Whittier Junior High 1935 Newspaper

T h e Whittie r Greenle af

VOL 12 NO. 8 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA FEBRUARY 22, 1935 PRICE: FIVE CENTS

Instal l Office rs entire school. Congratulations, on ·Assembly Held for your splendid choice of officers, 1 f p C . L. Assembly students of Whittier. Green ea rogram

MEBT I NG OPENED WITH FL A G SALUTE AND PLEDGE

GOD SA VE THE FLAG

God bless the Flag and its loyal defenders

BROADCASTING STUDIO IS SCENE OF CLEVER SKIT - battle-fidd wave , A Greenleaf assembly was held

While its broad folds o'er the

Frida y, February 15, Whittie r Till the dim st a r-wreath rekindl e it s h d l·n the Whittier auditorium, Wed- students assembled in t e au 1- s plendors, torium t o witness the installing W a shed from its s tains in th e blood nesday, February 20. Pupils under o f th e brav e ! f M · Q th ff of civic l eague officers. the direction o 1ss s o pre-

The a ssembly was opened b y ---Oliv e r W e nd e ll Holm e s sented a Greenleaf variet y the sing ing of America which 1• program. was foll owed by the repeatin~ ~f

Changes Made

Richard Hagel berger opened the flag salute and the civic the assembly with a reading. The league p ledge. The girls civi c This Semester second thing on the program was league president, D O r O th Y a skit written • by Wilma Taber Mattley , was installed by Mrs. MORE PUPILS ENROLLED presenting a scene in the W. J. Pinney o f 218 and the boys pre s, NOW THAN LAST H. s. broadcasting station, broadident, L ynn Myers, by Mr. W. A 1 SEMESTER casting an unsual program. McMull en of 312. Both presiden ts Frances Anderson read the Greenrespond e d with short speech es. Whittier has had quite a few leaf history. Dorothy Mattley then introdu ced changes this semester. Miss Martha Wimberly editor-inthe gi rl s secretary, Marth a Clark's home room, which is 222, chief, the 9A editor and Robert Wimberl y, and vice presiden t, has been divided up into different Wittstruck were interviewed by Marjorie Boggs; a song, ''Y ou r 9B home rooms. Mlss Clark is Twila Perrin. Flag and My Flag,'' was sung ~ Ya I now in charge of a 7B home room. Guests in the studio were 7B grou p d irected by Mrs . Whi t e. i Before the 9 A 's graduated in Charles Greenburg, famous pianThe boys secretary Berna rd IJanuary 1935, t h ere were 1061 ist, who played a piano solo, McCune, a nd vice P:esident, Ra y pupils in Whittier. When the 7B's members of the Greenleaf staff, Rhoades we re then mtrobuced b y 1 Ientered this semester t_here were several Greenleaf printer~: ~nd Lynn Mye rs. Ray Rhoades g~~ e 1132 pupils here, which means Lawr~nce Echelmeyer. _Vv 1lham a short talk explaining the civic that 71 more pupils entered Rumbolz, noted news-hound, league pledg e. Whittier this semester than those cracked a few jokes which were

The cha ir men of the commit- ' w ho were graduated. in the Greenleaf. tees wer e in troduced by the pres- Miss M. L. Wi l so n , of home A Japanese play, written by idents whi ch was fo11_owed by the ro om 307, is in char g e of the Ardith Hackman was presented. charge to the chairmhe~. The I qu iet games at no on w h ich are The characters were as follows: chairmen introduced t eir com- I · 108 d 110 Th I M 1 t d

• t b d score keep- , played m rooms a n • Wife e ma 1 s ea m1t ee mem ers an , Th i·b • ed at 12·30 b s hl · ers and a charge to the commit- I e 1 rary 18 ope n h •. 1 Hus band Ro ert c eunmg

• T • d o'clock at noon for t e pup1 s D Jd H d teemen wa s given. o wm up ! • h t t d d the Priest ona owar this inter esting program the I th at ; 18 0 8 u Y urmg I Reader Amelia Kolb Whittier s ong was sung by the noon our.

February 22, 1935

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

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AROUND THE SCHOOL

Did you know that 222 has broken up'! It has, because there were not enough 9A home rooms to take care of the coming 7B's. The pupils from 222 have been divided into the three other 9B home rooms, 216, 302, and 310.

Lawrence Echlemeyer has been FACULTY CO MM ITTEE so ferocious that his cage had to Miss Selm a H u lt be reduced to a very small size!

H o rner L. Gammill Mi ss Oliv e K e ller

Better put stripes on him next. Mr Cull e r Mi ss C ross

Ed ito r- in-chief 9A Edito1

T ypist

Marian Moffett

M artha \ Vimberly

Do'rorhy M attley

Sylvia L orman

GR EEN L EAF STAFF

Wesley Knippel

Lawrence Eckelmeyer Jean Carnahan

Edwa r d 1-ierzog

PRI TERS

E dwin B ailey

Fra n k Br ill

James Ca m pbe ll

Kenne t h C oo k

C l arence De Sha yes

R oy F r ederick

Al exa n der Kn a ub

Albert Lindenbe r g

Burl Miller

Donal d Milho ll i n

Ernes t More ll o

Manuel Schaaf

A lbert Schwi ndt

Floyd S has ri d

P h ili p Van Ke ure n

J ack Werne r

Ro be rt Witts tru c k

J ohn C a yw ood

P hilip Be cker

Keith Bu tts

J a mes Carrel

Carroll Davidson

D o nald Fahrnbruch

Gerald Huber

Gene Lawrence

Richa r d Mc Farl1 n d

R obert Miller

Dale Moore

Robert Prop l esch

Nick Scolaro

Jacob Sinner

Willard Steine r

L eland Van Boski r k

J o e Will

B en Wimbe rl y ,,

Welcome To Freshies

Welcome to Whittier, Freshies. The students and t e achers are glad to see- yo u and will soon accept you a s s e as oned v et erans if y ou watch yo u r step car e fully , do not walk up the down s t airs, buy eleva t or tickets , step in t o the wrong room , or a ttemp t to speak to your friend on t he opposite side of the class room . Li s ten to your home room teach er

"Bill" Thompson will soon be succeeding Mr. Strawn if he does no t fire him soon. ''Bill" has been a ssistant for the gym teacher four semesters. They are, 7 A, 8B, 8A , 9B and "Bill" is hoping for 9A.

Mr. Ross had better watch his st e p now. If he cuts any capers Mrs. Ross will start throwing dumbells, baseballs, and ballbats i n stead of rolling pins and china ware and we'll bet she has ·ple nty of power and a good aim.

In case you've never seen a dr e am walking take a good look at Paul Schafer just after his algebra class.

What's this about stream lining? Modern automobile companies have nothing on Miss Osthoff and Mr. W. F. McMullen. If you don't believe this, just take a peek at the new streamlined fashion in which the desks of 208 and 303 are arranged.

FAMOUS SAYING

as she reads the bulletin everj1 • morning and you will be surprised ~r. W. F: .~~~ullen _to third at t h e ease with which you I per md class· Vv e ll :vait to c~rconqu e r a ll obstacles in your wa y rect our papers until the milk toward bei n g a fine student. l unc h pupils get here."

How many of you know w b e re there is a case in the co rr idor containing pieces of art? T h e a rt teachers place many intere st i ng posters, clay animals, and pa b1 t ed pictures in a case outside of t he office. These article are ma d .: by h te art pupils. •

Have you ever noticed ~w w much Udel1e Jensen and P u th • Preditt look like two char a ct ers from a famous comic strip v h en they walk through the 1. a lls together?

Mr. Strawn, suffering fr c-, a severe cold, was efficientl y :u bstituted by Mr. Hughes du r ir• g a peri od of two days, Fe h r- a ry fifth and sixth. Two game s : .1 a yed were: a basketball relay H Jd a rough-and-tumble circle _i me which had no particular na n 1-•

The first two days of th e -e mester Mr. Welch was absent r liss Holcomb substituted for ·. im. Mrs. Shike's substitute wa s , rs. Ellinger. Mr. Hughes to ok Mr. Strawn's place.

Dorothy Mattley and Mer t ha Wimberly are every no w ·md then dressed alike.

Elaine Brinkworth and L t· one Clouse must have a har d I ime loo king up to talk to ev e r:. one they are so small.

It may interest you to l; now that home room 101 holds th 2 record for the most pupils o n the scholarship roll in Whittier Th ey lead with twenty three 0 11 the scholarship roll. Home roo m 320 follows with eighteen. Goo d work 101.

Februar y 22, 1935

WH A T I WANT TO BE

I want t o be an engineer

To work all day in the train. I want t o travel all over the land

And see t he beautiful scenery. I'd tra ve l over deserts and rivers, I'd blo w my whistle and ring my b ell, Whene v er I come to a highway. I'd hav e a big black engine with great big wheels.

AN ELECTRICIAN

I'd like to be an Electrician

To wor k all day and night

To fix th e fans and toasters And to climb the poles at nigh t.

I'd like to wire houses

And bor e holes with a bit

To put th e wires through the hole

And ma ke them tightly fit.

I'd like to put up flood lights

Upon th e poles so high And install the giant bulbs

To thr ow a perfect light. I'd like to wire a building

So lovel y and so bright And put in fancy fixtures

Which w ould make a pretty sight .

If I becom e an Electrician

From wh ich I hope to be And make a success of it

How ha ppy I would be.

T HE WHITTIER GREEN LEAF

FLYING

I want to be a pilot to fly all day among the clouds

Where I could look down among the cities and on the lonely roads.

I would like to be a pilot to guide my own airship and go above the stars.

I could fly straight up until I reach Mars.

I could fly all over the United States.

I could fly -all around and stop at any place.

-

Laweren ce Sp argo

AUCTIONIERING

I want to be an auctioneer, To work all day in the pavilions of Nebraska, Crying hogs, cattle, and horses Which last from noonlight to dark; Crying loud, and gently, With the grip of my muscle cracking

Like the crack of a whip. I want to stell stock a high prices Standing on the stand Bringing in the cash.

I want to please th e Gentlemen selling th e m

For what they want.

I want my tongue

To have the taste of loudness, - Kenneth Church

Gentle , med i um, loud, NO TABLE NOTE I want to wear big Hats of black, and br own

The gre enleaf staff has dec id- And have them tipped a bit ed to put in an extra page in the With the sweet-smelling Greenlea f for poems and stories Smoke from the cigars of written b y the Whittier students. spectators. We hope t hat you think this is a That is the life tha t I good idea , a~d thus help make j Would like to live. " the paper b etter.

-H a r v ey Lauer

A TEACHER

I'd like to be a teacher, One who works in school all day, Teaching little boys and girls how to read and write. I think jt would be a great pleasure teaching small children.

I have played school at borne with my sisters and the neighbors ' children.

I thought it was fun acting as a teacher to these small children and my sisters.

Here is where I got the idea of being a teacher when I grow up.

- Bertha Koehler

DRESSMAKING

I want to be a dress maker, To work all day long on dresses, Cutting patterns out of thin paper Which roll up behind my scissors, The people come and buy my patterns, Those for summer and win t er both.

I want to be able to cut patter n s, Patterns of overalls and shirts. I want to cut the patterns neatly, So the people will buy more, I want my hands to feel the tang of the needle; Big ones, little ones and middle sized one·s, Which work in and out of the cloth,

Making pretty stitches all over it.

NOTABLE NO T ES

Ruth Remick, a newcomer from Kansas City, Missouri, entered the portals of 220 the beginning of this semester. It is hoped that she finds Whittier very enjoyable

SCHOLARSHIP

Three hundred and fifty eight pupils. through strenuous labor, defeated the enemy fields , number five, six, seven, to find beyond a beautiful field, the ''Scholarship Roll.''

It is hoped the warriors of this semester will continue the battle against the enemy, finding themselves also, in the field of triumph.

Following are the names of the pupils on the scholarship roll: 7B

108

Virginia Barch

Robert Delaney

Maxine Earley

Wilma Fielder

Eloise Fricke

Julianne Morse

Irene Schafer

Bonnie Thompso n

John Willis

Alta Young 110

Marie ·Bailey

Betty Bassler

Mary Louise Blish

Myron Brewer

Mary Campbell

Jack Good ding

Emily Johnson

Donald Maser

Lavonne Peterson

Joseph Quinlan •

Sylvia Richardsen

Elsie Schaf er

Bernice Schulte-

Darell Smith

Billy Staton

Isabelle Storch 112

Lois Louise Ailes

Howard William Debu

Duane Holman

Lillian Horn

John Larson

June Lucile Koons-

Constance Jeane McCauley

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Henry Clark McKee

Ann O'Brien

Willa Ann Van Buskirk 205

- Eliz abeth Barr

Ed ward Beltz

Milton Bockoven

Helen Brehm

Polly Louise Cary

Betty lee Cronn

June Helmstadter

Helen Hobbs

Elizabeth McCoy

Mary Kathryn Marshall

Hal Moore

Edith Schuckman

Marjorie Stoneman

Virginia Talley

Ilene Westbrook 303

Mary Louise Ballance

Kenneth Braun

Robert Cook

Etta Hamlin

Farrell Helmstadter

Marilyn Lawson

Jean Schleuning

Shirley Stockton

Betty Lou Tracey 209

Jeanette Bolar

John Brand

Willard Coles

Bud Deeds

Merilla Hiatt

Ruth Horner

Earle Lampshire

Carl Lind

Victor Michel

Murray Minthorn

Jean O'Donnell

Lydia Schanaman

Ruby Thomas

Richard Wright 210

William Ekblad

Ruben Haun

Beatrice Hinze

Eugene Johnson

Victo r Leikam

Mona Mecum

Martin Minthorn

H ele n Reifschneider

February 22. 193E

Edward Smith

Samuel Wiggans

Cecelia Will 212

Herbert Davis

John Fox

June Gakel

Robert Green

Harold Hudson

Velma H utchirison

Florence Johns

Mason Myers

Aletha Palmer

Frances Perry

Viola Schulte

Maynard Schutte 7A 307

Don Countryman

Billy Doran

Marjorie Goldstein

Bessie Grunger

Verna Hendrix

Loraine Hohnstein

La Verne Loring

Delores Moran 300

August Gunnerson

Deloris Jones

Wall ace Provost

Gladys Stephenson

Irene Turnwall

George Van Sickle

Carol Whalen 208

Robert Boucher

Cleo Jean Cameron

Harriet Carter

Mary Alice Coplen

Mable Ebert

Eugene Helehan

Delbert Hurd

Frances Neuenschwander

Donna belle Norman

Marjorie Schuman

Wilda Smith 104

Hal Bosserman

Betty Brown

Albert Grant

William Loeffel

Barbara Quillin

Februar y 22, 1935

Melba S hastid

Annetta Smith

Elseber t Spencer

Georg e Wern er 8B

320

Fred Bl ack

Truma n Clare

Eugene Irick

Lucile J ennings

June McMeen

Edith Martin

Clair Miller

Glen Murphy

Tomm y Nickelson

Bonnie Parsons

Mary P eterson

Thoma s Rice

Edgar Sampson

Paul Sehnert

Leo So derholm

Glenro se Wassung

Warren Watson

Jack Wyman

305

Evelyn A dams

Phyllis Draper

Harold Eaton

Doris F iske

Virgini a Jen sen

Albert L eopold

Robert L uebs

Lois Mc Chesney

Ruth Mo rton

Keith Rose

Helen Schmelzel 106

Agnes Dun bar

Jack Leo nard

Paul Me rcier

Jean Sm ith

Margery Stewart

Lorrain e Thompson

Betty U mberger

William Welch

Lucille W hited

Helen W ilborn

304

Francis Cox

Robert F rancis

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Norris Hammond

Kathe r ine Kies s elbach

Gra ce Knapp

Pauline Loos

Ramona Pickering

Dorothy Ringstmeyer

Paul Rush

Norman Warnke

Robert Runnalls 102

Leonard Barton

Ruth Bstandig

Elizabeth Gerdes

Josephine Heilman

Alice Merting

Marjorie Randall

George Rebensdorf

Albert Seiler

Emor Shepard

Bertha Spreier

Ruth Steffen 203

Mark Allen

Betty Gaughan

Henry Hergenrader

Frieda Kraft

Wayne Kyckelhahn

Robert Love

Aileen Merting

Edgar Norman

Lester Pease

Rae-Hope Quimby

Marie Rubino

La Verne Schroll

Wayne Scott

Opal Tway

Donald Wiseman

Naomi Young 8A 302

Frances Anders e n

Ben Alice Day

Maxine Erwin

Kathleen Hutchens

Doris Newbill

Twila Perrin

Herman Reifs ch ne ider

William Thomps on 222

Robert Cates

Maxine Elliott

Mel v ille Green

Ed ward Herzog

Esther Leichner

Virginia Michael

Erma Schnitter 216

Carl Anderson

Jean Carnahan

John Flack

Margaret Hedstrom

Arthur Maser

Katherine Reich

Erwin Wenz 310

Eleanor Gillespie

Gladys Harral

Lometa May

Frances Moore

Sam Pappas

Dorothy Peters

Eldon Sanders

Helen Snyder

Maxine Woodwar d 9B

3J6

Josephine Gold

Donald Fahrn bruch

Richard Hagelberger

Fred Johnson

Esther Johns

Dwayne Kushner

Eloise Metzger

Lynn Myers

Arthur Pine

Ray Rhoades

Marie Seiler

Fred Swihart 314

Gwendolyn Booth

Dorothy Car t er

Betty Ow li ng

Miriam Hackman

Ava Hand

Dolores Hansen

Ida Mae Hilliard

Rosa Klein

Bernard Mc Cune

Ruth Patri c k

Albert Schwindt

Floy Sha s tid

{Continued on page 7)

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February 22, 1935

MISS WILSON MAKES A FFW CHANGES

Miss M. L. Wilson is in charge of quiet games, which are played in 108, and 110, during the noon hour.

A new elimination tournament started Tuesday, February 12. If the pupils do not wish to play either· consolation or elimination they may play progressive tournaments.

OUR ART CIASSES

The art classes have a very interesting schedule this semester. •Miss Ralston's design and craft classes have been designing monograms and creative birds and flowers. They are also beginning to plan the stage properties for the promotion exercises next spring. They are making the place cards for the luncheon tables at that time early enough to avoid the last minute rush. ~

Miss McCartney's commercial Miss Wilson is going to mark each table with placards. She is art classes are making posters also going to have the girls names advertising certain well known who are in charge · of the quiet products. Both Miss Ralston's games, on placards. and Miss McCartney's seventh

There have been quite a num- and eighth grade classes are dober of pupils going to the qniet ing comparatively the same game rooms and it is hoped that work. The 8B classes are workthey will keep it up. ing on creative flower designs.

CAFETERIA NEWS

The 7 A classes are learning to make drawings illustrating perspective and the 7B classes are

The Whittier cafeteria is one learning to recognize good potplace on this dear old earth tery by cutting pottery shap~s.

. In the future the 8B classes will w~ere a. person may receive a modc~l creative animals in clay wide variety of wholesome food while the 7 A classes will draw at low cost. At the above men- human figures. tioned spot is daily served salads The art classes are doing that are so prepared that you splendid work a1:d are ma~ing , . . new and more difficult proJects cant wait until fourth per10d 1s each semester. over. Vegetahle soup, chile, and potato soup comprise the soup AS THEY'D SAY IT TODAY family, while the well known spinach, peas, navy and lima Samson: I'm str ono- for you beans, carrots, and delicious kid. 0 ' meat loaf must not be for gotten . Jonah: You can't keep a good Salads of all kinds plus graham man down. cracker crumb pie gives you the David: The bigger they are best ~hrill wh~le being eaten. the harder they fall. Pr actically all kmds of candy are Helen of Troy : So this is sold, this to suit the taste of Paris! · every individual's sweet tooth. Columbus: I don't know where Why don't you come down and I'm going but I'm on my way. try 1_1s som~ time, for_ you w_ill be Nero: 'Keep the home fires received with a genume smile. burning.

Soloman : I love the ladies. Keith Butts : Why are you No ah: It floats. using that steam roller on your Meth uselah: The first hundred field ? years are the hardest.

Farmer: I'm raising mashe d Quee n Elizabeth to Sir Walter p8tatoes.

IRaleigh : Keep your shirt on.

Austria's public han gm a n whose job it is to prepar e t he noose for the prisoners an d t r ip the trap door which drop s t he victim into eternity, receive s on ly twenty two dollars and fifty cen ts for each event, and has to sha re with his helpers. •

Sing Sing's hangman fa:r: es much better; he receives two .h undred dollars per hanging, s h,tr es with no one, while all he h as to do is throw a switch.

Lawrence Echel m•~y er

A SAD, SAD STORY

She laid the still, white for m beside those that had gon e-:- on befor e. No groan, not a ~i g h from her. Suddenly she let fr:sr t h a cry that pierced the still ,ii r, making it vibrate into a tho m;:1 nd echoes. It seemed as if it c•,t me from her very soul. Twic e t he cry was repeated and the n all was quiet again. She woul d lay another egg, tomorrow.

-Exch an ge

CAFETERIA NEWS

The new system of exit fro m the cafeteria which was ina ug urated last semester has pr o:rn d very effective this term. The n e w ''freshies'' must be complime Lt ed upon their way of followin g t he example of the older studen t on their way from the cafeteri :, to the gym.

"FAMOUS SAYINGS"

"Pop" Heston's: "You big stand up an' fall down hunk of buttermilk." Miss Green's, ev er bresent smile and Mr. Cull er' s fatherly advice are directe d at every pupil at least once w hile here in Whittier.

Februar y 22, 1935•

S CHOLAR SHIP

(Co n tinued from page 5)

Mary J ane Tuttle

Byrd is Whinnery

Mar th a Wimberly

312

Erma Baker

Ruth Bock

Jame s Carrel

Bern al Carter

John Caywood

Lois D ingman

Lois Du ncan

Euge n ia Durham

Rober t Folsom

Ard ith Hackman

Aud re y Koons

Ame lia Michael

Fri tz Sienknecht

Robe r t Wittstruck

301

Marj or ie Boggs

Elain e Brinkworth

Char le s Green burg

Alrri er lene Hiatt

Mar y Helen Iverson

Ude lle Jensen

Sylv ia Lotman

Elsie Loso

Charl ot te McAllister

Thom as Minthorn

Maria n Moffett

Dale Mo ore

Ruth Pr editt

Donal d Sehnert

220

Cleo Bla ckledge

Barb ara Brown

Betty Ja ne Carlson

Maxine Copsey

Mario n F owler

Geor gia Gaddis

Virgini a Gowdy

Donal d Howard

Rob ert Kelley

Georg e Metcalf

Leon P oaster

Wilm a T aber

Dorot hy Trumble

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

218

La Vetta Ailes

Catherine Cutler

Lawrence Echelmeyer.

Glen Dale Hoke

Maxine Hummel

Wesley Knippel

Dorothy Mattley

Paul Miller

Jennie Pappas

Donald Sharp

101

Alan Ball

Earl Beardsley

Marguerite Bell

Arleen Burkett

Jean Burr

Dorothy Church

Verdeen Clough

Virginia Dolan

Cleo Fluke

Harry Frick

Jean Herring

Amelia Kolb

Emma Leikam

Walter Long

Henry Michel

David Penterman

Lorraine Redding

Genevieve Scdoris

Evelyn Schleiger

Virginia Starns

Orletha Thompson

Leland Van Boskirk

Yvonne Vance

7B HOME ROOMS

The 7B home rooms are as follows: 103, 105, 222 and 308. The teachers are, Mrs. Ross, Miss Jones , Miss Clark and •Miss Madsen.

The home room officers are as follows, 105; president, Phyllis Overman, vice-president , Tommy D w o r a k , secretary, George. Bronstein and treasurer, Russel Jurgens 308: president, William Burr , vice-president, Maxine. Low der, secretary , Betty Johns, • and treasurer, Bonnie Bradley, 222 : president, Philip Kehling, vice-president, Emma Hergenr a :i er, secretary, Elinore Robin on, and treasurer, Richard McMahon. 103: president, Eugene Lawson, vice-president, George Sch 1e i g er, secretary, Edna Hoffman. and trea urer, Norma Jean Detwiler.

We are sure that each home room has chosen the pupils who will stand by their duty as every officer should.

OUR CIVIC LEAGUE

The members of the civic league are selected pupils who through their duties and efforts should receive special mention.

Whittier has increased b Y The civic league officers take three since the beginning of the charge of such things as welcomsemester, I am speaking of the ing visitors, running errands for three Hurd brothers, Jack and teachers, keeping the halls clean Ted of home room 305 and Hugh and stoppin!s all corridor interof 108. They came from y ork, ference, ~a k1~1g care ~f the s~age N b k W h l .k and aud1ton um, wlule various e ras a. e ope you 1 e d • other ubes keep them busy. A Whittier, boys civic le ag ue officer should be respected by the student body. You

We'll bet She ldon Mecomber may help an officer by not rundoesn't need a cap to go to school. Ining in the corridors, picking up One look at that curly mop of red~ pieces of paper lying on t~e hair and even old Jack Frost will Ifloor, not talkmg to officers while tumble over backwards trying to they are on duty, and most of all get out of the way. · 1 by cooperatmg.

GIRLS SPORTS

The first three days of the semester were spent in finishing the kickpin tournament. 304 became champions by defeating 310 in a very exciting game. In nearly every inning there were two outs and then some scores. It was certainly an exciting and splendid game.

During the game with 320, 304 caught four flies either by the ball bouncing against the wall or by a plain catch.

301 and 101 were playing and Jean Burr and Fern Trump were playing opposite. Very often +hey both caught the ball at the same time .Neither would let loose would stand in the queerest positions until the umpire blew the whistle.

Basketball and kickpin tournat ments were started. The 7B's had a little trouble getting started buwill soon be able to play fine.

THE \VHITTIER G R EENLEAF CHECKER TOURNAMENT

The checker tournament of last semester was won by Kenneth Covey, a now departed student of Whittier. This position was attained by Kenneth through beating Don Bettenhausen. 7th grade champ, Melville Green 8th grade champ, and Eddie Williams, the winner of a consolation tournament.

Mr. Earl Johnson arranged to have a Turkle boy from Irv"i'ng play Kenneth at the Y. M. C. A. Nine games were played, Kenneth winning four and Turk le five.

We also have a Round Robin tournments in which any one of six players can play any other one of the six.

QUIET GAMES

Yes children, very quiet games, but also very interesting. Why not enter the checker tournament? The checker games are held in 110. There are round robin, elimination and consolation Would you like to have color tournaments in progrss at present teams this semester? Would you but it still is not too late to enter. all help your team win?

These games are a qattle of

The girls playground committee wits, and who can tell,· maybe met and decided to have an elim- yours are the best cultivated, alert and steady of them. i nation tournament instead of round robin. There will be 9th grade basketball and 8th and 7th grade kickpin.

Let's all cooperate and make our games a success. If you can not play be on hand to cheer for your team.

In 108 we have more games; lotto, friends, domionoes, etc. Why not come down the next time "old sol" decides to hide behind rain-weary clouds?

Maybe you can bring down any old games, of which you have no further use, to be added to our 1 little collection.

Marguerite Bell, our first chair [ Y~u may even be capable of deviolinist was promoted to the fifth I f ea tir:ig the checker c h a m P , • . IMelvm Green, or Bernard Brand, row m orchestra for a ch ange Just champ of the consolation tourto see how it seems. 1 narnent, who knows?

February 22, 1935

BOYS SP ORTS

Due to the illness of M r. Strawn, arr a ngements and pl a ns for the new color chart hav e n ot as yet been made.

Otherwise the new color t ea ms would have been printed i n t h is issue.

On the day o f Monday, F ebruary 11, the first outdoor g a mes this semester were held.

These games were m os t ly played to a fford practice fo r t he teams because the weathe r h as not been sufficiently wa rr1·. to allow any outdoor sports e x1:e pt touch, resulting in that the tea ms were out of practice.

When the weather permit s. t he real games will begin in the t nr m of a new double elimination rJ urnament, with which the vet era n s of the school will be familia r

On February 13, an exc it,i ng incident occurred. The score was 12 to 0 in favor of room 20 ~::_ To the boys of 208, the opp c~i n g team, things looked pr t t ty gloomy.

Who wouldn't be gloomy w en neither you nor your team co Id shoot a single g oal, utter d ef ea t staring you i n the face.

Then, suddenly, Sam Lar ge of 208, standing in the very m id d le and to the extreme east si de of the gym, pl aced a perfect ~h ot through the basket, when h e was surrounded by a mob of ye l!' ng, dancing boys.

It was over in a split-secon d of time, in that same split -se co nd the faces of the losing boy s became radiant with hope. At least they had not bee n defeated enti r ely for those t wo points seemed to make the wh ole difference between utter d ef eat and just plain defeat.

T he Whittier Green leaf

VOL 12 NO. 9 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA · MARCH 8, 1935 PRICE : FIVE CENTS

Patrio tic Assembly

l-Ie ld February 22

CALENDAR

March 8, Cabinet Meeting. March 12, Mother - Daughter

INTER ESTING PROGRAM OF Program.

SO NG AND STORY March 13, Cabinet Meeting. GIVEN March 14, 7B's Civic League

Whittier Pupils

Hear M r. J oh n son

POSTURE, SUBJECT OF INTERESTING FILM i Trip.

On F ebruary 22, a patriotic March 14 ; Delegate Assembly. The Whittier pupils were assembly was held in the March 21, 7A's Civic League given a treat February 27 by Mr. Whittie r auditorium in memory 1 Trip. IEarl Johnson, the athletic direcof two great leaders of our ,___ _________ _, 1 tor of the Linc oln Schools, who country , Ge?rge Washington and p T A p d I showed them some films on p os- Abrah am Lmcoln ' • tesente

The p rogram was opened by ' I tur e. the ~ing ing _of America by the I Automatic Butler i These fi lm s have been shown combm ed v01ces of the faculty 1 ___ 1at all junior high schools in Linand stu d ents. The flag salute was I PLA y GIVEN BENEFIT coln. led by Ray Rhoades. The chorus I class und er the direction of Mrs I WHITTIER MILK

The films illustrated standing Swisher fol1owed with two I FUND rind sitting postme, also a few number s, the latter song named , seconds were given over to slow Americ a the Beautiful. The 9A A play, "The Automatic But- motion pictures. A part of the class th en recited from memory , ter " was pr ~ented by the P T 1 • Jed by Lynn Myers, the pre- A.' jn the Whittier auditoi~un~ ' film was devoted to showmg examble t o the constitution . Fdday, Mai·ch 1, to raise money I actly how to correct faults ~f Maratha N agel gave a description for the mi lk fund. 1 posture commonly found m of Geo rg e Washington followed Mr. Pr e.,to n, a clerk in a jew- 1s chool children. by Fri ed a Mart in rendering a elry store, and Mrs. Pr eston, who I After the films Mr. Johnson poem call ed " 'Tis Splendid To keeps bo~rd2r to help out, \\eye o·ave a short talk on the same Live So Grandly.'' The Dram a II \ ery_ ex_c1ted ,, hen daughter V10- i o b. t H I "d b th f t ) · · · let mv1ted Mrs P1·eston's one ·su J ec · e ai a:re e ac c ass ga ve a splendid little skit I t· tl t. 11 • that we v·ere for the most part n d "B d · ,, Th t 1me s,,·ee 1ear , now a m1 10n- • ame f ll ran ywme. e cas aire and hi daughter for a vi~ it. not giving any thought to the was as O ows:. I To entertair. such people l\Irs. importance of good posture. An Georg e Washmgton , Preston must ha ve a butle r and 1 f th I f d Alan Ball a maid-well she got them and examp e O e va ue. 0 goo

G I G I thin O's beo-an to happen. The posture he gave was tlus: Acerenera reen ,., 0 • • f h ' · h" A th M j ewell'y store was robbed and the tam acquamtance o 1s ires

Gen 1 L f tt r ur aser thjef tiaced to the Preston 's by I men and worn.en for different er a a aye e B" J" M't l 11 Th • 1 • Lloyd Mattox ~ig 1 ~ 1 Cle • e Jewe s I concerns A good deal depended pc1 ss thrnugh a number of hands npon the impre ssio n the man re- Grand pa P orter before they are found, those of • . Charles Greenburg Slick Babbitt, the butler thief, : c:eive d at th: first ~eetmg. Dunca n P orter Mazie Dow e ll, the maid, Elliot I A go od 1mpress10n depends Richard H agelberger I Bailey and Mr. Morse. The play greatly on po~ture. It was quite The as se mbly closed with the ! ends at the same time or another genera lly n oticed that most pnsinging of our national anthem , holder of the jewels is taken into I pils gradually straightened up The Star Spa ngle d Banner. : custody and quiet reigns again . 1 while the picture was going on.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

March 8, 1935

THE FAMOUS SAYINGS CAFETERIA NEWS 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 in the printing classes.

Subscription price 20c each semester. Single copies 5 cents

FACULTY COMMITTEE

Miss Selma Hult

Homer L. Gammill Mr. Culler

EditoT -i n-chief

9A Edit01

Miss Olive Keller

Miss Cross

Martha Wimberly

Typist • Dorothy Mattley

Sylvia Lotman GREENLEAF STAFF

Marian Moffett Wesl ey Knippel

Lawrence Eckelmeyer Jean Carnahan

Edward µerzog

PRINTERS

Edwin Bailey

Frank Brill

James Campbell

Kenneth Cook

Clarence De Shaye s

Roy Frederick

Alexander Knaub

Albert Lindenberg

Burl Miller

Donald Milhollin

Ernest Morello

Manuel Schaaf

Albert Schwindt

Floyd Shastid

Phili p Van Keuren

Jack Werner

Robert Wittstruck

John Caywood

Philip Becker

Keith Butts

Ja mes Carrel

Carroll Davidson

D onald Fahrnbruch

Ge rald Huber

Gene Lawre nce

Richard M c Farland

Robert Miller

Dale Moore

Rob ert Proplesch

Nick Scolaro

Jacob Sinner

Willard Steiner

Leland Van Boskirk

Joe Will

Ben Wimberly

Girls Filing Out Of Gym.

Although filing out of the girls gym at noon has been improved it still has its defects. It seems as though the girls without the guidance of some Civic League officer on duty, cannot yet form a single line and keep it single till they get out of the gym. It's not hard to do. Try it.

Remember not to cross the gym floor in filing out. You may be sent back to the end of the line . Come on girls. Let's show Mrs. Ross that we know how to get out of the gym in an excellent way.

Verdeen Clough: Aw, gwan !

Bernal Carter : Shucks !

Miss Hooper : Everyone is to be quiet!

Gene Lawrence: Wanna buya duck?

Gail Porter: H'ya boy?

Wayne Parker: Ha! ha! ha!

James Carrol : C'meah.

"Pop" Heston: Get to worli: !

Dale Bateman: Just call me Tarzan.

Bob Koza: Ohhh !

Glen Hoke: H'lo.

Miss Green: FF! PD!!

Marian Moffett: Pops on him when he grows up.

Martha Wimberly to Josephine Gold: Josephine, be quiet!

Miss Cross to Latin Students: Get to work on your wooden horse. (or otherwise?)

Lawrence Echelmeyer: You can't fool me. I'm too ignorant.

Dorothy Mattley: Oh me!

Mrs. Pinney: Come to mama Pinney and she'll fix you up.

Paul Schafer: Why didn't I go to mother before I took Algebra?

Bob Clough: Come down and see me sometime.

Wesley Knipple: Nope , hot today.

Sylvia Lotman: I dunno, and hullo!

Leon Poaster to Marian Moffett: Hi dummy!

Robert Folsom: Now, wasn't that ducky squeak, squeak.

Mrs. White: Tune up your fiddle

Marguerite

Elaine Brink worth: such is life.

Several familiar sights in t he cafeteria:

Genevieve Scdoris turning t he crank of the ''money box.''

Melba Phenix waving at ev eryone she knows, plus those s he doesn't know.

Leon Poaster trying to m ooch candy from the writer.

That good-looking gra ha m cracker crumb pie staring u s in the face when we're broke.

Marian Moffett forever co nversing with Martha Wimb e rl y, Doris Wilson, and Dor oth y Mattley.

Quote from the new-com er s: Isn't that a funny-looking mn nkey in the monkey cage?

Pupils are still to voiste rn us while waiting to file into th2 g y m. The other fault which is dist r ,~s sing to those on duty in the caf eteria is the throwing of p ap er sacks from tables that are t en yards away. These faults ma y be remedied by eating slower nd walking to the waste - paper ba sket, placing the sack in the ·ontainer like a lady or a gentle me n, and walkin g back to your ta ble .

To the parents of Whittie r st udents: Why have your chil dl' en walk that dreary distance h o e at noon, when they can be se rv ed nourishing foods at the Wh itt ie r cafeteria? The food served to ea ch

individual is cooked and pre pa r ed

Oh well, by very competent cooks wh o a re chosen by the school board. Th ey

Bob Clough: Say Seng can you are especially trained to cook make a cake on your drum? foods that wholesome way t hat

Hubert Seng: No, but I can only regular Whittier cafe te ria make rolls. inhabitants experience.

The s tories on this page were written by pupils in Whittier. At the beg inning of the semester each pupil h a d to take a certain sentence and build it up into a paragr a ph. Some of the pupils wrote m ysteries or other interresting parag_raphs. We are sure y ou will enjoy reading the stories

• TH E BASEBALL GAME

By n oon that day no one remained on the plavground. The baseball game was soon to begin and ev er yone was either rushing to see it or else rushing home t o hear i t broadcast. It was a

Be in an Air Show and win first prize, slopes are orchards of almonds, pears, peaches, and walnuts.

And to do all . my stunts up in the sky.

- Donald Desch

T HE MYSTERY

Late at night dogs were heard barking. It was really a veary queer place where no one would venture to go unless on business -as I wa~. The shutters.were nailed on to the weather beaten frame of the cabin and the stairs leading to the tunnel which start:. cd from the floor, covered with skins, was only a part of this mysterious cabin in the mounworld se ries game and the Tigers tains. As I decend - -whoop, I'm and Ca r dinals were playing. The almost telling you all of this. If first b at ter was up and "Dizzy" you want to hear the rest of this ?ean w as pi~ching for the Card- story you must read "Adventures mals. T he pitcher relaxed, then of Mountain Dale Cabin." swung h is arm around and around I --Maxine Hummel and thr e w the ball over the h ome plate fo r a called strike. The p eo - GREETINGS FROM ple ye ll ed at the top of their MISS BEARDSLEY voices . b ut Dean was not concerned. His o nly hope was to win for In reply to a letter sent to his side . Thus the game continue d. M is s Beardsley, former art ~Dt. the , ,8Dnd of the dlal~t hinndin g teacher of 30 l, asking a descripizzy . e~n was e ig te to tion of her surroundings, in Walknow h is side won the. ga~e ' nut Creek California, comes this mostly be cause that was his mam 1 tt b . . e er. am itio n Dear Friends:

-Almerle n e Hiat~ Walnut Cr eek i s a small place,

A JRPLANES

I want to be pilot, not to be found on many maps, but the country around is so thickly settled , that in riding along the highway, one feels that you no To ride in the fresh air up high , sooner reach the limits of one vilTo pull a stick and turn a loop lage until you enter another.

wa y up in the sky,

And to s it in a seat and make no se dives, And wh en I land have people

The highway to the bay cities winds up and around the hills toward the summit, when it suddenly ceases to climb and plunges through a tunnel, then with more hair-raising curves takes you down into the city of Oakland.

The space between Oakland and Berkeley is entirely built up so that you ar e not conscious of a dividing line; in fact, I am told, it zigzags back and forth so much, that the owners of property hard~ ly know which city they live in.

Mount Diablo, east of here, is about four thou s a nd feet above sea level, the highest mountain near.

On its summit is a bench mark from which all surveys in the w~st are made. At one time a few weeks ago. we could see snow covering its peak.

Geetings and best wishes to Whittier puplis.

Your friend, Abbie E. Beardsley

THE GIFT

Wistfully Jane eyed the contents of the shop window. The big baby doll would be just the thing for her small sister. But look at the price! If she bought it, she would have no money left to buy gifts for the rest of the famly. Oh, how unfair it was for some people to have everything they wanted and others not to have the things they needed! The li t tle doll with the blue and whte dres s would have to do. After all , Jane thought, it wa s n't the gift itself that counted, it was really the spirit behind it. So feeling better alr eady, Jane bought it, thankful that she could buy at least one thing, n o matte r how small. g r eet me for doing great green. On many of them are tric ks, patches of woodland; on lower :-J e nnie Pappas.

We are seven teen miles north east of Oakland nestled down in a valley of the Coast Range. The hills all around are beautiful, especially now, - when they are

On Wednesday February 20, the annual Greenleaf assembly was held. It was mentioned that four home rooms, with nine subscriptions were second to the lowest.

Not until the program 'was close to an end, however, was it made public that room 300 with eight subs~riptions, would gain the presence of the imp of indifference.

There has been a close race, four rooms, 103, 104, 212, and 303 each having nine subscriptions, 300, with eight, losing by one subscrip t ion.

9A home room 101 with thirty nine pupils wa s the first to be presented with the honor certificate for ha v ing one hundred percent of its mem b ers subscribing. At least one home room can be proud of th is certificate which will reside in its class book.

The next two highest rooms were 316, with thirty-six pupils and twenty-eight subscriptions; and 218 with thirty-eight pupils and twenty-seven subscriptions.

WOODWORK AND BUILDING TRADES

Three classes are given in woodwork. Those who are starting are learning the use of the plane. As the first problems they are making puzzle peg boards, targets, 101 or bust, bread cutting boards, checker boards and backs for memorandum pads.

Those who have had a semesters work previously are making some problem in box construction Among these are window boxes, letter holders, simple foot stools , alarm clock cases and memor -

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andum holders with a shelf.

The three foremen are George Michael 216, Lester Clark 218, and Harry Frick 101: Various other duties are assi~ned the class in rotation such as checking tools on benches, keeping scrap stock off the floor, tool room and checking keys.

