Candidates for civic league officers for se cond se m ester were int roduced at an ass embly Fri- 1 day, January 7. The school, led by Mrs. White, sang "America," and the civic league pledge and
flag salute were led by Dick Mc-
Ma hon and Ph yllis Overman respe ctively.
Dorothy Tilt on told the purpo se of the meeting after which the following candidates were int roduced: presidents, girls, Dorothy Carn ahan and Helen Bennett; bo ys, Dick Mahaffey an d William Stoner; vice presi- de nts, girls, Katherine Rice and Harriet Hayes ; boys, Roy Cochran and Dick Stansifer; secreta ries, girls, Alice Booth and Betty Blackbu rn; boys, Dean Mel son and Howard Hansen. Th e introducti ons were made by Do rothy Tilton, Wayne Keim, Phyllis Overm an, Dick McMaho n and Eugen e Lawson.
K atherine Rice played a cello sol o and the student body sang the school song, directed by Mrs. White. The closing announcement was made by Wayne Keim.
CALENDAR
JANUARY 14, 1938
Jan. 14. School Program
Jan. 20. Class day
Jan. 26. Reception of incoming 7B's
Jan. 27. Promotion Exercises.
PLANS MADE
The 9A's final fling at Whittier will occur on class day which will be held January 20, 1938. 9A's graduation will be on Thursday, January 27, at the Lincoln high school. Some of the members of the Whittier orchestra will participate in the selected orchestra which will play at the graduation exercises. We sincerely hope the 9A's find much happiness in their new life
WHITTIER'S ACCOMPANIST MARRIED
Price: Five cents
PRESENT SCHOOL PROGRAM TONIGHT
Tonight will be a night of nights at Whittier. For weeks students in the girls glee club have been working overtime, harmonizing to the tilt of Mrs. White's "stick," practicing fac- ial expressions and poses before their mirrors at home and cul- tivating modulation for ·"Lady Frances."
The "Freshies" will have to go easy. John Eberhart claims he's using up all his mother's darning cotton. Edgar Barratt is wearing out his fingernails shining shoes and Roger McNeill has stuck his finger with a needle so many times that he claims it is all calloused.
Another grand high light of the evening will be a style show entitled "The Clothes of Other Days" to be presented by Mrs. Shike's drama class. You'll be amused, delighted, and edified at this exhibition. All roads lead to the Whittier auditorium tonight!
Miss Marian Munn, accompa- HOLD ATHLETIC ASSEMBLY nist for the glee clubs and music
The semi-annual athletic assem- classes was married to Don P, bly was presented Fr iday. NE W NOON CLASS BEGINS Riley, Dec. 17, at the home of Januar y 14. All teams winning the groom's uncle in Hasting-s. championships during the A class on "candle wicking'' A Presbyterian minister read the semester were honored by Mrs. bega n Monda y, January tenth, , marriage vows. After a trip Ro ss and Mr. Wells when they duri ng the noon h our. Pupi ls through the south they will be at gave each a certificat e of award . who take this may cho ose their _ . Three dances · by be girls gym ow n color of yarn which is six home m Lmc oln where Mr. Ril ey classes and a skit, "Mr. Culler's cents a ball and up. The frame to is connected w ith t he Au to Ho.,- IFarm , " provided t he entertain- make it on is furnished i pita!. f rnent.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
January 14, 19~
THE of the rules pupils sht.uld remem- KNOW 'EM BY THEIR WHITTIER GREENLEAF her on their way out of the quiet NICKNAME
Founded and established in 1924 as the official student publication of Whitti e r Junior High School. Published bi-weekly during the school year by the Whittier Junior High School pupils.
Assistant Typists... ...... { Elino rbel RKobinson Ma e utcher
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult Miss. Cross
Mary Alford :-3am Bale Jean Benn ett
Charl e s Cockrill
Mr. Gammill Miss Peterson
REPORTERS
Frances Hart El ea nor Hurd
Dorothy Jam es Bob McCormick
Isadore Diam ond B e tty Jean Franklin
Betty Gary
Martha Hall
Carolyn Lutj e
Patsy Payne
Donna Shields
Norma Jean Taylor Norma Ogden
PRINTERS
Kent Baker Ruth Martin
Ivan Blinde Bob Mathews
R oy Cochran Harry Ni e derhaus
Richard Davis Alvin Polick
Don Hall
Richard Saling
Gordon Johnson Carl Schaaf
Russell Jurgens Edward Schuckman
John La rson Ed Schwindt
Dewey L ew is Cari e ! Shaw
E dward McNamara Jack Simmons
Dick Mahaffey
Milton Stark Donald Weitzel
NEWYEAR HINTS
Now that the New Year has started, how about turning over a new leaf? If you're tempted to chew gum or candy, remember
games room are.
1. Don't push in line.
2. Go out single file.
3. Don't argue with the civic league officer when she tells you to go to the end of the line.
If these rules would be obeyed, a quieter dismissal would be assured.
CAREERS IN THE MAKING
Name-Miss Nellie M. Clark.
Birthplace-In the little town of Plano, Illinois.
Favorite Actress - Shirley Temple.
Favorite Flower-Lily of the Valley.
Favorite Pastime-Reading a good mystery story.
Places of Education - Elementary and high school in Fairmont, Nebraska, and an A.B. degree at the University of Nebraska.
Schools Taught-Three years assistant principal at the Wahoo high school and since then has taught at Park, McKinley and Whittier.
Charlotte Hill: "Pardon medoes this bus stop at tenth street?"
Jack Young: "Yes, just watch ' me an d get off one block before I do."
Eleanor H u:rrd
Stanley McCune St~
Constance McBride Conn
Malcolm Allen MickE
Betty Jean Franklin Frank
Robert Franklin B,
Arlene Robinette Bobl
Bernard Leman Bern
Winifred Nelson Winr.
Charles Smith Suns hi
Dorothy James D
Mildred Epp M
Jean Bennet Pee W
Vallery Stretton \i N iorna Lowder Lou
Arthur Horn A
Lillian U rback Li
Fredrick Langenheim Fr
Jean Gemar J ea r
Hoyt Yowell B
Jane Lawrence Ja1
Shirley Osborn 0:
Charles Cockrill Jm
LIMER,ICKS
Scotchman : "Is there a re- Fell over dead,
ward for ye?"
WANTED: A
QUIET DISMISSAL
Yankee lost in Nether lands There was a kid named Kein sees a Scotch herdsman: "I'm Who ate a rotten lime; lost." He raised up his head,
Yankee: "No."
Scotchman: "W eel, you're stilJ lost then."
Canibal: "We've just captured
When the bell rings at 12:55, an actor." we find much crowding and push-
Chief: "Good! I've always ing which could be avoided. Some wanted a ham sandwich."
And left to his folks not a d il
There once was a kid narr. Hart, Whose model T ford wou ld 1 start; She tussled and fought, A new engine she bought, And the whole thing fell ap a r it'll taste just as good after school. Try to bring up your grades and remember to subscribe to the Greenleaf-that is one of the best New Year's resolutions. Last year there were too many tardies. Don't forget to get up earlier, eat your breakfast, and be right on time
There once was a girl nan Oggy, Whose brain was kind of fog, Her tin can rattled alo ng , Something went wrong ; She landed in a swamp th at , boggy.
J a nuar y 14, 1938
HO ME ROOM NEWS.
Jac queline Wilson, 307, and Euge ne Fritts, 305, spent their vacati on with relatives in North Platte , Nebraska. Their favorite occup ation was bicycling with cous ins.
S cott Irvine spent his vacation in Morse Bluffs.
Sh elly Bulin spent the Christmas vacation on a farm six ty mile s from Linc oln. Ice-skating was the impo rtant oe cu pation.
Ro y Fish won second prize at the Y. M .C. A. hobby show for his cartoonin g.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF JOKES
Hubby : "Did you make these biscuits with your own hands?"
Wife: "Yes, darling."
Hubby: "Well, who in the wo rld helped you get them out of the oven?"
l\Iiss Green: "Give me a sentence using the word analyze."
J ohn Bl ummer : "My sister s :.1 id sh e got one hundred per ce n t in every test but oh, how Anna lies!"
Nurse: "Sit down, Willie, and
Ch ummy, a toy poodle dog, amuse your little sister. Tell her open ed Lucill e Cozad's Christ - a story." mas present s. She certa in ly
Willie: "I have just told Dad a mus t have been heartless or in , st ory and I can't sit down."
an a wful hur ry to make the po01. 1 dog scratch and tear at th e· Pat (in resta urant) : "Mike, wrap ping paper so hopelessly. there's a fly in your coffee."
Ch arles Ap gar, 208, spent h is Mike : " I don't care. He won't vac ation tou r ing the coast of drink very much." Cali fornia.
B etty Jean Fr anklin spent the Bob Mc Cormick: "Who was holi days in Tuls a, Okla. , the conqueror of Greece?"
L orraine Gor man and Eugene I Don Emery :"I don't know." Hou chin both of 309 went to Bob: "Dutch cleanser." Mi ssouri for the ir vacat ion.
Mrs . Boschu lt went to Kansas City for New Years an d sp ent som e of the va cation in Oma hR.
Ru th Hube r, 310, spent thr ee days of the holida y season sick in be d.
B onnie Br aun, 310, went ice skati ng Chri stmas night at 12 :0 0 o'clock P. M.
Jo hn Coult er, 310, and his sister entertaine d at t wo of the local theatres.
E velyn McC olery went to Beatrice for ten days of the vac ation.
Ja ck Hill spent four days of the Christmas vacation in Peru, Neb raska.
Ro nald Knipp el spent one week in Ashla nd, Wisconsin, durin g the vacation.
B etty Gary with a gro up of camp fire girls spent New Years eve a t the campfire cabi n.
Be tty Nash, 320, spent h er vacatio n in Grand Isl and.
Mis s Madsen : "What is a bacteria?"
Charles Cockrill: "A back entrance to a cafeteria."
Warren Emery : "Do you think it's righ t to punish somebody for something he didn't do?"
Miss Cross : "Why, of course not."
Warren Emery: "I didn't do my hom e work."
Father: "I don't like that young man you are going with."
Daughter : "Yeah? Well, he isnt ' in love with you either."
Clarence Lockhart: "Do you really believe that some people can tell the future with cards?"
ACT I VE ALUMNI
At Lincoln High six Whittierites were elected to the National Honor Society. They are Miriam Hackman, Dorothy Mattley, Eloise Metzgar, George Manning, Martha Wimb e rly, and Melville Green.
Dorothy Perrin and Verna Um berger sang in the ''Messiah," Sunday, Dec. 12. Marion White and Edward Edison play in the University symphony orchestra which accompanied the Messiah. Marion plays a flute and Edward a horn.
Elsye Loso, and Dorothy Mattley are members of the senior swim team which won the interclass meet at Lincolon High.
DID-JEVER SEE A-
Board Walk?
Ice pick?
Dog house?
House sink?
Door stop?
Big shot?
Horse fly?
Door beJI?
Field mouse?
Spring hat?
Ooie-Gooie was a worm, A mighty worm was he; He sat upon a railroad track, The train he did not seeOoie-Gooie, Mush!
-Barbara Mack
Pat (looking in a green grocer's window): Those are mighty big oranges, Mike.
Mike: Yes, it wouldn't take many to make a dozen.
Mr. Culle r (to a new pupil after three days' tardiness): Late again! Don' t you know what time school star t s?
Marv in Lange : "Yes, my mother took one look at my report card and told me what was going to happen when Dad got home." 3
New Pu pi l : Nope, they':re always at work when I get here.
A HECTIC DAY
He gazed disconsolately out of the window at the falling snow, his little black snub nose pressed tight against the pane. Washington Irving was crawling around the floor with his toy duck while mammy was cooking appetizing pumpkin pies. (She had said that he must not go outside in the snow till Pappy came home with his winter shoes, and also that he must stay out of the kitchen).
At last a bright idea seized him. Emancipation Declaration Jones would give the baby a facial, then dress him up as a you n g ma n of Washington Irving ' s age should be dressed. (Mammy had just washed W. I)
Soon a very gaudy little baby appeared in the kitchen. lipstick on much too thick, e yes hadow all over his face making it a little darker, finger polish on his toes, and powder on his nose making it a queer gray. He was dressed in overalls which reflected much of the same stuff as his face and his legs were almost entirely rolled in it. He had on a pink silk blouse (mammy's) and a large green velvet hat which boasted a wide brim and a red feather.
It was no wonder that Mammy sank heavily into the kitchen chair, and because she sat so hard that the small legs declined to hold her two hundred fifty pounds. They sank creakily to the floor, mammy atop. The baby started to howl and Emancipation shoved mammy's facials into the drawer and scuttled out the door. The pie burned.
When Emancipation presently ventured back to his house out of the snow, Mammy was in bed
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
with a headache, baby was eating nail-polish, and pie was flooding the stove. Life was very hard, he thought.
- Mary Alford, 307
Lost and Found
LOST-Brown wool mitten. La Voune Emery, 218.
Lost - Black leather , sheep-lined gloves. Donald Wiedman, 102.
Lost - Black and pink mottled fountain pen. Clark Becher, 102.
Lost-One brown leath8r glove. Richard Greenburg, 104.
OUR SCHOOL
January 14, 1938
WHAT IF
Bessie Heater were a stove instead.
Donna Winters were as col d as she sounds.
Miss Cross lived up to her name.
La Verne Graves stood in the cemetery.
Maril y n Green were as color ful as she sounds.
Mr. Culler Io o k e d like a rainbow.
Chester May were Che ster January.
Cecil Cobb were a delici ous ear of corn.
Peggy Wolfe were as vic ious as her name.
Mrs. White were as pal e as her name.
It stands on the corner of 22nd Barbara Beard were Bar bara and Vine, Whiskers.
It's one of the best schools Doris Orman were Do ris we'll ever- find; Boatman. It honors all its highest raters, LeRoy Hollers lived up to his And welcomes all its seventh name. graders;
Although it has its pleasures and work, Everybody is quick, happy and alert;
We ' ve none better to offer than this fine junior high, No matter how long or how hard we try.
Harold Riech were Har old P oor. Harvey Moore WE-re Har vey Less.
Virginia Pickle wer e a cucumber.
Warren Pool were Wa rren Pond.
R u t h Wheeler wer e Ruth Roller.
Ellabelle Dill were as sou r as -Doris Orman. 102 she sounds.
TROUBLE
I wish I were in China, with guns booming overhead; Much better chan America, At least for just today, When teacher says, ''Now children, 'I here'll be a test right away."
- Mary Alford.
Cecil WhiteBear ca m e from the arctics.
Joyce Stew were goo d to eat.
Oh dear, oh me, oh my! my eyes Mari on Priest we re _a are so so red, preacher.
LITTLE JOHNNY'S CARE ER
Little Johnny had deci d ed
To be a cherr ist, grea t; Some nitroglycerin he lighte dBlew him to his fate.
- Winifred Ne lso n, 320
Januar y 14, 1938
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
WH ITTIER CHATTER girls all take turns in feeding the charm in g fellow .
One e ve ni n g aft er school, Jean It seem s that home room 300 Penni n gr oth was walking down is getting right along in the tow n to knittin g class. When she world . If Mildred Clark would got t .o Fourteen th and Vine, she eat her spinach and grow an- found that sh e had brought her other fourth inch, they would schoo l books fo r v;hich she had no have pupils whos e heights range use, a nd had left her knitting at Ifrom 59 to 70 inches inclusive. I schoo l. She had to walk back anrl Jack Brown is the s ho rtest , 58 make the exch ange. inches, while Gord on Johnson is Bob (Bruise r) Ker ey, who is th e tallest, 70 inches. the fo otball pla yer in the operetta, \ ''Fres hies, ' ' seem ed a bit too / After carefully inspecting the hefty, Monda y, Dec. 13. He car, the prospective purchaser proud ly steppe d off the stage t o a I shook his head. chair right be low, but down h ; "I'm afraid your make of car went a nd the bottom of the chai r <foesn't suit us , " he told the sales- with him. Ev er .rnnc expected man.. ''My fiancee cannot reach Mr s. White to be angry , but her the brake and the steering wheel sense of hu mor got the best or I at the same time." her. S he mer ely told '·Bruiser' ' j "But the car is perfect, sir," to pu t the ch air away and forget 1 said the salesm an. ''Why not try the m atter. a new girl?''
Just in ca se anyon P happened ' to se e Fritz Lang enheim in print -! Ike: A Texas inventor claims to ing cla ss th e other day, we'll let J be able t o run an auto on wa ter out th e secret. No , he wasn 't alone. atten ding a masquerade or pl av- Mike: ioine! But pfhat a bless- ing ho use, but it all started wh 0 n ing 'twad be if he could wurruk Mr. Gammill gave Frederick a n it on the driver. old d ress out of the rag box . Of cour se, you all rem mber the ''I wonder how Thanksgiving style of 1924 (and so, evidently ori ginated?" did Fritz), for the next thing the ''It was pro bably instituted by prin ters knew , he \ as giving parents whose sons had survi ved them a most fanc y dance garbed the football season.'' n the remind er of the •'good ola I days.' ' There was a girl na~ed J e~n, Ma rgaret Stod dard , Cla ire/ She was a ve ry stud10us thmg, Sh ade r Elinore R obinson Doro- At the d ance today, ' ' I thy T ilton, Betty Schwarz, Dorn- She deci ded to sway, thy Hedstro m, and Lc,is Gilbert I To the. tune that is called Jose- surely hav e an original table phme. mas cot-a tiny little rell ow ar- - ---ray ed in red and ·while polka There was a girl named Tayl.or, dot slightl y r esembling a toy I Who resolved to be a great sailor; eleph ant We hear :1e belongs to I She jumped in the s~a, Clai re Sha der, an<l he's qmte I And a w hale near did be,. hand s ome, really. It seems the I She quick ly died of heart failure.
THREE YEARS AG O
Mr. Cull e r r eceived a beaut iful wall han g ing from Leroy Foster which was made in art and design class.
Three teachers went to the art convention held at Fremont, Nebraska. They were Miss Beardsley, Miss Madsen, and Miss Ralston.
Miss Margaret Burrows resigned her position because of ill health.
FOUR YEARS AGO
416 new books were added to the well-stocked library.
SIX YEARS AGO
Whittier was very glad to welcome three new teach ers- Mrs. J. Ray Shike, Mr J. P. Slothower. and Mr. Ralph J. Andrews. Mr. Slothower and Mr. Andrews have since then left Whittier. The ushers were presented with shiny new badges.
OF WHITTIER
The favorite school of all, I 'll say-
Whittier is the best; Of course, I'm called a freshie, Not mentioning the rest.
Of all the subjects that I have, Arithmetic is my choice; I'll try my best to make the top, If I do, I will rejoice.
Mr. Culle r is our principal, The best in U. S. A. His judgment always is correct, He wears a smile all day.
- Mildred Harral, 209
Marvin Lange: Did you ever hear of the straw that broke the camel's bac k?
Don Riechenbach: Yea, I tried to sleep on it last night.
CLASSES SELECT CANDIDATES
• The nominees for 7A class officers introduced by Barbara Mack, president, at the meeting December 10, are as follows: president, Torn Watkins, 104, and Florence Rebensdorf, 307 ; v ice p r esident, Le Roy Lamb, 316, and Don Wiggans, 104; secretary, Betty Lou Jelinek, 316, and Glendola Millard, 305; treasurer , Arny Helen H ock, 305, and Earl McCoy, 307. Gerald Pease read the schol a rship and honor rolls for the twelve weeks and N orrna Ogden entertained with two readings. N orrna Bomb erger and LeRoy Haar led the ci v ic league pledge and fl a g salute.
De cember 15, in 318, nominations were made for 8B class offic e rs. For p r es ident, nominees we re : Malcolm All en, 304, Joyce Crosbie, 308, Bob Fox , 318; vic e president, Betty J e a n Fr a nklin , 3 20, Billy Marler, 309, Ruth Wheeler, 207; secret a ry, Do r is Orm an, 102, Ma xine Travis, 103, Gr ace Kalal, 106; treasurer, Shirley Osborn, 320, L a ura Blough, 304, Bob Gillette, 103.
8A's nominated the following for class officers : president, Marion Herzog, 310, Thomas Godbey, 216, Loretta Sullivan, 302; vice president, Ted Shultz, 302, Duane Anderson, 310, Billy Regans, 216; secretary, Alma Reichel, 216, Mary Ellen McFarland, 302, Margaret Graves, 310; treasurer, Adam Brehm, 302, Mildred Debus, 216, Kenneth Neff, 310.
The 7B class meeting was held December 9, 1937. The meeting was called to order by the president, Richard Lewis. The minutes were read by the secretary, Joan Eikenbary. The following nominees were introduced: pres-
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
ident, Bob Ring, 205, Joyce Stuve, 212 ; vice president, Billy Lunsford, 108, Joan Overman, 203; secretary, Jack Bates, 112, Allan Bush, 209; treasurer, Dick Shultz, 110, Delbert Foster, 203. The vice president read the names of the 7B pupils on the scholarship roll. The meeting · was then adjourned.
January 5, 1938, the 9B class met to introduce the nominees for 9A officers. Billy Stoner opene d the meeting. Adellia Korella the n read the minutes of the last meeting. The treasurer's repo r t was given by Virginia Hanners.
The candidates for president were introduced by Billy Stoner. The y are: Virgini a Stuermer, Ma rjorie Egger and Ruth Lewis. Jack Young introduced the candidates for vice president. They a re : Carole Martin, Genevieve Roberts and Janet Wetzel. Ad e llia Korella introduced the ca n did a t es for secret a ry: Albert Abbott, Charles Dyer and Kenneth Ritzman. Virginia Hanners int r oduced the can d idates for tr easurer: Gordon Johnson, Edw in Loeffel and Alvin ~atrick. The color committee was announced: Alvin Polick, chairman, Aloha Gist, Alfred Van Gundy, Marilyn Alvord and Betty Caldwell.
January 14, 1938
GAS TANK TRAGEDY
A young man was out ridin g in his Ford, One night, with his girl, chi r ping sweetly,
As over the highway the en gi ne roared, It balked and stopped co mpletely.
"What is the matter?" t he young man said, -As he stepped from the au tomobile;
"Are we out of gas?" a nd he scratched his head, "I'll have to find out, I w ill."
As he spake this last im mor tal word, He lighted a match t o lo ok down the tank; A loud explosion 'roun d t he country was heard, And this man was ta k en to join the "rank."
The couple with the ca r ,v ere burned; Now through the spir it la nd they stroll, Thinking of the great thi n g t hey learned, That took their young live s as a toll.
Moral : Keep lighted m atc hes a way from gasoline.
-Winifred Nel so n.
CHEERING A SICK FR IE
ND
The members of the decoration c~rnmittee are: William Lee, chairman, Fern Freeman; Edgar Barrett and Gordon Johnson. Calamity Jane drops in t o ee a sick friend. ''I just thou gh t I'd Plurnb~r, ~r~ 1 iving late: "Well, J drop in to cheer you u p a bit. how bad 1s it? My! how thin you've grow n. You Happy Husband: "Not so bad. certainly look bad, dearie. Yo u're I've taught my wife to swim white as a ghost. As I c am e up while we were waiting." these narrow steps, I w as just thinking what a hard tim e th ey'd
Rastus: Want to buy a mule, have getting the coffin do wn. Sam?
Rastus: Nothin'?
Sam: I'll take him.
Well, I must be going now . I
Sam: What ails de mule? just thought I'd cheer y ou up a
bit. If I don't see you ag ain, I'll take a day off for the fun er al.
Janua ry 14, 1938
WHITTIE R'S OWN ALPHABET
A-i s for ALL of them; they all work in tu ne ;
B -i s for B arrows, Boshult, and B ethu ne ;
C - is for Childress, Cl ar k, Cur- ley and Cross , Also for Culle r-y ou know, the big boss !
D - is for De e, she teac h es us to se w,
E - is for Educ ation, for which to sch ool we go ;
F - is for Fe r gu s on, fi n es t a r tist we've seen;
G - is for Gamm ill , a nd good old Miss Green!
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
U-is for Updegraft with his wood and his glue, V -is for Veerhusen, she gives us problems to do; W-is for the Wilsons, Wells, an d White,
Also for Welch and W orral
- the y 're all right!
X - is for "Xamples" which ar en't so much fun!
Y - is for You, and You -I mea n e ve r yone !
Z -is fo r Zamzow, the ·best w e'll eve r get-
An d th a t, folks, is Whittier' s own alphabet.
FOOT BALL GAME
H-is for Holc omb , Hoop er, " No s ir-ee. You all ain't Heston an d H ul t ; agwine p lay ball till y ou take I - is for Int erest wh i ch t h ey care of Wa shington Irving have with ou t fault ; whilst I go es down taown," said J - is for J oh nson an d Jo nes, Emancipati on D e c l a r at i o n you kno w, Jones' mothe r that cr isp fall Both of 'em swell, that's morning . why we li ke 'em so ! "But m a mm y , all d a t there K - is for Miss Kahm, our fine I baby do w h en ut wake s up 'tis ?ffice clerk, . to cry an ' I caun't stop it no- L - 1s for tho s e Lesso ns whi ch how a 1 " 1 d d th 1·tt1 make so mu ch wor k· ny low , P ea e e 1 e M-is for Mu mford, t h~ Mad - black boy to no advantage. sens and McGr ew As soo n a s Mammy was gone , Also for t he Mcl\1 ~1llens an d bare -foo t ed Emancipation crept Miss McCo rm i ck too; i n t o t h e k itch en where he hoped N -is for Nu rse Fre eburn and im mensely to find the cookie jar does she sui t ! fi lled to the brim and also so 0 -is for the Othe rs who som e- filled that five or six cookies times sub s titut e ; wouldn't be missed. But he was P - is for Pete rs on and P in n ey doomed to disappointme nt for too Mammy ha d k n own befo reha nd I think th ey ' re tw o of th e what her small son would do, best-don' t you? and had t a k en with her the key Q - is for Quot a tions which to the cupboard which held the they have us r ecite! cook ie j ar.
So much that we say them T he baby started to cry. In in our sleep every night! exactly tw o minutes, thirt y -fi ve R- is for Ral st on an d Mr and seconds, W a shington Irving was M R going t o the football g a me rs. oss, For descrip tions of them perched piggy-back on the
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month to scream for the "Galloping Indians" side, a huge bulk appea r ed around the far corner. It was dressed in a worn green velvet hat, red and blue striped dress and high heels which made the figure totter very noticeably. It was Mammy. Emancipation left his mouth wide · open, rolled his black eyes and then hurriedly grabbed Washington Irving who was sc r eaming lustily, and ran for home without another glance at his mother.
"M y I hope to hebean <lat door be op e n and not stuck so we- a lls can git in 'fo mammy comes," murmured our black culp r it.
The door wouldn't budge an inch. Mammy was in sight. His onl y hope was the bedroom windo w with cardboard in it . He could easily crawl in but it was rather far from the ground. If he put the baby through first, it might fall to the floor and hurt itse lf. If he went first, he couldn't re ac h the baby on the g r ound. No hope there.
Mammy was opening the tumble-down gate. Hide in the bushes till she opened the door! He followed this plan. "We went fo ' a walk, Mammy," was his exclamation as Washington I. toddled through the door.
"Ah knew ah could trus' you all so I brought yo home some candy. Yo can go to yo football game now, Mancipation." Man- cipation went!
-Mary Alford.
SNOW FLAKES
Tiny, tiny snowflakes, Falling from the sky; Looking more li ke cornflakes, But please don' t ask me why.
-Ruth tluck
I'm at a to ta l l oss . shoul der s of E m ancipation Dec- I S - is for St rawn Schofield larat10n Jones, whose ey es held I Salesman : I saw two rats fight- Swisher and Sl·ike ' a mis chievious glint. Thirty I ing in my room last night. T-is for Trying t~ d~ as they I min ut es later, just as Declara- Proprietor: Wha'd ya expect like; t i on Jones was opening his for six bits, a bull fight?
SPORTS BEACON
Weather in Nebraska is a ·strange element. At one time gusts of wind and snow (maybe) sweep down. A few days or so later girls' baseball appears an our playground.
The black lines in the gym were repainted and white lines for nine courts were supposed to be made but have not yet put in their appearance.
Again in January, Mrs. Ross takes over the job of weighing every girl in the school. Do you have to reduce?
For the past semester, Rosa Newbill, chairman, with the assistance of Fern Freeman, Vera Whited, Katherine Hudkins, Lorraine Diehl, and Olive Hartman, sub-chairmen, have led the athletic side of school life through a · successful semester. Praise goes too, to the able umpires and scorekeepers, who (s ome without badges) have helped to keep the sla t e clean.
We hear that Lois Lawson, Delores Schneider , Ruth Lewis and Jean Penningroth go skating nigh every night. How do you skate, on your feet or on your ear?
Bob sleds are usually popular at this time of the year but snow doesn't seem so popular just now.
There once was a girl named Cedar, Who was going to be a band leader; She strutted to town, But people did frown, For they knew that h e r mother did need her.
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all you please; For if you stay out all night; You know full well you'll freeze.
-J ohu Eberhart
A N INTERESTING PUPIL
Whittier has many interesting pupils. Among them is Robert Cato, a boy who has recently come to us from Washington, D. C. Robert endeavored to tell me a few things about his school.
He said they had a school paper called "Maroon and White." Maroon and white were his school colors. They don't have badges there but they have arm bands with the letters M. T. D. on them meaning "MacFarland Traffic Department." "MacFarland" was the name of his school. For a school government they had a congress which had officers like our civic league. They also have home presid e nts, officers and representati v es to congress.
For their sports they had intercity championships. They had a school team instead of home room teams.
PROVERBS APPLIED TO SCHOO~ LIFE
Ignorance is bliss : Who shot the paper-wad?
United we stand, divided we fall : Home room team.
There is always someone worse off than yourself: During a test.
He who hesitates is lost: Running to first base. •
Don't cry over spilled milk: Bemoaning a grade ot seven.
We often dislike what is most useful to us : Teachers.
John Eberhart: "Haven't I seen your face somewhere else?"
PhyIIis Holb r ook: "No, it's alwa y s been where it is now."
TIME OUT
Well, well! It's beginni ng look like home room 101 i s g E ting a monopol y on boys' spo r 1 They're school champs in ba~ ball a n d voIIey ball. It's a n i thing and all that for a 9A h or room to have a school cham p io ship , but they do n 't have to ha a monopoly on them. Let 's g busy!
Their team contains such s ta as this: Robert Kersey , D, Peters, 'Bayard Murray, W ay Keim, Charles Krcmarik, R ei ald Murray and Eugene La ws c
Mr. Wells has decided t o h a a different kind of tourn am e1 He is going to have a ro urobin. The difference betw een elimination tournament an d round robin is that in a ro u robin each home room play s certain number of gam es a keeps a percentage acco un t their wins and losses. T he t , teams having the highe st p, centages play for the sc h1 championship.
There once was a girl na m Alford, Whose old tin can she h ad J fered; As she rattled along, Singing a song, She landed in jail at Mil for d.
Angry employer to Iri sh rn who insisted on leaving h is s e: ice: "Well, so long, Pat, and l: luck to y ou."
Pat: "Good luck to you, a may neither of us be ri ght. "
DIZZY DOIN'S
There was an old lady nam e Sa
Th e re once was a girl named Who went to the kitchen for l Blair, maid
Who resolved to have pretty But when she got ther e, blond hair; I, The kitchen. was bare, Used a can of white paint, I Cause the maid had run off w When she looked she did faint• a cop.
It looked like a chocolate eclai/ - Phyllis Holbr 1
Vol. 15 No.9 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA FEBRUARY 18, 1938 Price: Five cents
INSTALL CIVIC
I WELCOME TO FRESHIES I GREENLEAF SCHOOL LEAGUE OFFICERS 1
We welcome you, you freshies
to ~hittier ju!lior high; '
GIVES PROGRAM
In stallation of civic league offi- We can t h e lp callmg you • --cers was held Friday, Febr. 11. I ''fres_hie," no matter how On Fehr. 18, a Greenleaf skit, Th e school sang Am erica followed l yo u sigh, written by Dorothy James, was by Ro y Cochran leading the flag But w~ welcome you to our presented in the school audi- salu te and Kather ine Rice the mid st , are glad to have you torium by members of the staff, civic league pleige . Mr. W. F. here; , reporters, and printers. All in McM ullen installe d the boys'p resi- We hope you II fare as well as rhyme it was suggestive of dent .Richard Mah affey, who gave th0 se who came to us last "visitors' day" in an old-fash- a sho rt talk. Mrs. Leone Swisher ye ar. ioned school house named ir. stalled the girls' president, 1 1 Al wa ys mind your teachers; Greenleaf. He le_n Bennett, who ~esponded. 1 stu dy hard as you should, The characters in turn told Ric ha;d Mah a~ey mtrod11ced I And if you fail just tell them, "I about their duties "at the the boys vice- president a nd sec- I did the best I could". school," after being announced re_t ary. Roy Cochran responded We welcome you to Whittier· but he schoolmarm, H. R. News with a short talk on the civic always be true blue· ' Freddie Front Page, presented leag ue. pledge Helen Bennett Remember that we're h~ping first,_ was the beloved class then ~ntrodu ced t.be girls vic e - and pulling hard for you. president and was followed by pr esident and secretary. Su~ an S 1 o w_-Motion, ~he Kath erine Ric e responded with a - Mary Alford, 307 comically lazy girl, represent! ng shor t talk on the flag. ------- the _g irls' sports. Then came In troduction s of bJys'and girls'
HOME ROOMS
Charlie Chatte~, the stuttering ch airmen wer e given by the c~Ild, St~lla ~ories, Pol~y Poems, pre sidents. Richard Maha ffey
ELECT OFFICERS
L1_zzy Limericks, Eddi~ Enter- gave the charg e to the chairman. tamment and Tommy Time Out. The boys' ch airmen then intro___ The program was closed _by duc ed their com mitteemen. The O F~ .d F Madam H. R. News encouragmg g irl s' chairm en then introd u ced n r1 ay, ebruary 4, home the pupils to be en_ tertained in room officers were elected. The th 1 th eir committ eemen. The pro- following were elected presi- e same sty e ~wic a month. gra m was closed with the Home rooms with_ th_ e largest dents : Carro ll Lea Anderson, b f b t were sch ool's singin g the Whittier Myron Armintrout, Paul Browne. ~pm er o . s,~ scrip IOns son g. ____ Lewis Ber lowitz, Joan Eiken honor pupils. harry, War ren Emery, Charles ------- WHI TTIER BROADCAST S Ewell, John Eberhart, Jean Ger- NEW PUPILS ENTER mar, Lamont Geissinger, James Saturday, Februar y 5, Whittie r Grassmueck, Margaret Hayes, ha d charge of the broadcast of Harry Hergenrader, Bill Holthe Lincoln scho ols over KFOR, I brook, Kenneth Ritzman, Don und er the direction of Mrs. Shik e Hor~, Ralph Helser, Scott Irvine an d Mrs. White. A drama musi - Dons Johnson, Robert Johnson, cal e was presen ted. including se - Mary Kierstead, William Lee, lec tions by the glee club, readings Ruth Lowe, Th~mas McEvay, by member s of last semester's Fred McKee, Hill McKinney, dra ma class, ins trumental solos by Ger a 1di ne Matthews, \;yilma, Ka therine Ric e and Carrol Lea Myers, Wesley Maser, Richard And erson. Introdu ctions were by N age I , Shirley Osborn, Leo Jac k Kennedy and Marilyn Payn- j Schwarzkopf, Charles Smith, ter was narrator. Sara Van Hook, Richard York.
In addition to 107 new freshies enrolled in Whittier this semester we have La Vonne Whelchel from Sioux City, Helen Dingman of Laramie, Wyoming, Carol H 0 lb er t, Havelock, Idonna Geinau, formerly of Whittier, Dan Walker of Brock, Jack Dingman, also from Laramie, Wyoming, Charles Martin Havelock, Verne Bishop from O'Neill, Clyde Ide, of Belmont and Doyle Norris of O'Neill.
THE
WHITTIER GREEN LEAF
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
when on duty, and for the way
in which the order of the school
Founded and establish e d in 1924 as the is being maintained. After the official student publication of Whitti er Junior appointments of CO mm it tee
• Hi g h School. Published bi-w eek ly during the school year by the Whittier Junior High chairmen by the civic league School pupils. presidents, the selection of the
GREENLEAF STAFF
Editor-in-chief . D orothy Carnahan
Girls' Sp orls C harlot te Hill
Boys' Sporls Warren Emery
Features •• - ············Dorolhy James
Editorials ·-············ Phyllis H o lbr ook
Humor D orothy Reifschneider
Calendar Helen Kiesselbach
Exchanges ........................................ Norma Taylor Norma Ogden
Typist s Martha Hall , Mignon Miller Melba Sloniger
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Mi ss Hult Miss Cross Mr. Gammill Miss Peterson
REPORTERS
B ett i e Blair Charlotte Ganett
Cecelia Brady Gen eva Millard
A1·dis Bu rbac h Stuart Goldberg
Arnold Ch euvro nt Samuel Grunger
Margaret Culver B etty Lou Jelinek
Donald D obry Dori s Johnson
Dona Emery Joan Null
Dick Erwin
Florence Reb e nsdorf
Betty June F ees Alma Telecky
Marjori e Walters
• PRINTERS
Charles Apgar
Kent Baker I van Blinde
Adam Brehm
Eldon Christopher
Eugene Copley
Junior Davis
Jack Giel
Jo Ann Greenhalgh
Harold Haar
Ruth Huck
Dorothy I go u
Gordon Johnson
Frederick Langenheim
John Lar son
Dick Mahaffey
Willis Markey
Roger McNeill
Harry Niederhaus
Patsy Payne
Raymond Pettet
Alvin Polick
Wan-en Poo l
Lucille R oss
Carl Schaaf
Ed Schuckman
Ed Schwindt
.Tack Simmons
Don Singleton
Milton Stark
WELCOME, FRESHIES
I
committeemen were made by said chairmen.
February 18, 1938
Thayne Roberts. The boys property committee consists of J a d Ailes, chairman, Charles Dyar. Max Schnitter, Alvin Polick and Dale Doty. Members of thE girls property committee an Helen Kiesselbach, chairman. Lois Gramlich, Nelda Olt ma n : Janet Wetzel, Genevieve Rob ~ erts, and Miriam Main. Refer to the sport column s for the names of those ·on the pla y. ground committees.
CONGRATULATION S
wood. With Dean Melson as
chairman of the boys office com-
Mrs. White· , Mrs. Shi ke, thE members of the glee clubs, dra ma class and the orchestra des erv e a great deal of praise for th e fim way in which they present ed thE school program, Januar y 14 th. We won't forget the probl ems of the "Freshies," Lady FranceE dressed as a maid and la st but not least the clever anti cs of thE jesters. The audience seem ed tc enjoy every moment to the very end of the program.
On the boys usher committee, of which Bill Stoner is the chairman, are Warren Miller, Jack Kennedy, Donald Dobry, Gordon Johnson, Charles Cook, ·Harry Klaus, Kenneth Ritzman, R aymond Warnke, and Kenneth Neff. Associated with Dorothy SCHOOL PROGRAM SU CCES E Carnahan as chairman of the ~irls usher committee are Mary Derrick, Marjorie Egger, Mary Louise Goodwin, Janna McB r i de, Mignon Miller, .. Clara Pappas, Helen Patrick, Arlene Rentzcsh, and Romaine Ross. Members of the boys indoor game s committee are Dick Stonesifer, chairman, John Larson, Edwin Loeffel, Duane Anclerson, ,Jack Young, and Paul Burke. The girls indoor games committee is made up of Betty Jane Blackburn, c h a i r m a n, Charlotte Hill, Mary Ellen B o n e b r i g h t, Adelia Korella, Alice Saxton, Patsy Payne, Marilyn Alvord, and Helen Kay-
Congratulations to Mr. and Mr s.
Freshies, you may be, ri~bed mittee, other members are Waror kicked around but don t mm d • ren Emery Edgar Barrett and Everyone has gone through that ' 0 b' th d h bl t stage though it is not so bad as Bryce. Bar~es. The girls o~ce ir an sue no e par en agE Gammill. In case you didn't kno w they have a bouncing ba by boy born Febr. 12. With the dat e of hiE it used to be. Old times tell of committee mcludes Har :r 1 et who knows but what he will bebeing "sot'' on a drinking foun- Hayes, chairman, Lois Lawson, come president? tain or being locked in a locker. Marilyn Paynter, and Maxine -------But times have chang·ed. Usually McCabe. The boys safety com- LOST AND FOUN D the tart "Freshie" is the only mittee is comprised of Sam Bale, welcome given the Freshies now. chairman, Nathan Beezley, John But don't worry! We're more Dill, Kevin Phillips, Roland than glad you're here. Welcome, Ayres, La Vern Underhill, Ralph Freshies! Helzer, George Elias, Charles
LOST- Blue stocking cap with bill on it. Francis Hart , 30 5.
LOST- Brown wool mitten s. Evelyn Stark, 300. wANTED TO SELL - Practically new string bass viol music book. Dorothy James, 102. McCormick, and Donald ReckNEW COMMITTEES • ling . On the 2'irls safety commit- ORGANIZED
We wish to pay tribute to those student~ wearing badges, because of the fine spirit shown tee are Aloha Gist, chairman, Phyllis Holbrook, Joan Bierbow- 1 What is a detour? er, .C arole Martin, Ruth ~ewis, The roughest distance betwe en Elame Carlson, Jean Leslie, and two points.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
SCH OLARSHIP ROLL / Helen ~empel, Edward Herstein, / 310-Duane Andersen, John Coult-• Scott Irvine, Harry Kolb, Betty June er, Betty Gary, Lamont Geissinger,
Don na Hartman, Rae Lewis, Gerre line Wilson, Marian Herzog, Bernice Jensen.
7B - 108 - Bernice Claussen, I Lake, Florence Rebensdorf, Jacque- I fargaret Glantz, Lois Gramlich,
Lu ndy, Billy Lunsford, Marth a · 316-Dona!d Bradley, Harry Eck- DB-105- athan Beezley, Jean
Mi che l, Margy Moris e, Earl Moses,/ ert, Darleen ForemM, Esther Her- Bryan , Betty Caldwell, Roy Cochran, Dorothy I\Iuehlhausen, Wilma Myers, ";.an.dez, Betty Lou Jelinek, La Verne Jesse Damian, Dale Dunkle, Margaret Charles Ward.
Klem, Le Roy Lamb, Katherine Par- Fish, Fern Freeman, Virginia Han-
110-He!en Eirick, Alice King, ker, Norma Jean Taylor. ners, Kenneth Ritzman, · Richard
L eslie Jean Brown, Joan , ull, Mary/ SB-102---Ferne Frazee, Margaret Hobson, Adelia Korella, Alan Krieger, Rumbo!z, Ionalee ehnert, Rosalie· Hayes, B_etty Jacobs, Dorothy James, John Larson, Leona Lilly, Genevieve Skidmore, Alma Telecky, Marjorie )Iary Keilman, Doris Orman, Russell I1cLeary, Mary Louise McGinnis, Don Walters, Marjorie Williams, Ruth Scharman, Florence chmidt, Ruth Reichenbach, Carl chaaf, Virginia W eber, Arnold Cheuvront, Joe Geist Somerhiser Stuermer, Helen Walker. To mmy Griffin, Richard Schultz'
103-:-Lowell Anderson, Robert Av-1301-Sam Bale, Terence Barton, Kurt Seiknecht, Russell loan, Bili ner, , adrne Burn, Bob Gillett, Joan Bierbower, Alice Bloodhart, Lo velace.
112---Richard Barribo, Jack Bates, son, Ruth Kosmos, Geoige Lyberis, Hand , Dorothy Hedstrom, Olinda
Mary Lou Bierbower, cat her in e Jeanne. McReynolds, E ther Michel, Hergenrader, Margaret Marcy, Dick
Harry Hergenrader, Janet Hutchin- Doris Clayton, George Elias, Donald
203 - ona Allensworth , Mary- l e~, Cecil "hite Bear.
lo ui se Brodie, Robert Caldwell, Mary , 304---)Ial co Im All en,_ 1 orman Bar- June Kli p pert, . el d a Oltman, 1 rorma
Hughes, _ Helen Kiesselbach, Donna
BettY Mason Robert~ Millard JoaC: Martin, Holly Peters, Norma Schmidt. / ar es epar _-
Loui se Cousins, Lucile Egger, Maree- / ratt, Rober_! Franklrn, Charfotte Patterson, Kevm Phlllips, Darold lin e Faze!, Betty Lou Gerlach, Twilla I {:arrett, Dons Johnson, Shirley Kmg, Reckling, Donna Belli, Recroft, Hu ff Pauline Jacoby Dean Lawon • ona Lane, Shirley Luehr, Millard Ch I Sh d
Ove r man E , p 1 D, / 808--Keith Adkisson Betty Coul - 220-Jack Alles, Helen Bennett, , ug ene arsons, wan e . ' Tejcka, Paul Young. ter, Joyce Crosbie, Jeanne Glover, Charles Cook, Don Deffenbaugh, John
2 09---Ellen Emerson, Betty Jane Dill Holbrook, .Rosa L~os, ConS t ance Eberhart, Marjorie Estes, Eugene Haa ck, Darleen Healey, Margaret ~lcllri d e , )larione icholas, B_illy Housel, Leota Johnson, Pauline Loos, Mo ell e r , Elizabeth Nuss, Jeanne Van- Schlaebitz, Ruth chwab_auer, Eliza- Betty Meyer, Jeannette Miller, Maxderpo o l, Allen Busch, Richard E r win, beth maha, Kennet_h Wilson._ Floyd Himmel Fred McKee Richard 309---Richard Bailey, Lewis Ber- ine Pettigrew, Marcus Stoneman, Spahn Donalct' fcKe • ' lowitz, Elliott Boberg, Richard Brady, Janet Wetze l, Barba r a Wise.
212 ' - Dolor es Bl~nk, Margaret Bobbett~ Burke, . Marion Coombs, 208----Patrfcia Flynn, Martha Hall, Culve r , Marvin Epp, Hobart Hays, Jack Giel, Lorrame Gorman, La Harriet Hayes, Kathryn Jones, Max-
Kat hl een Healey, Don Holltorf, Rob- Verne Graves, _Samuel Grunge~, ert Johnson, Richard Lewis, Thomas Peggy Hudson, Wilham Marler, Lois ine McCabe, Dick Mahaffer, Florence McEvoy, Jack Manion, Robert Miller, p nton, Donna . h1elds, Edward )fartin, Marilyn Paynter, Alvin PoF!ave l P ters, Rob ert Smith, Joyce ku d ler, Detty Wilson. . lick, Arlene Rentzsch. Stuve, Ardette Vemaas. 31 8----Mane Beltz, Eleanor Edison, 300-Marylyn Alvord, Betty Jane
803-Sylvia netz, hirley Bryant, Do_na Emery, Robert Fox, James Delb e r t Foster Donald H e id e nr e ich Griffith, Ir ne Hansen, Eleanor Hurd, Blackburn, Mary Ellen Bonebright, Wallace Helmsiadter, E<lith Hui chin'. llernard Leman, Margaret Pierce, Elaine Carlson, Hubert Clark, Irene son, Dorothy John s, Betty Jean ·ew- Sa;':, )[ae Van Hook, Harold Volkar. I Dittenber, Phyllis Duncan, Deloris
v1I1e,La J ean Peery, Richar,d chaffer, F ·~-kO- KR?1b 1 ert DDunc:1dn, LJack HHillt, Glover, Howard Hansen Charlotte ran • 1 1an, av1 ee, oy , Loren S tark, Donald Wright. I Yowell, Beatrice Haskins, Lorraine Hill, Glenn Holltorf, Gordon Johnson, 7A - 104 - Betty Bohl, Paul Heaton, Jane Lawrence, Prudyann Mary Kierstea d, Miriam Ma in, Patsy Brown, •orma Ogden, Jean Quapp, Morrison, Winifred elson, Shirley Payne, Genevieve Roberts, Alice SaxPearl S hore, Adelbert Tipton, Tom Osborn, Ju~e Pierce, Velma Reed, ton, Jack Simmons, EvelYn Stark. w tk' • Arlene Robrnette. a m s, Don W1ggans.
305 - Esther Din ges, Jacqueline Debus, Ruth Huck, Virginia Jensen , Barnes, Alice Booth, Paul Burke,
Durnell, Harry Fox, Frances Hart, Betty Keane, Clarence Krumm, Doro- Frances Clinton, Elizabeth Derrick, Ardean H eironymus llarbara )fack, th ea Lemon, Roger Mc eill, Alma I Clifford Fricke Mary Louise GoodK ' • Reichel, Pat r 1 c 1 a Shelley, June / ' enneth Maser, G[endoi a Millard, Zimmer.
307-Mary Alford, Dallas Bottcher, Abe Ta!orovitz, Eunice Way, Betty Marian Schleiger , Max Schnitter, llielly Bulin, Darwin Fredrickson, Montague.
win, Virginia LaVels, Ruth Lew1s, Eugen e Nuss, Gerald Pelis, Gerald 302---Anna Fox, Mary Ellen Mc1 1Ruth Manion, Willis Markey, Dean Pease, Farland, Ivan Stern, Loretta Sullivan, Melson, Romaine R oss, Lois Scdoris,
Emma preier, J ack Young.
HOME ROOM NEWS
. Doris Johnson of 304 has been half way -around the world. Born in China 1 she made a trip to America when she was two and one-half years 9ld. She has an interesting correspondent in China whose name is Ping Shi Chin. She is but nine years old and cannot speak English. She has an older sister who went to school where she was taught English. Shi Ping Chin writes her letters in Chinese and Lo Ming translates them in to English Both letters are then sent to Doris.
Ardyth Kelly during vacation helped ''Pop'' Heston here at school and also played for promotion exercises at Lincoln High while many of her classmates went skating.
Home Room 318 is very proud of having no one demoted in the 88 semester. 318 also has a new pupil, Carol Holbert of Havelock.
Roy Fish of 307 spent his three-day vacation in candlewicking at home. He has made six mats.
Home room 107 welcomP.s two new out-of-town pupils La Vonne Whelchel from Sioux City, Iowa and Jack Dingman from Laramie, Wyo.
Did you know that Janet Hutchinson was born in Montevideo, Uraguay, South America? She came to the U.S.A. when she was eight years old and speaks Spanish.
Olinda Leikam during her vacation helped her brother clean his store.
Richard Stansifer wants to know if there are any traffic rules he doesn't break going to the cafeteria at noon.
THE WHI'ITIER GREENLEAF
Since the boys in 312 had not been coming out to play when they were scheduled, Mr. McMullen made a motion that 312 not be scheduled. They took a vote and every boy but one, who was unable to be there, promised he would be there.
Robert Franklin of 304 has been to Wyoming where he risked his neck on bucking bronchoes. Not satisfied, his sense of ad venture lures him to Switzerland where he would like to put his staying power to test on a pair of skiis.
H. R. 320 is very proud to be the first home room in Whittier to be 100 percent in the payment of class dues.
Frank Coin of 107 went skating recently and after he fell in, -he decided that the water was too cold to skate in.
I van Stern has taken trips as far ea t as Holyoke, Mass. He would like in the near future to make a trip to Ireland.
Jack Eisele of 302 has traveled 1965 miles on the Mexican border. Latin America seems to hold a great attraction for Jack. He would like to travel farther into the Mexican interior and also to Central America.
WINTER SPORTS
February 18, 19~
HERE ARE CLASS OFFICER
The following people are tr ones elected to the various pos· as class officers to give service 1 the utmost of their ability durin the semester. The 7A's ha, chosen: president, Bob Rini vice-president, Billy Lunsfor< secretary, Allen Busche; tre: smer, Dick Schultz. The 8 officers are: president, To Watkins; vice-president, LeRc Lamb; secretary, Glendo Millard; and treasurer, Ear McCoy. The 8A's have electe, M a 1 col m Allen; presid e n William Marler, vice-presiden Maxine Travis, secretary; ar Laura Blough. treasurer. Tl 9B's have chosen: presi de n Marion Herzog; vice-pre siden Du an e Anderson; secr eta r Mary Ellen McFarland; and tr e surer, Kenneth Neff. Th e 9 officers are: president, Vi rgi n S tu e rm e r ; v i c e - pres iden Genevieve Roberts; secr eta r Kenneth Hitz man; and treasure Gordon Johnson.
