Whittier Junior High 1937 Newspaper

The W ittier Greenleaf

Vol. 14 No. 8

New C. L. Officers G iven Obligation

On F riday, February 12, an .assem bly was held for the purpose 1 of ins talling the civic league officer s and committee members

The whole school opened the assemb ly with the singing of Americ a. This was followed by the rep eating of the flag salute and th e Civic League pledge led by Mic key Bierbower and Virginia Barch , the vice-president of the boys a nd girls civic league.

Joh n Provost and Bettylee Cronn , the presidents were install ed by Mr. W. A. McMullen and Miss Hult. Both gave short r esponses.

Bettylee Cronn then introduced the g irls' secretary, Betty lee Sher wood, and the vicepreside nt, Virginia Barch. Virginia then gave an interesting inter p r etation of the flag.

Next on the program were a group of girls from the glee club singing a selection entitled "Slumb er Boat.''

Micke y Bierbower and Jack Guth r ie , the vice-president and secretar y of the boys civic league were presente d next by John Provos t. Mickey Beirbower gave an expl anation of the civic league pledge .

The chairmen of the different commi ttees were introduced by the pr esidents. Betty lee Cronn and Joh n Provost gave charges to the chai rmen. They in turn intro(Continued on page 6)

CALENDAR

February 26, 7B Class Meeting to introduce candidates for offices.

March 1, 7B Class election

March 9, Mother and Daughter Program.

March 11, 7B Civic League trip.

March 12, 7B Class ~eeting to Introduce Officers.

March 15, Symphony Concert.

March 16, Six Weeks Report.

March 18, 7A Civic League trip. 8B Class Meeting.

March 19, 9A Class Meeting.

March 20, Broadcast from K.F.O.R. at 10:00 a. m.

Scholarship Roll

Greenleaf Bi rthday Party Held Feb . 19

This semester's Greenleaf assembly which was held Friday the 19th, was one of the m ost novel of Whittier's assembl i es. It was in form of a birthday party. This surprise party was given for Greenleaf (represent- ed by Bud Deeds). There was a birthday cake holding fourteen candles, for Greenleaf's fourteenth birthday. His godmother, Betty Hull, wished him well. Greenleaf received a paddling from the Boy. He also added two for good luck. Ouch! We wonder if it hurt . A package was presented to Greenleaf. Besides containing a present for him it had a prize 7A Class for the home room having the · 309 highest number of subscriptions

Richard Baile Y, Lewis for the Greenleaf. It also conBerlowitz, Elliott Boberg, Marian tained a booby prize for the Coorn bs, Donna Fiske, Jack Giel, Lorr a in e Gorman, La Verne home room having the fewest Graves, Samuel Grunger, Shirley subscriptions. Hageman, Marilyn Hays, Peggy Different guests were called Hudson, William Marler, Lois upon for entertainment. Among Penton, Lucille Scharton, Donna Shields, Aileen Simpson, Ed ward the guests called upon were Skudler, Lillian Swenson, Betty Madeline Singer and Henry Mc- Wilson. Kee. They presented a skit 203 called "Wanted a Detour." A Betty Coulter, Joyce Crosbie, reading "At the Dance," and a Charles Curry, Junior Davis, Donald Gable, Jeanne Glover, tap dance were given by GeralVerda Hassenplug, W i 11 i am dine Barr. Charles Bartlett and Holbrook, Constance McBride. Victor Brooks presented a skit Patricia McIntyre, Marjorie also.

Nicholas, Billie Schlae bitz, Floyd The Greenleaf staff was pre- Short, Elizabeth Ann Smaha. t d b B tt H ll d't d 304 sen e y e y u , e 1 or an Malcolm Allen, Phyllis Alt, also the printing staff. Other Norman Barratt, Lama Blough, members of the party were, the Robert Frank 1in, Charlotte j Boy playe~ by Howard Stacey, (Continued on page 2) I (Continued on page 6 )

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Publish e d every two weeks during the school

y e ar by pupils of Whittier junior hi g'h school, at 2 2 nd and Vin e s tree ts, Lincoln, N ebra ska

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Subscription price 20c e a c h semester, single copies 5c.

FACULTY COMMITTEE

Miss S e lma Hult

Hom er L Gammill Miss Etl n a Z amzow

Mr. C. L. Culler Miss Mar ie Cross

GREE L E AF STAFF

Editor-in-chief - - Betty H u ll

9A Editor - O rl et ha Gardne r

Ty11ist - - - - - F lora Gabelhouse

Typist - - - Made l ine Singer

REPORTERS

J ohn Fox

June Helmstadter

Edith Schuckman

George A nd reas

Ivan Blinde

Milton Bockoven

Myro n Brewe

Betty L ee S he rwood

Dol'ol'hy Tilton

Alta Young

PRINTERS

Ra l p h Mosher D ona ld N ew man

R aymond Rish er

Fr ed Rose

Wayn e Christoph e r

K enn et h Church

Bud D eed s Clarence H eide ~r e i c h

Duan e H o lm an

Farre ll Helmstadter

Harold Hudson

Don Maser

Don Mayfield

Gerald Mease

Gene Snyder L ester Stear n es

Carl Stewart

Leon Stroe mer

Bob Stump

Don a ld '\V e itze l

Roy Michel Rut h D e le hant

Jane Radmore

Elsie Schafer

WELCOME NEWCOMERS

Attention, veteran Whittierites! Whittier wants all of you to play the parts of Good Samaritans. If you feel qualified for this position apply on the first, second and third floors of Whittier and give aid to the bewiidered freshies that wander aimlessly around the halls after the class bell has rung, wondering what it's about. Answer any puzzling questions and your reward will be their numerous and grateful thanks.

To the incoming 7B's and other newcomers, the teachers and pupils of Whittier extend their heartiest greetings. We hope that you will soon feel at home within our portals and wish you luck and happiness on your journey over the road of knowledge.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

SCHOLARSHIP ROLL

(Continued from page 1) Garrett, Marilyn Green, Doris Johnson, Nona Lane, Virginia Null, Harriet Palmer. Norma Schmidt.

207

Carroll Lea Anderson, Stanley Anderson, Stanley Arenson, Raymond Bish, Milferd E. pp, Betty Fowler, Hazel Fritchie, Irene Johns, Thera Mayne, Wesley Miller, Marcelline Prosser, Ce cil White Bear.

103

Dorothy Atkin, Robert Avner, N adyne Burn, Genevieve De Vere, Donald Emery, Idonna Gienau, Robert Gillett, Harry Her:genrader, Janet Hutchins on, Ruth Kosmos, George LyLeris, Jeanne McReynolds, Esther Michel, Norma Jean Patton, Glenn Provorse, Edward Teater, Maxine Travis, Roy Way, Peggy Wolfe.

106

Sammie Avner, Marilyn Bassler , J ohn Blumer, Jean Germar, Stnart Goldberg, Ardyth Kelley, Olinda Leikam, Frederick Mohr. Marilyn Moore, Leoda Reich, Betty Schroll, William Stoffel, Mary Louise Stonesifer. 318

Marie Beltz, Evelyn Blackhurst, Cecelia Brady, Eleanor Edison, Dona Emery, Darleen Faulhaber, Robert Fox, James Griffith, L eota H ea ton, Eleanor Hurd, Bernard Leman, Maurice Mu 11 en, Phyllis Patterson, Marguerite Pierce, Dale Schappaugh, Sara Van Hook, Nioma Lawder. 320 •

Dorothy Bodenhamer, Jeanette Engle, Betty Jean Franklin, Beatrice Haskins, Lorraine Heaton, Mario n Holter, Frank Killian, David Lee, William Mericle, Prudyann Morrison, Winifred

Were there any famous and well Nelson, Shirley Osborn, June know men born in your family? Pierce, Velma Reed, Arlene No! only babies. Robinette, Joe Smith, James

February 19, 1937

Standley, Harriet Turner , Hoyt Yow ell, Richard Stanley. 102

Irvin Deeds, Ellabell e Dill Margaret Hayes, Betty Jaco bs'. Dorothy James, Lena John s, Doris Orman, Floyd Pettigrew , Ro bert Rubino, Russell Scharma n, Marcella Sehnert.

8B Class

216

Mildred Debus, Ruth Huc k Virginia Jensen, Donna Klip pert' Pauline Leichti, Dorothea Le mon' R oge r McNiell, Alma Reic hel' Patricia Shelley, Esther Weber'. Jimmie Wise Betty Kean e.

203

Bernard Goggins, Ma ry Ellen McFarland, Robert Myers , Lo retta Sullivan, Abe Talorovitz , E unice Way, Ivan Stern. 013

Duane Anderson, Em ma Jean Curtis, Alfonso Dami an, Dora Eppens, Willie Fagler , Betty Gary, Lois Gramlich, Marga ret Graves, Marian Herzog , b'i leen Hisey, Bernice Jens en, Ler oy Johnson, Dorothy Reifs chne ider, Helen Caywood, Ruth H ube r. 8A Class

220

Jack Ailes, Helen Be nnett, Maxine Cook, Donald Deffenbaugh, John Eberhart, Be tty Ann Johnson, Betty Meyers. Jea nette Miller, Maxine Pettigrew , Marcus Stoneman, Janet Wetzel , Ba rbara Wise.

208

Evelyn Barton, Evelyn Crouse, Patricia Flynn, Harri et Ha yes, Kathryn Jones, Maxine McC abe, Marilyn Paynter, Alvi n Pol ick, Elston Murphy. 314

Bryce Barnes, Alice Boo th, Paul Burke, Frances Clinto n, Tedd • Cowell, Mary Elizabeth De rrick, Gladys Fiske, Mary Lou ise Goodwin, Virginia LaVel s, Ruth Manion, Willis Markey , Carol Martin, Dean Melson , June Rausch, Romaine Ros s, Lois Scdoris, Marian Schleig er, Max Schnitter, Emma Sprei er, Ruth Lewis.

Februar y 19, 1937

301

Doris Clayton, Joan Bierbower, Donald Hand, Dorothy Hedstrom, Olinda Hergenrader, Betty Jean LaFolle tte,Margaret Marcy, Wesley Mase r, Richard Marshall. Rachel Mich el, Katherine Rice.

312

Alber t Abbott, Lillian Bauer, Warre n Emery, Virginia Frost, Norma Hughes, Helen Kiesselbach, Helen Patrick, Norm a Patters on, Charles Shepard , R i c h a r d S I o a n, R i c h a rd Stonesi fer.

218

Rob ert Campbell, Dorothy Carnaha n, Marjorie Egger, Aloha Gist, Ken neth Green wood, Donald Hall, Ph yllis Holbrook, Lois Lawson, William Lee, Clara Pappas. Dolore s Schneider.

305

Mar ylyn Alvord, Betty Jane Black burn, Mary E 11 en Bonebr ight, Elaine Carlson, Irene Di t te n be r, Phyllis Duncan, Charlot te Hill, Mary Kierstead, Patsy P ayne, Genevieve Roberts, Gertrude Seeberg, Dan Dennehy, Gordon Johnson, Jack Lewis, Kevin Ph Hlips.

101

Nathan Beezley, Jean Bryant, Betty Caldwell, Roy Cochran, Dale Dunkle, Margaret Fish, Fern Fr eeman, Virginia Hanners, Kenneth H i t z m an , Richard Hobson, Adelia Korella, John Larson , Leon a Lilly, Janna McBride , Carl Schaaf, Viriginia Stuerm er, Genevieve McCleary. 9B Glass

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

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Jurgens, Mable Kutcher, Edward Mick e Y Bierbower, Jeanette McNamara, Phyllis Overman, Bolar, Willard Coles, Bud Deeds, Margaret Stoddard, • Dorothy Hazel Elliott, Roger Hageman, Tilton. Ruth Horner, Earl Lampshire, 107 Carl Lind, Bobbette Neal, Betty Blunk, Dorothy Buetten- Margaret Price, Betty Jane bach, Billy Goggins, Olive Hart- Rasch, Donna Studts, Ruby man, Wayne Kiem, Robert Kersey, Thomas, Lillian Tuttle, Norma Charles Krcmarik, Eugene Law- Williamson. son, Dewey Lewis, Dorothy Mas205 er, Nina Newcomb, Don Peters, Eddie Beltz, Milton Bockoven, Marian Priest, Howard Stacy. Curtis Bratt, Polly Louise Cary, 308 Bettylee Cronn, June Helm- Marie Bitter, Bonnie Bradley, stadter, EYerett Hilblink, Ruth Victor Brooks, William Burr, Hutchins, Betty McCoy, Mary Kay Richard Holmes, Betty Johns, Marshall, Gerald Mease, Hal Jean Smith, Vera Whited, Don Moore, Lillian Reifschneider, Schmidt, Barbara Breen. Edna Schwindt, Marjorie Stone9A Class man, Virginia Talley, Edith 110 Schuckman, Gene Snyder, Mason Marie Bailey, Fern Burch, Myers. Norma Cummins, Mary Eckert, 210

Betty Hull, Elsie Schafer, Betty Dale Anderson, Donald AnderLee Sherwood, Gertrude Stanley, son, Peggy Clark, W i 11 i am Isabelle Storch, Wilma Timm, Ekblad, Flora Gab I eh o u s e, Shir 1e y Kushner, Marilyn Beatrice Hinze, Mary Louise Jennings, Myron Brewer, Dale Howerter, Kenneth Jacobson, Burleigh, Jack Gooding, Clarence Ruby Jones, Margaret Perkins, , Heidenreich, Charles Hilliard, Helen Reifschneider, Ed gar Dale McFarland, Donald Maser. Smith, Sam Wiggins, Cecelia Will, 108 Edward Smith.

Virginia Barch, Twila Bram• 212

well, Mary Connelly, Robert Marlin Belote, William Clark, Delaney, Frances Dietz, Avis Herbert Davis, Mabel Derr; Betty Draper, Maxine Earley, Wilma Durham, John Fox, June Gakel, Fielder, Lydia Helzer, Mary Hou- Kathryn Galloway, Robert Green, chin, Julianne Morse, Thelma Os- Dorothy Holltorf, Harold Hudtrander, Madeline Singer, John son, Florence Johns, Ruth LockWillis, Alta Young. hart, Mary Rabel, Vio~a Schulte, 112 Maynard Schutte, Grace Scott.

Lois Ailes, Betty Brown, Ruth 303 Delehant, Betty Dill, Alice Bonnie Am g we rt, Mary 222 • Dudley, Eldon Ford, Orletha Ballance, Donald Bieber, Joan Florenc e. Bock, James E~ii;k Gardner, Jack Guthrie, Lillian Blumer, Kenneth Braun, Leona:rd Duane Ihrie, Elyse _Long, . Horn June Koons, John Main Busch, Robert CookJ Robert Mc~a hon, Robert Mills,. Elmore I Lars~n, Henry Mc Kee, Ann Gochnour, Etta Hamlin, Farrell Robmson, Eleanora Scheidt. O'Brien, Willa Van Buskirk, Helmstedter, Forest McMeen, 105 G 1 nd Ralph Mosher, Howard Debus, Earlene Mitchell, John Provost, Betty Jean Anderhsoln,h Ray a 11 · Bess Marie Parmenter. Jean Schleuning, Leon Stroemer. Glass, lielen Green a g , usse

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF February 19 , 1937

The Whittier school song was written in the fall of 1925 by Mrs. HazelBeckwith Nohavec who was music supervisor for elementary schools. The song was first sung in an assembly in February, 1926.

The last phrase of the line: ' ' You can depend on us,'' was change d to "we'll always stand by you, "as it is now because the ''s"on the last didn't sound well when sung. Mrs. Nohavec is now music supervisor in California.

Fe bruar y 19, 1937

A TR I P T O CUBA

My fa ther, Mr 0 N. Overman arrived i n Linco ln, Feb. 1 with his man ager, Mr . M. R Nolan of the National Cash Register Co ., fro m a three week prize trip to Cub a. They visited Havana and surrounded the islands. Due to floo ds in the south they were unabl e to come back to Lincoln on the train from Miami, Florida, an d had to fly home in the South American Clippe r On their way home they visited an old fri en d in Coral Gables, Florida, wh o, much to their surprise, had become the mayor The y visited Washington, D C , and saw congress in session. Dad told me the people in Cuba admired P resident Roosevelt ve ry much. A few of the souvenirs dad bo ught on his trip were some Cuban money, Spanish marim bas, and a brilliant Cuban str a w hat, the kind the natives wear. Dad was rather glad to be home a lthough the weather in Cuba p roved to be quite a contr ast from what we are having.

WRONG BELL

At the close of fifth period Miss Gree n was standing outside of her d oor when she noticed one of her h ome room boys at his locker p utting on his hat, coat and ove rs h oes. Miss Green walked towar d him and asked -

"What ' s the ma t ter, son? Are you ill?"

"No!" h e a n sw e red, in a puzzled voice.

"Wh y are you ·Jeaving, now? School won't be over for fifty minutes ! It's only the c1ose of fifth peri od . ''

"Oh- I thought school was over!" an d the mistaken lad very sheepishl y took his wraps off and shyly we nt t o h is sixth period class.

THE WHITTIER GREEN L EAF

A LETTER FOR WHAT'S IN A NAME?

MRS. GREENLEAF

At Home Four unmarr i ed daughters of "Afterwards" the resident commissioner of Dear Mrs . Greenleaf: Puert o Ri ca a r e n amed Liberty, I was so glad you called the Justice, America and Equality. other day. You know one does Four other daughters (married) love to have friends call when are named Fraternity, Peace, one is tucked aw~y in a hospital - Light and Victory. bed. There is nothing to do but sleep and think.

0 say, did you notice those two boquets of lovely roses? I forgot to tell you they were from Whittier, one from the teachers, an d one from room 208. Wasn't that nice?

I have kept a record of all who phoned, called, sent flowers, or wrote me. There were • many among them whose names appear on your pages, Mrs. Greenleaf.

Just let me have space enough to thank every one who was so kind. How is Mr. Greenl eaf ? Busy making news "fi t to p:rint", I suppose ? Just push this a long with the rest I'll be seeing you in the news.

Yours from A to Z, MRS. SHIKE, 208.

The following poem was received of Doroth y T ilton of 105, taken from the "Scoop", the David City High School, David City, Neb ras ka: Sleeping In Schnol I lay me down in class to sleep, I pray my pals my notes to keep;

Should I be called on before I wake , Punch my ribs for pity's sake.

Mrs. Pinney seems to be turning soldier. She was seen one day walking up and down the conidor with a gun on her shoulder. After investigating the ma tter we found she had brou ght the gun to school to show her. history class who were st udying the Civil War . May be if all the teachers did that we would have better order in the halls, so be careful children or you might have a g u n poked in your ribs some day

COMMON NAMES Smiths

There are a 1 most 13,000 Smiths in the world including such variations as Schmidt, Smit; Smyth. 10 % of the Smiths live in the United States. Next to Smith the most common name is Johnson, then the Browns, Williams, .Jones, Millers, Davis, and Anderson. The be arers of 200 most popular na m es in United States make up l/4 of our population

ODD

NAMES IN AMERICA

Willie % Sm ith, is a principal of a scho 1 in Clinch County, Georgia. Says his father cho se the fraction because he wanted him to have a distinctive middle name (well he got it).

One of Lincoln's own Smith parents wanted a distinctive name and the result was Alpha Omega Smith.

In England there is a Frances Stanhope Pitt=Taylor . Mr Taylo :· 1.ses the equal m a rk because he dislikes the hyphen or a minus sign

In Stafford, England, there lives a man who also has a pe- culiar n a me. Because his father was angry at the Registrar of Births, he gave him the name, Chusen Rishiathiame Maher Shalalr Hash Buz Dodo Maxmiluim (try and remember it) in order to give the Registrar some ext r a work.

The Roy Bowens of Rock Island, Iowa, ~amed the eleventh child "Finis". The Alex Moores of P op 1 a r Bluffs, Missouri, named their tenth child "No". _,Continued Next Issue .

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

GIRLS' SPORTS such an excellent group of boys and girls to be leaders in our

We have been hearing about school we should not have a very the 7B's being kind of timid to difficult time in making this come out and play their games, semester on e o f t h e most but listen freshies, don't pay successful years we have ever any attention to the others, just had. come out and show them you have some spunk in you.

WINTEI,{ SPORTS

In the games the 9th grade have been playing nine court Skating basketball, 8th grade Nebraska Valerie Bignell and M a r y ball and 7th grade kickpin. In Ellen McFarland both of 302 go the 9th grade quite a few of the ice skating on- the lake, on Lake rooms have had to forfeit be- Street. cause their girls did not know • Elston Murphy of 208, went how to play, so Mrs. Ross and ice skating Jan. 31 and fell on the playground chairmen are his right side so much he didn't trying to figure out some way to sleep much that night. Adam give inst ructions Now girls, ~iller of 107 goes roller skathere is your chance to learn to mg at the Y. M. C. A. and he play so you can win the cham- says many Whittier pupils skate pionship for your home room. there on Saturday nights. One of · the most commonly Marjorie Dowling and Geralseen teachers on the gym floor dine Taylor of 208 find skating is Miss Zamzow. Every game gr~~t sport . her home room plays she is al- Sknng ways there rooting for them. It seems that skiing is not Come on you other teachers, s~1ch a popular sport at ~hitlet's see you turning out. tier. But Charles Cockrill of Don't you think the play- 203 _and. Edward Neff of 208 ground committee is doing a fine find it qmte a lot of fun. Charles job this semester? Mrs. Ross is goes over on 34th and Edward trying out a new sys t em with down by some B u r 1 i n gt o n the chairman in charge of the tracks. umpires and one in charge of Snow Houses the scorekeepers. For the um- Jack ~isle of 302 and a nextpires is Beatrice Hinze and for door neighbor made a snow the scorekeepers is May Spaedt. house which will seat 5 peopl e. Here's wishing you luck. They have a kerosene stove inNot so m~ny girls registered side. It took the boys one and fo_r gym this seme~ter ~o th ey one-half days to cut the hard will spend more time m mat Wor lr and dan · Th • snow blocks and arrange them \. cmg. eir accompanist for dancing is Miss Goetz. m their proper places.

NEW C. L. OFFICERS GIVEN OBLIGATION

(Continued from page 1)

duced the members of their committees and Bettylee Cronn gave a talk on the duties of a committee member.

To conclude this interesting program the Whittier song was sung by the entire school. With

Was Eldon Ford of 112 ever embarrassed when he built his snow house! After he had finished building he decided to go inside it and lie down. He got in all right, but when he got ready to make his exit the house was frozen stiff. Eldon is slightly plump and it made it all the harder to get out, and when he did, he said he'd never get inside a snowhouse again.

February 19. 1937

BqYS SPORTS

My how word gets aroun d! Mr . Andrews said that there is go ing to be a Ping Pong tourname nt The playground chairma n will have to select two boys to take charge of the games. He w ould like to get it started and then put mixed doubles from each home room and have a tou rnament. Here is a tip on spo rts. They have started a new dou ble elimination basketball tou rnament. The following hom e roo ms have played. Winners ap pear first.

7th grade 304-102 203-106

8th grade 310-302 216-101

9th grade 107 -105

110 -108

The following home ro oms have won school championsh ips. 314 beat the former 9th gra de home room 307, 2-0 in a foot ball game and 104 won school champions in basketball which occur red last semester. Did you hear about Bob Kersey putting powd er on his face that is supposed to be used for sprained ankles. Irvi n Deeds a 7th grader who is in an 8th grade Phys. Ed. class was called down several times for play ing too rough with the boys.

GREENLEAF ASSEMBLY

(Continued from page 1)

the Girl by Virginia Barch. Shirley Kushner of H. R. 1lC arranged the party. Greenleaf'~ Birthday Party was prese nte <i by the Drama II class, under thE direction of Mrs. Bell, the form er Miss Osthoff. Mrs. Be ll if substituting for Mrs. Shike, whc is ill.

Vol. 14 No. 9

Lincoln , Nebraska

,P. T. A. Presents Night Program

March 5, 1967

CALANDAR

March 22, 9B Class Meeting. March 24 to March 29, Spririg

Price: Five Gents

Mother Daughter Party, March 9 Vacation. The annual Mother-Daughter P. T. A. Night Program A ·1 88 c· · L T • ·11 b h Id M h 9 t

For the past week Station P. T. pri l, ivic eague rip. party WI e e arc , a A.has been broadcasting (through 8A Class Meeting. 2 :45 P. M., in the Whittier audi- 11 • ) fl h April 2, 7 A Class Meeting. torium. The admission will be the bu etm news as es con- five cents for each mother and cernin g a program sponsored by April 5, 7B Class Meeting. each daughter. the Whittier Pare n t Teacher • ______________, The art teachers will furnish Associ ation. h

Th is greatly announced pr O - Sym P ony Concert badge_s to be g~ven to each of . the girls attendmg the party. grar:n w!ll be h~ld in the Whittier to be held Mar. 15 1 .Some girls, acting as ushe~s, audit orrnm tomght at 8:00 P. M. ___ will be ready to show our vis- Thi s is the first time this sem e s- . . itors to their seats h ' . h Se mi-annually a symphony con- The Girls' Civic League presi- ter, t h_at a mg t progran:i a s cer t i~ given by the Lincoln Sym- dent, Bettylee Cro n n, will open been given by the P. T. A. m or- 1ph ony Orchestra at the Stuart the program giving a speech of der that the teachers, mothers , Theater , located at 13th and P welcome followed by a response father s, and children may all ha ve St reets. This semester the concert by a mother. a joll y time together. w ill be held on Monday, March Mr s. White's girls' chorus will Ente r tainment has been pl a n- 15, at 11 o'clock in the morning. present a_ Step~en C. Foster pro- f h · · · gram wh1ch will be staged as a ned f ~r the_ enJoyment. o _t o~e The admiss10n 1s the small sum of radio program dedicated to the attend mg with Mrs. W1ggms m ten cents. On the day of the con- mothers of the girl 8 of Whittier charge . cert the pupils who are to attend School.

The program will be as follows: will be excused from their third A short sketch will be given Selections and fourth periods. of Stephen Foster's life and the Thomas Male Quartette Th e program will include an story of eac~ number prese~ted. M · R d' 0 · T · 0 M u ! f [ The followmg numbers will be usic ee s carmo r10 v er tu re, err y n 1ves o sung: Old Folks at Home My Rop e S pinning Melvin Bierman Windsor by Nicolai, a very light Old Kentucky Home, Old' Dog Tumbl ing Act Y.M.C.A. and gay number. A Bridal Song, Tray, Old Black Joe, and Come Chara cter Sketch The Rustic Wedding Symphony Where My Love Lies Dreaming. Virginia Davies by Goldmark will also be featured Twila Bramwell will be the an- D nouncer. ance Specialties on the program. Other numbers On the stage will be a decor- Gilbertson Studios on the program will be a selection ated table. Cakes and dixies will Imper sonations Flora Albin by Ritz entilted L' Arlesinne Suite be served. After being served, Music Recreation Board and the last number will be Tales each will pass into the gymnas- A small admission price of from the Vienna Woods by ium where a social hour will be fifteen cents will be charged and Strauss. spent together. During this time, the girls will have the priv- tickets may be purchased in thP- If you pupils, who have never ilege of introducing their moth- balls . Most of the money made attended one of these concerts ers to the members of the fac- will go for welfare work, for the before, fail to hear this one you ulty.

P.T.A. has not hesitated in helping are passing up one of the best We hope there will be a large unfort unate people. concerts that has ever been given number who will attend. 7B's, (C ontinued on page 7) for the Lincoln school children. don't be backward. You are just as welcome as the oldest inhabitants, the 9A's.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Publish e d every tw o weeks durin g the scho o l year by pupils of Whittier junior hi gh school, at 22nd an d Vine str ee t s, L i ncoln , N ebr a ska

S et up and printed by th e pupils taking

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Subscr ip tio n price 20c e ach semester , sin g l e copies 5c

• FACULTY COMMITTEE

Miss S e lma Hul t

H om er L Gammill Miss Edna Zamzow

Mr. C. L. Cull er Miss Marie Cross

GREENL E AF STAFF

Edi tor -in -c h ief9A Edit orTypist

B et ty Hull Orl et ha Gardner Fl ora Gabclhous e Typist - - - Madeline Singer

REPORTERS

John F ox Jun e H e lm stadter

Edith Schuckman

George Andreas I van B lin de Milton Bockov e n

Myron B rewer

Betty Lee Sherwood

Dorothy Til to n Alta Y oung

PRINTERS

Ralph Mosh e r

Donald New m an

Raymond Ri s h er

Freel Rose

Wayn e Ch r i stop h er

K e nn e th Ch u rc h Bud De eds

Claren c e H e i de nr e i c h

Duan e H olm an •

Fane ll H elmstecl t er

Harold Hudson

Don Maser

Don Mayfi e l d

Gerald Mea se

Gene Snyder L ester Stear n es Ca :·! Stewart

Leon Stroemer

Bob Stump

Donald We itze l

Roy Michel

Ruth Dc le hant

Jane Raclmore E ls i e Schafer

Dear Whittierites:

Snooping thl'Ough the Exchange papers I noticed that many of the out-of-town schools differ from Whittier in many ways.

The Sutte Jr. High School of Sac r amento, California, call their 7B's "the low seven s ", Sutter conducts a French class and a French club. Whittier cannot do this since French is not a Junior high s chool subject in Lincoln. Instead of having a boys and girls Civic League, they have what they call a Stude n t Body This body has only one p r e s ident since the boys and girls are mixed.

The Franklin Junior High School of North Platte, N ebraska, ha s seven diffe ren t sch ool clubs. The Girls' and Boys' Glee clubs, Aviation club, Service club, Dramatic club, Travel club and the Officiating club. The T r a v el club studies different countrie s and states. Demonstrating how to build model airplanes is the work of the Aviation club. The Service club's job

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

is to keep the school's activities going, such as buying award s for the winners of the Baseball Tournament. The Officiating club is similar to our Playg r ound committee.

Snoopingly yours, THE INFORMER.

GREENLEAF PAPER

Greenleaf paper beats them all Skinny boys and those so tall

All "hurrah" and start to run

On rainy days or that of sun

When the Whittier Greenleaf comes.

THE LONG, LONG TRAILER

( Come on, Everybody, Sing)

There's a long, long T r ailer winding

Behind the car of my d r eams, And its nickelwork i s s hin i ng

And its paint job glea ms ; It has bre a kfa s t nooks and daybeds,

A little b a thtub and sho w er, And it hurtle s down the long , long trail

At fifty mil es per hour.

There's a long, long trail of On that long, long tray-ul to autos

Behind the one that I drive, And their occupants w o u 1 d you. gladly

See me boiled alive; They can honk their p_orns and cuss me

March 5, 1937

SOMETHING DIFFER ENT

Home room 318 has som eth ing new. It is an efficiency lad der which serves to create an i nte rest in the earning of effi cie ncy credits. It is made up of t we ntynine black steps with gold lett ers, the thirtieth step being a gold en half moon with efficiency prin ted on it.

Each person's name is on a small card with a pushpin th r oug h it. This is fastened to t he step which represents the nu mbe r of efficiency credits earned.

The object is to climb up the ladder as high as possi ble unt il you reach the top goal. Ele anor Hurd has twelve efficienc y cre dits which is the most of an yon e in the home room. Second in li ne is Eleanor Edison with ele ven efficiency credits. There are sev eral others with 8, 9, or 10 e ffi <ie ncy credits They come in th ir rl.

Best of all we have Ma ur ice Mullen to thank for this sp e ndid ladder. It was quite a jo b, " don't you think?''

THE MISER

There was an old miser th at lived on a hill

Every time he spent a n iek el he became very ill

He'd cheat his own br ot h er if

Until the air all turns blue, he'd get a chance

But they'll never, never pass me His father and mother an d sist er -Exchange. La France.

PERFECT ADDITION

Son: Hooray!

Dad: Why so happy?

Son: I made a 100 in school!

Dad: What subject?

Son: Arithmetic 30, Spelling 50, Geograp11y 20.

He's the stingiest old m ise r the worst in the town

He won't even smil e u nless money's around He contributed a dime t o the Ohioans flood

Ever since then he's be en an old grudge.

March 5, 1937

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

FAMO US ANCESTORS Ex-president Hoover is Max NEW PUPILS AND RELATIVES High's fifth cousin . One of Betty Brown's ancestors

We h ave found that many pu- was Mayor of London five hun- pils of Whittier have famous an- dred years ago cestors . He r e are some of them. Mr: and Mrs. Laven de r,

Patsy P ayne of 305 is a distant relat1_ves of Roy Vance, ?Wned relative of George Washington. : and hved on property th_at is now Kit Carson, the famous explor- the Iowa Nebraska light and er is one of Marylyn Alvord's Po~e_r Co. , ancesto rs, who is also of 305. Eihott Boberg s great - great- Harr y Kolb's grandfather's g~eat - grandfather was Ed~ard greijt, great grandfather was T1ffen first Go~ernor of Oh10.

This semester there are quite a few new pupils in Whittier . Some of them came from different places out in the state, others came from other Lincoln schools, and still others have attended Whittier before but have been kept out of school because of illness.

From Broken Bow comes Eugene and Verne Bishop of '212 and 102 respectively. Jack Kenne d y of 218 comes from Fairbury Junior High in Fairbury, Nebraska, and in 207 the new pupil is Jay Dickson from Panama, Nebraska. presid ent of a village in Russia. Peggy Clark s fore-father wa~ . . , George Rogers Clark of early Dar wrn Fredrickson s grand- American History. father Hult was a general in the Elbert Anderson's great grandCivil Wa r. The great grandmother father owned the first store in of Scot t Ervin was one of the Oakland, Nebraska . first set tlers in Nebraska.

Gener al Montgomery, a gen- HOBBIES

AND COLLECTIONS

In 1935, Alan Krieger left school because of an injury to his hip Since then he has been eral in the Revolutionary War was H elen Caywood's Greatuncle.

Jacqu elyn Durnell of 300 had a gre at- great uncle, General Wesle y Merutt who fought in the Ci vil War, became an Indian fighter, and later had charge of 40,000 t roops at Santiago in the Spanish War.

Alice Dudley has a list of famous a ncestors.

Ethan Allen was her greatgreat-g reat-great uncle. Dudley street was named after her grandfather' s brother. Lord and Lady Dudley in England are distant relatio n s . Dudley County in Englan d was named after them.

Maria m Coomb's ancestor's came over on the Mayflower, and her fou rth cousin was Louisa Alcott , the author of Little Wome n .

Henr y McKee's great-greatgr eat grandfather founded McKe esport, Pennsylvania. His ~eat g randfather rode a pony expr e s s between Nebraska City

There are many hobbies among unable to attend school, but at Whittier pupils and one of the the beginning of this term was most prominent is that of collect- a llowed to return. Alan is in ing- pictures. But Donald Bradley home room 101. collects a certain kind of picture. 1 Entering Whittier from Bel- His choice happens to be pictures mont is Everett Uhrich who s e connected with astronomy. home room is 220. From Eve r ett

Marylyn Alvord has an assem- School comes Betty Jane Weber, blage 9f miniature furniture. an 8A, and last but not least we She also spends her leisure time have Margaret Ann Seipp of 309 at drawing. coming from a country school.

Harold Hudson, Charles Fahn- We welcome you warmly, new stock, and Raymond Risher make pupils, and may your stay here model airplanes Harold had about at Whittier be a happy one . fifty at one time , but he sold Ruth Martin, a forme r pupil of some. 222, transfern~d to Everett Junior Herbert Da\'is collerts old coins, · High and just this week she restamps, and rocks. turned. She must like Whittier

Myrna Peterson has a hobby of the best. collecting post cards. One of hers •-------- --is forty years old.

CIVIC LEAGUE OFFICERS

Delores McKinstry is making a scrap book containing pictures Down the hall with the greatest of airplanes.

of ease, Walks a Civic League Officer as prompt as you please. He's wearing a badge that shines like a star, and Che yenne, Wyoming. free-hand cartoons. Some of his

Mary Alford has a playing card that is seventy-five years old. It is round and has a picture of a fish on it.

Betty Brown collects toy dogs.

Dallas Bottcher likes to draw

But if he runs he won't get far. So you guys with the badges, Keep away from the bad, Fran ces Kelly's fifth cousin have been published in funnywas Da niel Boone. papers.

For if you don't you' 11 wish you had.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Across 119. Same as 94.

1. A light haired member of 303. 120. To place or put. 11. A preposition. 123. First person, si n gu l ar.

1 3. A period with notable charact e r- 124. Tidy; trim. is tics.

1 6. Twenty-second letter of alphabet.

1 9. Used in place of because Down

21. Past t e nse of w e ar

1. To join with stitches. · 25. First person plural. 2. Ill-tempered.

27. A teacher who knows her Latin. 3. To inquire.

32. Most comon la s t nam e 7. Placed before the maiden name of

37. Hair over the eye. a marr i ed woman.

41. Post script. 8. A con jun ction.

43 Attribute of God. 10. Waste.

48. Metric s u rface measure. 20. Reddish brown co lo r.

52. Middle point. 24. Salt-water du ck va lu ed for feath-

58. Precious stones ers.

62. ffixpressing wonder, fear, etc 25. School named for poet.

63 Inhum an. 30. A syllab l e of the musical sca l e.

68. Abbr. for a state . 31. A music and English teacher.

72. Ladies' name in Mr. and Mrs. 35. Period during which anything i s

74 Abbr. for smallest state. held and enjoyed.

76. Either.

41. President of boys' Civic League.

78. Third person masculine. 46. A golf term

81. Your favorite sch ool paper. 68. Article of clothing.

92. An artic l e . 81. Accompanist in advanced orch -

93 Two teachers in Whittier by this estra. name.

85 Mid- da y

98. Seizes. 89. To surro und or enclose.

10 3. Same as 64.

1 04. To shiver.

99. An interjection.

102. A swelling on the eye.

109. A teacher known as Pop. l05. A fowl.

11 5. Lady in Wheat-Oata advertise-

107. Radio stat ion ments.

108. To d evo ur

March 5, 1937

IT REALLY HAPPENE D

Los Angeles recently witn ess ed a lawsuit that was a com pl ete outfit except for the shoe s. As reported by the Los Angel es Examiner Case No. 11, 263-c, inv ol - ' ving illegal liquor transact ion s, was called by Federal J u d ge George Coegrave of that city .

"Your name?" inquir ed the court of the first defendent.

''Coates, Sir - Marivn Coa t es ," replied the def en dent.

"Coates'' commented the court. And to the second def ende nt, "Your name?"

"Panz, Sir- Tony Panz , " was the reply.

" Coates and Panz-well , we ll" commented the court. An d t o the third defendeht, who hacl su d de nly begun to squirm and loos en his collar. ''Your name, by no ch anc e, could be - ah- Collar or Cu ff, for instance?''

"No, Sir, no, Sir,-It's -i t' s- " ''Out with it,''

"It's Shurtz, Judge, hon e s t-Harold Shurtz,'' gulped th e defendent.

The court took a sw all ow of water, and in a low ten se _vo ice inquired:

"Are you gentlemen-C oat es, Panz, and Shurtz - rep r ese nt ed by counsel '!''

The defendents cast a gon ized glances at each other, but sto od mute. Seeing their predi came nt, Assistant United St a tes Attorney, Jack Po well has tily interposed the informat ion that ''Their attorney is Mr Vest your honor, Charles Ves t, but he is not present." After quiet had been restored, the case a g ainst Coates, Panz, and Shu r t z was discontinued for a week i n or der that Vest might appea r with them .

March 5, 1937

WHAT'S IN A NAME

A PPROPRIATE NAMES

The C. A. Carrs named their son H enry Ford.

Mr. and Mrs. Meow named their baby boy Katz.

LO NG AND SHORT NAMES

Mr. Stuart X of California.

Mr. Fu Te I, a student of Corne ll.

Ano ther, Judge Ng, who is head o f the First Special Court in Sh a nghai.

In Cayapo, Philippine Islands there dwells a girl named Palmaristeris is isimaluzmindanicia Fernando (Short isn't it).

The man having the longest name in the United States is Mr. Glafko s Pappatheodorokomoundoronicol ucopoulos of Pontiac, Michig an. Can you spell it?

In L ondon England there is a certain maiden lady whose name is Mi ss Ann Bertha Cecilia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Ja ne Kate Louisa Maud Nora Ophelia Quince Rebecca Starkey Teresa Ulysses Venus Winifred Xinopho n Yetta Zenus Pepper.

SAVAGE NAMES

Some savages believe a man's name is so personal that no one else has a right to use it. He is called by a nick name instead

Othe r primitives don't give their children names, so the evil spirits will overlook them when they are putting curses on people. Or the infant is called an unsavory name such as, "Mud" in order to fool spirits into thinking he isn 't even worth cursing.

CHANGED · NAMES (Nob ody has the heart to blame them.)

Cric G. T. Worm of Washington change d hi~ name to Warren.

Dr. George F. Pilz (pills) of Jersey City, changed his name to Piltz to protect himself against jokers.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Mrs. W.Pickles of Spring-Ford, NO ON HOUR ACTIVITIES changed her name to Pickford to

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There are many ways for en- a void being laughed at. joyment in Whittier during the

AROUND WHITTIER

noon-hour. If you prefer reading, the library is ideal. It con. . tains many books of adventure, Sportmg an E flat. Baritone mystery and education. The gym Sax8:phone, Donald Wemmen of or playground will be just the 102 1s the proud poss~sser of one place for you if you are the ac- ?f the lowest toned instruments tive type, or like to watch m the band. . games. A fine opportunity for John and Harr;v N~1derhaus of checker fiends to display their 216 have so_methmg m common. good moves is offered in the Besides havmg same last names, quiet game room. Lotto, domsame hous~ numb~rs, 918, they inoes and other games are found are no relat10n. Their fathers and there. Go to the auditorium if mothers were all born in the same you like moving pictures. There foreign country and their fathers is always an educational film have the same given names. that you'll be certain to enjoy .

Dick Marshall of 301 has been named -captain of Y. M. C. A.'s

QUESTIONS

junior swim team for the remain- Names of Well Known Cities der of the season. Dick was elected by the boys in his class. Besides 1. Some th ing for a Cemetery. 2. Something an or ch e st r a captaining his team he must see conductor uses and a kind of that their conduct is 100 per cent. cosmetic.

On February 4th during the 3. An elevated meeting place. home room meeting it was moved 4. Our fourth president. and seconded that the next time 5. An Tndian accident. Charles Apgar ate candy in home 6. A bashful girl. room he'd either have to treat 7. A sour grape. the home room or stay after 8. A big rock. school thirty minutes. 9. An American animal.

Magee's Store held a contest 10. A famous seaman. for the best essay on the motion 11. A heavy twenty-four hours. picture, "The Plainsman" shown , 12. A martyr for the nation's at the Stuart Theater. Gene sake. Brown, 110 received one of the 13. A hard task. prizes which was given him at the 14. A surgical operation. Eagle Court of Honor at Lincoln 15. An Indian youth. High School.

Miss Johnson had a fine time the other day sitting down on the ice. She was coming home from town when this incident occurred. The next day found her very sick as the result of her adventure.

The cheery, smiling face of

(Answers on page 7)

GREENLEAF PAPER

Only ten cents or better twenty It contains much more than plenty

Now boys a nd g irls let's all get Whittier's drama and English one teacher is seen once again in our Don't dare let you be outdone halls. Mrs. Shike has returned When t he Greenleaf starts t o and we are all very glad to see her. come.

ODD BIRTHDAYS HOME ROOM REPORTERS I WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

In our school we have born As you probably know each I If Bettylee Sherwood were a unto us many children who have home room has a home room re- six-footer? very curious birthdays. Aleen pnrter. These rep?rters attend If Marion Tunks would st Tunks of 310 has her birthday the Greenleaf meetmgs and then op on Armistice Day, and she was return to their home rooms and chewmg gum and eatmg ca ndy born 11 minutes after 11 o'clock get news. in school? the 11th day of the 11th month. Beginning next issue their If Mr . Andrews would star t Eileen Hisey's mother celebrates names will appear in the mast- teaching Home Economics? her birthday on Ma y 30 (Decor- head b_elow the Gre~nle~f. sta~ If John Provost got a 7? ation Day). A friend of Ruth and prmters. We think if their . . Huber of 310 has her birthday name s are in the paper they will If the qmet game room hved on July 4th. Dorothy Reif- work h a rder. up to its name? schneider' s mother was born on Home room reporters are: If Mrs. Ross lost her whis tle: Valentine Day. In 210, Edgar Dorothy Bodenhamer 3W, Ber- If Miss Cross would gi ve c Smith celebrates his birthday on na r d Goggins 30'2, Marylyn Al- Latin test only once in eve ry si) Easter. This is the first time vord 305, Marian Herzog 310, weeks? Easter has fallen on Edg a r's Virginia Stuermer 101, Martha If Whittier boys would fo rcr e1 birthday since he was born in Hall 208, Barbara Mack · 300, to shoot rubber bands? 0 1920. MaryLou Stonesifer 106, Marian If Bonnie Amgwert wo uld los<

Marian Herzog's mother was Priest 107, Ruth Lockhart 212, her top curls? married on Lincoln's birthday Jeanne McReynolds 103, Iona If Betty was shell inst ea d o: and has her birthday on Easter. Jensen 222, Marg a ret Marcy Hull?

Marian's aunt w as born on Hal- 301, John Eberhart 220, Don If Orletha was careta k er in lowe'en and married on Wash- .Hall 218, Betty Keane 216, Ruby stead of Gardner? ington's birthday. Her g~ ~and- Jones 210, Wayne Christopher If Virginia was birch i n s teac mother also was married on 209, Ruth Vance 207, Gerald of Barch? Washinoton's birthda fift _ Mease 205, Joyce Ann Crosbie If Jackie was old inst ea d 0 three y~ars ago. A [~u ..., in ~f 203, _Ann O'Brien 112, i:1arilyn Young? Marian's was born on Election J ennmgs _110, Frances Deitz 108 , If Geraldine was rod ins tea, day. R?bert Simmons 105, Floyd Mc- of Barr?

FLOOD NEWS

Whittier pupils prove themselves true friends at times of need. Home room 103 are showing their attitude toward the flood by taking up a collection among the home room pupils for the flood refugees. Nice work 103!

Elliott Boberg, Samuel Grunger and Joan Blumer have relations in the flood district.

Robert Mitchell was in the Des Moines river flood two or three years ago where it washed away the barns and part of the houses.

It's easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

G1msey 104, Mary Alford 307, If Madeline was fa rmer in Charlotte Garrett 304, Margaret stead of Singer? Hayes 10'2, Vera Whited 308, If Marion was brushe s ins t ea Marian Coombs 309, Mary Bal- of Coombs? lance 303, Betty Kempkes 318. If Vera was blacked i11s tea

Doctor: Man, you're looking bad, did you take that powder I gave you. Just enough to cover a dime?

Patient: That I did Doc. Only. I didn't have a dime so I used ten pennies instead.

Mother: Clara, what are you doing with all that jam on your lips? What would you say if you saw me looking like that?

Teacher: When did Chri st op hE Columbus discover Amer c ia ?

Dumb Pupil: I -I- don' tk no~

Teacher: didn't you see, "C hri: top her Columbus, 1492'' a t th beginning of the Chapter?

Dumb Pupil:''Yes, Yes, bu t thought that was his te le phor number.

Clara: I'd think you were going to a dance, mother. of Whited? If Charlotte was cell ar ir stead of Gar r ett? If Margaret was stra ws ir stead of Hayes ?

March 5, 1937

A TRIP OF I NTEREST

The foll owing story was written for the Daykin Herald of Daykin, Nebr., Friday, July 17, 1936 , b y Phyllis Overman of H. R. 105 on a trip to Pike's Peak. Phylli s ' uncle, Albert W. Koepff, is editor of the paper.

"On t he Pike's Peak trip we had to stop at the s ummit about an hour and a half, waiting for the Gov ernor of Colorado. And was eve rybody mad. One of the old men in our car was maki n g some wi secracks that would split you r sides

"While we were waiting for the ·Go vernor, he said 'I'll bet this is a Republican plot to keep the De mocrats on the Peak and let them freeze to death'. And he adde d, 'I wonder what th e folks b ack home would think about me living to be 81 y ears old and be a jackass enough to sit on a Mountain and freeze to death waiting for a Republican governo r'.

"Well , I must be closing no w becau se the bagpipers in th e Lobby of the Shirley -Sa v o y Hotel (D enver) are driving me crazy. Th ey are here playing for golf tou rnaments."

WI NTER SPORTS

Ruth Vance of 207 and Bet ty Montag ue of 302 made a s no w man. The y used coal for butt on s and eyes and grass for hair.

Roge r McNeil, 216, made a snow fo rt.

P. T. A. P RESENTS NIGHT PROGRAM

(Cont inued from page 1)

This as sociation buys lunches, glasses, milk lunches and also helps to clothe many children. Therefore by going to this program we no t only enjoy ourselves,

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

but we also contribute toa worthy cause.

7B's, this gives you an opportu- nity to bring your mothers and fathers to Whittier and have them see our fine auditorium.

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New York which borders the Atlantic. Via a V-eight, over 6,300 miles through Pacific Northwest, California, and Nebraska.

Fa v orite Song: Lies somewhere between "Moonlight and Roses" and "Bells of St. FAMOUS ANCESTORS • Mary's."

One of Harlen Menfee's ancestors was Sir Francis Drake, first Englishman to sail around the world.

The grandmother of Donald Flanagan came to Nebraska in 1851.

Ruth Lewis's grandfat~er, at the age of 16 was in the Battle of Bull Run and Sherman's great march from Atlanta to the sea.

La t er he became a Captain.

FAMOUS LIVING RELATIVES

Eloise Sammerstedt has a relative in the movies. She is Miss Stilwell, a dancer.

Cecil Cobb is related to Irwin S. Cobb, a famous humorist.

June Nace's cousin Clarence Nace plays over the radio.

Jackie Sretton's great aunt, Mrs. Mary Wright has a daughter who was the first white child to be born in the Rocky Mountain t e rritory. Mrs. Wright was a good friend of ''Buffalo Bill,'' "Wild Bi 11" and "Galamity Jane.'' She also owned a hotel in Dead wood, South Dakota. Mrs. Mary Wright is now 96 years old.

CAREERS IN THE MAKING

N ame : M. Carolyn Shike

B irt h p la ce : "Where the tall corn gr ows."

S choo l: Journeyed two miles with a dinner pail to a dismal country school properly named "L on e Hollow."

T r ave ls: By Greyhound, to Maryland and states north to

Favo r ite Flower: Rose. Education: Still at it. N ebraska Wesleyan, University of Nebraska with night school courses and summer school in case she runs out of work.

T eaching: Both town and country ·schools in her native Iowa. Principal of two small schools.

Happiest: With three square meals a day, something to do, good reading material, scissors, paste, and a scrap book close by.

Accidents and Injuries : Skinned fingers and knees and a few injured feelings to make it complete.

Futu r e Plans: To avoid future operations, and we hope she can.

Mrs. Shike has a perfectly good husband and a grown - up daughter in the East.

NAMES OF WELL KNOWN CITIES

1. Tombstone, Arizonia

2. Baton Rouge, La.

3. Council Bluffs. Iowa

4. Madison, Wisconsin

5. Sioux Falls, South Dakota

6. Cheyenne, Wyoming

7. Concord, New Hampshire

8. Boulder, Colorado

9. Buffalo, N. Y.

10. Columbus, Ohio

11. Dayton, Ohio

12. Lincoln, Nebraska

13. Wheeling, West Virgini a

14. Lansing, Michigan

15. Hiawath a , Kansas

Thought an d learning are of small value u nless transla t ed into action.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

March 5, 1937

GRILS' SPORTS WINTER SPORTS BOY'S SPORTS

Some strange enthusiasm has We find that winter sports are There are going to be A and taken possession of the girls enjoyed by almost everyone in B teams from each home roo m, from 312. we · wonder why they Whittier, ice skating and sleigh 302 has a C and D team a s well have all shown up for games riding being among the most as A and B teams, 105 h as also lately, even Melba Sloniger and important. A, B and C teams in their hom e that's something.

Ice Skating room. The rooms that ha ve just

We wonder also who it is in · Freda Brehm of ll0 was learn- a few boys in their hom e roo m 203 that accusingly issue :; the l ing how to ice skate at Oak Lake who want to play basketb a ll that state~ent to the playground last Thursday. After many unsuc- are not on the first te am are Committee after every game cessful attemps her goal waR fin- combined with othe r hom e lost: ."Yeah,. I ,,see you've been ally reached. Her words were, rooms to make a full tea m . Here cheatm agam .! "My ankle's weak, body weary are some of the home ro oms who

The followmg games have and mopping up half of the lake, are combining to make a C te am, been played. Winners appearing 1 believe my intentions were not 315-218 and 205-303. T hese first: futile.'' teams will play one da y out of

9th Basketball-308 vs. 312. John Coutle r of 310 is a lucky the week which will be Mo nday

8th Nebra s ka Ball-101 vs. boy for he has a skating pond in The g y m classes are wan ting 216. his back yard and doe s n't have to go ou t s ide every ba dly b ut it 7th Kickpin-207 vs . 103. to bother about ~my transpo r ta- is a little too cold.

Here is a problem for Mr. tion to a skating pond as most Andrews and Bob Ker s ey. The of us do.

The boys are having a lot of other day Mrs. Ross asked for Oak Creek Park and Belmont good basketball games in their th • d t· 1_ I h t Park seem to be the r..10 s t popu- gymna s ium. Did you he ar about e wm ow s icK~ n a very s or . 210 d 212? Th l t' • B b K 'th lar place where Whittier pupils 2n • ere w ere, t1ree t ihme i~ dcomest· b eki·sey wNi are going to skate . minutes left to play, t he s core e wm ow s ic ' ro en. ow I SI • h R 'd' ,.,, l • t· d 210 t t f Mrs. Ross would like to know e~g I L? Jerng ie ' was 00 g1._· 3a . or h t l h • d 'th I Sleigh ndmg also 1s enJ oyed 212 s o they made a ba ske t which ow o ower er wm ow s w1 · . h by a number of Wh1ttierites. 1 won t e game . 212 and 20 5 had a broken stick. When you figure Quite a few ha ve been on sleigh- another good game t h 0 other it out please send her the ing parties. Among those are day. 212 pulled out ahe ad with a answe,r. Elizabeth Zimbelmen, who rode 4 to Olead, but 205 came th roug h

A good beginning is not alover all of Lincoln telling jokes, and beat 212, 5 to 4 2 20 is h?.vways a good ending a s the girl s stories and singing "The Music ing a good successful y ear, beatin 104 di s covered in a game of Goes Round and Round". Mild- ing 314 twice and 208 onc e. kickpin against 316. Mr. Garn- red Slye was also on a sleighing Mr. Andrews is goin g to tea ch mill and Miss Peterson (like party at Pioneers Park with ten this summer at George Pe abody good scout s ) we r e watching th 1 Colle2'e at Na s hville, T rm their girls play. Mr. Gammill's O er peop e. Skiing Say, boys did you h en.r what room was slightly ahead so he Francis Barnes of . 303 seems ' the girls are saying a bou t our remarked to Miss Peterson,

"K' d f t h f h ... ,, to be the only one in WhiWer putting paper under t he doors . m o oug or you e ! i PI M . p t d'd 't (that we have heard of) that ease let us not do th 2t. 1ss e erson 1 n say any-,. . • th • b t • . ft th I has ever tried to ski. mg u we 1magme a er e _______ Friday should not be s uc h an game was over she s aid quite a I SAW unlucky day in 1937, esp ec ially lot for her home room had a ___.___ for persons whose pa y day is streak of good luck and won. So When I was down in Arkansas Friday. That day will occ ur fifty that goes to show you should not I saw a saw that could out saw three times this year, onc e more speak too soon. I th th d f' t h k any saw ever saw. I an any o er ay o e wee Miss Boodlesman, a phys. Ed. If you ever saw a saw that could I More remarkable still, the re will cadet from the university, is as- out saw the saw I saw down I be only one Friday, the th ir tee nth, sisting Mrs. Ross on Tuesday in Arkansas, in the whole year. Jt co mes in and Thursday in the cla s ses. I'd like to see the saw. August. ·

The tier enle f

Whi ttier Broadcas t KFOR March 20

Atten tion Whittierites ! Don't miss Whittier's "Big Broadcast of 1937 ." It will be heard over KFOR March 20, at 10 :00 a .m.

The prog ram will be given by the Girls Glee club under the direction of Mrs. White. Miss

CALENDAR

March 22, 9B Class Meeting. March 23, Spring Vacation begins .

March 30, 7B C. L. Conference

April 1, 8B C. L. Trip. •

April 1, 8B Class Meeting.

April 2, 7A Class Meeting.

April 5, 7B Class Meeti~g.

Munn will be the accompanist. =--------------!

9th Grade Pupils

See Art Exhibit

We have the Board of Education to thank for making it possible for us to see the annual exhibitio n of the Nebraska Art Associati on.

Grades five, six and nine visite d the exhibit with Prescott Elementary School the first to go. The prog ram is dedicated to A bl H ld Steven Fo ster. Some of Foster's SSeffi Y e

beloved folk songs will be sung. To Show F1'lm Twila Bramwell will be the announce r. It will include the followin g songs : Old Folks At Home , My Old Kentucky Home, Old Dog Tray, Old Black Joe , and Co me Where My Love Lives Dreami ng. Alice Dudley, BettyLee Cronn and Elizabe th Zimbelm an car ry the melody in the song "Ol d Black Joe" while the club will accompany them by hummin g. The program was arranged by two 9A members of the Glee club.

Prob a bl y you would be interested to know, that one of Whittier's gi r ls was cho sen to announce th e junior high school ne ws every Saturday on the school broadcast . She is Phillys Overm an of Home Room 105 . As most of you know every jun i or high schoo l and senior high school of Lincoln gives a broad cast, some Saturday morning over KFOR. The junior high schools and senior high school s ne ws are given on every broad cast. The bro a dcast lasts thirty minutes. This is W . J. H . signing off.

Our former art supervisor, Miss Kiser, had two pictures the r e, "The Church on the Hill," and "Near Ward" Miss Kiser is

On Wednesday, March 10, an now the head of the art departassembly was held between fifth ment for public schools in Rye, and sixth periods to show the New y or k. sc hool a film entitled "He r e The scene, "My Mother and Comes the Mail." Father," painted by John StewMr. Albrecht, from the post art Curry was well -liked by office, explained the films. He everyone. In 1916 Mr. Curry en - · told and showed all the di fferent tered the Kansas City Art Instiprncesses one letter has to go tute with a box of seventy-fivethroug~ ?e~ore it reaches the cent paints. After a while at pe rso n it is mtend ed for. Kansas City he attended the Mr. Albr~ch t has worked at Chicago Art In s titute. In 1931 our post office f_or about fifteen he traveled with Ringling Brothy~ars a~d he still work s on the Iers Circus to paint the animals mght shift. . The films that were shown to and entertamers. When he us were taken at the post office painted his parents in 1929 they in St. Paul, Minnesota. Their did not think that he would city being- larger than ours , their climb the ladder of success and m~thod o~ separating and deliv- be one of the top six United e nng mall would naturally be St t t· t diffe rent a es ar is s .

According to the applause that D wight Kirsch, Chairman of rang through the auditorium the Nebraska University Fine about twenty min ute s after two Arts Department, had two pieo'clock on Wednesday, every- tures on display. "Aries" was body in the school very sincerely p ainted in the North window of enjoyed the program and Mr. his attic studio. The title is deAlbre cht has been asked to r e- rived from a ram's skull, originturn before long to our school ally from the Nebraska bad and give us all another enjoyable lands. His other painting was time. "Wi llie Clay."

THE \VHITTIER GREENLEAF

Publish ed every two weeks durin g the scho o l y ear by pupils of Whittier junior hi g'h school, at 22nd and Vine streets, L inc o ln, N ebraska.

Set up and printed by th e pupils taking Greenleaf pr in ti n g

Subscription price 20c e ach semester, singl e copies 6c.

FACULTY COMMITTEE

Miss S e lm a Hul t

H omer L. Gammill

Miss Edna Zamzow

Mr C. L. Cu ll er Miss Marie Cross

GRE ENLE AF STAFF

Editor -in- chief9A Edi tor

Typist - B et ty Hull Orl et ha Gardner Flora Gabelhouse

Typist - - Madeline Singer REPORT ERS

John Fox

J u ne Helmstadter E dith Schuckman

Betty Lee Sherwood

Dorothy Til to n A lta Young

HO ME ROO M REPORTERS

Dorothy Bodenhamer

B er nard Goggins

Marylyn Alvord

Marian Herzo g

Virginia Stuermer

Martha Hall

Barbara Mack

Ma1·yLou Stones ifer

Marian Priest • R ut h Lockhart

Jeanne McR ey nolds

Iona Jensen

Margaret Marcy

John Eberhart

Don Hall

Betty K eane

Ruby Jones

George Andreas

Ivan Blinde

M il ton Bockov e n

Myron Brewer

Wayne Christopher

Ruth Vance

Gerald Mease

Joyce Ann Crosbie

Ann O"Brien

Marilyn Jenn i ngs

Frances Deitz

Rob ert Simmons

F loyd McGimsey

Mary Alford

Charlotte Garrett

Margaret Hay es

Vera Whited

Marian Coombs

Mary Ba ll ance

Betty Kempkes

PRINTERS

Ralph Mos h er

Do na ld N cw man

Raymond Ri s h er

Fr eel Rose

Wayne Ch ristop h er

K enn et h Churc h

Bud D eeds

Clarence Heide nrei c h

Duan e Holman

Far re ll Helmstedter

Harold H udso n

Don Mas er

Don MayfiC'lcl

Gerald Mease

Gene Snytler

L est.er Stear n es

Carl Stewart

Leon Strocmer

Bob Stump

Dona ld We itze l

Roy Michel

Ruth D e l chant

J anc Rad more

Elsi<' Schafer

Some Whittier pupils ought to be ashamed of themselves to think that they can't keep their hands off other peoples . possessions. As m~my have noticed many pupils are padlocking their lockers. Its a disgrace to Whittier! This is the first time in Whittier's history that Mr. Culler has allowed pupils to lock their lockers, but it seems necessary. I am sure we all want Whittier to have high standards, so please try and cooperate.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Greenleaf. We hope this won't continue because if you knew what a big help it w.as to the staff, well I think you'd hand in something once in awhile. Here is a list of things we'd like to get. (Just to give you an idea.) Poems, interesting happenings in Home Room and classes, interesting trips.