ELECTRICITY SHOP NEWS

There are three classes in electricity with which most of the boys are having their first experience although several are taking their second semester of work Each period has a foreman Harry Frick 101, Herbert Bailey 316, and Robert Knox 316 are serving this semester.

The boys start by drawing diagrams of different bell circuits which are then wired on panels.

Each day in recitation period some facts are learned. At present they all know what volts. ~mperes. watts, watt hours and kilowatt hours are. Also they know how to figure the size of fuses required in their home. Soon they will learn how to read light meters, figure light bills and check their own meters to see if they are registering correctly. Later they will learn how to wire for electric lights and motors.

Knittirig seems to be the fad this semester. Every where a "knit one, purl two" can be heard. Sylvia Lotman and Mary Helen Iverson are making dresses while Marie Klaus has just completed a pocketbook. Oh Dear! What will be next?

WHITTIER TO HOLD H O BBY SHOW

Since nearly everyone is ·nterested in some sort of a l, .,b by , Whittier has planned to ,o ld r hobby show in which a ll , u pih may participate. · Certain l • yor have displayed an article a t [ hobby show or have seen aid admired the fascinating obj e cts . A hobby is not only inte rf ., t ing but educational as well. A :- amr collection which almost ev e r boj has, will train one to be oL -e rvant and to know foreig n rmn tries. Other hobbies s m m collections of plant or a ima forms can be equally enj o\ ble

Miss Dee, Miss Ralst or anc Mrs. Boschult are the co mr •t tet in charge and will judg e D en tries. The hobby show will b elc March eighteenth to twent y ;me in room 207. This will ' ar event for which all Whi tt ,: r ii waiting.

DATES FOR CIVIC LEAGUE

'I r p~

We thought that the W L t ie pupils would like to know hm they are to go on their ,i vi, League trips. This will be a n ev interest for the 7B's. The : ate for the trips are as follows : 's March 14, 7A's, March 21 , '.. 's March 28, 8A's, April 4, rn' April 11, and the last bu t cer tainly not least, the 9A's, A F 125

You may also be interes tc l t know the dates of the Confe r ,- ncE They are as follows: 7B's, M ,1 rci 26, 7A's, April 2, 8B's, Ap r 1

Lynn Myers: ''What flattery?'' [8A's, April 16, and the '.1B'E is · April 23.

Bonnie Parsons: ''A soft soap of which ninety per cent is lye."

It is hoped that all of you 1·1 av a very pleasant Civic Leagu e tri and are quite sure you will.

T H E WH ITTIER G REENLEAF

• HO ME ROOM OFFICERS 216-Edward Herzog, Marjorie Brown, Carl Anderson, and

The ho me rooms seem to have George Michael. A 7B class meeting was he ld chasen t heir home room officers 212 _: Marlin Belote, Mabel in the auditornm Thursday, Febvery car efully for we am all sure Derr, Mason Myers, and June ruary 28, to introduce the nomthat ev ery single one will stick Gakel. inees for the 7B election as well to th eir duties. The pupils 0£ 210-William Ekblad, Donald as the class sponsors. Whitt ie r are to be complimented De~ch, 9"eraldine Maser and C2..: Dorothy Tilton opened the ason th eir fine work in choosing ceha Will . sembly Yvith a piano solo, Etude their ho me room officers. The 209-Murray Mmthorn, Car - by Wallenhaupt. An interesting name s of the officers are as fol- lyle Hummel, Bub Deeds, and short talk on the class organiza- lo ws, t he president coming first, John Brand tion and vYhat it means was the vice- president second, the 208-Gene Helehan, . Frances given by Lynn Myers; Miss secret ary third, and the treas- Neuenschwander, Delbert Hurd , Jones and Mrs. Ross, the 7B urer last: and Ernest Spahn. • class sponsors, were introduced Ho me room 320-Ben Dappen, 205 - Bettylee Cronn, Hal by Dornthy Mattley Miss Jones Molli e Ko hl, Louis McChesney , Moore, Helen Hobbs, and Mar- then responded with a brief and T ho mas Rice. jorie Stoneman. speech. Mrs. Ross, after re- Ho me room 314-Betty Dov;l - 203---:-Marian Tv:7ay, Jack Wa~~ sponding with a short talk ex- ing, Del ores Hansen, Dorothy ~o n, Aileen Mertmg, and Neu plained the dutie s of the class Cart er, a nd Hubert Seng. Hansen._ . . president and vice president. Ho me room 312-Salvador Se 112-Willa Ann Van Buslmk i Mrs. Ross then introduced the gobian, R uth Bock, Helen Davi s, Jui12 Koons, Ann O'Brien, and nominees for the presidency. and Lois Ducan. Duane Holman. Robert Gflmore 222 Bayard Ho me Room 310 - Edward 108 - Eloise Fricke, Sigred Murray, 308, and Doriha Buett- Fire st one , Beverly Konecne , Franson, ~arlene Matthews, and genbach, 103, who expressed Esthe r L eichner and George Henry Reichel. . their appreciation for being nom- Groh . 106 - Harry Eichler, Ohver inated. Richard Swanson, 308, 308-W illiam Burr, Max· ne Mye2s, and Jae~ Leonard. Edward McNamara, 103, and Lowd er, Betty Johns, and Bon - 105 - Phyliss Overman, Betty Mae Bishop also intro- nie Bradl ey. Tof!1mY Dworak, George Bron- duced by Mrs. Ross.

307-F ay Rickell, Ralph La mb, stem, and R~1ssell Jurgens. Miss Jones then introduced Rich ard Michel, and Lola Kil- 104~Wilham Loeffe~, Melba Margaret Stoddatd, 105, Jean lian. Shastid, Annette Smith, and Smith, 308 , and F]orence Bock

305-K eith Rose, Albert Leo - Clara Knaub. 222, nominees for secretary, pold, Hel en Preditt and John 10~-Engene Lawson, George which, was follov 1 ed by the introMelson. Schleiger, Edna Hoffman, and duction of Marian Priest, 103, 30 4 - Delbert Cates, Paul Norma Detwiler. Robert Mills, 222, and Betty Rush , No rris Hammond, and 102-Bobby Metrakos, Emor Craig, 105, nominees for treas- Robert Kl ause. Shepard, Glen Eppens, and Ruth urer.

302-Wi11iam Thompson, Her - Steffen. . The meeting was adjourned man R ie fschneider Maxine E1·- 101-Evelyn Schleiger, Gene- and the 7B's were dismissed win, an d R obert C~tes. vieve Scdoris, Walter Long, and from their initial class meeting. 301 - Elaine Brinkworth, Alan Ball. 7B's, although you are new to Philip Becker, Charles Green -• fellow class students and your burg, and Thomas Minthorn. NO T ABLE NOTE fellow class students ai·e. new to 300-Au gust Gunnerson, Carol yon, you will most likely choose ~alen, Gl adys Stephenson, and In a rece n t fire-drill, the assist- your class officers wisely. Chffo :rd Scott. ant in Mr. McMullen's science

222-Ph ilip Rehling, Emma class led, or rather followed sevHerge!)- rade r, Elinore Robinson, eral of the pupils out the wrong and Di ck McMahon. exit. Going clown the stairs to 220-Cl yde Marshall, Ern~st the first floor, s ome one cried Morello , Leo Schnell, and Manon "that's the wron g way," so the Fowler . • half dozen in li n e ca me back up 218 - J ennie Pappas, Beth the stairs and went out the wrong Brigham, L loyd Mattox, and Bob door. Everyt h ing ca me out all Koza. right however.

NOTABLE NOTE

Amelia Segobiano brought a very inte resti ng exhibit of Mexican ar t icles t o Miss Hooper's geogr ap h y cla sses that are studying Mex ic o.

SCHOOL MASCOT

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Dorothy Mattley's favorite TAK ES PHYS. ED. hobby while walking home is to wade in the mud. Dorothy, if it would please you, we might place

March 8, 193 5

Judge in traffic court: "I ' J1 le t you off with a fine this ti me; next time I'll send you to .i .....i ]. " Driver: ''Sort of a weath e 1 fo r-

Bob Cl~ugh, small _2~8 ~~sc?t a few tubs filled with slushy mud and pet, 1s now partic1patmg m cast, eh?" in- sports. On the first day, his short at frequent and· convement Judge: "What do you m e a n ?" legs kept the ball from passing tervals in the halls ! completely through a line of boys playing a relay game.

When his turn comes at shooting baskets he excells many of the taller boys by making per£ect shots, even thongh he is several feet farther under the basket then the others.

Although his falls are many and his bumps are innumerable, he springs up fro m the gym floor only to be bowled over again accidently

He cannot de discouraged and so, in reality, carries the true Whittier spirit.

NOTABLE NOTES

It seems that Whittier increases its population of students by spurts o f b rot h e r s. A r l o Finlayson and his brother Merle have entered the portals of this grand school, the former being of H. R. 314 while the latter is in 108. They are from Bassett Nebraska

One day' last semester an amusing incident happened during Miss Cross' Latin I class.

It seems some person was making a disturbance in the hall. Miss Cross in an effort to stop the noise sent Leland Van Boskirk out after the disturber. In a minute Leland came back with a triumphant look on his face leading a rather startled janitor into the room.

The circumstances were explained and a hearty laugh was had by all (except Leland).

Miss Green, smiling individual of 304, has kept an excellent record of her p11 pils as long as she has been teaching . Many of the long-ago pupils are th e fathers and mothers of pupils here at Whittier. She has even kept account of those who have died, placing a star aft~r their names.

If you will look far down in the boy's locker room, you will discover a small mirror residing on the wall about three feet from the floor. In reply to innumerable interrogations we discover that it is there for the use of our little friend, Bob Clough, in order that he may comb his hair after his shower.

''My brother looks so much like me," said the prize liar, ''that when he shot paper wads in school the teacher whipped me, when he was arrested the other day the court fined me five hundred dollars. I was supposed to be marrie d the other day but my brother beat me to it and married the girl but I got even with him. I died last Monday and they buried him.

JOKES

Young lady to officer: ls that all I have to do to pass the test?

Officer: No. What would you do if you were going down hill and the brakes broke?

Young lady: I would jump out of the car and put a rock under the wheel.

Driver: "Fine today, co oler t omorrow.''

Miss Green: There are t wo sides to every q u estion.

Bob Gardner: Yes, and t h ere are two sides to every sh e , ,t of fly paper, and it mikes ~-l. big difference which side t h " fly chooses to land on.

-Ex c t,~mg e

Mrs. Pinney: Why d e ' Sn' t everybody turn back civil i , .: t io n and live like Robinsan Crus o,, did?

Richard Keller: Cause ere q,ren 't enough islands.

Tommy: Mother may I t:;· o to the zoo to see the mo n keys?

Mother: Why do you We nt to go to see the monkeys w h ei i your Aunt Betsy is here?

Mother: Dickie, your fa c t isn't clean. Your Aunt Betsy will 11 ver kiss you.

Dickie: That is just v.. hat I figured.

Athlete : Mom, this sp a;2: he tti reminds me of football.

Mother: H ow, son?

Athlete: Always ten y arri s to go.

GOING UP

Ladies' party Mouse appears · Up-i-ti-upChandeliers -Exr hange

March 8, 1935

CAPABL E DELEGATES

CHO SEN THIS SEMESTER

This semester the seventh, eighth a nd ninth grade home rooms ha ve chosen a fine group of delega tes. On the shoulders of these cap able pupils rest the responsibili ty of carrying information to an d from the home rooms and sugge sting laws for improv,fof the s chool.

\ he fo llowing are the delegates {ot<-,p is s emester:

Q. Je an Burr

Henry Michel

102 Ge neva Seegert

Alb ert Seiler

103 Do nald Goe

Be tty Mae Bishop

104 Bar bara Quillin

Alb ert Grant

105 Do rothy Titlan

Rob ert Simmons

106 Pa ul Mercier

Bet ty Um berger

108 Joh n Willis

Avi s Draper

110 Mar y Louise Blish

Don ald Maser

112 Cha rles Fahenstock

Con nie McCauley

203 Edg ar Norman

Opal Thomas

205 June Helmstadter

Ed ward Beltz

208 Wild a Smith

Me rle Mayfield

209 E·ar l Lampshire

Eil een Logan

210 Ed ward Smith

• Lavon Clouse

212 Ge rald Thomas

Ma e Spaedt

216 Joh n Sinclair

Jea n Carnahan

218 Gen e Firestone

Dor othy Egger

220 Wilm a Taber

Les lie Clark

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222 George Groh

Laverne Kreif els

300 Willard Craft

Betty McCauley

301 Elsie Loso

William Rumbolz

302 Max Knott

Twila Perrin

303 Robert Cook

Jean Schleuning

304 Robert Runnalls

Virginia Hageman

305 Harold Eaton

Maxine Cummins

307 Delores Moran

Don Countryman

308 Victor Brooks

Rosa Newbell

310 John Weber

Beverly Konecne

312 Fritz Sienknecht

Ruth Bock

314 Carroll Davidson

Miriam Hackman

316 Donald Puddy

Willa Trigg

320 Paul Sehnert

Lucile Jennings

H. R. 101 was not a 100 percent in Greenleaf subscriptions Thursday, Feb. 21. Frank Sheppard • formerly of 101, decided he liked Whittier better than any Omaha schools, came back to Lincoln and was put in his old home room the day after the Greenleaf campaign. Wh~.t luck!

Freshies here, freshies there. But then we've seen the eighth and ninth graders go up or down the wrong stairs.

If you see any small pupils that look as though they get lost in a crowd just remember that this is the beginning of the semester and they are probably freshies. With the exception of Elaine Brink worth .

In the class will of June '33 Lydia Snyder left her ability to earn efficiency cr€dit to her sister Helen. Helen has sure lived up to the standard her sister set. She is only a 9B and has over the required number already.

NOTABLE NOTES 7

A letter was received from the Arline Irvine and Madge "Better motion pictures" saying Arthur two January graduates, that the story "Dog of Flanders" were trembling and at the tear- by Ouida, is to be produced. This sheddi ng point the Sunday eve- picture will be released about ning before their first day at high March 22. It is being produced by school. They thought school would the R. K. 0. Studios, which probe boring and monotonus but by duced "L ittle Women," "Anne Friday, they were sorry that of the Green Gables'' and '' The school didn't last over the Little Minister." week-end.

Through some unexplainable

A certain few people have been reason, it seems that all Latin known to tease Glen Hoke about students grades go to both his sma11ness of stature but never extremes. For instance, my mind, Glen, just think of the grades will be a well-earned one, mighty Mi 1es St and is h, next day a hard-boiled six, and Napoleon, or Caesar. They were then some way or other they get small also. stuck at the last mentioned figure.

AROUND THE SCHOOL

Wednesday Feb. 20, two games What ! ! ! 306 pupils out Monwere held outside and some every day? What do they think this is, day until the snow of Feb. 25 vacation? If you are going to stay forced us to play inside. home everytime we have 5 inches

The playground committee met of snow what would you do if you Feb. 21. After the basketball and lived in Canada or Alaska? I'll kickpin tournaments are finished bet you're glad that we don't there will be a volley ball tourna- have school in the summertime ment. When the games are out- because if you stay home on side there will be but one cricket account of a little snow you'd diamond and perhaps we will have a permanent vacation w~en have paddle tennis, croquet and the thermometer soars above the volley ball. The croquet will be century mark. for underweight children.

Friday March, 1 open gym was Miss Curley, after losing her held. The games were very in- pencil in an afternoon Eng lish teresting and all of the pupils class, and after tossing books enjoyed them. The girls umpires and papers on her desk into a and girls score keepers battled nice little mess, found that it hard and long. The umpires won was safe in her hand. Did she by an 8 to 2 victory. Fern Trump, feel funny? I'll say. Marie Klaus, Esther Grasmick,

BOYS' SPORTS

March 8. 193r

- At last along comes th P• dd ~ which has been patiently ,, ~1it ec for,-- the new color tem r.-;;, ,

The same colors ·which h av ( been used in the therm o: 1ete1 ch arts, emestern past, are ein~ used again this seme ter.

Most common, but bec::1 _; ti fu colorn they are: red, blue, o ·i gc and green. Let u s h ope th a t • tcb color .will reach the top <, \, h f chart tiiis semester.

The new color ten,::,• lo ws : red, 316, 101, %4, ,2 , • 108, 110, and 103.

The rooms of the blue hl ,. 218, 312, 302, 305, 307, 31 ::.;, 00R and 308.

For the spring-time ,) lor: ~Teen , comes 314, 301, 310 102: 300, 112, 205, and 222.

Last, but not least, < meE orange . Its arrangements · e a8 follows : 220, 216, 320, 10(~, 104, 209, 210, and 105. and Frances Anderson made the It used to be just Dorothy baskets for the umpires. The Mattley and Martha Wimberly sc01·ekeepers are grateful to that dress alike every once in The 9A home rooms :> ' 2 aE Freida Martin for making their awhile but now Marian Moffett ne::~rly evenly divided as p o.---: ib lE basket. Betty Hudkins and Mable seems to be included now. with 31 6 and 101 on the re< • 218 Ebert played outstandingly for and 312 on the blue; 314 m11 • 30 1 the scorekeepers. Although the The orchestra, composed of 52 on the grnen and 220, supp i edls scorekeepers lost to the umpires, pupils under the direction of Mrs. the strongest baseball te m . , t hf they all played a fine game. The White, are working hard for the sole 9A of orange. umpires could • be indentifed by annual music festival. The 8B's are equally d i tr ibtheir red scarfs and the score- -- uted with 304, red; 302, ··)lu e keepers by their yellow scarfs. Last summer Verdeen Clough 310, green, and 216, orang e

The games are all progressing handsome chap from 101, calmly The 8A's are: red, 20 3 ; blue nicely. The games will soon be pulled an unconscious girl from 305; green, 102, and oran g e 32( outside. the bottom of the swimming pool. and 106.

The games inside will be held up He got his name in the paper, The 8B's, 7A's and 7 B' .: an unless the girls can be more quiet. but boys, he doesn't like to be ::ils o evenly dstributed. O ·1 thE

The south wall of the gym is called , 'hero" so make him blush. 8B's are: red, 208; blu e , 307 reRer:ved for players only. The ___ green, 300; and orange, 10 ,-1 • • ·11 d b k f h

The 7A's, with two ro orn s or umpires w1 stan ac art er Miss Jones was much alarmed each color, are: red, 10 8. 110 in umpiring kickpin games. third period when a huge, vellow, J blue, 212, 203; green, 11 2 , 205 The kickpin tournament is alley cat strolled unmolested d 20 210 an orange, 9, nearly finished. The championship thr ough the window. The pupils The 7B's new to this . dfa i1 games have not been played as hoisterously laughed and even are: red, 103; blue, 308 , g re et yet. Miss Jones smiled. 222, and orange, 105.

T he Whittier Greenleaf

7B C iv ic Le ague T rips T aken

SAL E SMANSHIP THEME OF OPENING TALK

On Th ursday, March 14, 193 5; the 7B 's were thrilled with the first of many-more-to-come civi c lea gue t rips which are h eld once a seme ster for each cl a ss i n Whit tie r and the other junio r high sch ools.

At th e meeting place (Stua r t Theat re) , an extremely intere s ting talk on salesmanship was given b y none other than M r. Wm. A. Robbins, the presid e nt of the L incoln School of Co mmerce.

A gro up of students from Havelo ck school entertained t h e fascina ted occupants of the la rge theatre w ith a number of lo ve ly melodies

Afte r le aving the Stuart The ater, the p upils visited some of the mos t p rominent and efficient, modern bu s iness houses in t h e city.

Whit tie r was not the onl y school to send its tenderfeet. •Everett, H avelock School, I r ving, Jac ks on, and 26th and 0 also sent i ts 7B's.

Whitti e r sent 86 boys and 67 girls, a t ot al of 1 53 pupils. All togethe r, th ere were 216 boys and 206 gi rls , with a total 222 freshies all having their first of a series of adventures on civic condition s

THE D AISY'S SONG

0 the spring, the spring!

I lead the life of a king!

Couch'd in the teeming grass, I spy each pretty lass.

I look where no one dares, And I stare where no one stares, And when the night is nigh Lambs bleat my lullaby.

,,,John Keats

A lcohol Subject M

r. Lefler's T la k

PROGRAM INTRODUCED BY TWO MUSICAL

NUMBERS

Mr. M. C. Lefler discussed the use alcohol as a beverage and ilM ot h er -- Daugh ter lustrated important points by the use of films which made his Party Held speech very vi v id and interest-

ing.

ENTERTAINING PROGRAM PRESENTED FOR MOTHERS

Tuesday, March 12, the annual Mother and Daughter program was held. There were quite a few mothers and daughters present.

There was a very entertaining program. Dorothy Mattley, the president of the girls' Civic League, gave a short speech of welcome to the mothers . Following that a skit was given by Mrs. Shike's drama II class, called "Taking the Census".

Se v en girls from the glee club s an g two Ir i sh songs, "My Wild Irish Rose" and "Wh en Irish E y es Are Sm iling" Miss Ostoff's drama II class then gave a fantasy which was called "The End of the Rainb ow".

After the p rogram was over the mothers and daughters went into the gym to eat their refreshments, which were ic e cream and cake . Music was furnished by the gir l s of advanced orchestra w h ich was led by Mrs. White The daughters took their mothers around and introduced them to the teachers of Whittier

The assembly was opened by a girls sextet singing "My Wild Irish Rose," •and "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling." Mr. Culler introduced Mr. Lefler who pointed out how alcohol could be valuable as well as harmful. One of its valuable points is that it makes liquids mix. He brought out how harmful alcohol can be not on ly to your body, but to a community as well. If a man uses alcohol while he is working he believes he d oes less. Rear A d miral Byrd took no alcohol w i th him on his trip to L ittle America An athlete lo s es a game before he starts if. h e uses alcohol.

In olden days it was safer to use alcohol but now, beca u se of modern machines the use of alcohol may kill many innocent people.

Colone l Char les A. Lindberg h did n ot use alcohol for he was the typica l A merican boy.

THE \'{!HITTIER GREENLE AF

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Published every t'l\-o weeks du rin g the school year y the pu ils of Whmier junior hii,:h school, a t 22nd a nd

Vme streets. Lmcoln, Ne brask a Set up and pr int ed b y the pupils in the printi n g clas,es.

Subscnptio n pnce 20c eac h semester. Single copies 5 ce nt s.

Member

FACULTY COM UT T EE

Miss Selm a Hult

Homer L. G amm ill 1vfiss Olive Keller Mr Culle r 1i·s Cros

Editor-in-chief

oA Ed,w1

Typisc

Martha \ V1mb,,rly

Doroth} Mattlcv

Svlvia Lorman GREENLEAF STA FF

Marian , 1offctt Wc-ky KnipJ:'d

Lawrence Erk lmeycr lean Carnahan Ed w:,rJ 1-- erzog

Edwin Bailey

Frank Brill

Jm1.es Campbell

K,,nnc th Cook

Clnrence De Shayes

Rov Frederick

Alexander Knaub

Albert Lindenl:-eri;z

Burl Miller

Dona ld Milhollin

Ernest Morello

Manuel Sch aaf

A lbert Schwindt

rlo yd Shastid

Philip Van Keuren

Ja ck Wern e r

Robert Wittstruck

John Caywood

PRL TERS

Philip Becker

Keith Butt&

Jame. .arrel

Carroll Davidson

Donald Fnhrnb ru ch

Gerald Huber

Gene Lawrence

Ri :hard Mc Fa rl Ind

Rob1.;rt .11\lcr

Dale 1oorc

Robert Prople,ch

Nick Scolaro

Jacob Sinner

\Villar d St..:in"'r

Lehnd Van Boskirk

Joe Will

Ben Wimber!-\;

Cafeteria Seating Arrangement

Say, by the way, now wasn't that double decker meat sandwich just too ducky for words? I hear that this and many other special desserts will be served quite frequently in the future.

March 22 , 1935

EDISON AWARD

Many of you have heard o t he Edison Scholarship Award . Of course some of us do not e • i)e ct to win this award because w ; u st don't know enough, but • a m

If you looked excdedingly hard wondering just how man y us you probably saw that the cafe- can solve this question, on e ;s ed teria cage harbored a new mon- in the test of Edison 's in 19 ' . It key Bob Folsom overtook the is as follows: cha nger during the absence of You are the head of an • peLa wrence Echelmeyer. dition which has come to g r f in --- I the desert. There is enough od

Twila Perrin hurrying throu gh and water left to enable ff ee her lunch so she' 11 be on time to people to get to the neare st , utdismiss pupils. post of civilization. The res t us t Lawrence Eche lmeyer diligentl y per ish . Your companions i: cha nging money. 1. A brilliant scientist 60 ar s

Mr~ . Ross, Miss Hult, Miss Dee I old. • trym g to seat everybody. 2. The scienti t' s wife , ter -

NOTABLE NOTES

Miss Bethune, scanning the heights of her family tree, traces her ancestry to approxima te l y one-hundred years past. This startling evelation proves that she is a descennant of the main charater of the '' Lady of the Lake.'' The charater is none other tha n Ell en Douglass, fascinating maiden of the highlands.

ested mainly in society m a :;rs, age 39.

3. Her little son, age 6.

4. The girl you are engag I to marry.

5. Your best friend, a > 1 mg man of own your age wh has shown great promise m t he field of science.

6. Yourself.

Which would you choose t r live and whic h to die. Give ' Our reasons.

When you figure this )U t,

We hope the new arrangement In Mrs. Swisher's 9A English please don't ask what the co rect of seats in the cafeteria v. ill he clas ses they are studying ·'A Son Isolu tion is, for we don't kno for more satisfactory th an th e old of the Middle Border,'' an auto- I sure. one. I To res erve a table each one biography by Hamlin Garland. NOTABLE NOTE sitting there write their name Recently in a test one pupil said on a slip of paper and then hand the book was a ''biology,'' and it to Mr. Culler. now the class would like to kno w Mrs. Boschult, for some n · tson whether he considered Hamlin or other, doesn't like to hea = any

CAFETERIA NEWS a plant or an animal. one mention a safty pin. hy1 ___ --- Because one little ''pe st' ' wa~

What does every one think of I George ~ing~r , a grad~ate t:ying to ~ak_e the abov_e , 1en· the arrangement of the tables in I from Wh1tt1er m January, 34, tioned article rnto a lever , m e med the cafeteria ?We think that it wi ll\ has been chosen the president of I plane, and was trying to 1 ,·ove overcome some of the confus ion the sophom ore class at Lincoln I that it had a wheel and axl e on especially on the girls side. I High. Good luck, George! I well such is life.

1. One of the human bones.

4. The winner.

9. An a rticle used by nine down.

12. The h ighest grade received in Whi ttier.

13. The opposite of sooner.

14. The act of using.

15. Two times four divided by two

16. Recei ving of compensation.

17. To pe rform an act.

18. A n article c o n t a i n i n g nothi ng.

19. I my self.

21. The a ct of dismissing.

23. Hom es for birds.

25. A sea .

26. Form erly.

27. Asc ension.

28. Word used with either .

29. Devotion towards a person.

31. To commit an error (plus S).

33 . Same as czar.

34. Tardy.

35. Without money.

39. Third person singular, present, indicitive of be.

40. First letter in alphabet.

41. A thought.

42. Something to eat.

43. Same as forty across.

44 Apparel for headwear.

46. Penetrate.

49. The close.

51. Unlimited.

52. Tabulation on typewriters.

53. Turf. Down

1. Action of nine down.

2. Within.

3. Previous.

4. Discovery.

5. Damage.

·9 There; at that place.

7. Come together.

8. Last thing at night (verb).

9. A doer of social harm.

10. We.

11. Article for capturing fish.

17. Getting rid of.

20. Chaperone.

21. Defect.

22. Anxious.

23. A novelty.

24. Forcibly concise.

30. Conceit.

32. The act of raising.

35. Gatherers of honey.

36. Bluster.

37. Retain.

38. Projections on the head.

40. An exclamation.

43. The opposite of subtraction.

45. Each.

47. Toward.

50. Denoting disapproval.

NOTABLE NOTES

The other day Robert Luebbs of 304, hurried into the room and told Miss Green that a dress was hanging out of someone's locker Robert told Miss Green the locker number only to find out that it was Gail Porter's and it was his scarf caught in the door.

You all might be interested to know how the 7B election of class officers turned out. They are as follows: President, Bayard Murray 308, vice-president, Betty Mae Bishop, 103, secretary, Jean Smith, 308, and treasurer, Marian Priest, 103. 7B's you did some fine work in choosing your officers

The combined boys and girls glee club is working on a song that is thirty-four pages long This unusual song is to be sung in the cantata in the near future The name is "Spring Cometh" of which the enrollment of the glee club vainly wish that the words were reduced to the length of the title.

NOTABLE NOTE

The following pupils have withdrawn since March 4 and we are ~ure they are all missed by their classmates.

Jacob Leikam 106

Alvin Young 305

Alvina Mehaffey 102

These pupils have transferred to another school:

Bonnie Mae Thompson 108

George Lion berger 112

Ted Hurd 305

John Hurd 305

Hugh Hurd 108

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

JOKES AROUND THE SCHOO L

"What's your name? "

March 22, 1935

A traffic officer stopped a young If the thefts around the b ie~ cle man for speeding and pulled .out racks don't stop soon some d: a ssome paper a nd a st ubby pencil. tic measure will have to be ta h n

"John Smith." Boys should see to it th a t a ll

"What's your real name?" 1' movable parts on their bike s a r e

"Well then, William Shake- 1 fastened se curely. speare. ''

"That's more like it. You can't fool me with that John Smith stuff."

Teacher : Name a product of the West Indies.

Bernal Carter: I don't kno w any.

Teacher: Come, come, where

Bonnie Mae will go to Jack- do you get your sugar? son High, George to Irving and Bernal: We borrow it from the Hurd boys went to Omaha. the next door neighbor. Donald Schneider entered from Cheney, Nebraska and is in 102.

From Everett comes Ada Howard who is in 314.

Can you imagine anyone ca lling Lawrence Echelmeyer, uncle. Well, when he visited his relatives in Beatrice, Nebraska, four little curly headed fellows, his nephews, continually called him that (much to his disgust). I

The spelling idea of Miss Curley's might help other English teachers. Each class has a little car and the road is the ledge above the blackboard. One column of words is studied at one time and a test taken on them. The failing percent of the class is subtracted from the percent of the one hundreds. The car is then moved along the road that many spaces. Each class strives to have their car ahead and all enjoy the race. Good work Miss Curley.

JUST IMAGINE

Miss Green with a grouch disposition.

Mr . Strawn teaching home ec.

Miss Osthoff without her fluent vocabulary.

Gene Lawrence without his pitching wind-up.

Keith Butts without his hair slicked back.

C 1 e o F 1 u k e with a pale compection.

Dorothy Gottberg without her chewing gum third peroid .

FAMOUS SAYINGS

Herman Reifschneider to Reuben Reifschneider half way down the hall: Hey! don't fergit to take your Algebra home.

Sam Pappas: I wish.

Ed die Folmer: That ain't nothing.

Miss Green: Don't hurry.

Carl Anderson: I'll bet "Pop" Heston: Your not as dumb as you look, you couldn't be .•

On the morning of March f a ll of the clarinet section in th e a dvanced orchestra appeard , it h stands and music. Perhaps s r;- in g is coming or some unusual ha p en • ing is about to occur for th is ry seldom happens. •

During a civics class i isE Johnson was discussing th t' i mpeach ment of Andrew Jo b i. ·on. Up came Wayne Parker's ;·, i. n d •' Is he any relation to yo u , . ise Johnson?" "Not in the le s t' 1 replied Miss Johnson. "I n m' suppo se you are are any rel (· io . to Seth Parker . Are you?''

Whittier pupils were ghn chance to view some of th e , ic tures that were in the Worl d s l 1 ai1 along with many other inter e ? in! exhibits in their visit to t h Morrill Hall lately.

WHO CAN MATCH

Lawrence Echelmeyer's of humo r.

Mr. Strawn's curly locks

Pop Heston's coveralls. Mr. Ros"' mustache. The ignorant Greenleaf H afl Helen Poore's posture. Mitze Green's stature; Gail Porter's abilit y a tumbling.

Philip Becker's luck e' lucky I didn 't take a pun cn 2 him yet.) .

March 22, 1935

DID JA KNOW

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE CONVICT WHO'LL INVE T THESE·

The ~r st Arbor day was cele- brated m _Nebraska in 1872 , and Late at night dogs were heard was the id ea of Julius Sterling barking. The full moon rose from A gauge to tell the pressure of Morton. Now nearly every state behind a barren bluff. A small bat tires ~ithout removing the cap. in the U. S. and also in Canada h~mmed through the open

An instrument to tell where a set asi de this one day in the year wmdow. The steady thump golf ball would have landed if it to plan t tre es. thump of the shutters made th~ had been played by Bobby Jones • San Fra ncis co '. has the only w?ole place very spooky. The A mechanical device to awaken large and well -bu ilt harbor in ~md b,1;ought sounds of men talk- Paul Schafer inAlgebra. more tha n one thousand miles mg. One Eyed Pete'', the A way to learn Latin without aroun d escaped convict clung desperatly st udying.

The lar gest gold-nugget ever to the rafters on which he was A good system of eating all found in California weigherl 195 perched . He was fifteen feet from candy wanted without getting a poun ds an d was valued at $43,S 34 t~e floor if he should fall. Above tummy-ache. dollars. him was a large hole in the roof

A hair oil that is not greasy-

In parts of Vermont money is of the deserted mansion where thus clean composition papers. unkn own. The medium of ex- he was hiding. Suddenly with An automatic word-counter for chang e t akes care of all of the out warning a flashlight pierced the greenleaf staff-urgent. money tro ubles. One lady traded the inky blackness and a roar was 2000 poun ds of butter in one year heard above the whistling wind. for a pian o.

One Eyed Pete fell to the floor

When a man of China speaks with bullet in his breast. of his wife he usually applles to -Jack Lomax ?er some such title as ''the thorn m my fle sh,'' and his children he

THE MILLER

calls ''ins ects.''

The_mil!er was a kind man way AN EN COUN TER BETWEEN down m his heart but didn 1 t want A DOG AND CAT anyone to know it. So he was cross. His family didn't dare dis-

Have you ever seen a dog or a obey him by letting N ello in the ~at fight ? On e time our cat got house. He treated Nello and mto a fi ght w ith a dog. It was a Patrasche so mean though they pretty goo d fight for a while . It had done nothing. He told the was a sma ll d og so it didn't make people that he was the one who much d iffere nce The dog chased had set fire to his mill. But when the cat, a nd the cat chased the Nello had brought the purse back dog. Ho w ma d they were! Finally he changed entirely, he said let my bro ther said to the dog, ''go the dog have the best and he away." It didn't do any good. would go to the hut and get Nello The dog got the cat cornered. to Ii ve with them. But when ~he ca t scr atched him on the side of the face, and the dog ran Patrasche got out of the house and away. Afte r that we did not see found Nello, they found them the dog for a long while. both frozen to death in the -Joan Blumer church, he hung his head in , 'M shame for the way he had treated amm a, Glennie ate the rai- them both. sms on that stic ky brown paper.,, -Edward Smith

"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN"

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is being played in Russia. As Russians b~ing atheistic, no longer recog~ mze Heaven, they had to change the part where little Eva dies and asc~nd~ _into paradise pulled up by rnvisible wires. The Russians have Eva get well and go to work in a. cement factory. Anyway, Russian theatrical producers can~ot be a c cu s e d of b e i n g impractical.

WHOOZIT (Who is it)

Class: Nobody knows. Hangout: Office

Outstanding features. Medium height, bald headed, the kind with just a little hair around the edges. Guess Who.

Mr. Nevin, director of the high school orchestra, comes once a week to off er suggestions to our orchestra. We're glad to have you, Mr. Nevin.

FIVE BEST BOOKS

I In a recent interview of two English teachers, two science, teachers, one typing teacher, and one bright little boy, this question was asked. If you were deserted on a desert island and could only have five books to read within five years time you are captive, which five books in the world of lite r ature would you choose?

Miss Green wisely answered thus: The following five are my pick of the crop: 1. The Bible, 2. Some good colle ct ion of English and American poetry, 3 Well's Outline of Histo ry, 4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fa ble, 5. Shakespeare.

Mrs. Shike proudly wrote: 1. The Bible, 2. Enc y lopedia, 3. Unabridged diction a ry, 4. Book of readable poems, 5. Innocents Abroad.

Mrs Boschult fired a te t tube at the writer and issued sounds that when pieced together made the following list: 1. The Bible, 2. History of the World, 3. Volume of Shakespeare's Plays, 4. Rise of American Civiliza ion, and 5. Anthony Adverse.

Miss Ha at v e d t was kind

THE \VHITTIER GREENLEAF

OUR HERO

The man after whom our beautiful school was named is one of the greatest Amercian poets, John Greenleaf Whittier. He was the direct des cendent of a true Amercian Quaker family.

This master of the pen was born in East Haverhill Massachusets, December 17, 1807.

From boyhood to his death his one joy was poetry. How ma ny poems he has written that have not been publicized is not, nor never will be, recorded.

We have done well in nam ing our school in honor of an f:'Xcellent man.

He was six feet tall and of very slender and straight build. His bearing \Vas of the dignified, proud, and powerful sort.

He loved freedom and the great out doors, hating the act of human slavery.

Of his death, we will not narrate, for the remembrance of his life and great deeds, may be spoiled in thinking of his departing.

Some of his best known poems are: The Barefoot Boy, Telling the Bees, and Snow-Bound.

enough to shake away a few cob- Incidently, our school paper, webs and produce 1. The Bible, the Greenleaf, was so dubbed in 2. p i I i gr i m ' s Progress, 3. honor of his middle name.

Anthony A verse, 4. About Ourselves and 5. Enduring Quest.

PAY ATTENTION

TELL HIM

SO

When a feller's ey8s ge t mis t· Jest 'cause a friend's prov d true,

And the pathway that he's trampin'

Grow~ refreshin' like and n ; w

How much good this friends l meanin'

OnP perhaps will never kn .r ;

But when friends are staunch r i d steady

Why not go and tell' em s o • -A Whittier Stu ,· m t

AN

ENCOUNTER BETW , ~N A

DOG

AND A CAT

What a terrible fight it was ' h e cat was eating when the h u TY dog came up. ''Here's my c h :ce to get something to eat,'' he .i d. Hiding behind a tree, th t · 10 g barked, growled, and wh i .d, but he could not scare th e cat away. So he thought he \~. ll d just walk up to her and that 'v' ul d frighten her a way. Howevt h e wasn't as smart as he thoug · h e was. The cat heard him cc •n g up behind her, and turned a r md and said, "Would you like a 1ice long scratch?'' she asked. T' e n, without waiting for an an .- er, she gave him a big scr , c h. "Ow!" the dog howled, an , y ou may be sure he didn't boL ·r a cat again.

-Jean

Schle

,· ing

Miss Madsen was thinking Pupil: Say teacher, do you Bobby : Well, daddy, I le 3, n ed about this question but as yet w e know why that Scotchman Ithat cats and dogs were co n 110n have not received an answer. Idoesn't send his boy to school hounds but you and I are p ,per ? hounds.

The bright boy replied that he I any more. would take five American news- I Teacher: I have no idea; why Why is it when you me 1 t ion . civics to a 9A, he looks r.!L her will Ipale and changes the S ' je ct right away? Can it be the sts ? papers if the boy would ; doesn't he? deliver them prompt ly every I Pupil: He's afraid his son a f ternoon at 4:00 o'clock sharp. have to pay attention.

March 22, 1935

WOLVES

Lat e at night dogs were heard barkin g in -the pasture. We expected it was the wolf that had been r oaming around the country and th a t he was after our sheep. Fathe r and 1, taking our rifles and a lantern, went towards the 1>asture. When we arrived at the p as ture we discovered t wo wolv es fighting our three d ogs hard a nd fierce. At father's and my ca lli ng that was very lou d the d ogs came to ue and th e wolve s stood up and faced us They sa w us and ran toward t he river .

The next day father and I tracke d them and came u p on their d en in the river bank . I fired m y gun in the air and t hey came ru nning out. Father s h ot them a n d we have their skin s in our livi n g room.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE STRANGER

The stranger appeared suddenly. "Oh," screamed the plump Mrs. Hudsor1, "What do you want here?'' The stranger made no sound or movement in answer to the question but was obviously ill at ease. Suddenly with a quick upward movement of his hand the masked unknown pull~d the light chain toward him; shuting off the light and leaving them in darkness. A lusty seream from t he weightily inclined landlady r e warded this quick act. All at once a lusty call rent the night a ir and in the window appeared the jovial face of Doctor Garner. " Great Ceaser's Bu t ton - holes what's wrong here anyway" he rbeezed. The sudden flow of light interrupted him for there in the middle of the floor stood her son Paul. It was just a joke after all.

NELLO

N ello, J ehan Daus' grandson, was a genius. He would rather draw than eat. He was Io ya l, honest, obedient, friendly, and had self control. All these things he showed by his actions. He was faithful to his milk cart and did all he could for his grandfather and Patraske. His life was very sad but he made provisions for his dog, Patraske, and went away alone to face starvation. But Patraske, his loyal dog, followed him to the cathedral where they both died side by side.

