Assem bly Held evening. January 3o, to raise money for the milk fund.
For Installation
The advanced orchestra opened the program with Mrs. White dir e cting. A v a r i e t y program
An as sembly was held Friday, followed.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Greenleaf Assembly Held February 21
• • The semi- a nnual Greenleaf as- Feb. 14, in the auditorium for the ---'-----
1 sembly , vas held F r iday, Feb r u- purpose of installing the new NOTICE TO THE SCHOOL ary 21st in the Whittier audi- Civic Leagu e officers. The pro- tor ium. Miss Os thoff's Drama gram op ened with the singing of It has been the habit of our II cla s s pre s ented a little skit America , by the school, and flag p redecessors to ask, from time to entitled "Easy Money". salute and civic league pledge. time, for suggestions concerning The cas t w as as follo~s:
The gi rls civic leauge president, the Greenleaf. One which is fre- Mrs. Han sc om ____ Betty U mberg er Betty Umbe rg er, was installed by quently given is, that we include The Vacuum Cleaner Mrs.Bar rows, and the boys pres- · h S l W S tt m t e paper stories and notices a e s ma~ -. ayne co ident, Tho mas Rice, was installed a b out outside activities social or The Elect ri c Refrige r ator by Mr. Gam mill. A short response ot herwise. ' Salesman ____ Don Hilgert was given by ~ach president. T here are just six of us this The Washing Machi n e Lois Mc Chesney, secretary, and semester and it is totally impossi- Salesman __ W ay ne Kyckelhahn B • p . . ble for us to find out about such The Book Sale s lad y ___________ _____ _ onme arsons , vice president, D • Th activities without your help. ------- :-- ----------- oris ompson were intr o d u c e d by Betty After this, whenever any pupil The Bmgola Umberger , following which takes part in some outside activi- Salesman __________ Jack Van Horn Bonnie gav e an interpretation of ty, we would appreciate it if that The Doctor Bo ok the flag sa lute. \ pup_il would let us know by either Sal es lady ________ Ruth Wishnow
A f1 t ellmg one of us about it, or plac- The Clothing . g_roup O pupi _s unde~, t h e I ing a note telling all about it, in S a lesl a dy _Evelyn Phillips direction of Mrs. White sang Our Iour box in the office. Don't be The Child __________ ______ Bill Graves Flag," by Sterling, after which afraid that we' 11 ask you to write The scene w a s Mrs . Hanscom's the boys pres ident introduced the for us, because we won't. li ving room. other offic ers of the boys civ ic
1 1 Remember, we are always glad Ri ch a rd Michel then took league, George Rebensdorf, of contributions of any kind. char ge of the a s sembly, told secretary, and Mark Allen vice -The Greenleaf Staff how y ou could become a sub- president Mark Allen then gave ------- scriber to the "Greenleaf", and an interp retation of the civic SCHOOL CLOSED introduced the "Greenleaf" staff league pled ge.
1 and pr inte r s. He also gave spec-
Last on the program was the I On Feb. 4, all schools were ial recognition to the home introductio n of the chairmen and I closed because of the bad weath- room s ha v ing 100 per cent sub- com mitt e e men by the two I er. Neve~ before in the histor_y sc r ip tions, and the three home presidents. of the Lmcoln schools had this rooms with the lowest number The ass embly closed with the I been done. of subscribers was announced. · singing of t he school song. ' The news was broadcast.. over the radio and only about a dozen VARIETY PR OGRAM Whi t tier pupils, who could not PR ESENTED JAN. 30 be reached, came to school that , m orning. Out of the 13,000 pupils
A program was presPnted in in Lincoln, only 600 were not the Whittier auditorium Thursday I notifi e d.
7B CLASS MEETING
'fhe 7B class will hold a meeting in the auditorium on Feb. 28, for the purpose of introducing the candidates for class office.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Publ is h e d e ve r y two we eks during t h e school
yea r by p upils o f Whitti e r juni o r hi g h school, a t 22 n d a n d Vin e stree t s , Linc o ln, N eb rask a.
Set u p and p r in t ed by th e p u pil s t a k in g
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FACULTY COMMITTEE
M i ss S e lm a H u lt
H o m er L. Gammill M iss O li ve K e ll er
Mr C. L Cull er M iss M a ri e Cross
GR EE N LEAF STAFF
E di to r - i n-C,hi ef - Robert L uebs
9 -A Ed itor - Marie Ru bino
G i l'i s ' S ports - • Grace Knapp
T yp ist - - - - Mar il ynn Mai n
Nao m i Youn g Wallace Provost
G eorge Wer n er
C leo B artlett
D orot h y He a d ley
Flora b e ll e Moe ll er
S h i rl ey R ausch
E lsebert Spenc e !'
Edwin B a i le y
Bob Baker
Leo n ard Bai-ton
D ona ld Bruns
Charles Campbe ll
A lbe1·t Co l well
W i llal' cl Craft
Edward Debus
C h arles Finley
Wi ll iam Hahn
PRINTERS
Henry Hergenrader
T h omas Keelan
Edward L e mbke
Horace L ong
Louis McChesn e y
James Maxw e ll
Glen Murphy
Ema n ue l N e idcl'haus
Thomas Nickelson
Edgar N01·man
Keith R ose
Ernest Spahn
Phillip Van Kueren
Bob W illiams
Bob Wor ley
WELCOME T O 7B'S
We are a lway s gl a d to welcome the •" F reshi es " a n d w e all try to keep up a spi ri t of frie n dlin e ss and helpful nes s. Th e "Fres hies" are not l ooked do wn upon or "kidd e d" a s much a s they used to be but a r e con s ider ed a s much as the 9A's .-
If eve r yb od y does his pa rt t o help t h e fresh i e s in s t ead of "bullying" th e m we are sure they w ill fi n d Whittier a bette r place to attend.
A GLANCE AT THE 9A CLASS
Well, here we are starting a new semester, for better or for worse, (qetter we hope) and again we miss the familiar faces of the old 9A's. No changes of importancehavecometo our notice but on · looking over the new 9A class we find that it is the largest in the history of the school and it looks as though the graduation
ceremoni•es in the spring will be held under difficulties. Of course , although we hate to mention it, we may be too optimistic. With the stiff program that the average 9A is carrying, there is al w a y s a chan ce that their ranks may be diminished considerably b y graduation time. Well, 9A 's, take warning.
THE JOY OF BEING
EDITOR
BIRTHDAY ROLL
There are 104 studen ts in Whittierwh ose birthdays co me, in Febru a ry and as we are una ble to print every bod y 's name w e w ill just print those who were b orn on February 12, Lincoln's Birthda y. Victor Br ehm 110
Phyllis Draper 305
James Nevells 314
Emma Hergenrader 222
T h os e who w e re born o n Fe b-
4r ru a r y 14 a re as follows:
D onald Bettenhausen J 04 D ori s Fiske 305
De lo r is Jones 300
Ge tting out this paper 1s no Henry Kohl 108 picnic.
J e an Palmer 316
If we orint jokes pe o ple will I v a n Stern 302 think we are sill y . We hav e just three pupi ls who
If we don't they say we are too were born on February 22 Th ey serious.
If we clip things from other papers, we are too lazy to write them ourselves.
If we don't we are stuck on our stuff.
If we don ' t print contributions, we don't appreciate true genius.
And if we do print them, the .paper is filled with junk.
If we make a change in the other fellow's write up, we are too critical.
If we don't we are asleep.
Now like as not some guy will say, we swiped this from a magazine.
We did!
JOKES
Tommy Nickleson (in barber shop): How long wil1 I have to wait for a shave?
Barber (looking him over): Oh about three years.
Begger: Kind sir, will you give me a dime for a bed?
Bob Runnalls (cautiously): Let me see the bed first.
ar e :
Merilla Hiatt 302
Ev elyn Ho s s 302
David Traudt 308
Home Room 20 7 and 212 do not have any pulJils who wer e bo rn in February and 208 has sev en, the highest number in the scho ol. 216, who has six run a cl ose s e cond with them.
From 210 comes Dal e a nd Donald Anderson, who we re bo rn February 23. Margaret Ma rcy and Marjorie Gregg of 301 we re the only pupils from 301 w ho w ere born in February an d t hey w e re both born February 18.
Wat ch this column nex t is sue for the March birthday rol l.
PERSISTENT WORKING MAKES THE GR
AD ES!
Whi tt ier is proud to say t ha t 478 pupils were on the scholars hip roll last semester. Vv e congr atu late home room 320, w ho has t we ntytwo , on having thehighestn u mber on th e scholarship roll
The following pupils w ere on the scholarship roll.
Febru ary 21, 1936
SC HOLA RSHIP ROLL
102
Leonard Barton Randall Neff
Wayne B eeman Marjorie Randall
Ruth Bstandi g Geo. Reb ensdorf
Mary Ca rlisle Donald Schneider
Frank E lias Albert Seiler
Robert Ellis Emor Shepard
Elizab eth Gerdes Maxcine Simcoe
Mildred Krieger Bertha Sprieer
Alice Merting Ruth Steffin
Bobby Metrakos Ja ck Steinbacher
Dorothy Thomas
106
Melba Co e Bernice Penton
Desmond Corcoran Floyd Ring
Euge n e Douglas Evelyn Scdoris
Harry E ichler Jean Smith
Billy Gi st Walter Stewart
Don Hil gert Jack Stephenson
Jack L eonard
Betty Umberger
Robert Ogden Bill Welch
Jack Ow e n s Hel e n \Vil born
Mary All en
Franci s Cox
Ruth Gas s
Charles Hancock
Hen ry
Her Friedagenrader K rart
Wayn e
Kyck elhahn
Aileen Mer ting
Edgar N orman
Lester Pe ase
Maurice Barnes
Delbert Cate s Norris Ha mmond
Katherin e
Kiessel bach
Robert Kl a u se
Grace Kn app
Pauline L oos
Evelyn Ad ams
Pauline Alt
Donald Brun s
Phyllis Drap er
Maxine Cu mmins
Harold Eaton
Glenna Ed wards
Doris Fi s k e
Virginia J ens en
Meda Alb recht
Fred Bail ey
Conni e Barri bo
Mary Becker
Eloise Carl son
Betty Eyer
Milton
Hagel ber ger
Catherine
Hend e rso n
lfartha
Armentrou t
argarett
Bartzatt
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
IRussell Harmon Opal Hollers
John Lackey
Lenore Lindahl
Burman Olson
Marilynn Main
Fred Black
Evelyn Clark
Truman Clare
Eugene ! rich
Elaine Johnson
Lucile Jennings
Mollie Kohe
June McMeen
Edith Martin
Clair :'.viiJler
Lloyd Montagu
Donald Bettenhausen
Betty Ann
HalBonebrightBosserman
203
Rae-Hope Quimby
Marie Rubino
LaVe1 ne Schroll
Ada Schuman
Mary Sullivan
Opal Thoma
Marian Tway
Jack Watson
Dayton Wiley
Naomi Young
Donald Reis ·Fi 304
Marvin Ramona'MurvhyPickering
Robert Runnall s
Paul Rush
Philip Van Keuren
Melba Warne
Norman \iVarnke
305
Horace Lon g
Rob ert Luebs
Lois McChesney
Eula Mae Phelps
Helen Preditt
Wilma Elaine Rice
Helen Sclunelzer
J ean Vanderburg
John Wilson 309
Bob Hummels
Vir ginia
McDermand B e rniec e Nelson
El e anor ichols
Alberta Patt e rson
Evelyn Phillips
Romulo Soldervilla
Frances \\Testo n 318
Helen Provorse
Dorothy HelenRingstmeyerSchapp:rngh
Elvina Short
Agnes Sill
Floyd IlaannaStephensTomlinson
Frederic Tunberg
Jack Ullstrom
320
Glenn Murphy
Tommy Niclrnlson
Bonnie Parsons
Violet Pence
Mary Peterson
Thomas Rice
Edgar Sampson
Paul Sehnert
Leo Soderholm
Exlene Trox·e1
Glenrose Wassurg 104
William Loeffel
Helen Muehlhausen
Barbara Quillin
Betty Dobbs
Albert Grant
Glara Knaub
Virginia Schlaebitz
Annette Smith
Elsebert pencer 208
Harriet Carter Frances
Mary Alice Cop len Neuen sc hwander
\Var re n Devere Emanuel
Mabel Ebert Niederhau s
Dt>lbert Hmd Donabelle Norman
li-,rieda Loo s Harry Pappas \\ rilda Smith 307
Jo e Aguirre
LaVern e Loring
Zella Bradshaw Richard Michel
Billie Doran Delores :Moran
Bessie Grunge r Lee Nolan
Loraine Hohnstein Mervin Sunyoke
Howard Yates 110
Marie Bailey Clarence
Geraldine Barr Heedenre ic:h
Betty Bassler
Bettv Coffman
Betty Hull
Donald Maser
Nave lla Curtis Elsie Schafer
Mary Eckert
Betty L ee
Jack Goodding Sherwood
Isabelle Storch
Mil1on Backoven
Helen Brehm
Polly Louise Cary
Bettylee Cronn
.Tune Helmstadter
H e len Hobhs
Harlan Liggett
Mary Kay 205 Hal Moore
Marshall
Lillian
Reif schne id e r Wayne
Rin (Ystmever
Edith Schuchman
Marjorie Stonf'man
Virginia Talley
Mason Myers
Robert ietcalf 209
Mickey Brerbower Laverne Heiser
J eane tte Bolar
Merilla Hiatt
Willard Coles J,Jarl L ampshire
Alberta Cop l ey Car l Lind
Bud Deeds
H aze l Elliott
Herman Glan z
Roger Hageman
Beatrice Hinze
Eugene Johnson
Victor Leikam
Geraldine Maser
Margar t Perkin
William Cla r k
Herbert Davis / Edward Felsing
June Gakel
Robert Green
210
Helen Reifschneider
Edgar Smith
Sam CeceliaWiggans Will
Harold Hudson 212
Bonni e Amgwert
Florence Johns
Velma Hutchinson
Ruth Lo ckhart
Emma Markin
Maynard Schutte
Maedoris Zimmerle
303
Eleanor Lo we
Mary Ballance Forest McMeen
Kenneth Braun Donald Mayfield
R o bert Cook .John Provost
Etta Hamlin
Farrell
Helmstedter
Jean Schleuning
Leon Stroem er
Betty Tracy
Everett Watson 101
Nathan B ee zley
John Lar son
Betty Caldwell Leona Lilly
Cleo Colson
Genevieve
Margaret Fish McCleary
Fern Freeman Leab Mill er
William Goe
William Morton Virgini a Hanners
Donald
Kenn eth Hitzeman R e ichenbach
Richard Hobson Carl Schaaf
Adelia Korella Virginia Stuermer 218
Robert Campbell David Hernandez
Dorothy Carnahan Lois Lawson
Marjorie Ecrger
William Lee
Aloha Gist J ean Leslie
Ruth Grant Edwin Loeffel
Delores Schneid er
Helen Bennett
Donald
JohnDeffenbaugh Eberhart
Betty Ann Johnson
Robert Lynn 220
Jeannette Miller
Maxine Pettigrew
Bonnie Strayer
Gilbert Turnbull
Donald Weitzel
.Janet \\Tetzel
Barbara Wise 312
Albert Abbott Warren Miller
Lillian Baver
Donna Belle
Gloria Foreman Recroft
He l en
KieRRelbach
At t hur Schmal e
Charles Shepard
Richard Stonesifer
Bryce Barnes
Alice May Booth
Paul Burke
Mary Elizabeth
Derrick
Gladys Fiske
Clifford Fricke
Marylouise
Goodw in 314
Evelvn Cro use
Bobbette ea l
L ydia Scbenaman
Donna Studts
Ruby Thomas
Ruth Lewis
Willis Markey
Carol Martin
Dean Melson
June Rausch
Lois S cdoris
Emma Spreier
316
Paul Richard
George Ervin Mahaffey
Patricia Flynn Fl o rence Martin
Harriet Hayes
Marilyn Paynter
Kathryn Jones Alvin Polick
(Continued on page 4)
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
GIRLS SPORTS
The first tournaments of the year are elimination and the second round is now being played, in Kickpin and Nebraska Ball. Basketball, which is only for the 9th graders, is in the third round.
For the benefit of those who lost out in the first games, we will start a consolation tournament. This will give the losi ng teams a chance to practice and improve themselves.
The girls of 318 should be congratulated on their good sportsmanship. Every player was present on the gym floor at their last game, even though many did not know the game ve1·y well, the playground committee was gfad to see them there.
If the home rooms cannot find enough players, maybe - the home room te a chers would help.
The games that have been
Russell Jurgens
l\fabel Kutcher
Dorothy Buettenbach
Billy Goggins
Oliv e Ha rtma n Wayn e Keim
Lois Ailes
Margaret Stoddard
Retta Van Baskirk 107
Robert Kersey
Eugene Law s on
Dorothy r-'Iaser
Nina Newcomb
Marian Prie s t 112
Lillian Horn
Betty Gail June Koons
Brown Henry M c Kee
Dorothy Buls Ralph Mosher
Howard Debus Ann O'Brien
Willa Ann Van Buskirk
Marylyn Alvo1d
Edgar Barratt
Betty Jane Blackburn
Mary Ellen Boneuright
Phyllis Duman
Ruth E mmons
Kenneth Greenwood
Charlott Hill
207
Gordon Johnson
Mary Kierstead
Frank Langenheim
Jack Lewis
Phyllis Owens
Patsy Payne
Kevin Phillips
Genevieve Roberts
Gertrude Seeberg
Ja c k Simmons 300
Dorothy Aden Wallace Provost •
Mollie Bronstein George Robb
Willard Craft Gladys Stephenson
August Gunnerson Ir ene Turnwall
Deloris Jones
George Van Sickle
Betty McCauley Ruth Wishnow played are: Kickpin Nebraska Ball 216 w 218
W Ca rl Anderson John Flack 110 108
Marjorie Brown Melville Green 101 316 314 220 103
J ean Carnahan
Margaret Nauslar 209 112 La V e rne Douglas Katherine Reich 210 212 John Sinclair 205 303 310 107 308 Lyle Briggs
Lometa May
James Critchfield Virginia Micha e l 105 222 Margaret Eirick
Frances Moore
The basketball winners and Edward Fire s tone Jack Olson leading basketball teams are : Eleanor Gillespie Betty Otterman 305, 304, and 208.
Gladys Harral
Gerald Huber
SCHOLARSHIP ROLL
(Continued from page 3) 103
Dale Burleigh
Norma Cummins
Ruth Delehant
Ja c k Guthrie
Mary Louis e Howerter
Virginia Barch
Rob e rt Delaney
Mary Rabel
Betty Jan e Ra sc h
Gertrude Standley Jacqueline Stretton 108
Mary Hauchin
Marilyn Jennings
Maxine Earley Julianne Morse
Wilma Fielder
Eloise Fricke
Lydia Helzer
Harlan Baker
Richard Davis
Gayland Glass
Sam Pappas
Dorothy Peters
Esther Leichner Eldon Sanders
Helen Snyder
Betty Bailey
Sam Bale
Margar e t Marcy
Richard Marsha ll
Wesley Maser
Ruth Neff
Eleanora Fries
Duane Ihrie
Ely se Long
Norma eff
Thelma Ostrander
Irene Schafer Alta Young
Jolln Goe 105
Edw. McNaniarra
Phyllis Overman
Frank Roeder
Robert Simmons
Carolyn McAllister
Bonnie Bradley
William Burr
Richard Holmes
Betty Johns
BOYS SPORTS
There will be no color te ams this semester. This syst em has been dropped because Mr. Strawn and Mrs. Ross did not have time enough to manage it . During the past 3 years, 310 has received much recogniti on in sports. It looked like, with the graduation of the 9A's, th a t this was over. However, the new 7B's of 310 won their fi r st basketball game. Mrs. Boschult has put all of the old troph 1es on the board and they have to live up to the old 9A's rec oTd Mr. Strawn says he is contemplating having Mrs. Bosc hul t come down and coach the pic h d 9A teams.
Last semester, between Mr . Strawn and Margaret E iri ch, 14,000 entries were made on th e boys' reco _ d cards. If a stu den t passes five tests with an av er a ge score of 60 or more he rec eive efficiency credit.
Best teams so far for each grade are as follows : 9th, 305 ; 8th, 212; 7th, 218.
Mr. Strawn's new secretar y i Ruth Morton of 305.
NOTABLE NOTES
301
Charlotte Peterson
Ronald Pickens
Katherine Rice
T.hayne Roberts
Eugene Strah
Robert Wilson
222
Dick McMahon
Robert Mills
Elinore Robin-s on
308
Alma Scheidt
Donald Schmidt
Eu ge nia Simms
Jean Smith
Richard Swanson
Jean Palmer and several fri en ds enjoyed ice cream sodas bec ause of their cleverness. Securing several old chairs, the girls put sled runners on the leg s a nd pushed people across Oak Creek park for the huge sum of $.0 1.
The Greenleaf staff has so me competition from a paper pr inte d in the neighborhood of North 40 th to North 48th. The name of t he paper is "Weekly Go-Getter "a nd is published twice a month at the price of ten cents for five mo nt hs. They havetwenty-twosubscribers and the editor is Naomi You ng, reporter on the Greenleaf Staff.
The Whittier Greenleaf
VOL. 13 NO. 9
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA MARCH _6, 1936
Little Symphony Concert Given
The Symphony Orchestra gave a concer t for the public schoosl Monday, March second, at the Stuart theater. The selections played were the Overture to "The Secret of Suzanne" by WolfFerrari , the first movement of Beethov en's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, a group of Russian Folk Songs by Laidow, Londonderr y Air by Grain ger, and Ponchielli 's Dance of the Hours.
Extrem e Weather Brings Substitutes
Due to the cold weather, several of the teachers have had substitutes of late. Some of these absences were, no doubt, caused from illnes s but it probably all CIVIC LEAGUE TRIP SCHEDULE
Nebraska Day
Assembly Held
Like every other school in Lincoln, Whittier c e I e brat e d Nebraska Day. The assembly was held on March 4 in Whittier auditorium in honor of the state's 69th anniversary. A March of Time program was presented. The scene had its background established by the announcer. The Whittier orchestra played seclections after each scene.
Scene 1: The story of the explorer, Coronado. started from the weather. We Scene 2: The Great Indian have had many children absent Council. from scho ol also Our schools Scene 3: John Coulter's escape. were closed for .only one day Scene 4: A trading post on the while a number of other towns in Oregon trail. Nebraska were forced to close for This cene included the history of the Pony E x p re s s, the first several da ys. Homestead, the dreaded prairie Miss Jones substituted for Miss I fires, the many storms, the Herd Mary Wilson in 110 while Miss I law, and the hard winter. The Ralston had two substitntes while I climax was the announcement she was out. They were Mrs. th~t Nebraska had entered the B d d M V H M umon. an y an rs. an orn. rs. S 5 A b D cene : r or ay. Swisher and Miss Evans had Miss The Glee club sang an Indian Boyce an d Mrs. Kyker, song, ''Faith of Our Fathers'' respectivel y. and''My Nebraska."
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Stage to Have New Curtains
The Whittier auditorium will 1 soon have new, much needed curtains. They will take the place of the preNent gray background curtains. The color will be taupe so that they will harmonize with the front curtains. Parts of the curtain are: back, two wings, and two teasers.
Make your guess on the number of yards of material required, and put in the Greenleaf box. Closest guess and guesser will be announced.
Splendid Noon Hour Programs Presented
From the time they started up until the present, the noon-hour programs have proven popular as a noon-hour activtiy, and the attendance has been good. Among the different forms of entertainment provided have been plays , readings, dances, and instramental solos. Lately, however, due to the fact that most of the talent of the school "fizzeled out" on Miss Hult, community singingandfilms have been resorted to. Although for a while the community singing went all right, everybody seems to be tired of it now so films are being used more Miss Hult has now established a new program committee to help her in planning these programs and it is probable that the somewhat critical audience will soon be satisfied.
THE WHITTIER'S CONSTITUTION WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Published every two weeks during t h e school
year by pup il s of Whitti er juni or hi g h school
at 22nd a n d Vi n e streets, Linc o ln , N ebraska. '
Set up and printed by the pupils taking
Gi·een leaf printing • S ubscrip tion pr ic e 20c e a c h sem est er, single copies 5c.
FACULTY COMMITTEE
Miss Selma H ult
Hom er L Gammill
Miss Olive K eller
Mr. C. L. C ull er Miss M ari e Cross
GR EE NL EAF STAFF
Editor - in-Chi ef
9 - A Editor
Gi r ls' S ports
Typist
- R obert Luebs
Marie Ru bino
Grace Knapp
Marilynn Main
Naomi Y oung Wallac e P rovost
George W er n er
Cleo Ba rtlett
Dorothy H eadl e y
Florabell e Mo e ll er
Shirley Rau sch
E lsebert Spencer
Edwin Bailey
Bob Baker
Leonard Baiion
Donald Bruns
Charles Campbell
Alber!, Colwell
Willard Craft
Edward Debu s
Charles Finley
William Hahn
PRINT E RS
Henry H ergenrader
Thoma s K eelan
Edward L embke
Horace Long
Louis McChesncy
.J amcs Maxwell
Glen Murphy
Emanuel N eicler haus
Thomas Nickelson
E~1gar Norman
Keith R os :'
Ernest Spahn
Phillip Van Kuere n
Bob Williams
Bob Worl ey
STEALING
Many things have been taken from Whittier lockers and desks. There has been more thievery in our school this year than ever before.
What are we going to do about it? Let it go on, or is it going to stop? We might have to put locks on the lockers if it doesn'tl
If we would all remember this one line in the Civic League pledge ''We will never bring disgrace to this our city by any act of dishonesty or cowardice,''
I am sure the stealing would stop. It has been three years since any articles on stealing have been written in our Greenleaf
There is at least one person in Whittier that can ski, and· that person is Helen Bennett, a 7A. Helen learned to ski, so she sa y s, while she lived in the mountains, and in the winter she would ski to school.
No this isn't going to be about the health of our school's namesake , John Greenleaf, but about the document in which are found all the foundational laws for governing the school.
A lot of you may not have known that Whittier even has a constitution, while we would be willing to bet that han:lly any of you could name an Article in it, or give the preamble. Even the average Civic League officer, who technically, should be very intimately acquainted whith it, has been found to be blissfully ignorant of its existence. Such apparent ignorance of the student body on ''Matters of state'' is probably due to the fact that since a constitution would not prove very interesting reading to an average student (ask a civics student) no attempt has been m a d e to acquaint the pupils with it since its revision some years ago.
A glance at Whittier's constitution shows that it is written in some what the same style as that of the United States and contains twelve articles and a preamble, the latter being thirteen words longer than the preamble of the United States constitution. In our constitution is found the president's oath of office. rules governing elections, and all rules concerning the choosing of civic league officers, their duties , and how to make other laws .
It may pay some of the pupils to read up on Whittier's constitution. At least, its a good opportunity for some who are not Civic Lea g ue officers to know more about school regulations than those who are
AROUND THE SCHOO L
The bright spot of the cafe te ria these days, is the cashier's cag e. Why? Because on Monday , Fe b 16, a light was at last installed over the cage.
Ask Bobby Whited of 2U whether a fire will melt sn ow.
During some cold weather, Bo bbJ and a friend built a snow ho us{ and then, not liking the ch illy in terior, they built a fire insid e. Th , fire warmed the boys but it al sc warmed the snow roof and , wel1 ask Bob what happened.
Thomas Rice, the boys C lVl league president, was b or n i1 India. Friends say he c an tall H1ndu, but just try and g et hir to.
ABOUT A SONG
A well-known scien tist Philadelphia has attacke d th popular song ''The Mus ic Goe Round and Round" by say ing thf the trumpet player wh o w oul thus describe the process of ton production by his instru me nt crudely must be very po orl y ii formed. According to him tb tone is not generated at tl mouth piece as the son g say and then allowed to go ro un d ar round and out at the bell. ln ste~ when one blows into th e mou 1 piece, a column of air is set motion and it is the oscill ati on this when it reaches the bell th produces the sound. If the to1 did go round and round , th ere no telling what it wou ld soUJ like, while depressing th e valv would effect not the pitc h, b utt quality of the tone.
March 6, 1936
WijITTIER LIBRARY
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
HOME ROOM DELEGATES
It was noticed in one of the recent issues of the Journal that sixty years ago the City Library boasted 1,000 volumes. Whittier's librar y has not been in existence many years but already possesses about 3, 423 accessioned, and 1,000 unacces sioned books, as well as some 50,000 pamphlets ori file. It also subscribes regularly to all kind s of magazines. Besides these , the city library which now has sev eral hundred thousand volume s, sends out about 5,000 volumes of assorted character for tempor ary use.
NEW COMMITTEE
For some time Miss Hult has done m ost of the work connected with the planning of the noon hour progr ams, but as it is getting harder to get entertainment that will satisfy the audience, which is b ecoming more critical every da y, she has appointed a new com mittee known as the "Progr am Committee" to help her. The committee is made up mainly of Civic League officers, and has as its chairman Bonnie Parsons. Many years ago, one of the Civic League committees was named ''Program,'' but was discontinued because of lack of work.
The follo wing is a reproduction of an excus e,recieved by a teacher from a tard y pupil: Dear Miss Mc Blank, please exc use Ruth as she fell in the mu d. hopping you will do the same.
Yours truly, Mrs . Wumph
The delegates for thi s semester have been very well chosen. They correspond to the legislature in a state government and make the laws for improving Whittier. The boy and girl delegate go to their respective delegate meetings and bring back reports of what they have discussed.
This semesters delegates are as follows:
101 Kenneth Hitzeman
Fern Freeman
102 Bobby Metrakos
Neva Hensley
103 Bernard Goggins
Bernadette Langan
104 Gale Booth
La Veta Abbott
105 John Schwabauer
Margaret Stoddard
106 James Maxwell
Melba Coe
107 Wayne Keim
Edna Hoffman
108 Madon Tunks
Maxine Early
110 Jack Gooding
Geraldine Barr
112 Ralph Mosher
203
Ann O'Brien
Dayton Wiley
Betty Gaughan
205 Curtis Bratt
•207
Marjorie Stoneman
·Gordon Johnson
Phyllis Duncan
208 Gene Helehan
Mable Ebert
209 Mickey Bierbower
.Jeanette Bolar
210 Edgar Smith
Beatrice Hinze
212 La Verne Overton
Mildred Newburn
216 Billy Pegans
Alma Rachel
218 William Let
Aloha Gist
220 Robert Lynn
Hazel Reynolds
222 James Ervin
Iona Jensen
300 George Robb
Ruth Wishnow
301 Charles Ewell
Rachel Michel
302 I van Stern
Betty Montague
303 Forest Mc Meen
Mary Ballance
304 Norman Warnke
Leota Smelzer
305 John Wilson
Helen Preditt
307 George Pitts
Faye Pickell
308 Bayard Murray
Betty Johns
309 Don Hansen
Betty Eyer
310 Richard Baker
Virginia Plank
312 A IJ,ert Abbott
Helen Kiesselb&ck
314 Jack Young
Ruth Lewis
316 Paul Mahaffey
Marilyn Paynter
318 Jack Ullstrom
MOVIE MEMORANDUM
Who do these recent movies remind you of?- - PerhapsIFYOUCOULDONLY COOK-
Miss Dee
I DREA M TOO MUCHSherod Harris
CURLY TOP - Harriet Carter
GOING HIGHBROW- Thomas Rice
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF TARZAN
- Gail Porter
THE BIG BROADCAST 01" 1936Robert H ummels
NAUGHTY MARIETTA-
Josephine Hielman
THE LITTLEST REBELMarjorie Dowling
March 6, 1936
OBITUARIES
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
GUESS WHO NOTABLE NOTES
Sex: Female .