Now I ask once again will you feel free to report any of the things named above or any thing you think is of interest. Thank You!

Mrs. Swisher is evidently very well liked by her home room. A few days ago she had a bouquet of cut flowers on her desk , an d now a pot of royal-purple blossoms occupies a prominent place in front of her. Both were from her pupils.

OUT DOOR GAMES ON VACANT LOTS

Many of the pupils of Whittier school are playing on vacant lots. Some of the games which they play are marbles, football, baseball, basketball, cricket and fly kites. Some boys make a pile of dirt and take their bicycles and run over them as fast as they can to see which one can stay on his bicycle the longest.

NICKNAMES

These nickn ames were handed in without origins.

Kersey Kidd

Ferry

Jenny Wren

Dead I Pete

Frankie

Bugs

Ezery

Some Home Room reporters are Toad complaining of pupils being un- Buzz willing to contribute news for the Rub

Deel

Beez

Chub

Donald Duck

Dunk Skid Lead Hop Flossy

Bob Kersey

Harry Fagler

Jean Smith

Don Peters

Francis Gowdy

Jerry Eidle

Everett Watson

Le Roy Lamb

La Vern Roberts

Robert Rubino

March 19 , 193~

Adelia K orrelh

Na than Bee zle)

Carl Sc haa1

Don Reich en bacr

Dale Du nklE

Virginia Stuer me1

Leonard Dur han

Holl y Pe ter1

Emma F ink!

7B CLASS MEETIN G

On March 12, the 7B's he ld 1 class meeting for the pur pos e o: introducing the class offic ers.

The president, Charles Tay lor was introduced by Miss P eters on Charles then introduced th e othei officers who are as follo w : Vici President, Harry Eckert ; Se cre tary, Mercedes Miller; and Tr eas urer, Carmen Quackenbu sh

The Vice President H am Eckert, gave a talk on th, ''Scholorship Roll and th e Ho no : Roll"

The entertainment was fur nished by Marry Louis e Al forc who gave a reading an d He ler Hempel who played a pian o so lo

We congratulate you on y om e xc ellent choice. We are surt your officers will serve you fait h fully.

OUR FEATHERED FR IEN DS

One of the first signs of spr in~ is the migrating north ward o: the birds. Some of us hav e alre ad~ seen the robin. Soon we ·will b, seeing " more birds such as th, Red-winged Blackbird, Mead ow lark, Baltimore Oriole, Catbi rd Barn Swallow, Wood Thr ush Chickadee, House Wren, Blue bir( and Cedar Waxwing. •

Be on the lookout for ne w bi rds Write down the name of eac l different bird you see a nd th date. You will be surpr ised a the large variety of birds on yo u list.

Books from the ten-cen t sto re and libraries will help identif: birds you have never seen befo re

March 19, 1937

MOD ERN NURSERY RHYMES

LI TTLE MISS MUFFET

Little Miss Muffet, Sat on a tu ff et,

Eating her curds and whey

Along came a spider, and sat do wn deside her

And s aid ''May I have some ple ase?''

MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF LIBRARY

How many know how many books there are in the library? There are 3,700. We also have four hundred books from the city library. The 174 new fiction books are so extremely popular that they can't always be obtained. Several other books seem to be quite popular, also. It has been observed that several 7B's have been using the Mar y had a little lamb, library. We hope more of you Its fle ece was white as snow. will in the near future. I am sure

And e verywhere that Mary went, will find it useful as entertaining. She too k a bus.

LI TTLE MISS MUFFET

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet

Eati n g her curds and whey

When a long came a spider and sat down beside her

And t h ey had lunch together.

HUMPTY DUMPTY

Hump ty Dumpty sat on the wall

Hump ty Dumpty had a great fall

All th e king's horses and all the k ing's men Had sc rambled eggs.

F ORMER ACTIVITVIES IN WHITTIER

In 1925 there were fourteen differ ent clubs here at Whittier. They were the Stamp Collectors Club , Girls' Sports Club, Junior Printi ng Club, Home Economics Club , Campfire Club , Dramatic Club , Cartoonist Club, Garden Club, Priscilla - Alden Club, Science Club, and the Orpheons. In 1926 several others were added to the list. Later some were discontinu ed, to be replaced by other s .

In 1926 the Greenleaf had six hundre d sixty-six subscribers.

WHOOZIT

Sex: Female.

Hair: Light Brown.

Grade: 9A.

Occupation: Bass Violin player.

j Outstanding feature: Very well known around Whittier.

Main ambition: To be an illustrator for some magazine .

Sex: Male.

Hair: Dark brown.

Grade: 9A.

Occupation: Keeps records of Civic League Meetings and Cabinet.

Outstanding feature: Dimples. Ambition: To be a lawyer. Home Room: 112.

GREENLEAF

When yo u're blue and lonely

And there is nothing else to do, Ju st think of J oh:tmie Greenleaf And writ e a poem or two.

Or write a few good stories Of some adventures you have seen

About your dear home room Or plac e s you have been. Your efforts will be welcomed By the Whittier Greenleaf staff

3

They always like good write ups Poems or jokes that make us laugh.

-Patricia Shelley, 216

S CH OOLRO OM CH ATTER

The following are some shool recitations that really took place: "A mountain range is a large cook stove.''

"Philadelphia founded Pennsylvania.''

''France is the capital of Germany . "

''The people of Norway make their living catching tadpoles."'

A second grade class was asked if they knew of any people who ate more than three times a day. One bright boy volunteered, "My baby brother does.''

A little boy in North Carolina wrote, ''Connecticut founded Massachusettes because it was his city and he wanted it.''

In a psychology class, a girl told about calling some lady by the wrong name. ''I suppose you felt chagrined," commented the teacher. "Oh, no she didn't. She gave me an awful dirty look."

A teacher in a rural school requested each pupil to say a Bible verse. One boy refused by saying, "you can't make me,'' whereupon the teacher jerked him out of his seat and shook him. Although his teeth were rattling, he managed, "Thou shalt not kill."

FORMER ACTI VI TIES AT WHITTIER

Whittier opened in 1922. From the beginning of the School a news paper was published, called the Whittier Junior High News. In 1925 it was decided that a year -book would be put out, and called th e Whittier Greenleaf af t er Joh n Greenleaf Whittier.

THE

WHITTIER GREENLEAF March 19, 1937

8B CIVIC LEAGUE TRIP

On Tuesday, April 1, the 8B's are to take their third Civic League trip, going to fifteen different Lincoln business houses and returning to their arithmetic classes and giving a report on everything they see and hear. Pupils attend from all of the Lincoln schools. Assembling at the Stuart Theater, they listen to an interestin g spe e ch by Mr. Fred C. Williams of the John Hancock Life Insurance Company.

The girls are goin g on the following trips: Astronomy, Automobile Insurance, First Trust Co., Rehabilitation, and Nebraska Conservation and Welfare Commission.

The boys will visit places of a slightly different type but they are equall y a s intereRting. The Nebraska Ce ntral Building and Loan Associa t ion, Real Estate Investm e nts, Security Mutua1 Life Insurance Co., and the Weather Bureau are among the trips to be taken by the boys.

We are sure you will enjoy your trips, 8B's.

UNDECIDED

The employer called his secretary. ''Here, Miss Blackstone, look at this letter. I can't make out whether it is from my lawyer or my tailor. They are both named Smith.''

The secretary read : ''I have begun your suit. It will be ready to be tried on Thursday."

SCOTCH DOG

A Scotchman had a dog and each morning he gave him a penny to buy a bun. The dog deposited his penny each time in his kennel till he had fi v e. Then off he went to the baker's shop and bought "six" buns for a nickel.

SEEN AND HEARD AROUND ing the street at 27th and R and WHI TT,IER had just neared the curb whe n an automobile driver honked at him. Miss Schofield was unable to Charles stepped and a v oided be at her duties two weeks ago. being hit, but the driver sto pped To hasten her recovery, her and gave Charles his card . home room sent her a lovely plant. A bunch _of gi1:ls wh o ea t in Mrs. Bailey very ably filled the 1~ 4 wer e d1 s cu ss mg a bo ut ~he vacancy. • di s e as es they had had. K a thr me

Friday, the nineteenth of Feb- Ga llowa y s poke up and sa id "I ruar y , a little bird saw, · (and ~ad sc a rl~: fe ver when I wa s a heard) Mr. Culler playing a htt le boy. mouth harp. Mrs. White had H om e Room 106 was ha ving bette r put him in the orcnestra, a n oral te s t on t~e fla g one day or better still he should write to wh en the qu e st10n was a s ked, Maj or Bow~s and give full "W he n bunting i s u se d on a particulars. sp eake r 's pl a tfo r m wh ic h color

A 9th grade Science class of g oe s on top. Sam Avne r r ep lied Mrs. Boschult's just completed " Black". the study of germs and vac- Mr. Culler was seen pl ay ing a cinations in which they learned mou t h harp in his offi ce the that vaccines were weakened other day. germs. On a paper which was J a n et Hutchinson of 103 by turned in as an answer to ques- mi sta ke brought a s ac k' of tion, What are vaccines? th e n~ cooki es to s cho ol in s te ad of her was the following reply: " Vac- lu n ch cines are week-end germs." We Vl illa Jean Mosher' s ria r ents have often wondered about germs rec ei v ed an air mail le t t ~ • from but did not know they went on Cal ifo rni a with ju s t t h eir first week-ends. nam e s "Luci l e and F ra nl~ " but

Leonard Durham and Robert be ca u ; e of the addre ss t h~ y got Franklin of 304 were born in t~e it . same house and same room six Pop Heston wa s slo wl y walkmonths apart. They both started ing along the side wal k and to school toget~er the same day Junior, age four, w a s a bout and have been m the same room t wenty paces behind , trn dging ever since. a long on his little fat leg s Aleen Tunks, Margaret Graves, "Wh y don't you wait fo r me?" B o n n i e Braun, and Marian he ca lled. Herzog, all of 310, christened a "I'm waiting for y ou, " regold fish between semesters. They 1· d 1 • b' d christened him "Goldie." Mrs. P ie pop, s owmg up a it an Boschult was witness. tu rn ing al'Ou nd • "Well," s a id the p a nting

The girls of 222 o.riginated a y oung s te r , "You a re n' t wa iting new way to elect home ·room cap- for m e ver y fast." tain. A piece of paper is passed Mi s s Za mzow's fou rt h p eriod around to all the girls. On it are science class were di sc us sing the names of the players. Each girl checks the player she wants landscape gardening with the house as the center. for captain and the one receiv- Dorothy Mar shall of 300 has ing the most checks is named the won a gold cup for roll er ska.tcaptain. • mg.

Dick McMahon, 222, won first Barbara McKee of 316 won place in the City Junior Ping the championship title for padPong tournament. d le tennis at the Muny Par k. If Charles Cockrill experienced a anyone has won a cha m pi onship very narrow escape on Friday of any kind we woul d li ke to the 9th of March. He was cross- know about it

March 19, 1937

WHAT IF

Ma xine "late."

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

poor misinformed fellow please enlighten him as to the year he Early were Maxine is living in.

John Fox were John "wolf".

Mis s Curley w ere M i s s "straight."

Mildre d Newburn were Mildred "oldbur n."

Elinor Robinso n were Elinor '' crusoe. ''

Betty Brown w e r e Betty "red."

Betty Rasch w e r e B e t t y '' eczema. ''

Elsie Busch were Elsie "tree."

Wilma Fielder were Wilma ''meadowe r. ''

Robe rt Mitchell was a midget?

Mrs. S wisher got too warm?

Mrs. Pinne y was overweight?

Lois Ail es did n't giggle?

Mrs. Bosc h ult had b lo nde hair?

Ma rie Bailey didn't blush?

Miss Zamzow stopped smiling.

Pupil s in assembly didn't stop talking when Mr. Culler came on the stage?

Joe Co well didn't chew gum?

Vi rginia Stuerme r didn't like gym?

Waund a White liked arithmetic?

Lyle Stray er stopped answering by saying "Yah ?"

Geraldi ne H u b b a r d never missed school?

Lydia Helzer lost her two combs?

Helen Bennett didn't have two braids?

Jean Schleunin g was shy?

Bonnie Amgwert lost her front cu rls?

30 YEA RS HENCE

INTERESTING

When Santa comes from his northern clime, Some ~~veek by w eek, was paid on others

When wanted by fond dads and CORRESPONDENCE mothers. Now, why are bikes s o much ·a

Many Whittierites have been part of every Whittier pupil's corresponding with people in • heart ? other countries and relatives So~e must carry papers every who travel in foreign countries. n~gh~, . Among those are Virginia Stuer- Del~ve r mg groceries 1s qmte a me1· of 101 who receives letters s~ght, from her brother who sails on While others for the mere JOY of the U. S. S. Chester. He was on chase, the ship at the same time it car- Hurry o~ past others m a race, ried Secretar y of War Dern to So he!e is the rhyme, the Philippines and other parts H~re is the reason, of the Orient. The letters re- Bicycles guard Whitter m any ceived were de scr iptive of the season. assassi nation problem of China. -Betty Lee Sherwood. He described the streets "being full of human skulls and other parts of the bodies " Capital punishment is done in public, in fact any street that is convenient.

Helen Pierc e also of 101 corresponds with Charles Vorburger, who res ides in Fossfeld, Switzerland. Charles was an old friend before he moved to Switzerland with his grandmother. Helen describes his letters as "starting in English and usually finishing in Swiss ." She can read and spe ak the Swiss language very fluently

BICYCLES

Every morning at about eight, An army of bicycles crash Whittier's gate,

In the racks they stand up straight and tall, Guarding all day the eastern wall

How came these wheels to each

Readin g the Buck Rogers girl or boy,

MY MOTHER

She may not be a beauty, Nor she may not be so young, But she's always found her duty, In helping with things that were done.

She may not always be in style, Yet we think s he' s very grand, She may not use a finger file, Though she has a beautiful hand.

She may not wear a perfect hat, Nor shoes or pocket book, But when it comes to food, Oh! how sh e can cook.

-Stuart Goldberg, 106.

HOBBIES AND COLLECTIONS

Carol e Martin collects pictures of famous composer s about whose music she has studied. Altogether she has about four hundred and fifty pictures. Twenty-fi fth Century Serial in Who care no more for a foolish the funny papers must have gone toy, to the hea d of one of the Green- Many a one, I have no doubt leaf printers He (or she) set the IWas bought by the boy on the type for the date of the second I paper ro ute. issue of the Greenleaf ''March 5, I Some were rece ived at Chri st1967." If any re ader knows this mas time,

Wallace Repetto colle cts toy trains. It is said that his reason for this is due to the fact that his father is employed by the Burlington railroad. Romaine Ross collects music and different pictures of composers and instruments.

GIRLS' SPORTS

Since the weather has been fairly nice the girls have been playing their games outside . Everybody seems to be turning up for the games.

The paddle tennis tournaments have started and we hope the weather man will give us a g1·eat deal of nice weather for so many have entered the tournament that it will take so me time for the finals to be played off. Also it will be very necessary for the girls-vto be out there on time so a s et can be played in one day. So you girls who have registered please be out there on time.

We have been wondering if any of the boys ever have to forfeit a game. It seems to be quite a hobby with girls. How about all coming out for your games now? After all it is fun to 11lay. There is a certain girl in 101 who always "comes up smiling." That's quite an accompli shment, especially after falling hard on your nose and following that with a bump on the back of your head. For particulars see Virginia Hanners.

1:iss Peterson can vouch for the fact that once in a while one can and does get an "eye full" in the girls gym. She had just come in the door when some one kicked a soccer ball good and hard and it landed right in her eye. We hope it didn't hurt.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

NEIGHBORHOOD SPORTS

Arthur Horn of 304 and other boys in his neighborhood have been taking their bicycles down to the Holdrege viaduct and riding them off the side.

Sno oping around (as usual) we have found that Holly Pete rs has become quite accomplished at skating on the front wheels of her roller skates.

Portia Eitel reports the children in her neighborhood go roller skat ing at the Unive r sity of Nebraska campus

Some of the familiar paces for roller skating a re : High School, Agr. College, Capitol building, Nebraska Campus, and most of all on your own street.

We have also found that Theed ore Mc Williams is a fancy roller skater.

Paul Lange is captain of a neighborhood basketball team. Richard Holcomb, Tom Watkins, Farrel Helmstedter, and Jack Tilton are from Whittier. Richard furnishes the basketball. They play at the Warren M. E. Church. When they play other neighborhood teams they sometim es have an audience.

Mrs. Ross did live up to her word. She had a practice game in nine court basketball one noon. Every one was excluded from the gym except the gi r ls who wanted to learn how to play. There were about fifty girls present.

In the finals for the championship in pi ng pong Margaret Stoddard of 105 was winner playing opposite Dorothy Tilton of 105.

Lewis Berlowitz is captain of neighborhood football team. Billy Schanse and Roy Fish are from Whittier . They got their suits from Law lors Sporting Goods Co. They play at 33rd and Star.

Hal Moore, Sam and Bob Avner and Kenneth Church play marbles in their neighborhood.

Charles Krcmarik is captain of a team entitled "White Eagles."

Several Whittier pupils belong, amongst them are, Don Peters, Harry Fagler, Warren Kenny, Bob Wheatherby, Jack Simmons, and Bob Kersey.

March 19, 1937

B OYS SPORTS

Believe it or not but the boys of 310, an 8B home room, alm os t beat 205 a 9A home room . Th ey were playing basketball for school champs. The score was 8-9 in favor of 205.

Here are some of the ba s ketball games, winners app ea ri ng first:

205-107 205-3 10

The boys baseball tou rn a men t is going to start March 15 . Also the touching pass tourna ment is going to start.

Here are some of the pract ice baseball games, winners ap pe aring first:

212-210 105 -10 8 205-222 309-2 07 222-308

Boys are going to st art a double paddle tennis to urnament Later they will ha ve a tournament with mixed <lo ub les

The new arrangement of the diamonds is very good be ca use it gives the outfi elders mo !·e ro om to play and the safety r ul es are obeyed better . Marble tournament is g oing to start an d the teacher in charg e is Mr. Rowan Some of t he boys play marbles a ~ound the ir ne ighborhood. The p upils from Whittier are Eugene Wilson , Vinc ent Kess, Mason Meyers, Mer vin Hoglan and Robert Gun dv.

I gazed into her dark a n 'i glowing eyes. Her lips were sa ying those three wonderful wo r ds I ha d waited for so long. I co u ld noi believe it and yet it wa s t r ue.

Again she said it fulfi ll irJ g t h( dream of life.

"No arithmetic assign men t."

Clara Pappas and Ju ne Ra uscl were talking in class w he n Mis : Green suddenly said, '' Gi ve m, that note,'' they turn ed aroun< to find that Miss Green was onl~ dictating a sentence to a girl They all had a hearty laugh.

Th er Greenle f

Vol. 14 N o. 11

Lincoln, Nebraska

Sprin g Program I

April 9, 1937

To top_ this grand _program o_ff Assembly

Price: Five Cents

Held

• Mrs. Swisher' s boys chorus will Plans Are Laid sing a gro up of songs and Miss For

Jone s' girls chorus will sing s ev-

M y s t er y fills th e air for eral Spanish selections.

Sound Movie

• Although talkies were first Whittie r pupils, and something I made many years ago, Whittier tells us that the Spring Program

CALANDAR had her first one, Wednesday, · b ( • th d f April 5, Fourth quarter be- March 17, 1937. Whittier had the is gom g to e m e wor s O privilege of being the first public Hollyw ood directors and publicity gins. school in Lincoln to have sound men) colossal and stupendous April 5, 7B Class Meeting. films

Many boys and girls are going to April 6, 7 A Conference. · When the lights went out all partici pate in it and, although I April 8, 8A Civic League Trip. was hushed, and when a voice

A 113 8B C f sounded from nowhere, the the te achers do not know pri • ' on erence. Whittierites could not believe their plans definitely we have P. T. A. Meeting. their ears. secure d the following accurate

ITwo of the films were on (we h ope) information.

Spring Vaca tions

Monel metal and one was on our

Of course it wouldn't be a ___ United States Capitol, Washington D. C. Although the films were spring p rogram without the a_d- : Our Whittier pupils apparently educational they were set to swing va~ced orchestra , un_d er the ~Ir- 1 had a very good time during their music. ect10n of Mrs. White, playmg ' Rh ort vacation. These are some of The one on Monel metal showed several s~lections. . I the plans I found, the process of making it. It is •

The Boys Glee Club ~111 smg I Lois Ailes of 112 took a trip to made of two metals, nickel and several ~ongs and the Girl s Glee I Omaha on Thursday Edgar Smith copper. When put into strong Club will_ prese~~ a c_le~er o?er- i and Richard Saling went to a~id Mon~l metal does not t~retta en t itled Mar]orte Goes Omah a too, but in a different way. msh, while other metals will . Modern. " Both groups will b I They rode their bicycles. 1 This is used for modern sinks, direct ed b! Mrs. Wh~t~. j On March 23. Willa Ann Van laundry washers, table tops, etc. Mr s Sh ike very w11lmgly gave Buskirk gave a party. Among These films were produced by the the follo wing information abo u t the Whittier pupils who attended R. C. A. studios. the sp r in g program play: were June Koons, Charles Fahn- We would like to thank the It will be "Little B 1a ck stock , George Lion burger, and makers of Monel metal for loaning Heliotro pe" given by the Drama I Jacqueline De Vore. these films to us. class. • Virginia Hanners of 101 plan- Since we are on the subject of The m embers of the cast are: ned to go with her Campfire group films we would like to mention Phy llis Overman , 105 on a three day camping trip to that Irving Junior High School Dorothy Tilton, 105 Cam p Kiwanis at Milford. The is making their own slides. The Kath erine Rice, 301 gr oup would have liked to stay art and science classes are doing Betty Jane Blackburn, 305 longer but all wanted to be home them under the direction of Mr. . . Blue The slides are on the sub- Harr iet Hayes, 208 for Easte r. Their guardian Mrs. . • ff .1 1 h 1 h • t Jects o oss1 s, a co o ,c em1s ry, The pl ay opens about the Civ il Benn ett a nd Mary Aileen Cockern etc. These slides will be circulated War per iod and from the name it acco mpa nied them. All of the girls among the the different Junior sounds like er- well you gue ss . in the group were 8A's High Schools. t

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PRINTERS

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Lester S tear n es

Ca--! Stewart

Leon Stroemer

Bob Stump

D ona ld W e itzel

R oy Michel

Ruth D e lehant

Jane R admore

Elsie Schaf er

SCHOOL OPPORTUNITI~S

When we stop to think of our advantages in school, we find there are many.

Our country cousin often trudges four miles in bitter weather to enter a school building heated by a coal stove. This makes it too warm in one place and too cold in another. We are fortunate enough to have evenly regulated heat.

In Whittier we have a choice of subjects, while in rural districts you take what everyone else does.

The teachers here are required to have a better education than a country teacher, so, naturally

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she has a wider and more complete range of know ledge. For lunch some Whittier pupils can go home, and those that stay at school may buy a hot dish. Altogether, we are very lucky to have such fine opportunities and facilities. Everyone should make the most of them.

9B CLASS MEETING

The 9B Class met in the auditorium March 22 to introduce the new officers. The meeting was called to order by the president. Eugene Lawson. Jean Smith ne x t led the flag salute. Minutes of the last meeti g were read by Edward McNamara of 105. Don Smith, the new , president from 308, was then intr oduced by the president. The new vice president, Iona Jen sen of 222, was introduced by Don. The treasurer next gave his report . Each home room president wa ::. then called upon to give the schol::-irship roll for the first si x weeks. Next Margaret Stoddard introduced the new treasurer , Bayard Murray of 308. The new secretary, Florence Bock of 222, was then introduced. Mr. Culler gave a short talk on scholarship which will prove very helpful to the pupils.

8B CLASS MEETING

Home rooms 216, 302, and 310 ass e mbled in the Whittier auditorium March 18th to hold a class meeting for the purpose of installing the new class offkers. Abe Talorovitz of •302 took charge of the meeting. The vice president, Aleen Tunks of 310, was introduced. This semester the secretary is Patricia Ann Shelly of 216. The treasurer is Alma Reichel also of home room 216.

Roger McN eill played a piano so 1o entitled •'Dancing Snowflakes."

A skit was presented by Billy Warner and Jack Hilton, with

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Jack as the composer of the play let.

Dorothea Lemon gave a spe ech on class dues and their us es

There was a motion for adjou rnment which was secon ded and carried.

The pupils and teacher s ret ired to their home rooms.

THE 9A CLASS MEE TIN G

The 9A class held a me etin g on March 19, to introduce the new class officers. The 9B offi cers: President, Jeanette Bol ar , Vicepresident, June Gakel, S ecre ta ry, Willa Van Buskirk, an d T reasurer, Don Buterbaugh, in trod uced the 9A officers. They ar e Myron Brewer, Henry McKee , Bo nnie Amgwert and Bud De ed s, the names being given in the us ual order.

The secretary and tr e as urer gave their reports. Th e diff e rent committees were introd uced

Entertainment was furn is hed by Jacqueline Stretton an d Marie Bailey, who both gave rea di ngs. Jacqueline's was calle d "T hese Modern Mothers" an d Ma rie's was entitled ''The Mo nume nt." Charles Fahnestock a nd Sam Wiggans also played a tr um pet duet.

MOVIE MEMORAN DU M

Who do these movie s r em ind you of?-Perhaps.

Dimples Jack Gu the rie Ready, Willing and Abl e ''to give Latin tests'' Miss Cross Holy Terror Vict or Mic hel Little Miss Nobody

Betty le e Cronn

Swing High, Swing Lo w Mrs. Ross' gy m c lasses

Top of the Town Joh n P rovost One in a Million Mr. Culler

After the Thin Man "came" E ldon Ford Maid of Salem A l ta Young (continued on pag e 5 )

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8A CIVIC LEAGUE TRIP

The 8A's from all over the city took th eir Civic League trip April 8. The re were eighteen trips for girls a nd the same number for boys. , Th e r e were four hundred and sixty g irls and four hundred and sixty boys attending the various trips One hundred and forty girls and one hundred and thirty-three boys were from Whittier.

The groups md at the Stuart theat er at eight-fifty, where Professo r J. 0. Hertzler of the sociolog y department of the Nebraska Uni versity spoke to them.

Some of the Whittier teachers

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In a few minutes Jean woke I become such a what-you-may-callto find herself tugging at the it, please define the word for me . bedpost. Seekingly, Bob Metcalf

A CHAT WITH UNCLE EZERYI Dear Bob, An 'optimist is a man who

Dear Uncle Ezery, do~~m't car~ what happen~ so long I have been told so many times as It doesn t happen to_ him. to have. faith and now my cur- Cheerily, iosity is getting the best of me Uncle Ezery

What is faith?

Inquisitively, Eleanor J erisen

Dear Eleanor, Faith is believing Miss Cross when she says the Latin test wo n't be hard Faithfully, Uncle Ezery

conduc ting the groups were, Mi~s Dear Uncle Ezery, Mads en, Mrs. Shike, Miss Jones, While traveling around this and Mrs. Worrall, for girls and country I have noticed that the Mr. S trawn , Miss Johns on, Miss rivers are always close to the Zamzo w, and Mr. Culler, for j banks. Why is this true?

INTERESTING FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

Around six years ago Willis Taylor's father read an article in a newspaper about a man in the United States who sent a toy balloon across the Atlantic Ocean. A man in England caught the baJloon and Mr. Taylor wrote to him. Willis and his father have been corresponding with this man ever since. boys.

Ea ch trip was very educational, Marcel1a Betz inter esting , and worth while. Dear Marcella,

A JOKE ON HER

The other day Jean Schleuning was ea ting her lunch down town. When it came time to pay her lunch check, she diEicovered that the m an who had sat besid e her had le ft his bill by her purse. She had to pay for his lunch.

Up on seeing his umbrella on the fl oor, she picked it up.

"If I have to pay his bill, I'll take hi s umdrella," she muttered angrily .

Whe n she was out on the street she m et the same man whose lunch she had paid for.

"Isn 't that my umbrella?" he asked.

''Y es, but I paid for your food," she a nswered coldly.

A str uggle followed, with first one, th en the other holding the umbr ella.

The rivers always flow close to i banks so that they have a chance to draw out their life savings.

Confidentially, Uncle Ezery

Ripp1ing1y, Lois Gramlich and a cousin, who is studying interior decorating in France, correspond with one another. Lois' cousin writes many interesting things about painting in castles. One time she described a day's painting in an old castle which at one time had been the home of over a thousand _people.

Dear Uncle Ezery,

Why are the nuts we eat at Christmas time and the jokes we read in the Greenleaf alike and why are they different?

Puzzledly, La Vern Overton

Dear La Vern,

They are alike because both can be cracked but they differ because only the jokes can be cracked more than once.

Intelligently, Uncle Ezery

Lucille Cozad has a cousin who is a missionary in China. He has sent her many gifts, among which was a book of his own experiences, written by him, and a pair of shoes or sandals.

Until the time when Lillian Manning's correspondent died in Japan they had been corresponding regularly. Lillian's correspondent has sent Lillian many gifts such as pictures, beads and a pair of shoes

A man in Ecuador, South America corresponds with Mary Rabel.

Dear Uncle Ezery, Mary made his acquaintance Optimism is spoken of so much through her mother when the now, and I have been advised to man was attending flying school become an optimist but before I here.

A HAPPY RESCUE

This is the story of me and my dog

You know the time we fell off that log

We were floating in the rapids of Conroy's lake

The storm rocked the boat till we began to shake.

As the storm gave way Scotty was gone

There was a rope on my waist and I began to drown.

I was drawn ashore b y Scott y , my dog, And that was our e xperience on the overturned log.

- Betty Jane Keane, 216

LITTLE WILLIE

Little Willie, the silly goof

Blew M a and Pa , through the roof

The neighb ors s a id, between th eir

tears , 'Tis the first reunion they've ha<i in tw e nt y years.

- Willie Fagler, 310

ROBBED

There was an old skinflint named John, Who kept all his money upon The lid of a bowl, stuck far back in a hole, Yet he thought it could never be gone.

There it glittered and glowed, Until it was stowed, In a pocket of a thief, When old John got there, He cried out in dispair, Now I must go on relief!

- Dorothy Lemon, 216

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With rosy red lips, and eyes of blue, To all the childern his love was true.

- Betty Lou Jelinek, 316

SUMMER SPORTS

Get a horse

Get a saddle

Get a canoe

Get a paddle.

Find a lake

Find some trees

Hear the water

Hear the breeze .

Row and ride

The whole day through I think its fun

And so will you.

- -Virginia Mae Jen sen, 216

IT'S P E RFECTLY HORRIBLE

It's perfectly horrible to be so fat, W hen yo u run fol ks s a y, " Just look at tha t F a t old thing. b ou n c ing around, Better be careful, or she'll ca ve in the ground.''

so thin , When you ' re around, the folks And it's perfectly horrible to be all grin.

Cause y o L 1 look like a beanpole and act like one too, F~llin' over a stick lik e a big coo-c oo.

Its p erf e ctly horrible to be s o small,

'Cause very young people and those so tall,

Call you tiny and cute little thing, 'Till you'd lika to be a six-foot,er and do Highland fling

- Mary Louise Alford, 307

Miss Wilson has an eye for

OLD MR. KINDNESS color In her fourth period clothing class, she intended to

Old Mr. Kjndness was a funny lask for a needle from the green ol<) gent, I case but said, "Bring me a green A smile went with him wherever needle." Can anyone supply he went, her?

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CAREERS IN THE MAKING

Name: Miss Dorothy Gre e n. Birthplace: Virginia, two miles from the battlefield of Bull R un Miss Green said that when t hey went there to play, they of ten found bayonets and bullets School s attended: Ellio tt, Lincoln High School, an d t he University of N e braska. Miss Green was on th e Advocat e St aff in L. H. S.

Trav e ls: New Engl a nd, Virginia , New York several st ea mer trips on the Great Lakes, a ri ver steamer trip down the Miss issippi to the Ohio and then to the Tennessee Ri ver; to the Pac ific Coast , Ca lifornia. and Ore gon.

Favorite Song: Love 's Old Sweet Song.

Favorite Flower: Arbu tus (Mayfl ow er) Ask Miss Gre en how to fin d them.

Sch oo ls taught: Orie year in a sm a ll countr y town, H aywa rd, Bancroft, Br yant, Elli ott and Whitti e r.

Happi e st: At Whittier. Accidents and Injuries: Fel into a spring, was stun g b y 2 j e llyfish while on a campi ng t rip ( Rather unusu a l.)

Future plans: Teach as l onf a s they'll let her and th en b av• h er own house and do as sh, wishes.

IN THE LIBRAR Y

If any of you like to read Gr eek Roman, Egyptian, Ph oen icia 1 and other myths, the li brary i' the place to find them.

Recent ly Mr. Andrews don ate, an excellent book of myth olog y t Whittier. It has many fi ne i llm trations of Athene, Ap ollo an ot her gods and goddesse s. I ar sure you will find it extre mel y ir teresting.

April 9, 1937

PETS

Bill y Burr has had two Chow dogs. Chows are supposed to be expensiv e with a pedigree. The Chow or iginated in China . Billy's dog's n ames were N anky • Poo and N anky Two, ( cute names aren ' t they?).

Ano ther dog that has a high pedigr ee is the Pekanese. Florence Reben sdorf boats the ownership of two Pekes. They are only two months old and still pretty wobbly on their legs.

• Dalla s Bottcher reports seeing a dog wh o could climb a ladder and jump a five or six foot fence. He said th e dog also barks. (How unusu a l for a dog).

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AROUND WHITTIER

Jack Giel remarks that the Avner twins have had another mishap due to their exact looks. At the clinic the other day the Doctor thought ''he'' was seeing double, as did Mr. Ross a few weeks ago.

Wednesday night. March 17, specia l ouses took all of Whittier's irls' Glee Club to the Lincoln Hotel where the girls practiced the songs they were to sing over Whittier's progrnm to be broadcastover K. F. 0. R. atl0:00A.M. Saturday, March 20. We hope that every Whittier pupil had the chance to hear this fine program.

INSPIRING SONGS

Here- are some thoughts that

A c ertain bull dog called t he following 5ongs bring to me: Browni e goes into his mistress' Now the Day is Over-3:15. ) Holly Peters) bedroom every Miller of the Dee-Miss Dee. night ar ound nine and howls un ti l j Long, Long Ago- When school he is put to bed. "Holly, we are beTgahn. V Ch . Th d · 'f B · h h. e acant air- e one won er i~g i rowrne a,~ is that stands at Mrs. White's left flann el mghtgown and crib. i n Orchestra.

Believ e it or not Arthur Horn There's Music in the Air- In once ha d a dog, Sally, who had the Glee Club. the ha bit of snoring. Sa 11 y Hom~ Sweet Home-The place d l d th t ·t d'st b d y ou thmk of when you get a call snore so ou a 1 i ur e slip

Arthur' s beauty sleep

Cheer, Boys, Cheer-At the Malco lm Allen had a turtle games. , called T winkle Being a turtle, Duty and Inclination-When didn't stop Twinkle from getting you daydrea~ in class. . Summer Reigns forever More- mto m ischief and runnmg a wa y. What we thought several days Bur glars seem to be so nu m er- ago. ous th at even Canaries are play-

Nobody Knows the Trouble ing wa tchdog. Illeen McCormick I've Seen-The Greenleaf Staff. owns a Canary that pecks any- Hail to the Chief- Mr. Culler. b . S a f e 1y T h r o u g h Another ?dy t h at approaches its cage at week- Friday Afternoon. night. Burglars beware!

BELATED EASTER TALES

APRIL FOOL

In th e orchestra on April Fool's Day, Mrs. White called for numbe r eight. Several started on numbe r eleven and then shouted "April F ool." Better look ou t, she'll g et it back on you.

Upon being asked by Mrs. Swisher to give an interrogative sentence in 9A English class, Mary Connelly said, "Did the girl have a new Easter outfit?'' She must have been thinking about the past vacation.

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Little Women 5

Bettylee Sherwood and Eunice Venter

On the Avenue Whittier halls

Three Smart Girls

Mary Louise Howerter, Orletha Gardner, and Bonnie Amgwert -Edith Schuchman, ~05

TRYOUTS FOR BROADCAST

Many of Whittier's upper classmen (8A's, 9B's, and 9A's) reported to Home Room 208 Tuesday to try out for the announcer's part when Wh_tti r gives a program over KFOR. Each contestant was given a small article, clipped from our daily papers to read. Many of the contestants had good voices therefore making the choice very hard for Mrs. Shike, Miss Curley, and Mrs. Boschult. But these judges made a very good choice for Jean Schleuning, a 9A of 303, was chosen. Congratulations, Jean, and good luck!

On Palm Sunday Albert Klein, Carl Schaaf, Lillian Derr and Helen Alt were confirmed in German language. Carl and Albert were dressed in dark suits while Lillian and Helen were dressed in white.

IT'S THE GYPSY IN HER

Mrs. White, please tell us, especially me, Why you wave your arms at the poor Girls Glee. Is it joy and gladness, Or Saint Vitus Dance? That's what some people think by one little glance So you'd better stop that longing I see, And put your wild arms where they should be.

-Bettylee Sherwood

NEIGHBORHOOD SPORTS

The favorite game of the neigh- GIRLS SPORTS borhood is marbles. A 1be rt

Bill Snyder, Harold Hudson, Wobig plays marbles with all the Th ddl t t Dick McMahon and Dick Marshall people of his neighborhood. ' e pa e enms ou rna ment have a swimming team. They v er t t Watson held school having started, it is being ru n have beat Omaha twice and Hast- championship in marbles a little off in very good shape this ings once. They are going to Sioux while . _______ semester. Most of the gi rls hav e Falls, So. Dakota. The senior team been reporting promptl y on th e is going to Chicago to the nation-, BOYS SPORTS courts to start their set an d usal ~;b\viitchell plays on a neigh- Dick McMahon of home room ually finish before the bell r ings or hood basketball team called the 222 has wo n school champion- We had hoped that the boys Sp art ans. They p I a y at sh ip in pin~ pon_g .. He ~as ~lso would start their tourn ament so Whittier and Y. ·w C. A. won champwnship ma city pmg that we could have mixed

Kenneth Braun and Don a 1 d pong to urna ment. , Beiber both play on a neighbor- T here was open gym last d?ub,les when bo th bo ys and hood basketball team called the T ue s day. The games were be- girl s tournaments were fine a r d in al s. They also play at t wee n the 9A and 9B all stars. ished. These proved ve ry sueWhittier and Y. M. C. A. Here are so me of the boys that cessful and interestin g last

William Schwartz plays on both play foT 9B and 9A. spring. football and basketball teams. 9B All Stars Everyone furnishes their own Bob Ker s ey. The playground comm itt ee is equipment. Harry Fagler. being kept exceedingl y b usy

Leonard Busch and Bob Cook Wayne Keim. h a ndling three different ou tdoor play on a 'team at Ag. College. John Schwabauer. tournaments and thre e in door They play at M. E. Church. Gayland Gla ss ones. If you think we do n't need Leonard Busch and Earl Lamp- Edward Leikam. two chairmen, ask Bea trice shire furnish the equipment. 9A All Stars V i o 1a S ch u 1t e and Mary Howard Debus. Hinze or Mae Spaedt , if they Camobell play in neighborhood Henry R eichel. have any free time at noon baseball. They furnish their own John Fox Tumbling is progre ssh1. g to a equipment. Gerald Stiles. greater extent than eve r befor e

Herbert Davis, _Wayne Keim, Clarence Heidenreich. in the physical educati on classEd Loeffel, and Bill Stones have Bud Maser. . neighborhood games such as The B squad games were es, and we thmk may be a few baseball and basketball. They played on Monday and F'riday. of the girls will be joi njng ciralso furnish their own equip- Some of the teams did not show cuses before long. Som e of the ment. up, and it interrupted the tour- be s t tumblers are Doro tl y Red -

There are sixteen people of nament t f 301 d F d B h home room 209 who roller skate. Mr. Andrews is going to take 8 rom O an re a re m Gardner Brown does fancy skat- a squad of fencers to Peru Col- of llO ing. Martin McNeil makes differ- lege in the morning and to Su- Dorothy Holltorf of 21 2 is the ent things out of sk?'tes. bert College in . the afternoon. mo st pe rs i st ent "practi cer" Charles Clapp, yictor . Michel, They are going to talk about and The girls in the gym cl asses and Vf ayne C~ris~opher take demonstrate fencing and bait h fio- d t b h' h long trips on their bicycles. . . ave bure ou a way Y w ic

There are five people in 209 who caS t mg . the school board can save belong to clubs but they are a little Mr. Andrews is gomg to try money. Instead of being he ated too bashful to talk. When the to have a little tra ck work. He by coal each home room ~hou ld quest~on was asked, how many is plann in g on having the dash- do "Selwigers Round" before fly kites' no one would admit l d 'bl 1 t t they flew kites. es, re ay an po ss i Y s 10 pu • gomg to classes. We gu ar antee

Kenneth Balster at 10th and Then late r end up with field da y . no heat would be neces sar y for Adams built a cave 6 ft. deep, Here are some of the baseball a t lea st half a day. 6 ft. wide and 6 ft. lo_ng. ~h~y games which have been played Open gym was held Mar ch 23 hav~ boy scout meetmgs m it. outside. Winners appearing first. with a very large crowd a tt end·

Bill Snyder at 37th and D mada 212 222 · · · a cave 10 ft. sq., 8 ft deep and 5 - • mg The girls played a.g a mst 8 ft. of tunnel. They slept in it one 210-110 . pkked team. The umpll' es woil night. 205-308. 14-2.

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Vol. 14. No. 11

Spri ng Program

Lincoln, Nebraska

April 9, 1937

To top this grand program off Mrs. Swisher's boys chorus will Assemblv

J Plans Are Laid sing a group of songs and Miss Jones' girls chorus will sing sev-

M y st er y fills the air for eral Spanish selections.

Whitti er pupils, and something 1 tells us that the Spring Program is goin g to be (in the words of April 5, Fourth quarter begins. Hollyw ood directors and publicity men) colossal and stupendous

Many boys and girls are going to 1 partici pate in it and, although 1 the te achers do not know their plans definitely we have secure d the following accurate (we ho pe) information.

Of course it wouldn't be a spi:'ing program without the advance d orchestra, under the direction of Mrs. White, playin g several selections.

The Boys Glee Club will sing several songs and the Girls Glee Club will present a clever operetta entitled ''Marjorie Goes Modern. " Both groups will be directe d by Mrs. White.

Mrs. Shike very willingly gave the foll owing information about the sprin g program play:

It will be "Little B 1a ck Heliotrope" given bythe Drama I class.

The members of the cast

Ph yllis Overman, 105

Dor othy Tilton, 105

Price: Five Cents

Held

For Sound Movie

CALANDAR

April 5, 7 B Class Meeting. April 6, 7 A Conference. April. 8, 8A Civic League Trip. April 13, 8B Conference. P. T . A. Meeting.

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Although talkies were first made many years ago, Whittier had her first one, Wednesday, March 17, 1937. Whittier had the privilege of being the first public school in Lincoln to have sound films.

When the lights went out all was hushed, and when a voice sounded from nowhere, the Whittierites could not believe their ears.

Two of the films were on Spring Vacations Monel metal and one was on our United States Capitol, Washington D. C. Although the films were Our Whittier pupils apparently educational they were set to swing had a very good time during their music.

Rhort vacation. These are some of The one on Monel metal showed the plans I found. the process of making it. It is

Lois Ailes of 112 took a trip to made of two metals, nickel and Omaha on Thursday Edgar Smith copper When put into strong and Richard Saling went to acid Monel metal does not tarOmaha too, but in a different way. nish, while other metals will. They rode their bicycles. This is used for modern sinks,

On March 23. Willa Ann Van [ laundry washers, table tops, etc. Buskirk gave a party. Among These films were produced by the the Whittier pupils who attended R. C. A studios.

were June Koons, Charles Fahn- We would like to thank the stock , George Lion burger, and makers of Monel metal for loaning Jacqueli n e De Vore. these films to us. .

Virginia Hanners of 101 plan- Since we are on the subJect of are: ned to go with her Campfire group films we would like to mention on a three day camping trip to that Irving Junior High School Camp Kiwanis at Milford. The is making their own slides. The group would have liked to stay art and science classes are doing

Kat herine Rice, 301 3o5 longer but all wanted to be home them under the direction of Mr. Betty Jane Black burn, . Blue. The slides are on the sub- Harr iet Hayes, 208 for Easte r. Their guardian Mrs. . t ff ·1 1 h l h ·stry . Jee SO ossi s, a co O ,c emi ,

The play opens about the Civil Bennett and Mary Aileen Cockern etc. These slides will be circulated War peri od and from the name it accompanied them . All of the girls among the the different Junio r sounds like er- well you guess. in the group were 8A's High Schools.

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Publi s h e d ever y t w o we e ks durin g the scho o l

y e ar b y p upil s o f Whittie r junio r hi g h school, at 2 2 n d and Vin e s tree t s, Linco ln, N eb r a s ka.

S et u p and p r int e d by th e pupils t a k i n g

Green!e:if pr i nt in g Su bs c r i pt i on pr i c e 2 0c e ach s em este r, s i n g le copies 5c

FAC U LTY COMMITTEE

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E dit h Schu ckman

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HO ME ROOM REPORTERS

.D orothy B odenhamer

B e rn ard Gogg ins

Ma r y ly n A lvor d

M;uian Herzog

Virginia Stuer m e r

Ma r t h a Ha ll

Barbar a Ma ck

M a ryLou Sto n es i f e r

Maria n Priest •

Ru t h L ock h art

Jea n n e Mc R ey n o lds I o na J e n se n

Mar g ar e t Mar cy

J o h n Eb e rha r t

D o n Ha ll

B e tty K e a n e Ruby J o nes

G e orge And r eas

I v an B li nd e

Milt o n Bo ckove n

Myro n Brewer

Wayn e Ch r i stoph er

R ut h V a n c e

Gera ld M e a s e J o yc e An n Crosb i e

An n O ' Br ie n

Ma ri lyn J e nnings

F r ances D eitz

Rob e rt S immo n s F loyd McGims e y

Ma r y A l ford

Cha r l otte Gar re tt

Ma rg a ret Hay e s

V e ra Whi ted

Ma r ian C oom b s

Mary Ba ll a n ce

B e tty K e mpkes

D ona l d Bradl e y

PRI N T ERS

W ay n e C h ristop h e r K e nn e t h Chu r ch

B ud D e e ds

Clarence H e i de n rei ch

D uan e H o lm a n

Farre ll He lm stedte

SCHOOL OPPORTUNITI~S

When we stop to think of our advantages in school, we find there are many.

Our country cousin often trudges four miles in bitter weather to enter a school building heated by a coal stove. This makes it too warm in one place and too cold in another. We are fortunate enough to have evenly regulated heat.

In Whittier we have a choice of subjects, while in rural districts you take what everyone else does.

The teachers here are required to have a better education than a country teacher, so, naturally

she has a wider and more complete range of know ledge. For lunch some Whittier pupils can go home, and those that stay at school may buy a hot dish. Altogether, we are very lucky to have such fine opportunities and facilities. Everyone should make the most of them.

9B CLASS MEETING

The 9B Ciass met in the auditorium March 22 to introduce the new officers. The meeting was called to order by the president, Eugene Lawson. Jean Smith next led the flag salute. Minutes of the last meeti g were read by Edward McNamara of 105. Don Smith, the new ~president from 308, was then introduced by the president. The new vice president, Iona Jen sen of 222, was introduced by Don. The treasurer next gave his report. Each home room president wa ~ then called upon to g1ve the schoh1rship roll for the first six weeks. Next Margaret Stoddard introduced the ne w treasurer, Bayard Murray of 308. The new secretary, Florence Bock of 222, was then introduced. Mr . Culler gave a short talk on scholarship which will prove very helpful to the pupils.

8B CLASS MEETING

Home rooms 216, 302, and 310 assembled in the Whittier auditorium March 18th to hold a class meeting for the purpose of installing the new class officers. Abe Talorovitz of 302 took charge of the meeting. The vice president, Aleen Tunks of 310, was introduced. This semester the secretary is Patricia Ann Shelly of 216. The treasurer is Alma Reichel also of home room 216.

Roger McNeill played a piano solo entitled ''Dancing Snowflakes."

A skit was presented by Billy Warner and Jack Hilton, with

April 9 19::

Jack as the composer of tt play let.

Dorothea Lemon gave a sp eec on class dues and their uses . There was a motion for ad jo ur1 ment which was seconded ar carried.

The pupils and teachers ret ir( to their home rooms.

THE 9A CLASS MEETI NG

The 9A class held a meeting< March 19, to introduce th e ne class officers. The 9B offic er President, Jeanette Bolar , Vic president, June Gakel, Sec ret ar Willa Van Buskirk, and Tr e;; urer, Don Buterbaugh, intr od uc the 9A officers. They are Myr, Brewer, Henry McKee, Bonr Amgwert and Bud Dee ds, t names being given in th e U Sl order.

The secretary and tr ea s ur gave their reports. The d iff e re committees were introduc e d

Entertainment was fu rni sh by Jacqueline Stretton an d Ma Bailey, who both gave r ea d in1 Jacqueline's was called " T h( Modern Mothers" and Ma ri, was entitled ''The Monu me ni Charles Fahnestock an d S: Wiggans also played a t r u mJ duet.

MOVIE MEMORAND

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Who do these movies r e mi you of?- Perhaps.

Dimples Jack Gut hE

Ready, Willing and Able "to give Latin tests" Miss Cr Holy Terror Victor Mic Little Miss Nobody Bettylee Crc

Swing High, Swing Low Mrs. Ross' gym cl as

Top of the Town John P r ov One in a Million Mr. Cu

After the Thin Man ''came'' Eldo n F Maid of Salem Alta Y01 (continued on page 5)

Apr il 9, 1937

8A CIVI C LEAGUE TRIP

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

In a few minutes Jean woke become s u ch a what-you- m ay -callto find herself tugging at the it, please de fi ne the word for me

The 8A' s from all over the city took th efr Civic League trip April 8. Ther e were eighteen tr ips for girls a nd the same number for boys. • bedpost. Seekingly,

The re were four hundred and sixty girls and four hundred and sixty boys attending th e various trips. One hundr e d and fort y g irls and one hundred and thirt y -thr e e boys were from Whittier.

The groups met at the Stuar t theater at eight-n.fty, wh ere Pr ofessor J. 0. Hertzler of the s ociology d epartment of the Nebraska Uni ve r sity spoke to them

Some of the Whittier teach ers conducti ng the groups w ere, M i~s Madsen , Mrs. Shike, Miss Jon es, and Mr s Worrall, for girls a nd Mr. S t r awn, Miss Johns on, Miss Zamzow, and Mr . Culler, for boys.

Each trip was very e ducati on a l, inter e s ting, and wor t h whil e.

A JOKE ON HER

The ot h e r day Jean Schleunin g was eating h er lunch down t ow n. When i t came time to pa y h e r lunch ch ec k, she dif:lcovere d t hat the ma n w ho had sat besi de her had left hi s bill by her purs e . S h e had to pay for his lunch.

Upon see ing his umbrella on the floor , sh e picked it up.

"If I h a ve to pay his bill , I'll take his um d r e ll a," she muttered angrily.

When she was out on the street she me t the s-ame man whose lunch sh e h a d paid for .

"Isn' t that my umbr e lla?" he asked.

"Yes , but I paid for your food," she ans wered coldly.

A str uggle followed, with first one, th en the other holding the umbrell a.

Bob Metcalf

A CHAT WITH UNCLE EZERY Dear Bob, An optimist is a man who

Dear Uncle Ezery, do~sn't car~ what happen~ so long I have been told so many times . as It doesn t happen to_ him. t o have. faith and •now my cur - Cheerily, iosity is getting the best of me.

What is faith?

Inquisitive ly, Eleanor Jen sen

Dear Eleanor, F aith is believing w hen she says the w on ' t b e hard.

Faithfully,

Uncle E zery

INTERESTING FOREIG N CORRESPONDENC E

Uncle Ezery

Dear Uncle Ezery, Miss Cross Latin test

While traveling around this c ountry I have noticed that the rivers are al ways close to the banks. Why is this true?

Ripplingly, Marcella Betz

Dear Marc e lla,

The rivers always flow close to banks so that they have a chance to draw out their life savings . Co nfi dentially, Uncle 8z e ry

Dear Uncle Ezery,

Why are the nuts we eat at Christmas time and the j okes we read in the Greenleaf alike and why are they different?

Puzzledly, La Vern Overt on Dear La Vern,

The y are alike because both can b e cracked but they differ because only the jokes can be cracked mo r e than once.

Intelligently, Uncle Ezery

Around six years ago Willis Ta y lor's father read an article in ' a newspaper about a man in the United States who sent a toy balloon across the Atlantic Ocean .

A man in England caught the balloon and Mr. Taylor wrote to him. Willis and his father have been corresponding with this man ever since . Lois Gramlich and a cousin, who is studying interior decorating in France, corresp ond with one another. Lois' cousin writes many interes t ing things about painting in castles. One time she described a day's painting in an old castle which at one time had been the home of over a thousand people

Lucille Cozad has a cousin who is a missionary in China. He has sent her many gifts, among which was a book of his o wn experiences, written by him, and a pair of shoes or sandals

Until the time when Lillian Manning's correspondent died in J apan they had been corresponding r eg ularly. Lillian' s correspondent has se n t Li llian many gifts such as p ict ures, b eads and a pair of sh oe s

A man in Ecuad or, Sout h Am erica corresp o nds with Mary R a bel. Dear Uncle E zery, Mary m a de his acquain tance

Optimism is spoken of so much through her mother when t h e now, and I have b e e n a dvised to man wa s attending flyin g s cho ol become an optimist but before I here.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

A HAPPY RESCUE

This is the story of me and my dog

You know the time we fell off that log

We were floating in the rapids of Conroy's lake

The storm rocked the boat till we began to shake.

As the storm gave way Scotty was gone

There was a rope on my waist and I began to drown. I was drawn ashore by Scotty, my dog, And that was our experience on the overturned log.

-Betty Jane Keane, 216

LITTLE WILLIE

Little Willie, the silly goof

Blew Ma and P a , through the roof

The neighb or s s aid, between their tears,

'Tis the first reunion th e y've harl in twenty ye a rs.

- Willie Fagler, 310

ROBBED

There was an old skinflint named John, Whp kept all his money upon The lid of a bowl, stuck far back in a hole,

Yet he thought it could never be gone.

There it glittered and glowed, Until it was stowed,

In a pocket of a thief , When old John got there, He cried out in dispair, Now I must go on relief!

- Dorothy Lemon, 216

With rosy red lips, and eyes of blue,

To all the childern his love was true.

-Betty Lou Jelinek, 316

SUMMER SPORTS

Get a horse

Get a saddle

Get a canoe

Get a paddle.

Find a lake

Find some tre e s

Hear the water

H ear t he breeze.

Row and ride

The whole day throqgh I think its fun

And so will you.

- - Virginia Mae Jen sen, 216

IT'S PERFECTLY HORRIBLE

It's perfectly horrible to be so fat, When y ou run fo lks s ay , " Just look at that Fat old thing. bouncing around, Better be careful, or she'll cave in the ground.'' so thin,

When you're around, the folks And it's perfectly horrible to be all grin.

Cause you look like a beanpole and act like one too, F~llin' ov e r a stick like a big coo-coo.

Its perf e ctly horrible to be so small,

'Cause very young p~ople and those so tall,

Call you tiny and cute little thing, 'Till you'd lika to be a six-foot,er and do Highland fling.

- Mary Louise Alford, 307

Miss Wilson has an eye for OLD MR. KINDNESS color. In her fourth period clothing class, she intended to

Old Mr. Kindness was a funny j ask for a needle from the green old gent, case but said, ''Bring me a green

A smile went with him wherever needle." Can anyone supply he went, her?

April 9, 1937

CAREERS IN THE MAKING

Name: Miss Dorothv Gre en

Birthplace: Virginia, two miles from the battlefield of Bull Run. Miss Green said that wh e n t hey went there to play, the y often found bayonets and bullet s

Schoo I s attended: Elli ott, Lincoln High School, and the University of Nebrask a. Miss Green was on the Advocat e Staff in L. H. S.

Travels: New Englan d, Virginia , New Yoi;k. several s tea mer trips on the Great Lakes , a r iver steamer trip down the Mis sissippi to the Ohio and th en to the Tennessee River; to th e Pacific Coast, California. and Or egon

Favorite Song: Lov e's Old Sweet Song. _

Favorite Flower: Arb utus (Mayflower) Ask Miss Green how to find them.

Scho o ls taught: O1,e y e ar in a small country town, H ayw ard, Bancroft, Bryant, Elli ott and Whittier.

Happiest: At Whittier. Accidents and Injurie s : Fel' into a spring, was stun g by a jellyfish while on a campin g trip (Rather unusu a l.)

Future plans: Teach as lonf as they'll let her and th en hav1 h e r own house and do as sh, w ishes.

IN THE LIBRAR Y

If any of you like to read Greek Roman, Egyptian, Ph oen icia ' and other myths, the li bra ry i the place to find them.

Recently Mr. Andrews d on ate an excellent book of myth olo gy t Whittier. It has many fi ne illm trations of Athene, Ap oll o an other gods and goddesse s. I ar sure you will find it extre me ly ir teresting.

April 9, 1937

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

PETS AROUND WHITTIER

Bill y Burr has had two Chow dogs. Chows are supposed to be expen sive with a pedigree. The Chow originated in China. Billy's

Jack Giel remarks that the Avner twins have had another mishap due to their exact looks. At the clinic the other day the Doctor thought "he" was seeing double, as did Mr. Ross a few

MOVIE MEMORANDUM

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Little Women

Bettylee Sherwood and Eunice Venter dog's • names were Nanky Poo and Nanky" Two, (cute names aren ' t they?).

An other dog that has a high pedi g r ee is the Pekanese. Florence Rebe nsdorf boats the ownership of·two Pekes. They are only two mon ths old and still pretty wobbly on th eir legs.

Dalla s Bottcher reports seeing a dog who could climb a ladder and jum p a five or six foot fence. H e said t he dog also barks. (How unusu al for a dog).

weeks ago.

Wednesday night, March 17, s pecial buses took all of Whittier's Girls' Glee Club to the Lincoln Hotel where the girls practiced the songs they were to sing over Whittier's progrnm to be br oadcast over K. F. 0. R. atlO:00A.M. Saturday, March 20. We hope that every Whittier pupil had the chance to hear this fine program.

INSPIRING SONGS

• b II d called Here are some thoughts that A certain u og the following ~ongs bring to me: Brown ie goes into his mistr e ss ' Now the Day is Over-3:15. )Hol1 y Peters) bedroom ever y Miller of the Dee- Miss Dee. nigh t a round nine and howls un t il j Long, Long Ago-When school he is put to bed. "Holly, we a re began. . wonder ing if Brownie has hi s The Vacant Chair-~h~ one fl 1 • h d .b ,, that stands at Mrs. White s left ann e mg tgown an cri . in Orchestra.

Believ e it or not Arthur Ho rn There's Music in the Air- In once h ad a dog, Sally, who ha d the Glee Club. the ha bit of snoring. Sa 11y Hom~ Sweet Home-The place snored so loud that it disturbed y~u th mk of when you get a call , b shp. Arthur s eauty sleep Cheer, Boys, Cheer-At the Ma lco lm Allen had a turtle games. cal{ed T winkle. Being a turtle, Duty and Inclination-When didn't stop Twinkle from getting you Jaydrea~ in class.

• • • f • Summer Reigns forever More- mto mis chie a nd runnmg away. What we thought several days Bu rglars seem to be so numer- ago. ous that even Canaries are play- Nobody Knows the Trouble ing watc hdog. Illeen McCormick I've Seen-The Greenleaf Staff. owns a Canary that pecks any- Hail to the Chief- Mr Culler. ho • S a f e 1y T h r o u g h Another dy th at approaches its cage at Week - Friday Afternoon. mght. Burglars beware!

APRIL FOOL

In the orchestra on April Fool's Day, Mrs. White called for numbe r eight. Several started on number eleven and then shout ed "April Fool." Better look out, she'll ge t it back on you.

BELATED EASTER TALES

Upon being asked by Mrs. Swisher to give an interrogative sentence in 9A English class,

Mary Connelly said, "Did the girl have a new Easter outfit?" She must have been thinking about the past vac~tion.

On the Avenue Whittier halls

Three Smart Girls

Mary Louise Howerter, Orletha Gardner, and Bonnie Amgwert - Edith Schuchman, ~05

TRYOUTS FOR BROADCAST

Many of Whittier's upper classmen (8A's, 9B's, and 9A's) reported to Home Room 208 Tuesday to try out for the announcer's part when Wh.tfr: r gives fl program over KFOR. Each contestant was given a small article, clipped from our daily papers to read. Many of the contestants had good v o i c e s therefore making the choice very hard for Mrs. Shike, Miss Curley, and Mrs. Boschult. But these judges made a very good choice for Jean Schleuning, a 9A of 303, was chosen. Congratulations, Jean, and good luck!