- Earl Lampshire WHO ARE THEY

The following conglommaration of misspelled words when arranged in their correct order comprise the last names of all of teachers of Whittier:

1. That vead - By Lawrence Fr os t - Robert Luebs

T HE FORESTER

I wan t to be forester,

COALY-BAY

2. Foil Sc tied

3. Ede

4. Nolstar

5. Phooer

What a beautiful horse Coaly- 6. Thiwe

To wor k all day in a swee t Bay was! But the bad thing about 7. Chewl s m elling fore st , him was that he had the wild 8. Thul

Clean in g up dead sticks and blood of his ancestors. What do 9. Srabrow br a nch es, 10. Yepinn vou think happened when they 11 s ·

Whi.c h are broken f om the d • rmce tried to ride him? He jumpe 12. Samden t re es with oncoming fo r ce , high bucked hard, and kicked 13. Sors Taki ng care of animals that the dust around him. Later he 14. Srocs h av e broken their legs , found that he did not have to work l5. Lucrel i f he went lame. He was so lame 16 s h • And pu tting out forest fires . n eJ when anybody came near him 17. Neerg c are less people have th a t they sold him for bear bait. 18. Necllumm • s ta rted, What do you think happened 19. Fordumm I woul d have to know the when he was taken to be shot? 20. Naves . k in ds of tress and plants, The hunter missed and the horse 21. Kishe And the friends I would have, se nsed the danger and ran very 22. Sobthule

That 's the way to live. fast without a sign of a limp. 23. Thebune - Frances Barnes Running he left the hunter 24. Shonjon , b e hind vainly trying to force an 25. Klleer

If Be na rd McCune would only I e mpty cartridg_e out of his gu n 26. Chessdril take gl ee club instead of orches- 1Y ou may ~ee him. now out on ~he 27. Fosthef tra, all t he civic league officers Iopen prarie runn_mg and grazrng 28. Stone H. would b e in the same fifth period with a herd of wild horses. 1 Answers will appear in next class. -Jack Good ding I issue.

ALTERNATE DELEGATES

Below are the names of pupils who have been elected alternates. During the absence of the delegates the alternates, representing their home rooms, go to delegate assemblies, take part in the discussion and report back to their home rooms.

We all feel sure that a fine choice of alternates has been made.

101 Marguerite Bell

Alex Miller

102 Elizabeth Gerdes

Joe Wise

103 Dewey Lewis

Marion Priest

104 La Veta Abbot

Edward Debus

105 Frank Roeder

Lorraine Deihl

106 Desmond Corcoran

Marie Sterkel

108 Lester Stearnes

Thelma Ostrander

110 Bernice Schulte

Clarence Heidenreich

112 Ralph Mosher

Betty Brown

203 Robert Reitz

Marie Rubino

205 Fred Rose

Bettylee Cronn

208 Frances N euenschwander

William Graves

209 Frazier Garrett

Jeanette Bolar

210 Bobbie Rice

Ruby Jones

212 Herbert Davis

Edith Harrman

216 Chester Way

Dixie Wall

218 Wesley Knipple

Catherine Cutler

220 Gladys Reynolds

Donald Howard

THE \VHITTIER GREENLEAF

222 Dean Harris

Esther Leichner

300 George Van Sickle

Delores Jones

301 Ruth Preditt

Nathan Worth

302 Ralph Shiffer

Ruth Schmidt

303 Kenneth Braun

Shirley Stockton

304 Dick Gaughn

Doris ·Johns

305 Ralph Ortell

Ruth Morton

307 Cassie Tapley

Richard Michel

308 Bayard Murray

Gladys Taylor

310 Mervin Woodhead

Helen Snyder

312 Salvador Segobiano

Helen Davis

314 Sheldon Mecomber

Delores Hansen

316 Arthur Pine

Marie Seiler

320 Warren Watson

Molly Kohl

FORMER WHITTIER STUDENTS ON ADVOCATE STAFF

Sever a 1 graduates from Whittier h a v e gained honor through being chosen to be on Lincoln high school's official school paper. They are:

Bill Bramel: 3rd page editor

Robert Braun : Sports Writer

Georgia Teten: Columnist

Letha Pettit: Exchanges

Helen Severa: Copy reader

Donna Miller: Secretary

Ethy lmae Wittenmyer: Secretary

Hail to them! We hope they will· not forget dear old Whittier.

March 22, 1935

AVERAGE DAY OF A DRAMA CL A.S S

A very disheartened d n. a class looked up thirty mi n u t es after the announcement that ti1 ey should write a play or reading a nd no talking or wandering ar o: m d the room. (The latter re ff,,1rk being intended for my ben e !·i t .)

The teacher, a very stern,p 1im, school marm with dark rim 1-1ed '~oggles' sat eyeing each ind i Jitlual who from all appearance s wa1 writing with all the industry c,f ar angel's child, A look of nl ie j spread over her face, to se e al of her little 'chicks' so dilig t -1 tl~ working, but as it came a b'.) i1 fled, for that little red-h e , d ee Irish guy, Mike, who sits b e 1 ,i nc Susie with the long, blonde, , 1rl1 had just put one of those b e:.J ti ful , cone-shaped, ringlets in tc t hi ink wel l. After the proper ar i had been administtered t c t hi wailing child with soap an d ho water, Miss (let it pass ) , th 1 teacher , arose, gave the cla s s orn sweeping glance, and seeing · hen still innocently at work pro cc. d'e< to the blackboard to wr it .: a1 English exercise. While he r : c1 was thus turned a few thi n 3 o interest occured. To start f: ng off Lawrrn ce shot a wad a t , aul This very sweet lad re rn·tte1 with a thing boys call a r v :) be band. Next Wilma, usually t· g ir who can not bear to see a n,,, on, suffer at her hands or othe r .J iSE slipped a tack on Dorothy' s ,J es where upon she prornptly s1: a te1 herself, and not word di d iss u from the pretty lips of th e hr av girl, but just a "I'll meet y, m i the alley after school.''

The exercise being com p)e tel written, Miss (let it pass) tn rne around and beheld a gr oup o cherubs working so baro n t hei compositions.

-Georgia Ga ddi

March 22 , 1935

\ SOCIETY

Rut h R emick of Home Rome 220 will entertain sixteen guests at her home, March 22. This party will be held in honor of her b irthday.

Did you go to the Chicago Grand Opera that was held in the un iversity coliseum here Tuesday, 12?

THE "WHITTIER GREENLEAF

We~nesday, February the Just Imagine: twentieth, was a big day for home Ray Rhoades without his foolroom 101 when they became one sih grin. hundr~d _pe r cent in Greenleaf B~tty Dowling without her ~ubscr1pt10n, one hundred per cent · habit of collecting boys pictures. m payment of class dues, and girls Miss Green without her mar9A basket-ball ehampions. • velousDorothypersonality. Mattley conducting a home ~oom meeting correctly. Mrs. Boschult: Stop! \\ by are you running'! Errne Morello without his chewing gum. Toughy: I'm tryin' to stop a Lynn Myers not getting his Individual: Who's feet ta~gled up in anything and everythmg. fight. Former fight ing?

Am on g the large crowd attending we re Jean Burr, Martha Wimbe rl y and Sylvia Lotman. !he g irls enjoyed the opera 1 , Clarence: It immen s el y. night. • was a bedroom if] she grows np. Bob Kelly getting a seven in algebra.

SP ECIAL MENTION

Latter Dittio: league officer. Me and a civic Miss Cross not giving long Latin assignments. . Elaine Brink worth when [and

I Harence: Wad'ya 1 bedroom night? mean - a ~awrence,. Eckelmeyer being serious for nve minutes.

I Clarence: The snow blew about

A ve r y special thanks to Wilma in blankets and the rain came Taber. Wilma wrote the skit for down in sheets. our last Greenleaf play which must ha ve taken a long time to do. Don ' t you think she did a very fine pie c e of work?

The n ewest sty le is a tunic blouse or a smock. The first smock appeare d on Jean Fram stead now a depar t ed student of Whittier. The pla id and plain materia l are the most p opular and large sleeves are pre fe rred. They look ver y mce and we r ather like them.

PUPIL S HANDING IN NE WS

Funn y incidents are happe ning in the indi vidual rooms in Whittier everyda y. The Greenleaf staff

• hears ab out part of it, bnt as the staff can' t be in all of the rooms at the s ame time, how can we print all that we don't see and don't he ar ? Here is on1y how we can. On ly by your cooperation with us b y your handing in to the office a nd staff all funny things you hea r , and also odd customs.

Son: Pop, what is a joke.

Pop: A joke is an excuse for a halfwit to start relating his own experiences.

Mrs . Pinney: This is a newspaper published in Washington. It contains nearly all the data any patriot could hope for. It contains everything in fact.

Bright'n Shiny: I'll bet it has no funnies.

What happened to the Smiths?

Among the Whittier teachers there is a Green. a White, a Johnson, and a Jones but no Smith. Oh well. We'll just have to get along without one

Miss Osthoff, Dramatically: She stood there, looking at everything and seeing practically nothing.

James-Fitz-James: and why

co uld she see nothing?

This week's crossword puzzle s easy compared with what will ibe sprung on you later. Remem~ ber, good old "Webster" will set you right if your brains get twisted. The correct solution to this week's puzzle will be in the next issue.

What's this we hear about March 12 that unlucky day?

Bernice Shaldy fell on the gym floor and got up with a pain in her wrist, Avis Draper fainted in home economics class, J e a n O'Donnell insisted on biting her month three times, and someone spilled soup all over Byrdis Whinnery's white glee club out fit.

If a man had begun saving $400 a day 6,000 years ago and had never missed a day, he would not yet have amassed a billion dollars. It would take a man 15 years to count a billion if he could count at the impossible pace

Miss Osthoff: Because dark. it was I of 300 a minute, working 10 hours 1 a day and seven days a week.

8

GIRLS' SPORTS

The credit for an accurate pitch goes to Dorothy Maser of 103, who during a championship game pitched a ball that knocked the pin over and one directly after that did the same thing.

An exhibition Nebraska ball game was played on March 8 by a picked class. Teams 1 and 2 played together and 3 and 4. Nebraska ball is very much like volley ball except that the ball can be served from any place and by anyone. A large rubber ball is used instead of a volley ball.

March 13 several games were held outside and some fo r quite awhile.

THE WHITTIER G R EENLEAF JOKES

Miss Dee: Sylvia, why are raw foods so important in a meal'! Sylvia Lotman: I don't know exactly but raw foods do ·the same thing for us as hay does for a horse.

Miss Osthoff: If you can't spell a word , look it up in the dictionary; don't take a chance . Wayne Parker: Columbus took a chance.

Miss Osthoff: And landed in jail too!

Glenn Hoke: Do you know Kate Smith?

Carroll Davidson: Yes, but she's a liar.

Glenn: How's that?

The playgr ound committee met and plann ed to have a ninth grad e Nebraska ball tournament and an eighth grade basketball tournament, and a seventh gr ad e bowling, if the games are inside .

Open gym was to be held Friday, March 15th, but the warm weather prevented that.

On the girls' diamond 2 the fence has been taken away and it surely needs to be there for the catcher very often misses the ball and there is no fence to stop it. There always nee ::1s to be a pigtail.

The pupils since the weather is fine are watching the games with much interest and enthusiasm.

About two weeks ago when the games were outside several games were played and now several championship games are under way.

Carroll Davidson: Didn't you ever hear her sing, ''I aint Got Nobody?" (No-body)

A small boy had been accused of a wrong doing of which he was not guilty. When his irate teacher asked him to apologize he replied:

March 22, lfl 35

BOYS' SPORTS

On . March 4, Monday, "":1 at was probably the most b l< )dstirring basketball game in n 1J a y a semester was won by h '> me room 218.

When the game was a t ,rnt one-half over Frank Brill of •a s made the first basket, a pe r : ~ct long shot from the middle of e floor, to give 218 the 2-0 sco re

Then Kieth Butts, of : 14, made a basket after a br e Lht a king dribble, the length of , he gym floor, tying the score.

Three minutes left to 1 - ty. Boys were betting on their : worite teams.

Suddenly ~ieth Butts ·f ied Glenn Hoke accidentaly. S ( nehow or other he fell on the l t le fellow's back, tumbling t 2m both to the floor.

Amid ear-splitting shout s . Lnd yells Glenn Hoke grimly too l · h is stand at the free-throw lan e . He seemed to hesitate just a n' ere fraction of a second.

''If I've done anything I should be sorry for, I'm glad of it." Then, just as the minute )-.·md of the clock drew back to •1 ck, (looking at his Hoke placed the ball throu g 1 the I'm as famous as net, automatically giving ~ : ' f' a

Paul Rush grades:) Now Washington.

Ruth Gass: How's that?

Paul: I went down in history. -Exchange

Old Mammy: I for Euphonia. wants a ticket

Ticket agent (after ten minutes work thumping through the train schedules:) Where is Euphonia?

Old Mammy: Sittin' over there on the bench.

314 has to find a new pitcher Mrs. Nolan: "Another bite like since Olinda Niederhaus and that and you'll leave the table.'' Bertha Brehm have withdrawn Lee Nolan: "Another bite like from school. that and I'll be through.''

3 to 2 victory over 314. Even "Connie" Kriege r t he custodian shook his head so k :nnly and exclaimed, "That' the best basketball game I've ?Ver seen"; so it must have ieen good.

So far 316, with their a rn zing team-work and sports j 1a nship, still holds it's place a the top' when it comes to wi1 1ing basketball games. They were nearly def eat 1 d. by 218, the latter having a 2-0 ~. core over the former. Then, som e 10w, 316 made four points w i 1 ning the game.

ls he Wh •ttier Greenleaf

VOL 12 NO. 11 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA APRIL 5, 1935

PRICE: FIVE CENTS

Whittier Holds j ;---c-A-LE-:\N-DA_R___ !Englbh Classes

Ho bby Exhibit Apri l 4 . SA Civic League Trip Receive Letters 1 April 5, 7A Penmanship Test ,

PUPILS IN TER ESTED MANY I !~~!i 1i: ~B 1i~~ League Trip

LE IS URE TIME Apri l 12, 9A Efficiency Pen- 1 · A CTIVITIES manship Test

' April 16, Spring Vacation j

REPLIES COME FROM NORTH CAROLINA PUPILS

The ho bb y show was held the M1 s. Shike ' s 7 A English class week of Ma rch 20 to 26 in room I begins at Three P. M. 1 had written some letters to the 207: Th e pupils . visited them i pupils of pover. No~·th _Carolina. durmg t h en· English classes. • M bl C · tt I Oonal<l Bieber rece;ved a reply

The p up ils of Whittier enjoy I ar e omnn ee Ifrom Nixon Russell, living in the many ho b bies during their lei s- A · t d £ C L ·eastern part f North Carol i na ure tim e. Among these a re ppOlfi e l or • • in the little town of Fort Barn-• stamps, coi ns, flags of differen t \VelL This town was named afte1· countrie s, rocks, buttons, mak - SPRING SEAS ON BRINGS Captain Barn vell He was ;1 ing quilt s, postcards, collection s TOURNAMENT FOR leader during the war. His old of small animals, drawing and f01-t is still there where ne painting , and making airplane s. PUPILS 1 -:ought. He became very ill and Jean O'Do nnell and Jean Bm r --- / died. The records of his death each had a Panama Republic coin With the coming of the long- vvere burned. when the comi nearly a lik e. Bernard McCm, , looked - forward - to spring all ' house was burned and but few had so me very interesting pai k i ~naTble-minded youngsters bring reo:ple In.ow whe ·e he was is_sue sta mp s and Gai·.land Wa l•• I out their "migs", poljsh them buri~d. _ kmsha w ha d some over prmt e' l up, and start looking for a part- Nixon hves on a tobacco planstamps. A very unusual hobby ner in crime. Most of the boys I tation of two hund~·ed acres of is that of collecting a book of play du:·lng the noon hour at lr.n<l. match co ve rs. Two collection '' the no rtheast comer of the Another letter was received of these were exhibited in th 2 building. by Olinda Hcrg~nrader. It was show b y Lloyd Winchelt and For this purpose there has written by Myrtis Alcox of Fort Albert Le apold. Some painting--; been a capable civic leao-ue com- Ba nwell school of Dover, North were ex hibited by Eloise Frick e mittee chosen, a group 0 of four Carolina. Myrtis: Engli_sh class and Ruth Remm ick. Some s ~m. er pable boys . These boys are :rcmt to th e R?le1gh Farr a !ew fully drawn pencil pict~res we r_e LeRoy Frederkk, 316, chair-/~1o~ths ago. The ch1ldr~n _orte.1 shown by Lut her Smith, Jae;{ , . B b 17 218 R .,. 1 go LO shows that cont: n mtCTG t11an , o ~oza, , o:y , t b t th · h 1 oodmg and F rederick Mitchell. · I estmg fac s a ou e1r sc oo A . Qumcy 101 • and Max Knott of k very mter estrng collection ' of ' ' wor . 28 fu r s was shown by Shirley 302. It seems very interesting- to Stockton. The show was a com-- These. boys wear new Qhiny the pupils of Mrs. Shike's clas3 plete suc cess as everyone en- badges, the numbers roam ing I to be able to corresrond with joyed seeing the other pupil's from 54 up to 110, 111, and ; other pupils in different stater,. hobby. Effic iency credit ,vas 1 d 112 ' , .._., e all hope that the ne ~-t letters • • ) a ge • ' ·11 b • t t· tl r.i granted to the pupils who m 1 , the 1 w ::. e as m ere.s mg as 1es Mrs. Bos chu lt's e s tima tion had j Boys, we hope marbie : were and we are sure that they earned it. bt si.ness pros p ers! will be.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE

WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Publish

FACULTY COMMITTE E

M iss Selm a Hult

Homer L. Gamm ill Mi ss O liv e Keller

Mr Culler M i ss Cro ss

Editor-in-chief

9A Edito1

Martha Wimberly

Dorothy M attley

Typist Sylvia Lorman

G R EENLEAF STAFF

Marian Moffett • Wesley Knippel

Lawrence Eckelmeyer

Edwin Bailey

Frank Brill

James Campbell

Kennerh Cook

Cl a rence De Shayes

Roy Frederick

Alexander Knaub

Albert Lindenberg

Burl Miller

Dona ld Milhollin

Ernest Morello

Manuel Schaaf

Albe rt Schwi n dt

F loyd Shastid

Ph ili p Van Keur e n

Jac k Werner

Robe r t Wittstruck

John Caywood

Jean Carnahan

Edward Herzog

PRINTERS

Philip Becker

Keith Butts

James Carrel

Carroll Davidson

Donald Fahmbruch

Gerald Huber

Gene Lawrence

R ichard Mc Farland

Robert Miller

Dale Moore

Robert Proplesch

Nick Scolaro

Jacob S inner

Willard Steiner

Leland Van Boskirk

Joe Will

Ben Wimberly

CAFETERIA NEWS

So as to lessen the confusion in the cafeteria, tables are being r ese rved. If one wishes to reserve a table he must write his name and t he names of the pupils with whom he wished to sit , on a slip of paper. He must also write t he number of the table he wa nts assigned. There have been quite a few tables assigned already.

Some of the pupils think that if they do not reserve a tabl e they can not eat in the cafeteria . This is n ot s o. There will be other tables where t hose pupils may sit.

There will also be some tables for JOKES

the pupils who do not eat there

every day•

Was I surprised the other day to find awaiting me a real ''beman" sort of a roll with jelly in the center. Upon taking a ruler and measuring the above named article I found that it extended eight inches from end to end, four inches from side to side, aind practically one inch in depth

Resolved:

I, the undersigned, make th e following r esolutions, subject To th e approval of the students of W h ittier, of which I hereb y pr omise t o keep each and eve ry da y of the school year, to eac h a nd every said stud e nt:

1. To maintain a high-standa r d menu.

2. To oversee and supervise the co okin g and preparin g of all food.

3. T o look into th e important matter of selecting food , s e eing th a t all will be fresh.

4. To give special desserts a nd foods to the above named students at the reas onable price of five cents.

5. See that order prevails in

6. Be able to give every indiv idual a smile, which is only obtainable through the dealing and transaction of food honestly.

I h e reby affix my ·name to the ab ov e named resolution in full

April 5, 1935

Champion Runner: This cl ock we won runs fine; it does an h ou r in forty-five minutes!

Co-Ed: (at basebal1 game) : h look, we have a man on e ve r y base.

Another Co-Ed: That's n ot hing , so has the other side.

The barber had been clip p i n g Betty's hair with the el e ct r ic clipper.

When he was through Bet ty r eplied ''My neck must have be en dirty because he had to u s e trt E vacuum cleaner.''

1st: Bring de shov, brin g ct d E pi ck, Galivgelo is stuck in t hf mud.

2nd: How far in.

1st: Up to his knees.

2nd: Let him walk out 1st: Noa, Noa. He wron ga Pnc up, he wronga end up.

A small boy went into th e ro b bler's shop. He asked, "W h at d• yo u make your shoes out of ?' ' " Hide," answered the cobbl er Boy: "Eh-what?"

Cobbler: (impatiently): ''H id e' Boy: "What for?"

Cobbler: "Hide." The co w ' outside.''

the kitchen and the cafe- Boy: , 'Why should I ca r e teria, and Whose afraid of a cow an y wa y.'

Two small boys talking a b ou the president.

1st. Boy: ' 'My father thi n k s h has done a lot of good.''

2nd. Boy: "Oh! I don't k n o~ he hasn't closed the school s y et.

The Latin lI Class has a mott fa i th of every student of Whit- it seems. It is ''Don't e v Er d t ie r anything you can get Mis s C. r oE MRS. FOLGER. to do for y9u."

A ril 5, 1935

R UL ES TO DISO B EY

Co me late to sc hool. You'll be recei ved with the sweetest smiles.

Wh en you are borrowing a bo ok from t h e library, be sure to let your li ttl e sister or br other tear pages out of it, or injure it in some othe r way

Leav e your books in your locker. You kn ow you are supposed t o go af ter th em durin g the peri od.

A lways use word s that are n o t in th e dic ti onary. The teacher s are th ere to corr ect; so it won I t make any difference.

Alw ay s go up and down the wron g stairs , a nd if you bump into an yone don 't excuse yourself.

Say "he y" when you are addressi ng the teacher. It is too much of an e ffrot to be courteous.

-Exchange

MY VI SI T TO WEST POINT

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF ·

THE SLAVES FLOWER PUZZLE

Late at night dogs were bark- The answers to the following ing . The howling of the blood sentences are the names of • hounds, to the sad experience of flowers: the neighbors, was coming from· 1. The first flower to bloom in the depths of the near-by forest, the spring? where a cruel master frequently 2. The minister of the group? hunted the run -a-way negores. a 3. The flower that grows on clan brought from southern Africa Flanders field? by slave dealers in 1602, The 4. The best of all vegetables? master was sufficiently adapted 5. Mother's day reminds us of? to giving pain to the subordinate 6. The brightest flower is? thrall thr ough the use of his 7. The m odest flower? blood -th irsty blood hounds and 8. One of the richest families in h is ever-cracking whip the United States?

Listen to the sounds emitted 9. Claudette Colbert's latest? from tne curs, I could estimate 10. The queen of flowers name? e xactly the closeness of them 11. He kissed her with his? from the thrall, and-there!what 12. Nebraska's flower? • was that? A blood curdling shriek 13. The timekeeping flower? rang through the air, another, 14. The king of beasts? an? still another. 1 Now absolute 115. An article of women's wearqmet. Another s1ave gone_ to ing apparel? where there are no troubles, Just 16. A common name for a sissy? be cause he is black. 17. The greek youth who became - Lawrence Echelmeyur a flow e r?

DIDJA KNOW

One fa ll day we took a trip up the Hud so n river to West Poi nt. After th e boat left New York I ran to th e lo wer deck lean ed over the raili ng and watched the foam tipped wave s race by. We st Po in t, Napoleon Bonaparte was only THE LIFE THAT I DESIRE a milita ry academy, is loc ated five feet two inches tall. about si xty-five miles from N ew Railway lines "creep" as much r want to be a race car driver, York. Re achin g We st Point we as ten inches a year. To raise a shower of dust and went to loo k at th e cannons some The ice cream sunda e is said to' a1·I·t on the road behind, of which had been in the Revel outiona ry war. There was have originated in Ithaca , New And watch the glistening hub one cannon noticed, a hu ge York in 1897. caps turn, Germa n cannon wi th the back Wall Street got its name from And watch the loose mud fly, blO\yn out. ~ha~ an inmen se a wall built b y Peter Stuyvesant And then come roaring down to cham I sa w. 1t_ s lmks two f eet I to defend New Amsterdam long! T he charn was stretch td , 1 . win , Id . across th e Hudso n dur ing t he ag ainst the British. Thi~ is the life that esire. Revol utio nary war to pr event the All bears are "left-handed." - Kenneth Braun Britis h fro m enterin g N ew York. T he rhinoceros can see only a After watc hing t he ca dets dri l l f ew yarrls but has sharp ears to LEISURE TIME we sta rte d for home. It was about detect food or enemies. . ,- 6:00 when the St atu e of Lib e rt \' ___ The boys _and g!rls of toda.>' • • • - · have more leisure tnne than the came into vi ew . With lourl clang- Ge ne Firestone: They call me children did one hundi-ed years ing of bell s bac kward and foward Curly. i ago. • the b oat we docked, and went Cleo Fluke: Why? i Our education is not completed ashore Ge ne Firestone: Because I'm J within the walls of a school house - Marjorie Randall 102 not. 1 but in our leisure time.

18. The sa 1.1eiest girl of all?

(Answers on page 6)

7 A CIVIC LEAGUE TRIP

On Thursday March 21, the 7A's were given the pleasure of going on their second of six civic league trips. The pupils including those from Belmont, Bethany , Co 11 e g e View, Everett, Havelock High, Irving , Jackson, 26 and 0. Van Fleet and Whittier assembled at 8:30 in the Stuart theater, the meeting place of all civic league trips.

Mr. F. D. Keim Professor of agronomy, Uni. of N e braska , gave a talk befo r e the pupils departed to get t heir data on their t r ips.

After le a ving the Stuart theater the stu d e nt s v isit e d the most prominent su cc essfu l b usiness houses in the ci ty . A wide varie t y of places we r e v isited includi n d such as agronom y farm, civil e n gineering, and highway cnostruction for boys to Americanism and vegetable gardening for the girls, 18 in all for the boys and 16 for the girls.

From Whittier one hundred and thirty-three boys went and one hundred forty-three girls went on their respective trips. The total number of boys was four hundred eighty-five and the total for the girls was five-hundred one These including other schools. The total boys and girls was nine hundred eighty-six .

NOTABLE NOTE

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NOTABLE NOTES

On Friday, March 8, Miss Wilson being at the art gallery, was not able to appear at her home room that noon. She was extremely weJl substituted for by Wayne Parker, now becoming famous for his acts of teaching. On a previous occasion he substituted in an Algebra class for Mr, McMullen who was unable to .be present.

While some boys were examining the fur exhibit owned by Shirley Stockton in the hobby show, a reference was made to their cost. Gordon Holbrook pointed to the civet (polite name for skunk.) "Huh!" he remarked You could get that for a (s) cent.

Utilizing o]d benches, tables , stairs, and window sills the hobby committee gave Whittier pupils a chance to view some of the hobbies and collections of the students. Efficiency credit wasn granted if the hobby committee judged them good.

Looking over a recent issue JO a school paper we find this from the mother of a certain boy who seems to need plenty of ''larnin. ''

Deer Mis A _____ _

u writ meabowt whippin Jonny i hearbi givu premishun to beet him up evy tim it is nesesery tu lurn hes lessuns. He is jist lik hes

The Whittier glee club will fathur u haf to lurn hem with a entertain us in the near future club. Pound nolege intu hem . with a cantata entitled "Spri n g wunt hem tu git it, and don't pae Cometh." It covers thirty-fo u r noe atenshun tu what hes fathur . sez. i ' ell hand el hem " pages and will be given some___ • time during the first week of May. The members of the glee I If our beautifully georgeus club are already beginning to d ust y weather continues I beleive rehearse the monstrou~ orator}o I we will all resembe something the an~ h?pe that the audience will cat dragged in and laid in the attic e nJoy it . for ten years.

April 5, 1939

.These folks have entered sc ho ol during the last few weeks: Garel Mutchie 302

Maurice Carpenter 314 Glenna Ed wards 305 Flora Osmon 108

Garel entered from Ir vi ng, Maurice from Park Center H ig h, Elgin Nebraska, . Glenna fr om district 113 Lancaster cou n t y, and Flora from Belmont. Don Countryman, 305, r e --e ntered after being absent s ix weeks because of injurie s r eceived in an automoibile acc idPn t.

Mrs. Pinney of 218, su ff er ed from a painful injury abov e her left eye. It occured whe n s h e s lipped on the slick floor 'h ile taking a cold shower Thu r s::1 ay morning. We are all sorry , Mr s. Pinney.

I ' ll bet Mrs. Boschult ha s be en busy giving efficiency c r ed its since the Hobby show start e d a nd we hope that a great many pup ils w ill benefit by the Hobby shJ w.

Spring must surely be o n it's way if it is not already he n~ for an increasing number of b ic yd es are seen in the racks, more boys playing baseball before s cho ol, little spots of green grass o n t he playground, boys sheding so me of their jackets and sweate r s a nd the girls donning lighter d r e6 ses instead of their woolen on es, fewer people staying for lu nch and fewer absences

While you visited the ho bby show did you notice the d isp lay of cards owned by Robert Randall? They represent t h e far off places which Bob has re ac hed with his radio set. You kn ow he has an amateur radio sta ti on at his home . .

ACROSS I DOWN

1. Mas t . 1 1. Whirl. 5. Sou thern State, minus last 2. Pole lette r ''a.'' 3. To the left. 11. Fath er. 4. Proportions. 12. Syst em. 5 13. Sma ll Island. • 15. Fuel. 6. 16. Water Wheel. 7. 18. Color a ttracting bulls. 8. Land measures. Section of relay. Gelatinous s u bstance . Cut in two. 20. Figure -carved pole. 9. 22. Drin k ing vessel. 10 24. Hyp othetical force. • 26. Inac tive. 14. 28. Edge of article. 17

30. Mou nd. 19 . 31. Excl amation pointing out an 21. articl e.

32. Foot illness. 23 • 34. Tooth. 24.

36. Silve ry. 25. 38. Tic. 27.

40. Symbo l for sodium. 29.

41. Peg. 33 _ 43. A nick name for goose.

45. Urchin . 35.

46. Razze s. 37 .

47. The s econd word of a bride's I39. speech . 42.

Exist. Encountered. Glutted. Enticement. Double. Restaurant bill of fare. Poke. Pertaining t o organic matter. Scenic presentation. Home for birds. Cup. Decimel unit. Porker. Catch. A fool. Negative.

SOLUTION OF THE LAST PUZZLE

Following this brief statement you will find the correct solution to the crossword puzzle appearing n the th i rd issue of the Greenleaf:

ACROSS

1. rib 4. champ 9. gun 12. one 13. later 14. use 15. four 16. earn 17. do 18. empty 19. me 21. fire 23. nest 25. asea 26. once 27. up 1. roh 2. in 3. before 4. clue 5. harm 6. at 7. meet 8. pray 9. gunmen 10. us 11. net 17 . dispose 20. escorts 21. fault

28. or 29. love 31. errs 33. tsar 34. late 35. broke 39. is 40. a 41. idea 42. eats 43. a 44. hat 46. enter 49. end 51. any 52. stops 53. sod DOWN 22. eager 23. novel 24. terse 30. vanity 32. raises 35. bees 36. rant 37. keep 38. ears 40. aha 43. add 45. an 47 to 50. no

NOT A BLE NOTE

We wish to express our most sincere sympathy to you, Miss Cruise, for your loss. Miss Cruise's father died Friday, March 22.

SOCIAL COLUM N

Four popular \Vhittier students have formed a quartet. Bob Folsom, the arranger, sings the baritone parts, Bernal Carter, bass. Larwrence Echelmeyer, second tenor, and Don Sehnert, first tenor.

The boys have sung at many prominent places in Linco ln and will sing at the Vine Congregational church on Easter Sunday.

WHITTIER APPRECIATES

GUM (?)

How many of you enjoy chewing gum? Well, don't answer all at once. This is W h it t i e r 's main pastime.

There are several ways of disposing of gum which prove very effective, for instance: swallowing it, putting it behind :your ear.3, and best of all, sticking it under your desk, and like all good chew bins throwing it in the waste basket.

However Whittier will thank you whole-heartedly if you stick it under your desks. You'll never get over the thrill of placing your hand in a nice juicy, squishy , sticky wad of gum.

DEFINITIONS

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FLO WER PUZZLE

Answers to que stions on flowers:

1. Crocus

2. J ack-in -the-pulpit

3. Poppi es

4. Swe et Peas

5. Car nations

6. Sunfl ower

7. Viol et

8. As ters

9. Gi lded Lilly

The first 8A class meetin v uf this semester was held on Th, sday, Marc11 28th, in the Whi t er auditorium.

The president, Claire 1\'I' ' ~r. opened the meeting and c,1' ·~' d upon the secretary to read 1 ie mi1.utes Attention was L' en

10. Rose • called to the black board Jn ,vhich was written the nu n" :)e r of pupils on the scholarship j ,1 11 , the honor roll, and the effici t cy roll.

11. Tulips

12. Goldenrod

13 Four O'clock

14. Dandylion

15. Ladies Slippers

16. Pansy

17. Narcissus

18. Black-eyed Susan

Tenderly she placed the little form in its final resting place, her eyes dry and wide. Many times she left, only to return with another one of the cold, life-less bodies. Innumerable, they seemed to be brought by her from the realm of the dead Faint cries seemed to burst forth from her throat each tim e she bowed her head with one o f the forrris clasped tightly. Suddenly she wheeled and winged away. She would feed her young one s more worms after she had satis fied he r own hunger.

- Wesley Knippel

lvliss Osthoff's drama II c S g,.ve a delightful little pla } ntitled "The Unclaimed Ran s 1" The characters were as foll , The role of Dick, the boy 1w wanted to run away from b -.. ~ , was played by Bob Schlem g. Jane, his deYoted little si ·r 1 vas Maxi 1e \Vood,vard, anc 11e tramp was played by Bill I ,nbolz.

After the play "Pop" H e m, orie of the class sponsors, tr· d 0 11 the Goodrich fraction an r·· ·• x' "lain-d the subjects on the l '.~k bom d. The meeting was : en adjourned.

HIGHLI GHTS OF TH E: HOBBY SHOW ·

Among the in te re st ing s ir ' 1t s at the hobby we re the dra vv; 1g s by Luther Smith (Smitty ) n d painti ngs by Eloise FrickP nd Ruth Remick. Frederick Mit 1· i ell

Riverbank: A place wh er e fish - also shows talent in his exhi b, wn keep t heir do-re-me.

DEFINIT ION OF of original drawings.

River basin: A place where MEN TAL EFFORT Some of the articles which d • w fish wash themselves. (OF GREENLE AF STAFF) a great deal ofattention· wer e ·· he

River current: A species of cur - - milk bottle filled with indian L~ ad rants which fish like. Feet o n top of desk, pencil in pennies, the quiltR mad e by River mouth: A place where mouth, chair tilted back, hair Marguerite Coy, the col1ecti o. of the fish'erman ''feed" the fish. awry, eyes staring at ceiling, readings by Sylvia Lotman rn d I jaws w orkin g actively on pencil · theshipexhibited by John Me: on. What has eighteen legs and 1 1 then comin g down from space, I Hobbies like these are som eh ing catches flies? writin g tw o words and r esuming to work for and a good wa.i to

Answer: A baseball team . 1 origin al po sition. l earn efficien cy credits .

April 5 , 1935

• JOKES

Sonny : Mother, we're going to play ele phants at the zoo and we want yo u to help us.

Mothe r: What can I do?

Sonny : You can be the lady that giv es them candy and peanuts.

NE W VERSION-OLD

Waitr ess: Hawii Gentlemen? You mu st be Hungary

First Customer: Yes, Siam, and we can' t Rumania long either. Venice lunch ready?

Waitre ss: I'l] Russia to a table. What w ill you Havana?

Second Customer: Anything a t all, but ca n ' t Jamaica little speed?

Waitre ss: I don ' t know if w e can Fiji that fast, but Alaska

First Customer: Never m in d asking an yone. Just put a Cu b a sugar in our Java.

Waitres s: Sweden it yourself I'm only here to Servia.

Second Customer : Denmark our bill and call the Bosphorus. He'll pr obab]y Kanya. I don't Bolvia kn ow who I am.

Waitres s: No , and I don't Carri bean . You fellows sure Armenia.

Boss: Sa moa your wisecracks is it? Wha t's got India? You think maybe this arguing Alps business?

Both Cu stomers: Canada noise. Spain in the neck. We Moscow now.

Ernie Morello: How far can a dog go in a forest?

Jack Lo max: I don't know.

Ernie Morello: Until it's past the middl e; then it's going out

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ANSWERS TO "WHO ARE THEY"

This list gives the correct spelling of our "magister's" names. If you will note in the last issue that sixteenth should be ' ' Snoej" instead of ''Snhej'' it might sooth your mind.

1. Haatvedt

2. Schofield

3. Dee

4. Ralston

5. Hooper

6. White

7. Welch

8. Hult

9. Barrows

10. Pinney

11. Cruise

12. Madsen 13. Ross 14. Cross 15. Culler 16. Jones 17. Green 18. McMullen

19. Mumford

20. Evans 21. Shike 22. Boschult 23. Bethune 24. Johnson 25 Keller

26. Childress

27. Osthoff

28. Heston

ENGLISH BLUNDERS

Melville (Mitzie) Green after laboriously trying to spell a word to Miss Green, suddenly discovers that it isn't the word he wants after all.

One day Miss Jones called upon the class for prepositions. The first boy said ''two, '' the second "for." Evidently the class didn't listen to Miss Jones be cause they went around the class 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, etc.

AROUND THE SCHOOL

You should have seen the little timid girls jump the other day. Some mischievous y o u n gs t e r dangled a piece of string on whose end swung a piece of cork with sprawling rubber legs, in front of the girl's faces. Thinking it was some poisonous spider the girls jumped back in fear .

If you wake up some of these days , to find a teacher or school ma t e tapping you, keep your fist down by your side and don't succumb to spring fever again

Monday March 25, Mr. Culler was seen on the front steps applying Mrs Pinney' s rouge . Quite a beauty specialist , Mr Culler You're doing fine .

Have all of you realized what a fine opportunity to find interesting and new know ledge is in the Whittier l ibrary? Jt is much better to read a book, even if it is fiction, than to waste one's time shooting rubber bands or rice.

No bicycles should be taken out of the racks after 12:30. Civic League officers have orders to stop any one from violating this law.

NOTABLE NOTE

Sherod Harris, who has a collection of stamps in the hobby show , enjoys hunting up old diplapidated houses in the country "or those," he said, "that everyone says are haunted , " to see if he can find some rare and valuable stamps. ''I might get rich that way,'' he stated.

THE W HITT I ER GREEN LEAF

BOYS SPORTS 220 for the ninth grade; 304, SPORTS of the red, for the eighth grade;

B M d M h 25 th w d ]12 f th f h The fh1st tournaments i-l id e

Y on ay, arc • e ne an , 0 e orange, or t e have been finished and tl L' r ecolor chart was extremely well seventh grade are the rooms that sults are as follo ws : advanced with the reds in the made the initial sco r es for the Basketball lead; the orange taking second color charts.

The 9A champions ar e 10 1 place; the greens coming in third; who \Von their total by d cL ,, atand the blue following the rest After an approv ing vote of the ing3023o1.lost to 310, wh· ch n : J rn s with only a few less points. students in the phys. ed classes, them 9B champions

According to Mr. Strawn, to Mr. Strawn h a s decided to make 101 and 310 had to pla ~ fo r whom all credit is to be given for color charts for each of his classes the 9th grade championsh ip an d the creating of the color chart and compare each class with the 101 wo n. and the recording of the points other to see which is the most Kickpin made by each Color' the Color , , bl , , 1

The 8A kickpin champio~l'· ar e capa e c ass. 304, who defeated 320. teams have .been chosen very

The champions for t he 8B evenly, each color possessing as LEISURE TIMF~ class are 208 who defeate d 00 much power in the games as the

Those two hor:.:.e rooms r '; ye d other, or at Jeast near ly so. All of us have some leisure time then for 8th grade chan. ; Ollship and 304 w n.

Thus far approximately 16,7 00 but do all know how to spend it? 210 lost to 21 2, making t tern points have been recorded on the Some of the suggestions the girl s the chan pio ns . color chart. The reds have over made are reading, music. art, for 'The 7B champs are 103 . Yho 4,900 points to their credit, which individual topics. Family leisur e defeat ed 222 when they p' ~e d makes it the leading color. The can be taken up at meal time by for the championship. or ange are so close tha t the reds I telling .1 okes or relatinQ' some Then 212 a nd l03 had t n , lay and 212 won. have begun to feel uncomfortable. Iextraordinary incident whieh Then came the champi cr .,, hi p The orange has about 4,70 0 points happened during th€ day. g· 1 me in which 304 had to lay and to win a few more games 1 We may not value our leisure 212. This was a very ex, • in g may put them in the lead. time but as we grow older we will g me. The girls definitel y • os e relize that our unoccupied t he sid e they wanted to w i' 'md cheered for them every m, ~,te

The greens have followed close moments can be filled with pleas- s 8 re .a l times a fumble , ,ul d behind the orange with 4,200 ure by -taking up some hobby or cause sighs from one si P m d points, only 500 less than the other thing which you are inter-- shou ts from the other. We 1 ~ t h e orange and 300 more than the ested in. end was that 212 won. blues which have over 3,900 points. 30 l, th e basketball cons oL:.ti on LE N champs, pl ayed the champ s. 't 01,

In fact, the teams are so close • AR ING TO DIVE for grand school champi or ~h ip. together in the number of points, , It was certainly too bad fo 10 1 that the citizenship grades of the 'I wo . years ·ago I . decided I because they lost and 30 1 ca rpupils for the first six weeks, would hke to le a rn t o dive. Paul, a Tied off the honors. could transform the whole affair friend of mine, said he would help and place the team, which is me. I tried diving off the bank most likely expected not to win, first and then off the board. I did in the lead. what Paul called a perfect "belly-

Much i nt e rest is being r· ~. own in the games since the } ar e outside. Several champi or,3 h ip games are in progress an / als o the Round Robin tournam < 1t.

Rooms 220 and 316 are the ones buS t er." I wa lked out on the which have made the largest board, poised, and accidently fell ff L • t a· · ' You b lues thP.t are b c ·Lin d, number of points. 220 made most O • earnmg O ive isn t so easy, d I , I d .iump into it and let's get )ill/:) · of theirs in baseball victorie s an wasn t so sure wante to thing done. You're too sh ,v.. whereas 31G defeated most of th~ learn after all. After diving for a other rooms making theirs in I half an hour, I decided it was u ·th w· b ·l 314' , w ' I ·t l t f f 1 1nai a 1m er y, s ne ?asketball. 220 is orange and 316 1qu i e a O O un • Ipitcher, is doing fine an n we 1s red. i -Jack Leonard hope that ~14 is happy.

