, but it takes ute is gone, the pupil becomes me long. uneasy; he opens his book for . the
AS • d' hf h t d last minute reference; the clock we 1s armer w o wan e . . . t k h t h . · ticks; the bell rmgs, the pupil o ma e 1s permanen ome m • h · f h d th· t · d f h' Jumps up rus mg or t, e oor, its col~nt? appeare or is th~ough the crowd already na ura 1za 10n papers h O h 11 1 • "A d • t ere. nee out, e stro s e1n does the Government surely down the hall and is late suit you?" to the next class.
"Y ah, answered Olsen.
"Are you satis fied with the general condition of this country?" he was asked.
"Well, yah, mostly," replied the Swede, seriously, "only, I lak more rain."
Judge (To tramp): I sentence you to six months at hard labor.
Tramp: Your honor, could you double the time and cut out the labor.
Officer: My m~n, I caught you stealing this car.
Thief: It was standing in front of the cemetery and I thought the owner was dead.
Billy: I had a fight with a boy next door.
Father: Yes, I know, his father came to see me about it .
Billy: Well, I hope you came out as good as I did.
The students get the paper, The school gets the fame, The printers get the money, And the staff gets the blame. -Exchange
-Exchange
The Whittier Greenleaf exchanges with papers in other cities, and states. In a paper we received fromN ew Bedford, Mass. called the ''Spirit O' Roosevelt,'' we find that they have entered two jokes that were taken from our paper. That shows where the Greenleaf goes.
"38 39 40 41 42-. Be quiet you make too much noise. Oh! now I forgot where I was."
The Greenleaf staff is wishing for someone with many brains, very brilliant or perhaps a mechanical robot to count words for them. Every one hates to count the words of his own story.
Miss Bethune: "I'll use my hat to represent Mars. Is there any question?"
Pupil in class: "Yes. Is Mars inhabited?''
Mrs. Pinney: Who is the father of our country?
Jean Framstead: Uncle Sam.
November 9, 193 4
JOKES FROM OLD GREENLEAFS
Looking through the old is sue s of the Greenleaf we find some very amusing jokes.
''Oh Miss Schofield, may I have a black needle and thre ad '! I have a hole in my heel."
In Mrs. Pinney's history classes she gave the assignment, ''Tell whether you favor war or oppose it, if so why." After several interesting answers had been given, she called on one of her m ore brilliant pupils who answered, "I oppose wars because wars make history and I don't lik e history."
Here's one of Pop Heston's poems in May 1924 issue He jumped on his bike as he ought to, And rode very fast, or he tho 't to.
But on crossing the tracks, He ran over a tack And said something he hadn't been taught to.
Freshie: Will you hold my books a minute?
Mr. Culler: But I'm principal of this school.
Freebie: Oh, that's all right. I'll trust you anyway.
SIGNS
You can always tell a 7B By his timid frightened stare; • You can al ways tell an 8B By the way he combs his hair; You can always tell a 9B • By his dignity and such; You can always tell a 9A But - you cannot tell him much.
Novemb er 9, 1934
ARO UND THE SCHOOL
Familiar sights around Whittier: Frank Caywood's suspenders; Pop He ston's coveralls; Miss Green's smile.
Thought s while strolling: Twe nty more days until Thanks giving. Morris and Max Mayfield are the most u'nlike (Webst er says there isn't such a word , but I'll use it anyway) twins I ever saw, except Harold and Hu bert Seng. Was I disgusted whe n I learned that there was to be no Scout or Knothole sections at the Pitt game!
I won der if anyone reads footnotes or forewords. I found a quarter the other_ day in an o1d coat. Gr and feeling!
Babe (Leon, to you) Poaster was all alone for a week, his mother having gone to Florida How was ho~sekeeping, Babe?
Person al nomination for outstanding exchanges:
THE LINCOLN HIGH ADVOCAT E and THE CRIMSON FLASH . The Advocate, as you know, is from the Lincoln High School. The Flash is from the New Be dford High School at New Bed ford, Mass.
Walkin g down the hall the other day I heard a teacher say: " 'Arou nd the School,' is the best thing in the Greenleaf.'' My assistant will now pass among you. AHEM!
Thing-a- mabobs:
Eddie Edison's idea of an optimist is one who works an algebra problem in ink.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
A recent issue of the Lincoln Journal contained an article regarding Jiggs, the Monk, ''Biggest and Proudest Specimen of his Kind at the Antelope Park Zoo." It seems that J iggs borrowed a pipe from a visitor and smoked it until he was very ill. Ah me!
ALTERNATES
Whittier has alternates so that they may substitute for the delegates when they can not go to the meetings of the delegates assembly.
Girls Alternates (First Semester)
Cleo Fluke, 101
Stella Dixon, 102
La vad ia Rohrbaugh, 103
Elsebert Spencer, 104
Gwen Cannon, 105
Agnes Dunbar, 106
Maxine Earley, 108
Mary Jane Dodds, 110
Betty Koerner, 112
Frieda Kraft, 203
June Helmstedter, 205
Mary Alice Coplen, 208
Jeanette Bolar, 209
Clarice Johnson, 210
Helen Scott, 212
Katherine Reich, 216
Florence McCoy, 218
Luella Daugherty, 220
Fern Stokes, ~22
Delores Jones, 300
Esther Grasmick, 301
Twila Perrin, 302
Shirley Jean Stockton, 303
Ramona Pickering, 304
Ruth Morton, 305
Verna Hendrix, 307
Evelyn Belote, 308
Helen Snyder, 310
Edna Lembke, 312
Betty Dowling, 314 _
Phyllis Plank, 316
Elaine Johnson, 320
Boys Alternates (First Semester)
Henry Michel, 101
Bobby Metrakos, 102
Ernest Fish, 103
Roy Wiltshire, 104
Theodore Litsey, 105
James Maxwell, 106
Lester Stearns, 108
Billy Staton, 110
George Lion berger, 112
Henry Hergenrader, 203
Gene Snyder, 205
Harry Pappas. 208
Earl Lampshire, 209
Eugene Johnson, 210
Harold Hudson , 212
Roy Moock, ~16
Frank Brill, 218
Jack Werner, 220
Edward Herzog, 222
George VanSickle, 300
Nelson Sherrow, 301
Warren Boggs, 302
Robert Cook , 303
Jesse Villanuba , 304
John Melson, 305
Ralph L~mb, 307
Frank Caywood, 308
Sam Pappas, 310
Fritz Sienknecht, 312
Floy Shastid, 314
Ray Rhoades, 316
Ben Dappen, 320
From the Lincoln High Advocate comes this Sport Snap. "It seems that Fred Meier is destined for great athletic honors. Altho' only a sophmore he is a candidate for center position on Coach Andrews reserve . squad. His brother, Franklin, who was a Links star back in 1931, is now holding down the regular position as center on Nebraska's football team.
Fred, Frank and Walter, who played on Lincoln's team in 1929 are all former Whittier pupils.
GIRLS SPORTS
Although a few days of last week were cold the games were played outside. (The crisp air pepped the teams up a little bit. Oh! If they would only step along like that all of the time!)
The race of the color teams is on. You can help your color team win extra points by playing in pickup games. · Be sure to mark down which color team you are on.
Youprobablywonder why someone was so mean as to mess up the south playground by putting big piles of dirt he r e and there. Please don't be angry. The dirt was placed there for a purpose. It is going to be used t o fill up the low spots on the playground which become filled with water during the rainy seasons. (No more puddles of water on the south playground and no more dangers of anyone drowning. Please excuse exaggeration.)
The games are as follows the winners being on the left.
BASEBALL
Consolation
218 vs 308 310 vs 222
110 vs 205 208 vs 106
314 vs bye 302 vs 222
216 vs 310 320 vs 304
Elimination
105 VS 308 301 VS 220
103 vs bye 101 vs 316
101 vs 301 312 vs 218
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
NEWCOMB
105 vs 103 104 vs 208
301 vs 312 205 vs 110 216 vs 222 108 vs 112
320 vs 102 305 vs 320
BASEBALL TOURNAMENT°
314 vs bye
302 vs 222
216 vs 310
320 vs 304
203 vs 102
305 vs bye
104 vs 208
300 vs 106
307 vs bye
300 vs 106
307 vs bye
300 vs 307 104 vs 300 112 vs 110 108 vs 205 108 vs 112 210 vs 303 212 vs 209 314 vs 312
IMPORTANCE OF OBEYING CIVIC LEAGUE OFFICERS
Whittier has long been called one of the best conducted schools in Lincoln. We owe a great deal to the preceding officers of this school for securing this place among the schools for us. These officers have made this possible by doing their work daily and succeeding in having all pupils comply with the laws of Whittier. We could · sit back and enjoy this fame, but we are not going to do this. Everyone in this school wants to keep its name above all others in the city. If we intend to keep up the morale of the school and make it stand out from the rest, we must obey these officers and help uphold the standards of Whittier.
314 vs bye 302 vs 222 Did you know that Miss Hult 216 vs 310 320 vs 30 4 had home room 305 and taught 203 vs 102 305 vs bye 7 B geography and industrial CRICKET geography up until 1926 when 10\ vs 312 320 vs 305 I Miss Rousseau ass't principal 301 vs 101 210 vs 303 1 went to Randolph and Miss Hult 303 vs 110 210 vs 208 I t ook her place? Miss Mumford 205 vs 212 301 vs 308 c a me from Park school and took 9th Champs 305
November 9, 1934
BOYS SPORTS
Most of the games hereaf te r will be basketball played in th e gym.
Before this, all the boys w h o whistle or "boo" the pla yer s have been sent to the offi c e. This will be resumed thi s semester but it is only a poor sp or t who does that while watchin g a game .
The boys who finish eat in g early should line up outside th e g y m doors and should rem ai n there until 12:20 when the do or s are opened. The boys who sit on the floor in the gym sh oul d always keep their feet back. If a player tripped over feet he woul d not only get hurt but he woul d most likely lose a score.