On Palm Sunday Albert Klein, Carl Schaaf, Lillian Derr and Helen Alt were confirmed in German language. Carl and Albert were dressed in dark suits while Lillian and Helen were dressed in white.

IT'S THE GYPSY IN HER

Mrs. White, please tell us, espe- cially me,

Why you wave your arms at the poor Girls Glee. Is it joy and gladness.

Or Saint Vitus Dance?

That's what some people think by one little glance.

So you'd better stop that longing I see,

And put yo u r wild arms where they should be.

- Bettylee Sherwood

NEIGHBORHOOD SPORTS

• Bill Snyder, Harold Hudson, Dick McMahon and Dick Marshall have a swimming team. Th e y have beat Omaha twice and Hastings once. They are going to Sioux Falls, So. Dakota. The senior team is going to Chicago to the national meet.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

The favorite game of the neighborhood is marbles. A 1be rt Wobig plays marbles with all the people of his neighborhood. E v er t t Watson held school championship in marbles a little while.

BOYS SPORTS

Bob Mitchell plays on a neigh- Dick McMahon of home room orhood basketball team called the 222 has won school championspar tans. They p I a y at ship in ping pong. He has also Whittier and Y. ·w C. A. won championship in a city ping Kenneth Braun and Don a 1 d pong tournament. Beiber both play on a neighbor- There was open gym last hood basketball team called the Tuesday. The games were bee a rd in a 1s. They also play at tween the 9A and 9B all stars. Whittier and Y. M. C. A. Here are s ome of the boys that William Schwartz plays on both play for 9B and 9A. football and basketball teams. 9B All Stars Everyone furnishes their own Bob Kersey. equipment. Harry Fagler.

Leonard ' Busch and Bob Cook Wayne Keim. play on a team at Ag. College. .John Schwabauer. They play at M. E. Church. Gayland Glass. Leonard Busch and Earl Lamp- Edward Leikam. shire furnish the equipment. 9A All Stars Vi o 1a Sch u 1te and Mary Howard Debus. Camobell play in neighborhood Henry Reichel. baseball. They furnish their own John Fox. equipment. Gerald Stiles. Herbert Davis, Wayne Keim, Clarence Heidenreich. Ed Loeffel, and Bill Stones have Bud Maser. neighborhood games such as The B squad games were baseball 8:nd . ba~ketball. Th_ey played on Monday and Friday. also furnish their own eqmp- Some of the teams did not show ment. up, and it interrupted the tour-

There are sixteen people of nament. home room 209 who roller skate. Mr . Andrews is going to take Gardner Brown does fancy skat- a squad of fencers to Peru Coling. ~artin McNeil makes differ- lege in the morning and to Suent thmgs out of sk~tes. . bert College in the afterno on.

Charles Clapp, yictor Michel, They are going to talk about and and Vyayne C~ris~opher take demonstrate fendng and bait long trips on their bicycles. .

There are five people in 209 who castmg. . belong to clubs but they are a little Mr. Andrew s 1s gomg to try too bashful to talk. When the to have a little track work. He question was asked, how many is planning on having the dashfly kites' no one would admit es, relay and possibly shot pnt.

Kenneth Balster at 10th and Adams built a cave 6 ft. deep, 6 ft. wide and 6 ft. long. They have boy scout meetings in it.

Bill Snyder at 37th and D mada a cave 10 ft. sq., 8 ft. deep and 5 ft. of tunnel. They slept in it one night.

Apr il 9, 1937

GIRLS SPORTS

The paddle tennis tou rnam ent having started, it is being run off in very good shape this semester. Most of the gi rls have been reporting promptly on the courts to start their set and usually finish before the bell r ings. We had hoped that th e boys would start their tourna men t so that we could have m ixed doubles when both bo ys' and girls' tournaments we re fin. ished. These proved ve ry successful and interesti ng las1 spring.

The playground com mitte e h being kept exceedingl y bus3 handling three different ou tdoo1 tournaments and three in do01 ones. • If you think we do n't nee< two chairmen, ask Beatric1 Hinze or Mae Spaedt, if the~ have any free time at n oon Tumbling is progress ing to : greater extent than eve r be for in the physical educatio n cl as~ es, and we think mayb e a fe, of the girls will be joining cir cuses before long. Som e of th best tumblers are Doro th y Hed strom of 301 and Fred a Br ehr of 110.

Dorothy Holltorf of 212 is th ni.ost per si stent "practicer" .

The girls in the gym clas sE have figured out a way by whic the school board can sav money. Instead of bein g he ate by coal each home roo m shoul do "Selwigers Round" be fo1 going to classes. We gu ar antE they flew kites.

Then later end up with field day. no heat would be nece ssar y f<

Here are some of the baseball at lea st half a day. games which have been played Open gym was held March~ outside. Winners appearing first. with a very large crow d at teni 212-222. ing. The girls played a gai nst 210-110. pjcked team. The ump ires w< 205-308. 14-2.

The er Gre n leaf

Vol. 14 N o. 11

Lincoln, Nebraska

Sprin g Program I

Plans Are Laid

April 9, 1937

To top. this grand - program o.ff

Mrs. Swisher' s boys chorus will

sing a group of songs and Miss

Jone s' girls chorus will sing sev-

Pr ice : Five Cents

Assembly Held

For Sound Movie

CALANDAR

M y s t er y fills the air for eral Spanish selections. Whitti er pupils, and something tells us that the Spring Program

is going to be (in the words of April 5, Fourth quarter beHollywood directors and publicity gins. men) co lossal and stupendous April 5, 7B Class Meeting. Many boy s and girls are going to April 6, 7 A Conference. participa te in it and, although April 8, 8A Civic League Trip. the te achers do not know April 13, 8B Conference . their pl ans definitely we have P. T. A. Meeting. secured the following accurate (we hop e) information.

Of co urse it wouldn't be a

Spring Vacations

spring pr ogram without the ad- Our Whittier pupils apparently vanced orchestra, und er the dir- had a very good time .during their ection of Mrs. White, playing Abort vacation. These are some of several s e lections. the plans I found.

The Bo ys Glee Club will smg Lois Ailes of 112 took a trip to several ~on g s and the Girls Glee I Omaha on Thursday Edgar Smith Club wilJ present a clever oper- and Richard Saling went to etta entit led ''Marjorie Goes \ Omaha too but in a different way. ~odern." Both gro~ps will be They rode 'their bicycles. directed by Mrs. White . On March 23, Willa Ann Van Mrs. Shi ke very willingly gave Buskirk gave a party. Among the followin g information about the Whittier pupils who attended the spring program play: wer e June Koons, Charles FahnIt will be "Little B 1a ck stock, George Lion burger, and Heliotrop e" given by the Drama I Jacq ueline De Vore. class.

Virginia Hanners of 101 plan-

The m embers of the cast are: ned to go with her Campfire group Phylli s Overman, 105 on a three day camping trip to Doro thy Tilton, 105 Camp Kiwanis at Milford . The Kath erine Rice, 301 group would have liked to stay Betty Jane Blackburn , 305 longer but all wanted to be home Harr iet Hayes, 208 for Easter . Their guardian Mrs.

The pl ay opens about the Civ il Bennett and Mary Aileen Cockern War perio d and from the name it accompanied them. All of the girls sounds li ke er- well you guess. in the group were 8A's

Although talkies were first made many years ago, Whittier had her first one, Wednesday, March 17 , 1937. Whittier had the privilege of being the first public school in Lincoln to have sound films . When the lights went out all was hushed, and when a voice sounded from nowhere, the Whittierites cou ld not believe their ears.

Tw o o f the films were on Monel metal and one was on our United States Capitol, Washington D. C. Although the films were educational they were set to swing music.

The one on Monel metal showed the process of making it. It is made of two metals, nickel and copper. When put into strong acid Monel metal does not tarnish, while other metals will. This is used for modern sinks, laundry washers, table tops, etc. These fi lms were produced by the R. C. A studios . We would like to thank the makers of Mon el metal for loaning these films to us.

Since we ar e on the subje ct of films we would l ike t o m entio n that Irving Ju nior High School is making their o wn slides. The art and scien ce cl asses are doing them under the direction of Mr. Blue. The slides are on the subjects of fossi l s , alcohol,chemistry, etc. Thes e sl id es will be circulated among t h e the different Junior High Scho ols.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

P u bli s h e d every two w e e k s du r in g t he scho o l

y ea r by pupils of Whi t tie r junior hi g h sch o ol , at 22nd an d V in e stree t s, Linco ln, N ebra ska

S Pt up and pr in te d by th e pupils t a kin g

G reen! e af p r in t in g Subscr i pti on p r ic e 2 0c e a c h sem es t e r , si ngl e

copies 5c

FACULTY COMMITTEE

Mis s S e lma Hul t

H omer L Ga mmill M iss Edna Z a m zow

Mr C. L Cull er Mi ss M a r ie C ross

GREE N LEAF STAFF

Edi tor -in-ch i e f - Bet ty Hull

9A Edit o r Orl eth a Gardn e r

Ty pis t Fl ora G a b e lh ouse

T y p i s t -- Made li ne Si n ger R E PORTERS

J ohn F ox

Ju ne H e lmstadter

Ed it h S chu ckma n

Be t ty L e e Sh erwood

Dorothy T i lton A lt a Y o u ng

HO ME ROOM REPORTERS

D orothy B odenham er

B er n ar d Go gg ins

Mary ly n A lvor d

Ma1·i a n H erzog

Virgin ia Stuermer

Martha Ha ll Barbara Mack

MaryLo u Stones i fe r

Ma ria n Priest • R u t h Lock h art

Je a nn e Mc R eyno ld s I ona J en sen

Margaret Marcy

.John Eberhart

Don Ha ll B etty K e ane

Ruby J ones

Ge orge A n dreas

Ivan B l inde

M il ton Bockove n Myro n B 1·ewer

W a yne C h r i stopher

R ut h V ance

Gera ld Mease

Joyc e An n Crosbie

Ann O'Brien

Mar il yn J e nnings

Frances Deitz

Rob e rt Simmo n s F loyd McGims ey

Mary A lford

Char lotte Garret t Margaret Hay es

Vera Wh i ted

Marian Coombs

Mary Ba ll ance

Betty K empkes

Dona ld Brad le y

PRI NTER S

Ralp h Mosh e r

D o na ld N cw ma n Raymond Ri s h e r

Fr ed Ros e

Way n e C h r i stop h er

K e n n e t h C hu rc h

B u d D eeds

C larence Heide n re i ch

Dua n e H o lman

Farr e ll He lm stedter

Haro ld H udson

Don Maser

D o n May fi e ld Gera l d M e ase

Gene Snyder

Lester Stear n es

Ca : ! Stewart

Leon Stroe m cr

Bob Stump

Dona ld W e i tze l R oy Miche l

Rut h D e l h a nt

Jane Racl m or e E ls ie S ch afer

SCHOOL OPPORTUNITI~S

When we stop to think of our advantages in school, we find there are many.

Our country cousin often trudges four miles in bitter weather to enter a school building heated by a coal stove. This makes it too warm in one place and too cold in another. We are fortunate enough to have evenly regulated heat.

In Whittier we have a choice of subjects, while in rural districts you take what everyone else does.

The teachers here are required to have a better education than a country teacher, so, naturally

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she has a wider and more complete range of know ledge.

For lunch some Whittier pupils can go home, and those that stay at school may buy a hot dish.

Altogether, we are very lucky to have such fine opportunities and facilities. Everyone should make the most of them.

9B CLASS MEETING

The 9B Ciass met in the auditorium March 22 to introduce the new officers. The meeting was cal1ed to order by the president, Eugene Lawson. Jean Smith ne x t led the flag salute. Minutes of the last meeti g were r ead by Edward McNamara of 105. Don Smith, the new president from 308 , was then intr oduced by the president. The new vice pr e sident, Iona Jen sen of 222, was introduced by Don. The tr e asur er next gave his report. Each home room pre s ident wa ;_ then call ed upon to g1ve the srhol :-1 rship roll for the first six w e e ks. Next Marg a r e t Stoddard introduced the n ew treasurer, Bayard Murray of 308. The new secretary , Florence Bock of 222, was then introduced. Mr. Culler gave a short talk on scholarship which will prove very helpful to th e pupils.

8B CLASS MEETING

Home rooms 216 , 302, and 310 ass e mbled in the Whittier auditorium March 18th to hold a class meeting for the purpose of installing the new class offfoers.

Abe Talorovitz of 302 took charge of th e meeting. The vice president, Aleen Tunks of 310, was introduced. This semester the secretary is Patricia Ann Shelly of 216. The treasurer is Alma Reichel also of home room 216.

Roger McN eill played a piano so 1o entitled "Dancing Snowflakes.''

A skit was presented by Billy Warner and Jack Hilton, with

April 9 1937

Jack as the composer of the · play let.

Dorothea Lemon gave a sp eec h on class dues and their u ses . There was a motion for adj our nment which was secon ded and carried. . The pupils and teacher s re tired to their home rooms.

THE 9A CLASS MEE TIN G

The 9A class held a me eti ng on March 19, to introduce the new class officers. The 9B offi cers : President, Jeanette Bol ar, Vicepresident, June Gakel, S ecret ary, Willa Van Buskirk, a nd T reasurer, Don Buterbaugh, in trod uced the 9A officers. They ar e Myro n Brewer, Henry McKee , Bo nnie Amgwert and Bud De eds, the names being given in th e usual order.

The secretary and trea sure r gave th e ir reports. The diff erent committees were introd uc ed

Entertainment was furni shed b y Jacqueline Stretton and Marie Ba iley, who both gave read ings. Jacqueline's was called "T hese Modern Mothers" and Ma rie's was entitled "The Mo num ent." Charles Fahnestock a nd Sam Wiggans also played a tru mpet duet.

MOVIE MEMORAN DU M

Who do these movie s re mi nd y ou of? - Perhaps.

Dimples

Jack Gut herie

Ready, Willing and Abl e "to give Latin tests" Mis s Cross Holy Terror Vict or Michel Little Miss Nobody

Bettyl ee Cronn Swing High, Swing Low Mrs. Ross' g ym classes

Top of the Town Joh n Pr ovost One in a MilJion Mr . Culler

After the Thin Man "came" Eld on Ford Maid of Salem Alt a You ng (continued on page 5)

April 9, 1937

8A CIVIC LEAGUE TRIP

The 8A's from all over the city took th eir Civic League trip April 8. Ther e were eighteen trips for girls a nd the same number for boys. •

There were four hundred and sixty gi rls and four hundred and sixty boys attending the various trips. On e hundred and forty girls and one hundred and thirty-three boys were from Whittier.

The groups met at the Stuart theater at eight-fifty, where Professor J. 0. Hertzler of the sociology dep artment of the N ebraska Un iversity spoke to them.

Some of the Whittier teachers conducti ng the groups were, Miss Madsen , Mrs. Shike, Miss Jones, and Mrs. Worrall, for girls and Mr. Stra wn, Mies Johns on, Miss Zamzo w, and Mr. Culler, for boys.

Each trip was very educational, interes ting, and worth while.

A JOKE ON HER

The oth er da y Jean Schleunin g was eati ng her lunch down town. When it came time to pay her lunch chec k, she diEicovered that the ma n who had sat beside her had lef t his bill by her purse. She had to pay for his lunch.

Upon seeing his umbrella on the flo or, she picked it up.

"If I have to pay his bill, I'll take his umdrell a," she mu tte red angrily.

Whe n she was out on the street she met the same man whose lunch sh e had paid for.

"Isn't that my umbrella?" he asked.

"Yes , but I paid for your food," she ans wered coldly.

A str uggle followed, with first one, then the other holding the umbrella.

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3

In a few minutes Jean woke become such a what-you-may-callto find herself tugging at the it, please defi ne the word for me. bedpost. S eekingly, Bob Metcalf

A CHAT WITH UNCLE EZERY Dear Bob, An optimist is a man who

Dear Uncle Ezery, doE:sn't car~ what happens so long I have been told so many times I as 1t doesn t happen to. htm. to have faith and ·now my cur - Cheerily, iosity is getting the best of me

What is faith?

Inquisitively, Eleanor Jen sen

Dear Eleanor, Faith is believing Miss Cross when she says the Latin test won't be hard.

Faithfu1ly, Uncle Ezery

Dear Uncle Ezery,

While traveling around this country I have noticed that the rivers are al ways close to the banks. Why is this true?

Ripp]ingly,

Marcella Betz

Dear Marcella, I The rivers always flow close to banks so that they have a chance to draw out their life savings.

Confidentially, Uncle Ezery

Dear Uncle Ezery,

Why are the nuts we eat at Christmas time and the jokes we read in the Greenleaf alike and why are they different?

Puzzledly, La Vern Overton

Dear La Vern, They are alike because both can be cracked but they differ because only the jokes can be cracked more than once.

Intelligently, Uncle Ezer y

Uncle Ezery

INTER ESTING FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

Around six years ago Willis Taylor's father read an article in a newspaper about a man in the United States who sent a toy ba1Ioon across the Atlantic Ocean . A man in England caught the baJloon and Mr. Taylor wrote to him. Willis and his father have been corresponding with this man ever since.

Lois Gramlich and a cousin, who is studying interior decorating in France, correspond with one another. Lois' cousin writes many interesting things about painting in castles . One time she described · a day's painting in an old castle which at one time had been the home of over a thousand peop l e.

Lucille Cozad has a cousin who is a missionary in China. He has sent her many gifts, among which was a book of his own experiences, written by him, and a pair of shoes or sandals.

Until the time when Lillian Manning's correspondent died in Japan they had been corresponding re gularly Lillian's correspondent has sent Lillian many gifts such as pictures, beads and a pair of shoes.

A man in Ecuador, South America corresponds with Mary Rabel.

Dear Uncle Ezery, Mary made his acquaintance Optimism is spoken of so much through her mother when the now, and I have been advised to man was attending flying school become an optimist but before I here.

A HAPPY RESCUE

This is the story of me and my dog

You know the time we fell off that log •

We were floating in the rapids of Conroy's lake

The storm rocked the boat till we began to shake.

As the storm gave way Scotty was gone

There was a rope on my waist and I began to drown. I was drawn ashore by Scotty, my dog, And that was our experience on the OYerturned log.

-Betty Jane Keane, 216

LITTLE WILLIE

Little Willie, the siliy goof Blew Ma and Pa, through the roof

The neighbors said, between their tears, 'Tis the first reunion they've harl in twenty years.

- Willie Fagler, ROBBED

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

With rosy red lips, and eyes of blue, To all the childern his love was true.

- Betty Lou Jelinek, 316

SUMMER SPORTS

Get a horse

Get a saddle

Get a canoe

Get a paddle.

Find a lake

Find some trees

Hear the water

Hear the breeze .

Row and ride

The whole day through I think its fun

And so will you.

Virginia Mae Jen sen, 216

IT'S PERFECTLY HORRIBLE

It's perfectly horrible to be so fat, When you run fo lks say, "Just look at that

310 1 Fat old thing, bouncing around, Better be careful, or she'll cave in the ground.''

There was an old skinflint named John, Who kept all his money upon The lid of a bowl, stuck far back in a hole, Yet he thought it could never be gone.

There it glittered and glowed, Until it was stowed, In a pocket of a thief, When old John got there, He cried out in dispair, Now I must go on relief!

Dorothy Lemon, 216

OLD MR.

KINDNESS

Old Mr. Kindness was a funny old gent, A smile went with him wherever he went, so thin,

When you're around, the folks And it's perfectly horrible to be all grin.

Cause you look like a beanpole and act like one too, F~llin' over a stick like a big coo-coo.

Its perfectly horrible to be so small, 'Cause very young people and those so tall, Call you tiny and cute little thing,

April 9, 1937

CAREERS IN THE MAKING

Name: Miss Dorothv Green. Birthplace: Virginia, two miles from the battlefield of Bull Run. Miss Green said that when they went there to play, they often found bayonets and bullets • Schools attended: Elliott, Linco1n High School, a11d the University of Nebraska. \1 iss Green was on the Advocat e Staff in L . H S.

Travels: New Englan d, Virginia, New York. several steamer trips on the Great Lakes, a river steamer trip down the Mississippi to the Ohio and then to the Tennessee River; to the Pac ific Coast, California, and Ore gon . Favorite Song: Love 's Old Sweet Song.

Favorite Flower: Arbu tus (Mayflower) Ask Miss Gre en how to find them.

Schools taught: Or,e year in a small country town, H aywa rd, Bancroft, Bryant, Ellio tt and Whittier.

Happiest: At Whittier. Accidents and Injuries: Fell into a spring, was stun g by a jellyfish while on a campi ng trip. (Rather unusual.)

Future plans: Teach as long as they'll let her and th en have her own house and do as shE wishes.

IN THE LIBRARY

'Till you'd lika to be a six-foot,er If any of you like to read Greek, and do Highland fling. Roman, Egyptian, Pho en iciar.

- Mary Louise Alford, 307 1and other myths, the lib rar y i~

Miss Wilson has an eye for color. In her fourth period clothing class, she intended to ask for a needle from the green case but said, "Bring me a green needle.'' Can anyone supply her?

the place to find them.

Recently Mr. Andrews donated an excellent book of mytho logy tc Whittier. It has many fin e illustrations of Athene, Apo llo anc other gods and goddesses. I arr sure you will find it extremely interesting.

April 9, 1937

PETS

Billv Burr has had two Chow dogs. Chows are supposed to be expensi ve with a pedigree. The Chow or iginated in Chi na Bill y's dog's names were N ank y Poo and N anky Two , (cut e nam e s aren't they?).

Ano ther dog tha t h a s a hig h pedigr ee is the Pekan e se. Fl orenc e Reben sdorf boats th e o wners hi p of t wo Pekes. The y ar e only t wo month s old and still prett y wo b bly on thei r legs.

Dall as Bottcher rep orts seeing a dog who could climb a ladder an d jump a five or six foo t fe nc e. He said t he dog also barks. ( H ow

unusua l for a dog).

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

AROUND WHITTIER

J a ck Giel remarks that the Avner twins have had another m ishap due to their e x act looks. At the clinic the other day the Docto r thought "he" was seeing doubl e , as did Mr. Ross a few weeks ag o.

We dne s da y night , March 17, specia l bu ses took all of Whittier's Girls' Glee Club to the Lincoln Hote l where t he girls practiced the so ngs t he y w ere to si ng over Whittier's progrnm to be br oadcast o v er K. F. 0. R. atl0:00A.M. Satu r day, March 20. We hope that every Wh itt ier pupil had the chance to hea r this fine program.

I NSPIR ING SONGS

A certain bull dog ca lled H e re ar~ some tho~ghts that . . . . , the fo llo wm g songs brmg to me: Brow me goes mto h 1s mistress I Now the D ay is Over - 3:15. )Holly Peters) be d room ever y I Miller of the D e e-Miss Dee. nigh t around nine an d how l s until i Long, Long Ag o - Wh e n school he is put to bed. " H oll y , we a r e · began. wond ering if Bro wnie h as his The Va ca nt Chair - ~h~ one fl l h d .b ,, that stands at Mrs. White s left anne mg tgown an cr i • in Orchestra.

Beli eve it or n ot Ar t hu r Horn

The r e's Mus ic in the Air- In once had a dog, Sall y, who had the Glee Club . the h abit of s no ring. Sa 11 y Ho m~ Swee t Home-The place 'snored so loud that it disturbed y~ u th mk of when you get a call , b sh p . Arthu r s eauty sl ee p Cheer, Boys , Cheer - At the Mal colm Allen had a turt l e games. called Twinkle. Be ing a turtle, Duty and [nclination-When didn't stop Twinkle fr o m g et ting you daydrea ~ in class. Summer Reigns forever Moremto mischief an d ru n n mg a way. What we t hought several days Burg lars seem t o be s o numer- a go. ous th at even Cana ri e s ar e p lay - No b ody Knows the Trouble ing wa tchdog. Ill e en McCormick I' ve Seen- The Greenleaf Staff. owns a Canary t h at p ec ks any- Hail to the Chief-Mr. Culler. b • S a f e 1y T h r o u g h Another ?dy t h at approach es its cage at W eek-F r iday Afternoon. mght. Burglars be war e!

BELAT ED EASTER TALES

APRIL FOO L

In th e orchestra on A pril Fo ol' s Day, Mrs. Whi t e called fo r numb er ·eight. Sev e r al start ed on numbe r eleven and ttien sho ut ed "Apr il Fool." Better loo k out, she'll g et it back on you

Upon b eing asked by Mrs. S wisher to give an interrogative sentence i n 9A English clas s , Ma ry Con nelly said, ''Did the girl hav e a new Easter outfit?" She mu st hav e been thinking about the pa st vacation.

MOVIE MEMORANDUM

( continued from page 2)

Little Women 5

Betty lee Sherwood and Eunice Venter

On the Avenue Whittier halls

Three Smart Girls

Mary Louise Howerter, Orletha Gardner, and Bonnie Amgwert -Edith Schuchman, ~05

TRYOUTS FOR BROADCAST

Many of Whi t tier's upper classmen (8A's, 9B ' s, and 9A's) reported to Home Room 208 Tuesday to try out for the announcer's part when Wh.tti ·r gives a program over KFOR. Each contestant was given a s mall article, clipped from our d aily papers to read. Many of the contestants had good voices therefore making the choice very hard for Mrs. Shike , Miss Curle y, and Mrs. Bo sc hu lt. But these judges made a ver y good choice for Jean Schleuning, a 9A of 303, was chosen. Congratulation s , Jean, and good luck!

On Palm Sunday Albert Klein, Carl Schaaf, Lillian Derr and Helen Alt were confirmed in German language . Carl and Albert were dressed in dark suits while Lillian and Helen were dressed in white. •

IT'S THE GYPSY IN HER

Mrs. White, please tell us, especially me, Why you wave your arms at the poor Girls Glee. Is it joy and gladness, Or Saint Vitus Dance? That's what some people think by one little glance. · So you'd better stop that longing I see,

And put your wild arms where they should be.

- Betty lee Sherwood

NEIGHBORHOOD SPORTS

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

April 9, 1937

The favorite game of the neigh- GIRLS SPORTS borhood is marbles. A 1be rt

Bill Snyder, Harold Hudson, Wobig plays marbles with all the Th ddl t . t Dick McMahon and Dick Marshall people of his neighborhood. ' e pa e enms oumament have a swimming team. They v er t t Watson held school having started, it is being run have beat Omaha twice and Hast- championship i.n marbles a little off in very good shape this ings once. They are going to Sioux while. _______ semester. Most of the girl s have Falls, So. Dakota. The senior team been reporting promptl y on the is going to Chicago to the nation- BOYS SPORTS courts to start their set a n d usal meet. · 11 fi • h b f th b 11 •

Bob Mitchell plays on a neigh- Dick McMahon of home room ua Y ms e ore e e 1 n ngs orhood basketball team called the 222 has won school champion- We had hoped that th e boys Sp art ans. They play at ship in pin~ pon_g .. He ~as ~lso would start their tourn am ent so Whittier and Y. ·w C. A. won champrnnship m a city pmg that we could have mix ed

Kenneth Braun and Don al d pong tournament. ~• Beiber both play on a neighbor- There was open gym last d?ub,les when both b o} :s and hood basketball team called the Tuesday The games wer e be- girls tournaments we re fine a rd in a 1s. They also play at tween the 9A and 9B all stars. ished. These proved v ery sueWhittier and Y. M. C. A. Here are some of the boys that cessful and interestin g last William Schwartz plays on both play for 9B and 9A. spr ing. football and basketball teams.

9B All Stars

Everyone furnishes their own Bob Kersey

The playground comm it tee is equipment. Harry Fagler. being kept exceeding} ~- busy

Leonard · Busch and Bob Cook Wayne Keim. handling three different o utd oor play on a team at Ag. College. ,Tohn Schwabauer. tournaments and three indo or They play at M. E. Church. Gayland Glass. ones. If you think we do n ' t need Leonard Busch and Earl Lamp- Edward Leikam. two chairmen, ask Bea trice shire furnish the equipment. 9A All Stars

V i o 1a S ch u 1t e and Mary Howard Debus. Hinze or Mae Spaedt, jf they Camobell play in neighborhood Henry Reichel. have any free time at n oon baseball. They furnish their own John Fox. Tumbling is progres s i11g to a equipment. Gerald Stiles. greater extent than eve r b efor e Herbert Davis, Wayne Keim, Clarence Heidenreich. Ed Loeffel, and Bill Stones have Bud Maser. in the physical educatio n classneighborhood games such as The B squad games were es, and ~e th~nk m~y? ~ a f~w baseball and basketball. They played on Monday and Friday. of the g1rls will be Jom m g ciralso furnish their own equip- Some of the teams did not show cuses before long. Som e of the ment. . up, and it interrupted the tour- best tumblers are Doroth v Hed-

There are sixteen people of nament • home room 209 who roller skate. Mr. Andrews is going to take str0 m of 30l a nd Freda Bre hm Gardner Brown does fancy skat- a squad of fencers to Peru Col- . of 110. ing. Martin McNeil makes differ- leo-e in the mornino- and to Su- Dorothy Holltorf of 21 2 is the ent things out of sk~tes. . be 0 rt College in th 0 e afternoon. most persistent "practice r ". Charles Clapp, y1ctor Michel, They are going to talk about and The girls in the gym cl as ses and Vf ayne C~ris~opher take demonstrate fencing and bait h fio- d t b h' h long trips on their bicycles. . ave o ure ou a way Y w 1c

There are five people in 209 who ca st mg. the school board ea rl save belong to clubs but they are a little Mr. Andrew s is gomg to try money. Instead of being h eat ed too b_ashful to talk. When the to have a little track work. He by coal each home room s ho uld quest!on was asked, how man_y is planning on having the dash- do "Selwigers Round" before fly kites' no one would admit 1 d 'bl 1 t t • they flew kites. es, re ay an poss1 . Y s w pu • gomg to classes. We gu ar an tee

Kenneth Balster at 10th and Then lat er end up with field day. no heat would be necess ar y for Adams built a cave 6 ft. deep, Here are some of the baseball at least half a day. 6 ft. wide and 6 ft. lo_ng. !h~y games which have been played Open gym was held Mar ch 23 hav~ boy scout meetmgs m it. outside. Winners appearjng first. with a very laro-e crowd at te ndBill Snyder at 37th and D mada 0 a cave 10 ft. sq., 8 ft. deep and 5 212222 - mg. The girls played ag a ms t a ft. of tunnel. They slept in it one 210-110. pkked team. The umpir es won night. 205-308. 14-2.

Vol. 14 No. 12

Lincoln, Nebraska April 23, 1937

Price: Five Cents

9 A's in Cloth ing der, Marilyn J ennings, Ru th Teachers, Pupils Horner, Lillian Horn, Mickey Dem onstration Biel' b OW er' Willa rd Col es, Busy on Program Frances Dietz, Edna Weber and

Eve ry semester a group of 9A pupil s de monstrate to the rest of the class the correct clothing to wear oil class day and 2.t gradu- ation. Thi s semester the demonstration will be held on April 23.

Lois Ailes will open the meeting by telling the purpose of the meeting and she will discuss prin- ciples of good taste in dress.

Polly Car y will then speak on 1 the type s of suitable dress. Her ! keyword will be simplicity. She will then demonstrate several examples.

Eugene Bishop.

CALENDAR

April 23, Clothing demonstration.

April 26, Regist ration begins.

April 26-30, Hobby Show.

April 29, 9B C. L. Trip

May ·4, Twelve wee ks grades.

May 4, Grammar Test

May • 5, 7B class meeting

May 7, Registration closes.

May 10, Nominations of class and Civic League officers.

Followi ng that Mary Alice Martin will speak on the value s '--------------·

"Snooping" has been resorted to by yours truly in securing the following definite spring program plans. The teachers that have pupils taking part in this program are very busy but have found time to give me the following information : "Li'l Black Heliotrope" is coin- I ing along nicely under the skillfu l guidance of Mrs . Shike and the fine co-operation of the cast: Phyllis· Ove rma n, Lucy, an orphan.

Dorothy Tilton, Li'l Heliotrope. Betty Jane Blackburn , Sophie ; Katherine Rice, Amanda, sis- of groomi ng and Mary Kay Marshall will talk on accessoi-ies and give se veral exa mples . Jun e Kakel will then give a summary of the meeting, speak- ing especi ally on posture.

The pupils who will demonstrate in the meeting are Willa Van Buski rk LaVern Ov erton, Nor ma Cum ~ i ns, Thelma Ostran der, Jetm S chleuning, Alfred Cam pbe ll , F 1 o r e Glablehouse, Jean ette Bolar, June Helm stedter, Arlene Way, Sam Wiggans, Don Bute r baug h, Julia Schaffer, Emma Schneid er, Ja cqueline DeVore, Marion Tunks, Charles Fahnesto ck Margaret Lyttle, Mary Ali c~ Martin, Mary Connolly, Poll y Cc ry, John Larson, June Gakel, Mary Kay Marshall Shirle y Ku shne ·, Jack Goodding, Carlyle Hummel, Avis Draper, Lois Ail es, J ean Peterson, lVIyron Brewer , Kenne th Brown, John Provo st, B e t t y Brown, June Koons, V i o 1 a Schulte, Wilma Tamm, Henry Reichel, Gene Sny-

Hob by Exhibit Held Hi::·i~t Hayes, Miss Elvira Mrs. Ross has been teaching

The Hobby Show is to be h eld the girls in her third period gym between April 26 and 30. All en- class . to do rnme very clever tries were in between April 12 1 Span~sh dances !o go wi!h ~he and 16. The pupils were able to Snamsh songs Miss Jones Girls see the exhibition during their Chorus class will sing. English classes. lt was held in "Marjorie" in the person of the Game Room. Pupils were sta- Bettylee Cronn i s going very tioned on duty every period. "Hode ~·n. " Mrs. White has, afte1·

Mrs . Bosch ult, Miss Schofield. many puzzling days, selected the and Miss Ralsto n are on the hob- fo llo wing gir ls to take the leads bv committee . Miss Ralston's and in t he operetta . 1\.1iss McCartney's art classes The cast is as follows: printed the car ds for each entry. M~r jorie _________ Bettylee Cronn

Last year they had more t han Helen _ E li zabeth Zimbleman one hundred entries. This year Mme . RaphaeL __ Jean Schleuning th e re were 1.09 or m ore J ~mis ______________________________ Lois Ailes entries. An dnciency c red it Sophia ____________________ Betty Shullaw will be granted for the Madam e X ______ Norma Williamson hobbies exhib it ed. Some of the Madame y _________ June Gakel entries were as follows: a model Madame z ________ Edith Schuckman of the Normandie ; the ever faith- Chorus ________________ Girls Glee Club ful stamp, coin, and bullet collec- We all know tha t thi s is going tions; scrapl~ook s,_ drawings, to be on e of the best pr grams foreign embro1derd1es, puppets, ever produced by Whittier JJupils (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 6)

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period. The students enjoy this game as a hobby.

Betty L e e Sherwood

Dorothy Tilton Alta Young

HOME ROOM REPORTERS

Dorothy Bodenhamer

B ernard Goggins

Mal'ylyn Alvord

Marian Hel'zog

Virginia Stue r mer

Martha Hall

Barbara Mack

Mary Lou Stonesifer

Marian Priest

Ruth Lockhart

Jeanne McReynolds

Iona Jensen

Margaret Marcy

John Ebel'hart

D on Hall

Betty Keane

Ruby J ones

George Andreas

Iv a n Blinde

Milton Bockoven

Mvl'on Bre, er

Wayne Christopher

Ruth Vance

G era ld Mease

J oyce Ann Crosbie

Ann O'B r ien

Marilyn Jennings

France s Deitz

Robert Simmons

Floyd l\1cGimsey

Mary Alford

Charlotte Garrett

faro;aret Hayes

Vera Whited

Marian Coombs

Mary Ballance

Retty Kcmpkes

D ona ld Bradley

PRINTERS

Ralph Mosher

D ona ld Newman

R aymond Risher

F red Rose

Wayne Christopher

K enn et h Church

Bud De eds

Clarence H e idenreich

Farrell Helmstedt er

Duane Holman

Harold Hud so n

Don Maser

D on Mayfield

Gerald M ease

Gene Snyder

L ester Stearnes

Carl Stewart

Leon Str oeme r

Bob Stump

Donald W e i tze l

Roy Michel

Ruth Del1chant

Jane Radmore

Elsie Schafer

Dear Whittierites:

Your old friend,' 'The Informer'' is writing to you again.

Snooping, (this habit is a heritage of all Greenleaf reporters) through the exchange papers, I found some more facts about Sutter Junior High School in Sacramento, California.

Boys listen to this. The boys of Sutter have formed a Boys Cooking Club. They have twenty-six members, ( we wonder if our boys could do it).

The Badminton club has twenty-seven members and meets every Tuesday during home room

April 23, 193'

8A CLASS MEETING

Badminton is a game similiar to April first 1937 was a big da· tennis, except instead of having for the 8A's of Whittier for the: a rubber tennis ball they use a had a class meeting which wa feathered cork, called a' 'shuttle.'' no , ,April Fool.,, The purpose 0 A wooden paddle was first used in India, but in Baltimore recreation th e meeting was to intro duce th centers, they use a tennis racket. · 8A officers. Dick Marshall, 8]

Sutter also has a Library club president, called the meeting t and a Radio club. These mset order and introduced Har riE e very Tuesday durin g home room Hayes, 208, the 8A pr esi deni period. After he had given Harriet th

Their "Gun and Rod" club ha~ class con stitution she introduce thirty members. Its activities are the 8B officers .and each pr es ente to study game laws and guns. the incoming 8A officer. Guns are examined and instruc- The new officers are as follows: tion is given for their us~. Mr. President Harri et HayE Brewer, their sponsor brought Vice-President Patsy Pain heads of various small game so Secretary Donald We itz, they could become acquainted Treasurer Wesley Mas( with them and recognize them Following this the minutes < when hunting. the last meeting were rea d l: Faif fully yours, Donald Weitzel. The Informer Entertainment was furnis hE

LOST TEACHERS

Some of these teachers should have guides when they want to go traveling about the building. Mrs. Pinney was seen (by a Civic League Officer) one day wandering about first floor tr ying to find 104. Better be careful Mrs. Pinney or some day you'll find yourself lost. ( Of course you have lots of friends to help you.) Mrs Ross even admits she could easily lose herself in Whittier so I reckon the teachers had better go on a trip about the building one of these days.

A TREE

Oh, tree which stan ds beside my door

You have no blossoms any more. I give you all the damp you need, So you can use the food, for seed. -Florence Rebensdorf.

by Katherine Rice who pl ayE ''The Rosary'' and ''The Fr: grance of a Rose'' on the cell o a companied by Dorothy Carnaha ; Paul Mahaffey talked on ef ciency and gave the nam es of tl pupils with the highest credits each hom e room. Katheri ne Ri, of 301 had the most in the cla with thirty-six.

The tr ea sur er's rep ort w: given by Wesley Maser. Aft e r this the scholar ship r, was read. Each home room h: a representative who read tl scholarship roll for that hon room. The pupils stood as thE names were read. •

A motion was made an d ca rri to adjourn the meeting.

FAULTS

Women's faults are ma ny, Men have only t woEverything they sa y And everything the y c

A ril 23 , 1937

7A CLASS ME ETING

The 7A class held a meeting April 2 , for the purpose of introduci ng the new officers. The officers o f last year then introduced th e ones for this semester, who are :

Preside nt Dorothy Jane Bruce Vice-Pr esident Thomas McBride

Secret ary Peggy Hudson

Treasu rer Bob Cather

Orlat his Kell y 106, then played a violin solo followed by the reading of the minut es of the last meetin g. Evel yn Blackhurst then gave a tap dance. The vice-president t hen read the efficiency roll follo wed by a reading entitled "The Broken Hearted Dutchman.' ' A repor t of scholarship earner s, was then given and the meetin g ended with the Civi c League pledge.

A WORD PUZZLE

Do you kno w how to behead and re head words? If you don ' t, this is the way. Behead this month (March) and have left a curve (arch). Then rehead it and have a word meaning to dry, (parch). Behead a fruit leaving the orga n of hearing and rehead to form a cross animal. Behead a place to rest leaving a word meanin g to consume which when reheade d will mean to defeat. A word m eaning to settle when beheade d leaves a writing fluid. When r eheaded, it becomes a color. A unit of time beheaded shows poss ession and when rehead ed means disagreeable. This word first shows determination, b ecause sick, and then comes to your door the first of each m onth. The first asks a questi on, the second designates a place n ear by, and the third a more r emote place. The definite article becomes a masculine

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

pr onoun and then a feminine

1 pronoun.

THE ROBINS

Be~ead a par~nt making a word As I was ironing one early meanmg opposite ~nd rehead to spring day, make a word meanmg to trouble. I saw two robins just pecking A preposition when beheaded away becomes a conjunction and when A bit ~f grass here, a string reheaded, becomes a negative there. conjunction

The first word means a group of people, the second is one person, and the third is a transparent substance •

(Answers on page 4.)

CLEAN UP WEEK

Syring clean-up week will come very soon, . You'd be surpr ised as to what you can do,

Just ciean out the attics, the basements. and closets, Then • go throug h your drawers and all you r deposits. It is really fun when you' ve started the game, And of all the accomplishments you then can acclaim!

-Virgin ia Mae Jensen, 216

MODERN NURSERY RHYMES

JACK AND JILL

Jack and Jill went up the hill, To get a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown

And Jill came down on a sco oter.

SIMPLE SIMON

Simple Simon met a Pieman Going to the fair, Says Sim pl -~ Simon to the Pie rnan "Nice day today.''

LITTLE WILLIE

Little Wi lli e acting dumb

To make a nest for this htippy

pair.

The y know that they must not waste time, In building a home for their babies fine.

So they built the nest in the old cherry tree, A place known only to them and me.

As I watched them, I thought of Morn and Dad, Ho w they built a home for their lass and lad.

But now mother's hair is streaked with gray, While Dad's grows thinner e very day.

Dorothy Saal, 307

MODERN JINGLES

Hickory, Dickory, Dock, The mouse ran up the clock

The clock struck one and, He went out to lunch.

Jack and Jill went up the hill , To fetch a pail of water

Jack fell down and broke his crown

And Jill went to his funeral.

A TRIBUTE TO FOOTBALL

Blocking backs and interference, Fifty thousand wild adherents. Tackle thrusts and headlong clashes,

Two yard bucks and dizzy

Missed the nail and hit his thumb, dashes.

"Son" said Ma "cut out such Head and shoulders, heart and fiddlin g" I soul, · How's you r Pa to do his twiddling. I Till you fall across the goal.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

April 23 , 1937

CAREERS IN THE MAKING ANSWERS TO WORD PUZZLE SEEN AND HEARD -- AROUND WHITTIER

Name: Miss Johnson.

Birthplace: On a farm near Weeping Water.

Childhood Incidents: Nothing dramatic. She enjoyed the healthful, outdoor life on the farm. She was very seldom sick and had no accidents. Her birthday and her sister's were only two days apart and so they always had a party on the day between.

Travels: · By train to Montana and back.

Favorite Songs: "Going Home"

1. pear, ear, bear. 2. seat. eat, beat.

3. sink, ink, pink. 4. hour, our, sour.

5. will, ill, bill.

6. where, here, there.

7. the, he, she.

8. mother, other, bother.

9. for, or, nor.

10. class, lass, glass.

SPRING

Lettuce us sing a song of spring, Beets all how the birds can sing, "Can't you carrot all for me?"

Asked Dandelion of dear Sweet and ''Trees.''

• Favorite Flowers: Old fash- Pea. ''With your turnip nose and ioned garden flowers.

Places o-f Education: A country radish cheeks school , Weeping Water High I've loved you now for weeks and weeks.'' School , Peru Normal, and Uni-

Said Sweet Pea, ''I'd hate from versity of Nebraska.

Schools Taught: A country you to part, h 1 11 t h 1 d • So press me now to your bleedmgsc oo , sma own sc oo an m I heart " Lincoln.

Where Happiest: On their farm, Sunset Vista.

Interests: Work in the garden and lawn, driving, reading, hikes, and she likes to try to write poetry.

WANTED A CHICKEN

After a certain girl by the name of Madeline, saw an Easter egg comedy at the Stuart theater, she came home aud put an egg

COPY READER

A newspaper man named Fling Could make a copy of any old thing

But the copy he wrote Of a five dollar note Was so good he's now in Sing Sing.

-Exchange

ON APRIL FOOLS DAY

under her cat, but kitty got On April Fools Day, my partbored and got up and left her job ner in business was leaning out unfinished. Evidently Madeline the window drinking to the full wanted a chicken, for she made of the pure spring air. She tanthe suggestion of using a hot talized me by saying, ''Just come water bottle. Perhaps we should see how nice it is outside." I put present her with a hen. ( We will I my head out and because it felt have to excuse Madeline for she I so good, I leaned out farther. comes from a big city and doesn't I Down went the window on my know much about ch i ck e n back and there I stayed until the raising.) b e ll rang.

Mr. Andrews' childish p as sion for riding scooters, bicycl es and motor-cycles seems to be wi th him yet. For about the last two we eks Mr. Andrews has been ri din g a motor bike (at least that's what I call it; please correct me if I'm wrong) to and from scho ol. And Mr. Andrews had an eye for co lor schemes too because the bik e I saw was cream and black. We all envy you Mr. Andrews becaus e we're too young to ap ply for driver's license or mayb e t hose motorbikes would take th e pl aces of our bikes.

Some of the 9A's who ar e working for the efficiency cer tifi cate are now sweating over th e letters to Mr. L e fler and Mr. Whitte n. Some of the classes have alre ady finished.

UNUSUAL VOCATIO N S

The 9A's have chosen so me unusual vocations. A !thou gh Mrs. Pinney says th e y are mu ch more p r a c t i c a l than in f or m er semesters

Some of the most unu sua l are cartoonist, radio co-pilo t, crim inologist, diplomat, hortic u Itu rist, accountant, morticians. air hostess, cosm et ologist, and ba rbe r. Some have turned their am bit ions toward the professions suc h as physicians, dieticians, t each ers, and musicians. Others wi sh t o enter the Civil Service or th e N avy.

PERFECTION

Here's to the man who i~ w isest and best, Here's to the man who with judgement is bl est. Here's to the man who's as s mart . as can be, I mean the man who a grees with me.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

CROSS WORD PUZZLE

Acro ss

1. To break in pieces by violence.

6. A group of letters expressing an idea.

10. A day that we will celebrate t he last of this month

16. Either.

18. N earby.

20. A girls name.

26. Airplane that

Down

1. A division of a year.

2. Latin for mother.

3. Conjunction meaning similar to.

4. A martyr.

5. A Greek.

8. A deer.

9. Abbreviation for doctor. . 15. To heat to excess.

23. In a strained or extreme degree.

24. Toothlike projections as on a can ahght on saw. water.

I28. Tu reckon.

34. P ersonal pronoun. \ 51. Refined

35. A large class that is al ways

52. A narrow road. first period.

58. To reduce from a solid to a

45. Middle. liquid state.

52. Solitary.

60. Rules.

56. The term or title by which a . 1 71. Latin for and. person is know.

60. N ame of a wholesale Company A SAYING i n Lincoln.

63. A flower.

68. A small building adjoining a la rger one.

73. Slimy, snak elike fish.

77 A form of wet.

SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU:

Come down the stairs around 12:30 with your coat on and meet a Civic League officer. Make noise in geography class in 316.

Play your instrument very softly in orchestra while the director is talking to the class.

Bang a locker when the teacher from 309 is standing near.

Go down the wrong stairs between classes.

Wiggle or have poor posture in Mrs. White's classes.

Run through the corridors.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

This peculiar incident ought to go into Robert Ripley. Betty Gald well of 101 had an electric clock that wouldn't run. At the same time friends of Betty's had an electric clock apparently unwilling to run also. They traded clocks and both ran regularly until a few weeks ago. The clock Betty had traded to her friends stopped running, so they bought themselves a new time piece . . Betty still has hers and it keep, perfect time.

FINE OPENING

Johnny, 10 years old , applied for a job as grocer boy for the summer. The grocer wanted a serious-minded youth, and so he put Johnny to a little test.

"Well, my boy, what would you do with a million dollars?" he asked.

"Oh, gee, I don't know-I wasn't expecting so much at the start.

LITTLE WILLIE

My sufficiency has been wholly surensified, any more would be obnoxious to my superfluity. In other words you have had quite enough of one thing. 5

Little Willie had a jug, Papa asked him for a slug. Willie piped ''Right Gunga din" And gave him one right on the chin.

BOYS SPORTS

At noon the boys have started a high jumping contest. We have about four home rooms jump at one time. If you knock the bar off twice while you are jumping, you will be counted out. For the finals , you have to knock the bar off three times in order to be out. The records are held by Leonard York, jumping four feet eleven inches and Henry Reichal, jumping four feet ten inches.

They are also starting target practice. You are allowed three free throws and then you get ten straight throws to see who may get the highest, and only bulls eyes are counte::I.

Mr. Andrews attended the Central Division National Physical A ssociation meeting at Denver, Colorado. Some of the interesting things they had in the meeting were Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton and his wife t e lling about Indian life, camping, hunting and religion. They did a great deal of them in costumes. Mr. Andrews met two men who are now teaching in the Denver system. They did their practice teaching at Whittier, while attending the University. Their names are Mr. Howard Johnson and Mr. Willis Samson.

Here are some of the baseball scores this semester. Winners appearing first.

7th Grade

304-102 318-307

203-106 104-300

207 -309 316-320

8th Grade

310-302 314-218 101-216 101-310

312 208-bye

9th Grade

105-108 212-222

112-107 303-209

210-110 205-308

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

GIRLS SPORTS

A SURE SIGN

We think that Spring is here when tiny green grass blades peep through the damp, black so il, and when the physi ca l educa tion clas s es wear their gym suits out-of-doors. When Robin Red Breast is seen flitting about we are almost sure that Baby Summer is near . But there is one positive sign, one we invariably depend upon. .Yes, indeed, it's Springtime when Mr. Culler dons a light suit. So remember this little tip and you'll always be able to tell exactly which season it is.

SPRING PROGRA 'I PLANS

(Continued from page 1)

for Whittier pupils, and other frie nds. The admission fee will be a small one and as soon as tickets are put on sale, let's make a g ra nd dash to buy ours so we'll be sure to have a good seat

April 23, 193'

Some of your girls who aren' Frances Clinton, 314, makes quite satisfied with the way th known this interesting corres- umpire is doing, some time ge pondence. Mook Lan Lo, resid- out there yourself and see hm ing in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii hard it is to please everybodJ a n d Frances correspo nd with The umpires are doing very we each other. Mook Lan Lo writes this year and after all the y re all a very strange hand but she is don't know eve r ything about th taught to write English in school. game s ; s o let's all be good sp ort She has a younger sister, Re- an d we'll get alo n g better. becca, and fwo younger brothers, The third and first period gy1 Moses and Po Chew. clasces are t ry ing out for th Fr r. nces and her siste:r have Spanish dance in the spring pr < received many queer presents gram and it · seems that ev er such as Japan e::; e sandal and thing i s going along just fine. 1 branches of different t rees that ca s e you see any boys su dde n] grow in Hawaii. The trees are stop in the hall and do a da rn very odd compared to tl tree s step or b-:o, don't mind fo:.· thE which grow in America. Mook a ·e ju s t pl'.'acticing ( w e ho pe ) fc L a n Lo has also sent pictures of the dance. It seems that sorr inte i·esting buildings in Hawaii. of the boys are quite g ood at i One of these was the Japanese too. Temple across the street from The other day Miss Gre en w, her home. All of these things and seen coming down the hall s wi1 many more has Frances learned a long single line of girls fo llo, throng the correspondence wjth ing her. Investigating th e ma her Japanese friend, Mook Lan I te:i.·, 'vVe found tha~ they , rnre g Lo. ing out to watch their bo r pla

Keep up the good spfrit becau: we like to see the teache r.3 tm out fo ~· the game s . The first tournament for pa dle tennis has turned out to very interesting nd eYcit in About thirty-six have reg ist er, to play

The reason for most of t: seventh grade g a m e s beii played out on d'amond th ree is that Miss G r een can get her da' exercise out of doors, walking o to watch her girls play. No t bad idea, Miss Green.

HOBBY EXHIBIT HELD

(Continued from pag e 1)

keys, match holders, qu ilts. a Hawaiian dolls. Friday, home room 307 led w: the most entries.

Tom Watkins made a puppet illustrate a character fr om t book, Treasure Island, which tr are reading in Miss Fer gu so : English classes.

The W • • er reen eaf

Vol. 14 No 12

Lincoln, Nebraska

9A 's 1·n Cloth1·ng

April 23, 1937

Price: Five Cents

der, Marilyn Jennings, Ru th Teachers, Pup1'ls Horner, Lillian Horn Mickey D emonstration B i e r b O W e r ' Willa~d Coles, Busy on

Frances Dietz, Edna Weber and Eugene Bishop.

Eve ry semester a group of 9A pupils demonstrate to the rest of 1 ,------C-A_L_E_N_D_A_R___ the cl ass the co rrect clothing to wear on class day and at gradu- ation. This semester the demonstration will be held on April 23.

Loi s A iles will open the meeting by telling the purpose of the meetin g and she will di sc u ss prin- ciples of good taste in dress. i

Polly Cary will then sp eak on the ty pes of suitable dress. Her keywor d will be simplicity. She will then demonstrate several examples .

April 23, Clothing demonstration.

April 26, Registration b~gins.

April 26-30, Hobby Show.

April 29, 98 C. L. Trip.

May 4, Twelve weeks grades.

Ma y 4, Grammar Test.

May 5, 7B class meeting.

May 7, Registration closes.

May 10, Nominatio ns of class and Civic League officers.

Program

"Snooping" has been resorted to by yours truly in securing the following definite spring program plans. The teachers that have pupils taking part in this program are very busy but have found time to give me the following information :

"Li'l Black Heliotrope" is coming along nicely under the skillful guidance of Mrs. Shike and the fine co-operation of the cast: Phyllis Ove r man, Lucy, an orphan.

Follo wing that Mary Alice Dorothy Tilton, Li'l Heliotrope. Betty Jane Blackburn, Sophie; Kather ine Rice, Amanda, sisMar tin will speak on the value s !...------------~

Hob by Exhibit Held H::: i~t Hayes, Miss Elvira. of groo ming and Mary Kay Marshall will talk on accessories and give se veral example s . June Kakel will then giv e a summary of the meeting, speak- ing especi ally on po s tu r e.

The pupils who will demonstrate in the meeting are Willa Van Bu skirk, ~aVern Ove rton, No r ma Cummms , Thelma Ostrand er, Jean Schleuning, Alfred Campb ell , F 1 ore Glableh ouse, Jeanett e Bolar, June Helm stedter, Ar le ne Way, Sam Wiggans, Don Bu terbaugh , Julia Schaffer, Emma S chneider, Jacqueline DeVo r e, Marion Tunk s, Cha rles Fahne st ock, Margar e t Lyttle , Mar y Alice Mar tin, Mary Connolly, Polly Cary, John Larson i June Gakel, Mary Kay Marsh ~& Shirle y Kushner, Jack Go odding, Carl yle Hummel, Avis D raper, Lois Ail es, Jean Peter s on, Myron Brewe r, Kenneth Bro wn, John Provo s t , B e t t y Brown, Jun e Koons, Vi o 1 a Schulte, Wilma Tamm, Henry Reichel , Gene Sn y -

Mrs. Ross has been teaching

The Hobby Show is to be held the girls in her third period gym between April 26 and 30. All en- class to do s ome very clever tries were in between April 12 Spanish dances to go with the and 16. The pupils were able to Spanish songs Miss Jones' Girls see the exhib ition during their Chorus class will sing. English classes. lt was held in "Marjorie" in the person of the Game Room Pupils were sta- r Bettylee Cronn is going very tioned on duty every period. j "l' fodem ." Mrs. Wh ite has, after Mrs. Boschult, Miss Schofield, many puzzling days, selected the and Miss Ralston are on the hob- following girls to take the leads bv committee . Miss Ralston's and in the operetta. Miss McCartney's art classes The cast is as follows: printed the cards for each entry. M~r jorie. ______________ Bettylee Cronn

Last year they had more than Helen _Elizabeth Zimble 1 an one hundred entries. This year Mme. RaphaeL_Jean Schleuning th e re were 109 or m ore Jan is ______________________________ Lois Ailes ent ries. An efficiency credit Sophia ____________________ Betty Shullaw will be gr an t e d for the Ma dame X ______ N orma Williamson hobbie s ex hibited. Some of the Ma am e y _June Gakel entrie s wer e as follows: a model Madame z ________ Edith Schuckman of the Norma ndie; the ever faith- Chorus ________________ Girls Glee Club ful stamp, coin, and bullet collec- We all know that this is going tions; scrapbooks, drawings , to be one of the be s t programs foreign em broiderdies, puppets, ever produced by Whittier pupils (Continued on page 6) (Contin u ed on page 6)

THE -WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE WHITTIER GR E ENLEAF

period. The students enjoy this game as a hobby.

April 23, 1937

8A CLASS MEETING

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GREE N L E AF ST A F:B...,

E d i tor- in- c h ief - Bet t y Hull e very Tu e sday during home room 9A Ed itor Or l etha Gar dn er

Typ is t - • - l\1acleline Singer REPORTERS

J o hn F ox

Ju ne Hel ms t adter Ed ith S chu ck m a n

Betty Lee Sh erwood

D orothy Ti lton

A lta Y oung

HOME ROO M REPORTERS

D orot h y B o d enham er

Be1 nard G ogg ins

Mary ly n Al vor d Mar i an H erzog

Virginia Stuer m er

Mart h a H a ll

Barbar a Mac k

MaryLou Sto n esi f e r

Maria n Pr i est

Ruth L ock h art

Jea n n e McReyno ld s

I ona Jensen

Margaret Marcy .T ohn Eber h art

D on Hall Betty K ea n e R u by J on es

George A n dreas

I van B lin de

Mil ton Bockoven

Myro n Brewer

Way n e Ch r istopher

Ru t h Vance

G er al d Mea s e

Joyce An n Crnsb ie Ann O'Brie n Marily n Jenn in gs

F rances Deitz

Robert Simmo n s Fl oyd McG i ms ey

Mary A l ford

C h ar l otte Garre tt

Margaret Hayes

Vera W hi ted

Mar ian Coombs

Mary Ba ll ance

B e tty Kemp kes

D ona l d Brad l ey

PRINT E RS

Ralp h Mos h er

Dona ld Newma n R aymond Ri s h e r

Fr e el Rose

Wayne C h r i stop h e r

Ke n net h C h urc h

Bud D eeds

Cla r e n ce H e i de n re i ch

F a r re ll H e lmstedter

D uane H o lman

H arol d H udso n

D on Maser

Don Mayfie ld Gera l d Mea e

Gene Snyder

L ester Stear n es Ca d Stewart L eo n Stroe

ut h Ddcha nt Jane Ra<lmore E lsie Sc h afer

Dear Whittierites:

Your old friend,' 'The Informer" is writing to you again.

Snooping, ( this habit is a heritage of all Greenleaf reporters) through the exchange papers, I found some more facts about Sutter Junior High School in Sacramento, California.

Boys listen to this. The boys of Sutter have formed a Boys Cooking Club. They have twenty-six members, ( we wonder if our boys could do it).

The Badminton club has twenty-seven members and meets every Tuesday during home room

Badminton is a game similiar to April first 1937 was a big day tennis, except instead of having for the 8A's of Whittier fo r they a rubber tennis ball they use a had a class meeting whi ch was fe a thered cork, called a "shuttle." no "April Fool." The pur po se of A wooden paddle was first used in India, but in Baltimore recreation the meeting was to intr od uce the cent e rs, the y use a tennis rack e t. · 8A officers. Dick Marsh all , 8B Sutt e r also has a Librar y club president, called the mee t ing to and a Radio club. These m eet order and introduced Ha rriet

Typist Flora Gabe lho u se p e ri o d.

Th e ir "Gun and .Rod" club h a s

thirty me mbers. Its activities a r e to study game laws and guns. Guns are examined and instruction is given for their ~ e. Mr. Brewer, their sponsor brought heads of various small game so they could become acquainted with them and recognize them when hunting.

Fait fully yours, The Inform e r

LOST TEACHERS

Some of these teachers should have guiqes when they want to go traveling about the building. Mrs. Pinney was seen (by a Civic League Officer) one day wandering about first floor tr y ing to find 104. Better be careful Mrs. Pinney or some day you'll find yours e lf lost. (Of course you have lots of friends to help you.) Mrs. Ross even admits she could easily lose herself in Whittier so I reckon the teachers had better go on a trip about the building one of these days.

A TREE

Oh, tree which st a nd s be s ide my door

You have no blossoms any more. I give you all the damp you need, So you can use the food, for seed.

-Florence Rebensdorf.

Hayes, 208, the 8A pr esid ent. After he h a d given H a r riet the class constitution she in trod uced the 8B officers and each prese nted the incoming 8A officer.

The new officers are as follo ws:

President Harri e t H ayes

Vice-Pr e sident Pa tsy P aine

Secretar y Donal d We itzel

Treasurer Wesl ey Maser

Following this the mi nute s of the la s t meeting wer e rea d by Donald We itz e l.

Entertainm e nt w as fu rn ished by Kath e rine Rice wh o pl ayed ''The Rosary'' and ' ' T he Fragrance of a Rose" on the cell o accompanied by Dorothy Carna han. Paul Mahaffey talked on efficiency and gave the nam es of the pupils with the highest c red its is each home room. Katheri ne Rice of 301 had the most in the clasE with thirty-six.