The Whittier Greenleaf

VOL 12 N O. 12

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA APRIL 26, 1935

Spring Vacation

A pril 16 to 20

STUDE NTS RELAX FROM ROU TINE SCHOOL LIFE

Spring vac ation came at las t!

CALENDAR

April 25, 9A Civ ic League Trip Assembly, Miss Baker and Richard White

April 26, 9A Style show

April 30, i2 weeks grades given out

May 1, Mr. Johnson, Posture

PRICE: FIVE CENTS

Spring Program To Be Presented

DRAMA , GLEE CLUB, AND PHYS. ED. PUPILS TAKE PART

On Friday , May 10, we are to What a r elief from the monot - Assembly be honored with a pro g ram to be ony of sch ool life!

May 2, FinalPenmanshiptest, given in our au ditor ium. Miss 7A and 8A 0stoff's d rama II class will pre- What di d you do on your sent a play called "The Poets spring va cation? I just loafed . 1 . Well" by Alice C. Riley. The around, s aid John Weber and Pupt s En Joyed characters a r e as follows: Poet, George Schleiger. I echoed their I Hobby Assembly Cha rle s Greenburg; Princ ess, sentiments. Twila Perrin; Phyllis, Delores ___ Hansen; Peter, Donald Howard; What ab out this one th onrrh. 1 Court Ma z ician , John Sinclair; One boy expe cted to visit Colo- 1 VARIOUS ACTIVITIES Handmaidens, Frances Ander- rado for a while and then go to : DESCRIBED IN s~n • Lois McChesney, Joseph ine California. I wonder if he flew. 1 TALKS H2ilman, Helen Breh1 , Be'vty The Oma ha police breathed a ,T ::i.ne Ca r Ison , A!nelia Klob, sigh of reli ef. Look who visite d On Wednesday, April 10, Frances Moore, Martha Na1el , there· . Jos eph1·ne Gold, Fre L..1 Whi ttier pupils enjoyed an assem- Ann~ Roller, Erma ~chnitter, cl • Ia xu~e Woodward, W10na An- Swihart, Ro bert Folsom, Charle s bly held to _recogmze different thony, Frieda Kraft, Beula and Salador Segobiano, Beverly t ypes of hobbies. Mericle, Evelyn Scdoris, Opal Konecne, F rederic Michel, Vir- Wilma Taber, 220, acted as Thomas; Page to the Princes s , gina Micha el and hosts of others. master of ceremonies, first giving Rob8rt Love; Footmen in livery, N us a general idea of what a hobby Robert Runnels , Arthur Maser; ebrask a City was honored is. She then called on Jean Burr Flower. Ballet, girls in Physical by Ellebelle Monroe and Evelyn . Educat10n classes. Glascock. of 101, wh_o gave us_an mterestmg Scwe-The g arden of the Eunice Vente r went to Ray- talk on corns, showmg us also the I Princess in the late afternoon of mond, Neb raska, Josephine Hen- smallest and largest coins in her I a summe r's day. Peter loves . drik to A shland and Do rothy collection. I Phyllis, but she has no time for Herbert Davis, 212, then such things: Phy!l"_s thinks the Headly to Broken Bow.

11 . f j pcet who 1s wnt mg a poem Harry F agler and Dean Hoff- presented his co e~tw_n ° rocks 2bout the princess for a c ontest man went camping. Do n Hil- for our app roval, po1?tmg out the I to b2 hel<l in honor of her birth- gert and Jim Maxwell went too different types. This hobby bas day , is being rather shabbily Many of us did not go on in- been his main interest for many I treated, by her and offers to de- ' 'moons.'' 1 scend the magic well to regain a teresting v isits ~uch as the ones Robert Folsom, 312 , amazed I blossom symbol_ic of the poet's I have me ntioned went on, but . . . l~st rhyme which the prmcess the audience by his enhghtenmg has thrown there. Does Phyllis we all enjo yed our spring vaca- p t d speech on stamps. regain the rhyme? Do e er an ) (Continued to page nine) (Continued to page nine

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FACULTY COMMITTEE

Miss Selrn::i Hult

Homer L. G::immill M iss Olive Keller

Mr. Culler Miss Cross

Ediwr-in-ch ie f M artha \V1mberly

oA Ed,ro, Dorothy Mattley

Typist Sylvia Lorman GREENLEAF STAFF

Marian Moffett Wesley Knippel

Lawrence Eckelmeyer Jean Carnahan Edward Herzog

Edwin Bailey

Frank Brill

James Campbell

K e nneth Cook

Clarence De Shayes

Roy Frederick

Alexander Knaub

Albert Lindenberg

Burl Miller

Donald Milhollin

Ernest Morel ' o

Manuel Schaaf

Albert Schwindt

Floyd Shastid

Philip Van Keuren

Jack Werner

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John Caywood

PRINTERS

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Carroll Davidson

Donald Fahmbruch

Gerald Huber

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R icha rd Mc Farl nd

Robert Miller

Dale Moore

Robert Proplcsch

Nick Scolaro

Jacob Sinner

Willard Steiner

Leland Van Boskirk

Joe Will

Ben Wimberly

MRS. JANISH GIVES TALK

An actual trip to China ! That's Yvhat we all seemed to have when Mrs. ,Janish, cousb to Miss Cross, gave us such a perfectly sup~r - gorgeous description of China, its people, and their customs.

Mrs. Janish was in China almost six years, going there for the first time in February, 1929. She landed at Tangku, rode by train to Tientsin, and from there she went to Peking.

"Peking" is the old name fo!' the city, "Peiping" (pronounced "Bay-ping"), being the new name. "Peiping" in Chinese,

THE \VHITTIER GREENLEAF

means 'northern p2ace", whereas "Peking", former capitol of China, means "northern capitol." The Nationalists set up their capitol in "N anki11g", meaning "southern capitol", and not wishing to have two cities named capitol, they changed Peking to Peipin!s,

Mrs. Janish first went to China with her cousin, Mrs. Helen Fette, who is head of the Fette rug company in Pekj11g, and had journeyed to America and took Mrs. Janish back to China with her.

Mr. Janish speaks Chinese very well, but Mrs. Janish says th at she herself doesn't know quite all the lingo. She learned the hmguage in three months whereas her husband also learned in three months. Neither of them reads or writes Chinese for that takes years of hard ,study and not even the natives themselves, know all of the thou-

April 26 , 193

are you today?" The p a : -t ing words are usually: "zi e- ,;;·en , ching neen whay-lie," ·which means "Goodbye, good lu ck,please come back again."

At the end of her talk, Mrs. Janish thrilled us with,-- "W ah shieh-shieh nee - men ga y wa ting. Wah eye-la hun-doah g un neemen show whah."

This means: "I thank yo n for giving me your attention. J enjoyed, very much, talkin r to you." To a Chinaman this w ould mean,-"I thank you giv e me listen I like very much wit l1 y ou talk."

If you aren't careful, dear reader, you will soon be att e;n pting to pronounce these Ch in ese words Well-, go ahea d , but don't say I didn't warn yo u

QUEER NOISES

sands of characters. Late at night dogs, were he ard

In her speech, Mrs. Janish about the old Smith Ho m e. 11 told of visiting a country man, was a place of mystery as u :-1 eei Mr Li ( pronounced Lee) , and a wealthier city man Mr. Sheih. noises were heard at nig r· b) Also she told of visiting two vil- the neighbors. Bob Martin, ,.e ar· !2- ges . Pao-ma-chang and Hai- ing the dogs barking, th c,.J gh· tien. They also visited Tsing-tao he would see what the m ,t tt e1 in Shanting province, and by was. The moon-beams ca~ t boat they_ went to Dai.ren, and shadow of mystery about t h,:> ok Mukden, m Manchukno. • . . From there they went to Smith Home. Bob, nsmg ~lll:~ tly Shan-h 2i- kwan and Tientsin and, went to the old house whic h wa: back to Peking. The most inter- ~bout a block away. Bob, s ce inf estin-r places she visited were a shadow about the place, cr &w lec Taian-fu, situated at the base of over the stone wall which s ur Ch~na'::i sacred mount3:in, Mr rounded the garden. He h id ir Tai-shan, and Chu-fu, birth gnd . burial pfa.ce of the great philos- sor:ne bus?es. Bob, hear mg opher, Confucius. n01se, which sounded of t';) me

The Chinese use onl v charac- thing scraping, peered out of tht brs in writing, so their lan- bushes. An old man was or hi: guage C':'_n never be expres~ed ~ ;v hands and knees digging up so me our. alphabet. The. ,,,7ord~ m t~1s thing. Soon the man arose w it h: article are not wntbn m Chmese but the oral larnrnage as it bag of gold. The man left q ui ck!; sodnds to us. 0 while Bob went home to dr ean

The usual greeting at home about what he had seen. No ise : is: "How, low tie-tie, gin tien, were never heard again a ro unc neen how bu how"? Meaning the old Smith Home.

"Go.oday, revered old lady, how Richard Hagel be rge:

ril 26, 1935

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

NEBR A SKA STATE CAPITOL LITERAR y pAGE MARCH WIND.

Many Centuries may go past, But ou r State capitol will still last, Stand in g there in honor of our s tate, The on e place which we think is g reat.

It is m ade of b ronze marble and of

And th e names of counties ninet y -three

On its si des are carved, In it a re meetings held that concern both you and me.

-Dor ein e W i lliams.

;TR IG GER DAN'S LAST

They t rail erl him to Gulch Gully , They ne ver let him rest; But Tri gg er Dan's horst Sully, He pr oved to be the best.

You see - Dan had been a ranger, Who d welled in Sagebrush ,tow n.

He had arg ued with a stranger; And had finally shot him down. He had n't any reason, Excep t he lost his head; But tha t's as bad as treason, When y ou shoot a fellow dead. They kn ew his quilt and chased him , Over d e se rt, mud, and snow

But they fin ally had to get him ;

And th ey did as this will show.

They fou nd him in Mike's Tave rn ;

And th ey beat him to the dra w .

Nine sho ts crashed, he heard them n ot;

Nor the b ullets had he saw.

He ~i:ppp ~d down hard, right in •his tr ac ks.

He neve r left his place. He knew his cares were over and d ied , With a sm ile up on his face.

-Wesley Knippel

------------- The March Winds blow o'er the SPRING.

The days are short the nights are long, But in my heart there is a song

That when the snow is gone away I'll be out almost every day, mightly sea, But where it goes, Is more than anyone knows, And of course it's much too deep for me.

-Dorein e Williams.

MY DOG.

Where the grass is fresh •and I have no dog but it must be, green. Somewhere there's one be-

-Vi ola Workman , 212. longs to me,

LIMERICK.

There was a small girl named Jane, Who went riding once on a train. She sat very still, For she began to feel ill And all because of a candy cane.

-B etty Bassler, 110.

THE WALNUT TREE

Oh, large and noble walnut tree, With nuts so roun d and brown, iVhen will you leave the branches high

And come a-tumbling down'!

I watch you patiently for days, While sitting in your shade; And dream of winter hours to come, And children h a ppy made, By walnuts, lar g e, and sweet, and ripe, Cracked by Gr a ndfa t her dear! The walnuts which are hanging there Will children's hearts soon cheer.

A little fellow with a wagging tail, And dark blue eyes thnt never quail.

I've heard that he is smart and keen, My little pal, who is never seen.

-Mollie Schl eiger, 303.

THE NEW MODEL CAR

0 h, the airplane in the sky Caught many people's eye, But oh, to turn and see, The Newest Mode], Oh, Gee! What funny men there be, To invent such a crazy car, Well, anyhow I'll stick To the old "Model r."

- Doreine Wiiliams, 212

MY POEM

I want to be an inventor . to work all day long on a dr ug that would make you full of - J une Koons, 112 pep. I would be the talk of the town. My name would RAIN be in th~ paper in big --- letters, children running

Sometimes when it ra ins, at my feet whispering he is The sky it turns Ithe inven tor that made As gray as it can be, 1 that drug that And then the rain in to r r ents fals Iputs pep into you. That is As far as one can see. my de s ire.

- Doreine Williams 1

- La Vern Overton

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1. Animal cry

6. Arrives

11. Bitter, aromatic plant

16. Lasso

17. Speedily

18 . Elicit

19. Fabulous being

20. Bills of fare

21. Pertaining to a node

22. Set, as jelly

123. Italian isle

25. Suppositions

27 Large deer

28 . Kind of soup

30. Idles

Wakes

Wine cups

Amphibious

More sacred

Blatant sound

Sight organs

Egg-shaped

Wickedness

49. Man's name

50. Bard 52. Whale 54. Purpose

55. Com(orts

57. Throb

58. Rocks beneath the

60 Less

61. Rim

62 . View

64. Swift animal

65. Glimpse

68. Kind of duck .

A ril 26, 1935

70. Tug

47. Bat te r in

75. Har e m room

77. Coll a pse

79. Unit

80. Hig h er

82. Sorr ow

84. Maxi m

86. Pret ty girl

87. Ski lfu l

88. Flo w ers

89. Sn ow vehicles

90. Dirt y

91. Poet ic beat DOWN

1. Boast s

2. Gare th 's love

3. Nobl e

4. Dine d

5. Silic at e of magnesia

6. South American prairies

7. Musi cal party

8. Num er ous

9. Fren ch gold coin

10. Black -fin snapper fish

11. Muscle for tensing-

12. Poth er

13. Undr a ped models

14. Climb

15. Yolk s of eggs

24. Wingli k e

26. Most u ntrammeled

29. Bides

31. Standi n g positions

33. Emplo y

35. Joins

37. Wood y plants

38. Four-b a gger

39. Sheep li ke

40. Barren French lowland

41. Poise

43. Give u p

44. Blot out

45. More lu cid

47. Give th e lie to

48. Savor in e s s

51. Gamb ol ed 53. Healed

56. Parts o f the fingernails

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

l59. Follower

\.61. Impedes 163. Twenties ! 64. Hale l 65. Digs I66. Part of coat I67. Sufficient i 69. Falls

171. Burn I7 2. Wrath

173. Fowls

76. Garden dweller

78. Hurt_ 81. Yore

83. Poetic work

85. Fema le deer

LAST WEEKS ANSWERS

We now present the answer to the last crossword puzzle appearing in the Greenleaf. We have received quite a few comments upon the puzzle, telling us how they like them and l why the y rlo not. \Von't yo u let ; us know if you want the puzzles continued. While you are at it, let us know what you like about them, if they are too big or too small, and other data. All will be welcome.

ACROSS

1. spar 5. Alabam 11. papa 12. regimen 13. ilots 15 gas 16 norias 18. red 20. totem 22. cup 24. od 26. sedentar 1. spin 2. palo

28. rim

30. dune

31. lo

32. gout

34. cusp

36 argent

38. t ic

40. na

41. nail

43 . gan

45 . imp

46. boos

47. do

DOWN

19. dual 21. menu

3. aport 4. ratios 5. ar 6. leg 1 7. agar

8. bisect 9. am 110. met f 14. sated f 17. seductio

23. prod 24. organi 25. dioram

27 . nest 29. mug

33. ten 35. pig

37. nab 39. cad 42. lo 44. no

DIZZY DRAMAS

Watching a cat-fish. Listening to an ear-ring.

Observing a fire-fly.

Watching the sky-rocket. Putting pepper on the tongue of a wagon for bad behavior. Packing clothes in bathing trunks.

Seeing a sword-fish. Driving a toe-nail into an anvil.

Teacher: \Vill some one give a sentence. using the words deceit, debate, federation, and conEi t itution . H 1ll-billy: He sat on deceit, put debate on de hook, called his sister, fed 'er rations, and ate his own grub with con stitution.

Which is correct Bill or William?

Ans. William . Then how does a chic~en stick his William through the fence to geta worm?

Mrs. Pinney: There are ten more articl e s to the Nebraska Constitution than the Federa1 Constitut io n Is th i s a good or bad sign?

Arline Burkett: Bad, very bad.

Mrs: Pin n e y: Why so?

Ar li ne: Because there's that muc h more to learn.

FAMOUS NICKNAMES

Marguerite "Muggie" Bell

Glen Dale "Ditch Ravine Valley Gully Dell" Hoke

Robert "Punjab" Randall

Doris "Carrots" Wilson

Lawrence "Uncle" Echelmeyer

La Vetta ''Ginger'' Ailes

Leon "Babe" Poaster

Marian ''Mousefoot" Moffett

Clyde ''Dizzy" Dean

Richard "Percy ' ' Hagelberger

Arleen ''Bucket'' Burkett

Bernard ''M.ickey'' McCune

Mary Jane "Jerry" Tuttle

Clyde "Bony" Marshall

Ray ''Railroad" Rhoads

Lorraine "Lonnie" Redding

Keith "Red" Butts

Alan ''Buss'' Ball

Yvonne "Lonnie" Vance

Bob ''Bud'' Folsom

Ernie " Tarzan" Morello

Ardith' ' Gracie Allen'' Hackman

Gene ''Curley ( cause he ain't)"

Firestone

Fred "C hamp u Swihart

Elaine "Brinkie" Brinkworth

De Lynn "Dummy" Curry

Frank "Cob" Shepard

Elsie "L oco " Loso

Gene "Softball" Lawrence

Dolor es ''Dee'' Hansen

Char les ''Selrahc Grubneerg"

Greenburg

Jean ''Jackie' ' Burr

Hube rt "Tiny" Seng

Genevieve ''Jennie'' Scdoris

Cleo ''W hiff '' Fluke

Henry "Heinie" Michel

Wilma "W himpy " Taber

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

April 26, J 935 DIDJA KNOW NOTABLE NOTES

Tne original knee-action wheel We are glad to welcom e t he was the bicycle. following new pupils into our Time, tide, and traffic iights school: wait for no man.

If you get any money, you shouldn't count it in a crowd.

A bee travels an average distance of 43,776 miles in gathering one pound of honey.

There are fl fty varieties .- of bananas in Hawaii

Only the female mosquito bites, the male never.

Some species of ants have the habit of keeping slaves. From some nest not far off they capture eggs and larvae which they care for until these are developed into full grown ants. Then the "nurses" cease their labors, and the "foreign" ants are compelled to do al] the work.

JUST IMAGINE

Beth Brigham as ten per cent underweight.

Charlie Segobiano with blonde, curly hair.

Miss Cross t e a c h i n g the Czechoslovakian language.

Reed Pentico as an Eskimo.

Carroll Davidson as a sixfooter

Betty Hudkins with blackmanicured fingernails.

Miss Haatvedt in a hoop 8kirt.

Hubert Seng as a fairy dancer.

James Foster not being absent for two weeks

Barney Cohn 305

La Verne Douglas 216 La Verne Brophy 305 Barney entered the schoo l f; om Herzel School, Chicago, Ill i no is, La Verne Douglas from Ray m nd, and LaVerne Brophy re-en t E-,·ed.

The following pupils are m ~· sed by their classmates and tea ch ~rs. Warren Burrnood

Pearl Bodfield

Theodore Wilson

Elizabeth Craig

Dorothy Buettgen bach

Roy Fitch

Doreine Williams

Maxine Lewis

Dorothy Wright

Wa rren and Pearl wit h e. : ew from school, Theodore trans f P, r ed to Irving, Elizabeth to Ja c k ion, Dorothy moved to Denver, Rev t o Iowa, D oreine to Omaha, Ma ine to Everett and Dorothy W1 g ht to Bethany.

On April Fools Day w hen De Lynn Curry was handi n v h is paper in to Mrs Bosch u l on a science a~ignment, he p o! .t ely informed her she had ink on her forehead. ''6h dear'' she s ai n ' 'It must be from that pen of m i.1 e," and reached for her mirro r DeLynn 'the~ solemnly said, " 1. pr il tool.''

Mrs. Boschult vowed t o rn ve revenge. Heaven help you

S li gh tl y plump: 'Tm going to De Lynn.

David "Lamebrai n" Penterman marry a man who · can support

Lela nd "Fat" Van Boskirk me."

Betty Jane ''Pitts'' Carlson

Billy ''Rubinoff'' Keller

Bernal "King Kong" Carter

Miss Wilson's Home Econ rm ics classes· have been cleanin g a nd

Slig htly silly: " Deary , you sorting the old costumes t hat

Ibett~r Pl an on marrying a have accumulated for s eve ral 1 derrick." years.

CAREER S IN THE MAKING.

N ame: Miss Haatvedt.

Birth place: Calender, Iowa

Inciden tally this town was orig- inated and settled by some of Miss H aatvedt's relatives. Mr . Edwa rds, a cousin to her grand- father, and her grandfather himself, were the original settlers of the town.

Prese nt Home: Lincoln, Nebraska.

Trav els: Miss Haatvedt has been to Iowa City, Iowa, Waterloo, Io wa; Denver, Colorado , ( where she did secretarial work for a large insurance corporation ) ; and to Minneapoli s, Minneso ta, (where she did bookkeeping and secretarial work for a note d film company). Of course , she came from Calend er, Iowa, to Lincoln. She also has attended the "Century of Progress E xposition at Chicago. "

Place s of Education: State Universi ty of Iowa, Iowa City . Iowa.

Place s of Teaching: Waterl oo , Iowa Hi gh School, Whittier.

Hobb y: Golf, swimming.

Favo rite Song: Old Refrai n. Favo rite Flower: Rost!. Fav orite Jewel : Diamond.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDG E

1. When was Whittier built?

2. \Vhs, t was the approxima te cost?

3. Who was the architect that desig ned this building?

4. Who was Whittier's first princ ipal?

5. Who was Whittier's first assistan t principal?

6. Who were our first phys. ed. teach ers?

7. How many pupils first attende d Whittier?

8. How long did it take to build this school? •

9. How many teachers were here at the school's infancy?

10. When was the old building remov ed?

FALSE ALARMS CAREERS IN THE MAKING

A heavy b1ack cloud obscured the moon at precisely the same instant the two boys passed the dank, weird mound which was said to have housed the corpse of a mad composer. Alf, the elder of the lads, grasped his companion's arm and stopped, his muscles tense as violin strings. "Rod," he breathed, in awful terror, ''listen.'' A faint music; barely discernible above the howl of the wind, seemed to drift softly through ·the thick door of the tomb.

That was all the stimulant they needed and a very short time later, they crashed into the sheriff's office, bursting out a story that the dead had risen to play music. The lads seemed so terrified that the sheriff was finally convinced that they were not lying. With a party of seven deputies, he approached the tomb and gasped as he heard the soft tones issuing, seemingly, from the burial place. Suddenly a deputy from behind the mound let out a wild yell. Then laughter burst forth, loud and long. Can you gGess what happened? (Look on page nine.)

ART NEWS

Miss Ralston's design and craft classes are now in the process of preparing the decoratio ns for the future 9A class day. Among many other lovely things, they are busy making creative flowers which will give the "added touch" to the decorations.

Name: Miss Dorothy Green.

Birthplace: Clifton Station, Virginia, near the notable "Bull Run."

Present Home: Lincoln of course.

Travels: From Virginia to Lincoln; Boulder Colorado; Big Horn Basin, Wyoming; river trip to Mississippi. Ohio, Tennessee, and Cumberland rivers; Great Lakes; St. Lawrence to Montreal New England; Washington, D.C.; driving trips from Lincoln to Washington, every summer to Madeline Island, Wisconsin, at Lake Superior, and along Pacific coast from California to Washington. She has visited Chic~go and the Worlds Fair. It would seem that Miss Green has been everywhere of importance in the nation.

Attended School: At Elliott, Lincoln High School. University of Nebraska, and the University of Oregon.

Taught school, in Hayward, Elliott and Whittier.

School: At country Oak N e b r a sk a ; Bancroft, Bryant, n o w teaches t

Hobby: Several, Origin and relation of names; reading historical books; and the handling of children.

Last semester Marian ·Moffett made a mask, the first of its kind, and so a new fad of masks instead of wall-hangings, has beg un. Three of these masks are almost finished. Of course, someone will do wood-carving and others are making hot dish pads. New ideas are brought in every day and these classes are extremely interesting.

Favorite Jewel: Opal, birthstone. Said to be unlucky except for those born in October. She is happiest: In Whittier Junior High School-· Room 304.

POSTURE

Shoulders back, Head erect, Always has ,

11. How old is Whittier? A good effect

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

ART NEWS

The lovely decorations for the future 9A class day are comin a along very well. Creative flowers, which even Miss Kizer says are wonderful, are well on the road to completion. The desig n and craft classes are "as busy as a one armed man with the itch", (as Mr. Culler would put it).

The above m::mtioned creative flowers are a peculiar sort, being modeled around almost every ki nd of fruit, etc.; including apples, oranges, l emons, bananas, squash, and , what - have - you. These ideas are original, and when class day comes around, joy can give Miss Ralston's classes the credit.

NOTABLE NOTES

Boys, girls, and teachers, the price of the tickets for the spring program May 10, will be fifteen cents. Be sure and buy one.· Sell some to your friends or neighbors.

Georgia Gaddis, former inmate of 220, is now attending high school, at Oak Park, Illinois She is delighted with her new school, but she still wishes that she were back in Whittier.

H. R. 216 had their pictures taken on the steps west of the building, Thursday March 28, by Jean Carnahan

Wilma Taber underwent an appendicitis operation April 2?.

Quite a few boys and girls spent their vacations in Omaha. These pupils are as follows: Charles Segobiano, Rob e rt Folsom, Beverly Konecne, Don Whitehall, Virigin ia Michael, Fred Swihart , and Josephine Gold.

CAREERS IN THE MAKING

When Miss Mary Wilson, home room teacher of 110, was a very small child she used to cry , to wash the dishes, so she was put carefully on a chair so that she could reach the pan and was allowed to fill the place of head dish washer.

When she was nine years old she made a dress for herself and at that time she did the choosjpg of her vocation of Home-making.

After she finished high school she attended the University of Nebraska, College of Agriculture, where she received her training.

Here at Whittier the home economic classes do many interesting pieces of work under the supervision of Miss Wilson.

The costumes which the girls have made in this department under her supervision have been, as she says, "most interesting and satisfying work."

She has made an inventory and found that there are too many costumes to take care of and that some need to be discarded both because they have served their usefulness, having been used for stage work many times and because they are soiled and faded.

The girls of Whittier this year have been contributing to the four nursery schools such things as dolls, doll quilts, and their doll buggies, besides doing their regu lar work.

The ir interests are many and varied, and this type of work has always been a pleasure to Miss Wilson.

Mrs. Swisher, while a little Miss, deemed that she would someday, however hard the trail might be, become a teacher.

When she had graduated from high school she was received with open arms at the conservatory at Oberlin, Ohio, where she was taught to teach other people not • to say "ain't", because

April 26, 1935

"ain't" ain't in the dictio ~~r y . She also learned to teach m u.:,i c.

She moved from De b Ji t Michigan, to Weeping W a.-e r; Nebraska, where she be c~1111e music supervisor.

From Weeping Water -~ he came to Lincoln. Since com in g to Lincoln she has always ta nsh t in Whittier, quite "the 1:est school in the city" . May it be mentioned here t' 1at Mrs. Swisher made a very in ',e resting trip last summer, vis it tn g the conservatory in Ob eni n Ohio, Niagara Falls, into C m ~ ada, returning by way of 1, ew York and Washington, D. C.

BOYS' SPORTS

An open gym, April 9, cr e r t ed a wild flurry of excitement w >i ch was so stimulating and bre ;,t htaking, that it will be diffic u lt to ex plai n in words.

The 2nd period was comb a':i ng with the 5th period phys . ed. boys, the former making th e Lr st points, only to have the b ct er deprive their joys by tyin g t h e score.

The same process conti r ,.ie d until the count was six-six . ';' he girls were wearing out thei r c n e and-only set of vocal cords w he re as the boys nearl y battered ch wn the gym. The players were r oll ed all around the floor, and to ht:a ve themselves up, meant only, t :, be s ma sh e d do wn again. The umpire's whistle could n't be heard at a11, when the bell r h n g, it could not be disting uishe d f;- om a girl's screech.

A few mere seconds befor e t he bell°, the crisis of the conflic t , and Don Millho llen of 218. som e now broke loose from the mob, sq ue ezed the ball through the ho op, and automatically defeate d t he 2nd peroid 8-6. •

If only we had had a · m 3t ion picture camera with whic h to illustrate a real idea of h ow perfect the battle was. But t he n most of you probably witn es se d it anyway, and here's h op i ng you did!

ARO UND THE SCHOOL

April first was a bad day for Lloyd Ma ttox of 218. On the way to school he lost a pocket knife and two cents. At school he lost a pencil and an English paper . After sch ool he lost eight marbles, including one mooney, by playing keeps. H e thought he had los t his comb, b ut discovered that he had left it at home.

We w on der if he is any re lation to the a bsent minded professor. Probab ly not but he acts like one.

Milan d Beatty, 305 after he calmed do wn from his excitement from be ing tardy fourth perio d, confesse d he thought it was the end of t he day and went to his home roo m after third period.

The cla ss had to write a pa ragraph ab out a baseball gam e. Tommy , not so determined to refuse to write after being promised an e xtra period after school , thought a moment, wrote a few words wh ich when pieced tog ether said " R ain. No Game."

Talk abo ut Wayne Parker substituting fo r teachers. Well , he's back on th e job again. Thursd ay April 11, Miss Jones was direct ing a chorus class singing at the Stuart the ater and Wayne 8ubst ituted in H R. for her.

SPRil~G PROGRAM

FALSE ALARMS (SOLVED) TO BE PRESENTED

(Continued from page one)

There, beard ed and shabby, sleeping peacefull y with his head the poet , who both l ove her, let on a rock, lay an old tramp with Phyllis descend into the well . a music box, from which the which has been pronounced en - musical tones were bursting, chanted by both the Court ]\fa - tucked lovingly under his arm. gic i an and the L ad ies at Cou rt? What doss Phyllis really d iscover in the well ?

After the play is given the 1le e club will sing a cantata named " Spring Cometh". On either side of the m there will be da nces going on which are to be presented by the girls in the physical education classes.

It is hoped that a lot of you b8ys an.d gir ls will buy ticket8, not onl y for yourself, but your pare nts also, to see this cantata.

ANSWERS , TEST QUESTlON8

1. Started in February 1922. Moved in, September 1923.

2. $SQ,000. P" P~, ~-

3 · Fiske Meginnis.

4. Mr. C. L. Culler.

5. 6. 7. Miss Maude Rousseau. Mr. C. L. Dow, Miss Lambart. Nine hundred ninety-three, first day.

8. Ninteen months. PUP[LS ENJOYED

9 Forty-two teachers. HOBBY ASSEMBLY 10. In the fall of 1923. (Continued from page one) 11. Twelve ye ars.

Eloise Fricke , 108, displayed several of her original paintings. She has won s e veral prizes at the state fair.

Other highlights of the progra m were: Dick Gooding, 316, talk i ng on model airplanes: Shirley Stockton, 303, who spoke on furs; Faye Pickell, 307. quilts; John Melson, 305, who models ships. Slyvia Lotman, 301, presented a reading from he r own collection of re a dings and poems.

The assern bly closed w i th

JOKES

Teacher: ''A non ymo us means without a name. Now give an ex::.mple of a sentence using· the word, Theodore.'' Theodore: "Our new baby is anonymous.''

Hubby: ''Grace, I have two tickets to the opera.''

Grace: "Fine. I'll start getting ready right now."

Hubby: ''Yes, d o The tickets are for tomorrow night."

In the second period arith- Myron Brewer of 110 giving a metic, Mr s. Barrows had nine chalk-talk. problems on the board. One of The assembly was enjoyed by A tramp who had been put in them read , 1 T equals how many every one . jail the night before was ques- lbs. Merill a Hiatt asked "In the toined by the jailer in the morn- eighth gr ade does that mean tea-

NOTABLE NOTE ing spoons or tablespoons?"

Jail er; "Did you· take a bath

Tuesday April 9, room 207 was D Used as a Poll l.ng place for the th is mormng?" ancers are being picked from the third p eriod gym class for the municipal primary election. Just i Tramp: "No, did you miss spring prog ram. think. soon we'll be able to vote. Ione?"

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GIRLS SPORTS MARBLE and JACK TO URN EM ENT

The girls playground committee met and a ruling was made that if you haven't enough P1ay- Although rainy and cold ers by 12 :30 you will forfeit then weathe~ persist~d- in ~eeping instead of at 12:35. We are now recreational activities m-doors playing a round robin tourna- for some few days of last week, ment. In this tournament each I~he marble tourna~ents have 9th grade room plays every other mcreased to ten m number. 9th gTade room '"nd th The to:Jrnament games have all a e same b 1 d 1. • . with the 7th and 8th grades. The e:n _P a~e m e 1mmat10n _sty le. room that wins the most games Ehmrn~t10n tournaments will be holds the --...d.e .championship. played m the future.

There are rwo- irmin g s in a regu- In one tournarnen t four rmgs lar game three in d are started. The wmner of the ' a gra e fi t • l th • f h championship and four m a rs rm~ p ays e wmner o t e school championship game. second rmg and so on. Until all but on e player is eliminated .

The first elim i nation baseball tournament is over and 101 are the champions 212, a 7A home room, lost to them although they had their last bats. 101 won by a 12 to 6 victory.

On account of rain an open gym was held April 9. Two gym classes played each other, periods two and five. Period five could be identified by their yellow scarfs, and the period two by their red scarfs. The ba11 was only in play a few minutes before period five made a basket. It was made by Kathleen Hutchins. Grace Knapp, Doris Johns, Jean Vanderburg and Mary Wilson each made a basket for the second period ciass. The final score was 8-2, period two's favor. Dorothy Church and Rosa Klein umpired the first half and Fern Trump and Betty Dowling the last half.

The reds are ahead with over 9,500 points, blue second, nearly 9,000, green third, 8,000 points , and orange last , with nearly 8,000. Come on oranges, you are too far behind

Each ring consists of two players. Don Sehnert now holds the record of being the best marble player entered in the tournaments. If you don't agree play him sometime; you'll soon find out.

Unlike the marble players, jack players were not kept from playing their respective sport. "Jacks" were played in 110, the official game room during the unsuitable weather two weeks ago. During warm weather · jacks will be played on the cement driveway, north .of the building.

Although "jacks" has not yet become a very popular sport, more and more pupils are entering the tournaments every day. The Round Robin tournament is now being played. Because interest in this sport in the future cannot be predicted, plans a r e now indefinite as to which type of tournament will be played during the warm weather days

Miss Osthoof (after a long recitation).: Are there any questions?

Bag o' wind: When do we eat?

April 26, 19 '.~~

SPORTS

On diamond one, Tuesd a ·,, April 2, rooms 101 and 218 h r I their boys ball teams str u ;_gling and S\'veating for mo ,~ scores. 101 lost. The un for tun a ·e fellows of that room are out r!f the tournament.

The lucky boys of 218 w e,. ,, scheduled to compete with 3 ! q and their "up-roaring pitche r Charlie Segobiano. Wed nes d . they clashed for battle.

When the bell rang the co u . was 5 to 3. in favor of the h a 1 .J working 310 chaps. The 218 b r·. .; were determined to win, howe v{ , when they again met on ba t· e field, diamond one Thursday, P.e second floor boys proved t h ·, :r ability at the game.

Glenn Hoke of 218 made a s ,:·_rifice hit with two boys, Wa r e Parker and Frank Brill, on ba s e,, tying the score. 5 to 5. Fo r a short time thereafter nei t h r team could add to their tota L

Then Dale Davis of 218, w • h the bases loaded, pounded t: ,e pill, which was sent a slow- bt!l , out into 310' s left fielder's ha m'.:; For one treath taking imtant t,· e field man fumbled with the b .. 1, but the force behind it pushe d it right through his hands.

·First Wayne Parker, D! rt Gene Firestone, then D n Millhollen, and last, the phan t . n "Babe," Dale Davis came .: 1, giving 218 a victory of 9 to

NOTABLE NOTE

The 9A editor oi the Green ! a f informed one of the staff tha l he could find his assignment on ' e 9A dummy (the assisgn rrL nt sheet of the paper) when h e r epli_ed, "Which dummy."

The W hi ttier Greenleaf

VOL 12 NO. 13 LINCOLN,

NEBRASKA MAY 10, 1935

PRICE: FIVE CENT

An n a l F1' eld D color team that has the best u ay cooperation from the students C ommit t ee Chooses At tracts Interest will undoubtedly win the meet.

PROGRAM OF EVENTS TO BE SHO RTENED THIS YEAR

On Monday, May 13, a 11 Whittier will turn out for th e ir annual fi eld day. On this da y there are various exhibitions of well kno wn sports.

This year, however, t he program will be slightly sh or te r than the other years through ci rcumstanc es not controllabl e by the direct ors in charge

We no w give a hint of w h a t will be in store for you by lis tin g the main items as follows:

50 yard dash by color t eams and by class e s. ( Both bo y s and girls.)

220 yar d dash by color t eams and class es. ( Both boys and gi rls.)

Gunny Sack Race (Boys)

Potato Race ( Girls)

The fi eld exhibition usu ally starts righ t after lunch, and continues un til every item is completely co mpleted.

In past years the meet h as been a re al success, main ly, because of the good sportman s h ip and skill displayed. To k e ep u p the good s tandard set up b y ou r "old class mates" we mns t have the coope ration of every one, whether h e or she is envolved in the me et or not, spect a tors as well as th e contestants

Pupils who are chosen to com pete in the exhibition will be notified by th eir color captain. The

CALENDAR I

May 10, Spring Program, 8:00 P. M.

May 13, .Field Day, Nomination of Class and Civic League Officers

May 14, 9A class meeting

May 15, 7A class meeting

May 16, 8B class meeting

May 20, 9B class meeting

May 21, 9A rehearsal

Showing of Styles Held for 9 i\ Class

TALKS GIVEN ON DRESS FOR PROMOTION EXERCISE

Ap r il 2 6 , a Style Show wa s held for the 9A's, showing them what to wear at the gr a duation in June.

Helen Poore spoke on good taste in clothing and showed how out of place an evening gown worn by Josephine Gold would be at the p r omotion exerci s e. Ro s a Klien ex plained how necessary good g r ooming is to the appearan ce of a person.

Lyn n Myers spoke on the good gr oo :"i ing of boys and introduc e d the d'fferent types of suits th a t would be suitable to wear a.t g,~a d ua tion.

Splendid Nominees

OUTSTANDING STUDENTS TO RUN FOR C. L. OFFICE

It appea rs that the nominees for C. L. Officers were very well selected. Nominees are always chosen from t he mo s t efficient and schola s t ic students , who I ha ve h a d wonde r ful record s and who a r e popula r with the whole school.

Eldon Sander s of 310, and John Flack of 216 were the boys picked out f or C L. p r esident, wherea s Ben Alice Da y of 302, and Mar gar et Hed s trom of 216 were likewi s e cho s en to compete for gi rls C. L. presid ent.

He:rm a n R eifschneider of 302 , and John Si ncl a ir of 216 are the boy no m i n e es for vice president, with Frances Moore, 310 , and Frances Ander s on, 302, de s ignated as the recipients for girls vice president

Katharine Reich of 216, and another veteran of 310, Maxine Woodwa r d, were nominated with Warren Boggs, 302, and Arthu r Ma ser of 216, a s candidates for girl and boy secretary.

You may rest assured that any of these students would exert everything within their power, to make our Civic League a better group than it has ever before been in office, and that they will

Esther Johns spoke on cosmetics and Charlotte McAlli s ter s ho w ed how they should b e worn Dorothy Church and Ma rie uphold the s t andard of Whittier Klause spoke on the cla s s d a y I and make i t a better school in ( Continued on page 9) I which to learn.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Published every t~o weeks during the school year b)I the pup ils of Whittier junior high school, at22nd and Vine streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.

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FACULTY COMMITTEE

Miss Selma Hult

Homer L. Gammill Miss Olive Keller Mr Culler Miss Cross

Editor-in-chief

9A Edito1

Martha Wimberly

Dorothy Mattley

Typist Sylvia Lotman GREENLEAF STAFF

Marian Moffett \Vesley Knippel

Lawrence Eckelmeyer Jean Carnahan

Edward Herzog

PRINTERS

Edwin Bailey

Frank Brill

James Campbell

Kenneth Cook

Clarence De Sha yes

Roy Frederick

Alexander Knaub

Albert Lindenberg

Burl Miller

Donald Milhollin

Ernest Morello

Manuel Schaaf

Albert Schwindt

Floyd Shastid

Philip Van Keuren

Jack Werner

Robert Wittstruck

John Caywood

Philip Becker

Keith Butts

James Car rel

Carroll Davidson

Donald Fahrnbmch

Gerald Huber

Gene Lawrence

Richard Mc Farland

Robert Miller

Dale Moore

Robert Proplesch

Nick S co laro

Jacob Sinner

Willa r d Steiner

Leland Van Boskirk

Joe Will

Ben Wimberly

SPRrNG PROGRAM HELD

TONIGHT

Tonight at 8:00 o'clock P. M. is the night of nights. We are to be honored with a Spring program which is to be held in the Whittier auditorium. Miss Ostoff' s drama II class is presenting a play, ''The Poets Well.''

The glee club is going to sing a cantata of 34 pages. Some girls chosen from the physical education classes will do some dances on either side of the glee club. An octet of boys, chosen from the

glee club, will sing some nu mbers between acts. Be sure to be h e re tonight for we are sure you will enjoy it immensely.

CAFETERIA NEWS

Strange, isn't it, that we hear very few dishes broken this semester. In recent years we would see quite a few folks busy w ith a mop and a dustpan, c learing away their destruct i veness.

The lemon pie seems to be ·d isappeared before I ever get to it. Quite a few friends tell me it's good.