The scores of the games ar e a s follows. Winners appearing las t.
302 vs 105 302 vs 216
212 vs 205 110 vs 104
314 vs 103 205 vs 112
102 vs 203 310 vs 106
218 vs 220 304 vs 305
101 vs 316 308 vs 312
203 vs 320 305 vs 222
301 vs 220 210 vs 300
108 vs 209 102 vs 304
208 vs 300 108 vs 112
314 vs 218 vs 103
If the umpires do not th in k that any home room has been g oo d sports or that the people did no t stand back that color team lo se s 50 points for discourtesy.
If the color teams do not re ac h the contest number then the p e nnant is given to the team with th e highest number.
Be sure when you play that yo u do not tell the umpire how to r un the game.
T he Whittier •Greenleaf
VOL. 12 NO. 4 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA NOVEMBER 23, 1934
Book Week In A ssembly Skits
DRAMA II CLASS PORTRAYS
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
CALENDAR
November 26, Registration for the 9A's begins.
Pupils Enjoyed Moving Pictures
November 28, Thanksgiving CH ARACTERS FROM Assembly, directed by ASSEMBLY HELD TO SHOW STORIES Mrs. Shike. FILMS ON CITRUS
November 29, Thanksgiving INDUSTRY Vacation.
Friday , November 19, pupils N b
On wednesday, November 21 from Miss Osthoff's drama II ovem er 30, Thanksgiving class presented skits from Mark Vacation. the students and faculty of WhitTwain ' s immortal "Huckleberry December 6, 9A Civic League tier gathered in the auditorium Finn" an d Louisa Alcott's"Little Trips, Delegate Assembly. to see an assembly which was Women.' ' The assembly was held unusually interesting, to com memorate Book Week. 9 A
Pupils Pick
The pupils enjoyed a rare
The part of Huckleberry Finn H S C treat in being shown moving was playe d by Junior Forney. The • • OUtSeS pictures on the citrus industry. woman in the story was portrayed ---
As we all know "citrus fruit" by Doro thy Gottberg. - ARTS AND SCIENCE MOST is a general term for fruits such
The cast of "Little Women" POPULAR COURSE !•as oranges, lemons, limes and included : NAMED ' kumquats. Most of the citrus Jo Ardith Hackman orchards are located in California Meg Gwendolyn Booth The 9A's having chosen their and Florida. Amy Elaine Brinkworth vocations, are now registering The two films, one of which Mrs. Mar ch Clara Marler for high schooL Everyone is hav- was in beautiful colors, depicted Library F ile Song ing a hard time choosing the the different phases of the citrus ·Georgia Gaddis course he wants to take. The industry. The films picture the Wilma Taber course you take in high school history of the citrus industry and Udelle Jensen usually corresponds to the voca- how it originated. They showed Josephine Gold tion you have taken. how the citrus trees are planted Announce r: Ruth Preditt The course chosen by most and how they are cared for by Junior Forney as Huckleberry pupils is the Arts and Science pruning them with skill and Finn ha ndled the dialogue ex- course. Vocations such as jour- spraying them so as to keep inpertly, s upported by Dorothy nalism and school-teaching can sects from distroying the trees Gottberg. be classed under this heading. and fruit. The films also showed
Ardith H a ckman turned in an ' Since this is one of the three the process of gathering the fruit exceptiona lly good performance courses admitting a student to and the method of packing it for in her ro le as Jo. The audience the University of Nebraska, it is distribution to different cities in seemed to like the line, "I hate chosen by the majority of pupils the United States and for diseffected, niminy-piminy chitsP' as the most satisfactory course. tribution in neighboring coun-
On the whole the school en- T-he other courses giving entrance tries. Joyed the assembly immensely. [Continued on Page 8] [Continued on Page8]
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Published every t\11,0 weeks during the school year by the pupils of Whittier junior high school, at 22nd and Vine streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Set up and printed by the pupils taking printing I, and II
Member
Miss Selma Hult
Homer L. Gammill Miss Olive Keller Mr. Culler Miss Cross
Editor-in-chief Bruce Eberhart
9A Editor Dean Pohlenz
Editori als A r de a na Knippel
Typist Arline Irvine GREENLEAF STAFF
Virginia Kinnamon Dorothy Mattlev
Morris Mayfie l d Martha Wimberly
P RIN T ERS
Ph ilip Becker
K e ith Butts
JamesCampbell
John Caywood
Kenneth C o ok
C l aren c e De Shav es
Edward Folm e r
Roy Frederick
Louis Gr a bowski
Gene Lawrence
James Macpherson
Richard Mc Farland
Robert Miller
Dean Pohl e nz
Robert Proplesch
November 23 , 193 4
hind you. against. 897 for and 108 blown by a huge fan thr oug h
3. Stop at s jg nals. against. small tunnels, washed and t h en all stop signs and blown into a large tunnel to ht tl e 838 for · and 157 ducts which lead up to the r oo ms.
4. Never carry another pers on in front of you. 606 for 315 against.
5. Never take hold of or hold on to any street car or vehicle in motion. 984 for and 12 against.
6. Keep in the lane of tra:fjic. 892 for and 110 against.
7. Always have both hands on the handle-bars. 483 for and 105 against.
8. Do no stunt riding. 761 for and 175 against.
In the attic there are man y fa ns to remove the stale air fro m th e rooms. These can be turned on by switches.
Albert Sch w indt F ran k B r ill
Fritz Sienknecht
Bob Campb e ll F rank Cayw oo d
James Ca rre l Carro ll Davidson
Do nald Fahrnbruch
R ob ert Fol som Ll o yd Gi
n G e r a ld Huber
Richard Lee
Zen us M a rtin
Ale x Miller
Ern es t M o r e llo
Leon Po lick
M a nuel Schaa f Flo y Sh a stid
Ja c ob S i nner
Leland Van Boskirk
Vote on bicycle code
After the home rooms sent suggestions for the bicycle code, a committee of Mr. Culler, the two Civic League presidents, and safety chairmen, took all the suggestions and made a bicycle code of ten rules. These were sent to the home rooms and voted on by the pupils. The following are the rules and the number of pupils for and against each one.
1. Ride on the right side of the street . reasonably close to the curb. 947 for and 62 against .
2. Signal to turn, always giving plenty of time to the one be-
Note: It is desirable for a bicycle to have a light in front and a light or reflector in the rear. 562 for and 105 against.
CHEWING GUM
Chew, chew, chew, jaws go up and down again, Chop, chop, chop, never ceasing, then, Chaw. chaw, chaw, cha wing up and down again,
But Miss Bethune will get you~
Eat eat, eat, eating candy all the time, Moving down, in awful ryhme, Up, down, up, the never-stopping rhyme goes, Miss Bethune will get you.
You must stop chewing gum, You'll get caught eating some, Then you will get in Dutch, You cannot eat so much,
For Miss Bethune will get you.
HEATING AND VENTILATING SYSTEM OF WHITTIER
When the air first ent8rs the W h i t tier building through a square cement structure it is
The heating system consi stB of four furnaces which burn th r ee to four tons of coal on an av er ag e fall day. The coal is fed in t o th e furnace by a mechanical d e v ic e called a stoker. The coal ro om under the building holds t wo hundred tons of coal at fu ll capacity. The furnace burns n ea rly six hundred tons of coal a ye ar. There are boilers over th e fo ur furnaces containing wa te r, it changes to steam when h ea ted and goes up pipes to the r oo ms, gives off heat, condenses, a nd comes back and is reheat e d. On top of the furnaces are th er e valves which open and r el e as e xcess steam if the pressu r e becomes too great.
Ida Mae Hill i ar d-
9A CLASS MEETIN G
November 1 the 9A cla s h led by Norman Hogan held a very !nteresting class meeting The meeting was started by th e fla g salute and ci vie league p l ed ge The chairmen of the commi tt ee' s were introduced. The cha ir men then introduced t h eir committees. The s o n g ,~ ommi ttee, Lenore Carr, chai r man , Bernice Firestine, Dorothy Cook, Roy Turnball and Ge r ald Casement. Service comm it t ee, Kenneth Covey, chairman, Glen Ren n a 1s , Don Yates, and Phillip Yakal. Program for class day, Morris Mayfield ~h air(Continued on page 7)
November 23, 1934
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
WANT ADS COMMENT ON ASSEMBLY INTERESTING CLASS MEETING HELD
Found: Roll of five dollar bills. Will owne r please form a line at the north en trance to main building?
For sale : One set of slightly used civic s papers. See Jeannette Rathburn, 308.
Lost, str ayed or stolen: Ability to write non-personal English sentenc es. "If found return to Billy John s, 105.
For saie cheap: One mind, slightly use d. Apply Greenleaf office 201A
Wanted: Encouragement, for the 9A's to try to enter Civics class with the assured feeling of having th eir lesson.
Lost: Po und box of Indifference. Call at 307.
Home ·room 310 has a new addition. It arrived Tuesday morning Oct ober 30, through the mail from Florida. The new member is an alligator 9 1-2 inches long. At once it was named Oscar by Helen Snyder. All the girls decid ed it was a good name, but the bo ys wanted to call it Boschult a fter Mrs. Boschult. During the morning Mrs. Boschult thou ght of Archie. Well if everone encourages her she will prob ably name it Oscar Archie Bos chult.
- Garland Walkinshaw
Because of the lack of space this item was not put in the third issue. On October 17, we had a very interesting assembly unlike any we have had for ·a long time. A student from the University showed the pupils some picture slides taken from a geological expedition that he went on which was in the western part of Nebraska. There were different formations of rock and some of animals. We hope we may have another assembly something like this one again soon.
AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING
1. You go home with a long algebra assignment and your heart feels as though it couldn't get any lower.
2. Boys call, and after a little persuasion you join them in a game of football.
3. In the evening Mother and Dad are going away and you are too, without thinking of algebra.
4. Before going to bed you think of your assignment, but say you will do it in the morning.
5. But you sleep late, so you have no time to get it.
6. During home room period, WHAT IF WE DID ALL THE TEACH ERS TOLD US TO? but home room teacher hands out registration material and so there
Run your eye down the page. is no time. Then without warning You may co ntinue the Civil War the bell rings and it seems to say,
• tomorr ow. "no grade."