P. T. A. MEETING
The January meeting of t P. T. A. was held Tuesday , t: eleventh, at two P. M. A gro1 discussion on the topic, ''Thr : in Time," was led by Mr. W When winter comes around each McMullen, Mrs. Inez Boschu year, Mrs. C. E. Saal, and Mrs. C. With it comes good friendly Ellis. General discussion follow cheer; the opening talks. Wayne Kif Children on their skiis and and Katherine Rice entertain skates, with a trumpet and cello solo 1 Come around at awful rates; sp ectively. The 8A mother s WE When they fall, they just laugh hostesses. it off,
The February P. T.A. met Until they get home and begin to Tuesday, the 8th, Mrs. Eun : cough; Heard talhid on ''Thrift Then they have to stay in bed. Happiness." Music was f1 Until the cold has left their head. inshed by the Whittier gir - Maxine Travis glee club.
Febr u a ry 18, 1938
PR OMOTION EXERCISES HELD
Prom otion exercises for 309 junio r high schoo l st u d ent s were hel d Thursday, J anuary 27, 1938 . Of these 309, n i n ety-nine we re from · Whittier. Twenty of these were on the effi ciency r oll . D or othy Tilton, form er ly of Wh it tier, led the flag sa lute and se ve ral Wh ittier pupils p layed in t h e orche stra.
RO BERT RING H ON OR E D
Ho nor has come t o Rober t Ring , hom e room 205, as a salesma n of pub lications of t he Cu r ti s P ublishi ng Co. The words of h is m a nage r tell of this honor- ''His courtes y, honest y, personal it y a nd hard work hav e won for h im the posi t ion of hi ghest of all boys in t he State of Nebraska in sales. not only of ou r publications, but of all other s, also." Whittier is pro ud of Rob er t's achievement
CLASS POPULAR
T he candle-wi cking cla ss seems to be quite p opular, eve n with the boys and also the teachers. The re are abo ut thirtv-fi ve i n the cla ss which is taught. by Mr. McMich ael of th e Lincoln Re creation Board.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
on the seat at the same time and ! seeing a typewriter standing on the se at(chairs were double) went I the desk in her home could not ou t fr om under them, then came resist touching it . As most small down and hit Mary on the head. children d o, s h e h it just any key The congregation could not keep which he r e y e ha ppened to fall on . a str a ight face. Some one was On looking up she saw she had h eard to re mark that Mar y looked typed her telephone number. li ke a s t uff ed chicktn under its Some luck, eh? coop whe n u n der the ov er-turned Pupils dream of traveling to chair the r e on the ·fl oor. Her hat far-away places. We'll let you in was over one ear, her face on some of their secret desires. omical.
Mary Alford would like to go to
How wou ld you like to be a de- some place that had lakes, rivers, scendant of George Washington? v a 11 e y s, moderate weather,
Many sa y that Lucile Cozad is mountains, and boats in which to since hE r hair so resembles that go boating. Where would such a
of the fam ous pr e sident. place be? Dorothy Saal wants to If any on e wishes to kr,ow of travel to China to see what war some good "thriller books" con- is like. Talking of travels, Stuart sult Mary Louise Cousin s who is Goldberg would like to visit the seen in the l ibra ry nearl y every 1938 World's Fair in New York, day. he se ems to kn o w alJ about while Doris Johnson would like and ~o have read most all really to make an extended trip to her thrilling or r omantic stories. home country, the Orient. Cecelia Laura Blou gh's pet ambition is Brady feels like a good California to be an opera tic sta r. She and sun tan would do her good. Like Mary Alford p lanned to g ive an Cecelia, Betty June Fees would operetta not long ago ( w ritte n like to bask in t h e golden s u n- by Mary) bu t the plan failed shine of California. The snowy since no one wanted to pr a ctice. mountains of Switzerland seem to 1 In Mr. Straw n's se cond pe riod be calling Charlotte Garrett to junior busines s he was h a vin g his try h e r luck. pupils come up in al phabe tical Anyone who chanced to see order to hav e the cards signed Dorothy James on Monday, Jan. and hand in their enrollment 31, would have sworn she was cards . It so h appens that he has another green freshie. She had Dona and Do nald Emery in this been so used to going up to third class and they were the only ones floor for fifth period that she whose name began with " E." went right on up the stairs only For oDce Mr . Strawn was puzzled to remember too late that she has because they are not twins nor fifth period on second floor this
W HITTIER P UPIL CHO SEN brother a nd sister, just plain semester. She was not late to class cousins. however.
H arriet Hayes , prominent 9A, has been chosen ju nior high news cas ter for the g r eater Lincoln schools radio pr og r am. She co mpete d with nine oth er j u n io r hi g h bo ys and girls. Wh ittier is p roud of her.
Miss Peters on has three Smiths Holly Peters was to give a re - in her 3r d period 7A English port in class. Standing in the front cl ass. That isn't so bad but two of the room she announced her sub
CHA TTER of them hav e t he same first n a me Robert One is from 101 and the oth er from 203. 101 Robert saved the day by telling her she might call him Ra y since that was what he was ca lled at hom e
Did you kn ow that Jean Germar and' 'Pop' ' He s t on believe they are
We hear tha t Ma ry Alfo r d and 42nd co usins? Their r e latives had Ka thrine Rice had their most the sam e name and they came em barrassing e xperience, J a n- I from nea r-by towns in Iowa. uary 30, 1938 . They we nt t o 1· A lit tle friend of one _of our churc h together. Both sat dow n Gree nl e af reporters came m and
ject as - A n education increase s one' s earning captivity. It was later learned that she meant capacity.
Mr. Stra wn has become the absent- minded professor for sure
In the cafeteria where he had purchased a candy bar, he stuffed the caudy down the money receiver and put the money in his mouth.
THE
WHITTIER GR EE NLEAF
·Founded and esta blished in 1924 as t he official student publication of Whittier Junior High School. Published bi-weekl y during the school year by the Whittier Junio r High School pupils.
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Mr s. White: "Bob White, What
Phyllis Holbrook Are You Going to Sing Toni ght"
·Dorothy R e ifschneider
Helen Kicsselbach
Cal e ndar •..••..•.......•••.•.................
Miss Green: "The Girl in the Exchanges -··· ····-··· ··Norma Taylor
Norma Ogden Little Green Hat"
Typists ·-·············MartbaHall, Mignon Miller
Melba Sloniger
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult
Miss Cross
Bettie Blair
D elores Blunk
Cece lia Brady
Ardis Burbach
Mr. Gammill
Miss Peterso n
REPORTERS
Betty June Fees
Charlotte Garrett
Geneva Milla r d
Stuart Goldberg
Arnold Cheuvront
Margaret Culver
Donald Dobry
Dona Emery
Dick Erwin
Charil's Ewell
Charles Apgar
Kent Baker
Ivan Blinde
Adam Brehm
Samuel Grun ger
Betty Lou Jelinek
Doris Johnson
Joan Null
Fl ore nc e Rebensdorf
Alma T e l ecky
Marjori e Walters PRINTERS
Dick Mahaffey
Willis Ma1·key
Roger McNeil]
Hany Nivderhaus
Eldon Christopher
Eugene Co11 ley
Junio1· Davis
Jack Giel
Jo Ann Greenha lgh
Harold Haar
Ruth Huck
Dorothy I go u
Gordon Johnson
Frederick Langenheim
John Larson
Patsy Payne
Raymond Pettet
Alvin Polick
Warren Pool
Lucille Ross
Carl Schaaf
Erl Schuckman
Ed Schwindt
Tack Simmons
Don Singleton
Milton Stark
WE DOUBT IT
Have you ever stopped and listened to all the commotion in the hall with everybody talking and nobody listening? Maybe if you tried listening awhile you could hear yourself think, but we doubt it! We could remedy this by keeping our voices down to a low pitch. If we stopped to think before we talked, we wouldn't have nearly so much to say. Did you ever think of that?
THE END OF
Mrs. Worra ll: "When I Leave
the Worrall Behind''
Miss .Jones: ''Jonesaphine"
Miss Dee: "Deespy Doodle 11
Mr. Culler: "Cullerfornia Here Come. ' '
Miss Curley: "Curley Top"
March 4, 1938
CAREERS lN THE MAKING
Name: Miss Marie Cr oss.
Birthplace: Fairbury, Nebr.
Travels: Twice to California; Vancouver; British Columb ia; to Seattle by boat, and then to Lo s Angeles by train; Canadian Rockies;Colorado; Minnesota; one summer went on a trip through southern states that border on th e Mason and Dixon line, to Washington D. C., and on up to th e Great Lake~, • Michigan, and Wisconsin; last summer we nt through Sault Sainte Marie Loc ks.
Favorite flower: Daffodil.
Places of education: Rur al
school, Fairbury High , Sout he rn
A man ice skating once did go, California summer school, Pe ru He started to put on quite a show; Normal, and University of Then near the "Danger" sign he Nebraska.
drew, , Schools taught: Country scho ol, And now his skating days are I Fairbury High, 8th grad e an d through. principal of elementary sch ool in - Elizabeth Ann Smaha Fairbury, Bancroft befor e she came to Whittier.
.TOKES
Miss Johnson: If you people keep this up, yon' 11 be like Napoleon.
Class: How's that, Miss Johnson?
Miss Johnson: You'll go down in history.
George (on telephone): Hello Dorothy, how would you like to have dinner with me tonight?
Dorothy : I'd love to.
George: Well, tell your mother I'll be over at seven o'clock.
The hunter went into a lion's Malcolm Allen: No, tell me den, about it.
Never to come out again. Milferd Epp: A man shot a Mary Lou Bierbower gun. Poor gun!
Favorite pastime: Re ading a good book
SNOWFLAKES
Merry little snow flakes, Fallir,g from the sky, I knew you fell in the win ter time , But always wondered why. I know that in the summer ti me, The rain is bound to fall; But now that I've studied scie nce books, I understand it all.
-Sterl ing K idd
ANOTHER HUNTER Milferd Epp: Did you hear Do you mean to say that Stan ley is famous for his after-dinner speaking? about the big murder?
I'll say! He always mana ges to be · speaking on the tel eph one when the waiter brings the che ck.
Ma rch 4, 1938
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
WOULDN'T YOU HOME ROOM NEWS
Wou ldn 't you like, one bright da y
To not say one word you ought to say,
To onl y go, where you wanted to most,
Ska tin g, or movies, or out to coast,
Not be polite, but cross as you please,
And most certainly, not shell the peas,
Ea t all the pie, cookies and cake
Go wi thout rubbers, in the rain wi th Jake?
Wou ld n't you like, one bright da y
To la ugh and play long as you want to play?
We believe 103 has hit a new high. Last semester they had the enviable record of no tardies. If any other home r ooms came close to this record, we haven't heard about it, but if you have, we are willing to listen
Roger Moore of 310 should be an authority on junior high schools by now. He atten.ded Everett Jr. High here in Lincoln. He then attended a school in Kind red. He is now beginning ( we hope) a happy sojourn in Whittier.
Home room 309 has started a "courtesy fund." This w i 11 enable the m to send a card of sympathy to a pupils in their home room who are very ill. Anyone who wants to may don'ate a few cents to the collection, So far no one has been that ill so they think it will work like the apple in the rhyme; ''An apple a day keep the doctor away." Let's hope it does.
318 has decided to have home room entertainment during their meetings. For the first program Dona Emery recited ''Little Boy Blue."
Mr. W. A. McMullen claims 312 is the slowest home room in Whittier at dismissal time at noon and after school. Oh what fun if 'twould only come true!
But I don't think it will and n either do you.
-Mary Alford, 307
Three boys from WhittierThomas McEvoy, Kenneth Smith and Glenn Provose were given the rank of tenderfoot scouts, Tuesday, in the East Lincoln Church. They are now members of Troop 56 . "320"
Every semester pupils who wish to try out for the position T _,_ Stands for teacher, 1 of school broadcaster are tested Miss Curley is ow· own; for v )ice quality by a committee H - Stands for happiness, For this we are well known; consisting of three teachers. Of R - Stands for rightness, the fourteen who participated in Our team has often won; this event two were chosen from E - Stands for e·1eryone, Whittier. They were Helen KeisTogether we have fun; selbach and Harriet Hayes. TuesE - Stands for early, day night after school at the An d this we always are; K. F. 0. R. Broadcasting StaT - Stands for thankful, rion, these girls competed with ten We come so very far: other boys and girls from all W - Stands for work, over Lincoln. Harriet Hayes from Whic h is sometimes very Whittier and a boy from Everett rare; were selected as the two new E - Stan ds for entertainment, broadcasters for this semester. In this we are just fair; At the meeting, Friday, Feb. 4, N-S tands for Nebraska. of The Son of the Veterans of We uphold it very well; Foreign wars, Eugene Copley was T- S tands for time, electedcommander;Edward Neff, We're always with the bell; senior vice commander; Robert Y- Stands for youth, / Smith, junior vi~e commander; And we've lots of it-you bet; 1 Kenneth Neff, adJutant; Charles All in all 320 is IRawson, chaplain. The meeting Th e finest you can get. was held in the K. P. Hall. All of -Jane Lawrence , the officers are Whittier pupils.
My, but we're glad Mrs. Childress is back after her recent illness of over a week. You don't miss them till they're gone.
Since Fredrick Langenheim never wants the home room meetings to close, he baa taken the job of cheer leader to keep the meeting going.
On the evening of Feb. 18, 60 pupils from Whittier went on an old fashioned sleigh ride. Three sleighs took them, each pulled by two horses. The ride started at seven o'clock and was brought t.o a close at five minutes to eight.
Mary Rumbolz of home room 110 had the pleasure of broadcasting over K.F.O.R. at 5:45, Monday the 21st, on the program, ''Westward Ho."
The g irls of home room 307 have been very good in their n o o n to u r n a m e n t games, especially kick pin. They have played 9A's and lost by .one point. They have a very good beginnnig for this year's tournaments too.
Was your barn hurt during the cyclone?
I dunno, I ain't found it yet.
CHATTER
Mi ss Gr e en is cut t ing u p a gain Whethe r she can be straightened out or not is the question looming darkly on the horizon of 304. Miss Green has been betting. She made a bet with Mr. Culler. The stake was a lollipop. Miss Green lost as most confirm e d gamblers do and had only a cough drop to offer at the time. Upon being called a • cheap skate, Miss Green immediately purchased a huge lollipop and presented it to him during home l"oom period in 304. Mr. Culler wept for joy.
When Miss Madsen was looking over the absences in her third period class, Febr. ninth, she found that the t w o absences were Louis Long and Ruth Short.
Miss Jones remembers her pupils in second p e riod by rhymes such as Glenn Kuske y , not so husky, and George Stout, home room scout.
What's in a name? Listen to this. In one of Miss E. Madsen's classes she has Rix Betty's. (Who answers when she calls on Betty?) In another there are five Betty>s and in another four Betty's, and then in one class are Darleen, C h a r I e en, Kathleen, and Geraldine, also a Tom, a Dick and a Harry.
When Be n ita Ellio t t a n noun ced to Miss Green that she had a vaccination on her birthday, Miss Green was, to say the least, amazed. Miss Green is not a medical student , and she has nothing to go by except hearsay, but she always rather thought vaccinationswere received in the arm.
Many yarns have been woven around the Avner twins. They
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should have a fairly snug cocoon by now. Here is another layer. Miss Cross sent Sam after two Latin books. He brought back the wrong ones. Miss Cross scolded him because she reasoned that since he had made the same errand many times, he should be almost p e rfect. As it turned out it was Bob whom she had sent before. Miss Cross said she would have to see them together, to which Sam replied, "When you have seen one you have seen both of us.''
106 has a female bouncer now If someone picks on someone else, the complainant can tell Helen Kahler and she picks on the picker with "Pop" Heston's permiss ion.
In fourth period English clas§, 316, they have six "Bobs" - Bob Cather, Bob Thomson, Bob Sharpnock, Bob Fox, Bob Rubino, and Bob Gillette.
Al oh a Gist hails from Honolulu and p e rhaps you didn't know that in Hawaiian Aloha means '' I love you.''
We saw Mr. Strawn doing a portion of the "Big Apple" for Mrs. Riley (Miss Munn).
In Mrs. Swisher's sixth period 9A En g lish class, Katherine Rice thought a spring seat was a seat that was used in the spring-like spring hat.
If any of you have seen anyone running barefoot in the. hall, you may ask in formation of Gordon Johnson. Having been out in the snow without dry overshoes, his feet were drenched. He went into the locker room to dry them, taking off his shoes and stockings. It was then that someone stole his shoes and ran out into the hall with them. Gordon ran into the hall barefooted, and the poor girls standing near almost fainted.
March 4, 19:
During the rehearsal for ti Greenleaf play Charlotte H gave such a convincing perfo r r ance as lisping Lizzy Lime r i< that after the rehearsal, Fri Langenheim asked someone she lisped all the time. Did you know that we ha· another Thomas A . Ediso n our midst? It's Mr. St ra ~ who is working on a s rcr invention.
As three girls were don ni r their hats, gloves, and ea muffs in the lower hall, a m , came up the stairs with a tat on his back. • Of course, tl girls started laughing. J u then Mr. Updegraft com i1 down the stairs asked th e g i1 if they knew what h e w going to do with that. Th f reply was, "No." He tc them, ''He's going- to use for a water protector, b eca u he's going duck hunting. " It s e ems in Mr. Ross's four period d r afting class on e b, didn't know how to beha and what he r e cieved ou ght last him a while and te a some other boys a lesson. Wouldn't it be funny if M W. F. failed to say, ''Tim e stop now," and, "You a excused"?
If you ever get the hi ccu in class, a new remedy is try to think how you got th e1 It works too.
It seems that Mrs. Ro ss is bit confused. We have alw a felt rather sorry for he r, f( when she faces· her cl as s acrobatic gi r ls and tells t he m work their right hand or fo she has to work her l eft. S has been so used to thi s tt at one time on ent ering train her conductor tol d he r turn to the right. Sh e ml have been thinking of h er g i at Whittier, for alas, she turn to the left and walke d ir the smoker. Was her fa ce r(
Ma rch 4, 193 8
TH E SKATI NG TRIP THAT ENDED IN A HOSIIPAL
It was the fourth of Dece mber. Th e folks ha d gone to a show . T he house was as quiet as a cemetery as I sat in the kitchen near t he telephon e At 1E>ngth it rang. It was my best friend Bill. Bill wanted me to go skating with him, so I donned my skating c lothes and he and I started out T he ice was never better. We glide d along as we never had before, and the time passed only to o quickly We took off our sk ates and started homeward
As we walked along the highw ay talking about the day's fun a nd not r ealizing that we were in the path of cars, I was startled a nd shockeci be y ond telling as I hear d a thud, a moan, and a screechin g of brakes and my pal lay on th e highway.
Excitem ent! Cars stopping, men hurryin g to pick Bill up, and I, too scared to m ove. We t , ok h im to the hospital and found he was not ba dly injured . But that w as a lesson that one should not b e thinking so much of his fun that he is not careful.
-Robert Sharpnack
A
CH ICKADEE
THE WHITTIER GREEN LEAF
CHUMMY
I sat there in the creaky old rocking chair doubled up with laughter. Chummy, my pet toy poodle puppy, looked so funny. I can't just exactly describe the comical expression she h ad on her face, but she did look so bev,:ildered as sh e gazed at the big square envelope there on the floor in front of her, with her name in big red l etters on the fr o nt. It was a valentine from the little boy across the street who adm i red her so. I wouldn't have opened it for anything, for it is impolite to open other folks' mail 1 you know. There he was, suppostd to open it, but not knowing just wher e to start. Th e n, the doorbell ran g and while I was gone, answering it Chummy, the little rascal, had decided that it was useless to look at the wh ite square envelope in front of him longer
He had resorted to chewing the heels and suede part of my best shoes. I hope he got a terrible tasting mout hful for when I camA back he had already demolished the unlucky pair. Whil e he had been busy with the shoes, a slight breeze from the open window had blown the envelope
One very cold morning as I looked ~omewhere, but where I was not, out, at the minute, able to discover.
l s aw a chicka dee; (I had so wanted to see the
H e looked around and hopped valentine for the envelope was about, . big enough to hold a mighty
W hil e he sang so merrily. large one.) After hunting for
H e cocked his head and looked at ten or fifteen minutes while me~ : Chummy watched with his head
A s if he wanted me to see, / cocked on one side, I gave up
T hat he was picking from the and was nailing the he els once ground, more on my sho es when Mrs.
A kernel that weighed a half a Wells, the little boy 's mother , pound. burst in. ''Hello, Mrs. Wells_,''
-Edith Hutchinson, 303 1 said. "Won't you have a chair?'
/ She took nei ther the chair nor time to say, "Hello." "Quick whe re's that envelope my silly chi ld bro ught over for Chummy?'' she rudely inquired. Well, if anyone was ever speechless., I certainly w as at that monent. Wha t should I do? What should I tell her? What was the polite thing to do? ''You see,'' she interrupted my thoughts, ''y ou see, I was out in the back yard and didn't know that he took it. Here is Chummy 's valentine." She handed it to me. ''But the other was an important letter that Mr. Wells wants very much. My boy got the wrong envelope. ''
Well, the t w o of us hunt ed diligently but could find nothing. Chummy at last saveJ the day. After wonderingly watching us look under such things and into such queer places, he nonchal antly walked over to the radio that was opposite the wind ow. cra wled underneath it, and then gazed at us as if to say, ''Y ou don 't know anything.'' Knowing Chummy pretty well, I pulled him out and there was the letter What a situation!
- Lucile Cozad Mary Alford.
A LAZY MULE
Once there was a farmer, Who had a lazy mule; His mule-he could not harm her, For yo u see he was no fool; One day there was some work For the farmer and his mule; He gave the mule an angry jerk, And called the beast a fool; The mule awaited her chance, And th en she gave a heave; The farme r lit atop the fence, The post stuck up his sleeve.
- Milferd Epp
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE SLEIGH RIDE INDIAN RAID
On e evening not so long ago, The Indians drew closer and When the ground was white with clos er to our fire. It looked as if snow, there were at least a thousand of And the lakes we re covered with them. But when I learned that I ice, was not to become a stew until I thought a sleigh ride would be · they had investigated our camp nice. or maybe not at all, I grew ra-
I called on some friends, just two or three,
To see if they wanted to ride with me;
One said, "Yes," another said, "Maybe,"
And the other said that she would see.
Soon down the hill we were swiftl y sliding,
When into a rock we soon went gliding;
For about three hours we cid ride
tional enough to count them. There were two. The firelight dancing on th e ir pain_ted face was enough to scare-well, even their own mothers. When they were within speaking dist ance they started making noises like baby Nancy makes when she has a mild case of the colic. They could not understand mother and she could not understand them.
But the Indian put it on anyway. His trousers looked like pantalettes sticking out from under the 'skirt. They then started to leave, happy as children with their new possessions.
-Charlotte Garr ett.
WINTER DAYS
Winter has the nicest days, We all have fun in different wa ys; We eat apples and popcorn, And little brother blows his horn.
We had the battle of Hunting to n Creek,
Mother was nearly at her wits end when suddenly one of the March 4, 1938
And my little brother got hit on the cheek; The snow balls are made all icy and hard, And Oh, they were flying all ov er the yard. and roam' Indians spied one of the trunks. y es, winter 1s a merry tim e , But at eight o'clock we started They advanced slowly towards When we throw snow balls at for home. the trunk , stood before it regard- every sign; - Ruth Lowe, 112 ing it with hostile eyes, and th e n lifted the lid. Oh! It was the I'll rather regret when winter is
Mose: Where have you been clothes trunk. The bow-legged for the past six months? Indian picked up something. It
Andy: In jail for borrowing was mother's best hat. As long money. as they stuck to old relics like
Mose: Aw go on! They don't that, it was fine. Why mother ever put men in jail for borrowing brought it is a mystery to me. money. Maybe she had a sentimental , gone, And I'll not come to school at th e break of dawn.
Andy: Well, you see I had to knock this man down four or five times before he would lend
- Edith Hutchinson, 30 3
LOST AND FOUND
feeling for it. I can understand · LOST: Black Shaffer pen, gold that, for it had been her best hat clip, two small pearls. 50c refor fifteen years. ward. Shelly Bulin, 307. ti ot me.
As the Indians picked it up, LOST: Small spiral note book wit h mother made an in voluntary step the name of George Kohl, 30 7.
G-man: He mu st have got I forw ard, her hand over her LOST: Like new, Grace White 1st away. Did you guard all the exits? mouth. But I held her back with violin book. Dorothy Saal.
County Sheriff: Yes, but we the suggestion that father might think he went out through an buy her a new one. The Indian entrance. looked very odd with the hat on
Traffic cop: Use your noodle lady! Use your noodle!
Lady: Goodness where is it I pushed and pulled everything in the car. backwards, feathers dangling in his face. Then the other one picked an old dress out of the trunk , an old red one. Back east mother had used it to scrub in and the skirt was mostly in rags
Traffic Cop: Hey you! ls th at your car?
Driver: Well, officer, since you ask me, considering the fact that 1 still have fifty payments to make, owe three repair bills , and have not settled for the new tire, I really don't think it is.
Marc h 4 _ 1938
MIS S. HOOPER ME ETS SPOOKS WORLD TRAVELER
Miss Hooper was in San Diego last summer, where she had an unu sual and v ery interesting experien ce. Now we shall unravel it.
A man by the moniker of Ca ptain W. A. Crowell, 60, tall, gre y haired, and of English descent, set sail from Halifax, Nova Sc otia, for Vancouver , British Co lumbia, a voyage of 10,000 miles in a 23 foot ketch, a small wood en boat, July 16, 1936 His only crew was a cute black spani el pup. Do wn around the Pan ama Canal and up to San Di ego he sailed It took him a peri od of over a year to reach San Diego.
Th e only pow er used were the sail s except wh en going through sw amps and marshes when he us ed a small gasoline engine. The cap tain sto pped at San Diego for thr ee days. This is where Miss Ho oper met him.
It was a great contrast between the tin y yawl and the huge ocean lin ers at the wh arf. Here the captain sold postc ard pictures of his jou rney to help pay for the trip. Mis s Hooper talk ed to the captain, fin ding him to be a modest, intell igent speakin g gentleman who said he planned to write a book abou t his travel s upon returnin g hom e.
T hen up he went to San Fra ncisco where t h e boat was ov erhauled and · then to his goal, Va ncouve r, where he was heartily receiv ed. At las t a dream was rea lity.
Sa y look at th at mud . How will the foot ball team get clean'?
Wha t do you su ppose the scrub team is for?
Come, c1imb on my knee and I'll tell you a yarn
Of the creepy old things that hide in the barn·
It's all about ghosts,' hobgoblins and spooks,
That lurk in the corners the crannies and nooks, '
To reach out and grab, just as you're passing by;
Not a bit do they care if you whimpe r and cry,
For they're skinny and scrawny and terribly clad-
They' re just there to catch little boy s who are bad .
Then the spooks will carry you far, far away,
To a cave in the mountain and there you must s tay ;
Till at night when it's dark, uncanny, and cold,
Then the gobl ins will come to that cavern so old;
They'll lop off your ears , an' they'll cut off your nose;
They'll singe off your eyebrows and chop off your toes, They'll slice off your fingers and pull out your hair;
You may cry all you want , but the goblins won't care.
No more will you sleep in your own trundle bed,
THEY OUGHT TO BE
Barb m Mack Movie actress
Shelly Bulin A cartoonist
Caroll Lea Anderson
In a Sym phony Orchestra
Milfred Ep p A movie actor
Ed win Loe ff el
In a jazz orchestra
Lucile Cozad An artist
Ruth Manion A gym teacher
Mary Louise Cousins An author
Helen Kieselback A dramatist
Dorothy Carnahan A mannequin
Harry Fox An electrician
Donald Wiggans A horticulturist
Laura Dee Forney An opera singer
Charles Taylor A radio announcer
Laura Blough A photographer's model
Nona Lane A model
Rosalie Skidmore
A dancing instructor
William Stoner A motorcycle policeman
Reifert Will A minister -
Hoping to get a rise out of a farmer at the roadside, a city smarty called out, "Hey, Rube, did you see a car load of monkeys go by here?"
Farmer: No, did you fall off?
For the gobl ins will watch you to Warren Emery: How did chop off your head; Isadore Diamond break his leg?
If you try to escape to your baby- Dick Marshall: See those stairs h ood joys, over there?
You must stay 'tis the fate of all Warren Emery: Yes! bad little boys; Dick Marshall: Well, he didn't. What! ls my Bobby crying? Is my Bobby sad?
Lad: My, grandpa, how many Is my Bobby sorry he has ever pairs of glasses do you have? been bad? Grandpa: Three. Why?
Well there, there, there Bobby!
Lad: Wh at do you use them for?
Do n't you feel blue- I Grandpa: Well I use one pair
For of all this wild story not one I for far sight and one pair for near word is true. sight and a third pair to look for -Margaret Pierce the other pairs.
March 4, 1938
SLOW MOTION QUICK THINKING
We question our decision in calling the girls' sports "Slow Up the drive I went, peddling Motion." The games are very my bike a small bit harder as I lively and the girls in the gym neared the garage, for the way are noisy and shrill. Please, was quite steep. Then my heart girls, keep your voices down! must have stopped beating , it felt wo;_hi ;e;3~~~otlu~v~~mi~~ W8~ so queer, my hair must have stood championship in kickpin. 320 str aight up, and my eyes grown won the 8th grade champion- an inch larger around, for the car, ship Mr. Gammill said he could- not three feet from me suddenly n't come back in time to see the started to back out of the garage. last inning of the game but he I couldn't possibly stop, and even was afraid that 104 would lose as it did. The soccer-b aseball if I could, the driver wouldn't tournament is undecided but 220 have been able to. A bush ran and 301 are battling it out. Dur- along ea ch side of the drive. That ing the tournament some mis- was one way of escape, but a underst a nding of some sort was prickly way. Of course those going on. Phyllis Duncan, who was umpiring, was in tea rs and thoughts went through my mind the captains of 312 and 301 in less than one-half of a second. were ready to pull hair. Suddenly, just as if a thinking
Ne'Y tournaments were start- cap had been placed on my head, ed this week-7th grade soccer I quit peddling, and of course baseball, 8th grade newcomb and. b'k d I II d d th d · 9th d k' k • 1 e an ro e own e r1vegra e ic pm. way. Just in time too, for the car
We mentioned last edition was soon covering the spot where about the nine court basketball I had been. He saw me as r rolled tournaments. For those who into the street and applied the didn't read this column, any 8A brakes immediately. Whew! or 9th grade girl may get up a -Mary Alford, 307 team and enter the tournament. New teams entered are Elizabeth Smaha's, Jean Germar's, and Bonnie Bra un' s. Thus far in this tournament Jean Penningroth's team is ahead.
Many amusing things happen in the gym. The other day Shirley Osborn was going to kick the ball and she kicked so hard that she landed on the flqor.
Pedestrian: ( throws a nickle towards a blind man's cup but it rolls along the pavement and the blind man recovers it.) I thought you were blind.
Blind man: Oh, I'm not the real blind man I'm just taking his place while he is at the movies .
SNOW FLAKES
Snow is on the hill tops, Snow is on the ground, The pretty little snow flakes Are lying all around.
Pretty little snow flakes,
Tell me where you'r.e from, Could you tell me little snow flake
TIME OUT
We have this time a general idea as to the winner of each tournament. Here is a list of the unbeaten home room teams who have the best chance to wi n :
7th grade-W3, 108. 8th grade-316. 9th grade-301, 314, 208. There are also some ver y fine teams who have lo st onl y on e game so far and still h ave a chance to play in the fin als : 7th g rade-107, 205, 209. 8th g rade-304, 308, 10 3, 10 6, 318. ·
9th grade-302, 310.
A standard to be proud of h as been made, in that there hav e been no forfeits in the la s t th ree weeks. The playground co mmi ttee has continued the smo ot h work of taking care of t he g ym at noon with the help of a few sticks a nd deserve much cre dit fo r that.
No boys' ping pong t ou rnaments have started as y et bu t they will start soon. A s each home room has someone wh o is responsible largely for th eir fortune in basketball, we ha ve a list of some of the home room leaders and high scorers : 316-Charles Taylor. 304-J ohn Dean.
318-Bernard Leman. 308-Henry McWilliam s . 106-John Blummer. 103-Bill Warner.
301 - Charles Ewell , Di ck Marshall.
314 - Jerry Eitel - J a mes (Stephne) Jones .
208-Wesley Mase r, El ston
Where you go when summer's Murphy. come?
302 - Ted Schultz, H er bert
-Mildred Harral, 209 Meek.
Have any of your childhood ambitions been realized?
Yes, when my mother used to cut my hair, I always wished I hadn't any.
Nit: I came near sell ing my shoes yesterday.
Wit: You did? How di d you come near doing it.
Nit: I had 'em half sol ed.
The Whittier Gree I af
Vol. 15 No. 11 LINCOLN, NEB
BEN EFIT SHOW WAS SUCCESS
We suppose you all kn ow the res ults of the ticke t-selling campaig n for the Abraham Lincoln pro gram, but the P. T. A. and eve ryone are so pleased about them that w e are giving them aga in.
T he total number of tick ets sol d was 1,0 90, and of these 996 wer e sold by Whittier pupils. It is said to have had the largest turn out for an evening performan ce in some time.
A gain the Whittier P. T. A. tha nks you, girls for selling 511 tick ets and boys , for your fine effo rts in selling 485 The free ton silectomi es, lunches, and gla sses for need y pupils will be app reciated, we know.
A lso the ve ry ambitio us pupils who sold so many tickets individ ually are to be congratulated The y are as follows : Edwin Green of 103 sold the highest number of tick ets which was 18. Next came Dic k Mahaffe y of 208, and Roy Coc hran of 105 each selling 15. Albe rt Abbot of 312 followed right along with 13 and next cam e George Kuwamoto of 104 selli ng 10. Sara Mae Van Hook of 318 and Earl McCoy of 307 sold 9 tickets each , while Grace Spargo and John Eberhart of 220, and Ronald Mills of 318, sold 8 tick ets.
Freshies Take ·First 9A'S CHOOS E Civic League Trip THEI R VOCATIONS
O_n _March 10, at 8:50 A.~- _57 As a part of the civic5 course Wh1t~ier 7B boys and 57 Whittier I each 9A class choses vocations. 7B girls could be seen scattered This job hasbeen completed by thro~~hout ~he Stuart theat~r, the present class. Mrs. l'inney, at waitmg tht~ r . first oppo~tumty Mrs. Chi Id res s, and Miss ? go on a civic l_eague triI?· Mr. Johnson civics teachers have Edward A. Fer1chs , .assistant ' ' . superintendent of the Security helped their classes. Each pupil Mutual Life Insu rance Company, makes a bibliography and reads gave an interest ing talk to the on his chosen vocation. students.
The most popular vocation
Some inter e sting trips were: chosen was that associated with Grainger Brot hers , Magees' Department Store, Nitrates, clerical work (stenographers , Salesmanship ir1 Music , Tra vell ing bookkeepers. accountants, etc.) Sal esmanship , Children's Ready- with a total of 73. Next in line To-We a r, Demonstration In came nursing and engineering Hom e Furn ishings, Lincoln with 22 each •Others included Telephone Company, RubberChemistry as a Vocation, and University Publishing Company. Several tea chers represented Whittier . Amo ng these were Miss Madsen, Miss McGrew , Miss Zamzow, and Miss Clark.
MR. LEFLER SPEAKS
Superintenden t Lefler spoke to Whittier pupils in convocation, Wednesday. He emphasized the importance of ''Having Eyes to See." His talk was one of the most intere sting Whittier has had.
GRADES ARE OUT
sol d the most of all home rooms were given out. We hope all of lVith 62 while Miss Zamzow' s , them were good ones but if they roo m, 318, ranked a close second j weren't, try to bring them up and with 61. I uphold the Whittier standard.
are teachers, farmers, dres s designers, musicians, railroad engineers,journalists, carpenters, librarians, aviators, mechanics, dieticians , doctors, lawyers, printers, soldiers, dentists, forest rangers, salesman, secret service men, civil service men, geologists , and artists.
Some of t he unusual ones are: missionaries, Fern Freeman and Evelyn Stark; foreign trade (consular), Aloha Gist; actress (theater) Helen Kiesselbach; Y.W.C A. secretary, Janna McBride; movie critic, Jack Young; jungle explorer, Harriet Hayes; and orphanage matron, Marylouise McGinnis and Phyllis Owens.
Mr. Strawn' s home room, 103, Last Tuesday, six weeks grades Many o f these choices, of cour se, will not be realized but it is a gre a t help to outline one's career so as to become the greatest success possible.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
F ou nd ed and esta blish e d in 1924 as the official student publication of Whitti e r Junior
Hi gh School. Published bi-we e kly during the schoo l year by t he Whittier Junior High School pupi l s.
GREENLEAF STAFF
Ed i ior-in-chie L Do ro thy Carnahan
Git·ls' Sports ........... Charl otte Hill
Boys' Sporls
Warren Emery
Features Dorothy James
Editor i a ls Phyllis Ho l brook
Humor D orothy Reifschneider
Ca le nda r H e len Ki esse lbac h
Excha n ges N orma Taylor
Norma Ogden
Ty p isls Mart'ha Hall , Mignon Miller Melba Sloniger
FACULTY ADVISORY BOAR D
Miss Hul t Miss Cross Mi-. Gammill M:ss Peterson
REPORTERS
C h ar lo tte Garrett
Bettie Blair
Delores Blunk
Cecelia Brady
A1·dis Burbach
Arnold Ch euvro nt
Margaret Culver
Donald Dobry
Dona Emery
Dick Erwin
C h arles Ewe ll
Betty June Fees
Ch arles Apgar
Kent Bak •r
I van Bli n de
/\1lam Brehm
Geneva Millard
Stuart Go ld berg
Samuel G ru n ger
Betty Lou Jelinek
Doris Johnson
Zola Lahr
Joan Null
F lorence Rebensdorf
Alma T e l ecky
Marjor i e Walters
PRINTERS
Dick Ma ha ffey
Willis Markey
Roger McN ei l!
Harry Nil'der'h aus
Eldon Christopher
Eugene Copley
Junior Da v i s
Jack G iel
Jo Ann Greenha lg h
Har ol d Haa r Ruth Huck
Dorothy I gou
Gordon Johnson
Frederick L a n ge nh e im
Jo h n Larson
Patsy Payn e Raymond Pettet
Alvin Po li ck
Warren Poo l
Luci ll e R oss
Ca l'! Sc h aaf
Ed Sc h uckman
Etl Schwindt
Jack Simmons
Don S in gleton
Millon St.ark
SPRING ACTIVITIES
Since our last phase of winter has passed ( we hope), we will soon be thinking of spring activities. Although the ground has been rather soft, boys should be thinking about brushing up on their marble playing. The tournaments will be in progress before much water has passed under the bridge. The yo-yos will be spinning pretty soon also. Some of you who have put your bicycles away, will probably find spring weather delightful for bicycle trips. A good time will be in store for ·all, we're sure.
WHAT IF
301 would win a championship game.
Warren Miller came to school every day.
Elston Murphy wouldn't crab
during a game.
March 18, 1938
Schools Taught: Whittier Junior High for ten years. Favorite Pastime: Gardening and reading.
P. T. A. MEETS
The Whittier P. T. A. met, Seymore Goldblatt were Tuesday, March 8, at 7:30 P. M. Seymore Silverblatt. Mr. 0. H. Werner, - Judg e E . B.
Freshies never went up a Chappell and Rev. Max W. down stair or vice-versa. Burke gave a panel discu ssio n on
Warren Pool were Warren. "Youth's Pla~e in Mod ern LaEke. l R' E 1 F 11 . Society." The boys glee clu b s ang ar 1smg were ,ar a mg. d R' h d M h ff b · Th b · th Id 't an 1c ar a . a ey gav e a rief e oys m e gym wou n t lk St t D d a on a e ay. eat can y.
Donald Hand were Donald Foot.
Betty Bloom were Betty Wilt.
Gerald Pease were Gerald Beans.
Dick Marshall wouldn't talk out in class.
Miss Ralston were Miss Cereal.
Roy Fish were good and allowed in home room.
Olinda Leikam were Olinda Hatem.
CHATTER
The other day Miss "Diz zy" Schnell, otherwise kno wn as Arlene, grew tired of th e skirt she was wearing. Withou t mu ch persuasion on the part of Arlene, Roberta Hanneman a greed to trade skirts, tempor arily, of course. This they did im media tely on the spot, the spot being the gym. After Arlene's brief respite from her own clothes she has
HARRIET'S BEES been a happier, more che erful girl. It seems that Jean Quapp of Harriet had a swarm of bees, 104 wishes t O enter tain her
And they to save their lives. I home room f O r O n e day Must go wherever Harriet goes, she wore' a larg e red
For Harriet has the hives: 1 1 tie and in home r O om - Geneva Millard per i O d it came u nt ied. When our reporter g la nced at
CAREEllS IN THE MAKING her, she was leanin g across the
Name: Mr. W. A. McMullen. Birthplace: Faulkton, South Dakota.
Travels: Most travels were made to and from school in Illinois; Kansas; Illinois; Black Hills of Dakotas; oil fields of Oklahoma.
Favorite Flower: Marigold. Places of Education: Greenville college of Illinois and the University of Nebraska.
Ted Schultz: Can you stand on your head?
Floyd Pettigrew: No, it's too high.
aisle stretching her neck and Floyd McGimsey was trying to the utmost to tie it but he fa iled. Mr. Gammill finally had t o marc h · down the asile and put the how in shape again. Was Je an's face red when she saw eve ry eye in the roo~ focussed on h er!
March 18, 1938
CHAT TER
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
snow storm, were engaged in longing for Mr. Wells' place in the delightful if chilly occu- the Whittier faculty, four for The children in the vicinity of pation of building a snow Mrs. Ross' place. Five have • high hopes of some day taking Pet er Pan Park have been coast- house. Whether they finished Mr. Culler's place. Three would in g on the hill which forms the it or not remains a fact like to do the work of Miss I(ahm. sid e of the reservoir. They have unknown. 318 has secret thoughts. Now a wooden slide at the top which Favorite radio programs? they will be revealed. They think is ice d makin g the slide about Ilileen Mc CormiCk goes in for Miss Peterson ought to grow up fift y yards long. If one gets a the dramatics. Lux Theatre of so when the boys start dashing good start, he may coast about the air and First Nighters are down the southwest stairs at one and one-half bhcks. her favorites. Channing Morrison noon they won't run over her.
Nor man, "Where are your of 304 cares for more adven- Pearl Shore of 104 left her Elson man ners," Proctor received a turous programs. He finds reader in science class by mistake lectur e on etiquette by the teacher Gang Busters and the Lone and took the science reference whe n he was found eating in Ranger worth while fillers of book with her to her next class Eng lish clas s and didn't have his leisure time. which happened to be English. We eno ugh to pass around. At the camp Charles Smith wonder if there has been some Th e activi ty periods must be attends in the summer, he is change in Whittier which we gett ing rather dry in Harold known as ''m usclebound.'' know nothing about. Perhaps Par ker's opinion, for he was Clifford Risher of 309 has re- they are now studying science in foun d one day sound as]eP.p in cently discovered that he is a English class and English in his seat Some of those pesty si·: th cousin of "Stonewall" science. girls took out their compacts Jackson. What hilarity at 312's home and dabbed him with powder, Norman Barratt claims rela- room meetings! Their meetings lip stick and rouge. When t10nship to a general who are funnier than the funniest Har old awo ke, was his face fought in the Alamo. 1 comedians. red! Betty Schro ll of 106 was In Miss Margaret Wilson's sixth In English class, Mrs. Swisher · sitt ing peaceably reading dur- period English class spelling said to write, "I came; I saw; I ing activity period when sud- words were being pronounced. conquered," from good old denl y she felt something in her Someone asked if a word which Caesar. Katherine Rice asked hair . Upon inv estigating she she had previously pronounced whether it should be written in unc overed a big- black bug. It was in past tense. Miss Wilson Latin or English. was later learn ed Lhat Vallery replied that it was not and began Dick Stonesifer, 312, and Bill Str etton was guilty. to explain the word when, with- Stoner, 218, must have been eludIt seems that Zelma Rohan out thinking, she spelled the ing the law successfully of late if is growing rap idly older. She word aloud. their stories about going fifty celeb rated a birthday the F'ranci" Helzer, while letting miles an hour on "Glides" are other day and the phys. ed. out a wild yell the other day, true. class helped her celebrate by was overh8ard by Betty Gary. Glendola Millard has hopes of gett ing out th eir paddles and This is what she said. ''Frances, some day being an author. She givi ng her a good birthday greet- you've got the biggest mouth on intends to write a true story about ing. Mrs Ross also had a hand in this side of the mountains." Of her mother and bahy sister in the thi s. c ourse she couldn't say on the great Republican flood. Ha ve you ev er seen Bryce I other side of the mounta_ins also The Durnells, · including Ba rnes without Dean Melson or because Martha Ray is over Jacquelyn, are planning to go to Ma rie Richer without Portia there. the west coast for the summer. Eite l? If so, we'd like to hear Who will be in charge of affairs abou t it.
Dorothy James and Marilyn Gree n, as a result of the recent along this line. Six pupils are . you learn to count?
at Whittier twenty years from Son: I flunked arithmetic again. now ?. Room 308 has ambitions / 1 Pop: Why in the world ·don't
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
PIONEER DAYS
·I am very proud of my greatgreat grandfather and grandmother. My great-great grandfather and grandmother, years ago, homesteaded in Lincoln. They built the first home in Lincoln in 1864. They lived in a og cabin which stood at the intersection, which is now 14th and 0 Streets. The well was located where the west side of the Iowa Nebraska Light and Power building now is. My great-great grandfather owned the ground where the state capitol now stands. He also deeded the ground to the State of Nebraska for the first capitol. He was the judge for the State of Nebraska. Their names are Mr . and Mrs. Luke Lavender. On the west side of the Iowa Ne br aska Light and Power building is a bronze fablet which marks the location of the first home in Lincoln in 1864. On this t ablet it says, "Luke Lavender's Log cabin, built in 1864, the year of the founding of the village of Lancaster . The foundation pie1· under the column upon which this tablet is placed, rests over the dug well that stood before the door of the cabin. This tablet' is erected under the auspices of the Lincoln chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution in the year of 1928."
- Ruth Vance, 207
WELCOME
We are glad to welcome to Whittier Donald Sieckman from Swanton, Nebraska. He is a 9A.
If a farmer can raise 150 bushels of wheat in dry weather, what can he raise in wet weather? Answer: An umbrella.
MY lNDIAN LAD
Oh, here's to you, my Indian lad! I love you when you're good or bad.
So full of life from morn till night,
You run and play with all your mi g ht.
You are so brave, so bold · and strong,
You search the hilhi, the whole day long,
But tired at last, no game you've won,
You turn your steps and homeward bound.
- Marie Beltz, 318
MY WISH
I wish I were a fairy, To carry words of cheer; And make sad persons merry, Through the seasons of the year.
I wish I were a fairy, For other reasons too; I'd like to give the wicked ones Visions of what they do. This wish will not be granted, But I will do my part, If but a chance is given, To cheer some aching heart.
- Ardyth Kelley
MERRY GO ROUND
Purple horses with orange manes, Elephai1ts pink and blue, Tigers and lions that never were seen, In circus parade or zoo; Bring out your steed, And prance with delightful sound; What fun if the world some day would turn Into a Merry-Go-Round.
-- Daisy Locke
March 18, 1931
FOOD CONSERVATION
At last Mr. Strawn has his con servation of Food Products i1 effect. It's been in the back o his mind for quite a while. The first part of Decem be r the sixth to be exact, he disc us ~ ed it with his first period SJ arithmetic class. The next da. they named it. If anyone in th cafeteria is filled but still h as good sandwich, apple or ora ngE he may place it on the tabl e i the cafeteria provided for th2 purpose. Then this food is wrar ped in waxed paper, place d i lunches, and the next day the~ are put in needy persons' loc ken
CORRECTION
The name of Stanley Por tsch of 302 should have been inc lude in the list of home room presi den 1 in the Greenleaf issue of Fe bruar 18th. The name of Don H <Jre r the boy delegate. was giv en 1 the reporter by mistake.
SCOUT TROOP
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, We're the scouts of troop eleven; We do our work with hardl y a fault, We owe the credit to Don and Walt; We work and play each Mo nda: night,
And that's what helps us to d o what's right; So give three cheers for all concerned, For what we made, We all have earned.
-Bud Ru
March 18, 1938
WISHING
I w ish I had a lot of money, I wish I had a n e w, blue h at ; I wish I had a nice gold wat ch, But what's t he use of t h at?
I wish I had an auto, All bright an d sh i ny n ew; I' d like to ha ve a lot of clot hes Yet, what go od woul d t h e se d~?
I' d rather go on l iving, Just as I am t oday, In stead of havi ng all that mo ne y , I'll take the same old pay.
Fo r there ar e better things in li f e, Than clothe s and sweets a n d money ; Be happy, g ay, and keep y our health , Then life w ill be grand and sunny.
-Stuart Goldberg
TR AIL! G
Betty and Bob went down a hill, R iding on a wagon; P uffing fast and running hard Came Bingo a taggin'.
-Samuel Grunger
"POP " HESTON
H e may be b a ld, He may w ear glasses; But yet, my friends, He's up in th e classes.
He may be thin . He may be ta ll: But he's the sort That bea t s th ein al1.
-Stuc1rt Goldbe rg
Boss: Sa y Bill ! How are you co ming along since yo ur wife w ent on her vacatio n?
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
TEACHERS SAYINGS
Strawn: What do y ou expect me t o do, take do w n my hair and cry?
P et er s on: We may have a class af ter sc hool.
Wi lson (307): When in love, a man Eih o ws it.
Wor r a l: My descenda nt s came from •
Pin n e y: Be silent.
Shike : T his is no beauty pa rlor or rest ro om. It's a stud y room
Zamzow: Lost time is n ev e r found ag ain
Green: Let's have some fu n out of Jife. •
Clark: Work while you wo r k, play \\-~hi le yo u play.
- Mar y Alford
LOST AND FOUND
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ACTIVE ALUMNI
As a sequel to their splendid records of civic league presidents in Whittier, Thomas Rice and John Provost are presidents of their classes at Lincoln High this semester. John is the sophomore president and Thomas is president of t he junior class.
Donald Hansen, a former Whit t ier pupil, is a member of the Journal and Star football team.
George Sauer an d Bernie Masterson, former Whittier pupils are now on professional foot ball teams. George is playing at Green Bay , Wisconsin, while Bernie is a member of the Chicago Bears.
Bob Parsons, an outstanding pla ye r on the Uni v ersity b a sket
LOST: Yellow a nd bla c k evers harp ball team, went to Whittier pencil. Fay Rum baugh, 316 • Low ell English and Mar v in
LOST: Libra r y bo ok e nt itled Plock we re former Whittier pu, 'Starr." Gerald P e ll s, 305 pi ls. T h ey are outstanding mem- .
LOST: Pa ir of br own fur trim med bers of the University Varsity gloves. L ans ing Ga b le , 305. football team. . .
FOUND: Tube of lipstick. Ow n er Marga~et W~1tney 1s now a sueinquire in 307. ce ss ful smger m New York. She
FO UND: Fo u nt ain pen a t 26th / also was a former Whittier pupil. and O Stre et. Gerald P e ase, The prom girl at the U niver305. , sit y of Nebraska was a former
LOST: Foun tain pen of ble nd ed / Whi~tie~ Pu Pi _l, M_iss Eloi ;, e colors betw een au d ito r iu m a nd BenJamm, who is takmg an arts 108. Ma r ga r e t Mar cey, 301. a_nd science course. !he presentaLosT: Blu e foun t a i n pen. t10n of the prom girl took place Margaret Culver , 212 ~n the. coliseum and was . an
LOST: Gr e e n e versharp p en cil. 1mpress1ve as well as beautiful Hel e n Ka hle r, 10 6. ceremony. The color scheme was
LOST: Bla ck a nd whi t e foun ta in b lu e and gold. Miss Benjamin ' s pen Rich ard .Nag el , 316. g o wn followed the general color
LOST: Fou nt ai n pen wi t h nam e scheme. Miss Benjamin i s active Oleath a Mean s , w ri t ten o n. in many campus organizations. Melba Slonige r, 312 • Among these are, the Mortar
Bill: Oh! I'm comin~ along fin e Mrs Boschu lt : Wha t m a kes the I can put my stockings o n fr om I world rou n d?