TEST YOUR KNOWLED

•~ E

1. How many pupils in Wh;tt ie r now?

2. How many teachers?

3. How many 9A's gradua tt: t h is spring?

4. Who was Mr. Andrews ?

5. Where is Mrs. Weston , t \1 iss Williams)?

6. How many civics te a hers are there?

7. What three pairs of te a, '1 ers in this school are relat er ' •

8. What method is used t c 1ea t our school?

6. How many tons of co al fo es Whittier burn every ye r ? Who plans cafeteria coo i , ng ?

Mrs. Folger, the lady who IO. supervises the preparing of your noonday meal, is hunting all over creation looking for noon redpes ( Answer on page fiv e } CAN YOU RESIS T of salads, c a k es etc. Don't be suprised someday to find a new \ Whispering when the tea c• e r 's salad, to be called the ''Whittier back is turned. , Deluxe," awaiting you to increase I Tossi n g notes to your ch u •t. your appetite . Laughing when a cla s t n ate

Remember, when changing your money at the "cage", to have your money ready, so other people will not have to form too large a line to wait for you. No mistakes can be corrected after you leave the window.

FAMOUS SAYINGS

Mr. Heston in third period electricity class interrupts the class and repeats the same question every morning. Has anyone seen Starkweather? He repeats the question every morning because Starkweather goes to milk lunch and he wants to get his attendance all checked, so the boys can go to work. We do hope Starkweather will bring up his weight so we won't have to hear the same question again. -George Rebensdorf, 102 makes a blunder.

Grumbling when you ha ·e to stay after school. Whistling i n the shops. Sitting on t he bicycle ra c:

Trying to attract the at V '. ti on of a person w h om you kn O\ who com es in t h e classroom. I • k Telling "P op" Heston a -.1 e. Doing s omething you a rl· t old not to do.

THOUGHTS WHILE

STRO I/. IN G

Oh dear, haven't g o; my algebra.

There goes Keith But t s a nd his little red cap. My, Betty Blunks whit e co at and hat look nice!

Wonder why Ernie Mo re ll o hasn't got his gum toda v? Ho Hum!

SAVED

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

LITERARY PAGE

Reta ski pped about the field, her gold en curls dancing in the WHEN SUMMER COMES wind. Be n l ooked up in his mistress' e yes with an imploring When summer comes with all its look fo r something to amuse flowers himself by. A beautiful butter- We have bad storms and some- fly float ed laz ily past Ben's fu~sy times showers, nose. It was too much for him, And children in their little beds for away went the puppy after ' See the lightning and hide their it, while Re ta danced after him. heads.

'The t wo were romping toward . the rail road tracks unaware of They come and go like birds the dang er and excitement about awing, to come. And sometimes don't mean any-

SNOW

The snow flakes are falling fast, And everywhere 'tis white, Then when the snow it stops at last, Oh, it is a pretty sight. Then when the sun comes ou t so bright, And melts up all the snow, And if it freezes in the night, A skating we may go.

JULIUS CEASAR

Many men do so dread wa r, Especially those who have fought before,

But Julius Caesar great commander

-Marlin Beolte, 212

Emm a, busy with her work , thing; · looked out of the window acro :::; s But then again they come and go the past ure when her gaze came And the result you're sure to upon Re ta and Ben romping toward t he rail road tracks. She know! glanced ne rvously at the clock.

The fa st tr ain was due in a fe-w minut es . Em ma, knowing the "c was no tim e to lo s e, called to Gl <l Flora, t he mastiff, "Baby Lost ". The dog kn ew instantly what to do. He was to find Reta. Flora picked up the scent and in a few minute s was running across th e field to ward Reta.

The t rain was coming around the bend Reta was crnssing the fence wh ich shut the field off from the rail road tracks. Flora, pushing her nose through the bars of th e fence, grasped Reta 's

MY GREATEST DESIRE

I'd hke to be a librarian, To work all day among books, Filing the cards in th·e index, And placing each one in their nooks.

There are books on fairies for babies, Books of heroes for boys Books of fiction for ladies, And books of Saint Nick and his toys. clothing whe n she stai'ted to step away as Flo ra didn't have tim e enough to cro ss the fence. The I love to work among them, Neatly arranging row after row, train slo wed down, while passe nEach one in its place I consider a gers, ope nin g windows, shouted at her "S tay back, stay back, lit- Wit;:~~f its contents to know. tie girl or you'll be hurt." Reta _ Elisabeth Barr , 205 was safe th ough because Flora

WHITTIER

Who is said to have fought in Flanders,

Could defeat a hundred and still call for more.

ANSWER TO LAST PUZZLE

This yuzzle was dedicated to Mrs . Boschult in memory of her tests.

1. brags 2. linet 3. eagle 4. ate 5. talc 6. campos 7. opera 8. manifold 9. ecu 10. ses 11. ten 12. ado

DOWN

41. balance 43. yield 44. erase 45. saner 47. belie 48. sapor 51. romped 53. cured 56 cuticles 59. fan 61. bars 63. scores

still had he r grasp on her skirt. Meanwhil e th e puppy, unhurt, had bee n po litely shoved off the tracks b y th e cow catcher. >- 13. nudes 64. hearty

Thing s ha d calmed down by now. So on a forlorn little girl, abewilde red puppy and the hero, Flora, came across the field toward ho me.-Richard Hagelberger.

Do you know Whittier, that great big school?

And Oh! What lovely teache t·s. Some keep on joking the whole day th rough. While others pretend they are preachers.

- Rachael Schenaman, 112

14. scale 15. yelks

24. alar 26. freest

29. waits 65. grubs 66. lapel

67. ample 69. drops 71. roast

31. stances 72. anger

33. use 73. geese

( Continued on page 8 )

AROUND THE SCHOOL 9A CIVIC LEAGUE TRIP APPLE.S ADAM AND

Maxine Simcoe an ex-resident of 310 wrote a very interesting letter to her home room. In her letter she expresses her longing for Whittier and wishes she were here.

She is now living in Fulton, Missouri. While in Whittier she made a fine record, being on the scholarship and honor roll all the time she was here. Evidently she is making good there too, because she states she is now captian of their baseball team.

And we thought we had dust here!

In a recent issue of the Sherman Spotlight (an exchange received by the Greenleaf Staff) it stated that the dust was so bad there that school was closed. Pupils were seen holding handkerchiefs over their noses in order to breathe.

There seems to b e an ever-waging feud between the members of the Greenleaf staff and the Greenleaf printers. You ought to see them fight ( with words of course).

Whittier's future orchestra director practiced some April 30. Paul Schafer lead the advanced orchestra t h r o u g h several numbers .

If you want to hear some singing that will make your heart

On Thursday , April 25 the 9A's went upon their last of six enjoyable Civic League trips.

Pupils from Bethany, Co.llege View, Everett, Havelock, Irving, 26th and 0, Van Fleet and WhittieT met at the Stuart Theatre at 8:50 A. M.

The pupils were given an inte1 es ting talk on "The Choice of a Vocation," by Dr. Georg~ W. Rouenlof.

All pupils were given the liberty of choosing their b·ip. None were a~signed by teachers. Ninety places were visited.

The most popular trips of the boys were Aeronautics, author . engineering and forestry.

While the girls chose mostly busine ss cou rses such as stenographer, private secretary and business manager, some of the unusual choices were, baker, bc~nker, boxer, buyer of hides and fur s, and chiropodist.

On trips where only one or two pupils went no sponsor was sent. We hope that pupils, in whom such trust was placed , behaved themselves well..

Whittier sent two hund ·ed forty pupils to almost every trip listed.

The pupils cho e their trip according to the vocation they wish to pursue. Many pupils will undoubtedly take another job than they have now planned, but we hope that the pupils will be able to take up the business they wish to have.

pound and your bones jingle, just Wife: Did you have a nightcome to the program tonight and mare last night? listen to a group of boys sin g Hubby: No-just a colt under some of your favorites. my pilJow.

A school teacher had foun d h< class of boys reluctant t l, c their arjthmetic. So to ar u: their interest she started ti e figuring the old problem of ½o many apples Adam and Ev e a t And here is the way they fi g :m it:

Some said Eve 8 and Ada rn 2 a total of only 10.

Now we, said others, fr].· u: the thing out far differentl y Eve 8 and Adam 8-a t o ta l 16.

We think, ·another grou p v e tured, the above figure s a entirely wrong.

If Eve 8 and Adam 82 CE tainly the total will be 90.

Other students howev e1 strength of the theory th a; t ante deluvians were gian t s r E one d something like this. V E 1 and Adam 82-totaling 19 ·.

Wrong again, cried a1 )t h group. What would be c ' •ar than if Eve 81 and Ada n 8) the total was 893.

I believe, ventured m, •) th student, the following to . • t true solution. Eve 814 Ad a ,, a Adam 8124 Eve, making a t c a l 8,638 . Still another calculated l: 1a t Eve 814 Adam, Adam oblige Eve, bringing th e t o number of apples consu m e d 82,059.

-Pa t i.fi ne

HINT TO THE WIS L

Jn solving your cr o... -, w< puzzles a piece of .ca rrl bm applied underneath th e puz will make the paper m or e s1 stantial to write on; thu ~, y, completed puzzle will look He at

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May 10. 1935

AN SWERS TO TEST

QUESTIONS

1. 1,150 -approximately.

2. Thir t y -five

3. 256. U nless some fail.

4. Form erly a phys ed. teacher. Now at h igh school.

5. In Mi lwaukee, Wisconsin.

6. Thre e .

7. Mar y , and Margaret Wilson (Sisters). Mr - and Mrs. Ross, a nd W. F. an d W. A. McMullen.

8. Stea m heating.

9. 600 to ns. 10. Mrs. Folger.

THE FIR EMAN'S PROBLE M

He trun dle d up the lad d er hi g h , He paused and heard a bab y ' s cry:

Increase d h is speed, the wind ow brok e; And push ed himself in to the smok e.

Gasping c ur ses , shaking head , He stum ble d on the baby's b ed ; He grasp ed the thin form und er arm ; "Don't cr y," he said , "you' 11 meet no ha r m.''

He stagg er ed t o the window sill , He watch ed the men below u ntil The life n et was put in its place ; And push ed himself out into spac e.

He hit the n et; he breathed a sigh . He pond er ed on the reason wh y All firem a n, against their w ill s, Just had t o pass these fire drills . • -Wesley Knipple

,TOKE

Hotel Cle rk: I trust you slept SOJJnJly la st night , sir?

Guest: I did not. I seldom snore.

THE WHI TTIER GREE N LEAF

D EATH OVER VERDUN

T' w as at the battle ov er Verdun, Two air arm d as cla s hed

The re w ere B oche , t here we r e Yankees,

And s ome m oth e r' s so n was c r ashed.

To w ake up at L e Bour g et, Wit h a numbing pa i n som ewhe r e.

And to h av e s ome interne tell h im,

He esc a p ed Death by a hair.

The falle n a ce lies staring,

H i s b :::eath bl a sts out in sob s , F or t h e s ou nd of motors r ea che d him·

An d t h e 'plane s w er e Germ a n jc bs !

T he l oc- k - o ut ye lls " He y !" Douse t h e li g hts,

And b la ckne s s close s in.

The n ur s es scream, t he wounded shout,

And ee rie wail drowns out th e din

An awful instant, long, but short,

The bomb explodes,-a hit!

T he Yankees come to driv e them off,

And do so, bit by bit.

Th e planes are gone, the Allie s win,

But the damage has been done.

The ace who missed death by a hair,

Was killed, - Goodbye some m other's son.

-W esl ey Knipp el.

ART NEWS

Does anyone have any spare lemon squeezers, jello molds, or s trip s of tin , removed from tops of co ff ee cans? If so bring them up to Miss Ralston for she is in sor r y need of such stuff, The firs t two are used to mold creati ve flowers, and the tin is us e d as stems.

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Step up into the hall behin d 301 and you will imagine that you stumbled into a le ague of nations meeting. Almond e ye d Chinese masks, Indian masks, Egyptian masks - every rn ix e d breed imaginable. Seven students are making masks. It is not a small problem to make them. If you are duubtful, register for Design and Craft and you'll soon learn. Of course, if you really wish to, you can make a good one, but it will take tim e

CAREERS IN THE MAKING

Name: Anna E. Osthoff.

Birthplace: Efurt, Germany.

Important childhood incidents: Moved to Lincoln from Iowa in 1906. Miss Osthoff had her appendix removed while a senior in high school; when two years of age fell into a sugar barrel. [And that's why she has such a sweet disp osition.]

Travels: She has been to the Ozarks, Black Hills, Can-ada, Indiana, Chicago and Colorado.

Favorite Song: "Relieve Melf."

Favorite Flower: Lilac.

Favorite Jewel: Turqu oi se.

Pl a ces of Education: Linc oln

High: U. of N.

Schools Taught: McCook Jr. High and Whittier.

At Whittier: 13th year.

Where Happiest: On horseb a ck. "That is, when I stay on ," Miss Osthoff pointed out.

Miss Osthoff has had very fe w accidents and injuries except th e usual bumps and a broken little finger, which occurred when she was coasting. Her future plans are very vague. Perhaps she will journey to Northern Minnesota this summer. Incidently, Miss Osthoff is one of the first teachers at Whit t ier

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

ington, in Georgia to the Anderson ville Prison grou:r..ds, Flo 1 idJ.., Miss Keller was born in Lin- Radium Springs, old plan1-;atio-:1 \ coln on the very corner on which and the Century of Progress Exshe no'N lives. After being edu- position at Chicago, to say nothcated at Elliot, L. H. S., and the ing of sight seeing peregrinaU. of N., she taught at Beemer, tions to the places of beauty ·and Nebr., Ft. Smith, Ark., and Lin- inte r est in "sunny" California coln. and "dusty" Mexico. Probably

Her hobby is cooking new the most enjoyed trips of them dishes; favorite pastime-takinO' all have been to the home of rides in the country. Ber biggest Miss Hooper's on1y sister in thrills, are two rides in an air- southern Georgia. plane, boat trips, a ride in a gon- Miss Hooper was educated at dola in Venice, and climbing Mt. the State Teachers' College ,. at Vesuvius. Peru, Nebraska, and the Univer-

In Illinois she visited Decatur sity of Nebraska . She has taught Peoria, Lincoln and Chicago. Sh~ at a country school, summer has been to Yellowstone Park school in Wyoming (by the way, Montana, Niagara Falls, Kings~ that would be another travel), ton, Montreal, Quebec , Boston, and Bryant and Whittier School s New Yo r k, West Point, Philadel- in Lincoln. Her favorite pastime phia, Wa s hington , D. C., the St. is reading and she is happiest Lawrence River and to scenes of when "poking around in interestthe Revolution. ing out-of-the-way places."

In 1930 she went to Europe She has had a thrill which sailing from Montreal down th~ j "H~irbreadth Harry" hasn't exSt. Lawrence River and to the perienced and which many would ocean, sp en ding 8 days on the I be de~gh~ed and overj_oyed to do wate-r , [i nd v j s iting· places of in- -:a ride 11: a s_ubmarme at San terest in Ireland, S cotland, Eng- Diego, Cahf?rma. ! . . laPd , I oll a nd, Belgium, Germany H~r ho_bb~es are t~ v1s1t places (;, ttending the Pa s sion Play at of h1stonc rnteres~ m our counOb c "amme r gau), Austria, Switz- try ~nd to study birds. erland, Ital , and France re- Mrns Hooper plans to go on a turnfo g to New York from summer tri;> to California, the Hwre, France. Pacific Expo s ition at San Diego,

If anyone else has traveled and journey into Mexico. that mu~h let me know for I • Her childhood life throws a ;Vould hke to meet another! vivid picture upon the screen of roun.d the world adventure. • d Im • M" H our mm s. agme 1ss ooper

CAREERS

IN THE MAKING being thrown out of a buggy

Here we have another interesting ch } rncter,-Miss Hooper. Miss Hooper lives in Lincoln and was born in Nebraska. She has had more travels th a n the magic carpet, including several trip s to Colorado, a tour through the East, visiting Washington, D . C., Atlantic City, New York Citv. Boston, Plymouth Mass., Niagara Falls, and eve!l another nation-Canada.

She ha s had several eventful journeys to the state of Wa s h-

when the horses ran away. (You should have waited and let some dai·e-devil cowboy from the wild and wooly west rescu~ you, Miss Hooper , )

She was also given a ride on one of the earliest type locomotives by a friend of her father's. It ~eems that she is also very s cholastic for she won a book in t he 5th grade as a spelling cont est prize. Good work, Miss Hooper!

That night Ham was a fa mous explorer , with the eyes of t he world turned upon his w and erings. At present he was alo ne an d unarmed, ( through no fault of h is own), and his knees tre rrb l ed slightly at the thought of v ha t dangers might lie before hi m.

Here he was, he pondere d, all alone in a wor]d which n o man had ever set foot on befo re•. Or was he? Earlier in the e ven ing he had spied several h :1 g e imprints of a naked foot. Tn en, he had given it only a c2s ua l thought, but as darkness ci1J sed in, he began to wonder -.v ha t horrible secret these a w einspiring surroundings conb>.:n ed.

Lost in deep thought, Ha ff was unco nscious of the stealthy mo vements behind him. A b l n o dcurdlin g gurgle reached hi s ,.: ars, and Ham turned to find a to w,~ ri ng leopa rd charging down uoo n nim! In the mad dash that fo llo Ned, Ham was barel y aware ct th e terrible beasts, d in o s an rs, mammot hs, tryeeritops, t ha t he passed, but when he d id, he increased his speed.

He realized suddenly t ha t he was cornered, and turned to fac e the mad-monster. Sudde n;y he tripped over some brush a rid fell into what seemed to be a b ott omless chasm. Before he screa m~ d he heard maniacal laughter fl u ng at him. He saw the <lark bn tt om reaching at him- then·-!

(Look on page 7 to se e what happened.)

DREAM EXPLANATW N S

Dreaming of fal1ing is th e result of a pillows ''slip.''

Dreaming of money sh ows a lack of "cents."

Dreaming of horses sh o ws a one track mind.

Dreaming of airplanes means you'ra "soar"head.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

SET TI NG UP EXERCISES THE PELICANS FALSE ALARMS (SOLVED)

Yaw n loudly, slide down in your s ea t, tinker with your inkwell, wr ite a few notes, look innocent ly at teacher to see if she is wat chi ng, stare out of window for a wh ile, shoot a few rubber bands, ge t up, go to waste paper basket on way back deliver notes. Repea t a bove until bell rings or teache r sh ow signs of insanity.

THIN GS TO DO TO MAKE WHIT TIE R A GRAND SCHOOL

Thro w papers all over the playgr ou nd.

Ne ver patronize the cafeteria.

Ma rk a ll over the walls.

Rid e a stranger's bikA home for lunch

Br eak windows in nearby house s

Wheeling slowly and magestically the Pelicans swung into one formation, broke up, formed another, flew to the lake and settled down.

Soon a shot rang out on the early morning air; all but one of the birds rose and wheeling in larg e circles flew higher and higher. A light skiff pulled out on the still water. The remaining pelican tried to rise but could not. Closer and closer the man approached. In a few minutes he was so near that he could have hit him with an oar.

Suddenly the boat struck shall o w water Nothing the man couid do would budge the boat; water began leaking in at an alarming rate. The wounded bird once more began to try to leave the water. With a heaving lunge it cleared the water and flew

With a jerk, Ham awakened, to find himself bathed in a cold sweat. He would quit eating before going to bed thereafter, and eliminate nightmares.

JOKES

He: Are you dining anywhe r e tonight?

She (hopeful): No I'm not. He: My, you'll be hungry by morning.

Two backwoodsmen knocked at another bac:k\voodsman's door. "Hell o, Ed", said one as the door opened. ''Say, we came across the dead body of a man over there in the hollow and we kinda thought 'twas you."

"That so? . What'd he look

Run ov er lawns on close lying yards like?" away. The man stood there in ••mell, h b t n e was a ou your his boat no one in sight, his boat build"_

Ch e ck out a library book, deface it, a nd return with out paying fin e . leaking, and no game for his "Have a flannel shirt?" trouble.

Ne ver t urn in "found" things to the offi ce.

Do t he m regularly and we will have a fin e reputation.

I, re gr etfully and humbly, wish to co rrect a disastrous error which I m ade in the last issue in the te st your knowledge column. Our sch ool cost $880,000, not $80 , 000. T he latter amount would hardl y h av e paid for the shops.

-Wesley Knippel

- Ed ward H P-rzog

NOTABLE NOTE

Sherod Harris, noted stamp collector and h i gh-speed air-plane designer, has been as busy as a bee for the past few months digging up material on the perhistoric ages . An idea struck him and in his design and craft class he has recently comple t ed modeling two prehistoric beasts, a Tyronnosaris, and a Tryceretops and Serogiph-

Teac her : \Vho was the smart- eris, (combined). He worked hard est inve ntor ? to complete his scenery and Pupil : T homas A. Edison be- deserves a hand from everyone. cause h e in vented the phonograph I and radi o so people could stay up I Wayne Parker: I went to a all nigh t a n d use his electric light 1 1 dog show last night. bulbs. Gene Fireston: Did you win?

"Yep"

"Was they knee or hip boots?"

"Let's see. Which was they, Charley? Oh, yes, they was hip boots.''

"Nope," said the backwoodsman, closing the door. ''Twasn't me.''

The following conversation was overheard by a Whittier pupil: ''What did you choose for a vocation?''

"Oh, I have always wanted to go to France and be a hangman or the guy that operates the guillotine. I thin k it wou l d be fun to watch some v ictim's head drop into a basket or listen to the cords snap in a fellow's neck."

No more was said about vocations;--

1. Evident

DOWN

2 Epic poetry

3. Members of a Masonic order

6. Opposite of loser

5. Wooden shoes

8. A small satchel

9. Watchful

10. Sovereign

12. Measure of weight of jewelry

13. Eaglestone

14. Return

19. Large container for liquids

21. A small cut length wise

22 . Apple seed

23. Masculine name

24. Varnish ingredient

6. Small bundles of straw

8. Successor to Mohammed 11 .One who fastens

15. To place in a row

16. Diminish

17. Indjan Musical instruments

18. Dewy

1. bleat

6. comes 11. tansy 16 riata

17. apace 18. educe

19. angel

19. 0 b j e c t used for practice tar g e t 20. menus

20. Standing

22. A square column

25. Genuine

29. Persia

30. Thought

31. Bundles

36 . Spuds

26. Proposed artificial language ANSWER TO LAST PUZZLE

27. Born

28. Fluid used in automobles ( Continued from page 3) ACROSS

1. Encountered

35 . meets 76. adam

37. trees 78. harm

4. Animal built somewhat like a 38 homer 81. eld human

39 , ovine

5. Abbr. for first case in Latin 40. lande 83. ode 85. doe

21. nodal

22. gel

23 . Capri

25. ifs

27. elk

28. stew

30. loafs

32. rouses

34. amas

36. otters

38. holiers

41. blare

42. eyes

46. ovate

47. badness

49. ira

50. minstrel

ACROSS

52. cetacean

54. end

55. solaces

57. pulse

58. reef

60. minus 61. border

62. aspect

64. hare

65. glance

68. eider

70. drag

74. ram

75. oda

77. crash

79. one

80. upper

82. dolor

84. adage

86. belle

87. adept

88. roses

89. sleds

90. messy

91. mt.tre

May 10. 1935

SHOWIN G OF STYLES

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

NOATBLE NOTES HELD FOR 9A CLASS

Whittier exchanges papers

(Continued from page 1) with the following schools. We dress. Spo rt dresses are the very hope that next semester we will t be able to exchange papers with mces : as many fine schools. .

. Elsie L ~so shov, ed how much · Boise Hi o-hligh ts ...... Boise Idaho rucer a pl am black dres s worn by "1 • 0 1 h ' Luella Daughtrey could be by Crimson Fas

adding several light . colored col- ·················-NewBe~fmd, M3:!"· ) The Advocate Lmcoln H1 0 h ars. S • ·t O'R lt

Arlene Burkett explained how pin ooseve

t· 1 d t d 1 ·············-·--New Bedford, Mass. e.ssen Ia goo pos ure an c ean- The J unior_. ______ Lawrence, Kans. lmess are to th e appearance. Sutter Static Sacramento, Calif , Our Talkie .. ·-·-·-···-Norfolk, Nebr. I P'.:'.trick Henry Pat riot.. ______ ··---·

NO TABLE NOTE --------·-··-·---·Minneapeolis, Minn er~~te~t~Iti:arn}b;~J IJunior Gossip- -----····---·-········· '

after scho ol given by Miss Wils on 1 -····----------·--North Platte, Nebr. and serv ed by four of the secon d I Il-ving News·- ···Lincoln, Nebr. period ho me economics class. A I Liberty BelL.Hutchinson, Kans. bouquet of tul_ips and two fancy I She rman SpotlighL .... ·-···-··-·-··· ~~~e:at1~ n~~okies were the only ! ----------------··~----· -Sherman, Kans.

The tea chers were served fr uit Waln ut Cracker ·-···-····--···--------· punch, ce box cookies, and -·-··---···-·-·-··Grand Island, Nebr. brownies . Re-echo ··----···-···-·-Kearney, Nebr.

A PIRATE

I wan·t to be a pirate bold, And cro ss the raging sea, I'll rob th e ships of all their gold , But turn the sailors free, Oh, with a hey- hi- hoAnd away I 'll go, To cross th e stormy main, And then I'll rob some ship s agai n.

- Doreine Williams

GEORG E WASHINGTON

Oh! Georg e Washington

A great g en:eral was he, He help ed to make This coun try free. Not only a General was he, But a Pres ident too, He always reached the highest deg ree, And alwa ys was he true.

Washington School Life ..

rkin, Ill.

Fenger N ews_·-·-- ··- Chicago_, Ill.

Purp le and Gold ·-··-·-············---

View, Nebr. The Hamiltonian .. Oakland, Calif. The first three and the last two are high schools and the rest junior highs.

The following pupils h av e ente red Whittier recently.

Drexel White • 212

Kenneth Feuerstine 205

Juanita Averitt 301

Drexel came from Creston Junior High in Creston, Iowa, Kenneth from District 69, Lancaster County and Juanita came from Everett.

Donald Wiseman re-e n t ere d from Everett and is in 304. Lloyd Phelps is in 205. He was not in schoo l last year. Maxine Lewis also came back and is in 304.

JOKES

Professor: ''I forgot my umbrella this morning, dear.''

Wife: ''How did you remember you had forgotten it.''

Professor: "Well I missed it when I raised my hand to close it after the rain stopped."

Stranger: "When does the 5:15 leave.''

Trainman: "At a quarter past five."

Stranger: "Thanks, I get all mixed up over this changing of time ."

Miss Curley to William Stinchcomb: How well you have your notebook organized?

William: Yes, I know where it is (speaking of his paper) I am just trying to find it.

Mother (at dinner): "Johnnie I do wish you would stop reaching for things. Haven't you a tongue?"

Johnnie: "Yes, but my arms reach fur th er. ''

Geography teacher: Roberta, how would you get to China?

Roberta Kluffa: "Well, - I'd just get up in the air, wait till China came around, and then jump down.

Robber (caught in the act) : Where are we going?

Cop: I'm going to take you to jail.

Robber: Oh, please officer -don't give me a prison record. Then I can't be president.

Jones: (clinging to lamp-post); Am I, (hie), awake or dreaming?

Cop: I'll pinch you and see.

THE \VHITTIER GREENLEAF

BOYS SPORTS

A new tournament has been started. All color teams are struggling to win. Of the 9th grade 316, 101, 218, and 312 made first points. Of the 8th, 304, 102, and 106 made first; and of the 7th 112 made the initial points for the new tournament.

The 9th grade champs for the first tournament are 220. The 8th 104, and the 7th 210. 220 stil'i upholds its excellent record of defeating all other teams. More than one certificate has been awarded to these ninth grade boys.

Red, hue of danger, blood, purity, is the leading color and it certainly is a color of danger that is, to the teams it opposes. They have stretched their total pointsto 11,250;1,550 points ahead of the orange; 1,450 in the lead of the green; and only 850 points in bettering the blue.

In other words, the points for each of the other colors are recorded thus: blue, 104,000; green, 9,800; and orange, 9, 700. That totals up to approximately 141, 150 hard-earned points, and that is plenty when you stop to figure that only 100 points are earned for defeating a team and 50 points for being defeated.

The week of April 8-12, 1935, showed that the color thermometers are gaining momentum. For the boys, the red made 1,200, the blue 1,050 i the green 1,000, and the orange 1,150 points. Those stated 230 figures amount to the sum of 4,700 points. and to add the points that the girls made, (2,500 points), it would total up to approximately 7,200. Not bad for one week.

The several color charts, which belong to the phys. ed. classes, in the locker room are accomp-

lishing the almost unbelievable. They are not making much progress at all ·- the result of bad behavior.

Each time a squad makes too much noise, 50 points off their class color. If Mr. Strawn decides o defo~t more than that he does. • '

However some of the squads behave very nicely and the color that they represent on the chart shows a marked difference from the other teams. By these charts, one can easily distinguish the more effective squads. •

In the first period the red and orange are a tie. In the second the green stands ahead. Th~ third, fifth, and sixth periods all boast of havin.g the same leaping· color-- blue.

One ~earn which must possess very disorderly conduct is the blue in period one. Either that or it simply cannot win from any other squad. It is far belovv all other colors and charts, but with a good will and spirit, they still still have a slim chance.

A LONGTIME?

Here are some figures for your ahd also add a few minutes for being noisy in the assembly. heads, my friends. We spend, during our semester from February to June, approximately, at the rate of 32 hours, 5 minutes a week, 15 weeks, and 4·days a semester, 507 hours, 20 minu tes getting a semester's education

The old clocks on the walls, tick 3,043,200 times in our presenc e . Better yet, we wait 182, 592 ,000 seconds for summer vacation. If you don't believe it, figure it out yourse lf,-but as a fore-warning, tell mother to prep are the ice packs and get the aspirinsand don't forget,-deduct our spring vacation and add 25 minutes for when we come for our grades at the semester's end,

MaylO. 1935

GIRLS SPORTS

The first elimination t c.1 rnament is finished and here a ; 2 the winners. The winner app e , r s at the beginning and they a r~ the grade champions.

9A-101 vs 314 9B-216 , 1 302

8A-203 vs 320 8B- 208 . 3 307 7A--212 vs 210 7B -103 s 222

Now for the 7th 8th a r i 9th grade champions. The win n r appears at the beginning. 7th - 212 vs 103 8th 203 . 3 208 9th-101 vs 216

101 is the schools champi on am. A round robin tourna r.; n t is under way at the prese rn ·.i me. It takes much longer w h ;1 the home room has to pla y ~very home room in that grade.

The gym classes are pn· .1 ring for Field day with all G 1 t heir might. They are having t . ,t s to decide who will partici p e in Field day.

Several times the gam e have been held inside. Ther e r e always four teams bowli n 1 at a time and it causes qui t \ some excite ment. Then there • ,., also Nebras ka ball and ba i- etball games .

We trust that all o· you watch the color charts ut in case you haven't I'll te ll y ou a little about it. There u p · n you will find that the reds a ri- · a head with over 13.000 poin t the orange with nearly 13 ,00 0 iOints, the green third with ov e , l 2,000 points and the blue traili n r along with over 12,000 points. C ,me on blues wake up,

Ethel Byrns will ta k f Jean Carnahan' s place on t h t play· ground committee.

Gree nleaf Honor \ Assemb ly Held [ I

PROG RAM FEATURES PLAY : BY

BEN ALICE

Be s trong!

W e are not here to play ,

To dream, to drift ; We have hard word to do And l oa ds to lift; F a ce it; 'tis God's g ift

DAY I !C. L.-Officers

The seim-annual Greenlea f ; I 11 d S 27

New Teachers On Whictier Faculty

MR. GAMMILL MARRIES FORMER COLORADO TEACHER

Five new teachers have been assem bly was held today at 1: 05 ilSta e ept. added to the Whittier faculty, in the Wh ittier auditorium. T he 1 four of whom are former 26th progra m consisted of a pl ay, BOTH PRESIDENTS GIVE and 0 teachers We welc~m~ them which wa s written in such a WOR T H WHILE I and hope th ey find Whittier up manne r as to allow for such thin gs I ci '" I to s~andard. as the in troduction of the Gr e e n1 SPEECHES Miss Ferguson, who is from leaf sta ff and printers , and t h e ; -- - 26th and 0 is t eaching art and presen tatio n of one hundre d per I The Civic League installation English in 207. cent ce rti ficates. , took plac e in the auditorium Fri- Mr. Upedgraft, who is also

The ti tle of the play was , ! day September 27. The assembly from 26th and 0 teaches metal "What th e Greenleaf mean t to I was open ed by Mrs. White. The trades. one Gi rl," and it was written by flag s a lute and civic league Miss Norton, who has taught Ben Alic e Day, a 9A. The c har - p ledge wer e next given. at Whitti e r many times is now acters were as follows: Miss Hult introduced Margaret a full-fledged member of the Mrs. Ada ms Lenore Lind ahl Hedstrom, t he g·irls civic league Whittier fa culty. She instructs Carolin e Adams president who gave an excellent in Algebra and English in 103. Alberta Patt erso n speech on the character of a civic Mrs. Worral in 309 Miss Betty Bro wnlee Bernice Ne lson league office r Zamzow in 318, both from 26th

As the p rogram got undei: way, j Mr Culler introduced the boys and O teach junior business, the Gr ~enl eaf staff and prrnt ~rs civic league es'd t J h Fl k arithmetic , science and induswere mtr oduced. Then El vma pr 1 en ' 0 n ac trail geography, respectively. Short playe d a piano solo en ti- who responded by giving a speech M r. Gammill, who was tied, "Lit any," by Schubert. , on the duties of a civic le ague Whittier's only bachelor joined Follo win g this, a short skit , i officer. the ranks of the married men this "At the Ferry," was given. 1 Frances Anderson and John summer on June 13, at McCook, Those who part are as follow s : Sinclair th • d t Nebraska. Mamm a Blossom : . ' e ~ice presi en s, We hear that he used excellent Lenore Lind ah l ; gave mterpreta t 10ns of the flag judgment in selecting his life Pappa Blo ssom Don Hanse n , and the ci v ic league pledge. mate. ,Freddy Bl ossom Bob Hummels Margaret Hedstrom and John The lucky lady (or is it Mr. A ta p dance by Marj orie Flack introduced the chairmen \ Gammill who is lucky) was Miss Brown an d a pep talk by John h • • • • Lackey co ncluded by presenta- : w. om turn mtroduced their com- I Rose Hoffman of Fort Collms, Cotion of ce rtificates to the hom e m1ttees. The scorekeepers were lorado where she taught school rooms hav ing one hun d red per introduced by the playground I for four years. They spent a dee en t subscription s t o chairm e n. I layed honeymoon in Yellowstone the Gre enleaf, a and tic- Mr. Culler gave a very int e r1 National Park, as both Mr. and :imtow1~~ esti~~ talk on the sta~dards of I Mrs. Gam~ill attended the S~mof sub scription s, brought to a a c1v1c league committee-m a n. mer Sess10n at Fort Collms, close this very cleverly prepared The assembly was closect by th e ' Colorado. Congragulations, Mr. program . school singing the school song. Gammill.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE North western states, stopping in W HITTIER GREENLEAF Seattle. The following are some of the things you would have seen, had you been there.

Published en•ry two weeks during the school Th E · · h ld •

year by lJUpils of Whittier junior high school, e XpOSibOn WaS e ln at 22nd and Vine ?treets. Lincoln, N ~brask3: the beautiful Balboa Park where

Set up and prmted by the pupils takmg

G reen leaf printing. hundreds of beautiful trees,

co~r:ssc;~.ption price 20c each semester, single masses of brilliant flowers, the

FACULTY COMMITTEE lily pool and the flowering vines all make the setting lovely.

Miss Selma Hult

Hom e r L. Gammill

Mr. C. L. Culler

AROUND THE SCHOO

Miss Olive K e llei-

Miss Marie Crnss

GREENLEAF STAFF

Ei;~~ria!~~i; Girls dressed as seno'ritas dis-

The Spanish atmosphere is carried out by strolling Spanish troubadors singing and playing. :tt~1di~-1?hi:f

R obert Luebs Francis Cox tributed flowers and the attend-

Marie Rubino ants wore Spanish suits.

PRINTERS

Edwin Bail ey

Milan BC'atty

Charl e s Campbell

Bill Cook

Lydia Hl'irlcnreich

Donald H ilgcrt

Alexand er K naub

E d w ard Lembke

Horace Lon g

Louis McChe sney

Jame s Ma ,,we ll

Edward Mill er

Gl en Murphy

Thomas Nic ke lson

Emanue l Nieder'haus

Edgar Norman Ralvh Shiff e t·

Vir ginia Tracy

Philip Van Keuren

Norman Vlarnk e

William Welch

B ob Will i ams

Den Wimberly

Delzelle Whe!c h el

Welcome to Whittier.

The first place we visit is the Indian village where members of 30 different tribes are living. We walk along a ways before seeing Gold Gulch which is a reproduction of a mining town of 1849 . We stop to go through the Hollywood Hall of Fame where we see moving pictures being

This semester it has become made. necessary to write a welcome to Next comes Midget Village where a hundred midgets are teachers as well as pupils. As living in their little houses. you all know four teachers and We stop next at The Globe approximetly 200 pupils have Theater where we see one of come to Whittier from 26 & O Shakespeare's play staged as Jr. High School. This school has they were in the Elizabethian been condemmed because of age. agWe. t 1 t t f . e pause o 1s en o one o We hope these teachers will feel the daily concerts which are ''at home'' here and we know given on the largest . outdoor that all Whittier pupils will do pipe organ in the world • thier best to make them feel But the biggest treat of all that way. In addition to the 200 comes wh~n in San Diego's fine new 26 & 0 pupils we have a harbor ships come from all oveY large class of '' freshies'' from th e world. elementary schools. This brings We watch the fleet review the population of whittier to which is being held for the chilnearly 1,300 pupils. dren of the nation.

SAN DIEGO EXPOSITION

Miss Hooper and her mother visited the San Diego Exposition in California, staying there as long as it lasted while Miss Ralston, who was also there remained just part of the tim e , coming home by way of th e

Children are given the best locations for viewing the 90 warships as they enter the harbor with 400 airplanes flying overhead.

Fortune Teller: you have a tendency to let things slide.

Jack Leonard: Yes I play a trombone.

L ·

On Tuesday September 17 t he re were 251 bicycles in the r a ck s, compared with the 166 of F r id ay April 26. It seems that the 2G t h and O pupils must ride a lot of bikes.

Mr. W. A. McMullen of 31~. is offering outside work to be do ne in science for extra credit in ta ct he has four pages full of th in gs to be done. There is certain ly no reason for anyone failing i n h is class.

SEEN ABOUT WHITTIE R

Coony Krieger's third eye b 1, 1w. Miss Freeburn at her d 1. iie s keeping us all from being sic k.

The pupils of the 9A H .) me Rooms scratching their h ea ds trying to discover wher e t he efficiency credits are co r ing from.

Lots of broken arms this fo !1

Two wee beaten paths ac ro ss the east playground. They rn ust have been well used.

A congregation of pupils on t hE front steps every morning.

The Science classes m a \i ng good use of the dark room, 210 .

The gym classes filing out -o ,i orE to play baseball, for the gir ls ;{ nd football and baseball for the l )ys.

Lots of summer clothes st ill ou1 and fall ones coming out .

JUST IMAGINE

Mr. Culler as a timid lit tlE school boy.

Mrs. White not droppin g h e1 baton at least once in a whi l e

Marie Rubino ~nd br a e( Knapp as enemies.

Margeruite Coy as an u nd er weight.

4 , 1935

N OTABLE NOTES

The b ic ycle racks will be moved to the eas t side of the prin t shop as soon as as the new r acks w hich are bein g made are finished. Spec ial emphasis is placed this year u po n loitering near the racks. Th e civic leauge officers are ins tru cted to keep y ou away from th e m so please stay a w a y and you won't get into trouble.

It is a well known fact that there a re many families in th e world to da y in which there are a s many a s fifteen to twenty chil dren. T his is of cou rse both u nusual a n d remarka b l e and s uch familje s at tract a g r eat deal of attenti on, but for really la rge familie s we must turn to the lowest a n d simplest form of li fe in existanc e , bacteria. So ra pidly does ba cte ria multiply tha t one bacteriu m could produce, by the end of 12 hours , 16,777,216 and at the e n d of 24 hours, 281, 474, 971,385 ,856

SCH OL ARSHIP ROLL

Last se mester there were 386 pupils on th e scho larship roll. Of this num be r, 109 were 9A's and are no l on ger in Whittier. T he average n umber of scholars hip pupils per home room are as follows: 9A , 15 4-7; 9B, 11 1 -3; 8A, 12 5-6 ; 8 B, 9 1 - 4; 7 A, 11 3-4; 7B, 8 3- 4 .

The fo llo w i ng is the list of pupils wh o were on the s cholarship roll la st semester with t he exception of the pupils no lon g er in Whitti er .

7B Cl ass : B o n n i e C l a r k , Robert Ke r sey, Eugene Lawson , Marion P ri est, Betty Ander so n , Florenc e Bock, Eleanore Frie s,

Robert Gilmore, Duane Ihrie, Wayne Keim, Elyse Long, Carolyn McAllister , Richard McMa hon , Robert Mills, Elinore Ro b inson, Cariel Shaw, Maxine Ward, Bonnie Bradley, William Bu r r , Marvin Butts, Emanuel

Geie r Richard Holmes, Rosa

New b ill, Jean Smith.Betty Joh n s , Betty Jean Anderson , Tomm y D worak, Russel] Jur g ens , Mable

K utcher, Edward Mohr, Phyllis Overman, Alma Scheidt, Rob ert Si mm ons, Margaret Stoddard , D oro th y Tilton.

0 1iv er, Ruby Reznor, Jean Schleuning, Betty Lou Tracy, Albert Wobig , Elisabeth Barr, Milton Bockoven, Polly Louise Car y, Betty Lee Cronn, J u n e Helmstadter, Helen Hobbs, Mary Kathryn Marshall , Hal Moore , Edna Schreiner, Edith Schuchman , G en e Snyder, Marjorie Stoneman , Virginia Talley, Herbert Davis, June Gakel, Robert Green , Harold Hudson, Velma Hutchinson, Eleanor Jensen, Florence Johns, Ruth Lockhart, Viola Schulte, Ma y nard Schutte.