Skip over the next two chapters.
7. Yougointoclassashamed and Run over the lesson carefully. try to find an excuse but none Jump at con clusions. se 0 ems just right.
Go get Dan iel webster out of the o. Then the algebra tea~her bookca se. I says, I gave too long an. assign- Skim the cha pters from now on. I ment yeste~day so we ~111 hand
Carry your voice to one certain Ithe papE:rs 1? tomorrow· volu
9. "Am't 1t a grand and glor10us me. f 1· ?"
Go up the scale. - ee mg•
On the day of Thursday, November 1, 1934, a very interesting class meeting was held by the 9B class. The flag salute was led by Fred Swihart, home room 316, following which the minutes of the last meeting • were read by the secretary, Rosa Klein, and were approved by the 9B class. Earl Beardsley, home room 101 introduced the class officers. They are as follows: the president, Lawerence Echelmeyer, 218, vice president, Genvieve Scdoris, 101, secretary, Rosa Klein, 314, and last but not least, the treasurer, GlenDale Hoke, home room 218.
The president called upon each home room president and required that he represent his home room for the scholarship roll. He then gave a speech thanking the 9B pupils ever so much for electing him class president.
Charles Greenburg was also introduced by the president. He gave a speech on the subject of class colors which the 9B's wish to have when they graduate in June, 1935. There were seven different combinations of colors on the charts to choose from. These colors were chosen by the committee. The next day the colors were to be taken to each 9 B home room to vote on the colors they wished to have. The class colors which the 9B's are to have on class day will be found out in the next meeting on December 20, 1934. The pupils on the color committee are, Charles Greenburg, the chairman 301, Marian Moffet 301, Robert Folsom 3 1 2 , an d Genevieve Scdoris 101.
4
CHINESE LAUNDRY
By Lucille Whited
Darleen had just left to get a bus. She had had a big dav's work and had collected a hundred dollars which she had in her purse. It was 10 :30. Her bus was due in ten minutes.
On the bus she was thinking of a story she had read. It was about Chinese robberies. While she was thinking they called a strange name. She knew, tben, she was on the wrong bus.
When she stepped off of the bus, to her surprise, a few drops of rain were falling. All she could see was a dim light and two old dilapidated houses. This light must come from a house. Darleen decided to go down to the house that had the light and call a taxi. As she was approaching a tree, two Chinese jumped out in front of her, putting a note in her face. Darleen started to run. She could hear foot-steps behind her. She ran into what she thought was an alley but instead it was a passage to one of these old dilapidated houses. Into a -dark room she went. She could hear someone breathing.
Was she cornered?
It was coming nearer every minute.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
on her face as she opened the note.
The note said: Dear Madam:
Have your laundry sent to the Chinese Laundry. 17 cents a lb.
2769Z Street City
Hunter: Had great luck today, shot 17 ducks.
Friend: Were they wild ?
Hunter: No, but the farmer that owned them was.
THE TRUTH ONLY
N ovem her 23, 1934
Delbert Cates: Is it true, Miss Green, that the sheep is t he dumbest of all animals?
Miss Green: Yes, my little l am b.
Miss Johnson: Paul where was Solomon's Temple? _ Paul Rush: On the side of his head of course.
From a paper printe d in Liberty, Nebraska [not a s c hool paper] was taken a clipping a bout a car accident. In about the th ird
She: I don't like the look of sentence it read, "The ca n in that halibut. which Mrs. [ ] was r i6i ng
Fish dealer: If it's looks you're left the road and hit a telep ho ne after, madam, you'd better buy post." The editor of the p hper goldfish. must not read proof. We nom in a te Mr. Gammill as a pretty go od
Doctor: What kind of nurse do editor. you want?
Victim: Did you wire for my wife?
Doctor; Yes, we did.
Victim: Then a homely one will do.
Our dark and handsome hero
Sits standing on his chest, His face is colored darkly
Teacher: Surely you know wh at mirror means, Thomas, afte r you have washed, what do you look at to see if your face is clea n?
Thomas Rice: The towel, s ir
First Sailor: What do you h a ve to do to be buried with mil i t a ry
With gravy on his vest. And every dog that comes his honors? way
Second Sailor: You have t o be
Chases hares from off his chest. dead.
"Speak! Speak ! , " cried Did you hear about the ScothDarleen. man who died of a stroke? NOTABLE NOTES "Oink! Oink! Oink!," came a No, what happened? little voice from the corner. It He was throwing pennies to We wish to announce t h l;l,t was a pig. the children and the string broke. there was an error in the t h ird She had hardly gotten over issue, stating that Billy K ell er this scare when she heard foot- Mr. Culler: Say boy, I wouldn't steps that were coming nearer. slide down the banister that way. recited th e reading •'Young F el' 'Take this!,'' cried a rough Freshie; No, how would you do low My Lad" in the Armi s t ice it? voice. ''I will,'' said Darleen with _______ Day program. It was Ric h a rd fear. •
Humpty Dumpty had a great Keller who recited the poem. The In her room the next morning fall, but his Winters and Summers staff is sorry this mistake was she sat with a look of great fear weren't so good. made and apologizes for it.
Novemb er 23, 1934
ARO UND THE SCHOOL
by Dean Pohlenz
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF 5
Because of complaints saying Dear Aunt Bessie: that Around the School wasn't a Why do leaves turn red in the suitable name this column will fall? hereafter be titled "Here and The Greenleaf has received There.'' several complaints saying it's
Dear Walter: Blushingly , Walter Long jokee ar e stale. After all, they are Similes: about Whittier students. As sweet as Virginia Kinna-
F&F Cough Lozenges may be good for colds but they don't help you wh en you blow them into another person's face.
With all the hitch-hiking there
mon' s smile; as clear as Jean Framstead's eyes; as long as Eddie Edison's conversations; as far away as Mr. Gammill's stare.
A CHAT WITH AUNT BESSIE
is, I ha ve yet to see anyone employ Dear Aunt Bessie: the method Claudette Colbert used in ''It Happened One Night ."
What well-known student recently flunked an Algebra test? In fac t, Mr. McMullen is wondering what student didn't flunk that tes t.
Person al nomination for most winning personality: Paul Schafer.
I owe an apology to the College View junior high ''Purple and Gold" for swiping so much of their co py.
Nickna mes: Paul "Pete" Schaffer, Lorraine "Lonn ie" Redding, Leon "Babe" Poa st er, Virginia "Jinny" Kinnamon , Leon ''Flash·' Polick.
I am a very inquisitive person. I am coming to you with a problem that has bothered me immensely. I would like to know how many people there are in the cemetery.
Inquisitjvely, Glen Reynolds
Dear Dummie: Usually they are all dead. Gravely, Aunt Bessie
Dear Bessie: Why does Kenneth Covey's hair have electricity in it? Experimentally, ''Bony'' Marshall
Dear "Bony:"
Because it is attached to a dry cell.
Yours truly, Aunt Bessie
Dear Aunt Bessie: How can l learn to recite we11?
Carol Long
Because they are blushing to think how green they were in the summer.
Aunt Bessie
Dear Auntie: What's the best stroke?
Fishily , Ernest Fish
Dear Ernest: The paralytic, it takes you clear to heaven.
Swimmingly , Bessie
Dearest Aunt Bessie: I am picking out my future pall-bearers and I just can't figure out what a pall-bearer is? Deadly, Leon Polick
Dear Leon: It is a man who gives another a lift.
U ndertakingly, Aunt Bessie
NOTABLE NOTE
They say that springtime is the season for budding yoµng romance, but from the looks of t h i n g s , a u t u m n h a s its possibilities.
The whole school is sorry to lose J immie Macpherson, 103 , who is leaving next Tuesday for Denver . The 9A class will lose one of its outstanding members Dear Carol: Donald Yates: Did you hear in Jim mie. You might take a course in elec- about those new football hamburtrocution. It would sort of finish IgeErs? t F' h Wh t d Did you ever think of Misses rnes 1s : a o you Mary a nd Margaret Wilson as you off. mean football hamburgers? twins? Well, don't do it because
Cheerily, Donald: First one down tmd ten they'r e not.
Aunt Bessie to go.
First Waitress: "So him if his grapefruit was juicy.''
Second Waitress: "What did he say?"
First Waitress: ' • 1 He just looked at me, butI read the answer in his eyes.''
Boy: "What are you doing now?''
Man: "Tickling the ivories."
Boy: "I didn't know you played the piano."
Man: "I don't. I give shampoos.''
November 23, 193 4
JOKES
Don Yates: "We have eig h 1" yeight keys in our house and r ot one of them fits a door."
Ken Covey: ''Well, why n ot throw them out?"
Don: "If we did, we coul d n 't play the piano.''
(Small boy watching cobble r a t work): "What do you r e p::i ir b oot s with Midter?''
Officer: "What do you mean by "Hide," replied the shoem a ke r driving 40 miles an hour?'' sharply.
John: "Why officer, I've only "E-r-r-eh ?" asked the boy. been driving 15 minutes." "I said, 'hide'," replied th e cobbler.
Grandpa, napping after lunch, Miss Schofield: "Why mu st we "What for?" the boy wan te d was snoring. As father entered a lway s be careful to keep our to know. he saw little Willie tw isting one house neat a nd clean?" •'Hide! The cow's outsi d e, " of the old man's vest buttons. Marion Moffett: "Because com- explained the man. "Willie" Father whispered, pany may walk in any minute." "Don't care if he is. W h o' s ''you mustn't disturb Grandpa.'' afra1·d of co '' s ·a the
Teacher: "Tell us what you a w, aI yo u : g- ''I'm not, Daddy,'' said the t d fl ·ti can about the manners and s er e an y. boy, "I'm just trying to tune m ____ _..:;_ __ on something different." customs of the people of Africa,
The policeman was taking his prisoner to the station when a playful wind flicked off the prisoner's hat. "Let me get it," the arrested man begged. ''That's the only one I've got. "What," grinned the cop knowingly, ''Let you chase it and get away? I'm not so dumb as that. You sta.y here and I'll run after it."