Board of which she is the vice president, Tassels , women's pep organization, a nd many others. ei ther end. I Jean Be nnet: Detour signs
HOME ROOM NEWS
.Some pupils are already planuing for spring vacation. Donald Flanag a n of 106 is going hunting, and Jack Mohr, also of 106. is going h u n ting for ground squirrels.
Darleen Foreman, of 316 is ambitious to be a handcraft teacher, for s he has always liked to make useful or fancy things.
Leoda Reich of 106 attended an old fashioned b ox supper with seven other girls from Whittier, recently.
Donald Bradley of 316 is one of the most ambitious pupils we know. His future ambitions include astronomy and art. He chooses these interesting subjects b e cause all pe o ple like to see art work and like to know about thin gs not on our little plan e t, earth He, hims e lf, ha s located fifty- e ight different const e llations and has made a nice tele s cope which shows in detail the more important objects in the sky. He likes to draw and get good grades in art and saves all of his goorl drawings.
Stuart Goldberg of 106 has b e en holding conversations with dogs outsid e of the home room window. We wonder if the dogs have Stuart puzzled with their intelligent speech.
Roy Smith, 216, is planning to go to Canada this summer to visit his relatives, also to observe Canada's beautiful scenery. He says he is going to sleep at night, since it is cool enough there.
Marian Herzog of 310 and Ruth Huck of 216 have hopeful dreams of some day studying in Paris, France, but these are only day dreams, which must yet have foundations put under them.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Rachel Atkins, 216, received a beautiful neckerchief from one of Whittier's former pupils, P (, uline Liechte. Pauline left Whittier last summer and lives in Hollywood, California.
Our n omination for the best rooter among the teachers is Miss Green of 304. You should see her· when her home room plays!
Sammie Avner of 106 was sporting a monocle. Is Sammie going Engli sh?
Gerald Robinson of home room 108 is back in school after a two weeks absence because of mumps.
Duane Peteson, 218, claims he has a liberty head nickle dated 1612 or 1812.
Home room 312 has organized a committee to provide entertainment in home room pe riod every now and then.
A group of 8A's from Whittier went bob sled riding Wednesday, February 23. A good time was had by all even t h ough a few bruises and pains resulted.
John Portman, Norma Patterson and Helen Kiesselbach of 312 participated ·in an entertainment that wa s very sucessful at a home room meeting.
L orraine, Mildred, and Leota Heaton's great, great, gr e at grandmoth e r was a sister of Betsy Ross.
Ruth Vance and Ruth
March 18, 1938
scholarship grades for the fi r st six weeks.
Helen Pierce of 105 write s to two girls who lives in En glis h provinces. Pat Ennis of Sout h Africa is 16. She likes hi kin g, hockey, tennis, • baske tba ll, swimming, and dancing. He r folks have a large house an d and they have negroes wor king for them. At this ti me of the year, they are h avi ng their sumrr er. They say th e only thing wrong with Chris tmas is that the weather is so hot they don't like to thi nk of its coming
Irene Cloughl.v is the g irl from New Zealand. She is 15. She likes music, stamp collecting. dancing, pictures , an d reading. She is going to wha t we would call a college Whe n she was twelve years old, s he took a test to see if she was smart enough to go to college At Christmas they ce lebra te the landing of Captain Jo hn Howell.
Frank Johns of 305 sang a s olo at Joe Cooper's birthday part y. Home Room 305 was en tertai ned by a tap dance givi ng by Carmen Quackenbush in the ir home room meeting.
SEDATE BUTLER.
Wheeler of 207 had a patriotic There once was a butler wh o was party Friday, Feb. 18, which very sedate, many 8A'sattended. And he once owned a very ba ld
Val Stretton of 106 surely pate, doesn't take after his grand- But he came to a very sad fate ; father's cousin. It was Tom As he crossed the floor, Thumb whose real name was To open the door, Charles Sherwood Stretton He tripped over his toes, Miss Clark has a new idea I And fell on his nose, for her home room. The first ~And no more does he open th e seat in every row is reserved I door. or the pupil with the highest -Jack Giel.
Marc h 18 1938
CROSSING A RIVER.
In China to cross a river you ha ve to go across on a swing fasten ed to a rope which extends from one cliff to the other because most of the rivers have v~ry high ban ks. If you go to China, you hav e a big advantage if you are fat because these ropes are high at both ends and low in the middle an d you can't get clear across unle ss you get a good start.
A mission ary trying to cross a rive r let his wife go first. Being rat her thin she did not get a good star t and stopped in the middle. One native Christian seeing th is started out on the rope hand over hand with his baby between his legs to rescu e her. When he re ached the place where the swing h ad stopped, he took hold of one of the ropes with his teeth, and fin ished crossing the river, hand ov er hand , swing between his te eth, and his baby between his le gs. {The experience above was tol d by Mr. Snyder , a missionary to Ch ina, and written up by Dona Em ery).
DELEGA TES MEET
T wo dele gate assemblies have be en held recentl y. Separate m eetings for the boys and girls were held, February 28, to dis• cus s plans to sell tickets, the ca ndy sale, and posters which we re made for advertising purpo ses. A motion was made to pu t the certificate of the wining team on the bulletin board n ear the office.
A joint delegate assembly was he ld, March 2nd. The delegate fro m each home room told how ma ny tickets his room had sold.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
MURDER IN THE PANTRY by
Arthur Golrett
Chapter 1
''It's much nicer to be inside by the fire when it's so stormy outside, isn't it. Mother?"
''Oh, decidedly, but do be quiet! It is so much bother to pick up stitches and when I'm knitting, if I'm interrupted, I invariably ~irop a stitch.''
''Wh at are you knitting now, mom?''
"A sweater for your father, dear.''
"The last one you knitted for him looked more like •a night gown".
''Run along, Tommy, like a good boy and tum out the lights. The fire light is quite sufficient for all of us, I think. Try following your sister's example. She isn't making a bit of noise.''
"No wonder! Her mouth is full of chocolates,'' came from a disgruntled Tommy.
Silence reigned. No one was aware that anyone else was in the house. Nancy was fully absorbed by her pleasant task of picking the best chocolates out of the box so Tommy would be sure to get the worst ones. Mr. Miller was reading the paper, - correction - he had been reading the paper. He was now blissfully sawing logs Ever since the day Mrs. Miller married him, he had bravely started to read the paper each night, but he had always fallen asleep on the third column of the sports page. Poor man. he loved the sports so. Tommy was reading the ''Adventures oi Two Gun Dare Devil Roaring Derrick,'' straining his eyes in the half-light If Mrs. Miller had not been so occupied with her knitting he probably would have
7 received an efficiently delivered scolding.
Suddenly the lights go out! A piercing scream fills the air, whereupon the Millers are frozen to their seats. They all start forward as one. Mr. Miller lights a candle from the mantle. Huddled together they start in the direction from which the scream came. The candlelight throws a dismal shado w upon the group. Slowly they venture forward. What is the meaning of this? What was the strange scream?
(To be continued in next issne.)
PUPILS MAKE POSTERS
Many interesting posters were created by pupils advertising the movie of Abraham Lincoln. Some chose to make really artistic posters of the rail splitter or the log cabin, while o th er s cartooned Donald Duck in advertising the comedy. Aside from adver tising this sound film, each artist received an efficiency eredit for his poster.
There was a young boy named Toten, Who bit in to an apple that was rotten; He took ·another bite, Which caused a fright, Because a worm he had gotten.
-Frank Killian
INSCRIPTION ON A GRAVESTONE
Here lies a man who used to speed; Of his wife's warning, he took no heed; One time while whizzing, he hit a truc k; While dying he mum bled, ''It was just my bad luck.''
- Winifred Nelson, 320
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TIME OUT
• Back again with sports of Whittier concerning the ]ast two weeks. The first thing to be taken care of is a correction on the boys' p]ayground committee which should have been made public weeks ago. Don (Speed) Riech en bach has been substituted for Edward Schwindt of 220.
It seems that home room 105 has recovered from the slump which they were in and came up to defeat 216, 4 to 0. 312 of the ninth grade also had a reco. ery, but not as complete as 105' s. The cause as told to your reporter was Mr. McMullen, Charles McCormick, and Kevin Phillips, the captain, · getting together on the subject in home room, but leaving Mr. McMullen off the floor the two boys rallied their team to within four points of victory, losin g by a count of 10 to 6.
Although the winners will have been decided when this is in print, we will g ive you a picture of the stand in gs of our near-finished basketball tournament. The seventh grade has 303 still undefeated. In the eighth grade, 316 is king with no defeats but they could still be dethroned by 304 or 308 who have lost only one apiece. The ninth grade situation is in a three way tie . between 301, 314 and 208. It is certain the champion will be picked from one of these teams. If everything goes right, an athletic assembly wiH take place at Whittier, March 23, presentation of certificates to basketball and marble tournament winners. ''Perhaps," "if," and "maybe," we'll have some tumbling from gym classes.
THE WHITIIER GREENLEAF
FLASHES SLOW MOTION
March 18, 193
108 and 222 claim to have the flashes of the seventh grade. The new tournaments ar Represnting 108 Charles (coach) started and well under way. Th Ward and of 222 is Merwin following are the winners of th (Mooey Long Ears) Merrifield. tournaments so far, winner
If a high scoring tabulation appearing first. were to be taken, it would proba- 9th Grade- Kickpin bly find Charles Ewell of 301 on 105 vs 220 312 vs 218 top with twenty-eight points, all 301 vs 300 314 vs 20~ scored in tournament games. 8thGrade-Newcomb Second on the list would be Jerry 305 vs 104 304 vs 318 Eitel, 314, with 27 points. This 316 vs 307 308 vs 207 does not include semi-final and 102 vs 103 320 vs 106 fint1l games as they had not been played when this went in. That's 7th Grade--Soccer Baseball about all this time so "time out" 107 vs 110 for another two weeks. •
FIRE DRILL
Mr. Culler said that the fire drill, Tuesday, was fairly good, but hardly up to Whittier's standard. Most of the talking seems to have been done by Civic League officers. Al! of us should know better-do know betterbut let's not have any badgewearers talking at the next fire drill! Let's have the next one so good that Mr. Culler will have to use the term, ''exce1lent, '' instead of "fairly good."
Jean Penningroth's tea m i leading in the individual nirn court basketball tourna m e nt Jean's team has not been beate1 yet.
An athletic assembly will b held, March 23. Certificate s wi l be presented to girls who hol , the highest score in each in dividual event.
A six weeks check-up on activ ities was held in the gym classes Each girl getting OK in eve r: event got to choose a game.
The seventh grade first perio< held a "dance festival," each g ir appearing in costume.
Games will be played outsid There was a girl named if fine weather continues.
Carnahan,
The gym classes have rev iewe, Who resolved to run a moving- activities and dances recen tly van; Motion isn't so slow but th
But on the way there, She was caught in a snare, 'Cause she saw a handsome sailor man.
Adventurous sailor: Yes mum, when I was ship wrecked in the islands, I lived on a tin of salmon for a fortnight.
Astonished old lady: Weren't you afraid of falling off?
girls are remaining very orderl: in the gym.
Sunday School Teach er: G°' made all the living people . H, made your feet so you cou ld rm and he made your nose so yo1 could smell.
Little Girl: He must of ma d my little brother wrong becaus, his nose runs and his feet smell
V ol. 15 No. 12
LINC OLN, N E BRASKA
7A'S AND 9B'S TAKE CIVIC LEAGUE TRIPS
April 1, 1938
Price: Five cents
CONSERVATION FILM IMAKE AWARDS IN SHOWN TO PUPILS ATHLETIC ASSEMBLY
On March 17, at 8 :50 A. M., A sou nd film was shown at ] 31 Whittier g i r I 8 a nd 137 ' Whit ti e r , Monday , March 14. Pre- Wh ittier boys ga t h ere d toget h e r sented by J?r. Merrit Peders on • , . a n d a n a ctive member of the with 7A s fr~m othe r Junior hig h I saac Wa lto n League , it had to sch ools of ~i~c oln at t he ~ tu art do w ith conservation of natural Th eater bmldmg before gomg on resources i th u ·t d St t h • • • 1 . M n e m e a e s . t eir CIVIC ea g u e tnp . r . _H. E . Another fil m was given on the En gst:om, th e S t at: Co ordmator Ihistory of Ne br as k a and in this ?f soil. Cons ervatio n gave an / were sce nes of Lincoln and places m teresti~g tal k ~o the ~tudents. of business w hich proved very Some mte r~stmg--. tnps w_ere : familiar t o p u p ils. An ex cellent L awlor Sport mg Goods, Eiche air-view of t he Nebrask a c a pital Fl oral Comp a n y, Nebrask a Nurs - was in this fi lm also . er ies, Sur vey ing, and Outdoor The board that is spons orin g P hotograph y . the conse rvation film s also g ave S:v~ral t eachers re pr ese n ted W h ittie r p u pils a short cartoon W hittier. Am ong these were entitltd "Fisherman's Luck." Mi ss Hooper, ~ iss Schofie ld, M~ss The prog ram was greatly 1.. njo y ed F erguson, Miss Ralsto n, M~ss by all an d br ought the pu pil s a Veerhusen, Mi ss Mum ford , Miss better rea li zation of the im por- Cu rley, Miss Cl ark, and Mr. Ro s tance of co n ser ving wild li fe and T he 9B's went on t he ir trip, resources. Ma rch 24. Th e Whittier teacher s as signed to trips were : Miss Cu rley, Miss Zamzow , and Mis s McC ormick. Th e 9B's met a t the Stu art theater where t h e speake r wa s Mr. M. T. Ca s te r. Som e o f th e places assi gned to t he boys w ere: Burlin g to n Round H ouse
Cu rtis Towele an d P aine, and t h e
Lin coln Packin g Company Some of the interest ing places visit e d by the girls were : the Ca pi t al Bedd ing Com pa n y , Ei c he Flo r al Com pany , and the W P. A Sew ing Ce nter.
WHITT I ER TO BROADCAST
All of y ou will want to be listening to the Lincoln schools broadcast ov er KFOR on S aturday, Apri l 9. The reason? Whittier w ill give t h e pro g ram.
SP RING VACATION
The athletic ass e mbl y, March 23 , wa s opened by Mrs Ros s who first introduced girls recei vi n g efficienc y credit in individual ev e nts and those g etting ones in gym. She told w hat each had to do to earn such high grades. She explained the different activities that make u p the girls phys ed and introdu ced Bernice Ernst and Con s tance McBride w ho have mad e the highest records so far. The chairman of the girls' games commit tee , Fern Fr e eman,aw a r de d cert ificates to home rooms w inning championships and t o Jean Penningroth, whose team won the individual teams tournament.
Mr . We 11 s took over the program here and introduced bo y s earning efficiency credits. He gave special recognition to Hoyt Yo w ell for his accomplishment in "push-ups. " Bob Campbell, chairman of the boys' games committee, presented awards to winning home room teams.
WE WEL CO ME YOU
Whittier welcomes these new pupils: Cla r ence O'Brien, Edwin In a few da y s spring vacation Betcher, Patrica Burley, Neola will be h er e - thr e e gl orious days Bills, Netta Mae Fielder, and of sleepin g , eating and pl ay ing. Kenneth Greenwood. These other T r eat it gen tl y for it will be quite I pupils who left our school have a wh ile before we have another Ireente r ed : Elmer Gesch, Donald on e. Wissink and Helen Greenfield.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
F ? un ded an d estab li s h e d in 1924 as the
official student pub li catio n of Whittier Junior
Hi g h Sch oo l. Publis hed bi-we ek ly during the sch oo l year by the Whittier Juni or H ig h
Sc h oo l pupils.
GREE LEAF STAFF
Editor-in-chief···- ·····Dorothy Ca rna h an
Girls' Sp orls ·-·· ········Charlott e Hill
Norma Ogde n
Typists Martha Hall, Mignon Miller Melba Sloniger
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
M i ss Hult
Miss Cross Mr Gammill Miss Peterso n REPORTERS
Bett i e Blair
Delores Blunk
Cece l ia Brady
Ardis Burbach
Arno ld Cheuvront
Cleo Colson
Margaret Culver
D ona ld Dobry
Dona Emery
Dick Erwin
C h arles Ewe ll
C h ar l es Apgar
Kent Baker
Ivan B lin de
Adam Bre hm
Betty June F ees
Charlotte Garrett
Geneva Milla rd
Stuart Go ldb erg
Sam uel Grunger
Betty Lou Je li nek
Doris Johnson
Zola Lahr
Joan Null
Florence Reb ensdorf
Alma Telecky
Marjorie Walters
PRINTERS
Dick Ma h affey
W illi s Markey
Roger McNeill
IIany Niede1 haus
Eldon Christop h er
Eugene Cop ley
Junior Davis
Jack Giel
Jo Ann Green h a lg h
Harold Haar
Ruth Huck
Dorothy I go u
Gordon Johnson
F rederick Lan ge nh eim
John Larson
Palsy Payne
Raymond Pellet
A lvin Polick
vV anen Pool
Lucille Ro ss
Car l Schaaf
Eel Schuckman
Ed Schwindt
Jack Simmons
Don Singleton
Milton Stark
SPRING FEVER
It's here! That annual disease, spring fever. The boys with marbles, the girls with their jacks are a sure sign that spring is upon us. It's contagious for everyone seems to be catching it. While everybody is so happy at this time of year, don't let an accident spoil it. So , remember, safety first, then play.
CONDUCT IN ASSEMBLY
Thefirstthing to be remembered at an assembly is, to give your undivided attention to the speaker or performers. If an article is
dropped during the program, it should not be retrieved until the program is finished. In spite of the fact that you may have a class with a big test coming up next period, no school work in any form should appear, since the ra tt ling of papers is the height of discour tesy. In the ass embl y hall your hair should not be combed, your finger nails filed, or anything pertaining to the personal appearance altered. The hands should be left in the lap or resting on the arms of thR seat. When leaving the assembly, wait for the civic league officer to dismiss you . (This article begins a series of articles on correct manners.)
WHITTIER MOVIE STARS
April 1, 1938 and Chicago during a politic al convention.
Favorite Flower: American beauty rose.
Places of Education: Kan sas State Teachers College, St out In stit ute, Menomonie, Wis. Schools taught: Pocatello High, Pocatello, Idaho; Whittier Jr. Hig-h, Lincoln, N eb r a ska.
Favorite pastime: Playi ng bridge with friend s .
MURDER IN THE PANTR Y
Arthur Goldrett
Chapter 2
(Continued from last issu e)
Slowly, slowly they procee ded, afraid of what they mi g ht find
As they passed the telephone, the sa me thought leaped into a ll Spanky McFarland 'of their minds. The polic e! No, Le Roy Holl er s the idea was abandoned. Publicity
Greta Garbo Frances Helz e r and all that, and it migh t jus t
Eleano r Powell Connie McBride possibly be a false alarm . OnVirginia Wheeler Helen Bennett ward th e y went, falterin g only Deana Durbin Marian Coombs when Nancy let out a groan as
Jane Withers Mercedes Miller she barked her shin again st the
John Wayne Arthur Horn buffet.
Fred Astaire Fritz Lan gen hi e m Mrs. Mill e r urged them fo r-
Martha Ray Hanna Newbill ward. She was tiring of th e s em i-
Edith Fellows Doro thy J ames darkness. Perha p s Genera l, thei r
Robert Young Dick Ba ker ' large Persian cat, had knocked
Charlie McCarthy Edgar Barrett something down and been frigh t-
Rochelle Hudson L ois Lawson ened .She wished the whole disma l
Snow White Laura Blough mess were finished.
Joan Davis Charlotte Garret The situation struck Tom my 's Don Ameche Vallery Stretton fancy. Then Nancy added ano th er worry to their harrassed minds.
CAREERS IN THE MAKING
Name: Mr. Donald K. Strawn.
Birthplace: Beloit, Kans as Travels: Kansas, Colorado, U t ah, I d ah o, W yo mi n g, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Most interesting was Royal Gorge in Colorado and Craters of the Moon in Idaho,
"I smell gas. Oh, it's probably
just my imagination.'' They arrived at the pantry. Oh! The sight that met their eye s was too horrible to descr ibe!
{Who is the victim of this situation? Who is respo nsib le?
Read the next installm ent in your Whittier Greenleaf.)
April 1, 1938
CHATTER
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Strawn asked another pupil who knew as much as the first. Finally The 7A pupils in Miss Madsen's after about twenty minutes of class were _bur ning up one day explaining the problem and find- because Miss Madsen said ing the grade the pupil went to "Where were we? Oh, yes, w~ his seat knowing as much as when
The other day Howard Hansen took charge of a home ec. class Howard's teaching probably re- sulted in a great spurt of work on the part of the girls because of his enlightning lectures. were on fire weren't we? he went to the blackboard. After In an attempt to find out Lillian that several others went to the Cook's average in letter typing, · blackboard and Mr. Strawn dic- tated some simp!e arithmetic Dic k Marshall was surprised to examples. know that it was 1010 North 8th. It is still a mystery to -M iss This was just a sli ght misunder- .Johnson as to who had possession sta nding on Lillian's part. She if the mysterious moth ball thought he asked, "What's your which greatly disturbed the class address? " on first period history.
Norma Patterson's yawning has Kenny Rodgers of h0me room been increas ed since she has taken 308 resembles the Universal Star, up Girls Glee Club- especially Larry Blake . • when the girls are vocalizing and In Mrs. Childress' fifth period prono uncing the word "aw." histor"y class, Mrs. Childress told In home room 312 Ivan Blinde the class that a main railroad line never can talk loudly enough for was called a trunk line. One girl Mr. W. A. McMullen to hear, and asked her neighbor if the branch wh en Mr. McMul1 en talks, Ivan lines were called satchel lines. can 't hear.
Betty and Bessie Deem and Fro m our consi stent mentioning Betty ond Bonnie Braun are also of the Avner twins, perhaps you Whittier twins. We found after hav e gathered that we are not the article devoted to twins was aw ar.e of our other doubless. All written that we had these other of us are not blessed with a re- pairs of twins. flec tion of oursel ves by which we Brown seems to be a favorite ca n improve --so the se Whittier color of tbe teachers. One noon twi ns we feel, should have honor- when fifteen of them were having able mention. Moyne and Mercedes lunch in 108, all except three had Mille r, Bob and Sam Avner, on some shade of brown. Marc elie and Marceline Prosser On a hot sunny day in home and Darleen and Kathle en Healy. ec. class the windows were We are very grateful for dupli- opened to cool off the room. Lo cat es of these charming people. and behold upon the window sill
In Mr. Strawn's third period jumped a little black dog. It was Ju nior Business class he thinks quite a surprise and caused a he might have to start teaching great deal of giggling . Later it ari thmetic again as after a / was nicknamed "Betty." Soon sp elling test he said to take off after, the fun was spoiled by the two and two-thirds per cent for windows having to be clos ed . every word missp elled. After all Betty ran peacefully away. the papers had been corrected, We think that Jumping Jack he asked a pupil to find the grade Kennedy ought to go in for high for a paper that had eight mis- jumping. He can jump twice his sp elled words. The pupil didn't height to touch the Duteau sign know the first thing about it. Mr. between 18th and 19th Streets.
On March 17, and it's glad I am, a yo yo was seen spinning gayly, a sure sign of spring. Too bad it was yellow.
While attending the Abraham Lincoln show given at Whittier, March 4th, Dorald Hughes went to sleep and didn't wake up until thP show was over.
It s e ems as though we still need signs to show floors . Irene Cornish keeps thinking she is on third floor instead of second.
Mr. Strawn seems to have gone artist. In sixth period the other day he tried his skill while the pupils worked arithmetic, and from the looks of his work he would he as fine an art teacher as he is in arithmetic.
While Dorald Hugh es was driving along a country road, a bolt came loose on the wheel. He noticed it and stopped at a farm · house where he asked the farmer if he had a monkey wrench. After a long spell of silence, the farmer said, ''No, but the man across the road that has a chick en ranch might have some monkeys."
Very funny for all parties concerned was Mrs. Pinney's statement made in a history class the other day. Marilyn Green and Lee Bowers are in the class, and Mrs. Pinney explaining a lesson said, ''And then Lee went after Maryland."
Home room 312 didn't know how to go in or pass out of home room. Mr. McMullen placed a barricade of chairs and one pupil to stand guard so that the rest of them would go around to the back of the room and up to their seats the way it should be done.
4
HOME ROOM NEWS
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
April 1, 19 38
In 304 Miss Green h~s a list on THOSE PROBLEM CHILDREN the board of the pupils who almost made the scholarship roll. Th?se I If you're walking down the hall, B. R. 302 has two new pupils- who almost made it are bemg And someone hits you and you Cleo Colson and Ed win Betcher. coached on their down subj e cts fall, Cleo is now 302's Greenleaf re- so that they will have a c~anc e That's just a 9A; porter. • next time. The coaches will re- If you hear a big commotion:
316 ha s lost two pupils - Evelyn ce i ve an effi ciency cr e dit if the ~r It's just the 9A's in locomot ion; Derr, who dr opped because of work s hows improvement a n d if If you get hit in the back of th E illness, and Donal~ Bradley who t h e y wo rk long enough. head, went to College V iew.
Darwin Fredri~son s a ys he has And think you're almost dea d, Marian Draper f 307 is cro- an uncle who has a foot of water The 9A's will apologizecheting a pocket book for her in his basement a t Bedonda Next time you'll get hit betw eer Easter outfit. Beach, California, because of the the eyes; ·
La Voune Emery of 218 at- recent flood.
After all is summed up, tended the J. C. Penny st y le During home room meetmg m We find they are pretty bad, show at the Cornhusker Hotel, 318, March 21, Irene Hanso_n Nevertheless, when they leav e i· March 14. played a violin solo and Francis makes us sad;
We think three girls m 318, 218 , H e lser read two poems. · So-don't get me wrongand 105 should join the_ Ol~mpi~s. Jack Mohr of 106 and Ru~sel I love 9A's. They can rup a mile m six mm- Scharman of 102 are in the midst utes. of building a canoe for thP A DEFENSE OF 9A'S
When Mrs. White took charge summer. They will take it to the of H . R. 304 while Miss Green Blue River where the y intend t o Miss Cross recently said th a was a t the art exhibit, her valued fish. the 9A's are "stuck up." T h opinion was that 304 could get Home room 108 has a new 7B's, 7A's, 8B's, 8A's an d 9B ' along v ery nicely by thems e lves. member Neola Bills. She came all agree with her. I can t ell yoi
During a visit to California, from Ev~rett School. why these grades think s o. J us Cecelia Brady visit e d a school ------- because 9A is the highest gra d called Whittier school. Her aunt Freshman: I bet you've _ gone in junior high, there is a n atur a is a teacher at Greenleaf cottage. out with worse looking bo y s th an envy of those who are in it. Mi s
Gerre Lundry of 108 has been me. Cross said it , I think, to knoc l No answer. them down off their ''high h ors e out of school with a sprained Freshman: I bet you've gone and get some Latin int o the i ankle. out with worse looking boys than "big heads." Fortunatel y, nc Since many of the teachers me. all 9A's are that way and and have been going on civic league Coed: I heard you the firS t time is doing an injustice to th e gro u and art gallery trips, the pupils but I was trying to think. as a whole to call them st uck U I -------·- . You lower grades better b e ca rE have been g oing to different F. · ht sight of Mrs. mmgan caug . b d ful because you will somet ime l: rooms. The pupils have cooper- her neighbor's new sign oar ated nicely with the teachers and with the following inscription: 9A's. have found their rooms without Washing and Ironing Done. b any difficulty. This is up to ''Wud ye loo at a . s e - k th ti" h ex Politician (to a group of oy s • • , claimed indignantly. "Washing When I went to school, I lea rnE Wh1tt1er s standa rd _ and ironing done, indeed! Shure the subject of arithm etic . "Pop" Heston told Stuart Gold- Ishe ain't one better than oi _am. learned that 2 times 2 wer e berg one Friday how mauy years Oi've had me washing done smce that 3 times 3 were 9 and 7 ti m, he had been at Whittier without yesterday, but yo_u don't see me tl b 7 where - and there w a s being absent. The next Monday h~nging ou\~ signboard rag- subject of geography. he was out with the flu. gmg about it.
April 1, 1938
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
DID YOU KNOW OSCAR
NEBRASKA
Th at while s~immin g at Capital I In case you don't know it, there From Maine to Alaska, Bea ch last summ er, Cecelia Brady is a pet alligator in the school, There's nothing like Nebraska; an d Dorot~y Ja11:es dared e~ch O d b Mrs. Boschult. She She's the best ot her to drmk their sun tan olive wne Y . , oi l? Results, they did! purchased 1t m a cuno shop at : State m the West.
That La Vora Ram e l is taking Miami, Florida. When it came, it IShe has a ~well football team, d rama because, she says, her measured nine inche s and it is She has a peppy old band; m other w ants her to become a now seventeen inches long. She H b k tb II t · b m ovie star? La Vora is willing to . er as e a earn .1s ~~per , be t anyone a thousand dollars that feeds it raw rr.ieat. It ea~s m?re m Her good old coliege spmt can't h er face will be seen on the the summer time than m wmter. be curbed. screen some day. Some alligators live to be around
That Clark Becher and Marvin one hundred years old. Oscar is She's a wonderful state, T omlinson still play cops and about three and one half years And with much consideration; r obbers'? old. Since her home room was We think she's first rate,
That the Chinese eat a kind of graduating the year the alligator The wh ite spot of the nation. bi rdsnest and enjoy it as much as arrived, she let them ·name it. w e do corned beef and cabbage? They called if Oscar,
That in India a fav orite dish is If you would care to see it, I'm co oked locusts whic:h very much sure Mrs Boschult would be glad r esemble our gra s shoppers? to show it to you. She intends to
That the last name of Betty Lou give it to the park when it is too J elinek of 316 m eans "deer" in large for its tanks. Bohemian?
That one of En g land's newest in ventions is a ra d io se t equipped w ith earphon es fo r the bicyclist?
That Belgium has no w patented a roller skate with b rakes, w htch ar e applied wh e n the skater sh ifts his weight to his heel?
That Daniel Boone is an ancestor of Dorothy J arn ' S?
LONELY
My heart is lon e ly as a stone, I can ' t cheer up a single tone; For I am lonel y, ean't you see N obody cares for me.
I g et some gladness now and then: But what I need is an honest friend , One who cares to share my woe, One I can depend on where I go.
So, my dear, do not feel bad
SPRING AT LAS r
Spring has come at last, I'm kinda glad winter's past; The sky is blue, The birds sing too, For spring has come at last.
The gray skies are gone, 'I hey stayed much too long; The sky is bright, And everything's all right, For spring has come at last.
Spring has come at last, The children play on the grass; The flowers are tall, To their mates the birds call, Spring has come at last.
Just because of the weather, This poem was put together; In reporter's class, If things don't come ~our way; We ho e it will pass, F or there are others Just as sad, P .
From Maine to Alaska, There's nothing like Nebraska; She's the grandest, State in the land.
- Stuart Goldberg
TRIBUTE TO MISS GREEN
She's a wo nderful creature. This Miss Dorothy Green; She's a splendid little teacher The best we've ever seem.
With her B C's and P D's, The library too, No one could be so dull; There's always plenty to do.
You'll always find a group, Around 304, Talking to Miss Green, Who never is a bore.
Never was a teacher, Like Miss D. Green; Never will be either, As far as we have seen.
Stuart Goldberg
Professor: Yes, my dear young lady, but do you realize that Columbus went 2,000 miles on a galleon?
F l • • d b day I Because sprrng has come at last. or 1vmg ay Y
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- Dorothy Lamb. 303 l - Delores Blunk and Zola Lahr
Girl: Well,I dare say, but I don't believe all the tales I hear about these American cars.
CLASSES MEET
The first 9A class meeting of this semester was called to order, Thursday, March 17, by the old president, Billy Stoner. He introduced the new president . Virginia Stuermer, who responded with a short talk. Vir g inia then pres e nted the· old vice-president, Jack Young, who introduced the new vice-pr e sident, Genivieve Roberts, who responded with a short ta lk.
The president then presented the old secretary, Adelia Korella, who introduced the new one, Kenneth H itzman . who read the minutes of the last meeting. The presid e nt then introduced the old treasurer. Virginia Hanners, who presented the new one, Gordon Johnson. The new treasurer gave his report.
Virginia Stuermer in tr oduced the committees who will be in charge of the upstairs and downstairs on class day. The upstairs committ e e consists of : Chairman, Nelda Oltman, Phyllis Holbrook, Alice Saxton, Wesley Maser, and Alan Kreiger. The downstairs co m m it t e e i s : Chairman, Margorie Egger, Harriet Hayes and Ed g er Barre tt.
A violin solo was played by Herman Hemple accompanied by Dorothy Carnahan. Phyllis Beckman gave two readings after which the meeting was adjourned.
The 9B class held its meeting on Friday, Mar. 18, Dorothea Lemon the class president in 8A, introduced Marian Herzog of 310 as the new president. Jack Tilton, introduced the new vice president, Duane Anderson of 310. Lois Gramlich then introduced Mary
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April 1, 1938
Ellen McFarland of 302 as the new Saal and Helen Hemple was folsecretary. Kenneth Neff was lowed by a tap dance by Merced e s introduced as the new class treas- and Moyne Miller and Carmen urer . Minutes were read by Mary Qua t: kenbush. Leroy Lamb talk ed Ellen McFarland and then came on scholarship and honor roll af ter the treasurer ' s report. w hi ch t h e meeting w s
Mildr e d Debus played a piano adjourned. solo "Missouri Waltz." Scholarship fraction report was given by Jack Tilton and the scholar-
THE SKY
The splendor of the sky at nig ht.
President, John Blumer called -Donald Bradley, 316 to order the first 8A class meebng, introducing new officers: president, Malcolm Allen, vice presi-
QUEER BIRTHDAYS
ship roll by Jack Eisle. Loretta The constellations number ing Sullivan discussed class colors. In eighty-nine, concluding the meeting Ruth The stars with their pure li ght Huber and Dora Eppens, with so fine, Dorothy Carnahan as pianist gave The evening star shining bri ght a tap dance.
ient, William Marler, secretary, Barbara Burke of 303 and he r Maxine Travis, treasurer, Laura sist er 's birthdays come on th e Blough. Since Laura Blough sa m e day of the week each year . . I D orothy Lamb, 303, ha.s her was absent , Wesley Miller ga ve birthday on Washin g ton's b irththe treasurer's report. da y. W a 11 a ce H elmst adter's Jean Bennet played her mothe r' s birthday is on In<leaccordian, Betty Bloom accom- p endence Day. Glendol a Mi lpaning. Malcolm Allen talked on lard_ of 305 has her birthd ay on
h l h M • T · t lk d Christmas eve. Norma Jean Tayse O ars_ Ip. axme_ ravis a lor's mother's birthday i s on on efficiency. Leadmg the pupils Christmas eve also. in efficiency credits are; Joyce Crosbie, Ruth Vance, Dona Emery Betty Schroll, Winifred Nelson JUDGING Doris Orman, Lewis Berlowitz One day I saw a little girl; Robert Franklin, and Maxine She had the cutest little cu rl; Travis.
The boys chorus sang two numbers. William Marler talked on sports honoring 304 for having the most certificates.
The meeting was adjourned.
The 8B class meeting on March 21 was called to order by Barbara Mack who introduced Tom Watkins, the new president. The
I said to Mom, "I'll bet she 's nice,"
But Mom, gave me this littl e advice-
"Don't judge a person by his look,''
"Because it's actions that it always took."
-Zelma Roh an
flag salute and civic league pledge Miss Cross: Who step ped on were lead by Dora Schwartz and my foot?
Paul Browne, The secretary ' s re- Dale Shappaugh (with a gu ilty port was given by Glendola look in his eyes): You'd be s urMillard. A violin duet by Dorothy prised!
April 1. 1938
EA STER HATS
Black hats , blue hats, red hats, yell o w;
So many hats that they dazzle a fellow;
Acro ss, behind. beneath, beside, All around me, they gayly abide; On heads of short folks and tall folks and fat, The y're on everyone everywhere - can you grasp that?
You see 'em down town, at home, at school,
With flowers and ribbons-wearer looks like a fool;
BJac k hats, blue hats, red hats, yellow;
So many hats that they dazzle a fellow.
- Mary Alford, 307
A RECOMMENDATION
I just would like to recommend bask etry. I think it's very interesti ng and you make very nice looki ng baskets. I've just finished a seven cent one . I'm shellacing it, and then I will paint it which will make it even prettier. Thev also have the five and sixtee~ cent ones that turn out just ~s lov ely .
A basket weaver, -Dorothy Saal, 307
Father: (sternl y): The leaves of your science book aren't even cut.
Son : I was in . a hurry when I read it.
Son: Dad, that apple I just ate ha d a worm in it and I ate that too.
Father: What! Here drink this water and wash it down.
Son: Aw, let it walk down.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
A CHILD'S IMPRESSIONS OF FATHER
My dad sure gets to do lots-astuff
Which I can never do ·
He gets to ride in his a~tomobile
While I have lessons to trudg~ through. •
He gets a second piece of cake
When I get no more than one·
Maw says, "Well, he's my hu~band,
He certainly deserves to have more, son."
He sits and reads his newspaper
Late into the night;
But it just spoils all my fun
When I have to go to bed while it's light
He also sleeps late in the morning
For he doesn't go to work till one;
While I have to be dressed by seven o'clock,
Or I'll be tardy, -that isn't such fun.
THE OLD WOMAN IN THE SHOE
There was an old woman who Ii ved in a shoe,
She hadn't many children- she only had two;
For breakfast she gave them bread and milk,
And soon their hair was fine as silk;
For lunch they had carrots, sliced very thin, Which made them have soft delicate skin:
For dinner she gave them peas, and kept them well fed,
And this she hoped would make their lips red;
Thus the children became very beautiful,
And to their mother they became very dutiful.
- Bettie Blair, 205
EXCHANGES
The favorite sports of the girls at Sutter junior high, Sacramento, California, seem to be m.tball and badminton. It seems that the home rooms keep their own scores when playing against each other.
The Blazer from Niagara Falls, New York, has an interesting column, "Watching the World," in which they mention news most interesting in world affairs, covering about three or four countries at a time.
It has been found that the Sherman junior high school of Hutchinson, Kansas, holds their spelling contests between home rooms Each home room is scheduled every so often to spell against other home rooms, as they are here at Whittier in sports, winners against winners, losers against losers.
Searching through ~he exchanges we find that the Reflector from the Central junior high school of Saginaw, Michigan has a snapshot page. Each year the members of the Camera club are kept busy scouring the place for pictures to make it an interesting page.
Last of all we find that an amateur program sponsored by the Hi-Y was held, March 16, in the auditorium of College View high school. The program consisted of nineteen acts. They are also having a drawing contest trying to see who can draw a picture of someone in the school so as to make it look really like the person it was meant for.
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TIME OUT
Well, the storm is over and the basketball championships at Whitti er are decjded. 303 won the seventh grade tournament, and 316 won the eighth grade, but they could not hold it losing to 303 of the seventh grade, making 303 champions of both seventh and eighth grade. 301 after a trying battle all of the way won the ninth grade championship and then beat 303 for the school championship.
A tabulation of high scorers found Bill Warner of 103 on top with thirty-six points. He was very closely trailed by Charles Ewell of 301 with thirty-five. Third place was fought back and forth between an eighth grader and a ninth grader, Charles Taylor of 316 and Wesley Maser of 208, both coming out with thirty points. Some honorable mention scorers are: Jerry Eitel of 314, twenty-seven, Ted Schultz who moved to Everett Junior High, twenty-six, James Jones of 314, · twenty-five, Kenneth Neff of 310, twenty, Henry McWilliams of 308, fourteen, and John Dean of 304, twelve.
The exhibition games between chosen up teams of the ninth grade were very fast, also of high quality and were appreciated greatly when the conditions were not favorable outside. Two ninth grade teams representing the 9A all-stars and the 9B all-stars played, March 15, the outcome leaning largely toward the 9A.
With Jerry Eitel and Skip Eberhart in rare form (scoring six points each) the first team of the 9A defeated their arch-rivals, the first team of the 9B, 18 to 6.
Although the 9B's could not cope with theire lders, power and ex per-
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
ience, Kenneth Neff, Rollie Allmon and Ed Schuckman, all of 310, scored two points to make the 9B's total 6. In the second game, Albert Kline of 105 paced the winners with fourteen points as his teammates scored the rest to defeat the 9B's, 19 to 4. Harry Pappas of 302 contributed all of his team's scores .
AN INCIDENT
April 1, 1938
of fact way. Their conversation never stopped for not one reali zed the tremendous relief in her heart. She would never admit her fear to anyone for that was what she and all the other pione e r women bargained for when th ey followed their men into the n e w and dangerous west.
-Jean Germar, 106
SLOW MOTION
We are sorry that in our n amSarah awoke one bright July ing and interpretation of ''S low morning, strangely frightened. Motion" we were wrong as yo u She was possessed with a queer probably understood in the feeling of dread which she could athletic assembly. We exten d all the apologies we can to Mrs . not explain. However, she started Ross (and we do mean Mrs. R oss) . her work with nary a word to her The champs of the tournam en ts husband for she knew he would that are over are as follows: 220 , scoff at any such notion. She me- 9th grade soccer baseball, Jea n chanicalJy put up Carl's lunch and Penningroth's team - 9 cou rt sent the other boys off with a basketball. smile. Sarah had had the pity of al I Champion kick pin ga me s, her friends because she had no winners first, are: 7th grad e: 107 daughters but three sons. She had vs 222, 8th, 320 vs 107, 9th, 105 vs never considered herself unlucky 216 , school champs, 320 vs 105. but today she wished she had Bernice Ernst leads the gir ls in some woman around the house in their jump and reach tests S he whom to confide. Although she can jump eighteen and one ha lf would not admit it even to herself, inches. Next is Con stanc E she was frightened. McBride with seventeen i~ che s.
About four-thirty Sarah took She also has the best aver ages in one of her many glances at the sky individual work. The foll owi ng and stopped in her tracks. The sun girls recieved a grade of one in was partially hidden by a dusky, gym: Jean Echenberry , Ve ra yellow cloud. She knew, as all good Kolb, Betty Coulter, Con stancE pioneers knew, that the ·yellow McBride, Zelma Rohan, Peg gy cloud meant one of the worst per- Hudson, Mercedes M i l le r, ils of the west, a dust stor ·rn. Quick Marylou Stonsifer, Moyne Miller, as a flash, she ran to the barn- Winifred Nelson, Jean P erm inyard, her head filling with things groth, and Freda Schaefer .
to do. She herded the chickens in- The conduct in the gym haf to their new coop, locked their been bad. The girls are puttin g five cows in the barn and gather- candy wrappers in the venti lato rs. ing her skirts about her, ran into Please don't do this becau se it if the house. very hard to clean the ventilatorf
She patiently watched for and since the gym is a placE her men while preparing their where health is taught, we ough1 supper. One by one they came in to try to keep from hinder ing itf to find her going on in a matter progress.
V ol. 15 No. 13
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
April 22, 1938 Price: Five cents
HO ME MADE PROGR AM IS SUCCESSFUL BOYS GLEE CLUB I MOTHER DAUGHTER MUCH IN DEMAND PARTY IS HELD
Wednesda y, March 30, an ass embly was held which was, as M r: Culler said, a l ome -ma de
Whittier can be justly proud of The Mother daughter party the boys' glee club for they have given each year for the purpose of b e e n m u c h in d e m a n d
pr ogram. Of cou rse, for sueh a p rogram, Mrs. White t::rn always b e depend ed on, for she and ; 'her bringing together the girls, their latel y. On March 29, they sang for the Past Masters of Omaha at mothers, and teachers was held a dinner gi ven at the .Maso nic Tuesday, April 12, at Whittier. Temple. The forty-six bo ys were Mrs. Shike's drama classes put b oys" alwa ys rush to the rescue. sweetly rewarded with candy bars on a one act play entitled "A T he glee sang thl·ee numbers, while M r s. Riley and Mrs. White PlaceWhereVioletsGrow.''Speak"South , rn Memories" and ea~fhh receiv~d Ta box of ca nd Y, ing parts were taken by Elizabeth - en again uesday, they sang '' Spanish Guitar ," the third for the Rotary Club at a one Smaha as Jonathan, Frances b eing a pri celess collection of o' do~k luncheo n.Jack Eis e le serv- Helser as Tom, and Portia Eitel li mericks set to tune. Thi; 1 eel as master of ceremoni es . At I as Martha. The girls' glee club featured trio \\'':ts r em12th • l.)nt h of these dinners the vo cal sang five numbers, Brahm's Greenwood , Kenr wth Hitzn.1•.:ir, 1 irnmber • were much the same as "Lullaby," "God is Love," a nd Kenneth Neff, ·inging t 1f Iatom· home made assembly except "Wonderful Mother of Mine," c horus of" Souther11 Mt-1mr,ries." for the additio n of "Old Ark 's A "April Shower,'' and Little Old A lso a solo, ' 'Old Bla ck Joe,'' 1 Moverin." Lady."
w as nicely d one hy Kennerb l I
Helen Bennett, the girls' civic H itzman. 'WHITTIER BROADCASTS league president, extended a wel-
A military tap \ ·<~s given by I "' . . . 1 come to the mothers and Mr s . Carmen Quac1h 11bnsh and 1 .:iaturday, April ~:i, Wh1tt1er I Ray Rice gave the response. Mercedes and Moyne Miller, ac- furnished the entertainment for I After the program, the girls companied by Doro1 hy Carnahan the Lincoln s chools broadcast at conducted their mothers to the a fter which John Co;_11ter enter-J 11:15. A~no uncing the num bers gym where they introduced them ta ined with thre e ~-:.,·c·orJ ian solos. , was ffarriet Haves, former news- to their teachers. A social hour
A quartet mad e up of Kennet h casLr . The girls glee sang four followed and refreshments conll itzman, John Eb e_ hart, Ke,meth ~1_urnh ~:s: "O,';~.r the Hill," l sisting of cup cakes and dixies Greenwood and ,J,1.~·,_ Kennedy God,::-; Love, Wonderful • were served.
m ade us laugh ~u ii, t ,J at their ~Lo.tl 1 1 1 ·~ 1 1 • ~f,,M in e," and Brahm's 1 i • b ti l1 a)~.
c ever antics 111 ueir uong a ou •i Mrs. Shike's drama 1 class th e Appl e and the 'Vor~ 1 that we presented a play entitled "Our n early forgot th•tr i-he boys N:1tional Heritage," with parts re ally have exc epcim~: 1 i \-Oices. I ta½en by Ma~ine Travis, Hazel
The s bl dec;erve~ lots of I F1:1k he , Rosalle Pegans, Est~er as em Y - ulichael, Barbara Mack, Lorrame pr aise, but, oh well. Wt' always I Gorman, and Marilyn Alvord. kn ew Whitti er pupils had plenty j 1 arilyn Paynter gave a reading, of talent! •'The Star Spangled Banan."
HOBBY SHOW CCMING
Soon the hobby show will be in full swing-. The entries have been coming in this week and next week they will be arranged. The exhibition begins May 9, continuing until May 31.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
F ound e d and establis h e d in 19 24 as the official stud ent publication of Whitti er Junior
Hi g h Schoo l. Published bi -wee kly during the sch oo l year by the Whit t ier Jun ior High School pupils.
GREEN LEAF STAFF
Editor-in-chief - ·Dorothy Ca rna han
Girls' Sports ...................... Charlot te Hill
Boys' Sports .................. W arren Emery
Features ,.......... Do rot h y James
Editorials ·-·············· ····Ph yllis Holbrook
Humor .............. Dorothy R e if sc hn e i der
Ca lendar ........ ............ H c len Ki esse lbach
Exchanges ............... Norma Taylor Norma O::\'clen
Typists Martha Hall, Mi gn on Miller M e lba Slon iger
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hul t Mi ss Cross Mr. Gammill Miss Peterson --
REPORTERS
Bettie Blair
D e lores Blunk
Cece lia Brady
Ardi s Burbach
Arnold Ch euvront
Cleo Colson
Margar et Cu lver
Donald D ob ry
Dona Em e ry
Dick Erwin
C h arles Ewell
Cha rles Apgar
K e n t Baker
Ivan Blinde
Adam Brehm
B e tty June F ees
Chal'lott e Ganett
Geneva Millard
Stuart Go ld berg
Sam u e l Grunger
B ett y Lou Jelinek
D o ri s Johnson
Zo la Lahr
Joa n Null
F lorence Reb e n sdorf
A lma Te lecky
Marjori e Walters
PRINTERS
Dick Mahaffey
Willis Markey
Roger McNei l!
Harry Ni e derhaus
E ldon Christop h e r
Eugene Cop ley
.Junior Davis
Jack Git•!
Jo Ann Green h alg h
Harol<l Haar
Ruth Huck
D ornt h y I go u
Gordon Johnson
Frederick Lang e nheim
John Larson
Patsy Payne
Raymond Pettet
Alv i n Po li ck
Warre n Poo l
Luci ll e Ross
Carl Schaaf
Eel Schuckman
Ed Schwindt
Jack Simmo n s
Don Sing leto n 1\1.ilton Sta r k
CORRECT MANNER OF CONSUMING SOUP
When eating this delectable course al ways push the spoon away from you. Never draw it toward you. The end of the spoon should have no connection with
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
ACTlV E ALUMNI
Junior Hudkins, a former Whittierite has attained a position which most of us only dr eam of. Junior has a contract with Warner Bros. Studio, Hollywood, California. In this position he will receive one hundred dollars per week. Another pupil who spent her junior high school years at Whittier is Evelyn Belote. Like Junior , Evelyn is doing things in the world of public intertainment. She is now the singer with Ken Nielson's band in Omaha. Evelyn participated in the beauty contest for Miss Lincoln and won fourth place. She is taking the place of Bonnie Parsons with the b and. Bonnie is giving up that position to take up one of the many opportunities offered her to d anre Bonnie is a brilliant tap dancer and she is also skillful in many other entertainment arts. Heretofore most or all of our Active Alumni subjects have been prominent in either sports or entertainment. One pupil who graced Whittier with his attendance and who, I feel sure, deserves honorable mention is Orville Hutchinson. Orville e&rned his college education and now has an enviable position with the Ford Motors Corporation.
SEVENTH GRADE MEETS
CAREERS IN THE MAKING
Name: Miss Ruth McCormic k.
April 22, 1938
Birthplace: Kansas City , Kansas.
Travels: Chicago, the Dakot as and all Southern states.
Places of Education: Old Wh ittier, Lincoln High School a nd University of Nebraska.
Places taught: Dunbar Hi gh and Whittier Junior High.
Favorite flower: Lilac.
Favorite pastime: Listenin~ to good radio programs.
Favorite movie star: Dean na Durbin.
THE RAINY SEASON
The rainy season that put s in it's appearance in April is al mv't 11pon us. It is a cramp in m ns t of the girls' styles, and I d oubt if we have any boys who just !o,;e to wander in the rain. H , 1 '' e mercy on the poor damsels in a -stress who are doomed to go a b ,m t on rainy days with their lo ck s floating gaily about t n e ir shoulders.
For the girls who dread th i8 perdicament, transpaeent r ::ii ncapes with the hoods attache d a re extremely water proof.
GRADES AGAIN
the mouth. But the rule, never The first seventh grade class Grades, yes it's almost tim e f m tip the bowl so that you may get meeting of the semester was held those little spreaders of joy a gai n, the last drop of soup, has been on March 25. Bob Ring, the the time when we take our g rad ef made much easier by an inventor president, opened the meeting with our fingers over our ei eS, who thinks of everything. This and introduced Allen Bush, the then wander away in dazed sil~ 0 n cE boon to mankind is a device secretary, who gave his report. because "we want to be a kne . 1 which ends all tipping of bowls. Ionalee Sehnert played a piano But cheer up! Remembe r t ha1 An aluminum ring is placed under solo and the treasure, Dick Shultz 1 sprmg is here and thou gh WE the bowl which causes the bowl gave his report. The scholarship , to rise at every spoonful of soup roll was read by Billy Lunsford wouldn t even think of auy o1 so that all of the soup may be 1 1 and the meeting was then our teachers accepting b ri bes consumed. adjourned. everyone loves flowers.