8B Class : August Gunnerson, 7 A Class: Vi r ginia Barch' Wallace Provost , George Van Ro bert Delaney, Maxine Early, Sickle, Deloris Jones, Gladys Elo ise Fr icke, Julianne Morse, Stephenson, Irene Turn wall, HarJoh n Willi s , L loyd Winchell, Alta riet Carter Mary Alice Coplen , Yo ung, Alfred Campbell, Lavon Warren De Vere, Mabel Ebert, Clouse , William Eckblad, Eugene Willia m Gra ves, Etta Halverson, Jo hnson, Beatric~ Hinze, Martin De lbert Hur d, Shirley Kushner, Minthorn , H elen Reifschneider, F r ieda Lo os, Florabe ll e Moeller , Ed ward S mith, Sam Wiggins, F ra n c e s N ewensch w a nder, Ce celia Will , Marie Bailey, Betty E m anue l Niederhaus, Donabell e Bassler, Ma r y Louise Blish, Mary No r man, Marjorie Sc h uma n, Campbell i Novella Curtis, J ack Wilda Smith. Ernest S pahn, Billy Goodding, Clarence Heidenreich, Dor an, Marjo r ie Goldstein, Emily John s on, Donald Maser, Bessie Grunger, Lo ra ine H ohnRichard Pete r s, Sylvia Ric h ard- stein, Delores Morgan, Howard so n, Elsi e Schafer, Be r nice Yates, Betty Brow n , Clara Schulte, Betty Le e Sherwood, Knaub ; William Loeffel. Barbara I sabelle Storch. Lois Ai les. Betty Quillin, Melba S hast id, A n ne t te Gail Brown, Howard Debus, Lil- Smith, Elsebert Spencer, Lee Otis li a n Horn, June K oons , Henry Trigg, George Werner. McKee , Ann O ' Brien, Rachael 8A Class: Harold Eaton, Glenna Sc he naman, Wil l a Ann V an - Ed wards , Lois McChesney, Bu s kirk, J e a n ette Bolar , J O h n Helen Preditt, Virginia. Jen son, Bran d , Willa rd Co les, Bud Deeds, Robert Luebs, Jean Van d erberg, H a zel Ellio t, Merill a Hiatt, Ru th Helen Schmelzel, Vfrginia HageHo rner, Earl Lampshire, Carl man, Norris Hammond, Doris Li nd , Murray Min th orn, Donna Johns, Katherine Kiesselbach, St u d ts, Ruby Thomas, Eunice Robert Klause, Grace Knapp, Venter, Richard Wright, Mary Pauline Loos, Romona Pickering, Ballan c e, Gwendol y n Bax, Don- Dorothy Ringstmeyer, Robert Rua id Bieber, Ke n ne th Br au n ' nnalls, Haul Rush. Donald WiseRo bert Cook , Farrell Helmstetl e r , man, Ruth Bstanding , Robert Ma rilyn Lawson, Lynelle May - Ellis, Elizabeth Gerdes, Mildred fi el d, Earlene Mitchell, R obe r t I ( Continued on p age 6)

The girls' sports staTted off with a bang the first day of school.

Guess what? 9A champs were determined by Thursday the first week of school. 216 played 302 and won, thus being forced to play 310. 310 won, 37 to 0. Whew! What a game, in fact a complete walk away.

Color tea1ns will be continued this semeste1.· if favored by all.

To you pupils who are new in Whittier the color chart is posted on the bulletin board outside of the book r oom, 204. The ~ome l'Oom s are divided evenly mto 4 teams a n d assigned a color. 1f you win that counts 100 points fo r y our team and if you lose just be g o od sports and "Presto" you gain 50 points.

The follo wing games have been played a nd won during the first six days Th e winne1~ appears on the left

9A 216 vs. 302 310 Bye

310 vs. 216 310 9A Champs

9B 305 vs. 320 304 vs. 203

106 vs. 102 318 vs. 309

304 vs. 305

8A 104 vs. 309 208 vs. 300

104 vs. 208 104 SA Champs

8B 108 vs. 209 303 vs. 205

212 vs. 210 110 vs. 112

303 vs. 108 212 vs. 110

7 A 105 VS. 107 308 vs. 222

308 vs. 105 308 7 A Champs

7B 101 vs. 301 314 vs. 218

207 vs. 312 101 vs . 314

We wonder what makes 212 such a good team Looking into the matter we find that if it weren't for the pitcher, Ma e Spaedt, we question if they would be where they were las t semester and seem to be headed this semester. They -played fo r school championship but th e 9A' , were t oo strong for the m Te'll bet that they get ther~ this year .

GREENLEAF

October 4, l93 5

SCHOLARSHIP ROLL BOYS SPORTS

With the warm' weath e1· we

_ . ( Contin:1-ed fro~ page 3~ . have been having, baseball conKrieger, Allee Mertmg, MarJorie tinues to hold first plac e over Randall, George Rebensdorf, football, the 1935 seas L '.) f Albert Seiler-, Bertha Spreier, which is just beginning. TLis is Ruth Steffen, Dorothy Thomas, not surprising, however, a s .Lo otDesmond Corcoran, Agnes Dun- ball is not often played at '/ h itbar, Jack Leanard, Jean Smith, tier, except by the gym cfa :,s es. Marjory Stewart, Lorrain Thomp:. The first day of school d a ned son, Betty Umberger, Bill bright and clear over a d r"\ a nd Welch, Lucille Whitedi Helen gra ss -grown playground. C; l es h ad been scheduled for th <: H'st Wilborn.Mark Al1en,Francis ox, da y of school by the play g" ·cmd Arthur Gake], Ruth Gass, Betty committee, when they m et last Gaughan, Frieda Kraft, Robert spr ing at the close of scho c l: ~md Love, Aileen Merting, Edgar so smoothly did they go o ft •hat Norman, Lester Pease, Ray Hope Mr. Johnson, who was v i ·~ing th at day, was both plea se, rmd Quimby, Marie Rubino, La Vern sur prised. "Don't you ev e1 top Schroll, Ada Schuman, Mar y ~ch ool," he said, "eve n: 1i ng Sullivan. Opal Thomas, Marian vven t off so smoothly th ai ne Tway, Jack Watson, Dayton wo uld think that you h • 1 a Wiley, Naomi Young, Truman co u p le of months of acti vii • beClair, Evelyn Clark, Eugene hiucl you." T he games played on t he ·1 rst Irick, Edith Martin, June Mc- thr ee days of school were f ·t edMeen, Beulah Mericle, Clair u le d with the idea of 9 : i. ng Miller, Lloyd Montague, Glen ever y team one practice 1me Murphy, Tommy Nickelson, a nd all with the except ic of Bonnie Parsons, Thomas Rice, som e 7B's got out for the n . Edgar Norman, Paul Sehnert, The first tournament st i'ted Th ursday, the 19th, and i f' i o he Leo S O de r h O 1 m , Glenrose a double elimination, the s a· e as Wassung. la s t vear.

9B Class: Carl Anderson, La T he line-up for the color i a ms Verne Douglas, Maxine Elliott, wa s not re&dy for inser ti ·1 in John Flack, Mellville· Green, t his issue, but will, no rh1bt, Margaret Hedstrom, Edward ha v e been made public b the Herzog, Roy Mook, Katherine t im e this is off the press: E v erybody should try i, ge-c Reich, Erwin Wenz, Frances ou t for the games, teache 1: and Andersen, Warren Boggs, Ben pu p ils alike. While it is , fte n Alice Day, Maxine Erwin, t rue that a teacher can't be on Kathleen Hutchens, Doris h and for the noon gam e, it Newbill, Twila Perrin, Herman would help the morale o, the Reifschneider, Ruth Schmidt, te a m 100 % if he or she cm1 \d be Erma Sch nit t er, William present.

Thompson, Ernest Dinges, Eleanor Gillespie, Gladys Harral. Gerald Huber, Esther Leichner • Lometa May, Virginia Micheal, F rances Moore, Sam Pappas, Dorothy Peters, Eldon Sanders, H e le n S n y d e r , M a x i n e Woodward.

JUST IMAGINE

Kathrine Reich tryi ng to reduce.

Edward Herzog not alwa };:; answering a question wheth rJr directed to hi;m or not.

T he Whittier· Greenleaf

Many New Pupils Enter Whittier

NU MBER ARE FROM OUT OF THE STATE

From t he day that teaching in new Wh ittie r began there hav e

0 suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, I cannot r ival for one hour, October's bright blue weather

---Helen Hunt Jackson

Mr. Johnson Shows Football Picture

always been quite a few pupil s FILM A c COM p A N I E D new to Whittier, a nd often to BY INTERESTING Lincoln or even Nebraska, wh o come h ere at the beginning of TALK the yea r to go to school, but s eldom, if ever, have there been a :,; Mr. Johnson, supervisor of all many n ew pupils a s ther e we r-~ physical education in the Lincoln at the op ening of school thi s fal l. Schools, showed some very interThere a re 24 new pupils who esting football films and gave a came h ere from junior hi gh most educational talk on football schools all over the country , 46 in the Whittier auditorium Monfrom to wns out in the state, a nd day , the 30th of September. about 200 from the condemn ed The film was made under the 26th and O school. The follo w-. . · ing is a li st of the pupils who capable d1rect10n ?f ~arry K1pke, entered Whittier this fall fr om coach of the M1ch1gan St ate some oth er s tate: University team, with the coopH. R. eration of the players.

212 Elst on Murphy, Cu s hi ng Several different passes and Okl a f f kl· h • t

212 Ed • d F 1 • s· ways o tac mg t e1r opponen s war e smg , 10ux I M J Cit y, Iowa. w ere ~hown. r. oh n s o n

218 Je an Bermngroth, Ki m - emphasized the fact that the ball , So. Dak. spectators would enjoy the game much more if they kept their

210 Ma rjorie Huzzy, Indian a- eyes on the players instead of poli s, Ind.

222 Geo rge Chest, Santa Mon i- the ball. He suggested that we C l .f select one player fr o m the team ca, a 1 .

220 Do nald Becker, Henry, So. and watch him alon e for a while , Dak. changing .off to oth e r players to

209 Will iam McCullough, Con- get the full value of the plays. cord ia, Kans. He also mentioned sportsman-

209 Herm an Felsing, Siou x ship, saying that those w h o City , Iowa. "booed" the officials were ver y

102 Ken neth Huzzy, Ft. Wo r t h. po or sports and that he hoped Te x a s. 1 1 that none of Whittier's pup ils (Cont inued on page 4) did this sort of thing.

Assembly Crowd Fills Auditorium

SOME PUPILS OCCUPY 1 SEATS WITH OTHER ROOMS

The auditorium is going to be quite crowded in future assemblies as two unfortunate hom e rooms may have to " blow" around to find seats with other home rooms.

H om e Rooms 208 , and 209 have already had their turns so don't be downhearted when you can not sit with your pet home room teacher .

As there are twelve hundredsixty seats , and twelve hundred fifty-seven pupils, (Don't forget thirty-six teachers) to be seated , there are going to have to be a lot absent on assembly days.

There are always plenty of visitors who require the same seating space (twenty-four inches). There are always good assemblies, usually once a week.

Order must be en forced on account of so many pupi l s being in Whittier. The ushers are there f o r your good so please obey them in passing out.

Pupils must remember to be quiet when a play or program is g iven and not to laugh too much , because y ou might miss an important pa r t of the play.

The pupils left the auditorium in fi n e s h a p e at the first assembly.

.THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Published every two weeks during the school year by pupils of Whittie1· junior high schoo l, at 22nd and Vine streets, Lincoln, N ebraska.

Set up and printed by the pupils taking

G '·cenle1f pi inting. St1 bscril)tion price 20c each semester, sing le copies :ic.

FACULTY COMMITTEE

Mis Selma Hult

Hom e r L. Gammill Miss Olive K c l!e t·

Mr. C. L. C11ller Miss Mar i e Cros:-; GREENLEAF STAFF

Editor-in-chief - - - Edward Her.i:og

0:A Editor - - - - - - Jean Carnahan

Robert Luebs ' F1·ancis Cox

Marie Rubino

Edwin Bailey

Milan B e atty

Charles Campbell

PRINTERS

Thomas Nickl'lson

Emanuel Ni ede r haus

Erl ,; ar N o rman

Bill Cook

Lydia H<>irl e mcich

D o nald H i lgut

Edward Lembke

H o race Long

Louis McChe s ney ,far.1es M ax well

Edward Miller Glen Mu1 phy

Roy Ripley Vi r g;in' a T ra cy P hiliJJ Van K cur e n Nor ma n \Varnkc

William Wdch

Bob William s B e n W1m berly

Delzclle Whelchel

HOME ROOM OFFICERS

The following pupils are home room officers for this semester. They are in the following order president, vice president, secretary a d treasure r.

101: Dale Dunkle, Mary Louise McGinnis, Virginia Stuermer, John Larson.

102: Joe Wise, Wayne Beeman, Lucille Dougherty, Robert Ellis.

103: Loren Rauch, Mary Louise Howerter, Norma Williamson, Norma Cummins

104: Betty Bonebright, John Dier, Barbara Quillin, Gale Booth

105: Dorothy Tilton, Richard Davis, Lloyd Sanders, Robert Simmons.

106: Paul Mercier, Jea n Smith, Edward Lembke.

107: Edna Hoffman, Olive Hartman, Dorothy Maser, Walte r Bower.

108: Irene Schafer , Lyd ia Helzer, Wilma Fielder, Maril yn Jennings.

110: Richard Peters, Betty Lee 1 307: Delores Sherwood, Marie Bailey, Sylvia Markey, Ralph Moran , P 1i 11li p Lamb, Le-- ai ne Richardson. Hohnstein.

112: Lillian Horn, Henry McKee, Charles Fahnestock, Alan Krieger.

203: Gerald Hill, Mark Allen, NeiJ Hansen, Leonard Mann.

205: Helen Brehm, Gene Synder, Harvey Lauer, Edith Schuchman

207: G e r t r u d e See berg, Genevieve Roberts, Ruth Emmons, Mary Kierstead. •

208:Ernest Spahn, Mable Ebert, Shidey Kushner, Merle Mayfield.

209: Willard Coles, Carl Lind, Victor Michel, Jeanette Bolar

210: Ruby Jones, Beatric e Hinze, Donald Desch, Margare t Perkin.

212: Edith Hartman, Maynard Schutte, Herbert Davis, Mae Speadt.

216: Herschel Storch, Erwin Wentz, La Verne D o u g 1a s, Chester Way.

218 : Lois Lawson, Ruth Grant , Bob Campbell, Edwin Loeffel.

220: Howard Brown, Hazel Reynolds, Barbara Wise, Donald Becker~

222: Iona Jensen, Joe Fahnestock, Marvin Lange, . James

308 : Bayard Murray, 11· a r ie Bitter, Rosa Newbill, R t1d 1al d Murray.

309: H.eid Pentico. Meda 1 ay Albrecht , Virginia Mc Der:~:f.md, Romulo Soldevilla.

310: Jack O Ison, DtL· wi n Saunders, Jim C r it c h t , e I d Elean or Gillespie.

312 : Warren Miller , •_}o lly Shrader, Donna Bel1e Re ' rn f t, Norma Patterson.

314: Paul Burke, Ruth L wis, Marylouise Goodwin, ,' illis Mar key .

316: Harriet Hayes, [ or ge Erv in, Charles Proc tor. Apgar, N , an

318: Don H i 11 , I 1 e 1 11 n a Tomli nson, Vernon Brick , 1-' s sell Harm on

320: Betty Hudkins, ;loyd Montague, Clair Miller, I-. m nie Parsons . PROWLING BEAm

When out on some clear s u: •1m er night, I seem to get an awful fr ig :·· t, Ervin.

300: Dorothy A<len, Irene· For way ~P in the heav: m: :i ~gh, Deloris Jones Margaret Are two big bears prow 1m g 11 1g h, Dunn, Cook, ' But when I find they are j :'s t

301: Sam Bale, Marjorie Gregg, Charlotte Peterson, Lillian Cook.

302: Ruth Schmidt, Reuben Reifschneider, William Thompson, Gladys Sands.

303: John Provost, Yvonne ,Johnson, Farrell Helmstedter, Leon Stroemer.

304: Paul Rush, Gail Porter, Robert Runnalls, Leota Smelzer.

305: Helen Schmelzel, Ralph Oerte ll, Ruth Morton, Horace Lon~.

stars,

Playing with handsome p b iet Mars, I want to run upstairs an d hid e, To think I was afraid an d ,• t ied.

- Helen Ben m .. t ,2 2(

SEEN ABOUT WHIT ~_-! R

Max Knott riding s0 1:·~ one\ bike home for lunch . Mrs . Folger working h .t·d fr the cafeteria.

October 18, 1935

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

TYPOG RAPHICAL ERRORS men, stole at least four automobiles, and over-whelmed a

The following are clip pi n g s poss e of thirty ·men _i n a mad from ne wspapers all o ve r th e d ash for safety . country in which an erro r in the -Baton Rouge Paper setting of the type has b ee n m a de. ADD CENTIPEDE NEWSThey h ave been taken from the j CAR BURNS UP AND Literar y Digest colum n, " Slips D RIVER ESCAPES WITH that pa ss in the Type . '' LOSS OF THREE LEGS

It is si ncerly hoped th at this - Headline, Dallas Texas Paper column will prove to be a sou r ce of amus ement to all the r eade r s. GI VE GOD'S

CHILDREN

A CHAN CE •

THE BIR D- Crowds sank Facist hymn s and cheered Il Duck. Oh cruel ·world can't y ou see -Covington Va P ape r ' Tis best to take the neglected WE DON' T- "Do you know wh at child off the st r e e t it is to sit down of an ev enin g Where he ha s load s of trouble with a book in your hand , y our and cares faith ful dog in your mouth , a nd Where he g e t s i n a ll kinds of your go od pipe at y our fe et?'' h ideous snares

- Brooklyn P ape r An d put him in a nice clean home

LUCKY FOR THE DUMMY

A movie director was directing the filming of a western thriller and trying hard to get lots of action into it.

As he stood on the brink of a cliff mopping his brow, he happened to notice a dummy , made of straw and old clothes, lying near him

" Good heavens;" he shouted _ '' Who was it that we threw ov9r the cliff? "

What ' s come over you, Bill? You d on't look so well -dressed as you used to.

That ' s funny; I ' m wearing the same clothes.

Papa, are y ou growing tJ:1ller? No , my child. Why do you ask?

'Cause the top of your head is poking up throught your hair

NIGHT SHIFT

The kind of child God wants us

SURE IS- After hearirig tha t a Fro m w hose sh e lter he need never f o r m e r Congressman was go. throw n over the fenc e b y a Wh ere he can learn to laugh and bull, Joh nson said: "W he n a pl ay Congr essman throws a b ull Whe r e he never again will be in throws a Congressman , t hat th e w ay bull thr ows a Congress man, Oh cru el world! Can't you see that is n ews."

-Mitchell S. D. Pa per to be ?'

NEWS -Although the fire d e part - An d whe n these taxpayers growl ment was soon on ha nd, n o an d g roan damag e was done. Bec a u s e t hey have to give a few

-Ogdensburg N Y Pap er . thi n gs they own.

EVERY CAR FOR ITSELF --T h e They real ize not that what little machi ne wrapped itsel f a rou nd · they give, the pol ice and slid to ea r t h. Ca n help make children happily --Scranton Pa. P a p er live WHOOPS !- If there is an y more ' - Doris 'fhompson , 305 fun tha n walking a rou nd i . barefoo t on a nice thic k carpet , I The gro u p of girl s called the

"I shall have to put you fellows in the same room,'' said the host.

"That's all right , "the guests replied.

.

"Well, I think," said the host, ''vou' 11 have a comfortable night. It's a feat her bed."

At two o'clock in the morning one of the guests awoke his companion.

''Change places with me, Dick, "he groaned. "It's· my turn to lie on the feather.''

- Liter~ry Digest

it must come in the h igher I p layg 1: oun d . and scorekeepe rs bracket s of plelaslulr l ell l.l A n •committ e e 1s th e finest th at A University of Chicago pro~ lldllOit ........ LET I p lea sure Wh ittie r has ever had. If t he re fessor, invited to address a club - Passaic N J. P ape r a re any compl a ints to be m a d e meeting, chose as his subject JUST NE WSPAPER TALK -- Gov. will the gi r ls of Whittier plea se I "Need of Education." The folMike Co nne~ called out the make the m t o H elen Sn yder , 1 Iowing day a newspaper headline Naiont al Guard Th ursda y t he gfr ls ' p layground chai r m a n, reported: ''Professor's speech night sons , kidnape d seven rather tha n t o ot her girls. Shows Need of Education."

"WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Octobe r 18, ·; :33 5

INTERESTING VACATIONS ing bus trip, visiting several and eve~·yone is enj~yin g· :ife TAKEN BY TEACHERS leading cities such as Chic3:go, again, with the excepti?n o , ~he Pittsburo-h New York City, 9A 's, who are worrymg , , el' _ . , Philadelph{a and many others. ~heir Ci vic_s tests. Aft~r all · \~r e :Many of _Whittier s teachel s Comino- back she stopped in 1s t ruth m the saymg: _ h e spe~1t an enJoyable summeF _va- Washi;gton, Pa., where a family more the merriet." cat10n. Among those who v1s1ted reunion vvas held. She met 250 out of th_ state wer~ _Mr. and of her relatives.

NEW BOOI{S IN WHIT 1-. ~ " irs. Wlute who visited the _______ LIBRARY ' Black Hills fo a week a 1d from MANY NEW PUPILS there went to the Big Horn

Among the new book ' remo mtains in Wyoming . ENTER WHITTIER ceive<l at the Wl.1i.ttier W J.r y Miss Osthoff and Miss Evans. this fall 1 a~: e sor:.:e of speci: iE-· spent two weeks of their vaca- (Continued from page 1) tere st to the pooT, hard-w o ·ed, tion in a C. C. Camp in North- i 102 Maxine Simcoe Fu ton civics student. eTn Minnesota 1here Miss Ost - Mo. ' ' Four of these books, "B e· md hoff's brothe1:-in-law is one of 107 Dorothy Buetgenback, the School," by Rexford S 't h, the commandmg officers. Part Julesburg Colo. Sellin , and Frabbito: "C a, ·ers of their v a cation was spent in 101 William 'Goe Sherdian, Ahead", by Cottler and B r \t ; Canada, where they visited the Wyo. ' "An Outline of Caree r ~' by ci ties of Winnipeg and Kenora. 105 John Goe Sheridan Wyo. Bs.rnays, and "Choosi n~ a _ Miss J-?~n.son enjoyed, t?t 110 Anna Wii~on, Corke;y, Mo. Care er", by Bijur, deal ith many acti':1ties of a real ~1rt 110 Sylvia Richardson, · Eau vocations in general. farmer this summer, cuttmg Claire Wis. Two mo r e of them, '.:\ he weeds in her leisure time on her 304 Robert Burford Phoenix Strives to Conquer", b;;- 1' 1 1l e1 sister's farm, Sunset Vist a, Arizona. ' • ' and "Jobs for Girls", by C te s, which is near WEeping Water, 304 Junior Chapman, Shreve - a?e entirely about occup ;_; ms N ebrask?,, She al~o had the thrill port, La. for wome:n. of leammg to milk a cow. 305 John \ViLon, Denver, Colo. I There 1s also a book by tt Another teacher who went 302 Francis Che J t, Santa Moni- called the Book of Oppor tr i ty, to Weeping Water was Mrs. ca, Calif. wh i ch is a complete dict i( uy Swisher who visited her mothe r 310 Allen Menefee, Centerville, of all the jobs and positio n for Miss Cross spent the first part Mo. rJen and women in bot h the of her vacation dir ect ing Vaca- 314 Annabelle Botts, White tI-r,des and the profession s It tion Church School at the First Cloud, Kans. al s o tells just what each .i :.) is Presbyterian Church in Lincoln 318 ,Jack Uellstrom., Alamosa, like, what you have to kn o eFor the remaining part of her Colo. fore you are eligible for h at vacation she toured such ~tates 308 Donald Schmidt, Kansas particular position, and al f:, t he as Kentucky, West Virginia , City, Mo. wHges that are pai d in eac h la ss Pennsylvania and New York. We also have no less than 34 of work. While in Washington, D. C., she Nebraska towns represented at' .As this book i very l -toattended the Senate one day and Whittier. These are: Omaha, d rtte it should prove valua l · -' to another day had the privilege of Gil tner, Unad 1.lla, Broken Bow, those vvho are haviLg di ff: 1lty seeing the President riding down Crete, Grand Island, Bridgeport, in ch oosing a vocation. the street. She also visited Ni- Alliance, Memphis, Friend, Milag:rn Falls, coming home by way ford, Albion, Vesta, E ::i.. gle, Firth, SEEN ABOUT WHITT!.( r{ of the Great Lakes. Hastings, Clay Center, Wymore, __ _ Mr. Heston was transformed Ft. C ·ook, Weeping Water, Red Whittier and a few ray from teacher to housewife this Cloud, Walton, Beatrice , Fall s dog s. summer. He washed dishes, City, Pawnee City, Wilsonville, Mrs. White and her batci·. washed clothes, and did some of Garla nd, York, Fullerton, Nor- The racks crowded wi t 1 bithe cooking. He mowed lawns , folk , Valparaiso, Fairbury, May- cycles. painted, etc. wood, Schuyler. A home room with some , J isy Mrs. ~hike was very busy !or _Whi le ~ittier was not b\1ilt pupils. about six we~ks Qf her v~cat10n with the idea of ac~ommo_datmg The cao-e with a monke y cannmg frmt and takmg a omte ~.s many pupils as 1t now b • ~ourse at the University of Ne- do 2s , with careful planning the Miss Hult and hel gla~ sc-,. braska. Finishing up her wo rk home room and auditorium seat- Carl Anderson and his i: oteshe took a 4,000 mile sight se e-, ing _problem have been solved book.

October 18, 1935

COU NT 'EM YOURSELF

Do yo u realize that there are eleven thousand one hundred forty-th ree window panes in Whittie r? The glass alone cost $6,685 .81 not counting the labor. This wou ld mean that if every pupil ha d a sling shot he ( or she) could a nnihilate 8 separate glass panes or could do $4.80 worth of damage .

Be no t idle! Because if everyonein Whit tier wasted one minute a day , at the end of the school yearthe y would have wasted three billion, six ~. hundred sixty-three million , six hundred twelve thousand mi nutes.

Did you know that there were two h un dred forty-seven posts support ing the fence?

Whitt ier seems to give very good edu ca tion because each day there ar e five dogs, and two ca ts, loitering around the playgro und watchin g for a open door or window. We do not think they need a very good education, but we know the y must be taught. ( to stay out .)

An ave rage pupil climbs about five hun dred stair steps a day. As there are only two· hundred fiftyone stair steps, you have to climb some tw ice.

SEEN ABOUT WHI1TIER

The St aff worrying where the news is com ing from.

The el ectricity class trying to shock the mselves.

9A's ca rrying their algebra and civi cs home.

Many ne w pupils from 26th and 0.

A CHAT WITH AUNT TESSIE

Dear Hubert,

Dear Aunt Tessie, You don't! You can always go down them.

How can you detect a member of the Green leaf staff?

Seriously yours, Aunt Tessie

Yours, Dear Aunt Tessie; Dear Miss Cruise, Miss Cruise Do we have any horses at school?

Because t h e y are a 1 w a y s Yours, Anna Osthoff snooping.

Snoopingly yours,

Dear Miss Osthoff, Aunt Tessie

Dear Aunt Tessie, What is sour kraut?

We do not have any horses but we do have an old plug. (fire) Ploddingly yours, Aunt Tessie

Sourly yours, Miss Wilson 7B CLASS lVlEETING ·

Dear Miss Wilson, Sour kraut is cut up dandelions after they are bleached.

The 7B Class held their first class meeting in the auditorium October 7th.

Yours, Aunt Tessie Mrs. Shike, one of the outgo- . ing sponsors, opened the meeting. Miss Ralston, the other Dear Aunt Tessie, outgoing sponsor . gave a word , Why is a blackboard always ' black? of welcome to the pupils.

yours , Virginia Stuermer led the Delbert Cates Civic League pledge. Dear (Dutch) Delbert, Mrs. Shike then explained the It has to be black to show class organization and introthrough the white chalk. duced the following candidates: Yours, President; Kenneth Hitzman, Aunt Tessie 101; Katherine Rice, 301; Paul Burke, 314.

Dear Aunt Tessie Vice-President: John Ebe !·Why does the ~lay ground have hart, 2'20; Lillian Glanz, 316; a fence around it? Charles- Dyar, 218.

Yours sincerely , Secretary: Dorothy Carnahan , Kathleen Hutchins 218; Helen Bennett, 220; Norma Dear Kathleen, Vryheid, 312.

The fence is so the playground Treasurer: Paul Mahaffy, 316; can not spread out into the street. Dick Stonesifer, 312; Phylli ,' Smartly, Duncan, 207.

Aunt Tessie The two new sponsors were introduced. They are Mrs. Dear Aunt Tessie, Pinney and Mrs. S'Yisher.

Why do I have to climb the Polly Shrader played tvvo stairs? selections, Black Hawk Waltz Wearily, and Dream Waltz. Hubert Seng The meeting adjourned.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

BOYS' SPORTS well as walking back and forth between the drug store and the

GIRLS' SPORTS

Due to the way that the school. There is certainly no The color teams have be e1 tournaments of Whittier are better way to wear out a pair very efficiently chosen and t h( planned, most of the home rooms of shoes than this, as cement is result is: must eventually drop out, but it no respecter of good cowhide. If, Red Blue Green Ora

is distressing nevertheless to however, you must ha:ve activity

note that eT1en at the time this after lunch get out on the field

article was written, October 11, 1 and play something. By so do-

14 home rooms were out of the ing you will be killing from two

tournament. At this rate, Mr. to three birds with one stone.

Strawn and the playground com- First, you will be settling your

mittee will have to start plai:1- lunch; second, you will be keep-

ning a new tournament before ing dovm the weeds on the :glay-

long. The following is a list of g :::- ound, and third, you may be

the home rooms that were still earning points for your color The first tournament i

in the first tournament on Octo- team. After its all over your ished and the following

ber 11th. They a r e arranged ac-- shoes will be in better condition completed it. The winne

cording to color teams. than if you had spent your time pears on the left. R e d Blue Green Orange roaming around on the side- · 9th

walks.

What car is named:

1. After a drunken breadmaker?

8th: 21'2 vs. 303 212 8B cham 1>s

The Playground Committee a sks that the captains of each team have with him at every game a list of all the players so that the scorekeeper need not waste valuable time in getting this information from the players themselves. They also request that all pupils who wish to check out footballs, baseballs, etc., wait until the balls and bats have been assigned to the various diamonds before crowding around the property man. When pupils do not do this they frequently cause a delay in getting the games started. The period for games is short enough without the wasting of time in getting started.

In these days of depression good shoe leather is even mo r e expensive than it was, yet it lasts no longer than in days of prosperity. Therefore, it seem s s trange to ee well over 50 per cent of the pupils spend thei r noon hour by walking to and fro on the sidewalks, both on an d around the school grounds, a s

2. After a shallow place in th e river?

3. After a famous Indian chief?

4. After a rock?

5. After a man buried in the Mississippi river?

6. After a famous French Nobleman?

7. After what you do when you s ee a runaway horse?

8. After a kind of Cracker ?

9. After a light bulb in the sky?

10. After a part of England?

The answers will appear in next issue.

212 vs 104 104 8th grad < ) champs

7th: 101 vs 207 101 7B cha n q) s

308 vs. 101 308 7th gr a dt' champs

212 vs. 308 212 7th and 8 t. h grade cham ps

212 vs. 304 212 School champs

212 w on the champions hio b: a 6 to 3 victory over 304. '.~ on gratulati ons, 212 !

The pupils, even if the y ca1 not play, s hould be on ha n d ti cheer for their home roo m I helps a lot if you are th e1·e ti give them some encourag erne nt

A cricket tournament i s ,e ini

SEEN ABOUT WHITTIER played and as there is onl y on cricket diamond it takes lon ge

Miss Green and her cheery to finish than a baseball t ou rn a smile. ment.

Sam Pappas and his rattle- The girls who wish to cl o s1

snMake f 0oudntainfpt en.d h. when there is a pick-up di am om r. p egra an 1s apron. h k t b t d b ll

Mr. Culler and hi s bald head. may Ci ec ou a a an Miss Freeburn and her uni- but they must a l so be checke d in form.

The tournament which ,ve ar

Mrs. Ross and her white visor now playing is an elim ina ti oi cap. tournament and each g a m e i Ruebe7:1 Reifschneider and his three inning·s Ion wavy hair. g

VOL. 13 N O. 3 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA NOVEMBER. 8, 1935

7B's In troduce i

C lass Officers

Enjoy Two

Grade Trip Conference Days of Vacation

7B October 31 November 12

7A November 7 November 19

The ne w 7B class officers for 8B November 14 November· 26 1 On ThurRday October 24 and 25, this se m ester were introduced to I SA November 21 December 3 1 the pupils were released from the 7B cla ss, Monday, October 20 ' 9B December 12 January 7 Ischool to roam the country. in the Wh ittier auditorium. They , 9A December 5

Helen Snvder of 310 spent her are as foll ows:

• H Id Ivacation vi~iting her rel~tives at

Presid ent Paul Burke. 314 Concert e I Fort Collins, Colorado Vice P res . Charles Dyar, 218

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; MargueriteCoyof2rna1sospent Secre tary Helen Bennett, 220 t O 1seum ' her vacation in Colorado visiting Trea surer her grandparents at Yuma.

P aul Richard Mahaffey, 319 A mixed chorus which consist-

One of the favorite attractions

John Fl ack, president of I ed of five hundred boys and girls was the Byrd Expedition at the the b oys Civic League opened ' sang at the University Coliseum coliseum. the p rogr am by introducing Oct. 25, during teachers conven- Robert Klause of 3 0 4 and the offi ce rs and then bestowing· tion under the direction of Miss Allen Mernefee of 310 are going an oath up on the presiden . Ruth Haber1y from Irving. to visit Byrd with another crowd Mrs S wisher's chorus clas ~ Between three and four thousand of 20,000 people. then san g two song·s entitled Sai l- teachers from all over the state I Margar~t and Micky Bierbower or Son g by AveryandAtCloseof ' attended the concert. The ~r?up are going to Giltner Nebraska D b M t of singers were from Wh1tt1er, to visit relatives and then come ay Y o zar • Everett, Irving Jr. High Schools, home and see the Cornhuskers Next Margaret Hedstrom, Havelock, and Bethany. There play. presiden t of the girls Civic Lea- were one hundred two from Some poor pheasants had gue spok e on efficiency credit Whittier which made up both the better look out for Betty Young, The meeti ng closed with a talk ~boys and girls glee clubs. 304, Wayne Christopher, Jack on Hon or and Scholarship roll s The boys, dressed in dark Olson of 310, Elston Murphy of clothes and the girls dressed in 212, and Max Knott of 3 0 2 white, gave a very attractive because they are going hunting. setting. Two boys are go ing camping.

given by Fr an c is Anderson, vic epresiden t of the girls Civic League.

The 7B 's h a v e a fine record of being 100 pe r ce nt in payment of class du es , som et hi ng· which doesn't h appe n v e ry often.

The following numbers were j They are Ed ward Miller 302, and sung: Sleepers Awake by Bach, 1 Donald Weitzel 220. \Vhen My Mother Sings by Many peop le are go i ng visiting Dvorak, On Wings of Song by at v~rious places in the State. Schubert. I Ain't Gwine Study They are Dono van Tr u mbo 304, War No v.Iore a Spiritual. , Thelma St a n t on 220, Carlyle The time that has been spent Hummell 209, Maxine Woodward capable g roup o f offi cers and we on rehearsals, etc. is greatly 310, Mar g er e t Gilmore 104, and feel sure the y will do their best appreciated. Those who attended Maxine Pe tti grew. Last but not I

They h ave e l ecte d a very to make a su ccess of their stay at the concert, no doubt, feel that least com es t h e old stand by of Whittier their efforts were not in vain. sleep in g a nd eating.

THE WHITTIER GREENI EAF

THE WHITT I ER GREENLEAF

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y e a1· by p u p il s o f Whitti e r junior hi g h school, at 22nd a nd Vin e s t r e ets, Lincoln, N e braska.

Se t u p and printed by th e pupi l s taking

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Penmanship Tests for Efficie ncy

The 9A and the 7 A prelimary penmanship test h a s heen taken and the 8A test will be given soon. Of the 39 7 As who took the test, 23 qualified for the finals .

Of the 22 9As who took the test, not one was disqualified . Good w ork , 9As. The final tests will be h eld s o m e t i m e in November.

From the looks of the papers that are handed in to the teachers every day, far more pupils ought to be brushing up on their penmanship and taking the tests.

Even if you don't pass th e m , you may get into the habit of writing neatly and legibly (if you can't do that now) which, most of the teachers say, seems to be more than a good share of the pupils know how t o do.

WHAT'S IN A NAME •

ver y REICH. Now one day as she was going down town she saw a sign demonstrating KRAFT cheese products. Going a little farther she came upon a bill b oard with a demonstration of VICTOR flour mills. As the D AY wore on she

November 8 , 1935

KLINKER ASSEMBL Y

On Wednesday, Octobe 1 30, Miss Marguerite Klinker , professor of piano at the co m ~r vator y of music, gave a rec i t.J I of French music in the Wl1 tt ier audit orium . Professor K , 1ker went to vi sit BEN ALICE. Now her ; played selections from thr fr permother was very particular about I iods of French music with h ort her ga rdener and always referred I explanat~ons at the begin ~ i-·, g of to him as •'HER-MAN" whose each. This concert was or ig · 1a lly name was REIFSCHNEIDER: Now pl anned for Wedn esday, 0 <"Jber HELEN had a brother named 16 , but had to be postpon e c J ntil Junior and when he asked his the 30th because the gran d •ia no mother whether he could go away was out of tune. she said FOR-NEY JUNIOR, you Professor Klinker is a -1 ery should stay home and let Helen fine pianist and Whitti e 1 W 'i') go up to KATHLEEN'S at their fortunate indeed to get 1 r to HUT-CHENS. Now Frieda was come out and play a i the Helen's cousin and she ver y asse mbly.

sa u cily told h e r cousin tsehhat --------

AROUND THE SCH O L was going to visit LOMETA at Paris in MAY. Frieda's mother baked a pie which in French is called GILLES-PIE. When Frieda's sis t er FRANCES went to visit h er Aunt AND-ER-SON, they treated her with Gilles-pie a la mode and Kraft cheese sandwiches , while in the fire place her aunt put plenty of WENTZ fuel.

Mike: " Why does the elevator boy in Mussoloni's palace enjoy himself?"

Ike: '' Because he can raise the Duce.''

''W hy did you take your little girl out of school?" • ''Bec ause the teacher told her that IV spelled four when any idiot knows it spells ivy. "

Father: Why were you kept after school?

Son: Because I didn't know

Once upon a time there was a where the Azores were. girl named KATHERINE an d as Father: In the future remem-

Animals must wish t o tearn also. On the morning of 0 t ober 7, 1935 two dogs came wa n .1 ; r ing up to the front steps.

Someone in Mr. Mc • ll en's seco nd period Science cla ~: said that artificial respiratio n ' as a necessary item in a firs t :. d kit. Well we hope you find a a y of getting it in.

we read in the Ad voc a l r that Bob Clough is having a h a t time over at High School. The • -1swer is that Bob is having to s t --: tch a bit to reach the combin a on on his locker.

In discussing the '' S m , of the Middle Border" a pupi l , : Mrs. Swisher's 9A English cla , :. madE a remarkable stateme r: '· tha1 H am 1in Garland s p E: ,t thE happiest years of his l , •e in cemetery. A check up r .-' v ealec that he tneant "s emi n ~lr y" [ school which Hamlin att e :~ ded. you will know her parents were ber where you put things.

Novemb er 8. 1935

SE E ; ~BOUT- WHIT'IIER th~ radio f:l' ~h~ir -entertainl •ment. John L rson and l\Iar---, ga:ret Smith play cards while Put away your to ' now 0 h n • Flack .• ah 1 d ca~rm~~ Rc.:l.ymond Pettit make ,' model I Please come out and play Re1fsc hnfeider with :r f ail-plane. and John Hahn feeds I'm not mad at yo,, anv m'Jre some orm or s ape ;e ore chickens and rabbits. Ro. Coch- ., - V • , scho?l st arts. . , 1 ran and Bett Caldwell just play. Please.listen to what I Sa).