Barbara: How do you get down off of an elephant?
Betty: Oh! I' jump down. How do you?
Barbara: Silly. You can't get down off of an elephant 'cause it grows on birds.
While in home room No ir is June." H a m mo n d was eating s o1n e
June: ''They ain't got no man- candy. Miss Green saw him p::irners, and they don't wear much taking of the delicacy and tr ,l d customs.'' him to "spit or swallow." N orr is
"Mother'' asked little Benny, promptly replied. "Oh! S.O.S ."
when they had guests for dinner, John: If I stopped a boy fr om "Will the· dessert hurt or is there beating a donkey, what vi r tu e enough to go around? would I be showing?
1 'tn what season does the well dressed aviator wear a parachute?"
''In the fall, of course.''
Bruce: "Just think."
Earle: "What?"
Fred: Brotherly love.
''Pop, what's a family tie ?"
"Mine apparently. Every ti rn e I want it, one of you kids has it. ''
Slow Waiter: What do y uo
Bruce: "Think what a hard want in this sandwich? time two cross-eyed people have Customer: My teeth. looking each other in the eye.''
Stanley Clark: "Eugene, I' ve got a stomach ache.'' barn, Rastus. member me? I saved your life two
Jim: Lead this little colt to the George Metcalf: "Pardon, re-
Rastu~: Not me boy! I don't weeks ago ." want a pair of semi-circles on the Georgia Gaddis: ''Oh , its been seat of my pants. saved tour times since th e n.''
Eugene Dolansky: "No, you just think so."
Stanley: "No, I know, J ha ve inside information.''
Novembe r 23, 1934
9A CLASS MEETING
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
(Con tinued from page 2) man, Caro 1 Long, George Manni ng, Esther Rembolt and Vi rginia Kinn am on.
Lu n c h p r o gram committee, Be tty Miller, chairman, _ Ar-line Irvine, and Marjorie Arthur. Cap committee, Jean Framste ad, chairman, Ardeana Knipple , Marie Apgar and Dean Pohlenz .
Led b y Miss Jones the class practiced their song and the mottoes were voted on.
Miss Hult gave a very interesting talk on the efficiency certifica tes.
Johnn ie: Whatare thefirstfour hairs on a dogs ear called?
Jim: I don't know.
Johnn ie: Dog hairs.
FOUND
A we ll - worn room containjng a typewrit er, a telephone and a couple of pretty good tables. The owner who presumably was the Greenle af Staff may have same by payin g for ad.
WANTED
Four sound-proof walls, six sound-proof windows, and a sound-p roof door, by the Greenleaf Staff . Any one owning such, please n otify, 201A immediately. Urgent
LIMERICK
There li ved near Lincoln some farm ers
Of bees t hey tried to be charmers They s potted a hive And s tarted to dive
JOK[ -S
Father: As this was your first day in school, how did you like the teacher?
Harold: I don't like her. She lofd me to sit in the last sel'8
Miss Osthoff (during an Eng- Jor the present, but she didn't lish lesson) Can anyone make up give me the present. a sentence containing the words, "defence," "defeat" and "detail?''
Gail Porter: When a cat jumps over defence, def eat goes over in front of detail.
HURRAH FOR PATRIOTS
Bob Francis (gasping at his report card) : Well, I'm as famous as George Washington. •
Norris Hammond: How come?
Bob: I went down in history again today.
First Burglar: I need glasses.
Second Burglar: What makes you think so?
First Burglar: Well, I was twirlling the knobs of the safe and a dance orchestra came on.
Ted: How is it Jim writes his etters so slowly?
Harry: He has to; his chum can't read fast.
Miss Green (giving spelling test): Spell symmetry.
Mary Jane: Do you mean the place where they bury people.
Georgia Gaddis: ''I hear that in '33 they predicted the world would end in '34 and in'34 they predict it will end in '35."
Bonnie Parsons: I hope it doesn't end before '36 because.I: want to prove to the teachers I can graduate.
An Indian come to t4e city for the -first time. He sa.w a man riding a bicycle. He . grunted and Did you ever hear of the Scotch- said, "Huh, white man heap big rr_ian that squeezed a do11ar SO' lazy, sit§ Cl walk." tight he made the eagle scream.
Sure he figures it's cheaper than keeping a canary.
Betty Dowling: "How would you beautify the city?''
Georgia Gaddis; "I'd sit on the front porch. ''
"John," whispered Mrs. Brown, straightening up in bed, "what's that noise in the library?
"Must be history repeating itself" muttered John, drowsily
Sunday School Teacher-' 'How many want to go heaven?" They all raised their hands except one.
Sunday School Teacher- '' All good little girls want to go to heaven. Why don't you?"
Little girl- "No, ma'am I can't go, our family is moving back to Detroit."
Delores Han sen: ( Getting on a bus) Well, Noah, is the ark full?
Bus driver: No, climb on, we need a monkey.
Miss Madsen: Can you tell me Teacher: Willie, when is the what we get from the sun bu best time to gather fruit?
But the bees from behind the harmers. were not from the moon?
Willie: When the farmers dog
Betty Brown: Freckles. is tied to the post.
GIRLS SPORTS
A game which could have been won, was lost because players w e r e d r a w n illegally from another home room. If there aren't enough players in your home room, draw players from another home room which is on the same color team as you are, before you play. See Miss Williams about drawing players from ·other home rooms.
The playground committee has decided upon the schedule of the indoor games. The Newcomb tournament will be finished first.
The sev enth and eighth grades will play kickpin whil e the ninth grade will play in a basketball tournament.
The games are as follows the winners being on the left.
BASEBALL
Elimination
103 vs 105 212 vs 108 7B Champs
314 vs 103 104 vs 212 9th Champs 7th Champs
302 vs 216 • 208 vs bye
203 vs 305 112 vs 209
320 vs 203 105 vs bye 8B Champs
104 vs 106
Consolation
220 vs 316
218 vs 220
310 vs 222
208 vs 106
310 vs 102
110 vs 205
218 vs 110
303 vs 209 208 vs 303
CRICKET
105 vs bye
301 vs 314
101 vs 312
305 vs 203
102 vs bye
THE \VHITTIER GREENLEAF
NEWCOMB
316 vs 220 101 vs 218
301 VB 312
314 vs bye
310 vs 302
305 vs 203
9A PUPILS PICK
304 vs bye
300 vs 106 212 vs 209 · 210 VS 303 205 VB 208
307 vs 106
300 vs bye
205 vs 112
110 VB 303 108 vs 212
H. S. COURSES
[Continued from Page 1] • to the University are the agricultural and engineering courses. Every semester the pupil gets to elect some of his studies. The list of elections is very long and affords the pupil a wide selection. The credits are counted in high school by hours, to get extra hours, some boys go out for football and basketball and earn a few hours by pl:;,i.ying on the team.
PUPILS ENGAGED
MOVING
PICTURES
November 23, 1934
BOYS SPORTS
The color team race is al most a tie with the Blue and Gr e en. The contest has only starte d a nd will change, but thus far in the semester the Blues are lea di ng the Greens by a scant 150 p oin ts. The count on November 9, was as follows.
Blue-5750 Red-510 0 Green-5600 Orange -42 00
The score of the games ar e as follows. Winners appearin g la st.
222 vs 305 216 vs 30 4
110 VS 112 105 VS 22 0
210 vs 320 108 vs 30 3
302 vs 103 316 vs 21 8
320 vs 102 106 vs 203
101 vs 103
In the ninth grade tea ms it seems to be a tie as to which ho me room will get the champion sh ip.
It will have to be put off unt il 103
and 220 meet on the diamon d . 103 has 5 victories to 220 with 4. 312, [Continued from Page I] 103 and 220 have not yet be en
The students enjoyed seeing defeated. the film as well as adding more The other home rooms who information to their knowledge have not yet been defeated a re in on the citrus industry. the eigth grade. 304 and 203. We wish to express our ap- In the seventh grade are 307 preciation to the Lincoln school 300 and 112. ' board and to the Whittier science ' • teachers who made this assembly In a few weeks all the g a mes possible. will be in the gym. The pupi ls a re asked if they will please not be so
Mr. Welch: Say DeLynn, I loud in the gym. wish you wouldn't talk so much. Mr. Strawn's gym classes ha ve
DeLynn Curry: I wasn't talk- been doing a variety of diff ere nt ing. things. Their program has be en
Mr. Welch: You sure were. made by Mr. Johnson. DeLynn Curry: I'll bet you money.
Mr. Welch: Well, you see you got the advantage of me because I am just a poor working school teacher.
C]yde Marshall's kicking r ecords have not yet been beate n by any one in the Junior High. His best punt was 67 yards an d his drop kicks 5~ yard.
T he ·Whittier Greenleaf
7B Pu pils Take j Civ ic League Trip '
INTE RESTING PLACES VISITED ON TRIP
Novemb er 1, the 7B's enjoyed a new e xperience of attending their ini tial Civic League trip. The 7B's from all the Lincoln schools a ssembled in the Stuart theatre p receding their trips.
Mr. Lefler, the superintendent of Linco ln schools, who was introduce d by Miss Towne, welcomed the 7B's. Mr. Bimson introduc ~d Mr. Na than Gold who spoke on the fundamentals of salesma nship. A 26th and 0, 8B group, le d by Miss Haberly sang several s elections.
Edith Sc huckman, a Whittier pupil, le d the audience in the Civic Le a g ue Pledge.
The ch ildren were dismissed and the y went to well known wholesale and retail companies of Lincol n where they received informat ion for their reports.
A new trip was added to the girls list this year. It included a visit to Victor Krause's home at 13th a nd H as well as a visit to his art shop.