A very unusualtragedyoccurred H. R.: 105. about a month ago. Whittier lost Unusual ability: acting (best as a boy).
two of her pupils in one week. The Ambition: To become a gr"eat deceased are Dean Pierce of 308 actress and Ruth Feldt of 222, both of whom were 8Bs. The class took up Sex: Male. H. R.: 305 a collection in order to buy flowers.
Mrs. Barrows has sol em nly promised never to take a t axi to school again! On one of th ose cold nights she and thre e h igh school teachers decided to tak e a taxi the following mornin g. To make sure it would be ther e th ey called that night, setting th e t ime for7:30. When 7:30 rolled a rou nd and the cab hadn't appear ed t hey called again, setting it thi s ti me for 7 :45. So to make along sto ry short, they arrived at sch ool j ust b e fore the t a rd y bell ran g. Can y ou bl am e Mrs. Ba rrows?
Dean died at a local hospital on UnuSual abilit y : Having a large vocabulary Saturday morning February 8 , of Ambition: To become a college rheumatic fever. Dean was very pro f e s sor . well liked by his home room , and his father, a custodi a n h e r e at Sex : Female R . R.: 20 3 school , s a id that Dean n ev er liked t o go to school until he started Unusual ability: Gettin g up On F e b. 17, a p atriotic ass ema t Whittier . He lived at 56th parties. bl y was held in the au dituri urn and Madison but nevertheless, he Ambiti o n: To become a society with Mr. Lefler as speak er. was always at school even on the leader. coldest mornings. He w as taken Sex : Male. Do you know anybod y who to Crab Orchard , Nebraska for H. R.: 106. considers himself a good sve ller? burial.
Unusual ability: Violin playing. Try these words on him a nd the.
Ruth passed a w ay Sunday Ambition: To become a second chances are he'll miss the m a ll. morning February 9th at her home Rubinoff. ukulele naphtha pyorrhea kimono spaghetti glycerin sacrilegio us sarsparilla on 2043 Monroe Avenue , after a brief illness of pneumonia. She came from 26 and O this year She
was a very quiet girl.
GENERAL NEWS
The 7B class will meet in the Marie Augustine, Ruth Martin, The rocking and tippin g of the Maxine Lowder and Lucille auditorium to introduce th eir new boats shown in the films one noon class officers on Monday, March Harroun were pallbearers at the hour program seemed to pl eas e the funeral. 9th • ______ pupils. The conduct was fine and it is hoped they will mai nta in it.
The P. T.A. will have their meeting at 2:30 P.M. Tuesday March lOth. A small boy had been spanked for a misdemeanor and sto od in JOKES
,John."
The art exhibits for the 9A's " I don ' t really," rep lied the will come on March 13th and 18th child , unless it's the depr es sion."
So you are building a new house, the corn e r to think over his eh? How are you getting along The 8A penmanship tryouts transgressions. Half an hou r lat· with it? this semester will come on March er his fatter said: ''Y ou know Fine. I've got the roof and the 19th and 12th. why I sp anked you, do n't you, mortgage on it, and I expect to have the furnace and the sheriff in before fall
HOME ROOM OFFICERS
212-William Busch, Ruth Lockhart, Maedoris Zimme r le ,
The ho me rooms seem to have John Fox. ch osen th eir home room officers 216-Jimmie Wise, Rachel ve r y well this semester, and they Atkins, Jack Tilton, Dorothe a should be complimented on their Lemon. fine work , in choosing their pre- 218 -Billy S t oner, Edwin siding offi cers. Loeffel, Ruth Grant, Bobby
The n ames of the chosen are, Whited. presiden t first, vice president sec- 220-Maxine Cook! Gilbe rt ond, sec retary third, and treas- Turnbull, Barbara Wise, Helen urer last Be n n ett. .
101-Virginia Hanners, Al- 300-Willar d Craft, Carol bert Kl ein, Genevieve McCleary, Whalen, Herbert Ho,lme r,, Carl Sch aaf. Howard Cole.
102-R obert Ellis, Marjo rie 301-Ronald _Picke~s, Wesley Randall , Alice Merting, Albe rt M~ser, Katherrne Rice, Bet ty Seiler. Wmders.
103-Patricia Shelly , John 302-Ma r y McFarland, Stan- Dill, Loi s Gramlich, Aleen ley Portsche, Jack Weaver , Funks A cl:1 1:1. Br e hm.
104-Annette Smith, Clara 303-Robert Cook Billy Knaub Esther Manion George Brown , Betty Tracy, Bonnie Werne ~. ' Amgwe:·t
105-Frank Roeder Robert 304-Dor is Johns, D elbe rt Simmo ns, Edward M~N amare, Cates, Dick Gaughan , Melba Doroth y Fil ton. Warne.
106-J ames Maxweil, Agne s 305--Gle~n a Edwards, Horace Dunbar, Bill Welch. Long, Phyllis Dr aper, Eula May
107-Harry Fagler , Marion Phelps. . Priest Betty Blunk Rich ard 307-Richard Michel, Bettle Holco~b. ' Emmons, Lily Playford, Joe
108-M arcella Betz, Mary Aguirre. Houchin Arlene Way, Marillyn 308 - Jean Smith, Maxine Jenning ~. Lo:Vder, David Traudt, Hubert ll0L-La Vonne Peterson Edna Tribble. Weber No rma Cummin s 1 Helen 309-Eve lyn Phillips, Orville Clapp.' ' Knuds on, Berniece Nelson, Mary 112-Jack Guthrie Charle s Becker. Fahenstock, John La;son, Jack 310-Vivian Stanard, Ruth Calfee. Huber, Edward Schuckman , 203-E dgar Norman, Ma rion Betty Gary. Tway, Frieda Kraft Donald 312-Polly Shrader, Donm Ziess. ' Recroft, Dick Stonesifer, Letha 205-Polly Cary, D a lla s Ta- Bodfield. tum, Mary Marshall, Roy 314- J ames Nevels, P aul Michael. Burke, Gladys Fi ske, Ralph 207-B etty Blackburn, Ruth Hel s er Emmons, Miriam Main, Kevin 316-Kathryn Jones Charle s Phillips . ' 208~M erle Mayfield, Billy Ap~ar, Roderick Hans~n, Alvin Graves , Etta Halverson, Mar- Pohck. jorie Sch uman. 318 - Marilynn Main, John
OUR ALGEBRA
Outside the snow is si1ently falling. Lovely, large snowflak e s, very even, and very beautiful. Oh, there are some birds in the distance. Wonder what kind they are? Hm, maybe they're sparrows. Wouldn't doubt it. Oh-h well.-
Far in the distance I hear a very faint, but audible voice. It sonnds like Mr. Mc Mullen (W. F.).
The snow still falls. Over there are a few small children. Wish I were there. 'Twould be better than here.
"Allegra, what is the solution of this equation?'' ! ! !
''Er, ah, oh, - 2x plus y equals 10. ,,
''You are wrong. Please put our minds to Algebra."
Yes, what I wouldn't give to be a small child and play in the snow. Especially, just now.
-Allegra Hawthorne
Neighbor: What are you doing up in our apple tree?
Jack Watson: One of your apples fell down and I'm trying to put it back.
Voice (in history class): Give me liberty or give me death!
Mrs. Childress (sternly): Who said that?
Voice: Patrick Henry.
Father: Son, what does this 60 mean on your report card?
Son: I don't know, father, unless it is the temperature.
209-E arl Lampshire , Bud Lackey, H elen Provorse, Fred- Elaine Regler: One of my anDeeds, Carl Lind, Herman Gla nz. rich Tunberg. cestors came over on the ,210-Margaret Perkin, S nm 320 - Clair Miller, Virgil Mayflower. Wiggin s, Edward Smith, D on a ld Fo s ter, Tommy Nickelson, War- Lorriane Thomp son: Oh, really? De<;ch. i' ::m '\ ' c1 tson .
H ow long are they going to stay?
GIRL$ SPORTS
Watson, vVarren
In the new tournament 9th H · graders will play Nebraska ball ummels, Bob and 8th graders basket ball. The 7th grade girls will still play kick- Y ork, Leonard pin. which proves to be one of the most exciting games played in the gym.
The champions for the first tournament are: 7th kickpin, 301, 8th basketball, 212, 9th Nebraska ball, 208. All of these home room teams are to be congratulat ed on their fine • playing and good sportsmanship.
The champion-ship games are:
Nebraska ball Kickpin
L W L W 112 108 207 218 303 212 312 301 108 212 218 301 222 308 216 310 308 212 310 301
Basket bal l w 305 304 304 L 203 305 320 208 104
Tracy, Betty E ppens, Glen
.Allen, Mark C ates, Dutch
Harris, Sherod
E ichler, Harry
SRice, Thomas
chleuning, Jean
Gill et, Warren
20s 304 E
The 8th and 9th gym classes lliott, Hazel are learning to do interesting T mat and dance phases, and by homas, Dorothy the end of the six weeks, those who perform the excercises the best will be allowed to have a G aughan, Dick membership in the club.
Rose, Keith
ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO
1. Phyliss Overman
2. Robert Luebs
3. Ruth Gass
4. Desmond Corcoran
Ayer, Betty
Young, Betty
BOYS SPORTS
The first basketball tourn ame 1 winners are as follows: 7t h 22 8th 107, 9th 305. School cham pio 1 305. The next tournament will 1 the same as the first, strict eli r ination.
The best squad in bo ys gy classes is squad one of fou r period. They are the best in di cipline and playing games . Sq rn leader, George Robb, an d }squad, have obtained rn ate ri from Mr. Strawn which th ey u to work out plRys. So far t h1 have never been beaten.
Mr. Strawn has materia l av a able for team captains to us e working out plays if th ey w check itout from him and ha nd with care.
The score of games in t he 2· tournament are as follow s. Wi ners appearing last.
316-207
304-2 03 208- 304
309- 102 318- 106 300- 104
There are too many boy s i n~ for just one team so the y ha formed an A and B team.
NOTABLE NOTE
The playground is very mud and it is hoped that the Whitt pupils will not for get to w: their feet before they en ter 1 building. If you do not it v make the halls and entran ce le messy and cause the ja nito r! lot of unnecessary work.
T he Whittier Greenleaf
VOL. 13 NO. 10 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA MARCH 20, 1936
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PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Maid Frieda Kraft 7A c· . L
amp re eets, Reader
Annette Smith lVlC eague Go vernor's Home
The Ca mp Fire girls of Lincoln met with their mothers at the Governor 's mansion Saturday, February 29 for a Mother and Daughter tea. Whi le present at the tea Governor Landon of Kansas arrived as a gu est at the mansion. A few of the girls from Whittier were present and were hostess. One of the girls , Helen Bennett, had the experien ce of having her picture taken with Governo r L~ndon and Govern or Cochran.
Moth er--daughter
Party Held
The mother - daughter party was hel d in the Whittier audito-
Guests were served refr esh- Tr1·p March 19 ments from a decorated table on the stage.
The 7A civic league trip was ·
A Preview of the 1 m~de Mar~h 16. The different • trips explamed outdoor occupaSpring Program tions. A few of the trips were, . _____ girls, Bee Culture, Dairying,
A can tata, "Old Plantation Poultry raising, and Vegetable D;, ys 11 is to be given for the gardening, boys, Archaeology, S pring Program, May 15. The Fish and Game, Farm machinery, pe ri cd of the very recent past i s and Landscape gardening. The pictured by this tho r oughi y American Music, to be sung by speaker at the Stuart theater was the Glee Club. It is not a r.1ed - Mr. H. J. Gramlich, Prof. of ley of Southern songs although Animal Husbandry. Pupils were several are woven in to it accompanied •by seven teachers Be s ides this, there will b2 a from Whittier.
play of the Drama II class and some dancing by the girls Physical Education cl ass es. Watch for more about this program.
Whittier Pupil
rium on Ma re h 10. Betty El d p •d Umberg er, the girl's Civic League ecte resl ent president , gave an address of welcome. The boys swimming team at The 8A girls chorus class sang the Y. M. C. A. elected for their three num bers, Hark, Hark, the new president, one of Whittier's Lark, a Wi nter Lullaby, and a own boys, Donald Hilgert of 106. Little Dut ch Garden. The chorus I To be elected to such an office is class was dire cted by Mrs. White. I quite an honor. Donald is a very The dan ces, Topsy, The News good swimmer and diver. Boy, and · Billey Magee, were I There are several boys from directed by Mrs. Ross. A solo I Whittier who are in this club some dance was given by Betty Meier. [ are: Delbert Cates, Dick Marshall, Miss Osth off's drama II class . Richard Barnett, and Charles gave the play of ''Manakin and ' Finley. • Minikin. '' The team has held several The Char acters were: meetings already, with their new Manakin Harriet Carter president persiding. Minikin Ilaanna Tomlinson Congratulations Don.
Mr. Rice Speaks In Assembly
On Friday, March 11, an assembly v~s held in the auditorium, Mr. Ray Rice, father of Thomas Rice, was the speaker. Thomas, boys president of Civic League, introduced him to the audience.
To my he gave an enjoyable s peech wouid be putting it mildly for he gave an excelient talk. His talk wa on India where he and his family lived for eighteen years. It was funny to see him demonstrate the hats worn by the Hindus on Thomas.
In expressing our appreciation to Mr. Rice for coming out to talk to us we extend a further invitation to him to come again, 1 hoping he will accept.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE I SLEEPING OVERTIME
I Some weeks ago, Mrs. White year by pupils of Whittier junior high school, I ll d · } h • at 22nd and Vine str ee ts, Lincoln, N e braska. Ca e a SpeCia Ore estra practice
G1~:~1e~~ p~~~ti;;~nted by the pupils taki ng for after school, intending. for co~f('~s~J~:tion pric e 20c each s e m ester, single Miss Munn, her sister, to play the
FACULTY COMMITTEE
Miss Selma Hult
Homer L. Gammill Miss 01i\·e K eller •
Mr C. L. Cull er Miss l\farie Crrs s
G:.~6ENLE1'.F S fAFF
Editor - i n -Ch i ef - R ::Jbert Luebs
!l-A E '.libr - -.
Gi· Is' S ports
Typist
Ma!·ic r-ubino
GrRcc Knapp
Marilynn Main
Nao mi Youn g Gewge Wf'1 n u· \Val!ac e Provost
CL:o Bartlelt
Dorothy H e adl e y
Fl ora bcllc Moc Iler
Shirley R , e.c!1
Elsebert S1 er:ccr
Edwin Dai!cy Bob Dahl'
L'.'m~a cl Carton
Donald B•·uns
Charles Camph rt
A lbert C s l•.vell
Willa i·cl C•·a "t
E1lwa 1 d Delrs
Clndcs Fi nl••y
Willi m H ahn
P.: I NTERS
I!e::il'y li cn:;enradc•r '.i'h-i mas Ke elan r::; 1wa:·cl L, mbk2
Horace L.1'1gLo•1:s ::''IcC~ s::i. y .Tam s I-,fo. ,," ii
Gkn M;i phy I>n·•n ·d N •fin· '•a:::;
Thom:is Niel-:, ls 1.:1 E kar No nn!'l K·•'th R~s n '.'sl SpahP.
Phill ip V:rn K·:c :'c n f'ob Williams Deb Wo• l ey
SLUGS AND SILVERWARE
Although in this section of the paper, have repeat e dly appeared articles criticising pr a ctica1ly all the student actidties except breathing, we find that we cannot properly stop even now. For two things have been brought to our notice, one of them entirely new, the oth er seldom met with at Whittier.
The first of these is the throwing of silverware into the wasteb as kets in the cafeteria, during the lunch hour, a thing which bas never occured here before While it is possible for knives, forks and sp oons to be thrown accidently into a wastebasket, even Mr. Culler does not understand why anyone would want to do this on purpose. As this sport is proving too expensive, civic league officers will probably be stationed at each wastebasket if it does not stop
piano. The time arrived and all the other players were present but no Miss Munn. After waitinguntil she had practically reached the "hair-tearing stage," Mrs. White wrnt out to look for the ab~ent member. And wheredo you think she found her? In the teachers' rest room, curled up on the sofa, with head pillowed on her arm lay the missing virtuoso , peacefully "sawing logs."
Miss Munn had gone into the re.st r oo m sometime before the last bell, intending merely to rest a little, but apparently got sidetracked.
The other student misdemeanor ( to use a mild term) is the placing of slugs, instead of real money, in the coin boxes in the cafeteria. This has been done once or twice oefo re and it is not surprising that, when given the chance, which our system of collecting money in the cafeteria gives them, at least a few out of 1300 pnpils would cheat the school. Mr. Culler seemd to think (and we agree wich him) that the best way to stop this is to improve the money receiving arrangements and thus make it much harder for any would-be cheater to carry out his aim.
"DIDY A KNOW"
That a natural stone 4a s be en found in South Africa th at just about equals the "Eonite" of the comic strip, "Little Orph an Annie." It is said to be flexib le, elastic, acid proof, weath er resistant, and can be pla ned,· sawed or turned on a lath P.
That Italy, although it has one of the big ge st ''war sca res' ' in the world for a dicta tor, is scarcely as large as th e sta te of New Mexico.
That Lucille Whited k n its while on duty.
That birds called "G ann ets" can, if they so desire, put to shame the finest of the wo rlds sea divers. They can dive from the height of one mile above the surface of the ocean, to nin ety feet below.
That George Binger up and, coming athlete at th e High school, and a former st udent of Whittier, is majoring in S hakespearean English and tha t gra mismer "just his dish."
That the Egyptians, as ea rly as one thousand, one hund re d and fifty years before Christ , used a finger and toe nail polish. It was a brilliant w bite in color.
Two farmers met on a c ountry road, and pulled up the ir teams.
"Si," said Josh "Iv'e go t a mule with distemper, what di d you give that one of your s when
Bonnie Parsons(arrving late at he had it?" a basketball game): What's the seore?
Nothing to nothing-last quarter
Bonnie: Good I haven't missed a th~ng. I was afraid I'd be late.
''Turpentine . Giddap''
A week later they me t again.
' 'Say Si, gave my mule t urpentine, and it killed him.''
"Killed mine, too. Gi ddap ."
DIARY QF A COLLEGE GRAD
June 23-Graduated today.
Jun e 28 - Looked for a ten thousa nd dollar job.
Jul y 20- Looked for a job at one hu ndred dollars per week.
Aug ust 9- Looked for any kind of a j o b.
Sep tember 2-Still looking.
Sep tember 23- Went to work for my uncle for seventy-five dollar s per month
NOTABLE NOTES
Mis s Hult was absent from scho ol for three days because of illne ss during the week of March first. It seemed odd not to see her in the office.
Alt h ough the most appropriate time fo r quoting Lincoln is gone for anot her year, this saying of his, n oti ced in another school paper a while back, was deemed t(')O good to let pass:
"Bette r to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.''
Sprin g must be here!
The bi cycle racks are filling up more and more each day. For awhile many boys and girls with bicycles stayed on the safe side and le f t them at home.
Who doesn't like a real good sport - and two good sports just twice as much. Betty Hudkins and Edith Martin both of 320, played an exceedingly g-ood game of Nebraska Bail against 304 and ran up a pretty high score too, although their opponents finally won.
The playground committee had a pretty hard time keeping Miss Curley out of the game. 320, where are the girls who 8hould be supporting your team? Don't let two girls play a losing game when you could help.
JUST IMAGINE
Mr. Mc Mullen and Miss Johnson playing hopscotch.
Betty Umberger without her smile.
Ed it h Martin and Betty Hudkins not showing up for a game.
Marie Rubino with an eraser in Latin.
El i s e Carlson without her dimples.
WHOZIT?
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
What she does best: Talks
First period: Adv. Orch.
Nickname: "Slimy"
Hair: Black
Eyes: Dark brown
What he does best: Plays piano
First period: Adv. Orch.
N icknarne: "Romeo"
Hair: Auburn
Eyes: Brown
What she does best: Warbles
First period: Science
Nickname: "Jo" ·
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
What he does best: "Shows off"
First period: Drafting 1I
Nickname: ''Gil]oppy"
JOhES
So you are building a new house eh'! How are you getting along with it?
Fine. I've got the roof and the mortgage on it, and I expect to have the furnace and the sheriff in before fall.
Robert Leubs without his vocabulary (Latin or otherwise). I want you to teach my son a John Wilson with blue eyes and forei~n language. dark hair, and all other blonds Certainly madam, French, with brown eyes. G er man, Russian, Italian, Sherod Harris without his Spanish? excuses.
Certain members of the student bod y have been asking about the ann ual P. T. A. play, usually presente d about this time. So far we hav e been unable to find out definitel y as tow hether there will be a pl ay this year, but it is be- much.
Which is the most foreign?
The schoolmaster wrote on the Two acquaintances, who had back of a boy's monthly report: not seen Macpherson for some A good worker, but talks too years, called at his house on Sat-
urday evening. Mrs. Macpherson lieved t hat the P. T. A. has decid- The father signed the report answered the door. ed agai nst one. First we have no and then wrote under the remarks "Does Macpherson live here?" operett a , and now we have no of the schoolmaster: You should "Ay" was the woman's reply, play. Well, such is life. meet his mother. "jist carry 'irn in!"
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
GIRLS' SPORTS
The playground chairman, her committee, and all those connected with the scheduling an d obser v ing of noon tourname n ts, are delighted to ee s o many g irls even though not fam ili ar wi th th e g am e being played, come an d do the ir b est .
The B asketball game betwe en 205 and 303 was a notable example. The girls phiyed hard fa s t. There wa s mu ch qu ick pass ing alo ng with t h e splendid team.
The h ome room s noted for t h ei r lack of real home r oom spirit in th e gan'.es so fa r thi s semeste-~ a re 102 and 107. "Come on girls and j oi n the fun."
The games outside a r e being ve1.·y \ Ve ll played, as far as sportsmanship is concerned. PLkups an~ ? ll owed to go on if diamond::; are n't occup ied. A fm v girls enjoy playing catch , and this will be perm i tted if gi r ls will remember t o put the ball :' back.
JOKES.
Mr. Culler to Mrs. White: Was Miss Curley right when she told me you bought your car for a song?
Mrs. White: Well not exactly, I did get it in exchange for some n0tes.
A letter sent by the Internal Reveune Collector at Rochester, N. Y. to a man named Joe in Lackawana, N. Y. came back undelivered. The following notation on the envelope hints at an interesting story, which can only be guessed at:
"Joe - he no live here any more. I am looking for him too. If I catch him before you do, you won't need to look for him any more."
HOW A LAWYER SAYS "HAVE AN ORANGE"
''I hereby give and convey to you, all and singular, my estate and interest, right, title, claim, and advantages of and in this orange, together with all its rind, juice, pulp, and pits, and all rights and advantages therein, with full power to bite, cut, suck, and otherwise to eat the same or give the same away with or without the rind, juice, pulp, or pits, anything herein before or hereinafter or in any other means of whatever nature or kind whatsoever to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding." (Whew!)
NEWS OF THE FUTURE
The 9B class will meet in the auditorium on March 23rd.
The 9A final penmanship test will eome on March 23rd.
The 8A class will meet in the auditorium on March 24th.
The 8B class will meet in the auditorium on March 25th.
The 7A class will meet in the auditorium on March 26th.
The 7B class will meet in tbe auditorium on March 27th.
BOYS' SPORTS
Fourth period gym cl ass d( feated fi rs t period gym · cla ss i an exciting noon baske tb a game Players on fourth perio team were: George Robb, N e Hansen, Ed Welch, Bob Og de 1 P.n d He r man Schafer. Fin pe riod players: Joe Wise, Do Hansen, Harry Schuc krna 1 Ch a rles Hancock, and Han Reichel.
Winner s of the second bask e br 11 tournament a :r e as follow: Gth , 203, 8th 209, 7th unfi nishe :t-low that the pl aygro u nd h : at la st d Yied up, baseball g :lm can be starte d First da y of tl baseball seaso n starte d out veJ smoothly. Every one fo und th(; righ t places with very lit tle co fusion . lVIr. St raw n was we plea 'Je d with this kind of a t ginning.
Boys of 314 made a bad b cg i ning for this semester in baE ball by forfeiting the ir fir game. 1-08 ah o forfeited th { fri'st ga me after playing one i ning.
Following are the res ults t he fi rs t ball games, winn ers ;; pearing las t : 314-316
101-207
218-220 108-11 0 102-1 06 105-107
This semester the 8B class will go on their civic league trip March Do you know that more th a n 29th. 000,000,000 eggs are produ ce d
The 8A final penmanship test American farms daily! comes on March 27th.
Three hundred years ago chi
McTavish (to commercial trav- ren went to school six days a WE eler) - "No, Ah'm tellin' ye, mon , for nearly a year. for the last time, an' Ah dinna ken why A h'm pestered all day
Thomas Rice: Paul, do yo u kn what the Board of Educa tio n by travelers." , C • 1 T l ''W ll Paul Rush: Yes, Im bo re d omrnerc1a rave er- e , sir, I can tell you that. You see, Educatwn. the commercial travelers' college II H w·f y d ouse 1 e: ou can ear n y down the roa uses you as Lesson j a· .f h th t d · 11 d ' h' h h mner 1 you c op a woo • six, ca e approac mg t e ope-\ T L t th fl l l . t' ,, ramp: e s see e men u ess c 1en ,
T he Whittier Greenleaf
Dra1n a Assemblies Are Presented
Two assemblies were held in the past week, both given by the drama cla sses.
The Greenleaf Staff hopes that every member of the student body and faculty of Whittier will enjoy themselves to the fullest possible extent during the Spring Vacation.
On Mon day, March 30, Miss _____________, 0sthoff's drama II class present- NUMEROUS CLASS ed an all- boy play entitled "The MEETINGS HELD Haunte d House.'' The cast was as follo w~:
Phil Richard Michel 9A, March 20. The main Burt Donald Hilgert event of the meeting was the Micky Wayne Kyckelhan announcement of the class Lester Eugene Helehan colors, song, and motto. Arthur Bill Graves Mr. Arnol d Jack Van Horn
The seco nd assembly was presented on Wednesday, April first by Mrs. Shike ' s drama I cla:3s. They pre sented a burlesque pantomine on Aladdin and His Wonderful Lam p. The cast as follows:
9B, March 23. The new officers were introduced, the number on the scholarship roll and the number of sevens was given, and Mr. Culler gave a short talk on how this class must produce all the Civic League -officers and chairmen next semester .
Reader Dale Burleigh 8A, March 24. The class Aladdin Edith Schuchman officers were introduced and The nine sl aves Billy Bowlin, character traits were di scussed George An dreas, Merilla Hiatt, Jane Rad more, Geraldine Maser, Betty Jan e Rasch, Irene Schaffer, Virginia Smith, Helen Clapp.
MORE ABO UT THE SPRING PROGRAM
The pl ay to be given by the Drama II class at the Spring Program is entitled "The Clock Struck One ." As you probably guessed, it is based on the nursery rhy me Hickory, Dickory, Dock. Th e art classes will make the scenery and the background will be the new curtain s which wm be us ed for the first time.
8B, March 25. The new class officers were introduced by the 7A officers. The scholarship rolls of the home Tooms were read by the .h ome room presidents. Miss Hult gave an interesting talk on efficiency.
Teachers Lay Vacation Plans
Most teachers will do spring house cleaning or plant gardens.
Miss Bethune plans to make a flower garden and go riding a great deal.
Mrs. Childress plans to have a lot of fun cleaning house.
Miss Hooper will not go out of the city as usual but will clean house.
Miss Curley plans to visit her sister in Falls City.
Mrs. Ba rrows will clean house and make a trip to Plattsmouth.
Miss McCartney will clean house and make a garden.
Mr. Updegraft plans to eat a lot so as to catch up on his weight.
Miss Zamzow is going to her home in Central City.
9A's AND 8A's TAKE PENMANSHIP TESTS
February 28, thi-rty-four 9A's took the preliminary penmanship test. Out of this group eleven were eliminated, leaving twenty-three for the finals. One
7A, March 26. The main bu si- being absent, only twenty-two ness was the introduction of took the final test. All of the se class officers and the report on the scholarship roll. pupils received credit. Endings of words carelessly done and uneven sizes of letters were the
7B, March 27 • A talk on the main criticisms made by Miss scholarship roll was given, the \ Madsen. She also said that as class offi_cers being introduced I a whole the last group wrote the meetmg before. 1 very well.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE ! meeting other boys, "chewing WHITTIER
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the rag," and combing their
~ blish c d eve ry tw--;;- weeks during th e school hair. Now Mr Culler comes year by pupils of 'Whittier junior high school, 1 ·th th "d th t of at 22nd and Vine streets, Lincoln , Nebraska. a Ong Wl e 1 ea a some
Set up and printed by the pupils taking this loafing could be broken up Greenleaf printing.
Subscription price 20c each s e m est er, single by placing· mo:·e mirrors in each copies 5c.