A p ri l 22 , 1938
SPR I N G
Whe n spring is her e , T he birds begin to sig n , A nd in your ear s they ring; A little str e am goes bubbling by Quite · cont e nt upon its way.
W hen spring i s here, T he grass b eg ins to grow; W ith it come s the task to mow, O ne has to p ull and pull t he weed s , A ~d plant the fl ower seeds.
-Sara mae Van Ho ok , 318
RADI O REVIEW
Beginnin g with this issue we w ill contin u e to tell you of new program s com ing 011 th e air and t he bett e r on es now in progress. For our first issue we salute t he Ma r ch of Time heard every • T hursda y ev ening at 7 P . M.
Imagine yourself seated in the c ontrol r oom of the National Broadcastin g Co. sor,1 e Thursday n ight looking at the program th rough soun dproof glass . At the le ft you wou ld see the sound e ffects section Behind t h is i s th e c onductor, Ho ward Barl o w, and h is orchestra which has furnished t he stirring mu sic for the program fo r over sev e r, years. Then there a re the "mo b" actors who produce a murmur of voices, cheers, appl a u se etc. an d the actors who b ring you Hit 1er, Musso li ni , o r your own congressm a n wi th v ivid reality. L ast but not lea s t comes We s tbro ok Van Vo orhis, w hose wond e r ful voice brin gs y ou the March of Time!
Lecturer (in assembly) : Peopl e may be cut b y ignoring them.
Chester May (to neigh bo r ): I / w ish our grass could.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
MURDER IN THE PANTRY
Arthur Goldrett (continued fro m last issue)
Chapter 3
The s i ght that met their eyes w as horr ible. There he lay, his y e 1 1o w hair hardl y rumpled. T he y all looked at each oth e r. The loo k i n t h e eyes of each would be be s t describe d as susp i cious. Why, it was as easy as p i e! Any one of the m could have s li ppe d o u t dur i ng t hat peaceful int e rval by t he fir e, and s trangled him.
Mr . Mille r being a j u s t man, fo und it har d to suspect one lo veed one of d estroying the life of anothe r H e bent down to e x amine the body. So earnest was h is scrutiny that his gla sse s f e 11 from his nose Grum b ling a litt le he replaced the m a nd bent once more to his u nl ovel y t ask
Oh! He saw it al l. W as n't the victim's hair s ing e d j ust a trifle? His body h a d the rigidnes s that comes of e lect rocution.
General, t he ir beautiful yellow ca t, had st uck his paw into a faulty lig h t socket that was used to light the bottom sh e lf near th e floor . Thus a never more worthy cat met his death. Everyone sigherl a sigh of g ri ef a nd per h aps t here was a bit of relief t oo . One by one they trudged up to bed
WAT CHING SHEPHERDS
SPRING SONG
Hear the merry lilting s on g , Of robins hopping on the lawn; Winter's gone - gone with the blast,
And spring is here and here at last.
Fruit trees begin to bloom, An d the doves begin to croon; F low ers pop up here and there, Ra r e perfumes fill the air, And nothing seems to have a care.
-La
Jean Peery, 303 LIBERTY
Liberty, the standard of existence,
Whether we treat it nobly or abuse it,
Freedom shall flourish unwithered,
The union of other countries be sev e red ,
But w ith libert y , the U. S. will be joined forever.
Liberty, the freedom to speak undaunted ,
The equal opportunity for pursuit of happiness,
In any church we may wo r shi p Th i s is what liberty means, the liberty with which we are blessed .
We rannot throw it away,
Like a spar k from a burning fir e, But it shall r ise,
To new hei g hts to inspire.
- Arthur Golrett
She ep a re grazing on a hil1 , First pupil: What is made of All is q uiet, all is still; an animal and veg et ab 1e Shephe rds watching closely by, combined? Wh e n larks are s inging in the Second pupil: I can ' t figure it sky.
, 1 out.
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_ Barbara Schnase , ll2 First pupil: Horseradis h
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
- CHATTER
Our Greenleaf is getting to be quite popular wit h other people. Joan Greenhalgh sends her Greenleaf to her aun t in Alaska who sends it on to her uncle in Greenland.
You have heard about Aloha Gist being born in Hawaii. We also have some other pupils in Whittier who were born in foreign countries. Among them are Gordon and Doris Johnson who were born in China. In China, Gordon was called Gogo, meaning ''big brother.'' Doris was called Maemae meaning "littl e sist e r.''
Music and al g ebra, an unusual combination, seem to rate high in 302. They have eight boys and two girls in gle e club: one bo y and one gi r l in chorus, four boys in ba n d, one bo y in prep orchestra - a total of eight ee n in t er es ted in music, while fif t e e n a r e t ak ing algebra.
In room 105 we noticed this on the blackboard: 105 vs. William Lee and 301. For a while it was puzzling, but upon asking William L e e about it, he e x plained that he refereed the game between 105 and 301.
We may be wrong but from our observation we have conceded that our world is entering into the age of feminine gallantry. The other evening after school Wesley Miller was seen waltzing along the street beside Betty Coulter with her hat warming his cranium. We have heard of gentlemen offering their coats to ladies, but this is certainly a streamlined convention.
In Mrs. Childress' fifth period history class two girls sitting one in front of the other, each thought she was the one called
April 22, 19 3E
upon to name the president. Humpty Dumpty - by Verno n They both began at once. Pettet Grant's name was said with Humpty Dumpty walked dow n f h h the street, such per ect armony t at an He walked until he had SO rE innocent bystander would have feet; thought they were paying a He jumped around and arou nd special tribute to our beloved and around, Yank e e g e neral. • And hit his head on the ha rd
In Miss Cross' third period Whenground. he got up he didn't f ee Latin class, Katherine Rice good, wasn't translating as well as she So he got some towels and a u suall y does and Miss Cross pink hood; said, "What do you think this is, He wrapped them all arou nd y our birthday?'' The pupils all h'Im, cried out , "It is her birthday.'' And then he turned the lam pt Next day Katherine brought down dim. Miss Cross a piece of her cake. He went to sleep and start ed Miss Green asked her • ·g B English clases to write a parag raph about spring. Upon correcting them she found these mistakes and listed th e m und e r "Signs of Spring," the title of the themes. Here is the way it read-Signs of Spring.
1. incomplete sentences
2. inaccuracy
3. lack of imagination
4. sentimentality to snore, He dreamed he went throu gr. an iron door; When he got into the i r ur room, He knew that he had com e t c his doom.
So he st a rted to snore and s n ore louder, He fell off the bed and in tc some powder; H e heard the king and i.h E Howard Hansen came very guards come up, near being knocked out in the And th ere he met a little p u p. shops. The boy he was chasing The pup showed him the wa J ran into another room and shut to go, the door as he went. Howard He found an arrow and a b ow didn't know enough to open it He picked it up and sho t i 1 and, wham, he just about broke high, the door (such carelessness). The And it hit the king right ir accident did leave him- . grog g y the eye. or several minutes. He started to run and d idn ' 1
Several weeks ago the pupils I stop, of 102 voted in a home room Till he was home on his litt lE meeting that whoever should grey cot; get his name on the board He heard a rumble an d for talking would have, in bump, addition to staying until four And it was his wife tryin g- t< o'clock, to write a poem and wake him up. read it before the class. The WHAT A LIFE -by Do r ot h3 James following poems were written Well, I suppose it's partl y m J by some of the culprits. fault,
A p r il 22, 1938
TH E WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Fo r I voted on i t to o· A SOAKING IN 8B'S TAKE C. L. TRIP
B ut when it c om es t ~ w riting
verses,
THE MISSOURI
On March 31, the 8B's took their
I can think of nicer th i n gs t o On July 5, 1937, Dona Emery civic league trip. At the Stuart do! of 318 w ent to a church rally at theater they listened to a fine
You see, we mad e a ru l ing - Neb r as ka City. As you know speech by Mr. Byron Dunn from Quite appropri ate a t the time- the Miss ouri river runs through the National Bank of Commerce. Nebras ka City Dona an d s ome Some of the interesting trips
That whoeve r s hould tal k i n of her fri ends went down to the were: Conservation of forest home roo m, rive r to rent a row boat. T he man products, Continental National
Would have t o write a r y hm e in charge o f the boats took them Bank, Traveler s Insurance Com-
A nd then it came to me , abou t a mi le up stream and back. pany and the Weather Bureau.
A nd it did no good to fret and When t hey got back w here t he I Whittier teach e rs going on the cry; other boa t s w e re docked, t h e y t r ip were: Mrs. Barrows, Mrs .
O ' this'll sim p ly ha v e to d o, dec i ded the y w anted to go ri d ing Worr a ~, Miss Green, Mi s s Madsen F or my pen has gone q uite in one of the motor boats so the and Miss Hult. dry. man in charge rowed their boat
Need we s ay that af te r the up beside one of the motor boats.
h ome room h eard these verses The kids started jumping fro m t hey unani mousl y agreed to one boat to the other Ju st as c ancel the ruli ng permanently? Dona got re ad y to jump, the r o w
S.O.S
In a class called reporters, We try to get the news;
From all four corners of the school, And thirty-five home rooms.
__I_N WHITTIER
When Miss Johnson's first boat d rifted out stream an d she p eriod hist ory class wa s asked : ju m p e d into t he r iv ~r . It's lu c ky to pass ba ck an a bsence slip she kne w how t o s wi m. to Zona Mae Burd ic k, Wyatt smrn s YOU F IND Gage deci ded t ha t h e wanted to read it. It happe ned t hat
Zona Ma e sat b e hind him , S he didn't want h i m to see it, a nd when h e w ouldn't give it t o her, she slapp 8d h im on t he ear. Re sult s : A slip on Zona MaE:'s d esk, and a red e ar.
Buzzy Boberts of 302 says th at the da ys ar e not so long si nce he wa s tran s ferred from al gebra to ph ysica l education. Did you kn o w t hat there are fr eaks at Wh it tier? Do r i s J ohnson claim ed t hat she had e aten paste b e fo r e and to
p rove it she at e s ome fo r us.
S tuart Goldber g ha s drunk p ain t . Jo hn Eberhart ha s w e bbe d toes li ke a duck.
One of Mrs. Pinney's te sts: "Ah! Swee t My stery of Life."
Along abo ut the end of fi f th period: "Yo u can't stop me from Dreamin g.''
If you rece ive all sevens at the end of the se m ester- ''You c a n't ha v e e very thing."
In the li b rary it's: "Wh i s tl e while you wo rk."
When t he bell rings at 3:1 5" Wake up ;rnd live."
Whe n yo u get all one's it' s ''A thrill of a Lifetime" and "Ni ce Work if y ou can g et them."
When y ou do your home w ork "In th e Still of the N it e ."
We have twenty -five repo r ters, And eight as the staff; Some of them are authors, In th is particu lar class.
And now, dear school-mates, listen,
Please listen to this call; We need the poems, jokes, and news,
To make the Greenleaf please you all.
- Cecelia Brady, 318
L awy er: If a man smashed a clock would he be convicted of killing time?
Jury: Not if the clock strikes first.
Miss Zamzow: Have you ever seen the Catskill Mountains?
Whe n yo u start up or do w n t he John Eberhart: No , but I've
Every · time Mis8 Cross as signs a translation. Roy Coc h ran he aves a big s igh as i f to say, " It couldn't b e worse." wro n g s tairs and you s ee Mr. seen cats kill mice. Culler it ' s " I Double Dar e You."
Whe n someone lets you copy Jack Hill: I may be poor now, h i s al g ebra it's "Thanks a : but I once rode in a carriage! Millio n."
/ Bob Franklin: Yes, when your - Eleanor Hackstock mother pushed it.
HOME ROOM NEWS
At a recen t 308 home room meeting Constance McBride danced, Elizabeth Smaha sang and even Miss Madsen gave out with ''Jingle Bells.''
Charles Shepard, formerly of 312, moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Charles says he regrets to leave Whittier and the fine teachers and friends he had here.
Home room 320 throughly enjoys (James Shindel) Prof. Quiz once a week, the contenders being the first one in each row. If they cannot answer the question asked them, the next one in the row trie s Frank Killian can answer the most questions. You see he has a book of Prof. Quiz questions.
Home room 108 has a new memb e r, Donald Cain, who come s from .Ever ett.
Roy Smith, 216, went to the annual Y. M. C. A. state ping pong tournament, Saturday, March 26. It was held in Omaha.
If any one would have come into 110 during home room period one day recently, he would have found Miss Wilson teaching all the boy s and girls how to mend st o c k i n gs for an efficiency credit.
Helen Pierce and Zola Lahr of 105 went to the Nebraska Methodist Youth Convention, March 26, at Hastings.
Doris and Gordon Johnson have entertained a very interesting guest in their home He was a Chinaman by the name of Lo Pen Shung. Mr. Shung attended a college here in America and has now gone back to his native land to help educate the Chinese. Mr. and Mrs. Shung have one child whom they left in China
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF April 22, 1983
and one who was born here in McCormick's victrola. At th e the states. following meeting a quartet mad e
308 has taken up entertainment up of Donald Weinman playin g for the · pupils during activity the sax, Clark Becher and h is period on days when they have bassoon, Marvin Tomlinson wit h nothing to do. Charles Cockrill his oboe, and Russel Sharm an volunteered for the first enter- sporting his flute was grea tl y tainm en t and recited two poems enjoyed by all. Several of t he - "Joh n ny" and "Down in pupils are working on a pl a y Arkansa s ." which, if they get it ready in
8B pu pils have sent many time, will be given at the n ex t letters and flowers to Mary Alford meeting. of 307 who has been in the It seems to be a habit wi th hospital recovering from an Marvin Tomlinson to fall in appendicitis operation. whenever he's around a bo dy
302 lost Rubert Griess who of water large enough to h old dropped school to go to work. him. His last splash invol ved
H. R. 107 was delighted over several others, however. Don ald winning the seventh grade kick Weinman, Clark Becher, Vern on pin championship. The captain, Pettet, and Marvin, of cour se, Geraldine Thomsen, thinks they were all playing by a p ond have a pretty swell team. seven miles south of h e re ,
Betty Seaman of 103, who was Sunday, (wading, we b et) op e rated on for appendicitis w hen all at once the log ~)n March 28, was a bsent for several w hich Vernon , Donald, and week s. Marvin were lounging br oke
Maxine McCabe and Martha and the boys were thrown into Hall of 208 rode their bicycles to the water. Of course, all t' is Raymond on Sunday, March 27. was very funny to Clark wh o Although it left them good and was having the time of hi s sore, they had a fine time .
"You'd better watch out, life floating about on a lo g in Donald," we heard Miss Mc- the middle of the pond. Cormick tell Donald Weinman the Nadyne Burns in clothing lh e other day . "You'll get s e nt to other day couldn't baste s o the office as you were yesterday." Miss Wilson told her to brin g he r
"Why I wasn't sent to th e needle and thread up to th e office yesterday,'' he . replied acting puzzled. desk. When N adyne took i t u p,
"No?'' continued his home she had a large darning ne e dl e. room teacher, "then how come I No wonder she couldn't bast e! saw you up there?"
''O- - well I wasn't sent, I was took , " rep 1i e d Don al d, i m perturbed.
102, like so many other home rooms, is having entertainment
Teacher: Smith, how m a ny bones have you in your bod y? Pupil: I don't know si r .
Teacher: But you wer e t old at its meetings. At the first pro- yesterday. gram, Dorothy James did two Pupil: Yes, sir, but I ha d fi sh tap numbers to the tune of Miss for breakfast this mornin'.
April 22 1938
OLD MOTHE R HUB BARD
Old Moth er Hub b a rd
Went to the cu pboar d,
To get somethin g to e at ;
But wh en she g ot there
For which sh e d idn't ca~e
Sh e found noth in g bu t rn~a t.
And so sulkil y d ow n sh e sat (Sh e had t o sit e asy, for sh~ wa s fat , )
And she got I? ad at her little d og , And sent him hustling int o the fog; "I hate that dog," s he angrily said,
And so disagr eeably go t s h e into bed.
After a wh ile
Sh e was fill ed with sorrow,
A nd promis ed
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
SPRING TIME ON THE ROAD
The theme song of the Union Pacific t ramps r a ng out in lusty chorus By the Union Pacific t ramps I mean those lads of leisure who are partial to the Union Pacific railroad. They al ways p ut in a plug for t h e d e a r o 1d r a i Ii· o a d wh e never it is possible. In · th e su m mer ti me if a fellow tr e ade r of the byw ays looks wilted a nd i n need of a Life Buoy bath , fa r be it fro m a tramp to pass up this e xcelle nt chance to tell his f e llow hobo of the wonderful air condi tioned Union Pacific refrig era to r cars
To he better on t he morrow . ''H allelujah, I'm a bum, Hall el ujah , a g ain" -this mu s ical frag- Bet ti e Bl air, 205 in t f p t h en rom e e m a w eezy
SAM UEL EMA NUEL WHIT E I bar i to n e. I ' 'A w , shut up," growl e d Spike.
0 n e d ay S am u el Emanu el 'T m tr y ing t o grab some sleep, Whi te wa s out s id · 1Jlay in g· ...: Oon ' caLi_se I'm st rikin' o ut for St. he heard his ma rnmv cal lin g hi m. I Loms, t o morro w."
"Samuel," she eaiied , '·c o me i 11 : "O h, my fine whiskered friend , hea h and wa sh t he s e he a h do yo u not app reciate the swe e t di shes.'' aw akeni n g of spring, the bi r d s'
"Yas'm I' s a co.riin g " s , vet:t caden ces?" murmur e d I p t • d • ''H l
Poor Samu e l walked lazily i11 t o ; e ,e m a r ea m y voice. o Y th e house pl ann ng a way to ge t I smo ke but t hi s weather makes a out of washi ng d is he s A t last h e I f ellow fee l gr and. Oh, Spike , I feel wa s in the h ouse. ' 'We ll , he a h a poe m comi ng on." goes,'' he sa id. S11dd<: n ly an idea •' Oh gosh, " said Spike w ith a struc k him. H e ~:o'. th e wa te r low moan. all ready. Th e n ch• co mmotio n "Li st en to this," Pe t e began. beg an. Crash! Bang-! Cr ash! One "If I h ad a hamburger to eat , It by one dishes wPre Lro ken.
''Good heabe n s. ch 1e, w h at a m w ou ld be swee t , sweet , s w eet. you a <loin?" We l1, I gue s s I ' ll take forty winks."
"Ah can't hel p 1t , m~ m my. De y ju st seem to sl i p.''
"Get your s e lf c ut o f h e ah. I' ll do 'e m my sel f or we w on' t ha ve a dis h in de h ou se. ''
S o Samuel Emanuel W hit e 's idea worked.
-Be tty Jun e Fee s 303
HOBBIES
Some kids' fancy turns to a pet,
A nd while their mothers fuss and fret,
The dog comes tracking through the house,
And now the cat is at the mouse·
The cage is open , the canary's out:
An d mother hears the children shout;
De spi te the worry and trouble they bring,
A hobb y is reall y a wonderful thing;
It helps the adults an awful lot.
And even encourages the little tot;
It keeps your mind from being troubled,
And your fun is nearly doubled;
My ad vice, though poor it may be , Is- e v eryone should hav e a real hobby . - Malcolm All e n, 304
LOST: Glass locket with two p ictures, one of Marian Herz og . Mildred Debus, 216.
LOST : Brown purse containing t wo pens, one black with gold tr i mming and one gray, also some pencils. Betty June Fees, 303.
LIMERICK
T wo hours later Pete awakened. There was a girl nam.ed Patty, ''H o hum, th a t was a swell n a p. Who was a little too fatty;
Sa y , S pi k e, wh e re are y ou?" After she fed, ' 'Ove r Lere out of the snow, 210 the scales said, Pete, w h ere y o u should be , ' ' said And now poor Patty is batty Spike. - Dolores Blunk, 107
SLOW MOTION AT THE BAT TIME OUT
In the spring the girls' thoughts One day on the playground I Here we are again with th<: naturally turn to sports. Get ?ut decided to play, sporting world of Whittier. Thi f your tennis rackets. and bathmg r decided to play baseball, yes time baseball has the spotligh t, suits even though this season has baseball was the game. although we have had som e been rudely interrupted by rain, I didn't know much about it- thrilling exhibition basketba l snow, and sleet. Only that when the ball comes games lately. The ones you wil
In the school's tournaments, at you, you're supposed to remember are perhaps 216 '~ 320 won the eighth grade hit. battle with 218 from which 2U Nebraska ball title. Cricket and Finally it was my turn to baf emerged victorious by a score oJ baseball have only started. In one Afte r being banished to the out- 10 to 9. Les West kept 216 ir of the first cricket games, 318 field for hours and hours, good hopes by scoring 8 point s had the official score of 120 to I certainly was glad of that! five of them coming in less th ar 309's score of 24. This was one of I grabbed the bat, I suppose it thirty seconds. (Has anyone e ls( the highest scores ever recorded was the wrong way, done this well?) 301, the sch oo for cricket. The Newcomb tour- But that was the way it was, champs game with 208, was , nament is now over and 320 is and that way it was going to thriller ending in a one point tie holder of eighth grade champion- stay.
Getting back to baseball, 31 0 ship: Nebraska ball tournaments After I got hold of the bat, I got 216, and 218 remain undefea tu will start in the near future. the hang of it, in the ninth grade by winni nf
Many hearts were broken, I struck at every ball the pitcher two games each. 302 also of t1H April 7. Don't you k~ow? Tha~ pitched. ninth grade is not far behind LH was the first day of Mrs. Ross j After my tenth strike, they leaders. Jn the eighth grade 304 i: long absence and to make up for wanted me to quit, just on top with no defeats and ii this Mrs. Kyker and Mrs . Bell when I was having fun, of being clos e ly trailed by 320. TiH served very nicely in Mrs. Ross' course. seventh grade's leader is 102 place.
But I decided to hold on to that with 222 running second.
There has been a new ruling bat and they wouldn't get it The new game of box hoc kei made in the gym that no candy even by force! is becoming very popular witl should be eaten while viewing The pitcher decided to take me the boys. (Of course, the sl 1 '-" the games at noon. We send many in hand; she grabbed the moving girls would never fin d thanks to Mrs. Whittington for bat, thrill in it. Therefore t l,ei keeping the gym in such fine But I showed her (stars) - I hit seldom play.) order. _______ her over the head, FLASHES
GARDENERS ENROLL
A sure sign of spring is the pack of garden enrollment cards -thirty-six of them. Last year fifty-two pupils received certificates, so come on, you thirty-six, and let's see how you rate as gardeners.
Tramp: Miss, could I have a quarter -to go where my family is.
Miss Brown: Certainly,my good man, where is your family?
Tramp: At de movies.
Later they told me she went We see that the eighth gra de i: home to bed. not satisfied with letting th • Then they drove me from the seventh grade have all the ho nor: field with sticks and ·stones. so they developed two •'flash es' Oh heck! I guess they don't of their own. Representing h om 1 appreciate me, room 309 is Ed. (Lightn ing: Guess I'll go home. Skudler who is beaten onl y b~ -Charlotte Garrett Leroy (Toad) Lamb of 316. Well
Teacher: If I take a potato and divide it into two parts. then into four parts, each of the four parts into two parts, what will I have?
Little Emily: Potato salad.
time out until we meet again .
Mother (to her small son wh o i going to a party) : Now drnr what are you going to do whe1 you've had enough to eat?
Little Tommy: Come home.
Vol. 15 No. 14
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
May 6, 1938
Price: Five cents
PUPILS APPEAR IN I9A's and 8A's take ICHOIR AND SPEAKER PIANO FESTIVAL I Civic League trip INTERESTS PUPILS
Fifte en Whittier p up i 1s I On April 21, the 9A's of the Two interesting assemblies app ear ed in th e Pi ano Fes ti va l, : vario us junior highs were have been enjoyed ·by Whittier April 30. The junio r high div ision a~sem bled in the Stuart Theater pupils recently. A concert was played "March Mi l itare" a n d I to h e ar Mr. Knute 0. Broady, given by the Lincoln High School "Anitra's Dance." Th e boy s' and ! Pr ofes sor of School Administra- Choir under the direction of Mr. gi rls' glee club s s~n~ in the I t ion at t he Unive~sity of Nebraska Hugh T. Rangeler, Friday, April m assed chorus \Vh1tt1e r pupils speak on vocat10ns. They after- 22. The program was immensely who appeared wer e Helen Kah le r, , wartis v isited places concerning enjoyed by the audience. The Betty Bloom , S tuart Gol d ber g , their v oca tions, among which numbers appear in order: Joan Null, Rosalie Skidmor e , , were Colle g e of Agriculture, Lin- "Adoramus te Christe, " "My Betty Montag u e , l folen Benn et t, Jol n A ir pl ane and Flying School, ISoul, There is a Country," the Ha rriett Turn e r . Shi r ly S tat es , : Sherid a n School, K. F. A. B., negro spiritual, ''Deep River,'' Doris Orman, Norma Ogde n , School of Music, Temple Theater, i and "Dark Waters." The solo K athryn Cool ey, Maxine Tra vis, 1 State ,Jou rnal, Bessey Hall, Lin- part in the last number was taken E lizabeth D e rr ick, Do r oth y I coin Ge n e ral Hospital, Castle, by Bob Wittstruck, a former Carnahan, .Mi ldred Sch il ler, aud I Roper and Mathews, Burlington Whittierite. The curtain went Ro zella Hud so n . I J? ei) :it, Tea,c h e r's College, Pol~ce down and after some urging by .___ tat1~n , Cor nhusker Hotel, Lm- M C ll th hoir sang an
PUPILS ENJ OY CU 1... CERT
co l n Tel ep h one Comany, Court r. u er, . e c " , H ouse Co li se um, and Du Teau encor e en t 1 t 1e d Vanka n - -· rl } S Ch evrbl et Company. The Whittier Tank a ."
Over 2 ,000 cr O\\; iJ ~ , 1 18 tuar t t eachers atte nding the trips were Dr. Bower of Chicago, Asso-
t~e atre, April 18 , to hear th e Mrs Pinney Miss Margaret Wil- Lmco ln Sym phn r1:; Oreb st i-a . s on ·Mrs. Ch ildress Miss Johnson cia t e Editor of the Hygiea Maga- Am ong th e num b -' n p la yed were ' ' ' zine gave an interesting talk, Stra uss's Overtu re tr)' 'Die F lede r-, M18 8 Cross, Mr. W. A. McMullen, Monday, April 25, which caused mau s," "Air fr om t he D Major I Mi 5 , G, ee n, a nd Mr. W. F. all Whittier to go around smiling Sui te" by Bac h and D e l ib ('S ' 'lldi follen for the rest of the day. Dr. Bowers "Val se and Piz z icati." T he p upi ls : Apri l 28, the 8A's gathered at talked on personal hygiene, enjo yed most "On the T rail''from th e Stu a rt theater where Mr. emphasizing the importance of Gro fe's "Gran d Cm y on Suite" Rei nh a r dt, Associate Professor proper sleep, food and soap. follo wed clo sel y by t n e stir rin g of So c iology, University of Neb- "Marche S 1av e" by Tsc hai- r as ka , was the speaker. The 8A's ko wsky. th e n went nn different trips as:
The concert started at e leven P ost ffice, State Capital, City o 'clock when L eo Kncins ky , the I Ha ll, Chamber of Commerce, Fire co nductor, too k th e st a nd. / Depar tment, Municipal Building, E manuel Wish now , i h e first a nd ma ny others. Mr. Strawn, vi olinist, playe d ''On the T ra il " Miss Veerhusen, Miss Jones, as a solo. Mrs Pinney, Mr. Culler, Mr. Whittier was well repres ented I Hesto n , Mrs. Boschult, Miss with 500. who were on the ir be st I M. L Wilson, and Miss Johnson behavi or. We w ill all be lookin g are the teachers who accom- forward to the n ext conce rt. I pan ied the 8A ' s
HOB BY SHOW READY
The hobby show will soon be in full swing, for Mrs. Boschult repor ts that there are nearly 150 entries. Last year pupils entered only about 110 hobbies. ·Most popula r seem to be airplane models and stamp collections, whil e a collection of milk caps and one of tiny charms are some of the unusual ones.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
F o und e d a n d esta b li s h ed in 1 92~ as t h e
officia1 stud e n t p ub li cat i on o f Whittie r Jun i or
Hi g h S c h oo l. Publ i s h ed b i -wee kl y d u r i ng the
sch oo l year by t he Whi tt i er Jun ior H ig h
Sc h oo l pu p il s GREE LEAF ST AFF
Ed i tor -in -ch i ef..._ D oroth y Ca rna h a n
Gir ls' Sports Ch ar lotte H i ll
Boys' Sports W arre n Em1:ry
F catures D orol h y J ames
Etliloria l s P h yllis H o lbrook
Hu mo r Dorot hy R eifsc h neid e r
Ca lendar H e le n K iesse lbac h
Exc h a n ges N orma Tay l or Norma Ogde n
Typ i s t s . M artha H a ll , Mignon Miller Melba S loniger
FACU LT Y AD VISO R Y BOA R D
Miss Hul t M iss Cross Miss Peterson M1· . G ammi ll
RE PO R 'r E R S
De lores Bit.in k
Bet ti e B lair
Cecel i a Brady
Ardis Burbach
Arno ld Che u vron t
Cleo Col son
Margar et Cu lve1·
Donald Dobry
Dona Emery
Dick Erwin
Charles Ewe ll
Charles Apgar
Kent Bakt>r
Ivan Blind e
Adam Brehm
Bett y J u n e Fees
Ch arl o tte G arret t
Geneva M ill ard
Stuart Go ld berg
Samue l Grunger
B etty Lo u J e linek
Doris J o h nson
Zola Lah r
Joan Nu ll
Florence Rebensdorf
Alma Telecky
Marjorie Walters PRI1 TERS
Dick Ma h affey
Willis Markey R oger McN ei ll
Hat'l'y Ni e derha u s
Eldon Chrisloph '1·
Eugene Copley
.Tunior Da v is
Jack Giel
Jo Ann G r<•e nhalg h
Harold Haar
Rulh Huck
Dorothy Igou
Cord o n Johnso n
Frederick Lange nh e im
Jo h n Larson
OUR
Patsy Payne
Alvin Po l i<'k
Raymond Petlct
Warren Poo l
Lucille Ros
Carl Schaaf
Ed Schuckman
Ed Schwind t .rack Sim m o n s
Don S ing leloP
Milton Stark
ROOSTIN
G FRIENDS
T he fir s t floor w indow s seem to h a ve b e come, sinc e it ha s warmed up, fa vo r it e roosting places for the unoccupied. This might be very pleasant but the resounding tinkle of glass in one's ears is not so pleasant nor are the cuts received or the damaged clothing. Perhaps we can petition th.estate legislature to buil d u s roost s , but in the meantime, bring your own camp foldin g chairs if y ou must sit.
LINCOLN LANDMARKS
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
has Lincoln fallen below the high standards set by its significant name. This was a made-to-order city, started from a small hamlet July 29, 1867, with a mere thirty inhabit a nts which number has swell e d to ei g hty-five thousand in less th a n sev enty-five y ears.
Man y of America's gr ea t have dwelled in Linc o I n for lon g peri od s of time, Wm. Jennin .gs
Br y a n , General John J. Pershing an d others Situat~d practicall y in the center of the country it contains many beautiful residential sections such as Woodshir e, Piedmont, and Sheridan Drive.
L i nc oln is truly a c it y •of chu rc hes and schools, having one of the best education a l sy s tems in the nation. Cov e rin g spaciou s grounds is th e U n ive r s it y of Nebra s ka, rich in edu cati o n and beaut y. Mo r rill H a ll con t a in s so me of th e fin es t ex hibitions i n in th e worl d
Larg e office buil d ings fill the wid e city bloc k s an d modern depa rtm e nt stores s e rve the c ommunity's needs.
Towering four hundred f e et skywar d stands N €braska's masterpi ec e , the state capit ol building, the ten mill ion doll ar e difi ce second to none in arch i t ect ur a l beauty. The gold dom e i s ad orn e d by a bronze sower, the symbol of the Nebraskan.
WINS CONTEST
On, April 14, a Shirley Temple club meeting was held at the Lincoln theater. A serie s of conte s ts were h eld, one for r e ading lin es from Shirley's new picture
Lincoln, now a thriving city, "Rebecca of Sunny brook Farm." was onee an uncultured pioneer Out of forty contestants, three as was the great Emancipator winners w ere chosen, judged on who gave the city its name. Never pronunciation and portrayal of
May 6, 1938
Shirley's character. Whittier was represented among the winner s by Rosalie Pegans of the dram a class who won prize numb er three.
CAREE-qs IN THE MAKING
Name: Mr. Ross.
Birthplace: De Soto, Wisconsi n. Travels: Every s tate west of Mi s s ouri.
Favorite Song: Ti Pi Ti Pi Ti n.
Favorite Flower: Lily of the Vall e y.
Schools taught: Jacksonvill e, Florida; Knoxville, Tennessee. Place of Education~ Univer s ity of Nebraska.
Favorite Sport: Hunting.
STYLE SHOW IS PRESENT ED
Every sem es ter a style sho w is pr es ented for the 9A's benefit , to a cq 11a int them with the differ ent t y p es of cl othing that ma y be worn on cla ss and promotion d a y.
This s e mester's style revi ew w a s pres e nted on Friday, A pril 8, with twenty-nine home ec gi r ls, and thirteen selected boys par ticipating. Brief talks were gi v (; n by Ruth Lewis , Lois Law so n M a r i l y n P a y n t e r, N orrna Patterson Virginia Hann ers, June Rauch, Di c k Mahaffe y, o n prop e r cloth in g, groom ing-, posture, and other essential s to be considered for these two important occassions.
A formal, and flashy s por t clothes w ere demonstrated by Clara Pappas and Willliam Lee, respectively, to show wha t clothes w e re improper to we ar .
Clerk: Can you raise my s a lar y this week'!
Boss: I've been able to rai se it for three years and I think I ca n still do it.
Ma y 6, 1938
HOME ROOM NEWS·
Poll y Shrader , elda Oltman, Donna Bell Recroft, Albert Abbott, Warren Emery, and Richa rd Sloan furnished entertain ment for 312 ' s home room meeting recen tly.
Paul Browne and Pearl Shore of 104 have duplicate birthdays, March 2, and Ruth Short and Je an Qua pp have duplicate bi rthdays on Ma y 19. They are all the same age, almost t wins e xcept for a small matter of differ ent parents.
H. R. 108-Lost: Two members -Betty Neff to Omaha, and Bernice Claussen to Washi ngt on The Junior Legion of Lincoln h eld a steak fry, Thursday night, at which Mary Stout and Betty Bailey were pn~sen t.
Phyllis Patte rson of 318 went to Grand Island during spring vacation.
.Ben ita Elliott of 80-1, the good sarnaritan, spen t her vacation drumming up busin es s for the doctor. She spent her va cation lying in bed with a sore thro at as a result of a head cold.
Home room 316 has a new member, Stanley Stiles, and Geraldine Stiles is in 110. They came from Ever ett.
Cl " o Colson formerly of 302 h as moved from Lincoln and now re sides in Omah a.
Home room 110 has lost Donald Pi ckel and Zeno Hempfield. Do nald has mov ed to Emerald a nd Zeno is now attending school in College View.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
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Dorothy Nausler has left school I Jean Penningroth , 218, and here to go to Irving.
Miss Mina Bergm an, a teacher Marie Richter of 304 must have at Everett Junior High School, considered our brief but welcomed went to Ocheyedan and Spirit vacation as an excellent time to Lake, Iowa, during spring vaca - catch up on shows. She attended tion, to visit relatives. two.
One Sunday Valery Stretton of Lorraine Gorman - of 309 went 106, traveled to Nebraska City to Raymond, Nebraska, for her where he looked at a horse and spring vacation.
buggy at Arbor Lodge. Upon Betty Lou Jelinek of 316 spent investigating he found a cat with her sp ring vacation at Schuyler, new baby kittens. We wonder if Nebraska, visiting her grand- that makes Val the god-father. mother.
Alfred Van Gundy of 301
Norma Ogden of 104 spent her thought he would make a mina- spring vacation at Pawnee, ture box-hockey game. When he Nebraska, at the home of her aun t had just finished nailing it and uncle. together, he got a marble out of Norma Taylor of 316 went to his pocket and started to play. If Nebraska City during spring it proves successful, Mr. (Pop) vacat io n and hunted violets at Heston says Alfred will b~ an the home of her grandfather and inventor. aunts.
Robert Gundy-307- has left Geneva and Glendola Millard school and is planning to join a of 205 and 305 spent their vacation camp. at Creston, Iowa.
Norma Bomberger of 307 spent Robert Fox of 318 won a pair part of her vacation at Cook, of roller skates at the Easter Nebraska. egg hunt which was held , Saturday, April 16, at Antelope park.
During vacation Mrs. Shike was hostess to more than forty guests at a spring party. During the evening, the guests were pleasantly entertained by two Whittier girls. Helen Kiesselbach presented a group of readings, and Katherine Rice played three cello numbers, Mrs. Rice accompanying.
Maxine McCabe of 208 says, ''I enjoyed my vacation although I didn't go out of town or visit
Loraine Fisher and Billy Fish er anyone. I went to two shows, a of 301 and 203 h ave moved to party, and a picnic. I had lots Grand Island. I of fun but I did want to come • Don Elliott formerly of 302 1 back to school.
ha s recently left Whittier _and is Ida Mae ~ivens o~ 205 wen~ to no w going to scho ol at Irving. Omaha during sprmg vacat10n.
Joe: That mug Smith has just taken my hammer. Does he ever borrow much from you?
Barbara : Does he boriow much? Why I feel more at home at his house than I do at home.
Smith: A scientist says ordinar y hay can be converted int o food for human diet. Smythe: That explains the piece of bailing wire in my breakfast food this morning.
Host: I shall put you .two sailors in one room but you'll be comfortable. It has a feather bed. At 2:00 A. M. one of the sailors awoke the other and said, ''Change with me. It's my turn to sleep on the feather.''
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
May 6, 1938
CHATTER of noise Junior had been making Dallas Bottcher of 307 has his in the hall. birthday the same day and
In Miss Green's first period We have found that Clementive month as Carl Anderson. Dall as English class, Lavern Underhill D 8 vis of 318 is Whittier's carries papers for Carl and they was carrying on a vain attempt to healthiest pupil. She claims she have • carried them together on open his fountain pen. Miss Green has never had a headache. Can their birthdays for three years. wanted some strong and husky you feature that? Florence Rebensdorf and Helen boy to open it. Virgil Barber, In a recent three base game Hempel have their birthdays on who is anything but husky, gave played between 216 and 302 the the same day, April 24. the pen a twist and presto it came! score must have contained a When Lorraine Heaton and The world is a small place. This goodly share of yeast, for over- Velma Reed brought Miss Curle y is proved by the fact that Mr. night it raised from 46-47 to 50- some dandelions from the playStrawn has a frigid zone in his 59. grounds at noon, she was overroom. When he ventures into this Howard Hansen has his share joyed. If you asked her about zone, he turns up his coat collar of injuries. In phys. ed. Howard them she would say "Oh, the y as a precaution against a cold and John Eberhart had some sort are a rare flower and they com e cranium. Before this Mr. Strawn of collision which made it neces- from California." suffered in silence but comfort sary to liberally dab his knees Mrs. White tried to teach Harcomes first so the collar remains and one elbow with that red vey Moore in boys' chorus to up during his sojourns in the fluid that is used on such occa- open his mouth and give out arctic atmosphere. (This is in front sions. with ''ah.'' Time and time aga in of the cold air shaft.)
A new fad around the shops is she tried but all in vain. On ce Mr. Culler tells us that making Chinese checker boards. she said, "Suppose 318 had ju s t when the school was new The grandparents of Jacquelyn beaten 314, 90-0 how would y ou and still being organized, Wilson of 307 and Betty Lou say 'ah' "? Still nothing h aphe carried a pedometer about in Jelinek of 316 live in the same pened. Finally she asked him t o his pocket to measure the dis- town, Schuyler, Nebr. The eat an imaginary apple pie sre tance he walked each day. With grandparents of both know each would give him, and did t ha t each step the instrument clicked other very well. work! He opened his mouth s o and after several steps he stopped The Greenleaf printers are tak- wide it looked like the Holla nd and averaged them to see how ing quite an interest in the new tunnel. many feet he had gone. This he game called Box Hockey. Five of In Miss E. Madsen's sec on d did for three weeks. At the end them were seen either playing or period science class, sev era l of that time he figured he had watching the games the other pupils were asked to stand up l:!n d averaged tweve miles per day. dav. give a fifteen minute lectur e on
Compared with his walking about Sara Mae Van Hook of 318 and rotation of the earth. In Mis s the building now, it is about four Jean Quapp of 104 were crossing Madsen's estimation, at least, th e times as much. • (Perhaps that's the street one day and a gust of lectures were much too bri ef because he has all of us as istants wind blew their hats off. Their However, a few .embarras se d to do it for him.) hats went a half block with Jean (red) looking faces were th e
Junior Davis has a rather and Sara chasing them. Jean's only bad results. novel way of greeting people it hat finally fell into a mud seems, but, this greeting did not puddle. You should see it now. Mother: Annie! Last ni g- ht stand him 'in good stead the other Irving Hill, editor of the there were three pieces of ca k e day. Walking up to Miss Green Harvard "Law Review" and in the pantry and now ther e is she said, "I think' so ·too Mis cousin o_f "Izzy" Diamond only one. Green," by way of greeting. :recently wrote to Time Magazine Annie: I suppose it wa s so Miss Green had just been correcting : a statement which I dark, mother that I couldn' t s ee thinking what an unearthly lot appeared in that magazine. I the third piece.
May 6, 193 8
SCHOOL
Five days out of a week
The school house we do seek; The teachers keep us busy
Till we're almost dizzy.
• -Sararnae Van Hook,
BY THE WINDOW
Near the windo w, by the window, I sa w many things, Bluebir dssingingsoftand sweetly, Their voices seemed to ring.
Sn owy cl ouds filled the sky , The balmy breez es blew; On e could smell the grow ing rye, While the fiel ds looked bright and ne w .
Near the window, by t he window, I sat gazing out;
O'er fields of ripening corn wheat,
As the sun was sinking l ow
THE PUP' S LESSON
THE WH I TTIER GREENLEAF
A TRIP THROUGH WHITTIER IN 1992
Ringing bells and running feet Columbus sailed the ocean blue Racing through the corridors try- in 1492, ing to beat ,
Two litt le dogs saL ide by side Watchin g a cat \·ery dignified; The cat was cl eaning herself that day,
So the pups ha d the advan tag e in every wa y.
When they cam e in a dash, Kit was off li ke a t-lash; Over the fish pond :, he jum p ed, But the dogs w ent in ''ke rplunk'' !
- Dolores Blunk, 107
Fath er: Wh e n I was a little boy I al ways ate th e crusts .
Willie: Did y ou like them?
Father: Of co urse I did. Willie: Then you ean hav e min e .
But in 1992 where will we be, Teachers calling "Stop that; me and you? noise!"
Kids will probably hop airplanes
• "Behave yourselves, girls and to school, boys."
And the south pole weather
First we visit our h rJ rne room, will be put in harness to We 'll come back to this at noon; keep us cool;
Reporters' class is next on the The women's styles are hard to list- predict,
This calls for brains, and a twist But we just bet they will be of the wrist; pretty slick;
Then there's English and spelling The current song hit mig ht be too- a yodel,
They see m easy b ut hard to do; And the sophmore hop will just Civics the hardest of them all, have reach ed the yokels; Is taken by the pupils with a bump Maybe the movie directors will and a fall; have found their Scarlet
Typing- is a subject liked best, Ohara, and Where Miss McCormick finds But they won't find her here-
pup ils a pest;
Girls glee club is called by numbers,
And is usuall y forgotten by most of the members;
Orchestra-- Mrs White teaches them how,
Now come on, everyone, let's give her a bow,
Science, a great help to man, Is taught by McMullen who gets a grea t hand;
Now listen, children, it's easy to do;
It just takes brains, and lots of them too.
-C leo Colson, 302 and Melba Slon iger, 312
DIZZY L1ZZY
There was a lady named Lizzy, Who was awfully busy
Cleaning her house
Maybe a jungle princess from the Sahara;
In 1992 when we are in our second child hood
And have painted our crutches baby blue, We will probably be right here, me and you.
THE LITTLE PIN~ TREE
I saw a litt le pine tree, A':? I was passing by in fright; So deep into the forest, It was almo st out of sight.
It was oh, so beautiful, Beside the other tree; Pr ettier than I had ever seen, Though I had sailed the seven seas.
- Bettie Blair, 205 and Zola Lahr, 105
Aren't you ashamed of your- When she saw a big mouse; here? self beggin g?
It frightened poor Lizzy · dizzy
Diner: D o you serve crabs Madam; I am not begging-I -Dolores Blunk, 107 down. am a professio nal coin collect or.
Waiter: We serve anyone; sit
JUST IMAGINE
Miss Zamzow not razzing her 9B's·.
Zola Lahr withont her gum.
Gordon Smith not making some silly remark
Betty Franklin not drawing pretty girls.
Mrs. Pinney not imitatin g someone.
Benita Elliott not wearing a different hat.
Betty Kempkes without her make-up.
Roy • Way not reciting his history.
Janet Hutchinson without curly hair.
Marylyn Green without her clear complexion.
Arthur Horn without a plaything.
Doyle Kennison without his fing erna il polish.
Nioma Louder not mocking some great comedian ( Charlie McCarthy).
-Evelyn Dixon, 318
LET'S CHEER FOR SPRING WEATHER
Cheering for weather, Is exceedingly new; And if you will listen, I' 11 give you a clue.
A "rah" for dear Whittier, Though it's dry weather or rain,
A cheer for vacation, Which means spring's here again.
Hurrah for Nebraska, At which no one should boo; The brave pioneers, Deserve a cheer too.
But getting back to springThere's been nothing better yet;
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
May 6, 1938
With a cheer and a song to sing. EXCHANGE COLUMN You'll fi nd th at more fun, I'll The South junior high school of bet. Niagara Falls, New York, has - Melba Sloniger, 312 been sponsoring a "clean up" contest to be held between the difFORTY YEARS FROM NOW erent home rooms. In order to be a
Wish I could see, Forty years from now; Wonder where I'll be, Forty years from now.
I'll be so rich, Won't have to work; Never dig a ditch, Never be a clerk.
Life will be so fast, Forty years from now; Wonder if it'll last, Forty years from now.
I'll have five cars, To carry me about. As big as silvery stars; 1 won ' t ever pout.
I'll live in a home, Twenty stories high; When tired I will roam, With my airplane, in the sky.
(Forty years pass)
I was thinking, Forty years ago Of all the cars I'd have, The great amount of dough. Now I roam. About the country, Just a tramp, Woe's me.
REGISTRATION
Registration is now in full sway, and so are our hands raking through our hair. Whether to silence our conscience by taking a subject we really need or taking something which might afford more pleasure seems to be the question. But take heart! It will all come out in the wash.
winner unnecessary papers, untidy desks and mishandled books must be cleaned up.
The girls' cooking classes of the Hamilton junior high school of Oakland, California, are taking up foreign cooking. So far they have cooked the favorite dishes of France, England, Italy, and Switzerland. Silver and bronze medals are awarded to the honor pupils there. Then too, fifteen boy scouts helped run the city and county governments of th e city of Oakland and the count y of Alameda during the month of February.
The Sutter junior high school' s noon dances and parties ar e furnished with music by thei r own pupils who have formed a dance orchestra.
A small boa constrictor wa s given to the North Platte junior high school science classes by a grocery man who found it in a bunch of bananas.
Scholarship banners are awar ded to the pupils jn each grad e who recieve the highest grad e s each six weeks in the Sherm a n junior high school at Hutchinso n, Kansas. They are also a ward e d to the home rooms with th e highest average per pupil in eac h grade.
S. 0. S.
S stands for soaked, as we ar e, Out in a sea so deep; 0 stands for outsider, as you a r e, Wh won't help when we ar e in need,
S stands for sinking which we are,
So please help us out, With some original poems and stories.
-Betty Lou Jelinek, 316
BEARS
I'v e often wondere d abo u t the bears
T hat sleep away in t he woods·
Th ey sleep right t h ro u g h the ' . cold, bleak winter Boy I wish I could!
W hile bears are up t h e r e snoo z-
CHEWING GUM
I used to be a nice little girl; I never chewed gum in school But woe is me, one day I found ' that for passing time gum was a delightful tool; It w ent all right the first time I th ou g ht the teacher didn't ~ee m e , ing away, But she pro ba bly did and decided
Down in their lair s so d ee p , the first off e nse was no cri"me· I' m up here work in g away, I got t ire d of chewing it, ' Wishing I coul d g e t some So I de cided to take m y gum and sleep. c u t ca per s a bit ;
In t he spring whe n t he be ar s ge t I to ok on e end out of my mouth, up, An d strcehe d the g um back and They have so v ery much fun · for th ; •
And the bi_g one s, in the au t um'n , / Just then the teacher looked up-
Weigh about a ton. she would , of cours e ; . In m y hurry to put it away, T hey live to be so ve r y old - I Th e gum got st uck in m y hair-
About a hund red years or / sad to say; more, i Teacher hadn't seen it ye t
A nd when th ey die, they lea,Te l So I just put my hand ove r it, many tal es But v\ h en the t e ach e r t ur ne d
To put in the wood folk's lore. a way,
-Jack Simmons 1 tr i ed to remov e it ; I found that my hair was whe r e
C. I. T. SAFE TY CONTEST It was goi ng to stay;
I When t ea che r saw my struggle ,
The C. I. T. Safe t v foundation I she cal mly handed me a pair of New York cit y has thrown open shears ; a splendid oppo rtu n ity to boys and An d where I cut m y hair girls who are in dustrious and up My head is still quite bare; o n their safety ru les enough to I' ve learne d my lessonw rite an original essay on safety S ince the n I 've nev e r chewed
T he cash prizes ar e t oo good t o I a nother stick in school p ass up! Info rma t io n ab out the Upon my word of honor!
c ontest is to be fo und on t h e offl b 11 t b d Mo the r: Why are you feeding ce u e m oar • ba by b rother yeast?
Bi lly : He stole my nickles and Guest: Jimm y, will yo u walk I 'm tryi n g to raise the dough. d own to the corn er with m e'?
Jimmy: No.
Guest: Why '?
Jimmy: Becau se we're going to have dinner as so on a s you le ave.
Du a n e Anderson: I wonder w h at a Scotchman goes through b e fo re giving a girl a stri ng of pea r l s
Ken neth Neff: I know, the dim e store!
NEB R ASKA CALLS
Nebraska calls, To y(lu and me, The thrilling sights, That we may see.
The spacious ground, On which to play, The new green grass , Where we lie, if we may.
Its bui ldings ris e, In modern styles, The citie stretch, F or miles and miles.
The white spot of Our good old nation, It's home to people, Of all denominations.
Nebraska calls, It sends its greetings, And wishes, For an early meeting.
STRANGE BIRTHDA Y S
Betty Caldwell of 105 celebrates her birthdayonNewYe a rs.
Charlotte Garrett was born the day Col um bus set sa i l for America, (Aug. 3) and Doro t hy Ja m es was b o rn the day before he got here (Oc t . 11). That wou]d make them almost as old as Me t huselah, had the year been the same.
Milferd Epp was born Sept. 11 the d a y of the Battle of Brandywine . Is that where he gets his taste for fine liquors? (soda pop).
D onald Dobry and the poet Longfellow have something in common. Both were born on the same day, Feb. 27; only Donald came a "few" years later!
Chef: How did you find your steak, sir?
John Blumer: I moved a little piece of potat o irnd there it was!
TIME OUT
This week we would like to p re·d i c t the winners of the tournaments now in progress. In the seventh grade battle we have 309 emerging on top with the help of Bob Ellingsworth. Second place is sure to be a struggle as 209 and 101 will not give an inch but 209 led by Dick Erwin will come out v ictorious followed by 101 w horn James Plock helped so greatly with his pitchin g . In a slam-bang eighth grade tournament we see Mickey Allen showing the way to victory for 304, but they will be closely followed by 320 who needed Hoyt Yowell to come in second. Third • place we see as
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
A PROFESSION
You ask me what I would like to be?
Well, what ' s there to choose from - Let me see!
A doctor, or teacher, or preacher, or nurse,
An artist, a singer, or the driver of a hearse,
An author or actor or -Gee!