Includin g all the ten schools represent ed, there were 475 girls and 491 boys. Whittier had the largest number of pupils attending the trips;· 129 girls and 139 boys.
There were 18 boys trips and 18 girls tr ips
CALENDAR
December 11 , P. T.A. Meeting.
December 12, Registration closes.
December 13, 9B Civic League Trip
December 17, Nomination of Civic League and class officers.
December 18, Twelve weeks grades come out.
December 19, 8A class meeting.
December 20, 9A class meeting, 9B class meeting.
Girls Glee Club
7A Pupils, Civic League Trips
INTERESTING OCCUPATIONS VISITED AND STUDIED
November 8 the members of the 7A history classes went ori their Civic League trips.
Before the trips Mr. A. E. Anderson of the Univ.ersity of Nebraska gave a talk on outdoor occupations.
Some of the places visited were Civil Engineering,County Agent's Sang for P. T. A. Office, Farm Livestock Produc-
PARENTS AND TEACHERS ENJOYED THREE SONGS
On the day of Tuesday, November 13, 1934 a P. T. A. was held. The girls glee club which was led by Mrs. White, sang three different numbers to the mothers and teachers. The songs were as follows: The Country Dance, a Lullaby, by Godard, and the last, At The Loom. These songs were enjoyed very much by the mothers and the teachere who attended the P. T. A.
Miss Pyrtle, the principal at the Bancroft school, gave a very interesting talk on her trip to Russia. She taiked on the subject of the different places she had visited and the different sights she had seen. This talk was also enjoyed very much by the mothers and the teachers. On the whole the program was very interesting.
tion, Farm seeds and grains, Geology and Fossil Collecting. Highway Construction, Landscape Gardening, Masonry and Carpentry, for boys; Americanism, Bee Culture, Bureau of Dairies, Foods Drugs and Oils, Fruit growing, Injurious Insects, Nebraska Nurseries, Poultry Raising, and Value of Foods in Nutrition, were places visited by the girls.
Five teachers attended the Civic League trip as sponsers. They were Miss Madsen, Miss Schofield, Mrs. Shike, Miss Williams and Miss Hult. Whittier sent 147 with Irving sending 121. Everett 63, Havelock High 42, Twenty-sixth and 0 30 and Jackson 13.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Published every t ~o weeks dur in g the school year by the pupils of Whittier junior high school , at 22nd an d Vine streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Set up and printed by the pupils in the printing classes.
Subscription price 20c each semester.
Single copies 5 cents.
F ~CULTY COMMITTEE
Miss Selma Hult
Homer L. Gammill Miss Olive Keller
Mr. Culler Miss Cross
Editor-in-ch ie f Bruce Eberhart
9A Editor Dean Pohlenz
Editorials Ardeana K nippe l
T y pist Arline Irvine GREENLEAF STAFF
Virginia Kinnamon D orothy Ma ttley
Morris Ma yfield Martha Wimberly
P RIN T ERS
Philip B eck er Frank Brill
Keith Butt s Bob Campbell
JamesCampbell Fran k Caywood
John Caywood James Carrel
Kenneth Cook Carroll Davidson
Clarence De Shaye s Donald Fahrnbruch
Edward Folmer Robert Folsom
Roy Fred erick Jo e Will
Louis Grabowski Gerald Huber
Gene Lawrence Richard lee
Leland Van 8oskirk Zenu s Martin
Richard Mc Farland Alex Mille r
R ober t Miller Ernest Morello
Dean Pohlenz Leon Polick
Robert Proplesch Manuel Schaaf
Albert S chwi ndt Floy Shastid
Fritz Sienknecht Jacob Sinner
Registration begins November 19
THE \VHITTIER GREENLEAF
Cafeteria Manners
When pupils are in the cafeteria they should have good manners. H ere are a few points that pupils have been paying quite a lot of attention to. (This is ·being put in this paper to remind the pupils not to forget them.) The points are: Do not talk too loud in the cafeteria. Do not try to attract the attention of your friends if they are about three tables away from you, by yelling to them. Do not run in the cafeteria because it may cause some kind of an accident. Do not reach across the table and grab your friend's lunch, although you are doing it just to tease them. Do not try to show your marksmanship by trying to see if you can throw your paper into the basket from where you are sitting or from any other pl a ce. You should walk up to the basket and drop your paper in because if you miss it, and you probably will, you will have to get up out of your seat and pick it up again. It is hoped that these suggestions are used by the Whittier pupils as long as they are here.
WANT ADS
November 19, all the pupils started registering f o r their classes of ne x t semester. The Lost: One good teacher. In9A's had already registered for quire H. R. 103. high school, but the rest of the Wanted: Some notable notes and grades registered from the nine- jokes. See Greenleaf staff, teen th on. The 7B's, 7A's, and 201A.
December 7, 193 4
Lost: One excellent 9A pupil from 103. Jimmy is missed by everyone.
Found: A new contraption for bicycles. See Norman H og an, 308, for particulars.
Wanted: Some strong perso n to carry Lavon Clouse' s cell o for her. See Lavon; H. R. 210.
JOKES
Teacher: What do you co nsid er the greatest accomplishme nt of the ancient Romans?
Student: Speaking Latin.
Party of the first part: Do you use toothpaste'?
Party of the second part: Su re. Party of the first part: I don 't; my teeth aren't loose.
Bill Welch: Does it cost mu ch to feed a giraffe?
Jack Wyman: No, you see a little goes a long ways with the m.
Fond Uncle: Well, tha t was nice , wasn't it? You like havin g a ride on uncle's knee eh?
Small Nephew: Not so ba d, but I had a ride on a real donkey once.
Teacher: How old are you ?
Student: Fifty-six:
Teacher: Seriously now?
Student: Sure, life begins at forty.
8B ' s get one elective. The 8A's Wa nte d: Some ways to make Wife: Why are you wra pp ing get two electives, and the 9B's more efficiency credits. See up those left-over pieces of toast ? get three electives. The 9A's get any 9A.
Wesley Knippel: Boy, di d you see that pretty girl smile a t me?
Verdeen Clough: that's no t hing I laughed out loud the first time I saw you.
Artist: I have to make some four electives having only Civics Lost : One half of a voice. If charcoal sketches. and English required. The 8A's other half is found, please get to choo se which they want I return to Betty Miller, H. R. to take in 9B, science or home 105. She needs it badly. economic s (for the girls) and 1 Wanted: A machine to count science or metal trades (for the words. Any one having such a boys). machine go to 201A. Urgent.
HE RE AND THERE by A CHAT WITH AUNT BESSIE ·Whittier Teachers
Dean Pohlenz
Glanc ing through my mail, I find th i s letter from Larry Echelme yer: Dear p alfrey editor of the 9A issue of the stultifying Greenleaf:
I feel rather effervescible at the deterioratingly mien incantation of orthographying my amiable name. If your intercessor can sept ennially orthography it , I shall maim your geode vertabra.
The last egress of the Greenleaf was excruciatingly obnoxious. We1l , I conject that this erudition will silence you sutlers for an epoch.
Cryptogrammatically, (Si gned) Larry Echelmeyer Quick Henry, the dictionary!
Little-k now facts about wellknown students:
Paul Schaf er has his own orchestra. Ardith Hackman has a passion for acting. Evelyn Belote is an ardent Bmg Crosby fan.
Seen in the halls:
Keith Butts picking up a book for Mario n Moffet.
Mr. Cull er with his arm around a Freshie.
Eddie Edison talking so loudly no one has a chance.
Dear Aunt Bessie:
Could you tell me where doughnuts are made?
Sarcastically, Roy Turn bull
Dear Roy:
Of course, in Greece!
Aunt Bessie
Dear Aunt Bess:
Why is a fellow's hosiery bill a minor item·?
Yours sincerely, Mr. Ross
Dear Mr. Ross:
Because there is no up-keep.
Aunt Bessie
Dear Aunt Bessie: What is a Scotchman's idea of a walk on the seashore?
Axeling, Edwin Harrel
De ar Edwin: ·Putting sand in the bathtub.
Aunt Bessie
Dear Aunt Bessie: Do the Siamese twins love each other?
Enjoy Vacations
SEVERAL ATTEND TURKEY DAY FOOTBALL GAME
Whittier teachers enjoyed a well-earned rest from their tedious routine Thursday and Friday, November 29 and 30 respectively.
While a fair number attended the Kansas State-Nebraska game others made out of town trips. Those attending the game were, Mr. and Mrs. Boschult, and Mr. and Mrs. White and Miss Osthoff . Mr. W.A. and Mr. W.F. McMullen both went to Kansas to see their parents. Carl ''Pop'' Heston made a week end trip to Omaha as did Miss Osthoff also.
Curiously, Don Yates
Mr. Gammill reported that he stayed home ~nd caught up on his sleep. Miss Williams spent the week-end packing and making preparations for her wedding to Allen F. Weston, of Milwaukee Wisconsin. Miss Green planned to stay home, play with the cat, and finish a four hundred page book. Misses Mary an·d Margaret Wilson anticipated a quiet vacation at home.
I wish to take this opportunity to express my felicitations to Miss Williams on her forthcoming Dear Don: marriage to Allen F. Weston. Yes, yes, they are very much · attached to each other. · Because of the popularity of "nicknam es" here are a few more:
Gene ''Softball'' Lawrence, Clyde "Diz zy" Dean, Bob "Tiny" Prop 1 es ch, Clyde "Bony" Marshall.
While I have never dabbled in politics I wish to commend the editor of the student publication o~ Louisi ana state university for his resi gnation when reprimand e d f?r writing unfavorable criticisms against Huey P. Long.
Yours, Aunt Bessie
''What made you quit your job''
"Well, the boss called me in last week and said he was going to fire me. Then he fired me twice. The next day he had another fellow in my place and, well, that was too much. I handed in my resignation.''
Miss Jones, when interviewed, stated that she planned to enjoy her annual turkey dinner. Mrs. Swisher and Miss Johnson planned to go to Weeping, Water, Nebraska, where Mrs. Swisher's parents live.