FACULTY
COMMITTEE - • toilet. It i s certainly true that
Miss Selma Hult
Hom er L. Gammill
Miss Olive K e ll er
Mr. C. L . Cull e 1· Mi ss Marie Cress
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Girls' Sports
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--R obert Luebs
Mari e Rubin o
Grace Knap p
Marilynn Main
Naomi Young Wallac e Provost
George WPrner
Cleo Bartlett
Dorothy H eadl ey
Florabelle Moell e r
Shirley R ausch
Elsebert Spencer
Edwin Baill•y
Bob Baker
L cona1·d Badon
Donah.1 Brnns
Charles Campb,•11
Albert Colwell
Willard Craft
Edward Debus
Charles Finley
William H ahn
PRINTERS
H enry H erg-cnra<kr
Thomas Keelan
Edward L e mbke
Horace Long-
Louis McCh<.csn,•y
.Jam es Maxwell
Glen Mu1·phy
Emanud N eider hau s
'l' h omas Nickdson
Edgar No r man
K ei th R os<'
En1est Spahn
Phillip Van Kuei·en
Bob Williams
Bob Worley
Lately Mr. Strawn has been seen going around the halls carrying such weapons as wooden clubs and large hammers. If you watched him closely for a while you would see him enter a boy s ' toilet, allowing, howeve r, the door to remain closed on him only for a short time, after which it would again open, giving exit to some eight to ten boys. Following them would be
there are not enough mirrors and the placing of a few more in each toilet would speed up things. But now the question is, will they get out when they -have finished? * *
Now that the vocational work in the civics classes i s well under way, the sight of se:.·iow;,faced pupils, harra ss2 d civics teachers, and books <:mt of place on the libra ry shelves ha s be-come all t oo comn on . One of the most cho sen of vocations i "' journalism, and it appears t o b e chor:e n almost entirely by pupil s who consid21· the11:selve s very well s uited to it ar d believe it to be an unc row ded profe ss ion with plenty of opportunity. .Journalism is undoubtedly a ve1 y honorable profes s ion with a ce r tain amount of opportunities for young people, but are all the pupils who choose it --., uited to it?
the relentless "D. K." who would ••• * ••• either take the boys to the office For some time we have been or go on to the next toilet where considering the advisability of the performance would be re- rnnning a continued sto1·y in the peated. papei·. If this ~:e r e done a sto1·y
Expecting, of course, that all \T ould have to be picked which of you understand what tho se woul d be sure to interest and at little bit s of action meant, we Lhe sam e time lend itself to the will go on to say that while we serial for. A s it would probably don't unde1 stand Mi·. Strawn' s be irnpossible to secure a story carrying of such formidable Ifree of charge from an authoT \veapons, it is certain that with- I on the outside, it would be necesout him t~e toilets would be : sary to have some pupil or pupils crowded daily by boys who go , get together and wnte one that into them for the purpose of : we could use This has been
done in other schools and the resu ts have been very good. Th is would give some a s piring you ng journalism a chance to' sh ow his O" her ability and would h elp us a lot. The plot could be aVi1o st anything, even a murder my stery if not too gruesom e, and those interested may co me to our offke and look over so 111e of the stories of a few outs ide school papel'S.
NOTABLE NOTES
By the time this is pri nte d it will be old news but an yw ay, Clair Miller was hurt whil e pl aying basketball, which ca u~ed a hemorrhage on his eyeball. \\-1 € hope by the time you read this he will be 0. K.
Bonnie Amgwert of 30 ~ sa id Mr. Rice's talk reminded her of how the couples in Indi a got married. They are tied to a ''Sacred cow'' and until th e co'A says moo , the couple is not re• leased or married .
Our Civic League com mitt ee: are quite different from somf newly formed ones at Ir vin~ junior high. Some of thes e com mittees are Recreation, Gooc Will, Emergency, Courte sy an( Lunch Room.
While glancing throu g-h las week's Adv ocate it was no tice , that Dean Pohlenz, fo rmei Whittier student, has at las been pressed into doin g som of the heavy work over at th High School. According to th Advocate, he has done a ll th stamping of the Joy Ni ght tick ets with the principal's st amp by himself and is stil l goini strong
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
INTER ESTING FACTS FROM use, it weighs, st amp s, and post- Although their work in the THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD marks letters, and returns cor- band and orche str a here at rect change for any coin put in whiUier demands a good deal of
A ratt lesnake does not al ways th e slot. their time and keeps them qu ite sound it s rattle before striking
NOTABLE NOTES busy, certain pupils have gotten
The United States has about ___ together under the leadership of eight h undred miners working Mr Ross, Miss Madsen and j Louis Mc Chesney and formed a underg round during normal in- Miss Mumford will plant gar den s small nine piece ban d. The dustrial times. during spring vacation. l\fr. p]avers are- Jack Leo na rd Trom-
A B ·t · h t h f h Strawn will probably be forced b • J' 'M 11 B s's· Bi'll r1 is eac er o speec to work in his gardei1 fllrn, but o?e, Im axwe , a , predicts that the anti-noise drive he might work L a filling sta- Stmchcomb, Saxophone; Donald in the different cities will improve tion. Miss Mumford may go to Pickens, Tenor Sax; John Wilson, the s peech of their residents Council Bluffs. Drums; Paul Sehnert, and Joe becaus e the y won't have to shout Mr. Heston is going to plant Wise Trumpet· Robert Rausch to be he ard. hi s ga r tlep a:r:i-? P~1t up ~i r d and 'John Si~clair Clairnet; hon2es. Fis \-'ne will most hke- 1 . . ' .
When "X" rays were first ly make him wash the vvindows Jack Hutchms, p1~no, and of disco vered, people had such ridic- and put up screPns . Miss N ovton, course Maestro Louis Mc Chesney ulous ideas about their power too, is going to take c o,vn storm is the director. th at ''X ra y proof'' clothing was windows and put up screens. S½.e adver tis ed and laws were passed expects to h'1ve company from Myron Brewer of 110 is editor fowa. prohi biting the use of the ray in Porn.· Mis Evans will work in of a neighborhood paper called oper a glas ses. the office just as usual. 'liss "The Tea Street Local." This
Gl ass razor blades have re- Vilson pla -s to visit the dentist, paper is deliYered twice a month centl y be en invented in Europe. do some shopping, and see a for two cents or five cents every
Tlie first object to be made couple of good show-,. Miss Free- three months. of alum inum was a baby rattle burn and Mr. Gammil are going which was presented to the small to stay home to save money and Prince Impe rial of France in 1855. rest.
SONGS
Saf et y glass such as is •used in
Whom do these songs remind automo b ile windows.is being used Some of the ninth graders you of'? Perhapsin slidin g doors and partitions in may remember that in the first Pardon My Southern Accentnew moderni stic houses. , issue we said something about \ Mrs . Boschult
There are only five hundr ed the probabi lity of their ranks I Be Still My Heart-- Latin telepho nes in Ethiopia, not count- being diminished by graduation Students before a test. ing the g ov ernme nt instruments time. The prophecy was not I've Got Rythm--
Two to thr ee million bales of made after a careful scrutiny of Bonnie Parsons cotton will probably be used in the that class's scholarship records Am I Going to Harn Troub1e buildin g of roads in the future. but was based upon previous sad With You'?--Mr . Culler to
An improv ed glass block for experiences, and at the time it a mischievious student. buildin g pur poses will be able to was made it was hoped that it I Could Learn My A. B_. C's-withsta nd a pressure of twelve would not prove to be correct. All Algebra students. thou s an d, five hundred pounds However, from the number of j per. sq. in. civic league badges which weTe JUMBLED
Red has been made the color taken up because of low grades, of the German Post Office De- and the much smaller scholarpartm en t, a ll trucks, mailboxes, ship rolls in the home rooms, it etc . , bei ng painted this color. appears that our guess will
An automati c post office ma- prnve to be a good one. (Don't chine has been invented in get us wrong, we're not at all German y. Suit able for outdoor I pleased .)
Yes sir, no doubt of it. Buck was a tramp. He had many homes but none of these were as dear to him as the road. Buck was a Fox terrier height , eighteen inches, weight twenty-five pounds. He had seen many hardships and many ·good times, but right now he was an outlaw.
ily better. One day he was lying on the front porch when he saw a dog go down the road. He jumped up, howled with glee, and joyfully bounded down ·the road. Yes sir, no doubt about it, Buck was a tramp.
-Hal Moore
DO YOU THINK?
He had just killed a farmer's Do you think of Whittier as .. prize-winning chinchilla rabbit. just another school? There was a fifty dollar reward for Buck and .there were at least Just another place to have your fifty people lo o king for him. fun and learn the golden rule.
Th e sun was just going down as he comfortable curled himself up by the roadside and soon was fast asleep.
He felt a rope pulling tightly a round his neck, and many voices shoutin g with gle e for they were to collect fifty dollars. He was
Or, do you think: "There never was a better school, I'll try my best in Whitter to n ot go out a fool."
And during your days at Whittier do you think that you should say: roughly pulled, picked , dragged "I'd just as soon take a seven along until he had reached the as work hard for a one every da y !"
I wonder if you think of the fun y ou could have had, home of Mr. Stevens , th e farmer who was willing to pay fifty dollars for Buck. Buck had never been treated that way before , and th O ught something was If we had all worked together and said, ''School's not so queer. He was pulled into the bad!"
-Norma Neff back yard of Mr. Stevens who at first sight gave him a kick. The children who bYought Buck there, h a st i l y took their money and h ea de d for home. About that
WHAT A CRIMINAL
time a child came out of the He crouched silently behind the house looked at the dog and be- door. Dare he do it? It was the gan to pet him. Mr. Stevens told first time he had ever shot anyher to go into the house and slow- one in cold blood. The thought ly she obeyed him. Mar y pleaded sent a cold chill running down his with her father and finally he back. But he promised "Diamond consented to let her keep him. Dillion" he'd do it if in return,he Buck had been at Stevens for could join Dillion' s gang. He about two days when Mr. Stevens , watched his ill-fated victim intook him for a walk. Buck did Itently. Nothing must spoil his not trust him but Mr. Stevens I plans. He grimly aimed, at the was nicer to him now. Bit by bit I wealthy woman, and closed his he began to like the Stevens fam- eyes. She had not given him the
money he demanded, so he must do it now or never. In a flash it all happened! There was l:i screa m, and then a deadly silence.
The next day he was ca ug ht, and sternly questioned, "W hy did you shoot her?'' He mi ght as well confess. "Well," he b eg an, ''She wouldn't give me the d ime she promised me yesterday. " Besides," added eighty ear ol d Bob, ''I wanted to see if my old sl ingshot still works!"
-Contri bu ted
MY VACATION ON BIG STONE
LAKE
Last July my parent s , siste r": an d I want up into South D a k ota and rented a cottage and m oto 1 bo a t on Big Stone Lake. W e we ni fi sh ing almost eve r y day. Eve r} time we fished we caugh t fr orr t en to fifteen fish, blue gill s, s un fish, cropies, bullhe a ds, cat fish and some pike. My father ca ughi a fifte en pound northern pike
We al s o went swimmin g a bou i t wo or three time s a da y. Th( wate r w a s always so n ic e arn warm . On days when it wa: r eal windy my siste1· and I woul( have a lot of fun ridi ng th1 waves. Some days the wave would have huge white caps 01 them.
Big Stone Lake is th il'ty -si: mile s long and three mil e s widE W e s t a yed there two we ek s . 0 ou r v,, ay back we s to p pe d i P ipest one, Minn e sota, an d wen through an Indian stor e. Ther we r e man y b e autiful, d iff er en ar ticles displayed. The man , a Indian, who waited ori us, wa v e:i'Y int er esting to li st en t< He told us many int eres t in things. We brought ba ck wit
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BRIEF HISTORY OF SCHOOL SONG
This song was written in the fall of 1925 by Mrs. Hazel Beckwith Nohavec who was then supervisor of music in the elementary schools. The last phrase , last line, of the song was originally, "You Can Depend on Us," but was changed - to read as it does because it was found that ending the song in "s" did not sound well.
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April 3, 1936
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
WHO'S WHO AND WHY MY VACATION ON BIG I STONE LAKE
HOBBY SHOW
· (Continued from pa ge 4) \ The annual hobby show was We ran across th i s tangle in held- from 1\farch 30 to April 3 another magazine and while it
us a black, red and white Navajo\in room 122. This r oo m had is not our idea of what should rug, a peace pipe which was a never been used for such a pur- go into a school paper, we copy made from the original pose, but was an excellent place thought that most of you ,•ould ones which wern used by th In- to hold wch an event. . get a kick out fo reading it, so dian tribe who Jived there many Many mt~restmg and umque here it is: years ago . Two little hatchets hobb)es weie en display. All Once upon a time there was made out of pipestone with an ~nghsh classes saw this exhibi- a certain gentleman-but let Indian man's head ca:·ved on the bon._ him tell his own st01-y: front of them and two Indian _llhss Dee, Mrs. Boschult '.'nd "I manied a widow who hv d rings. for my sister and rr,e. l\'hs_s Ralston spen~ mu ch tm~e a gro vn daughter. My father De went through four differ-, t_ak1~g o-ca~e of eni. y blanks, .• - visited our house often and fell ent states on om vam2.tion- iangmo ,_oom 12~ >;nd hobb'.es. in love with my step-daughter
N o··th Bakot 51 So .~ 1 D , t Several g1rls helped m p:i.·epa·wg and married her. So my father (., lu., 1 ai<:O a, tl,e 1•001 b • l l Minnesota ::,re Iow a . I en joyed -,. 11 • . ecame my ~on-m- aw anc my this trip very much and would Thc.e. weie ent_1 y bbnks step-daughtei my mother, belil e to go baCk the:·e again s ome handed m, an~ pupils r~ceiv~d cause she was my father's wife. time. erciency credit for thell' di s- "Sometime afterw a r d s my
-Polly Louise Cm·y. Paye:. _______ \wife had a son; he is my fa ther 's
NOON PROGRAM NOTICE brother-in -law and also my
NOTABLE NOTES ___ uncle, f01· he is the broth e • of
On Friday, March 13, all the fire extinguishers of the soda water type in the building were refilled. There are about nineteen of this type in the building and the total
amount of ingredients required are, forty-seven gallons of water, nineteen lbs. of bicarbonate of soda, and appr ximately five lbs. of sulphuric acid. Besides these there are also about nineteen of the pump type placed around in the building.
Vvith the ga ·ne s ::-, chedu1ed fo r my step-mother. My fa ther ' ?ut-of-doors qui~e regularly now, wife, namely my step-m oth er, it . has been dsc1ded to do away had a son he is of com sc. my
with noon hour p_·ograms, ex- '
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cept in a prolonged case of bad\ bl'other, an~ m the 1:1eant1m e, weather. It i s, of course, al- my grandchild, for he 1s th e s on wrys pos ible to dra-w an audi- of my daughte1·
ln looking over a 1924 issue of the Greenleaf I found that Mrs. Boschult, who was then Miss Kidder was teaching Frooch. Miss Ro usseau , the assistant principal taught civics and Miss Hult taug ht mathematics and geography. The faculty consisted of forty-three teachers.
Bernice Pention : "Luci 11 e Whited has no manners. Why while I was talking to her this morning, she yawned eleven times."
Helen Wilborn: "Perhaps she wasn't yawing. She might have
WOULDN'T IT BE FUN NY IF
ence of _100 and _sometimes, _if the "My wife is my grandm0thcr entertai~ment 1~ ~xtraordmary, because she is my mo th er's 200 pupils, but 1t 1s bound to do +h • I ·~ , h c: one more good to ·get out of mo v e1. am ~y WI.le s u...,doors than to sit in a comnara- band and grand ch 11d at the sa me tively dark audito rium How- time, and as the husban d of a ever. it is probable that -the p-ro- person's grandmother i s his grams a nd p ·ogram committee grandfather, I am my ow n will be continued next fall , with grandfather." the beginninO' of cold weather .
Keith Rose were Keith Pa nsy?
Paul Rush were Paul Poke?
Max ine Earley were Max ine Late?
Harold Eaton were Har old Starvi'n?
Ruth Gass were Ruth Oil? I
The ninth g r ade home ec. Y ------- I Betty Hi gh were Betty Lo w? class have been making cupcakes Mr. Culler: "Do you know I Will iam South were William wanted to say something."
which turned out so good that \where shingles were first used?" '\ North? they were sold in th e cafeteria Lester Pease: "Er, ah, I'd Lillian Horn were Lillian for two for five cents. rather not tell." 1 Drum?
3, 1936
THE WHITT I ER GREENLEAF
MUSICA L ASSEMBLY P RESENTED MARCH 18
A v ery entertaining program which escaped mention in the third is sue because of last minute notice, was presented in the auditorium at assembly on March 18. It con s i s t ed of several violinpiano numbers, played by Mr. Ernest Harrison and Mr. Emmanu el Wishnow of the University Music School faculty. Mr. Wishno w is a violinist of considerable ab ility, having been named Concert Maestro (first violinist) of the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, whil e Mr. Harrison is well known i n several states for his pianistic abilities.
S IGNS OF SPRING
More columns of smoke from piles of burning leaves.
Mor e k ites in trees.
More people looking at seed catalogs.
More plows going through the streets on wagons.
More p a tches of green on the lawns.
More b irds singing in the trees.
More baseball games.
Less p upils taking their lunch. to school.
Less he avy coats and jackets.
9 A ART E XHIBIT
COINS N OTABLE NOTES
Do you have a dime dated on or before 1894? If you do, send it to Mr. Mehl in Texas and he will give you $125.
. According to Charles Bartlett The other morning in orchestra of 108, it pays to watch the dates Mrs. White asked Richard on coins. He has written up infor- Holcomb what to do if he ran out ~i~1!.i on concerning different of bow Richard , his mouth full of licorich,could only answer"M-m" Mrs. White sa id "Richard stand up and let me see your tongue." Richard did so. ''Dear me'' said Mrs . White, ''you need to see a doctor because your tongue is turning black.'' Richard sat down in embarrasment as many giggles came from the orchestra. If you have a 1913 Liberty head nickel (not buffalo) do not spend it, take it to the First National Bank and get $50.
If there is a quarter in your pocket •dated between 1916 and 1924 and the date is piain, send it to some coin collecter and he will give you a good price.
Indian head pennies are good too! Save them and sell them to coin colleters. They will buy them . 1919 pennies are worth money, if you have some with mint mark "D" send it to the coin collecters in Denver, they will buy them.
8B CIVIC LEAGUE TRIP
THEY. M. C. A . CIRCUS will be held on April 24 and 25, at eight o'clock p. m Tickets are twenty-five cents and the boy selling the largest number will be given a fourteen dollar basketball.
The Greenleaf staff has company e very second period out by the bicycle racks. A11 the dogs large and small, gather around. One dog comes faithfully every morning to sleep. Dogs also like
On Thmsday, March 26, the to come to fire drills. One or two 8B's held their Civic League tried to explore the corridors un- frip.
John C. til a teacher ordered them out. Whitten, Assistant Trust Officer from the First •Trust Co., who was the speaker, And speaking of dogs , have MaTch 13 and 18, 9A pupils spoke on Inve tment s. you noticed the number of pups went to t h e art exhibits at Mor- The trips were about banking, who find their way into or around rell Hall. Miss Kizer, the art investments, t hrift and insur- the huilding? Not so long ago, a , super visor, was in charge. "En- ance. large brown specimen g·ot as far gineerin g," "Death on the Ridge Some of the trips were to the as Mr. Culler's office and only Road," "The Parade," "Kansa s National B., nk of Commer ce, Cornfi eld,". and "Wheat and the Clearing House, First Trust Co., about a week ago, a minute crea- Farme r," we re some of the pie- Fraternal Insurance, Real Estate ture, white in co lo r, ra n about the tures be s t liked by the pupils. Investments, Security Mutual first floor for about ten minutes "EngineeTing," which had t e Life Insurance Co., Conservation before being put out. Besides t h is, main figu re in the center and of Health and Conservation of all the ground floor rooms are was balan ced, was the only pie- Forest Products. The teachers ''menaced" by prowling dogs and ture of it s kind there. There on the trips from Whittier we1·e Were egg tempera, water color, Miss Keller, Mrs. S\ 1isher, Mi Ns cats to the p oi nt where it isn't and oil p a i ntings. G ·een, and Mrs. Worral. safe to open a window
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
GIRLS SPORTS JOKES
What's the matter with the Marjorie Dowling: What's a girls of 107 ,-bad sports? No hill?
BOYS SPORTS
coopert a tion? Or what? The Edwin Green: A flat piece The ch a irm a n of the playground of ground with its back turned committee and her committee- up. men announce again and again the bad spo r tsman s hip of thi s lst Freshie: "I wonder how home r oo m ! Come on girls , get into the games ; it will do you old Miss Cross is." good!
2nd Freshie: "Quite old; I imag-
The girls a r e now in the first ine; they say she taught Caesar." tournament w ith those who play fo r ch am pion s hip as follows :
7th g rade-216 vs. 316.
8t h g ra d e-'-212 vs . 107.
9th grade-208 w on.
No d ou bt by the time the paper com es out th e first tou rname nt will be fi n i s hed. The cham p io n s wi1l be - -? P er h aps y ou had b etter int erview Mi ss Ost ho ff or Mrs . Chi ld r es s.
Doris John s of 30 4, Betty Hudkin s 320, a nd May Spade of 21 2 a r e v e r y good p i t ch e rs a nd we wi s h to co m pl im e nt t he m on th eir ac cu ra cy .
We were hanging out of the Greenleaf window the other day and we counted 227 bicycles. That might not be the exact number but we are sure it's quite a bit more than the few bicycles that were there during the cold spell.
Many law students were discouraged when the new law in 1934 required · more hours and weeks of study. Only four law office students have registered so far this year. 9A's who a re choos• ing your vocations, here is a chance if you don't mind work .
A collecti on of many different types of bullets. were on display in the hobby show. An effeciency was granted to Edgar Smith of 210 for this unique collection.
There was a young man from the city,
Who met what he thought was a kitty; He gave it a pat, And said, ''Nice little cat!"
And they buried his clothes out of pity.
A professor, while roaming through the fields, found himself confronted by a bull. Desiring to pass and also not to offend the beast, the professor said, ''My friend, you are my superior in strength, but I am your superior in mind, and so being equally gifted le t us arbitrate the matter."
"Oh, no, "replied the oull, "let's toss up for it.'' • •
The professor lost.
MOVIE MEMORANDUM
Who do these recent movies remind you of-perhaps ! Wer e only humanWhittier faculty
Chatterbox-- Delbert Cates
Ah W il d erness-The "freshies"
The Music Goes Round-'The Whole Sc h ool
Lady of secrets- Miss Cross
The present tournamen t in ba s eball i s double elimin ati on, in which a team may be be at en twice b efore dr opping out. H ere a r e the vvin n ers a nd lo s er s of recent ba s eball games, winne rs appearing last : 303-212 305-3 09
9
03
07
03
Di a mond I is b eing fi x e d up much for the good of the t ea ms tha t pla y the r e. The hol e s a nd une v en p lac e s have been fi ll ed in with dirt , a nd p eg s hav e heen put into the groun d to ma r1, t he b as es . A ne w pitc h ing b o': h a~ al s o been mad e . F ou r tru ck lo a d8 of dir t have be en u se d t o fix u:r; th e pla y grou n d The wo r k i~ b eing d on e by PW A wor ke r s . Pa ddle tenni s cou r ts ha v e b eer lai d out on th e e as t play g r0 trnd If ag ain the weath er does no1 pe r mit game s to be play e d ou~ '. si d e, the 9th g ra de tea ms w1l play volley ball inste a d oj bas ke t b a ll. 7th and 8th g ra deE w ill conti n ue with bask etb a ll.
ANSWERS TO JUMBLED WHITTIE RI TEf
Neil Hansen
Mary Coplen
Annette Smith
Thomas Rice
Harry Eichler
Lois Mc Chesney
Teacher: Why is it tha t ligh1 ning never strikes twic e in th same place?
Jimmie: Because after it hit once, the same place isn ' t ther any more.
(From the Latin students Jack Leonard: When do leave on the Greenleaf Staff.) begin to turn?
Mickey Mouse- Jim Maxwell: The ni gh t bi • Mickey Bierbower fore an examination.
The Whittier Greenleaf
VOL. 13 NO. 12
9A Pupil s Witness
Pinney, Mrs. Childress, Mr. W. Arbor Day Assembly
Cl h . D . F. McMullen, Mr. Heston, Miss p d A •J . ot mg emonstratlon Osthoff, Miss Cross, Mrs. Wor- resente pn 22 rall, and Mrs Shike.
The ~A clothi1:)g demonstration There were one hundred -and was g1 ven April 24, for the 9A clas~. Betty Umberger gave an I fifty-four girls from Whittier introduc tion. La Verne Schroll and one hundred forty-nine - explained what clothes are suit- boys. able for· the occasioi:i. Grace The .conference will be held Knapp talked on grooming. J ur:e A r'l 28th McMeen spoke on posture. Bonme P1 • Parsons , Eloise Carlson, Martha ------Armintr oute, Vera Zieman, CERTIFICATES PRESENTED Berniece Nelson, Ruth Gass, IN ATHLETIC ASSEMBLY
Betty Gaughan, Bettie High, Lorraine Thompson, Helen Holmes , Lucille Da~ghtery, Betty Hudkins , Pauline Alt, Rae Hope Quimb y, Jean Vanderburg, Geraldine Barr; Earline Troxel and Alice and Aileen Merting showed dresses.
The follow ing boys showed clothing: Robert Metrakos, John Wi 1son , Desmond Corcoran, Robert Love, Norris Hammond, Francis Cox, Romulo Soldervilla, Don Hill, Thomas Rice, and Gail Porter.
An assembly was held April 15, for the purpose of presenting certificates to the winning teams.
At assembly on Wednesday, April 22, Mr. Clayton Watkins gave an interesting talk on the shelterbelt project. The shelterbelt was planned to serve as a wind break to keep the soil from blowing away as it has done in the past few years. This government project will furnish employment to thousands of people including common laborers, foremen, office workers, and directors, one of which is Mr. Watkins .
First on the program was a Mrs. Swisher's chorus class
marching drill by the girls 9th sang two numbers, "April Girl" grade gym classes. Although a and "Oh Month of May." The few mistakes were made, pupils chorus class also sang the same were reminded that many of the numbers at the 9B civic league girls chosen originally, were out trip assembly. because of illness. Harry Eichler, boys playground chairman, presented certificates to winning
98 CIVIC LEAGUE TRIP basketball teams, 203 and 305. On April 23, the 9B's took Following, a tap dance was given their Civic league trips. Mr. 0 J. by Patsy Payne. Certificates for Ferguson, Dean, Co11ege of En- SA CIVI C LEAGUE TRIPS 212 and 208 were given at this gineering University of Nebraska time by Ailene Merting, girls spoke to the pupils.
_On Ap ril 16th, all the_ 8A'~ ~f playground chairman.
Some of the trips which were Lmcoln went on their civic The explaining of sports, tum- favored by the boys are, Iowa l~ague trip. bling, and dance clubs was done Nebraska Light and Power Com-
Mr. J.M. Reinhardt, Associate by Betty Umberger. who also pany, Lincoln Airplane and Fly- Professor of Sociology at the announced each part of the pro- ing Schools, and the University University of Nebraska, was the gram. The dance club gave two engineering departments. speaker at the Stuart theatre. dances, "Newsboy Clog," and Cadwallader Fur Company and The trips had to do mainly '' Billy Magee,'' after which Betty Eiche Floral Company seemed with city planning, health and Me yer gave a dance solo. Fine to lie "tops" with most of the government. accompaniment was provided by girls.
The teachers from Whittier Miss Rounds gym pianist, who j The Civic league conference were Mr. W. A. McMullen, Mrs. was introduced by Mr. Culler. 1 will be held May 5.
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MILL LEVY
For the second time within six months, the people of Lincoln have expressed themselves as not in favor of the increased mill lev y This makes it appear that either the people of Lincoln are in generally very poor financial condition, or that they are-content
LET THE BICYCLISTS BEWARE
Ever since the bicycle came into general usage, Mr. Culler, all the othe r school principals, the police department, the down town pedestri a n, motorist, and even the cit y council, have had : to worry with careless bicyclists., Every place the average person goes today , they are found, endangering the lives of themse lves and pedestrian s , as well as being a constant source of worry to the drivers of automobiles. In fact, it appears that about 85 to 90 per cent of all bicyclists either do not care how they ride and what happens, or have very warped conceptions of what their rights are when riding in the s treets and on sidewalks. Many of the boy s here in Whittier who a re highly regarded by their te achers fo r their a bil ity and common s ense, are a real menace to safety w hen riding a bike. The editor usuall y comes to school by way of Vine street, down which, large groups of boys on bikes ride daily, to and from school, and he . witnesses almost daily the attempts of motorists to pass large squadrons of bicycle riders who spread out over at least half of the street and positively reto allow the teachers to remain fuse to budge one inch when among the po orest paid of all , honked at. So exasperated do public servants. The vote was · ~ome motorists become that it much closer this time howe\'er 1s feared _that some day, s_omed . . ' one, possibly under the mflua_n 1t 1s. poss1?le that the ne~t ence of alcohol, will plow right t11:1e the issue is brought up, 1t through a group of boys. This will be approved. is not as far fetched as it may
Among the effects that this seem, since more and more small increase in the mill levy yo~mg, incompetent and drunken might have brought about are drive rs are on the streets today . than ever before, and even a the 1?creasmg of teachers sala~1es good driver can not always stop ~nd improvement of school bmld- when, going at a comparatively rngs and grounds. More supplies high speed, the bicyclists ahead would be made available and if refuse to pull over at the s ound followed later by another slight of his horn. One boy said foolincrease in the levy, some of the ishly one day: "Just let him run schools former activities such as me down and see what happens operettas might be restored. to him." He evidently either
"LAST MINUTE RU SH "
didn ' t care what happ ened to him, or forgot that nothi ng that could b e done to the driv er would bring life into a dead bo dy.
SPRING PROGRA M
In an effo r t to "pack the house" for the annual spring program, s omething whi ch has not been done since the day s of operettas, Mr. Culler is using every possible form of adve rtising. It appears that thi s year's spring program is reall y going to be some program! The dance club and other dance rs from Mrs. Ross' physical ed uc ation classes are preparing s ev eral snappy numbers. The Glee Club is again sweating over a ca ntata of about 45 pages. Mr s. Shike's Drama Class is preparin g a pan· tomime accompaniment t o the cantana, as well as two plays of medium length. After wa tc hing
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GREENLEAF
TWO FAM OUS MEN J IN PIONEER DAYS
In in dustrial geography every- I one i s taught the names of two My grandparents came to this men, ~Ii Whitney and . Ri_chard / country in pioneer days from ~rk wright, who, by _then· mv~n- Germany. They settled in the t10n of the cotton gm and spm- st t f c 1 d Th · ning jenny, revolutionized the a e O ora o. ey :"ere al- cotton industry. One imp ortant most d estit ute, not havmg any thing about Eli Whitney which money. They bought two oxen is ne ver mentioned, is his con- and paid for them with linen s nec t i on with the fi r e arm manu- and bedding that my grand- factu ring industry. Whitney was mother had b ht f not appreciated for his inven- roug over rom tion while living and while still the old country. Then they too_k young , he turned to the manu- up a homest ead near_ Sterli~g, factu re of fire arms. He was Colorado, and plowed ~t up with
N OT A BLE NOTES
A t th e h ob by show many fine drawing s and paintings were shown. An oil painting was made by K e nt Ba ker. Other paintings we r e by Jean Smith and Eloise Frick e
The 9A civic cl a sses v isite d the voting polls here at Wh ittier. It helped clear up many things that the pupils did not know about in voting.
f l • th· k d the two oxen. Very httle crops ver y success u m - is wor an Merrill Wiltshire of 203 hurt ti 11 b ·1t 1 f t . f could they raise for they could na y . m a arge ac ory or . hi·mse l-f i·nt h" h h · not plow up much s od at a time ..1., o w 1c e mcorpo1·t d th 1 f d . . f with only two oxen. They a e e p an o 1v1s10n o lab E t d t b traveled thirty miles to the h . or f . t very gun urne 1 oufl Y nearest railroad town an d sold 1s a c ory was as near y aw- . l S "bl d h b their products. In tho se days, e s a s po ss 1 e an e ecame fam f th 11 butter brought only six cents a ou s or em as we a s . It h H pound and oth er thmgs were wea y. is armo1·y was so . well d esigned that all gov- very cheap; the y did n?t make emme nt armories have been very much money while they moled ed after it. were on this home s tead, but they made their living when the
The ot her man received som e recogni tion while living but hi s jenn y h as since been antiqu ated by mod ern machinery.