A person who owns half the ships on the sea; I can't make up my mind what to be
So I just guess that you'll have to wait now and see.
- Mary Alford, 307
RADIO REVIEW
This wP-ek we pay honor to the a much disputed point but 308 C 1 d f A · · d • • ava ca e o m e rica a1re on will win the argument. , J7 FA B W d d · t . I '\ , e n e s ay evenmgs a _As w e come t o pred1 c tmg the six o ' clock . Sponsored by Du P o nt. wmn e r and other places of the it has be e n h e ard for ov e r two ninth grade tournam e nt we years. Th e program f e ature s the wonder what to say but after lives of gr e at Americans and the a t~orough study of the four strides being mad e in scienc e. leadmg teams we ~an saf~ly We hope y ou listen e d to Major say that nothmg 1s certam. Bowes' amateur s Thursday. April The 9A's have high hopes in 28, when he saluted Lincoln. It 216 and 310 who are paced by was very enioyable to h ear one's Ra y ~o~ Warnk e an? Theodore own city praised on a national Mc W1ll1ams re~pect1vely. ;he , hook up. We are signing off until 9A hopes are m 314 and 218. next issue when we hope you'll Jerry Eitel and James (St e p) tune in. Jones should be able to pull 314 through to victory, while There once was a man named, 218 should come through if Bob Flump, Campbell and Izz y Diamond are up to par. The 9B's teams appear to have as much knowledge of baseball as the 9A' s but lac"!{ the experience of their rivals.
I've heard that Mr. Jones
Who was very, very plump ; He sat down on a chair, Now that chair is not there, For Mr. Flump sat down with a bump. walk~ in his sleep.
Usher: How far down do you Fancy, and they with two want to sit? automobiles.
Li::.dy: All the way, of course.
May 6, 193 8
SLOW MOTION
Don't we feel good? Why? Mrs Ross has come back after thre e weeks of playing hooky. All t h e gloomy looks have left the gir ls' faces and smiles have taken th e ir place. Jt is a good thing we h a d such able managers as Mrs. Kyker and Mrs. Bell to keep th e girls from losing their pep.
Miss Zamzow has fine ho me room spirit. She is noted for coaching her girls and has ne ver missed a game. Some reco rd Hey! What?
The Nebraska ball tournam en t has been started.
Quite a record was made by 304 when in a recent gam e 304 beat 102 by a score of 190 to 1. FLASH
205 won the seventh g r acle championship and 105 won the newcomb championship from 320. 107 won the socc e r bas e h ,1 11 champion s hip from 212 .
Just a word of warning b e fore we say adieu. Pleas e, oh pl e a~e, don't talk back to your c i, , ic eague officers on duty.
And, by the way , we wi sh t o compliment Fern Freeman, ch :1irm a n of th e p l a y gr o u n d committee, on h e r e x c e ll l' n t management of th e game s i n th e gym and outdoors while Ml's . Ross has been gone. Sh e ha d fine cooperation from her s ,1bchairmen - Dorothy H eds t rom , Phyllis Duncan, Vi r g i n i a Stuermer, and Virginia H a n n ers . Good-by, folks, and we hnp e you'll read this column in ou r Ma y 20th issue
Why is a lazy dog like a h iil?
One is a slow pup and on e is a slow-up.
Vol. 15 No. 15
The Whittier Gr e eaf
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
DR. WEIMAN
May 20, 1938
Price: Five cents
19A'S PREPARE PUPILS LIKE SPEAKS TO PUPILS FINAL PLANS ENTERTAINMENT
Tuesday, May 3, Dr. Regina The 9A's are looking forward We find that Whittier pupils Wieman talked to the 8A, 9B and to their final activities consisting I like to be entertained at the week- 9A pupils of Whittier, Van Fleet, of Class Day, June 2, and ly assemblies. They shun vocal Bethany, Belmo nt, Havelock , and Promotion, June 7. The whole solos by visitors, hate athletic as- Jackson in the Whittier audito- school will witness the Class Day semblies in which awards are giv- rium. Her subject, "Social Rela- program , presented in the morn- en and simply despise educational tionships," proved very interest- ing, by the 9A's but only the 9A's talks. The three assemblies which ing and enlightening to pupils. Dr. will attend the luncheon at noon. Whittier students have enjoyed Wieman spoke for nearly two Promotion will be held at St. in the past are these. Many like hours but pupils sat very quietly, Paul's church, on the afternoon films. The choi ce of some others so vital and sincer e was her talk. of June 7. Diplomas and efficiency was home-made programs and Many pupils sent questions up to certificates will be presented at others thought the most of plays. the platform which the speaker th at time.
The first five choices from a ~roup answered frankly and under- J Mrs. Pinney, 9A sponsor, and of listed assemblies were: first, standingly.
I the class officers have been work- films, second, plays, third, physi-
Dr. Wl·eman 1·c- 1·n r. 1·ncoln fo r • 'th th • h' h cal education demonstrations, ;:, mg WI e committees w IC fourth, orchestra and band, fifth, are preparing for class day. The talks by football men. This in- program cvmmittee consists of formation was gleaned when an Nelda Oltman, chairman, Phyllis assembly questionnaire was sent · Holbrook, Alice Saxton, Wesley ar ound throughout the school.
only two weeks talking to various groups and organizations, and school groups are very fortunate to hear this psychologist from Chicago who is so much in demand. Maser, and Alan Kreiger. The luncheon committee includes Marjorie Egger, chairman, C.L. NOMINAT IONS MADE Harriet Hayes, and Edgar --- Barrett. The committee to choose
On May 23, th" civic league the ca ps for class day includes officers for next seme ter will be Fern Freeman, Jean Leslie, elected. The nominations were IRomaine Ross, Robert Lynn, and made on May 9, as follows: Charles Ewell. Girls-President , Lois Gramlich, 310, and Mary Ellen McFarland, 302; Vice Presid ent, Marian WHITTIER
GIRLS SCORE
Herzog, 310, anrl Eunice Way, Our hats go off to these Whittier 302; Secretary, • Patricia Shelly, winners in recent poster contests. 216, and Betty Gary, 310. The IEumc e Way of 302 won first prize candidates for the boys are: J for her post er on clean-up and fire President, Roge r l\'reNeil, 21(;, Iprev e ntion, wh_ile Pe~gy Woife of anb Duane Ander son, 310: Vice- 103 was the victo r m the Poppy President, Ivan Stearn, 30 2, and / poster contest, sponsored by the Kenneth Neff, 310; Secretary, i American Le gio n for Poppy Day. John Coulter, 310, and Clarence ; Nice ,.:vork, girls! We wish we all Krumm, 216. 1 could be artists.
PUPILS HEAR MUSIC
May 6, Whittier's orchestra entertained in assembly playing the following selections: ''The Father of Victory March," "Ballet," "Pizzicati," "Dance of Comedia ns," ''Farmer in the Dell." Mrs. White explained each section. May 11, the band, directed by Mr. Welch, played for the pupils. The selections were: "Marching A 1on g," "Slinky Chinky," "La Danseuse," "On Parade," "Three ·Mice and a Pump kin Eater." Honored members recognized were: Bob Campbell, Leslie Hiatt, Richard Hobson, Rob ert Flader, Jack Keelan, Roland Hains, Paul Burke, Ed. Loeffel, Lester Rader.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE FINISHED WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Founded and establishe d in 1924 as t h e Whew! Registration is over officia l stude n t publication of Whittier Junior . ' High School. Pub li shed bi - week ly during the. thank goodness! Instead of see mg sc ho o l year by the Whittier Junior High School pupils. Spots In front Of OUr eyes YOU See
GREEN LE AF STAFF Latin 1, Study, Algebra, Drama
Editor-in-chief•• -······· ····Dorothy Carnahan etc. Now we can relax for a while,
Girls' Sports •. • -· Cha r loU e H ill
Boys' S1)orls - Wa rrcn Em ery until next fall at least Well, if you
Fc·atures Dorolhy James
Editorials
Phyllis Holbrook have to you have to, but it's such
Humor Dorothy Reifschn e i der
Calcndar H c• l en Kiesselbnch a bother!
Exchanges : N orma Taylo1· N orma Ogden
Typisls Martha Hall, :e\~;oSlo~l~~;:
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult Miss Cross Miss Peterson Mr Gammill
D<>lores Blunk
Til'itie I31air
Cc•ce lia Brady
TIEPORTERS
Ardis Bu1·bach
Arnold Cheuvront
Cleo Col~on
Margaret Cu lver
Donald Dobry
Dona Emery
Dick Erwin
Charks Ewell
Ch arks /\ pgar
Kent Dak <• r
Ivan Blincl c
Adam H1·ehm
Betty June F ees
Char lotte Garrett
Geneva Millard
Stuart Goldberg
Sam uel Grung-er
Betty Lou Jelinek
Doris Johnson
Zola Lahr
.Joa n Null
Florence Relwn s rlorf
Alma Te le cky
Marjori e Wa i lers
PRINTERS
Dick Mahaffey
Willis Marke y Rog-er McN(•ill
Ji a l'ry Ni eder haus
Elc lon Chris t opher
Eugene Copley
Junior Davis
Jack Gil'I
Jo Ann Greenhalgh
Harolcl Haar
Ruth Huck
Dorothy faou
Cordon Johnson
Fred er ick Langc , nllC'im
John Lar so n
Palsy Payn<' Alvin Poli<'k
Raymond Pelkt
Warren Poo l
Lucille Ross
Carl Schaaf
gel Schuckman
Ed Schwindt
.1 ac k Simmons
Don Si n g letoP
MilLon Stark
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN
WINS CAMP FIRE HONORS
Helen Bennett, at the last grand council fire of the Camp Fire Girls received these honors: Torch Bearer in Nature, Camp Craft, Hand Craft, Music, and Indi a n Lore. These are more honors than were earned by any other girl n Lincoln. She also received high honor of Shuta for beaded Stole and in addition held the honor of one hundred hours volunteer service in the Tuberculosi s Offic e . Whittier is proud of its Girls' Civic League president.
CAREERS IN THE MAKING
N a me: Miss E I i z a b et h Ferguson.
Birthplace: York, Nebraska. Places of Education: York
That is, until we meet you again in the next issu e of the High, University of Nebraska, Whittier Greenl eaf We ha •,1 e the and Chouinard Art School in Los 9A is su e to look fo rward to, but Angeles. this issue con cludes the regular Places Taught: Jackson, 26 and Gree nleafs for this semester. 0, and Whittier.
We greatly appre ciate the Travels: Oregon, Chicago, stau nch support we have received I Ohio , Black Hills, Colorado, from t ;J e studen t body, and we South-western states. think they nee d a va cation. We Favorite Flow er : Tulip. want also to e x pr e ss our appre- Favorite Movie Star: Norma ciation for the clear, helpful Shearer. criticism Miss Hult has so kind- Favorite Song: On the Road To ly offered. Mandalay.
Maybe our farewell is a bit Favorite Pastime: Any kind of untimely, but we wish you a art work. happy vacation and some splen- Ambition: To find time to do did suntans. some illustrating.
May 20, 1938
STRANGE BIRTHDAYS
Stuart Goldberg's mother was born on April 19, the date of th e birthday of that lovable scref>n mother, May Robson.
Glendola Millard of 305 wa s born on Christmas Eve.
Joan Null's younger sister 's birthday is celebrated with fireworks-July 4th, in case you don' t get it. ·
Marjorie Walter's brother w as born on St. Patrick's day thu s winning for himself forever t he nickname of "Pat,"
We've quite a few doubles in the 8A class. There are Cecel ia Brady and Doris Johnson bot h born on July 10; and Doroth y James and Elizabeth Smaha on Oct. 11.
Al so quads - for Dona Emer y , Ruth Lowe, Jana McBride a nd Marie Bowman all celebrate th eir birthdays on Nov. 1.
In Bettie Blair's family the re are four members who celebr ate their birthdays in February and three who were born in Sept.
Bob Cal d we 11 was born on Thanksgiving day but his bir thday has never occurred since o n that day.
Bettie Blair also was born on a holiday and has never celebra ted her birthday on it since. H er's was on Labor day.
AQUESTHJN
Fat or thin, short or tall, That's the summary of us all. Whether you're thin, or tall or short,
There's always a boy to give th is retort"Oh Phooey"
"You girls are all the hooey, " ''Lipstick and rouge and pow de r come out,''
"But where do they go w hen t he girls cry and pout? ''
- Pearl Shore , 104
20, 1938
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
CHATT ER • I Cecelia Brady, then Dorothy th ere going to b e refreshments?''
James both draw ing designs of Mr. Updegraft ,vas in deep 316 was holdin g a home room their wedding outfits. We wonder thought for a few seconds and meeting, April 27. to discuss how I who the lucky boys are! then said, ''Yes , but not the right to get more pe ovle out t~ play. Alvin Polick and Don Dobry kin d of refreshments.''
Charles_Taylor, up?n getti~g up were walking to school one morn- Miss Madse of 308 had some to address _the ~~ es1de nt, R1char~ Iing on a narrow sidewalk when new students i_n her sc!ence class Nagel, said, Mr. P~terso~. they met three high school boys rec e ntly. Jum or Davis brought T~e whole home room, mcludm g (they looked tough too) and, hi s two pet wh ite rats with him. Miss Peterson, had a good laugh. \ believe it or not, the high school i They, instea d of the science
In Vallery S~retton's history boys got out of the way. • I book , seemed t o be the center of class he was assi gned to the pen- Bernice Ernst of 312 has made attraction unt il finally , Miss itentiary for his civic league trip her drawing of beautiful g irls a Madsen had t o turn their cage without a trial or anything. But habit. Bern ice, you had better around. Howe er, at the end of cheer up, Val! Everybody loves get down to work if you want to the period sh e again turned the stripes and we hear t hat they are keep on the good side of the cage facing th e class to give her very stylish this year. teachers. human pupils one last good look
While practisin g in the audi- The other day it looked like at them. torium the songs members of the Harold Parke r of 106 mas sport- In a recent Civics test, which 8A chorus were going to sing on ing two black eyes but upon Mrs. Childres s gave, some their civic lea gue trip Nioma closPr observatio n it was learned strange answ e rs we r e giv-2n. Louder became faint and had to that the eyes were surrounded by Following are a few of them. The leave off warbling for a spel I. Oh. ink.
Bill of Rights are the first ten well, all of us great vocal artists Donald D O b r y and Alvie co rnmand ment f There are 1036 and opera singers h t:t v e our Kirkendall were having a contest electoral coll e ges. A senator moments, don't we. Niomi? to see who could get the longest m ust be three years old.
In the gym clas8 a large hlack fingernails. Early in the contest The other day, when pictures bug was point ed out to Roberta Donald Dobry lost his longest were heing t aken, Mrs. Pinney Hanneman at the sight of which nails, his two thumb-nails, in ha d 218 marc hing up and down she grew excit ed, los t contr ol, softball games. Now Don would the hall to and from the front and fled from the scene of like to know what to eat t o make do or Was that a parade of the horror. thf•111 long again.
Valerie Bignell uf 302 would Ah' Spring is here to be sure like to give away three kittens for •'Pop" He ston was seen one about the first of June. Two are morning being adorned with a yellow and the othe r black gay boutonniere from a snow ball
My! My! Culler rloesn't know bu s h by Ardyth Yelly . I guess what home room s the teachers the oid saying still goes "In teach. In a re cent assembly he spring-ayoungm an's fancy turns said to an ushe r, "Go te11 Miss to thought of flowers." a h, er. a, Miss 21G she can come j Did you know that Dona ld now." . 1 Dobry is about to start a paper of
Mr. W. A Mc Mullen told hrs his own, and then there will be home room pupil s to be sure to be some competition? He will start at school on a ce rtain day at 18:15. printing in a fewweek s. (He meant 8:15) . Mr McMullen, I Mr. Updegra ft was telli ng his you had better have your watch ! 1 home room that he was giving a fixed. All the cloc ks and watches party one night fr om 3:15 until we know just g o up to 12. ' 4 o'clock. Everyone got all upset. Say, is this a plague? First I One boy spoke up, and said, "Are
wooden soldi ers or jus t Mrs. Pinney learni ng how to be a gen era l?
Virgin ia Je nsen, Mary Stout, Cec elia Brady, and Bernice Jen sen sol d pop pies, April 30, for the Am erican Leg ion Auxiliary.
NiomaLouderand Eleanor Hurd of 318 are me mbers of the V. F. W. one of th ,.~ girls teams that play at Muny.
Dona Emery of 318 ha s knitting for a hobby. She has knitt ed a nav y blue sk irt and a bright red sweater and is now finishing a nav y blue jac ket to make the suit complete .
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THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF May 20, 1938 , HOP.- E ROOM NEWS
Robe rt Smith of 101 is going moment when the class began t o to South Dakota this summer. laugh and she discovered he r
Bettie Blair of 205 and Mary Lois Gramlich of 310, Bar- mistake. Rumbolz of 110, are planning to !Jara Mack of 305, Lucile Cozad Jean and Helen '.Bennett, with spend 1~art oi ihei_r -a~atiou t_o - of ;10 7 Shirley Kin()' of 304 Mar- their parents, are planning to gether m Camp 1 vams at Mil, ' 0 build a new cabin for themselve s ford, T ebrnska. 1 garnt Grav~ ' Joyce S t uve, in Estes Park this summer .
Laura Dee Forney of 110 is Lama Dee Forn ey , and Mary After that it 's on to Old Mexic o! go·ng to Wyo111i11g, Denwr, and Alford, a ttcndecl a picnic at Pio- Helen Kiesselbach of 312 i s tl11• mountains for her sunmwr I nee:rs Park, ~ay 9. Stomach going to Oakwood near Crete for Y{ cation. aches wer e en.1oyed by all who part of th e summer. Charlotte Hill of 300 plans t(,
E ,elyn Dixon of 318 has conSu med m O re th an th ree go to Minnesota this summer. moved to Omaha : pickles and severa l large cups of Joan Null of 110 is planni ngHome 1 00111 303 was enter- ro ot beer. to go to Iowa for her summe r tained by Dorot hy Lamb , Ed ith Tom Watkins and D onald vacation. IIuLchinson, Ln J ·,;; n Peery :m d Wiggans of 104, exhibited th eir Warren Emery of 312 plans to g o to Hastings to spend most of Detty ,Tune Feei;;, on May 9th hand-made puppets at the Farm- his summer. The program vets directed by ers Fair at the Ag. College. Both Dona Emery of 318 plans to S. ,]via Hetz. represent pirates - Donalcf;s spend the first week of her sumThe p 1pils in 2] 2 are certainly I holding a mini a ture knife. me1· vacation on a friend's far m g·oin,g to a lot o . f different pla('es /' Here arn so me of 316 ' s plans at Firth, Nebraska. Manrnre t Ann Culver of 21 2 th is sm m1er. Dennje Peters is f,)r th e sum mer. K atherine
• • • 1 pl ans t o go to Denv er Colorad o, g·ornc~ t~ \~rnumsm to_sperni t wo I Parker ph~ns to spend h er sum- thi s surnnier. ' :':~•PJ~)~, ~ hid ey La11ghlrn to Cam p ! mer vacat10 1 : o_n f~n~ not far J . When a~ked ~n. Mrs. Pinney '.-.; 1' 1'.v , ms lo spend one week at , from the M1ss1ss1pp1 nver. Be- sixt h p en od CIVICS c lass wh .v l\Tilfo~ cl, Nebraska . Maxine Mi l- I sides trying to get a good t a n , t he Frnnch and Spanish ~ame to ler hopp c:, lo o·o to the Dlack Hills ' s he hopes to h i ke paint scenery Nel:raska~ S a m Dale r ep lied tl:;1t
• .h ' ' ' thci r motive was to trade s]rnrn anrl Hob Miller plans l o go lo a an d take picttrres. L a Verne with the Incforn s Mrs. Pirn wy f;1n11 al Tobias, Nebraska. Klein, along with some frien<ls , set the cla s in howls by r eplv1\lfm,y 1mpils in 307 have p l;i, 11.s to stay home and put on ing, "Wel1 , they can't h :we p1anncc1 their vaca ti ons. They I plays as they have for two or mine!" In this same c]ass, M rs . a ·c as fn1h\' s: No1ma Bo rn - tl1l'ee years. Their la s t play was Pinney was remarking t hat brr .~ p1 • is going to Cook, e- "J orindal and J or inda." Darl ee n I R i clrnrdson, an early govern qr lY: :;h1, , then so uth to 1Vfisso11ri Fornma n plan s to spen d her va- 1 of Nebraska Territory, wa s a cl!ld Uwn t o Okl ahoma, to visi t C'a ti on 1war Waver ly and Ben- I Copperhearl. Whe n Detty ,fa 1 e ''<• • ; t1 ,t ;_ El' l Me· '.:>f i•:; plan-I nclt on forms while Ann Kel so IBlackburn was asked what this. ni 11 u LP spend a J)art of hi s Y<l - '. \ ill g·o to a f'ann nenr Gordon, meant, she said, "All I know is ,·:.Lion at Hal' 1 ai-ri dH·aska. I ehraska. that it's a snake-in-the-grass ."
Dorothy Saal wil he in Ansley; I Horne room 309 has ·regret- Marcelline Prosser of 20 7 is clm:lskt, dur·ng two and one- f, lly clrn pp ed TI.nth Soper- fro m recovering slowly but surely fr om h,d r month·~ nf the thrre moni hs 1 (heir list. nuth was forced to a toe amputation. Fortunat e ly 01 \ ac ation. / quit P-<'hool beca use of illness. this will not impede her prog eess .. ,J ,ti.iec WHtic· of 101 will g< to Aflcr Civic League reports The toe was amputated becau se of ~·t>a'Lle \V;rnhington, San rranci_,rn awl Lnc- Angeles, Calif, on h(' • s1mm1er ·acat ion.
Ch:u·lcs Campbell of 101 is g oj1u~ to nway S1H' i ngs, Kansas, , 11d to a farm ten miles from Canton for his vacation.
were given in Miss ,fohn son 's a tumor. si ,' th perio d his tory <·lass, she Flash! Pupils want to kn ow , rP ild the boy ' grades . She then who is Arthur Golrett? What asked if there were any she had home room is he in? The ans we r mis s ,a . Norma Schmidt, some- is that Arthur is in two home what da y -<lreaming, put up her rooms , 304 and 106 Strange, but han<l. lt was an embarrassing J if you want more facts ab out
Ma y 20 , 1938
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Arthur, consult Charlotte Gan~ett or Stuart Goldberg.
We we lcom e Bennie Peters from Colleg e View. He is in home room 212.
CLASSES NOMINATE
All classes have made their nominations for future class officers. The SB class has nomi nated for president these honor-
Do n a an d La Voun e Emery of able people: l\fary Alford and 318 and 218 plan to go to the Paul Browne; for vice president, Assemblie s of God camp meeting Helen Hempel and also La Verne in August. Klein; secretary, Wayne McCoy
Home r oom 212 has a new and Betty Bohl; for future Pupil, Clar e ll a Farnhem from treasurer, Esther Dinges and Darleen Foreman. Everett.
The 8A class have these as Benita Ell iott of 304 has <lecid- their nominees for the future e d on a r es t fu l summer vacation. £JD class president : Milferd Epp, She is goin g to lay off night life Winifred Nelson, and Doris for a spell t o tend a rose garden. Johnson. Their candidates for vice president: Cecelia Brady, Millard Ma rtin of 304 is going ,Janet Hutchinson, and Marcella t o K e arn ey for a month of hunt- SPhnert; secretary: Sam Avner, i ng and fi sh i ng. Millard asked us Dilly Schlaebitz, and Marian to make t he fact clear that it was Coombs; for treasurer: Keith not t he In dustrial school for boys Atkinson, Fern Frazee and Dona h h • • h h Emery.
t. a t e I S gomg to onor wit
The 9B class has made their his pres en ce. · nominations for future 9A class
Norma n Barratt of 304 is going! officers. The nominees for presit o t a k e a run down to Georgia' dent a1·e: Donnie Braun, Loretta d urin g th e summ er's golden days. Sullivan, and Esther Weber For A f ew week s ago on Mrs. vice presi~ent t~e n~min~es are Wor r all' s bi rthd ay home room the follow:m~: Jimmie Wise, La' mont Ge1ssmger and Stanley 309 p r e_sented_ ~e r with a w?at- Portsche; secretary: Anna Fox, not which Wilha m Marler nad .Tohn Dill and Dora Eppens; for made in t he s hops , treasurer : Lewis Smith, Jack Stanl ey Murray of 212 is plan- Dair, and Raymond Warnke. n in g to go to Califo mia and Washi ngton t his summe r .
LOST AND FOUND
LIFE'S DARKEST MOMENTS
When you're k8pt waiting for a ssembly to start.
When playing ball, the other t eam wins by one point.
When Mrs. Shike says, ''We w ill have a ten point test today."
When a seven is marked on y our grade slip.
When you have to go to sc hool on a nice day.
Wh en assembly lasts only a h alf hour.
When you just get started, a d your teacher says, "Get rid of your gum. ''
When you get called down for s h oot ing just one paper wad.
When you just get to school in the morning as the twenty a f r bell rings.
When right in the middle of a con versation in class yo u r teacher s a y s, ''Quiet.''
-Sylvia Wiley, 222
LILACS
T here is a pr e tty flower
T hat com es with all the birds; T o tell y ou of its beauty, Is far beyond my words.
A numb er of pupil s in 305 have
c om p l eted their vacatiou plans. LOST: A master padlock key D orot h y Litt will stay for about between rooms 300 and 305. th re e mo n t h s at Minatare, Nebr. Elinore Jane Ellis, 305. Robe r t Nissen will spend about a we ek at Tarula, Nebr. Glendola Mill a r d will spe no a montl1 in Okla h oma. Franc es Hart will go to Co r dov a , Nebr . fer three months
Est h e r Dinges will be in Lexington, Nebr for three nion ths Car man Qua ckenbus h will visit in Fr e mont, Be atr ice, and Unadilla,
Nebraska.
Tailor: When your father sent you for samples of cloth, didn't he say what color and material he wanted?
Small boy: I don't think it matters, sir. He wants to use them for pen-wipers.
Ike: What do y ou do when a 316 has lo s t anoth er pupil, Don duck is sick? Co x , who has moved to Fairbury. Mike: Send for a quack docto r.
A t school they're found in every vase, T hey send their perfume every place;
Th e lilacs, if I do say so, Ar e the loveliest flowers that I know.
-Edith Hutchinson, 303
LITTLE JOHNNY
Li ttl e Johnny, silly dum.b head, Onto an auto, hitched his sled: T he car backed up, and that ends my story-
T he poor boy is now in the cemetery.
-Winifred Nelson, 320
SLOW MOTION
We dedicate this paragraph of our· last sports column for this year to the girls most outstanding in tournament games. To these girls every home room owes its success. Each home room wishes it could have a team made up of such outstanding athletes. These girls are : Marcella Sehnert, Betty Jac obs, 102; Olinda Leikam. June Nace, Mary Lou Stonesifer, 1 0 6; Geraldine Thompson, Ly d i a Gerlach, 107; Donna Hartm a n, Rae Lewis, 108; Marcellie Prosser, Janet Hutchinson, 103; Vera Kolb, 101; Lillian D er r, Helen Bennett, 220; Esther Weber, 216; Janet Hower t er, Carro1l Lea Anderson, 207; Rose Ebert, Eileen Debus, 2 2 2; Freida Schafer, Jean Pen n ingroth 21 8; Marjorie Willia m s, 110; Constance McBride, La Von Dean, 308; Norma Jean Tay lo r, Betty Thompson, 316, Lu c ile Cozad, Mercedes Miller, Flor e ce Rebensdorf, 307; Eleanor H ur d, Nioma Louder, 318; Aleen Tunks, Ardella De an e, 31 O; Esther Tupper, Eunice Way, 3 0 2; Doris Marshall, Carmen Qu a cken bush, 305; Dorothy Hedstr om, 3 0 1; and S h i r l e y Osb orn, Harriet Turner, 320; Lil li an Swenson, Peggy Hudson, 309; Lillian Urback, Virginia Null, 304; Dorothy Johns, 303.
One of the most important tournaments of the seme s ter for 9A ~hampionship was played between 105 and 218. After a great battle between the two great teamE!, 105 won. 218 was grief stricken but as -always showed good sportsmanship.
As usual Miss Zamzow was watching her home room girls and so great was her enthu-
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siasm that soe found herself standing on first base, interfering with the game. Many unusual things happen in the gym, and here is ''most unusual incident'' for this issue. During a recent tournament, after the game was played and won, it was learned that one of the girls on the winning team was 15 per cent underweight. That afternoon when M r s. Ross weighed this gill it was found that she was up to weight. Somebody had copied the wrong height the last time this girl was weighed.
RADIO REVIEW
Hello, folks. Here we ar-e again with a brand new program which is heard Wednesdays at 8:30 P. M. It's "It Can be Done" with Edgar Guest as master of ceremonies. A few weeks ago they selected Father Flanagan telling of his fine pioneering efforts and his forming of Boys' Town. Guess this is the last Radio Review until next fall when we hope you'll tune in again.
CLASSES NOMINATE
May 20, 1938
TIME OUT
As this is the last column in which we meet, we would like t o give special recognition to th e boys who have been doing to pnotch work in all sports an d might be heard from some mo re in future sports at Whittier or at high school. We start with th e seventh graders who deser ve honors and have first on our li st Mervin Merrifield of 222 who h s led his room to victory eight out of nine times with his pitchin JI in tournament games against t he hardest of competition. Also of the seven th grade is James Plo ck of home room 101 who looks ~1s though he might be heard cf quite a bit in his stay at Whitt ier.
In the eighth grade, Char L s Taylor of 316 is first on the Ii t as as he is an all-rounrl athlete le a ,1ing his home room to an eig h:-,h g-rade basket ball champions hip. He is also very prominent in ot h, :r sports at Whittier. Of 30 4 is Mickey Al]en who has be en a leader for his home room in ev ery sport. In the ninth grade, T hl o Mc Williams of 310 has been do t: ,g very fine pitching and we ho pe to see more of him in his 9A sem ester. 216 has high honors in Les West, also a pitcher.
Of the 9A's. Bob Campbe ll is tops as he has been the main stay of his home room team all th is season. Charles Ewell and J e r ry Eitel also deserve credit for t h t' ir leadership in home room ga mes
FLASHES
The seventh grade have chosen for their nominees: presidentRussell Sloan and Charles Ward, for vice-president- Jack Bates and Delbert Foster, for secretary - Shirley Saats and Joyce Stuve, treasurer - Lucille Egger and Jean Vanderpool. We owe an apology to 309 hn d 222-to 309 for considering them
Davy: Who is the laziest a seventh grade home room an d woman in the world? 222 as they are the ones we real-
Dan: The woman who puts pop-1 ly chose to win the seventh gr a de corn in her pancakes so that I tournament. they will turn over by them- And now-Time Out until ne xt selves semester when we'll meet again.
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Vol. 16 No. 1
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OFFICERS OF C.L. INSTALLED Campaign Ends
Whittier opened its doors on ____ The installation of the new September 12 to 1,157 pupils, a A successful Greenleaf cam- presiding officers of the civic decrease of 40 since last year. paign ended today. An assembly league was held in the Whittier New pupils whom we wish to in charge of the Greenleaf..sta:ff, Junior High auditorium, on Friwelcome from other schools in- reporters and printers will be day, Sept. 23. The assembly was elude Wilma Wilson, Omaha; held Monday. The support of the opened by the school's singing Jimmie Andersen, Hollywood; pupils during the campaign has "America." Following this the Charles Overton, Los Ange!es; been a fitting symbol of Whit- flag salute was led by Marion Harr y Ashcroft, New Mexico; : tier loyalty, a loyalty of which ~e~zog. Kenneth Neff led the Boyd Lee Armstrong, Nemaha the Greenleaf will try in every civic league pledge. Both the County; Grace Albrecht,. Balti- way to be worthy. civic league presidents, Duane more; Donald Bradley, Richard New-comers to this semester's Anderson and Mary Ellen McPhipps, College View; John Greenleaf are mostly names. Farland, were then sworn into Bracelen, George Beatty, Max- The same ideas for the most office by Mr. W. F. McMullen ine_ Broch~1, Joe Brochlf, Sh~rley part have been carried out A and Miss_ Curley. They i? turn Griffin, Vmcent McNeil, Aileen true new-comer is "The Clothes gave brief but splendid reSimpson, Jean Schier, Sacred I Line," an article dealing with sponses. Heart; Joyce C~lson, On:aha; clothes which both the boys and Presentat10n of the vice-pr~siBobby Cooke, Chicago; Willard girls can find interesting and dents, Kenneth Neff and Marian Caton, Severance, Kansas; Ad- valuable. Herzog, followed next. After dison Glantz, Betty Glantz, Sew- The Greenleaf staff and re- this the secretaries, Betty Gary ard; _B ernard Goggins, Robert porters do not consider them- and John Coulter,. were i~Goggms, Rober~ Thomp~on, selves unprejudiced enough to stalled: Roger McN_eill and Loi s Robert Maves, Edith Mannmg, judge their own work and will Gra_mhch were mstalled ~s B etty Jean Moore, Everett; Jay highly appreciate the criticism chairmen of t~e ushe_r comm1tIi.ayes, Dorothy Kelly, Harry of the teachers and student tees. Both chairmen mtroduced Sherman, Jack Eberhart, Mar- body. their committees. The new ushilyn Frauks, Betty June Lal- ______ ers dismissed pupils from the latte, Irving; Marion Johnson, Ch auditorium. They include Billy Havelock; Teddie Langhurst, Faculty anges Schnase, Jack Bair, Paul Lange, Jean Langhurst, David City; ____ Wesley Miller, Bob Myers, MilShirley Leake, Betty Leake, Two of Whittier's teachers have ton Stark, John Dill, Leo Clay Center; Justine Lindgren, left us since school closed last Schwartzkopf, Roy Smith, Jack Milligan, Nebraska; Jeanette June. Miss McCormick, our form- Tilton, James Wise, Lois GramMason, Boulder, Colorado; John er type teacher, is married_ she lich, Waunda White, Dorothy Reynolds , Carthage, Missouri; is Mrs. James Rouse now. Miss Reifschneider, Shirley Ha r; eTheresa Schulte, Grand Island; Johnson has exchanged teaching man, Doris Johnson, Shirley Fern Sill, Teachers College; for life on the farm. King, Valerie Bignell, Carroll James St and le y, Litchfield; Replacing Miss McCormick is Lee Anderson, Hazel Fritche, Ph yllis Cambell, . Bruning; Kath- Miss Kier, who came from Fair- Dorothy James, and Emma Jean erine Dunn, Fremont; Robert mont where she taught three Curtis. Eaton, Jackson; Edward Teater, The installation as a whole Hulett, Wyoming; Jim Van years. She has atte nd ed th e Uni- differed in many respects from Horn, S e a t t l e, Washington; versity of Nebraska. the program that has been folRobert Ward, Waverly. Miss Miller. our other new lowed for a number of years and We feel sure that you will find faculty member, was previously was especially interesting for Whittier a good place to attend an instructor at Jackson Hig-h. this reason. The student body school. Teachers and pupils She has also attended the Univer- should give its whole hearted stand ready to help you meet , sity of Nebraska. ~mpport to our fine new leaders.
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FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult
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GREENLEAF STAFF
E ditors -in- c h ief.. C h ar lotte G ar r ett Stuart G o ldb erg
Humor Cecelia Brady ·-·······B e t tie Blair
Calendar Darleen Fo re man
Exchan ges • ····-························Vale rie Bi gnel l V era Spar g o
Typists , Duane Ande rso n K e nn eth Mat t h ews
RIDPORTERS
Bettie Fowl er Dorothy Jo hn s
T o mmy Griffin Marjorie Ramel
Donna Har t man Pear l Shore
E dit h Hu tchi n so n Jim Van Horn
D el mar Wilson
PR INTERS
Jack Bai r Lee Bowers
Ada m B rehm
E ldo n Christoph er
Donald Em ery
Frank Esquivel
Jack Giel
H arold Haar
P au l Lange
Pat Law so n Rog-er McNeill
R o llan d Mi ll s
Ha rr y Pappas
Gera ld Pelis L ester R ader
Kenn et h Simmon s Roy Smith
Milton Stark
Adelbert Tipton
Doro t hy Clapp
June Harral
Bessie Heat e r Marcellie Pros,,er
Ma r c e lline Prosser Ev e lyn Ro ss
THE NEW SYSTEM
It has us all a trifle bewildered, dosen't it? A few weeks should see us in a state of sublime adaptation, however. Our old orderly home room system has merged into a veritable potpourri. A great advantage over the old style is the greater opportunity for making friends, one for which we are sure you will use to its utmost capacity.
SCHOOL DAYS
School days have now begun , We hope that we'll have lots of fun;
There are lessons to get, There's writing to be done But with all of this to do, We'll still have lots of fun.
-Darleen Foreman, 316
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
FACULTY FOOT NOTES
September 30, 1938
visited in Estes Park. Mrs. Barrows spent some of her vacation in , Denver, Colo. Miss Belen Madsen
We find that teachers vaca- went to the Ozarks in Missouri tions are of interest to everyone Miss Miller visited in ' Colo. so we are once more publishing them. Springs, Colo. Mrs. Shike went to Mr. w. A. McMullen spent two summer school. Mrs. Childress weeks in Colorado. Mrs. Boschult spent ten days in Colo. attended the Prospective Educa- Miss Kahm worked in an office tion Workshop in ~enver. Miss during most of the summer. Mrs. Fergudsodn ahnd tMti s s 11Ral st ~n i White and her sister, Mrs. Riley, atten e t e s a e co ege 1n 1 f Boulder, Colo for eight we eks. i formerly Marian Munn. spent our Miss Emma Madsen and Miss days in Estes Park. Mr. Welch Bethune both visited in Iowa at took his vacation at Leadville, different times Miss _Gree:i vis- Colo., fishing in the mountains. ited in Wisconsm and m Chicag?, Mr Cu11er stayed at home Ill. Mr. W.F. McMullen worked m • the office of John Morrell and nearly all summer readmg books Co. Mr. Strawn worked as a tra- and sleeping. He also attended a veling salesman. Miss Curley vis- reunion of his family in Grinnell, ited in Wichita, Kansas, for sev- Iowa. Those having a grand rest ei_-a.1 d3:ys. Mr. Updegraft also at home were Miss Hult, Miss v1s1ted m Kansas. b M. \7 · M'
Miss Peterson attended snmmer Free urn, iss •eerhusen, 1ss school for nine weeks, spent two Jones, Mrs. Swisher, Miss Marweeks in Okla. and also visited in garet Wilson, Miss McGrew, Mrs. Blair, Nebr. M_rs. Worrall's entire Pinney, Miss Clark, and Miss s\lmmer was given up to rearran- Mumford. gmg her new home.
Miss Dee took a trip to western Nebr. to visit relatives. Miss Schofield visited for two weeks in Springfield, Mo. Miss Kier went to Omaha for a few days. Miss Mary Wilson was out of Lincoln for several days visiting relatives.
Miss Zamzow and Miss Hooper were the only teach rs confined to bed. Miss Zamzow had the mumps for two weeks and Miss Hooper underwent an appende~tomy.
Mrs. Ross and "Pop" played housewife. ''Pop'' did it because of his wife's accident, and Mrs. Ross did it for the fun ( ?) of it.
Mr. We 11 s attended summer
A BOUT FRESH I ES
One thing about being a freshie is that everyone notices you. We are very popular in the halls and on the playgrounds. Another thing is that we're not freshies more than one semester, and that isnt very long. It won't be long until we can say to the coming 7B's, "Hi, there, freshie"So pepup, fellow classmates , and remember we can be freshies only once in Whittier.
-A Freshie
TO THE FRESHIES
school for nine weeks. Mr. Those of us who have been Gammill completed the work for in Whittier before are fond of his master's degree, and is now teasing freshies, but it is really privileged to add an M. A. to his all in fun. We all hope you enjoy name. your stay with us, and we extend
Mr. Ross went to summer a hearty welcome to each and school for nine weeks. Miss Cross I every freshy.
SCHOLARSHIP ROLL enpo rt, Ellen Emerson, Richard Er- Eleanor Hurd, Betty Kempkes, LeRo y win, Ivan Evans, Darleen Healey, Klein, Frederick Langenheim, Bernard Floyd Himmel, Donald McKee, Ger- Lemon, Phyllis Patterson, Margar et H ome Room 101-Marylouise Brodie, aldine Michel, Margaret Moeller, Pierce, Sara Mae VanHook, Harold Charl es Campbell, Beverly Cannon, Elizabeth Nuss, Dale Peate, Wilma Volkar; 320-Robert Duncan, Fl ora Elaine Jon es , Charles ~Iartin , Betty Peterson, Richard Spahn, Jeanne Van- Ebert, Nettie Mae Fielder, Betty Jean l\fas J n, Grace Mumson, Frances Nolan, derpool, Naydeen "\'\'iltshire; 212- Franklin, Beatrice Haskins, Lorraine James Plock; 102 - Verne Bishop, Jo Margret Ann Culver, Marvin Epp, Ho- Heaton, Marion Holter, Jean House, Ann Greenhalgh, ~Iargaret Hayes, bart Hays, Dorothy Kebling, Shirley Jane Lawrence. Frank Killian, David Esther Helzer, Betty Jacobs, Dorothy Laughlin, Jane Leonard, Richard Lee, Pru<lyann Morrison, Betty Nad1, Jam es, :\Iary I-eilrnan, Bill Roarty, Le, •is, Jack :\!anion, Joan Mease, l\Iax- - v\Tinifred Nelson, June Pierce, V elma Flor e n ce Schmidt, ~'Iarcella Sehnert, ine Nuller, Joyce Stuve, Ardette Ver- Reed, Arlene Robin ett e, Robert RuDonald "\Vcinman, Floyd Pettigrew; maas; 216-Ruth Huck, Virginia Jen- bino, Harriet Turner, Hoyt Yowell.
NEWSY NOTES
103-Lo,\ ell Anderson, Dorothy At- sen, Dorothea Lemon, Alma Reichel, kins, Rob ert Avner, Nadyne Burn, Patricia Shelley, Clarence Krumm, Wyatt Grig 0, Idonna Gienau, Robert Roger },,fcN'eill, Billy Schnase; 222-:Gill ett , Jan e t Hutchinson, H arr Y Archie Black, Dick Brooks, Leslie Hergenrader, Ruth Kosmos, Gem ge nrown, Ell e n Dietze, Carolyn Douglas, George Lyberis enjoy e d his Lyberis, Jeann e l\IcReynolds, Esther Alice King, Arden Means, Kurt Sie'1- vacation while in Oklahoma and Michel, Norma Patton, Glenn Pro- lrnecht, Sylvia Wiiey, Glen Yetter; 302 Texas. vorse, Maxine Travis. Roy Way , Pe ~gy - Roland Allmon, Adam Brehm, Anna Edward Berste i n v i sited in Wolfe; 104-Betty Bohl, Paul Browne, Fox, Harold Haar, l\Iary Ellen McFar- Scottsbluff. Jean Qua'pp, Pearl Shore, Adelbert land, Herbe1 t l\Ieek, Betty Montague, Tipton, Tom Watkins, Don Wiggans; Robert Hyers, Stanley Portsche, Ivan Idonna Geinau visited in Kan106-Samrnie Avner, Betty Bloom, Stern, Billy Sterling, Loretta Sullivan, sas City John Blumer, J ea n Germar, Stuart Abe Tal o rovitz , Eunice Way; 303- Dorothy and Rachel Atkins Goldb erg, race Kalal, Ardyth Kelley, Patsy Ackerson, Sylvia Betz, Shirley th in Woodbine, B etty Kurtz, Olinda Leikam, Jack Dryant, Betty June Fees, Leslie Gallo- spent a mon Mohr, ?11a1ilyn :Moore, Virginia Roe- way , Waliace Helmstadter, Edith Hut- Iowa mick, Betty Schroll , Mary Lou Stone- chinson, Donna Kelly, William Mayer, Ruth Kosmos had her choice sHer, Vall e ry Stretton, Wauneta LaJean Peery, Charles Rawson, Loren I of a bike and piano or a trip Whalen; 107-Dolores Blunk, Barbara Star;-:, D onay1 Wright; 304-M3:lcolrn Isomewhere She took the bike Burke, Kathleen Healey, June Keane, Allen, Phyllis Alt, ?11ary Ann Bernshek, . • . . "Y ,., Lois Nelson, Betty Jean Newville, Lama Bl oug h Robert Franklin, Cha r- and piano saying. OU C«n Flav el Peters, Albert Sch 1 e i g er, lotte Garrett, Marilyn Green, Shirley I keep the bike and piano but 11ot George Stout, Geraldine Thompson; King, Shirley Luehr, Ilileen 11cCor- a vac!<..tion." 108-J im Case, El~in~ Elliott, Don1:1-a I mick,_ Millard Martin, Virginia Null, 1 Floyd Short enjoyed his sumHartman. L ol a H1ggrns, Rae Lewis, Harnett Palmer, Holly Peters, Nor 1,a •. Gerre Lundy, Billy Lunsford, Stanley Schmidt, Lillian Urback, Doris John- mer -ac!lt1011 fishing 111 the Big Mecomb e1·, Martha Michel, Dorothy son; 305-Jacquelyn Durnell, Eleanor Loup River. Mu ehlhausen, \\'i. lma Myers, Detty Ellis, Frances Hart, Amy Helen Hock, LaVon Dean ard Doris J.f?rPatrick, Charles Ward; 110 -Tommy Barbara l\Iack, Glendo la Millard, Car- c;, 1ml vi,•iterl yell ,vs tone Park Griffin, Jo e Geist, Bill Lov elace, Dick men Quackenbush, Ethel v\'ill'ams, ._, c: ) " • • - c: h Schultz, Russell Sloan, Doris Daugh- Ardean Heironymus, Kenneth Maser , and IA Von also VISited t e erty, Patricia Burley, Joan Eikenbary, Eugene Nuss; 307-Mary AHord, Dal- Black Hills. Helen Eirick, J oan Null, Mary Rum- las B ,1ttc her, Darwin Fredrickson, Betty Coulter spent part of bolz , ~onal~e Sehnert, Evelyn Schmidt, Helen Hen:pel, Scot_t Irvi?e, :F'lorence her va'cation at C[tmp Kiwanis. Rosalle Sludrnore, Alma Telechy, Mar- Rob ensdor l, Jacquelme Wilson; 308- • D ]l · ·t d · jorie Williams; 112-Frank. Anderson, Keith Adkisson, Charles Cockrill. ,T:-ic9-ue lme_ urne VlSl e. in Catherine Cooley, Millard Ickes, RolliP Detty Coulter, Joyce Crosbie, J anne Beatrice, Milford, Holmesville, .1olrnson,_ Bet\yrose Jurg~ns, Ruth Glover, Bill H_olbrook, :r:to~e Lo~s, Con- and Nebraska City. Lowe, Billy Michael, DobhH' Mun so n. stance 1\-lcDnde, ~farJone Nicholas
DIZZY NOTIONS
Desk: Place to put your junk.
worry.
3:15: Students' delight.
HalJs: Place for chatter.
Shirt Cuff: Place for history answers.
Pencil : A thing to borrow .
Waste Paper Basket: D umpin g place for gum.
Headache: Something teachers Jack Bates; 203 - Howard AHrPy, Zc>lma Rohan, Dilly Schlaebitz, Ruth Evelyn Bodfield, Dob Caldwell, Mary Sc:;Jrn abauer, Elizabeth Smaha, KenLouise Cousins, Lucille Egger, Pauline neth wilson, Rozella Hudson; 309J acoby, Donald Keane, Roberta 1\-lil- Richard Bailey, 'aunita Baumgar t, l ard, Joan Overman, Bud Ruhl, Dwane Elliott Doberg, Marian Coombs, Jack Tejcka, Rosemary "\Yickstrom, Delmar Giel, Lorraine Gorman, La Ve r n e Wilson, Donna "\Vinders; 205-Robert Graves, Samuel Grunger, :VIarilyn Berg, Ardis Burbach, Rolland Dudley, Hays, Peggy Hudson, William Marler. give students. Doris Frahm, Gloria Green, Virginia D,mna Shields, Edward Skudler, Detty Tardy Bell: Tiqie to start to Griswold, DR.le McKinney, Geneva \Vilson; 310-Duane Anderson, Emma Millard, Vera Pierce, Robert Ring, Jean Curtis, Dora Eppens, Betty Gary, Shirley Staal:=;, 'l'walla Stroenwr, Bill Lamont Geissinger, Lois Gramlich, Wild, Helen Franks, Alta McKinstry, ::vlargaret Graves, Marian Herzog Darlene Murphy, Ralph Kuwamoto; Ruth Huh er , Bernice Jensen, Roger 207-Carroll Lea Anderson, Stanley l\loore, Dorothy Reifschneider; 31GAnderson, Raymond Bish, Allen Carr,\ Harry Dckert Da rl een Foreman Betty Milferd Epp, Bettie Fo,vler, Hazel I Lou Jelinek, Katherine Parker, Norma Fritchie, Janet Howerter, Dorothy\ Jean Taylor; 318-Marie Beltz, Cecelia Igou, Thera :Mayne, wesley Miller, Brody, Clementine Davis, Eleanor EdRuth Vance, Cecil White Bear; 209-1 ison, Dona ~mery, Robert Fox, James Billy Brehm, Allen Buscl1, n Dav- Griffiths, Irene Hansen, Leota Heaton,
HOME ROOMS ELECT
All home rooms elected officers, Thursday, Sept. 15. Here are the results of the election, the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer being named in o der.
101: Marylouise Brodie, Beverlev Cannon James Plock. Trena Hanline. ,
102: Ted Langherst, Anna Fox, Peggy Bassen, Don Weinman.
103: Dallas Bottcher, Ruth Huck, Glen Provorse.
104: Roger Moore, Marilyn Green, Lillian Brehm, Betty Bohl.
105: Catherine Cooley, Jack Eberhardt, Wilma Meyers, Earl Moses.
106: Sam Avner, Harold Parker, Darleen Tracy, Grace Kalal.
107: Dolores Blunk, Lydia Gerlach, Geraldine Thompson, June Kean.
108: Charles Ward, Jack Holbrook, Flora Kolb, Harold Felsing.
110: Alma Telecky, Oscar Nisbey, Bill Lovelace, Richard Hof-Man.
112:Jack Holmes, Ted Heaney, Ruth Anne Ellis, Barb a r a Schnase.
203: Mary Louise Cousins, Dwane Tejcka, Joan Overman, Donna Winders.
205: Twalla Stroemer, Ralph Kuwamo~o, Gloria Green, Bobby Lawrence.
207: Hazel Fritchie, Donald Gable.house, C 1yd e Munson, Rosalie Pegans.
208: Frank Loeffel, Kathleen Healey, Judson Turner, Billy Brehm.
212: Richard Lewis, William Mann, Jane Leonard, Kenneth Michel.
216: Bill Marl er, Lewis Berlowitz, Jimmy Wise, John Dill.
218: Billy Sterling, Margaret Hayes, Floyd McGimsey, Clark Becher.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
220: Wallace Helmstadter, Robert Goggins, Margaret Ayres, Bob Smith.
222: Arden Means, Russell Beighley, Ruth Weber, Kurt Sienknecht.
300: Doris Frahm, Raymond Hockstock, Jack Roberts, Richard Phipps.
302: Marjorie Walters, Harlan Rhod·es, Helen Eirick, John Emmons.
303: Lee Earl Slothower, Charles Rawson, Rohert Gablehouse, Wayne Hedstrom.
304: LaVerne Roberts, John D ea n, H o l l y Peters, Don Kempkes.
305: Jean McReynolds, Roy Smith, John Krcmarik, Donald Emery.
307: Aleen Tunks, Pat Lawson, Lorraine Pierson, Henry Bitter.
308: Keith Adkisson, Floyd Short, LaVon Dean, Billy Schlaebitz.
309: Marilyn Hays, Ed ward Skudler, Aileen Simpson, Samuel Grunger.
310: Joe Smith, Beatrice Haskins, Eileen Hisey, Charles Cockrill.
312: Evelyn Bodfield, Pauline Jacoby, Howard Alfrey, LaVerne Whiting-.
314: Frances Nolan, Mary Johnson, Marie Weidenkeller, Gordon Smith.