Little Mildred was cautioned by her mother to be careful and not fall on the icy pavement, but soon was sprawling on the sidewalk. Her mother reminded her that she had not obeyed. ''Oh, I didn't fall, mamma," she quickly replied, "I just skidded and turned turtle.''
GIRLS SPORTS
NOTABLE NOTES
We w i s h t o state that
December 7, 193 4
BOYS SPORTS
Even though the weather was Elaine Brinkworth who took the biting during the past few weeks, part of ''Amy'' in -''Little fate postponed the special occas- Women" was really supposed to ion, open gym, from Friday fall, in the play. You know it is margin of 700 over the Red, w ith November 23 to a cold day. The rather discouraging to have 8200 points. The Red has 750 0, almost freezing air Friday morn- someone come up and say "What the Green has 7200 and the ii1g warmed up during school did you trip over,'' or ''That was
The color team race is still ve ry close between the Blue and t he Red. The Blue is leading, by a session, making it possible to a bad blunder when you fell,,, Orange has 5620. play outdoors during the noon after having practiced it ma-qy This far in the color race 28 ,5 20 • hour. times. points have been earned.
An ·exhibition soccer game was _______ The scores are as follows, wi nplayed November 16 by a girls
The Greenleaf staff wishes to ners appearing last. picked team. apologize for the error that was 222 vs 3o4 • 205 vs 303 Friends, a new in t eresting made in the fourth issue about 305 vs 320 game (according to informed the story of the book week as- 106 vs 30 2 teachers), was played in 110 sembly. The part of Beth was 108 vs 104 301 vs 30 8 on cold days. Girls, if you don't taken by Dorothy Trumble. It 300 vs 112 216 vs 20 3 like to loiter in t h e g y m or out- was taken very well too. 103 vs 316 222 vs 10 2 side on cold days , find out about _______ 110 vs 208 101 vs 21 8 this game.
One more Whittier student has Maybe you didn't know it but ELIMINATION come to thP front. Marguerite there have been approxim ate ly
314 vs 320 310 vs 216 Bell of room lOl, voilini st , formed 150 games counting sche dule d
314 vs 103 302 vs 222 a trio with Mary Wordvn (1933 It Whittier graduate) pianist, and games, and pick up gam es.
314 vs 305 305 vs 304 Francis Spencer (Jackson High has taken 2,700 boys to pla y t he Grand School Champs senior) cellist have been broad-
CONSOLATION over K.F.O.R. at 8:15 to 8:30.
310 vs 208 310 vs 218 ·
208 VS 300 212 V8 112
308 vs 103 102 vs bye casting every Saturday ~vening games and 450 boys to u mpi re counting base umpires, ball u mpires, and score keepers. It wou ld take this many boys if eac h b oy had participated in only one
112 vs 209 210 vs 108
212 vs 110 300 vs 307
NEWCOMB
316 VB 101 305 VS 304
314 vs 301 104 vs 208
216 vs 222 104 vs 300
310 vs 216 210 vs 212
320 vs 102 205 vs 110 .
305 vs 320 108 vs 112 205 vs 108
CRICKET
301 vs 101 208 vs 104
218 vs 316 205 vs 110
220 vs bye 210 vs 209
218 vs 220 210 vs 205
301 vs 218 210 vs 108
The Evening Serenaders made their initial performance October 27th. In addition to their radio broadcasts the girls have entertained at numerous programs.
In the history class they were talking about the Round-heads and Cavaliers. Robert Luebs said that it was the Round-heads v.s. the Square-heads. game.
The unbeaten teams so far th is year are, ninth grade, 316 and 22 0. The eighth grade's are 30 4 a nd 203 and the seventh grade 11 2.
It seems, that 220 and 316 have the best all around t ea ms in the school. Neither have be en beaten in baseball or basket ba ll.
The other day Miss Green was We wonder who will win wh en discussing dogs. She was think- they play each other. ing about the Mexican wireless It seems that two won de rs haired dogs, and also the wired happened just lately when 316 haired terriers. She proceeded won from 103. The other is th at by asking a boy if he had a wire- 308 won their first game fr om less terrier. 301.
he Whittier Greenleaf
VOL 12 NO. 6 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA DECEMBER 21, 1934
~upils Present
Play "Turkey Red"
THAN K SGIVING ASSEMBLY
MU CH ENJOYED BY EVERYONE
The T hanksgi ving Assembl y , a one ac t play, Turkey Red, pr esented in the Whittier audi to r i- 'I
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
CALENDAR
January 8, P. T. A. 7:30 P.M. Music fu rn ished by the Whit t ier Orchestra. .January 9 , 8B Class Meeting. January 10, 7A Class Mee t ing.
J a nuary 11, Assembly to intro-
duce Civic L e ague Cand idates
1 9A's Take Final Civic League Trips
MRS. PINNEY ASSIGNED ALL PUPILS TO TRIPS
On Thursday, December 6, sevum, No vember 27, was enj oyed Nominations by the p arents of the chil d r e n £ C · · who took part in it as well as the Ot lVlC faculty and student body of eral 9A ' s took their sixth and made final Civic League trip. In the League i9A semester the pupil is allowed to choose a vocation and his Civic Whittier . TWO CANDIDATES CHOSEN League trip is to a place related Geral d Casement announc e d TO RUN FOR EACH the cha ra cters and scene of t he OFFICE to that vocation; hence the trips play. Th e scene was laid in th e --- - vary much more than in the other home of the Fitzray's and th e I The nomination of Civic League grades. Thanksg i ving dinner was in fu ll : officers was Friday , December preparti o n by the comical m aid, t he 14.
Mrs. Pinney assigned all the M-m-m , couldn't you smell t ha t There are two candidates for trips inasmuch as she has all the big fa t t urkey roasting in the each office as was la.st semester. civics classes. In addition to go- oven? Ev e n if you didn't smell it The following are the nominees. you sho uld have imagined that For girls president they are ing on the trips the pupils write you did Dorothy Mattley 218, Sylvia a theme before the trip and reThe char a cters are as follows: Lo t man 301. Boys president, vise it with the material they Mrs. Fit zr ay Delores Hansen Ro b ert Kelly 220 and Lynn Grandm oth er Helen Brehm Me y ers 316. Vice-presidents, Ray gained on the trip. Joan Fitzr ay Martha Nagel Rhoades 316, Earl Beardsley 101, Several pupils were fortunate Marjorie Boggs 301 and Arlene Janice Fit zray Betty Jane Burkett lOl. The secretaries are enough to secure private interCarlson Martha Wimberly 314, and views. In no case were the Veronica Mont Erma Schnitter D or othy Trumble 220, Bernard groups very large. Some of the Seraphee m a, the colored maid McCune 314, and E ldon Sanders 310. Frances Moore
C t l t t M Sh'k I This nomination was done ver y ongr a u a 10n o rs. 1 e . : wISely. The most popular stud e n t and her D rama I class for the 1 will win. We send our congr a tufine way th ey presented "Turkey I Iations to the nominees wishi ng I • , Red.'' Ithem all lots of l uck.
most intere st i ng places visited were: Lincoln A irport and Flying School, Mo r rill Hall, Police Station, U. of N. Chemistry Hall, and Eic h e Green house.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE \VHITTIER GREENLEAF
December 21 , ] 934
Conduct in Corridors PUPILS PLAYING
The pupils have, through the GA MES IN 11 0
Vine streets, Lincoln, Nebraska. teac ers, ma e 1 Ier a S
Set up and printed by rhe pupils in the pr inting much better. After all, you know
cla;~::·cription price 20c each semeste r. the halls aren't race tracks. If Singlecopies5cents. Mr. Culler would permitit we
Member
PublishedeveryNoweeksdurin g the s choolyear by j cooperation of them selves and the the pupils of Whittier junior high sc h ool, a t 22nd and h d Wh 'tt· h 11 For pupils who do not e : ,j oy the games in the gymna si·1 ms and out of doors, a roo m h as been provided in wbich the \ can amuse themselves playin g ( a iet games during the noon h•, ur. Checkers, Nine Men M( , ris, Friends , and Dominoes are ,.-1 fe w
FACUL TY COMMITTEE
M tss Selma Hult wvuld get Mr. Strawn to come and time some 50 yard dashes.
There is no need of paper being on the floor as there are waste paper baskets in evny class of the games pupils may p l: ' in 1 110. If a pupii wishes to lea rn •,ow
Homer L. Gammill Miss Olive Keller room. to play a game some one is t ,ere Mr. Culler
Editor-in-chief
9A Editor
Editorials Miss Cross
Bruce Eberhart Dean Pohlenz
Ardeana Knippel
Typist Arline lrvine
GREENLEAF STAFF
Virginia Kinnamo n Dor ot hy Mattley
Morris Mayfie l d Martha Wimberly
PRI NTERS
Ph ilip Becker F ran k Brill
Kei t h Butt s Bob Campbell
JamesCampbell Frank C:;iywood
John C aywo od J ames C arrel
Ke nne t h Cook Carroll Davidson
Clarence De Shayes Donald Fahrnbruch
Edward Folmer Robe rt Fols o m
Ro y Frederick Joe Will
Louis Grab o wski Gerald Huber
Gene Lawr e nce Ri hard Lee
Leland Van 13oskirk Zenus Martin
Richard Mc Farl and Alex Miller
R ob ert Miller Ernes t Morello
Dean Pohl enz Leon Po l i ck
Ro ber t Pr op lesch Manuel Schaaf
Albert Schwindt Floy Shastid
Fritz Sie nkne ch t Jacob Sinn er
The conduct has been much to teach him. Pupils ha ve een better and is appreciated by Mr. stationed in this room t o 1elp Culler and Miss Hult. The reason other students with their g ~,. 1e s. for the loud talking is that some This room, however, is n ot ;Onperson starts and another talks fine<l to just playing g ~1 1es. a little louder to be heard. Many girls bring se,Yin g :-md Another cause is yelling. If you many other hobbies w bile i1 '~ his want somebody to wait for you , don't yell at them; this is not a ra ilroad station.