A QUEER OLD MAN
In the cabin lived a queer, little old man His head was almost bald wit h little - tufts of hair around the edges. His eyes were sunken d eep in their sockets, and they wer e worn with age, worry and sadne ss. There were wrinkles in his for ehead, and on one cheek was a d eep scar which was the result of h is four years in the war. His un s t eady feet tottered as he slowly made his way into his tumble d own cabin. He lived all alone w ith only his poor , old dog, Jeff Winifred De Lancey
dry years came on. They could not raise anything so they s old all their cattle and two oxen and bought two horses and traveled by covere d wagon to Nebraska, sixteen miles north of Lincoln , where they settled and it i s still theh- home.
-Lillian Bauer.
NOTABLE NOTE
On April fool's day in orchestra the pupils thought they would have some fun. They had it all figured out that when Mrs. White raised her baton no one would play but all would shout April fool. The joke was on them. Mrs. White was not in a humorous mood and when she raised her baton almost every instrument went up.
his arm severely while riding his bicycle on Monday night, April 13 about 8:30 o'clock. It was necessary for him to be taken to the hospital but by the time you read this he will probably be back in school.
Thelma Ostrander of 1 0 8 , receiv'ed an effeciency credit for a very interesting collection of old books, dated as far back as 1859.
A few weeks ago the second period Greenleaf got quite a scare. One of the girls opened a window since it was very hot. A bumble bee flew in, and angrily buzzed around their heads. The girls huddled over by the door till Mr . Strawn came in and assur ed them that the bee would go out. While the girls were talking the bee disappeared and was seen no more.
The other night in the J ourna[ under the "te n years ago" column Thomas Rice was mentioned as having been t a ken from India to Philadelphia to have a bead removed from his bronchial tube. Some experience for a five-year old.
"Dear
FACTS ABOUT WHITTIER
New Whittier was first opened for use in the fall of 1923 having been built at the cost of eight hundred and eighty thousand dollars: It originally had no playground on the east side as what is now the big playground was then covered with houses and trees.
There are thirty-six home rooms. all occupied, and thirtynine full time teachers. One principal, one assistant pricipal, and one regular office secretary bring the size of the main faculty to
forty-two. Only a few of the orig- He has a large nose inal teachers are here today and And a dignified pose, most of those ,~·ho are, are teach- But he knows how to run th e ing different courses. Greenleaf.
NOTABLE NOTES
The following limerick, both complimentary and insulting in content, was given to one of the reporters by John Lackey, who asked that it be put into the paper. The editor has tried to keep it out but here it is.
Bob Luebs is the editor-in-chief He lo0ks something like Walter O'Keef;
Helen Bennett exhibit ed ver interesting scrap books o f wil flowers, which are mad e with special kind of paper an d sorr. leaves, at the hobby sho w. Sr had a book of smoked le ave: made by · smoking a ca rd boa1 with a candle and press in g th leaf against the cardbor d, the lay it on a clean sheet th us lea · ing a clear print. Try i t som time.
old School---Jolly old School"
April 24, 1936
INTERE STING FACT'S FROM THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD
In on e year, about one million people in the United States break at least one bone. The number is increasing slowly.
The ancient Egyptians believed that Egypt was the center of our univer se and that the sun was hatched each morning from an egg laid by a celestial goose.
Berlin motorists, with bad reco r d s as drivers, get yellow ~rosse s placed on the windshield s of their cars.
The re are about five million blind people alive today. Their numbe rs are also increasing , slowly.
At the Santa Barbara natural history museum, one of the oldest form s of dentistry was demonst rated at a recent exposition. A complete pair of false teeth was made from the jaw bone of a whale.
JUST IMAGINE
Jack Leonard without J.ames Maxwell.
Mark Allen not chewing gum or candy
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF 5
NOTABLE NOTE GUESS WHO?
When everyone returned to school on the Monday following vacation, we found eight pupils withdrawn. Among them were Robert and Wayne Pressnall, who moved to Portland Oregon, Dallas Tatum transferred to Everett and Frances Edwards transferred to Jackson. We hop~ that they will enjoy themselves at their new schools and that they will not forget Whittier .
SPRING PROGRAM
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Mrs. Osthoff's Drama II Class practice their parts in the play, "The Clock Struck One," we are willing to make a wager with anyone that everyone will enjoy it immensely. And -speaking of plays, the drama classes and glee clubs will perform for the first time on the evening of May 15th in front of new dusky taupe background curtains. The money taken in from ticket receipts will go to pay for these, and it is hoped with this and the money already _ on hand, Whittier can wipe out most of the debt.
P. T. A. MEETING
Sex: Male
H. R.: 203
Unusual Ability: Basketball Playing
Ambition: To make the first team at Jackson
Sex: Female
H. R.: 108
Unusual Ability: Painting and Drawing
Ambition: To become a noted cellist
Sex: Male
H. R.: 320
Unusual Ability: Correcting the teachers
Ambition: To become a politician
Sex: Female H. R.: 203
Unusual Ability: Flute playing
Ambition: To become a school teacher
DIAGNOSED
I feel a weakness in my back, My head is hardly normal; My knees are lackadaisical, My attitude not formal.
I'll call a good psychiatrist, My nerves need a retriever; I glance up at my calendarAnd I know I have spring • fever.
-Contributed
The Whittier P. T. A. met in Mr. Strawn is now satisfied Kathari ne Kiesselbach getting the auditorium on April 14, at that some model airplanes will a "7" in Latin. 2:00 P. M. After the business really fly. He was seen one afterMrs. Ros s without her sun meeting, Dr. N. A. Bengston gave noon in the hobby room, flying a visor. an interesting illustrated talk on large, carefully built airplane. It
J M South : America. Mrs. Swisher's had been made by Chic Wheeler. oe cDermott pronouncmg . M St d th l h" L . eighth grade chorus class fur- r. rawn woun e p ane up 18 atm words correctly. I nished the music. and set it down where it proceeded Mr. W. F. McM~llen not giving I The same chorus class, under to travel along the floor, finally a long algeb ra assignment. I the direction of Mrs. Swisher, turning into the wall. Chic him- Miss Clark and Mr. Heston sang at the 8A civic league trip self, never flies the plane for fear playing "cat 'n rat." assembly at the Stuart theater. I of breaking it.
BOYS' SPORTS
. GIRLS' SP ORTS
Congratulations 107 ! The game played between 107 and 212 p r oved to everyone that 107 had enough girls to play a fairiy good baseball game.
The paddle tennis courts are being used by couples who wish to play against each other at noons. Some of the players have been Devee Dietrich, Ettabell Sheldon, and Olive Stattler. There a r e several others also. The boys are also allowed to "play this game. • .
Home room 112 will be award- 208 certainly walked away ed a sch ool .champion s hip certi- with the certificates in the ficate for a game played while earlier tournaments. Miss Osththey were 8B's. The game was off is surely lucky to have such started. between 112 and '216, a crack team of gi r ls. 216 bemg a 9A home. r~om. The home rooms that received About one and one-half rnmngs certificates were 101, 212, 208. had been played, when the Let's hop e many othe r home weather ~topped outdoor games. I rooms will be able to walk across At the time the game s topped the stage to receive a certificate 112 was ahead. 'f'he 9~'s have next time. graduated a nd srnce 1t seems The ninth grade dance club is that_ 112 wo~1ld have won, the practicing some very pretty certificate will be awarded to dances for the spring program, them. and if you wish to see them, you
The tot~l number of boys tak- will have to come to the promg gym 1s 218 . There are five gram. periods, the largest having 55 Miss Rounds should receive boys. the thanks of every pupil in
He re are some results ob- Whittier for the fine way in tained from the ninth grade vol- which she helps the gym class es ley ball games, winners appear- with their dances by playing the ing last: 309-106; 320-300; piano. 307-106; 300-304.
An outstanding pitcher i s Howard Debus of 112, who has won many g ames with his pitching. Although Howard is very good~ according to Babe Hergenrader, 203 has the school's best baseball team.
On diamonds 5, 6 and 7 there has been some difficulty in playing. Boys that are not in the game run on the playground or
The pupils of Whittier should certainly thank Faye Pickel, Albert Leupold, and Ruby Thomas for their work and time spent on the hobby show exhibit. These pupils helped to arrange and place the displays on the tables.
stand nearby and play catch. The news flashes about the This interferes with the players quarters, dating back from 1916 and makes it diffic~lt to play the to 1924 being hunte d by coin colgame. Boys-lets find some- lectors - has caused quite a bit of where else to play than by the s e . ' . diamonds. It will be a great help Iexcitement, m fact one boy of 309 to the players and much safer has collected about four or five, for you. and is trying t1 see their value
''Nothing that is false does any one any good,'' thund er ed the orator.
''I've got false teeth,, ; said a voice in the back, ''And the y do me a mighty lot of good. ' '
Sam: How can you ma ke a pumpkin shout?
Tom: Cut the middle o~!t and,. make it holler.
Scoutmaster: Well, wh at wou l<l you do to disperse a mo b '?
Scout: ( passing Fire rna nsh ip Merit Badge, and aft er lon g thought): Pass around the hat, sir. They always leave w he n t ha t · happens.
Is water on the knee dan g- er ous ? No, not unless you hav e a hole in your hose.
I haven't slept for day s. What's the matter, sic: k ? No, I sleep at night.
Alice Merting: ''How di d you get your head cut that w ay? Railroad accident?"
Betty Umberger: ' 'N o t he crowd threw tomatoes at m e."
Alice: "But, surely to matoes wouldn't crack your hea d? "
Betty: "No but they for got to take them out of the ca n ''
T he Whittier Greenleaf
Plans Laid for An nual Field Day
The a nnual Whittier · field day will be he ld sometime between the 1 first an d the fifteenth of May. Although the last field day program wa s shortened, the coming field day time, will be cut even more. Th e program will last only during the noon hour.
Boys will have a fifty yard dash, a fifty y ard relay, and baseball throw. Th e girls will have several competa ti ve games and relays. There will be more events if time permits.
WHITTIER'S ANNUAL Library to have SPRING PROGRAM Many New Bo oks
Friday evening, May 15 at 8:00 P. M.
Admission 15c
Bring your chum and come!
9B CLASS MEETING
The 9B class meeting was held Thursday, May 7, for the introduction of the candidates for the clas s offices of the next semestel'. Besides the introduction of
MOUSE TO RUN UP CLOCI{ the candidates and the usual sec-
IN SPR ING PROGRAM
Although the present 9A's v.- ill not get much of an oppor- tunity to read and enjoy them, Miss Bethune is ordering about one hundred and fifty new books, most ly fiction, which will be on the shelves ready for use either shortly before the end of the semester or immediately af-
\ te r school begins in the fall. F o1· a long tim e, most of the new books ordered have been on subjects studied at school, such as history, science, art, etc., and a s a con s equence our fiction section is not as complete as it might be. According to Miss Bethune, a large percentage of the books will be of the "western" and "mystery" type which are very popular. "Penrod, his complet e st ory", and the much liked story by Howard Pease, "Wind in the Rigging" will all be on ou r s helves, provided that the li st i s approved.
retary a nd treasurer's report, Bessie Grunger announced the For th e spring program com- class colo r s and Marjorie Schuing next week , there will really man gave a talk on efficiency credits. be a clo ck, and a mouse will really run up it at the stroke of CIVIC LEAGUE NOMINATING one. This is just one of the un- COMMITTEES CHOSEN 9A CIVIC LEAGUE TRIP usual par t s of the whole program. The wood work cla sses The civic league nominating have co nstructed a good deal of committees ~re chosen by the the scenery including the clock, sponsors and presidents of the 8A, 9B and 9A classes.
The girls nominating commit- in s urance salesman, but Gail tee are Virginia Jensen 305, Porter was the only one from Marilynn Main 318, Cassie Tapley Whittier. Do ris Thompson w a s 307, Ruth Wishnow 300, and Polly the only pupil going to be a Cary 205. home maker. The one meat
The boys nominating commit- packer was Burman Olson. The tee are Donald Hilgert 106, Robert teachers left these pupils at the Metrakos 102, Ernest Spahn 208, Stuart building where they went Hal Bosserman 1~4, and Jack \ alone to interview their speak- Guthrie 303 1 ers.
When the 9A's went on their civic league trips, Neil Hansen was the only pupil in Lincoln who chose traveling salesman as hi s vocation. Two pupil s cho se and the art classes are giving valua,ble assistance in the construction of the creative trees and flow ers. Mr. Culler spent days t r yi ng to find two trees suitable fo r use and the sewing classe s h ave been working hard to. mak e the costumes. Don't miss thi s program, it's too good.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
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Miss Selma Hult
Homer L. Gammill
Mr. C. L. Culler
HOW FAST CAN YOU ADD?
Miss Olive Keller
Miss Marie Gress
GREENLEAF STAFF
Editor-in-Chief ----- Robert Lueb s 9-A Edito
Gii-ls ' Sports
Typist
Mari e Rubino
Grace Knapp
Ma r ilynn Main
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PRINTERS
Shirley Rausch
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Speed with accuracy is the goal of Mr. W. F. McMullen's second and fourth period junior business classes. They are having both individual and class competition in seeing how fast they can add ; a colum of 21 figures. The average : is 20 seconds. So far the highest ! averages in the second period class are held by Myron Brewer ""' and Frances Dietz, while Milton B o c k o v e n and Mary •Ellen Honchin are ahead in the fourth period. Margaret Perkins added one column in 11 seconds which is the best record for a single column.
Finl
y William Hahn
EDITORIALS
The piano carnival, sponsored by the Nebraska Music Teachers Association is making fine headway, according to Floyd Robbins, chairman of the piano division. All groups, with the exception of the junior high and young men's filled up instantly and the boys and girls are doing fine. This carnival, to take place Sat urday evening, May 9, is an attempt to create some added interest in the piano and to provi de some unusua ,l entertainment for music lovers. Each g r oup will play at least one composition, most of them two, and the arrangements are for two pianos. Several pupils from Whittier are taking part and eve r y one who can should try to attend this program. It is not too late to buy tickets and the music should prove enjoyable to all.
For the past month there has been a good deal of work being done on the south playground, for most of which the reason is unknown. As everyone should
know by this time, every time we h a ve a rain, even a light one, the playground becomes flooded and rem a ins in that condition for several days. Needless to s ay, this is particularly agg.rnvating to the home rooms that happen to be playing fo r a championship in baseball, and we know th a t it is to Mr. Strawn and the playground committee chairmen. Therefore, when some money was made available to the school for improvements, it was decided to have the south playg r ound surveyed and smoothed out in such a manner as to enable any water to drain from it quickly. This was, as you all know, done, and everything was fine until last week Tuesday, when a small cloudburst converted all surrounding territory into miniature oceans At this time it was found that there were at least two low places in the playground that shouldn't be there and the wa.ter stood in large sheets for several days.
The semi-annual clothing demon s tration given April 22, went off unusually well this time. What probably helped more than anything was the fact that the stage was much roomier due to the new curfains being used. These curtains also brighten up
Playground, Noon the stage wonderfully an d p vide a better background . 'I pupil hav ing short talks to g did qui t e well and no one s ee1i to get rattled. As usual, mi time was devoted to girls' cl o ing than to boys'. Ho we \i there were several good amples of correct ma sc ul dress for class day give n 2 and John Wilson, dressed i n co r duroys, unshined shoe s , a n ~hirt with rolled sleeve s : open at the neck, showe d boys one way not to d res ~ they could help it. About t w ty-five mothers were · p r es and Miss Rose Shonka, s u1 visor of home economics jn city schools and a visitor , g an extemporaneous talk changing styles, at the cl os( the main program.
The girls gym classes h started a Round Robin t om ment. Two teams will J paddle tennis while the O' teams play baseball.
May 8, 1936
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THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
NO TABLE NOTE
Several p eople have asked what is being d one to the playground. Itis being dug up so that when it rains the water will run off the sides. Befo re this the water would stand in pu ddles on the diamonds. Now after spring rains we won't have to wa it so long for it to get dry.
WHOZIT
Each of the descriptions given below are of some member of the Whittier faculty. Think hard before tu rning to the answers.
She is one of Whittier's first teachers , u sually has several civics classes ea ch semester, and has a name wh ich is frequently confused with the name of a United States coin of small denomination. She has been given the nickname " mama.' '
He use d to teach at Whittier and has r eturned again the past year. · Re is rather short, wears g I ass es and is nicknamed " Humpty-D umpty."
She is on e of the best liked teachers in Whittier and her home room (9A) has the highest number of Ci vie Leaguers in the school. Sh e is seen frequently with Miss Munn's sister and handling gra mmar is ''her dish.'' This teach er's name is pronounced in the same way as an adjectiv e u sed to describe hair.
He is pro bably the best-loved person m the building but is also the b usiest. The average pupil sees th e most of him in the auditorium at assembly, but he can usually be found in the office before and after school.
CAST FOR SPRING PROGRAM
This year's spring program is one of the most elaborate ever presented by Whittier. The op- _ erettas took lots of work, but many were not as interesting or as well worked out as this spring program. Many pupils believe that operettas were discontinued because of the expense, but while this ma.y have been one of the factors, the main one •was that operettas written in three and four parts and suitable for Junior High Schools are scarce, and it was thought foolish to work all s emester on two part music. -The musical number for this program is in the form of a choral cycle and is beautifully worked out.
For the benefit of those who wo uld like to know ahe a d of Lime what the cast and or der of numbers is, we are · printing a much conden s ed list of characters and acts.
I. Whittier Orchestra
Echoes from Germany, Carl Giesen.
Serenade, G. E. Holmes Tenderness Waltz, Stan Thornton.
A Jolly Scout March, Irving Cheyette.
II. The Clock Struck One, by Anne H. Jennings. (Drama II Class).
Characters
Mush, First GuaJ'dsman, Wayne Kyckelhahn.
Mi lk, Second Guardsman, Don Hilgert.
Daffodil, A Jester, Bob Hummels.
Bell amar ie, A Captive Princess, Je :m Vanderburg.
Retinue, Earlene Troxel, Evelyn Phillips, Marion Fowler, Margaret Bartzatt, Annette Smith. III. Katter-Acts.
Dirge for a Righteous Kitten.
Blackberry Cat. (Drama I Class)
IV. Always Bragging, by Louis J. Huber. (Drama II Class).
V. Old Plantation Days. A Choral Cycle, by N. Cliffo r d Page. (Whittier Glee Club).
The number "Old Plantation Days" i s to be a,ccompanied by dances and pantomine. Lou.is McChesney and Eloise Carlson will sing solos, and a quintet composed of Josephin e Heilman, Eloise Carlson, Bonnie Parsons, Mark Allen and Louis McChesney, will also sing one numbe r.
NOTABLE NOTES
The favorite vocation for the 9A's this semester seemed to be aeuronatics and office workers. Aeuronatics had sixty-seven pu- pils. twenty coming from Whittier. Out of the one-hundred eighty-one office workers, sixtyfive came from Whittier. Paul Mercier 106, with two other boys from other schools were the only boys.
While the boys gym classes were picking up stones and glass from the playground a few of them found spikes approximately seven to eight inches long. These would be dangerous to the players if they fell.
During the last month or two the 9A's have been directing the advanced orchestra. Each one of them are hoping to direct the 9A orchestra. Those who have directed are Rae Hope Quimby, Romulo Soldervilla, Jack Leonard, and Desmond Corcoran.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
NEWS FRO M THE SHOPS
The electric shop was worked ovei: quite a little last summer and a s a result, a good many more pupils can do the same wo -::- k at the sci. me ti me. More benches and electric outlets we r e installed, and both wiring lofts were made over The ElectTicit y I Clas s es are doing the u sual things, bell and house wiring. In the Electricity II Classes, howe ve r, the boys a re doing a g reat rnany thing :; Some of them a ~e
AROUND THE SCHOOL
A Busy Moment in the Print Shop
t ry ir:g to find out h ow co n1p licated a wfring scheme they ca n de v i s e and wi r e, while others are making electric motors of all kinds. (Most of them either v.-- on't r un at a ll, or only run fo r a minute.) She ro d Harris' motor is one of the unsucce ss fui on es
The woodwork shop has neve r had an office of its own until this last year and the r e has been n.o good place for Mr. Heston's assistant s to wo r·k. This year,
CLASSIFIED ADS
however, "Pop" g ot the id ea of moving half of the lock e1 ·s in which the boys keep th ei 1· materials, over .into a far co rner and the r e constructing a s m ·ll office with the locke r s a s wa ll s Now the assistants have a pl ace to work and "Pop" has a pl a ce to go when he wants to w m·k in quiet a f te r school.
The boys in woodwor k are m a k i ng so me fine things, a mong which is an intr icate lath e t urning which is to be used as a lamp ba s e.
LIMERICKS
Here are a couple of lim e ricks which we thought you mi gh t get a kick out of. They are a ch ange from the usual joke, and we hope you like 'em.
A newspaper man named F ling Could make copy from an y old thing.
But the copy he wrote Of a five dollar note, Was so good he is now in Si ng Sing.
Drowning Man: Quick, throw me a life-belt.
Rescuer ( A tail or) : Yes, sir! What size around the waist?
For some time Miss Jones and Wanted-A vacation-Everymany of her pupils have won- one dered why the large picture of Wa nted - More Te sts - Nocows which hangs on the front body. wall of 105, was placed in the For Sale-Two long braid sroom of a music teacher. It has Grace Ingram. been suggested that she s hould Lost-One excellent set of vot rade with Mr. Gammill for his cation papers-Mark Allen. picture entitled "The Song of Wa nted-Extra sleep in mornthe Lark", and would be more ing s-Entire student body. appropriate for her room. Mr. ~or Sal~One slig~t_ly used . bram, but m good condit10n-InGammill also h~s picture of qui re Robert Luebs, 201-A. several horses, m his room and I Wanted-One plaid shirt simby trading his "Song of th e ilar to those of Loui se McChesLar k" for Miss Jones' ma ster- ney and Francis Cox. piece on cows, he would almost Wanted-:-A goo~ hot fire to h t 1 b d A d throw Latin books mto. ave a pie ona arn yar . n speaking of Mr. Gammill, didn 't he look just too ducky for words wearing that danelion in his lapel the other day?
There was a young wom an named O'Neil, Who went up in the gre at Ferris wheel; But when half way around She looked at the ground, And it cost her an eighty cent meal.
May 8, 1936
A . CLOSE SHA VE
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Mrs. Nelson dropped the shotgun she carried, knowing she
BONERS
The p rairies were quiet , except was hopelessly out-numbered. The following are a n s wers for a coyote occasionally howling Walking up to the chief she taken from some examination at the moon. commanded bravely ( though she papers in other schools We hop e
Mrs. Nelson - and her oldest trembled inside), "What brings that no one in Whittier is quit e daughte r, Patricia, sat by the you here?', dumb enough to equal the s e. fireplac e knitting. The- house was "Me want boys" the chief an- The l a w allowing only on e dark w ith the exception of the s,x..- ered in the broken English he wife i s called monotony. live coals and flames that flickered knew.
When England was placed un- in the o ld open fireplace Her "But I haven't any boys, "Mrs. der an Interdict the Pope t wo sons had gone to bed at sun- Nelson answered. s topped a ll bir t hs , marriages, down. They were tired from After talking a minute more a nd de a ths fo r a y ear. toiling in the fields all day. she ran into the house. - She re - The pyramids a r e a range of
On th e vast open stretches of turned with Patricia. Both had mountains between Fr a nce a nd the Neb raska Plains a light in th e ir arms full of bread. The Spain. the litt le house could be seen for chi e f took the bread , smelled it, Artificial pe r spiration is the many m iles, which meant the felt it , and handed it to his squaw. onl y way to make a person alive constant danger of an attack from Sh e i n turn did the same thing. when he is only ju s t dead. the India ns. " Not enough, want more," the The liver is an infernal organ
Mrs. N elson was a typica l chi e f scowled. of the body. pioneer woman, strong, coura- A buttress is the wife of a geous, u sed to hardships and Pa t ricia and her mother re- could ha ndle a •gun as good as a t urn e d carrying three loaves of butler. man. Mr. Nelson was seldom br ea d , all they had. 8he had hoped Subjects have a right to par- home. Of ten he would be gone fo r to keep iOme, as it might be a long tition the king. several weeks at a time hel p in g , time before more could be se- Monaste r y is a place for mon- other far mers and assisti n g in I cured. The warriors had stopped sters. the fight s with the red-men. gr inding on their knives and put Lincoln wrote the address
One clear summer day , wh en them away. At least that was one the sun w as shining and the whi te consolat ion. clouds d rifted lazily along , Jim The chief examined the bread Nelson ca me runing from th e that Mrs Nelson gave him. He fields. " Mother. Mother, the looked doubtful. Indians ar e coming".
wh i le riding from Washington to Gettysburg on an envelope.
A vacuum is a large empty s pace where the ·pope lives.
"Will you go away if I give you
Mrs. N elson had seen the some beads'!" questioned Mrs. burned ru in s and destruction that Nelson. had reig ne'.l wherever a tribe of , In a little jar in the cupboard blood-thi r s ty Indians had roamed, were lots of bright beads. Relaand feare d for the safety of her tives in the east had sent them to
home and children.
A deacon is the lowest kind of christian . Ar a bia haiS many syphoons and very bad ones; it gets into your hair even with your mouth shut.
P atricia and Mrs. Nelson. Sever- "ABOUT THE PROGRAM"
"You children stay in the a l pairs had broken and had been house," w hispered their mother . sav ed. Some were painted silver You probably won't recognize Glancing out of the window sh e or g old, others were red and blue. the old "picket fence" th at has was horrifi ed to see the chi ef How the squaw's dark eyes been used for so many class standing outside of the gat e, s parkled when she saw them! The days. Under the direction of motioning to his warriors. Bright ch ief , too, looked pleased. With a Miss Fergu s on and Miss McCart- feathers hu ng down his back and fe w grunts and sighs he turned ne~, th~ 7B classes are re-de_co- war paint was on his cheeks. and mo unted his horse. The little r atmg it to use for the sprmg Beside him stood his squaw, her ba nd wa s soon out of sight. program. It is being covered arms folde d . Behind him were That was one time when tact I with a creative design of cotton fifty or more fierce warriors , had won when everything else 1 pl a nts and will be quite _striking all sharpenin g their knives and w ould have failed. when completed. It will form whooping.
- Marjorie Egger the background of the stage.
BOYS ' SPORTS
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
GIRLS' SPORTS
"Rain, rain go away, come ag a in some other day", is the poem most girls are reciting when a rainy or cloudy day com e s.
The g am es are going along ju s t splendidly though of course t he r e a r e always exceptions.
The p addle tenni s courts are beg i n n ing to be quite popular with both girls and boys, and if you wi s h to play please let us know ahead of time.
The two fa st es t boys are being chosen from each home room to compete in race s . In each gr~de race s will be rnn and boys ehm- Berniece Nelson of 309 is taking inate d until there i s one boy le f t the place of Lenore Lindahl on to i ·un in each grade. On field the quiet game committee. Lenore day on e bo:v. fr om each grad e f 318 h will enter the 50- y ar d d as h a former member , as The y will ra ce accordjng to moved to Weep 1 n g Water h an dicap rule s The 7th g r ade N ebra ska. 1 u n ne r will nm 40 y ar ds, the 8th 45, a nd the 9th grade 50 yard s I n the 50-yard relay , four boys from ea~h grade will run. Anot he r event will be the ba s eball thro w .
Four more games a r e yet to be played before the volley ball
June McMeen of 320, is really going in for varieties of China animals. She had a collection of one hundred and sixteen, showing a great variety.
championship will be decided. Out of the sixty-seven pupil The winner of 10 4 and 305 will who took the 7A final penmanship play 102 . The winner of that tests only twenty-five passed and game will play the winners of received efficiency credit. The 304 and 106 to decide the cham- others, Miss Madsen said, made pionship. too large, carelessly formed letters
practiced more.
The playg r ound h a s been and should have gotten books and given its first test. The water did not drain off so well, but the workers have not yet fini s hed. A steam roller will be sent out to pack the playground down and a f ter that the playground will be graveled.
Here are some basketball games played by the 7th and 8th g r ade s, wi nners appearing last: 101-316 302 (B)-310 205-30 8 308 -112 312-22 0 216-30'2 (A) 105-3 03 212-107
Mr. Culler seems to enjoy the different activities held in the girls gym class as much as the girls do. He was seen throwing the baseball for accuracy a few days ago!
ANSWERS TO WHOZIT
1. Mrs. Pinney
2. M~. Updegraft
3. Miss Curley
4. Mr. Culler
First Boy: My father i s a fin artist. With a few strokes he ca turn a laughing face into a sor rowful one.
Second Boy: So can min e, bu he uses a stick.
Doctor: Did you open bot h wir dows in your sleeping ro om lai night as I ordered?
Patient: No, Doctor, not e xa ctb There's only one window i n rn room, but I opened it twic e.
Father: Money has win gs ar house rents make it fly.
Tommie: Some houses ha' wings. I have seen many a hou fly.
Father: You're smarter th: your old dad; I always t h oug that no part of the house e xce the chimney flue.
Officer (to recruit): Go od ne : gracious, man, where are a ll ye shots going? Every one has mis~ the target.
Soldier (nervously): I do1 know, sir. They left h er e right.
Now will that clever disp en ser joy.
Who gave mother a pe rm an wave, Give us a permanent bat h the boy
And father a permanen t sh2
The Whittier Greenleaf
VOL. 13 NO. 14
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA MAY 22, 1936
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Miss Haatved t to The Whittier Song led by Mrs. Whittier Band in White was sung by the school. Leave Whittier Thomas Rice gave a closing Concert, May 27 announcement.
Miss Haat vedt, home room teache r of 102, has taught for 1 six ye ars at Whittier junior high school. She is now going to stop teaching and go into commercial work. Mi ss Haatvedt is a teacher of type writing one and two.
She will take her vacation as usual thi s summer, then in the fall, will begin her new work.