316: Harry Eckert, Norma Tay- lor, Irene .Johns, Pauline DeWitt.
318: Eleanor Hurd, Lucile Cozad. Marie Beltz, Eleanor Edison,
320: Betty Jean Franklin, David Lee , Arlene Robinette, J a·n e Lawrence.
209: Dick Erwin, Darleen Healey, Judson Turner, Billy Brehm.
REVIEWING RADIO
" "JSi.nce summer vacation is over and ' wi~ter is approaching, we probably wilf bE Jistening to the radio more often. Most of the big shows are ~et~~_r~ing.
September 30, 1938
Among them are the Lux Radio Theater, Hollywood Hotel, and C1ood News of 1938. Several new local contest programs are aired, one of them being the Quizzer Bee in which four questions are asked. If you answer three questions, you receive one dollar, and if you answer all four, you win two dollars. One Whittierite, George Lyberis, won two dollars.
CLOTHES LINE
Here are a few words of fashion to school girls and boys to let them know what the clothes line i for fall and winter.
The call of the country still ranks tops in the clothes line. Though it beg a n last spring, peasantry continues to be the most popular fashion. The fall rages are peasant jumpers of bright plaids and are worn nicely if the blouse harmonizes with the color combination in the jumper.
Pleated skirts and sweaters touched with scarf and novelty pin look very smart and are just the thing for school. Shirts, barrel sweaters, and vesties rank high and will be worn in great quantities this winter.
Dress according to the weather. When there is a warm day in the winter, don't change to a print dress because you're afraid you'll get warm, but change to a lighter wool fabric dress.
During the hot weather the boys wore shirt tails hanging outside but we've noticed greatly how the fashion changed in a matter of a few days. You no longer see shirt tails hanging out but tucked in as usual. May be the cool wheather "got" them, or the return to school had some effect.
September 30, 1938
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
NEWSY NOTES Joe Geist spent his vacation and Stuart theaters, (most of the delivering groceries. time) this summer.
We t h ought you might lik e t o Joan Eikenbary and Rosalie know what Whittierites did dur- Skidmore went to Yellowstone Go rd on Smi th ' Clifford Larson, in g their vacations. pa r k. and Keith Crump went to cam p
Winifred Nelson visited near Dick Schultz went to the Black Strader. Ni obrara, Nebraska, and, as she Hills.
Maxine Schnieder went to her e xpresses it, "had a grand time."
Norma Schmidt took a trip to cousin's in Milford and spent a Arlene Robinette enjoyed a Seattle, Washington. From there week on a farm in Inavale. r outine of swimming and loafing she went by boat to Canada. w hile i n Grand Island.
llileen McCormick went to Col- Carol Thomas spent her vaca"Brownie" Coulter, "Frankie" orado and Wyoming. tion in Missouri. Fr ank li n, "Joe" Crosbie, "Pete" Benita Elliott spent one week at Harry Sherman went to Wood-
Sehne r t a nd "The Brat" Law- Camp Kiwanis where she learned lake and Omaha. re nce enjoyed a full week at Camp to swim.
Archie Black went to Wisconsin.
K iwanis
Portia Eitle spent a week at Patsy Atkinson spent her sumShir ley Osborn spent several Oakwood Lodge in Crete, Nebras- er vacation in Minnesota, where day s in Chicago, Illinois, where ka. She also made a trip to Den- she put in most of her time fishsh e enjoyed seeing a big league ver. ing. She also made a trip to ba seball game.
Geneva Millard took an ~xten- Michigan, where her father pur-
Ma rian Holter visited in sev- sive trip through Oklahoma, New chased a new car.
era l different parts of Nebraska Mexico, and Colorado.
James Hackman went to Bouland then motored to Kansas James Shindel worked on a der, Colorado, where he enjoyed Ci ty, Missouri. farm near Eagle. seeing Boulder dam.
Ron ald Knipple stayed in James Nevels went to Camp I Edith Huchinson spent a month Wis consin during some of his Strader. on a fox ranch. She reports a vaca tion.
Frank Killian visited on a farm very good time.
J ane Lawrence spent a month near Hebron.
Donald Bradley spent his vaof h e r vacation in Oklahoma. Barbara Beard spent her vaca- cation in Camp Strader, at
P ea r l Shore visited in Wyoming. tion in Kansas City, Nebraska Crete. Wh il e there she went through City, and in camp.
Samuel Grunger went to Chi-
Yell ow stone P r k and into Jacqueline Wilson visited cago and Pittsburgh. Mon tana. Grand Junction.
Shirley Hageman went to Roy Fish spent part of his Martha Klaus went to Canada Camp Kiwanis with June Pierce. v a ca tion in Great Falls, Montana. and Portland, Oregon.
Edward Skudler visited on a Moyne Miller spent part of her Lorraine Pierson attended a ranch at Burwell, Nebraska. v ac a tion in Chicago, Illinois. V. F. W. social in Seward. La Verne Graves went to KanEsther Tupper visited on a farm Barbara Mack and Lois Gram- sas and Missouri and saw the n ea r Omaha. lichspent two weeks in Minnesota. home of Jesse James. She saw Ha rriet Turner and Robert They visited Jean and William the filming of the picture , "Jesse Ru bino both visited in Seward. Burr, former Whittierites. Jam es," and also saw Henry We believe that Muny Po ol's Donald Wiggans spent h is vaca- Fonda and Tyrone Power . m ost frequent visitor this sum- tion at Gull Lake, Minnesota. These people spent pleasant mer was Johnny Blumer. Marian Coombs made an exten- vacations - Waunita Baumgart Th is summer, Arleen Snell sive trip through New York, the at Shreveport, La., John Dill in pac ked the family valise and New England states and up into , Oregon, Jimmie Wise in Calim ade for Norfolk, Nebraska, to Canada. Her travels lasted a fornia and Minnesota, Roger spen d part of the golden vacation month and a half .
• • a · d Ch l R h McN e1ll m Colora o, 1B11l Marler ays. ar es awson spent 1s vaca- . . Bett y L ou Jelinek spent two tion in Illinois and Iowa. m the sand hills, Clarence Reynwe ek s at Schuyler, Nebraska, I Betty Thompson spent her vaca, olds in St. Louis, and Harold v~sit in g h er gr a ndmother. ! tion as a guest of the Lincoln I Long in the Ozarks. ·
THE TORTOISE
The girls are going to try to play off the baseball tournament like the boys' arrangement, that is, having only two home rooms play in one noon, and not holding them over from day to day. The quiet games room committee has been chosen and will help on the playground as safety members. They are as follows; Mildred Debus, Virginia Jensen, Anna Fox, Betty Montague, Ruth Huber, Dora Eppens, Ardella Dean, Betty Keane, Rosalie Pegans. Eleanor Scott, and Aleen Tunks.
Here is a problem for Mr. Strawn's Arithmetic class. If it takes two days for five of Mr. Wells' hoys to clean half of the paddle tennis courts, how long will it be until we can play paddle tennis?
The members of the girls' playground committee include Eunice Way, chairman; Betty Jean F·ranklin, sub-chairman for kick-
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE CHATTER BOX
September 30, 1938
There are two divisions. The first consists of 7B, 7A and 8B.
In the sixth period gym class The second division includes 8A, Mrs. Ross was giving instruc- 9B and 9A. The percentages will tions, (as usual at the beginning be given in the next issue of the of the semester) and said, "I'll Greenleaf. give the captain five minus points Here is a list of the playif she's a good captain." We ground committee who are dowonder if she meant plus or ing such a fine job. Herbert minus. Meek, chairman, John Blumer,
Well, Miss Curley hss done it Malcolm Allen, Hoyt Yowell, again. She's in hot water. Names, Robert Rubino, Milferd Epp, names,names, that's all she hears. Robert Cather, Keith Adkison, Maybe you wonder what it's all John Dean, Roland Allmon, Lesabout. Well, she has Shirley King, lie West, John Krcmarik, and Shirley Osborn, Janet Howerter, Ivan Stern. Janet Hutehinson, Ruth Vance, Outstanding players who have Ruth Somerhiser, Bill Cozad, Bill been making a good showing on Gesch, Bi 11 Mericle, CJ iff ord their home room teams already Risher, and Clifford Thompson. th.is year include James Plo ck , Whatakettleoffish!And to make 101; Walter Somerhiser, 314; it even more confusing all of the Kenneth Smith, 112; Ted Langdouble names come together as hurst, 102; Dale Doty, 106; alphabetically arranged in her Gene Kirkendall, 302; Roland grade book. Allmon, 304; Kenneth Maser,
In Mrs. Childress's fifth period 305; Henry McWilliams, 310; history class, Mrs. Childress re- , Elston Murphy, 316; Theodore marked that they were to have I Mc Williams, 318; Robert Rua test. After this Edith Hutchin- bino, 320.
pin, cricket, and basketball; Connie McBride, sub-chairman for baseball and Nebraska ball; and Esther Tupper, sub-chairman for three base and sockerball. son came up with the question, ''On everything we have had this year't" We wonder if Edith stayed school during her vacation. The candid camera craze has started again. Marian Coombs was seen clicking her camera, while Betty Jean Franklin was
FRESHTE
I saw one standing in the hall, Not knowing where to go at all; Bewildered and confused, he
A-W-O-L J scratching her head over a cricksighed, • As though he'd like to run · and • hide. . 1et game, and Eleanor Hurd was
A silent figure chm bed the h1l1, Ipulling her hat over her eyes. Then to the crowded stairs he It was neither Jack, nor was it turned, Jill; LOST: Gold tie clasp with chain. But this was wrong as he soon 'Twas Mr. Greenleaf, tired and Reward. Donald Wissink' 316. learned; almost ill, The throng pushed down on him
Because his staff and reporters THE HARE and said, were very still. • The boys' baseball tournament ''Freshie, greenie, use your And as he gazed from valley to has started. A round robin head!'' dale , series is being played and no He turned back with crestfallen The truth of the matter was soon teams will be eliminated. The face, unveiled, way to be champion is to win as A teacher said, "You'll find your As down by tpe haystack all in a many games as possible. The place heap games won makes your percent- Directly down this corridor,'' Lay staff and reporters fast age and the two teams with the The freshie beamed, "Oh, thank asleep. highest percentages play for you, sir.''
-Cecelia Brady, 318 school champion. -Winifred Nelson, . 320
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OFFICERS OF C.L. INSTALLED Campaign Ends
Whittier opened its doors on The installation of the new September 12 to 1,157 pupils, a A successful Greenleaf cam- presiding officers of the civic decrease of 40 since last year. paign ended today. Ari assembly league was held in the Whittier New pupils whom we wish to in charge of the Greenleaf staff, Junior High auditorium, on Friwelcome from other schools in- reporters and printers will be day, Sept. 23. The assembly was elude Wilma Wilson, Omaha; held Monday. The support of the opened by the school's singing Jimmie Andersen, Hollywood; pupils during the campaign has "America." Following this the Charles Overton, Los Ange!es; been a fitting symbol of Whit- flag salute was led by Marion Harr y Ashcroft, New Mexico; : tier loyalty, a loyalty of which Herzog. Kenneth Neff led the Boyd Lee Armstrong, Nemah~ ' the Greenleaf will try in every civic league pled ge. Both the County; Grace Albrecht, . Balti- way to be worthy. . . civic league presidents, Duane more ; Donald Bradley, Richard New-comers to this semester's Anderson and Mary Ellen McPhipp s, College View; John Greenleaf are mostly names . Farland, were then sworn into Br acelen, George Beatty, Max- The same ideas for the most office by Mr. W. F. McMullen ine_ Broch1;1, Joe Brochl;l, Sh~rley part have been carried out. A and Mi ss Curley. They in turn Gnffin, Vmcent McNeil, Aileen true new-comer is "The Clothes gave brief but splendid reSimpson, Jean Schier, Sacred Line,i> an article dealing with sponses. Hea rt; Joyce C~lson, On:-aha; clothes which both the boys and Presentation of the vice-presiBobb y Cooke, Chicago; Willard girls can find interesting and dents, Kenneth Neff and Marian Caton, Severance, Kansas; Ad- valuable. Herzog, followed next. After dison Glantz, Betty Glantz, Sew- The Greenleaf staff and re- this the secretaries, Betty Gary ard; Bernard Goggins, Robert porters do not consider them- and .John Coulter, were inGog gms, Rober~ Thomp~on, selves un 2 rejudiced enough to stalled . Roger McNeill and Lois Rob ert Maves, Edith Mannmg, judge their own work and will Gramlich were installed as Bett y Jean Moore, Everett; Jay hio-hly appreciate the criticism chairmen of the usher commitHayes, Dorothy Kelly, Harry 0 {' the teachers and student tees. Both chairmen introduced She rman, .Jack Eberhart, Mar- body. their committees. The new ushilyn Frauks, Betty June Lal- ers dismissed pupils from the latte, Irving; Marion Johnson, F l Ch auditorium. They include Billy Havelock ; Teddie Langhurst, aCU ty angeS Schnase, Jack Bair, Paul Lange, Jean Langhurst, David City; Wesley Miller, Bob Myers, MilShi r ley Leake, Betty Leake, Two of Whittier's teachers have ton Stark, John Dill, Leo Cla y Cen ter; Justine Lindgren, left us since school closed last Schwartzkopf, Roy Smith, Jack Milligan, Nebraska; Jeanette June. Miss McCormick, our form- Tilton, James Wise, Lois GramMason, Boulder, Colorado; John er type teacher, is married_ she lich, Waunda White, Dorothy Reyn olds, Carthage, Missouri; is Mrs. James Rouse now. Miss Reifschneider, Shirley HageThe resa Schulte, Grand Island; Johnson has exchanged teaching man , Doris Johnson, Shirley Fern Sill, Teachers College; for life on the farm. King Valerie Bignell, Carroll James St and 1 e y, Litchfield; Replacing Miss McCormick is Lee 'Anderson, Hazel Fritche, Phyllis Cambell, Bruning; Kath- Miss Kier, who came from Fair- Dorothy James, and Emma Jean erine Dunn, Fremont; Robert mont where she taught three Curtis. Eaton, Jackson; Edward Teaterr
The installation as a whole Hulett, Wyoming; Jim Van years. She has atte nd ed th e Urli- differed in many respects from Horn, S e a t t 1 e, Washington; versity of Nebraska. the program that has been fol·Robert Ward, Waverly. Miss Miller, our other new lowed for a number of years and We feel sure that you will find faculty member, was previously was especially interesting for Whittier a good place to attend an instructor at Jackson Hig-h, this reason. The stuqent body school. Teachers and pupils She has also attended the Univer- should give its whole hearted stand re a dy to help you meet, sity of Nebraska. support to our fine new leaders .
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
• F o un ded a nd esta bli s h ed i n 192 4 as th e
o ffici a l st u d e nt pub li cat i o n of Whit t i er Juni or
H ign S c h oo l. Publi s h ed b i - week ly du r in g th e
s ch o ol y ear b y t h e W h ittier J u n ior Hi g h
Sch oo l p u p i ls
FAC U LTY ADVISORY BO A RD
M i ss Hul t Miss C ross
Mr. G a mmill M i ss P eterso n G R E EN LEA F ST AF F
E d i tors- in- chief Charlotte G ar r ett
Stuart G oldberg
Gi r ls' S ports J ane L 1wrence
Boys' Sports K e n net h Matt h ews
Winifred N elso n
F eatures
Hum or Cece l ia Brady : Bettie Bl air
Darleen Foreman
Ca l endar
E x cha nges _ Valerie B ignell V era Spargo
Ty p is t s D uane Anderson K enneth Matthews
REPORTERS
Bett i e Fo w l er Dorothy J o hn s T o mm y Gr i ffi n Marjor i e R amel
D onna H art m a n Pear l Shore Edit h Hu t ch i n so n Jim Va n Ho r n Delmar W i lson P RINT E RS
J ack Bair
L ee B owers
Ada m Breh m E ldon Christop h er
D ona ld Emery
Frank Esquivel
J ack Gie l
H aro ld Haar
P aul Lange
Pat L awson
Ro9:er McNeill
Rolland Mills
H arry Pappas Gerald Pelis Lester Rader Kenn e th Sim m o n s Roy Smith
Milton Stark
Adelbert Tipton
Dorothy Clapp
June Harral Bessie Heater
Marcellie Pros s er Marce ll ine Prosser Eve l yn Ross
THE NEW SYSTEM
It has us all a trifle bewildered, dosen ' t it? A few w e eks should see us in a state of sublime adaptation, however. Our ol d orderly home room system h a s merged into a veritable potpourri. A great advantage over the old st y le is the greater opportunit y for making friends, one for which we are sure you will use to its utmost capacity.
SCHOOL DAYS
School days have now begun, We hope that we 1 ll have lots of fun;
There are lessons to get, There's writing to be done
But with all of this to do, We'll still have lots of fun.
- Darleen Foreman, 316
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
FACULTY FOOT NOTES
September 30, 1938
visited in Estes Park. Mrs. Barrows spent some of her vacation in
We find that teachers' vaca- Denver, Colo. Miss Helen Madsen tions are of interest to everyone went to the Ozarks in Missouri. so we are once more publishing Miss Miller visited in Colo. them. Springs, Colo. Mrs. Shike went to Mr. w. A. McMullen spent two summer school. Mr s Childre s s weeks in Colorado. Mrs. Boschult spent ten days in Colo. attended the Pr osp ective Educa- Miss Kahm worked in an office tion Workshop in D enver. Miss du ri ng most of the summ e r. Mrs. F e rguson and M is s Rals to n i .- d h · M R'l tt d d th t t 011 l ·n , White an er sister, rs. 1 ey, a en e .e s a e c eg e 1 Bou l der, Colo., for eight w e e k s j formerly Marian Munn, spent four Miss Emma Mads e n and Miss days in Estes Park. Mr. Welch Bethune both visited in Iow a a t t oo k his vacation at Leadville , different times. Miss Green vis - Colo fishing in the mountains ited in Wisconsin and in Chica g ?, M/ Culler stayed at home Ill. Mr. W.F . McMullen worked m the office of John Morrell and ne a rl y all summer readmg books Co. Mr. Strawn worked as a tra- a n<l sl eeping. He also attended a veling salesman. Miss Curle y vis- reunion of hi s family in Grinnell, ited in Wichita, Kansas, for s ev - Iowa. Those having a grand rest e~a_l d~ys. Mr. Updegraft also at home were Miss Hult, Miss v i s ited m Kansas. F b M. r h M ·
Miss Peterson attended snmmer ree urn, 1ss ve e r us e n , 1ss school for nine weeks , spent two Jones, Mrs. Swisher, Miss Marweeks in Okl a and also vi s ited in g aret Wilson, Miss McGrew, Mrs Blair , Nebr. M_rs. Worrall' s e n t ir e Pinn e y , Miss Clark, and Miss summer was given up to rearr an - M fo d • h h um r . g mg er new ome.
Miss Dee took a trip to western Nebr. to vi s it relative s Mi s s Schofield visited for two we e ks in Springfield, Mo. Miss Kier went to Omaha for a few days. Miss Mary Wilson was out of Lincoln for several day s visiting relatives.
Miss Zamzow and Miss Hooper were the o nly teach rs confined to bed. Mis s Zamz ow had the mumps for two weeks and Miss Hooper underwent an append ectomy.
Mrs. Ross and "Pop" played housewife. ''Pop'' did it because of his wife's accident, and Mrs. Ross did it for the fun ( ?) of it.
Mr. W e 11 s attended summer
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ABOUT FRESHIES
One thing about being a freshie is that everyone notices you. We are very popul ar in the halls and on the playgrounds. Another thing is that we're not freshies more than one semester, and tha t isnt v er y long. It won't be long until we can s a y to the coming 7B's , "Hi, there, freshie"So pepup, fellow classmates, and remember we can be freshies only once in Whittier.
-A Freshie
TO THE FRESHIES
school for nine weeks. Mr. Those of us who have been Ga mmill completed the work for in Whit t ie r before are fond of his master's degree, and is now teasing freshies, but it is reall y privileged to add an M. A. to his a ll in fun . We all hope y ou enjo y name. your stay with us, and we ext e nd
Mr. Ross went to summer a hearty welcome to each an d school for nine weeks. Miss Cross I every freshy.
NEWSY NOTES
We thought you might like to know what Whittierites did during their vacations.
Winifred Nelson visited near Niobrara, Nebraska, and, as she . expresses it, ''had a grand time.''
Arlene Robinette enjoyed a routine of swimming and loafing while in Grand Island.
"Brownie" Coulter, "Frankie" Franklin, "Joe" Crosbie, "Pete" Sehnert and "The Brat" Lawrence enjoyed a full week at Camp Kiwanis.
Shirley Osborn spent several days in Chicago, Illinois, where she enjoyed seeing a big league baseball game.
Marian Holter visited in several different parts of Nebraska and then motored to Kansas City, Missouri.
Ronald Knipple stayed m Wisconsin during some of his vacation.
Jane Lawrence spent a month of her vacation in Oklahoma.
Pearl Shore visited in Wyoming. While there she went through Yellowstone Park and into Montana.
Roy Fish spent part of his vacation in Great Falls, Montana.
Moyne Miller spent part of her vacation in Chicago, I11inois.
Esther Tupper visited on a farm near Omaha.
Harriet Turner and Robert Rubino both visited in Seward.
We believe that Muny Pool's most frequent visitor this summer was Johnny ·Blumer.
This summ er, Arleen Snell packed the family valise and made for Norfolk, Nebraska, to spend part of the golden vacati~n days. •
Joe Geist spent his vacation and Stuart theaters, (most of the delivering groceries. time) this summer.
Joan Eikenbary and Rosalie Skidmore went to Yellowstone Gordon Smith, Clifford Larson, park. and Keith Crump went to camp
Dick Schultz went to the Black Strader. Hills.
Maxine Schnieder went to her
Norma Schmidt took a trip to cousin's in Milford and spent a Seattle, Washington. From there week on a farm in Inavale. she went by boat to Canada.
Ilileen McCormick went to Col- Carol Thomas spent her vacaorado and Wyoming. tion in Missouri.
Betty Lou Jelinek spent two weeks at Schuyler, Nebraska, visiting her grandmother.
Benita Elliott spent one week at Harry Sherman went to WoodCamp Kiwanis where she learned lake and Omaha. to swim.
Archie Black went to Wisconsin.
Portia Eitle spent a week at Patsy Atkinson spent her sumOakwood Lodge in Crete, Nebras- er vacation in Minnesota, where ka. She also made a trip to Den- she put in most of her time fishver. ing. She also made a trip to Geneva Millard took an exten- Michigan, where her father pursive trip .through Oklahoma, New chased a new car. Mexico, and Colorado.
James Hackman went to BoulJ ame$ Shindel worked on a der, Colorado, where he enjoyed farm near Eagle. seeing Boulder dam.
James Nevels went to Camp I Edith Huchinson spent a month Strader. on a fox ranch. She reports a Frank Killian visited on a farm very good time. near Hebron.
Donald Bradley spent his vaBarbara Beard spent her vaca• cation in Camp Strader, at tion in Kansas City, Nebraska Crete . City, and in camp.
Samuel Grunger went to ChiJacqueline Wilson visited cago and Pittsburgh. Grand Junction.
Shirley Hageman went to Martha Klaus went to Canada Camp Kiwanis with June Pierce. and Portland, Oregon.
Edward Skudler visited on a Lorraine Pierson attended a ranch at Burwell, Nebraska.
V. F. W. social in Seward. La Verne Graves went to KanBarbara Mack and Lois Gram- sas and Missouri and saw the lichspent two weeks in Minnesota. home of Jesse James. She saw They visited Jean and William the filming of the pictu r e, "Jesse Burr, former Whittierites. Jam es, " and a lso saw Henry Donald Wiggans spent his vaca- Fonda and Tyrone Power. tion at Gull Lake, Minnesota. These people spent pleasant Marian Coombs made an exten- vacations - Waunita Baumgart sive trip through New York, the at Shreveport, La., John Dill in New England states and up into Oregon, Jimmie Wise in CaliCanada. Her travels lasted a fornia and Minnesota, Roger month and a half.
Charles Rawson spent his vacation in Illinois and Iowa.
Betty Thompson spent her vacation as a guest of the Lincoln
McN eill in Colorado, 1Bill Marler
in the sand hills, Clarence Reynolds in St. Louis, and Harold Long in the Ozarks.
THE TORTOISE
The girls are going to try to play off the baseball ·tournament like the boys' arrangement, that is, having only two home rooms play in one noon, and not holding them over from day to day. The quiet games room committee has been chosen and will help on the playground as safety members. They are as follows; Mildred Debus, Virginia Jensen, Anna Fox, Betty Montague, Ruth Huber, Dora Eppens, Ardella Dean, Betty Keane, Rosalie Pegans. Eleanor Scott, and Aleen Tunks
Here is a problem for Mr. Strawn's Arithmetic class. If it takes two days for five of Mr. \Vells' boys to clean half of the paddle tennis courts, how long will it be until we can play paddle tennis?
The members of the girls' playground committee i nclude Eunice .Way, chairman; Betty Jean Franklin, sub-chairman for kickPi n, cricket, and basketball; Connie McBride, sub-chairman for baseball and Nebraska bal I; and Esther Tupper, sub-chairman for three base and sockerball.
TJIE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
September 30, 1938
THE CHATTER BOX There are two divisions. The first consists of 7B, 7A and 8B.
In the sixth period gym class The second division includes 8A, Mrs. Ross was giving instruc- 9 B and 9A. The percentages will tions, (as usual at the beginning be given in the next issue of the of the semester) and said, "I'll Greenleaf. give the captain five minus points Here is a _list of the playif she's a good captain." We $"round committee _who are dowonder if she meant plus or mg such _a fine Job. Herbert minus. Meek, chairman, John Blumer,
Well, Miss Curley has done it -Malcolm Al~en, H~yt Yowell, again. She's in hot water. Names, Robert Rubmo, M1lferd Epp, names,names, that's all she hears. Robert Cather, Keith Adkison, Maybe you wonder what it's all ~ohn Dean, Roland Allm~n, Lesabout. Well, she has Shirley King, he West, John Krcmank, and Shirley Osborn, Janet Howerter, Ivan Stern._ Janet Hutchinson Rut h Vance Outstandmg players who have Ruth Somer hi ser 'Bin Cozad Bili been making a good showing on Gesch Bill Mericle Clifford their home room teams already Rishe;, and Clifford Thompson. this year include James Plock, Whatakettleoffish!And tomake 101; Walter Somerhiser, 314; it even more confusing all of the Kenneth Smith, 112; Ted Langdouble names come together as hurst, 102; Dale Doty, 106; alphabetically arranged · in her Gene Ki r kendall , 302; Roland grade book. Allmon, 304; Kenneth Mase r ,
In Mrs. Childress's fifth period 305; Henr y McWilli a ms, 310; history class, Mrs. Childress re- , El s ton Mu r phy, 316; Theodore marked that they were to have I McWilli a ms, 318; Robert Rua test. After this Edith Hutchin- bino, 320. son came up with the question, ''On everything we have had this year?" We wonder if Edith stayed school during her vacation.
FRESHJE
I saw one standing in the hall, Not knowing where to go at all; Bewildered and confused, he sighed, was seen clicking her camera, while Betty Jean Franklin was A-W-O-L Iscratching her head over a crick. 1et game, and Eleanor Hurd was
The candid camera craze has started again. Marian Coombs
As though he'd like to· run and hide. •
A silent figure chm bed the hill, Ipu1ling her hat over her eyes. It was neither Jack, nor was it
Then to the crowded stairs he turned, Jill;
LosT: Gold tie clasp with chain. But this was wrong as he soon learned; 'Twas Mr. Greenleaf, tired and Reward. Donald Wissink' 316. almost ill,
Because his staff and reporters were very still.
And as he gazed from valley to dale,
The truth of the matter was soon unveiled,
As down by the haystack all in a heap
Lay staff and reporters fast asleep.
-Cecelia Brady, 318
THE HARE
The boys' baseball tournament has started. A round robin
The throng pushed down on him and said, ''Freshie, greenie, use your head!"
series is being played and no He turned back with crestfallen teams will be eliminated. The face, way to be champion is to win as A teacher said, "You'll find your many games as possible. The place games won makes your percent- Directly down this corridor,'' age and the two teams with the The freshie beamed, ''Oh, thank highest percentages play for you, sir.'' school champion.
-Winifred N ebon, 320
e ·ttier G ee e
Vol 16 No. 2
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
De legat.es Discuss Safety Me asures
October 14 , 1938
Greenleaf Play Well Received
Price: Five cents
Dates of Civic League Trips Announced
Boys' and girls' delegate as- Again Whittier has displayed A d ay to which all Whitter pusemblies in meetings, October 6, its_ talents. The Greenleaf Staff, pils look forward is the day of emphasized s afet y . The follow- p r m t er s, ~-n? re p orte r s"pre_sen~: 1 t heir c iv i c league trips, and the i ng impo r tant decisions were ed an ongmal play, Gmlty, dat es of t hese trips are now being made: a card system of repo r t- written by Charlotte Garrett announced. The 8B class will be i ng accidents will be adopted, and Stuart Goldberg for the the first to go October 13. The that pupils who violate the bi- Greenleaf assembly held on Mon - date set for the 7A's trip is cycle code will fill out a card in day, October 3. If the reaction October 20. t he office, that a contest would of the audience is a measure of The 7B's are going November b e held to s ee ·which home room success, this play cah be called 17 . The 9A class will go on Novemwould have the largest number a succes sfu l performance. \ ber 10. The 9B's will follow them, of parents at the P . T. A. meet- The ca s t of characters in- December 1. Last but not least i n g, October 11. A safety cer- eluded: come the 8A's. They are Decemt ifi cate will be awarded each J ud ge-Stuart Goldbe r g. ber 8. month to the home room which Ba iliff-Jim V a n Horn. Whittier pupils appreciate this h as the fe west accidents. Mr . • and Mrs. Circulation- opportunity to know our city betDelm a r Wilson and Valerie Big- ter. It gives us a broader vi e w a nd MEET THESE COMMITTEES nel. differs from the educational work Defense Attorney - Tommy at school.
Committes not mentioned in the Griffen. la st issue of the Greenleaf dP.serve Prosecuting Attorney- Ken- P1CTURES SHOWN your attention. They have assum- neth Mat t h ew s. e d responsibilities readily and Louie (the Lug) Limerick - Friday, September 30, an interhel p to keep the school running Vera Spargo. esting moving picture was presm oothly. Here they are: Office Fifi Coo Coo-Edith Hutchin- sented. The first picture was committee; Marian Herzog son. "Knights of the Hi~hways." It ( chairman), Margaret Graves, Lu 1 u Limerick - Marjorie told ab out safety on the highway Eil een Hisey, Winifred Nelson, Ramel. at night and that only careful a nd Bern ice Jensen. Miss Greenleaf Circulation- d ri vers are selected for driving Property committee: Esther Winifred Nelson. truck s for transp ort companies. Weber (chairman). Ruth Huck, Ju ry-Greenleaf printe r s and This picture was e ndorsed by the Loretta Sullivan, Rachel Atkins, reporters. Am e rican Roadbuilders' Assoc iaIrene Hanson. Ruth Somerhiser, ftp •11 is li e d b y John Coulter , who tion. I t also gav e six rules for an d Mildred Wilson. Additional entertainment was night driving. Girls' safety committee : play e d t wo numbers on his ac- The second picture was called P atricia Shelley (chairman), Alma cordian. "M a terials . " We heard about R eichel, Bonnie Braun , Darlene Upon finding Mi s s Circulation, cloth, grai n s, and lumber. These Tr acy, Marian Combs , La Von rewards were gi v en to 320, 318, pictures we r e presented by ChevDe an, and Ruth Wheeler. 310, 104, 205, 312, 209, and 110. rolet w it h Mr. Mclntvre in Girls' playground comm i ttee: The reward s were given out by charge . • Ja n et Ho we r te r. Lorraine the Bailiff. The s e w ere certifi- Another pictu r e was pre s entH e aton, Helen Ca y wood, Evelyn I cat es pr esent e d to the home ed October 5 , b y the Lincoln R os s, Shirley Osborn, Eleanor room p r esidents. This semester Community Chest. It was in Hur d, Virginia Lee Null, Hanna only one home room reached the technicolor and told' about LinNe wbill, Marcella Sehnert, Betty h d d t k Tl t coln's charitable organizations Coul ter, Peggy Hudson. Lillian on e un re _p_e r cen n:a i: • la a n d the work they are doing. Urba ck, Harriett Palmer, was 320 which has Miss Curley Several W hittier pupils were E liz a~eth Smaha, and Joyce I\ as the home room teacher a nd sho wn i n the picture. The maCr os bie . Betty Jean Frank l in as presi- ch ine was run by Mr Stanle y A n ew member of the usher d nt Bimson. comm ittee is Dorothea Lemon e •
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Founded and established in 1 924 as the
official student publication of Whittier Junior High School. Published bi-weekly during the schoo l year by th e Whittier Junior Hi g h
School pupils
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult Miss Cross Mr Gammill Miss Peterson GREENLEAF STAFF
Editors-in-chief Charlotte Garr ett
F eat ure&. ..................
Winifred N e lson
Humor - Cecelia Brady
Typists
Bettie Fowler
RE PO RTERS
Tqmmy Griffin
Donna Hartman
eth Matthews John Coulter
Dorothy Johns
Marjorie Ramel
Pearl Shore
Edith Hutchin so n Jim Van Horn
Delmar Wilson
PRINTERS
Jack Bair
Lee B owers
Adam Brehm
Eldon Christopher
Donald Emery
Frank Esquivel
Jack Giel
Harold Haa r
Paul Lange
Pat Lawson
Rog-er McNeill
Rolland Mills
Ha rry Pappas
Gerald Pelis
Lester Rader
K enneth Simmons
Roy Smith
Miiton Stark
Ade lb ert Tipton
Dorothy Clapp
June Ha rra l
Bessie Heater
Marcellie Pros ;, er
Marcelline Prosser
Ev e lyn Ross
THE GUM EPIDEMIC
The gum epidemic has almost reached the proportions of a pestilence. The gum chewing itself has not increased or decreased either for that matter, but huge wads of gum have been appearing on the corridor carpets-that iB the referred to epidemic. Not only is such a practice messy but also decidedly disappointing. If you will throw gum on the floor, please leave it wrapped up in a whole stick. That way it will do someonelse some good (after school, of course).
BICYCLE RULES
Beyond a doubt the cyclists have found the new rigid policy of en-
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
forcing bicycle rules more than a trifle irksome. Some of the Whittier pupils have had some trouble in obeying, but Rome wasn't built in a day and as youth is highly adaptable, Whittier pupils will soon be ··ctoingthemselves proud'' in regard to the rules.
FIRST DRILL GOOD
Mr. Culler and Miss Hult thought the first fire drill held Wednesday, September 28, was good. There was a little but not much talking. Next time we hope to have it be 100 percent.
WHAT IF
Mary Ellen McFarland were Mary Ellen McNearland?
Shirley King were Shirley Queen?
Valerie Bignell were Valerie Littlenell?
Connie McBride were Connie McGroom?
Vera Spargo were Vera Sparcome?
Helen Caywood were Helen Caypaper?
Ruth Somerhiser were Ruth Winterhiser?
Jimmie Wise were Jimmie Dumb?
Claude · Hollers were Claude Whispers?
Sterling Kidd were Sterling Goat?
Miss Mumford were Miss Mumcheve?
Miss Schofield were Miss Schovalley?
LOST AND FOUND
LOST: Green combination pen and pencil, Tuesday, September 27. Finder please return to 318.
October 14, 1938
A LITTLE BOY'S PRAYER
Dear God, I guess I ain't no hand For saying words like some ' folks could, But then I know you'll understard, My mommy told me that you would.
As here beside my bed I kneel · I'd like to have a talk with ybu To tell you just how bad I feel, ' Then ask you what's the thing to do.
You see, Lord, it is just this way, A pup you gave into my care; But when I looked for him today, I could not find him anywhere. qee, I'm almost ten, I know, Anyway , just girls cry, I loved the little feller so, Without him I would surely die.
Will you watch over him and see If he's all right, and if you ' can , Pleas e send my puppy back to me?
I' 11 thank you till I'm dead, Amen.
- Winifred Nelson
IN DISCRETION
My little sister, Ruth, had been hearing mother and father talking about going to visit our grandparents in Dennark. She had also been told about going to heaven. One night when Daddy had helped her with her prayers and kissed her good night, she hugged him real tight and said, ''Daddy, I don't want to go to heaven. I want to go along with you and Mamma to Denmark.''
- Anna Greta Sorensen, 303
Jack: Have you ever heard of the Scotchman who made a donation to charity?
Bill: No.
Jack: There was nothing to it.
NEWSY NOTES
Helen Jacobs from 220 and her sister, Betty, from 102, play bas eball and cricket after school.
Rosalie Skidmore spends her time after school playing baseball and football.
Bob Cather, 318, Joe Smith, 310, Billy and Tommy Griffin, 314 and 310, spend their time playing football.
June Nace's neighborhood has a ball team named the "Rainbows." They have played several games. The team ,vas organized two months after school let out last June.
Home room 104 has a new ma scot. It seems that a stray kitten has been climbing on the window ledge and then coming into the room by way of the windows.
Betty Lou Jelinek, 316, has a pen pal, Jesse McIntyre, in Scotland. She has been corresponding with her since last May.
Betty Lou sent her a copy of "The Greenleaf" Which Jessie thought very interesting.
Harold Volkar of 318 has moved to Milford, Nebraska.
Margy Morrisse from home room 108 has left Whitti(;r to attend Everett Junior High School.
Moyne Miller, 104, spends her after school hours playing football.
Bike riding is Marilyn Green's means of recreation. She also belongs to 104.
Whittier lost one of its most valuable pupils, Thursday, when Lois Gramlich of 310 moved to Chicago, where she will go to Oak Park High School.
She was a candidate for girl's civic league president last semester and the chairman of the girls' usher committee this semester.
Many parties were held in her h onor before her departure.
Some of the pupils who gave her HIS FIRST HALLOWE'EN going a way parties were Mary Louise Alford, who had a lunch- I saw an orangish face so weird, eon in her honor, Laura Dee All luminous with candle light; Forney, who had a picnic at And though I wasn't 'xactly Robbers' Cave and Betty Gary. feard
316 has a new pupil, Donald It gave m~ quite a fright. Pease. He has been in Whitter before.
Betty Welch has returned to Whittier. She started to Whittier in 7B and then moved to Idaho. She is in 108.
Harry Ashcraft of home room 107 has moved to Omaha.
The 312 girls have gone outside at noon to play in the tournament games three times and every time instead of having too few players, they had too many. Some team, I'd say.
Bob Cather of 318 attended the Nebraska-Minnesota game, Saturday, October 1, at Minneapolis.
Many of Whittier's pupils have been seen riding Put Puts. Some of them are Naydyne Burns 103, Waunda White 310, Marcellie Prosser 103, Marcelline Prosser 207 , Idonna Gienau 103, Betty Keane 103, and Gerald Kushner
White, lumpy things went floating by, Owls hooted eerily; Bats flitted through a smoky sky, I shuddered inwardly.
My courage gone, • for home I fled,
Faster than a bird in flight; "What is this all about?" I said, They told me, "Hallowe'en Night."
Winifred Nelson, 320
THE MUSICAL CLOCK
In English test: ''Stop Beating Around the Mulberry Bush.''
A test in Industrial Geography: "That Old Feeling."
In a Latin test: ''How can You Forget.''
After a Science test: 103. In home room, Janet Hutchin- ''Bewildered." son, 103, was seen feeding pea- Microbes in Science: "You go to nuts to monkeys.
JOKES
A one eyed beggar bet a friend that he could see more with one eye than his friend could with two. How was this? He saw his friend's two eyes while the other saw only his one.
Wash: Yo' hear 'bout dat new car ah got? Boy she got some speed!
Mose: How fast is she?
Wash: Boy she's so fast dat when ah streak down de line de hogs look like link sauage.
my head.'' In Algebra I and II: "So Help Me."
You'd better study your Latin: "Says My Heart."
Shooting rubber bands: "That Certain age."
In Assembly: "Having Yourself A Time."
When your looking out the window and teacher says: "Remember Me."
During sixth period : "I've Got a Pocket Full of Dreams.'' At three-fifteen: "Wake up and Live.''
- Valerie Bignel Vera Spargo
WHITTIER GREENLEAF October 14, 1938
P. T. A. HOLDS RECEPTION REVIEWING RADIO GREENLEAF
Several hundred people attend- The First Nighter is the show There is a Greenleaf Staff, ed the P. T. A. reception for we have chosen for this revue. And there are reporters; parents and teachers which was Recently the program changed There is a Miss Peterson, held in the Whittier auditorium, from NBC to Columbia. First Who gives the orders; Tuesday evening, September 27. Nighter has been aired for over That makes twent y-four in all, s i x years. Don Ameche played According to Miss Peterson, The boys' glee club opened th e the lead until last year when Les We're each a dummy doll! program by singing two numbers, Tremain took over his role with But I musn't forget the printers, ''Grandfather's Clock" and "Ole Barbar a Luddy playing the in- · oh! no! King Cole.'' Then came a wel- g enue. Each broadcast is a com- Of which there are twenty-five, come from Mrs. Hayes, the P. T. ple t e play, sometimes dramatic, d ffi com ic or a mystery. or so; A. presi ent. This year's o cers H . V. Kaltenborne was cerwere introduced, the garden cer- tainly busy during the long tificates were given out. Follow- weeks of the recent war crisis. ing a short talk by Mr. Culler, He worked as long as twelve parents and pupils visited class to eighteen hours a day. Dean rooms where they were intro- of radio commentators, Mr. •
Among us all, we make your Greenleaf, duced to the teachers.
Kaltenborne has carved another niche in his long and famous
Here is a list of the pupils who career in the weeks just past. were honored for good work in One of radio's funniest shows, their gardens: Richard Nagel 102, Al Pierc e a nd his Gang, has reTom Watkins 104, Elma Jean turned to the ai r waves taking Davenport 105, June Keane and Bob Ripley's "Believe It or Not" Wallace Hoback 107 , James Case pla ce.
Which shows you that we are • not deaf.
-Tommy Grffiin, 110
OCTOBER
ATTENTION
We're not getting much news for Greenleaf, You're not doing your best: If we don't get something soon, There won't be a paper left! • - Darleen Foreman, 316
Here are a few programs that ·108, Lillian Neiderhaus, Barbara you might like to tune in. For Schnase and Ruth Lowe 112, comedy on Monday there's Al Rolland Dudley, Vernoy Johnson, Pierce at seven and Eddie Canand Shirley Staats 205, Dorothy tor at 9 :30; Tuesday, Al Jolson Ekblad and Jack Hancock 208, a n d Fibber McGe e ; Wednesday, Joyce Stuve and George Whitin Fred Allen; Thursday, Bob .g Burns; and Sunday, Jack Benny 212, K~thryn Brehm and Lewis aand the Don Ameche hour. Try Berlow1tz 216, Vernon Pettet and Helen Menkin and Gold Cup on Rose Elias 218, Neal Penton and Tu es day and Tommy Riggs on Phyllis Hoke 220, Kurt Sien- Saturday. knecht 222, Helen Owens and Marjorie Stearns 300, Carl Owens 301, Leslie Galloway 303, Roy Smith 305, Barbara Beard and Dale Schappaugh 307, Gertrude Agustine and Vera Spargo 308, Edward Skudler 309, Warren Dale, La Vern Whiting, Louise Hays and Bob Caldwell 312, James Griffith 318, Ronald Knippel, Frank Killian and David Lee 320.
Janet: How do you make a Maltese cross?
Marcella: I don't know. Janet: Pull its tail.
Mother: Johnny,how would you like to visit grandmother on the farm?
Johnny: I don't want to because there are threshing machines on the farm and it's bad enough to be threshed by hand
The leaves on trees are turning A deep red, brown, and yellow; The pumpkins in the fields Are nice and ripe and mellow. Everywhere the heavy trees Beneath their loads bend down; In woods the nuts have fallen And blanketed the ground. In the sky the sun seems dullened By a queer invisible hazel, And now as time elapses Shorter grow our days.
- Betty Fowler, 207
LOOSE TOOTH
( Dedicated to Ruth Kosmos) There once was a girl named Ruth, Who had a very loose tooth; She tied it to a string, Out it came with a-bing! And that was the end of that tooth.
- N aydyne Burns
Jack: Have you ever heard the story of the Scotchman who made a doriation to charity?
Bill: No.
Jack: There was nothing to it.
DELEGATES MEET
The first delegate assembly was held on Tuesday, September 27, and the time was spent practicing parliamentary procedure.
Here is a list of the delegates, the names appearing in this order - - boys' delegate and alternate, girls' dele g at e and alternate.
320: Lee Bowers, Jam e s Nevels, Harriet Turn e r, Flora Eb e rt.
318: Sta nl e y Portsche, Bob Meyers, Ce celia Brady, Dona Emery.
300: Eddie Smith, George Muehlhausen, Bonnie Quillin, Darlene Hinricks.
220: Bob Smith, Robert Carter
Louise Robinson, Esther Eirich'.
WHEN SCHOOL BEGINS
218: Edward Teater, George Kuwamoto, Ellabell Dill, Ruth When schoo] first begins in the Somerhiser. fall,
216: Robert Allensworth, Gerald It seems the day I dread above Daugherty, Lillian Swenson, all· Maxine Timmons.. The other kids all share my view,
212: Jack Mamon, Bob Miller, ' A d h • • • Shirley Laughlin, Wilma Latta. n say t at they d1shke 1t too;
209: Th omas Dill, William But when the first day comes Owen, Helen Davenport, Ellen around, Emerson. This is what I've always found208: I van Evans, Robert E • Thompson, Jean Marie Scheer, veryone is_ready long before Rose Ebert. He can get mto the schoolhouse
207: Cecil White Bear. Stanley door! Anderson, Thera Mayne, Mar- What causes this I do not know, garet O'Donnell. Because they all dislike it so.
205: R obert Berg, . J .am es - Robert Eaton Ke e n y , Virginia Griswold, Vera Pie : ce.
JOKES
222: Don Miller , Glen Yetter, Esther Schnell, Betty J e an Moore.
203: Delmar Wilson, De an
Walker. Rosemary Wickstrom, The scene: A car sailing down Roberta Miilard. • a hill.
112: Billy Micheal, Robert New Wife Driver: The car Baker, Betty Bu r ke, Betty Latta. won't slow down.
110: Richard Schultz, John Hubby: Put on the brakes. Loos, Rosalie Skidmore, Delores Wife: I did but it won't slow Bloom. up.
108: Harry Schneider. Gerald Hubby: Then hit something Robinson , Martha Michel, Loretta soft and cheap. Edestrand.
107: George Stout, Don Holltorf, Barbara Burke, Esther Schwindt.
106: John Blumer , Adelbert Tipton, Virginia Roemmick, Ardyth Kelly.
Dick: Why do dentists make good politicians?
Genius: Because they have a great pull.
105: Kirk Rose, Kenneth Mills, Jane Lawrence: What was that Bettyrose Jurgens, Elma Jean loud crash? Davenport.
Winifred Nelson: A car turned
104: Charles Smith, Tom the corner. Watkins, Moyne Miller, Harriett
101: Charles Martin, Charles Phyllis: Rub some -liniment on Campbell, Georgetta Billings, it.
Kathryn Dean
102: Kenneth Matthews, Jack Eisele, Betty Jacobs, Margaret Glantz.
Doris: But it makes my arm smart.
Phyllis: Then rub some on your head.
FACULTY FOOT NOTES Her sorority also occupies some of her time.
Pupils sometimes wonder what Miss Miller, 218, says that teachers do outside . of school sports and music are her recreahours. Here is some information tion outside of school. we have dug up about their hob- Mrs. Ross has a very choice bies. hobby. H ers is horse back rid-
Miss Kier's chief interest ing. seems to be music. Mr. Strawn Raising flo w er s is Miss M. L. has turned in ve ntor. This sum- Wilson's way of relaxing after mer he perfected a shooting her day of toil is through. game. Mr Wells' hobby is wood - Miss Green's hobby is he r work, we' r e told. lending library, kept in her own
Mrs. Wor ra ll spends her spare ho m e room. It is run on the s ame time looking up her family tree. system as the city lib r ary, on a She has found records of he r smaller scale , ho w ever. family back to the time of King Collecting poems is Miss SchoJ ohn. field' s hobby.
We gathered berries, nuts, and always had fresh meat and dried corn.
When we would camp, father and my brothers took turns guard ing the camp. We slept in the wagons for fear of snakes and spiders. We had little troubl e with the Indians and only once did they attack us but no one was hurt. Early in the morning two of us would go hunting and get the food for the day which would be cooked over a campfire.
Miss Clark spends her leisure Mi s s M ar y Wilson's hobby is time reading and doing cr o s s- reading good books. word puzzles.
An error was made in r eport-
Miss Mumfo r d enjoys making ing Miss Clark's vac a tion i n the garden and collecting minerals. first issue. She spent part of
Mrs . Sh i ke lik e s historical July in Chicago, Illinois. lib r aries an d the stud y of genealogy.
Mr Culle r's b igge s t hobby i s r_ai s ing clematis in th e summe r time and also car ving in wood.
Mr. W . F. M cM ullen is a family man and spends mo s t of his time with his family. He enjoys reading a gre a t deal.
Mi s s Bethune a l s o e njoy s reading, music, and flowers.
Mrs. Childres s likes to swim and enjoys it ve r y much. Miss Ralston has a hobby of art wo r k.
Mr. W A. McMullen has a hobby of gardening. · Miss Hooper reports that her hobby is reading. Miss McGrew does cl a y modeling and art work. She also enjoys reading. Miss Emma Madsen does fancy work and gardening.
Mrs. Bosch ult likes to ride horse back. Miss Peterson ·is taking university work towards her master's degree along with her school teaching.
Miss Zamzow , 318, is inter• ested in her Sunday school class.
WESTWARD
It was a warm spring night when my father and mother decided to move westward. My father was an ad venturous man and liked to explore. My mother, an ambitious little woman, was kind and gentle and wanted to live in one place and have a garden and raise her family. But after father's c ontinuous talk about the west , she agreed to go. We made two covered wagons and bought supplies. My father was to drive one and my olqest brother the other. And so in 'the year of 1750 we started for Ohio, the wilderness. The road we took was rough with many trees around us. At first the road was quite straight and then it started to wind around. Ever y thing went nicely. My two sisters were ladylike and stayed in the wagons, but I was like my brothers so it was agreed that I could ride a pony with them. We had to take turns getting food and making camp.
For many days we traveled and finally came to the western border of Ohio. We decided to find a location for a home. We found a nice little place with trees around it so we decided to settle. We lived in the wagons for two weeks w bile my father and brothers built our house and a small fort of logs . .When it was finished, mother said it looked like th e house in Pennsylvania For lights we had candles and for fi re we had a fire place. It was my job to gather fuel for it.
Near the house we had a clear spring that was used for ou r animals and for us. Father bought five pigs, two cows, and four horses from a neighbor twentyfive mil e s away. They had lived in Ohio for five years and had a start in their livestock. There was plenty to eat that winter because we worked hard to get ready for it. Until I was grown up we lived there happy and contented.
Edith Hutchinson, 303
Foreman: Say, where are you two worthless helpers going? Why don't you get to work?
Rastus: We is working, boss. We's carrying this here plank up to the mill.
Foreman: Plank! I don't see any plank.
Rastus: Well fo goodness sake , Sambo, we've gone and forgot the plank.