Comments form
A few da ys ago the pupils of room.
Several pupils have bee n .ia rticipating in these noon fr -r1es and a great many more a rt e xpected to come and pl a ~- If enough pupils play, another . ·)Om will be provided as well as :·10 re some of the home rooms sent to games. the Greenleaf staff comments about the Greenleaf and what A woman had just arrive d r om a tou r of Europe, and he r nngthey wanted more of. There were suffering acquaintances h e: , no The Symphony Concert many new things suggested and no opportunity to forget th F a ct. Many Whitt ie r people had the there were suggestions about ' '' And Paris!" she said. ' ' 1a ris privilege of hearing the Lincoln what to have more of and what is wonderful! The people ri, so Symphony Orchestr a play at the not to have. Some things sug- well educated. Not at a ll li ke S Th t they are in this country . '\1hy, tuart ea re gested were more jokes, more even the street cleaners ~.ri e ak
The Or ches t ra played five se- about Aunt Bessie, more ex- French." le ct ions. They were: First changes, a bigger column, shorter Symphony in B Minor , First front page stories, some puzzles, Editor: "Why don't yo u 1 nake Movement; second, 'fhe Flight more notable notes and short your stories true to life?" of the Bumble Bee: third , Pra e- s tories written by the pupils. The Author: ''I do try to. WJ, a t is ludium; fourth, Entrance of the th ing that the pupils wanted most the matter?'' Little Fauns: and last , Americ an was more sports.
Editor: "Why, here yo u sa y: Fanta sy. . The staff would like to have "There was an alarm, a n d i n a
The concert was much enjoy ed stories sent in by flash the street was sw arm ing by every body. with policemen.''
WA NT ADS
anted: The three best school papers in the city. Send a11 answers to the Greenleaf office anted: A way to remind Civic League cha irmen that their schedules ar e due.
st: Mrs. Bo schult' s voice. Anyone finding it will please return it as she nee ds it badly.
Wanted: A way for Mr. Culler to keep track of all the changes on the com mitte es.
Help Wan t e d: The Greenleaf staff will gladly pay a large salary to a nyon e who can keep its mate r ial organized and orderly.
ou nd: The secret of Leon Polick's su ccess in algebra. See Here and T here.
st: A larg e quantity of Mr. Gammill's hair. HA is said to have pulled it out in desperation on publ ication days.
ound: The three best school papers in the city. Lincoln High Advoc ate runs about second and th e Jackson Hi-Life third.
Ben Alice Day, having never n "this Wa yne Parker" wishto know ju st what he looked • e. Imagine my surprise upon inting out to her this glowing cimen of m anhood, to hear er shocking ly say, ''Is that ayne . Park er? Why I thought e was a sis sy who wore horn'mmed spectacles , black satin orts, and a b ig bow.''
- Georgia Gaddis
Timid refer ee (in a football ame): "Now the last thing I 'W ish for is unpl easantness."
Truculent pl ayer: ''Have you ny more last wishes?"
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
CONVERSATION
Wilbur: "Hey, mom, gimme a cooky will ya?"
Mother: "Give me a cooky what, Wilbur?"
Wilbur: "I say will ya?"
Mother: "What Wilbur?"
Wilbur: "Oh! Will ya gimme a cooky, please?"
Mother: "That's better. Here you are. And now what do you say?''
Wilbur: ''Gee, mom , this is a good cooky. M'-m'-m'-m!"
Mother: "No! Give me back that cooky ! You don't get to finish it until you say what you should. Give me that cooky I say!"
Wilbur: "Gimme that cooky what?"
Mother: "What'!"
Wilbur: "I say, gimme that cooky , what?"
Mother: "What-oh! Why - erth at is, give me that cooky please.''
Wilbur: "That's better mom. Here!''
Mother:''Y-Yes Now then-''
Wilbur: "Wait a minute. What do you say now mom?"
Mother: "I - hum?-that is, what? Oh, yes-er-thank yo,u! Now-er - oh, here, take the cooky and run and play, Wilbur! I have to answer the door bell, or maybe it was the telephone, or the ice-man, or- - Run along, Wilbur - - please!''
~Saturday Evening Post
SWIP'T
A woman was baking pies and she bak ed an extra one and sent it over to her next-door neighbor. Th e next day the neighbor called to the woman's little girl and said to her. "Here's the dish your
mother sent that pie in. I'm sorry I haven't anything to send back in it.'' The little girl replied: ''Oh that's all right. You can just keep the dish until you have.
Papa: Now, Bobby, if you only had a little more spunk, you would stand better in your class. Now, do you know what spunk is?
Bobby: Yes, sir. It's the past participle of spank.
"Has your son's college education been of any value?"
"Oh, yes; it cured his mother o. f bragging about him."
'' Why are you looking so gloomy this fine morning?"
'' My doctor told me to eat more fruits and their skins in order to get more vitamins and my favorite fruits are coconuts and pineapples.''
A crowd had been watching the flea circus intently, especially the antics of one finely trained little fellow.
''Did you train that flea yourself?" asked one of the curious.
"Oh, yes," replied his owner. In fact I raised him from a pup.
A teacher tells of an excuse which the mother of one of her pupils sent in the other day. The excuse read: • ''Please excuse Charles. He got wet in the A.M. and was took sick in the P. M. - Pathfinder
Don Yates: Why is the game of ball iike buckwheat cakes?
Roy Turnbull: "I give up."
Don Yates: Because it's success depends upon the batter.
A
MER MAS
GOD REST YE, MERRY GENTLEMEN
God re st ye, merry gentlemen ; let nothing you d ismay,
For Jes us Christ, our Saviour, was born on Christmas-day.
The da wn rose red o'er Bethlehem, the stars shone through the gray, When J esus Christ, our Saviour, was born on Christmas-day.
God res t ye, little children; let nothing you a ffright,
For Jes us Christ, your Saviour, was born this - h appy night;
Along the hills of Galilee the white flocks sleeping lay,
When Christ, the child of Nazareth, was born on Christmas-day.
God rest ye, all good Christians; upon this blessed morn,
The Lord of all good Christians was of a woman born; Now all your sorrows He doth heal, your sins He takes away;
For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on Christmas-day,
- Dinah Marie Mulock
Decemb er 21, 1934
HE RE AND THERE by
Dean Pohlenz
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
A CHAT WITH AUNT BESSIE
by Ardeana Knippel
It seem s that 103 is having an Dear Aunt Bessie: epidemic of losing its members. First, Ji mmy Macpherson, i t s How can you tell an American star pup il, and now Miss Williams at a bull fight?
' How can you detect an elephant?
Yours, Elanor Gillespie
My dear Eleanor: it belov ed teacher. Bloodily,
You can smell a faint odor of Helen Snyder peanuts on his breath
In a r ecent 9A class meeting , Dear cousin Helen: Elberta Eitel addressed Norman He cheers for the bull. Hogan , th e president , as "Madam chairma n . '' Was his face red?
Bu11, Aunt Bessie
Smartly , Aunt Bessie
Dear Aunt Bessie: noticed a percep t ible chang e i n Dear Aunt Bessie : What is the foundation of all the pupil s. Why is my hair so dry after I go v ernment?
I ma y be wrong but I haven 't
And th ink of it , Christmas but j ust had it washed . and had a f~ur day s off! p ermanent?
After much snooping, I fou nd out how Leon Polick makes su ch
Governingly , Ed ward Edison
Yours,
Virgil Young Dear Eddie: good gra des in algebra. He ac t- Daar Virgil: Cement , of course ually tak es his book home. Thi nk of it !Tsk ! Tsk ! Your hair is so dry because it Solidly , was dry cleaned.
Aunt Bessie
Permanently, It seem s that Jack Fate, a former Wh ittier student, of 21 8 I believe , is doing all right by himself in basketball at Lincol n
Aunt Bessie Dear Aunt Bessie: High. Co ach Stuart Baller say s Dear Aunt: he is one of the quintet's mo s t valuable members . What is a waffle 1
Yours sincerely,
When you get mad do you lose your head?
Madly, Bob Love
Miss Osthoff Dear Bobbie: ceived a much lower grade than De ar Miss Osthoff: No you lose your mind. he expect ed in civics?
What we ll-known student re -
MER RY CHRISTMAS!
A pancake with cleats on. Brightly,
Aunt Bessie
Aunt Bessie
Clerk: May I help you, sir?
Customer: I want a derby.
Clerk: What style?
Customer: I don't care.
C 1erk (a bit frustrated): What color?
Customer: I don't care.
Clerk: What size?
Customer: I don't care, you 1 see I want it for a trombone. 1
First Burglar: Did you put the night watchman to sleep with a sharp rap of your billy?
Second Burglar: No, darn the luck, I woke him up.
Johnny: Lookit! look at the funny holes in that board.
Dad: Those are knot holes.
.Johnny: Yes , they are too, daddy.
Professor (in higher math)
Give an example of an imaginary spheroid.
Studen t : A rooster's egg.
Did that big banker rob Peter to pay Paul?
No he did worse; he paid Peter to rob Paul.
The doctor of a country vllage had two children, the prettiest little girls in the district. While they were out walking one day they happened to pass two small boys, one of whom was a visitor in the village.
Said the latter to his friend, ''Who are those pretty little girls?"
The village boy replied, ' ' They are the doctor's children. He always keeps the best ones for himself."
Friend: Why are you reading that book again? I thought you had finished it.
Sandy: I have, but now I'm reading between the lines.
Glen Reynolds: Father, do you remember the story y ou told me about how you were expelled from school?
Mr. Reynolds: Yes.
Glen: Well , isn't it funny how history repeats itself?
Miss Madsen: Captain, would you please help find my stateroom?
Captain: Have you forgotten the number of it, madam?
Miss Madsen: Yes, but I'll know
A group of scientists were trying to find a liquid that would dissolve everythi. 1g. The president of the group while sleeping one night , was awakened by a knock on the door. He asked what the person wanted The voice replied that he had the liquid that would dissol v e everything. Thereupon the scientist replied, "What have you got it in'!''