The treasurer's repo rt waE given by Wesley Maser.

After this the scholar s h i p roL was reacl. Each home ro om had a representative who re ad thE scholarship roll for tha t homE room. The pupils stood as thei1 names were read.

A motion was made an d c arriec to adjourn the meeting.

FAULTS

Women's faults are ma ny, Men have only t woEverything they say And everything they do

23;•·1937

• 7A CLASS MEETING

The 7A class held a meeting April 2, for the purpose of introdu cing the new officers. The • officer s of last year then introduced t he ones for this semester, who a re:

Presid ent - Dorothy Jane Bruce Vice-P r 'esident Thomas McBride

Secret ary Peggy Hudson

Treas urer Bob Cather

Orla this Kelly 106, then playe d a viol iri solo followed by the rea ding of the minutes of the las t meet i n g. ·Evelyn Blackhurst then gave a tap dance. The vice-pres ident th en read the efficiency roll fol ,lowe d by a reading entitled

• ' "The Broken Hearted Dutch -

I rrian.; " :A report of scholarship , earners ; •was then given and th e • meet i n g ended . with the. Ci v i c Leag u e pledge.

- THE - WHITTIER GREENLEAF

pronoun and then & feminine _ __ THE ROBINS pronoun.

_

Be~ead a par~nt making a word- As -I • -was i ironing- -• one early meanmg opposite ~nd rehead to . - spring day, make a word -meanmg to trouble I •saw two ; robins just pecking

A preposition when beheaded away. becomes a conjunction and when A bit of grass ·here, a string reheaded, becomes a negative there. conjunction.

The first word means a group of. people, the second is one person, and •the third is a transparent substance.

(Answers on ·page 4.)

•

. CLEAN UP WEEK

To make a nest for -this happy

Spring · clea:n-up -. week ;will · come' very soon, pair.

They , know that they must-- not waste time,

In building a home for their babies fine.

So they' built the nest in the old cherry tree, A place know.n only ' to them 1and

You'd be surprised as ·to :what . me.

you can do, ' - As- -I ·watched them; I thbugh't of Just clean out the attics, the base- - Mom and Dad, ments. and -closets, How they built a home for their

Then go through · your drawers lass and lad.

-A WORD PUZZLE and all your deposits. • But now mother's hair is streaked ' lt is really fun . wh~n you've · with gray, :- - Do you know how ·to" behead started the game, While . Da~l2s grows thinner every ' -and re head - words? -If you don ' t, And of all the accomplishments :. day. th •i,s is the way. Behead th i s you then can acclaim! lnonth (March) and havP left a - Virginia Mae Jensen, •216 curve ( arch). Then rehead it and MODERN NURSERY RHYMES have a word meaning to d ry, (par ch ): Behead a fruit leaving JACK AND ,JILL the org an of hearing and rehead 3 k a J--ll · t th • h ·11 to , for m a cross animal. Behead Tac an 1. 1 wfen tu.p e • 1 ' • d o get a pa1 o· wa er. a pl a c e to rest leavmg a wor , J k f 11 d , d b k h.

• h. h h ac e own ,an . ro e 1s meanm g · to consume w 1c w en h d - ·11 d f A' cruwn -re ea ed w1 mean to e eat. A d J. 11 , d t • n 1 came- · own on a s.coo er. word' meanmg to settle when · beheade d leaves a writing fluid.

SIMPLE SIMON

When reheaded, it becomes a Simple Simon met a Pieman color A unit of time beheaded Going to the fair,

- •-- Dorothy Saal / 307 MODERN.' JINGLES

Hickory, Dickory, "Dock, The mouse ran up the clock

The clock struck one and, He went out to lunch.

'Jack and J-ill went ·:up the· .hill, To fetch a pa:il o-f water Jack , fell .. down and ·broke ·) his -er.own _ And J ·ill , went to his funeral.

•A TRIBUTE TO FOOTBALL

1 s ho w ;e • possession and when Sa y s SimpL3 Simon : to the Pieman rehea ded means disagreeable. ' 'Nice day ·today.'' - Blocki'ng backs and interferen~, This ·word first shows determina- Fifty thousand wild adherents. tion, because sick, and then LITTLE WILLIE Tackle thrusts and headlong eomes to your door the first of -clashes, each - month. The first asks & Little Willie acting dumb Two yard hocks and -dizzy questio n, the second designates a · Missed the nail and hit his thumb, .. dashes. place near by, and the third a · "Son" · ·said Ma "cut out such ~ Head and :shoulde:rs, heart iand more r emote place. The definite fiddling'' -. ar-ticle becomes a masculine How~s your -Pa to do his twiddling.

soul, Till you : fall .across the goal.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

CAREERS IN THE MAKING ANSWERS TO WORD PUZZLE SEEN AND HEARD

Name: Miss Johnson.

Birthplace: • On a farm near Weeping Water.

Childhood Incidents: Nothing dramatic. She enjoyed the healthful, outdoor life on the farm. She was very seldom sick and had no accidents. Her birthday and her sister's were only two days apart and so they always had a party on the day between.

Travels: By train to Montana and back.

Favorite Songs: "Going Home" and ''Trees.''

• Favorite Flowers: Old fashioned garden flowers.

Places of Education: A country school, Weeping Water High School, Peru Normal, and University of Nebraska.

Schools Taught: A country school, small town school and in Lincoln.

Where Happiest: On their farm, Sunset Vista.

Interests: Work in the garden and lawn, driving, reading, hikes, and she likes to try to write poetry.

WANTED A CHICKEN

After a certain girl by the name of Madeline, saw an Easter egg comedy at the Stuart theater, she came home aud put an egg

1. pear, ear, bear.

2. seat. eat, beat.

3. sink, ink, pink.

4. hour, our, sour.

5. will, ill, bill.

6. where, here, there.

7. the. he, she .

8. mother, other, bother.

9. for, or, nor.

10. class, lass, glass.

SPRING

Lettuce us sing a song of spring, Beets all how the birds can sing, "Can't you carrot all for me?"

Asked Dandelion of dear Sweet Pea.

''With your turnip nose and radish cheeks I've loved you now for weeks and weeks.''

Said Sweet Pea, "I'd hate from you to part, So press me now to your bleeding-heart''

COPY READER

A newspaper man named Fling Could make a copy of any old thing

But the copy he wrote Of a five dollar note

Was so good he's now in Sing Sing. -Exchange

ON APRIL FOOLS DAY

under her cat, but kitty got On April Fools Day, my partbored and got up and left her job ner in business was leaning out unfinished. Evidently Madeline the window drinking to the ful] wanted a chicken, for she made of the pure spring air. She tanthe suggestion of using a hot talized me by saying, ''Just come water bottle. Perhaps we should see how nice it is outside." I put present her with a hen. ( We will I my head out and because it felt have to excuse Madeline for she I so good, I leaned out farther. comes from a big city and doesn't I Down went the window on my know much about chicken back and there I stayed until the raising.) bell rang.

April 23, 193~

AROUND WHITTIEE

Mr. Andrews' childish passi 01 for riding scooters, bicycles am motor-cycles seems to be with hin yet. For about the last tw o wee k Mr. Andrews has been riding motor bike (at least that 's wh a I call it; please correct m e i f l'r wrong) to and from scho ol. An Mr. Andrews had an eye for cola schemes too because the b ike saw was cream and black. We a envy you Mr. Andrews be caus we're too young to ap p ly fc driver's license or mayb e tho~ motorbikes would take th e plac E of our bikes.

Some of the 9A's who a re wor l ing for the efficiency ce rt ifica1 are now sweating over th e lette1 to Mr. Lefler and Mr. Whi tte 1 Som e of the classes have alr ead finished.

U~USUAL VOCATIO N S

The 9A's have chosen s om e ui usual vocations. A!thou gh Mr Pinney says they are mu ch moi p r a c t i c a 1 than in fo r m E semesters.

Some of the most unu s ua l a cartoonist, radio co-pilo t , crirr nologist, diplomat, hortic ult uri~ accountant, morticians. air hm ess, cosmetologist, and ba rbE Some have turned their a mbi tio toward the professions suc h physicians, dieticians, t e a che1 and musicians. Others wish t o e ter the Civil Service or th e Na v

PERFECTION

Here's to the man who i s wis( and best, Here ' s to the man w ho wi judgement is ble st Here's to the man who's a s sm ; as can be, I mean the man who agn with me.

April 23. 1937 THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

6-9- -70- - 71 - n-- 1~ & 7 - 4- 76i~& 77 _7_8_ 8-0- 81 - 8~ && && 8-3-84I && I&&

CRO SS WORD PUZZLE

Across

1. To break in pieces by violen ce.

6. A group of le tters express ing an idea.

10. A day that we will celebrate the last of this month.

16. Eithe r.

18. Nea rby.

20. A girls name.

26. Air plane that can water.

34. Per sonal pronoun.

l nown

I 1. A division of a year.

2. Latin for mother.

3. Conjunction meaning similar to.

4. A martyr.

5. A Greek.

8. A deer.

9. Abbreviation for doctor

15. To heat to excess.

23. In a strained or extreme degr ee .

24. Toothlike projections as on a alight on saw.

I 28. Tu recko n.

35. A large class that is al ways first period.

45. Mi ddle.

52. So litary.

56. The term or title by which a per son is kno w

60. Nam e of a wholesale Comp an y in Lincoln.

63. A flower.

68. A small building adjoining a larg er one.

73. Slim y, snakelike fish.

77. A form of wet.

51. Refined

52. A narrow road.

58. To reduce from a solid to a liquid state.

60. Rules.

71. Latin for and.

A SAYING

SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU:

Come do~n the stairs around 12:30 with your coat on and meet a Civic League officer.

Make noise in geography class in 316.

Play your instrument very softly in orchestra while the director is talking to the class.

Bang a locker when the teacher from 309 is standing near.

Go down the wrong stairs betweel'l. classes.

Wiggle or have poor posture in Mrs. White's classes.

Run through the corridors.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

This peculiar incident ought to go into Robert Ripley. Betty Gald well of 101 had an electric clock that wouldn't run. At the same time friends of Betty's had an electric clock apparently unwilling to run also. They traded clocks and both ran regularly until a few weeks ago. The clock Betty had traded to her friends stopped running, so they bought themselves a new time piece . . Betty still has hers and it keep 3 perfect time.

FINE OPENING

Johnny, 10 years old, applied for a job as grocer boy for the summer. The grocer wanted a serious-minded youth, and so he put Johnny to a little test.

"\,Vell, my boy, what would you do with a million dollars'!'' he asked.

"Oh, gee, I don't know- I wasn't expecting so much at the start.

LITTLE WILLIE

Little Willie had a jug, Papa asked him for a slug. Willie piped ''Right Gunga din" And gave him one right on the chin.

My suffic iency has been wholly surensified, any more would be obnoxious to my sup er fluity. In other words you have had quite enough of one thing. 5

BOYS SPORTS

At noon the boys lfave started a high jumping contest. We have about four home rooms jump at one time. If you knock the bar off twice while you are jumping, you will be counted out. For the finals, you have to knock the bar off three times in order to be out. The records are held by Leonard York, jumping four feet eleven inches and Henry Reichal, jumping four feet ten inches . They are also startin~ target practice. You are allowed three free throws and then you get ten straight throws to , see who may get the highest, and only bulls eyes are counte d .

Mr. Andrews attended the Central Division Nationa.l Physical Association meeting at Denver, Colorado. Some of the interesting things they had in the meeting were Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton and his wife telling about Indian life, camping, hunting and religion. They did a great deal of them in costumes. Mr. Andrews met two men who are now teaching in the Denver system. They did their practice teaching at Wbittier, while attending the University. Their names are Mr. Howard Johnson and Mr . Willis Samson.

Here are some of the baseball score s this semester. Winners appearing first.

7th Grade

304-102 318-307

203-106 104-300

207 -309 316-320

8th Grade

310-302 314-218 101-216 101-310 312 208-bye 9th Grade 105-108 212-222 112-107 303-209 210-110 205-308

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

Frances Clinton, 314, makes known this interesting correspondence. Mook L a n Lo, residing in Wailuku, Ma ui, Hawaii and Frances correspond with each oth er. Mook Lan Lo wl'ites a very strange hand but she i s taught to write English in ~chool. She has g younger sister, Rebecca, . and t wo y ounge r brothe rs , Moses and Po Chew.

Fr ~nces and her sister have received ma;1y queer presents rnch as Japanes e sandals and branches of different t rees that grow in Hawaii. The trees are very odd compared to th~ trees which grow in Ame rica. Mook L a n Lo has also sent pictures of interesting buildings in Hawaii. One of these was the J apanes e Temple across the street from her home. A ll of these things and many more has Frances learned throug the cor respondence with her Japanese friend, Mook Lan Lo.

A SURE SIGN

We think that Spring is here whe n tiny green grass blades peep through the damp, black s oil, and when the phy sica l education clas s es wear their gym suits out-of-doors. When Robin Red Breast is seen flitti ng about we are almost sure that Baby Summe r is near. But there is one positive sign, one we invariably d epend upon. Yes, indee d , it's Spri ngtime when Mr. Culler dons a light suit. So reme mber this little tip and you' ll always be a b le to tell exactly which se ason it is.

SPRING PROGRAM PLANS

( Continued from page 1)

for Whittier pupils, and othe friends . The admission fee will be a small one and as soon as tickets are put on sale, let's make a grand dash to buy ours so we'll be sure to have a good seat

April 23, 1937

GIRLS SPORTS

Some of your girls who aren 't quite satisfied with the way th e umpire is doing, some time get out there yourself and see how hard it is to please ev erybod y. The umpires are d oing very well this year and after all th ey r eally don't know everything about the games; so le t ' s all be good sports and we' ll get along better.

The third and first period gym clasoes are trying out for the Spanish dance in the spring program and it seems that ever y thing is going along just fine. In case you see any boys suddenly stop i n the hall and do a danc e step or t wo, don't mind for they are just practicing (we ho pe ) for the dance. It seems tha t s ome of the boys are quite good a t it, too.

The other day Miss G1·een was seen coming down the hall , ·with a long single line of girls fo llowi ng her. Investigating th e matte r , we found that 1-hey ,v ere going out to watch their bo y .__, play Ke ep up the good spirit b ec ause we like to see th e teache rs tur n out for the games.

The first tou rnamen t fo r pa ddle tennis has turne d out to be very i nter esting an d e xci tin g. About thirty-six have regi s ter ed to play.

The reason for most of the se v enth grade g a m e s bei ng played out on d •amond th r ee is so that Miss Green can get he r dail y ex erc ise out of doors, walki n g out to wa tch her girls play. N ot a bad idea, Miss Green.

HOHBY EXHIBIT HELD (Continued from page 1)

keys, match holders, quil t s . and Hawaiian dolls.

Friday, home room 307 led wit h the most entries.

Tom Watkins made a puppet to illustrate a character from the book, Treasure Island, whic h they are reading in Miss Fer guso n's English classes.

The r G f

Vol. 14 N o. 12

Lincoln, Nebraska

April 23, 1937 P r ice: Five Cents

9 A's in C lothing der, Marilyn Jennings, Ruth Horner, Lillian Horn, Mickey Teache r s , P u pil s D emonstration Bier b Owe r' Willard Coles, Frances Dietz, Edna Weber and B us y on P r og r am

Ever y semester a group of 9A pupils de monstrate to the rest of the cla ss the correct clothing to wear on class day and at gradu- ation. This semester the demonstration will be held on April 23.

Lois A iles will open the meet, ing b y telling the purpose of th e meeting and she will discuss pri nciples of good taste in dres s

Polly Cary will then speak on the ty p e s of suitable dress Her key word will be simplicity. She will t h en demonstrate several example s .

Foll owing that Mary Alice

Eugene Bishop.

CALENDAR

April 23, Clothing dem on stration .

April 26, Regis tration _begins.

April 26-30, Ho bby Show

April 29, 98 C. L. Trip .

May· 4, Twelve weeks 0 grades

May 4, Grammar Test .

May 5, 7B class meeting.

May 7, Registration closes.

May 10, Nominations of class and Civic League officers.

Martin will speak on the values L-------------.J

"Snooping" has been resorted to by yours truly in securing the following definite spring program plans. The teachers that have pupils taking part in this program are very busy but have found time to give me the following information : "Li'l Black Heliotrope" is coming along nicely under the skillful guidance of Mrs. Shike and the fine co -operation of the cast: Phyllis Ove rman, Lucy, an orphan.

Dorothy Tilton, Li'l Heliotrope. Betty Jane Blackburn, Sophie ; Kather ine Rice, Amanda, sisters. of groo m i ng and Mary Kay Mar- H bb E h·b · H l d shall will talk on accessories and O Y X 1 1t e Harriet Hayes, Miss Elvira. give se veral examples.

June Kake l will then give a summary of the meeting, speak- ing e s pe ci a ll y on posture.

The p u pi ls who will de monstrate in the meeting are w·na Van Bu skirk, ;LaVern Overt on, Norma Cummms, Thelma Ostrande r, Jean Schleuning , Alfred Campb ell , F 1 ore Gl ablehouse, Jeanett e Bolar, June Helmstedter, A rlene Way, Sam Wiggans, Don B u t erbaugh, Julia Schaffer, Emma Schneider, Jacqueline DeVore, Marion Tunks, Charles Fahnes t oc k, Margaret Lyttle, Mary Alice Martin, Mary Connolly, P olly Cai·y, John La r son, June Gakel, Mary Kay Marshall . Shirley Kushner, Jack Goodding, Carlyle Hummel, Avis Draper, Lois Ail es, Jean Pet erson, Myron Brewe r, Kenneth Brown, John Provo s t, B e t t y Brown, June Koon s , V i o 1 a Schulte, Wilma Tamm, H enry Reichel, Gene Sny-

Mrs . Ross has been teaching ·

The Hobby Show is to be held the girls in her third period gym between April 26 and 30. All en- class to do s ome very clever tries were in between April 12 Spanish dances to go with the and 16. The pupils were able to Spanish songs Miss Jones' Girls see the exhibition during their Chorus class will sing. English classes. lt was held in "Marjorie" in the person of the Game Room. Pupils were sta- r Bettylee Cronn i s going very tioned on duty every period. " Mrs. Vhite has, after Mrs. Boschult, Miss Schofield, many puzzling days, selected the and Miss Ralston are on the hob- following gii-ls to take the leads bv committee. Miss Ralston's and in the operetta. Miss McCartney's art classes The cast is as follows: printed the cards for each entry. Marjorie ______________ Bettylee Cronn

Last year they had more than Helen ________ Elizabeth Zimbleman one hundred entries . This year Mme. RaphaeL __ Jean Schleuning there were 109 or more Janis ______________________________ Lois Ailes entries. An efficiency credit Sophia _______ Betty Shullaw will be gr an t e d for the Madame X ______ N orma Williamson hobbies exhibited . Some of the Madame y __________________ June Gake l entries were as follows: a model Madame z ________ Edith Schuckman of the Normandie; the ever faith- Chorus ____ _ Girls Glee Club ful stamp, coin, and bullet collec- We a ll k now that this is going tions; scrapbooks, drawings, to be one of the best programs foreigl1 embroiderdies , puppets, ever pro du ced by Whittier pupils (Continued on page 6) (Continu ed on page 6)

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Publish e d eve r y two weeks during the school y e ar by p u pils of Whi t tier junior hi gh school, a t 22nd and Vin e streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.

S C't up and printed by th e pupil s taking Gr ee n le a f p rinting.

Subs c ,·iption pri ce 20c e a ch seme s t e r, sin g le ~!'.i e~ 5 c.____ _ FACULTY COMMITTEE

M i s s S e lma H u lt

H om0 r L. Gam m ill Miss Ed n a Zam zo w

ML C. L. Cull er M iss Ma ri e Cross GREENLEAF STAFF

Edit or -in - ch:e f!J A E l1Hor T ypis t - - - Bet t y Hull O r lc t h a G ar dner F hra Gabd h ouse

Typi s t - - - Made lin e Sin ger REPORTERS

J o hn Fox J tne He lms t a d tc r E d_it h Schuckma n B e tty L e e Sh erw o od Do;·ot'hy Ti lton Alta Y o ung ---------------HOME ROOM REPORTERS

Dorothy Bodenhamer

B c1·na r d Gog gins

l\Iar y l yn Al v ord M aria n He rz o g

Virg inia S t uermer Mar tha Hall

Btu·bara M a ck

1\fary L o u S t ori e s i f er M ad an Prie s t R , ,t h L ockhart ,Tea n n e McRe ynolds

Iona J ense n 1\'Iarp;aret Marcy .T ohn E be rha r t Dnn Hall

Detty K e ane R u by Jone s Wayn e Ch ri s topher Ru t h V a nc e Ge r ald M e a se J oyce A nn C osb i e A n n O' Br i e n M a ri lyn Jen nin gs F ra n ce s D e i tz P ob er t S immons Fl oyd McG imsc y Ma r y Al for d Charl ot te G arre tt !f arg-are t Ha yes V e ra Whi te d 1\fa,· ia n C oomb s l\h1 ·y B a llance

Bc>t.ty Kc mpk e s D ona Vi B r adil•y

PRINTERS

G eo r g e And re as I va n Blin de Mil lo n B o'clrnve n Myron B rew e " Wayn e Ch• i s topher K enn e th Church Bud D ee d s C la re nce H e idenreich

Farr e ll H e lm s t e dt e r

Duan e Holman Ha r old Huds o n D o n M ase r D o n Ma y fi e ld Gerald M ease

R a l p h Mosh er D o nald N ew m a n R aymon d Ri s h er F .-C' d R o se G e ne S ny der L ester S tC' arn t• s C a I tew art L eo n Str oe m e r B ob St.um11 D o n a ld W e i tz el R oy M ichel R u th D cle hant .T

Dear Whittierites:

Your old friend,' 'The Informer" is writing to you again.

Snooping, ( this habit is a heritage of all Greenleaf reporters) through the exchange papers, I found some more facts about Sutter Junior High School in Sacramento, California.

Boys listen to this. The boys of Sutter have formed a Boys Cooking Club. They have twenty-six members, (we wonder jf our boys could do it).

The Badminton club has twenty-seven members and meets every Tuesday during home room

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

period. The students enjoy this game as a hobby.

Badminton is a game similiar to tennis, except instead of having a rubber tennis ball they use a feathered cork, called a' 'shuttle.'' A wooden paddle was first used in India, but in Baltimore recreation centers , th e y u s e a tennis racket.

Sutt e r also has a Library club and a Radio club. These mset every Tuesday during home room p e riod.

Th e ir "Gun and Rod" club has thirty memb e rs. Its activities are to study game laws and g;uns. Guns are examined and instruction is given for their use. Mr. Brewer, their sponsor ·brought heads of various small garne so they could become acquainted with them and recognize them when hunting.

Fait fully yours, The Informer

LOST TEACHERS

Some of these teachers should have guides when they want to go traveling about the building. Mrs. Pinney was seen (by a Civic League Officer) one day wandering about first floor trying to find 104. Better be careful Mrs. Pinney or some day you'll find yourself lost. (Of course you have lots of friends to help you.) Mrs. Ross even admits she could easily lose herself in Whittier so I reckon the teachers had better go on a trip about the building one of these days.

A TREE

Oh, tree which stands be s ide my door

You have no blossoms any more. I give you all the damp you need, So you can use the food, for seed.

-Florence Rebensdorf.

April 23, 19

8A CLASS MEETING

A pri] first 1937 was a big d for the 8A's of Whittier for th had a class meeting whi ch w no "April Fool." The pur po se the meeting was to introduce t 8A officers. Dick Marsha]], president, called the meeting order and introduced Harr: Hayes, 208, the 8A pr es ider After he had given Harri e t t : class constitution she introduc the 8B officers and each pr es ent the incoming 8A officer.

The new officers are as follows

President Harriet Ha}

Vice-President Pats y Pai

Secretary Donald Weit

Treasurer Wesle y Mai

Following this the min u tes the last meeting· were re ad Do nald Weitzel.

Entertainment was fu rn ish by Kc1therine Rice who pl ay "The Rosary" and "T he F; grance of a Rose" on the ce llo : companied by Dorothy Ca rn ah~ Paul Mahaffey talked on e ciency and gave the nam es of 1 pupils with the highest cr ed itt each home room. Katherin e R of 301 had the most in the cl, with thirty-six.

The treasurer's report "' given by Wesley Maser. After this the scholarship 1 was read. Each home room l: a representative who re a d 1 scholarship roll for that ho room. The pupils stood a s th names were read . A motion was made and carr to adjourn the meeting.

FAULTS

Women's faults ~re many

Men have only t woEverything they say And everything they

37 ay ey as of he 3B to ie t 1t, he ed .e d res ne zel ,e r of by 1ed ·ed raacrn. ffi;he ; is ice ::tSS rns ~oil 1ad ;he me eir ie d do.

April 23. 1937

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

CROSS WORD PUZZLE

Acro s s

1. To break in pieces by violence.

6. A group of letters expressing an idea

10. A day that we will celebrate the las t of this month.

16. Eith er.

18. Nea rby .

20. A gi r l s name.

26. Air plane that can alight on

wa t e r.

34. Per son al pronoun.

35. A lar ge class that is al ways

Down

1. A di vision of a year.

2. Latin for mother.

3. Conjunction meaning similar to.

4. A martyr.

5. A Greek.

8. A deer.

9. Abbreviation for doctor.

15. To heat to excess.

23. In a stra ined or extreme degree.

24. Toothlike projections as on a saw.

28. Tu reckon.

51. Refined.

52. A narrow road. first p eriod.

58. To reduce from a solid

45. Mid d le liquid state.

52. So li t ary

60. Rules.

56. The term or title by which a ! 71. Latin for and. p er son is know.

60. Nam e of a wholesale Company in L incoln.

63. A fl ower.

68. A s m a ll building adjoining a la rger one.

73. Slim y , snakelike fish.

77. A for m of wet.

A SAYING to a

SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF Y O U:

Com e d own the s t airs ar ound 12 :30 with yo u r c oat on a nd meet a Civic Le a gu e offi cer.

Make noise in geography class in 316

Play your instrument very softly in or~hestra while the director is talking to the class.

Bang a locker when the teacher from 309 is standing near.

Go down the wrong stairs between classes.

Wiggle or have poor posture in Mrs. iVh ite 's classes.

Run through the corridors.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

This peculiar incident ought to go into Robert Ripley. Betty C:ald well of 101 had an electric clock that wouldn't run. At the same time friends of Betty's had an electric clock apparently unwilling to run a lso. They traded clocks and both ran regularly until a few weeks ago. The clock Betty had traded to her friends stopped running, so t hey bought themselves a new t im e piece Betty still has hers and i t keep :; perfect time.

FINE OPENING

Johnny, 10 years old, applied for a job as grocer boy for the summer. The grocer wanted a serious-minded youth, and so he put Johnny to a little test.

"Well, my boy, what would you do with a million dollars?" he asked .

"O h, gee, I don't know- I wasn't expecting so much at the start.

LITTLE WILLIE

Little Willie had a jug, Papa asked him for a slug. Willie piped ''Right Gunga din" And gave him one right on the chin.

My sufficie ncy has been wholly surensified, any more would be obnoxious to my superfluity. In other words you have had quite enough of one thing. 5

BOYS SPORTS

At noon the boys have started a high jumping cont est . We have about four home room s jump at one time. If you knock the b ar off twice while you are jumping, you will be counted out. For the finals, you have to knock the bar off three times in order to be out. The records are held by Leonard York, jump in g four feet eleven inches and Henry Reichal, jumping four feet ten inches.

They are also start ing target practice. You are allowed three free throws and then you get ten straight throws to see who may get the highest, and only bulls eyes are counte d .

Mr. Andrews attended the Central Division National Physical Association meeting at Denver, Colorado. Some of the interesting things they had in the meeting were Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton and his wife t elling about Indian life, camping , hunting and religion. They did a great deal of them in costumes. Mr. Andrews met two men who are now teaching in the Denver system. They did their practice teaching at Whittier, while attending the University. Their names are Mr. Howard Johnson and Mr. Willis Samson.

Here are some of the baseball scor es this semester. W inner s appearing first.

7th Grade

304-102 318-307

203-106 104-300

207 -309 316-320

8th Grade

310-302 314-218

101-216 101-310

312 208-bye

9th Grade

105-108 212-222

112-107 303-209 210-110 205-308

THE \VHITTIER GREENLEAF

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

GIRLS SPORTS

A SURE SIGN

We think that Spring is here when tiny gl·een grass blades peep through the damp, black s oil, and when the physical edu~ cation classes wear their gym su i ts out -of- doors. When Robin Red Breast is seen flitting about we are almost sure that Baby Summer is near. But there is one positive sign, one we in v ariab ly depend upon . . Yes, ind eed, it's Sp ringtim e when Mr. Culler dons a light su it. So remember this little tip and you 'll always be a ble to tell exactly which season it is.

SPRING PROGRAM PLANS

(Continued from page 1)

for Whittier pupils, and othe friends . The admission fee wi!l be a small one and as soon as 1 tickets are put on sale, let's make I i a grand dash to buy ours so we'll be sme to have a good seat

April 23, 1937

Some of your girls who are n't Frances Clinton, 314, makes quite satisfied with the way the known th i s interesting corres- umpire is doing, some time get pondence. Mook Lan Lo, resid- out there yourself and see how ing in Wailt ku, Maui , Hawaii hard it is to please e veryb ody. and Frances correspond with The umpi r es are doing very well each other. Mook Lan Lo write s this year and after all the y re ally a very strange hand but she is don't know eve ry thing about the taught to write English in. school. games; so let's all be good sp orts She has n younger sister, Re- and we' ll get along better. becca, and two younge:r brothers, The third and first peri od gy m Moses a n d Po Che w classes a e trying out for the Fr .. vnces and he sister have Spanish dance in the spri ng proreceived li1a_1y queer presents gram and it seems that ev ery s uch as Japane s e sandals • and thing i s going long just fin e. In branches of different trees that case you see any boys s udd enly grow in Hawaii. The trees ar e stop in the hall and do a danc·e very odd compared to t11e trees step Ol' tY:o, don't mind for they which grow in Ame r ica. Mook are ju s t p rac ticing (we ho pe ) for L a n Lo has also sent pictures of the dance. It seems th at som e interesting buildings in Hawaii. of the boys are quite go od at it, One of these was the Japanese too . Temple across the street from The othe1· day Miss Green was he· home. All of the s e things and seen coming down the hall s with many more has Frances learned : a lo ng single line of girls followthroug the cor respo ndence with I ing her. Inve s tigating the mather Japanese friend, Mook Lan I tel·, v,re fonnd tha t they were goLo. • ing ou t to watch their bo ys play .

Keep up the good spfrit bec~ use we like to see the teach ers turn out fo the games.

The fi rst tournament fol' paddle tennis has turned out to be very i1 teresting and e. ·citing. About thirty-six have re gjst ered to play . The reason for most of the se ven th grade g a m e s be ing played out on diamond th ree is sc that Miss Green can ge t he 1 ' daily exercise out of doors, wal kin g ou1 to wa tch her gir ls play. No t 2 bad idea, Miss Green.

HOBBY EXHIBIT HELD

(Continued from page 1) • keys, match holders, qu ilts, anc Hawaiian do.lls. Friday, home room 30 7 led witl the most entries.

Torn Watkins made a pu p pet t! illustrate a character from th1 book, Treasure Island, wh ich the3 are reading in Miss Fer g uson', English classes.

Th e Whittier Greenleaf

Vol. 14 No. 13 Li n coln , Nebr aska May 14, 1937

Pictu res Taken

CALENDAR

For 9 A Greenlea f Ma y 10, Nomination of class

VARIO US RECOGNITIO NS EARNED BY MANY a nd C L. officers. May 11, 9B Conference. May 12 , P. T. A. Meeting. May 14, SPRING PROGRAM.

1 Ma y 17, 7A Class meeting-.

Price: Five Cents

Spring Program Nears Completion

MATINEE PERFORMANCE PRESENTED FOR PUPILS

La s t Monday t he p i ct u res \ May 18, 8B Class meeting. For several weeks teachers were taken for the 9A iss u e of May 19, SA Class meeting. have been rehearsing pupils fo r the Greenleaf. Mi ss Hu lt and May 20, 9B Class meeting. the sp r ing prog r am and at last Mr. Culler supe rv i sed t h e gro up- 1 M 20 S It his g re at hou r has a n ived. To- ing of the pupil s, an d Mr. W m. ay ' e ntence teS t • I night at eight o'clock teachers, DeVr i endt (keeping them in ! N . Ch p a rents, and pupils will s ee at convul sions all the time ov er his I Offi l llees Osen Whittier the s p r ing p r ogram. brigh t rema r k s) s n app ed the I F C I Qffi

The s e p as t t wo wee k s the pict ures. we h ad a lov el y da y I o r . _,. cers girls who are goi n g to sing and for th e work a nd everybo d y was I ___ dance in the Sp a ni s h sc enes ha v e qui te pleasant. \ The g reat c- u s pe nse ha s b ee n bee_n checking out costu m es

A large num ber of pupils were broken at last . I me a n th at t h e which w e r e re tu rne ~ fre s hly on the Schol arship Honor and I nominations for Ci v ic Le a c;ue laund ered a n d !1-e atly ironed b~- ' ' I ffi . l b d O fore th e mat m ee. The m a m Effici ency roll s consequentl v O cei s rnve een m a e. h t · "M • • G two pictures we~e pr ovi ded fo;. The four nom in ated for p r es i - Mc adrac ~rs h1n b ' arJo r 1e 11 ? es _ dent are• o er n ave een wa nn g each group. • Girls a :r:ound ~n old fashio~ed shoes

All of the 9A hom e r ooms re- Dorothy Tilton-105. w1_th J?Omted_ toe s while a ce ::_~ported in good s t y le an d Mr De- Marion Pr i est-107. ~a m girl h3: v mg ~me of the le3:d· Bo s mg parts m "Lil' Black Heho- Vn en d t admit ted that they . Y t r ope" ha s been s een with ve r y d I k ' l ., Wayne K ie m-107. ma e a very mc e oo mg c ass B'Ii B . 308 1 bl a ck face and hand s These Thi s is the fi rs t semester that T~i,e ~ 1 ; fo r ·vice-pres ident scenes have caused our curiosity the y have had a picture taken are : to gT?W· .. of t he home r oom r ep orter s . Girls ~his week three activity 0th · t t k th Iona J en se n-222 period s have been de v oted to a ffi er pf1c uhr es . a eln were the Ph;ilis Ov erman~105. ma~inee performa~c~ of the o ce rs o t e six c asses, e B s prmg prog r a m . This 1s the first Greenl eaf staff a nd printers, Richard McM 0 [;0 n_ 222 . t~me in _three years tha~ ~itrec reat ional workers, girl and Richard Davi s-105. her pupils have been pnv1le~ ed bo y d elegates, ho m e room presi- N oninees fo r s ec r etary are: to see the program durmg d t · · 1 ffi d Gi rls school time and for so small a en s, c1v1c ea g ue o cers an sum. cab inets, cu s todi a l force and the Jean Sm i th - 308.

On Wednesday the first sec -cap tains of the cl ass and school Eleanor Robinson-222. tion of the program, "Lil' Black ch ampionship baseball and bask - Boys Heliotrope," was given. Thu r s- ~tb a ll teams. Edwa r d McN ama ra-105. d a y the operetta, "Marjorie

Our 9A i ss ue th is semes te r is Eugen e La wson-107. bei ng planned and we are sure On May 21, the nominees will it is g oing to be one of the best be introd uc e d b y the present ofeve r published. ficers

Goes Modern," will be seen and Friday the boys chorus clast. will sing as will the girls chorus class while the gi r ls g ym clas s will dance to the Spanish songs.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE

The C h o co l ate Carmel cake was WHITTIER GREENLEAF also very good and had a seven minute icing with nuts on it.

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THE RESULTS OF

- - FACUL T Y C OMM ITT EE--= , A NEW S CHOOL

Miss S e lma Hu lt

H om e r L. Gammill M iss E d na Zam z ow

Mr. C. L. Cull e r Mis s M a :·ie Cros s

GREENLEA F S TA FF

Ed i tol'- i n - c h ief9A E<litor

Typist

B et ty Hull

Orl e tha G a rdner Flo r a Gabel h ouse

Typ is t - Ma de line Sin ge r R EP ORT ERS

Joh n Fox Jun e Helmstadte r Edith Schuckman

Betty L e e S h erwood

Doi ot'hy T i lt on A lta Y oung

HO ME ROO M REPORTERS

Dorot h y B o denham er

B er nard Go gg ins M aryly n A lvord M ar ian He r zog

V ii g inia S t uerm e r M a : tha Hall

Bar b ar a M a ck

lVI a r y L o u Ston e sifer

1'1al'i an Priest R ut h Lockhart

.Jeann e Mc R eyn ol d s I o na J e ns e n

M a r g a re t Marcy

.To hn Eb e rha r t

Do n H a ll P e tty K e an e U u by J o nes

G e o rg e A n dreas

Ivan Bli n d e Mil t on Bockov e n

Wayn e Ch r i stopher

R ut h Va n ce

Gerald M e a se

Joyc e An n Crosbi e Ann O'Bri e n

Ma r ilyn J e nnings

F ra nces Deitz

Rob e rt Simm ons

Fl o yd McGim s(' y Mary Alford

Charlott e Ga r r ett

Marg a re t Hay e s V e rn Wh i t e d

Ma r i a n Co om b s M ar y B a ll ance

B ett y K e mpkes D o n a ld Bradl ey

P RIN TERS

Ralph Mo s h e r

D onald Newman

Raymond R i s h e r

Myron Brewe i· Wayn e C h ri s top h e r K e nn e t h C h u r c h

Bud Deeds

Cla r ence H e ide n reic h

Farr e ll Helmsledt e r

Duan e H olma n Harold Huds o n Don Maser

Don Mayfield

Gerald M e a se

F , c d R o se

Ge n e Snyder

I. est er Stea 1n es

Ca r l St e wart

Leon Strn e m e r

Bob Stump

Dona ld W e i t zel

R o y Mi c h el

Rut h D ele ha n t

Jan e Raclm o r e

El s i e Sc h afer

IN THE HO M E EC. CLASSES

P e rhaps you have sm e lled the deli c ious odor issuing from room 114. These are from the cakes that the 9B and 9A Home Ee. girls have been making. They have had very good lu c k with both Lady Baltimore and Chocolate Carmel Cakes.

In making the Lady Baltimore cakes the girls ex pe rim e nted by using Swans Do w n cak e fl our in one and plain wheat flour in the other. Although the Swans Down cake had a finer texture, not a crumb of eith e r was left.

When y ou e nt e red Whitti e r just as a ki d , •

You 're n ot the onl y one behind the d oors hid

You ' d s h y ly to y our hom e room w a lk,

H€aring whis p ers of freshy talk.

You wou l d go up the down stairs when you should ha v gone do w n ,

Then y ou and a civic lea g ue officer wo uld go roun d an d round.

You woul d go into clas s rooms a half h our late,

Oh! th e n you were really in a te r r i b le state.

You wou ld tell your te a cher that yo u h ad been lost,

Your face perspiring and your r n e rgy exha 11 st

That wa s the time you were ready to die , S eeing laughing fac e s in every e y e,

But now you have grown so big a nd tall

Th a t nob ody would kn o w you were e ver a freshy at all

You now look back at the times, when you were so afraid

And you'll say, ''Oh how I love Whittier and the friends that

May 14, 19:

My second period is printi n g 0 1

Ah! That's where I have mo st rriy fun,

My third period is bo y s g lee ch

Mrs. Whi t e m a k e s us act lik e little b e ar cubs.

My fo u rt h period is t y pew rit ini on e

I jus t c a n ' t st ay ou t o f t he s u n

My fi f th period is ninth grade E nglish

Miss C url e y says I alwa ys ac t b a by is h,

My si x th period is ninth gra d e s ci e nce

I wou ld like it if it were i n Alliance,

So now you know about m y s ch ool days

So please tell me yours in yo ur own funny ways.

-- Emanuel Gei er, 3

ODD FACTS

Perhaps you are one of t m a ny believing that the na m S m ith, Jon e s, or Brown are t m ost popular in the Ne w Y o city telephone directory T h, you are mistaken. The s urn ar appearing most in the d irec to is Cohen, with varia ti o ns Cohan, Cohn, and Ca hn . Y may think that you h a. v r "stumped'' by asking wh y , b y ou don't. The reason for tl popularity is due to pe opl e fr c foreign countries wantin g c iti zE ship in the United Stat es. Wh Mr. K vidinskivoldorf a ppl ies f naturalization papers, he d i sco vE that no one her e can pr o n ou n I have ma<le." his lovely name. (It is lo v el y

- Doris Orman, 102 bim) . After much m ed i ta t io n

MY PERIODS

My first period is industrial g eography

That's where I always lean upon my knee, decides that a priest is a ve r e spect ed and honorable p e rs o He fin d s that the wo rd Co h m e ans pr iest in the Je wish 1~ guage and his search fo r a m name is ended. Therefo re, N, York has many Cohens.

May 14. 1937

THE CANDY SHOPPE

As Twa lked down a narrow street, I looked into a window deep; I looked again, it was not a dream Yes! they were real, the things I had seen.

Chocol ate drops and peppermint ca nes, How it r eminded one of sugar la nes,

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF RAIN

How love to hear the rain, As 1t patters on the roof It sometimes hits the window pane, So hard I have to look.

It dances on the trees and ground, And flows in brooks and streams: It makes a little trick! ing sound , And shines like little sunbeams.

Bon-hon s , carm els, and chocolate Then the big round sun c ome s out, cr eams And birds begin to sing,

QUEER BIRDS

Bob Wh it e, ca n you sparrow di m e?

Not at all, and I haven't time. I'm not 'round robin folk.

If it turns out a joke, You may whip - poor - will.

To whip you I'd risk a bill I won't stop till you say whoa And then do you think you'd crow? 3

Made it seem more like one of While the sunbeams shine about , The birds are all awing. tho se dreams.

I coul d stay no longer, the time went fast,

So I st arted on my wa y home at last;

But a ll the rest of that night I thoug ht

Of the taste of those colorful choc olate drops.

-Thera Mar yne

CLIFF FALL

- Marie Pickter

THE LONELY PUPPY

A poor little puppy was out in the cold ; He came to the house of a man who was old; The old ma n hobbled up to the door

To let the dog in who was very poor.

The old man thought, ''I'll let him in,

I'm, a broken hearted T Model He looks so dirty, weak and 'caus e I just jumped a cliff; thin , I hit upon my nose and punch ed I'll wa rm him some milk and it righ t square in, give him a bone,

My m aster said to wait while he And this will be the dog's new we nt back to town, home.''

But I just got so tired th at I fell The years went by and the dog righ t smack down .

My wheels ache, my framework shak es,

My ax le's bent , my spindles br oke, grew up

There isn't a word my owner h asn't spoke; I thin k that I'll try to run

'Caus e sitting is just no fun. -Ike Chase

No more was he a homely pup;

The man and the dog became good friends;

They 'll be that way till their life ends.

(He didn't so much as flicker an eye.)

I'll bet my heron an even fight.

You'll have to be swift

Or yo u'll be the fifth I've swallow ( ed) this year

Now do you hear?

The duel ended at dawn

When Will woke with a yawn

MY PUP

I have a little pup, What kind I do not know; When I call him to sup; He is always all aglow.

When I am very full of woes , He crawls up very sad and slow, Tail between legs, head bent low, But would I punish him? Oh no!

He often growls at strangers

That he has never known; But just the same he is my pup

What kind I do not know.

-La Von Dean

SPRING

-Betty Jacobs When jumping ropes whistle, And kites dot the sky,

SPRINGTIME Spring is here, Winter's passed by. We welcom e you gay springtime, Roller skates, baseball, Mrs. White: Why are you Wi th all your joy and cheer.

Girls and boys at play, always tardy? We hope th::i.t you will have time Winter has go ne, Dick Marshall: Well, the bell To come again next year. 1 1 Spring has come t_o s:a-!alway s rings before I get here - Richard Stanley - V irgm1 a Pickel

GOSSIP AND DON'T TELL

Edge-wood 23-Well hurry up operator. Yes! Yes! Oh all ri g ht. Hello! Clara! Well! Well! This js Ma t ilda. Do you have a cold? I'm so sorry. Say do y ou know what I saw, -The little whipper-snapper, -John Ever taking a girl out to lunch. I know. Perfectly shocking. And to think that he is only twenty-one. Yes of course he is old enough to vote, but my own Percy didn't take a girl out till . he was 29 years and about three months old. Yes I know it is a fine record. Well you know Percy! Say don't tell anyon e but Miss Sadie N ewover is going to a private school in a big city. Yes I know, and her poor mother just breaks her back over a wash tub. Yes! I know all about it. Well that certainly is another probl e m for the Ladies Aid. Sa y at the next church bazaar since you are going to be a judge of cakes you just choose mine. Of course I know it's not right but that terrible Mrs. Askbood al ways won the prize before and I'll show her. That's the spirit, I knew you would. Say don't tell anybody but I think my quilt, you know the one I'm making now, will win first prize at the quilt show, I even expect they will send it to the state fair next fall. Well I'm not exactly bragging. Yes I know it doesn't make a bit of difference. Say don't tell anybody this either but the Safer family is going to have guests from Red Oak. Well I'm suspicious. Aren't you? Where did I find out? Oh I was talking to Beulah, she said she heard it from Bridget. Say have you gotten your weekly news yet. Did you see that outlandish advertisement of the

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

bathing suits? Is that what they call those useless garments. I thought so. Yes they use them to get in the water and paddle around in. Yes that's right. A good problem for the A id Society Say, have you tried that new recipe? It's simply wonderful. Well I only called up to s e e if you h a d h e ard that red bird. The Jear litt le thing. So r ry I delayed y ou. Y e s! Hurn! I' 11 think it. Yes! Yes! Oh no! All right. Of course. Yes!

- Dorothy Carnahan

YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WHIT T IER AND ACTIVITIES

If you can answer each question correctly, rate yomself first O!l know ledge of your school.

1. For w horn is Whittier named?

2. When did it open?

3. How long has Mr. Culler been principal?

4. Who wrote the school song?

May 14, 1937

A NEWCOMER'S VERSION

Coming into Whittier, From dear old Ritchie H ig h Was quite a new experim ent For me to ever try. I doffed my hat that Monda y morn In a happy frame of m ind And sauntered down a couple blocks

Not wasting any time.

But as I neared the schoo l ground I began to get misgivi ng Here was such a differen t life Than I'd been used to li ving With quaking knees I cli mbed the steps And looked to left nor r ight Until Mr. Culler ' s office door Carne wi t hin my sight

The memories of that fi rst l ong day I hate to call to mind I walked up and down th e wr ong stairs

5. What is the approximate number of pup ils in Whittier? And my home room was so

6. How many teachers are there hard to find. in Whittier? When I went down the w rong

7. Who are the presidents, vice- stairs presidents and secretaries of I was considered quite a gre enie the boys and girls Civic IWhen someone hollered "fres hie" League? I c ould have killed th e mea nie.

8. What are cla s s du e s used for? I But this all happened w eeks ago

9. Who plans assemblies? • And now I like it fine

10. Who is on the Stud e nt Activ- The pupils all were frien dly ities Committee? And helped me all the ti me .

11. What is this committee for?

12. What is the purpose of delegate meetings?

HER MISTAKE

The other day in home room 110, Marie Bailey noticed a label in the neck of the brown shirt that Betty Hull was wearing. On the label were printed the words, ''Lucky Boy.'' She had better cut that trade mark off.

If I graduate this spring My greatest wish shall be That all new freshies comi ng in Will be treated good as Whitt ier treated me.

-Judy Wal sh, 108

Miss Green: What is a nic h e in a church?

Bright Pupil: Oh, it's ju st like any other itch; only you can't scratch it.

•

May 14, 1937

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

A CHAT WITH UNCLE EZERY will answer this question- What is a snore?

POOR OPERATOR!!!

Dear U n c le Ezery, Sleepily, ''Hello." Virginia Barch

Sprin g is here and that means Dear Virginia, campin g out. Before I embark on A snore, I have heard, is an a cam ping trip please tell me what unfavorable report from head-

"Hello, who is this?'' ''Whutt.'' "Your name, please?" camp l ife is like. 1 quarters.

Ambi tiously, !

Leonard York . Dear Leonard,

Afte r catching a cold by spending th e week-end camping, I have d ecided that camping life is one ca nned thing after another.

Hoarsely, Uncle Ezery

Loudly, Uncle Ezery

IT REALLY HAPPENED

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Chicago police received a note, To the police:

Come at once. 3822 Wilton Ave-

Dear U ncle Ezery, nue

5

"Whutt is my name '' "Yes, that's what I said.

What is your name?"

''I said my name is Whutt. George K. Whutt."

''Oh, I see. I'd like to see you at my office today, Whutt ."

"Very well, is this Browne?"

"No, I'm Knott."

''Who are you then. Tell me your name."

"Will Knott."

Wh y are we warned by all expe Barbara Evans , 'Why won't you?'' rienced men and women in this Milton Evans invited the officers "My name is w i I] i am P. world to think twice before we I in. Knott." speak?

"Uh." said Barbara, age seven, "Ha-Ha. I see now. My misThoughtfully, when she saw the officers. "I take Knott."

Dear June, June Galde wrote the note. We have no tele- , "I'll see you at my office tophone or I'd have called you I I day, eh Whutt?"

If w e think twic e we may be able t o think of something more aggrava ting than if we spoke right out.

want you to do something about ''Certainly, Knott ." the boy next door. I can't get "But why not? This is imporalong with him ." tant."

MIAMI, FLORIDA

''I know it is, Knott."

Warningly, Only one month old, Richard "But I tell you it is." UncleEzery Flanagan, Jr., was enrolled by "And I'm telling you I know it Dear U ncle Ezery, Not being Scotch I just can't figure out what a Scotchman is. Please help me.

Disturbingly yours. Ann O'Brien

Dear A nn, Thr ough definite research work we hav e found that a Scotchman is one who prays on his knees on Sunday and prays on his neighbors on weekdays.

Thriftily yours, Uncle Ezery

Dear Un cle Ezery, I ha ve never been able to wake up in time to hear myself snore. I also sleep alone therefore I never h ear anyone sno:re. You will have my bountiful thanks if you his parents in the local Townsend is, Knott." Club.

''Hello.hello. Why the operator PARIS, FRANCE has cut us off!"

A bicycle rider who collided ! with a hen and broke his arm sued the hen's owner for damages.

He lost the suit when the defense attorney proved the hen had been on the right side of the road.

BLUE EYE, MISSOURI

The school here closed because of an epidemic of pink eye.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

Ebe Roeffs, seventy-four years old, applied for an old age pension. He said his only income last year was two dollars which he won as a prize for long whiskers at a picnic.

FADS

One of the most interesting things in Whittier is its fads. At one time many or most of the girls were wearing dolls made of yarn on their dresses. Next they wore shirts and neckties.

But boys, you have no room to ta 1 k because eve rybody saw plenty of airplanes flying around. The boys have ~lso been indulging in the fad of marbles

Everybody seems to be either playing baseball or working yoyos. What will come up next'!

GIRLS' SPORTS

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF TONGUE TWISTERS

Betty Batter bought some butter but she said, ''it is bitter butter. If I put it in my batter jt will make my batter bitter but a bit of better butter will make

BOYS' SPORTS

The girls ha v e begun a paddletennis singles tourn am ent. Since Helen Bennet couldn't find a good partner she decided to play by herself and so she entered the singles tournament.

-"Everybody for themselves" as the old say ing goes.

Some of the tournaments have been finished, the results being as follows : Paddle tennis, Mae Spaedt and Florence Johns. It seems that nobody can beat 308 so the result is: cricket and nine cou r t basketball champi on-

May 14, 19

The boys have been having such a good time playing volley ball that the girls want a tournament now. Instead of playing volley ball the y will finish their Nebraska ball tournament and then begin a tourn a ment with vo lley ball. my bitter batt er better." of volley ball is due to the o Seven slippery slimy snakes po r tuni ty to play with a fr ien

CAREERS IN THE MAKING

Name: Miss Mary Wilson.

Birthplace: Southeastern Nebraska.

Place of Higher Education: University of Nebraska.

At Whittier: Ever since started.

Travels: California , San An-

A ten team league ha s be1 formed. The te ams are orga ized on a "gang" or grou p bas or may have players from se cra l home rooms . We feel th part of t he extreme po pu lari

slowly slipping southward. Mr. Messing who recently jo in the teachers' staff will be charge of the volley ball gro u1

Mr . Pember, another a dd it i1

to thi s group, will t ake ove r : paddle tenni$ fo r girls an d bo c nd will be assisted by Els t1 Murphy and a committe e of l choosing.

After sc hool ba seball, tr a ~m d other games are in charge Mr Messing.

All activities are u nder t: direction of boys who are chos, oe-:a u s e of thei :r knowled ge a1 ship going to 308. tonio, Texas, Chicago.

At last it has , come! 212 has Favorite s ongs: Stephen C. their dependability. been beaten in a championship Foster's son gs. game, 208 now being school Fa vorite flow er: Rose. champ s in baseball. Where happi est: Reading

One day a boy came up to

Here <'re som e of th e base b: games played in the new tou r n a men t. Winners appearing fin Mrs . Ross and asked he r how to •good book. play paddle tennis, without a Accidents and injuries: Cut ball. Now if any of you are go- her wrist on a broken milk bottle. ing to be detective s when you Cut her hand while playing blind get big you might start right man's buff. now and try to report the dis-

Future plans: Keep on workcovery to Mrs. Ross . 110, 112 and 108 have been ing and to attend the Exposition getting up excuses for not com- in New York in 1939. ing out to play. You big sissies! 'r ry coming- out next time and maybe we'll give you something (a swift kick i f you don't).

"It has come at last" were Mr. Culler's words when he tol d Mrs. Ross the gym classes h ad been making too much noise and the teachers didn't like it. Well you needn't worry teachers for the noise has been fixed. We hope.

Wh en the little brook begins to scurry

And the trees begin to bud; It shows that spring is in a hurry

To get things started good.

-Patricia McIntyre

A MISCHIEVOUS PUP

Buddy Boy, Buddy Boy, Where is your ball?

Last time I saw it was out in the hall;

You tug and pull

You roll and chew

All day long some mischief you do,

You chase the squirrel and worry the cat,

And just now ran off with my dad's hat.

- Billy Stoff el

9th Grade 112-110 107-210 308 -b ye 205-bye 209-bye 22 2-by e 8th Grade 208-314 30'2 -bye 220 -by e 312-bye

7th Grade 203-102 106-320 31 8-by e 207-bye

Home room 112 won the 9 grade championship in the la tournament and 312 won tl eighth grade championshi p .

SPRINGTIME

Down in the green pastur e, I see the flowers bloom; Down in the green mead ow, I hear the robin's tune, Do you know why the b ir ds : sing?

Because this is ''Spring.''

-Bet ty Na

The W i er .Greene f

Vol. 14 No. 13 Lincoln, Nebraska May 14, 1937

Pri ce : F ive Ce nts

Pictur es T aken ,------------- ----------. Spring Prog r am

CALENDAR

For 9 A Greenleaf May 10, Nomination of class Ne ars Co m p letion

VARIO US RECOGNITIONS E ARNED BY MANY

an d C. L. officers.

May 11, 9B Conference. May 12, P . T. A. Meeting. May 14, SPRING PROGRAM. May 17, 7A Class meeting.

MATINEE PERFORMA N CE PRESENTED FOR PUPILS

Last Monday the picture s May 18, 8B Class meeting. For several weeks tea ch ers were tak en for the 9A issue of May 19, 8A Class meeting. have been rehearsing pupils for the Gr eenleaf. Miss Hult and M 20 9B Cl t ' the spring p r ogram and at last Mr. Cull er supervised the group - I ay ' ass mee mg. this gr eat hour has arrived. Toing of th e pup ils, and Mr. Wm. ' May 20 , Sentence teS t , I night at eight o'clock teachers, DeV riend t (keeping them in IN . h parents, and pupils will s ee at convuls ions all th e time over his om1nees C ose n Whittier the s p r ing program. bright remarks) snapped the I a: These past two we eks the picture s . We h ad a love l y day I

For C. L. Ou1cers

girls who are going to sing and • for the work and everybody was I ___ dance in the Sp an ish scenes have quite p leasant. I The great s uspense has been bee_n checking out costumes

A large numb er of pupi ls we1•e I broken c. t last . I me an that the which were returne~ freshly on the Scholarshi p Honor and I uominations for Civic Leao-ue laundered and !1eatly ironed b~- ' ' I ffi h· . b d O fore the matmee . The mam ffiffic1en cy roll s conQequentl y O cers clve een ma e h t • "M • • G two pic t u res we~e pro;ided for The four nomin ated for presi- 1\\.. adra? ~rs h1n1 b. ~rJorie .k?es dent are . ·.to er n a\ e een w al mg each g r ou p • Girls ar ound in old fashioned shoes

All of t he 9A home rooms re- Doroth y Tilton-105. with pointed toe s while a ce :;_'ported in g ood style and Mr. De- Marion Priest-107. ~a in girl h~ving ?ne of the le3:dv · • Bo s mg parts m "Lil' Black Heho - nend t adm itted that th 2 y . Y trope" has been seen with ve ry made a ve ry nice looking class. WB.allyneB I~iem308107 • black face and hands. These Th • • h fl l t i Y m r • I h d • ·t 1s 1s t e rst semester t ia

Those up for vice-president scenes ave cause our cur10s1 y they h ave had a picture taken are: to gT?W · of the ho me room rnporters. Girls ~his week th re e activity 0th · t t l tl Iona Jens en-2 22 periods have been devoted to a er p i e ure s a <en were 18 . . , • matinee performance of th e ffi f th · 1 tl Phylhs Oveiman-105. . . . o cers o e mx c asses, 1e B sprmg prog ·am. This 1s the first Greenl eaf staff an d printers, Richard McMo:;on-222 t~me in _three years tha! ~itrecreation a l workers, girl and Richard Davis-105 ti er pupils h ave been pr1v1le~ed boy del eg ates, home room presi- Nominees for secre t ary are: to see . the program durmg d t · · 1 ffi d Girls school time and for so small a en s , c1v1c eague o cers an sum. cabinet s, cu s todial force and the Jean Sm i th - 308 • On Wednesday the first sec•captai ns of the cl ass an d school Eleanor Robinson-222 . tion of the program, "Lil' Black champ i onship baseball and bask- Boys Heliotrope," was given. Thurs- etball t eams.

Echrn :·d McNamara-105. day the operetta, "Marjorie Ou r 9A issue this semester is Eugene Lawson-107. Goes Modern," will be seen and Friday th e b oys chorus claso being planned and we are sure On May 21 , th e nominees will will sing as will the girls chorus it is go ing to be one of the best be introdu ced by the present of- class while the girls gym class eve r p ublished. ficers will dance t o the Spanish songs.

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THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

The C hocol a te Carmel cake was a1so ver y good and had a seven minute icing w ith nuts on it.

I'll bet the boys wish they were girls sometimes!

THE RE SULTS OF

FA CU LTY CO J\IM ITT EE - I A NEW S CHOOL

Miss Sel m a Hult

Homer L Gamm ill Miss Edna Zamzow

Mr. C. L. Cull er Miss Ma1·ie Crnss

GREE N L EA F ST A FF

EditOl'- in- ch i e f - - Betty Hull

9A Editor Or l etha Gardner

Typ ist Flora Gabelhouse

Typist - - - Madeline Singer

R EP ORT E RS

Joh n Fox

June H elms t a d ter

Edit h S ch uckma n

Betty Le e S h erwood

Dorothy Tilton A lta Y oung

H O M E ROOM REPORTERS

Dorot h y Bod e nham er

Bcl'nal'd Go gg ins

Mary ly n A l vor d

Mal' ia n H erz o g

Virginia Stuer m er

Ma 1tha Ha ll Barbara Mack

MaryLou S tones i fe r

Marian Pries t ·

Ruth L ock h ar t

J ea nne M cReyn o lds

Iona Jensen

Ma ga1·et Marcy

,John Eber h art

D0n Ha ll

Detty Keane Ruby Jones

George A n dreas

Ivan B li nde

Milto n Bockoven

Myron B rewe:

Wayne Ch ristopher

R ut h Va nc e Gera ld Mease

Joyce An n Crosbie

Ann O'Br i e n

Mari lyn Jen ni ngs

Frances De i tz

Rob e rt Simmons

F loyd McGimsey

Mary A l for d

Char l otte Garret t

Margal'et H ayes

Vera "\Vh i ted

Marian Coo m bs

Mary Ba ll a n ce R e tly Kempkes

D ona ld Bradley

PRINT ERS

Ralp h Mos h er

D o nalcl N cwman

Raymond R i s h er

F re d Rose

Wayne Ch r i sto ph er

K e n net h Churc h

B u d D eeds

C larence Heidenr ei ch

Fal'!'e ll H e lmstedter

Du ane H o lm a n

H aro ld H udson

Don Maser

D on May fi el d Gera ld Mease

Gene S ny d er

Lest er Stear n es

Cad Stewart

Leon Stroe m er

Bob Stump

Do n a ld We itz el

Roy Mic h el

R ut h D e l eh an t

Jane R a dm ore

Els ie Sc h afer

IN THE HOME EC. CLASSES

Perhaps you have smelled the delicious odor issuing from room 114. These are from the cakes that the 9B and 9A Home Ee. girls have been making. They have had very good luck with both Lady Baltimore and Chocolate Carmel Cakes.

In making the Lady Baltimore cakes the girls e xperimented by using Swans Down cake flour in one and plain wheat flour in the other. Although the S\vans Down cake had a finer texture, not a crumb of either was left.