Everyon e hates to see Mis s Haatved t leave Whittier, but we surely wish her a great deal of success and much happiness in her new profession and work.
ASSEMBLY TO INTRODUC E CIVIC LEA GUE CANDIDATES
ATTENTION, PUPILS On Tuesday, May 21st, the Whittier band gave a concert for
On Monday, May 25th, the the pupils in assembly. school election will be held. It Under the direction of Mr. will be your duty to see that Welch the following numbers efficient candidates are put into were played: Two marches, offi ce. Class officers need to be "Fighting Team" and "Our fitted for the offices, of course, Great Legion," and se~eral other and should be chosen carefully, types of songs which were, but the junior civic league or- "Three Blind Mice," "Deepening ganization influences greatly the Shadow_s," "Oh Hiram" and school activities and to elect "Lou'sonna Evenin' Song." poorly fitted pupils into its prin -• The members of the b~nd and cipal offices could cause a great Mr. vVelch should certamly be lowering in the quality of school complimented on their fine play- activities and reduce the effi- ing and the excellent appearance ciency of the organization one made from the stage. As usu a l hundr ed per cent. You have the members •were dressed in seen and heard about each can- white.
The asse mbly was opened by didate; now vote for the best Thomas R i c e an n o u n c i n g one.
CLASS MEETINGS
MR. STRAWN IN CHARGE OF KEDS DAY ACTIVITIES
8B-Tuesday, May 19. The The event sponsored by the
America. The song was led by Mrs. White . Mark Allen led the flag salute and Bonnie Parsons the Civic League pledge. Betty Umberger explained the purpose main bu 0iness of the meeting United Rubber Company known was the introduction of the can- as Keds Day is of special inter- didates fo~ the 8A cl~.ss offic~rs. est to all Whittierites this year. Duane Ihne gave an mte!estmg M D ld K. Strawn bo s'
of this m e e t i n g . G e o r g e Rebensdorf and Lois McChesney, the Civic League secretaries, introduced the candidates for secretary. Mus ic was given by Mrs. White's choru s class.
The introdu ction of vice pre!:1ident candid ates was given by Mark Allan and Bonnie Parsons. Thomas Ric e and Betty Umberger introduced the candidates for president. The response was given by the candid ates. Harriet Carter and Barbara Quillin were up for girls presiden t. George VanSickle and Ch arles Wheeler were up for the bo ys.
report on the scholarship roll, r. ona . , Y_ compai·ing the percentage of 8B physical educat10n director, is pupils on the scholarship roll this year in charge of all Keds with the percentage of 8A's. Day activities and the event Euge~ia Sim~s played a J?ian~ promises to be the biggest of any solo, Prelud~ m C sha!p mm.or of its kind in the United States. by Rachmanmoff. Marian Priest . gave some orio-inal uoems. It 1s planned to offer about 7A-Wedne;day May 20. The twenty-four prizes, many being usual secretary's' and tareas- quite valuable, and any boy or urer's reports were given at the ~irl ma~ enter a~ least one event beginning of the meeting. The if .wearmg a pair of ~eds, and candidates for the 8B class were bemg of the correct weight. See then introduced, the president- Mr. Strawn or your newspaper (Continued on page 4) for details.
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GREENLEAF STAFF
Editor-in-Chief
9-A Editor
Girl s'. Sports
Typi st
- R obert Luebs
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Grac e Knapp
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Cleo Bartlett
Do rothy H e adl ey
Fl orabe ll e Mo e ll er
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Bob Baker
L eo nard Barton
D o nald B r un s
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Willard Craft
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PRINTERS
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Th o mas Ke e lan
Edwa rd L embk e
Ho ra c e Long
Louis McChesney
Jam es Maxw e ll
Gl e n Mui·phy
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Th om as Nick e lso n
Edgar Norman
K e ith R ose
Ernest Spahn
Phillip Van Kuer e n
Bob Williams B ob Worl ey
PAPER WADS
are disturbing, but shooting things is dangerous. Let's have an end to this right away. •
YO -Y O VERSUS STUDIES
Although teachers are usually thought of as rather gentle minded people, there comes a time fairly early in eve ry year when who le school faculties wis h that the Philippine I s lands and their inhabitants had never existed. If we can believe what they tell us, the a ll too well known Yo-Yo top was invented by the Filipinos and originally u s ed as a weapon with which they sawed off their enemies heads. Later it spread to the United States where it is in almost unive r sal use as a toy. The Yo-Yo appears to have taken Whittier by storm a r d as a rei suit, studies are suffer ing, sufl fering to such an extent that a
About a week ago, in one of decree, h as bee_n made. th::it all the , morning English classes, Yo-Yo s f?u1;1d m use withm the sqlllething occurred which de- s chool bt~ildmg are to b e taken serves attention. The entire from their owners and k~pt by class was in the midst of taking Mr· Cul},er i~ his "Cham~er of an old O'rammar test so as to Horrors until June 9. ThlS rulget s o~e practice before the ing hrs been. considered unfai· new one c::ih1e out, arid the by ~any pupils who apparently teacher, thinking that th ey could cons~de-..· the c_lass !?~m a place behave themselves for a minute to display thei r abilities a s perleft the room on an errand. Im~ formers with the Yo -Yo, but if mediately a boy in the front· the teachers are to complete row start~d to shoot paper wads their cour ~es of study by June at a boy in the back row. After 12, somethmg must be done. So scor ing sev eral direct hits he ran lets all be good ±:or _a change and out of ammunition and after ap - keep the Yo-Yo m its place
FUTURE HAPPENINGS
pealing to the boy next to him, he was given something which looked like a wad of lead foil. Not seeing anything wrong with Almost a ll the events of imthe wad he shot it at his former portance to be looked forwa r d to target, barely mis sing him. But concern _the 9A class _and its as s oon as the wad struck the prepa.rat10n for graduation. On wall it exploded noisely jolting May 27 the advanced orchestra , badly the nerves of th~ rest of composed largely of 9A's, will the pupils. Both boys implicated give its semi-annual concert, were punished but that doe s not which is by the way, the only do away with the problem of ch0nce we will have to hear the . paper wad shooting Some stu - entire orchestra.
May 22,1936
The 9A girls are getting re ady for the luncheon demon strat ion to be presented May 29, a t 1 :05 P. M. The promotion ex el'ci ses (not class day) are sch edu led for June 11 at 2 :00 P. M An impressive program ha s b een planned . In another pl ace in this issue is an account of the plans for the program to be pr esent e d for the incoming 7B's on June 10, and as you prob ably all know by now, school clo ses on June 12th.
On Monday, the 25th of May , class and civic league offic ers will be elected during the first per iod.
NOTABLE NOTES
Just consider how ]uc ky you are when you read this : There are no trees on the isl and of Ice]and.
The boys in the first peri od gym class, seem to be enjoyin g t he mselve1 each morning with di ffe rent activities. The weather h as been so nice that the boys ha ve been able to be out every morn ing.
Remember that co]d dr eary Monday we had not so ve ry long a,ro? Let's see it was th e 27th, we1l anyw3y the first peri od gym classes, both boys and girl s were out enjoying themselves in many of the interesting activiti es.
Now that they have th e playground all fixed up the ne xt thing to do is to fill in some of th e la kes around the bicycle racks.
You can always tell a 9A these days by the little red bo ok he's carrying around.
Don't forget 9A's-t hat two thirds of promotion is mo tion
One out of every thirty pe rsons is left handed.
May ,22 1936
ARO UND THE SCHOOL
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
The other da.y an ambitious memb er of the "Greenleaf" staff counted the number of bicycles with ba ll on tires, the rest of the bikes, a n d the number of stalls in the racks. His count showed that t here were ninety-four bikes with high pressure tires and 148 balloon tired bikes, making a to tal of 242 bicycles. Since there are only 224 stalls in the rack a nd these were designed fo r hig h pressure tired bikes, les s th an 42 per cent of all bikes can be easily parked, the others having ei ther to force the whee] into th e rack or lay the bike on the gr ou nd, which is, by the wa y, ag ainst a school regulation. In spit e of all this, the Whittier cyclist s seem to manage fairly well when you consider that according to the above figures, eighteen bicycles would be without stall s, while only eight bikes were out of the racks when they were cou nted.
Whe n it was announced on Wedne sday, May 13, that about half of t he pictures for the 9A issue wou ld have to be taken over again there were three different fe elings about the matter. Mo st of the teachers, espec- ially tho se who had plann ed special re citations for Wednesday morn ing, were much disgusted a n d put out to think that they woul d again have to postpone their work. All the pupils who were concerned, especiall y the 9A' s, were overjoyed to think of g etting out of class recitation s . The rest of the bunch we re indi fferent as might have been ex pec ted. (The only peopl e who ca n fully appreciate what t his me a nt are those who came to school Wednesday without their le sson s and found that they didn' t have to recite.)
LEADING THE BOY
He isn't a tough nor a budding rough
Just because he wants to be; Nor a little sneak because he is weak, It's anoher fault you see.
Had men of big heart but taken his part
And s t ar ted him off 0. K.,
The chances are strong he'd never go wrong, And be a real man some day.
What a real boy needs is a pal who leads-
An honest-to-goodness mate-
Just a reg-lar guy who will e'er stand by .
And show him the p a th that's straight.
PROGR AM GIVEN FOR INCOMING 7B's
On Wednesday, June 10 a program will be presented to the new 7B's in order to get them acquainted with the building. Music will be furnished by the viol in I class led by Miss Donahue. Thomas Rice will then give a welcome to the boys followed by Betty Umberger, who will give a welcome to the girls. Mr. Culler will in turn present the home room teachers. This will be followed by a trip through the building, which will be conducted by a boy and girl from every 9A home room.
"DEAR SIRZ"
'Tis the guiding hand he can _The following le~ter w~s re- und ersta nd ce1ved by a promment ~ncy~le
Of a friend who's standing manufacturer and explams 1t- by self: . .
Through thick and thin, with a Dear Sirz-I hve ~n m1 f~rm, friendly grin- am 57 yrs .. old and Just a httle
There ne'er was a lad who was wholly bad,
For deep in his boyish heart
Is a spot to reach, and to lead and teach,
If only you'll do your part.
He's not a tough, to be treated rough;
He's "makin's" of a man true,
A clean, square-shooting guy. sporta: M1 neffew bot h1s~elf a new b1s1cle and sent me his old one by frate and ive learn to ride sum. Its a pile of fun but mi bisicle polts purty much. A feller cum along yesterday with a bisicle with holler rubber tires stuffed with wind. He let me try hissen and mi, it run like a cushin. He told me you sell inj un rubber just the same as hissen.
But his n ee d is great for a leader, s traight--==-
And, Father, it's up to you!
-Will M. Maupin.
LIBRARY NOTES
How much will it be to fix up mine just like hissen. Mine is all iron wheels . Do you punch the holler hole through t he inj un rubber or will I have to do it miself. How do you stick the ends together after you get it
During the month of March, bb · between ten and eleven thousand done. If your inj un ru er is
books from the library were read. already holler will it come any
This is the largest number on rec- cheaper empty. I can get all the ord and is very pleasing to Miss wind I want out here free . How Bethune who is striving for a much do you charge for the pop greater and greater circulation.
circulation is about one hundred injjun rubber with and where do books of which a greater amount you start. are fiction. -Exchange.
At present, the average daily gun you stuff the wind into the The r ea son for the retake was something went wrong with the camera, causing several picture s Ao be tak en on the same place in th e film
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
GIRLS' SPORTS
Most of you have probably heard the saying •'While in Rome do as the Romans do,'' well if some pupils would take this advice when on the playground, things would go a lot smoother.
BOYS' SPORTS
Here is a list of games and scores of baseball games, played recently, winne r s appearing last.
320-112; 4 to 6
304-320 ; 5 to 13
2 07-220; 4 to 7
305-102; 4 to 6
20 9-2 1 2 ; 8 to 25
108-222 ; 12 to 29
301-101 ; 12 to 13
309-30 4 ; 6 to 17
205-308; 10 to 11
316-103; 1 to 9
218-101; 3 to 5
Home room 112 b r ought their record up higher by defeating 320 for the boys' school championship. 112 is an 8A home room, 320, 9A.
(Continued from page 1) CLASS MEETINGS
ial candidates giving responses. Music was furnished by a group of 7 A's under the direction of Mrs. Swisher. Talks we r e given by the chairman of the girls' property and safety committees and the boy s ' office committee, namely, Marjorie Randall, Mari-
Jerry Buckner, and Glenn Eppens seem to enjoy the use of the paddle tennis courts ~very day. "That's OK boys'' We're glad to see you know how to play the game.
Cricket is really being recognized as a very important and popular sport activity of • the school. Several new balls, large indoors, have been purchased especially for cricket.
Diamond five and six, originally baseball diamonds, are used frequently for cricket. They seem to be quite satisfactory.
Speaking of cricket, the leading teams are for each grade : 9A - 304 and 318, 9B- 208 and 104, 8A 212, who has received 8A championship. SB-222 8B champs. 7A-312 who is seven grade champs. 7B-103 is champs
Who will be the school champs?
CORRECTION
The Greenleaf Staff wishes to apologize to Betty Eyer of 309 for mispelling her name in one issue.
We owe our hum bl est regrets to Wayne Kyckelhahn of '203 for leaving the "k" out of his name in the last issue.
lynn Main, and Robert Luebs. Probably not many of you know They told of the duties of thei r that the assemblies are handled committees in order that the by an assembly committee. There 7A's would know more about are two members, Miss Bethune, Whittier's civic league. The chairman, and Miss Johnson. names of the pupils on the Miss Bethune arranges the order scholarship roll were read next of the assemblies and brings in according to home rooms. outside talent.
DIGNIFIED
John Wilson: I'll hav e a pp pie for dessert.
Waiter: All out.
John: Well then give m 2 ti raspberry.
Waiter: I'm sorry sir but v are not allowed to be offe n s ive guests.
'Twas eventide. The s ma ll b stood on the bridge slaP11: n g l hands vigorously. Beyo nd t brow of the hill a d u1l r ed gk suffused the sky.
"Ah, little boy," remar ke d t stranger, who was a litt le ne: sighted, "it does my hea rt go to see you appreciate yo n clo effect.''
"Yes, sir," replied t he 1~ "I've been watching it fo r t minutes.''
Upon the boy's face t h e r e , peared a smile of perfec t bli ss.
''A real poet without a d ou and do you watch the su ns often, little boy?"
"Sunsets? Why, that a in'· sunset, gov'ner, that's the v illi schoolhouse burning dow n ' '
Gee, that dog has a lon g tai must be about three feet lo ng
Yes that's his back ya rn.
The Whittier Greenleaf
VOL 14 NO. 1 LINCOLN , NEBRASKA OCTOBER 2, 1936
Assembly Held For Greenleaf
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FF AND PRINTERS INTRODUCED
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
CALENDAR
Oct. 5, 7B ClaRs Meeting
7 A Penmanship tryout
Oct. 8, Delegate Assembly
Oct. 9, Delegate Report ·
1 Oct. 12, 7B Election 8A and 9A Penmanship
New C. L. Officers Are Introduced
STUDENTS MAKE VERY GOOD CHOICES
The installation of the new pre-
The Greenleaf assembly w a s tryout siding officers of the Civic League held Fri day, October 2, in the ,_____.:___________, was held in the Whittier Junior Whittier auditorium. Semi-annu - New Teachers High Auditorium. ally this assembly takes place for
The assembly was opened with the purp ose of closing the driv e Join Faculty I the school singing America. Fol -; toward popularizing our scho ol I I lowing this the flag pledge was paper. . led by Annette Smith. Both the
Mrs. Shike was in charge of th e Whittie_r has three n ~w mem- boys' and girls' Civic League excellent program. The P 1a Y bers of its faculty this fall to presidents, Charles Wheeler and called "Here Comes the Bri de" replac e thr e e ot her teach e rs who Harriet Carter were then sworn was "m ostly original" a s Mrs. left b e fore school started. into office by' Mr Strawn and Shike sa ys. The amusin g plot On e o f t hese, Mr. Andrews, Miss Keller. The y in turn gave was a cross between a fo ot ball couldn' t ex actly be call e d new a brief but splendid response. game an d a wedding. for he t au g ht phys. ed. h e re at Harriet Carter then introduced
The cast was as follo ws, Wh itt ier_fo ur years ?efore he l~ft the girl s ' Civic League vice pres- Bride Harriet Cart er 316 t o t e ach m th e p~ys1cal education ident, Annette Smith and secre- Master of Ceremonies depa r tme n t at High Schoo_!. Now, tary Dorthy Aden. An interpre- Bill Grav es 316 after. t hr ee years , ~ e 1s back tation of the flag was presented
Groom Billy Bo w l in 112 teaclnng p hy s e~. m pl ace _of by Annette Smith, followed by a Preacher Dale Burli egh 110 Mr. Straw n w ho 1s te'.3-chmg Jr. musical selection. Poor Sport bus i ness in pl a ce of Miss Norton Presentation of the boys' vice LaVern O v er ton 212 w h o_has r e tir e d. president and secretary, Richard
The Gr eenleaf printe rs were in- Miss Pe t e rs o n, the ~ew ~each- Michel and William Loeffel was traduced in a very novel w ay t his er in 31 6 taught E~glish _m the made by Charles Wheeler. Rich- year. The y were guests at the hig h schoo l at Blair until she ard Michel then gave a short talk wedding on the stage. came do~ n h ~re t o tea~h 78 a nd on the Civic League pledge. <> 7 A E ng lish m ?16 smce M_rs. After this the Chairmen of the
At the closing of the p l ay, t h e Shik e i ~ do wn m -208 teachmg standing committees were intro- entire sch ool sang the ne w Whit- drama m p la c e of Mr s. W. A. duced b y t he presidents. They tier Green leaf song. The s ong en - Bell, w ho wa s Miss _Os thoff in order made an introduction of titled "We Want a Cou p le of before sh e wa s m a rri e d l a st their committeemen. Harriet and D• d b l\ ,,. summe r. Cha r les then gave their charge Imes" was compose Y mrs. Mi·ss McCormi·ck taught com- d h . • to the Chairmen an t eir com- Shike. mercial in the Dunbar, Nebraska mitteemen.
The Green leaf Staff was the n hig h schoo l before she came h e re This tine program was fin~lly introduced. Special recognit ion to take Miss Haatvedts' p osition ended wi th the school repeatmg was giv en to the home rooms as typing teacher. Miss Haatvedt the Civic League pledge and sing- b was married early last summer. • Wh'tt· so g With such ha~in~ one hundred pe~ cent su - Pe r h a ps you have notic e d th~t mg our I ier n • scr1ptions to the Whittier Gr een - Miss Eva ns isn ' t in the office this a magnificent group of leaders, leaf and the home rooms havi ng I semes t er . She has been working Whittier should not find much the lowest number of subscribers Iin the o ffi ce for e~even years and difficulty in having a successful were announc ed. is r eplaced by Miss Rosa Kahm. year.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Pu blished every two weeks dur i ng the schoo l
y ear by pupils of Whittier junioJ· hi gb sc h oo l , at 22nd and Vin e s tr ee ts, L in co ln , N eb raska.
Set up and p rin ted by th e pup il s taking
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S ub scr iption pr ic e 20c eac h semeste r , single copie s 5 c.
FACULTY COMMITTEE
Miss S elma Hul t
H o m er· L. Gammill Miss Ed n a Zamzow
Mi·. C. L. Cu ll er Miss Marie Cross
GREENL E AF STAFF
Editor-in-chief - - - Wallace P rovost
9A Edit.01·
Typi st - - -
- - G eo r ge Wernre
- - Mable Eb ert
RE PO RTERS
Bill Graves
Ru t h \ Vishnow B essie Gmnger
Betty Jean Hull Wilda Smith PRINTERS
Eddie Be11.z
Myron Brewer
Mary Campbe ll
Wayne Christopher
Willard Coles
A lb ert Co lw t• ll Wi ll ar d Crnft
Bud D eeds
Bruce Gou ld
Clarence Heidenreich
Farre ll H e lm ste<lter
Duane Holman
Harold Hud son
Flora Moeller
Hal Moore
Ra lph Mosher
Eugene Payne
Jane R admore
Ra ymond Ri s h Pr Fr ,d Rose
Gene Snyder Lester Stearnes
Leon Slr oe m er
George Werner
Bob Worley
R ob ert Young
WELCOME 7B's
the story of Mr. X and see how he scattered sunshine and happiness on his trip from the highway to the grave.
October 2 , 1936
Well, to make a long story that makes a total of- we ll, count 'em up yourself. But perhaps we better be ca reful to not get killed off so we can get our Townsend pens ion.
short, Mr. X collided wi~h an- My neighbor says: other car. He was unconscious as 1 1. The cafeteria is chuck ed full the ambulance arrived and Mr. Y, '\ of swell things this year (as well one of the occupants of the other 1 ~s always. of course) s uch as car was killed instantly. An im- fresh frmts an~' vege tabl es, . . soups, and even tater flake s" medrnte operat10n was p~rformed and "Hot-dogs." on Mr. X and he survived: As 2. That Latin and algeb ra do n't soon as Mr. X and the oth_er party go so well together. (By th e loo ks recovered a damage smt arose. of some of those who are sig ned ?h yes, sine~ ~r. was quite an up for them).
11:1portant c1t1zen 1_n the ,?omm~; 3. That to support your ho me mty, the papers prmted Xtras room in tournaments an d class (heh, heh) as soon as they got dues is very patriotic on y our the news. part.
Now let us analyze the employ- 4. That some home-wo rk and ~ent side of it. The amb~lance a little le~s play is much be tter itself employed many men m the f O r a 11 students (p oss ibly manufacturing, and now needs teachers).
gas, oil and occasional repairs. Of course they wouldn't turn out a new ambulance every time an
A WEEK JINGLE
couples of "Tues."
Some hens for you will I cheerfully "Fri."
Well anyway, Whittier welcomes all the 7B's and new Mr. Y, the person killed, helped the business of a mortician, the pupils who enrolled in our school. · manufacturers of marble tomb-
HOW TO END THE DEPRESSION
Why have all this fuss about careful driving? Just think of all the people employed after an accident. Let us take for example
So they could happily "We d." When up came the Butle r a nd said - ''Thur.''
So the two gladly ate an d on thE sofa ''Sat.''
If you chance to see a boy accident occured, but if there Day was Madam Week's ''S un ." or girl with a "woe is me'' look were twice as many accidents He was to marry a gir l of on their face, after dismissal of you would expect to find twice as "Mon." classes, help them with what many ambulances running around Their friends were to hir e little information they need, in- so you see every little bit helps. stead of going up to them and When he gets to the qospital, the shouting ''Freshie. '' Just think doctors and nurses get some busback when you first entered iness. The docter uses surgical Whittier as a little 78, and what instruments for the operation, a green-horn you were. (prob- patronizing another industry. The ably worse than the 7B's of hospital employs an office force today.) and a few others such a3 custodians and cooks.
Henry: Who is Mik e Hu ntry, Father?
Fathel': Why?
Henry: Well, at school we sin! about Mike Huntry 'tis of t hee.
stones, a minister for the funeral, and last but not least, a grave digger. The doctors, morticians, lawyers, and ministers all had Father Kangaroo: An ne belle th eir training schools, and don't where's the baby?
forget the mechanics needed to Mother Kangaroo: Good gra repair the car, and the printers cious ! I've had my poc ket needed to print the extras, so I picked! .
Octob e r 2, 1936
Teach ers Vac a t io ns
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
SCHOLARSHIP RO L L
Carol Martin, Dean Melson June Rausch, Max Schnitt e r, Jack Young , Bobbie Dean, G e orge Ervin. ·Patricia 7B - Ro l and Allsman, John Caul- Flynn , H arriet Hayes , Kathryn Jone s, I t e r, Aleen Tunks, Lois Gramlich, Don- Florence Martin, Paul Mahaffey, Al- SUMMER ald Grotjan, Bernice Jensen, Ruth vin Polick. • S CHOOL SEEMS Huck, Patricia Shelley, B e rnard Gog- 8 B - George Bronstein, Richard QUITE P OPULAR gi ns , Arthur Hart , Eunice Way Vir- Dav i s, Gayland Glass, Mabel Kutch e r , gin ia Mae J ense n, Betty Keane,' Clar- Phyllis Overman, Frank Ro e-der, Rob- ence Krumm , Dorothea Lemon, Paul- I ert Simmons, Margaret Stoddard,
Prove In t eresting
With t h e advent of fall came I ine Liechti, Roger McNem, Alma / D orothy Ti1ton, Betty Buckley, Billy school a nd of course as the school Reichel, Eleanor_e Scott, Jack Wea - Go?gins, Richard Holcomb, Wayne term be g·an we bade f II t ver, Abe Talorov1tz, Loretta Sullivan, K e im, Robert Kersey, Eugene Law- . arewe . O Ivan Stern, Betty Montague, Mary son , Elston Murphy, ina ewcomb, our vac at10ns and r et u r n ed with E ll e n McFar l and, Harold Haar, Anna Ma ri a n P ri es t, M ic key Bi e r b o we r , happy ( ?) faces to our studies. Fox, Duan e Andersen, Bonnie Braun , J eanette Bolar, Willard Coles, Al- Now all that is left of our vaca- : Villie Fagler, M~rgaret Graves, l\1ar - b_erta Copley, Bud D ee ds, Haz e l El- tions is th • K . ian Herzog, Eileen His e y, Ruth I hott, Roger Hag ema n , Earl Lamp- th t ·t e lmd emb or_ies ~owing Huber, Leroy Johnson, Dorothy Reif- shir e, Carl Lind, Victor Mich e l , Bab- a i wou e impossible to schneider. bette Neal Betty Jane Rasch Donna share all the pupils' experiences 7A-Natha n Beezley, B etty Cal.ct- Stud ts, Ruhy Thomas , Eunice'venter, with you, we decided to tell you well, Roy Cochran, C~eo Colson, Dal e Dal.e Anderson, J?onald And e rson, in what i nteresting fash· th Dunkle; _Mll;r~a r et Fish, Fern Free- P~ggy ~lark, Wilham Ekblad, B~a- . . • 1011 e man, Virg1ma Hanners , K e nneth tnce Hmz e , Mary Howerter, Clance Whitti er faculty spent their va- Ritzman, Richard Hobson, Adelia Johnson , Eug ne Johnson, Geraldin e cations Korella, John Larson, L e ona Lilly, Maser, Margaret Perkin , Helen R e if- • . Genevieve McClea ry, L ea h filler, sch n e id e r , Bobby Rice, Edgar Smith, To b egm with many teache rs Dil.ly Morton, Carl Schaaf, Virginia Ed ward Smith, Carl Stewart, Jaeque- went t raveling M C ]l t k Stuermer, Ma rylyn A lvord, Edgar line Stretton, Sam Wiggans, Cecelia . • r. er 00 Barratt, Betty Jane Blackburn, Ma ry Will, William Clark, H e rb er t Davis, an exten sive trip covering 4,250 Ellen Bonebright , Irene Ditt enbe r, June Gakel., Robert Gre e n, Harold miles H e traveled throt h th Phyllis Dunc a n , Delor es Glover, Ken- Hudson, Velma Hutchinson, Eleanor • lg e neth Greenwood, Charlotte Hill, Gor- J ensen, Florence Johns, Ruth Lock- eastern s ection of the continent don Johnson, Mary Kierstead, Jack hart, l\Tary Rab e l, Maynard Schut te, He tells us that he used 70 OOO Lew i s , Phyllis Ow e ns, Genevieve Rob- 1 Mae Spa e ~t, ~faedoris Zummerle, ' er ts, Clyde Root, R e l.en Schmuck I Duane Ihn e , Dick McMa hon, Elyse cubic fe et of water on his lawn Ge rtrud e Seeberg, Jack Simons, Rob~ 1 Long, Rob er t Mills, Elinore Rohin- and copie d 1 350 pro<Yrams I I ert Campbell, Dorothy Carnahan I so_n, James Ervi~,. Bonnie Br_adley, , o • 11 . ' Victor B rooks, Wilham Burr, Richard · all he spe nt a very busy summer. M~rJon e Egger, Aloha ?- 1st , Ru th Holm es, Betty Johns, Don Schmidt, M B h . Giant, Donald Hall, David Hernan- Jean Smith . rs. osc u_lt, Miss Claik, d e z, Donna Klippert, Lois Lawson, I SA - Edward Beltz, Milton Bock- Miss Cr m se, Miss Schofield and William Lee, Jean L es lie, Edwin I oven, Cur~is Bratt, Rel.en Brehm, Mrs. Wh ite visited Colorado . Loeffel, Clara Pappas, Dolor es , fi1 ; 1 { rte~~~~ad1!?' E~::~r~e~nf:1~~~· They we r e to be envied because Schneider, Bmy Stoner, Bobby H e len Hobbs, Ha;vey Lauer, Harla~ it was ac t u ally cool there Whited, Hel e n Bennett , Howard Liggett, Betty McCoy, Mary Marsha ll, • D r own, Donald D effe nbaugh, John G eral d Mease, Robert Metcalf, Hal Miss D ee spent the month of Eberhart, Betty Ann Johnson , Robert Moore, Loren Rausch, Wayne Ringst- August in the West . She came Lynn, Jeannette Miller, Maxine Petti- · meyer, Edith Schuchman, Gene Sny- back in t ime for the State Fair g rew, Marcus Stoneman, Bonnie der, Marjorie Stoneman, Virginia and j ud ged for . the Lancaster Strayer, Gilbert Turnbull, Barbara Tally, Bonnie Amgwert, Mary Balr cloth· Wise, Sam Bale, Joan Bierbower , lance, Francis Barnes, Joan Blumer. mg and also for the 4-H Kenn et h Braun, Robert Cook, Etta club. Doris C layton , Lois Gilbert, Richard
Miss Cr oss enjo yed herself in a cottag e on Culler Lake in Minnesota.
Mrs. Shi ke, with three other people, w ent for a motor tri p covering 6,300 miles. We wonder how muc h gasoline th ey used .