October 14, 1938
THE WHITIIER GREENLEAF
CHATTER BOX 1while picnicing at Oakwood A certain "freshie" upon seeing ilodge. My! My! What a mishap! a 9B wearing a Greenleaf tag
Cruising about near diamond And he's a scout, too! said to her companion, ' ' Did she three, Tuesday noon, a stray Maybe the teachers will give pay her class dues?" WP hope baseball was endeavoring to find us all a break when Ivan Stern that her friend suggested her a suitable place to land. Seeing a has a chance to announce before reading the printing on the tag. bit of white forehead near by, it , a larger assembly than Mr. Mc- When hands were looked at in immediately sped to it. Mr. Base- IMullen's sixth period science the clinic, a boy was seen spitting ball had hardly touched it be- class that our public water sup- on his hands and wiping them on fore he bounced off for what i ply is made pure by chloroform. his trousers. We don't mean this to should it be but, (instead of a A sle~py wor1 d , Ivan, a sleepy sound catty, but the action looked b , ) M G .11 , world. mere passer Y s r. ammi s And then there's Stuart Gold- catty at the time. forehead. He received a re- bercr's contest mania. A chance The other day a group of boys membrance ot his visitor, how- to ;et something for nothing is told I van Stern that they heard ever, for a slight, rather bloody 1 ° · t d his bicycle tire blow out during h 1 ft h . a ways an apprec1a e opporgas was e im. t ·t b t 1 b t 11 f third period. After pushing his W d "f M' Z um y y mos peop e, u a o e won er 1 iss amzow f 1 • th' bike about a mile and a half, he t k th d .ff b us are not as success u m 1s ye nows e 1 erence e- t t f l'f St t discovered that the tire had a "' d" bl ,, d "" grea que s o 1 e as uar , tween m 1spensa e an m- 1 t slow leak. d · "bl ,, A k h h who has won severa passes o 1v1s1 e. s er ome room . b th d t 1 the the a tre and a necktie. a out e e a1 s.
It th t th .1 . We heard that a small package seems, a e ~upi s m was passing from hand to hand Miss Greens fifth per10d Eng- Wh'tt · th th d W . m 1 1er e o er ay. e hsh class thmk that they have a 1 f d t th t ·t fi 11 a so oun ou a 1 na y harsh teacher. La s t Monday she d · 104 h the woun up m , w ere drew a r?ugh P1?ture of a wo- address was Mr. Gammill. In the • man holdmg a c~1ld by the head package he found a baby bottle in each hand. This wa s to repre- d • 1 . an mpp e. sent an mdep e ndent clause and Doris Johnson of 304 rode her two de~endent cla~ses. Some of bicycle to school twice last week, the pupils thought 1t represented forgot her key and had to carry the punishment they would r~- her bike home. ' ceive if they didn't get their Marcelline Prosser is the careEnglish. . taker of the flag in 207. Thursday, In Miss Mumford's fourth when the pupils began to salute period Industri a l Geography the flag, there wasn't any flag to class, Jane Lawrence seemed to salute. Feeling very s ma 11, think that "peasants" are wild Marcelline got the flag from the animals found in the Sand Hills. cupboard and put it up. The class Could she have meant "phea- continued the salute. sants ?"
I Jean Qua pp of 104 went Vernon Pettit and Miss Green horseback riding this summer. have much in common. Both en- Three days later she heard the joy playing with mechanical startling news that the horse had bears or so it seemed in fifth died. period, Wednesday, October 5th, We have some very good cooks,
P. T. A. MEETS
Whittier P. T. A met on Tuesday, October 11 , at two o'clock. The subject was "Adolescent Recreation.'' There was a panel discussion.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Due to the coming teachers' convention, October 27 and 28, the third issue of the Greenleaf will come out, November 4. We hope you will all spend a pleasant and restful vacation and a jolly Hallowe'en and that you will come back eager to get to work.
Farmer (proudly showing off his pig): Yes, sir, this is the cutest little pig I have and his name is Ink.
Visitor: How's that?
Farmer: Because he's always running out of the pen.
when Vernon entertained Miss it seems. Frances Helser baked a "I don't often eat such a dinGreen by letting his mechanical two layer cake and she forgot to ner as I've had today, "said the bear run around her desk. put something in it, and it didn't visiting minister. We heard that Donald Wig- rise. Did it burn? Did Miss "We don't either," said the gans of 104 fell into the water Zamzow like it? I small son of the house.
T H E TORT OI SE CL OTHES LINE THE HARE
Mr. Wells sa id that the gi rls B 1 t • t • o f The boys' gym classes are gocould use his b all t o play sp ee d- . arre swea ers rn s ripes I ing to begin playing soccer and ball "if" Mr Wilt s hire would b rig h t colors are very popula r I speedball as soon as the weather pump it up. Mr. W i l ts hi r e would w i th the boys. Bush jackets too in becomes cooler. Mr. Johnson, would "if" he could find the tans, green and bright blues rank supervisor of the playgrounds, pump. After several d ays of very high. Lately a new fad wat ched the first period gym hunting for a pump, Mr. Wilt- among the boys has come out. class play baseball the other s 1ire sai d he would pump it up D · h · h b · d day "if" the girls would honestly eSigns w 1.c are O tame - at Mr. Wells' gym classes are work on the game. st o~es ar~ being ~ransferred on to practicing passing, kicking, and So after many "ifs" the girls white shirts of light colors. The receiving passes of all kinds. are play~ng speedball. This is a designs are girls, pirates, ships, Here are the results so far game which requires lots of etc. that we promis ed you in the last strength and ability. The follow- The squeaks you hear in your issue . I n 7B, 7A; and 8~, 303, ing gfrls are outstanding in this 108 and 220 are ahead m the game: class rooms lately are not m ~ce baseball tournament. In 8A, 9B, Shirley Osborn, Janet Hower- but new soles on shoes. The noise and 9A 106 305 and 307 are ter, -and Betty Coulter. Miss may get on your nerves but the ahead. Som: mo;e of the' outIverson, who is teaching the soles look nice and wear forever. r-:t an<l i ng players are 218, Hergame to the girls, is acting as a Plain rubber soles are still very bert Meek; 307, George Johnson; cadet to Mrs. Ross. She is a much in use and you' 11 find them 106, Dale Doty; 218, Ed Neff; senior in the University, and is on the mo ccasins which are and 320, Hoyt Yowell; 316, Kenny taking a Physical Education Neff; 102, Jake Bruns; 305, course. will continue to be in style. Plaid Kenny Masser.
Perhaps you are wondering shoe strings too are something Football and basketball will what the new names of both new in fashions. sta "!." t as soon as it gets colder. sports columns mean. You all Fashion creations show the Mr. Wells and Herbert Meek, know of the old fairytaleaboutthe girls' dresses in thin wool of chairman of the boys' playtortoise and the hare, and how ground committee, think it will the tortoise being naturally slow plaids a nd plain colors. Panel be around Octobe r 30. wasn't expected to win but did at effects and pleats line the front. By the way, the gym floor is the last. Well, that is why we The new twin sweater sets are being fixed. It will be finished as think that Winifred Nelson of qu 1'te d1·fferent from the ones 1·n soon as the chemical arrives. 320, S!-]ggested ''Tortoise'' for the past. One sweater is of the the girls, (the slowest pokes Tumbling will start about Noalive) and hare for the boys. usual type with the short sleeves vember 1. Mr. Wells says he
It seems that the main object . and plain neck, but the twin thinks that he won't have a volof the sixth period gym class sweater does not have long ley ball tournament outside this is drinking water. 320 and 318 sleeves. It has no sleeves at all year. There vdll be volley ball have several good sports. While making it just like a vestie. games inside when it gets cold they were playing in the noon The peasant scarfs worn about enough. He thinks it will be bettournament, Lorraine Heaton and the necks brighten Up your ter than basket ball It gives Eleanor Edison collided on second sweaters and when worn over more people a chance to play base. Both g i r 1 s co n tin u e d the head will keep many a curl and it's not so hard on them. playing althou g h the fall jarr e d i n place during damp weather. them consider<ibly.
AUTUMN
Eleanor Hurd has a new system THE MIDNIGHT SERENADER of pitching which Mrs. Ross calls "fancy" pitching. During one of Tom, the cat, was on the fence, Mrs. Ross's recent "lectures" Starting his midnight song, she said that the only logical way! Said old man Jones, "Do not of overcoming the silly feeling I commece, that comes when you miss a ball For I will give you the gong.'' is to catch it Is that clear?
- Hobart Hays
Autumn comes but once a year, A season of good wi11 and cheer; School bells peel their merry chimes, With children marching down the lines.
- Beverley Cannon
T e 1er r
Vol 16 No. 3
Whittierites Take Part
VISITo:i1i;r::~JrEMBLY 7 A's And 8B's Take
In Teachers Convention In the W hittier auditorium, Civic League Trips
Each year du r ing Teachers' Convention, Whittier pupils and teachers do their bit toward helping out The girls' double sextette, under the di r ection of Mrs. White, sang, Thursday afternoon, for the mathematics section. Their numbers were "Nursery Rhymes," "Little Old Garden," and "Looking for the Lost Chord." Members of the group are : Winifred Nelson , Rosalie Pegans, Leah Tuttl e, L o r r a i n e Heaton , M a r i o n Coombs, Frances Helzer, Ruth W h e e 1 e r, Ilileen McCormick , Shirley Osborn, Norma Taylo r , Roberta Hann a man, and Mary Ellen McFarland.
Mrs. Childrn s s was chairman of the soci a l committee of the Women' s Education Club and in this capacity, with Miss Peterson, who is on her committee, helped arrange for the all-convention -dinner which was held at the Hotel Cornhusker on Wednesday night
The convention also brought Whittier science clas s es a distinguished visitor, Dr. A. N. Zechiel of Ohio State University. He vi sited in Whittier on Tue s d ay morning.
D I g t A embll·es
Tuesday, October. 18, to the extreme pl easure of Whittier pupils, the Master Singers of KF AB entert a ined us. Bill Mi ller, th e b 2s s si n ger, atfend e d Whittier during his junior high days. He had the lead in t h e ope r etta every year he was h ere
The Master Singers are: Bill Miller, Art Barnebey, Bob Bellamy and Wally Reusch . Milan Lambert, their accompanist, played "Improvi sati ons" a n d "D a r k Eyes."
The songs th ey sang were ''Sophomoric Philosophies,'' " Son g of the Joll y Roge r ," "C a n ' t You Heah Me Mo a nin' Lo r d," "Two Buck Tim ," "M a rch of the :Muske te er s," "Firefli e s," "Old Glory Road," and "The S le igh."
The civic league president, M a r y Ellen McFarland and Duane Anderson had charge of the first part of the prog ra m. The office committees were introduced by vic e-presidents, Marion Herzog and Kenneth Neff.
Mis s Green, Bill Miller's former home room teache r introduc e d the Master Singer s .
Th e assembly on Octobe r 20 , was p r esented by D r . Elme r C Mi1le r , who was intl'Oduc ed b y
Meet Reverend Stark, father of Loren e e a e SS and Milton Stark. Dr. Miller em-
• phasized the importance of being The 1?oys and girls delegate happy and of making use of assemblies -.met on October 19. 1time. The Girls Glee, under the The boys di s cu? s ed safety and direction of Mrs. White, sang • obeying. the bicycle C?~e. The "Nursery Rhymes." girls di s cus se d forfeitmg of games and wh a t could be done t o
L DONE prevent this. They also di s cu s sed FIRE DRILL WEL cooperation on the playg r ound . At another me eting on Octob er The fire drill, Wednesday, 24 the girls discussed ga m es for O<>tober 12, was called ''well (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 8)
The 7A's and 8B's went on their civic league trips last month. The 8B's met at the Stuart the a tre on October 13 , whe r e the entertainment w,:,s furnished by a Lincoln High school student who sang thre numbers. The speaker was Mr. Williams of the John Hancock Insurance Company. Th e re we r e eighteen interesting trips taken b y the girls and the sa m e number by the boy s . The teache r s from Whittie r who a t t ended the trip are as follows: Miss Mille r , Mr. Heston , Mr . Strawn , Mr s. Swisher, Mi ss Cross , Mi s s Gree n , and Mrs. Pinney.
On the 20th of Oct ob er the 7A's went on thei r t r ip. The sp e aker wa s Mr. Lewis W. Weaver, County Surveyor and Highway Commissioner of Lanc aster County. Connie McCauley of L :ncoln High, played two vio Un solos. She was accompanied by Charlotte Peck. The teacher s who went from Whittier were: Miss Peterson , Miss Hult, Mi s s Schofield, and Mrs. Ros s . Twel ve t r ip s were taken in all, s ix by the boys and six by the girl s .
Drama Pupils Appear
Two of Mrs. Shike's drama pupils have tried their wings in public recently. Ann Kelso of 310 gave a reading to a group of persons attending a Brotherhood · party. Jean Langhurst of 207, the other dramatic fledgling, gave a reading at David City, Nebraska, for a country P. T. A. meeting.
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THE WHITTIEP GREENLEAF
Found ed and esta bli s hed in 1924 as the official stud e nt publication of Whittier Junior
Hi g b School. Publi s h ed bi-weekly during the school y ea r by the Whittier Junior High S ch oo l pupils.
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult
Miss Cross Mr Gammill
Miss P et erson
G RE ENLEA F STAFF
Editors-in-chief
Gi r l s' Spo rts
Char lott e G arrett
Stuart Goldberg
Jan e La wrence
Boys' Spo1ts Ken neth Matthews
Fcatures
Winifred Nelson
Hun1or Cecelia Brady
Bc.ttie Blair
Calendar Darleen Foreman
Exchanges
Val e!'ie Bignell Vera Spargo
Ty p is ts , Duane Anderson
K enneth Matthews
John Coulter
REPORTERS
Be tt i e Fowl er D orothy John s
Tommy Griffin Marjorie Ram el
Donna Har tma n P ear l Shore
Edith Hutchinson Jim Van Horn
D elmar Wilson
PRI NTERS
Jack Bair
Lee Bowers
Adam Brehm
Eldon Christoph e r
Donald Emer y F ra nk Esquivel
Jack Gi el Ha rold Haar
Paul Lan ge
Pat Law so n R oger McNeil!
Rolland Mills
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
WHITTIER PUPILS HONORED
In Mo r rill hall a special art c las s for t a le nted pupils is again open for the enrollment of pupils who have the talent and the desire to further their artistic knowledge.
The people in this class are a very select group. Five Whittier pupils have the honor of being among them, Delbert Foster, John Kline, Alice Jean Fowles, George Ku wamoto, and Tony Orosco. They are being admitted without tryout
FIRE DEMONSTRATION SEEN
H arry Pappas
Gerald Pelis
L ester R ader
Kenneth Simmons
Roy S m i t h
Milton Stark
Ad e lbert Tipto n
Dorot h y Clanp
June Harral
Bessie Heater
Marcellie Pros1:,er
Marcelline Prosser Ev ely n Ross
SATURDAY MORRlLL HALL PROGRAMS
Miss Marjorie Shanafelt will conduct two programs every Saturday in Morrill Hall, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The Mexican, Indian, and Chinese people will be taken up as a topic and their modes of living. An unusual topic , therefore a vitally interesting one, will be that of Egyptian architecture.
The subject of birds will also be taken up to some extent. These topics will be conveyed to you for the most part by motion pictures. There is no charge and pupils should take advantage of these programs at the earliest opportunity.
SUBSCRIPTIONS JUMP
The Green leaf subscriptions have picked up greatly since the campaign ended, September 29, when the number was 566. This figure h as jumped to 623.
LOST: Girls navy blue suede cap with a red, snap off and on tassel. If found, please return to home room 208.
Joan: When is a piece of wood like a queen?
Jeanne: 1 don't know.
Joan: When it's made a ruler.
November 4, 193l
THE SAFETY CAMPAIGN
A safety campaign is now ir effect . The rigid enforcement o bicycle rules is ·just one divisior of the safety drive. Caution ir the home, in the automobile anc the street is being emphasized t< a great extent. These precautions for safet~ have always been in evidence but accidents which could havi been avoided continue to · occur The purpose of this campaign i: to make the people aware of thi fact t h a t accidents can bi avoided. You as an individual car do your par t by strictly obeyin~ all safety rules
The Whittier pupils saw a STUDYING demonstration given by the Lincoln fire department at 3:15, Now that we have our six week: Monday, October 10. The firemen grades and most ofusaren'texact :Vent throug~ routine stunts to ly sitting on top of the world it': illustrat e their dangerous dut1e8 . ' such as sliding down a rope fast- I about time to ge~ down to somi ened to the five story aerial good hard studymg. Try to use ladder, and two firemen turned ever y minute to an advantage the ladder completely around Wouldn't it be b etter to get al while standing on top of it. They your work in class, thus eliminat are traveling from school to ing long hours of study after 3:15' school giving these demonstra- Make your time count - that': tions to the pupils. We would the secret of any good student have enjoyed it a lot more if it hadn't rained.
HIL!-,S OF THE ALAMO
I'll tell you a story, That happened long ago, When our forefathers fought, On the hills of the Alamo. Against Mexico
Our grandfathers fought; They lived and died
For the things they sought. Although they died in vain, They accomplished their aim For Texas on the Hills of the Alamo. Now we know that war is useless And that all it brings is strife Now and forever, Peace will be ruler of our life - Stew Gold beri
The Whittier pupils should at
OBITUARY OF A WORM (species unknown)
IS THIS YOU?
''A test tomorrow! I must get the first opportunity become How would you like to be peer- busy and study," thinks Jane better acquainted with the ing into the depths of a dark," Jitson at six-thirty. She washes the dishes, sharpens her pencils, library. At present there are cavernous mouth lined with plays her favorite piece with one 4,000 books on the shelves and a white, glistening teeth? This was hand on the piano, and settles sad need of space. About 1,000 the fate of a poor defenseless down in an easy chair to study. magazines attract boys to the worm who was rooted · from its Just then, she hears the neighlibrary with an average of delicious home in a comfortable borhood children down the street about twenty-two boys going apple. Unmindful of its presenc~, and goes out and plays with them away with magazines tucked Carroll Lea Anderson, the mur- until eight. She comes in then, under their arms every day. deress, bit down. but her favorite radio program Ninety-three new books have -------------------------------------------- is on the air and she decides to been added this semester consist- (the dotted line is for effect) study later. At nine, when the ing of mystery stories, fiction, The taste was described as be- program is over, she's too tired and girls stories. ing most bitter and offensiye. No to do anything but go to bed.
Every noon thirty to fifty ill effects resulted, however, ''Oh well," she thinks, "I'll have pupils seek out the library to except to the worm, whose im- time before school takes up tostudy or read books. Those pupils posing life was abruptly ended. morrow." She doesn't because are probably much better Its remains, chewed to a fine she doesn't awaken early enough. acquainted with the bookhouse consistency, can be found resting Jane told her mother that and other library features than in the cafe ~eria waste basket. evening, "I think that teacher is most pupils. There has been _______ an awful cheat. She counted all some difference of opinion as to RECOMMENDATIONS my wo r k wrong and I got a seven • the number of book covers in the ADOPTED on the test." Her mother tells her bookhouse. It might be fun for ____ that she will have to endure the you to try to find the correct These recommendations on teacher only twelve weeks longer number some time. dues were adopted by the faculty, and Jane is satisfied, although
One of the most interesting October 4. she can't understand the seven on newly added features of the 1 Th t 11 d b f t the six weeks grade slip. library is the bound Greenleaf s. • a a ues e our cen s each semester. I - Mary Alford The Greenleafs are beautifully bound in four volumes dating 2. That the name should bteo P. T.A. CERTIFICATES GIVEN back as far as 1923. These books changed from ''class dues'' cannot be taken out, but anyone ''school dues.'' may look at them. Visit our 3. That the home room treaslibrary often! urers co11ect the dues and depos-
A DAY AT THE STADIUM
The crowd is tense, Nebraskans stare, Ten seconds to go, And no time to spare. The game depends Upon Rohrig's toe; A lusty kick, And it's over the goal. - Pearl Shore
it the same at the office.
4. That all dues be placed in one fund.
5. Th a t a committee b e appointed to plan a budget for class expenses, using past expenses as a guide.
6. That a paragraph be added to leaflet, "Information For New Pupils,'' stating am o u n t and purpose of the dues.
Certificates were awarded to home rooms having the most parents at the P.T.A. metting, Tuesday, October 12. 803 finished first with a total of 9, 302 and 205 came next with 6, and 112 and 106 had 5. Twelve members of the Girls Glee Club sang "Nursery Ryhmes" and "Little Old Garden" at the meeting.
Mother: Are you first in anything in school, Eddie?
Eddie: First out of the building when the bell rings.
CHATTER BOX
In assembly, October12, Frances Helzer was very industrious. She was attempting to knit and see the picture at the same time, for she wanted to get her sweater done for the football game in two weeks.
Thirty-one attended a Hallowe'en party given by Rosalie Skidmore , October 28.
Trenna Hanline and Junior Gablehousc made a trade on pens. After Trenna had the pen awhile she said, "I betit's a quarter one." He said, "No, it cost forty-five cents with one other pen and a can of cocoamalt.''
The hobbies of Wesley Zier, home room 812, are collecting stamps and match folders.
A few weeks ago, on a picnic in ' Antelope park, Velma McGrew Louise Davission, Mildred Heaton, Helen Jacobs and the mothers of Velma and Louise found themselves very much worried. The car keys were missing and none of them wished to sle€p on park benches. They looked everywhere until the garbage can was suggested. They flashed a light into it and there were the keys, safe and sound, wrapped in a paper.
In Miss Wilson's English class, a girl was telling of a dog that kept taking eggs and a pupil blurted out, ''Oh, a shoplifter, eh?''
Marilyn Moore has Mark Twain for a relative.
When school opened, Monday after the Iowa-Nebraska game the hoarse voices you heard belonged to Dorothy James, Bettie Fowler, Doris Orman, Carroll Lea Anderson, Marian Coombs, and Marilyn Green. They yelled and sang till they could hardly talk. Dorothy James had a bet on Iowa and was for Nebraska. It may sound funny but she knew Iowa woulq win so she bet on Iowa but really wanted Nebraska to win.
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November 4, 1938
George Kolb, "I was born the in connection with their child day before Columbus sailed to care unit. America.'' Interested bystander, In a 7B English class Mrs. ''Gee , you must be plenty old." Shike has four Betty's, five Bob's, Seen in the girls section of the and three Billy's. We wonder how Iowa and Nebraska football game she keeps them straight? Or does were several Whittierites. Some she? were: Grace Allbrecht, Martha Wesley Miller has bet Winifred Klause, Lucille Cozad, June · Nelson that the boys' glee club Pierce, Barbara Mack, Laura will make two thirds more per- Dee Forney. Sylvia Betz, Joyce formances than the girls' glee. Crosby, Carroll Lea Anderson, The huge sum of the wager is Marylyn Green, Leslie Brown, five cents. 'Twas witnessed by Mary Louise Cousins, Donna Stuart Goldberg. The trouble is Winders, Maxine Miller and her we'll have to wait till January to older sister, Twalla Stroemer, find out who won.
Edith Hutchinson, Laura Blough This experience came from and Joyce Stuve. Doris Johnson's own mouth. "I It was very evident where the was in a dentist's office one Satlarger per cent of Whittier's urday morning with a friend who girls spent the majority of their was having some braces tightened week-end. on her teeth when all of a sudden
Did you ever see a dream I began to feel weak and the next walking? You could have, for the thing I knew I was lying on the other night Nona Lane, in a deep floor and the dentist was daubing state of blissful slumber, de- cold water on my face. I guess scended the stairs, entered the now my vocation is ruined sanctum of her mother's bedroom, J because I had planned to be a and dazedly voiced a desire for nurse but when I can't even stand help with some problems. I to see a brace tightened on some-
In 9A civics class, Howard one else's teeth, I give up."
Zeiss fell asleep at the first of When 203 played 112, Monday, the period. When the 3:15 bell October 10, everyone on 112's rang, Mrs. Pinney had to awaken team pitched at one time or him before she could dis1niss the another except the catcher. class. He was very surprised to Shirley Bryant of 303 has some find he hEd slept through the interesting anc estors. Her grandwhole period. father was deputy sheriff of
A package came to Miss Omaha. Her great, great grandWilson's home economics class in father was chief yardman at the 110. What do you think it was? White H c use. Her gr~at, great, Well, I'll tell you. It was · from great grandfather drove a stage Miss Shonka, the home economics coach as mail carrier in different supervisor. First the package was I parts of the United States. untied. Then off came the lid; Netta Fielder, 104, is a distant then the rubber blanket was relative of James Buchanan, our taken off and there was a life fifteenth president. size rubber doll. Each of the Irene Burdick's grandfather three periods have a name for it. was captured by a tribe of The first period's name for it is Indians. He was later made chief Judy, second period, Our Baby, of the tribe. third, Jackie or Jacquelyn. The Jim Van Horn's great, great girls are going to dress it, feed uncle married Daniel Boone's it, bathe it, and take care of it, sister.
v ember 4, 1938
CAT'S PAW CLAN
The t i me of year, particularly distas tefu l to that group of people who h ave outgrown the p r ickly. ov erpowe r ing sense of mischief, had once more presented itself, If you could have looked down a street of Elmsville on this distin ctive, brisk, fall day, you und oubtedly would notice, with appalling r eality, the stiff, overh anging atmosphere that prevailed. Referr i ng to a calendar would at once enlighten you, for a sta rk, om inous October 31st w ould return your scrutinizing gaz e . T his i s when boys change to r uffians, ruffians to maniacs, w hen cats screech, the wind moa ns, and crooked, dark figures flit a cross a waning moon.
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dishes. Slug has mapped out the evening's routine. Remember, all loot goes to the graveyard for approval and disbursement.''
So it was said. The group broke up, and each boy, with a smug look on his conceited face, went his separate way.
By the proposed seven o'clock the entire gang had partaken of its evening nourishment and was assembled at the crossroads. The clan was divided and with furtive movements, began their shadowy missions.
Many other such boys were out on this chilled Hallowe'en night, all inferior to the Cat's Paw Clan of course, in both toughness and bravery.
The village school had just been di s m issed as could be surmised fro m the general yelling and ch e e ring that floated down the previously peaceful lanes Soon a t h under of trampling was heard on Main street which denoted t h a t the youthful masculine set was taking its daily sprint to the cand y store. Soon they issued fort h, mouth crammed to capacity an d contentment shining on their bl is s ful countenances. Then a mob ilizing began. Boys formed in to groups from whose midst wou ld arise such a babble and c hatter to put to shame the Ladies Ai d Society including even the po m pous Mrs. Waggle. Plans were being d is c u s s e d and r ed iscussed.
One of these groups was outs tand i ng from the rest in its im portan t look of authority. They stru t t ed around with chests e xp and e d , for they were the' 'Cat's P a w Clan " The leader, or cat, (not a jitterbug) was giving fin al instructions to his devoted foll owers. Resting with one elbow on a po s t of imaginary elements h e said, ''Now listen, gang, we'll eac h go home for supper and meet at t he crossroads around seven o'cl oc k.'' Then malevolently, " We 'll h ave to wait, I suppose,for y ou sis si es who have to help with
The first enterprise undertaken was the hoisting of an unwilling subject , namely, a cow, to the roof top of a store. Such pranks continued until near midnight, when the Clan, having gathered up a sizable amount of illegitimate possessions, decided to march on the graveyard.
The cemetery was situated upon a hill of m ountainous qualities. With much gasping and wheezing the gang ascended the hill, loot dragging behind. "Now Slug,'' said the leader, this be~ ing a purely fictitious name,' 'you lead the way into this dead place and we'll call a meeting."
"Let's hope we don't have one of the deceased inmates as guest speaker," answered "Slug," his bravery having grown a shade paler.
fantasy of the mind, opt ic a l ill usion, hallucination, or just pla i n
A merican ghost The o n ce b rav e ca t's paw clan grew pale u n der a cold sweat as move m ent was reve r sed and all of t he loot was dropped in one motion. The hardgotten church bell went bumping along over the ground, emitting a mournful peal. The journey down the hill would have established a world'sspe2d record had it received proper recognition, even though part of it was made on faces, and knees.
The darkness made it impossible to see objects in the road which proved stumbling blocks in this mad dash for the sweetest object of this corrupted clan, "safety."
At break of dawn the next day. Farmer Brown's flock of full plumaged white ]eghorn chickens fluttered squawking to the ground from the branch of a tree in the graveyard where they had roosted for the night and in Rtately procession m a rched back across the road to their home.
- Winifred Nelson
RUNAWAY
So they'd put him to bed
Without supper , said he, They would be sorryHe'd go away-they'd see.
He put on his clothes
And opened the door, And bumped the lamp
That stood on the floor.
Sil e ntly the clan filed through the rustic gate and marched over the winding path. A sickly moon had just skudded behind a cloud, when the "thing" happened . There not thirty yards in front of them, was a lumpy w bite thing suspended in mid-air. Outside of that it was inky black all ·over the eerie landscape. Not even a tree was discernible . Some one of the boys gave forth the kind of yell that is peculiar to the feminine instinct. The single, mutual thought was togetoutof the vicininity of this cartil a ginous monster of i n congruous conception, this
He hastened up
And ran to his room; He scubbed his toe
And g osh, wh a t a bo o m!
He tried it again -
To the stairs he got, And fell with a bang;
Boy, that helped a lot!
He pulled himself up
To fall of all placesHe looked straight ahead
Into his folks smiling faces.
Nadyne Burns
NEWSY NOTES reason he likes it is because everybody gets to take part.
Maxine Schnieber's hobby is Don Bjerrum's grandmother's collecting buttons, great, great, great, grandmother
Janice Witte's hobby is collect- was a cousin of George Washinging artificial dogs. ton's. Her last name was Hall.
Harry Sherman's and Jack Louise Davison of 312 had fun Suhr's hobby is making model for a while corresponding with afrplanes. Bonita Harding in Canada.
Archie Black plays football he~e~ibb~~rlach has sewing for after school.
Collecting Indian head pennies
September 24, Gordon Smith 1s the hobby of Eileen Debus. went on a hike to scout camp.
Phillis Griswold of home room
Phyllis Campbell, 103, corre- 312 collects stamps from all over sponds with a thirteen year old the world. Her birthday is on Scotch girl by the name of Betsy Christmas. Thomas, who lives in South Wales. Boy Scout Troop 17 went to Idonna Gienau, 105,corresponds Boys Town in Omaha, Sunday, with a missionary in Buenos October 23. They spent all day Aires. there. Tho m as McEvoy of Janet Hutchinson, 103, corre- Whittier is a member of the sponds with a girl in Rio de Jane- troop. iro, Brazil, South America. Janet Margaret Hays c01-respond s herself was born in Montevideo with Hanna Bowerman who li ves Uruguay. She came to the United ·n Germany. States at the age of nine. I Lo : etta Sullivan has a hobb y Cecil Cobb's birthday falls on of colle cting histories of diffe rPresident McKinley's. ent breeds of dogs and ancestral
Jeanette Mason's birthday falls traits. on Christmas.
Marion Coombs collects vase~ and takes pictures. . Donna Kolb dresses d olls and Elliott Boberg collects airplanes.
A group of Whittier girls havE a club called "K. K. K." BelonO'ing are Helen Collins J ur7E Pierce, Virginia Radmor~, J eam McReyno ld s, Vera Pierce Eleanore Ellis, Ruth Ellis and Shirley Hageman.
Darleen Foreman's birthday come s on Geo rge Washington's. Ruth Vance's birthday is or Decoration Day.
Non a Lane and Abraham Lincoln's birthdays fall on the sam E day.
Eloise Somersteat is honor ee because her birthday and Th eodore Roosevelt's fall on the sam( date.
Ma ry Alfo rd, 307, was bon the day before Ap ri l Fool's.
Sylvia Betz's birthday oc • curred upon Easter last year.
Aleen Tunk s was born at lJ o'clock on the 11th day of tht 11th month.
Tommy Griffin of 110 has a An Irishman coming out of eth
Floyd McGimsey has a hobby hobby of collecting china and re in the ward after an operatim of collecting guns and army metal dogs. He has forty-seven exclaimed, "Thank Heaven equipment. His oldest gun dates altogether. They ra nge from that's over!" back to 1728. . one-fourth inch to six inches in ''Don't be so sure," said th(
Rebecca Roberts of home room size man in the next bed. ''They left: 312 has three hobbies. They are Vernon Pettet spent the teach- sponge in me and had to cut m, playing the piano, tap dancing, ers convention vacation in Min- open again." and playing ball. nesota.
The patient on the other sid1
Kenneth Peterson of312 spends Kathryn Kildow has a hobby said, "Why sure. they had to ope1 his week-ends going to football of collecting badges, old and new. me too, to find one of their instru games and playing football. Horne roorne 309 reports that ments."
Warren Dall , 312, is a stamp two of the home room girls have Just then the surgeon wh collector. famous relatives. Donna Shields' operated on the Irishman stucl
Howard Alfrey went on a hike ancestors came over on the May- his head in and yelled, ''Has any with his sco~t troo~ during teach- flower and Marion Coombs is a one seen my hat?" ers ~onvent10n. His hobbies are fourth cousin of Louisa May Al- Poor Patrick fainted. makmg model airplanes and cott. reading.
I H 309 t • . I ome room repor s that
Ro~e~t Gage collects pictures I pupils ,vith interesting hobbies pertammg to baseball. He is a Betty Duncan and Samu e i football fan and he says the G 11 t t runger co ec s amps.
John: It must cost Uncle Sar a lot to get all those CCC'~ HOLC's, TVA's, etc. started.
Kieth: Yes, the initial expens is terrible.
Noveinber 4, 1938
CLOTHES LINE RULES ON HOW TO BE POPULAR AT WHITTIER
Girls, if you know how to
REVIEWING RADIO
A new star-studded program embroider, now's the time to get Take your time in getting out has begun on Wednesday nights out your hoops and thread. ''SIG'' of your classroom; then run to at 8:30. As the Master of Cereshirts are in fashion. Let your your next class. monies, Adolph Menjou is feafriends sign their names to your Make it a daily habit to be late tured. Comedy is supplied by shirt in pencil ( ink will not wash to school. · 1 out) and embroider them in bright Ride your bicycle across the Charlie Ruggles and Una Merke, colors. Smart sayings too are school grounds. • songs by Kenny Baker and Jane being written on and since fash- Always drop your books ri~ht Froman, and a dramatic play ion shows girls wearing their shirt in the midd_le of the hall. dirEcted by the unsurpassable • tails out now, names can be Better still, ~org~t you,r books Max Reinhardt and featuring embroidered even on the tails. and take your time 1f you re sent f H ll d, fl est actors White shirts are best because the after them. some o o ywoo s n signatures show up better. Always stop to tie your shoe and actresses.
Jitter bugsandswingeroos,deck right in the middle of the most George Burns and Gracie Allen yourself out in a jitter-bug jack- -crowded corridors. have started a new series on C. et and you can truck on down in Bring candy, chewing gum, B. s., Friday evenings, with fashion. They're shown all over peanuts, popcorn, and eat · them Frank Parker and Ray Noble as town and are thin flannel in light during class. the music conductors. . colors with clever jitter bug Carve • your initials on every Quiz games have taken the airdesigns. desk you have in each class room. ways by storm. Prof. Quiz start-
Boys, will you please make up Bring a good story book to ed it, followed by the Answer your mind? First they're in and school and read it during class. Game, Information Please, and then they're out, shirt tails we Ifyouseeafriendofyoursgoing Battle of the Sexes, on Tuesdays, mean. When you come to the con- down the hall, run to catch up Kay Kyscr's Kollege and Ask-It clusion as to which you like bet- with him, and give him a hearty Basket on Wednesdays, Vox Pop ter, please let us know. slap on the back. on Saturdays as well as many
The football season is now in full swing. Kick off with a light sweater, box pleated skirt, and rollers and you'll be first to reach your goal of looking nice.
A new novelty has been introduced by Dorothy James, Carroll Lea Anderson, Joyce Crosbie, La Vern Graves, Doris Orman, Marilyn Green, Marian Coombs. They all went into a huddle during the Iowa-Nebraska football game and came out with this startling idea. A tiny leather notebook in which the pages are •alphabetically arranged is hung around the neck on ribbons harmonizing with the colors in their clothes or on chains. In these they gather the names of their friends and their telephone numbers. We salute you and hope you didn't work too hard to give us this new idea.
-Sylvia Wiley WHITTIER
To Whittier we give Our undivided heed, Until the 3:15 bell rings, When we leave with lightning speed.
- Darleen Foreman
HOME ROOM NEWS
James Shindel spends his week-
more.
Kate Smith's songs are once more heard over the airways. A riotously funny feature is Ezra Stone, who came from the Broadway stage to appear on this program.
Bob Hope ison N.B.C. Tuesday nights at 9 P. M. Although the singing is not quite up to par, Mr Hope's comedy makes up for it.
The Hit Parade now has W. C. Fields to inject the comedy. Also a feature of the show is a living ends working on a farm.
Ronald Knipple's sister has a tribute to the living, famous perfriend in Germany who has kept sonages. To be honored on it are their friendship by letters. Betty among others: Kathryn Cornell, Na s h writes to a friend in Ge O r g e M. Cohen, Rockeville Estonia, which is near Norway. Kent, Helen Hayes, Jerome Ronald Knipple spends almoS t K I · B 1· w1·111·am • • erns rvmg er m, all of his free hours workmg m ' his workshop. He has a large Allen White, Alfred Lunt, and collection of wood articles. I Lynn Fontaine.
THE TORTOISE
The girls' gym classes' first in-
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GREENLEAF HELPERS LISTED
side games were kickpin and We surely are lucky here at Nebraska ball. They were kept Whittier. In addition to the reg- inside because of the constant ular Greenleaf reporters, we have dust being blown over the these people from different home grounds. The sixth period gym rooms to help us gather news: class was seen playing football. Phyllis Patterson, 318; Ardis Although it \Vas "only touch" Burbach, 301; Margaret Culver, the girls enjoyed it immensely. 300; Frances Nolan, 314; Bonnie
Even the home room teachers Braun, 310; Ruth Lowe, 112;_ are playing baseball. We first Irene Schleiger, 107; Doris Johnno ti ced this when we saw Miss son, 304; Marjorie Nicholas, 308; Miller of 21 8 playing wi th her Trena Hanline, 101; Marcellie girls' home room team. We hope other home room teache rs wili Prosser, 103; Bill Wild, 205; Jeanne "try" to do as she did, that is Vanderpool, 209; George Tapley, making a home-run, thus piling 220; Maxine Miller, 212; Doris up the scores. Orman, 218; Jean Germar, 106; School championship in base- Mary Ann Campbell, 208; Doris ball was won by 205, a 7B, 7A, and 8B home room. and 308 won Quinn, 302; Louise Hays, 31'2; the 8A; 9B and, 9A baseball Robert Caldwell, 312; Norma champion hip. Bomberger, 216; Melba Seegert,
Again the matter of forfeiting 105; Alice King, 222; Marion has arisen. This could be stopped Coombs, 309. and sho uld be, because there arc at least nine in eve ry home room who could play, and it takes onl:r five to pla y . We salute Miss Miller because of her saving heJ· home room team from the "dumps" (a s we call it). Next time you are scheduled to play. be sure you are out on your assigned diamond, and you will find it is lots of fun after all.
Fern Freeman, the forme !· chai rman of the playground committee, came back to see the teachers she had when she was at Whittier.
The playground committee wishes to thank Nona Lane, Jean McReynolds and the many others who have given their help when asked to umpire or be scorekeeper.
Willie (breaking the news):
Mother, you know our 24-piece dinner set?
Mother: Yes, dear.
Willie: Well, it's a 25-piece set now.
FILM SHOWN HERE
A film was presented on Wednesday, October 12, in the Whittier auditorium. Sponsored by the Farm Security Administration, ''The Plow that Broke the Plains'' effectively illustrated the history of American agriculture on the great plains. The pioneers' lack of caution was pointed out as largely responsible for the devastating dust storms. This picture was presented by Mise Schill and was the first documentary film made by the Federal Government.
FIRE DRILL WELL DONE
(Continued from page 1) done." It was ordered by one of the city firemen who said that clearing the building in two minutes and thirty-five seconds is pretty good for as many pupils as Whittier has.
November 4
THE HARE
Here's something to t l about. You boys who have f ::.::~ ; ·Jur required subjects w bt cible to play games duriI noon hour.
The other day Mr. Jo was over on the Whittier grnund. He watched the play baseball.
Mr. Wells' gym classe now playing soccer and fo« The boys seem to go for i· big way although they d kicked or pushed down.
The games will soon be since the weather is g, much colder. The gym c have already been on the floor. Some of the game crab races, basketball, s ten pins, and a lot of tuml Here are some good hir good sportsmanship tha think the boys need. Don the players names. Don't g( fight with the playe rs 01 pires. Don't be angry wl player misses the ball. Doi angry when a playe r strikE or when a pitcher blows ui
A tourn ament in 1-ing l shoe is starting. If you choose your partner to play vou, fill out a card and givE Mr. Culler. There will be tl two players and eight with four people to each 1 The players will play two c three.
Tuesday noon, 309, upper : champs, and 108, lower champs, played for the i championship in baseball. won by a score of 6 to 2 winners were captained by B Lung.
DELEGATE ASSEMBLIES N
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November 23, 1938 Price: Five cents
oBsERVE ARMISTICE 9A 's Begin Plans • DAY AT WHITTIER
For Senior High
The first signs that the Nine A's are leaving us are in evidence. Meef-ngs we held both on Monday and Tues ay, November 14 an 15. The fi rst meeting was pre sided over y Miss Hult who k ed on "Voca ions." She showed charts wbich indicated great differ nces in the vocational choices of Whitt ier pupils and their pa ents. On Tuesday, Mr. Culler presided an d the purpose of the m eeting as to prepare pupils for registra tion in Senior High.
DELEGATES DISCUSS SAFE TY
HAVE HOBBY ASSEMBLY
seventh grade ass mbly was The boys an d girls delegate el on October 6, w en the a semblies m t on Nov emb er 2. gram centered on "Hob ie . " h discussio n centere d ar ound
Our Boys Gl ee C1 Mary ~llen McFarland introduc d safety. Com,Plaints have com e in contrib uting mu ch to nte Shirley Hageman of 309 who about boy s and girls riding down tainm ent world lately. The ffrsr a..,~....- n}ks n knitting and needle the al,! ey behind the school buildtwo important, and recen assign- point. a r 11 Lea Anderson, 207, ing There will be a penalty fo r ment s was in the nature of a o h o by f making the pupils who violate the bicycle group of songs consisting of e sh · s. ona ld Knip ple of co e more than once " Over The Hill-Over The Dale," ho ed the se ven h gr ad s A campaign will be held to see an Am erican army song, "All som e oo carvin she h ad done. which home room has the fewest God' s Chillun Got Wings,'' a Lamon t Ge issi ger, 307, tal d of accidents Each home room is to n egro spiritual, "Polly-Wolly- model airplanes Barbara Mack , select a safety chairman who will Doodle, " a college song, "Ole 305, showe d a scrapbook of find out why the pupils are abKing Cole," an old English tun~ drawings with which she earned sent, and if it is because of an " Lim ericks," by Richard W. an efficiency credit. Jack Eber- accident, he will fill out an acciWes t, and "Stars of the Summer hart of 105 had a radio he had dent report. Also if the pupils Nigh t" by F. B. Woodbury. This made. Mr. Heston talked about have visible evidence of an acciprogr am was put on November 17 gardening as his hobby. dent, such a report will be filled for Clinton school. In closing, Miss Hult asked out. Getting into the cafeteria is Their second presentation was boys and girls in the aud ience to a big problem. A civic league a t the Whittier father and son tell of their hobbies. Mrs officer will be stationed there to party on November 18. The same Boschult was in cha rge of this Isee that the pupils ~o in single n u mbers made up the program. assembly. file. •
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NEWSY NOTES November 23, 1938
Mart ha Ring of 310 has transferred to Everett.
Found.ed and established in 1924 as the An interesting program was Offilcl·a1 student publication of Whittier Junior f h to Onowa Iowa gl·ven by the boys o on:1e room , · Higb School. Published biawcekly during the school year by the Whiitie1· Junior High 303 to the girls. The pr gram Helen Green has moved to AlliSchool pupils b b I 300 FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
l\liss Hult
liss C ·ass -,-----Mr. Gammill l\l is. Pde r s o n GREENLEAF STAFF
E<liiors-in-chief.. Charlotte Garrett Stuart Goldbe r g
Humo • Ce
Typist.s
Willard Caton, 316, has moved
was planned by Ro ert Ga e - ance. Her home room was house, who was the master of cer- Shirley Griffin, 309, Mildred emonies Charles Rawson told of a Harral,209, June Harral. 305, and trip to Boys Town. Gay Thompson Alma Harral, of the elementary recit~d a poem, and Don Wright told about a trip to a cave in school, had a little party Sunday Missouri . Mr. W. F. McMullen afternoon at the State farm. helped tbe boys hy telling of his After they had eaten they decided interesting trip to a packing house to take a walk. They walked to in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. University Place which took them Irene Padrta of 205 and Evajean only a little w bile so they decided Winchester of 101 have moved to to go to Havelock and while there ,
Donna Hartman
Edith Hutchinson
Ja c k Bair
Lee Bowers
REPORTERS - - North Platte. they wanted to go farther. They Charles Cockrill of 310 was the walked up the seventy-seven proud possessor of Mick e Y highway and soon found themRooney's autograph, which he selves, to their surprise, in sold for fifty cents . A minute lat- Saunders. It was about seven er he ,~ms offered a dollar for it. or seven-thirty, so thq thought Bettie Fowler Do ro thy Johns Tommy Griffin
Arlam Brehm
El <l on Chri s topher
D o nald Emery
Frank Esquivel
.Jack Giel
Harold Haar
raul Lang e Pat La ws on R
McN e ill R
lland Mills
Evelyn Ross
THANKSGIVING WISHES
310 has two pupils anci 304 has they should turn back. They got one puril who live at the number home safely and have learned 3326.JuniorDavislivesat3326 R, where more towns are located
Joyce Crosbie lives at 3326 W and also a little about Saunders (both of 310), and Malcolm Allen county. They had a fine trip allives at 3326 T. though it was cold.
During teachers' convention LeRoy Meahan of 312 moved to Jim Van Horn made a triy to York, Nebraska.
Texas and reports he went 2,500 Bob Cather of 318 attended the With a two-day vacation ahead, miles. He accompanied his father Nebraska-Oklahoma game in it goes without saying that most on a buisness trip. He says he Oklahoma. of you will be in a sublime state I likes the South very much. Donald Bradley of 308 has a of happiness in the next few ~:ugene Parson's birthday is hobby of astronomy. He has days.Nevertheless, we would like on Thanksgiving Day. identified sixty-two different conto add our best wishes for a Twenty Whittier girls were stellations. There are no more to happy Thanksgiving. We might escorted by Mrs. Boschult to identify in the northern latitudes. also add our consolations for most Robber's cave, ~ovember ·3, for Darleen and Kathleen Healey .of you wi-ll probably need them a weiner roast. visit in Bennett and Panama, when that "after-Thanksgiving" Even the girls play football. Nebraska, with relatives during feeling begins to creep up on you. Harriet Turner and Jane Law- their week-ends Good wishes! rence are seriously considering Harriet Palmer of 104 had a
MR. CULLER HONORED
The teachers surprised Mr. Culler on his birthday, Nov. 3, when they assembled after school to wish him a happy birthda . Mr Culler was presented with a gift.
a name for their team. picnic which quite a few WhittierDonald Allen from home room ites attended.
300 has moved. He will go to Carroll Lea Anderson and Joyce Jackson. Crosbie entertained at a hayrack Bonnie Feis, horn~ room 312, ride recently.
has left Whittier to go to Irving. Doris Marshall of 308 has had Warren Pool of home room 106 a contract to be a professional has joined the army. roller skater.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR:
Plenty of g ood g a mes t o pl a y.
The pr ivi lege of havin g se v eral differen t t eachers during t h e day.
• Th e clean an d s an it a r y cafet eria.
The interesting books in the librar y.
The lar ge and well equipped build in g .
The right to print a paper of scho ol activities .
-The two gyms in which we can spen d our leisure hours.
Mr. Culler, Miss Hult, and all the other teachers who are so nice to us
THANKSGIVING TIME
The re was a big turkey
A strutting around, Mak ing a noise -
An awful sound.
We killed that old turkey,
It' s Thanksgiving now; We 'll have him for dinner
With dressing, and how!
-D. F.
THA N KSGIVING GRIEF
Wh o'd t h ink anyone on Thanksgi vin g day.
Woul d be full of lamentation, And hide in the barn beneath the hay,
To the mas.ter' s agitation?
TIM'S THANKSGIVING
It was a bright, crisp Thanksgiving morning that met th e awakening of a small boy of about ten. He struggled to find his way out of a tattered old comforter which was his only warmth for the long winter ahead. He tossed it into one corner of the tiny shack that he had called home since the death of his parents, and pulled his thin coat tighter around his slim body.
This young lad was Timothy Mead, known to some of the village shopkeepers as Timmy. Timmy left the shack and went to the Kilden General store, where Jed Kild _en, owner and clerk, greeted him with a cheery, "'Mornin', Timmy." Timmy always went there in the morning because Jed let him sit on the counter by the cracker barrel and eat a11 he wanted.
Tim looked sad that mornin, g and he didn't eat as many crackers as usual, so kind-hearted Jed offered to tell him the story of the landing of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving.
blacksmith, he bumpe d i n to Mrs. Al den, the wealthy widow from the neigh boring tow n . Each T ha nks g iving she came with baske ts fo r some of the poor families . When she came face t o face with Tim, her observing eyes noticed his thin coat. She said to him in a soft, kind voice, "Aren't you cold, my lad? Your coat is quite thin. If I give you some cloth, could your mother make you a new one?''
"I have no mother, or f~ther either," replied Timmy. •
"I'm so sorry," said Mrs. Alden. She added, ''I think I can do something for you. You're the boy Jed Kil den thinks so much of, aren't you?"
"I suppose I am," said Tim.
"I need," went on Mrs. Alden, ''a smart boy around my house. How would you like to live with me? You could go to school and live just like other boys. Would you like that?"
''Would you really do all that for me, Mrs Alden? I'd do everything I could to pay you back.'' replied Timmy.
I know someone who did that thing,
So this will end my fable;
That somebody was Turkey K ing, Who'll garnish the Thanksgiving table.
- Winifred
Nelson
After Jed finished the story, Mrs. Kilden, Jed's wife, came in with a cup of steaming cocoa for Timmy. He gratefully gulped it down and with a smile he bid the Kildens good-by. Jed's story had given Timmy new hope of God's helping him as he had helped the Pilgrims.
"That won't be necessary. You will repay me by the joy I've given you.''
While Timmy and Mrs. Alden walked back to Jed's store to tell him the news. Tim lifted his eyes to the sky and whispered a prayer of thanks as the soft snow peacefully fell about him.
-Velma Reed
As Tim left the store, he found the world had somehow changed to a lovely, peaceful place, for Judge (to prisoner): What! large, soft snowflakes filled the you here again? air and covered the ground with Prisoner: Yes sir. its soft blanket. With a light heart Judge: Aren't you ashamed to Tim went skipping along the be seen here? snQw-covered street.
Prisoner: No, sir. What's good As Timmy turned the corner to enough for you is good enough make his usual call on the village for me.
SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR
THANKSGIVING JOY ECCENTRICITY
Thanksgiving is a cheery day, The stiff, tiny enclosure that
There was a newly married couple, When everybody's happy, bright, held Turkey prisoner, was his and gay; chief source of worry. All day
Who as yet had had no trouble; So begin my poem like this, long when farmer Mow wasn't
She decided on Thanksgivi~g to While everyone's happy and full ~ooking, be. efficiE:ntly pr?dd~d have to dinner the family of of bliss; , mto every little wire openmg m Will.
Thanksgiving's the day for • the fence looking for a means of
To try on them her new found chicken and things, _ escape. H is spirit remained cooking skill.
And the happiness Thanksgiving undaunted even when he had
They all arrived-aunts, uncles, brings, caught his head in the wire twice and shirt-tail relation to Cran berry sauce and pudding after which followed a terrific boot, too, - struggle, the effort dislodging
From an avenue hab€rdasher to a I just love it and I'm sure you do; several lovely neck feathers, and blacker of boots; I end my poem just this way, resulting in a slight stiffening of
The bride had all the food on to And I wish you a happy Thanks- his esophagus which made it cook; giving day. difficult for him to swallow that
It took her so long to greet the - Bettie Blair, 301 delicious, fragrant corn, being invited and uninvited, that for ------- given to him in larger rations
Thirty minutes she was unhble to PREP ARA TIO NS each day.
take even a look.
---- Turkey sensed the sudden
There was turkey, cranberry The day is drawing near, you unselfish nature of the farmer, sauce, mince pie, and know, and pondered over it, in his dressing,
When the hatchet will be the leisure time. The solution came
All for the relatives on this glad turkey's foe; to him in a dream. Turkey had Thanksgiving; • We'll smell the savory pumpkin just finished supper, gorging
The uncles were talking, the pie, himself with a plumb scanaalous children were screaming- And the fowl will be all ready lot and then wished for a bicar-
In general, there was an uproar, to fry. bonate of soda to ease the pain.