When yo u ent e red Whittier ju s t as a kid, •

You're n ot the only one behind the doors hid

May 14, 1937

My second period is printing one Ah! That's where I have m ost of my fun, My third period is boys gl ee clu b Mrs. White m a kes us act like little bear cubs,

My fourth period is type wr it ing one

I ju s t can't sta y out of th e su n, My fifth period is ninth g ra de English

Miss Curley says I always ac t bab y ish,

My sixth p e riod is ninth gra de

You'd shyl y to your hom e room s c ience

w a lk, I would like it if it were in

Hear i n g whispers of freshy talk.

You wo ul d go up the do w n stairs when you should have gone down,

Then you and a civic league officer would go round an d round.

You wo u l d go into clas s ro o ms a half hour late,

Oh! th e n y ou were really in a te r ri b le state.

You would tell your t e acher that you had been lost,

Your face perspiring and your en e rgy exhaust

That was the time you were ready to die,

Seeing laughing faces m every eye,

But now you have grown so big and tall

That nobody would know you were ever a freshy at all

You now look back at the times, when you were so afraid

And you'll say, "Oh how I love Whittier and the friends that I have marle."

- Doris Orman, 102

MY

PERIODS

My first period is industrial geography

That's where I always lean upon my knee,

All i ance,

So now you know about m y sc h ool days

So pl e ase tell me yours in yo ur own funny ways.

Emanuel Geier, 308

ODD FACTS

Perhaps you are on e of the many believing that th e na mes Smith , Jones, or Brown are the most popular in the Ne w York city telephone directory. T hen you are mistaken. The s u rname appearing most in the d irec to r y is Cohen, with varia tions of Cohan, Cohn, and Cah n. You may think that you h a v me "stumped" by asking w hy , but you don't. The reason for t his popularity is due to peo ple from foreign countries wanting cit izenship in the United Stat es. When Mr. K vidinskivoldorf ap plies for naturalization papers, he disco ve r e that no one here can pr ono unce his lovely name. (It is lovel y to him). After much medi tatio n he decides that a priest is a ve r y respected and honorable per son. He finds that the wo rd Cohen means priest in the Je wish la nguage and his search fo r a new name is ended. Therefo re, New York has many Cohens.

14. 1937

THE CANDY SHO PPE

As I wal k e d down a narrow street, I looked i nto a window deep; I looked again, it was not a dream Yes! th ey were real, the things I had seen.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

RAIN

How I love to hear the rain, As it patters on the roof It sometimes hits the window pane, So hard I have to look.

It dan ces on the tr ees and ground, Chocolat e drops and peppermint And flows in brooks and can es, streams; How it r eminded one of sugar It makes a lit tle tr ickl ing sound, lane s, And sh ine s like little sun beams.

I QUEER BIRDS

I Bob Whit e, ca n you sparrow d i me ?

Not at all, and I haven't time . I'm not 'round robin folk. If it turns out a joke, You may whip-poor - will.

To whip you I'd risk a bill I won't stop till you say whoa

And then do you think you'd crow?

(He didn't so much as flicker an eye.)

-Marie Pickter

Bon-bon s, carmels , and chocolate Then the big round sun comes out, cre ams And b ir ds begin to sing , Made it seem more like one of While the sunbeams shine a bo ut, The birds are all awing. tho se dreams.

I could stay no lon ger, the time we nt fast,

So I sta rted on my way home at la st;

But all the rest of that night I tho ught

Of the t aste of th ose colorful choc olate drop s.

-Thera Mar yne

CLIFF FALL

I'm, a b roken hearted T Model 'cau se I just jumped a cliff; I hit up on my n ose and punched it r ight squ are in,

My m aster said to wait while he wen t back to town,

But I j ust got so tired that I fell rig ht smack down.

My wh eels ache, my framework shak es,

My ax le's bent, my spind les bro ke,

There isn't a word my owner ha sn't spoke;

I thin k that I'll try to run

'Cause s itting is ju st no fun.

-Ike Chase

Mrs White: Why are you a ays tardy?

Dick Marsha11: Well, the bell always rings before I get here.

THE LONELY PUPPY

A poor little puppy was out in the cold:

He came to the house of a man who was old; The old man hobbled up to the door

To let the dog in who was very poor.

The old man thought, ''I'l1 let him in,

He looks so dirty, weak and thin,

I'll warm him some milk and give him a bone,

And thi s will be the dog's new home."

The years went by and the d~g • grew up

No more was he a homely pup; The ma n and the dog became good friends;

They ' ll be that way till their life ends.

-Betty Jacobs

SPRINGTIME

We welcom e you gay springtime, With all yo ur joy and cheer.

We hope th::tt you will have time

To come again next year.

- Richard Stanley

I'll bet my heron an even fight. You'll have to be swift

Or you'll be the fifth I've swallow ( ed) this yea r

Now do you hea r?

The duel en d ed at dawn

When Will woke with a yawn .

MY PUP

I have a little pup, What kind I do not know; When I call him to sup; • He is al ways all aglow.

When I am very full of woes, He crawls up very sad and slow, Tail between legs, head bent low, But would I punish him? Oh no!

He often growls at strangers

That he h a s never known; But just the same he is my pup

What kind I do not know -- La Von Dea n

SPR ING

When jumping ropes whistle, And kites dot the sky, Spring is here, Winter ' s passed by. Roller skates, baseball, Girls an d bo ys at play, Winter h as g one, Sprin g h as c ome to stay. - Virginia Pickel

GOSSIP AND DON'T TELL

Edge-wood 23-Well hurry up operator. Yes ! Yes! Oh all right. Hello! Clara! Well! Well! This is Matilda. Do you have a cold? I'm so sorry. Say do you know what I saw, -The little whipper-snapper, -John Ever taking a girl out to lunch. I know. Perfectly shocking. And to think that he is only twenty-one. Yes of course he is old enough to vote, but my own Percy didn't take a girl out t11l he was 29 years and about three months old. Yes I know it is a fine record. Well you know Percy! Say don't tell anyone but Miss Sadie N ewover is going to a private school in a big city. Yes I know, and her poor mother just breaks her back over a wash tub. Yes! I know all about it. Well that certainly is another problem for the Ladies Aid. Say at the next church bazaar since you are going to be a judge of cakes you just choose mine. Of course I know it's not right but that terrible Mrs. Askbood al ways won the prize before and I'll show her. That's the spirit, I knew you would. Say don't tell anybody but I think my quilt, you know the one I'm making now, will win first prize at the quilt show, I even expect they will send it to the state fair next fall. Well I'm not exactly bragging. Yes I know it doesn't make a bit of difference. Say don't tell anybody this either but the Safer family is going to have guests from Red Oak. Well I'm suspicious. Aren't you? Where did I find out? Oh I was talking to Beulah, she said she heard it from Bridget. Say have you gotten your weekly news yet. Did you see that outlandish advertisement of the

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

bathing suits? Is that what they I call those useless garments. I thought so . Yes they use them to get in the water and paddle around in. Yes that's right. A good problem for the Aid Society Say, have you tried that new recipe? It's simply wonderful. \Vell I only called up to see if you had heard that red bird. The dear little thing Sorry I delayed you. Yes! Hum! I'll think it. Yes!

Yes! Oh no! All right. Of course. Yes!

- Dorothy Carnahan

YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WHITTIER AND ACTIVITIES

If you can answer each question correctly, rate yomself first O!l know ledge of your school.

1. For w horn is Whittier named?

2. When did it open?

3. How long has Mr. Culler been principal?

4. Who wrote the school song?

5. What is the approximate number of pupils in Whittier?

6. How many teachers are there in Whittier?

7. Who are the presidents, vicepresidents and secretaries of the boys and girls Civic League?

8. What are class dues used for?

9. Who plans a s semblies?

10. Who is on the Student Activities Cm:nmittee?

11. What is this committee for?

12. What is the purpose of delegate meetings?

HER MISTAKE

May 14, 193

A NEWCOMER'S VER SIO N

Coming into Whittier.

From dear old Ritchie Hi g h

Was quite a new experime nt

For me to ever try.

I doffed mv hat that Monda y mor In a happy frame of min d

And sauntered down a co up! blocks

Not wasting any time.

But as I neared the school ground

I began to get misgivin g

Here was such a different l ife

Than I'd been used to liv in g

With qm1king knees I clim bed the steps

And looked to left nor ri gh t

Until Mr. Culler's office d oor

Came within my sight

The memories of that fir st Jon: day

I hate to call to mind I walked up and down the wr on stairs

And my home room "" as hard to find.

When I went down the wr on stairs

The other day in home room 110, Marie Bailey noticed a label in the · neck of the brown shirt that Betty Hull was wearing. On the label were printed the words, ''Lucky Boy.'' She had better cut that trade mark off.

I was considered quite a gl'e en

When someone hollered "fr es hi e l c ould have killed the rnea ni, t But this all happened we eks ag

And now I like it fine

The pupils all were frien dly And helped me all the t ime

If I graduate this spring

My greatest wish shall be

That all new freshies com ing in

Will be treated good as Whi ttii treated me.

-Judy Wal sh, 1C

Miss Green: What is a ni che in church?

Bright Pupil: Oh, it's j ust liI any other itch; only you ~an scratch it.

May 14, 1937

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

A CHAT WITH UNCLE EZERY will answer this question - What is a snore?

POOR

OPERATOR !!!

5

Dear Unc le Ezery, Sleepily, ''Hello." Virginia Barch Sprin g is here and tha t means Dear Virginia, camping out. Before I embark on A snore, I have heard , is an acampi ng trip please tel1 me what unfavorable report from head-

"Hello, who is this?" "Whutt." "Your name, please?" camp life is like. quarters.

Ambitiou sly, : 1

Leonard York , Dear Leonar d,

After ca tching a cold by spending the week-end camping, I have deci ded that camping life is one canned thing after another.

Hoarsely, Uncle Ezery

Dear Uncle Ezery, Why are we warned by all exp e rienced men and women in this world to think twice before we speak?

Thoughtfully , June Gakle

Dear June,

If we think twice we may be able to think of something more aggrava ting than if we spoke right out.

Warningly, UncleEzery

Dear Uncle Ezery, Not being Scotch I just can't figure out what a Scotchman is. Please help me.

Disturbin gly yours.

Ann O'Brien

Dear Ann, Throu gh definite research work we hav e found that a Scotchman is one who prays on his knees on Sunday and prays on his neighbors on weekdays.

Thriftily yours, Uncle Ezery

Dear Un cle Ezery, I have never been able to wake up in time to hear myself snore. I also sleep alone therefore l never hear anyone snore. You will have my bountiful thanks if you

Loudly,. Uncle Ezery

IT REALLY HAPPENED.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Chicago police received a note, To the police:

Corne at once . 3822 Wilton Avenue.

Barbara Evans

Milton Evans invited the officers

"Whutt is my name.''

"Yes, that's what I said.

What is your name'!"

''I said my name is vVhutt.

George K. Whutt. ''

"Oh, I see. I'd like to see you at my office today, Whutt."

"Very well, is this Browne?"

"No, I'm Knott."

''Who are you then. Tell me your name.''

"Will Knott."

''Why won't you?''

"My nam e is W i 11 i am P. in . Knott."

''Uh,'' said Barbara, age seven, ''Ha-Ha. I see now. My misw hen she saw the officers. "I take Knott.'' wrote the note. We have no tele- , "I'll see you at my office tophone or I'd have called you I I day , eh Whu.tt?"

want you to do something about "C ertainly, Knott." the boy next door. I can't get "But why not? This is imporalong with him." tant."

MIAMI, FLORIDA

''I know it is, Knott."

Only one month old, Richard "But I tell you it is."

Flanagan, Jr., was enrolled by "And I'm telling you I know it his parents in the local Townsend is, Knott." Club.

•'Hello, hello. Why the operator PARIS, FRANCE has cut us off!''

A bicycle rider who collided, with a hen and broke his arm sued th e hen's owner for damages.

He lost the suit when the defense attorney proved the hen had been on the right side of the road.

BLUE EYE,

MISSOURI

The school here closed because of an epidemic of pink eye.

LINC OL N,NEBRASKA

Ebe Roeffs, seventy-four years old, applied for an old age pension. He said his only income last year was two dollars which he won as a prize for long whiskers at a picnic.

FADS

One of the most interesting things in Whittier is its fads. At one time many or most of the girls were wearing dolls made of yarn on their dresses. Next they wore shirts and neckties.

But boys, you have no room to ta I k because everybody saw plenty of airplanes flying around. The boys have also been indulging in the fad of marbles , Everybody seems to be either playing baseball or working yoyos. What will come up next'!

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

GIRLS' SPORTS TONGUE TWISTERS

The boys have been having Betty Batter bought some such a good time playing vo lley butter but she said, ''it is bitter ball that th e girls want a tournament now. Instead of playing butter. If I put it in my batter volley ball they will finish their it will make my batter bitter but Nebraska ball tournam ent and a bit of better butter will make then begin a tourn ament with I my bitter batter better ." volle y b~ll.

Seven slippery slimy snakes

The girls have begun a paddle- . . . tennis singles tournament. Since slowly shppmg southwarq.

Helen Bennet couldn't find a good partner she decided to CAREERS IN THE MAKING play by herself and so she entered the singles tournament. "Everybody for themselves" as the old saying goes.

Some of the tournaments have been finishe d , the results being as follows : Paddle tennis, Mae Spaedt and Florence Johns. It seems that nobody can beat 308 so the result is: cricket and nine court basketball championship going to 308.

At last it has come! 212 has been beaten in a championship game, 208 now being school champs in baseball.

One day a boy came up to Mrs. Ross and asked her how to play paddle tennis, without a ball. Now if any of you are going to be detectives when you get big you might start right now and try to report the discovery to Mrs. Ros s .

110, 112 and 108 have been getting up excu ses fo r not coming out to play. You big sissies! 'Try coming out next time and may be we'll give you something (a sw ift kick if you don't).

"It has come at last" were Mr. Culler's words when he told Mrs. Ross the gym classes had been making too much noise and the teachers didn't like it. Well you needn't worry teachers for the noise has been fixed. We hope.

When the little brook begins to scurry

And the trees begin to bud; It shows that spring is in a hurry

To get things started good.

- Patricia Mclntyre

Name: Miss Mary Wilson.

Birthplace: Southeastern Nebraska.

Place of Higher Education: University of Nebraska. ·

At Whittier: Ever since started.

Travels: California, San Antonio, Texas, Chicago.

Favorite songs: Stephen C. Foster's songs.

Favorite flow er: Rose. Where happiest: Reading good book.

Accidents and injuries: Cut her wrist on a broken milk bottle. Cut her hand while playing blind man's buff.

Future plans: Keep on work• ing and to attend the Exposition in New York in 1939.

A MISCHIEVOUS PUP

Buddy Boy, Buddy Boy, Where is your ball? •

Last time I saw it was out in the hall; You tug and pull You roll and chew

All day long some mischief you do,

You chase the squirrel and worry the cat,

And just now ran off with my dad's hat.

Ma y 14, 193

BOYS' SPORTS

A ten team league ha s bee1 formed. The te ams a r e org an ized on a "gang" or group basfa or may ha ve players from sev cral home room s . We fe el tha IJ~rt of the extreme populari tof volle y ball is due to the op portunity to play with a fr iend 1Vl r. Messing who recentl y j oine, the teachers' staff will be ii charge of the volley ball gro up ~ Mr . Pember, another addit irn t.n this g r oup, will take over al paddle tennis for girl s and boy c nd will be assi ste d by E lsto : Mu r phy and a co mmittee of hi choosing.

After schoo l baseball , tracl <ind othe r games are in charge o Mr . Messing .

All activ itie s are und er th, dir ecti on of boys who are chos e1 i)e,:iam·.e of th eir knowled ge am their dependability. Here 2.re some of the baseb al

games pl aye d in the new tou rna a men t. Winners appearing first 9th Gra ii e

- Billy Stoff el 112-110 107-210 308 -by e 205-bye 209-bye 222 -by e 8th Grade 208-314 302-bye 220-bye 312-bye

7th Grade 203-102 106-320 318 -by e 207-bye

Home room 112 won the 9tl grade championship in the las· tournament and 312 won th, eighth grade championsh ip .

SPRINGTIME

Down in the green pastur e, I see the flowers bloom: Down in the green meado w, I hear the robin's tune, Do you know why the birds al sing?

Because this is ''Spring.''

-Bet ty Nasl

The Whi tier Greenleaf

Vol. 14 No. 13

Lincoln, Nebr aska May 14, 1937

Pictures Tak en I For 9 A Greenleaf

VARIOU

S RECOGNITIONS I EARN ED BY I MANY

CALENDAR

May 10 , Nomination of class an d C. L. officers. May 11, 9B Conference. May 12, P. T. A. Meeting. May 14, SPRING PROGRAM. May 17, 7A Class meeting-.

Price: Five Cents

Spring Program Nears Completion

MATINEE PERFORMANCE PRESENTED FOR PUPILS

Last Monday th e p ic ture s May 18, 8B Class meeting. For several weeks teachers were tak en for the 9A i ss ue of May 19, 8A Class meeting. have been rehearsing pupils for the Gre enleaf. Mi ss Hult and May 20 , 9B Class meeting. the spring prog r am and at last Mr. Culle r supervi sed th e g ro u p - 1 I this great hour has anived. To- ing of the pupil s, an d Mr. W m. May 20 , Sentence teS t • night at eight o'clock teachers, DeVrien dt (keep i ng them in IN . Ch p ar ents, and pupils will s ee at convulsions all th e time ov er h is ' om1nees osen Whittier the s pring program. bright remark s ) s n a pped the I ffi

These past two weeks the pictures. We h a d a love l y day I Fo r

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cers girls who are going to sing and for the work and everyb od y wa s 1 ___ dance in the Sp a ni s h s cenes have quite plea sant.

1 T he g r ea t s us p ens e h as bee n bee n checking out costumes

A la rge numb er of pu p il s we i·e broken at las t . I me an th a t the which wer e retu rn e~ freshly on the Sch olar s h ip H on or an d I n ominati on s for Civic Le a gue laund er ed a nd !leatly ll'oned b~ - • ' ' 1 ffi r h b d fore th e matmee. The mam

Efficiency roll s con seq u en tl y O ce ~s a ve een ma e. h t • " M • • G two pictures we~e provi ded fo r The four nom inated fo r presi- Mc adrac ~rs hin b. an one 11 ?es <lent are o er n a v e een wa nng each group. • Girls ar ound in old fashioned shoes

All of the 9A ho m e roo ms re - Doroth y Tilt on-105. with pointed toe s while a ce r - ported in good styl e a nd Mr . D e- Marion Pries t-107. ~a ~n gi r.l h~ v i~7 ? ~ e of the le3:d- V · d · h Boys mo p ai ts m Lil Black Heho- rad1en t adm1~tedl tk~a t tl ey Wayn e Kiem-107 tr ope" ha s been s ee n with ve r y m e a very mce oo m g c ass . B"ll B : 308 • bl a ck face and hands. These

Th • • h fi h 1 Y mr • f h d • ·t 1s is t e rst s eme ster t at Th ose up fo r vice-pre s id ent I scenes ave cause our cur10s1 y they have had a pictu re taken are: to gT?W · .. of the hom e room re p orte rs Girls ~his week three activity • I J 222 per10d s have been de v oted to a

Other pictu res tak en we r e the on a e n s en- • t • f f th . P h ylli s Over m a n- 105 ma mee per ormance o e officers of the s ix cl ass e~, the B • s pring prog · am. This is the first Greenle af staff and printers , Richard Mc:Jlion-222 t~me in _three years tha~ ~it - recreational workel' s, girl a n d Richa r d Davi s-105. her pupils have been pnvile~ed boy delega tes, home ro om pres i- N o~ i nee s fo r s ec r etary are: to see th e program durmg d t · · 1 ffi d Girls school time and for so small a en s, civi c eague o cers a n sum. cabinets, cu s todial for ce and th e Jean Sm it h- 308. On Wednesday the first sec.. captains of the cl as s and schoo l Ele a n or Robins on-222. t ion of the program, ~'Lil' Black champion ship ba s eb a ll and ba sk- Boys Heliotrope," was given. Thu rs - P.tball team s . E dwa:·d McN a m a r :i-105. d a y the operetta, "Marjorie

Our 9A i s sue thi s semes ter i s Eugen e La wso n-107. Go~s Modern," will be seen and Pnday the boys chorus clas~ being planned and we a r e s ur e ~ n May 21 , t h e n ommees will will sing as will the gi r ls ch orus it is goi ng to be one of t he b est b e mtrodu ced b y th e present of- cl as s while the gi r ls g.ym clas s ever pu blished. ficers will dance to the Spani s h songs.

THE

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

The Chocolate Carmel cake was WHITTIER GREENLEAF also very good and had a seven . minute icing with nuts on it .

Publish ed ~very two_w~eks_ d~rmg _the school , I'll bet the boys wish they were y ear by pupils of Whittier Junior h1 g'h school, at 22nd and Vin e streets, L inco ln, ~ebrask_a. girls sometimes!

Set up and prmted by the pupils takmg

Gr ee nleaf print in g. •

Subscription price 20c each semester, single copies 5c

FACULTY COMMITTEE

Miss S e lma Hult

H omer L. Gammill Miss Edna Zamzow

Mr. C. L. Culler Miss Marie Cross

GREENLEAF STAFF

Editor-in-ch i ef - B ett y Hull

9A Editor Ori tha Gardner

Typist Flora Gab e lh ouse

Typi st Madeline Sing er REPORTERS

John Fox

June Helmstadter

Edith Sc'huckman

Betty Lee Sherwood

Dorothy Tilton Alta Young

HOME ROOM REPORTERS

Dorothy B odenhamer

B e rnard Goggins

Marylyn Alvord

Marian H erzog

Virginia Stuermer

Martha Hall

Barbara Mack

MaryLou Stonesifer

Marian Priest

Ruth Lockhart

Jeanne McReynolds

Iona J e ns en

M argare t Marcy

John Eb er ha rt

D o n Hall

Betty K e ane

Ruby Jones

G e o rge Andreas

Ivan Blind e

Milton Bockov e n

Myron Brewe 1·

Wayn e Christop'her

Ruth Vance

Gerald Me ase

J oyce Ann Crosbie

Ann O Brien

Ma~·i lyn J e nnings

F ra nces Deitz

Rob ert Simmons

Floyd McG ims ey

Mary Alford

Charlotte Garr et t

Mar garet Hay e s

Vern Whited

Marian Coombs

Mary Ballance

B e tty K empkes D o nald Bradl ey

PRINTERS

Ralph Mosh e r

D o nald N e wman

Raymond Ri s h er

F re d Rose

Wayn e Christopher

K e nn e th Church

Bud Deeds

Clarence H ei denreich

Farr e ll Helmstedt e r

Duan e Holman

Harold Hudson

Don Mas er

Don Mayfi e ld

Gerald M ease

G ene Snyder

L ester Stearnes

Carl Stewart

Leon Stroemer

Bob Stump

Donald W e itzel

R oy Mic hel

Ruth D e l e hant

Jan e Radmore

Elsie Schafer

IN THE HOME EC. CLASSES

Perhaps you have smelled the delicious odor issuing from room 114. These are from the cakes that the 9B and 9A Home Ee. girls have been making. They have had very good luck with both Lady Baltimore and Chocolate Carmel Cakes.

In making the Lady Baltimore cakes the girls experimented by using Swans Down cake flour in one and plain wheat flour in the other. Although the Swans Down cake had a finer texture, not a crumb of either was left.

THE RESULTS OF

A NEW SCHOOL

When you entered Whittier just as a kid, •

You're not the only one behind the doors hid

You'd shyly to your home room w a lk,

H~aring whispers of freshy talk.

You would go up the down stairs when you should ha"V e gone down,

Then you and a civic league officer would go round and round.

You would go into class rooms a half hour late,

Oh! then you were really in a terrible state.

You would tell your teacher that you had been lost,

Your face perspiring and your energy exhaust

That was the time you were ready to die,

Seeing laughing faces in every eye,

But now you have grown so big and tall

That nobody would know you were ever a freshy at all

You now look back at the times, when you were so afraid

And you'll say, "Oh how I love Whittier and the friends that I have marle."

- Doris Orman, 102

MY PERIODS

My first period is industrial geography

That's where I always lean upon my knee,

May 14 , 19:

My second period is printing 01

Ah! That's where I have most my fun,

My third period is boys gle e cit

Mrs. White makes us act like little bear cubs,

My fourth period is typew rit in: one

I just can't stay out of th e s un

My fifth period is ninth g rad e English

Miss Curley says I alway s ac t babyish,

My sixth period is ninth grade science

I would like it if it were in Alliance,

So now you know about m y school days

So please tell me yours in yo ur own funny ways.

Emanuel Gei e r,

ODD FACTS

Perhaps you are one of 1 many believing that th e n an Smith, Jones, or Brown ar e 1 most popular •in the N e w Ye city telephone director y. Tr you are mistaken. The su rna appearing most in the direc t( is Cohen, with varia ti ons Cohan, Cohn, and Ca hn . l'. may think that you h av 3 "stumped" by asking w hy , l you don't. The reason fo r t popularity is due to peo pk· fr foreign countries wantin g ci tiz ship in the United Stat es W~ Mr. K vidinskivoldorf ap pli es naturalization papers, he disc ov that no one here can pr on ouhis lovely name. (It is love ly him). After much medi tatio n decides that a priest is a v respected and honorable pe rs He finds that the word Col means priest in the Je w ish l guage and his search fo r a r name is ended. Therefo re, York has many Cohens.

37 1e of 1b ;he 1es ;he >rk ten me >ry of 'ou me but his 6m en1en for ers nee to he ery on. hen ani~w [ew

May 14. 1937

THE CANDY SHOPPE

As I wa lked down a narrow street, I look ed into a window deep; I look ed again, it was not a dream Yes! .they were real, the thin gs I had seen.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF RAIN

How I love to hear the rain, As it patters on the roof It sometimes hits the window pane, So hard I have to look. It danc es on the trees and ground, Choc olate drops and peppermint And flows in brooks and can es, streams ; Ho w it reminded one of sugar It makes a lit tle trickling sound, lan es, And shines like little sunbeams.

Bon- bons, carmels, and chocolate Then the big round sun comes out, cr eams And birds begin to sing, Mad e it seem more like one of While the sunbeams shine about, tho se dreams.

I co uld stay no longer, the time went fast,

So I started on my way home at last;

But all the rest of that night I thought Of the taste of those colorful cho colate drops.

-Thera Maryne

CLIFF

FALL

I'm , a broken hearted T Model 'ca use I just jumped a cliff; I hit upon my nose and punched it right square in,

My master said to w ait while he we nt back to town, But I just got so tired that I fell rig ht smack down.

My wheels ache, my framework sha kes, My axle's bent, my spindles broke,

The re isn't a word my owner hasn't spoke; I thi nk that I'll try to run 'Caus e sitting is just no fun .

-Ike Chase

Mrs. White: Why are you al w ays tardy?

Dick Marshall: Well, the bell alway s rings before I get here.

The birds are all awing.

-Marie Pickter

THE LONELY PUPPY

A poor little puppy was out in the cold: He came to the house of a man who was old; The old man hobbled up to the door

To let the dog in who was very poor.

The old man thought, "I'Il let him in,

He looks so dirty, weak and thin,

I'll warm him some milk and give him a .bone, And this will be the dog's new home.''

The years went by and the dog grew up

No more was he a homely pup; The man and the dog became good friends; They'll be that way till their life ends.

-Betty Jacobs

SPRINGTIME

We welcome you gay springtime, With all your joy and cheer. We hope that you will have time To come again next year.

Richard Stanley

QUEER BIRDS

Bob White, can you sparrow dime?

Not at all, and I haven 't time I'm not 'round robin folk.

If it turns out a joke, You may whip-poor..,will. To whip you I'd risk a bill I won't stop till you say whoa And then do you think you'd crow? 3

(He didn't so much as flicker an eye.)

I'll bet my heron an even fight. You'll have to be swift

Or you'll be the fifth I've swallow (ed) this year. Now do you hear?

The duel ended at dawn

When Will woke with a yawn.

MY PUP

I have a little pup, What kind I do not know: When I call him to sup; He is always all aglow.

When I am very full of woes, He crawls up very sad and slow, Tail between legs, head bent low, But would I punish him? Oh no!

He often growls at strangers That he has never known; But just the same he is my pup

What kind I do not know.

-La Von Dean

SPRING

When jumping ropes whistle, And kites dot the sky, Spring is here, Winter's passed hy. Roller skates, baseball, Girls and boys at play, Winter has gone, Spring has come to stay.

-Virginia Pickel

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THE

WHITTIER GREENLEAF May 14, 1937

GOSSIP AND DON'T TELL bathing suits? Is that what they A NEWCOMER'S VERSION call those •useless garments. I __ _

Edge-wood 23- Well hurry up th ought. so. Yes th ey use th em Coming into Whittier. operator. Yes! Yes! Oh all right. to get ~n th e water, a nd ?addle I From dear old Ritchie High around m. Yes that 8 righ~. A Was quite a new experiment Hello! Clara! Well! Well! This is good problem for t~e Aid Society For me to ever try. Matilda. Do you have a cold? I'm Sa~, ~ave, yo~ tried that new I doffed my hat that Monday m orn so sorry. Say do you know what recipe· It s simply wo nd ~rful. In a happy frame of mind \Vell I only called up to see 1f vou I saw, -The little whipper-snap- had heard that red bird. The And sauntered down a c ou ple per, -John Ever taking a girl - J l'tt 1 th· 8 I d l d blocks ear 1 e rng. orry e aye out to lunch. I know. Perfectly I 1 h' k •• y I Not wasting any time. you. Yes! Hum! '1 t m 1t. es. shocking. And to th ink th at he is Yes! Oh no! All right. Of course. But as I neared the school only twenty-one. Yes of course Yes! ground he is old enough to vote, but my - Dorothy Carnahan I began to get misgiving own Percy didn't take a girl out Here was such a different li fe till - he was 29 years and about YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF Than I'd been used to livi ng three months old. Yes I know it

WHITTIER AND ACTIVITIES With quaking knees I cli mb ed is a fine record. Well you know Percy! Say don't tell anyone but the steps If you can answer each question A d I k d t I ft • ht Miss Sadie Newover is going to a n oo e o e nor ri g correctly, rate yom self first O!l u t·1 M c II ' ffi d Private scbool in a big city. Yes n 1 .1.. r. u er s o i1ce oor knowledge of your school. c ·th' · ht I know, and her poor mother J·ust ame w1 ·m my sig 1. For w horn is Whittier named? breaks her ba c k over a wash tub. 2. When did it open? Yes! I know all about it. Well 3 H l h M c 11 b . ow ong as r. u er een that certainly is another problem principal?

The memories of that firs t lo ng day I hate to call to mind I walked up and down the \Yr ong for the Ladies Aid. Say at th e 4. Who wrote the school song? next church bazaar since you are 5 _ What is the approximate num- stairs going to be a judge of cakes you her of pupils in Whittier? And my home room \\ ,.s so just choose mine. Of course I 6 _ How many teachers are there hard to find. know it's not right but that in Whittier? When I went down the wr ong terrible Mrs. Askbood always 7. Who are the presidents, vice- stairs won th e prize before a nd I'll presidents and secretaries of I was considered quite a gre enie show her. That's th e spirit, I the boys and girls Civic I When someone hollered "frcsh ie" knew you would. Say don't tell League? I cc-uld have killed the mc>a nie. anybody but I think my quilt, I

8. What are class dues used for? But this all happened w eeks ago you know the one I'm making bl' ?

9. Who plans assem 1es. And now I like it fine now, will win first prize at the . quilt show, I even expect they 10. Who is on the Student Act1v- The pupils all were frien dly ities Committee? And helped me all the t ime will send it to the state fair next ll. What is this committee for? fall. Well I'm not exactly brag- 12. What is the purpose of deleging. Yes I know it doesn't make gate meetings? a bit of difference. Say don't tell anybody this either but the Safer family is going to have guests from Red Oak. Well I'm suspicious. Aren't you? Where did I find out? Oh I was talking to Beulah, she said she heard it from Bridget. Say have you gotten your weekly news yet. Did you see that outlandish advertisement of the

HER MISTAKE

The other day in home room 110, Marie Bailey noticed a label in the neck of the brown shirt that Betty Hull was wearing. On the label were printed the words, ''Lucky Boy.'' She had better cut that trade mark off.

If I graduate this spring

My greatest wish shall be That all new freshies com ing in Will be treated good as Whitt ier treated me.

-Judy Wal sh, 108

Miss Green: What is a n iche in a church?

Bright Pupil: Oh, it's j ust like any other itch; only yo u can't scratch it.

May 14, 1937

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

A CH AT WITH UNCLE EZERY will answer this question - What is a snore?

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POOR OPERATOR!!!

Dear U ncle Ezer y, Sleepily, "Hello." Virginia Barch Spri ng is here and that means Dear Virginia, camp ing out. Before I embark on A snor e, I ha ve heard , is an a cam ping trip please tell me what unfavorable report from head -

"Hello, who is this ?'' "Whutt." ''Your name, please?'' camp l ife is like. quarter~.

Ambitiousl y, 1 1

Leonard York , Dear Leonar d,

Af t e r catchin g a cold by spending the week-end camping, I have decided that camping life is one ca nned thing after another.

Hoarsel y, Uncle Ezery

Dear U ncle Ezery, Wh y a re we warned by all expe rienced men and women in this world to think twice before we speak ?

Thoughtfull y, June Gakle

Dear June, If we think twice we may be able t o think of something more aggra v a ting than · if we spoke right out.

Warningly , UncleEzery

Dear Uncle Ez ery, No t being Scot ch I just can't figure out what a Scotchman is. Please help me.

Disturbin gly yours.

Ann O'Brien

Dear A nn , Thr ough definite researc h work we ha ve found that a Sco tch man is one who prays on his kn ee s on Sunda y and prays on his ne ighbors on weekdays. ·

Thriftily you rs, Uncle Ezery

Dear U ncle Ezery, I hav e never been able to wake up in time to hear myself snore. I also sleep alone therefore I never hear anyone snore. y OU will have my bountiful thanks if you

''Whutt is my name.'' "Yes, that's wh at I said.

Loudly,

Uncle Ezery

IT R EALL Y HAPPENED

CHICAGO , ILLINOIS

Chicago police received a note, To the po lice:

Come at once 3822 Wilton Avenue.

What is your name'!"

"I said my name is Whutt. George K. Whutt."

"Oh, I see. I'd like to see you at my o ce today, Whutt."

''Very well, is this Browne?''

"No, I'm Knott."

''Who are you then Tell me your name.''

"Will Knott."

Barbara Evans "Why won't you?"

Milton Evans invited the officers "My name ·is W i 11 i am P.

m. Kn ott ."

"Uh," said Barbara, age seven, "Ha-Ha. I see now My mi swhen sh e saw the officers. "I take Knott.'' wrote th e note. We have no tele - i "I'll see you at my office tophone or I'd have called you . I day, e h Whutt?" want you to do something about ''Certainly, Knott." the boy next door. I can 't get "But why not? This is imporalong with him." tant."

MIAMI, FLO RIDA

''I know it is, Knott."

Only one month old, Richard · "But I tell you it is." Flanagan, Jr., was enrolled by "And I'm telling you I know it his parents in the local Townsend is, Knott." Club.

•'Hello, hello. Why the operator PARIS, FRANC E has cut us off!"

A bicycle rider who collided with a hen and broke his arm sued the hen's owner for damages. He lost the suit when the defense attorney proved the hen had been on the right side of the .road.

BLUE EYE , MISSOURI

The sc hool here closed because of an epidemic of pink eye.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

Ebe Roeffs, seventy-four years old, applied for an old age pension. He said his only income last year was two dollars which he won as a prize for long whiskers at a picnic.

FADS

One of the most interesting things in Whittier is its fads. At one time many or most of the girls were wearing dolls made of yarn on their dresses. Next they wore shirts and neckties. But boys, you have no room to ta 1 k because everybody saw plenty of airplanes flying around. The boys have ztlso been ind ulging in the fad of marbles. Everybody seems to be either playing baseball or working yoyos What will come up next'!

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

GIRLS' SPORTS TONGUE TWISTERS

The boys have been having . Betty Batter bought some • such a good time playing volley butter but she said, ''it is bitter ball t}J.at the girls want a tournament now. Instead of playing ?utt~r. If I put it in m~ batter volley ball they will finish their Jt will make my batter bitter but Nebraska ball tournament and a bit of better butter will make then begin a tournament with I my bitter batter better~" vo lley b~ll.

Seven slippery slimy snakes

The girls .h.ave bejj,un a paddle- . . tennis s ing1~{s to~h~§.J-~. Since slowly shppmg southward.

Helen BennE!t~ J./\uldri"t'i.qi<i• a good partrffr~ she de<iil.f( to CAREERS IN THE MAKING play by he rse lf and so 1,-·mt"Nk tered the singles tourn am e~.: "Everybody for themselves" as the old saying goes.

Some of the tournaments have been finished, the results being as follows : Paddle tennis , Mae Spaedt and Florence Johns. It seems that nobody can beat 308 so the result is: cricket and nine court basketball championship going to 308.

At last it has come! 212 has been beaten in a championship game, 208 now being school champs in baseball.

One day a boy came up to Mrs. Ross and asked her how to play paddle tennis, with out a ball. Now if a n y of you are going to be detect iv es when you get big you might start right now an d try to report the discovery to Mrs. Ross.

110, 112 and 108 have been getting up excuses fo r not coming out to play. You big sissies! Try coming out next time and maybe we'll give you something (a swift kick if you don't).

"It has come at last" were Mr. Culler's words when he told Mrs. Ross the gym classes had been making too much noise and the teachers didn't like it. Well you needn't worry teachers for the noise has been fixed. We hope.

When the little brook begins to scurry

And the trees begin to bud; It shows that spring is in a hurry

To get things started good.

- Patricia Mcinty~e

arne: Miss Mary Wilson.

Birthplace: Southeastern Nebraska.

Place of Higher Education: University of Nebraska. ·

At Whittier: Ever since started.

Travels: California, San Antonio, Texas, Chicago.

Favorite songs: Stephen C. Foster's songs.

BOYS' SPORTS_

Accidents and injuries: Cut her wrist on a broken milk bottle. Cut her hand while playing blind man's buff.

Future plans: Keep on working and to attend the Exposition in New York in 1939.

A MISCHIEVOUS PUP

Buddy Boy, Buddy ~oy, Where is your ball? • Last time I saw it was out in the hall; You tug and pull You roll and chew

All day long some mischief you do, You chase the squirrel 'and worry the cat,

And just now ran off with my dad's hat.

May 14 , 19

A ten team league has b e formed. The te f1ms a re or g2 ized on a "gang" or group bas or may have players from s~ cral home room s . We fe el th pa rt of the ext r eme pop ula ri of volley ball i s due to t he c po :c tunity to play with a fri ei Mr Messing wh o recently j oi n the teachers' staff will be ch arge of the volley ball g ro ui Mr . Pember, another a ddit j t.o this group, will take ov<.w paddle tennis for gir ls a nd b e an d will be •assisted by Els t l\,fo yph y and a committee of l choosing.

_ After schoo l baseball, tr2 : md o+ her games are in ch a rg e Mr. Messing.

All activities are un der t di r ection of boys who a r e eho~ oe'3ause of their knowle dg•.• a their dependability.

He1·e are some of the b ase b

Favorite flow er: Rose. Where happiest: Reading good book. games played in the n.ew tmm a ment. Winners appearin g fir 9th Grade

7th Grade 203-102 106-320 31 8-by e 207-bye

SPRINGTIME

Because this is ''Spring.''

Home room 112 won the grade championship in th e 1: tournament and 312 won t eighth grade champions hip.

Down in the green pastur e, I see the flowers bloom; Down in the green meado-w, I hear the robin's tune, Do you know why the b ird s sing?

-Bet ty N~

- Billy Stoff el 112-110 107-210 308 -by e 205-bye 209-bye 222 -bye 8th Grade 208-314 302-bye 220 -hy e 312-bye

Vol. 1~ No. 1

LINCOLN , NEBRASKA

MANY NEW PUPILS

rOCTOBER 8, 1937

Di st. 126;300 ~ackBrown Dist . 12 6, Howard ·Hansen, Red HOME ROOMS ENTER WHITTIER Oak, Iowa, Hubert Clark, Fai r, bury, and Perry Hanneman, Ev, E LECT OFFICERS erett; 301-Elmer Glantz, Giltner, Wi lliam Woods, Uly ss es, Among the 1,192 pupil s en- Thursday, September 23, rolled in Whittier this fall arn 1 (Continued on page 4) Home Room officers wer e 82 new p upi ls. Hel'e are their ------- elected. It is worthy of not e names and where they hail NEWCOMERS JOIN that some of the presidents held from: 102-Dale Kuskie, Jack- office before. The following are son; 103 - Kenne th Simmo ns; WHITTIER FACULTY the 9A Ho.m e Roo1:1 Presidents:

P ri ce : Five cents

104 _ - P aul Bro wne, Stamford , . • 101 - Lillian Ritz (formerly and Gl adys Williams , Jack son; ___ class secretary); 107 - Mable 105-Leona Lewi s, Di st 18, and Wh ·tr J . H' h h· f Kutcher; 222-Katherine Hus- Phyllis Wohlbr ant, Wyoming; . 1 ier urnor ig as our kins. 108-Ro bert Wagne 1· Bancroft· ~ev\ members _added to th e facu~ty I The 9B Home Room P r esi -

10 J G B , • ' for the com mg year - Miss I d t o A K · 1 - oe eest, eatrice, Jo an McG w M. H 1 M d en s are: 1 5- Ian neger; Null, Rand olph, Glen Kuskie, MJ ssr;, ' h iss de eMn 1wa llsen, 208-Dick Mahaffey ( class secreH • C 1 "eer use n an r . e s. • B) D C untmgton; 112- leo Pol'tman, Miss Mc Grew who .11 b O tary m 7 ; 218- orothy arGuid e Rock, Ru th Lowe, Cath- . ' WI e _ur nahan; 220 - Donald Weitze l edral, a nd Millai·d Ickes, Dist. m st ructor of art and English (class secretary in 8A) ; 300- 37; 205-Irene Deem s, Pawne e (Room 305), replaces Miss Gordon John son; 301-Wesley City, Vi vian Killey, Norm a l, and McCa rtney, who left here Maser (class secretary in 8A); Betty .J~an Moor~, Wymore; 101 / last summer to be married. 312 - C~arles Shepard; 314- - ~ilh am Dam elson, Ja ckson, Miss Mc Grew is an old friend Ruth Mamon. . Robbie Browne, Dallas, Tex , , . The 8A Home Room PreSI- Margar et O'Donn ell, Om aha, 1 a~d c O m Pan 10 n tea c ~er dents are: 21 6-Thomas Godbey; Ora Edwards Belmont and Iof our own Miss McCormick. 30 2-Abe Talorovitz (former 8B Pauline De wett, Rokeby; ' 208- They taught jn the high school class president) ; 310-Marian Ralph Barber, Kearney, Virgil at Dunbar, Nebraska in 1935 Herzog. Barber, K e a r n e y, Arlene Miss Madse n who comes to us The 8B . Home R~om Presi -

Renlzsch Dist 67 and Vlinona f A N' b h h r dents are : 102-Doris Orman; ' • , rom voca e r. w ere s e Baker, Sacred Hea rt ; 209 - ' . . 103-Peggy Wolf; 106-Ardyth Charles Smith Ba rlow Ohi o had the tea ching of the seventh K 11 . 207 B tt F l , . 309 ' ' - ' and • h h d ·11 b e y' - e y ow e1 ' PlhillipC Cook, Beatrice, and Ev- e1g t ~ra esE,' wl1 . h e oudr - Marian Coombs ; 318 - Bob eyn a m pbell, A voca; 2 10 - mstructor m ng 1s an Elizabe t h . N~1s :3, Sut_ton, Fre d Arit hmet ic in 216 to replace Miss Fox; 300-Robert RDuncanp . McKee Viro-ima DaISy Lo ck e C • The 7A Home oom resi' o , : ru1se. Kansas Ci ty, and Betty Knox , M. V h h .11 dents a re : 10 4 - Je a n Quapp; P • 1ss eer usen, w o w1 re. awnee City; 212-Ja ne Leo n. -305 - Jerry Gass; 307- Lucile ard Denver and Ardeth Vir-place Miss Keller as mstuctor m C d 316 Ch l T l ' ' • • • ( R 220) oza ; - ar es ay or mas Om aha • 216-Jun e Zim - Arithmetic oom , comes to ·a t . 7 B) mer: fiemo~t, and Ra y D. us from Bethany school, where (class presi en m · Smith, Omaha; '2 18 _ Ph y llis / she h as been teaching for the The 7B Home Roo m P r esi - Beckma1;1 , Dist. 126, Dale Be~k- past ten years She previously dents are: 108-J?onna_ H art- man, Di st. 126 , J ames Damel- h t . th Ad J H h I man; 110 - Rosalle S kidmo re ; son, Jack son, and Do rothy Hoff- taug m e ams umor lg 112 _ Carl Me rting; 205 - Roman Ir vi no-. 220-Leola Joh n- School at Adams, Nebraska 09 D w· d 0 1 • b b la nd Dudley • 2 - onna mson, W~u neta, Cha rles Cook , Mr. We ls 1s to e our oys new . ' S . 303 _ West Pom t, and Euge ne Housel, gym instructor. He comes from eis, 212 - Joyce tuve, Madison; 222-Robe rt Hawkins, I Continued on page 4) Sylvia Betz.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

F o und ed a n d establi s h e d i n 1924 as t h e

official student p u b li cation o f Whi ttier Junior

Hi g h Sch oo l. P u b li s h ed bi- week ly during t h e

scho o l y ea r by t he Whitti er Ju nio r Hi g h

Sch oo l p u p il s

GRE E N LEAF ST AFF

Edi tol'- i n - c h ief Dorothy Ti lto n

Assistant EdiLor ·-· -· -···········Bonnie Brad ley

G i rls' Sports Dorothy Carna h an Boys' Sports .................. J ohn Eber h art

Features ·-· ·-····P hyllis Holbrook

Editoria l s ·-· ··········CharlottcH ill

Humor Warren E m ery

Ca lendar and Ex ch anges - Mary Louis e Goodwi n

T ypist Dorot h y Buetten b ac h

FACU LTY ADV I S OR Y B OARD

M i ss Hult Mi ss Cross

M ar y A l ford

Sam B ale Jea n Ben n ett

·C h arles Cockr ill

Mr. Gammill Miss Petel's on

RE P ORTERS

Fran ces Har t

El ea n or H urd

D oroth y James

Bob McCorm i ck

Isadore Di a m on d B etty J ean Frank lin

Betty G ary

Mart h a H a ll

Kent Baker

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF A PLEA FOR HELP

A reporters' class is not easy; This thinking job really k e e p s u s busy; We inquire here and there and everywhere, But the Home Rooms just give us the a ir; The staff is nagging for some news, So send it in-you've nothing to lose; Don't be scared; go ahead and write, You send it in and sure we'll bite.

-Eleanor Hurd

Carolyn Lutje

Patsy Payne

Donna S h ie lds

Norma Jean Taylor N or m a O gden

PRIN T ERS

Ruth Mart i n

Ivan Illinde Bob Mathews

Roy Coc h ran Hany N ieder hau s

Richard Davis Alvin Po l ick

Don Ha ll Richard Sali n g

Gordon Jo h nso n Cad Schaaf

Russell Jurgens Edward Schuck m a n

John L arson Ed Schwindt

Dew e y Lewis Carie ! Shaw

Edwar d McNam a ra Jack S immons

Dick Mahaffey Milton Stark D on al d W eitze l

WELCOME 7B's

To all you members of the 7 B class we w e l c o m e you into our midst. Though you may not be accustomed to your surroundings as yet, remember that your upperclassmen will be glad to assis t you in all respects.

Your studies will be found inter e sting to you i f y ou adhere to the following rules:

(1) Listen closely to the words o f y ou r instructor.

(2) Be prompt in attending classes.

(3) Respect your teachers.

( 4) Do your lessons daily.

Upperclassmen, do not cast slanderous remarks or actions at your freshmen classmates. Remember, you were once a freshman too.

WANTED-OLD CLOTHES

If you had been looking last Saturday afternoon, you might have seen Miss Green and Mrs.

October 8, 1937

MEET THE NEW C. L . OFFICE RS

Sinc e t he installation of the n ew Civic League Office rs ha~ been postponed, perha ps you would like to know who th ey are. PRESIDENTS

Girls- Dorothy Tilton; 107 Boys-Wayne Kiern, 101 VI CE -PRESIDENT S

Girls- Phyllis Overman, 107

Boys-Dick McMahon , 222 SE C RET ARIES

Girls - Jean Smith, 101

Boys-Eugene Lawson , 101

We are sure these pupi ls will d their best to uphold t he stand ards of Whittier and s et a goo example for the next offi cer s th a come in.

WELCOME TO WHI TT

IER

Shike cautiously motoring across Welcome all you fresh ie s! town by way of unused streets Whittier greets you with a toward Whittier. cheer;

Imagine now the Chevrolet Though we're awfully fond of loaded to the top with various teasing you, articles of clothing, looking for We're really glad to h av e you all the world like a rummage here. counter! These clothes were And to some of the 8th a nd 91 given to the drama department grade pupils by a friend of Miss Green's. We extend our welc ome crie Hats, coats, shoes and dresses They have come this year to jo of rich materials, dat ing back to us the opening of the present cen- From other Junior H ighs . tury, are much appreciated and And last but not least the new will be most useful in various stage performances.

HOME ROOMS CHANGE

teachers . Mr. Wells, Misses Veer hu se r Madsen, and Mc Gr ew; To them we extend thi s greeting"Whittier Welcome s Yo u!" - Dorothy Ja mes , 1

Tears flowed freely when the original home room students of 308 were distributed to 107 , 101, and 222. Horne room 203 was I Miss Curley: Give me a SE transferred to 308, sad at leaving Itence using the word ''a vaun1 Mrs. White, but cordially welcom- Kevin Phillips: Av a unt , ed by Miss Madsen. avaunt ven avaunt it

Oc tober 8, 1937

HONOR R OLL

THE WHITTIER GRE ENLE AF

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SCHOLARSHIP ROL L leer. Faulhaber, Robe r t F o x J ame s Griffith, Leota Heaton, Elean~r Hu r d ,

The se p u p il s entered junior hio-h 7B-3l 6 Betty Kem p kes, LeRoy Klein Fredschool 7 B in January of the yea 0 r -Donald Bradley Harry , Ec 1·ert Bett L J ' erick. Langenheim; Bernard Leman, and th e y were neither absent nor' ' '' ' Y ou elinek Le Roy 1\ Lamb Richa d N 1 ' Iaunce Mullen, Phyllis Patterson, tardy duri ng the second semester of Park ' D rs age ' Ka th erine Dale Schappaugh, Mar2'aret p 1·erce, t he school year 1936-37 -er, ora chwartz, Torma Jean Taylor. Sara Mae Van Hook.

7B_.:_ No rma Bomberger , Roy Fish 10-! B tt B 106 - Samm i e A v n er, Marilyn Darwi n Fredrickso11, Sey 111 ore Gold-' • - e Y ohl, Betty Gundy B Knvm Phillips J Q ' assler, John B l umer, Jean Germar, blatt, H e l en Hemp el, ",,..er·cedes l\l i'ller ~ ' ean uapp, Adelbert St 1 ·1. Tipton Tom w tk· D uart Goldberg, Grace Kalal, Ardyth Tom Mor ey, Lorain e Pierson, Flo~ gans. ' a ·ms, onald Wig- Kelley, Pat Lawson, Olinda Leikam, renc e R e b ensdorf, Gwendolyn Brown 300-l1""'rances Hart, Ardean Hu- Robert McCormick, Frederick l\Iohr Harry F o x , Lansing Gabel, Winifred ron B b l\Iarilyn Moore, Betty Schroll, Eloi·se' :rm us, ar ara l\Iack, Kenneth In gra m , Ernie Kolb, Barbara l\Iack, 1!aser, Glendola i.\1illard, Eugene Sommerstedt, William Stoffel, Mary Eug en e Nuss, Gerald Pease, Gerald u G ld p 1 Lou Stonesifer, Wauneta Who l en • Pells , Jo sephine S1111·t11, Robe1·t S1111'th. c ss, era els , Gerald Pease, 309 R. . C:1r~'1en Quackenbush. - 1chard Bailey, Lewis Be rLeRo y L amb, Louis Taloravitz, Dor- :;"7-. Iary \..lford, Dallas Bottcher lowitz, Irene B i shop, Elliott B o be r g, othy Sw adley, Norma Jean Taylor, Lucile Cozad, Darwi·n Fre·dri·cksori', l\I • c B tt G d Fl anan oombs, Jack Ge il , Lorraine e Y un Y, ' ora Kolb, George Helen Hempel, Scott Irvine , Harry Kuwama t o , Vvayne Miller, Pearl Kolb, Betty Jane Lake, Marie Lei- Gorman, Jack Gray, Samuel Grunger, Shore , Ad e l be r t Tipton, Donald Wig- kam. Jacqueline Wilson. Marilyn Hays, Peggy Hudson, Willgans. 7 A-102---Irvin Deeds, Ella Belle iam Marler, Lois Penton, Donna

Th e s e p u pils were neither absent D1!1 l\Iargaret Hayes, Betty Jacobs , Shields, Edward Skudler, Betty Wilnor tard y during the entire school Doro th Y James: Doris Orman, Robert son year: Rubino, Russell Scharman, Ruth SB- 216-David Hernandez, Ruth 7B - 7 A - Richard Bailey, Elliott Romf•r-hiser, Donald Weinman Flo- Huck, Edna Hoffman, Virgin i a Mae Bober g , Marian Coomb s, Lois Pento n rence Schmidt. ' Jensen, Betty Ke an e, Dorothea John A n dreas, Mary Ann Benishek'. 10 D Vir gini a Lee Null, Marie Richter 3 orothy Atkins, Robert Av- Lemon, Pauline Li echt i, Roger IcNorma Schri1idt, Ardyth Keller. Ectilh ner, •l\adyne Burn, Genevieve De Neill, John Niederhaus, Alma ReiLitsey , Marjorie i\letcalf , Earl Risino-, Vere, Idonna Gienan, Robert Gillett, chel, Billy Schnase, Patricia Ann Jean Bennett, Hazel Fritchie. Joyce Harry Hergenrader, Janet Hutchin- Shelley, Esther We be r, Leslie vVest, Crosbi e, La Von Dean, .Taci, Keelan. so n , l\Iarjorie Johnson, Ruth Kosmas,' Jimmie Wise Cecelia Brady, Bonnie Eberle, Donald Emery , Idonna Gienau, Robert Cll- George Lyberis, Jeanne l\IcReynolds, 310-Ro!and Allmon, Duane Anlett, G lenn Provor se, Vir g i nia R ad- I .st her Michel, l\Iarce lli e Prosser, dersen , Bonnie Braun, Emma Jean more , I r vin Deeds, ~. argaret Hayes Glenn Provorse Maxine Travis, Roy Curtis, Alfonso Damian, Willie FagDoris Orman, Robert Rubino, l\far~ I Way. ' cella S ehnert, Don ald , i\Te in ma 1 Lee .., ler, Betty Gary, Lois G r amlich, Mar-: Bower s, Beatric e Haskins, JanP La\Y- ,3-0- Lee Bowers, Robert Duncan, garet Graves, Donald Grotjan, Marence , Winifred ?-Jelscn, Hoyt Yow·ell. Detty Jean Franklin, Bea trice Hos- rian Herzog, Eileen Hisey, Bernice 7A-8 B - Doroth ea Lemon. Roger kins, Lorainne Heaton, Marian Hol- Jense n , Leroy Johnson, Dorothy McNei11 , Billy. Schna~e, Jack Bair , ter, Jean House , Frank Killian Jane Reifschne i der, Aleen Tunks. Bernar d Goggms, l\hldred wilson, .,. . ' Bernic e J ensen La,,rence, David Lee, \V1lham l\1er - 302--Anna Fox, Bernard Goggins, SB -S A-George Ervin, Forrest De- icle, \Vinifred Nelson, June Pierce, D on H oren, Mary Ellen McFarland, Vere, D o r othy Lew ey, Martha Hall, VeLna R eed, Arlene Robinette , Rich - Betty l\Iontague, Bob l\Iyers, Ivan Maxin e McCabe, Ruby Hubbard, Paul ard Stanley, Hoyt Yowell. Stern, Loretta Sullivan, Abe T aloroR. Mah affey, Lillian Bau e r, Joan :~o-!--1\Ial colm Allen, Phyllis Alt,' vitz, Eunice Way. Bierbow er, Lois Gilbert, Dorothy :r-;orman Barratt, :Ma ry Ann Benishek, SA- 301-Sam Bale, Betty Baily , Hedstro m, Ruth Neff, Kather ine Rice, Laura Blough, Robert Franklin, Terrence Barton, Joan Bierbower, Jack Ail es, Bob Mathews, J ea nnette l\larilyn Green, Doris Johnson, Nona Dor i s Clayton, Lois Gilbert, Olind a Miller, Max i ne Petti grew, Marcus Lane, J\Iillard l\Iartin, Norma Schmi d t. Hergenrader, Margare t Marcy, D ic k Ston eman , B onnie Strayer, Ross Tal- 20;3-Ike Chase, Charles Cockrill, Marshall, Wesley Maser, Mignon M ilbot, Ir e n e Dittenb er, Clyd e Root, Betty Coulter, Joyce Crosbie, Jeanne ler. Kathr i ne Rice, Thayne Robe r ts Gertru d e Seeberg, Jack Simmons, Glover, \Villiam Holbrook, Rosa Loos , 220- J ack Ailes, Helen Bennett, Charl es D ya r , Edwin Loeffel, Mary ::.\farjorie N icholas, Billy Schlacbitz, Maxine Cook, Dona l d Deffenba u gh, Elizab e th Derrick, Ruth Lewis, Ruth Schwabauer, Elizabeth Ann Betty Ann Johnson, John Eberhart, Esther T upper, Roland Ayres, Ray- Sraaha, Kenneth 'Wilson. Jeannette Miller, l\'Iaxine ·Pettigrew, mond Di! ges, Margaret Fish, Gene- 7A-207-Carroll Lea Anderson, Bonnie Strayer , Janet. Wetzel, Ruvieve McCleary, Carl Schaaf, Mar- Stanley Ande rson, Raymon ,d Bish, dolph \Vilford, Barbara Wise garet S mith :.\1ilferd Epp, Billy Cozad, Bettie Fow- 305--Maryly n Alvord, Betty Jane SA- 9 13 _ Harlan Baker, i\Jax Eg - !er, Clarence Lockhart, Wesley l\.i:il - Blackburn, Elaine Carlson, Irene Ditley , Ma be l Kutcher, Phyllis Overman, l er, Ruth Wheeler, Cecil White Bear. tenber, Phyllis Duncan, Ruth EmBob Sh ullaw, Betty Blunk, l\Iarian :118- )Iarie Beltz , Evelyn Black- mons, Delores Glover, Char l otte H ill, Priest, Wayne Keim, Charles North- hurst, Cecelia Brady, Bonnie Eberle, Gordon Johnson, Mary K i e r stead, ern, Don S chmidt. Eleanor Edison, Dona Emery, Dar- Jack Lew i s, Miriam Mai n , Patsy

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Payne, Genevieve Roberts, Gertrude Seeberg, Jack Simmons.

312--------Albert Abbott, Lillian Bauer, ·warren Emery, Bernice Ernst, Virginia Frost, No rma Hughes, Helen Kiesselbach, Donna Jun e Klippert, Robert Lambert Helen Patrick, Norma Patterson, Charles Shepard, Polly Shrader, Richard Sloan, Richard Stonesifer.

208 - Evelyn Barton, Patricia Flynn, Martha Hall, Harriet Hayes, Katherine Jones, Paul R. Mahaffey ; Maxine McCabe, Florence Martin, Niarilyn Paynter.

8A-314 - Bryce Barnes, Dorothy Barnes, Alice Booth, Paul Burke, Frances Clinton, Mary Elizabeth Derrick, Jerald E it el, Marylouise Goodwin, Ralph H elser, Alvie Kirkendall, Virginia La Vels, Ruth Lewis, Ruth Manion, Willis Markey, Carol Martin, Dean Melson, Jun e Rausch, Romaine Ross, Lois Scdoris, Marian Schleiger, Jack Young.

218--Rob ert Campbell, Dorothy

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

If Anyone Has

Borrowed a stamp

Made a speech

Robbed a bank

Bought a Ford

Sold a dog

Lost a wallet

Broken his neck

Gone fishing

Found a pencil

Committed suicide

Shot a cat

Been away

Come back

Taken a vacation

Been in a fight

Broken a shoe s t ring

Been licked

Made a bad bet

Carnahan, Charles Dyar, Marjorie Send it to Editor at once. It Egger, Aloha Gist, Kenneth Green- is news. wood, Phyllis Holbrook, Leslie Kassebaum, J ack Kennedy, Lois Lawson, William Lee, Jean Leslie, Edwin Loeffel, Clara Pappas, Frieda Schafer, Dolores Schneider.

KJ101-Helen Alt, Nathan Beezley, Jean Bryant, Betty Cal-dwell, Roy Cochran, Dale Dunkle, Fern Free- Little Jean (getting her first ma~, Virginia Hanners, Kenneth sight of a peacock): Look quick, Ritzman, Richard Hobson, Adelia auntie! One of those chickens is Korella, Alan Krieger, John Larson, in bloom. Leona Lilly, Pauline Loos, Janna

McBride, Genevieve McCleary, Leak

Miller, Helen Pierce, Don Reichenbach, Carl Schaaf, Martha Stone, Virginia Stuermer.