"boctor: ''Look here, don't you know my consulting hours are from 6 to 7?"
Patient: "Yes, but the dog tha t bi t me didn't."
Tommy: "A little bird told me what k ind of a lawyer your father is.''
Fredd y : "What did he say?"
Tomm y : ''Cheep, cheep.''
Freddy: "Well, a duck told me what kind of a doctor your father is ."
it if I see it again. There was a '' Wh y are you so sad?'' asked light house just outside the win- the v ic a r of a dismal circus hand. dow "The elephant's dead, sir."
Mrs. Rhodes (to caller) Yes, our little Ray is wonderfully smart in school.
Caller: What is he studying?
Mrs. Rhodes: French, Spanish, and Algebra. Ray, say "Good morning'' for the lady in Algebra.
Doris Wilson: Got a boy friend yet , E l aine?
Ela in e Brinkworth: Yes! and he ' s a regu l ar gentleman.
Dori s : You don't say so?
"Dear me! Were you so attached to the poor beast?"
"It isn't that, sir; I've got to bury him.''
Editor: ''Why don't you make your stories true to life?''
Author: ''I do try to. What is the matter?"
Edi t or: "Why, here you say: ''There was an alarm, and in a flash the street was swarming with policemen.''
Elaine: Yes, he took me to a Wife: "The couple next door restaurant last night and poured seem very devoted. He kisses her tea in t o a saucer to cool it, but I every time they meet. Why don't he didn ' t blow on it like common I you do that?"
peopl e do , he fanned it with his I Husband: "I don't know her hat well enough yet."
CH R ISTMAS ASSEMBLY
On F r iday, the 21st of December, th e pupils of Whittier had a very un usual assembly. As t he
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
ACROSTIC
NOTABLE NOTE
Yvonne Vance is giving a Christmas Eve slumber party. 1. The pas t tense and third p e r- Some of tho~e attending are sons singular of the irregular verb. Dorothy Trumble, Virginia
Down and Across Starns, Dorothy Church and assem bl y came to order th e or- "be." other out-of-town friends. ches tra, directed by Mrs. Wh it e, 2- Girl's common name. Virginia Starns is going to was p la ying a medley of Ch r is t- 3 . A cutting total with a thin spend a couple of her r.hristmas bl d d to th d d vacation daus with her cousins in mas Car ols and the pupils , wh o a e an a o e e ge. .1 Omaha. furni sh ed the music were seat ed (Answer in next issue.) on the st age in colorful costume s. What trees are mentioned m T e acher: .Johnny , what is a An in vocation was given by Ie ach of the following sentences'? cannibal? Richa rd Keller followed by the For example the first one is Johnny: I don ' t know . Teacher : Well , if you ate your histor y o f carols by Lenore Carr . ap ple. mother and fath e r what would Mrs. S wisher's 8B music cl ass 1. Give to me your map , please. yon be? sang. "Silent Night" corni ng 2. Tap Alm's shoulder for me. Johnny: An orphan. onto t he stage dressed as th e 3 I will go if Irish goes. caro lers of the olden days. T he 4. Wi ll owls eat meat? 8B's r e mained on the stage as 5. Mary wanted the map letters. the g lee clubs sang "Joy to th e : (Answers in next issue.)
World " The girls in glee club ; were w earing their usual wh ite f NEVER SEEN WITHOUT unifo rm s w bile the boys w ore 1 red a nd blue capes and red j acl'- \ Lawerence Echelmeyer without ets.
1 hi s invisible dictionary.
A r ead ing followed, "Chr ist- I Dick Logan without his magamas at Fezziwigs" by Wi lm a '. zine , (he prefers "Popular Taber . ! Mechanics")
Th e who le school sang ''O Co me Words without letters. All Ye F aithful," led by Mr s . A "home room" without a lot of noisy pupils.
Auntie ( to her little neice): So this is the new bab y, eh! I used to look just like her when I was her age. Now , what is she crying about?
Baby's sister: Oh, Auntie she heard what y ou said.
I wish I were a little egg a way up in a tree,
A sitting in my nest as bad as I could be, I wish that you would come along and stand beneath that tree, Then I would up and burst myself and splatter thee with me.
White . C harlene Walters, a m e mA shoe without a sole. A SHORT, SHORT, STORY her of Mr s. Shikes drama I class , Bett y Jane Carlson without her Jack: "Well, fellows, my dad follow ed with a reading entitled sm ile. works at the packin' house. He "Sig n s o f Christmas." A group Dorothy Trumble without her of Mi ss Jones' 7 A's sang "O " singing airs " Little To wn of Bethl~hem." Fain Cleo Fluke w ithout her bagns. Shank ga ve the closing prayer h er ''eraser.''
Emily Jeanne Johnson without Miss Wi lson and Miss Dee co- Yvonne Johnson without her operat ed with the music teachers , ' Geography Book.,, and provi ded all the costume s Dorothy Church without her for th as sembly. laugh .
gets twenty-fl ve bucks every week."
Tommy: "That ain't nothing. My dad's a surgeon and every time he cuts into somebody ·its five hundred dollars, just like that."
Jim: "My dad's got it over all of ya'. He's a preacher an' every Sunday it takes four men with plates to bring the m ney up."
GIRLS SPORTS
Here is something that ought to interest all you sports fans.
Below are the home rooms which have won championship titles for different kinds of indoor sports.
BASEBALL
First tournament
Consolation 305
Elimination 314
Grand School 305
Second tournament
Consolation 310
Elimination 314
School champs 314
Grand School champs 314
CRICKET
Grand School champs 310
NEWCOMB
Grand School champs 314
Mmm, look at the championship games 314 has won. You home rooms which expect to defeat 314 will have to work hard. If you heed that old adage, "If at once you don't succeed try, try again." You may win.
Open gym held Friday, December 7, was a red letter day. all stars from the Red color and Green color teams played against all stars from the Blue and Orange color teams in a game of volley ball.
The games are as follows the winners being on the left.
BASEBALL
105 vs 308 320 vs 203
218 VS 220 305 VS 10~
101 vs 316 303 vs 205
312 vs bye 210 vs 303
CRICKET
305 vs 203
102 vs bye
307 vs 106 308 vs bye 208 vs 300
KICKPIN
208 VS 307 110 VS 112
300 VS 106 303 VS 205
BASKETBALL
314 vs 316 101 vs 301
312 vs 218 220 vs bye
NEWCOMB
314 vs 316 305 vs 310
205 YS 108 205 VS 210
104 vs 205
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
OUTSTANDING GIRLS
As for outstanding basketball players here are the 9B'"s and 9A's who were all stars and who played in the first open gym basketball game.
The 9B all stars were Marjorie Boggs, game captain, Bertha B re h m, Elaine Brinkworth, Dorothy Carter, Dorothy Church, Helen Fox, Rosa Klein, Amy Martin, and Olinda Neidel'haus. Josephine Gold, and Leo Schnell were 98 substitutes.
The 9A all stars were Marie Apgar, Lenore Carr, Edith Ferguson, game captain, Virginia Kinnamon, Pearl · Little, Betty Miller, Dolly Ross, and Helen Wilson. Substitutes for the 9A team were Evelyn Belote and Gwen Cannon.
OUTSTANDING BOYS
Friday, November 30, the 9A all stars played the 9B all stars, in open gym. Mr. Strawn picks these boys who he thinks play the best game of basketbaH. The boys who were on the 9A all star team were Donald Yates Bud Manning, George Reifschneider, Billy Johns, Roy Turnbull, and Phillip Yakel. The boys on the 9B team were Clyde Marshall, Clyde Dean, Albert Schwindt, Bob Sauer, Lynn Myers and Ray Rhoades.
The boys who played on the volleyball team that gave the exhibition game, December 8, were for the Red and Orange; Don Wilkinson, Bill Thorn p son, Leonard Mann, Nathan Worth, John Holcomb, Don Yates, Ernest Fish, Willard Morey, Herman Reifschneider, George Groh, and Clyde Dean. The boys
I on the Green and Blue, were Glen Moler, John Flack, Bernal Carter, Howard Smith, Don Millhollin,
December 21 , 1934
BOYS SPORTS
The Blues are going in t., t he lead faster as the weeks g , by . The Blue now leads over th e ed by a margin of 1250. The fn , 1owing is the scores of the olo r teams; Blue, 10,000; Red , 750; Green, 8150; Orange, 6570.
For the last 2 •Or 3 week ~ Mr . Strawn's gym classes hav e Jeen playing volley ball.
The first tournament h3 s ·,een played and the following a1 the scores of the tournament g ,, nes. The winner appears last.
Ninth Gracie Eighth G· :1 de
101 vs 103 106 vs l ( ' •
105 VS 218 • 302 VS 31
103 vs 218 102 vs 2( 1 .
308 vs 220 304 vs 22
312 vs 314 310 vs 30
301 vs 316 216 vs 3(' 218 vs 220 305 vs 2t f
314 vs 316 203 8th 1• ade Ct mps
220 vs 316
316 9th Grade Champs
Seventh Grade 205 vs 208 209 vs 21 :
300 vs 212 110 vs Ir
207 vs 303 210 vs 2( . 108 vs 303 112 vs 1, '·
303 vs 104 208 vs 11
104 Seventh Grade Ch ~ 1ps
203 vs 316
316 School Champs
November 30, the 9 B a l '. , tars played the 9A all stars. T h B's won by the score of 8 to 0. December 8, the Blu t · and Orange played the Green at >l Red in volleyball. The Red and r een won by a slim margin. T h was an exhibition game to sh ( ' the pupils who do not take g yi' how the game of volleyball is p iyed. It has been decided b. ;· Mr. Strawn and Mr. Culler th a, t here is to be an open gym every F _iday.
Manuel Weber, Wayne P - r ker, Phillip Yakel, Charles • ' irey, Eugene Firestone, and Clyde Marshall.