Mis s Ofsthhoff di~ec~11f traffic I He1en Pie1·ce is the book wol'm I o-ot a great big doily in fr~n t o tf e mu -::1f \1· b' for 101. We think that these o :\'ith ever so many c io th,~'

Qlu1t et a he,~, tf~· ;. 1i'1 mg i- pupils nse tll€ir time to a good And \Vhat I think i fun11 v eye e s o sc ?Ot is. '1: • , 1d ·antacre. '.· . Sev en l girls kmttmg • Kirts, , • • 0 Is the \ 1 ay yo11 c· n w1gg-Je her dress es and S\\'eaters. (This c ne "'R EER'S IN THE MAKI G toes. was h ar d) Ahme! r'. :; ,

Pup ils on their way to tho I She walks and ta k, anc clinic fo r this examination anrl JTam e: .frs. Kath riL e White everything that. Pcm 1: \VaverlY Nebraska. Mrs. And even knows how to sing

The p upils of the ~ar10us g L.e Whitn's g-ra~dpr1rents horn e- If 'ou'll conie out and pla~, with clubs h ere to pract1l'.e on th" stE arled there Ill \\ a\'er]y }, eveni ng of October 10,. 183 5 Edu r c\tirrn : he "eceived _her ed- me , , Pick u p games before srhnl'l 11 cation &t the University of My great b1g doll l 11 bring. starts. • • • 'eh raslrn. . · I Th<-'n when al I is said and done

Mr. C uller taking care of h 1 Taught at: G e neva and Super1- big fa mi ly. (As 1fr. Bimson r, l's i1r before coming to Whittier. [\Ve She trawls rnt0 her hed. us.) ;1 ope ti ere "'ill ne\·er he any I Novv p l~ase ca1n e out ani nla:. ;nore on the list.] w 1 th nie

WH AT PUPILS DO AFT I•J { Travels: She spent the sum- Or haven't, you heard Just SCHOOL 'f • d th vvhat l ve sa1d. nH r m CalLornrn an en a

We a re prnsenting yot ct week at r'at e lina Islani, ~um- -l:3ettyHul!11( sample of what our 7B's a.i'e do mers in the Hock.v :\ .t s., Dear -ing, se ein g and hearing It 0 To·i tL Mts . . Birr Horn l\ ts., and 1 1 0TABLE NOTES the re sul t of a questionn ;1i· t.he \,Vorlds Fair. This summer sent to th ese ho 1e roo ms. r,he 'Nent up through the Black

The q u estion, "What do :\'1_) 1 H i ll s to the Rig Horn Mountain . do afte r school?" was se nt l'J ! SLe was on the new Cook City 101. A bo ut one-third of U :.;rn I hiihv. av from Billings Montan_a help th eir mothers after sc n ,1. t 0 r ellov ·stone Pal·. On their Dale D unk le and William C L,c ,. av L ck n.ey stcrr,Ed in help wi th t he dishes after dinner. I Tor; ingt 18 ! "! \'/~ cming fnr the Adelia Ko rello, GenevieYe c- \, n ming State Shoot. \\'hat' ,' this ve hear about cur Cleary, Le ah Miller, Janna :\T - Iiobb :. Swimmi ng . 1 up and going, stndious, tead <r's Bride, Ma ry Louise McGi nni~: F'm o~i e Piece: Annie Laurie i 1ittle ho.v and what ~ave y_ou, and Fe rn Fl'eeman also help Favor·r.e FlowPr: Rose. 1 editor? Chewing f~11m m <xrn:s, around t he house aftei schot 1., Fm urit1_, Je\,·el: Di~m0nd fyou whv I thought he knew better. Football season is here :,u ! mh.:lit each give her one] 1 • • --after sch ool the future football E.{citinv, Experiences: \frs. I Mrs. White elc<.·tf·d Fi< hu d stars get out to practice They I v,h it was thrown from a horse Holcomb a~ t. he Orchest1 a'" are Carl S chaaf, Darwin Fisher, ::-1.11 -l c1s ,t result a broken collar- mascot when he accidently (or Sterling Ki dd, Billy Mortin and' bone. 1 was i t intentional?) dropped hi, 4-lbert K lei n. Don Reicherbach ------~-1 violin. and V irgi nia Hanners prefer "'Are you the barber who cut , --:-:----:-'----baseball to football. my hair iast time?'' ' 'Have a n y big men been born rn Cleo C ol son, ViTginia Stuer- " I dim 't think so . I have only I this town?" mer and L eRoy Thomps n favor been in business si,' months.,. "No, sir Only babiEs."

Well we sa\v by Oz l3lack thht Miss Evan:"' and Miss {J thoff went traveling this s um mer. Thanks to them a " ... Tebraska Special'' sandwich was created in •Yarrode,. Ivlinnesota.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

Re-printed from the Literary Digest.

HOW DID EDWARD VOTE?-Edward broke his arm last week. It was a decided success and many expressed a wish that it might be annual an affair.

- Hillsboro \Vis. Paper

A ST ART IN THE BUSINESS- His first venture into the antique field was in Ashevi1le. N. C. where he met his wife.

DANCTNG ON GLASS

It isn't very unusual for Americans to dance on glass. Many ,resdrts have dance pavilions with glass floors: so do numerous cafes, night clubs, etc. But to dance on glass in far off India is a different story. Tourists returning to America told so many strange tales about the doings of the fakirs in India that he Pathfinder traval editor once took a trip to ''Gandhiland'' to see for himself. One of the

- Denver paper interesting fakir trips he was

SOCIAL NOTE - She returned to especially interested in was that her studio, called her friends to of two lovely Indian girls dana party, and unvailed the nose. cing barefooted in a large box, Her guests toasted it. the bottom of which was - New York Paper covered with broken glass. As

BACKWARD? TRUN BACKWARD-Q. ea Ch new paying spectator How long did it take Noah approved they would break more Webster to complete his diction- bottles or old lamp chimneys into ary? A. - Noah Webster is I the box and do another dance. said to have begun on his die- But don't try to imitate these tionary in 1806. It appeared in ~irls because you would ruin 1628. your feet, no matter how tough -Scockton Calif. Paper they are from going barefooted. The travel editor says he learned the Indian girls toughened their feet through long use of a strong solution of alum water ·· and be-

CALLING A SPADE A SPADEJoseph C. Grew lodged a .freshetaoshardluetaoincmfwypetatoin SHRDL.

fore they attempted the hazar- Phoenix Paper dous dance they secretly rubbed NEW ORATORICAL GESTURE- the bottom of their "dogs" with Mr ______ ,speaking for only a pulverized resin. Another thing few minutes, was followed by he learned was that the perJudge _,who reviewed the formers didn't actually dance on evidence for the defence in an freshly broken glass. That, they able manner, holding to his carefully threw around the edges of the box. The glass they teeth during fort Y - five danced on was already in the minutes. box and prepared at that. It was

- Robersonville N. C. Paper all of the heavy thick type and RAISING IT?-The President has each piece had been carefully

SURE TEST

Sherod: Sure.

November 8, 1935

Pop: Heston to Sherod H a rris Take hold of these two wi res, will you?

Pop: Do you feel any fr ing?

Sherod: No.

Pop: Then dori't take h t1l d of the other two, they've g ot 220 volts in them.

9A: Mr. Culler mu st be growing.

7B: Why?

9A: His hea<l is push in g ur thru his hair.

NO TROUBLE AT A U

Gob: "At the dance 1 ·iurs day night, my suspender s r oki right in the middle of the ,a nc1 floor."

She: ''Were'nt you tt : r ibl~ embarrassed?''

Gob: "No my roomma t• ha! them on."

Sissy: You won't go in t ·• tha dark room by your yourse l : Tommy: Won·t I. You com with me and see if I won t.

Father (teaching daug li '.- er t tell time): These are the 1-: ourE these are the minutes, an d t hes the seconds.

Girl (puzzled): B-ut wh ei·e ar the jiffies, daddy?

Voice over phone: Mr. ~~inith

Mr. Smith: Yes.

Voice over phone: Is yo m hom on the bus line?

Mr. Smith: Yes, Why?

a recommendation that gone over and all sharp edges Voice over phone: Well , you' $5, 00, 000 be spent on his desk. ground or filed off. Fakfrs? Yes better move it because " bus -Oil City Pa. Paper - From Pathfinder coming.

Novembe r 8. 1935 THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF 5

COU NT 'EM YOURSELF A CHAT WITH AUNT TESSIE JOKES

eats ab out 2,100 lb. of food in a I should love to know how to year. Im agine a pupil carrying a get a bass voice like Gail Porter's. yaers su pply of grub with him. Sadly yours ,

There are 416 seventh graders, 426 eig hth graders, 412 ninth graders . If you do not believe this, we advise you to count 'em yourself .

Just think! An average pupil Desr Aunt Tessie: It was past midnight. There was a persistent banging at the house door. Finally a man stuck his head out of the window and asked, " What do you want?"

Melville Green

Dear Melville: Ask Gail Porter. Yours, Aunt Tessie

Dear Annt Tessie:

There are 355 minutes in a Whe n my teachers call on me,

''Shay, are you Dr. Smith, the animal man?"

''I am Dr. Smith, but what do you want at this time of night?"

"Dish yo u advertise for a man to go with you to Africa to kill lions?" school da y, but please don't count I can not find words to express them dur ing school. (You might myself. get in bad with the teacher.)

Did you know that there are sevent y-five clocks in Whittie r? Each clo ck has the same time, and each clock is a merry-fa ced thing.

In the air there are minute things called molecules. In a thimble full of air there are 6,000,00 0,000 ,000,000,000, m olecules . In a cubci inch of air th ere are 1,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000, 000, 000 , 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 , molecules. If each were changed to a grain of sand it would fill a ditch a mile wid e and three feet deep from N ew York to Los Angel es. I pity th e man that counted them. I also pit y any genius who try to count the m. We got a headac he just tryin g to read it

The ne wly weds were taking their hon ey moon in the wilds of darkest Afr ica. Writing home the bride said: ''It is lonesome ou t here, but we did hear some laughing hyena s last night.''

Dear Burl:

Dumbfoundedly yours,

Burl Miller

I suggest you ask Santa Claus to send you a dictionary.

Intelligentl y, Aunt Tessie

Dear Aunt Tessie:

"Yes, I did, but this is no time to talk about it.''

''Well I thought I had better tell you I can't go.''

Tom: What puzzles me is why cactus was ever invented. Bob: Yeah, that is a sticker.

"Do you know Sam Jones of We should like to know how Cleveland?" fl • t vuhi.tti·er "Where's he from ?" many 1es en er ,v every "Who?" day.

Signed, .Jack and Jill went up the hill Ed Herzog and Francis Cox

Dear Ed and Francis: At sixty miles or better. "Count 'em Yourself." A cop unkind Smartly, Was right behind Aunt 'fessie They're seeking bail by letter.

Dear Aunt Tessie: For Sale: A folding bed by a I have a very hard time to get woman that shuts up and looks up on sehool days. Why is it? like a piano.

Tard ily yours, Richard McMahon

Math. Prof: If there are 48

Dear Dick: states in the Union, and superI suggest you bring a pillow heated steam equals the distance and sleep during classes.

from Bombay to Paris, what is

Sleepily your, my age?

Aunt Tessie

Student: Fourty-four , sir.

Readi ng the letter her mother Mother to guest: "My son, Professor: Correct. How did you prove it? remarked , "Isn't it grand for the Jmmy is an artist." young coupl e to have such lovely Guest: "What can he draw?"

Student: I have a brother who neighbors ?'' Mother: "Jimmy draws flys." is 22, and he's only half as crazy.

VvHITTIEK GREENLEAF

November 8, 193 5 ~- - I

another chal't the physical rat- 19th grad e is playing a b::1 keting, either A, B, C, D, E, F, G, ball tournament, the 8th < ·a de

Well, old Ju p it er Pluvius final- or H, is gotten and put down in a volley ball tournam ent , a nd ly got out has watering can. An the grade book. After that, the 7 th grade a kickpin t o. ·naall night rain left the play - wh eneveT a rec ord is made by a ment. When the games ar _ 1eld groun<;l muddy and unsu itab le pupil in anythi ng, such as a drop in the gym the girls will 1 as e for use on Thmsday, October kick, punt or baseball throw, his watch their loud cheering 17th, by man or beast. By F r i- physical rating is looked up and day the sun had dried out the he · is graded according to a field but a short rainy spell chart. In this way a "peewee" ,vhich •'tarte~ on Sunday anJ has a..., much of a ch an ce for a extended into the fo11o v-ing week good grade in the same thing forced the games to be played as a six-foot athlete has. This in the gym all during the short L ethod of grading means about school week of October 21-23, in- tl11·ee times as much wo rk ~for elusive. The only game played l\fr. Strawn, however.

If there are any compla ir s to be made ab out t he game s 1 • ~a se report it to Helen Snyd e 1e playground chairman. was basketball. The following is a list of the home rooms v.ho

Jlayed in this fil'st practice ba~ketball tournament, with the winners last :

Ninth

310 vs. 216 ,:, vs. 302

203 vs. 106

31 8 \'S. 309

* vs. 320

* vs. 805

* vs. 304

* vs 102

Eighth

208 vs. 104

307 vs. :3 0 0

103 vs. 108

* vs. l 12

"I< vs. 303 •

* vs. 110

Seventh

107 vs. 105

308 vs. 222

101 vs. 207

* vs. 301 ,:, vs. 314

* vs. 316

The playgrnund committee has been giving 100% satisfacto r y service, both as a man and as a group. Herman Rei fschneider, the chairman, has proved to be one of the be st leaders for this committee on record.

The second toumame n not get completed befo n rainy weat her but the fo ll games were played. The , appear, on the left: 9A-3 10 vs. 216

302 bye

310 vs. 302; 310 9A c1 9 B--305 vs. 106

304 vs. 320

102 vs. 318

203 vs. 309

304 vs. 305

Th i s cannot be said of the 8A--307 vs. 300 s corekeepers, however. Mr. 20 8 vs. 104 Strawn rep or ts that the score- 208 vs. 307; 30 7 8A ct

keepers either have not shown 8B-103 vs. 110

1 up at a game , have been late, or 209 vs. 205 have "horsed" a r ound and not 210 vs. 112

* vs. 312 I

,:,Game conceded beca use of shortage of time.

A new way of grouping the fellows in the physical education I! classes has been adopted. Each pupil is weighed and measure and the results carefully l'e- i corded. The exact age in years t and months is then figured out.

kept an ac curate count. In short, 303 vs. 108 they h ave been unsatisfactory in 212 bye every way. Pull yourselves to- 209 vs. 103 gether, fellows!

FAMOUS NICKNAMES

Helen Snyder: Luc y

Herman Reifschneider: Dezzv

Bill T hompson: PotRto-salad V

Fr ieda Kraft: Fritz

Katherine Riech: Kate

Herman Hemple: Sarge

Ruth Schmidt : Toots

Mar tha Nagel: Mush

Albert Schnell: Peanuts

]\ifa}vill e Green: Mitzie

Edwa rd Debus: Blinke

Warre n Gillet: Trouble

Har ry Eichler : Eiche I

GIRLS' SPORTS

T~en from some t~b}es a cer- Due to rain on Thursday, ta1_n numb~r of POlllLS for the October 17th, games had to be he1g;ht,. weigh~ and age of th e held in the gy m. Practice games pupil 1s obtamed. Then from were held for exhibition. The

212 vs 303

7 A-107 vs. 222

105 vs. 308

105 vs. 107; 105 7 A c 1

7B-101 vs. 301

314 vs. 218

312 vs. 31 6

207 vs. 220

101 vs. 314

312 vs. 207

s,n1eral of the gym < have ma de up color chart s record t heir scores as th e on the former col or chm: the way, maybe the y ha% s che me re~dy for us on t : color cha:rt.

107 certainl y puts th t ea m up to b2.t in n h lf':'J. 1 ths 2tc;t they p'1t ½~2 out •• ' 11ree flies. As you will rem ·n ber. last seme ster they did t h • well once befor e.

The ·W

VOL. 13 NO . 4

LINCOLN, NE BRASKA

7A Pupils Hold

NOVEMBER 22, 1935

PRICE: FIVE CENTS

acquainted with the rules and [ 7B p ·1 G o , ways of the school. They did not U Pl S O n , Class Meeting make as high a scholarship record I First C. L. Trip

as we would have liked to have

IThe 7A class held their first seen th em make, but t~is t_o b e On Thursday October 31, 918 meeting of the season in the aud i- 1 expecte d when every th mg 18 so 7B's took their first Civic League torium on Thursday Nov. 7. The / new a nd strang~. On th e whole, trip, goi\ig to 35 different places v_ice-p~esi dent William Burr, pre- 1 how~ver, t bey_will do ,~ell to k~ep Iof busine~s ~n Lincoln. Pupils were sided m th e absence of the presi - 1up, m proportwn of course, wi th from Whittier, Belmont, Bethany dent. j the record that they set for them- College View (North Ward),

The me etin g opened with the selves. _____ Everett, Havelock High, Irving, flag salu te , led by Katheri ne ; : Jackson, and Van Fleet schools. Hudkins. Foll owing this the for- I Arm1st1ce Day

Going first to the Stuart theater mer presi den t of the 7B cla ss, ' A bl H Id they listened to an excellent talk introduced the new class office rs, SSem Y e on "Salesmanship" given by Mr. who are a s follows: --- Smith, manager of Magee's. A President Wayne Keim On Nov. 11, 1935, the pupils of group from Havelock sang two Vice Pres William Burr Wh ittier met in the auditorium songs and Fern Freeman from Secretary Betty John s I to celebrate Armistice Day. The Whittier was called on to give the Treasurer Dick McMayne , assembly was opened by the Civic League pledge.

The secr etary then read the I school singing America, followed The general outline of trips minutes of la st meeting, follow ed I by the flag salute, led by John was based on salesmanship. Sev- by the r ea d ing of the scholars hip Sinclair. Mrs. White's 7B group eral of the places visited were rolls by th e h ome room presiden t s. I sa·ng "There are Many Flags in about wholesale and retail selling. Then all the pupils new to Many Lands." John Flack, the Some of these were Freadrich Whittier wer e asked to stand and j Ci vic League president, gave a Bros., Lincoln Drug Co., George while standi ng were welcomed by i reading entitled ''I Am an F. Burt Co. 1 Grainger Bros. etc. the vice-p resid ent. Last, but not I American." The glee clubs sang Air Conditioning at George H. by any means least, ~as a clev er two songs followed by a rea ding Wentz Inc. was a new trip. poem on posture, given by Betty ' by Lee Trigg. Junior FornPy ga ve The 7B's should be congratu- Blunk. I a flute solo. "What Price Peace" lated on their good behavior at The me e t ing was closed with was give n by Margaret Hedstrom. 1 the Stuart theater and while on the class si nging all four verses Josephine Heilman gave a reading Itheir trips. There was very little of the Star Spangled Banner. "In Flanders Field." distur bance at the the a ter and Last sem ester when the pres- The assembly was closed by the the pupils found their places ver y ent 7A clas s was the 7B -cl ass, school singing the national well. Many of the gui des and th ey mad e a good record for anthem.

I teachers were incli ned to think themselve s. They took good-na- The world war cost 400 billion I th t th· · th b t d" • 1 tured . . . . a 1s 1s e es 1sc1p mea ly all t he Joshing that comes dollars, killed directly 20 million ; of being a "freshie" and at the soldiers and 2D million indirectly. 1group th ey have ever had. We same time ca me through quite Thirty million dolJars of property sincerely hope that they will hold ea sily the somewhat difficult I was destroyed and over 3,000 !the same opinion of the other Process of ge tting thorou ghly 1 (Continued on page 8) Itrips.

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THE SB CLASS MEETING

The SB' s held t heir class meeting on November 5 in the auditorium. The meeting was called to order by the president, Lois Ailes. The old class office r s introduced the new officers followed by the secretary's report. A piano solo was given by Betty Hull. Miss Hult gave a speech on the new efficiency cards and the system which requires thirty instead of . the usual twenty-five. The pupils will like this system because of the two new columns which have been added.

NOTABLE NOTES

A group of boys and girls from Mrs. Swisher's SB music classes sang three songs at the Stuart theater Thursday, November 14. The occasion was the SB civic league trip. The songs they sang were: ''Speed A way'' by Woodbury, "O Come Unto Me" by Reichardt and ''The Linden Tree'' by Schubert

The Lewa Camp Fire met at Whittier school Tuesday after-

OUR 7B'S noon November, 5. The group The question ''What is y ouJ practiced the Camp Fire songs, favorite radio program'' w as sen1 The Walking song, .The Work to 220. song, Lay Me to Sleep, and The .Jimmie Allen leads the li st witl Blessing. They also planned to five. They are Edward Wei ght have Mrs. Manning come to a Howard Brown, Robert Ly nn future meeting and show First Betty Holwuittle •and Donalo Aid. Weitzel.

The following is the contents of a letter that was recieved py Mr. Culler from Mrs. A. C. Nelson, Manager of the Lincoln Garden Club Flower Show: To the students of Whittier School:

It was a pleasure to see the interest of your school in making floral and dish garden exhibits at our recent flower show. I am sure you were all delighted to have a part in such a worthy activity.

I h ope it will inspire all of you to make greater effort to grow your gardens well, and to study better arrangement of flowers and plants, so that next time vou will make a .still better display and achieve for yourselves the pleasure of continual improvement.

I inc lose a ribbon of Recognition of Effort in appreciaton of your cooperation. .

Sincerely Yours,

Mrs. A. C. Nelson Manager of Flower Show

David Hernandez has contributed sketches showing Mexican dress for the class scrap book in Miss Hooper's geography class. His drawings have been on exhibition in the show case on the second floor near the office for some time. Miss Hooper is the sup~rvisor of this class project. Good work David!

Jack Ailes, Bob Mathe ns anc George Johnson would rat he i listen to Eddie Cantor th a n an~ other program.

The comedy team, Geo rg , Burns and Gracie Allen, att rac Gilbert Turnbull, Betty Mey e: and Maxine Cook. Maybe t h ey ex pect to be on the program so me da: but if they do or don't Ed ware Schwindt, Helen Benne tt ant Bonnie Strayer think tha t Majo Bowes Amateur Hour is b est. Barbara Wise and Haz el Rey nolds wouldn't miss Fred Ast air Walter Damrosch, the fam ou musician, attracts Thelma S ta ton Genivieve Wilson consid er s Th Boswell Sisters best just as F lor Knaub likes Lazy Dan. To m Mi is tops with Jeannette Mill er an Myrt and Marge heads the lis t fo Betty Ann Johnson.

Wayne King, The Litt l e Ge1 man Band, Jangles, Am er ica' Hour, Jerry the Cowboy, His tor Hour and Joe Penner at trac Maxine Pettigrew, Donal d Bed er Mildred Crosby, Ele ano Hackstock, Henry Sc hl e ichE John Eberhard and Do nal Deffren baugh respectivel y

We see by the Hamilton ian fr01 Oakland, California th at the have Christmas vacatio n fro1 December 14, 1935 to Jan na ry 1936. That is twenty-thr ee da} of vacation. They must t a ke mid-year vacation.

Novem ber 22. 1935 THE

FINAL PENMANSHIP TESTS

Agai n a number of pupils have been a mbitious enough to put forth th e effort needed in order to impro ve their penmanship and as a res ult, many of them are to be rewa rded for their pains. Of the twe nty-two 9A's who took the fin al test f or efficiency twenty passed , and two were disqualifi ed. One of the boys who passed th e test found that he already had the credit for penmanship so his name was thrown out. In the third issue it was erroneously stated that thirty-nine 7A's too k the preliminary test and tw enty-three qualified. As most of the 7A's who took the test pro bably know it should have been, sixty-three took the test and thirty-si x passed. I n the final te st of the thirty-five 7A's who to ok the test, twenty-one passed an d fourteen did not. While an efficiency credit is well wort h getting, the real reward co mes in being abl e to write we ll enough to pas s the penman ship tests, for the tests are not e asy and if you can pass them you can be pretty sure that you are a good penman. Many times later on will these pupild look bac k and be thankful that they lea rned to write while they were still young and it was easier to learn, for there is nothing tha t is of greater help to a pers on than being able to write a bea utiful hand.

WHA T'S IN A NAME

Can't Fro m Last Issue

By Martha Nagel 302

Now the re was a boy named Clair and he had done a very funny thin g. It was funny but

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it was bad too and when his friend JOHNNIE had •seen what SIN-CLAIR had done he laughed heartily. Now Frances decide.cl that it was time to go home but she had to stop and refill her tank with GASS at RUTH'S station. On arriving home she found •little GLADYS making castles in the SAND. She sat down and picked up the evening paper , she 'found that one of her friends, STELLA, had crossed the Mason and DI XON line and was now in prison. The next day at school she told the story to Miss Dee in Home Ee. and in her excitement Miss Dee threw away all of TWILAS potatoe PERRIN'S. During lunch hour Twila, Helen and several other girls saw ERWIN pole vault over the WENTZ fuel Co. Then they visited BOB' s CATS because they were his specialty. It then happened that Frieda got into a scrap with Ed.

To be continued

TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

Re-printed from the Literary Digest.

THATS NOT THE POINT --Q. -H ow many stenographers and typists are in the United States?

A. - A rough estimate of their growth is about one foot in diameter in 100 years. Trees generally grow more slowly as their age increases.

-New York Paper

WHY GO ON- But the Tidings, altho they brought him to the end of a trail that sen him o

GUESS WHO

Sex: Male

Home Room: 302

Outstanding feature: Colgate Smile

Ambition: To become an ad vert ising model.

Sex: Female

Home Room: 216

Outstanding feature: Dimples

Ambition: To become a movie star.

Sex: Male

Home Room: 304

Outstanding ability: Way with the girls.

Ambition: To become a football hero.

Sex: Female

Home Room : 302

Unusual ability: Chewing gum ( Who said chewing gum isn't unusual, di d y ou see the way she did it the oth e r day on the stage?)

Ambition: To become ·a lawyer's secretary.

MODERN VERSIONS OF NURSERY RHYMES

Little Miss Muffet , Sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider, And asked ''Is this seat taken?''

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, All the king's horses, And all the king's men had egg-nog.

Europe in h a r r i e d dthat Simple Simon met a pieman "scotwasishefree," eaoi etet Going to the fair, (continued on page 11, column Said Simple Simon to the pieman 6.) " Hello."

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- GIRL RESERVE NEWS AROUND THE SCHOOL

The Girl Reserves of Whittier • , • met last wednesday for the . The caf ~teria s business _ has ninth time this year. Their new- mcreased smce the candy counter ly-elected officers are as follows: boasts Baker's chocolate. Two one PresidenL _________ ,Betty Hudkin s and three-fourths inches by two Vice-Pres. ______ Katherine H;udkins and one-fourth inch pieces are Se~-Treas. ___________ Marguente Coy gained for a nickel. Third Representative of Triangle _Gladys Bay less Song Leader· ( also fiing e rnail inspector) _ Loretta Lucky Miss Nila O'Connor is the sponsor. The girls are planning to bring their sewing next week.

NEW NOON HOUR ACTIVITY

A group of pupils from the drama II class gave some readings and put on a play entitled "Girls Wanted" during the noon hour Thursday in the auditorium. Those attending the performance were pupils from the 7th grade who had obtained· a ticket of admission from their home room teachers. As the idea of this program was to provide a new activity for the noon hour, it will probably be followed by many more like it. •

NOTABLE NOTES

Herbert Woods of home room 310, broke his arm while trying to ride a bic y cle. Unfortunately he broke his left instea d of his right. Such a life.

What would you think if you walked into 107 some morn.ing about third period to see the girls glee club standing up singing and stretching their arms upward and Mrs. White standing on her desk directing them? The reason is to enable the girls to reach high notes. We hope this doesn't become a permanent habit with the girls for if it does there may be a lot of eyes poked out when they sing in assembly because they stand so close together.

If you should happen to see a 9A walking slowly around the halls, apparently thinking don't bother him. He is probably trying to decide on his vocation for Civics.'

Helen Schme lzel and · Phyllis Draper are apparently taking their Latin seriously, which is more than can be said of a good many Latin student. The girls, who are in Miss Cross' fifth period Latin 1 class, have been seen repeatedly in the quiet game room, working out their Latin

The kindly old man spied a lit tl e tot weeping and said: ''Now be a good little bo v a nd stop crying.'' •

The child replied, "] can ' t.· ' "Well here's a nickel. No w t ell me why you can't be a good l·.ttle boy and stop crying."

" 'Caus e I'm a girl."

The treasurer of the Ladi eE· Aid had brought the proceeds o:,- t he society's work for deposit ic· t he local bank. She handed it t1 t he cashier, remarking, "It's th e Aid money."

The cashier thought sh aid, "It's the egg money, " a nd pleasantly remarked to t h( d epositor ''The old hens did 1, "~ tt y well, didn't they?"

The class was discussing ,," le sson on the political camp ai, n of 1884 and the election of • ol k. Speaking of his nomination \iis s Johnson asked what kind ;f a candidate he was. The texbo o\ called him ''dark horse'' can d ,. ,a t e.

Wilda volunteering an a n.: we r said, "Black sheep."

BIT by BIT

Bruce Gould of 208 broke his arm long before this , but I vocabulary wi th anagrams. Fur- Unseen by the referee, t he-·: a llguess it must have been over th ermore, th ey aren't working in wrestler bit his opp s n ent looked. ___ on anything but the hardest severely. words. A look at their grades in "You're biting," hisse d the Miss Qross' grade book should sufferer. Every home room has its assortment of Johns. Unfortunately by some mishap home room 203 has no John. (But Jack Wats on makes a good subst itution.)

tell whether this novel way of "Well" d h gaspe is a,i verstu.dying has been of any help to sary, ''do ~er expect me to walth em. ler yer in a lump?"

November 22, 1935 THE WHITTIER

ROTAR Y CLUB MEETINGS

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JOKES

ern Union operator if there was an y charge for the signature.

''No,' ' replied the operator.

ANIMAL-LOVER ____ -·

Of Brewster, who has been in the hospital for two months · with puss on the knee, will spend a month with his sister.

-Somers-Salem N.Y.Paper

STREAM-LINED? - FOR SALE:

On Tue sday, November 12, Mr. Customer in Resturant: I want Re -printed from the Literary Culler a ssiS t ed in a program for a good sized glass of orange juice; Digest. the Rota ry club which was given for the purpose of better ac- two st rictly fresh eggs, poached· BUT HOW ABOUT MR. cucco?quaintin g the members with the medi~m, soft, on buttered to~ st A huge landslide on the slopes working s of the school system in th at isn t todo blrowtn; cfoffee wi~h of Mr. Cucco did severe 1 d th d ·tr t • no sug ar an P en Y O cream m damage to the cultivated area. genera an e 1 -eren ways m ·t d 1 f d h t h • h t h k. d f 1 ; an a coupe o oug nu s -Chicago Paper w 1c e var10us m s o th t 't 11 h 1 . ch 1 1 t . d a aren a o es. s oo s, e emen ary, Jumor an W ·t y • A d Id · h" h p rt f a1 er: es sir. n • wou semor i g ' are _run. a O you like any special design on the program consisted of a play th d. h ? in which a man, the father of a e 18 es· ------boy abou t to enter a junior high A Scotch man asked the Westschool, co mes to see the principal of t he school and asks him all about the way the schoo l operates and how it differs with an elemen tary school.

On Tue sday, November 19, another p rogram was given by Margaret Hedstrom and John Flack, th e Junior Ci vie Leagu e presidents. Margaret and John

''Well, believe it or not, I'm an old Indian chief, and my name is Chief Delayed-Will - Arrive W e d n e s d a y, '' replied the Scotchman.

described the workings of the TUNING IN ON Whittier J unior Civic League or- STATION Y-E- L-L ganization . Both of them lectured fro m a slide which sho wed My daughter is having her the W. J. C. L. organizati on in voice cultivated. diagram form.

Both programs were pro- Is it improving? nounced very interesting by th e It's growing stronger. She members of the club. used to be heard only two apartRISKY rnents away. Now we get complaints from away off in the next building.

Lady: Yo u would have more chance of getting a job if you would sha ve and make yous elf more prese ntable.

Tramp: Yes, lady. I found that out years a go.

HER E AND THERE

New Boarder: By gosh this is excellent hash. What's your recipe for m aking it?

Landiady: I have no recipe. it just accumu lates.

One cow, 1932 model, black and white body job, hits on all four. should be servicable for some time.

-Advertisement in Sussex N.J. Paper.

OR SOME THING-Docter ___ is a small, quiet man of fifty-nine whose w ord is seldom questioned to-day in matters of comparative anatomy. He is sixty-two.

- Literary Digest

HISTORY UP TO DATE-- In 1936, General Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas.

-San Antonio Paper

-Hamiltonian IN THE ORDER NAMED?-One

week from to-day Mrs. ____ _

Indignant bridegroom (burst- will appear in police court to ing in upon editor of local paper) murder her husband and Mrs. Look here, I distinctly told you I was going to live at the old - Washington Paper manse. What in blazes do you HAM OR CHEESE- It is, however, mean by saying in your rott en litt le rag that the happy coupl e will make their home at the old man's.

the easiest and most commonplace of all _criticism to say, ''he is a food.''

-Bluefield W. Va. Paper

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OUR 7B's

'rHE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

The question "What is your favorite pastime?" was sent to home room 207.

Helen Schmuck and Gertrude Seeberg are kntting and have chosen it as their favorite pastime . Elaine Lingenfelder likes to make clothes for paper dolls and dolls. Delores Glover's favorite pastime is to read and draw, especially on cold days.

Genevieve Roberts wishes that she could live in the water, but since she cannot she waits for summer and ·then thoroughly enjoys swimming. There are four boys that engage in football. They are Don Dennehy, Arthur Milner, Kerrn Phillips and Everett Owens. Ruth Emmons and De Lores McKinstry enjoy baseba ll in their leisure time.

Wilbur Patterson believes that rather than sitting around and accomplishing nothing be would e n joy reading in the library or playing in the gym. Jack Simmons and his little brother put m arbles in a circle drawn on the rug and the one who can knock the most out in one shot is the winner. Keith Barribo's favorite pastime is scouting. His scout troop enjoy over-night hikes, weiner roasts~ and many · other enjoyable times.

Irene Burdick likes to clean house and thinks that the best

November 22 193,

8B CIVIC LEAGUE TRIPS while it was feared that h i s in juries might prove fatal, b u t af

The 8B's of Whittier went on ter a skull operation, per fo r me1 their third civic league trip on at Bryan Memorial Hospi ta l, h Thursday, November 13. The showed speedy improvem en t un pupils met as a group at the til at 5 :00 P. M. Saturd a y , No Stuart theater and Ralph Wolff veclber 9, he was allowe d to g of Jackson led the civic league home. We can begin loo k ill g fo pledge. Donald back before long.

The pupils were entertained by the 8B chorus class of Whittier under the direction of Mrs. Swisher.

Stanley Maly, the vice president of the First National Bank, spoke on the subject of banks and their system.

The main thought of this trip is Conservation.

Some of the 37 trips were as follows:

Girls: Astronomy, Automobile Insurance, Bankers Life, Clearing House, Compensation Insurance, Red Cross, Evans Laundry, First Trust, Labor Saving Devices, Midwest Life In surance, National Bank of Commerce, Nebraska Conservation W elfa re Commission, Northwestern Iron and Metal Co., Rehabilitation, State Dept. of Insurance, Union Fire Insurance and Weather Bureau.

Boys: Boys Club work, Building and Loan, Business Administration, Commerce Inve stment, Conservation of Health; Conservation .of Forests, Continental National Bank, First National Bank, Fraternal Ins., Guardian way to be a good citizen_ is to Life Ins., Nebraska Building and obey your teachers and rndeed Loan, Physics, Real Estate, Reit is. Reading her Bible and I search, Safety, Security Mutual, playing her violin are the favor- Soil Erosion, Water and Taxes.

BOND ELECTION

The school bond electi on di, not pass. If it had gone t hrn ug l it would have affected maff pupils at Whittier. Many <..t th'. pupils who came from T v, e nty sixth and O would ha v e bee 1 affected by the new juni o ~ b ig ] on South fortieth street. Som vf the pupils in the north ei:S ter1 part of Whittier district ·.voul 1 have been in the new high 3c hoc district.

BARE FACTS?·

From a clump of trees c;:;_ me wierd cry . Men rushed h a! 1-cla, out of their cabins carryin P- s ho1 guns , high powered rifl e~. an revolvers. As the unhu rn , n er sounde d nearer a hug e bea lumbered into view. A sh o, r an out. Several men ran ca uTi ou sl up and dragged the mo n!-=te rou bear into camp. The bear make an exce1lent rug in the boss 1 cabin even now.

ite pastimes of ~v:lyn Stark. DONALD GOE RECOVERS Mr. Gammill: "Brawny ' · Patsy Payne ' s idea of an en- Gail Porter: "Tarzana" joyable evening are to make Donald Goe 107 the boy wh<i Mark Allen: "Wimpy" fudge and popcorn, get a good was struck in'the head by a bat, Mr. Strawn: D.K. (aye d ) book and settle down to a quiet which being wet and slippery, Mr. Kreiger: "Coony" evening. Irene Dittenberg cuts sli~ped fr~m ~he ba~ter's hand Delbert Cates: "Dutch " out and keeps in a scrap book whil~ playmg m a pickup game Robert Luebs.· "Profes s -.:r " on diamond 1 before school one poems which she has learned m morning , had been reported as Bill Cook: "Droopy" school and others out of maga- being very definitely a con vales- Hubert Seng : '' Gr ease zines. cent. Donald was directly be- Lightning'' (To be continued in the next hind the batter, taking his turn Mr. Up deg raft: '' H u mtp issue) as catcher at the time. For a . Dumpty"

-Fran c~s Co

NICK NAMES

Novembe r 22, 1935 THE WHITTIER

COUN T'EM YOURSELF

Did yo u ever count the holes in cheese? Well some ambitious person found that you could increase the num ber of holes in Swiss cheese by cutting it in two. This increases the number of holes but does n ot decrease the weight.

As som e person tried to count them, it ha s been said tha t there are 44 me mbers on the Whittier faculty.

Do yo u know that there are approxim ately 2,520 eyes in Whittier? ·. Therefore you shou]d be able to study with so many eyes.

We are informed that there are 367 light bulbs in Whittier. So you see tha t Whittier has its debt in light bills. As there are 114 lights in the corridors you ought to be able to see well.

There a re 662 Greenleaf subscribers , and each one usually keeps it for a scrapbook. You can tell a Gre enleaf subscriber because he hurries to his home room on Fri day at 3:15.

There are 1,181 ordinary desks in Whitti er, 36 teachers desks , 128 speci al chairs such as in 114, 55 tables seating 175 pupils and 72 seats in the library.

AROU ND THE SCHOOL

Mrs. Sw isher's entire chorus class sang t wo numbers "Vesper Hymn" and "The Lord Is My Shepard" for P. T. A. Tuesday, Novembe r 12th. Patrons expressed appreciation of being able to hear class work and expressed the hope that they might

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hear more of it from time to Dear Aunt Tessie, time. Who is Aunt Tessie?

A CHAT WITH AUNT TESSIE

Dear Aunt Tessie, I w ould like to know how to see through a boy and tell what he's got on his m ind?

K.M. White.

Dear Mrs. White, I advise an X-ray, but all you could see is water.

Mindfully yours, Aunt Tessie.

Dear Aunt Tessie,

How can you tell when a teacher is going to have a test?

Yours, • Helen Snyder.

Dear Helen,

If you see a revengeful look in her eyes, you can be prepared for a test.

Testfully yours, Aunt Tessie.

Dear Aunt Tessie,

How can you detect a 9A? I am overwhelmed with them asking questions.

Wearily yours, Mrs. Childress.

Dear Mrs. Childress, You should know they always ask about Civics.

Heartily yours, Aunt Tessie.

Dear Mrs. Ross,

Why do you wear the sun visor?

Snoopingly yours, Aunt Tessie,

Dear Aunt Tessie, I wear it to keep the boys from seeing my beautiful eyes. Yours, Mrs. Ross.

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Suspiciously yours, Miss Ralston.

Dear Miss Ralston, One member of the Greenleaf staff. (Francis Cox) Smartly, Aunt Tessie.

Dear Aunt Tessie:

As a science teacher, I should like to know where the chalk goes when it is erased?

Yours smartly, Mrs. Boschult

Dear Mrs. Boschult:

The good chalk goes to heaven but the bad goes to the eraser.

Yours intentively, Aunt Tessie

PEEKS INTO THE PAST

One former Whittier student informed one of the reporters that he could remember the third floor rooms were not finished and the shop and the ma:in building were separate buildings. 320, 318, 316 were incomplete. The auditorium didn't have any seats. (The pupils sat on benches.) Just imagine 1,263 pupils seated on benches. Mr. Culler was the principal then and a good one too.

Many teachers can remember this as Miss D. Green was here at that time. The front steps ·and the side walk were constructed of wood. As some of you know, old Whittier was situated where girl's diamond 2 is now. Until late]y the east playgrond was full of houses. •

World's Shortest Verse We De Spise Flies (especiall y in room 101)

WHIT TIE R GREENLEAF

November 22. 1935

B OY S SPORTS AND PHYS. 1 PUNT GIRLS SPORTS ED. CLASSES NEWS.

Between rain, an attempt to snow and just plain cold weather, the elements have managed to keep the games inside lately; but even if we didn't get , to finish the firs t base ball tournament by Friday, November 15, we did get a good start on the first basketball tournament. The following is a list of the home rooms that are still in the tournament after t h e first tu s se l : 9th 8th 7th

305 110 314

304 209 316 106 112 220

309 205 218 216 103 101

310 307 308

203 • 210 222

318 104 1 07 212 105 208 300

A lot of fellows in the home rooms that have been forced to take a "Bye" have been complai ning about not getting to play in the first group of games . The tourna ments are laid out in such a way that only if there were 16 hom e TOoms for each grade could every home room get a chance to play the first time.

7th gra de, 126 ft. , by Manford Gregg, H. R. 222. Mrs. Swisher thinks that b e-8th and 9th grades, 164 ft., by cause she developed a p ro f esGail Porter, H. R. 304. II sional player and a cham pi on

DROPKICK . team last year she must do it 7th grade, 127 ft., by Manford ; again. That's all right, Ii,1rs Gregg, H. R. 222. j Swisher, if you can do it we 8th and 9th grades, 147 ft., by don't mind. • Don Hans on, H. R. 309. __

PLACE KICK

The girls playground com rn it7th grade, 131 ft. tee met and made the follo wi n g 8th and 9th grades, 158 ft., rules: by Charlie Segobiano, H. R. The games will start i mrn edi310. ately on time.

A Nebraska Ball tourn arne nt

ARMISTICE DAY ASSEMBLY will be played -by the 8th g ra de (Continued from page 1) in s tead of a volley ball to u rn ament. It requires fewer pl aye rs and the rules are not so s h ic t. A g irl may hit the ball as ma ny times as she wishes.

ship s were ruined representing fifteen million tons . The damage done and the money spent by the United States could have built a 2, 500 dollar house and furnished it with 1,000 dollars worth of furnitu re and p]aced it on five acres of land for alJ the families in the United States, Canada, Australia, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, France, Belgium, Germany and Russia.