Miss Hu lt spent a five week "rest cur e" in the Black Hills where Mis s Zamzow also went
(Conti n ued on page 4) :\fa rshall, Iignon Miller, Ronal.d Hamlin, Farrell H e lmst e <;lt er, Forest Pickens, Katherine Ric e, Thayne McMeen, Donald Mayfield, John Pro- Roberts, Claire Williams, Albert Ab- v ast, Ruby Reznor, Jean Schleuning, bott, Lillian Bauer, Warren Emery, Sh i rl ey Stockton, Virginia Barch, Helen Kiesselbach, Warren Miller, Rob e rt D e laney, Frances Dietze, Avis Hel,?n Patrick, Donna Belle Recroft, Drap e r, Maxine Earley, Wilma Fiel.dArthur Schmale, Charles Shepard, e r, Eloise Fricke, Lydia Helzer; Mary Richard Stonesifer, Alice Booth, Houchin, Marilyn Jennings, Julianne Bryce Barnes, Paul Burke, Frances Clinton, Tedd Cowell, Mary Derrick , Clifford Fric k e , Marylouise Goodwin , Ralph H e ls e r, Betty Hess l er, Alvie K irkendal1, Virginia La Vels , Ruth Lewis, Ruth Man ion, Willis l\farkey, Morse, The l ma Ostrander, l\Iadeline Singe r , John Willis , A lt a You ng, Marie Bailey, Betty Bassler, Myron Brewer, Da l e Burleigh, Betty Coffman, Norma Cummins, Novel.la Cur(Continued on page 4)
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
BOYS' SP ORTS braska. Miss Ralston and Miss Fe r guson attended s u m m e r
Mr. Andrews the n e w gym school in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Andrews attended suminstructor plans to reorgan iz e the mer school at the Geo. Peabody play ground . He explains t h at it College i n Nashville, Tenn is too crowded now, bec ause of Some of the teach e rs spent a the way the diamonds are s itu- quiet summer at home l ike you ated. and me. Among these were Mrs. .Barrows, Mrs. Childress, Mr . Mr • . Andrews is also goin g to Heston, Miss Jones , Mi s s M u mreorganize the games. He hopes ford, Mrs . P in n ey, Miss Mary to have just as many home room Wilson, and Miss M L. Wilson. tournaments going at once as is They all remarked that they. sufpossible. He e x pects to have fered from the heat. individual tourn a ments in paddl e Miss Kahm of the office, M r tennis started soon.
W. F. McMullen, Mr: Ross and Mr. Strawn work ed all summer, The games this y ear are going while Mr. Updegraft worked to be organized so that the pu p ils will like to watch them. Mr. ha r d doing no th ing
Andrew s has several things in mind for cr e ati n g this i n terest on the part of the p upils; for instance in the gym he hopes to have some stunts, speed ball , deck tennis and other games w hich you are familiar. Outs ide he will have the same games which we have had before.
TE A CH ER S SPEND
1 TE RESTI N G V A CA TION S
( Continued fr o m page 3) while traveling to Chadron .
Miss Hooper trave led in Min nesota while Mrs. W orra l went to th e L a n do n ce lebr at i on in Topeka, Kansas .
SCHOLARSHIP ROLL
(Cont inued from page 3) tis, Mary E c k e rt, Jack Goodding , Clar e nce Heid e nreich, Betty Hull, Shirley K u shn e r, Dale McFarland , E lsi e Schaf e r, B e tty L ee Sherwood, Gertrud e Standl e y, Isabelle Storch , Wilma Fimm, Anna Wilson, Lois Ail es, Madge Barton, Betty Brown,
GIRLS' SPORTS
s i e G r un ge r, L o rain e Hohnstein, L a -
V er n e Lovin g , Deloris Moran , Richard Mich e l, Wa y n e Scott , C as si e T apl ey, Doroth y Ad e n, Molli e B ronst e in ,
October 2, 1936
During the first few da ys of school the seventh, eighth , a nd ninth grade home rooms pl ay ed only practice games Each ho mE room had one day of pr acti ce, before the tournament gam e~ sta r te d
Th e pla ygr ou nd com mit teE made a rule that would mak e t hE games go along much faste r a nc give the home rooms with pl ay eri that cannot get back at 12 :30, fair chance, the time gam e s a rE forfeited.
The non-championship g a me will have three inning s . T hi championship games wi ll h a v1 three innings. A home ro om m us decide by 12:30 whether t he y w i: play or forfeit.
An elimination tourn a'ne n will start as soon as th e pract ic games are fin ished. Mr s. Rm and the playground com rni t tE have decided to have an t>l im
Dorothy Buls, D~mald Bul.s, Howard nation tournament inste ad of D eb u s, Ruth D e l ehant, Orl e tha Gard - round robin tournament. B ut , n e r , Ja c k G uthri e , Lillian Horn, June s oon, and if a home roo m los E Koon s, .John Larson, Ralph Mo s h e r, the first game it plays i n tr "\V ill a Ann V an Bu s kirk, Arl e n e W e n - elimination tournament, i t wi d e ll, Rob e rt Young 9B - Harriet Cart e r, Mary Copl e n , have a second chance in th e con s•
Warr e n Dever e, Mable Eb e rt , Etta lation tournament. H a lv e r so n, FLorab e ll e M oell e r , Frances Neue n s chwand e r, Donab e ll e N or - "Was my face Red?" A sK Bi m an , Ha rry P a p p a s, Marjori e Schuma n, Wild a Smith , Billy Doran, B e s - Doran of 307 whether his wa s < M rs. Swisher sp ent the summer w ith he r mothe r in Weepin g Water and Mis s Johnson sp ent the summer on the farm
D e V ee D e drick, Deloris Jon e s, Anna Miss Madsen and Miss Ke ll er Mary M aur e y, Gladys Steph e nson, had visitors fr om different Ir e n e Turnwall, Ruth W i shnow, Augs tat es. ust G unn e rson , George Robb, Wal ,lace
And like the postman who Provo s t , Georg e Van S i ckle, And r es went for a walk on his day off, Ag uilar, B e tty Ann Boneb ri ght, Ha l Boss e r ma n, Albert Grant, William Mr . Ga mmill, Miss Green, Miss Lo e ffe l , Es th e r Manion, H e l e n MuehlMcCormick, Mr W . A . McMul- h a u se n, Barbara Quillin, Virginia len a nd Mi s s Peterson went to Sc hla eb itz, E ls e bert Spe n cer, Geor g e school at the U ni v ersity of Ne- W e rn e r , C h a rl eR Whe e l e r.
not during an activity per io, After getting permiss ion fr om h home room teacher to s p ea k another pupil on an algeb r a pr blem t hat he had been po nd e r ir on for about half the per iod, } fina ll y found hi nse lf in an em ba rasing momen t. All that h ad s tw h im w a s the product of 1 X
But even after the expla n ti on his e rror was made, Bi ll y st couldn't see why 1 X 1 d oesr equal two.
he hitf Green ea
VOL 14 NO. 2 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA OCTOBER 16, 1936 PRI C E: FIVE CENTS
Ne w Students I Enter Whittier
CALENDAR
Oct . 19, 7B Class Meeting
Oct . 23, Cabinet Meeting
Oct. 26, Delegate Assembly
FO RM ER PUPILS MOVE TO Oct. 27, Six weeks grades giv- 0 T HER DISTRICTS A ND en out CITIES
Oct. 29-30, Vacation N.S. T.A.
Meetings
I 7B's Becomin g Acqua inted Here
MOST OF NEW PUPILS COME FROM ELLIOTT
Just as all communities occa- ,._ ______ ____ As the semester progresses the siona lly have new members so . newcomers, most of whom are has Whi ttier in its little com- First Delegate 7B's, begin to look more and mun ity So far thirty-eight ! A bl H ld more at ease . The shouts of new pu p i 1s h ave entered - ssem y e freshie become a lot fainter, as thi s y e a r . Some came from out 1 --- fewer 7B's make noticable errors of t h e state all together and I HOME ROOMS TO HAVE The 9A's and "stalies" had better ot he r s j ust transferred from I NEWS REPORTERS be careful, 'cause one of these diff eren t schools. in the city. I fine days some 7B may resent E mma Jean Curtis of ~10 ca_me The boy delegates representing their taunts and turn the tables t f B J O fl h
But let's not look for trouble. o u s _r om yers um r ig all of the home rooms in Whittier S h 01 Denver Betty and Bob I
Thus far no ones feelings have c O m • met in the auditorium to di~cuss Sh ll b oth Of 105 Came from I been badly damaged aud if I u aw the various school activities. Ottu m w a , Iowa and Evelyn I Richard Michel presided while know my Whittier pupi l s no ones B~rton , . 208 from Sprmgfield, 1 William Leoffel assisted. Joe will be for some time to come. M1s sour1. W e also ha~~ a stude1!: 1Aguirre gave the boys a few This year we received from the fro m wa y off Georg ia She 1s tips on how to improve our sports, many elementary schools i n Ba rbara Breen of 308. . I while Wallace Provost, who is Lincoln, a fine flock of students W ] l
There are over 350 new 7B's this
e w e come you new pupi s the Greenleaf editor asked that whol e h ea r ted l :}' . and . hope l I there be a home ro~m reporter semester. you w 11_l s ~ay and Jorn u s m all for the Greenleaf assigned in the Elliott sent to Whittier the our ac tivi t _1 es various home rooms. His explan- largest number of "Freshies."
No w w it h p upils ente r ing we I ation of the request was this; a The former Elliottites who came have som e c lassmates w h o have membe r of the home room is to to Whittier. this term nu mber left our fold and fou n d them- h ld h • • d d • over 100 pupils. selve s ne w environments t O tht eGposit1wnf,. mt1 ffsen nt o~es, Clinton and Hartley are n~x~ in Th 109 f th ·1 ° e reen ea s a ' as O im- number having sent to Whittier
A eretahre o ·1esehpu p1 s. portan t happenings in the home I more than 140 pup il s between
mon g ese are pup1 s w o were room - regi ster ed for 7B's and had never T • · 1 h Id h · d l them . gone to Whittier yet Some have he bfir. s the l 'bt eir Ae eg-~~e Other schools in Whittier dis- 1 d • t h 1 assem Y m e 1 rary. nne e trict who promoted former 6A's ~er e _ Y move m 0 new sc 00 Smith presided and Dorothy . . • dist ricts such ~s Irving, Everett, Aden read the minutes A few of mto our Jumor High School are and Jack son High the things that were brought up Bancroft , Bel m ont and Hayward. Alth ough some h ave moved to and discussed are below: I wonde r how m a n y of us r e- other citi es in t he s~a t e, . man~ 1 1. To keep the playground in I alize w h a t a la r g e area Wh i tt ier Went as far as Cahforma. Missouri good order and not to make it serves . We have one of the larg- Kan s as , Chicago, Arizona, / look any worse by throwing est school d istri c ts i n Lincol n . Color ado an d even Washington candy papers around. Then , too, there are many pupils D. C. a re p laces that received our , 2. The quiet games will start from outs ide our school d istr ic t former Wh itt ier stude nt s th is ; the first rainy day and will be held \vho attend Whittier. It might semester.
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THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Publish ed every two weeks during the school year by pupils of Whittie1· junior high school, at 22nd and Vine streets, Lincoln, N ebr aska.
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FACULTY COMMITTEE
Miss S e lma Hult
H omer L. Gammill Miss Edna Zamzow
Mr. C. L. Culler Miss Marie Cro ss
GREENLEAF STAFF
Ed i tor-in-chief Wallace Prnvost
9A Edi tor - - George Werne1·
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REPORTERS
Ruth Wi sh now BrUy Jean Hull Bill Graves Bessie Grunger Wilda Sm ith
PRINTERS
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Myron Brewel' Hal Moore
Mary Campbell Ralph Mosher
·wayne Chl'istopher Eugene Payne
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ing a study of patterns. Miss / MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF Wilson said that although her I WBITTIER girls are making a variety ,of __ _ 'garments such as .smocks, blouses / Having never changed schools and dresses, tumcs seem to, be since I entered kindergarten at the most popular . Hartley, I dreaded the strangeWARNING TO CYCLISTS ness of a new school. All summer
Whittier has bad two bicycle accidents in the last two weeks, just because of careless riding. If the pupils who ride w ould think more of safety and le8s of speed may be there would be fewer q<;cidents. It would not be a bad idea to push the bicycles on the sidewalk especially if the walk is crowded.
Think it over Whittierites and see if it doesn't make sense.
I wished that I didn't hav e to go to Whittier. Nevertheless, the first day of the new term found me on the school steps cr ossing my fingers, taking a deep breath and finally entering with a fervant hope that no one would hear the thump-thump of my furi ou sly pounding heart.
The 7B home-rooms as usual Curiously enough, as I walked down the corridor8 attempti ng to locate my home-room, I fel t as if I were the only freshman in the building and expected at any moment to hear ring throu gh the halls, "Freshie! Hi Fre shie! " iit!lla1~, e~~ aft each year, are spending an activBruce Gould Lester Stearnes ity period in the library. Here, ¥,~\::I1 eH~l~c~z~Jf~~h
Miss Bethune shows the new ~~t e;Y 0y1i~ng pupils how to use the book cata--------------, log, also, how they may check OUR CUSTODIANS I out books and magazines. The pupils should appreciate this in-
The staff of custodians has been formation being given to them, cut one man short. This man as it will undoubtedly prove valuis Mr. William Andrews, fireman, able for the rest of their stay at who resigned and went to Chi- Whittier, and even on through cago. This left the job of clearing High School. the play ground of papers to a So far this semester the member of the N. Y.A Whittier library has recieved
The custodians arrive for work almost 500 books from the city in the following order. The fire- library. Most of the books have man comes early enough in the been fiction. morning to get the building warm *
for school. Mr. Martin comes at' 7 o'clock to open the building. Another custodian comes at 8 and one at 9. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, four more men come to clean the building.
A TOUR TO THE HOME EC. CLASSES
The classes are re ally just getting started. The 7th graders are starting on their personal account books and Miss Schofield's 7th and 8th classes are also preparing to work in the cooking laboratory. Miss Wilson's 9th grade home economics are cutting and are going to begin sewing while Miss Dee's 9th home ec. are mak-
Therefore it seemed al mos t a mirac le when I looked up an d saw the friendiy, black number s, 102 , peering down at me from one of a half-dozen doors and kne w that I had finally arrived at my homeroom without mishap. I disco vered several grinning, familiar faces; and decided that perhaps I shouldn't mind it so, here, af ter all.
However I didn't feel entirely initiated to the •delights and mysteries of this new school until I'd tried my luck at getting to and from classes. Our home-room teacher had explained to us about the different stairs but I didn't
We seem to have noticed some "catch on" to the system at first.
friction in the cafeteria. 'fhe girls I started bravely out towa rds one are angry because they are not end of the hall which I ho ped excused from the cafet Pria as would be the right one. Wit h a soon as boys. It seems the boys quick surge of relief I foun d I are dismissed sixty seconds be- was on the correct stairs "g oing fore the girls. Who would have up." Goodness! I scarcel y felt thought that one little minute as if I were climbing up at all, but could cause any trouble? rather being carried along by the
But leave it to our Miss Hult. force of the crowd She thinks that it may be possible And now after be ing in to have a bell ring at 12:15. Then school several days I am slow ly both boys and girls would be but surely changing my opinion dismissed at the same time. That of Whittier. It will be fun after should simplify matters, don't a!l and different. I am lear ning you think?
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ACROSS
1. Receiv e with hospitality
8. Seen down hail with huge geogra phies
ii. Opposit e of "low"
15. Th e New Deal
18. Behold
20. 3rd p erso n plural
22. Taking big steps
29. A certain topic
34. To entertain
39. Some possess it and cannot control it
46. A letter in the alphabet
48. Ange r or wrath (Latin)
51. It revol ves
55. First person singular
60. Past tens e of 65 do wn
64. Floor cover ing
68. Is not slang
73. Apparen t
80. Girl's nic kname
82. You
84. In pain
87. Subject taught at Whittier
DOWN
1. A most beloved school named after a poet
2. Or
3. Initials of life guard
4. The champion (slang)
6. Used for cleaning of shoes
7. To mark out
8. An odd number
9. To bestow happiness on some one
10. The conjunction of 'therefore'
17. An endeavor
23. One who sees into the future
27. In proper time
31. Arise
44. Opposite of wholesale
54. An organ where respiration takes place
55. Foolish fell ow
58. At sea
61. Abbrev. of street
65. Make practice of
69. Within
80. Adbrev. of the word that goes with 11 across
The fo11owing is a reprinf from THE WHITTIER JUNIOR HIGH NEWS of October 19, 1925. This paper was printed once a month WILL PUBLISH
A REAL YEAR BOOK
This year Whittier is to · have a year book or annual. It will not in any way take the place of the Whittier News, nor will it be another paper like the news any more than a monthly magazine could take the place of a daily paper or r~ven be like it. The news comes out regularly, and often, all through the year, keeping one in touch with what is going on in the school as fast as things can happen, and helping the student to look forward to events yet to come. In this way it is more like a newspaper. The annual will be more like a magizine or a book. There will be but one number, which will come out at the end of the year or about the first of June It will be a review of all interesting- things that have been done at Whittier throughout the year . It will be full of pictures and of records of all sorts of events such as tournaments, athletic, con tests, games, concerts, and entertainments. It will keep in permanent form the membership of important offices and committees. Long after he has left the school, a student will many times take pleasure in referring to such a record. There will be a strong department for the best of stories, poems, and other literary work of the boys and girls.
Of course to get out such a book will mean a great deal of hard work for some or rather for quite a large group of workers.
It is planned to have an editorin-chief, two associate editors, a business manager, and some eight or ten reporter::,.· Watch for the announcement of the makeup of this staff.
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BOYS' SPORTS
We thought at the first of the year that the organization was not as good as it should have been especially during the noon hour games. Some individuals were not up to standard, but, in most of the cases this has been remedied.
The spectators and the safety committee have cooperated unusually ·well this year in helping to keep the diamonds clear.
Rob e rt Belka h a s charge of speed ball and touch on the ea s t field. He will be sup e rvising vol., ley ball, deck tennis, and other sports.
It is only right that we menti on Joe Agguire in this article. As he is the play ground chairman a few of his duties are these. He writes out all the notices for the bulletin, he makes the tournaments and he selects officials and assigns them to their · positions. He also supervises the playground every noon. He checks on the officials to see that they are in • place and not wandering around at random.
Here are a few home · rooms which have played this semester. The winning home room appears last.
209-2 0 5 110-212 102-302 304-310 301-305 210-307
Here is s o me information for the home room s Any time there is a misunderstanding not involving the judgment of an official, it should be brought to the attention of the playground chairman at once. The next day is of ten too late.
Have you boys noticed the new backstop on the south west corner of the playground? It is new th i s year and is a help to the catche r s .
MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF WHITTIER
(Continued from page 2) fairly well to find my way about the building, to my locker. Perhaps at the end of the year I shall be as fond of Whit~ier as I am of Hartley and it's instructors. Or more so. Who knows?
Dorothy James, 102
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An interesting point is the choice of a good ''snappy" name for this book. As our school is namedforthe poet John Greenleaf Whittier, it has been suggested that "The Whittier Greenleaf" would be a good one. What do you think? Can you suggest a better?
The sponsors for this new venture are Miss B. Green, H. R. 316. and Miss Prouty, H. R. 320. They will welcome suggestions and will answer inquiries as fast as decisions are reached.
7B'S. BECOMING ACQUAINTED HERE
(Continued from page 1) surpris e you to know that pupils fron:i . schools as far away as Capit a l, Hawthorne ,. Lake View Riley, Saratoga and Sheridan, get special permits to · come to Whitti e r.
The se new pupils will occupy the home rooms which formerly were 9A home room.
FIRST DELEGATE ASSEMBLY HELD
(Continued from page 1.) in the shops in the room in which the hobby show was held. 3. To turn up seats in the auditorium
Among some of the pupils who were h elpful in giving sugge~tions were:
Virginia Schlaebitz 104
Edith Hartman 212 Phyliss Overman 105
GIRLS' SPORTS
The paddle tennis tourna men has started and seems to be quiti popular again this semester . I: you want to practice there i s court available each day. T h eri are three courts, one for g irls one for boys, and one for pra cti ce the same as last year. Mrs. Ka rn has charge of paddle tennis thi semester. Quite a numb er o pupils have entered in th e fi rs tournament. The sec ond t ou rna ment will probably be a m ixe( doubles.
Mrs. Kane will also be i1 charge of the quiet games r oon this winter, which will b e in 12 instead of rooms 108 and 11 0 a it was last semester.
· The elimination tourn am en seems to be going along q uit well. The seventh grade c ha.rnp are 304. The eighth grade cha mp are 208. The ninth grade ch a mp are 212.
A cricket tournament sta rte Wednesday September 30. E ac home room will have at le ast on game and maybe more. Here is a list of gam es an scores of the elimination tom nament, the winners ap pea rin first:
9th Grade 212-108 212-210 210-209 316-104
8th Grade 208-101 218-31 4
7th Grade 103-106 302-32 0 304-102 320-31 8
You are doing fine gi rls .
A mass chorus of a bnut 55 girls from the girls gl ee clul from all over the city wi ll s ing group of numbers at t he Ni braska Teacher's Conve nti on the Coliseum Thursday Oct. 2!
The ·Whittier Greenleaf
VOL 14 NO. 3 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA OCTOBER 28, 1936
N. S. T. A. Meeting
A ffo rds a Vacation
CIVIC LEAGUE SCHEDULE
7B November 5
7A November 12
8B November 19
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Whittier Library Receives Books
The first meeting of the home room reporters was held Friday, 8A December 3 • 1 The library of Whittier has October 16. The Greenleaf Staff 9B December 10 received a large assortment of feels fo rtunate in having such a 9A December 8 new books this semester. Miss fine g r oup to help them. Of,...._____________,} Bethune, the librarian, has also course t hey didn't know what Pl . B . L .d subscribed for two more maga- was expected of them, but they ans e1ng al zines. The Science News Letter manag ed to turn in some inter- f F ll p esting items. Here are a few of Or a rogram is liked by the science teachers them: ___ and the "Every Week" magazine
A fe w pupils had already m~de The fall prngram is being will be helpful to those that are pla~s for the two days vacation I planned by Mrs. Shike and Mrs. reading on their vocations. which comes October 29 and 30. [ . , . Ma r <Ya ret Bodenhamer of 307 is White. We all know its gomg to Although there are only forty- going to Grand Isla~d. John be a hit with everybody. six books being made ready for Warne r, also from 307, is going We'll try and give you a few circulation now, by the end of to Des Moines, and Anna Mary hints as to what it will consist the term there will probably be ~o~ r ey , from 3 9o, is going to of but not too many as we don't that many more. vISit th e Black Hills. ; ' . . ' A h f h Dale McFarland, of no, broke wish to give it all away. b kt t e pfire~ent bmosth o t e hi s arm while playing football. Mrs. Shike's drama class is oo s are ?tion, ut t ere are It ha d t o be set twice. going to present a play based on also two fairy tales and eleven Bernard Leabman s~umble~ as I a circus story. It circles arou nd vocational reading books. he cau ght the ball while :playmg I a certain clown named Flambo. Since mystery and western sto- fi r ~t base . He ·scratched hi s hand I Th b 1 1 b -11 ries are the most favored type qmte badly . e oys gee cu wi . , Ma rian Herzog's family plans I give a short operetta entitled Miss Bethune has been thoughtful to mo ve into their new home I "The Boy 's Bandit", under the enough to buy ~ore of them. _The dur· N s T A t· direction of Mrs. White. adventures of Jimmy Dale 1s a mg . . vaca 10n. h ·1r J No vember 5, the 7B's will go Al so the girls glee club will t : 1 mg mystery story. ust 0 th · fi t · · 1 t .- sin<Y a o-roup of numbers It has thmk he was two persons at the Il e1r rs CIVIC eague up. o O • t· H d ·a h d • ? Th 9B 1 f d t not been decided as to what they same 1me. ow I e o it. e c ass was orce o . w 11 fl d t • ele ct a new class secretary when will be. e ' n ou • , thei r old one moved away.
1 Now you know as to the na- Some of Zane Greys ?00 ks are w M.ll t h ture of it but you'll learn more represented and there is also a a:ren 1 er seems O ave . ' ' book that relates the wonderful lost his key in shop Anyway he as time goes on. f h th N th • . ' h story o ow e or west ter- has not been in school smce.
1 We hope t~ see many mot - ritory was won. • Among the first to solve the I ers, fa th ers, SISters a nd bro th ers Another of Terhunes' dog books cros s word puzzle in the s econd present. entitled Luck of the Laird will issue of the Greenleaf, were A sm all ~dm~ssion will ?e prove to be a good story. There Ele anor Hackstock, Helen Ben- charged but :t will be wor th . it. are the ''Emily'' series by net of 220, and Beverley Powell So g~t yo 1r ticket at the earheS t Montgomery, the girls favorite of 309
1 possible date. authoress. •
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
October 28, 1936
THE 307 has about ten pupils who will connected with Hallowe'en it is WHITTIER GREENLEAF probably have the opportunity of a time to be merry and to' hav e
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The C. I. T. Safety Foundation is giving $1,000 in prizes to high school stud en ts ( from the ninth grade on) for the best essay on how to avoid street accidents. The a wards are as follows: First prize, $100; second, $50; third, $25; next ten $20 each; the next ten, $10 each; and the next 105, $5 each. The essay must not exceed 750words and should be written on one side of 8 1-2 by 11 • paper. The name and address of the contestant should appear on each sheet. Entries should be mailed, before June 30, 1937, to C. I. T. Saftey Foundation, One Park Avenue, New York City. The entry should have the contestant's name, address, school, class, and teacher's name. For further deitals, inquire at the office.
Miss M. L. Wilson used one of the activity periods to check with her 9A home room their efficiency credits. The time is getting short because credits must be earned before the end of the twelve weeks. The 9A's who are working for the certificate will begin writing their efficiency letters sometime during the next quarter.
receiving the efficiency certificate. a great deal of fun.
The other day there were 276 bicycles in or around the racks. To be exact, there were 39 around and 237 in (which · is doing quite well considering the fact that there are only 224 stalls in the racks). That means that there are 52 "homeless" bicycles, enough to fill three more racks, and 210 of the 276 (76 per cent) are bicycles with balloon tires for which the racks were not made.
HALLOWE'EN
On October 31st almost everyone will celebrate Hallowe'en. The name means hallowed or holy evening It is really an au-
CODY CANYON
The road leading to th e East entrance of the Park from Cody is through the canyon of the Shoshone river. There are many rock formations along thi s roa d such as the Elephant's Head H_enry Ford, The puck! Th e Holy City, and The Laughlmg P ig. The Shoshone Dam, one of the largest in the world, is loc ate d in this canyon also. It is for ir rigation purposes around Co dy where now there is onl y s agebrush. The Shoshone r ese rvoir is over ten miles long and in the widest place about fou r miles across.
tumn f_e~tival, but the peasant When you enter the N a tion al superstition has taken away the Forest you cross the riv er and ?riginal _meaning and has made see really one tree but t he re is it a holiday of the mystery of three different kinds of tre es ghost?, witches, spirits and hob- growing on top of each ot h er As gobblms. you drive down the can yo n you . It ?r~ginally was a festival of see many trees most of th em are simplicity and was confined to\ Lodgpole Pines and as th e ran gthe church. But as the lower I ers say they are really Chris tcla~s of people took it in a pe- mas trees on long pole. T h e reacuhar_ way, it became known as son the Lodgepole Pine s a re so ~he mght when ghosts and spir- plentiful is because it i s a kind its walk abroad . of tree that grows soon af ter a
The peasants built huge bon- forest fire and by the t im e the fires to keep the ~pooks away Lodgepole Pine have grow n large and _tempered their fears by enough to be able to she lt er the feastmg. They brought out their other kinds of trees that in the winte_r stores of nuts and apples. meantime have sproute d. Soon Duckmg for apples_ and roasting wind storms kill Lodgepo le Pines nuts came to be widely used. and all that is left is th e better
Young girls suiting their own grade of timber. wishes, decided this wa s the I As you pass through th e cann~ght to peer into the futt~re and I yon, you may see over on e hundiscover the name of then· bus- dred different varieties of flowband, thus deriving the act of ers. telling fortune.
You may expect to see wild
Most people go to cemeteries animals but unless you o- et out believing that spirits of the dead of you; car and go b a;k onewander about and some avoid half mile off the road yo u will b~a~k cats :Vho acco r ding to tra- not see any for they do no t come d1t10nal beliefs were companions down to the road much b ecause of the witches. they do not like the n ois e.
Th~ prank_s of stealing gates, I It would take too lo n g to t~ll buggies, chairs, _and other prop-1 of all things you can se e just m erty are explamed that they \ that one canyon that if yo u want were supposed to be stolen by to know what it is like y ou had the evil SJ.?irits. Although there !better go there yoursel f are all kmds of superstitions Mary Lou Stonesife r , 106.
ASSE fy.IBLY HELD OCT. 22
An unusually interesting assembl y was held October 22 at Whittie r To begin with Mr. Culler recognized the girl captains and th eir teams who have acquire d championship of their partic ular grade. The home room s that were mentioned were: 7th grade, 304; 8th grade , 208; and 9th grade, 212. Ma e Spaed t and Florence Johns were also given recognition for bei n g cham pions in the paddle tenni s tourn ament.
Then came the best part of the p r og ram. Mr. Blooah, of the colored race, from Africa spoke to an attentive audience. He related some incidents of his life from the cocoanut tree to college. His native place is Nimia which is located in the Republic of Libe ria. Before Mr. Blooah' s conver sion to Christianity, hi s name was T s e-dji-do -bec-kaewel-djik- pwa-wo-buba. The last division is where his Engli s h name comes from. He has lived in Ame rica ever since he came except in 1930 and 1931 when he went back to his birthplace for a visit. He has made much progress while in America. Among some of his accomplishments, he has mastered the English vocabulary quite well and has written a book , transl a ting his native language. Mr. Blooah is no w working for a doctor's deg r ee in the Uni versity of Nebraska.
MR. LEFLER SPEAKS
An interesting assembl y took place in the Whitti e r auditorium October 15th.
It be gan with the bo y s' glee club singing a few selections under the direction of Mrs. White and acc omp a ni ed by Miss Munn. Mr. Cull er then gave recogniti on to the different home rooms who were cham pions in the first tour-
nament. He also introduced the new teachers who have come to instruct at Whittier this semester. Mr. Lefler, our superintendent of schools, who was the guest speaker was then introduced. His theme was of two words, bcith begining with "h." They were "head and hand" and he showed how necessary it it for your head to be the guide of your hand and also gave several reasons and examples for it. I am sure that everyone was impressed and hope to have Mr. Lefler with us again in the future.
BICYCLES
The fo1lowing paragraph is reprinted from the Whittier News of October 19, 1925. ''Each day nearly two hundred wheels are brought to school. Of these about one-fourth are leaned against trees and posts, while the remainder of about one hundred fifty are thrown to the ground, where in bad weather they are often made dirty and cause the clothes to become soiled. The • vacant lot east of the school building was secured for the purpose of parking bicycles, but for the lack of a bicycle rack the FIRE PREVENTION boys are forced to find parking PROGRAM IN 220 room elsewhere. When the leveling of the lot is finished, it is In home room 220 Helen planned to have a bicycle rack Bennet was chairman of the dis- installed, large enough to accomcussion for the Fire Prevention modate all the wheels." week. Fifteen pupils were asked In those days there was no to give the acrostic, ''Fire Safe- i playground east of the building, ty Hints.'' Several pupils reported and the vacant lot referred to upon cases of fire in their own was on the other side of Whittier homes giving cause, means of Street which ran just eist of the extinguishing the fire and stating building. preventive measures that should be followed in the home and elsewhere.