9B-107- Walter Bowers, Billy Goggins, Wayne Keim, Nina Newcomb, Marian Priest, Howard Stacy.

105-Betty Jean Anderson, George Bronstein, Geraldine Cornett, Richard Davis, Gaylard Glass, Russell Jurg ens, Mabe l Kutcher, Edward McNamara, Phyllis Overman, Betty Shullaw, Robert Simmons, Margaret Stoddard, Dorothy Tilton.

October 8, 193

MANY NEW PUPILS FOR WHITTIE]

(Continued from page 1) Jack McKee, Virginia, and Alic Josephine Bolldhost, Dis t . H 303 - James Grassmuich , Va Fleet, Donald Wright, Curti: Vaughn Wright, Curtis; 304Shirly Mae Luehr, Evere t t ; 30 - Ethel Williamson, Jacksor 222-Arthur Lee, Grand I s la m and Frank Kneeland, Benne1 309 - Jasper Hosfelt, E ver et1 310-Lamont Geessinger , Gra n Island, and Lester Rader, Pe n 312-J ohn Po r lman, Guid e R oel Donabelle Recroft, Ever ett , Rol ert Lee, Fader Dist. 18 , Bet t June Swoboda, Linwood; N ek Oltman, Omaha, and Don al Dbry, St. Paul; 314-Wa llac Sims, Concordia, Kans. , ar Harry Klans, West Lincol n; 3] -Barbara Beard, Kansa s Cit: Mo., Robert Rader, Pe ru , Ire r Hansen, Red Oak , Iow a, ar Harvey Moore, Irving; 320Edsel Manning, Agenda, K arn Shirley Sims, Concordia, Karn and Roberta Hanneman, E ve r et

NEWCOMERS

JOIN WHITTIER FA CULT

(Continued from page 1 )

Dr. Smith (at a medical exam-1 a recent term of teac hing _: ination): Say aaaah! Rosalie High School, Ros ah Lowy: No spikada engleesh. Nehraska. where he was i~ st ruc

Proud Mother: Yes, Genevieve is studying Latin and Algebra. Say good morning to the lady in Algebra, Genevieve. or in shop and mathema t ics , ar coach of the football, ba ske tb a: and track teams. He, at one ti m taught gym. in our own goo d o Whittier for three seme st e rs , gain practice. Here's gr eeti ni to you all, Miss McGr ew , Mi

308 Robert Bjerrum, Bonnie Bradley, Barbara Breen, Victor Brooks, William Burr, Richard Ho 1 mes, Baya rd Murray, Don Schmidt, J ean Smith, Vera Whited, Marie Burbach, Emanuel Geier. Mrs. Pinney: Who 222--------James Ervin, Jane Garrett, Rhode Island?

Miss Hooper: Where was the Madsen, Miss Veerhus en, at Declaration of signed? Independence Mr. Wells. May you lik e us,we feel sure we are goin g t o lil

Clarence Lockhart: bottom. At the you.

Miss M. L. Wilson: "Use tl settled right verb in this sentence 'Tl toast was drank in silenc e'.''

Robert Gillet: "The toast w Dick McMahon, Elyse Long, Robert Marvin Lange (thinking of Mills, Dale Myers, Elin ore Robinson. Roger Williams): Will Rogers. ate in silence.''

October 8, 1937

HO ME ROOM NEWS

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Lucile Cozad , 307, has a coin collection consisting of 105 Indian

Wayn e Kiem, Boys' Civic head pennies, tax tokens of difLeague Pr esident, is the director ferent states, a counterfeit half of an or c h estra. Wayne liked to dollar and many other coins . play ~he t rumpet and liked to play Dallas Bottcher, 307, went_ to in tr10s composed of neighbor- Denver,. Colorado, accompamed hood b oys. The trio grew until I by a neighbo r. He saw seals and today Wayne has quite a large · two p_olar bears. _ He enjoyed orchest ra. They play for many watc~mg a mother mon½ey social functions in the city. showmg her baby how to swmg

Barb a r a Mack. 305, and Lois in trees

9ramli ~h , 3~0, spen t t_he summer

Betty Lou Jelinek, 316 , s·pent m Flor_id a with the al11gat?rs ~nd most of the summer in Por tla nd crocodil es. They we nt swimmmg O , ' in the ocean and had a wonder- l egon, durmg the rose festival. ful time .

Edwi n Loeffel spen t a part of the sum mer in Chic ago and St. Louis.

Floyd McGimsey, 104 has a collecti on of pencil s. Eighteen have been collected already.

Doro thy James spent two weeks this su mmer in La wton , Oklahoma visiting re latives.

Doro thy Tilton and famil v went to Chicago and Michigar:. We he ar that sh e nearly froze to death , swimmin g in Lake Michigan.

Charl es Cockr ill, 203, spent his vacatio n travelin g with Sears and Roebuc k softball team as mascot, water boy, and bat boy. They

WHAT IF

Mr Culler were Mr. Tint

Miss Curley were Miss Straight

Miss Green were Miss Blue

Mrs. White were Mrs Black

Mrs. Pinney were Mrs Nickle

Rosa Newbill were Rosa Oldbill

Marie Bitter were Ma rie Sweet

Elsie Busch were Elsie Tree

Victor Broo ks were Victor Lakes

Vera Whi ted Blacked

Ly la Graybill Whitehill were Vera were Lyla played five team s in different

Donald Hand were Donald Foot Nebras ka towns.

Ann Kelso's most in teres tin g experi ence was wat ch ir,g ferry boats taking on cars and removing th em in the Missouri River.

Don ald Bradley went to h is old home to wn at Geneva , Nebr. He found some old fashion ed relics that wer e stored in the at tic of a gara g e.

Je a n Bennet 1 207, spent the summ er in 27 states, Di stri ct of Columb ia, and Canada. Most interes ting exper iences were watchi ng negroes pic king cotton, seein g •Coney Island, Radio City, Empire State Buil ding, China Town, Harlem, an d the Board Walk , A tlantic City.

Charles Cook were Charles Fry

Betty Blackburn were Betty Blueburn

Patsy Payne were Patsy Ache

Virgin ia Frost were Virginia Snow

Marga ret Fish were Margaret Whale

Marylou ise Goodwin Marylou ise Badloss were Charlotte Hill were Charlotte Valley

Miss Cros s were Miss Pleasant ''Izzy'' Diamond were ''Izzy'

Ruby

Mr. Wells were Mr. Pumps

Miss Kahm were Miss Went

WHITTIER CHATTER

Fifth period 7A Arithmetic classes are having a wonderful vacation for a fish, a lake, and a shore are attending class. If there are any stray boats rowing around, please row up to dock 103.

Mon day, it was heard that one freshie asked another where 112 was. The freshie replied, ''Oh, on second floor, I think.'' Better be careful, freshies. You're a little green yet.

Another yarn has been spun about the red-headed - Avner twins. In Miss Jones' first period class, Wednesday, September 22, Bobby handed Miss Jones his program card. Puzzled, she asked, ''Didn't I have you yesterday?'' She found out that it was Sammy, his brother , she had. Was her face red!

Sam Wiggans, brother of Don, 104, attended the Scout Jamboree m Washington D. C. He played in the regional band while there. Don is planning to go there some day.

Upon being told to put Miss Schofield's attendance report sheet "in the basket," one bright freshie wadded it up and threw it into the library waste basket where luckily it was found later.

Several teachers have exchanged home rooms. Miss Ferguson moved to 300 and Miss McGrew is now in 305. Mrs. Swisher moved to 105 and Miss Jones went to 107. Mr. U pdegraf t took room 101.

Mr. Strawn's first period class has a project-keeping papers neat so that he can check them. (He hopes it will work.)

How many can truck? Have you seen A delia Korella, John Eberhart, Dick Marshall, and Helen Greenhalg4? These are expert s .

Mar tha Hall were Martha Corridor 5

TIME

OUT!

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Miss Hult went to Minnesota and Canada.

SPORTS BEACON

October 8, 1937

Well, the baseball tournament Miss Emma Madsen and some The playground committ ee wit h • is in full swing with 35 Home friends toured Northwestern its new organization is gradually Rooms participating. We hope Nebraska and Wyoming. getting into good workin g orde r. the Home Room captains have Miss Peterson spent the en- For the outdoors, baseball st a rt ed their teams ready because this tire summer at Lake-Belle-Taine first, adding. three-base, cric ket, is going to be a red hot battle near Nevis, Minnesota. paddle tenms, and last but not to the end. This will be a dou- Mr Gammill spent nine weeks least, Nebraska ball. ble elimination tournament. in summer school and then had For the first rainy noon , kick That means each home room a vacation of three weeks in pin is in order. It has b ee n re- will have to be beaten twice be- Colorado. viewed by the gym classe s . fore they are out of the tourna- Miss McGrew also spent nine Rosa Newbill is the play gr ound ment . 7Bs, we want to see you weeks in summer school. chairman for the comin g semwin some honors.

Mrs. Swisher spent her vaca- ester aided by Vera Wh ited, Mr. Wells is doing a good job tion in Sheridan, Wyoming. She Kather ine Hudkins, Olive of lining up the tournament. He also toured Yellowstone Park. Hartman, Lorraine Di ehl , and is doing his be s t to get up a pad- Miss McCormick visited in Fern Freeman. Baseball, cric ket, dle tennis tournament. If he Hastings and Kansas City. basketball, Nebraska ball , kicksucceeds, we hope a lot of boys Mr Strawn and Mr. W. F. pin, three ba~e, and pa ddle will want to play. He is having McMullen travelled for different ten n is are handled by the a volley ball tournament which companies. sub-chairman. The rest of the is working out fine.

Mrs. Childress visited North- play ground commettee is :

All in all, you've got to hand ern Minnesota and Port Arthur, Bernice Ernst, Elyse Long, it to him. Canada. Virginia Stuermer, Polly Sha der, We want you to know the Miss Green visited in Seattle, Dora Belle Molar, Doris Clay to n, play ground committee. The fo l- Washington, and Wisconsin. Marylouise McGinnis, Doro thy lowing boys are a part of it: Mrs. Boschult had an enjoy- Hedstrom, Phyllis Dun can, Gayland Glass, chairman, Don able vacation in Denver. Emma Eirich, Virginia H ann ers, Peters, Adam Miller, Wesley Mr. W . A. McMullen visited Jean Penningroth, Fr ieda Maser, Bob Kersey, Bob Camp- in the Sand Hills and Kansas. Kildau, Patricia Flynn , A loha bell, Charles Kirchmark, Sam Miss Hooper spent the entire Gist, Marjorie Dowling, Ruth Bale, Dick Marshall, Harlan summer in California. Handy, Carole Martin, Ma ry Baker, Bob Dean. Sub-commit- Miss Mary Wilson and Miss Derrick, Genevieve Mc Cleary , tee: Billy Warner, Billy South, M. L. Wilson went to Colorado. Leota Wright, Ruth Manio n, Jessie Damian, Jack Ailes, and Mrs. White toured eleven Helen Bennett, Phyllis Ow ens . Elston Murphy. Score keepers: eastern states . Dick McMahon, chairman, Jack Miss Cross spent most of the Only twelve of these t hir ty Kennedy, Nathan Beezley, John summer at Crystal Lake near persons boast badges, but all Larson, Isadore Diamond, Keven FrankfoYt, Mich. those without badges p er for m Phillips, Clyde Root, Alfred Van Miss Mumford had a most in- their duties notwithst and ing . Gundy, and Jack Simmons. te esting vacation in Mexico Let's show them they're " to ps" Well, Time Out, until next ed- City. anyway. ition when I'll be back giving Mrs. Barrows toured eight you the Whittier sport news. west_ern states. . Mr. Wiltshire,otherwise known Miss Clark and Mi s s Zamzow as "George," for a couple of ye ars TEACHERS STUDY, TRAVEL had enjoyable vacations in the has kept the gym. balls in excelwestern part of Nebraska. lent condition. That's a se rvic e Whittier teachers report a "P?p " He st ~n claims t~at he the girls appreciate a lot. I t Th ho had Just as mce a vacation by M f · 1 · h l p easan summer. _ose _w staying at home. any o the gir s m ou r sc oo travelled had very mce times Also rem c ining at home were and schools from over the state and those who attended school Miss Dee, Mr. Updegraft, Miss will attend the Univer s i t y of or stayed home seemed to have Jones, Miss Schofield,. Mr a;1d Nebraska football gam es as a good time also. Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Shike , Miss members of the -Junior K no thole Mr. Culler spe nt one week in HM~lenV Mahdsen, M~rs.F Pmney, Club. Some Whittierites w ill also . . d th h 11 1ss eer usen, iss erguson. . k k Iowa where he v1site e sc oo I Miss Ralston Miss Curley and witness the Lm s or J ac so rntes he first attended. I Miss Bethun~. in action.

Vol. 15 No . 2 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

INSTA LL NEW

OCTOBER 22, 1937

Hanthorne wh o was formerly

supervisor of the · elementary

C. L. OFFICERS gr~t~s~ Beard will speak

Price: Five cents

222 REACHES

GREENLEAF GOAL

at th e dinner of which Mrs . C. L. officers were rnstalled Chil dress is chairman . An even- The Greenleaf campaign is Thu r sd ay , Oct. 14, at the fi_rst I ing spe ak er will be General s. over with 222, Miss Clark's ass emb ly of the year. Follo\ rm g D. Bu tler . 9A's coming in first with a is the pro gram: Fl ag Salute- . · 100 % home room. 101 shed Richar d Mc Mahon; Civic League l Co ntinued on page S) t ears because thei r horse came Pledge-Ph yllis Ove rman; In- 1r in onl y second , since the y have stallatio n of Dor othy Tilton as FALL PR GRAM twenty-five subscriptions, lack- Girls' President-Mrs. Worrall; I - • ing se ven of being 100 % Install a tio n of Wayne Keim as ! GRE AT MYSTERY

The highe st 9B home room is Boys' P r esident - Mr. Upde- 1 ___ 31 4 with twenty-three subscrip- g~aft,; Music - Mrs. Whi\e's j \Vha t secretive creatures these tio ns. Th e highest 8A home Girls. Gl ee Club ; Int roduction teache rs be . All we can find out roo m i s 310 , which has twenty- of Ri chard McMa~n and. Eu-I is th a •an operetta by the Girls ' on e subsc r iptions . 'Ilhe highest ge ne Lawson. as i ce ~re side t , ee Club and one by the Boys' 8B home room i~ ~18 , with and Se~retary , resp _cbvely; In- 1 Glee c ub is going to take place t ':"enty-four subsc riptio n~. The tr oduc t 10 n of Ph yllis ve ·m n, at 11 1 ·ertain date With a h i gh e st 7 A hom e room is 305, Vic e Presiden t , an d Jean ~mi th, • little· or snooping • we have wi t h eigh teen~, Last_ b;;t not Secret a r y; I ntroduct!on of I found out that the advanced lea s t ::i.re the Fresh_ies . They Chairm en by the_ Presid ents; , orchest ra will play in this myster- made a goo~ sh~wing, home Charge t o the Chanmen-Dorn- ious Fall Program We wonde r room 205 with eighteen sub- thy Tilton ; Ch arge to the Com- .v hat the future holds for the scriptions being their best mitteemen - W a y n e Keim; I grea t even t that is soon to come. showing Recogn itio n of pup i Is who l earn€d g arden certificate s - ; PRAISES FIRE DRILL

Richar d McM ahon; Greenlea f I Subscri p tio n Rec o g nit ion lVIr. Culler wan ts to compli-

TEACHERS ENTERTAIN

MR. AND MRS. CULLER -Phyllis Overman ; Whitt ier i r:::.ent Whittier pupils on the I . . song b y th e entire assembly. · , ·ay they conduct ed themselves On October _12, the Whittier in the practice fire drill, Tue s- faculty entertamed Mr. and Mrs. N. S. T. A . BRIN GS day. He claims it is almost t?o Culler at an anniversary dinner VACATION DAYS good to be tru _e T~ere was ht- at the Y. W. C. A. The toa st- tle or no talkmg m the halls , mistress was Miss Mary Wilson. The N S. T. A. Conventi on, perfect orde r, no stepping on The toasts were planned using pist~ict N um ber One, to be held heels, and in all, a very good the letters in Culler's name. Mr . m_ Lmcol n, Octobe_r 27, 28, ~9 , fire drill. G mmill gave a toast on Court- will a ff ord a vacat10n for pumls . .L" ·1 h Id a and · t t· ents -fo r Wh1h1er pupi s, you s ou ship Mrs Wor r all on Uncer- many m eres mg ev h H ' • . · · teache rs . feel very proud and ap~r ow- tainty, Mrs. Childress on Li~e, The presid ent of the conven - eve r, Mi·. Culler says, It is no M is s Peterson on Love, Miss tion is Mrs. Clark, Mi ss Cross' more than we can expect from Bertha Green, a former Whittier sister. She will preside at all Whittier pupils." teacher, on Engagement, and general m eeting s. Highlights of Let us all, each and every one Mrs. Shike on Restrictions. Miss the conve ntions are Miss Mary of us, do our best to uphold the Hult gave a talk on Sentiment Kelty, wh o writes our seve nth fire d r ill standards and rules and presented a gift from the grade histo ries, and Miss Alice that have been set before us. faculty to Mr. and Mrs. Culler.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE I HOW ABOUT IT?

~!!Ta!¥~ta b~~~~~~~;\! i 9A' h f

offi c ia l stude n t p u b li ca tion of Whitt i er Junior S, OW many O YOU are

Hi g h Sch oo l. P ubli s h e d b~-"'.e e kly d\u in g ~h e I working for your efficiency certis chool y e a r by t he Whittier Jun 10 r High , fi t ? I h 11

School pupils • I ca e. ope you a are as you

GR E E N L EAF STA FF know it ~s an honor t~ achieve

Edi~ or -in- chi ~f· D oro~hy Til ton your certificate. There IS more to

A~si st ant Ech tor ••••• •••- -······· ·····Bonnte B rad 1ey it than ju s t achieving your cer-

Girls' Sports .....- Do r otby Carnahan • Boys' Sports ·- --·- · - •· J o h !l Eberhart t1ficate, h owever. When you fatl~i\:,·; :::::::: ::::::::::: :::::::::::::::: :::::: t 1 :r1 t 1'i~~ l~ r e ce j Ve t hat certificate, it i S a ~:,:~~~{: ·;~d·· -··· ···- ·Warre n Emery s y mbol o f the ability to be able

Exc~anges Mary Lo u ise Goodw i n to perform tasks when they are Ty~ i st : D{orEw;'or~u1i~b ~:i ~ set before yo u.

Ass i st a nt T ypi st s...... Mable Kutcber I hope tha t t hose of you who

FACU LTY A DV ISORY BO ARD are wor k ing for it will come out M iss Hul t Mr Gamm ill no t op, as you know it would_ be M i ss Cross Miss Peterso n R EP O R T E RS

M ar y A lfo r d S a m Bal e

Jea n Ben n ett

Ch ar l es Coc k r ill

Isadore D ia m ond •B e tty J ea n F ran k li n Betty G ar y

F1·ances Hart El ea n or H u rd D orothy James Bob McCor mi c k

Carolyn L utjc

Patsy P ayne

Donna S hi elds

M a rt ha H a ll Norma J ean Tay lor N or m a O gde n

PRIN T ERS

Kent Baker Rut h Martin

Ivan B l inde Bob Math ews

Roy Cochran Hany Nieder h a u s

Ric h ard Dav i s Alvi n Po l ick

Do n H a ll Richard Sal in g

Gordo n Jo h nso n Car l Sc h aaf

Russell Jurgens Edward Schuckma n

Jo hn L arson Eel Schwindt

Dewey L ewis Ca r ie ! Shaw •

Edward McNam a ra Jack S immons

Dick Ma h affey Mi lton S t ark D o n a. Id W eit.ze l

CAFETERIA MANNERS

Whittier's tradition has been in the past one of the highest of all the Lincon schools, and we should not abolish it by having a noisy cafeteria.

Ev e ry day we have delicious food pr ep ared by Mrs. Folger the head co ok , and her helpers. Girls from various Home Economics' classes serve the food with pleasant smiles and the Safety Committee tries to dismiss you in a quiet and orderly fashion.

Remember! Games do not start until 12:30. There is plenty of time to eat slowly, throw y our scraps a way, and take your dish-

dre a dfu l to miss getting your certificate by two or three credits. E fficiency is something to strive and work for. It is not merely a task to tolerate, a task to perform or neglect, as you please.

So come on 9A's, let's all pull together so we'll come out on top with flying colors and receive our certificates together .

-A 9A

MAKE BIKE RULES

The Whittier students who ride bicycles to school were invited to the Whittier auditorium, Friday a fternoon, September 30, to discuss the problem of parking bicy cleg north of the building. The following suggestions were made:

1. Bikes should be locked.

2. When racks are full, park bikes in line with rack s .

3. Pupils who stay at school for luncheon will park bikes at the south end of the park ing space.

4. The alleys between the racks are to be kept clear of bikes.

5. Students will not loiter around the bike racks.

October 22, l HALLOW E'EN

The witches and goblins all co out

On that October myst ery night;

They r e joice wildly and scre a1 about

And try to bring peop le fr ig

Skeletons and black cat s

Join in the ghostly da nce ;

Th e y whirl a round on th e fla t:

But disappear at a hu ma n's glance.

-Ther a Ma:

MOTHER'S SCHOOL D

A1

Hurry, Sister, lace yo ur s he

Your cakes will not be h ot;

Here's your book and p enci l, 1

Don't lick the honey p ot.

No, my son, I've not your s o

The cat is sitting on it ; I don't see why you ne ed yo ur top;

Don't sit on baby's bon net!

Where is John? Not yet aw a

Good land what ails the youngun'?

You can not eat! You sl ept toe late!

What you need is a ta nnin'

There goes the bell, t hat mea ten minut e s, You all must soon be g oing ; What ails that pocket, marb lE in it?

Goodbye, I know it's s now ing -P atsy Pa

Weatherman: ''Put dow n 1 for today."

Assistant: "Are you sur er

Weatherman: ''Yes , I es back to the counter after the bell rings.

It is up to us, the pupils of Whittier Junior High School, to carry on Whittier's tradition and evah a quieter cafeteria.

Willis Markey (int e lligent ly) Ireland is getting richer and · h my umbrella, I'm p lanni ng r1c er.

Freshie: How do you know. play golf today, my roof le~

Willis: Because its capital is and my wife is havin g a 1~ Dublin every day. party."

Octo ber 22 , 1937

TH ESE FOOL ISH THINGS REMIND ME OF YOU

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Whispers In The Dark-During films in science. 3

Life Of The Party - Isadore

Tr us t In Me-- Home Room Diamond.

Tr easu rers.

Freckle Face -Fern Freeman .

Co pper Colored Gal of Mine-- I'll String Along With You Pats y -Payne. M E d M I

I Feel That Funny FPeling. argery gger an ary yn Com ing On-Just Before a TPst. Paynter.

Ev erybody' s Truckin'-John

specim ens showing the evolution of Americ a n history, the Capitol, vvhere they visited both the House and the Senate, the Congressional Lib rary, the most complete in the United States, Washington's Monument, and Lincoln's Memorial were all vi.:iited. A trip was also taken down the Potomac to Mt. Vernon.

The End Of A Perfect DayEberh art and Adeli a Korella. When school is dismissed. Perhaps the most beautiful of all their sigh ts and thrills was the service to the Unknown

So Rare Miss Gross not giving an assi gnment.

On e In A Million -- Kevin Phillip s.

Long , Long Ago-Vacation. The First Time I Saw YouFreshm an 's fir st look at Whittier. Lad y In Red - Hazel Reynolds. Say It Isn't So - When a test is a n n ounced.

I Dream of Jeany With The Light Brown Hair-Jean Lesley.

Gon e With The Wind-· Helen Kei s s e l bac h.

So phistic ated Lady- Mariam Ma in.

I'm F eeling Like A MillionDick McMaho n.

Me , Mysel f, And I-Dick -Marsh all.

Dear Old Nebr aska U. -Mr. Well s and his Nebr aska sweater.

We' re Shovin ' Right Off Again -9A Class.

All Ame rican Girl -Doro thy Hedstrom.

Dar k Eyes -Charlotte Hill.

I'v e Got Rythym-Charles Cockril l.

Al oha Oe-A1 oha Gist.

W hen I'm With You - Bob and Sam Avner.

J u s t A Memor y-- \Vhittier

Grad s .

Ah! Sweet Mystery Of LifeAns wer to an algebra problem. Do n ' t Giv e Up The Ship --John Zim merman in Latin.

I'm On A See-Saw - Bob McCor m ick and Charles Smith.

WHITTIER BOYS Soldier at Arlington Cemetery. ATTEND JAMBOREE Every night in their camp;;; each grnup held a meeting. A Roy Cochran, Donald Wern- circus was given in which each man, and Gilbert Litel , first troop was assigned to do a cerclass scouts, attended the N~- tain thing. Roy's grnup was astionai Boy Scout J ai~boree m dgned to build a bridge . \7: shington this last summer. The scouts seem to have fared

The boys were first taken to pretty well as they had candy, a three-day training c a m P, ice cream, hot dogs, hamburgwhere they mastered the arts ers and cold drinks. (Pretty of march ing, pitching tents and swe ll food for campers.) other useful accomplishments.

Well, a ll we can say is that

The boys left on a train bound you boys are surely fortuna~e fo:· Chicago where Mr. Floyd and we'll bet this experience 1s Robbins, one of the scoutmast- one not soon to be forgotten . ern, conducted Lincoln's forty (Editor's note : If any other rerresentativ es about the great Whittierites attended the Jamcity. boree please let us know.)

Short stops were made in De- ' troit; at Horseshoe and Amer- P. T. A. HOLDS OPEN HOUSE ican Falls; Ontario, Canada; and NiaO'ara Falls.

\1/hittier P. T A. held open

B~ck in the states~ their first house, Wednesday evening, Oc~. stop was in Albany, Ne'Y York. 20. Children introduced their In visiti11g New York City, the parents to their teachers, and toys ,vent to Forty-Second the following program was preStreet and were in the tallest s ented: Miss Mary Wilson talked building in the world, the Em- on Home Economics, Mr. GamphJ State Building . mill on Industrial Arts, Miss B. S: _A. h ea dquarht~rhs wthre Green on Academic Subjects, next visited after w 1c ey Ph · 1 Ed bo~rded a frain bound for Phil- l\~rs . Ross ~n Y~ 1ca uc~adelphia. Phil2delphia and Incle- tion, and Miss Betnune on _L.1pendence Hall, where t_hey sa?v brary. A group of the girls the Liberty Bell, oc~upied their from the Glee Club sang. next interest. The birthplace of our ~\·st American flag was al- NOTHING TO IT so v1S1ted.

And nmv for Washington, D.

C I The fellows camped about ''How are you getting along • • C! ?" three miles out from the town with Arithmetic, ...,am. .-- 0 er at a place called Point ''Well, I done learned to add ~p 1 Hh P The Smithsonian Insti- the noughts, but the figgers still aynes. ,, tution, a museum containing bother me.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

WHITTIER CHATTER

Naomi Wobig: "I've only had two diseases _ in my life-measles and fragrant (frequent) colds."

Norma Cummins: "Most of the teachers used to be men and now they're mostly women and maybe in the schools in the future there will be neither." We thought perhaps she meant they'd be angels but it turned out she was thinking of possible uss of radio and films.

It is an interesting fact that there are seven pairs of duplicate names in Mrs. Swisher's Home Room.

Two Virginia's-Hanners and Stuermer.

Two Ri.chard's-Goddard and Hobson.

Two Leona's-Lewis and Lilly.

Two Helen's - Pierce and Walker.

Two Margaret's - Fish and Smith.

Two Hahn's- Eddie and John.

Two John's - Larson and Hahn.

Dorothy Tilton, editor-in-chief of the Greenleaf, was seen working hard with her Charlie McCarthy (the dummy of the Greenleaf).

Irvin Deeds (that brawny fellow) is called '' Louis the tool man" in woodwork. He has to stand on a chair to pass out tools.

Last Hal!owe' en Mary Alford was visited by someone who ca 11 e d hims elf ''the whiteghost.'' The ghost wrote her letters which had a white skull and cross-bones on them. She discov ered the identity Hallowe' en evening as the ghosts were mak-1 ing skulls and crossbones on each window, in soap. She warns the 9A's this year to watch out.

October 22 , 1937

The monkey in the cage this Greenleaf beginning with the year is Dale Beekman, 218. But next issue. If you ha ve lost don't take me wrong-he is the something that hasn't been one who changes the money. found, or you want to bu y , sell, Marilyn Green of 304, is begin- or exchange anything, tell your ning to get panicky as her birth- home-room reporter or te ach er day approaches. It falls on Fri- and your notice will be placed day the 13th and she'll be 13 in the paper. This is a se riom years old. It's a good thing she proposition and there is nc has only 12 letters in her name. charge. We will coope rate with

A WARNING

In a recent baseball game you if you will coopera te with Ralph Barber of 208 hit a five us. hase hit and got only to first on it. You see he forgot to touch first.

Dorothy Saal's mother is named Carale Rocke, spelled Carale Rocke, but pronounced · Coral Rock.

Donald Bradley of 316 was wiggling his last baby tooth in Mrs. Shike's English ciass the other day when she asked a question. Up went his hand and out came his tooth.

TIME OUT!

H f th

Witches and ghosts are in t he air,

One sees spooks 'most everywhere;

For 'tis Hall owe' en, the nig ht in the year, When goblins and elves a re very near.

So, people, y0u stay in your own beds,

And pull the covers up ov er yo m heads;

For the ghosts and gobli ns are ere are some o e games 11 b t that have been played in the A d tha a ?1u1 ' t ' f . . n ey w1 ge you 1 yo u tournament, wmners appearmg d 't t h t fi t on wa c ou . rs :

Seventh grade: 108-110 205-112 210-209.

Eighth grade: 216-302 310-309 318-320.

Ninth grade: 107-101 312-2'22 301-300 218-220.

NOTICE

- Mary A lford , 3m SOME DRILL

This is a joke on Mi ss Clark Tuesday morning just b efo re thE first period tardy bell, Miss Clar1 was telling her pupils abou t thE fire drill. Then the bell r ang . Th( beil ringing a little lon ger th.ar usual, gave Miss Clark th e ide~ it was the fire drill bel l. Ge ttin~ her pupils up and to th e doo r, sh( stood waiting for sign s of peop l, leaving for fire drill. Whe n th, Whittier pupils will be given imaginary drill was ove r , th e pu a new service through the pils got back to their ar ith metic

22, 1937

HOM E ROOM NEWS floor was. The freshie was al- A SAFETY PO EM ready there opposite 107. May-

Do r i s _O rm~n. of 1q2 conduct- be we ought to invent som e Pet er, Pet~r, pumpkin eater, ed a cabm trip rn which Stanley ·ct· . , Told his wife that he could beat McCun e, Peggy Hu dson, Vallery gm mg signs· her, · Stretto n, Deloris Bristow, Ma r - Dorothy Saal of 307 had a Down the walk they sped real vin Toml inson, Betty Fowler, hallowe'en party last year. They fast,

Cl a rk Becher, Jean 1Y(~Grew, darkened the room and passed Never thought of the cars that and a ch~peron part~cipated. out soaked macaroni which they d They occupied two cabms . , . pas_se ,

Wh en fishing they caught called the cats brams: Next The stoplight turned first ye11ow ninet y fish. Believe it or not! came peeled grapes as his eyes, and red, The y went to bed about 3 :0 0 (how touching, Do rothy) • and But still across the street they o~clock in the morning (yo ~r dried pickles for his tongue, fled; ~nght was " f r etty short, wasn t and last but not least his fur In front of a moving car they fell, it, champ er ~d·) M • T 1. (an old fur rug). Dorothy gives Then came the scream of the T ey sa1 arvm om mson . • b l b 11 t h t· d k th this as a suggest10n for your am u ance e , had a oug ~me uc mg e party. Listen friends, oh please take camera. Whats the matter, l\iT • • D 1· 208 d heed • ? W f .d 'd 1narJone ow mg, , an Marvm: ere you a rai :> you Wilma Latta, 212, went on a bi- This piece of advice we Juniors break 1t? Also Clark Becher 1 ··d t D Ne1)r to need b. eye e 11 e, o avey, ,._ ., ne~rly drowned m a great ig visit Wilma's grandparents one Stop! Look! and Listen! ere we pair of rubber boots. Sunday just lately . Davey is cross the street, Irvin and Ori o Deeds, Bill and about fomteen miles from here. And a dreadful accident I don't Jack Wild an d Paul Null also 1They left home about 3 :30 P. think you>ll meet. had tha t camp ers' fever. They I M. and got there about 6 :00 P. _ 8 tt B hl 104

• • ht t · ? e Y O , went campmg over mg a M. Some ride, eh, girls . Steven ~' creek. Whil~ they ':ere Mrs. Boschult 's eighth grade WHITTIER DENTAL there , 1t began _to mm and Just science ~lasses ha:e been m~k - EXAMINATIONS COMPLETED about b lew the ff tents over. It ing their own slides, drawmg stopped rammg about one them on the stereopticon ma- Tuesday, October 12, almost o'clock. They built a fir e and chine. They are studying as- e very Whittier pupil arrived with sat up th e rest of the night. The tronomy. Some slides made are spick and span teeth and gums next d ay thos e boys were plenty eclipses of the sun and moon, that were sore from scrubbing. stiff an d sore. phases of the moon and comets Dr. Capek and Nurse Freeburn

Bob Millholl en spent one, and constellations. began dental examinations that week-end just lately building a While Willis Taylor of 210 day. dog hou se for his pekin ese dog. was in New York this summer, He will soon paint it. It is he rode in a subway, took a DOROTHY TILTON TALKS twenty-se ven inches long, two boat ride to the Statue of Libfeet •high and seventeen inches erty, a ferry to Governor's Is - Dorothy Tiltou talked before wide an d made of wood. land and saw the Queen Mary Mrs. Shike's drama class last D~lore s Glover of 300, has a He also saw the city from the week. The class appreciated he a rhobby of drawing charact ers highest observation roof on the ing of Dorothy's exqeriences from th e funny papers and then R. C. A. building. when a member of Drama I. compari ng them with the real Billy Marler, 309, reports that . . ones. She now has a collection Mr. Strawn said he would give Visitor: Why do you have this of abou t one hundre d pictures. anyone an efficiency credit that separate closet in your breakfast Keep it u p, Delo res! You're do- would keep the flies off him nook? ing fine. while he was grading papers. Pro~d. H ousewife: Well, yo_u Rollo I gou was ask ed the other Mr. Strawn, we wonder what it see this ~s where George eats his day by a freshie, where the first would come under. grapefrmt.

TWO QUESTIONS

- What are ghosts- the funny queer things, That come out at mid njght and have their flings?

They say they haunt graveyards, or a haunted house: They say they will fly away afraid of a mouse; Some say they wear white clothes, or ghastly grey, If there's spooks why don't they haunt us by day?

What is Hallowe'en-that ghostly, bad, day,

When witches and black cats roam round so gay?

They say they ride broomsticks across the moon, Get in your path, can't get away too soon;

Some say they will spook one - so stay away!

If they will tho, why don't they spook us by day?

-- Mary Alford, 307

Mr. Culler and _ Miss Cross were discussing an exchange of desks. Miss Cross said,' 'If I were to die tonight and you let someone clean my desk, I'd come back and make your hair stand up like little Orphan Annie's."

"What hair?" inquired Mr. Culler with a grin.

BEWARE!

If somebody hands you something that looks like an undernouri s hed or unde r developed orang e , don't take a bit e if you value y ou r tongue, because it doe s n ' t feel very good when you taste it. A couple of girls got Mrs. Ross to take a bit e of one and what a face she did make! Imagine catching Mrs. Ross on

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

a thing like that? She surely hurried herself out for some

CHEER UP water. By the way, the name o f 1f people fee] heartbroke n , this pesky thing is a persim- If someone feels so blu e; Remember there are oth ers mon.

A FRIGHTENING

October 22 , 19~

That are feeling wor se th, you.

When you are feeling blu e, EXPERIENCE Just do the things yo u're su posE-d to do,

"Yes, son," replied his mother who was busy at a task in the other part of the house. ..

''Come here,'' screamed that same small voice again.

"Just a minute," was the reply. What were the many thoughts that raced through that small mind in a few seconds?

- Virginia Roem mic h, 11

HOW IT WAS NA ME

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"Mother, Mother," screamed And then just let your thou gh the small voice of R ichard Lee , go high; a tot of a little over two, as he Many blues will go on b y glanced at the frightful face glittering at him through the window.

Perhaps Whittier pu pi ls ha been wondering wh e re U pape r , the Greenleaf, g ot i name.

Whittier was nam ed aft John Greenleaf Wh itt ie·· a ther efo r e it i s no mo re th a n f ti n g that its pape 1· sh ou ld called the Green 1 e a f. Jo: What were the s e thing~ glaring Gr eenl ea f Whittier w 2 s a pc at him? Would they come in and I 1-oe t with ve r y little e dnc a tic get him? Was mother ever com1 He lived a good life, an d "' ing? What if those terrible look- long be remembe r ed by t ing things would come in and A m eric a n peo p le, not on ly j get him'? Would mother ever see hi s pce t ry but also for his pol him again? Oh! If mother would ic a l s t and in g. only come! -

He suddenly thought of an idea RUEFUL REFLEC T IO NS which was bright for a small mind. He would get up and go to Boss: You're late this mo rnir Mother. Rastus.

He got up. Oh! The sides of the Rastus: Well say, ·w he n bed were up and he couldn't get looked in de glass dis morni out. Would mother ever come? ah couldn't see myself the re Just at that moment Mother ah thought ah'd gone t o w01 came. "Mother," asked that It was only some time af t e rw2 inquisitive small person again, dat I discovered dat de g la ss b "what are those things?" point- dropped out of de fram e ! ing at the things in the window which really did turn out to be BEWARE pu~pkins. T~e children ;ere just A sign on a chicken h ous e de havmg their Halloween fun. I stated the following: "A nyc What a relief! That's what it I found around this chic ke n hm seemed to him. Iat night will be foun d t h ere -Frances Hart, 305 the morning."

m pts 06 ve 1is lts ;er nd 1tbe hn 101' m. rill he :or .it)Of me 1se in

Octob er 22, 1937

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

CARE ERS IN THE MA KI N G / HOW I WALKED HOME

Name: Mr. Cull er. I ' ' Th ' --b. " 'd Bi rthplace: Olathe K ans a s , ere s ~our us, sai a htChildhood incid en t s : Was ·in tl e t h mg mside_ me. I began to • • fi • run. Puffing hke Santa Claus a p rame re with h i s s ist er, di d when he got stu ck in the and had it not be en fo r his chi mn e y and in such . h father,. M~. Culle r wo u ld not be I . . a , ur:y, ou r prmc1pal tod ay H i s sister was si ll y me, that I d 1dn t give

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That may be only too true. Even an experinced hiker would find it hard to walk the many miles I did, after spending five hours walking around stores downtown in the rain. Will I ever hear the last of it?

and he we r e run n ing away from one glan ce at the si g n which told t he bl a ze, when their father in - what b us it really was. ~tructed the m t o head right There was such an interesting NEW NURSE AT W BITTIER mto what s e e m e d to be t he fire white-h aired man and g oldenbu t proved on ly to be sm ok e . h · d · I ·

T l . M C 11 h b ,aire g 1r across the ai s le from rav e s. r u er as een to Boston twice, California and rne that th ey kept m y attent10n all the Pacific coa st . H e has been for what mu st have been abqut t o almost e v er y l arge ci t y in two miles. the United Stat es except New \Vhat was m y astonishment to Or leans.. . find mys elf , after o-Jancing o ut F avonte sono-: "G omg H " •. I:> b D k O ome the wrndow, Iook mg at an unfay vora . .1. b F avorite flowe rs: clematis . mi 1ar us ro ute. At least i t wa sn ' t and the rose. the Uni. P lace route. What should Schools taug h t: A sod sch oc, ] I do? The bus was still g o ing as I hou se in K a n s a ~; Alla n , N e- thought. How man y thoughts brask~; Dakota City, Nebraska ; raced through my mind ! Not a Su permtendent of schools a t; Hart i ngton , Neb1•aska; and [ ?ent was left m my po cket'Nhittier Junio r High School. book. The bus man p robably Places of e d ucation: GrPde wouldn't let me ride back t o town s ch ool-sod school hquse ; high free, schoo l-Stock ton, Kansas. We were n earing the country. H i gher edu ca tion : W a Y n e Five minutes passed. After we St a t e Institute; Stout Institute at Menomonee , w is c O n sin; got to where ver we were going, Bra dley at Pe or i a, Illinois; Uni- I might ha ve to walk back to versity of Neb raska ; and Co- town. lu mbia Unive r si ty in New York. My thoug hts dwelt exclusively

Where the happiest : The on my mot h e r. She was e x pecthalls of Whit ti e r Junior High ing me home a t 4:10.

- Mary Al ford , 300

A new face around Whitter is th a t of Miss Rhoden, our new nurse. She is a prompt visitor of English classes and makes a personal inspection of each pupil nearly every day. We must be popular to have such a charming person spend so much time for our benefit. We are sorry we can't keep her all year.

NEW PUPILS

These ten new pupils have entered Whittier since September 30: Sylvia Hall, 318; Barbara Burke, 303; Virginia Byrns, 112; Esther White, 222; Betty McCoy, 218; Harold Volkan, 305; Roland Ayers, 105; Dick Bodfield, 205; Paul Bodfield, 209; Leo Shepard, 307.

Mother: Jimmy are you spitting School. The bus was n e ar the cou n try in the fish bow)?

A young girl w ho had d one Houses we r e fewer. Ho w the Jimmy: No, Mamma, but I'm family wo uld ridicule me! coming pretty close.

• well in school was p romote d to the third grade. On mee ting her ol d teacher w ho rn sh e lik ed a

It was starting to rain. What could be d one? The bus was at Cotne r Bo ulevard. The driver great deal she s a id, ' ' My, I wish loo k ed ver y cross so I didn't dare you were smart enou gh to teac h ask him about what was to be me n ext year.'' done. Loo k ing at the si g n I found

Mr s Boschult to a s ci ence cl ass , ''Mer cury is a v ery poison ou s me tal. Why, I m ixed so me fo r Mr. McMullen yest erday- " Cl ass howls with g lee.

that I wa s on the Ve te ran's Hosp ital Bus .

Pop: Well, I received a note from your teacher today.

Son: Honest pop? Give me a quarter and I won't say a word about it.

Miss Green: Give me a senRi n ging the bell I stepped from tence using the word "tariff." t he bus h aving decided to walk Alvie Kirkendall: My pants h om e " It, s nothing much," you are so thin they'll "tariff I bend m ay say "I do it often." over

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

SPORTS BEACON LOST AND FOUND

. The g a me of soccer is being LOST, my memory while going to developed to a large extent in algebra. If found, please return the gym classes. It seems to at- to Isadore Diamond before sixth tract the more active girls, for period. No reward. it is a strenuous ,game. FOUND, a p e npoint with end bro-

So m e real "spo r tettes" have ken off. Fair condition. Wallace been di s cover ed by Mrs. Ro s s in Brt. he r s eventh grade gym cl a sses, STRAYED, an English paper beso m e be ing: Lucil e Cozad , Me r - lo n ging to Bob McCormick. If ced es Miller, Betty Bohl, Mo y ne found. please return imrnediMiller. ately.

Mr s. Ros s has two cad ets this LOST, a fountain pen. Has no pen year They a re Miss Bi r k, and Miss Fulton. point, tube or top. When found,

The other day after three if. ever, return to Charles touinaments had been complet- Cockrill. Positively no reward. ed in the gym classes , the girl s FOUND, an algebra memory bewere occupied in pulling weeds tween 3 0 3 and 305. Mr. from the paddle tennis courts. McMullen.

Mr s. Ross heard a girl pulling FOUND, a green-eyed freshie in at a huge . weed mutte r under the boiler room at Whittier. her bre a th, "Well, I'll get to the Identification desired. Mr. Wiltshire. bottom of this y et." Two other girl s h elp ed a n d got the weed p ull ed.

Mor e noon hou rs ha v e been spent in the gym, the ninth

HAS ANYONE

Any criticism, any remar~s, d · 1 1 • t any changes, any news. anythmg g r a e gir s p a ymg nme cour • b k tb 11 d th . t h d to help make our Greenleaf betas e a , an e se v en an t ? If • · · 1 · hth d 1 • k' k . er. so, Just write 1t on a c ean e1g gra es p aymg 1c pm. f • M R • •t d' t d sheet o paper and hand 1t to the rs. oss 1s qm e 1sgus e d. th h b t th noise. M e 1tor or anyone on the staffoug , _a ou e or e thank you. cooperat10n, girls !

No open gyms have been planned fo r thi s year, as yet.

Mrs . Ross feels th a t the gi r ls

October 22, 1937

TIME OUT!

Mr. Weather postponed all outside games by filling all sh allow holes in the playgr ou nd with water. It's a good thi ng we have a good gym or we would all be playing chec kers

The boys' tou rn ament i s n ot ove r yet, and nobod y is i n t he lead. 10 4, 7t h grad e, a n d 30 9, 8th g r ade ho m e r oom, a re out of the tournament.

Home rooms 208 and 10 5 h ad q uite a t ime co mp leti ng t h eir ga me in · the baseball t ourn ament. They played thei r th i r d game before coming to a de cision. Their first game s were r uled no conte s ts because of viola tion of rules by the win n er s. 105 finally won the game. We hope no further cas es of s uch n a ture arise in the futu re Gym class.es started t ests for indi vidual achievement a nd a re having quite spirited comr etition. We hope fu r ther tes t s i ho w great impro ve ment s b y t he cl as ses S 2veral new reco r d s wer e es t a blished and serve a s i n ce ntive s for othe r s to att em p t to m a tch thei r skills again st t he ir cla ss mates and to imp ro v e in these skill ,,,, .

Here a r e s ome of the g nmes that have been p1ayed i n the

N. s. T. A. BRINGS tournament, winners ap pe ar ing VACAT,ION DAYS first:

should ha ve a n e x hi bition of (Continued from page 1) dancing, tumbling, and gymnas- Mi ss Ruth McCormick is the tic s , since s he believes they can't vice p r esident of the • commerplay nine court b as ketball w ell cial section and Mr s. Boschult enough. will lead a discussion on Science

The outdoor baseball tourna- Prog r am for th e Ju n ior High ment is practica lly fi n ished. School s . Mrs. White's Girl s ' Glee

In the Sutter Ju n ior High Cl ub will s ing and Mr. We lch

NOTICE

Whittier pupils will b e g i ven a new service throu gh t he Greenleaf beginning wi th the next issue. If you h ave lost something that hasn't be en found, or you want to b u y , s ell,

School of Sac r amento, Califo r - will lead an orchestra. Miss Fer- Mamma: Kenneth, you naug hnia, the gi r ls play badminton. guson is the chairman of the ty boy, you can go to bed with out Each home room has a doubles art division where Ora Ed wards, your supper. team for the tournament. Bad- Don Wiggans, and Tom Watkins Kenneth: But what a bout t he minton is rel a ted to tennis in will demonstrate puppet s for medicine I've got to ta ke a fter case some of you didn't know. Mi s s McFie, the art supervisor. meals?

The • er

Vol. 15 No. 3

FILMS SHOWN IN AS SEMBLY

Mr. McIntyr e of the General Moto rs Corpo ra t ion show e d films 1 on safety in a s s embly, W e dnesday, Octo ber 20. The tw o films were na med "Safe t y P a t rol " and "Precis ely So."

The first was abo ut t he s a fety patrol of a grade school w h ile I the oth er was the stor y o f the 1 growth of exact meas u rement. 1 These proved ve r y educat i onal ahd en tertainin g an d were much appreci ated by the school.

HURR AH FOR THE PR INTERS!

Don't you th ink we owe the Greenleaf print ers some credit? The Greenle a f we get every other week is d ue to the fre-quent tantrums of Mr. Gammill. Did you ever t ry t o set type? Well, it isn't as easy as you think. Our .printe rs u sually set up mo re than hal f of t h e printed mat t er in the pa per, and that really means a lot of work. So let's gi ve a few ch eers for Mr. Gammill and hi s w ill ing helpers

"DO NO T BI STURB"

All Whittier wonde r e d a t t ho s e curiou s "Do Not Di s t urb" signs on eve ry 8B En g lis h teacher ' s door, Tuesday, Oct 19 The re ason fo r the s e s i gns was the timed test being g iven every 8B on tha t day. If y ou tried to enter any of those cl a s ses, yo u found that the sign r eally mea n t business.

CALENDAR

Nov . 5, 7A Class Meeting

Nov. 8, 8B Class Meeting

Nov . 11, 7 A Civic Lea g ue • Tr ip

Nov . 11 , Armistice Day P rogram

Nov . 16, 7B Civic League Conference

Nov . 18 , 8B Civic League Trip

Nov . 19, F a t her and Son P arty

FRESHIES ELECT CLASS OFFICERS

ARMISTICE PLAY CAST ANNOUNCED

Mrs. Shike has announced the cast for the Armistice Day play. It includes: Nelda Oltman, Mildred Clark, John Donovan, Richard Goddard, Marion Priest, and Jean Smith. Marilyn Paynter will be announcer and Helen Kiesselbach will furnish the music. The scene of the play is the attic home of a lady whose husband died in the World War.

SIX

WEEKS' GRADES

COME OUT

The dead line has come a nd gone and most everyone can The 7B ' s el ected class officers, b r eath e mo r e freely again for Monday, Oct. 25. They are as this s ix weeks' grades which follows: Pres. , • Richard Lewis; have been keeping us on our toes Vice-Pres., Robert Caldwell; Sec., for the last week or two, came out October 26

Joa n Eike nbary; Treas., Jack Come on, everybody, let's all Manio n try to make the scholarship roll, Other clas s officers this semester and to those of you that made are : 9A Pre s. , Margaret Stoddard, [ it, don't fall_ down. Remember the old saymg-good, better, Se c . , Bett y Blunk; Treas., Russell best; never let it rest till y o ur J u rgens. 9B- Pres., Billy Stoner, g ood is better, and your bette r 's Vice -P r e s , Jack Young; Sec., beS t , Adelia K or e ll a ; Treas., Virginia COMPLIMENTS DISMISSAL

Hanners 8 A - Pres., Dorothea

Mr Culler complimented the L e m on; Vice-Pres., Jack Tilton ; dism i"ssal from the first assembly. Sec.,Lois Gramlich; Treas., Harry He said it was exceptionally good Pappas . 8B-Pres., John Blumer; especially in the balcony. Of V ice-P r es ., Dorot h y James; Sec., course, everyone should rememCarroll Lea Anderson; Treas., her-don't stand • before the , usher comes to your row, don't Wesley Mille r. 7A-Pres., Barbara climb over the backs of seats; Mack: Vice-P res., Gerald Pease; if an usher call s you down, obey,

Se c. , P earl S h ore; Treas ., Eleanor I and remember especially, don't E llis. I talk.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

F ou nde d and establish ed in 19 24 as the • official stude n t publication of Whittier Junior High School. Published bi.w eek ly during the schoo l year by the Whittier Junior High

Sc h oo l pupils •

GREENLEAF S TAFF

Edi t or .i n.chi e f D orothy Til to n

Assistant Editor - Bonnie Bradley

Girls' Sporls Do rothy Carnahan

Boys' Sp o1-ts _ J ohn Eber hart

F c atures Ph yl li s Holbrook

Edi tori als.

latt e Hi II

Humo r _ Warren Em er y

Cale n dar and Exc h anges

Mary Louise Goodw in T ypist Do rot hy Buett e n bach

Assistant Typi sts.. { EliMnorbel RK-obin'hson a e utc er

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Miss Hult Miss Cross

Mary Alford

Sam Bale

J e:m Benn e tt

Mr. Gammill Miss Peterson

REPORTERS

F r ances Ha r t El ea n or Hu rd D orothy Jam es

Ch a rl es Cockrill

I sa dore Diam ond

Betty Jean Franklin

Betty Gary

Bob McCormick

Carolyn L utje

Patsy Payne

Donna Shields

Martha Hall N orma Jean T ay lor N or ma O gden

Kent Baker

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

tunity and comply with the requests of Mr. Wells and the Civic League Officers . Do not throw any papers on the floor, sit in every other seat and when the bell rings, remain seated until a Civic League Officer dismisses you.

THE FOOTBALL TRAIN

The football train came hurrying down the track, Like a hot cake steaming on a cooling rack ; It rushed into the station Its whistle blowing loud, And stoped before a screaming and a loudly cheering crowd.

PRL T ERS

Ruth Martin

Ivan Blinde Bob Mat'h ew s R oy Coc hran Harry Niederhaus

Richard Da vis A lvi n Polick

Don Hall

Gordon Johnson

Russe ll Jurgens

Richard Saling

Carl Schaaf

Edward Schuck m an

John Larson Ed Schwindt

Dewey L ewis Car ie ! S ha w

Edward McNamara Jack S imm ons

Dick Mah affey

Milton Sta rk

Donald Weitzel

WHERE'S YOUR PRIDE?

Lately the halls have been cluttered with small bits of paper which careless pupils have accidentally dropped or meant to drop. Every boy and girl of this school • knows that there are waste paper baskets for this waste paper-so please, let's use them.

The pride of our• school has been true, so let's not let such minor things as this, detract from that pride.

On cold, dreary mornings Whittier pupils have the consolation of coming into the auditorium between the hours of 7 :30 and 8 :05. Whittier's pupils should take advantage of their oppor-

November 5, 19~

VOCATIONS

Dorothy James of 102 and Bet1 Je a n Franklin of 320 recent inquired in their home room what the vari8us pupils are ch oo ing in the way of vocati ons ar careers. Here are the resu lts .Jane Lawrence would lik e to 1 a librarian. Ronald Knippl e thi nl he'd have fun as a black sm it: David Lee and Vernon Pett want to engineer for thei r bre~ and butter. Joe Smith is in te reE ed in being an architect. Ja mi Alstedt has chosen che mi str Robert Sharpnock plans a t hri ing career as a G-man. Wa rrE Pool is thinking seriously of b ing a ra ·: cher and Robe rt Mye - Frances Hart, 305 an artist.

DON'T BITE

, John: What's the difference I between a person who has seen Niagara Falls and a person who hasn't, and a pickle?

Joe: I don't know.

John: A person who has seen the falls has seen the mist w bile

Perhaps the most unu sual v cation is that of William Me ric who plans to enjoy ple nty thrills as a snake hunte r. Ho Yow ell seems to be the mo ambitious as he says he' d lik e be anything of importa nce. ( V hope to see you presiden t som day, Hoyt.) Here are so me of tl most popular ambitions : Tho a person who hasn't, missed the who want to be stenogr aphe rs scene.

Joe: What's the pickle for?

John: For you to bite on. 10, aviators or host esses! nurses-8, dress desi gner ssingers-2, and those who wa 1 to join the Navy-3.

Mr. Brown: Are you still en- I gaged to that homely Jinks girl? LITTLE JOHNN Y

Mr. Jones: No!

Mr. Brown: Thank goodness! What became of her?°

Mr. Jones: I married her.

Isadore Diamond: What bird BETTER CONDUCT, PLEASE! stays in one place the longest?

Charles Cockrill: I don't know.

Isadore: The jail bird.

Visitor: Do you know the population of Boston?

Native 'of Boston: Not all of them. I've only lived here a year.

Little Johnny, silly fool, Got behind his father's mule; In a morgue he now repo ses, Lying on a bed of roses.

- Winifred Nel son, 3

Eskimo: What would you sa dear, if I told you that I' d pu my dog team a thousand mil over ice and snow to tell you th I love you?

Eskimoette: I'd say that waE lot of "mush."

N ovem b cr 5, 1937

CHATTER

Well , well, well, wonders never cease ! The boys of 102 finally won a volley ball g ame from 103. We wo nder if that tall boy in the front line had anything to do with it. By the way, who was he an yhow?

It was ove rh ea rd in Miss M. L Wilson's 9A English class that when she asked someone to nam e some of the things made of m uslin in the early pioneer days, Katherine Hudkins thinking sh eets said, "blankets ."

F ra n ces Goudy meaning Cedar Valley Seminary said "C ed ar Valle y Cemet ery ."

Mick ey Allen (that smart gu y ) was actua lly seen loafi ng in hi s history class.

Mr. Stra wn 's first per iod cl ass is ve ry proud of itself, becam:e he h as remar ked severa l ti mes how much diff erence t he re is between the first and sixt h period cla sses . Is th at a slam on the sixth period class ?

L a Verne Graves of 309 report s that a group of girl~, includin g herself, planned a vi·1ener roa st. T hinking they h ad everything they left for the place where it was go ing to be held. After they had arrived at the plac e, they procee ded t o unpack, and lo and behold, they had forgott en the wienern.

Ch arles Cock rill, the song bird of t he repo rters' class, was hea r d s ingin g " Whispers fr1 the Dark." (We wonder who he hea r d whispe r ing in the dark.)

Whit tier's prize forgetter is Claud e Holle rs of 304. One whole week he forget hi s boo ks , pen and pencils Miss Green gave him a lecture which was very effectiv e . He has not forgotten the m since.

Gl a d ys Sa nds, this summer, visit ed her fathe r in Santa Monica, California. Her father is surg e on of the police department

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

HOME ROOM N EWS

so sh e wa s shown through M. G. M. as a guest of the depa rtm ent. She visited the • "Ro salie" set When Ella Belle Dill of 102 with Nelson Eddy and Eleanor. moved to a different house , she Powell. found a Penns y lv an ia newspap e r

Arthur Gakel and Sam Wiggans attended the Scout Jam- u n d er t he ea ves o f he r porch . It boree in Washington. was dated A ug. 2, 1890 and was Charlotte and. Bill Sn y de r· from Homestead, Pennsylvania \Vere injured in an automobile In it were advertisements such acc i dent, October third, at as portable bathtubs-probably Thirty-third and 0. They. were a luxury in those days. taken to Bryan Memorial Hospital. Althoug h inj nries were This summer when Betty Lou not so serious as was thought, Jelinek of Home Room 316 was they were bad ly bruised. on her vacation at Rainier

At the U n ive rs ity this year National Park, she saw Sonja Eloise Benjamen is vice-presi- Heinie and Tyrone Power while dent of the Mortar Boar d, Stu- they were making their last dent Counc il , and Tassels.

FAMOUS B OOK

CHARACT ER S

Little L ord FauntleroyFrances Stege. Alice in Wond erland - Jea n Bennett. Elnora, "Girl of the Limberlost" -Maxine Pettigrew.

Tom Sawyer-Roy Fish. Penrod and Sam - Donald Wiggans and Tom Watkins.

Jim Hawki ns, in "Treasure Island"-Billy Burr.

picture, ''Thin Ice.'' There was so much snow up there at the time that people went out skiing, and a rotary snow plow \Vas cleaning the road Betty is wearing a Mt Rainie r p in to prove that she was there.

Th e other week-end Donald Bradley of 316 went out with some boy friends for a monkey nut hunt. What gave them the idea was that they went on a Jeaf hunt the week befor e and Polyanna -Patsy Payne.

saw many nut t rees.

Miss Green is try ing out diag - Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage onal seating . Many of the stuPatch--Betty Lou Jelinek. dents had to give up t heir Beth, "Little Women"-Barso-called ''pet seats '' barn Mack. 304 seems to run to N's. They Rose, "E ight Cou s ins"-Laura have a Norma, a Nona, a Naom i Blough. and a Norman .

Dr. D olittle-Donald Piehl. There are so many underHeid i-Car m en Quackenbush. weights jn 304 that Miss Green Rebecca of Sunnybrook Fa r m is going t o g ive a pr ize to the one -Norma Bomberger. who gains the most weight.

Shoemaker, "Elves aTi d th e j Lillian Glanz of 208 has a pet · Shoemaker" -Leroy Lamb. . dog named Ranger . He · sits up, Penrod J ashber - Bob M1ll- d h k h d • an s a es an s hollen.

Cinderella-Lorraine Pie rson.

Lost and Forlorn-Freshies.

Ramona-Be tty Gary .

Polly Pepper, "Th r ee Little Peppers" -Mart ha Hall.

Mr . Culler: I wouldn't slide dqwn the banister like that if I were y ou .

Dan D e nnehy: Wouldn't you? Show m e how you'd do it, then?

CAREERS IN THE MAK,ING

Name: Miss Selma A. Hult.

Birthplace: A small town in Clay County; Nebraska.

Education: Two-room s chool house until the 9th gr a de. Went two years at Kearney Normal now known as Kearney State Teachers' Coll ege. She got her A.B. degree at the University of Nebraska She received her M.A. degree from Teachers' College, Columbia University in New York City.

Travels: When at school in the east, she visited Montreal, Canada, twice, went to Portland, Maine, and Boston, Mass. She has also visited Yellowstone Park.

Favorite Song: Sidewalks of New York.

Favorite Flower: Zinnia.

Teaching: Taught in country schools In a small town high school t a ught subjects from Latin to English . She has been in the Lincoln school system since 1919. She taught four years in Hayward and then came to Whittier where she had H. R. 305 before she became assistant principal.

Happiest : Reading a good book.

Future Plans: To continue at Whittier as long as we'll have her. We're sure th a t will be a long time, Miss Hult.

GRAVE BUSINESS

Pick: Where my brother works he has 5,000 men under him.

Pat: Is he an army officer?

Pick: No. He mows grass in a cemetery.

Mrs. Pinney: What makes the tower of Pisa lean?