JOKES

As there are only 11 ninth, 13 When that elevator fell with eighth and 12 seven~h . grade you I suppose all of your sins home rooms, however, 1t 1s nee- '

essary to give some of you a- flashed before your eyes. "Bye" or in othe:r words set you Well, not all-we on]y fell ten forward one notch as though you stories. had won the game although no game has been played. When: Do you know why your hair this has been done once it need has electricity in it ? not be done a gain and then all

the rooms ma y play, so "keep No. Why? your shirts on" fellows. Because it is attached dr y- cell.

T11e boys have been makin g

Mr s. Ross will conduct me etin gs frequently to tell girl s 1 \ 1h o do not take g ym how t o nl a y various games. These w m b e announced in the bulletin. This is only a suggestio n b ut it wo uld help a gTeat deal i f it is followed.

During this changeable we at h er it would help if the games v, h ic h are scheduled for your Jt ) Om would be clipped out and p nt on the bullet in board. Then ff t he bulletin says that games ou-hi de will be •played as schedul ed in Tuesday's bulletin, it will s a ve time and work. If your roo m is to play and you a re d oubt f ul wh er e the games will be, plea se send only one girl to the bo ar d on first floor ea st.

101 was beaten by 21 2 · hy a s coTe of 10 to 9. 101 wa s ah ead to a until the very last, 2 score s , vere made by 21'2.

Then on November 8t h 31 0 some fine records in some of th e Doris Thomp son: Oh! My ap- and 212 came togetheT t o p lay events. Their records are: pendix fell out! it off for school champs. 310 h ad

PASS FOR DISTAN CE Mrs. Boschul t: What! your only four players, but s~ on be7th grade, 125 ft., by Murr el appendix fell out! came a full team. As th i s g o~s Jones H. R 312. . to press the score 1s 17 t o 0 m 8th ana' 9th g~ade s, 130 ft., by Doris: Yes,, I opened T?Y book 212's favor, but 310 ne v er did Bernard Perr yman, H. R. and the (book s) appendix came this badly before so we. can 't tell 106. OU t. yet.

he Whittier Green eaf

VOL 13 N O 5 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. DECEMBER 6, 19 35

PRI C E: FIVE CENTS

Nin th A Pupils Iyer and che1:1i~t were taken by Thanksgiving Chalres Seg1biano, Don Ruhl, C ho ose Vocatl.Oll Melville Green, Eldon Saunders, p a o· I Danyin Saunders, Chester Way, fOt,ram lVell - Reid Pentico, Donald Wilkinson

The N in th A's on their last lap 1and Erwin Wentz respectively. On Wednesday, November 27, at Whi t ti er are required to 1 1 the pupils of Miss Osthoff's choos e th eir vocation in Civics. I Drama II class presented the Altho ug h they do not have to be-I Fathers Sons Hold I Thanksgiving prng ram in the come wh at they choose here it ' ' Whittiel' auditorium. Ben Alice sho ws th em how to dig in and get 1 Annual Meeting Day, who announced the PIO- the mate rial and how to study an ' ___ Igram, first gave the history of occup ati on through. 1 • ! Thanksgiving. She them intrn- Ste nog raphy leads the list for The annual fa t llei an~ so n get- I duced LaVerne Douglas who the girls with 13. Some who t<?ge th ~r w, held Friday ev~- 1 gave a reading entitled, "Grand- are taki ng this are Dorothy Pe- 1n?~g, f!V, } 2 , at 7 •3o pt ~- _m l ma's Thanksgiving." Next on ters, La Verne Douglas, and t 11 " audito~mm. The~ e~vertam- the program came the Whittier Doris Ne wbill. Along with this rne~t consISted 0 ~ s~v~rnl num- Hillbilly trio (Desmond Corcor- goes book keeping and private beis by_ th e Whi t tier band , a an, Dick Gaughan, Romulo Solde- secretari€ s. There are sever[ 1 short slut by Bob Hummels:, a nd vella), their instrnments consist- girls who h ave entered into the John. Lackey, aTi d a }?lay, The ing of a piano, violin and harn~o21- boys' terri tory Marjorie Brown I Meeti_n~ of t_he Pals, ?Y ~ome ica. They played the follO\\ing would like t o be a pilot and Mm·- I boys f1 om Miss O_sthoff d1 ama numbers: garet Erick and Lydia Heiden- II class. Followmg th1 s John "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party." reich expect to be printers. There, Flack extend ed a welcome t~ th e "She'll Be Coming Around the will be se vei'al teachers among fa th ers _ a nd _Prof . H. p: Davis. of Mountain When She Comes." them H e len Snyder Bevell y th e Umversity of Nebiaska wel- "I Like Mountain Music ." Konecn e, MaI'Q'aret s' teffe ~n d ~o:r~ed the sons Mr . Cu.lle1· then 0 • t · d d th k f th "Turkey in the Stravv." Maxine Erwin. Ot her occupations I m 10 uce e spe3: ei . 0 chosen were n ursing, air hos tess, evenm~, J O~f p h Alexis, p1 ofesso1 The announcement of the cast stage ente rt ai n er dietician in- of _Gei1:1amc languages at th e came n ext . It was as fo ll ows: terior decorat or Journalism' de- Umversit;v of Nebraska. After a John and Dorothy (a boy and partme nt store buyer, dre ,.; de- few ?Pe1:mg remarks, Professor girl of today), were taken by signer , and l andscape architect. Al:xis PI o~eeded, by means of a Gene ral farming leads the list v_e;.y. amusmg_ an~ at_ the same Marvin Murphy and Maxine Er- for th e boy s with 6. Some 0 + time ~nte:nse ly mt~1es~mg spe_ech, win. Jonat and Dorcas (a boy them are S am Pappas, Ben Wim- ~o pi~ctically r~ise th.e auditor- and girl of Pilgrim time), v.:ere berly and Bo b Brodie. Along with 1~:11. rnof_:. Dmmg h i s spee~h, taken by RobeTt Love. and Al- !his g oes ra nching, poultry rais- 1 ?f. ~ 1;""1s made ~now n . th e m- berta PattersQn. mg and stoc k raisin~. Hermann ~eI eS t m 0 fac~ t~at m a v~i Y fan::i- Time: The day before Thanks- Reifs chne i d er, Bob"' Cates and OU", F}ench d1c~10nayy, Lmcoln is I . Hersh el St orch p lan to enter the desc11bed as be1~g situated on the g1';ng . . army as off icers. Civil Electri- banks of_ Salt <;;1 eek. J ~cene A hvmg room ma home l n· . . ' _ t· Fol!owmg this, e 1 erybody \7ent c£ iuday •• ca ' iesel , Mmmg, L~corno lV~, into the gyms where ref:resh-1 r ~. • · ,, n Radio and Aeronautical Eng1- ments of cake and ice cream were I Ihe play is about a b ,. oth ei neering ha ve taken their places served. Then the boys took their; and s,is~er of modern tir_nes who among the b oys . Physici an, tele- fathers thI"Ough the shops. The compiam abcut everythm~ th~y Dhone repai r man, radio research, meeting was considered one of dn . or don't have. Two pilg ~1m forest er, interior decorat or, ma- t11e most successful in many children show them hmv much chin ist, avi ator, mechanic, law- year::-. they have to be th ankfu l for.

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solos, readings, folk dances, and cartoons by Myron Brewer. November 25 and 26-A play, "The Meeting of the Pals," readings, and some clown dances. November 27 -Some readings, piano solos, and folk dances.

8A CIVIC LEAGUE TRIP

On Thursday, November 20, 135 8A's from Whittier met at

E.r~:~ria ;;e;h~~ the Stuart Theater with 366 puRobert Lu ebs

Francis ,Cox p il s from other schools in ~the

Made Rubino city for their Civic League trip.

PRINTERS

Edwin Bailey

Milan B alty

Charles Campbe ll •

Bill Cook

Lydia Heidenreich

Donald Hilgert

Edward Lembke

Horace Long

Louis McChesney

James Ma x well

Edward Miller

Glen Murphy

Thoma s Nickelson

Emanuel Ni ederhaus

Edgar Norman

Roy Ripley

Virginia Tracy

Philip Van Keure n

Norman Warnke

William Wdch

Bob Williams

Ben Wimberly

Delzelle Whelchel

Miss Mildred Bricklen, director in WPA work gave a talk on Soci a l Service. A girls' flute trio from Lincoln High played two numbers, Marion White, a former pupil of Whittier being among them. Miss Towne then introduced Gr ady Davis from Everett, who led the group in the Civic

WHAT'S DOING IN THE AUDI- League pledge. TORIUM DURING THE The trips were based on City NOON HOURS Planning and Social Service. Some of the trips were as fol-

Because the gyms and quiet lows : game rooms are almo st always Boys: crowded on cold or rainy days, Architecture, Chamber of ComMiss Hult has inaugurated a merce, City Water and Light Deseries of noon hour programs partments, Fire Department, Juwhich are to be presented in the Ivenile Court, Municipal Court, auditorium at 12 :30 P. M. on Sewage Disposal Plant, and every school day du r ing the cold St a te Capitol construction. weather. Already seven different Girls: programs have been presented City Health Department, Comwith an average of one new pro- munity Chest, Orthop edic Hosgram every two days. The fol- pital, Post Office, Recreation, lo wing is a brief resume of the State Child Welfare Society, and noon hour prog r ams presented so Lancaster County Emergency far . Relief Bureau.

November 15 and 18-The talk The conduct of the pupils was by John Flack and Margaret said to have been excellent and Hedstrom which was p r epared hardly any disturbance made, for a Rotary Club meeting, was while finding their places at the given, plus a few readings. theater.

November 19-A film on South America, some accordian solos, and some readings.

LOST AND FOUND

Usually a person carrie s \V i t:t him 51,840 inches of hair . If i could be put end to end it v, ou lc reach from 107 through all t hi length of the corridors t o 3 2 0 This is on a boy's head. A g ir l': crop of hair would reach fr on i t h , drinking fountain aroun d t h, school once . (This is a n esti mate.)

If all the books in Wh itt ie were laid end to end they w:-1 ul 1 make a square around the 1,l a y grounds (East).

There are approximatel y 3 0 pupils who eat their lunc b , ) i; the cafeteria every day 01 ; t h average According to th a 1 a the pupils bring aroun d 7 0 pounds of food a day.

Although the human h ,;; t j only 5 inches long and 3½ i 1·1 he wide and weighs from 9 t 1 1 ounces it moves 6 ounces of i ,t oo at each stroke, it beats ; hot 100,000 times a day so th a tb ·work done is equivalent to 1 0, ing 12 tons in 24 hours.

Only seven letters, G, J, J : , 1 X and Z have not been u s u i i the titles of the administr a! :on projects created by Congre ~ • a r, the President.

The earth is belated with mm than 300,000 miles of sub m ,, r ii cables 100,000,000 miles of t el phone wires and with 5,0 0 l , O( miles of telegraph cables.

Seven tons of candle a y e would be required to provi d :: tl same amount of illuminat ir n the average small house t h :tt

November 21 and 22-A variety progrnm consisting of piano

Found: A fountam pen by a lady I d th 1 I . i. full of green ink a poun e average wee { :· ,._

November 20-An open forum on the subject, "Modern Moving Lost: A bunch O! keys by a man now ob tained by electric Jig on a wollen st r!ng. bulbs. With candles at te n cen Pictures," was held with six boys and s ix gi r ls leading the discu ssion.

For rent: A furn.ished room in I fo_r candle light ~ould be $~2 private family with bath on car wmter and $8.40 m summe r Cc fine sider you~self lucky.

THE WH I TTIER GREENLEAF

. OUR 7B's OUR 7B'S- HOME ROOM 207

The qt1 estion "What is your fa- vorite sport?" was sent to 312. (Continued from last iss_ue)

812 h as more people that like Betty Jane Blackburn hkes t9 baseb all t han any other sport. In read. La:;t ye3:r she read ov~r 12D fact th ey have more than a team. book~. Sh_e h kes, b~st stories of Those wh o enjoy thi s sport are English_ girls and history b_ooks Norma Vryheid, Betty Mae Mc- J:hylhsDuncan.has a_ very mter- Kenne y, L etha Bodfield, Donna e st mg hobby. Smee m the first Belle R ecroft, Helen Patrick, grade she has saved all of her ,Mary Sto ut, Fern Bower s, Lillian s_ch oo l papers. First ~re her_ Eng- Bauer Glo r ia Foreman Mar- hsh papers, next 3:rithmetic and ' • . . h ' . d then her art drawmgs. Sh~ also garet A q u m e, Polly S radei an incl ud s p · ro a s d · b t f Berna rd Mehaffey. e gr m. an an y i o

N t • 1· f tb 11 ne ws that she wishes to remem- ex m _me comes . oo a. . her. There a re nme that ~nJO )'." th 1.s Charlotte Hill has been saving sport. T hey are Edd i e R: 1cheI- stamps for about the last year son, R obert Gundy, R ic~ard and now· has ar ound 2,500. She Sloan, L eo Klme, W~rren Mill e~, trades with her brother. Charle s Shepard, Dick Stone si- Marylyn Alvord has always fer, F lo yd Bodfield and Ray liked to design do ll clothes and Jones. expects to be a designer when Char les McCo_rrrnck an~ George she is out of school. Wood wa rd enJoy huntmg be- Gordon Johnson believes in cause t he re i s usually something swimming and to prove it he to Pr ove that you have been bought a weekly ticket and used huntmg. ·t 14 . . k

M lb S I • 1.k k' k i times m one wee e a omger 1 es ~1c pm . . beca ·t • •t· p· Mmam Mam collects leaves use 1 1s so exc1 mg. mg . P 1 H 1 K • 1 for her leaf collection and also ong em p oys e en 1esse11 t t b h ' 1 • t· co ec s s amps. ac s e1su re 1me. Ph 11" o · · 1

Horse back riding, cricket, tar- Y 18 wens IS very musica and would like to teach piano, get sho oti ng a nd swimming in- violin, and voice. If she made terest No rma Patterson, E th el enough, teaching, she would like Woodward, Bernice ETnst and to travel abroad. Neal Hol me s respectively. We fear that Ma r y Kierstead

The qu e s t ion "What is you r fa - would have a litt le trouble carry- vorite pet a nd why?" was sent to ing out her favorite pastime. She 2 18. . . likes to play in the rain with her

Donna J une Khppert hke s a dogs. She also likes many sports. dog be cause you can have a lot of Edward Barratt his brother fun with it : and neighbor boy ~ake a trip to

Aloh a Gi st has a dog whose he library once a week. Since name i s Pe ppy. He has a dog of last spring he and his brother his own whose name is 'Tobo, have used two library cards. Peppy pl ay s with Tobo as if it

Mary Ellen Bonebright was Was a ba ll Peppy likes to show taught how to swim by Bernie off when so meone is watching. Masterson and has enjoyed swimHazel Al frey has both a dog ming for about three summers. a ca t Though natura l ene- Clyde Root often goes directly llies th ese a re very friendly and to his room and draws after eat toge the r. The baby cat al- school. He usually claims a one Ways is rea dy to play . in art.

Ralph Von Da n e makes model airplan e s. He h as never entered them in a hob by sh ow but we'll see that they a r e in our next one.

Elaine Car lson is a poet by nature and is go ing to compose some poems for the Green leaf. You'll have something to look forward to

Kenneth Greenwood enjoys experimenting in a chemistry laboratory. He experiments and makes chemicals. He enjoys it because it is always leading into unknown worlds.

Jack Lewis attends a hobby class at the Y.M.C.A. where they make doorstops , airplanes, and many useful articles .

NOTABLE NOTE

A very unusual coincidence was discovered on November 22, 1935. Pauline Loos entered school that day as a 7B. That doesn't sound unusual but that brings the total number of 7B's to 307. T he total number of 8B's is 307 a nd the total number of 9B's is 307 Th is brings up another interesting fact. There have always been more boys than girls in Whittier This semester there have been enrolled 657 girls but at the present there are 639 belonging. There have been 697 boys enrolled but that figure has dropped to 677. When Panline entere d th a t makes two Pauline Loos . . One is a 7B and a on e 9B. There are also two Fr ieda Loos, and they are both 8A's and to produce mo r e trouble there are two J acob Loos

who are both 7B's. There are two J ea n Sm i th s, two Matilda Bartz a tts, tw o Ed ward Leikams and tw o John Will is. We always wonde r why th e t eachers seem to have a hard time remembering names

GIRLS' SPORTS

THE WHIT'rIER GREENLEAF

JOKE S

The programs in the Auditor - It was at night T he boy and ium have made it n ecessary to schedule all seventh grade games girl had just ret urn e d from a one d :-: y, eighth grade the next dance and wer e st a n d in g· at the and n inth the next. front door, in a n e mo ti onal whis1per the boy said :

The t~urnament that_ is be1:~g\ ''.We've been going together a played 1s Round Robm. This ,, means that your home room will 10 ~~ ; 1 me. , , play eve:·y home room in your Yes dear. • grade. If you lose a game you ''We have come t o know eac h are not out of the tournament. ether, to trust each ot her " ''Why certainly."

Open gym will be held eyei·y ''Then will you will you please two weeks during the rest of the year. Tvw · games are usur.lly lenrl me a dime for car fare? ·I'm played, one by the boys and one broke.'' by the girls.

Two elderly ladies were dis-

Many home rooms do not have cussing some of the new projects a full -team •so they do not report. Don't let this happen. If of the United States you have 5 players ple[:se do re- One was bragg ing about her port. The playground commit- children that we ·e in some of the tee feel that it is your duty to projects. plya.

''One of my bo vs i s in the C. C. C. I 0 · h"l h Jd • and sends mo n ey home every nee maw 1 e games m·e e outside. The second touTnament mon th ' My daug ht e r 18 working ended with complete victory for her way thro u g h co lle ge u n der the 212. With a score of 16 to 1 in F.E.R.A, a n d m y y oungest son 212's favor of course. 310 is has a job wit h t h e P W A " grateful to Lomeb: May for her ''That ' s n ot hi ng my husband is one score as that kept them from in the PEN . ( Penitentiary) " utter defeat. - rep lied the ot h e r.

The players will stand along the covering of tl:.e stairs aul the' teachers and umpires will stand along the south p art of the east . ide.

Esther Leichner, though not considered an athlete, put a basketball right through the basket vvhile practising. She threw it under armed and it went through without hardly touching the basket.

OLD \VIVES TALE

A backwoods mountaineer one day found a mirror which a tourist had lost "\"\' ell if it ain't my old dad,' ' he said as he looked in the mirror . " I never knowed he had his picture took." He took the mirror home and stole into the at-

BOYS' SPORTS

The first baseball tourn ai.1 ent is finished with 203 Ninth • ·ad e champs.

The first b asketball tc : 1 ·nament is also a p proaching tl fi nish mark. As the Eighth •r a de has more home rooms th ;:,. • th e seventh or ninth grades t he • di d not finish in time for their ·· ampionship to be made public i thi s issue, but we do have the c 1ers . The following is the line 1 on the tournament for N \ ,_ 1ber 27:

Ninth Grade 304 vs. 305 309 vs 106 310 vs. 216 318 vs. 203

106 ', :, 305 216, 203 203 V '305

305 ninth grade ch~-'. ps Eio-hth G ·ade 110 vs. 209 103 vs. 205 210 vs. 307 Seventh Grade :n6 vs.

vs .

vs.

218 seventh grade c 1mps

Anybody in the Physic ,· E ducation classes may mak e ,ffi ciency credit by making at 1 -~ st 60 poiiits in any five events l ed in the book, "Achievemen t ica les in Physical Education ct ivities." See Mr. Strawn if nte rested.

Mr. Strawn is look :· forsomebody to make the co l, • te am chart as he is too busy to ake it himself. It has not bee11 ,ci ded as to whether this job is cser ving of efficiency credit.

tic to hide i t . But his actions didn't A local man was wak 1 .'; g the escape hi s su spi c ious wife. That home baseball team that ·.- •s ge tnight while he s le pt she slipped ting a terrible wallor g . A t th tt . d " d t1 . visitor asked, "Do you ev _. sco re up o ea ·1c an m u n 11e m1rEthel ?danning threw a basket- . " , . ,, , . . any runs." ball the leng t h of the floor while IOI. Hum-um , sne said, lookmg "I don't know" rep 1 ,_, d t he playing basketball which not into it, "So that's the old hag home fan "I've only bee i vatcheveryone can fo. i heis been chasing." ing them for three seaso · . "

T he Whittier Greenleaf

CHRISTMAS MORNING

ast the time for ly is ove r, at least eld December 20, i he of weeks, and all ier auditorium. The pr m be turned out to with the Gir l s Gle b ristmas vacation '' ie All Ye Fai 1'' ly well known by no

The girls ed as vacation is to they e long this year, an isles e an't you do in two direct y ya large number o mpani y hei r plans pTet

Munn. The whole ol nd it looks like m sang three verses of '' to er y e \' orld " A Chri tmas y a Ian v the lBible, was re d b r. what y u1ler. o- over s may be gain;d by

Miss Jones' chorus class t nen g: sang the following Christmas r McCoy is going t hymns: Cantique de Noel, by tin McCook a visit. Adams; Fairest lord Jesus, 1 t h is going to So entury Crusaders Hymn. to see what the Kan s

Mrs. Swisher's chorus cl ss Claus is like. Bet ty Mc, Virginia Keeley and b two favorite Christ as e Repetto are going to talk ey w~re ''O Lit t le indy City." Janna Mc- after Bethlehem" and ' It is going to Texas on a their tri octet a Midnight Cle " trip and Richard God- Coliege View high school san ls Glee Club sang o going to Salt Lake City three numbers. Irving was call Christmas Carol, a Great Salt Lake. ,, on to lead the pledge. P, .ii~~~~~~~~4-:~T~h~rF~ : e:E:h=u~ n~d~r~e~d~t~w~e~n~t~y~-fi=f:,-Jt..O.~b-,QJ~.,-ii~~~J~~~

Ga;dne r , • Polly Shrad~r, Bill y Morton , Cha r les Shepard , and Elmer Gesch.

Very few 9A's sent ·n the "r plans so it was judged that they wer e too busy with Civics to make any.

Well , 'till next year, goodbye, and a Me n y Christmas to you all. . . .

Some trjps we r€ taking t o the n i v e r i s t y ef N e b r a s ka, Agricultural College, Bryan Memoria l Hospital, Linc o 1 n School of Commerce, Cast 1 e Rope r and Mathews, Linc o 1u Police Headquarters, Post Offiice and the Library. of . ite.

"Pop" Heston caught a -severe cold the other day which settled in his throat, forcing him to remain at home for several days. The third period shop class sent him a card, hoping he would get well soon. We were all glad to see him back Friday.

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PRINTERS

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Lydia Hci,knreich

D ,m al<l Hilgert

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Rol'~cc Long

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No1·ma,1 \Varnke

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Mother, hearing the angry voices, hurried to see what the trouble was. I tearfully implored her to pronounce my friend wrong, but instead she sat down on my little red chair and we had a little · talk. She told me Santa Claus was just a childish fancy.

Well, I couldn ' t doubt my mother's word, so I agreed to let "S ant y" be a thing of the past.

That particular incident, however, I believe I shall always hold against that girl.

DELORES MORAN.

9B CLASS MEETING

The first meeting of the 9B's this semester was called to order November 1, 1935, by the president, Tommy Nickelson. The minutes of the last meeting

A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT were read by the secretary, Jean Smith. Dick Gaughan introWhile still very young, five duced the p1·esident, who in turn years of age to be exact, I ex- introduced the rest of the ofperienced that great disappoint- ficers. The president gave a wel. . come to the new teachers and 1:1-ent which co~es once ~11 th e I pupils. He also spoke of the life of every child. Until that 9A lnncheon and decoration. eventful day I had been blissful- Ro'mulo Soldevilla of 309 g :we ly happy when Christmas ap- a piano solo followed by Bob pr~ached, for I sincerely be- !-Iummel of 309 who gave a read1• d "S t " ld lea mg.

ieve an Y wou ve Doris Johns the treasnre 1r· everything I had "ordered" in gave the treas1~rer'~ report. Th~ my letter where it could be motion for the meeting to be found under the tree on Christ- adj onrned was made, seconded mas morn. and the meeting came to a close

It happened that on thi? pa rticular day I was writing my annual letter to "Santy" when a friend came to· pl ay a while. As it was too cold to play out-of-

GUESS WHO?

Sex: Female. H. R.: 320. doors, I suggested that we finish Unusual ability: Dancing. my letter, whereupon she scorn- Ambition: To become a famfully informed me that there ous singing and dancing star. was no such person. This im-

Sex: Male. mediately led to a heated argu- H. R. : 304. ment for I was firm in my be-!

Unm:ual ability: Catching the li ef of "Santy." I science teacher's on their own "Why can't older children I questions. keep their grownup ideas to I Ambition: to become Einstein's themselves?" I successor.

9A STYLE SHOW

A style show was presen ted j the auditorium Decembe 1· 1 1935, to give the 9A's an id£ of how to dress on class da y ar for graduation. Miss Dee's home e conomi i class presented it. Ma ·gar1 Hedstrom opened it by giving fev,r pointers on good dres s. Sr was followed by Maxine Erw who talked on good groor::1 in She explained that button s ar hooks should be sewed on to gi~ a better appearance than pin Finger nail polish makes y01 hands more attractive b1 shou ld not be to o bright ; ali the same with makeup Lometa May gave a tc 1k ( the right kind of dress. Mar tl Nagel, in a lovely pink fo _· m. and white s lippers , 1 al k1 across the stake to sho w ho out of phce she would he ; graduation exercise Gnldu tion is in the afternoon and a ternoon dresses are the mo appropriate. Skirts and sw ea ers are also very appropri :=i te. John Ffack gave a talk < boys' clothes. Bill Tho mps o with a rolled up pant leg, ro l11 up sl 0 eves, no tie and muss , hair shov1ed how out of place would look at graduati on . sweater and corduroy trouse are just the thing. A su it also very appropriate. Follo ' ing this the pupils all mrffc h a cross the stage. The pup asked questions and Mi ss Ht and Mr. Culler each gave a sho talk.

Miss Wilson's class will lat give pointers on etiquette fort: luncheon.

The mark on Roy Rip1e:i wrist is the result of a fi ght wi his brother The latte r thrE something hitting Roy on tl wri~t. Just another case of bro t erly love ..

Decem ber 20, 1935

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF 3

• OUR 7B's OUR 7B'S

The question : "Where would you go and why if you could take The quest ion, "What inteer a long trip?" was sent to room es ting trip, vacation, experienc- 30 the n starting on my trip I did you have last summer?" w~s would go straight to New York. sent to room 314.

From New York I would go to , Alice May Booth took a very England Having been there be- · interest ing trip to Aurora Mo. for~ I wo~ld ?tay only a sh_o r t to attend a family reunion They while, se~mg Just th~ mo st im- al so visited the C C. C. camp at portan t sights, of which London . would be one. Sailino- from Lon- Roarmg River. A group of them don I would go up to 0 "The Land climbed a mountain and · when of the Midnight Sun" which is, they returned they completely of cou rse, Norway. I would land cl eaned out the lunch baskets

QU A CK D OCTORS

''Oh, dear I a m getting so fat, I don't know what to do,''

The lady exc laimed with a sigh, "If I do not reduce, Jim will be giving me the go-by."

She picked up the paper and her eye caught this ad : ''If its fat you want to lose

Come to my office and I will give y ou a remedy

Wherein you will quickly reduce

All cost is on me, fees free

And I'll soon reduce you down." at Sta vanger. There being no Marylouise Goodwin spent her rail wa ys up to Christiania I vacation in Colorado. Whi le she would have to get th ere a s be st was climbing from the summit I could. Afte r I had seen th e h ouse of Mt. Manit ou to the half sights i n Christiania I would g o wa y house on Pike's Peak sh e to Tro ndhjem. Thondhjem, s o I me t a family of four red deer. have he ard, is a very interesti ng The two fawns were very city be cause of it s quaintn ess friendly in spite of their mother's North of Trondhjem, whe r e scolding

Just call on Doctor Brown

Th e lady quickly grabbed her there i s very little popul a tion, i s Carol Martin while visiting her coat and hat, and down to where t he Land of the Midnight gr a ndparents was invited to a Sun is. I have he a rd my friend s s lumber party. As you know the

Doctor Brown's office she fled, tell of sit ting on a porch writin g idea is to stay up as late as pos- If she had not paid any attena lette r in the sunlight at 11 :00 sible. They stayed up until 3:00 P. M I t must be very int erest - o'clock in the morning. They had ing. After taking little t r ip s to sleep the next day but they

tion to this ad.

Toda y she wouldn't be dead . For this doctor was just a quat k , with the Norwegians way up in had had th • f th · ht th eir un e mg And he gave her some stuff e no rt h ern part of Norwa y I b f would t ake a train down to e ore.___ __ which put her in a such Stockhol m, S weden, which is a condition, b ·t I Id th NOTABLE NOTE very u sy ci y. wou go en

She never could go back. to the b u sy port of Goteborg. "[;\,, A group of Mr s sw 1·shers 8B At the end of the month she r tom the re I would go to Copenhagen, De nmark. Denmark i s and 8A chorus pupils took part in received a bill for $50.95 said to be a rather clean pla ce the parade the day after Thanks- And as she read on dow.n, like Holla nd. All of the pla ce s giving. The boys and girls march- She discovered it was signed Dr in Den mark would attract my ing behind the float, on which was Brown, attention because of the dairy- Today she is dead, • mounted a large ch r istmas tree, mg

The r eason I want to go to these coun tries is that I have wanted t o go to Europe and since I have al ready been in quite a few of the countries I have chosen th ese

KATHERINE RICE.

were in costumes and each carried And on her tombstone, these are a small christmas tree . They sang the words said, ''Beneat h t h is s t one l ies a girl the ch r is t mas song "O Tannenbaum" in German accomp a ni ed by Miss Gettis who played an accordion.

on her b ack , Dead because she listened to a quack . ''

-M a xine Woodward, 310

THE .WHITTIER GREENLEAF

WHAT'S DOING IN THE JOKES AUDITORIUM AT NOON

The programs put on in the A motorist picked up two hitchauditoi'ium during the noon hour hikers on theirs way to a C. M. are continuing to draw between T. C. camp. One of the lads· was two and three hundred pupils in an uncertain mind about going daily. While it is, of course, on, his buddy was giving- him impossible to put in the time and h 1 • th ht • 1 • th arguments as to w .Y a montn m oug m p annmg ese pro- h , b d grams that is put in when plan- t e C. M. 'I· C. wo~ld e goo ning an assembly, they ::ir e for both of them. His final and usually very good and provide I ap p&rently convincing speech ent e ·tainment fo r pupils who I was; eat· theiT lnnch at school and ''You see if a war should come find the noon hour hanging heav- 1 · h d ·1y on th • . h d T.h f 11 _ a ong they m1g t nee two more 1 en an s . e o ow 1 1 d 'd b ing i s a brier resume of the noon co one s an we have a etter programs pr e s en ted between De- chance than somebody who never cembe r 2 a nd Dec ember 13: had any training."

Dec. 2 -3 -A discussion of the Thanksgiving football game.

Dec. 4-Some readings from

Dec. 5-A variety program, con- said. ''Please tell me frankly what you think it is best adapted to" s1stmg of piano solos, a dance, , , \7i. ?b. , , 1 · d h • ,v ,1spermg rep 1e t e readmg s , and vocal numbers 1 by the girls' se x tet and Mrs. maeS t ro.

Swisher's 8B music class.

Dec. 6-Another variety program. the feature being some vocal solos by Mr. Gammill.

FUN EH?

First satan: Ho Ho, Tee Hee, Ha

Dec. 9, 10, 11-A play by Miss Ha.

Osthoff's drama class, a violin

Second satan: Why all the mirth. First satan: I just put'a woman solo, piano solos, and tap in a room with 1,000 hats and no dances.

mirror.

Dec. 13-A skit by two of Miss Osthoff's pupils, piano solos, and some readings.

Here is au interesting list of Radio stations.

WASH -Grand Rapids Mich.

WOOD-Grand Rapids Mich.

WOW-Omaha Nebraska.

WHO-Des Moines Iowa . WORK-York Penn.

WIND-Gary Ind. ·

WHAM- Rochester New York.

WARD-New York City.

iI ALE- Portland Ore.

GUESS WHO?

Sex: Female .

H. R.: 212.

Unusual ability: Pitching.

Ambition : To become a pitcher on a well-known women's base~ ball team

Sex: Male.

H.R.: 309.

Unusual Ability : Acting.

Ambition: To become a renowned comedian.

December 20, 193 5

OUR 7B'S

The question: "Just ho w do you spend your evenings ?" was sent to room 316.

Vernon Griffiths and Geo rge Litsey both ride their bi cy cles in the evenings.

Charles Apgar, George E rv in, R o er ick Hansen, Norman r oetor and Dick Mahaffey pla y fo otball. , Winifred DeLancey pra cti ces and goes to choir practice She alrn r ead s in he spare ti me . Bobbie Dean just plays; He len Ding ma n takes care o f her brother and •in the me anti me rea ds and vvrites letter s, and Patricia Flynn roller s1ra tes,

The young man had just fin- ma kes candy, reads and h elps ished his audition for the radio her mother. amateur contest. modern poetry, given by Miss Green. "You've heard my voice" he

Eugene Copley has to g o to b ed ead y as he gets up a t 4 :00 to go on a mDk truck.

Marilyn Paynter spend ~ her evenings writing lette rs and reading.

Ma rie Litt, Florence Mar tin, Betty Barbee and Cryst a l N ewman all do their school w odc in the evening.

Evelyn Crouse, Lillian Glanz, Robert Becker, Harriet IT a yes, Alvin Polick, Forrest D Vere and Marjor ie Dowling r ea d in their leisure time.

Donalee Smith and Ia rtha Hall spend their time pra cti cing . Donalee plays a horn and Martha the drums.

Kathryn Jones, Matild a Bartzat and Marga ·et Glan b; sew or embroider.

Ruby Hubbard, Leland R yan, Edward Loos, Betty Kna nb and Willa Jean Mosher spend their time going to Girls' R es erve, watch her brother d raf ting, studying his German les s on, go visiting and playing with th e dog and cat respectively.

CO UNT 'EM YOURSELF

Did you know that Napoleon Bona parte was only sixty-two inches high. Even if he was small he sur e s tarted a lot of big wars.

The fed eral government has set aside twe nty -t wo national parks each on a large river.

The pa11ama canal shortened the distan ce between New York to San Francisco two thousand mile s . The land surrounding it is leas ed by Central America.

Th e em pire state buiiding in New York towers twelve thous • and f eet above the citv of New York and is considered born b proof as the largest bomb made would damage the upper tow er only.

Taylor, Connie Barribo, Margaret Bartzatt, Betty Eyer, Helen Muehlhausen; Chris is a red-blooded youngster who is tr ying to bring up his orphan-brothers and sisteTs, by "system."

The youngsters will have no Christmas ! !

The boss of the poor farm I brings in the neighbor women 1 who ·will adopt the children, especially those who can work. Ch1·is objects. No one ,van ts Ellen, who is crippled.

Mrs Holmes and her sister from abroad help to solve the mysteTy and e verybody lived happily ever after.

A CHRISTMAS SCENE DOWNTOWN

The winter sun hung low in the horizon and from the large buildings near by long weird \ sha dows weTe thrown upon the Ha ve you ever known that the streets. On the sidewalks larg est pyramid known as the I throng of late Christmas shop- Grea t Pyrami d built by King pers, their feet numb from cold Kha fe r nearl y 3000 B. C., covers ground, were shoving each other 13 ac res and rises 481 ft. above around in attempts to reach the the pl ain . More than 2,000,0 00 crowded stores. It was a warm blocks were used t o make it, some afternoon for a winter day but weighi ng mor e than 50 tons. now the oncoming twilight anrl the long shadows combined to CHRISTMAS PLAY

On Thu rsday, December 19th, Mrs Shik e' s Drama I Class presente d a one-act" comedy enti t led , "Chri stopher's Orph ans.:' The cast is as follows : Chri s ____________________ Richard Mich el Whip pet, the boss __ Dayton Wiley Ellen ------ ---~----------Zella Bradshaw

Mary Ann _____________ Melba Coe

You nger Children: Ke nneth Houchin, Ruth Wishno w, Virgini a Echaebitz, Marvell e Bodfi eld, Ilaanna Tomlin son, Lorraine Hoehnstein. Nei ghbo r Ladies: Wilma Kimsey, Edna Mae

make it cold. Meanwhile out in the street all trnffic was jammed.

Small children tarried by store :vindows and the toy counters in the Five and Ten Cent stores feasting their eyes on the fine array of articles displayed there while their elders entreated with them to stop looking at the toys and come along with them. Some of the older boys gazed intently at some chemistry sets disp layed in a large depaTtment store while others even looked with longing eyes upon the delic2cies in bakeries.

HAROLD GOLDBLATT.

A CHAT WITH AUNT TESSIE

Dear Aunt Tessie: What is a harmonica?

Dick Gaughan

Dear Dick: A corn on the cob set to music.

Yours, Aunt Tessie

Dear Aunt Tessie: I am picking out my future · pall bearers and I just can't figure out what a pall -bearer is . Deadly,

Roland Christopher

Dear Rol:-md: It is a man who gives another man a lift

Undertaking ly, Aunt Te~sie

Dear Aunt Tessie: What type of people reside in a cemetery.

Max ine Simcoe

Dear Maxine: Dead of Course.

Smartly, Aunt Tessie

Dear Aunt Tessie: How can I learn to recite well.

Melville (Mitze) Green

Dear Melville : You might take a course m electrocutio n. It might sort of finish you off.

Cheerfully,·

Aunt Tessie

Dear Aunt Tessie: Why do leaves turn red i n the fall.

Blushingly, Ed Herzog

Dear Little Edward: They are blushing to think how green they will be in the spring. Aunt Tessie

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

December 20, 193/

PAST AN.D PRESENT brother. There is no longer any I BOYS' SPORTS CHRISTMASES need for the screen because we j --, have relieved Santa of the job The first basketball t ourna

As far back as I can remem- of decorating the tree, and do it ment is now completely fin ish e< ber, we children were told that ourselves the afternoon before. with 209 , eighth grade ch am p Santa Clause decorated the GEORGE WERNER. and 305 sc hool champs. Christmas tree with the help of ___,.__

Bye-'210 212-10 4

208-30 '3

103-3 07

The second bask et ball touma my mother and father. Since we GIRLS' SPORTS ment was about half fin is he, have no fireplace, we hung our on Thursday, December 12, witl s tockings on the foot of the bed. "Let's pep up a bit and put 16 games remaining to b As soon as we woke up in the forth our best effort for the last played. morning we found our stockings mile of the race." This is the I H. R. 305 has stepped out i: filled with all kinds of candy, motto for the la st six weeks. 1 basketball this semester a nd a fruit, and nuts. After eating Home rooms still are re- Ia result, is going to be a tou gl most of the candy, we anxiously porting as they should. It i s too ' opponent for any home ro or waited 'till Mother and Father bad that only two or three girls ' trying. for the grand sch oc got up. But. that wasn't all yet, have to represent their home champ10nsh1p. . for when we came downstairs room an d if they want to make ! The games . played so far 1 : there was a screen so arranged a good showing they do not have the new tournament ~re a~ fo that we couldn't see Santa's enough to do it with. i lows, the wmners bemg t o th work of art, but we had to eat The playground committee ' right: breakfast first. I doubt if we started off with a bang but they Ninthever ate as much Christmas are not doing so well and no 304-305 morning as we did any other wonder they don't have very 102-320 day. Then we all lined up in many games to umpire and they 106-3 09 the hall, the sma ll est first, so get discouraged. Wouldn't you Bye-216 he could see the tree as soon as say that that was our fault? If Bye-3 02 the rest. At that time it went Iso, let's try to remedy it. Bye-203 by age, myself first, the? my The round robin tourn ament Bye-310 brother and next my two s1_sters. that is being played will be Byt-318 We them would ceremomously finished about the end of the 320-305 march into the room to the time semester. In the basketball 203-302 of a tune played on the Victrola tournament 310 is ahead with 4 310-318 and. seat ourselves aro und the games won and none lost. In the Ei hthCp.ristmas tree. Father would Nebraska ball tournament 303 is go pick up a package, read the name ahead with 5 games won a nd 2 5-112 on the card, and give it t.o that none lo st 314 with 3 games won Bye-103 person, whom we would all and none lost is ahead in the Bye-307

Seventh316 - 3 1- 4 ?,20-2] 8 Bye-3 0, Bve-2 22 312-RO l 207-10 1 Bye-10 7 Bye-lO G 222-3 08 301-10 1 105-10 7 watch unwrap the present. The kickpin tournament. • • rest of the day, at least, would Let's go back over this semes- Roy Ripley is getting tn l be spent in playing with our te r 's sports. the he-man. Thursday even in g c newN toytsh.. h d b't The first b a seball t ourn.:1ment the way home from school sorr ow mgs are c ange a 1 • b 212 · 1 b tl Inste ad of wrapping up the was won Y m a c ose at e men from the Fairmont cr ea me r: presents. rnd hiding them some - with 310. The second tou rna- 1needing another man to lif t 2 where, they are put on a book- ment was also won by 21'2. When I eci chest on the truck. ca lle d c ca se in the study The rule is they we e playing for eighth and a gro up of boys for help. Ev id en that no one is allowed to pick seventh grade champs they won ly they thought Roy w as tl up or feel the present s but ju st by only one point, which .isn't strongest for he was cho se 1 to try to guess what the pack- much to brag about . Then they leaving the rest of th e g ar ages contain . As a sort of tradi- beat 310 by a wide margin but standing. tion we still have the system of 1310 has certainly been a le ader lining up, but the order is dif- in sports for the last three Miss Madsen's science cla s~1 fe ren t. This Christmas I th ink years. are making spot maps of the a my Mother will come first, next We'll be seeing you next eid ent s in Lincoln. This is a su my self, then my two sisters, semester with more sport news . cure for those who nev er rei then my father and last my Goodbye. the newspapers.