AN EXCITING GAME
- Miss Hooper's 7B geography class had a very interesting Mexican exhibit the week of September 30. Some of the things they had were a lovely Mexican Crack! There the ball goes. It's , dress, mantillas, sombreros and a hard smash way out over the many other interesting things. fence for a home run made by The Mexican scrapbook that was E lston. The crowd is giving Elston started last semester by the 7B a big hanrl.. It looks as though his geography class wlll be continued. back will be sore if they don't quit slapping it. The score stands 1 to 0 in favor of 208. Vernon is up to the pl a te now and the bases are loaded. The count is 3 and 2 on him. H ere's the pitch and there it goes. He socks it clear over the fence cleaning up all the bases and making the score 5 to 0. The ball game is over giving 208 the school championship.
- Roderick Hansen, 208
The Whittier pupils listed below have achieved an art scholarship at the U. of N. art classes this summer because of unusual ability they showed in their work. They are:
Marilyn Moore 106, 7B
Betty Lee Cronn 205, 9B
Faye Pickell 307 , 9A
Clifford Scott 300, 9A
Max High 112, 9B
BOY'S SPORTS
NOTABLE NOTES
This week the boys have been We have a former Whittierite spending most of their time on back with us this semester, the fundamentals of the sports Marylin Jennings of 110. Marylin of which they have partaken. went to Whittier two semesters, Mr. Andrews also state_s that he, Irving one semester, and is now has ~he boys started m paddle I back at Whittier. We are glad to tenms I have you back Marylin.
Each home room this year will 1 have. a football team. Some of ; Mr. Culler is experimenting to the home rooms have started . playing already. They are: see how much pap~r 1s ~cc_m.n~112-303 107 220 lated on the floors m Whittier m 205-212 1o5 208 one day. The . usher co~mit_tee 222-lOl has been appomted to aid him. . The paper collected will be in a Mr Andrews 1s gomg to send b k t t .d th ffi d , b 11 t· d. tt· as e ou s1 e e o 1ce oor. om u e ms regar rng ge mg H h d th· k th into gym, how to conduct your- ? 1 W 1 b muc O you m ere 1 h th w1 e. sc ves w en you are m e gym, _______ and how to get out of the gym. When the spectators go into the
NICKNAMES
GIRL'S SPORTS
The second paddle tennis tour nament. a mixed double s, wiJ begin the week of the nine teenth. Mae Spaedt and Flo ren c1 Johns won the first tourna me nt
The consolation tourna me n has been started for the horn rooms who lost a game in th elimination tournament. Her are some of the results, winner appearing first:
. balcony, they should sit down Annette Smith and stay so until they are told La Veta Abbott otherwise.
Merle Mayfield
Here is a tip on a new sport Marjorie Schuman Why not have some outdoor bas- Ralph Lamb ketball? It would be a good thing Janet Wetzel for fall and spring, and so far it Delores Moran has been very successful in the Dorothy Bodenhamer city league, where it is being Mable Ebert tried.
Sadie Parky Pick Peg Tiny Tricky Doc Rusty Maybe
The boys had some boxing and At the end of an examination some tumbling going on · in the the teacher took up the papers. gym the other day, wherefore Among them he. disco'vered one Mr. Andrews had an in spiration. sheet which instead of being covThe result was that anyone in ered wlth facts and figures, a the gym class or any one else in- crude drawing of a tombstone on terested may go to the gym which was written ''Sacred to the after school, where Mr. Belka memory which always deserts me and Mr. Andre ws are having a on occasions like this." tumbling clas s , and there they may take les s ons in tumbling. Remember, you don't have to be a gym member to attend.
Teacher: .Johnnie, where is your pencil?
Johnnie: Ain't got none.
Teacher: My goodness where is your grammar?
Desperado: "Hands up. If you move you're dead."
Professor: '·But sir, your English is abominable. If I were to move, it would be a sure sign I was alive."
Here are some scores from tr cricket tournament, winne rs aJ pearing first : Cricket 7th Grade 320-102 207 -203 318-304 302- 310 309-103 207 -106 302-216 302- 310 8th Grade 101-314 312- 301 220-305 208- 21 8 105-22,2 9th Grade 112-110 21 0-303 212-108 10 4-307 316-300
Did you notice the oth er d, that 212 (9B's) was play ing 3 (freshies) on diamond I f sc hool champs? 212 won bu t was a good game.
I suppose everyone has notic that the diamonds are chang because it was announced in t home rooms, but I wonder everyone knows exactl y ,vhE they are? The girls' diamon are all on the east side of t building and the boys' ar e all the south playground.
Abraham Lincoln was born in a Julius Ceasar was born house that he helped his father Athens while his paren ts Wf Johnnie: My grandmar-is dead. build. visiting ip Rome.
T he Whittier Greenleaf
VOL. 14 N O. 4
LINCOLN, NEBRAKSA NOVEMBER 13, 1936
Program Plans
Nea rly Completed
HOME E C. TO MAKE COSTUMES
CALENDAR
Nov. 16, Registration begins
Nov. 17, Cabinet Meeting
Nov. 18, Assembly
Nov. 19, Delegate assembly
Nov . 20, Report of delegates
More fall program plans are N being laid. The home economics ov. 25 , Thanksgiving
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Q uiet Games Ro o m
Location Changed
MRS. KANE TO BE IN CHARGE
During the winter months departmen ts are busy getting up assembly when it is much too cold to go colorful costumes for Mrs. Nov. 26, Thanksgiving recess out of doors, a number of Whit- Shike's play, "Flambo the Nov. 27, Thanksgiving recess tier pupils go to the quiet games Clown." This play has some very , ,______________, room. In this room many games interestin g characters in it. The I A . . D like checkers, dominoes and an- following list will soon convinc e rmlS tlCe ay agrams are played. you so
R , d In the past this room was The B~reback Rider _ S ecogn1ze under the supervision of differ- LaVeta Abbott ent teachers whose duty it was Flambo, t he Clown_ ___________________ SHORT PLAY IS to see that everything ran Dale Burleigh PRESENTED smoothly. This year Mrs. Kane Snake Ch armer ____ Annette Smi th of the Lincoln Recreation Board Madam Fatima ____ Howard Yates As on Armistice days before we Balloon Man ________ George And res have had assemblies, on Nov. 11 Lawyer _Lillian Horn in the auditorium we held our Ringmast er _____________ J\~ary Copl~n annual Armistice day assembly. Clown _____ Molhe Bronstem Some of the things that were on Clown _____________ Donald Scott the program were-readings by was sent to Whittier to help run the quiet games r oom. Mrs. Kane has introduced some new games and done much toward popularizing some of the old
Now do n't you agree? You'll Arlene Way, Virginia Barch, and all laugh at the funny clown, Shirley Kushner. There was also games. Flambo, and Madam Fat ima. a short play entitled "Three Un- The location as well as the But one thi ng that sets us guess- knowns" which was centered supervisor of the quiet games ing is what they will use for a around the unknown soldier, room has been changed. Room horse and snakes if they need that was arranged from an arti- 110 where the quiet games used them. Oh! Well! .You'll find out cle by Bruce Barton. December 11, 1936, the night of The cast was as follows: to be played is no longer used the annual fall program . Some Reader Howard Stacy for that purpose The new loca- points in the story are as fol- Unknowns Bud Deeds tion of the quiet games room is lows: Flambo the clown being Victor Brooks now in the shops . There the fired and how friends stick up Charles Hilliard lighting is better to some extent for him. Y ou'll all be surprised Miss Jones played appropriate and there is much more room. at the outcome of it all. music th rough the program. The bo y's glee club is putting The girl,~ glee clu~ sang tw,~ U_sually an average of _ 70 ~n a one- act operetta ent itled numbers,_ Sleep So!?ier. Sleep pupils a day attend the qmet Boy Ban dits" as you probably by Davison a~d Praise for games room. This semester Miss read in th e last issue but we'll Peace" by ~lemmg. T~ey were Hult is handing out tickets to all save the information of char- separated m two sect10ns, one . acte d th t t'll t section on the north side and one that wish to enter. The reason rs an e s ory 1 nex . f th' • th t l 1· ·t d tirpe. on the south side of the stage. or 1s 1s a on y a 1m1 e . Buy your tickets at your ear- It was a grand program and the amount of pupils can be taken liest convenience pupils enjoyed it immensely. care of.
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THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE j over in France for a short tim e. BOY SC OUT
November 13, 1936
ANNIVERSARY
WHITTIER GREENLEAF I Howard Yates' father was in the . military Camp Funston in Kan- The boy scout troop No 12
Publish ed every two weeks during the school 1 M , y e ar by pupils of Whittier junio r hi gb school, ! sas. ... aTgare t Bodenhamer s held their 25th annive rsary a at 22nd and Vine_ streets, L i ncoln, ebrask_a. father was also at that same few weeks ago. , Set up and prmled by th e pupils takmg
G reenlea~ 1?rinti n 1;; camp but was also in France a Friday evening the members
Subs c npt10n pnce 20c eac h semester, sm g le l 't tl H h Id th tt d d d' t St p }' cop ies 5c. 1 e over a year. e e e a en e a mner a . au s
FACULTY COMMITTEE position of a "machine gunner." church. A very substanti al meal
Miss Selma Hult
Homer L. Gammill Miss Ed na Zam z ow
Mr. C. L. Culler
Miss Marie Cr oss
GREENLEAF STAFF
Editor-in-chi e f Wallac e Provo s t
TypiS t - -
•Th e battles of Chateau Thierry was served. Chicken noo dles , poand Argonne Forest a re a few he tatoes and apple crust \'r er e a fought in. They have his uni- few items of which the menu form and a few other relics yet. consisted . Patrol stunts a n d fla1r
9A Editor - - - George W erner -------- ceremonies were a part of the
· ente rt ainment of the ev en 1·ng.
REPORTERS e s a as een receiving a considerablP amount of good The governor's wife was one Bill Graves
Ruth Wishnow B ett y Jean Hull
Eddie Beltz
Myron Brewer
Mary Campbell
B es s i e G ru n ger
Wilda Smith
PRINTERS
Flora Moeller
Hal foore
Ra lph Mosher
Wayne Ch i·istoph er
Willard Co les
Albert Colwe ll
Willard Craft
Bud D ee d s
Bruce G ou ld
Clarenc Heidenreich
Farrell Helms(,edlel'
Duane Holman
Haro ld Hudson
Eugene Payne
Jane Rad more
Raymond Risher
Fi·cd Rose
Gene Snyder
Lester Stearnes
Leon Stro emer
George W e r n er
Bob Wol'ley
Robert You n g
When several teachers were asked what they thought of the election returns, al m ost all of them weren't satisfied with it.
When Pop Heston was asked, he said, "You better not ask me, I'm liable to swear," and s o leaving the ques t ion un a n sw ere d the repo !'ter went to 107 to get Mr. Updeg raft's opi ni on . "It's surprising how many people can be wrong," was his reply Miss Green said she was "thoroughly disgusted" and Mr. Ross, Mr. W. A. McMullen, Mr. Gammill, and some of the other teachers agreed that the election could have turned out better. However Mr. Strawn, Miss Margaret Wilson and a few othe rs were sat isfied with the way it turned out.
mater i a I for the Greenleaf of the guests present altho ugh through the home room reporters. Governor Cochran and Ma yor
At the m~eting of October 28, Bryan were expected. Al s o presonly about fifteen reporters par- ent were scout executi ves, Mr. ticipated in givmg news. Th at, Lawson, Mr. Chase and 1\ TT Mcof course is fine but other home Master . rooms who do not report any items The t roop also celebra ted their will feel badly if not included anniversary at a sco ut camp when the issue comes out. So be where they were honore d g uests sure to give your reporters at Paul Burke, Richard Ho bson, least one article a week. Original an d Francis Smith, boy s of this stories, songs, p oems, and jokes troop, attend Whittier. are always appreciated.
It seems that the main cause of "traffic accidents" in the halls is that some pupils have forgotten that in 7B they were told to keep to the right in the halls.
If you have seen some funny incident around Whittier, o r have heard or read a good joke that wasn't in a local newspaper or magazine that everyone has re a d, t e 11 your home room Greenleaf reporter and he will relay it to the staff. Remember, you can get efficiency credit fo r such contributions.
MANY PUPILS ATT EN D PARTIES
Among the many who a ttended Hallowe'en parties d urin g the N. S. T. A. vacation wer e Eve lyn Crouse, 208, Donna Emo r y, 318, and Evelyn Barton, 208. Hazel Flora, 208, spent her vacation entertaining visit ors from out of. town. Berndett e L angen, 216, visited Father Fl an agan's home in Omaha.
50 % of the pupils in 216 attended the football game. Lillian Glanz of 208 we nt on a weiner roast Hallo we' en.
A 7B geography class in November 11, 1936, the worl d n: rhi·tti'er· d • • Th h d M U d ft will celeb rat e the eighteen th vv were 1 8 cuss 1 n g e ot _ er ay r. P egra Armistice Day. United States "cele r y " in class one day. A had an oil burner insta lled in his had many men wh o fought and certain boy in the class smartly home and had two hu ndred galwho were killed in the war. r_aised his hand and said, ''We I lons put in his tank. Th e next Home room 307 has four pupils live on celery at ou r house." Imorning he measure d it and ~hose ~athers were all fortunate "You live on celery?" the I found he had three hu ndre d galm commg back safe ly. teacher asked, very surprised. IIons . You ought to go i n to the Betty Emmons' and Harold The boy replied, ''Yes, my dad J oil business, "Upte" you 'll get Goldblatts' father both were makes $150. a month." rich that .w ay.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
9A CLASS MEETING
November 13, 1936
7B CLASS MEETING
, 1 The entertainment was supplied
RADIO ASSEMBLY
by Margaret Gray of 310 who
The past president Wilda gave a piano solo and by John A little more than eleven years Smith bro_ught the meeting to IKohler who gave an accordian ago, October 6, 1925 to be exact, order and mtroduced the new of- solo. an assembly was held to hear by fleer~. George Robb the D:ew ';l'hose pupils_ on the scholar- radio, President Coolidge when preside nt then took the meetmg ship roll were mtroduced. he spoke to the American Legion in hand. The treasurer reported ------- in Omaha. that the 9A class has on hand 8B CLASS MEETING To quote the Whittier News, $25.03. He also stated that they --, 'The tone was quite loud and had a 20c debt. A motion was Thursday, November 5, the p ·a C I'd , . Id • 8B class meetino- was held in the res1 ent oo 1 ge s voice rou made and carried to r_emove the auditorium. This meeting was be heard distinctly, but it was debt. Home room 300 is th e only for the purpose of installing the hard to understand the words, ~·oom n ot one hundred per cent new class o~cers. Dick_ Marshall so after listening for half an hour, m clas s dues. the 8B_ pres1~ent was m charge the students were dismissed to Ruth Wishnow gave a short of the meetmg The new class 1 b f tl-." h ffi . D. k M h 11 301 c asses e ore ue speec was speech concernin o- the honor roll. 0 c~i s are· 1c ~rs a , , . , , 0 president, Ruth Lewis, 314, sec- fimshed. Then Wa~e Scott sp_oke about retary, Betty Jean Blackburn, You probably can imagine what scholarship and Harriet Carter 305, vice president, and Kevin kind of a radio it was that long talked about the efficiency card. Phillips, treasurer. Mrs. Swish- ago, and now, when the radio has er's first perind music class sang been further improved we don't two selections. have that kind of assembly
The 7B's held their second SA CLASS MEETING because almost every one has a class meeting Monday, October radio. 19. The meeting was in charge The 8A class meeting was for As you have probably guessed of Robe rt Franklin who is Pres- the purpose of introducing the by nqw, the staff has gotten hold ident of the class. The minutes new class officers. They are as of a bunch of old issues of the were read by Genevieve DeVere follows: President, Eugene Law- Whittier News. They date_ from who is the class secretary. The s on, Vice Pre side n t, Don October 19, 1925 to the sprmg of class t reasurer then o-ave a re- Schmidt Secretary Edward Mc- 193J • From then on it was called port on class dues. T 0 wo of the Namara' and Tre;surer, Mar- the Whittier Greenleaf. home rooms are not 100 % in garet Stoddard. All pupils who payment of class dues. The vice made the Goodrich Standard of A FAMOUS DATE president then gave a talk on scholarship last semester were scholarship. Miss Green spoke to introduced. The five with the, Loms Hae (A ft er being the pupil s on efficiency credit. highest numbeT of efficiency ::bawled out" by _Mr. ~eston):
The entertain ment was pro- credits in each home room were Yo~ scold me J~st hke ~Y · vided by Pe y Hud s on and Con- also introduced. pop. And so Loms called him gg " " N ft L • h stance McBride, who gave a tap ------- pop. ow, _a. er oms as dan Th l h d d' 9B CLASS MEETING been out of Wh1tt1er for over ten ce. ey a so a a rea mg, ___ th t·11 11 h. " " · b Bl h years, ey s 1 ca 1m pop. given Y Laura oug • The main purpose of the meet- Ith h f f th ·1 k
7A CLASS MEETING a oug ew o e pup1 s now ing was to introduce the new why they call him that and prob- officers. Jeanette Bolar is the ably Louis, like Columbus, will
The 7A cla ss meeting was held class president . The vice presi- never know what a service he Friday, Novembe r 6. The class dent, June Gakel, was introduced has done for us. officers were intrnduced by the by Betty Brown. The new class former 7B class officers. The new treasurer is Don Butterball. The Winter is the season when you President is I van Stern, 302, the entertainment was furnished by keep the house as hot as it was secretar y Roger McNeal and the Wilma Tim who gave a piano in summer when you kicked about treasurer, John Kohler of 310 . solo. Mary Rabal gave a reading. it.
DELEGATE
ASSEMBLIES shown this semester attracted Miss Zamzow made th e s ugabout six hundred pupils. gestion that her home roo m 318
The o-irls' and boys' delegate Last of all there are always h a ve an improvement bo x. T hat assemblies were held October 26- the gymnasiums where games is, a box in which all id eas for 27 respectively. Many sugges- are pl a yed by the home rooms. the improvement of the h ome tions and announcements were Here there is always space for room could be placed. W e t hink made at both meetings. onlookers. it a fine idea for all home ro oms
Joe Aguirre, boys' playground to try. chairman explained the position HOME ROOM NEWS of the football fields and other
We have a new pupil in Whitrules. Home room 309 is losing one tier from Irving. He ma kes h is
It •was announced that the of its pupils for quite a long time. home in 304 with Miss Gr een. auditorium would be open cold Waunita Baumgart is going to His name is Millard Marti n. Welmornings for pupils coming Washington, D. C. She will be come to Whittier, Millard. early. gone for 10 weeks.
The game room was discu s sed --- F l o r a Gablehouse of 210 and it was foun~ that many good Fred Dodds, 301, ha~n't at- hurriedly grabbed up he r lu nch games . are l~ckmg. It would be ~ended school for s?me time. He bag. one morning, not. ta king appreciated 1f old games at home 1s out under doctors orders. We particular notice as she d id so. could be loaned or donated. sincer el y hope that he will be At noon when she ope ned her
Harriet Carter told briefly back with u s soon. bag (not looking as she did it) what the "Fall Progr a m" was to . be like. Plans for selling ticket s Kieth McClun of 300, went ~he put her hand m a n d wh~n were also s ugge s ted. Tho s e who hunting during N. S T. A. vaca- 1t came out she had a han dful helped par tici p ate were: Bett y t ion. We saw him going gayl y of "sugar." Keane 216 Katherine Hudkins home with several squirrel s My, my, Flora, we didn 't know 2·22, Betty' Lee Cronn, 205. ' s t rung over his shoulder. you had such a sweet-toot h.
NOON HOUR ACTIVIT~ES
There are many activities during the noon hour and that should attract anyone who doe s not wish to be outdoors.
Two new pupils recently entered home r oom 105. They are Betty and Bob Shullaw from Ottumwa, Iowa.
Bill Rhody of 102 attended the horse show held at the Aksarben
The library is always open at in Omaha during N. S. T. A. 12: 15. There, one has an oppor- Another W h i t ti e r it e, Lois tunity to catch up with his Gramlich, als_o attended\ _ She had studies or read books and maga- the opportumtr of meetmg ~hree . of the mounties and rece1vmg zmes. their autographs .
The game room in 122 is _ _ supervi s ed by Mrs. Kane and Hazel Reynolds of 220 recently civic league officers. There are suffered an appendectomy. The quite a variety of games to be members of her home room did played here. One noon last week their best to hasten her recovery thirty-eight pupils were in there with some lovely flowers which and it seemed that checkers and they sent to her at the hospital. dominoes were the most popular. Wasn't that considerate?
Another place to spend the noon hour is in the auditorium Marcellie Prasser of 103 covwhere programs take place. The ered her face with shoe polish on programs are usually presented Hallowe'en and all of it wouldn't by pupils of different talents. come off, so she came to school For a time only educational film s with a slight tan Monday will be shown. The first film morning.
In history class of 309 , Don Denehey always brings u p p olitics and they always argue fo r a wh ile and then go back to thei r hi sto r y lesson. Don is a strong De mocrat
NEWS FROM 10 3
This will be news to th e r est of the school however it is old stuff to the members of 103. We are always so busy in 103 th at we never have time to pull a ny jok e~ consequently no jokes th u s far . Now for the real new s. 103 ie the best home room in th e sc hool. You ask us to prove it, we ll, WE won't have to prove it we will jusi admit it as a fact We are a lwaye busy and almost always ha ve om lessons. We can't spend a ny morE time on this , as our boo ks arE calling us, and what 's morE important it is just now 3 :1 5. signed: Home r oo m l Oi
Novem ber 13, 1936
GREENLEAF
LU THER BURBANK WHIT TIER FACULTY CAN YOU IMAGINE
Luther was a kindred soul, He even liked the weeds. He ma de the most unusual th ings, Whi le playing with the seeds.
With a seed ball he made a spu d, That's big and ·round and wh ite.
They are all uniform in size, It rea lly is a sight. He fixed the prickly cactus, So tha t it was mean no more. Now peo ple can touch and play wit h it, And their fingers won't get sor e.
Many thi ngs were discovered, By"B urbank when but a boy. His frie nds were the plants, A cact us was his toy. • Burban k did unusua l things, That no other man could do. If you work very hard, indeed, You mi ght' do something too.
- Dorothy Bodenhamer
Of course I think it is very fine If you have some teachers just like min e, Now some a re fair and some are kind , But to have some teachers of diff erent kind B
Is very worth wbile to my mind . And some folks think it's very bad
To pick on a teacher and make her mad , And have some teachers of diff erent kinds
Would suit some kids and me just fine.
- Jack Tilton, 216
The first paper money was rnade in China during the eighth century.
Nine years is a long period of time and many changes may have been made. Thus it has been at ' Whittier since the year 1927. . Although the faculty has changed considerably, the prin- cipal, Mr. Culler and Assistant principal, Miss Hult are the same. To be exact there were fifty teachers of whom we now have twenty-five.
Some have had their •names changed due to marriage. They are Mrs. Childress who was then still known as Miss Emily Peterson, Mrs. White was then cal1ed Mis s Kath ryn Munn and Mrs. Ross was then Miss Mildred Roberts.
Maybe you would be interested to know who the former teachers of Whittier are and how they are occupying themselves at the present.
Some are holding the position of a principal and they are Mr. Bailey of Everett, Miss Eunice Preston of Hawthorne, and Mr. Porter who is principal of two grade schools in M i s sou 1a, Montana . Miss Emma Snyder who was in charge of the library of Whittier is now librarian at Lincoln High School. Mr. C. A. Penton is instructing at the Agricultural Co 11 e g e of tbe University of Nebraska.
Miss Lambart is the phys. ed. teacher at Everett and Mr. Niles teaches there too, while Miss Edgington is at Irving. We find Miss Waters in Pennsylvania teaching geography at a normal school.
The others are either retired or deceased. Among those retired are Miss Bertha Green, Miss Beardsley, Miss Osthoff, and Mrs. Phillips. Those are teachers probably more familiar to you.
The enrollment of the · school was about the same as this year, running about 1,300. It is interesting to know that there were to be found seven sets of twins among those enrolled.
Ralph not a Lamb.
Carol going a Whalen Marjorie just a Shoeman. Howard digging for Cole. How Lois Ailes.
Gale just a wooden Booth. What kind of a Horn Lillian plays . Faye in a small jar with other Pick els. •
Leonard as slow as a Schnail (Schnell).
Ruth not Wish (ing) now.
Harold just a Goldblot.
Don Betten (on a ) house.
A little spark and a little coil, A little gas and a little oil, A piece of tin and a two foot board, Put them together and you have a Ford.
Mr. Culler and Charles Wheeler (better known as Chick) made a bet the other day. It seems that whoever was to lose had to buy the other an all-day sucker. We haven't been able to discover what the bet was about but Mr. Culler won So of course Chick bought the large sucker and Mr. Culler ate it.
Let that be a lesson unto all you who think that you are smarter than the principal of a school. You just can't win.
Deloris Jones, Mary · Houchin and Betty lee Cronn were walking home from school one evening. It so happened that Mary Houchin was taking her cello home. As they we r e walking along a boy going by on his bicycle said, ''Gee look at that viola.'' Deloris gave a puzzled look and said to the other girls, "Viola? Listen to that dummy. A viola is a flower."
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
BOYS' SPORTS JOKES
The indoor t?urnaments start- Mr. Nevin visited the orchestra ed Nov. 2, as it was too cold to the other day, and this is the conplay out of doors. In the first versation that went on between game,. home room 216 defeated Mr. Nevin and Mrs White· 106 with a score of 8 to 0. The Mr. Nevin: y 0 ~ have long second game was won by 105 . who defeated 218 with a score of baton Mrs. _White. 4 to 3. The third game was Mrs. White: Yes I haven't lost played by 110 and - 307. Home my temper and thrown it at anyroo!ll 110 won with 4 points, body and broken it off. wlnle 307 had 2.
If you see any black eyes or p H , 'Ch 1 puffed lip s here in school, don't . op esto_n. '' ar es, •• what get the idea that the boys have 1s a countersmk? be~n having alley fights or any- Charles Dyar: "It's a sink thmg of the sort for the marks with a board on each side like a ma:y have ~een put there by counter.'' their best friend during a friendly boxing match in the gym.
FAMOUS SA YIN GS
The boys in the gym classes are being taught about the screen offense in basket ball and Mrs. White '' Let it bounce'' also how to carry the ball in Mr. W. F. McMullen threes down the floor. ''Let's keep in step',
An attempt will be made to give all clas ses a better knowl- Miss McCormick edge of the fundamentals of the "FFF space JJJ space" sports in thei r respective sea- Mr. Gammill sons. "On accounta-because"
All of the classes have started Mrs. Pinney ''I'm from Missouri" on the fundamentals of the Marjorire Shuman and Mary dance leading to folk dancing Ellen Houchin "Jinx" and later to s ocial dancing. Mrs. LeRoy Hollers "Gimmie" Ross is giving her time to this True Wetzel "Hellowee" on Tuesday and Thursday. The All pupils boys seem to be enjoying it and "Let me see your paper" if all is favorable, these will be Received from Delores Jones 300. continued.
Mr. Andrews will give a short "What's that I smell?"inquired talk to the 7B's on the rules of the lady from the city as she sportsmanship and play of the sniffed the countrv air. various Whittier contests ''That's fertilizer,'' answered Mr. Andrews states that one the farmer. of the best officials in Whittier "For the land's sake." exis Victor Michel. claimed the lady.
Elevator Man: Here you are, sonny. This is your floor.
Superior Youth: How dare you call me "sonny." You are not my father.
Elevator Man: Well, I brought you up, didn't I?
''Yes, ma' am,'' assented the farmer.
Who says we shouldn't use sla ng? Just think what it would sou nd like if we began calling our w o o d w o r k instructor ' .'father'' Heston.
GIRLS' SPORTS
We should extend our cong ratulations, to the girls in 30! for reaching the finals in the first baseball tournament and fo r thei r excellent team work agai nst 212. We also should remark up on th e fact that even when the y kn ew they were playing a losin g g::. me they were the best sport s we've seen for many a day. We pre dict that such fine spirit will w in the m a school championship on e of these days (especially af ter Mae Spaedt 212, goes to high s ch oo l.)
The couples for the mi x e d doubles paddle tennis tou rna ment were given a week to en t er t heir names. Many waited u n ti l the time was up and then br ou,r h t requests to enter. We deci d d that people ~ho were so slow wou ldn' t get far in the tournament an yw ay so their names were not e nt ered . As it was twenty-eight co up les entered. Most of them are from seventh and eighth B cla sses . Come on ninth grade don 't be so lazy. Enter the next one. It 's fun. 318 ought to win the tour na me nt. They enthusiastically e nte red nine doubles.
The girls gym. classe s of the third and sixth period a re doing quite a bit of tumbling, and they seem to be getting mo r e a gile. I wonder how the wor ld looks upside down?
Since it is beginnin g to get chilly out of doors, I de cid ed we had better be thinking a bo ut the games indoors. I wonder if everyon e remembers w h e r e the players, umpires and sco r ek eepers who are waiting are su p p ose d to stand. The umpires an d score· keepers are supposed to wa it on the southeast side by the door, and the :players on the s out h end.
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VOL. 14 NO. 5
LINCOLN, NEBRAKSA
Asse mblies for Whittier Pupils
DECEMBER 4, 1936
CALENDAR
Dec. 8, 9A Civic League trip.
Twelve weeks grades I given to pupils. • j On Wednesday, November the I
PRICE: FI VE CENTS
Pupils Urged To Attend Program
As you all undoubtedly know, twent y -fifth, the day before D ec. 10, 9B Civic League trip. Wh. . l l b d d 1ttier gee c u g an rama
Than ksgiving, the annual assem- Dec. 14 , Nomination of C. L. class will soon present a mid-year bly hon oring this day was held in and Class officers. program. The boys glee c l u b the Whittier auditorium. Dec. 16, Christmas Play. under the direction of Mrs. White
This being one of the most Dec. 18, Christmas Assembly. will put on an amusing operetta .colorful and beautiful holidays 1.______________, entitled "The Boy Bandits." \Ve of th e year. it seemed most N
B k I could go into detail but shall only appro priate and proper that the I ew 00 S n I tell you a little bit about the plot.
The scene takes place in the progra m be musical. Whittier \Vhittier Library land of make-believe, the time is pupils were fortunate to be any Saturday afternoon. A group favore d by a Lincoln trio. The We are all glad to kn 0 w that of boys have been thinking up a group w as composed of Miss the library has received many funny scheme to play on Percival. Hilda Chowens, violin, Mrs. new books. You would probably but much to their sorrow they Mable L udlam Lamb, piano, and like to know the names of them find that the old adage still holds Miss H e l en Ludlam who played all but it is quite impossible as true "he who laughs last, laughs th ll there are over 170 of them, but b t ,, e ce 0 • here is a list of good mystery, es · . The lad ies played for us several horse, and dog books.