Mary Alford: I don't know or I'd try it myself

THE WHITIIER GREENLEAF

THE HAUNTED HOUSE by RICHARD DA VIS

Tom, Dick and Harry met on the street. They were organizing a gang of pirates and were about to decide on a meeting place. "Let's have it in the graveyard," suggested Tom.

"Naw, let's have it in my cellar,'' said Dick.

"Now I'll tell you what," put in Harry, "Let's meet in the haunted house on the hill.''

"Gosh," said Tom, "why choose such a cheerful place?''

"Pirates aren't afoiid of ghosts," said Dick.

Finally it was ~greed upon to use the haunted house as their rendezvous. "Now for a password,'' said Harry.

"I've got one already," offered Tom. ''How about skinamarink ?"

All the boys assented at once.

''Skinamarink at 7 :30 then; don't forget to tell Jack and his boy friend about it," ordered Capt. Dick . When Jack was given the inside dope on the meeting and password, he hurried off to his pal's house. "Let's make the house really haunted," said Jack's friend. Thus when the appointed time rolled around, Jack and his boy friend were under the table in the haunted house. Jack's friend found some old chairs and proceeded to the basement.

The rain was beating hard when the boys came in, but Dick started to tell the boys to give the password and get the meeting under way. "Now all together," he said, "the password is-".

''Skinamarink, '' said a voice.

"Who said that?" said Tom, shaking with fright. When it was found out that none of the

November 5, 1937

boys had spoken, Dick blam ed it on the wind and rain outsid e.

The boys then went t o th e window to look out. Harr y laid h i s raincoat on the tab le an d started to go to join the othe r boys at the window. A siniste r hand with no arm reach ed out from under the table, g ras ped the raincoat, picked it off the table, and proceeded to th row it at Dick, who was the n eare st . Dick turned to rebuke Har ry, who said he had not throw n it.

Shortly afterward, a rattlin g sound was heard and th e boys began to really get the jitter s.

They were about to lea ve w hen in burst .Jack's boy frien d ga sping for air. He said th at a real ghost was chasing hi m. The "ghost" proved to be the ow ner of the house, Mr. Prattle bon es, who said the pirate gang mi ght use the cellar of his hou se fo r a meeting place if they woul d cl ean up the house and yard in retu rn.

He told them that he was going to move into the old haun ted house, and all that th e boy s could say was ''skinamarin k."

OVER HEARD AT THE STATE FAIR RAC ES

Ch a rI es Cockr1ll: Hot dog ! We're right opposite the starti ng line.

Keith Adkisson: You're cra zy! That cop just said we we re opp o• site the finish line.

Mrs. Pinney: What ca n yo u tell about George Wash ingt on'.

Charles Smith: He wa s he ac of the millinery affairs.

Miss Green: What is wr ong with the sentence,' 'I have went ?'

Harold Parker: It's wron~ 'cause you ain't went yet.

Novem b e r 5, 1937

LO ST AND FOUND .

LosT-1 4-carat wbite gold ring with ruby set in girls third floor lavatory . Marion Draper, 307.

LOST.:.__O range fountain pen betwee n 107 and 307. Beatrice War d, 307 .

LOST- Blue eversharp.Dale Beckman, 218.

Los T- Eversharp with variegated brown stripes. Isadore Diamon d, 218.

To GIVE AWAY-A five year old full b red fox terrier dog. Color, blac k and white. Very good pet. Cons ult Do'ris Orman, 102.

LOST- Pair of red gloves with whit e embroidery. Marjorie Este s, 220.

LOST -Green and brown fountain p en on third floor. Donald Brad }ey, 316.

LOST - Black and gold fountain pen. Norma Ogd en, 104.

LOST- Red Schaeffe r eversharp in 20 7 Donald Dobry, 312.

SIX SI LLY HALL TRAFFIC RULES

1. When turning left, stick out your right foot and trip some one.

2. When going right, stick out your left hand and slap someo ne.

3. When running through the hall, be sure your speed is not over 80 miles per hour and not und er 50.

4. Down the stairs be sure to use th e banister in sliding.

5. Always take two steps at a tim e and six if possible going up st airs.

6. Be sure to go slowly to class es so you won't be late.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

ACTIVE ALUMNI

On the Advocate Staff this semester are these alumni: Margaret Hedstrom, Associate Editor.

Jean Carnahan, Exchange Editor.

Dorothy Mattley, Feature Ed- ' itor.

Dorothy Jean Ryder, Copy Editor.

Ar deana Knipple, Business Manager.

Maxine Woodward, Reporter. Ben Alice Day, Reporter.

John Provost was elected by the Sophomore Cabinet as president of the class of '40. Betty L ee Cronn and Harriett Carter a re members of the cabinet.

A r dith Hackmen is a member of the Girls' Octet.

S ome Whittierites play football for the red and black. The se on the regular line-up are:

Hansen, halfback.

Meyer, halfback.

Sauer, fullback. Schnerber, halfback.

These Lincoln High clubs claimed our alumni:

Mummers, four out of sixtytwo.

Mimes, seven out of fortyfour.

Orchestra, fifteen out of fiftyfive.

Peppers, eight out of fortytwo.

Home Room Representa tives, ten out of seventy-three. Choir, eight out of seventyone.

Junior Hudkins visited California this summer and while in Hollywood, played in a football picture.

Virginia Keim, a graduate of Whittier and the University of Nebraska, has accepted a position with Kansas State Colleg e as dietician.

SIX WEEKS GRADES

It c nly happens three times a semester, And don't mind me-I'm only a jester,

Because you're hoping and praying you'll get a good grade, • And you stutter and shake

'cause you're jnst afraid; You go to your teacher, And talk like a preacher, "Do you think I'll flunk?"

If I do I'm sure punk; You ask and you beg, "What will my grade be?"

Six weeks is here and you'll see.

Isadore Diamond, 218.

He: Do you know the kettle song?

She: No. What is it?

He: Home, Home on the Range.

Milton Nicolas: Didja wanta crack something funny?

Wilson Latta: Sure.

Milton Nicolas:Fall on yer face .

Miss Hooper: Bob, what's a peninsula?

Bob Avner: A rubber neck.

Miss Hooper: No, it's a neck running out to sea.

Bob Avner: Well isn't that a rubber neck?

FIOD PASSES FIDO

James: Is your dog, Fido, very fast?

Jose: Fast? Say, when Fido runs around a hay stack, he has to jump over himself _every third lap!

Miss Hooper : Tell me something about the Japanese race.

Charles Ward: I didn't . see it. I was sick.

SPORT BEACON

Do girls play football? At Whittier some girls do. One girl furnished the rubber football and two teams were started. It seems that Carr oll Lea Anderson and Virginia Stuermer are the best players.

Many girls have Y. W. C. A. tickets and attend gypmasium and swimming cla s ses every Saturday morning. For an additional dime they can attend the recreational swims after school or on Saturday afternoon.

There are some real athletes iri 8B. That is proved by the way they are coming along in championship games. A few of them are Nioma Lowder, Hannah Newbill, Janet Hutchinson, Jean Ge rm an, Joyce Crosby, and Betty Coulter.

The doubles tournament of p a ddle tennis has started now that the courts are cleared off and marked . Since the weather is changing, the tournaments may not be completed. Closely related to paddle tennis is pingpong which has started in the quiet games room. It has attracted a few girls, even if the re is a fee of one cent for the ball.

Some girls in every homeroom, who are eligible to play, will not support their team. Their reasons for not playing a re reasonless. What sho uld we do for it?

In the gym classes, individual records are being worked on. 1)iey are Neilson and Cozens a,chievement scales in Physical Education. Anyone who makes a score of sixty or more in five events gets an efficiency credit.

Jack L ewis: I wonder how long a person could live without brains?

Clyde Root: Well, let's see. How old are you?

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

PUPILS RECEIVE GARDEN CERTIFICATES

The following Whittier pupils have received Garden certificates this fall:

216, Billy Warner; 309, Marilyn Ha ys, Peggy Hudson, Edward Skudder; 205, Shi r ley Staats; 318, Henry Bitter, Phyllis Patterson, D a le Shappaugh, Dona Emery, Francis •Helser, Dale Hoyt, Bern ar d Lem an, Fr e derick Langenheim; 304, John Andreas; 110, Kurt Sienknecht, Mary Rumbolz, Ros , Ue Skidmore; 316, La Verne Klein, Katherine Parker, Richard Nagel; 108, Jimmy Case, Donna Hartman; 209, Twila Huff; 112, Barbara Schnase, Billy Michael ; 320, James Shindel, June Shindel, Jean House, Frank Killian ; 305, George Butcher; 212, Marvin Epp, Richard Lewis, Charlotte Mehaffey, Roland J olmson; 308, Margorie Nichola s, Billy Schlaebitz; 210, Paul Corne a l, Dale Peate, Donald McKee, Margaret M o e 11 e r ; 302, Adam Brehm; 104, Betty Bra un, George Kuwamoto; 102, Vernon Pettet , Doris Orman, Marcella Sehnert, Floyd Pettigrew; 310, Bon nie Braun; 207, Cecil White Bear, Milferd Epp, Raymond Bish; 103, Robert Avn~r.

MY SCHOOL ROUTINE

First comes arithmetic on the second floor, . Second comes Greenleaf, we love it forever more; Third comes English, where we learn to read and write, Fourth comes music, I could sing all day and night ; Fifth comes science where we learn about birds and trees,

Sixth comes histo ry, excluding flies and fle as France s Hart, 305.

November 5, 19

T,IME OUT

Take heed, freshies, the w. you holler and run in th e g;v at noon. If you are inst ructe d go out, go out or take a chan on going to the office. There is always enough ro e becau s e th e balcony and g 3 floor are plenty big to hold E eryone who goes to the gym . you come to the gym, you 2 not expected to bring candy , as a matter of fact, anyth in g eat. If you want to go to the b cony, go to the southwest s t; and an officer will let you go l Well, another home room out of the base ball tou rnam e: This time it happens to be a ' home room, namely 212. T 7B's seem to be really stick i it out. We're glad, bec ause like to see . a lot of spunk in c "freshies."

Here are the leade rs in t tournament. In the sev er grade, 303 is leading. 303 is 7B home room. In the eigr grade, 310 is leading. 310 is 8A home room. In the nir g ra de 107, a 9A home room , leading.

Soon the base ball tou mam f will be over, and Mr. Well s pli:: to have a touch football touri ment . We hope you will wan t join in and make a real touri mcnt o 1t of it. It will be a s in elimination tournament . We also hope you are enj oy: the basket ball games. They only practice games so you de need to be worried if you w beaten.

Willie: Mother did yo u sa y baby had your smile an d da dd nose'?

Mother: Why, yes, Willie. Willie: Well, you bett er wa him because he's got grandI teeth now.

37 ay ' ill to ce im 'lTI ivIf (re )r, to al:iir lp. is nt. 7B he ng we 1Ur he lth a Lth an tth is mt ms 1ato 1agle tng are 1n't ere the ly's ,t ch )a's

Vol. 15 No . 3

FILMS SHOWN I IN ASSEMBLY !

Mr. McIntyr e of the General J Moto rs Co rporation showed films : on safet y in assembly, Wednes-•: day, Oc tober 20. The two films were named "Safet y Patrol" and "Preci sely So."

The first was abo ut the safet y I patrol of a g rade schoo l while I the othe r was the story of the ! growth of exa ct measurement. 1 These p roved very educational : and ente rtaining and w2r e much appre ciated by the school.

HURR AH FO R THE PRINTERS!

Don't you t hink we owe the Greenleaf print ers some credit? The Green leaf we get ever y othe r week is due to the frequent tantru ms of Mr. Gammill. Did you eve r try to set type ? Well, it isn't as easy as you think. Our pri nters usually set up more than ha lf of the printed matter in the paper, and that really means a lot of wm'k. So let's giv e a few chee rs for Mr. Ga mmill and his willin g h elpers.

"DO NOT DI STUR B"

All Whittier wond ered at those curiou s "Do Not Distu rb" signs on ev ery 8B English teacher's doo r, Tuesday, Oct. 19. The reason for these signs was the timed test being giv en every 8B on that day. If you tried to enter any of tho se classes, you found that _ th e sign really meant business.

CALENDAR

Nov. 5, 7A Class Meet ing

Nov . 8, 8B Class Meeting

Nov. 11, 7 A Civ ic League Trip

Nov . 11, Armistice Day Program

Nov. 16, 7B Civic League · Conference

Nov. 18, 88 Civic Leag ue Trip

Nov. 19, Father and Son Party

FRESHIES ELECT CLASS OFFICERS

ARMISTICE PLAY CAST ANNOUNCED

Mrs. Shike has announced the cast for the Armi stice Day play. It includes: Nelda Oltman, Mildred Clark, John Donovan, Richard Goddard, Marion Priest, and Jean Smith.

Marilyn Paynter will be announcer and Helen Kiesselbach will furnish the music. The scene of the play is the attic home of a lady whose husband died in the World War.

SIX WEEKS' GR A DES COME OUT

The dead line has come an d gone and most everyone can

COMPLIMENTS DISMISSAL

Mr. Culler complimented the dismissal from the first assembly. He said it was exceptionally good especially in the balcony. Of course, everyone should remember-don't stand • before the usher comes to your row, don't climb over the backs of seats; if an usher calls you down, obey, and remember especiallr, don't talk.

The 7B's ele cted class offic ers, breathe more freely again for Monday, Oct. 25. They are as this six weeks' grades which follows: Pres., Richard Lewis; have been keeping us on our toes· Vice-Pres., Robe rt Caldwell ; Sec., for the last week or two, came out October 26. Joan Eike nbary; Treas., Jack Come on, everybody, let's all Manion. try to make the scholarship roll, Other class officersthis seme ste r and to those of you that made are: 9A Pres . Margaret Sto ddar d, [ it, don't fall_ down. Remember ' the old saymg-good, better, Sec , BettyBlun k;Treas., Russell best; never let it rest till your Jurgens. 9B -Pres., Billy S to ner, good is better, and your better's Vice- Pres. , Jack Young; Sec., Adelia Kore lla; Treas., Virginia Hanners. SA - Pres., Doro th ea Lemon; Vi ce-Pres., Jack Tilton; Sec . ,L ois Gramlich; Treas., Harry Pappas. 88-Pr es., John Blumer; Vice -Pres ., Dorothy James; Sec., Carroll Lea And erso n; Treas., Wesley Miller. 7A-Pres., Barbara Mack: Vice-Pre s., Ger ald Pease; Sec ., Pearl Shore; Treas., Eleanor Ellis . best.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

F o und ed a nd estab lis h ed in 19 24 as th e offic ial st u de nt p ubl i cation o f Whitti er Junior

H ig h S ch oo l. P u b li s he d bi -week ly d ur i ng the

sc h oo l year by t he Whittier Junior High

S c hoo l pupils.

GREEN L EAF ST AFF

Editor - in-chief Doro t hy Til ton

Assistant Ed ito r Bo nni e Bra d ley

Gir ls' Sports D orot h y Car n a ha n

Boys ' Sports J oh n Eber h art

F catures Phyllis Holbrook

Ed itorial ., Ch ar lotte H ill

Humor Warren Emery

Calendar and

Exchanges

T ypist

Mary Lou i se Goodw in

Doroth y B u ette nb a ch

A • t t T • t { Elinore Rob i nson ss i s a n y pis s • Mab le Kutc'her

FA C U LTY A DVIS O RY B OA RD

M iss H u lt Miss Cro s s

M a r y A lfor d S a m Ba le

Jea n Ben n ett

M r . Gamm ill Mi ss Pe t erso n RE P ORTERS

F rances Hart

El ean or Hu r d

Do ro t h y Ja mes

Bob McCor m ick

Carolyn L ut j e P atsy Payne D onna Sh ie lds

Char l es Cockr ill Is a dore Di a m on d Be t ty J ean Fra nkl in Bett y Gar y Norma Jean T ay lor , N or

Kent Baker Rut h Ma rt i n Ivan Blinde Bob M a th e ws

Roy Cochra n Harry Niederhaus

Richard D av i s Alvi n Po li ck

Don H a ll R ichard Sali n g

Gordon Joh n so n Car l Schaaf

Russe ll Jurgens Edward Schuckma n

John Lars on Ed Schw indt

Dewey Lew i s Carie ! Shaw

Edward Mc N am a ra Jack Si mmons

Dick Ma h a ffey M i lto n Stark D on a ld W e i tze l

WHERE'S YOUR PRIDE?

Lately the halls have been cluttered with small bits of paper which ca r eless pupils have accidentally dro p ped or meant to drop. Every bo y and g irl of this school knows that there are waste paper baskets for this waste paper-so please, let's use them.

The pride of our s chool has been true, so let's not let such minor things as this, detract from that pride.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

tunity and comply with the requests of Mr Wells and the Civic League Officers. Do not throw any papers on the floor , sit in every other seat and when th e bell rings, remain seated u n ti l a Civic League Officer dismisse s you.

T HE FOOTBALL TRAIN

The fo ot ball tr a in came hurrying down the track, Like a ho t cake steaming on a co oling rack; It rushed into the station Its whistle blowing loud, And stoped before a screaming and a l oudl y cheering crow d -F r ances Hart, 305

DON'T BITE

, John: What's the difference I between a person who has seen Niag a ra Falls and a person who hasn't, and a pickle ?

Joe: I don't know.

John: A person who has seen the falls has seen the mist w bile a person who hasn't, m i ssed the scene.

Joe: What's the pickl e for?

John: For you to bite on.

Mr. Bro w n: Are you still engaged to that homely Ji n ks gir l ?

Mr. Jones: No!

Mr. Brown: Than~ goodness! What became of her? ·

Mr. Jones: I married her

Isadore Diamond: What bird BETTER CONDUCT, PLEASE! stays in one place the l ongest?

On cold, dreary mornings

Whittier pupils have the consolation of comin g into the auditorium between the hours of 7 :30 and 8:05. Whittier's pupil111 should take ad vantage of their oppor-

Charles Cockrill: I don't know.

Isadore: The jail bir d .

Visitor: Do you know the population of Boston?

Native of Boston: Not all of them. I've only lived here a year.

November 5, 1937

VOCATIONS

Dorothy James of 102 and Be tty Jean Franklin of 320 re ce nt ly i n q u ir ed i n their home r oo ms wha t t h e va r ious pupils are ch oos~ ing in the way of vocati ons and careers. H~re are the resul ts. J an e Lawrence would li ke to be a librarian. Ronald Knip p le thi nks he'd have fun as a bl a cksmi th David Lee and Vernon Pet tet want to engineer for their bre ad and butter. Joe Smith is intere sted in being an architect. Jam es Alst e dt has chosen che mist ry Robert Sharpnock plans a th rilling career as a G-man. War ren Pool is thinking seriousl y of being a ra ·, cher and Robert My ers an artist.

Perhaps the most unus ual vocation is t h at of William Mer icle who plans to enjoy ple nty of thrills as a snake hunte r. Hoyt Yow ell seems to be t he most ambitious as he says he' d like to be anything of import a n ce. ( We hope to see you president so meday, Hoyt.) Here are som e of the most popular ambitions: Th ose who want to be stenogra pher s10, aviators or host esses -2 , nurses-8, dress design ers -3, singers-2, and those who want to join the Navy-3.

LITTLE JOHNN Y

Little Johnny, silly fool, Got behind his father's mul e; In a morgue he now repo ses, L ying on a bed of roses.

- Winifred Nel son, 320

Eskimo: What would you say, dear, if I told you that I'd push my dog team a thous and miles over ice and snow to tell you that I love you?

Eskimoette: Fd say th at w as a lot of "mush."

Novembu 5, 1937

CHATTER

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

so she was shown through M. G. M. as a guest of the department

HOME ROOM NEWS

Well , well, well, wonders never She visited the "Rosalie" set When Ella Belle Dill of 102 cease! The boys of 102 finally with Nelson Eddy and Eleanor moved to a different house, she wort a vOlley ball ga me from 103 . Powell. found a Pennsylvania newspaper We won der if that tall boy in the Arthur Gakel and Sam Wigfront . lin e had anything to do gans attended the Scout Jam- under the eaves of her porch . It with i t. By the way, who was boree in Was hington. was dated Aug. 2, 1890 an d was he any how?

Charlott e and . Bill Snyder · from Homestead, Pennsylvania.

It was overhea rd in Miss M. I \Vere inj ured in an automobile In it were advertisements such L. Wil son's 9A English class accident, October third, at as portable bathtubs-probably that when she asked someone to Thirty-third and 0. They were a luxury in those days. name some of the things made taken to Bryan Memorial Hosof mu slin in the early pioneer pital. Although inju ries were This summer when Betty Lou days, Katherin e Hudkins think- not so serious as was thought, Jelinek of Home Room 316 was ing sheet s said, "blankets." they were badly bruised. on her vacation at Rainier Frances Goudy meaning Cedar At the University this year National Park, she saw Sonja Valley Semina ry said "Cedar Eloise Benj amen is vic e -presi - Heinie and Tyrone Power while Valle y Ce metery " dent of the Mortar Boa rd, Stu1 Mick ey Allen (that smart dent Council, and Tassels. they were making their ast gu y ) was actuall y seen loafing picture, "Thin Ice." There was in his h istory class.

FAMOUS B OOK so much snow up there at the time Mr. St rawn's first period class CHARACTERS that people went out skiing, and is very proud of itself, becau s e a rotary snow plow \Vas cleaning he has remark ed several ti mes Little Lord Fauntleroy - the road. Betty is wearing a Mt. how much diff erence there is be- Frances Stege. tween the first and sixth period Alice in Wonderla nd - Jean Rainie r pin to prove that she was classe s. Is that a slam on the Bennett. there. sixth period cl ass?

Elnora, "Girl of the Limber- The other week-end Donald L a Ve rne Graves of 309 re- lo st "-Maxine Pettigrew. Bradley of 316 went out with ports th at a group of girls, in- Tom Sawyer-Roy Fish. some boy friends for a monkey eluding hersel f, planned a wiener ' Penrod and Sam - Donald nut hunt. What gave them the · t Th • k' th l d Wig·Q'ans and Tom Watki ns. roas • • m mg ey 1a every- idea was that they went on a th 1 ft f th 1 ,Tim Hawkins, in "Treasure Is- thing ey e or e P ace leaf hunt the week before and h ·t • t b h Id land" -Billy Burr. w ere I was gomg o e e • saw many nut trees. h l d • d t th Polyanna-Pa tsy Payne.

After t ey 1a arrive a •. e Miss Green is trying out diag- d d t k Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage place, the y proce e e o unpac , onal seating. Many of the stu..: Id h h d f Pc1tch-Betty Lou Jelinek. and lo and beho , t ey a or- dents had to give up their • Beth, ''Little Women"-B ar- gott en the wien en;. so-called ''pet seats.'' b • d bara Mack. • Ch arles Cockrill , the song ir

304 seems to run to N's. They , 1 Rose, "Eight Cousins"-Laura of the repo rters c ass, was have a Norma, a Nona, a Naomi hea r d si nging "Whispers in the Blough. and a Norman . Da rk." (We wonder who he Dr. Dolittle-Donald Pickel. There are so many underd 1 ) Heidi-Carme n Quackenbush. he.ard whispe ring in the am. weights in 304 that Miss Green tt

• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Whi ttier's prize forge, er IS iR going to give a prize to the one 0 h l -No rma Bomberger. Claud e Hollers of 304. new o e who gains the most weight. week he forget his books, pen Shoemaker, "Elves a nd th e Lillian Glanz of 208 has a pet

• Shoemaker"-Lero y La mb. and pen cils. Miss Green gave dog named Ranger. He sits up, him a lecture which was very ef- Penrod Jashbe r - Bob Mill- and shakes hands. fecti ve . He has not forgotten holl e n. Cinderella-Lorr a ine Pierson. them sinc e.

Glad ys San ds, this summer, Lost and Forlorn-Freshies. visit ed her father in Santa Mon- Ramona-Betty Gary.

• Polly Pepper, "Three Little ica, Californi a. Her father IS surgeo n of the police department Peppers" -Mar th a Hall.

Mr Culler: I wouldn't slide down the banister like that if I were you.

Dan Denneh y: Wouldn't you? Show me h ow you'd do it, then?

CAREERS IN THE MAK,ING

Name : Miss Selma A. Hult.

Birthplace: A small town in Clay County, Nebraska.

Education: Two-room school house until the 9th grade. Went two years at Kearney Normal now known as Kearney State Teachers' College. She got her A.B. degree at the University of Nebraska. She received her M.A. degree from Teachers' College, Columbia University in New York City.

Travels: When at school in the east, she visited Montreal, Canada, twice, went to Portland, Maine, and Boston, Mass. She has also visited Yellowstone Park.

Favorite Song: Sidewalks of New York.

Favorite Flower: Zinnia.

Teaching: Taught in country schools. In a small town high school taught subjects from Latin to English. She has been in the Lincoln school system since 1919. She taught four years in Hayward and then came to Whittier where she had H. R. 305 before she became assistant principal.

Happiest : Reading a good book.

Future Plans: To continue at Whittier as long as we'll have her. We're sure that will be a long time, Miss Hult.

GRAVE BUSINESS

Pick: Where my brother works he has 5,000 men under him.

Pat: Is he an army officer?

Pick: No. Be mows grass in a cemetery.

Mrs. Pinney: What makes the tower of Pisa lean?

Mary Alford: I don't know or I'd try it myself.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE HAUNTED HOUSE by RICHARD DA VIS

Tom, Dick and Harry met on the street. They were organizing a gang of pirates and were about to decide on a meeting place. "Let's have it in the graveyard," suggested Tom.

"Naw, let's have it in my cellar,'' said Dick.

"Now I'll tell you what," put in Harry, "Let's meet in the haunted house on the hill."

"Gosh," said Tom, "why choose such a cheerful place?"

"Pirates aren't afraid of ghosts," said Dick.

Finally it was ~greed upon to use the haunted house as their rendezvous. "Now for a password," said Harry.

''I've got one already," offered Tom. ''How about skinamarink ?"

All the boys assented at once.

''Skinamarink at 7 :30 then; don't forget to tell Jack and his boy friend about it," ordered Capt. Dick.

When Jack was given the inside dope on the meeting and pass-

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boys had spoken, Dick blamed on the wind and rain outside. The boys then went t o tl window to look out . Harr y la hi s raincoat on the tab le ar started to go to join the ot h, boys at the window. A sinis t hand with no arm reach ed 0 1 from under the table, g ras pE the raincoat, picked it off tl table, and proceeded to th ro w at Dick, who was the ne a re ~ Dick turned to rebuke Har r who said he had not throw n it. Shortly afterward, a rattli r sound was heard and th e bo began to really get the j itt er They were about to leav e w h« in burst ,Tack's boy frien d g as ing for air. He said th at a rE ghost wa~ chasing him T: "ghost" proved to be th e own of the house, Mr. Prattl e b m who said the pirate gan g mig use the cellar of his hou s e for meeting place if they wou ld cl e: up the house and yard in n·t ur

He told them that he was g ing to move into the old h a un t house, and all that th e bo could say was "skinamar iLk ."

word, he hurried off to his pal's OVER HEARD AT THE house. "Let's make the house STATE FAIR R A. CJ really haunted," said Jack's friend. Thus when the appointed ch a r le s Cockr 1II: H ot de time rolled around, Jack and his boy friend were under the table in the haunted house. Jack's friend found some old chairs and proceeded to the basement.

The rain was beating hard We're right opposite the sta r ti line.

Keith Adkisson: You'r e er a~ That cop just said we w er e opJ site the finish line.

when the boys came in, but Dick Mrs. Pinney: What ca n y started to tell the boys to give tell about George Was hing to the password and get the meeting Charles Smith: He was he under way. "Now all together," of the millinery affairs . he said, "the password is-".

''Skinamarink, '' said a voice. [ Miss Green: What is wro

"Who said that?" said Tom, I with the sentence, "I hav e we nt shaking with fright. When it Harold Parker: It's wro was found out that none of the 'cause you ain't went ye t.

Novem ber 5, 1937

L OST AND FOUND

LOST - 14-carat white gold ring with ruby set in girls third floor la vatory. Mar ion Draper, 307.

LosT-b range fount ain pen between 107 and 30 7. Beatrice Ward, 307.

LOST- Bl ue eversharp . Dale Beckman, 218.

LOST- Eversharp with variegated br own stripes. Isadore Diamond , 218.

To GIVE AWAY-A five year old full br ed fox terrier dog. Color, black and white. Ver y good pet. Consu lt Doris Orman , 102.

LOST - P air of red gloves wit h white embroi dery. Ma rjorie Estes , 220.

LOST- Green and brown fountain pen on thir d floor. Donald Brad ley, 316.

LOST- Black and gold foun tain pen. N orma Og den, 104.

LOST- Red Sch aeffer eversharp in 20'(. Donald Dobry, 312.

SIX SIL LY HAL L

TR AFFIC RU L ES

1. Wh en turni ng le ft, stick out y our right foot and trip someo ne .

2. When going right, stick out yo ur left hand and slap someo n e

3. Wh en running th r ough the hall, b e sure your speed is n ot over 80 miles per hou r and not unde r 50. •

4. Down the stai rs be sure to use th e banister in sliding.

5. Always take t wo s teps at a time a nd six if pos sible going up stai rs.

6. Be sure to go slowly to classes so you won't be late.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

A CTIVE ALUMNI

On the Advocate Staff this semester are these alumni: Margar et Hedstrom, Associate E ditor.

. Jean Carnahan, Exch a nge Editor.

Dorothy Mattl ey, Feature Ed- · itor.

Dorothy Jean Ryder, Copy Editor.

Ardean a Knipple, Business Manager.

Maxine Wood ward, Reporter. Ben Alice Day, Reporter.

John Prov ost was elected by the Sophom ore Cabinet as president of the class of '40. Betty Lee Cronn and Harriett· Carter are members of the cabinet.

A r dith Hackmen is a member of the Girls' Octet.

Some Whittieri tes play football fot the red and black. These on the regular line-up are: Hansen, halfbac k. Meyer, halfback. Sauer, fullback. Schnerber, half back.

These Linco ln High clubs claimed our alum ni: Mummers, four out of sixtytwo.

Mimes, s eve.n out of fortyfour.

Orchestra, fifteen out of fiftyfive.

Peppers, eight out of fortytwo.

Home Room Represent at ives , ten out of sevent y-three.

Choir, eight out of seventyone.

Junior Hudkins visited California this summ er and while i n Hollywood, p laye d in a football picture.

Virginia Keim, a graduate of Whittier and the Unive rs ity of Nebraska, has accepted a position with Kansas State Colleg e as dietici an.

SIX WEEKS GRADES

It only happens three times a semester, And don't mind me-I'm only a jester,

Because you're hoping .and praying you'll get a good grade,

And you stutter and shake

'cause you ' re jn s t afraid; You go to your teacher, And talk like a preacher, "Do you think I'll flunk?"

If I do I'm sure punk; You ask and you beg, "What will my grade be?"

Six weeks is here and you'll see.

Isadore Diamond, 218.

He: Do you know the kettle song?

She: No. What is it'?

He: Home, Home on the Range.

Milton Nicolas: Didja wanta crack something funny?

Wilson Latta: Sure.

Milton Nicolas:Fall on yer face.

Miss Hooper: Bob, what ' s a peninsula?

Bob Avner: A rubber neck.

Miss Hooper: No, it's a neck running out to sea.

Bob Avner: Well isn't that a rubber neck?

FIOD PASSES FIDO

James: Is your dog, Fido, very fast?

Jose: Fast? Say, when Fido runs around a hay stack, he has to jump over himself every third lap!

•

Miss Hooper: Tell me something about the Japanese race.

Charles Ward: I didn't see it. I was sick.

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SPORT BEACON

Do girls play football? At Whittier some girls do. One girl furnished the rubber football and two teams were started. It seems that Carroll Lea Anders on and Virginia Stuermer are the bes t playe r s.

Many girls have Y. W. C. A. tickets and attend gymnasium and sw imming cl asses every Saturday morning. For an additional dime they can a ttend the recreational swims after school or on Saturday afternoon.

There are some real athletes in 8B. That is proved by the way they are coming a long in championship games. A few of them . are Nioma Lowder, Hannah Newbill, J ane t Hutchinson, Jean German, Joyce Crosby, and Betty Coulter.

The doubles tournament of paddle tennis has started now th at the courts are cleared off and marked. Since the weather is changing, the tournaments m ay not be compl et ed. Clo se ly relate d to paddle tennis is pingpong which has started in the quiet games room. It has attracted a few girls, even if there is a fee of one cent for the ball.

Some girls in eve ry homero om, who are eligible to play, will not support their team. Their reasons for not playing are reasonless. What should we do for it?

In the gym classe s, individual records are being worked on. They are Neils on and Cozens achievement scales in Physical Education. Anyone who makes a score of sixty or more in five events gets an efficiency credit.

Jack Lewis: I wonder how long a person could live without brains?

Clyde Root: Well, let's see. How old are you?

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

PUPILS RECEIVE T,11\'IE OUT GARDEN CERTIFICATES

MY SCHOOL ROUTINE

November 5, 193

Take heed, freshies, the wa,

First comes arithmetic on the seco nd floo r 1 Second comes Greenleaf, we love it forev er more; Third comes English, where we learn to read and write, Fourth comes musi c, I could sing all day and night; Fifth comes science where we learn about birds and ''freshies. ''

trees,

Here are the lead ers in th tournament. In the se vent grade , 303 is leading. 303 is 7B home room. In the eight grade, 310 is leading. 310 is a 8A home room. In the nint grade 107, a 9A hom e roo m, : leading.

The following Whittier pupils you holler and run in the gyr. have received Garden certificates at noon. If you are inst ructe d t this fall: go out, go out or take a ch anc 216, Billy Warner; 309, Mari- on going to the office. ly n Ha ys, Peggy Hudson, Ed- There is always enough roor ward Skudder; 205, Shirley becau s e th e balcony and gyr Staats; 318, Henry Bitter, Phyl- :floor are plenty big to hold ev lis Patte rs on, Dale Shappaugh, eryone who goes to the gy m. ] Dona Emery, Francis · Helser, you come to the gym, yo u ar Da le Hoyt, Berna rd Leman, not e xpe ct ed to bring candy m Frederick Lang enheim; 304, as a matter of fact, anything t John Andreas ; 110, Kurt Sien- eat. If you want to go to the ba : knecht, Mary Rnmbolz, Ros 2'1 lie cony, go to the southwest stai Sk idmore ; 316, La Verne Klejn, and an officer will let you go u1 Katherine Parker, Richard Well, another home room i Nagel; 108, Jimmy Case, Donna ont of the base ball tou rna meff Hartman; 209, Twila Huff; 112, This time it happens to be a 7: Barbara Schnase, Billy Michael; home room, namely 212. Th 320, J a mes Shindel, June Shin- 7B's seem to be really st ickin del, Jean House, Frank Killian; it out. we're glad, bec a use w 305, George Butcher; 212 , Mar- like to see a lot of spunk in ou vin Epp, Richard Lewis, Charlot te Mehaffey, Roland Johnson; 308, Margorie Nicholas, Billy Schlaebitz; 210, Paul Corneal, Dale Peate, Donald McKee, Margaret M o e 11 e r; 302, Adam Brehm; 104, Betty Braun, George Kuwamoto; 102, Vernon Pettet, Doris Orman, Marcella Sehnert, Floyd Pettigrew; 310 , Bonnie Braun; 207, Cecil Whit e Bear, Milferd Epp, Raymond Bish; 103, Robert Avner.

Soon the base ball tournamer will be over, and Mr. Wells plar to have a touch football to urn: ment. We hope you will want i ,i oin in and m a ke a real to urn : m ent out of it. It will be a sing eUmination tournament.

We also hope you a re en joyir the basket ball game s . Th ey a: only practice games s o yo u don need to be worried if yo u we: beaten.

Willie: Mother did you say t l baby had your smile and daddy nose?

Mother: Why, yes, Willi e. Sixth comes history, exclud- Willie: Well, you bet te r wat ing flies and fleas. \ 1 him because he's got gra ndp~ Fra nce s Hart, 305. teeth now.

Th e W ttier Greellleaf

-Vt>l. 15 No. 4 LINCOLN , NEBRASKA NOVEMBER 19, 1937 Price: Five cents

PRESENT ARMISTICE · DAY PROGRAM

The Armistice day prog ram was hel d Nov. 10, in the Whittier audito rium. Mrs. Shike's Drama

CALENDAR

Nov. 23, 7A C. L. Conference

Nov. 24, Thanksgiving Assembly

I clas s presented a play entitl ''Arm is tice." The cast inclu,1..,,,,~,1,1 .,·111:

CLUES FOUNDTO HE FALLPROGRAM

constant snooping has

led us to a more definite n regard to the fall pro; and by the way, you ies may have a surprise in Nelda Oltman as Mrs. Sea'l ' /# rP ji',--....;:..,..p.-.----__,..-.,.__..,;;;.;::;.~.;..,./ Mildre d Clark as Jenny, I T,n>U )'./ r---

e ! The boys' glee club is gol to give an operetta at the all program which is entitled, maid, J ack Donov an as R Richard Goddard as Chris, lM:rJQ~ ~ Priest a s Bern ice, an fi "1e~~ Smith a s Louise. It was a ),u;t~

·es". "Lady Francis" is am , of the operetta that l,,fU~':!r.:.t:~ are going to give. We by Marilyn Paynte r music was furn is Helen Kiesselba ch. T giee cl ub sang "Flag •sh the fall program ~ 1 "' soon come to be a known Free" a fter which Wayn im R played "taps," and the g uge /Of2~ 9 ~

ct, in stea d of keeping us essing so much. No doubt, tryuts for parts in the program will be held soon, and we hope to · club then sang ''Sleep Soldier Sleep . ''

information in

Delegates Hold First Meeting

Del egate ass emblies met for the fir st time this semester on Novem ber 2, with Wayne Keim and Ph yllis Overman in charge of the boys and girls groups Both groups di s cu ssed noon hour ac tivities and emphasized the ne ed for cooperation from the ho me rooms. Me ans for preventin g forfeit of games and unnecess ary criticism were the main subje cts discussed by the girls. In add ition to these th e boys meeting emphasized trespassing and s taying on the grounds at

0 culture.

s et out o

g r oup of 8B pupils from Miss Jones' music classes sang three songs-Praise the Lord, A Hunting Song, and The Winding Road. These trips are looked forwa r d to by a ll classes as interesting and educational.

Professor Keim

Shows Color Films

Wednesday, November 3, the Whittier student body enjoyed a natural color film shown by Mr. Keim, professor of agronomy at the University of Nebraska. The pictures were taken on his

· · V • European tour last summer and Than sg1vmg acatmn centered mostly about England. Professor Keim said · that if we

Thanksgiving provides a two- enjoyed his film, he would come day vacation, Nov. 25 and 26, for back later and show us pictures which we are ~ery th ankful. of Norway and Sweden. We hope Good eats, good times, and good I . · · luck, we hope, accompany this that he will. Professor Keim 1s leave. Wayne Keim's father.

THE A THANKSGIVING DINNER A LOOK AT THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and esta bli s h e d in 1924 as the afficial student publication of Whittier Junior High School. Published bi-weekly during the school yeat· by the Whittier Junior High School pupils.

Over to Grandfather's house we go

GREENLEAF STAFF

Eclitor-in-chicf - Dorothy Tilton

Assistant Editor ·-·····-······ Bonnie Brnd l ey Girls' Sports - Dorothy Carnahan Coys ' Spo1ts

F l a tu rcs

Editorials

ohn Eber hart

Holbrook

····Cbarlotte Hill

Humor Warren Emery

Calendar and Exehanges Mary Louise Goodwin

Typist

Dorothy Buettenbach

Assistant Typists...... { Elinoib·e 1 RKobinson Ma e utc'her

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Miss Hul t Miss Cross

Ma:·y Alford S :i m Bale Jean Benn ett

Mr. Gammill Miss Peterso n REPORTERS

F rances Hart Eleanor Hurd

Char l es Cockrill I sa dore Diamond

8(•tty Jean Franklin

Betty Gary

Dorothy Jam es Bob McCormick

Carolyn Lutje Pats y Payn e

Donna Shields

Martha Hall Norma Jean Taylor

• Norma Ogden

PRI ' TERS

Kent Bake ;· Ruth Martin

Ivan Blinde Bob Mathews

Roy Cochran Ha1Ty Ni ede rhaus

Richard Davis A lvi n Polick

D o n Hall Richard Saling

Gordon Johnson Carl Sch aa-f

Rus se ll Jur,g ens Edward Schuckman

,John Larson Etl Schwindt

Dewey L ewis Carie ! S haw

Edward McNamara Jack Simm ons

Dick Mahaffey

Milton Stark Donald W e itzel

AT WHITTIER

WE' RE THANKFUL

For such adorable subjects as Latin and algebra, for all of the nice freshies we have with us, for the kind Civic League officers to tell us what to do and when to do it . Some Civic League officers can be thankful that the six weeks grades did not get their badges. Seriously though, we all are thankful for the grand teachers, our principal, and for the advantages that good old Whittier gives us.

A cow sat on a railroad track, A resting place he found; But now he's in a butcher shop, At twenty cents a pound.

- Elizabeth Smaha.

QUIET GAMES Rom

During the noon hour we SE

To eat our Thanksgiving many Whittierites entering th dinner; quiet games room. Mrs. Maxwe

When I get home again, by ,gum, and Miss Wegner are in charg

I know I won't be any thinner. of giving out the games and teacl

You eat and eat and eat and eat, ing you how to play them . Mi1

Till you just can't eat any Taylor is in charge of ping -po n~ more;

You touch your stomach a little bit, -

And doesn't it feel kinda sore?

And although I got a stomach ache,

To some I was just a begmner; I thank my stars for the stomach ache

And that wonderful Thanksgiving dinner.

GIVE

Every year Whittier pupils have an opportunity to help others

From Nov. 19 to Nov. 24 you will be asked to bring a donation of food, clothing or anything not perishable. Bring whatever you

These women are from tr Lincoln recreation board. Tt most popular game is fiddles tic k : Though there are eight game : at twelve-fifteen and on e- ha you ;ee all eight games ch ec kE out.

Ping-pong comes next in po1 ularity. To play ping-pong yo must pay one cent which entitl( you to play for the rest of tr semester. This penny helps covE - N adyne Burn the cost of balls.

0th er games you will find in tl quiet games room are schuffE dominoes, and checkers, (alwa~ a popular game and plentifu J 1 g s a w p u z z l e s, friend monograms, (another muc : wanted game) lotto, battleshi J tops, Jack and Jill, square, rool hang-man, heart puzzle, ar can and give it to your home room hearts.

teacher as soon as possible. To The quiet gam,Jts com mitte e those of you who didn't know, in charge of the room. They a1 this is a fine chance to earn an as follows: Margaret Stoddar1 ch airman , Mary Kierstea, efficiency credit, and _ these gifts Phyllis Holbrook, Maryl ouii will be sent to people who would Goodwin, Claire Shader, Bet otherwise have a poor Thanks- Swartz, Bonnie Clark , ar giving. Charlotte Hill.

It snowed one night, and poor EXAMINATION GIVEN Willie Owes, WHITTIER PUP II He played too long, and froze his toes;

Dr. Brooks began eye, ear, noi

But poor little Willie not a tear and throat examination , Nov. did he shed. Miss Freeburn has been conduc For today, he is a man. ing visual examination.

Novem ber 19, 1937

A L L CLASSE S HOLD MEETING S.

All cl asses have held meetings recent ly . On October 27, the 9A meeti n g was called to order by forme r vice-presiden t Margaret Stodd ard followed by the flag salut e led by Bob Cummins. The sec retary, Betty Blunk, and the trea surer, Russel Jurgens, were intro duced. A short talk on s chol arship was given by Mr. Cull er . The minut es of the last meeting were read by the secretary, followed by the treasurer's repo rt Phylli s Overman int roduced the differe nt com mitt ees whic h are helpin g to get the 9A gradu ation lined up. Followin g that P hyllis pre sented the three choice s which the color committee h as selected for the gradu ation color s . Th e resignation of Edna H offman , the forme r president, was accept ed altho ug h the cl a s s was sad at losing a most spl endid perso n to fill the office of p resident. The meeting was then adjourne d.

H arriett Ha yes opened the 9B meet ing, Novemb er 1, in the aL1di t orium. After the minutes wer e read , Billy Ston er, the new pr es i dent, was intr oduced. He ga ve a short speech PaLy Payne introd uced Jack Young; vice presid ent. Wesley Maser introduce d Virgini a H anner, treasurer , and Donald Weitzel introduced Odelia Korell a, secr etary A bill for the print ing of ballots were presente d an d accepted. The climax of the meeting was a t a lk by Mr. Cu ller, on the Good rich fraction and the respon sibility of those on the schol arship roll from each home room were read by Bob Campbell

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after which the meeting was adjourn ed.

Dorothy James opened the 8B class meeting, Nov. 4, in the auditorium . The minutes were read by the secretary, Carroll Lea Anderson. The ne w officers were introduced and John Blumer, the new preside nt, took over the rest of the meet ing . Carroll Lea Anderson introduced those on the scholarship roll. Eleano r Edison entertai ned with a flute solo ac-

Richard Lewis, the president. He introduced Tommy Griffin, who gave a reading entitled "The Customer's Always Right". The secretary read the minutes of the last meeting. Then the treasurer gave his report. The vicepresident read the names of pupils on the scholarship roll for the fir s t six weeks. The honor roll for each home room was read by the president. The meeting was then adjourned.

companied by Doris Orman at The 8A class meeting, Nov. the piano. Dorothy James and 12, was called to order by Abe Carroll Lea Anderson gave Talorovitz. He introduced the speeches on cooperation and new president, Dorothea Lemon, scholarshi p after which the who introduced the other officers meeting was adjo urned -Jack Tilton, vice-president;

On November 3, the 7 A class met in the aud ito r ium for the first time this semester. The new president, Barbara Mack, was introduced by the former president, Char les Tayl or The flag saluate le d by Mary Louise Alford and the civic league pledge led by Norma Ogden were given. Fo llowing that Ge ra ld Pease, vice- president, was introduced by Harry Eckert. Mercedes Mill er then introduced Pearl Shore, the new secreta ry, and Carmen Quackenbush introduced Eleanor Ellis as treasurer.

The min utes were read by Pearl Shore a nd Eleanor Ellis gave the treasmer's report. Following this, Norma Jean Taylor played two accord ion solos. The scholarship and honor rolls for the first six weeks wer e read by Gerald Pease. 1\fr Gammill led the cla ss in the Whittier song befor e the meeting was adjourned.

The 7B class meeting was held Monday, Nov. 8. The m eeting was call~d to order at 1 :05 by

Lois Gramlich, s ecretary, and Harry Pappas, treasurer. Minutes of the last meeting were r ead and approved followed by the treasurer's report The chairman of the service committee, Betty Gary, introduced the other members of that commi ttee-Gerald Kushner and La Vern Roberts. Marian Herzog gave a talk on efficiency credits. This was followed by an accordion solo by John Coulter. Mary Ellen McFarland spoke on the scholarship roll and announced the names of those on the scholarship roll. Jack Eisele gave the honor roll. Virginia Jensen talked on character qualities. A piano solo by Ruth Huber ended the program and the meeting was adjourned.

MUSICAL BUT DIM

McDowel: Well, and how do you like your new radio?

Mc Dermot: Its grand, mom, but the wee light's vurry hard to read by.

THAT JONES BOY

Emancipation Dec 1a ration

Jones, a little black boy dressed in fa de d overalls covered with many patche s , of many hues, a large straw hat with a bright ribbon, and dirty shirt minus sl e eves, gazed ruefully into Mr. Dolovy' s chicken yard.

His mind dwelt exclusively on the largest of a number of turkeys strutting majestically around the grain-covered yard. "My, I wish we all could have some turkey fo' Thanksgivin'," he murmured.

"Well, you can't have any of my turkeys so get out,'' said the owner's gruff voice behind him.

"Yas, suh," scream e d Emanci pa tion Dec laration Jones as he r a n for hi s m a mmy's house as fast as his fat black legs would carr y him.

La t e th a t n ight a small black figure ( Emancipation D. J on e s) could have been seen cr ee ping cautiously through the g a t e o f Mr. Dolovy's chicken yard. ''I think that young scarp that was here today is here again," said Mr. Dolovy appJaring with a torch in his hand and clad in a red night cap just as ~mancipation opened the g a te of the chicken yard and sped away into the inky darkness with two squawking turkeys in his bag.

And then "it" happened. 'In the black of night Emancipation bumped into something hard and cold. With a scream of fright he dropped his bundle and ran forward only to be stopped by another cold thing. He ran in each direction to be stopped abruptly by something cold and hard. At last he stopped in exasperation, wiped his forehead and as the moorn came from behind dark clouds discovered that in-

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

November 19 , 1937

JOKES

stead of running home he had be- I come enveloped in the gloom of I the city grave yard and had Freshman: Say, have you bumped into the monuments. noticed the smell in the l i brary

''I'll come back tomorro"' an' lately?

While he was playing with a small neighbor boy, Emancipation was very much perturbed to see Mr. Dolovy mount the steps of his humble residence and be invited in by his mother. Emancipation Declaration Jones spent the rest of the day and two other days with his friend, the neighbor boy, before he dared to go home or venture anywhere near his own house.

At last he muster e d up enough courage to face his powerful mother. ''Dec'orati on 'Mancipation Jones, where in de name ob' habean hab you been? Massa Dolovy has been here an' he wants you to come to his chicken yard and git a turkey fo' Thanksgi vin'," exclaimed his mother. Emancipation Declaration Jones fainted.

-Norma Ogden and Mary Alford

Miss Zamzow: How many seasons are there?

Jack Matthews: Only threefootball, basketball and baseball.

Miss Zamzow: What kin d of man was Robinson Cruso e?

Willis Markey: He was an a crobat because after he g ot d one with his work, he sat on hi s chest.

git that there sack " he mur- 6 A: Oh,. that's nothing - just d h 11 • bl f the dead silence they keep t here mure as 1s sma ack eet ________ • carried him swiftly homeward where he removed the card board that had covered the broken pane in the window and crawled into his room.

George: I proposed to t hat girl and would have married her if it hadn't been for somethi ng she said.

Ted: What did she say ?

George: No!

Marylouise Goodwin: I was taken to dinner by that man you introduced me to. He was very gallant and rema'rked upon my bird-like appetite.

Charlotte Hill: He sh ould know. He runs an ostric h far m in Australia.

Patient: Doctor, I'm sc a re d to death. This is my first opera tion. Doctor: I know just how you feel. This is _my first cas e.

Mr. McMullen: Can yo u gi ve me an example of adaptat ion of the h u m a n body to c h a n g e d conditions?

Leroy Lamb: Yes. My uncle gained fifty pounds in one year and his skin never crack ed

Kind old lady: Wha t te rrible

Student: And to think my thing brought you her e? mother took in washing s to send Prisoner (meekly): A cr>p. me to college!

Teacher: When I was your Friend: Did you do anything age, I could repeat the presi dents to help your mother? by heart.

Student: Yes, I sent my wash-! Student: Yea - the re were ing home. Ionly ten to remember.

Novem ber 19, 1937

CARE ERS IN TH E MAKING

Name: Mrs. Wo rrall.

Bi rthplace: Orla ndo, Florida Travel s : Extensi vely through the Uni te d States. Last winter she wen t to Washin gton, D. C. Ch il dh ood incident s : When Mr s. Worrall was a child, she pla nted two dimes in the sand. She tho ught in thi s Wc: y she wo uld raise m ore dim 2s. L~ter that day Mrs. Won all and h er mot her went out to fin d t he two dim es but the y couldn't. Incidentall y, she i s still looking for them

Fav orite flowe r : Rose.

Sch ools taught: Lincoln and Scotts bluff.

Plac es of educa tion: Mar i ett r

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

FlRST THANKSGIVING

5

WHITTI ER

Many, many years ago Whi tt i er is a school for all, The Indian s and thew hite men, You come in winter, spring and Gathered together to feas t and fall; give thanks Many little fr eshies came this For the harvest that God had year, sent them.

• And many more are welcome here.

The men joined together They may tease you at the first, To hunt some wild game; But nevertheless it gets no worse They caught many wild turkey, Then you will like it better every That's where the idea came. day,

After long hours of hunting, Step on, that's just the way. They brought in their prey, You can work to get efficiency, And their thanks they gave to A delegate or civic league offic er God be;

On that first Thanksgiving If you obey every rule. Day. At dear old Whittier Junior High -Thera Mayne School.

acade my and Ma rie tta College at SAFETY FIRST -Le Jean Peery , 303 Ma r iett a, Ohio .

High er educ ation: Busin eqc: Oh, a merry old soul, was Mr trainin g in Cinci nnati at th "; McFatte r Campbell Sch ool of Busine s,., 1 But the trouble was, he had no Traini ng Master s de 0 Tee at th e i stepladde r; University of Neb raska. He wanted to hang up a picture, Ho b b y: Looking up her family one day, tree. So he u sed baby's high chair, Inte rests : Re ading. climbed up it so gay.

As he tacked up the picture, the

THA NKSGI VING FEAST

The tur key, chi cken, and the • fru its telephone rang;

Are foods of great delight; I hope that the y can really suit My hu ngry appeti te; The tu rkey, fixed my favorite wa y,

And fruits, thei r col ors bright, Look ta st y on their loaded tray, My , what a lovely sight!

- Norma Sehmid t

Ther e was a bo y nam ed Eddy, Who h ad a pal na me d Teddy ; The re were always together, In a ll kinds of weather, Excep t when they went to beddy.

TURKEYS

IAll the turkeys round about Seem to be so bjg and stout, I suppose it's the natural thing That they all stuff that Thanksgiving king.

IIWe all know that the turkey

In his rush to get down, Cras h! Bang! h f 11 won't be e e ,

Down a-begging us on bended

A ]though rushed to the hosital, knee alas , and alack!

The next day he died,

To have mercy on his mate, of a And pick some other for the broken back.

Moral - use a stepladder, not a ch air.

-W inifred Nelson , 320

Son: Pop, you said you would give me five dollars if I passed in scho ol this year .

Pop: Yes.

Son: Well, I'm going to save you the expense.

plate.

- Lillian Urbach, 304

WHITTIER P. T . A. MEETS

At a meeting of the Whittier P . T. A. on Tuesday , November 9, the girls' glee club sang and Professor Filley of the College of Agriculture talked on ''Thrift.''

SPORTS BEACON

The first Nebraska Ball tournament was wound up with 222 being the school champs. They defeated 318, 8th grade champs who had already defeated 104, seventh grade champs.

Vera Whited, Fern Freeman, Dorothy Hedstrom, Virginia Stuermer, Elinor Hurd and Betty Coulter seem to head the Nebraska Ball star list.

A new baseball tournament has been started since 208 completed the first one grabbing the school championship.

. A second Mae Spaedt has not been found as yet unless it could be Lillian Urback, 304, who did her best to -beat 208, but was unsuccessful.

The doubles tournament in paddle tennis is being finished by Virginia Stuermer and Virginia Hanners versus Patrica Flynn, and Zelma Rohan. May the best team win.

When girls don't have to play, many things occupy their time - Chinese puzzle, crack the whip, spill the beans, and · catch.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THANKSGIVING

''Thanksgiving is a jolly time, r, the excited Englishman said; American children prayed for turkey ere they went to bed.

The Hollanders filled their wooden shoes with bunches of straw and hay;

That turkeys like Santa Claus . mig-hf lie until the coming day.

And the feast-my what a sight to put before your eyes!

With turkeys, cranberries, potatoes, and such, but mainly pumpkin pies. •

But be careful, for you know enough is just enough,

And if you eat too very much, the going will be rough.

For there will be another year when turkeys run and hide, To get away from axes, and ropes to which they're tied.

- Elizabeth Smaha

Lost and Found

Some of the girls rode their I LOST- Skate wheel near school. bikes out to Jackson and back La Vora Ramel, 102. one noon. A lot of girls are stable LOST-_Green fountain pen and supporters of the boys' home pencil set. between 302-309. room teams. Girls, don't let any Floyd M~Gims_ey, 104. of these reasons keep you from LOST- Boy s wristwatch. playing when you are sup- Kenneth Neff, 310. posed to.

ThP.re was a boy named Dick, To look at him made you sick;

One glance made the girls,

Lose all of their curls; They'd rather look at a stick.

Tourist: Do people fall off this cliff often?

LOST-Green and brown fountain pen. Marvin Lange, 222.

LOST - Brown coat belt in cafeteria. Eleanor Hurd, 318.

TIME OUT

N ovem her 19, 19.

Let's hope that when the foe ball tournament starts, all tear will be on time and will not f c feit so many times. It will 1 touch football with eleven bo . to a side and single eliminatio

Well, let's look at th e bo~ baseball tournament. In the 7 grade 108, 309, 210 and 305 a still in the tournament a nd the 8th grade 216, 310, 308, a1 304 The 9th grade has 107, lC 208 and 218 for its leade rs . Boys, when an umpire ma k 1. decision, that decision i s fin: Don't argue with him.

305 and 316 had a terril timP getting their game s tartE It seems when one team s how up, the other one would forf( and vice versa. The las t tir they played, there was a ve distinguished audience i n clud il Miss Peterson, Mr. St r a wn, N. Culler, Miss McGrew an d N. Wells. 305 finally won 7 to 6.

We feel that we ough t t o me tion Mr. Ross' name i n t ! sports column because h e t each sixth period gym class. H e do an excellent job of it.

There once was a gir l na mi Hart, Whom cupid had hit with a da1 Like a dove she is cooing, 'Cause her boyfriend is wooin Boy - does she think she smart!

There once was a b oy na mi

Husband: By the way, what Emancipation,

Guide: No, only once. are we having for dinner tonight? Who resolved to change his loc Wife: Sponge cake. I sponged tion; the eggs from Mrs. Jones, the So he murdered a ma n, flour from Mrs. Brown and the Kissed his girl Nan, milk from Mrs. Smith. And soon was at the jai l statio

Th e ittier G n l af

Vol. 15 No. 5 LINCOLN, N E BRASKA DECEMBER 3, 1937 Pri ce : Five _ cents

MORE RE VEALED OF SC HOOL PROGRAM

Well, more of the se cret i s out! T he date fo r the school , progra m i s Januar y 14 It s e ems 1 the gi r ls' glee clu b is a ll afl ut ter during t ry -o uts for the leads of "Lady F rancis", a n d usefu l b ut bewild ered Brid g e t O'Harr i g a n.

The boys' gl e e is in much an xiety as to who will get parts as

CALENDAR

Dec. 7, 12 Weeks Reports

Dec 7, 9A Ci vic League Trip

De c. 8, Asse m bly •

De c. 9, 9 B Civic Lea gu e Trip

Dec . 13 , Nominations for Civic Lea gue Officers

Dec. 14 , 8A Conference

Dec . 15 , Christmas Pr ogram

Dec . 16 , 9B Conference

De c. 16 , 7B Class m~etin g

Dec 17 , 7A Class meeti n g

office r s of the Wanta-Pie frater- Hold Geogr a phy Exh1·b1·t nity. Ed wa r d McNamara has thus fa r been p roven the P aderewski of the fr aternity. His re- Miss Hooper ' s , Miss Mumford ' s nown ed abili ty as a pianist is and Miss Madse n 's 7B geo gworld wi de. raphy classes are h aving an ex -

Be s u re tha t you don't miss hibit of the hand craf t of Mexi co. the n ext i s sue , for ,rn will hav P •The articles are t h ings broug h t more i mport ant facts to reve c 1 1 ' i n by the pupi ls a n d teachers . to you by that time. We will be They are being exh i bi ted in th e able to tell you then the n ames glass case outsi de of t he office of pe rsons who will have parts The exhibit is cha n g ed every in the operetta s. day. The things that a re b eing

Boy Del egat es M eet

Dick McMaho n taking ch a rge for th e first t ime called the second boys' d elegate meeting to orde r, Tuesda y , No v mber 16, in room 210 Pin g pong for home rooms was d iscu ss ed.

L ISTEN I N!

Every Saturda y morning at 11:15 th e Lincoln s chools b r oadcast a ha l f hour program over KFOR. Each Satu rday a differ -

ent scho ol prP.sents the prog r am News fr om all th e junior and senior hi g h schools is given ea ch week. We want yo u t o b e sur e to listen in Remem be r, K FOR, at 11:15 every S aturd ay m orning .

shown are vvea vi ng, baske t s, gourds, pottery, d raw n work, wood-carving, a nd f ea the r wor k.

FATHERS A ND S ON S GET T OGE THE R .

GIRLS CIVIC LEAGUE MEETS

The girls civic league met in the auditorium, November 15, for the purpose of a r ousing interest in the school a cti v iti e s. The meeting was called t o order by the president, Dorothy T ilton, followed by Phyllis Overman, vice-president leading th e civic league pledge. M a r g a r e t Stoddard, ~hairman of the quiet games committee, told a bout the games that could be played in the quiet games room. Miss Green talked on the teachers' view of organized games. She told how hard it had been to get up 304's team which is now s uch a great success. Rosa Newbill, playgr ound chairman, and Mrs Ross, also talk ed for a short time on sportsmanship. The m eeting was then adjourned and d ism issed by men bers of the usher committee.

Registration Begins

Ever y body i s bei n g a s ked what they are taking next sem e ster. Why? Don' t you know? Registration began November 29, 1937, for the s e con d s emest el' of the year of 1937-1938.