The following boys are m the beautiful selections which were Blunder's Mysterious cast: appreciat ed by their attentive Companion, by Pitter BOB, chief of the Bandits audience. I n al1, the program was House-boat Mystery, Charles Wheeler by Newberg as beautifu l as fitted this occasion. Wolf the Garden, by Bell WILL, his secretary John Provost Mr. Rice spoke to the Whittier Nobody's Joan, by Berger PERCIVAL, fond of his books pupile on November 18th. Mr. Mystery of the Empty Room, Duane Holman Rice who has traveled through by Seeman STUFFEM, colored cook many eas tern countries chose to Brass Keep of Kenwick, Gene Snyder speak on India where he resided by Seeman SID, second in command for eighte en years. His main aim
Keeper of the Keys, William Loeffel was to in troduce an old country by Biggers JIM, guard George Robb and some new friends.
Seven Keys to Baldpate, CHORUS OF BOYS He r el a ted many facts about by Biggers
Boys Glee Club the Indi an children. Mr. Rice Behind that Curtain, Inqmsitive? Come December 11, had with him tanned skins of by Biggers 1936, and discover how Percival some of the native animals. He Mystery of Spanish Hacienda, turns the tables on the boys and exhibited also the Hindu and by Gregory "are their faces red." Mohamed an headresses.
Thirteen at dinner, by Christie This mid-year program should Mr. Ric e also showed his audi- Selvin, by Hinkle be a great success, don't you ence some odd and very interest- I Valiant, by O'Brien think? I am sure it will be worth ing object s which are seen and I My friend, the Dog, by Terhune twice the amount of the small used in In dia.
1 Wilderness Dog, by Hawkes I admission fee.
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EFFICIENCY CREDITS
Here and there 9A's are seen hurrying to receive last minute efficiency credits. Many credits have been forgotten, many have not even been known of, and many have just slipped by. Why should this be necessary when every average student has an e q u a 1 chance to make the requirements?
Perhaps the real reason w by so many pupils fail in getting them is that they are afraid it is too hard or they have not studied their cards carefully enough.
One who has achieved the certificate has developed traits of citizenship and helpfulness. Surely everyone wishes to aid his community, especially when it can be done so easily.
The following are som~ of the things one must do to acquire the certificate. You must have not less than thirty credits and not more than five in a column. Your
standard of scholarship should be kept up and three-fourths of your character ratings "plus or satisfactory.'' In order, then, to receive the certificate, letters to the superintendent and to the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce must be written. Then finally it must be approved by the Bureau of Child Welfare. That sounds enormous but it isn't when done in earnest.
Why don't you look your cards over carefully right away? See what credits you can get and should get. I am sure almost evervone can make it with only a little effort.
A QUINTUPLET EGG
A Wall a Wall a, Washington hen laid an egg containing five yolks. It weighed one-half pound and measured nine and one half inches in circumference. Even the hen was bewildered.
How would you like owning a name as the month-old son of a Mr. and Mrs. Raymond in Honolulu, who have christened him ''Kananinoheaokuuhomeopuukaimanaalohilohinakeaweaweulamakaokolani," (63 letters, count them). It is the Hawaiian for ''the - beautiful- aroma - of- myhome - at-sparkling-diamond-hillis - carried - to - the-eyes-of-heaven. ''
Those of you who are ready to walk out when you see "blood" in the movies can now sit through the picture to the end because chocolate syrup is used as a substi.tute .
ARMISTICE DAY
The bugle blared noisely,
The drums beat so loud.
"The Armistice is signed! " They told to the crowd.
There was laughter and shouting
And also some tears.
There had been many sorro ws,
The last couple of years.
There was vast numbers of dead
And some dying too!
The dead were so many,
The survivors so few.
But now it was over!
The end came at last.
Now the little white cros ses, Wouldn't add up so fa st.
Why shouldn't they be h app y?
Why shouldn't they ma ke hay
The Great War was over,
On this very day!
- Maragert Bodenham er, 32
MOLLY MY KITT EN
Mother pets my kitten, She is very kind. We couldn't hurt my kitt en . Nor leave her behind.
Molly goes right with ua . She is very sweet. There is but one thing wr ong wit her,
She likes not summer hea t. Kitten plays with baby, Tho' baby pulls her fur.
But baby doesn't mean it, Nor would she hurt he r. - Virgin ia Sparf
THE YOUNG CHE MI ST
A jolly young chemist quite tough,
While mixing a compou nd
A wise old trainer, who was stuff, asked for some advice on winning Dropped a match in th e vial, races, said ''Well, sir, the thing! And after a while, to do is to get out in front at the They found his front tee th start and improve your position and a cuff. from there on."
- Betty K ea ne, 2
Decemb er 4, 1936
A HAPPY DAY
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HOBBIES
Gloom ! Gloom hung over Jack as a bl anket covers a bed. The best dog alive, old Rags, according to Jack was gone. The snow had been fa lling all night and when Jack a woke the next morni~g he found Rags g one, the prey of the dog-catc her. Jack was eating breakfa st when · a quiet whine accom p a nied by a scratch suddenly awo ke his senses. He slowly got to his feet and opened the door, e xpecting to see a tramp, but lo a nd behold there was Rags!
Blood caked with ice showed the hardshi ps he had been through. Sadness mingled with joy crept into .Tac k's heart because Rags' loyalty h ad been proven.
- Kenneth Greenwood
LIFE TO YOU
To the so ldier life's a battle
To the teacher life's a school
Life's a good thing to the grafter
It's a fa ilure to the fool
To the ma n up on the engine
Life's a long and heavy grade
It'~ a gamb le to the gambler
To the me rchant it's a trade.
- Charles Cockrill
EN ROLLMENT
During th e week of Nov. 9th
Whittier was fortunate in receiving a b out thirty-nine new pupils. T h e enr ollment of thirtynine is e quivalent to one home room, but these students were distribut ed to two-thirds of the thirty-six ho me rooms. Twentyfour of the m were boys and the rest girls. Most o f them have attended Whittier before and we happily w elcome them back.
What with . winter· coming on, we will have to begin to th Uikof some new ways of occupying our time. It won't be so easy to spend so much of our spare time out-ofdoors. Then, too, Christmas will soon be upon us and there is no reason why we should not spend some of our time making gifts or There are many interesting hobbies which could fill our moments. Some of you artists and others too ought to try your hand at linoleum block prints. You could make some swell Christmas cards and be original too. Or there is leather, needle or wood work that is lots of fun besides being practical. Drawing and collecting different things is interesting. If a person were interested in some certain thing they could make very interesting scrap books We know of a university student who started a scrap book on athletics when he was in the 7th grade and now has two complete volumes. Photography is a very facinating study. You can take interesting pictures and devolop your films. Why, you can even make your own camera .
Of course there are the many winter sports in which you can indulge. Archery, fencing and rifling are all fine fun. Badminton, handball, golf and tennis are games which should be cultivated. Swimmjng can now be added to the all year round list of sports.
These and numerous other hobbies make it foolish for any one to say they can't find anything to do.
WHITTIER ''GREENLEAF''
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Read it always.
£njoy the jokes in it.
£xpect the news of the school in it.
Never miss it.
£Let the children boost our paper.
very child will gladly do it.
And every two weeeks we will,
Find the "Greenleaf" at our desk.
- Ruth Vance, 207
NICK NAMES
William Loeffel Doc Wilma Kimsey Blondie
Forest McMeen Babe
Dorothy Ingram Mopey ,,
Don Maser Bud
Evelyn Bayless Squinks
De Vee Dedrick Butch
Bruce Gould Dusty
Barbai·a May Bobbie
Lola Killian LuLu
-Charles Wheeler, 104
A student in a certain theological seminary was asked: ''What tribes originally inhabited You might not have water on Palestine?'' the brain but at least you have He promptly replied: "The ,, water in the brain." It has been Hivites, the Perizzites-and the found that the human brain is Parasites, some of whom we still Ihave with us.' ' i over 75 per cent water.
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HOME ROOM NEWS
Richard Hobson of 101, visited relatives in Louisville, Kentucky. He stayed in Kentucky for two weeks.
Hazel Renolds of 220 has returned to school from her recent appendicitis opertaion at the Bryan Memorial hospital.
Doris an d Lois Scott left Whittier to attend Everett.
Milford Epp, 207, had only two cents and he wanted to go to the symphony concert so he went around the room and collected enough, so he got to go to the concert.
Cassie Tapley of 307 must be in her second childhood. She was seen cutting paper dolls in home r o o m. This scene took place November fourth to be exact.
In the 7B class meeting on October 19, it was reported that 320 had the most on the scholarship roll, the least number of sevens, the most on the honor roll and was second only in the number of tardies. 320 had only one tardy during the first six weeks wbile 102, 103, and 203 had a perfect record.
Sterling Gray after having his knife magnetized in science, found that he had nothing to pick up with it. Being sorely in need of a plaything (poor child) he proceeded to cut off the side buckle on his trousers and play~d with it till the end o~ the period.
FRIDAY THE THITEENTH
Who says Friday the 13th is a day of bad luck? The brother of Cassie Tapley of 307 must be an exception or else that superstition is false. On that day he dropped his mother's mirror and lo and behold! The mirror is still whole.
Pat: I've got a letter here, but I've forgotten my spectacles, will you read it for me?
Mike: Sure but suppose it's private?
Pat: Then you can put your fl ngers in your ears.
There is lots of favoritism in our house.
Why, Tommy, what do you mean?
Well, I get punished if I bite my fingernails, and when baby puts his whole foot in his mouth they think it's cute.
A farmer said to another farmer, "How are your hogs?'' The other farmer replied, "All right- how are your folks?"
Marjorie Schuman: · Everyone says I have a Roman nose. Do you think so?
Harriet Carter: Yeah, it roams all over your face.
A teacher asked her class what thought passed through Sir Issac Newton's head when the apple fell on it. One boy answered, ''Glad it wasn't a brick."
NEW PUPILS
It seems as though our for mer Whittierites are slowly return in g. Also many new pupils are com in g. We're hoping they get "ca ug ht up" in their studies. Her e a re the list of them.
105 has a new pupil; Joh n Schwabauer.
210 has two of their fo rm er students back; Molly Schl eig er and Victor Leikam. •
203 has three new pupils ; 1:{o sa Loos, and Ruth Schwabauer fro m Hayward, and Bill Holbrook fro m College View.
222 has three of her former pupils back; Elsie Busch, Phillip Keiling, and Emma ~ergenr a de r.
300 a former pupil, Em an uel Schmidt.
316 a former student, Ha rry Schritt.
303 a n.ew pupil; Walt er Connely, from Oceola, Iowa , and a former pupil from out i n the state, Donald Bieber.
Some time around now th e pupils will be finding out tha t if a paper is rubbed vigorously on the desk with a pencil it will st ick to the edge of the desk top , and that if one slides one's feet on the floor and then touches one's i1and to one's (or somebody else's ) 1ockker, a spark and a shock is th~ result. If one doesn't lik e the shock, one can solve the pro blem by touching said locker wi th a piece of metal held in the ha nd.
Overheard in Greenleaf pr inting class: "O o o o o o ooy ea ht (That's all that was heard for i
A little boy was saying his week or so.) nightly prayers in a very low voice.
"I can't hear you, dear" his mother whispered.
"Wasn't talking to you," said the small one firmly.
Howard Cole would like t, know wby Mrs. Pinney likes ti hold his hand during Civic: class. He's worried for fear som1 people might get the wrong idea
Dece mber 4, 1936
DOWN
1. A fem ale superiority
3. Eve nin g
5. A ra d io station
7. Me a s ure for cloth
8. Thre e -toed sloth of America
9. Fan thom (abbrev.)
• 10. A kn itting stitch
20. Time of revolution of the earth
35. A lu bricant
41. West Longitude (abbrev.)
42. A pa r ent
58. Exhib ition of arts
59. Wante d
60. Crearn removed from milk
66. On wh ich trains travel
70. A re ason given for a delay
78. Gas oline (slang)
79. An in sect
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85. By way of 88 . Art ic le
90 . To rest
96. Infection on eyelid
99. What Europe is on the verge of now
102. To cease 105. A suffix
108. Fate
HUNTING NEWS
Laurel Garret and Gay land Glass , two lads of 105 we n t hunting. Laurel shot six r a b bits and Gayland two squirrels. Good work boys, mabye next time you will do even better.
Eugene Wilson of 102 went pheasant hunting. He shot only one pheasant and reported that the fowl souldn't be his if it didn't happen to be directly in front of the gun.
ACROSS
1. Our School publication
10. Ability to be solved
21. A boy's nickname
23. To surpass
28. Third person singular
30. Sum
33. One
35. First three letters of a large city in Nebraska
38. Cry of a cat
43. Dissarranged type
47. Our constant helper and adviso r
60. Most beloved personage Whittier
72 . To be affected with pain
75. A beverage
One morning Mr. Culler came into Mr. Andrew's first period gym class and told the boys that next morning they were to have their physical examinatio ns. He went on further to say that he would advise them to take baths and be sure to have their feet clean. That evening all boys of that class took a bath or at least saw that they were thoroughly clean. The morning for the examination came but from the bulletin, the home room teachers read that it would take place the followng morning. Imagine those boys' disgust, to think that they would have to take another bath.
"Didn't you claim when you at sold me this car that you w ould replace anything that broke or was missing?"
78 One who makes possible the printing of our paper
"Yes, sir. What is it?"
"Well I want a new collarbone and four front teeth ''
GIRLS SPORTS
9th Grade 212-316 208-212
Due to the fact that it has been The winners of the cricket tourquite chilly out of doors, a few nament are- seventh grade, 318 . games have been p layed inside. Eighth grade - 208, and ninth Here is a list of games that grade- 308. have been played inside. Winners M-m-m, look at the games 208 appearing first. have won in cricket. If you want
KICK PIN • to beat 208 in cricket you will hav e
7th Grade to work hard. If you heed that old 318-320 207-309 adage, "If at once you don't suc-
309-320 304-203 302-310 318-207 ceed, try, try, again." You may NEBRASKA BALL wm.
8th Grade
101-31 4 208-312
BASKET BALL
9th Grade
316-104 2) 2-209
Here is a list of games that have been played outsi d e. Winners appearing first.
Boil one red Ford in a large boiler. Add three headlights, a fan belt, and six wheels. Stir until wheels go round Mix two old tires, then boil till tender. Put in jars to cool.
Father was at the edge of the cliff admiring the sea below, the lunch basket clutched in his hand. His son approached him from behind and tugged at his co~t.
"Mother says it isn ' t safe there,'' said the boy, ''and you've either got to come away or give me the lunch."
Does your wife ever pay you any compliments'!
Only in the winter.
In the winter? How do you mean?
When the fire gets low, she says, "Alexander the grate."
Push, said the button.
Take pains, said the window.
Never be led, said the pencil.
Be up to date, said the calendar.
Always keep cool, said the ice
Do business on a tick, said the clock.
Never lose your head, said the barrel.
Do a driving business, said the hammer.
BOYS' SPORTS
It seems that we have h er e a Whittier a few traditions, espE cially in the boys' locker ro om one of them being that t her should be no throwing of soa while in the showers. An another is that the boys s houl not scuffle w bile dressing.
The boys decided they woul rather take care of off e n ders ir stea d of letting Mr. An dr e ws d it. Their chief punishmen t seerr to be sending the offe ndE throu g h the spats. I rather imaf ine the offense will not be rep eR ed very many times by a ny on person.
The tumbling class is p rog res~ ing favorably; in fact th ere ar usually eight or ten boys wh o a tend regularly, and on ce in while th e y have one or two nemembers.
On the 18th day of N ove mbE an astonishing event too k pla< on the Whittier pla ygro unc There were six home r oorr playing on the three foo tba fields and on every field a t ea1 won with a score of 8 t o 0. N Andrews states that thi s is mo : extraordinary and it was q uite day for the number eig ht as was the 18th day of th e moni and the scores all had an eig ht them. These were m ad e l making a touchdown a nd safety.
The boys had a new ga me gym the other day, c al le "Horse and rider'' ba sket ba the rider being the only on e wl can make a score.
IN A SCHOOL RO OM
Teacher: Children w hat is comet?
Billy: Teacher I know.
Teacher: Yes, Billy, w ha t is i Billy: A star with a ta il. Teacher: Name one Billy . Billy: Mickey Mouse.
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VOL 14 NO. 6
No minatiCDns For C. L. Officers Ma
One n-i t as the star ·n he..aven, Were covered by clouds on high , The tiny crystal snowflakes ere pouring from the sky. •
Drama II Presents Chris ttnas Play
Twice each year as the semes ter s draw to a clo se; the candidat es for civic league officers are cho sen. These boys and girls are
As I lo oked over hill and vale , The -snow lay all aroun d, Thru the low and rugged dal e, The wind was howling like a hound , n Ruth V. Huck, 216 picke d from the 9B class. Their 1-_____________, dut y i s to take over the responsibility of •1eadin g th e school through a n o t h e r successful seme ster. Much of the school 's peace of mind depends upon the
m9A's Take Last Civic League Trip
choice of the pupils. But we feel The 9A's went on their Civic that no matter which of these teague trip Tuesday, December worth y can dida tes are cho en we eigh th. The 9A trip is different will h ave a fine and ighly sue- from the former trips inasmuch as some of the pupils have no ce ssful leader. teacher in charge, and sometimes
On J anua ry 8, 1937, an ssem- there is only the one pupil going bly for the purpose int r oduc- to a business establishment. The • t h • ·11 b h Id pupils who have no teachers have mg e nommees W1 e e • what is called an identification Charles Wheeler will introduoe card, which introduces the pupil the candidates or, r..e ident of to h • guide. the bo ys civic league. They are, A few of the tri s were: John P rovost, 303, and L :ren A,ut ors, to the TI mversity Hall. Rausc h, 205. T e girl can di d tes Accountants, to Fir t N ati6nal Bank. for president, is A iles , 112, Nur ses, to Lihcoln General Hos'"
Since tnere will be no school after December 18 until after the joyful holiday of Christmas, t he assembly held on that day was spent with a Christmas play and Christmas carols.
The 8B boys music class sang Silent Night Wh ile the girls sang Away in a Man ger. Joy to the World was sung by a 7A group.
The two ch orus classes under the directi on of Mrs. Swisher and Miss Jones presented several carols each. Mrs. Swisher's class sang Cantique de Noel and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear while Miss Jones' class sang Oh Come All Ye Faithful and Fairest Lord Jesus.
1\frs. Shike's Drama II Class presented the play entitled ' 'Home For Christmas" which proved to be very entertaini ng and fitted well to the occasion. It was the ~nd Betty Lee Oronn, 205, will be pi tal. . mtro duced by Harrie Carter. Farm ers, to Agr icu ltural Col- firs t time of ·th e semester that Th e othe r c ndidart es of the lege. . ho ffi • k B" b Chem1s s, to University of this class had pa rticipated in any ys o ce are, 1c ey_ ier ow- Nebras ka er, 209 , and Dale Burl1egh, 108, Forestry, to Agricultural Colof the assemblies and they acted splendidly. fo r vi ce president; Sam Wiggins , lege. 210, and Jack Guthrie, 112, for Cartoonist, to University of The characters in this delight- secret a Nebraska, Mor rell Hap. ful skit were: ry . . Among these trips, Office
The girl candidate s for vice Workers seems to be the mos- Earl of Morsbrook Pres ident are, Virginia Barth, popular, with a total of 51 stut 108, and Je an Schleuni ng, 303. dents. There are 11 trips which L" 1 B And fo r secretary the candidates have only one pupil, some of itt e oy are Mary Loui se Howe r ter, 210, which are: mortician, camera \ Housek eeper and Betty Lee Sherwood. man, dentist and minister. i Servant
Howard Stacey
Charles Bartlett
Lois Nourse
Bud Deeds
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A U TOB IO GR A PHY OF A CHRISTMAS CHICK
December 24, 1936, my family and I wer e in the chicken coop
a waiting the arrival of ou r maste r . Which one of us would be the victim? I r oa med around with my brother s and s iste r s, pecking on the ground and not esp e cially caring what the outcome would be. All of a sudden I he a rd a deep g r oan from my mot h er. Our owner was at la st approaching.
"Dick," I' s hrieked to my younger brother , "Watch out." To my relief he escaped t h e firm grasp of our executioner.
Coming into the house under the arm of Mr. Langford, I hea r d my mistress or der that I be killed and ·dre ss ed. • The next thi n g I was a ware of wa s the shar p knife of "Mrs. La ngfo r d. My heart was s t ill and m y body wa s stiff a nd col d Ho w deliciou s e v e r y t h i n g sm elled, the plum pudding and othe rs· I was p u t in to r oa s t a nd s oon felt grea s e trickling over and a ro u n d m y bod y Th~ ga s wa s tu rn e d on a n d the wa rm heat fe lt g oo d at fi rst b ut s oon I began t o pe rsp i re all ov er . When taken out of the oven I wa s put on a beautifully deco ra ted pl at te r and set on t h e t ab le am id s t other goodi es. The children s houted gle efully at the gl imp s e of me and be hold; I was being de vou r ed a n d so on was n o mo r e.
A TTENTIO N BOY S !!!
We are abou t to begin an impo r tant di s cus sion.
The subject of our lectu r e toda y is thi s thing of hitching on behind cars and sliding down the icy s treets.
It may be fun , but' I a sk you now, is it cricket? Con s ide r the d r iver. What if you we r e to be hurt? He would n a tu r ally receive some of the blame.
But more impo r tant th a n the drive r 's feelings is th e fact that thi s is very dangerous. Thus far there have been no accidents at Whittie r Let's see that there are
Seeing that he really meant to get one of us we at once began to scatter. I could now see him no n e d u ring the winter m onths. coming in my direction and to my Wha t do you say? dism a y wa s caught before I could get out of reach. I knew what my Siberia has the worlds record fate would be and felt hap py of the lowest temperature. They that I could sacrifice mysel f fo r have had as low as 90 degrees bea good ca use, but I must admit I low zero while the record of the was very much fr ightened. U: S. is only 60 degrees.
SUSPENSE
As the clock chimed the h our , Littl e Nell lay sick abe d, She was glad for a chanc e to lie, And rest her weary he ad.
At last the long hours p a ss ed, Came the whispered words at las t, Praise to God we ought to g ive, Lit t le Nell is going to Ii ve.
Dorothea L emo n
NEC ESS ITIES OF
T H E
WORLD
A little work, And a lit t le less pl ay , A heap mo r e effort, And a little more pay.
A bit more s unshine, To b r ighten up the d ay , And a bit mo r e smili ng, To drive the clouds a wa y. Ruth V. Huc k, 216
AUTUMN
The leaves now are turn ing Red, yellow and golden br own, Each tree is gayly clad, In her richly jeweled crow n.
The weather is turnin~ cold er Cause frost is in the ai r, The birds have all gone sou th To spend the winter th er e.
Welcome sweet Autumn fa ir, Most beautiful seaso n of the year;
Although we love the s u mm er time,
We're glad that you a r e here. - Laur a Blough
Insurance Agent: So . yo u want all your office furnishing s insured against theft.
Manager: Yes, but yo u ne edn't include the clock. Ev eryone watches that.
Decem ber 18, 1936
GREENLEAF
THE 9 A LUNCHEON DEMONSTRATION MOTHERS GO TO SCHOOL
The clothing demonstration of the previous and present semeste rs have succeeded and helped 9A' s so much that the home economi cs classes decided it would be a n excellent idea to have a · lunch eon demonstration.
In this demonstration, for 9A's onl y, exhibits of both good and bad manners will be illustrated.
Miss Mary Wilson has planned th a t a short playlet to be given in wh ich a boy or girl will give a good example of very rude and poo r manners, in speech, use of silve r, and other requirements at a tabl e. Then a pupil will exhibit the same meal using proper speech and silver.
Thi s will be the first semeste r for th is new program and we are hop i n g it succeeds. The exact date for this hasn't yet been decided but it will be sometime afte r Christmas vacation.
CLOTH ING DEMONSTRATION
Decem ber 4th, the 9A's witnessed a clothing demonstration presente d by th.e home economics classe s . The purpose of the pres- entation was to give the pupils an idea of what kind of an outfit is best suited to the occasion of class and promotion exercises.
De Vee Dedrick spoke on the correct dress. There was an example d ress shown that was ankle l e ngth and would not prove very sa tisfactory.
Flora Belle Moeller then discussed a n all purpose dress. An afternoo n or sport dress would be the best choice. Skirts and blouses could al so be worn nicely.
Othe r topics of the program were g rooming given by Wilda Smith , accessories and shoes by Delore s Jones, the conspicuous dress by Barbara Mae, and posture b y Melba Shastid.
Charl es Wheeler talked on boys' c lot he s a n d showed exampl es of both good taste and bad. •
More than twenty - five hundred Lincoln women were enrolled in Parent Education and homemaking classes during the past year.
A new series of classes will begin early in January, and will be held in the various schools and in some community centers. Such classes are free and are open to all adults in the community.
The courses to be offered and the respective leaders are as follows:
Child Development
Mother Clubs
Mrs. Ward Betzer
Mrs. May Boyd
Marriage and the home
Mrs. Martin Douglas
Mental Hygiene
Mrs. Martin Douglas
Nutrition and supper classes
Mrs. Florence Andrews
Home Entertaining
Mrs. L. R. Anderson
Clothing Construction
Mrs. F. D. Barker
Clothing Construction
Mrs. E. J. Limprecht
Home Hygiene
First Aid
Miss Lulu Abbott
Miss Lulu Abbott
Music Appreciation
Mrs. Walter Davis
Reconditioning Furniture
Mr . A. C Easton
For further information one may call Mrs. Daisy Kilgore, Supervisor of Home making, B 6991.
One January a dozen snakes
S IG NS OF THE TIMES .
There are m a n y w a ys of drumming up a t rade. So me merchants and busines s m en try to popularize themselves by quality, others by advertising or signs. Here are some not so dumb signs.
Beauty shop: If your hair isn't becoming to you, you should be coming to us.
Texas Cafe: Use less sugar and stir hard, we don't mind the noise.
Laundry: We soak the clothes, not the customer.
• Pawn brokers sign: See me at your earliest inconvenience.
Cafe: Everything fresh but the clerks.
Sign in a Brooklyn grocery: Notice: Due to the depression, credit will hereafter be extended to persons over the age of 80 years if accompanied by their grandparents.
A Scotch gent was going to play golf.
Scotch gent: Are you my caddie?
Caddie: Yes sir.
Scotch gent: Are you good at finding balls?
Caddie: Yes sir.
Scotch gent: Then find one so we can start the game.
With one type of mail box invented in Germany all· y ou have to do is put your unstamped letter and money into their correct slots; the machine does the rest. It weighs, stamps, and postmarks the letter, and returns the change from any coin put in the slot .
were sent from Texas to the New I A newly born woodchuck is no York Zoo. When they arrived ' larger than a man's thumb and they were all frozen stiff, but I oppossums are about the size of six thawed out, survived. bumble bees when born.
THE
BOfS SPORTS
Since school started we of the SHOWS AND WHO THEY REMIND US OF Greenleaf staff have been ques- Little Lord Fauntleroy tioned several times as to vvhy Mr. Charles Wheeler Andrews leads his gym classes Gentle Julia Roy Wiltshire down the alley and then ont? the Dimples Mable Ebert playground. When we quest10ned , Stage Struck La Veta Abbott him he gave us this reply; the ·, She Married Her Boss boys leavP- the locker rooms Clara Knaub and go straight down the sidewalk Walking Dead Hal Bosserman to the alley and up the alley to the B b B k side gate. The main reason for O a er this, is the fact thatthe boys used Albert c.~lwell to bother Mrs. White's chorus Little Miss Nobody class and by going up the alley Harriet Carter they eliminate that. Another rea- Born to Dance Howard Yates son i:s that they have a better access to the playground and can LaS t of the Mohicans spread out to the fields easier. Wayne Scott Anyone desiring further knowl- Broadway Gondolier Jack Oden edge of this matter please con- A Girl of the Limberlost sult Mr. Andrews. Richard Michel
GIRLS SPORTS
Due to bad weather the outdo, tournaments in paddle tennis ar baseball have not been fin ish e(
The indoor tournament wh ic seems to be most popu lar kickpin.
The new tournament for tl ninth grade is kickpin.
It seems to be hard for t] ninth grade home rooms to fir enough girls for a team i n ni1 court basketball. Conseq ue nt the games haven't been ve: interesting.
We've had a few good ga m of Nebraska ball. 308 pla y ed very good game the oth er d: and showed fine sportsm ans hi
Some of the boys are taking up Public Enemy's Wife the winter sports in earnest about now; in fact some of them Betty Ann Bonebright after going to a show the other Poppy Wallace Provost evening and getting out about Ginger Hazel Nace eleven o'clock, went home, put Small Town Girl on their ice-skates, and skated Virginia Schlaebitz until four o'clock that morning Theadora Goes Wild on the streets.
FloraBelle Moeller
The 9A all-star school champ- Half Angel Annette Smith ionship game of touch was post- (What's the other half?) poned because of the weather. Count of Monte Ci-isto If weather conditions permit, it Warren De Vere Frankenstein Robert Reitz will be played soon. Special Agent Jerry Buckner
An unusual fact here at school is The First Baby an 8B home room earning a school Helen Muelhausen championship. _ This home room happens to be 314.
The indoor games have been started off with basket ball. They have had some very interesting games so far, but they have not had as large an audience as usual. In fact quite a few of the seats in the balcony are u~ually vacant.
The Christmas design on the front of this issue is a blockprin t designed and cut by Ruth Lockhart, 212. She is taking commercial art in 300.
DOWN AT THE MOUTH
"I fear," the struggling dentist sighed, "That I'm a total loss; I've built a lot of bridges, but Folks just won't come across.''
-Jack Tilton, 216
When you go to London, plan to have your picnic on the morning of March 16, 'for no rain has fallen in London on that date for the last half century.
The gym classes are now wor ing on individual athletic ev en such as baseball throw fo r a ce racy and basket ball di sta n throw. You get a certain numb of points for each event an d if y get sixty points or more in least five events you e arn efficiency credit.
Miss Vera Wilson, cadet to Mi Ross, has been absent on acc ou of an appendicitis operation. \ hope she will be back soon .
The order in the gym is goi along quite well, except for t passing out.- As most you undoubtedly know, you f supposed to stay in the pk where you are standing u nt il t bell rings, instead of crowdi around the doors. You sho1 also go out in single. file. Jus t 1 players, umpires, and score ke, ers are supposed to go dO' through the door to the lod room.
Teacher: Johnnie, give me sentence using "antitoxin."