About 300 fa the rs and sons attended the a nnu a l fat h er a n d son get-toget he r , F r ida y, November 19, in the Whi tt i er auditorium. Mus i c wa s furni she d by oul' own band . W ay n e Ke i m gave ARTISTS GIVE PROGRAM a welcome to the fa thers and a

1·esponse was gi v en b y Mr W. Mr. Witte an d Mr. Robbins M. Stoner He was fo l1 ow e d by fro m t h e Witte-Robbins st udio t e mcii~ spe a ke r of t he pr o-pre s ente d a g ro up of nu m b ers gram, L1~uten an t ~- 0 . ? ennet for Whi tt ier pupil s on Wed ~e sof the Lmco ln polic e. L ieuten- day November 17. Mr. Witte ant Bennet t a lk ed on th e :5a fet y is ; vocal so loist and Mr . Robof Linco ln a nd the chai rman , b ins an accomp a nist and piano Prof. R. E Cochra n, clo se ~ t h e I soloist . We app r eci a te the opmeeting b y telling the audi ence / p or tunity to hea r such fine muwhere the refres h me nt s were I s ic as they pre s ented.

THE

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

• Found ed and establish e d in 1924 as the official student publication of Whitti er Junior High School. Published. bi-we e kly during the school year by the Whittier Junior High School pupils.

GREENLEAF ST AJ:i-,F

Editor-in-chief

·····Dorothy Tilton

Assistant Editor ·-·····-··-···········BonnieBradl ey

Girls' Sports - Dor othy Carnahan Boys' Sports

o hn Eberhart

F e atur s ---·· -·--Phyll is Holbrook

Editorials -· ····-·········· ···Charlott e Hill

Humor ·- ·-··········-···········Warren Emery

Calendar and Exchanges Mary L ouis e Goodwin

Ty pist.. ·-·········· Do rot hy Buett e nbach

Assistant Typists... { Elino re Robinson Mable Kutcher

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Mi ss Hult Miss Cross

Mary Alford ::;am Bale Jean Bennett

Charles Cockrill

Mr. Gammill M is s Peterson

REPORTERS

F ra nc es Hart Eleanor Hurd D oro thy Jam e s

Bob McCormick

I sadore Diamond

B etty Jean Franklin

Betty Ga ry

Carolyn Lutj e Patsy Payne

Donna Shields

Martha Hall No rma J ea n Taylor Norma O gd en

PRINTERS

K e n t Baker

Ruth Mart in Ivan Blinde Bob Mathews

R oy Cochran

Harry N ieder haus

Richa r d Davis Alvi n Polick

Don Hall Richard Sa lin g

Gordon Johnson Carl Schaaf

Russell Jur ge ns Erlward Sc huckman

John Larson Ed Schwindt

Dewey Lewis Ca r i e ! S h aw

Edward McNamara Jack Simmons

Dick Ma haffey M il ton Sta rk

Donald W e i tze l

WHY NOT PLAY'!

Why not be good sports and play with your home room teams? There would be more competition if everyone would partic ipate. Some pupils say that they don't know how to play, sorne that they don't get back in time, and still others that they just don't want to. There are only three good reasons which prevent boys and girls from playing. They arebeing ten percent or more underweight, having failing grades, or a rating of D on the health card. Most of us aren't kept from playing by these reasons. Come on, boys and girls, let's play!

WHITTIER GREENLEAF December 3, 1937

WHY A GREENLEAF DELEG ATES HOL D JOINT . MEETING.

Perhaps some of you have wondered why we need a school The first joint mee ting of the paper. We think we can tell you delegates was held in the au disome good reasons . It helps torium, F 1·id a y afternoon, Nomothers ond fathers to know vem ber 19. The meeting was what is going on in the school. brought to order by the b oys' Then too, some boys and girls · Civic League president, Wayne make notebooks and save their Keim. The purpose of th e m eetpaper s until they are older. In ing was to find the attitude of this way they can look back to pu pil s toward assembli es. The see what they did when they following suggestions were were young. It also gives those m2de: Show your apprecia tion of us who like to write a chance by clapping a few ti mes and to see our work in print. Our q uit , don't act bored, don't laugh paper is exchanged with other school papers in many cities. We unless something is mea nt to be are proud to say that Whittier funny. The majority of the puboys and girls pri nt the paper in pils want a variety of as semour own print sh op and that it is blies. Discussion wa s le a d by paid for by subscriptions of the Dorothy Tilton and Wa yne pupi ls since no advertising is Kei m and the meeti ng wa~ allowed. bro ught to a clo se by Dorothy

SHOW COURTESY.

Whittier pupils should show mo_ e courtesy towa r d guests in om schoo l. When distinguished guests appear on our stage, s nickering, heavy applause, and unnecessary laughing s hould not ruin the perfo rm ance. Mr. Culle r presents Whittier as a good example of fine behavior, and disc ourtesy and inattention in a sse.m bly shouldn't lower his opinion of us or other people's ideas of Whittier standards.

FRESHIES VISIT ·LIBRARY

On certain days during the activity period we see the different 7B home rooms entering the library. Mis::; Bethune shows them the card catalog, the placing of books, and how to check out books and magazines. This gives the freshies a better understanding of the library and helps them to take advantage of the opportunities offered there Tilton.

MY IMPRESSIONS OF TEACHERS

Mr. Wells -R ed sweater, blad wavy hair , book of spor ts. Mrs. Pinney-100 pound struc ture, I 'm from Missouri comp lex an angel without wing s. Miss Cross - Super Lat in br ain pair of glatises (she s ees every thing), perfect sense of hum or Mr. Heston - Pair of ove ralls a pest to C. L. officer s, mod er1 San ta Claus.

- Phylli s Ove rma1

LITTLE JOHN NY

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Little Johnny, with his ma de bating, Said the ice was thi ck en ou g1 for skating; So he tried it out, and now h doth slide

On the floor of the lake wher the fishes glide.

-Winifred Ne lson.

Decembe r 3, 1937

CAREER S I N THE MAKI N G

Nam e: Mr. Carl Heston.

Birth place : New Gotten, Ohio in a lo g cabin. '

Edu cation: Kin gsmill, Ohio and Miami Universit y.

Trav els : Chic ago, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis.

Favo rite flow er: Rose.

Teac hing: E dinburgh, Ohio, McKin ley, Haywar d and Whittier in Linc ol n

Happ iest: Whe n his feet are under the dining table.

Futu re plans: To grow bigg er and bet ter turnips.

TRY IT

Ride a horse upside down.

Hold a live fish for thirty minptes.

Stan d on you r finger.

Stan d on a ho rse's tail.

Wal k on the ceiling.

Write a 1,000,000 page par~- graph.

Ba lan ce a matc h on the end of your n os e .

Forg et what you want to for get but reme mber what you forgot to forge t when you forgot what you mea nt to remember to forget.

Wa lk 2,000 miles in one day.

Jump off the top of the Empire State bu ilding.

Stand on to p of the figure of the sow er on the capitol dome.

Lost and Found

LOST -Black Schaeffer pen. Rew ard. Shell ey Bulin, 307.

Lost - Gold-col ored tie pin with diam ond shap ed p earl. Gladys Will iams, 104

LOST - Maroon - colored, wool glov es. Gerald ine Thompson, 212.

LOST - Wine color ed, oiled silk rain cape in envelope of same. Wau nita Baumga rt, 309 .

LOST- Gold penci l. Phyllis Beckman , 218. Rew ard.

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Wanted To Buy-Any make, secondh and bicycle. Frances Hart, 305.

LOST-Small brown pu rse containing pen and pen cil set, mirror, erase r and b lack comb, between 23rd to 25th and Vine or 25th from Vine to R. Donna Shields, 309.

ART,IC EX PLORERS

It was a rather warm day and because of this fact Emancipa- tion D. Jones and Washington Junior reso lved to play arctic explorers in the ice-box because Mammy was away. Naturally the food was not left untouched. W. J. \Vas in the pl ace where the ,-ratermelons ,, ere kept, and Ema:r:icipation was shooting po- la r bears in the arctic regions of the ice chambe1'. Soon they tired of this sport.

K ·pecting to unlatch the door Emancipation was dumfounded Lo find himself locked in, for l\Iammy had come home and h earing noi s es had put a lock on the ice box thi nking that is was infested with "ratses" , as she called it. They pounded on the door.

"Lavi'S of Mercy", screamed Mammy, "Ghostes inste a d ob ratse ". White as a black person can be, she ran to a neighbors and soo n a collection of s ixteen negroes were staring open- mouthed at the white porcelain ice box which co ntained tw o small and very frightened snubnosed boys . Nearly frozen to death, Emancipation finally succeeded in J:;:eaking do" n the ice box door, and ,Yith Washington Irving in his arms era~ led laboriously out. Mammy fainted for the fourte ? nth time in her life and she and the two boys were laid on the army cot.

The bed re fused to hold them, and a thundering crash landed Mammy in a can of white paint, which Pappy had intended to paint the floor wit h. The floor

wa surely painted, but how? She had so demolished the buck t that its end was certain. Emanciptaion was underneath the place where the bed had been am ong fleas, trash, old bottles and tin cans. The baby was unharmed.

Pappy came home and found Mammy sitting in the paint can where, if nothing had been done, she wo uld continue to sit. Emancipation was fast asleep with a tin can on his bare toe, mildewed red flannel under wear adorning his chest, fleas in his hair, and his nose as big a s a lobst er where he had bumped it in his fal l. Pappy turned pale.-Mary Alford, 307, and Norma Ogd e n, 104 .

SOUTH AMERICA TOMORROW (Geography Report)

South America is a swell country when it's in good shape. But a storm will come up one bright summer's day and will blow the country far, far away. Then North America has to come in on the scene. She takes trucks, fills them with dirt, and makes a new country.

-LeRoy Lamb WHITTIER.

I think Whittier is the nicest sch ool of all the schools I know, We read, write, cook and play, Oh yes, we even sew. We hurry to school at eight A. M. to be in class on time, And at noon we scurry home with only an hour to dine; One P. M. school again, da s hing from class to class, Three P. M. all over again, just waiting for the word to pass; So , now maybe you will see That Whittie r is the best school to me.

-Barb ara Beard, 318.

WHITTIER CHATTER

Bob Campbell can't seem to tell time any more. He was supposed to report to • the clinic at ten o'clock , but during first period he glanced at the clock and ran out. It was nine o'clock. He didn't realize that unt il he came back.

102 claims to have the shortest and the tallest boys in the eighth grade (or i s it in the whole school?). The boys are Warren Pool, who is six feet and one half inch and Irvin Deeds who claims to be only four feet, two and three fourths inches (and we don't doubt his word).

Talk about blushing! In Miss Green's 5th period Engli s h class there is reall y an expert. For further ref e r e nces , see Helen Bennett , 220.

When walking past the auditorium durin g second or fifth periods one hears funn y niose s, but you needn't be afraid becau s e it's just the glee clubs warming up. Some exercises they use are: na may ne po to , ma may ma m o na ne no, and many other such meaningless sounds.

During se c ond period Nelda Oltman, 312, asked Miss Cross for a half a slice of paper.

Lucile Cozad has a cousin who is thirty and has never lost her baby teeth and furthermore has never had any trouble with her teeth since birth.

Believe-it-or-not but Shelly Bulin wants a pair of. skiis for Christmas. He has a promise of getting them too.

Perhaps one of the most interestin g and unusual experiences of the past two weeks was that of Marilyn Green of 304. While on their vacation in the South this last summer, the Greens were guests at the home of a doc-

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tor in South Carolina. This doctor employed a seventeen year old colored servant girl -very small and terribl y afraid of ghosts and spooks. Marilyn talked to her, urged her to attend school this fall , and left her address. A f ew days a g o Mar ilyn received a let t er from the girl saying that she is going to school and is in the seventh grade.

The boys of 305 were supposed to report to the cl in ic one morning at 9 :45. The ones in M iss Clark's first period arithmetic class evidently couldn't tell time that morning for they reported at 8 :45, an hour too soon , •

Pupils in 301 already have hopes of attending their favorite schools when they finish senior

HOW I GOT MY DO G

Decem her 3, 193

Our neigh hors had a li t t le doi about two weeks old. Wh e n th e: received the dog, I happ ene d t be outside playing. The y ca ll e, me inside to see it. Afte r th a t pla y ed with it every da y. Whe: it was a half year old , i t wo ul chase a stick and coul d ca tc things in its mouth . It s ta ye d o my front porch and waite d for m t o come home from scho ol e ver n ight. When we move d aw aJ the dog jumped into our car an refused to get out. Our n ei gh bor happened to be standing in th y ard and said to take hi m al on~ I still have the dog, but w hen w came to Lincoln, I left hi m at m grandmother's. I surely w ill b glad to see him when Ch r ist m2 high. Catherine Rice and Joan Bierbower hope to go to Vassar comes . and Bett y Bailey plans to go to · - Harley Adam s , 20 flying school. Charles Ewell and Margart Marcy want to go to Southern Califorina while Georg e

THE FOUR SEASO NS Elias thinks of going to First comes spring, Minnesota. The rest beleive that All a-blossom, good old Nebraska is good enough With her daisy and nas tur ti um. for them. Then comes summer, John Blumer will soon be term- With her heat wave, ed the laziest boy in school. Every When vacation is a craz e time he's on his bicycle and drops Then comes autmn, a book, he stops in the middle of With her turning leav e s, the street and wai t s till someone When all things leave , e ven t he bees. comes along to pick it up for him.

FIRST SNOW

Spits of snow upon my head ,

A thin crust covers a ll landscape around; The wind blows tornadoe s down the street,

And last of all comes wi nter, When the cold north wi nd s blow,

Not forgetting frosty mo rns an heaps of snow.

And these , my folks , ar e a ll thE seasons, All through the yea r, My footstep are crunching on Those four seasons th at see m sc frozen ground. dear.

- Mary Alford - Betty Lou J e line k, 3J

Decemb er 3, 1937

OUR S HACK

THE WH ITTIE R GREENLEAF

THESE THI NG S REMIND ME JUST IMAGINE

One summer th e b oy s in the OF YOU. b neighb orhood decided to m a ke a - Jack Lewis eing quiet in shack in Tinke n's wo od s We got Thr e e Mus ket ee rs: Dic k Ma r - home room. all the boards we coul d fi nd a n d s h a ll , Dick McMah on a nd Wes- Kevin Phillips staying in one started off. In t h e day 8 t h a t ley Mas er. home room. followe d not a h ammer-, saw , or Gre t a Garbo : Phyllis Ove r- Miriam Main dressed up like a brace and bit could be fo und in man. the res pective hom es of our gan g. Ele anor P owe ll : Betty My ers boy.

After days of hard work we J eanett e Mc Don a ld : P h y lli s Sam Bale not reading a library finishe d our su mm er ab ode a nd Owens . book in class. since the wea ther was fine, we Nel s on E d dy : Ho war d Stac y Betty Jane Blackburn with though t we m ight sleep out. T h e Shirley Te m p le: J ea n Be nn ett . long curls again. next afternoo n foun d us w alk ing Robe rt Taylor : Mau rice Mul - Hazel Reynolds without her briskl y toward ou r sha ck wh en l en. fr om our midst cam e a s 11out. We lipstick. r T h e T hi n Ma n: Ed ward Mc- D' k s 1· · h h . f scatter ed on ly t o find we h a d bee n 1c a mg wit out 1s uzzy frighte ned by a tin y garte r snak e . Namara. sweater.

We pro ceede d car efull y watchin g L ove U nder F ire: Io na Jen se n Phyllis Holbrook without her the country Af ter arrivi ng a nd and Euge ne L aw so n. bright finger nail polish. eating a hear ty meal, we se ttled Love on th e R un : He le n Jean Bennett with short hair. down to what we though t woul d be G h 1 h a restfu l night on ly t o be arou se d reen a g •

Charles Cockrill without his by an owl's h oot ing a nd no ises Yon go tta Be a Foo tba ll suspenders. from other w ild life. H ero: Bob Ke rsey.

Thayne Roberts not getting Earl y, ver y early, t he n e x t 1 1 The Bi g A pple : Alic e Mae bawled out by Mis s CrosS'. morni ng we d ra g ged ours elve s Booth . home, WE:ary but n?ne th e wor se Old King Cole : Ma x Egley for our mght 's outmg . , I - Milfe rd Epp , 207 You Can t St op Me F r om

THE CH INA DOL L

In the antique sh op wind ow, Arra yed i n all he r sple nd or; Stands a chin a d oll, So gracefu l an d so sl ender . Next to her stands her partn er , In all his po mp an d grand eur : They make a perfec t pair, Wh om peo ple cann ot sl a n der . Lovers of long a go, Po wdered wigs and all ; Ready to danc e th e minue t, At any col onial ball.

Standin g there so peac e fu lly , Watch i ng t he y e ars go by; Even though of ch ina, They're gre ater than y ou or I.

They lived in earl y time s , Tim es of peace a nd war; And now they 're th e won der , Of all who pa ss the s tore. - Bess ie Deem.

IDr eami n g: Man fo r d Gregg.

Mamma I Wann a Ma k e Rhythm: Jo hn Eberhart

Cleopatra : E lin or e Ro bi n s on. Rocke d i n th e Cra dle of the Deep: Bob Cum mi ns .

T HE STORM

It's so pe aceful and still to n ight ove rhead ,

ONE YEAR AGO

The Whittier auditorium got some new curtains.

Miss Bethune ordered one hundred and fifty new books for the library.

During the week of Nov. 9, thirty-nine new pupils enrolled in Whitti8r.

TWO YEARS AGO

Y et the b l u stery wind is not Five new teachers were on the st ill ; Whittier faculty. They were Miss Gro t e squ e shad ows w e ave 'cross Ferguson , Mr. Updegraft, Miss my bed, Norton, Mrs. Worral and Miss Wh i le the bran ches ou t side Zamzow wa ve lik e ar ms of a mil l. Mr. Gammill, who was Soon u p from t he no rt h comes a Whittier's only bachelor, was lo w gr owl of t hun der, marr ied to Miss Rose Hoffman

And I sit up swi ftl y t o s ee, I of Fort Collins, Colorado.

Th a t t he man i n t h e m oon has I ~r. Johnson show~d and ~xquietly go ne u n der Iplamed some very mterestmg

A cloud a s d ar k as the sea. foot?all pictures to the Whittier - Mar y Lo u ise Alford , 307 pupils

HOME ROOM NEWS

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Billy Marler want to be private marines. Eleanor Ryan wants to

We hope you're not getting be an aviatrix. Donna Shields tired of this business but here wants to be an ail' hostess. Mait is again. H. R. 108 has four rilyn Hayes and Betty Wilson Roberts. They are Robert Gage, want to be kindergarten teachRobe1t Wagner, Robert Hanne- ers. man and Robert Smith. Shirley Hageman wants to be H. R. 209 has moved to 203, an air hostess. Lillian Swenson Mrs. White's former H. R. wants to be a nurse. La Verne H. R. 303 seems to be quite Graves and Waunita Baumgart doubled up. They have two Rob- p1·efer to risk their necks for erts, Robert Gablehouse and news by being newspaper reRobert Hendrix, two Dorothys, porters. Marian Coombs p r eDorothy Johns and Dorothy f ers her name in lights as an Lamb and two Bettys, Betty opera star. Loraine Gorman and Fees and Betty Newville. Lois Penton want to be stenogSnooping around as usual, we raphers. Lester Campbell wants have found that Betty Newville to be a manager of any kind of makes a hobby of writing poems. business that is of any iwportHarold Michel and Ruth ance Schwabauer have returned to Billy Marler, 309, visited OmaWhittier and are in home room ha over the week-end of Novem308. Dorothy Litt and Esther ber 6-7 and saw the automobile Dinges have also returned to show.

Whittier and are in 305. Janna McBride, a former puHome Room 208 has three pil of 101, has returned from new pupils. They are Wilbur frving to be in Mrs. Swisher's Wright from College View, Dan- home room. iel Pierce and Joseph Goebel Kenneth Ritzman, 105, went from Cathedral. to the automobile show in OmaLewis Berlowitz, 309, reports ha, November 11. that one night at scout meeting Several girls headed by Janna a man asked what part of a car McBride, 105, and Alice Mae is responsible for most acci- Booth, 314, have obt a ined perdents. A boy answered, "The nut mission from Mrs. Ross and that holds the steering wheel". Mi s s Hult to use the girls gym

Betty Wilson, 309, says that I for dancing during the noon in Miss Curley's fourth period hour when there are no games English class there are five there.

Bettys-Kurtz, Coulter, Wilson, Kathryn Brehm has returned Fowler, and Procter; three Ken- to Whittier and is in 305. neths-McM'- nd, Matthews, and Darwin Fredrickson accomWilson; two Bobs-Duncan and panies his brother each SaturMcCormick ; three Ruths - day on his Wendelin ·Bakery deVance, Somerhiser, and Kosmos; livery route. They cover about two Charles - Cockrill and 150 miles and visit '20 towns. Smith.

Donald Keane wishes to be a Paul Lange of 309 has a col- lawyer when grown while Shelly lection of pennies and match Bulin wants to be a cartoonist. containers.

Darwin Fredrickson plans to be

Waunita Baumgart has read an architect. 272 books since January 1, 1937, Eleanor Ellis, Mercedes Miller, not counting those read during Moyne Miller, and some othe the summer. neighborhood girls have a baseHere are some more ambitions ball team. They play other of pupils. Eugene Houchin and neighborhood teams.

December 3, 1937

FAMOUS SAYINGS .

Miss Peterson: Watch yo ur voices!

Izzy Diamond : Geenimy !

Dick Saling : I hope, I hope, I hope. •

Patsy Payne: Abbisinia !

Helen Greenhalgh: Glo ry be!

Margaret Stoddard: A w, nuts!

Dick McMahon : Not bad !

Dorothy Tilton: Wow!

Dick Marshall: Sniff, Sniff.

Victor Brooks: Carn Sam.

Kate Hudkins: Oh shucks!

Wesley Maser: Hi, scab

Betty Anderson: No kid den. Wayne Kiem : Good yo ke, but I don't get it.

Dick Marshall, Dick McMaho n and Wesly Maser: Whe re's our badges!

Max Egley: Take it ea sy

Helen Kiesselbach: Aw , I don't believe ya.

Phyllis Overman: Ain't it ripping, rip, rip.

Elinor Robinson: Wa tcha macallet.

WHO-OO-OO.

Night comes creepin'; Creepin' soft and slow , Shadows crowdin' all 'rou n d; Wind goes sighin', sig hi n' sad an' slow, Moanin' wid a drery, dolefu l soun';

Owls up yonder in de' dark, dark, boughs Whisper, "Who are you? " You can hear a branch a creakin'

Like a goblin was a spe aki n'; "Who-00-00-00, Who -00- 00 Who-00-00 are you?"

Flowers are folded, folded out o' sight,

Birds are cuddled snug awa y,

All things waitin' thr o' de night, Hopin' fo' de comin' ob de day; While de owls up in de dark dark boughs Whisper, Wo-oo, Who are you?': -Norma Og den

December 3, 1937

A RUNNER'S HEART

Bill Handly, better know n as Spe ed, was si tting on the bed worrying. The big meet between Thu rston and Stanford Universiti es was to be held Saturday, and Bill kne w it meant the sch ool's standing in athletics. Bill h a d never l et them down befo r e and he couldn't now . All the other events between the scho ol s wou ld probably add up clo s e tog eth e r, but the 440 must be won, a nd Bi11 was really going to try.

Cou ld he hold Marshall, who had sma s hed a ll records last yea r ? H e asked himself the qu est i on over and over before goin g to bed that night. Ther e wa s a big crowd the re as the re is at all big event s. In one corner the school band burst out wit h the school song. One after a noth er the events were out of th e way, and at last the 440 was to b e gin.

Bill was n ervous and beat the gun twice before the race was started. He crouched low, but he was not well balanced. Th ey were off do wn the straight to th e first bend. Smith was le ading, but that meant :nothing to Bill or the rest.

On the first bend, Smith dr opped and Martin took first pl ace They were beginning toget h er ; yet they were runn i ng slowl y . On th e second bend, Bill was trai ling Marshall by six yard s, but was s lowly coming up. On the thi rd bend they were

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

ACTIVE ALUMNI.

Looking through the old Greenleafs, we came acros s thi s choice bit from a 1928 issue.

Mr. Cu ll er : (seeing a 7B pick himself up at the stairs) Did you miss a step ?

Marvin Plock: Yes, but I hit all the rest.

It seems that Marvin was taking spills at that early age, but now he plays football with the University of Nebraska. He is quite a suc ce ss, t oo.

Lyle Weyand, former Whittierite, is now coaching the Bethany football team. This summer he played baseball for the Sears and Roeb uck · team

1of sch ool because their new building was not completed . Now they hav e to go to school on S a turdays.

They have a d vert i s ing in their paper and one of the most unusual ads states that i ce is le a pound and $4 .00 a ton. They have a 4-H club in Nenana which meets monthly. In the high schoo l they have started a boxing team. There are no outside gam es, but they play pi ng pong on home made tables at noon and before school. •

DANGER IN THE NIGHT

( a true story)

Harold Spencer is now a lawyer in Chicago, and a very good one, too. He is an excellent Donald and Bobby, two little singer and singi ng proves to be a fine avocation for him. twin bo y s, lived with their parJean Spencer, a senior at tht. ents in a sod house in a far westUniversHy, expects to teach mu- ern state. All day they played in sic after her graduation in mid- their swing, dug caves and frolyear. licked as all little boys do. One Jean Burr is a cheer leader at Jackson High and is also associ- day a t the noon hour their father ate editor of the Jackson Hi- cautioned them to be watchful Life for only that morning he had disDon Anderson, a sophomore covered a rattle snake nest close a t th 0 University, edits t~e to a big rock which stood not far Farm Bureau paper and plays m from the house. He had killed all the R. 0. T. C. ba nd _ . Ihe found but, he warned them, Max Kiesselbach is servmg he might not have gotten them his internship in Seattle, Wash11 h. a . ington , ,, hile Theo dore, is ''You just quit pinching me, brnther, is a s ucc essful lawyer Donnie " said Bobby that night here in L i nco ln. as the tw o boy s pulled the cover s

ALASKAN EXCHANGE

neck and nec k. Bill could fe el Perhaps the most interesting his head whirling, and his feet exchange we receive is "Ye we re burning throu gh his shoes. Dippy Dipper" from Nenana, AlCou ld he hold Marshall the last aska. They publish their paper eigh te en yar ds? Bill threw his qna1terly. In Alaska, _school ~ewho le b ody t oward the tape and gins September 7 and _is ?ut May raise d his feet high. He had won I 27. I n their school bmldmg the! by h ard running but most of alllI have all grades ~rom th~ priwith his heart. mary to senior high. This fall Don Peters . they missed about three weeks

close.

"Same to you, Bobby," said Donny.

The next day when the mother went in to awaken her boys she found two dead little .bodies with a large snake lying over them.

(Thi s story was told by a western states minister and was said to be true. Put into story form by Norma Bomberger-307.)

TIME OUT!

Well, the basketball .tournamen t started Monday with teams from. all grades competing. Speaking of tournaments, the football tournament barely got under way when Mr. Weather stepped in and said. "No more football for a few days." However, a few games were played. Those going out of the tournament were 107 of the ninth grade,· 103 of the eighth grade, and 112, seventh grade. Play was resumed Monday. Congratulations are again in order for Mr. Wells. This time he has introduced a new game to Whittier. The name is crab ball. Now, don't get me wrong. To crab doesn't mean to shout and be mad. It simply means that yo u get down on your hands and feet with your back to the floor. The idea is that you look like a crab. As soon as everybody is situated, the referee throws the ball up among a bunch of forwards and the game goes on just like soccer If the ball touches you while your hands are not on the floor, it is a free kick for the other team. This is strictly a gymnasium game. All boys that have played it seem to like it very much.

We have many tall boys in Whittier and they all should be making use of their height. Some of the boys making use of their elongated positions are Warren Pool, who seems to have it over the rest of the boys . in basketball, Elston Murphy (alias Levi) in pass catching and Eugene Copley who plays first base for 208. Some of the smalle1 boys who are making good are Kevin Phillips, Bud Abbot ano Irvin Deeds.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT 106? SPORTS BEACON.

THE THREE HAIRS

There was a man who only had , Three hairs upon his head, how sad!

But with pride, at them he'd look, And excellent care of them he took.

With vigorous stroke, he'd brush all three, And tonic each one separa tely, Then he would say in a tone of dre a d, "I pity those men with a bald head."

-Winifred Nel son, 320.

LIMERICK

December 3, 193'

lOG is used during the noon When 308 was disb ande d hour as a reading room for any Vera Whited was sent to 222 .P. pupil who wis he s to read funny lucky break for 222 it was, too papers, magazines, look at pie- Before this they hadn't earne c tures through sterescopes 0 r a championship but no w witl study. When a person c~mes Vera's. hell? have one sch oo into the reading room, he gets' champ10nsh1p and some clas: whatever he wishes to read and ones. is s2ated at a desk. Pupils who Virginia Stuermer and Vir go into the reading room· must ginia Hanners won the first pa d stay there until the bell rings. dle tennis tournament. Togethe The reading room is especially they had won a tournam ent be interesting to us because Dru- fore and Virginia Stuer mer wo1 silb Wiley, fo rmer pupil at a singles tournament la st se mes Whittier and a former member ter. of the Greeneleaf staff is in Due to the practice for th charge of it. school program there will be n nine court tournament. Instea1

independent te ams will be or ganized. Three captain s hav chosen teams so far. Th ey ar Virginia Stuermer, Edna Hof! man and Ruth Handy. Vi1 ginia's team is Virg inia Stum mer, Virginia Hanners, Fer Freeman, and Genevie ve Mc Cleary from 105; Vera White < Katherine Hudkins, Ely s Lo n of 222; Rosa Newbill, 10 1 ; Jea Penningroth, 218; and Dornt h Hedstrom, 301. Each ninth grade hom e ro 01 reported to the gym offi ce game, which required few( players, and that they wo uld m to be entered in a tournamen Some of them were soc cer bas 1

A man climbed into a bull's p en, ball, bat ball. Nebraska ha ll ar With a red scarf 'round his kick pin are played by th e se· waist, When the bull came in sight, The man soon knew his p li ght, And now is in very great haste.

SAD STORY.

A man climbed up a telephone pole

To see an electric wire, Keeper: Hey, sonny, get away And now his restful body and

enth and eighth grad es. Cold weather had se nt U games inside, but many "to ugl ies" go out. While snow was c the ground, fox and gee se wa s whirl but now football a n d bas ball are played.

Father: Why, when I wa s yo age I thought nothin g of a t 1 mile walk. from that elephant! soul,

Son: Well, I don't think mu Boy: Aw, I ain't hurtin' it. Lle 'neath a bush of briar. of it myself.

The Whi tier Gr en eaf

Vol. 15 No. 6 LIN COLN , NE BRASKA

DECEMBER 17, 1937 Price: Five cents

CASTS ANNOU NCED ca_tions ou t of town and others ASSEMBLY BRINGS will stay at h ome. Eat, sleep and FOR OPER ETIAS be merry, an d, of all t h ings, CHRISTMAS

At last, here they a re - the cast s for th e op erettas t o be gi ven J a nua ry 14. "Freshies" :

Ch arles-Howa rd Stac y ; Jack- 1 J ack Kennedy ; Fred - D on S ch midt; Bill, Pa ul , Rod-Robert Kersey, Ken net h Hitz m a

Will iam Lee; J oe, George, a1

Ji m-Wesle y , Don H

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Ell aMaude-Carol M Wright; Jen Lu cille-Rom a1

- Barbara Wise; Ka therine Ri ce ; Emil Keirstead; Fay-Alice cho rus of coll ege girls.

Assembli es Hel

don't forg et a ll y ou ev er knew.

C ALENBAR

Dec . 17 to Jan. 3, Christmas Vaca tion

Ja n 3, 8B Class Meeting

Ja n 4, 8A Class Meeting

J n. 5, 9B Class Meeting

an. , 9A Class Meeting 7 . L . Assembly , . L . and Class e t ion s

CLASSES

T AK E C. L. TRIPS

SPIRIT

The Christmas spirit was brought t Whittier pupils, Thursday, Dec. 16, in song and story. The progr a m opened with a selection by the advanced orchestra, following which the 7B pupils sang "Away in a Manger" , "While Sheperds Watched Their Flocks", and "Deck the Halls." Mr. Culler then read the Christmas story. A group from the 8B music classes sang "Joy to the World", "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful", and "Silent Nigh t " w ith the school jo ining them i n e last stanz a to close the p rog a m. T h is type of p r ogram is iven e a ch year and is al way s •oy ed by all pupils.

Pictures Taken

g i v e pupils o st udy ci t y pl e n t on their l as ec. 7 The y we y the College fessor C W. S co tto sity of N e b ras k a gav e T hree int eresti n g invest in g m on ey , life ple ased Whitti er pupi l

The 9B's t r ip w as

The favorite was the co sd,ay , Dec. 9. The speaker sing led by Mr. Zanzi , Mr W A. Spurr, assist a nt Th e boys ban d play ed an essor of stat is ti cs a t th e ab le conc e rt , Dec. 6, an d Vf r s ity of N e bra ska . T h e ne sday , D ec. 8, the L in col r e conduc t ed s o th a t th e ph one c om p any sho w ed ou l d s ee the diffe rent infil ms on sou n d whi ch we r of the city in terestin g t o Whit ti e r ite

THIS WI LL R E MIND

YOU THAT7A ' S MEET

Th e 7A cl a ss met, Dec. 10, to i ntroduce candidates for offices.

V acation is here again, Dec. I' Barbara Mac k , president,. was in 17 to Jan. 3, and nobody is charge. A re a dmg wa s given by sor ry. Many w ill enjoy their va- Norma Ogde n .

e d n e s d a y, December 15, fou d all the delegates, class cers, home room presidents, onor roll, greenleaf staff, reporters and printers, civic league officers and cabinets , scholarship roll, recreational workers, home room captains, orchestra, band, girls and boys glee with hair oil and permanents. On that day these pupils had their pictures taken for the 9A issue of the Greenleaf.

TWELVE WEEKS GRADES GIVEN OUT

The crucial moment for 12 weeks grades to come out has passed. The 7th of December was the day. Many joyfu l faces turned sorrowful as the grades were passed out and v ica versa~

THE SPORTMANSHIP 9A'S EAGER TO GRADUATE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

otlc?~t~~~de~~d p:bik~riso~\/~it~tr aiun1~~ If you lose, don't crab. If you Hi g h School. Published bi-we ek ly during the win, don't brag. What does this sch ool year by t he Whitti er Jun ior Hi g h School pupils. mean to you? It should be the GREENLEAF STAFF highest ideal of every Whittier !~!}~~~~-c~11{~;-··-····· - ·...::::f0°:~!~YB;~~~~ student to be able to live up to Girls: Sports - - D oro th y Carna han this motto. We all know how Boys Sports ·-··· - ·----·-···-· J oh;1 Eberhart I

F e ~tm·_es.•••••• -··· _ - ••• Phyllts Holbr<><?k l hard it is to keep from bragging

Ed1tonals _ ....................... Charlotte Hill

~:,i;n°J-~{: ··~~d· Warren Emery if we have just played a brilliant

Exc~anges

Mar~ Louise Goodwin game, but it is still harder to Typ1st.. Do1 othy Buettenbach

Assistant Typists { EliMC:t1e RK~\~11~~ take a defeat and not have a hard

FACULTY ADVISORY

Miss Hul t Miss Cross

Ma1·y Alford ::l am Bale

Jean Bennett

Charles Cockrill

BOARD

Mr. Gamm i ll

Miss Peterson

REPORTERS

Frances H art

Eleanor Hu rd

Dorothy Jam e s

Bob McCormick

Isadore Diamond

B e tty J ean Franklin B e tty Gary

Mart ha Hall

Kent Baker

Ivan Blinde

Roy Cochran

Richard Davis

D on Hall

Gordon Johnson

Russell Jurgens

John Larson

Dew e y L e wis

Carolyn L utje

Pa t sy Payne

Donna Shields

Norma J e an Taylor N orma O gde n

PRINTERS

Ruth Martin

Bob Math e ws

Harry Ni ed.e r h ami

Alvin Po li ck

Richard Saling

Carl Schaaf

Edward S chuckman

Ed Schwindt

Cari e! Shaw

Jack Simmons

Edward McNamara

Dick Mahaffey

Milton Stark D ona ld W e itzel

MERRY CHRISTMAS

We hope that you eat all you want and get what you asked for. In other wo rds, we hop e yo u have a-Merry Christmas and a bright New Year.

CHRISTMAS STAR

The Christmas star is shining bright, With all itR joy and cheer, To give to those who need it most,

A feeling, God is near. The Christmas tree is all alight With friendly greetings too; From all, the seasons wishes come, To bring good cheer to you.

- Darleen Forman, 316

feeling toward the umpire and the other team. According to the old sayings, the best perscription for this is to count to ten before speaking or to fifty if you are very angry. Let's hold on to our tempers and be good sports-win or lose

CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS

Oh, Christmas time is coming, That joyful time of year, I like to se e old S a nta, I like to have him near; He brings us beautiful gifts And makes us happy and gay, I'm so glad that Christmas is coming, I can hardly wait the da y.

But Christmas has another meaning,

To a few it is strange I know; It is of a child born in a m a nger, In the far long ago ; A child that grew to · manhood, Our hero of the day, He was Christ our Savior, That was born in that bed of hay.

-Wilma Myers, 108 'Twas the night before Christmas And all was still,

When Santa Claus found A fi v e-dollar bill.

-Norma Bomberger, 307

Though this is only D e cem ber the 9A class is ea ge rly looking forward to gradu at ion exercises next January. They are planning the luncheon and ta lking over the exercises. What's more, the class prophecy, his to ry, and will, have already been mad e. We hope they really don't wa nt to leave us.

S. 0. S.

Here's another ca11 for hlep , It's up to you to save our scalp; There are lots of things yo u co uld write about

Which we need before the next issue comes out; For instance, limericks, stor ies and jokes,

Or get something new out of your books; Miss Peterson is camping on our trail,

So send us a poem or an o] d tale . - Eleanor Hu rd, 318

CHRISTMAS JOY

Christmas day comes once a year, And for this reason it 's fu ll of cheer;

The stockings are filled up real tight,

For Santa Claus wa ·s her e last night,

Presents upon presents ar e und er the tree,

They will soon be open ed with glee; • The Christmas tree is all agl ow, For Christmas day has co me once more.

- Betty Lou Jelin ek , 316

Miss Madsen: Name a liqui d that doesn't freeze.

Gilbert Lite]: Hot wate r.

Decemb e r 17, 1937

HO ME ROOM NEW S

318_ lost two of their pupils. Mauri ce Mullen went to Omaha and B onnie Eb er l e left for Io wa They also rec e i ved a new p u pil Helen Greenfiel d. '

F r.ances H art of 305 h a s a cousi n who i s the edi t or of "Br d t " oa cas e r, an e x c h a n g e pape r recei ve d by the Green leaf class from Ce ntral City, Nebr.

W arren Meyers of 104 upon awake ning one morning found a spa rrow rep os i ng on his bedstead. When he left the room three birds were perched on th~ posts.

Dou bles - 318 has several doubl es. The y have two Elenore s , two D ales, two LeRo ys, two H arolds , and three Roberts.

Marvin Tomlinson of 102 went ice sk at i ng, Sunday, in the wron g spot a nd-w ell, you kn ow the rest It's too bad though, becaus e Ma rv i n cau ght a cold and was absen t Monday.

D orothy J ames had a tough time of it Thanksgiving day. Her mothe r cut her finger so badl y Doro t h y had all the dinner d ishes t o wash.

Do rothy S wadl ey of 316 has mo ved to Missouri and Evel yn De rr has re- entered.

Do rothy L i tt of 305 is going to visit her s i ster in so uth Lincoln during vacation.

Eu gene Nu ss plans to spend his vacation ice-skating .

J acquelyn Durnell of 305 is goin g to eat Christmas dinner with Virgini a · Stuerm er of 1 05.

C a r m e n Quackenbush will spe nd Chris tmas day with her aun t and un cle from Oregon out at th e cottage camp.

Ke nneth Koop is going to John son, Neb r. He is also going hun t i ng.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Fra n ce s St eg e is o-oing t o CAR E E R S I N T H E MAK I NG Elmwoo d to v i sit her ;unt and uncle.

Betty Lou Jeli n ek is going to

N a me-Miss Edna Zamzow . her gra ndfathe r 's at Schuyler Bi r thplace-On a farm near Nebr., fo r Chr istm a s and at Merrick, Nebr.

New Y e~r 's h e r aunt and uncle Travels-To California, Black are comm g. fr om W y oming to Hills Old Mexico Des spend the mgh t. , . , and Dar l een F or em a n , 316, will Momes •. spend her Chr istmas in Bennet Favorite flower- R ose. Nebr ., at her a unt's home. E a ch Schools taught-26th and O, Christma s th ey have a fa11].il y rural school, consolidated school gath ering of 60 or 70. Sant a in Castana, Iowa, principal, comes, and afte r the meal, some- junior-senior high in Stromsbo dy usually gets a farewell burg , Nebr present of "a t ummy ache", ac- Places of education -A B., cording to Da r lene. Nebr. Wesleyan, Kearney-two 307 mour ns t he p assing of summe r sessions. two of its p up i ls. Beat r ice Wa r d to Arkansas an d Don a ld Kea n e to Ohio. Mari e Leik am has r eentere d as has a ls o Kath ry n Brehm.

David Berkh eim is a new pupil in 3 16 . Leonard Are anas a lso is a new member of 30 7.

LOST AND FOUND

LOST OR ST RAYED- Black and whit e bi r d dog, answers to name "Mike." If whereabouts known , please notify Phi l ip Cook, 203.

LOST - Purple, combination pen SCHEDU L E OF BROADCASTS and pencil. Dale Peate, 209.

Why not listen in to these LOST-Black Schae ff er fountain broadca s ts ove r KFOR? We know pen. F r ances Hart , 305 . you'll enjoy t hem. - Saturday at WANTED TO BUY-Some pigeons. 11 :15 . Consult Lewis Berlowitz, 309.

Jan. 15. Co llege View, Jan 22, WANTED TO BUY-A second hand Havelock, Feb 5. Whittier, Feb. Putt-Putt. Dorothy James, 102. 12, Lincol n High, Feb. 19 , Irving, LOST- Red comb. Francis Hart, Feb . 26, Jacks on, March 5, BethM 005. any, ar ch 12, College View, March 19 , Lincoln High, March LOST - 0 n e brown mitte n. 26, Eve r ett, April 2, Havelock, j Dorothy Saal, 307. April 9, Whittier, April 23 , Irving , Ap r il 30, Lincoln High, May 7, Beth a n y, May 14, Jackson.May 21, E ver ett, May 28 , Lincoln High.

Isa dore Diamond: Is that clock r ight over there?

Donal d Dobry: It isn't any pl ac e else , is it?

THREE-FOU RTEEN

The clock on th e wall ·Has the attention of all, And everyon e 's ears are alive; At th ':; t i ck of the clock, To the d oor they will flo c k, For dis mi s sal time has ar r ived . -RUTH HUC K

THE WHITIIER GREENLEAF

LOST ON THE TRAIL

Then a miracle happened. Never would I have believed it I, Democracy Prudence Stand- if anyone had told me that we wick, accompanied by my father, could possibly be saved. It began and mother, and five year old to snow so blindingly that the brother, Billy, jogged slowly Indians couldn't see their prisalong in the old wagon that oners. Brother, who was the crisp morning of December 25th. most resou r ceful of all of us, We were on our way to grand- c r ept from under the Indians' pa's farm to spend the day; vigilance around the snow therefore we were very heedless mound. Then sensing just about of anything except that we were where father was he went swiftvery happy. Unknown to us, just ly to his rescue . The two of them around the next bend of the ov er p ow ered the Indians who winding country road hidden had been guarding us, and all behind heaps of snow, crouched four of us went to the rescue of the redskins, w a iting, toma- the ho rs es , which we imagined, hawks in hand, faces hideously we re being led away by the r ed painted with charcoal. The men. horses must have sensed that But we never reached the they were there, for ev en ou r wagon. The crafty Indi a 11 § h a d faithful "Dodger" reared, but suspected that we would try to father thought it was just a p r e- esc a pe and they seized us betense and quickly brought them fore we had gone four yards. under control. d

Mother and I were both They kept a much closer guar dressed in our best bibs and ov e r us then and we were all tu ck e rs, our go-to-meeting soon bundled away to their eng owns at th a t, while father had campment, three miles away. a new hat which was very tall I am still surprised that they and very grand a nd ma de of didn't scalp father the second satin. Brother had on a n e w red time they caught us. Instead silk tie, tied in a cute little bow they kept us all prisoners. Brothat I myself had fixed. the r was the only one who was

And then with loud war- gi v en really enough to eat durwhoops the Indians surrounded ing that time. We all decided the wagon and quieted the team. that that was because he had They pulled fath er roughly from be en so brave. Indians admi r e his seat. Before he could grab bra v e ry , you know. his gun, one of them was re a dy At last we were rescued for with his tomaha w k. Mother they g ra ndfathe r had been greatly also pulled from the wagon, but wor r ied when we did not arrive, not so roughly. They took her and had sent a searching party behind the snow pile. One took to hunt for us. They discovered hold of brother, and then it was the wagon and traced the footmy turn. I screamed when one steps from it to our prison. fierce fellow touched me but that After bargaining with Chief only made it worse, for then he Scalp-em-feather for three cove~ed my mouth with his ter- 1hours grandfather succeeded in rible hand. What could anyone ex changing us for ten horses, a do? Mother and brother were lapful of beads of every hue, and guarded too closely to possibly several wolf-skins. On January escape. I was held tightly. Who 25th, three days after our reswould save father? cue, we had our Christmas din-

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ner and received our Ch r istma presents, at grandfathers fa rm How safe I feel back a t m home, writing this accoun t ! • -Mary Alford, 3 07

, CHRISTMAS FACT S

Christmas Tree. Origin ate d ii Egypt before the Christ ian err It is almost a universal s y mbol The palm tree is known t o pu forth a branch every mo nth ani a spray of this tree, wit h tw elv shoots on it, was used in E g yp at the time of the winter s ols ticE as a symbol of the year com ple ted Santa Claus. Our good sain t o Christmas originated and w a s firE believed in, by the Dutc h Sain N ikolaas, (Dutch pronun ci at ion was the patron saint of c h ild re and gave them gifts upo n Chr ist mas.

Christmas Stocking. Th e Ch r is1 mas stocking has an En glis origin. English children h an g u their stockings for they kn ow tha Santa will leave presents i n th err

Christmas Day. Birt h of th leader of the Christian s, J es us c Nazareth, celebrated on the 25t of Dec. by true Christ ia ns, wh feast and rejoice.

Christmas Eve. Some p eo pl e celE brate Christmas the nig ht b e for the true day. Other han g up t he stockings then.

Christmas Prsents. Giv e n i remembrance of the w ise me who gave to the Christ Ch il d.

SNOW DROPS

Light and airy snow dr ops, White as kitten's fu r , You tell us of a Christm a s,

As now a slight, slig h t bl u r; Soon the ground will be co vere

Under a blar.ket, th ick an warm,

While stars above will b e d a n cini

Without the least al arm . - Dorothy Sa a l, 3(

iDecember 17, 1937

WHIT TIER CHATTER

Dow n in · the shop halls Tedd Benne tt was watching "Pop" and t wo boys put a liquid on the floor which they were int ending to use when dry as a shuffle board , for the game room Tedd happen ed to get some of this liquid on his fingers and Pop (who is always joking with Tedd) immediately told him to wash his hands for it would eat into his fingers. After Tedd had done this, Pop to ld him to smear oil all over his fingers to ease the p ain. After a while Tedd noticed that the boys who had helped Pop were snickering and Tedd found out that it was all a joke Was he mad!

Marilyn Alvord and Ruth Emmons have been enjoying themselves Saturday nights at the Y. M. C. A. skating rink.

Miss Green's fourth period assistan t made a very embarrassing mistake when reading off the grades of the pupils of 304 . Comi ng to Holl y Peter's nam e, she pronou nced it Holy Pete r. We wonder if she could ha ve been thinking of that heavenl y saint.

In Mr. Strawns' first period arith metic clas s, they were talking about Helen Keller and other blind people. Vernon Petter said that he knew a blind woman and she knew him when he was at the fair. He said that he didn't see her so she must have smelled him. Mr. Strawn and the class enjo yed this hugely.

Ma rilyn Alvo rd, on duty in the center hall as a substitute, was holdin g a cup she had used in eating her lunc h A number of pupils stopped and told her the y'd see if they had any chan ge.

Will is Taylor says that he has a ve ry famous, famous family on both his mother's and father's sides. He states that ever since Zacha ry Taylor, everyone

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

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in his family has been a leader what they were talking about. in military or political affairs, Getting no satisfactory answer and he intends to follow in the he told Wesley that he was in footsteps of his ancestors. the class to .study algebra and Dorothy Weston is confident- that he could make his dates ly expecting a rocking horse for with Phyllis out of class. WesChristmas. leys face is still red.

Roberta Millard may go to In Miss Hoopers third period Oklahoma during her Christmas history class one whole row of vacation while Mary Louise pupils is from 305. • Cousins is planning to visit her Donald Bradley of 316 has a grandparents on a farm near telescope which he made with a Albany, Missouri. six inch aperture objective.

Bob Caldwell would like a jiffy stand for his bike, Donna Winders, a roly-poly pig and Myron Arminstrout having received a watch for the last five Christmases still wants one this year.

In Mr. Strawn's first period arithmetic class they Were talking about Nona Lane's civic league report, because she said that the National Bank of Commerce has a kitchen. They prepare food for their employees. She said tha t they were the only ones on this side of the Mississippi that gave this service. We sup p ose ma ny will choose banking for their vocation.

Some people certainly d o know the correct way to spell

MISS PYRTLE SPEAKS

Miss Pyrtle, the principal of Bancroft school, gave a very interesting talk on China and Japan in assembly, Dec. 1. She especially stressed the fact that although these countries are faraway lands, their cities are very modern. She said that although Japan and China are fighting, the common people don't want war. She said that they are peace loving people. We appreciate, very much, this kind of assembly and thank Miss Pyrtle for such an interesting talk.

things. Norma . Taylor wrote, CHRISTMAS AND "We have 'to' 'knew' games in onr ' qn it' games room."

Mary Alford will have to run and get Saturday because she says she can't wait for it to come She has asked Santa Claus to build a screened-in porch to her bedroom.

The children in Miss Mumford's 9B Industrial Geography classes have been making maps of the U. S. On them they were to locate the manufacturing cities. She asked one of the boys to o·ive the location of Chicago. He b said, "It's at the bottom of Lake Michigan." We wonder how the folks there like living under

SANTA CLAUS

Christmas comes but once a year, I'm sure it brings us lots of cheer; Santa with his bags of toys, Which he gives to girls and boys.

With his reindeer one and all, Down the chimney he will crawl, Fill the stockings, up he'll shoot, Away with reindeer fast he'll scoot.

He travels the world in just one night,

Filling worn stockings on his long, long flight; . After he's finished and toys are water. gone,

Wesley Maser and p h y 11 is He whisks to the North Pole Owens were talking. Mr. Mc- before 'tis dawn. Mullen, seeing them inquired

- Betty Keane, 216

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS NIGHT

·' Twas on a night

When the wind was mild, That Mary lay downThe Holy Child.

It was in a mangerNot a very fit place For a beautiful child, With an Angel's Face.

Though the cattle were lowing, The baby did sleep; Watch, high in the heavens Our God did keep.

Then in came the wise-men; Of them there were three, And offered their gifts On bended knee.

So that is the reason • On the twenty-fifth, We act as the wise-men, And give our gifts.

-Nadyne Burn

CHRISTMAS

The time when everone is gay, Is Christmas, the year's happiest day;

Children shout, "Santa comes tonight,''

The Christmas tree with lights is bright:

And the dinner, oh , it's grand, For the turkey has made his last stand:

No other day in the year is sweeter, For today Santa is the leader. - Bob McCormick Charles Cockrill

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

The birds are singing a sweet refrain; For they too know it's Christmas again.

-Frances Hart, 305

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

He stood on the home-made

JINGLE BEL LS

Jingle bells, jingle be'us

December 17, 1937

Mingled with good Ch rist mas smells;

Children shouting loud with glee,

Over the toys on the Ch rist mas stage, his eyes rolling in his tree; head as he tried to think of the Till after dinner they'll h~ve to first lines of a ''Night Before wait, Christmas." His tie was ·bright It always comes at such a slow red while his pigeon-toes we1 ·e clad in heavy oxfords and he wore rate; his first long pants. Poor Eman- Dolls and dishes, trains an d a cipation Declaration Jones! Itwastheday betore Christmas. wagon, Puppy dogs with tails a waggin ',

So, children dear, pla y wi th your toys,

-Frances Ha rt, 305

HA_PPY NEW YEA R

Mrs. Off-Her-Block, a prominent society matron, was having a tea for friends and had. .asked a few children of poorer neighborhoods to give a program. ''Twas de night fo' Christmas, and all thro' de house, single creature stirrin', even a weensy mouse," and there he stopped for Emancipation had seen a mouse, j only unknown to him it was a toy. Out with the old year, in with "A mices," he screamed. His the new, small black feet carried him New Year's greetings to all of swiftly into the richly carpeted you: hallway. Richly gowned ladies Make your resolutions m any and were screaming, men trying to great, subdue the noise. And keep them for a ye ar•~

EVERYBODY'S CHRISTMAS beneath Emancipation's stout oxfords.

Sweet reigns the music from the My, what a relief the blueair, white , sparkling snow was after

Which come along with Chr istmas joys.

An d then Emancipation long wait. bu1:1ped ~ra~h bang into the Eternity will last forever waiter, brmgmg refreshments to " ' the guests. Sandwich es landed Wait and seek th e gr eat on the statue. Rich wine covered endeavor'': oriental rugs while broken china· Winter, spring, summer, an d fall, was everywhe r e. Emancipation's New Years' greetings to yoli head stuck through th e serving all tray. Meanwhile the waiter was • u n c O n sci O u s having landed - Donald A. Bradle y Jr. , 3H

LITTLE JOHNNY'S CHRISTM AS EVE

With sleigh bells ringing every- the luxurious house. Emancipa- Little Johnny, with a very gooc where, tion Declaration Jones went on

It again reminds us that Christ- his way not knowing that a mas is here;

The happiest day in the whole heavily laden Christmas tree was long year. I ~aiting hi1:1 at home and th~t

The children are shouting loud I his long wished for dog was m with glee, Ithe tiny doghouse. He was to have

Over the toys and the Christmas a very happy Christmas. tree,

-Mary Alford, 307

cause,

Set a huge bear trap for San ti Claus, Late Christmas Eve he hea rd yell and a hoot

Found pa in the trap in 1 funny red suit.

- Winifred Nel son, 321

Dec em her 17, 1937

A HOLID AY

Dear old Chris tmas will soon be here , The ha ppies t day of all the year, Children running to and fro, In the white and glistening ·sn ow.

Dear old Christmas will soon be here , With its joy and tons of cheer, Bells will ring both near and far, Hap py Christmas ! wherever yo u are.

-Amy Hock, 305

NEW YEARS EVE

'Twas the night befo re New Yea r, When all through the house, All the people were s tirri ng, Even a mouse; Confett i, and serpentine covered the chairs, And hats, horns, and whistles Were stre wn on the stairs; Peanut s and popc orn, and cand y bright , Were all eaten up by the children that night; Turke y, cranberri es, and two kinds of pies, Mince meat and pumpkin, that swelled their eyes: But the n Grandfat her's clock, Struck the hour of midnight, And all of the family, Scream ed at the sight; For her e came young New Year, With greeting s so bright, "Happy New Year to all , and to all a goodnight."

- Hill and Carnahan

CHR ISTMAS POEM

'Twas the night before Chrit mas And all through the house, Not a creat ure was stirring, Not even a mouseSomebo dy stole all the spoons.

-John Eberhart, 202

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

CHRISTMAS DAY

Christmas comes but once a ye ar , Bringing love and joy and cheer;

You sing and dance and eat and play,

Gee, if it only happened every day!

You hang your stoc.kings up and pray,

That you've been good every day;

•

You light your Christrr as tree up bright,

And let it burn all through the night.

And when Christmas comes along , You get up before the . throng; You hastily open every gift, And joyously each package lift.

All you do is eat and eat, Till you can't even stand on your feet;

J You go to church brig.ht and 1 early, Your hair all brushed and curly . Night comes so soon, With the bright moon; You hop into bed and sink, To sleep in a wink.

CHRISTMAS CAROLING

Here we come a-caroling In the snow so bright; Here we come a-walking On this glad Christmas night.

Here we walk far and near, And if you listen you can hear, Soft sweet voices of love and

SANTA CLAUS

(Sing to the tune of " Remember me")

Do you remember, one December, Christmas night, A short, fat man with jolly eyes, so shining bright? And didn't he have whiskers? Oh, my what a sight!

Remember him?

Do you recall a small, fat man, with rosy cheeks, On Christmas night, who down your chimney creeps?

And didn't he leave you toys, and delicious eats?

Rem em her him?

I can see him bending by the tree, Can't you see, what he's putting there for me?

Now-

Do you remember, one December, Christmas night A short, fat man named Santa Claus, with eyes so bright? And didn't he have whiskers?

Oh, my, what a sight!

Remember him?

- Donald Bradle.y, 316

1938

N stands for new which is 1938,

E stands for everything of that future date, W stands for weather which governs the seasons,

cheer, y stands for youth with all of God bless you and a happy new its reasons, year.

E stands for early when we You ca n hear the bells should rise, Both soft and low as they A stands for all who want to be sound ding-dong, wise,

And you can hear us sing a song R stands for righ t that we all As the bells go ding-dong, ding- want to be, dong.

This is what '38 means to me.

-La Jean Peery, 303 -Marylouise Goodwin

SPORTS BEACON

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUT,IONS TIME OUT!

Wednesday, December 1, a Th t • t t b tt Since the old basket ball to · new form of recreation for the ese s rive O ge e er noon hour started in the gym. grades: Norma Hughes, Doris nament was cancelled, Mr. W( All those that knew how could Clayton, John Portman, Lillian promptly started a new one join in dancing Captain Jinks Cook, Donnabelle Recraft, Nor- began Tuesday, Dec. 7. The fl or the Rye Waltz. After one ma Patterson, Freda Schmidt, game was a tie, the secon d ga dance most everyone caught on Wallace Bert, Joan Bierbower, didn't count, and the thi rd ga1 to the way it was done and S B 1 B tt Pl f d d well, it was a corker. Do n joined in. am a e, e y ay or an

Everyone harps about some Thayne Roberts. Weitzel (Dinah to you) was s· girls who dont' play. What about The following people resolve for 220. He rang up fou r poi the teachers that don't even go to get better home room grades: for them, while Jesse (Juicy out and give a bit of moral sup- Mary Bonebright, Mi 1 d re d you) Damian, rang up a l< port or vocal support? The girls Cl k J k B L . L two points for 105. 220 woi need you, home room teachers. ar , ac rown, 01 s awHow about helping them win? son, ,Jean Penningroth, Deloris to 2 -

A review of tournaments this Schneider, and Jim Danielson. In phys. ed. there are thi1 semester. The baseball tourna- Dick Marshall: Not to get sent called skill tests. These ar e ment was won by 208, Nebraska to the office more than t.wice a determine how good an indiv ball by 222, and three base by week (it's a good average). ual is. If you make 60 points 222. Virginia Stuermer and Alice Saxton: I will try to keep any five events, you get a n Virginia Hanners won the first from falling over things. It's paddle tennis tournament. hard on them and me. Robert ficiency credit. So far n on e

During the first week in De- Campbell: Not to carry any the boys have gotten cr edits cember the gym classes worked more dogs from home room. cause there haven't been eno l on athletic events for efficiency Helen Patrick: To refrain from events run off. credits. Those earning credits doing algebra till midnight. Manford Gregg is le ading were Wilma Latta, Rosa New- Kevin Phillips: I resolve to ge t bill, B ernice Ernst, Peggy Hud- up every morning at 4 :30 to the punt and other even ts. son, Shirle y Osborn, Lucille carry my papers, if I still have ners have not been discl ose d Cozad, Marylouise Brodie, Flo- my route. Wesley Maser and us. 101 finally won the basel rence Rebensdorf, Vi r gin i a Charles Ewell: Never to get our championship and are ch~ Griess, Betty Gundy, Constance badges taken away and never to pions of the whole school. McBri_de, and ~etty Coulter. get any more fives in deportment

Praises are m order for Mrs. ( we hope) . Dick Stonesifer reRoss. ~ver yone knows how Isolves to accept only help which many thmgs she takes. up but sounds logical. (There is a reahere prais~s ~re for takmg care son.) Betty Jane Blackburn: I of the weighmg. Each month promise to overlook the faults she weighs each girl in the of my teachers. Phyllis Duncan: school who is ten per cent or Resol ve s not to blush. more underweight. That's a big Resolutions the teachers job but Mrs. Ross does it well . should make: I will allow pupils Praise for you Mrs. Ross. t? eat candy and chew _gum any ' time they please. I will never,

P. T. A. MEETS

The P. T. A. met in Whittier's auditorium December 14. Dr. E. W. Hancock spoke on "Thrift in Health." A mixed chorus of 7B's under the direction of Mrs. White, sang Christmas carols. Mrs. Ray Rice in costume, told of Christmas in India.

never, never give anyone sevens, sixes, fives, fours, threes, and twos. I will put the answers to test questions on the board.

APOLOGY

Elizabeth Ann Smaha wrote the Limerick and Sad Story in the last issue of the Greenleaf. Her name was accidentally omitted.

CHRISTMAS TIME

Cristmas time is the time snow,

And the time for snow is Christmas time, And all the children that lik e snow, Ought to sit by the wind ow watch the snow gro w. -Sterlin g E

Preacher: Now, Willi s, to to heaven what mu st we do 'l Willis : We got to die fi rs t.

Preacher: But before we what would we do?

Willis: Get sick and send you.