When suddenly from the kitchen In comes the cook, carrying a Stomach feeling like an elevator Smoke of a cobalt hue b.::gan to platter, suddenly going down, he finally pour.
Filled with good things to make fell into troubled slumber. He In spite of the feast that they children fatter; dreamed, such as do little boys were built up to, Prayers are said next of all, who eat too many minced pies
The aunts, uncles, and cousins While the n.9rth wind blows, and see goblins with green glass were glad to fill typical of fall. eyes. But turkey didn't dream
The bottomless pit with Cumfill's -Pearl Shore and about goblins. Hallowe'en was delicious Mulligan stew.
-Charlotte Garrett
Tommy ·Griffin past, and nothing was worse
------- than being out of season even in
THANKSGIVING Ia dream. Instead, his -sleep was
THE HARVEST YIELD marred with giant calendars Thanksgiving was created, with hideous black dates. Of The harvest yield will soon be in, In th e days of yore; these figures, the Thanksgiving Corn and wheat are in their When our Pilgrim Fat bers date was the most prominent. bin;
Gave thanks unto the Lord. being framed by pictured axes Turkeys strut around forlorn, Thanksgiving should be sacred, which gleamed un_s!annily as While farmers fatten them As a goodly day, though they were not pictures at When we should be thankful, all.
For _things that come our way. Turkey awoke with a start, -Darleen F., 316 loud gobbling protests halfway on corn.
- Pearl Shore
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
p his throat. Such a shock was great for him as he had a naturally weak heart anyway. ~e fell off his perch. Picking himself out of the dust, Turkey ventured hastily into this enclosed yard, overflowing with luminous moonlight, •then industriously began work, life depending upon his every movement.
After two hours of searching, Turkey miraculously discovered a weak place in the fence and so was soon on the other side of it, into a new exciting world. He found it a distinct pleaRure to stroll along in the moonlight, bathing in the shadows like huge, crouching, black velvet animals.
Soon .he was confronted with a long, shining ribbon of concrete flung over the hills which resembled, on a l~rger scale, of course, the fat wiggley worms that Turke y enjoyed as dessert.
Situated on the highway was a powerful automobile, motionless, with both doors flung open. From the window of the door, two ls3,rge ungainly feet protruded while from another remote region, a lower point in the car, were coming gutteral noises, not unlike snoring. The inquisitive instinct in Turkey was at once aroused and he boldly entered the back seat. Time marched on -
The other occupant of the car awok~. The man stretched and yawned gustily. The mouth stretched wide, the upper plate of false teeth fell down on the lower plate, followed shortly by the descension of the palate. The routine produced a definite click as the teeth met. Turkey jumped, and was about to evacuate the comfortable car when a screaming of sirens washeard in the distance. The automatic reaction of the
man was amazing. Instantly he started the 12-cylinder vehicle roaring down the road~ It ·made a noise like the second battle of the Marne. Switching on the radio he heard this announcement: ''Police are once more on the trail of Killer Keller whom they have been hunting. He is wanted for the murder of his friend at a Thanksgiving dinner, almost precisely one year ago."
Killer nervously turned off the instrument and tramped~ on the accelerator. During this episode just depicted, Turkey, still ' precariously hanging on in the back seat, squawked his indignation until his voice was so hoarse he sounded like a bad sound effect by Donald Duck. Not having succeeded in making his vocalizing heard, he plumped into the front seat.
The haggard man at the wheel could not withstand the sudden shock of seeing a Turkey which was so reminiscent of Thanksgiving and his awful crime. He lost control of the car and crashed off the road.
The police so o n arrived
After many happy years Turkey died a natural death from overeating. A shrine was erected in his memory, in the form of a huge golden kernel of corn. It can be found in that particular police station this very- day, if you care to look for it.
-Winifred Nelson
HOME ROOM NEWS
Marion Barnes from 209 has moved to Havelock.
Roy Fish, 104, won two dollars and fifty cents in a contest.
James Nevel's birthday is on Fe.burary 12. Thus if he had lived in Abraham Lincoln's time, he and the great president could have celebrated together. Shirley Osborn and President Roosevelt may be in some way related because both ,~ere born on January 31.
Several boys in Whittier belong to the Varsity club which is sponsored by Lincoln newspapers.
James Shindel belongs to a team called the ''S Street Tigers.'' ' •
MY FAVORITE DAY
on the secene and extracted Thanksgiving comes in the fall, both birds, j a i 1 bird and It's the day I like best of all, Turkey, from the wreck- 'Cause we have so many things; age draped over them. The culprit Happiness to us the turkey explained the accident in shak y brings; tones, while the police marvelled We eat it, and it's oh, so swell, at the advent of this lucky turkey. And tastes ever so well. They both rode back to the station There is steaming hot gravy and in style, with police escort. potatoes,
The man was sent for a long There are vegetables such as vacation on an island in S~n tomatoes, Francisco Bay, Alcatraz, while Roasted apples and delicious pie, Turkey was made Mascot of the Covered with whipped cream police force,_ enjoying many piled high, adventures with them, ne~er But after dinner we all feel so having te worry about bemg sorry, devoured by ravenous people on For our stomach gives us worry. Thanksgiving.
-Tommy Griffin, 110
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
November 23, 1938
HIS DAY OF THANKS PROPER CONDUCT AT TURKEY TIME
Down the road he trudged his A THANKSGIVING DINNER eyes sullen with a deadly giow. . Thanksgiving is the time of the Slowly unreeling before him as a Ah, We havearrived!Our hostess year, motion picture his past moments ?1eets us at th e door with the host When the turkey goes and hides of happmess were recalled, espec- JUS t behind her-poor fellow, in fear; ially Thanksgiving. God, he half turned t~ward the dining He's so afraid he'll lose his neck, thought, when giving persons room _door_ as if he can hardly That he soon becomes a nervous their share of happinesses with r: stram himself. But don't let wreck. their amount of sadness had bur- him get ahead of you. There is • dened him with 99 44-100 per cent where our first rule of etiquette Then out ~omes a man with a of the latter. The few bits of for Thanksgiving dinner comes gr~at big axe, pleasure he had received were in.
THE GOBBLER
The merry old turkey gobbler, He is always in the way,
But when Thanksgiving comes around, He ,is sure to be astray.
- IsabeJl .Bridge
PUMPKIN'S FATE
And with some very lusty whacks, in the early years of his long and S~t on the very edge of your The turkey's life is put out of the tedious career. No, it was his life· chair in the living room where way, he wasn't famous enough for the hostess has put you, and For the great big dinner on career. He . had planned for the crane your neck around the door Thanksgiving day. future so completely, but things ja~b in an effort to catch a -Tom Watkins just didn't pan out right. The years ghmpse of the festive board. had taken their toli, though he Whe1: the maid (hired for the was only thirty-three, lines of occasion) steps to the door to worry pierced his hard-worked announce dinner, save the g irl brow. His hair was slowly depart- some trouble. Don't wait for the ing through these thirty-three announcement; just bear down summers and his tall frame was on the dining room. Above all, sadly drooping. beat the host. The fellow might Thanksgiving-a day of thanks have a proprietary feeling toward -thanks for what-for being all the white meat or the drumstick. alone in life? Oh, by the way, did anyone re-
Just as he was feeling most member to get the maid out of the sorry for himself, he suddenly way of your charge? Oops! Better Gather around, relatives, and you realized he wasn't so bad off at remember that in order to ward shall hear all. His health was excellent and off assault and battery charges IAbout the pumpkin who never he was still in the prime of life. later on. shed a tear; Pr~sently his slow pace was Eat your fill, and on the way And never ha~ the time to cry qmckened to a rapid canter, his out, be sure to tell the hostess When turned mto a pumpkin pie. h~ad u?lifted _to the sun, his eyes how ill Y?U are beginning to feel. And why the tears were never ghstemng, his form erect. Into A charmmg way to act, but don 't shed the ·distance he strode, thankful expect an invitation from this Is always better left unsaid· fo~ many things - so many source next year! But when the Thanksgiving' thmgs.
- Charlotte Garrett feast is o'er
-Stuart Goldberg ------- The pumpkin is a pie no more.
---- SHORTLIVED GLORY
THANK YOU
Thanks go to Thomas McEvoy for cutting the linoleum block making it possible for us to hav~ a turkey on the front page of this . issue .
The Turkey is a struttin' 'round An absent minded thing; ' Soon he'll be in the ovenThen he won't think he's a king.
- Darleen Foreman, 316
- Pearl Shore and Dorothy Johns
Sports Writer: Is that big c~lored boy in shape for the match tonight?
Trainer: Yes sub, boss. He's in the ink of condition .
November 23, 1938
CHATTER BOX
The other day Marian Coombs was the star of a three act t ragedy, for to her dismay her conscien ce would not let her appear before the Whittier students in anklet s . Shirley King, a reputed good samaritan. came to the rescue and did a quick change act from her own silk stockings into Mari an's anklets. Thus Whittier was saved the emba r rassm e nt (?) of seeing Mari a n in anklets and everyone was happy.
This business of getting back from lunch on time to go on duty is getting on Doris Orman's nerve s One noon when she was on duty , she "stuck" part of a lemon pie into her mouth and four cookies into her pocket and that's how she got to school on tim e.
Th e latest group of girls to spend the night at the camp-fire cabin in Bethany consisted of Betty Jacobs. Ruby Watson, Jackie Durnell, Lorraine Heaton, Velm a Reed, Betty Ga ry, Francis Helser , and Jan e Lawrence.
No w don't you f ee l sorry for the teachers! While pupils went on hi kes, picni c s, and parties, they were listening to lectures, round table talks, and after dinner speeches. But just think how full of inspiration they are today. Now it's their turn to be sorry for you since you missed the great treats they had at the state
·310 dares anyone to talk Charles , Cockrill to a standstill. He al ways
com es out on top.
CLOTHES LINE
First drindl skirts, now drindl Birthdays: Junior Davis has a blouses with the same shirring birt~day ?0 the same ~ay as around the waist - they're in Henry Wadsworth Longfello:'7, prints and satins, prints for the 27th of. February: Bermce I school and satins for good. Jensen ce]ebrntes her b1rthday_on Cadizan jackets for cooler days, ~he same d~y as Dean ~a Durbm. of flannel with your initials on Tommy, Griffin has a birthday on them, can be worn alone or Mother _s Day _every so often. over blouses or sweaters
Bonn 1e Quillen of the same Now! your outfit is completed. home room was born on May With angora sweaters, anklets Day. , . and hats, put on y our angora . Henry Pro~ser s birthday C?r- gloves. Now all you need is an I ~sponds with that of Miss angora skirt. I don ' t think you '11 Fe r guson _ an~ they both refuse get one, but there are suede to tell their birth date. skirts, suede vesties and suede
Jane DeVore of horn~ ro~m b louses. These outfits are very 300 has a hobby of collectmg pie- eute but my, it sorta makes you tures for scrap_ ~ooks: She ~as feel piggish. one b_ook cont_ammg pictures of Girl s get out your long red the Dionne ,Qumtuplets. . flannels. Winter is slowly ~ussell Sc~armen must th1r:k approaching. The wind iR starting Miss Gr ~en 1s a. dog beca~se rn to howl and the da ys are mo re fifth period Enghs h he whistled chilly. Any time now you may and she c~me runnmg. Wh e n she find snow on the ground and ?.ot to ,pis desk, sh e let out a ponds may be ready for skating. Woof. Sh ort velvet or wo ol sk irt s t ha t
The other day Margaret Graves Iare fu 11 size give plenty of r oom of 310 wen_t into home room ~fter for skating and are very fetching-. fourth per10d and found a pair of Turtle neck sweaters with long shoes under her desk. The whole sleeves will keep you warm. and room was wondering who was you won't have to be all bund]Pd walking around in his stocking up in coats and sweaters. Earfeet. The owner returned for muffs, scarfs over your head, th em la ter. and nice warm mittens, and
you'll be all ready to skate and still be warm and cozy. teach ers association. 1
AUTUMN
Stan ley Murray of home room In autumn there are showers of 300 was born on New Year's Day. l e aves;
Loui se Davi~son of 312 told (Winter is coming soon)
9A's TAKE TRIP
The 9A's went on their Civic th is. Her brother and his wife They make a carpet that no one League trip on N overber 10. They were shopping Saturday evening could weave, Imet at the Stuart theater where about 8:30 when a man about I n October's a harvest moon. they_were entertained by Dorothy twen ty-seven years of age came Farmers gather the harvest with Wyr1g and Jack Anderson of into the store and said, "This is care, Lincoln High, w ho sang a duet. a sti ck up." He held a box of Rolling pumpkins frorri near The speaker was Mr. Cecil W . cornfla kes in front of a gun and far; Scott, Associate Professor of while he took the money out of First the jack-o-lanterns make School Administration, University the cash register. As he went out you stare; of Nebraska. The teachers who he told everyone to be quiet. He Then you turn and run with went from Whittier were Mrs. then disappeared down an alley I fear . • Childress, Miss M. L. Wilson, Miss behind the store. ] -Elma Jean Davenport, 105 Mary Wilson, and Mr. Culier_.
THE HARE
The boys gym classes have been playing in the gym of late because of the weather change. Some of the games being played inside are jump the shot, basket ball relays, shooting baskets, and dodge ball.
In the basket ball games, extreme caution should be taken to observe these rules. Don't dribble high. Keep the ball low and bend your back. Don't charge the player who has the ball. Don't hit the player's wrist when he is trying to shoot a basket. So much for the basket ball "don'ts."
Tuesday, November 8, the first period class played the first basket ball of the se::i.son in the gym. The four regular gym squads were divided into two teams and took turns on the floor playing basket ball. Some of the boys in the class refereed the games.
Another ring horse shoe tournament was started, November 8, and it will be played the same as the last one and with as much success, we hope.
The laurels for the first tournament go to the Jerry Daugherty, James Hackman team. Runner up in the finals was the Harry Eckert, Eugene Nuss team.
The football tournament is the second round. 216 and 312 have won games in the football tourna·ment as the result of play-offs in the games. The play-off in a tied game is in this manner: if, at the end of the playing time, the score is tied, the referee places the ball in the middle of the field and announces to the teams that each of them is to have the ball, for one play. The team that gains the most yardage in its one play wins the game.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
For further information and resu1 ts of the games, look on the bill-board south of Mr. Wells' gym room. The chart is just the same as that for the horse shoe tournament.
PUPILS' RECREATION AL ACTIVITIES
In a recent survey of the recreational activities of Whittier pupils, it was found that the ideas of most of us as to how to have a good time are the same. Ice skating seems to be a much favored sport. 462 pupils seek this cold storage sport in their leisure time. Reading for pleasure was one of the tip-top notchers with a total of 800, closely followed by bicycling pupils of whom there are 784, a considerably larger number than owners of bicycles
Topping the list of magazines taken in the home were Colliers, Liberty, Woman's Home Companion, and American. Newspaper reader8 made a good showing with 885. 1 0 5 5 W h i t t i e r pupils have the advantage of a radio in their homes. We have two programs that greatly excel the others in popularity. They are Gang Busters and Lux Radio Theater. Then we
November 23, 1938
THE TORTOISE
Mrs. Ross suggests that if you don't like the way your game is being managed, you should see her in her office and your difficulties can be "ironed out."
The school tournament in kickpin was started by the playground committee since Mrs. Ross was absent. Mrs. Gammill served in her place, and the girls were on their very best behavior.
Since the game s are being played in the gym, we will give you the rules pertaining to the gym.
Girls will enter thegym through the locker room.
Girls will line up in the corridor and will be admitted to the gym at 12:20.
Please remember that pupils will not enter the gym from the second floor.
Food will not be taken into the gym.
Several interesting oddities have happened in the gym since the kickpin games started. First Betty Schroll had the ceiling light dangling in mid-air from a ''hefty'' ki~k. Then a few days alter Janet Howerter kicked the same ball down the cold air have a large number of pupils shaft. The ball was not recovered who seek out roller skating to from the shaft although the keep slim and happy. janitors tried very hard to get it.
For the movie goers, once a When Marian Holter was going week seems to be the popular out to diamond four to see 320 attendance average. The four topranking film favorites are ''Tom and 108 play three-base, she was Sawyer," "My Lucky Star," hit on the head by a ball which "Four Daughters," and "Alex- knocked her down. Being a good anc.er' s Ragtime Band.'' A sport she got up and watched the large number of our pupils played . h lgame. wit an organized group last I T b summer and many of them are he three- ase game for school now playing with a group after championship was won by 320, an school. 8A, 9B, and 9A home room.
Vo l. 16 No. 5 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Dec embe r 2, 1938 Price: Five cents
TWO INTERESTING ASSEMBLIES GIVEN
An athletic assembly was given Wednesday, November 23, by the playground committee, directed by Mrs. Ross. The three-ba se committee presented a skit while the baseb a ll committee gave out the awards intersper sed with amusing stories of incid ents that occurred when a ci vie league officer was pl'esent. Finishing up the program was Connje McBrjde, who gave a short Russjan dance.
An interesting motion picture was presented at Whittier, Novemb er 21. The picture was presented by Mr Lyttle of the Nebra ska Fi sh and Reforestation Depart ment. It showed the beauty spots in our State. Start-
Trio Gives Program
On November 16, Whittier pupils were entertained in assembly by a string trio composed of Miss Holcomb, violinist, Miss Baker, cellist, members of our Lincoln Symphony orchestra, and Milan Lambert, pianist. He has been made familiar to us through a performance at Whittier a few weeks ago and his participation in many radio programs.
The numbers played were: ''The Student Prince'' by Sigmund . Romberg, ''Girl Crazy," by George Gershwin, and "Tea for Two" by Vincent Youmans, arranged for string trio by A. L. Bonner.
ing with our own state Capitol, DRAMA CLASS HAS CONTEST the film then took us north, then west, showing beauty spots of On Tuesday, November 15, the each section. At the end of the drama class of 208, had a memory film the capitol was again shown. contest in which the object was An ex - Whittierite, Hor ace to see which side could memorize Mapes, who is now in the Re- and recite the longest poems. The forestation Department, was pre- class was divided into two teams, sented by Mr. Lyttle. the Reds and the Blues. Two
These assemblies were very captains were chosen, Marilyn interesting and the students en- Green, 104, and Benita Eliott, 304.
7A's PREPARE FOR TEST IN ASSEMBLY
The first of two 7A assemblies in preparation for the Flag and Star Spangled Banner tests to be given on December 12 and 15, was held on November 22. Dornthea Lemon gave explanato1y talks and introduced all of those who took part. A reading, "The Flag," was given by Marilyn Hays with Flora Kolb as narrator. Demonstrations of flag rules we1·e presented by the following scouts: Billie Griff en, Malcolm Allen, Gordon Smith, Biil Lovelace, Russell Scharman, Earl Rising, Raymond Bish, and Clifford Risher.
Since th e second assembly 011 December 8 will be a Professor Quiz contest, the assembly dosed with a Professor Quiz demonstration with the following 8B's as contestants : Frances Nolan, Betty Mason, Robert Caldwell, ~auline Jacoby, and Lucille Egger . Jimmy Wise acted as Professor Quiz, and the .i udges from the ninth grade were Marian He1·zog·, Pat.,,.icia Shelley, Roger McN eill, Billy Schnase, and Mm·y Lou Stone ,if r. Miss Hooper was in charge of this assembly.
joyed them very much. I A few of the interesting poems WHITTIER BOYS CHOSEN given were "The Prelude to The REGISTRATION Vision of Sir Launfal," ''Little We couldn't blame Mrs. White Boy Blue,'' and the ''Gettysburg if she strutted through the corriRegistration is that time when Address." The result of the dors like a peacock nowadays. The headach e medicines see much contest was the Reds winning reason? Three former Whittier service. You really should con- with a score of 4,565 points. On boys have been chosen for the sider wha t would be most benefi- this team, Ruth Perkins received I Lincoln High School Boys Quarcial to the gray matter, but it's the most points, her score being I tette. They are Mark Allen, Louis hard to leave off thinking of 1,110 points. The total number of I McChesney and Warren Boggs. what would be the most fun. Stay points for the Blues was 2,665. On I This certainly indicates what fine with it maybe you :"ill dream I this team, Betty Duncan received I vocal. train_in?' we are getting the solution, or somethmg. 480 points. Ihere m Wh1tt1er.
THE
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
F o und e d and es tabli s h ed in 19 24 as the offi cial stu d e nt p ub li c at i on of Whitt ier Juni or
H i,,.'h S ch oo l. Publis h ed b i- weekl y durin g th e
schoo l ye a r by the W h ittier Juni or Hi g h
Sc h oo l p u p il s
FACULTY AD V ISORY BOARD
Miss H u lt
M i ss Cross Mr. Gam mill
Miss P eterso n
GRE'EN L E A F STAFF
Edi tors - i n- chi ef.. Cb ar Iott e Ga rret t ····Stua rt G o ldb e rg
Gi r l s' Sp orts J a n e L awre n c e
Boys' Sports K e nn e th M a t t h ews
F eatures , Vin i fred N e ls on
Hu mor Cecelia Brady Bett ie Bl air
Ca l endar· Darleen Foreman
E ·ch a n ges -··-·· ·-· ··V ale :·ie B igne ll ·-· ··Vera S pargo
Ty pists Duane A n d e rso n : K e nn eth Matt h ews J ohn Coult e r
RE P OR T ERS
Be t tie F ow ler D orot h y John s T o mmy Griffi n Marjor i e R ame l
D o nn a Har t m an Pearl Sn ore
E dit h H utc hi nso n Jim V an Hom
D e lmar W il son
PRINT E RS
J a ck Ba i r
L ee Bowers Adam Breh m E ldon C h ristop h er
D o n a ld Emery
F ra nk Esqu i ve l Jack Gi el
H aro ld H aar
P au l Lange
Pat L awson
R oger McNe ill R o ll and Mi ll s
H arry Papp a s Gerald Pelis
L e ster Rader K enneth S immo n s
Roy S mit h Mi lton Stark
Ade l bert Tipto n Dorothy C lapp
June Harra l Bessie Heater
Marcellie Pros " er Marce ll ine Prosser E ve l y n R oss
TWELVE WEEKS GRADES
Grades to the left of us , grades to the right of us, grades in front of us , good grades and bad gradesmost of them the latter. Maybe they didn't come up to our highest expectations, Lut at least they shown brightly over the six weeks ones. On the other hand, if your grades were quite, quite low, get down to some good, hard studying for it never was any fun to fail. Besides , if you work hard enough you'll be sure to come out with flying colors.
WHITTIER'S HIT PARADE
Whittier pupils have a hit parade of their own. The order of these selections was determined
WHITTIER GREENLEAF December 2, 1938 by reporters who questioned one 7B's TAKE TRIP hundred and fifty pupils and teachers. "Pocket Fu 11 of The 7B class took their civic Dreams" was in first place. league trip, Friday, November 18. They met at the Stuart "Small Fry" was ranked second. theater before g oing on their "A Tisket a Tasket'' was third. trips where Mr. Nathan J. Gold "Change Partners" was fourth. spoke to them. Both boys and "My Reverie"came in fifth place. 1 gir1s had seventeen trips each. "Alexander ' s Ragtime Band" Whittier teachers going on the was sixth. "Stop Beating Around trip were: Miss V e erhusen, Miss the Mulberry Bush" came sev- Schofield, Miss Ferguson, Miss enth, and "Bambino" eighth. In Hooper, Mrs. Ross, Mrs Shike, ninth place was "At Long Last Miss Clark and Mrs . Worrall. Love" and, last but not least, m tenth, "Flat Foot Floogie."
THE SUNSETS
PICTURES TAKEN
A11 of the pictures for the 9A issue e x cept those of the faculty
The sun set amid a beautiful were taken, N o v. 22. Despite the showing of colors. Red, blue, vio- fact that the cold weather problet, and all the colors in the rain- ably caused the pictures to be bow were reflected there in the blurred be ca us e of violentshaking fleecy whiteness of the clouds. A on the part of the pupils, our jovial large plane glided across it, its I photographer saved the day. For wings glittering in the dying the s a ke of locket owners we hope rays. People stood watching the I the pictu r es will turn out well. splendor of the heavens. Soon it was gone leaving a purplish haze. Darkness came on; the people w ent in; lights clicked on,night had come.
- Delmar Wilson
DADS AND LADS
HOLD PARTY
Three hundred fifty attended the Father and Son party, 'held
A barber wa s shaving a new customer. Haven't I shaved you before , sir?
''No,'' said the customer, ''I got tho s e scars in France."
Cham p: What's my temperature , Doc?
Do c : Hundred and three. Champ: What ' s the world record?
Boy: I don't want my medicine Mother (giving up): Oh! My little boy will die.
Boy: Don't cry, mother. Daddy wil1 be home and make me take it.
at Whittier, November 18. The I can tell you how much water band, directed by Mr. Welch, I to the quart goes over Niagara played and the boys' glee club Falls. sang, under the direction of Mrs. If you know, tell us. White and accompanied by Mrs. Two pints. Hiley. Duane Andersen gave the "Welcome" speech. Mr. J. D. Epp responded. Mr. Clayton Watkins presided over the party and Dr. H. E. Bradford gave the address of the evening. Ice cream and cake were served.
Decembe g 2, 1938
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
CHATTER BOX study is going on for recognizing songs and composers test. Miss Vale rie Bignell was seen try- Green hums the song thereby ing to take a picture out by the enabling the pupils to become drinkin g fountain. It didn't turn acquainted with it. Splendid out so well because she backed progress is being shown. u p a little too far and stumbled Miss Frances Helser has finally over the cement platform. It made h, te newspaper not the surely was too bad that nobody front page, to be sure, but if else had a camera. Better lu ck our front page were not already next tim e, Valerie. filled, Frances' latest noticed
When Miss Curley added an - antic should be there. Perhaps other boy's name to her se cond you have already noticed it, the period li st, she said that she hug e billboard effect across the wished he were a girl, because front of her notebook which she now has twenty-eight boys reads: "Get Your Sevens Now! and nine girls. But no such a Avoid the Rush." mir acle could happen. If you had passed 320 on a cer-
A scavenger hunt was held in tain day and had heard Miss the Pete r Pan Park on Friday, Curley telling her second period Novem ber 25th . It was given by class about rhythm in poetry, you Valerie Bignell and Betty Mon- would have thought she was tague. About thirty-five at- practicing -her vocal lessons betend ed.
BEDTIME STORY
One night the world was all at rest, And everyone thought it the best, When the radio flashed a warning, 3 ''The world will be destroyed by morning.''
Then they ran out in a terrible fright, And screamed with all of their might, When they heard of a great tin can, Out of which climbed a Maritian man.
The people ran to get into their cars, To see the terrible men from Mars, When the radio stopped their flight By saying ''Listen in next Sunday night.''
-Tom Watkins
BICYCLES
Several people have heard of
Poo r Shirley King is alwa ys cause she was using musical gett ing into trouble. The other notes. day she came to school with her A recent cave party was that sweate r on wrong s ide out. She of Frances Helser's. Forty-seven changed it, of cour se, after be- of the 9B class attended it. ing told about it.
It seems that we have in such names as "Little Lord Whi ttier twins who are not twins. Fauntleroy," "Oscar Jones," Elain e Adams of 107 and Elaine and '' Herman'' applied to Ellio tt of 108 have birthdays on Whittierites. Who are they? the same date, are the same age, Darl een Paine, Delores Bloom, hav e first names alike, and Carolyn Wilkinson, and Alice star ted to school in the same Gable went on the 7B civic league schoo l. , trip, November 18, and decided Geraldine Thompson, 107, and · to eat lunch up town. Both Alice Tho mas Griffen, 110, were seen and Carolyn bought regular meals, scuffling on the corner of 25th but Darleen and Delores each had and T Streets, on November 14th. six hot dogs and some malted We wonder who won and \.Vhat it milks. Wh en they reached school, was all about. both girls looked rather peaked. Jac queline Wilson's grand- We gather that neither girl had father shot a duck that had a much on her stomach. whole fish in its stomach and one Edith Hutchinson was very in its throat. much surpr ised to find a box all
Featu red for this week only in wrapped up in Christmas style. 30 4, a concert. Miss Green is the It said on a card-- "A present to performer and a very able one too. the one that finds this.'' She unThe reason for this unexpected wrapped it, and on a piece of pleasure is a drive in 304 for cotton was a small insignificant more efficiency credits. Hence , Russian peannt.
Bicycles, Bicycles, all over the street, Some are old, but some are neat; We know the code that we should obey, Some think if they don't that it is okay.
Some toss their hand and call it done,
Some take it seriously, some think it fun; And remember, folks, when turning off a street, Give your signal, not half, but complete.
-Vaughn Wright, 107
There once was a Dutch girl named Mary, Who was always light and airy; She jumped on her bike, And rode off a dike; That was the end of Mary.
- Lucille Egger
JUST IMAGINE
Kenney Matthews without candy or gum in his mouth.
Jimmie Wise being quiet.
Margaret Pierce growing tall.
Shirley Osborn without Hazel Fritchie.
Esther Weber without curls on top of her head.
Dale Schappaugh getting his Algebra.
Roy Fish going to sleep in home room.
Don Kempkes without La Vern Roberts.
Stuart Goldberg not attending the Quizzer Bee on Friday night.
Miss Cross without her saying "Rooms for rent, cheap."
Portia Eitel being quiet in assembly.
Mickey Allen without his lessons.
Channing Morrison weighing 98 pound s.
Marion Coomb :; without her shadow, LaVerne Graves.
John Blumer not being the s·ubject of a certain candid camera.
RECIPE
For blustering winter nights. Three or four medium sized apples.
A large pan of popcorn (or if preferred, three popcorn balls.)
A good fiction book, preferably a mystery story.
A pillow and a soft sofa in front of ·the fireplace.
The above recipe serves three hours.
- Pearl Shore LIFE
Isn't life a funny thing, What it can do to you?
It can make you laugh and sing And it can make you blue.
- Keith Rymer, 301
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
A NIGHT OF REST
Mrs. Martha Rugglesbee came running down the steps, huffing and puffing. She always huffed and puffed after descending a flight of stairs , for she wasn't exactly the smallest woman in the world.
It was evening and all the li g hts in every room were on. Half the lamps in use would have sufficed but the family were al ways forgetting to turn l ights out when leaving a room. Th e house was in an uproar since it
Dceember 2, 1938
promised and went to the New Yorker.
As soon as the boys left, Martha ascended the stairs, thankful for an evening of peace and quiet and thinking that she wouldn't go out for a million dollars. She removed her shoes and started to mas s ag e her aching feet. Just as she stretched out upon the bed for a little catnap, the door- bell rang. She hastily put on her shoes, raced down the steps, and opened the door. ''Go out for a game of bridge? Why, I'd be delighted."
was Monday. On this day Mr. THE BICYCLE Rugglesbee had his weekly club • AND POLICEMAN meeting. The radio, excuse me , two radios-one upstairs and one When you're riding your bicycle down were both going full force. today or tomorrow, No one was listening to them but Obey the rules and there'll be no the noise added to the conglomer- sorrow ation. Howard , the oldest son, Put out your hand and stop at the sleek, high of stature, yelled signs, from upstairs , " Hey, Ma , is there If you do this, there will be no any hot water?" This was fines. repeated several times. Finally, When you're riding around and Allan, the youngest of the tribe around in the street, caught the message and relayed Hark when you listen you hear it to his mother. Then Mr. ' a small tweet; ' Rugglesbee was heard descending Then you turn around and give the steps and calling, ''Martha , I a good look, where are my pants?" He ran to When the policeman is writing the hall to look for them. Martha I your name in his book. followed her husband around - Lois Nelson 107 hunting for the lost trousers.
_______ ' They were located in the kitchen LIMERICK while everyone wondered how they could have turned up there. Another round of minutes found Mr. Rugglesbee ready for his meeting. After the master (Mr. Rugglesbee, he thinks) _left, the phone rang lustily as Allan answered it. It turned out to be for Howard who €.ventually reached the phone. Allan suggested a show and Howard agreed. Allan wanted to see the Rialto, Howard the Lincoe. They com-
There once was a man named Lou, Who decided to go to the zoo; A battle he waged, In a big lion's cage, And that was the end of poor Lou. --Marjorie Nickolas, 308
Conjurer: Now, my lad, you hear your watch ticking inside the handkerchief. Are you satisfied? Youngster: More than satisfied. It been going for a year.
2, 1938
NE WSY NOT ES
Beatric e War d sp e nt Than k sgiving vacation i n Sioux City, Iowa.
Jacquel ine Durn ell wen t t o Homes vill e,- Nebraska.
Ge rtrude Augustine went to Omaha as did Donald Carr.
Rus s ell Ickes went to Iowa . W hit ti er has lost another one of it s g irls She is June Stopher, 101, w h o has moved to Spokane, Washing ton.
Grace Allbre cht spent her Thank s givi ng vacation at J ackson, Ne braska, with her par e nts.
Mari l yn Franks, 301, has a brothe r who lives in Hong Kong, Chi na . He i s radio op e rator and a pil ot i n the air service of the American Navy.
Id a Mae Bivens, 301, spent he r vaca tion in Omaha, Nebraska
Mary Smith of 301, spent her Th a n ksgiving vacation in North Plat t e.
Dur ing Thanksgiving vacation
Jac q u eline Wilson traveled to Schu yl er, N ebraska, where she wa s t he guest of her grandmoth er .
R ober t Baker, 112, vi s ited his gran dmo t her in the country during Than ksgiving .
Ro be rt Bass, 11 2 , spent most of h i s t i me at the Y M.C A. during Th a n ksgiving vacation
Bet t y Burke ha d compaiiy from Edi son, N ebraska, and Gert r ud e Griffen went to Saund -
.Nebraska. She came to Sidn e y to be a cabinet. maker, and to do from Colora d o oth e r carpentry work. Betty Horne room 312 has four J ean Franklin wou l d like to be a n Bob's, Bob Smith, Bob Gage, Bob air hostess in future years. ArCaldwell, and Bob Shepard, and lene Robinette, Marian Holter, two Betty's, Betty Gerlach and and L oraine Heaton ar e someB et t y L eake, and two L ouise's, what i n te rested in each ot h er's Louise Davis s on and Lo uise work, one wanting to be an ilHa y s. Poor Mr McMullen! lustrator and the other two hop_ 312 has lost a pupil, Harley ing to be dress designers. J arnes Cas sner, who no w goes to E ver - Shindel and Ivan Stern are planett. ning to be forest rangers.
He r e are two more drops, When you are ill, you will Beatrice W ar d, 104, and Helen probably have either Ethel WilAlex a nder, 108. Both of th em Iiams or Dorothy Clapp for a now go to Jackson. nurse. Anyway they hope so.
Betty Lou Jelinek went to Frank E s quivel hopes to be printing your leading newspaper Colorado for her Thanksgiving soon. Shirley Osborn and Esther vaca tion , and Cece lia Brady of Tupper both ag r eed to be stenog318 went to St . Joseph, Missouri. raphers for Lincoln's leading
The popular vote for staying business men. by the home fireside was almost Flora Ebert, Robe r ta Hanneunan imous in 110 for Thanksgiv - rnann, and Alma Reichel are racing Marian Conners, Rose Pullen, ing to be private secretaries to and Emma Kreick welcomed the future president of th e guests for the occasion. Donald United States Williams reported a day at home Betty Crabtree is going out eating chicken for typing. Winifred Nelson, Marian Glantz and Alta I gou, Kenneth Koop, and Lee Bowers both of home room 110, stayed are going to be aviators. home for dinner, then went to see Billy Warner would like to be Shirley Temple in ''Just A round a professional baseball player, The Corner." while Robert Rubino would like Evelyn Schmidt, 110; had din - to be a football player. Carlton ner with her grandparents and Boberg wishes to be an airpl a ne took in the football game . mechanic. A future jockey for Donald Spargo of 110 had din - you racing fans should be James ner at Roca with h is aun t . Nevels.
Jim Van Horn of 307 spent his The reporters consist of Betty v acation in Bloomfield, Iowa. Nash, Alice May Henderson , and J ane Lawrence
AMBIT IO NS
ers Cou n t y Horne room 320 has a varied
R ebecca Roberts, niece of se lection of ambitions. Aviators, Mr s. R oss, recently left hom e reporters , and pri v ate sec r ero om 3 12 to join her parents in taries s eem to top the li s t Wall i n g to n, Oklahoma, wh e r e Pe r hap s the mo s t infrequent he r fat her is superintendent of ambition is that of Harriet Turns chools . er She would like to be an "exHorne room 312 has a ne w Ipert" linotypist. Ronald Knipple girl, L a V on L oyd from Sidney, l has an intere s ting hope. That is
Of co u rse, y ou realize that this will probably not be permanent . We will most likely change our "ambitions" several times yet.
'' Dad,'' said t he kid, ''what is an under cove r ma n? "
' 'It's your father, son, when he thin ks h e hears a burglar in the house," snapped hi s mother.
THE TORTOISE TRADE ROU E
Football chee rs \Vere carried Our Greenlea fs are g oi ng over •from the Nebraska-Pitt farther from home this year in game onto the field where 318 an established correspondence was playing by Sara Mae Van betvveen Wh ittie r and other Hook and Lu cile Cozad. schools by means of the G1·een-
In the la st athletic assembly leaf and papers of the respective awards vrnre given to 108 for schools with whom , ve are happy g ·oup B cricket championship to be in touch. More of our and al s o for g roup B champio n - close1 1 neighbors such as Sutton, ship in three-base, 320 fOl' Nebra s ka's "Mustang Round school championsh ·p in th1·ec- Up," College View's "Purple and base, 318 fo r school cri cket Gold," Norfolk, Nebraska's "Our championship, 205 for school Talkie," and the "Lincoln High ba seb2ll championship, to 308 fo1· School Advocate" are also welgrou p A champio:::1ship, and to come i nspirat ions filled with nev: 316 for school championship in suggestions vv1hich we find very Nebraslra ball. Have you noticed useful. that the games are not the same That old • saying about th each day when played inside? world's being a small place has proved it se lf right here. Frnm First the chairman has kickpin the very eastern part of the played and then ebraska ball, United States we h ~_v e received and then nine-court. a ve"y interesting paper called Mrs. Ros has just found out the "Skyrocket" from the Roosethat all the ninth O'rade home ve lt Junior Hi~h Sd1;ool i_n New 0 Bedford. Th e items m this Ne-Yv rooms don t ~ave enough_players England paper were very interfor basketball so we mll have IestinO' mainly because of the dif- o, •indep endent teams again this ference they showed between year. If you ·would like to be a Nebraska and New England's captain hand in your name to form of occ.upat_ions !his show- ' ed most plamly m an item where Mis. Ross. it \Yas casually mentioned that a Since \Ye are nearly at the end boy's father was a sailor. This of another full semester, w.e probably seems strange to us beshall round up the best players. cause there are so few men in We hope you like our selection. Nebraska who support the·r
Lillian Urback, 104, Betty families by nautical means. Coulter, 308, J anet Hmverter, From the exact opposite part 316, Ele a nor Hurd, 318, Shirl ey of our nation comes the "Sutter Osborn, 320, Virginia Lee Nun,· Static" from Sacramento, Cali304, Janet Hutchinson, 203, Peg- fornia, "Junior Hi-Ways" from gy Hudson, 309, and Thera Burbank, California, and from Mayne of 207. not so far west comes the
Most of the gym classes are "Flashlight" from the Sandy working on individual events ex- Junior High School , Sandy, cept the sixth period. Tumbling Utah. seems to be more to their nature, We hope to have new correbut there won't be much this spondence established among semester because the one and many more of our far neighbors only mat is in bad condition. and distant ones too. With the Dancing will not be done either present exchanges we hope to rebecause of lack of accompanist. main firm friends.
THE HARE
Th e boys gym class on Monday, No ve mber 21, practiced a basketball relay which helped them in passing, shooting, and dribbling. The winner of the football tournament in the ninth grade was 305 and the runner up was 310. The winner of the seventh grade was 208 and the runner up was 222.
An "individual" gym class is to be held. There are classes from A to H. You are put in a class according to your age, height, and weight. The smallest boys with less weight than the others come first. They add up your age, weight, and height and put you in your class. If you get sixty per cent in five events, you will get an efficiency credit. There are such event as passing, punting, broad jumping, and double broad jumping.
Every class next semester will suit up. It will cost seventy five cents a semester for towel fee. You will have to have a pair of w bite gym pants, a pair of tennis shoJs, a pair of gym socks, and a white gym shirt.
Some of the home rooms were put out of the football tournament by playing players with sevens. It will be done likewise in the basketball tournament. The winner of the school championship in football is 305 and the runner up was 208. T he captains of the two teams were Leslie West, captain of 305, and David Krcmarik captain of 208. Several of the games were won by yardage.
Small boy: Mother, must I wash my face again?
Mother: Certainlv, Willie. Why do you ask?
Small boy: Oh, I just thought I could powder it like you do.
Vol. 16 No. 6
7th Graders Hold
LINC OLN , NEBR ASKA
December 16, 1938 Price: Five cents
rush which i~ al ways in ~vidence I Christmas Spirit in after a vacat10n of any size when . Flag Code Quiz we have slipped out of step.
In the Professor Quiz Contest at he assemb l y on Dec~m er 8, the White team was vi toriou s, answering most corre ctly the questions about the Flag and The Star Spangled Ban ner T e
Assembly Program Until the co , then, y
Crhistmas and a Happy New im ress·ve and b au..tiful Year. .Ch ristmas program was hel d in a ssembly on Wednes day, TALENTED UPILS GIVE D cember 14. Those participa ting ROLLICKIN
BLY we e the student body themse ves
judg es were Marion Herzog, A ery r lic kin g assembly Pat;r icia Shelley, Roger McNeill, was held on Fr ida y, December 2 , Ma 'Y Lou Stonesifer, and Billy in which a nu mbe r of Whittier Sc ase, with Dorothea Le on p u • • as tudent Director The fact y 6o
who sang "Joy to the Wor ]d," and ''Silent Night," and rs. Riley who played Christ mas carols o t he organ while the p • s asse mbled is started e program off on com mittee in charge was Hoo per, chairman, Mr. W . e right key to en j oy the foll ow- • , _ .. .,.,.,....._,., erformance. The girls glee Mc ullen, and Miss Veerh u n.
T here were three teams w 1 h took pa rt, the Reds, the Whites, traying t he pa and the Blues. The red was the ave a b • f nd h umorou talk first floor. The people who were on medi cine. Marian Coom s cho en to represent their home O'ave a very pr etty d ance, olroo on this team were Fried a iow ed by Ann K elso vho pl ayed Rei hel, 101, • e, , 0 itai t ~'ht!t"IIIIIPlii'~ HasJun e Keane, atr k, i n ga 108, Evelyn chmidt, i, ,~t=."':IJm d e H Ma jorie Ram tea , second trnl~ e,-r,fi:w.:ts.
lub made up the main body of t e program with a processi onal ''Come all Ye Faithful,'' and other songs, namely: "Christ mas Song," "Angels We Ha ve Heard on High," and "A ay a ange " :with the v ocal lo ddrt by ari n Combs. J\fr. ull e ad e traditi onal hr· tmas, s ry rom the Bih1e an osa11e egans ably en tera ·n ed with a reading. the following representativ~s : De a Little Do lly" to the doll he Del m ar Wilson, 203, Alta McKm - cal'rie in his arms. Floyd Pettistry , 205, Virginia Shirey, '208, g rew an d Frederick Lan enh im DR MA CLASS ENTERTAI NS Ger aldine Michel, 209, Dorothy . K hl • 212 Christina Givens sang a due a er which Frede ing' ' ' • k d •d d J k H •11 220 and Esther Schnell, 222. enc 1 a tap ance. ac 1 A great showing of talent was Th~ Blue team, third floor, had recited a poem. Cecil White Bear exhibited by the drama class unDon a ld Farmer, ?00, D~rleen played "Jingle Bells" on the der the direction of Mrs. Shik e in Mu phy, 301,,. Lom se Davissr n , piano with one finger. The chil- a unique comedy entitled "H ave 812 , a nd Hany She r ~dan\ 3 ! h· t Idren of the fourth ( ?) grade You Had Your Operation,'' preWe feel very co? en a then danced around the Christ- sented in assembly, Dec. 7. The the Professor Qmz b ~; ogram mas tree as th ey s ang " e r e e cast was headed by Dorothy h elped the 7A's to be e derSpre- Go Round the Christmas Tree" 1 1 James as Mrs. Gordon. She was pa r ed for th e Flag an ong with appropriate motions. Ac- supported by Flora Kolb as Nurse te s t s.
_______ companists were Mary Alford Allen, Gerry Matthews as Nurse and Mrs. Riley. I Harris, Ruth Perkins • as Flo
A GENTLE REMINDER This assembly seemed to be Martin, Norma Ogden as Mrs. Th is is to remind you that the kind that Whittier pupils Murphy, Bettie Kempkes as the sc hool will begin to function again really enjoy. Our sincere thanks patient in the next room and on January 3. This notice is to I go to Mrs. White and Miss Hult Darlene Healey as Dinah. Ruth h e l p pupils avoid that last minute j vvho were in charge. Vance was the announcer.
THE Iare sure they would go blissfully WHITTIER
GREENLEAF
!unheeded. Just have a good time
Found e d and es~ bli_s hed in 1_92_4 as ~he I giving and getting gifts.
official student pubhcat10n of Whittier Jumo r
Hi g b School. Publi s h ed bi-weekly du ri n g the school y e ar by the Whittie r Junio r Hi g h
School pup il s.
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult Miss Cross Mr Gamm ill M i ss Peterson
GR EK L EAF STAFF
E d i tors - in - chi eL Charl ot t e G arrett
Stuart Goldberg
Git'l s' Sports Jan e L awre n c e
Boys' Sports
Kenneth Matthe ws
F ea tures. Win i fred N e lson
Humor Cecelia Brady ·- ······Betti e Blair
Ca len da r Darleen Foreman
E. changes Vale .·ie Bignell V er a Spar go
T ypists , Duane Andei·son K en n et h Matthe ws John Cou lt er
RE PORTE RS
Bettie Fowl e r Dorothy Johns
Tommy Griffin Marjorie Ramel
D onn a Hartman Pearl S'hor e
Edith Hutchinso n Jim V a n Ho rn
D e lm ar Wilson
PR I NTERS
Gcrtrmle Augusti n e Jack Bair
Lee Bowers Adam Brehm
Eldon Christopher
D onald Emery
Frank Esquivel .J ack Gi e l
Ha1·old Haar
raul Lange
Pat L awson
Rop;cr McN eill
R o ll and Mills
Ha rry Pappas Gerald Fe ll s Lester Rad e r Kennet h S imm ons
Roy Smith
Milton Sta rk , IS nkd
Adelber t Tipton
Dorothy Clapp
June Harral
Be s sie He a ter Marcellie Pros ::. er Ma:·c elline Pr osset· Ev e lyn Ro ss
NEWSY NOTES
Ruth Shank of 20 8 plans to go to Hickman, Nebraska, for her Christmas yacation.
Mary Helen Smith plans to go to Broken Bow during Christmas vacation.
Kathleen Heal e y will go to Omaha.
Donald McKee will visit in Ulysses, Nebraska.
Robert Robine t te will spend Christmas vacation in Dodge, Nebraska, hunting and trapping.
Wilma Peterson will divid e her vacation am o n g Red Cloud, Nebraska , Smith Center, Kansas, and Springfield , Colorado.
Betty Knox will go to Pawnee City, Nebraska.
La Von Dean, .Joyce Crosby and Betty Gary plan to ice skate during vacation
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR Gertrude Agustine is going to JUST AROUND THE CORNER Spalding, Nebraska.
Shirley Griffin is going to
We stop a mom e nt to realize Miama, Florida, where she will that Christmas and New Year are visit her uncle. almost upon us. Of all the holidays Marian Coombs will spend her Christmas is by a large majority vacation in Albion and Elgin, the favorit e Th e coming of the N eb raska.
brand ne w year is a favorite Kenneth Wilson plans to spend occasion because it s e ems more Christmas vacation in Marquette, appropriate to turn new leave3 Nebraska. and all that sort of thing at that Marilyn Hays will have a house time. The long vacation and gifts full with forty relatives from four given and received could probably diff e rent states. be listed among the reasons for the Donald Kaar is going to take favoritism shown this season, but pictur E: s durng Christmas vacathe real reason for the fesitive tion.
celebration undoubtly underlies I van Stern will go to Colora do it all. Springs, Col orado, for his vaca-
Any warning or admonitions tion. about eating too much are going Ronald Knipple witl go to to be left out of this because we Missuakee, Michigan.
Ice skating will be the amusement during Christmas vacation for Harold Hawkins.
Vanita Worline will spend her vBcation reading several books her aunt has sent her.
Frank Johns will spend his time in a happy way (his tonsils taken out).
Doris Johnson will visit her aunt and uncle in Meade, Ne b raska, for a few days.
Christmas vacation will be spent visiting relatives in Callaway, Nebraska, by Helen Chadd.
Nona Lane will spend her Christmas in Virginia, Nebraska, visiting her grandmother and grandfather.
A new-comer to Whittier is Pearl Howerton, who has come from Everett. Pearl is now in 112 and plans to visit her grandparents who live clos e to Lamar, Nebraska, during vacation.
Barbara Schnase of 112 will probably spend m ost of her vacation ice skating.
Cleo Portman intends to visit Guide Rock, Nebraska, during vacation.
Marjorie Ram el's cousin from Falls City, Nebraska, expects to visit Marjorie during vacation. Marjorie will also celebrate her birthday which is December 26.
Alma Telecky plans to go to 0 mah a during Christmas vacation.
Juni or Wis by is going to be on a farm with relatives during the holiday season.
Rose Pullen, 110, is going to be in a play, "Little Women."
Tom Watkins 104, plans to spend his Chri s tmas vacation skiing u p in the mountains m Colorado.
Marcellie Prosser 103, had the satisfaction of knowing that her father took moving pictures of the Christmas Parade.
CAPTAIN ANDY
Dear Kid s, Whitti er town has asked me to let them print my ship's log in their big paper and so I'm goin to let them print it for som time--e fin you like it.
Wno a up a second! Maybe I ha be tter sorta introduce myself. I'm just a common human bein' and I ain't much for fancy talkin'just sorta on the Santy Claus type. Ain't the type the ladies go for (he he) but I do all r ight, I gu ess - sort of bald on the mast and tubby in the middle.
My ship's name is Lorna Bee, the best little jerk that ever sailed the seven seas. Me mates is strong
with heaps of grub. But it's a goin' to bea secret so don't ye tell a soul; rm lettin' ye mates in on it because r ~~-•-·-owin' ye can ep a eo e WAt • t we eats
A GANGSTER'S HOLIDAY
Louie the ''Lug'' lay in his bed, And many thoughts whizzed thro ugh his head;
Would old St. Nick heap upon i 01 ' him scorn,
rr-his mou a p: ')! i
On this day of days, this Christnin' to dRa little fancy in' mas morn?
He He. Then we ~air a goin' to turn He thought of the trial and of in a little early. I'm a hopin' we being acquitted, have a dern good time tbmorrow, •He thought of he cops that he but I'll have to wait till I write had outwitted; the next log to tell you about it. And into his clothes he jumped Me swabs is a callin' me so I with fright, reckon best be goin' ! Goodnight. For old St. Nick had arrived in Cap'n Andy the night;
JACK IE FRO ST
And when he arrived at the stocking, he found and husky and there's six in all. Ther e's Mike, a good Irishman; Jac~ie FrcS t comes m t~e n~g_ht,
- Elizabeth Nuss, 209
Then back to bed, and as he crawled in, He knew that Santa had spotted a sin.
-Jim Van Horn
LOST: One fountain pen, Burroughs plunger type, gold clip. Reward. Return to Kenneth Wilson, 310.
SANTA'S JOURNEY
A little black switch, slend r and round; Sw ede, the best hand on the deck; He_ is dresse~ up all m w bite; Ton y an Italian you can't under- , Pamts th e wm d ows everywhere stan d but he means all right;Jake, I He doesn't seem to have a care. a big Dutchman who cooks the He comes when you are fast best grub on the whole big pond; asleep and Moses, the colored boy who And in the window he does peep; pla ys a mouth harp all day. We Then with his brush he paints all g it along like one big family along and have lots of good times on the And sings and hums an old , old Lorna Bee. But, by cracky, I'd song. best get along with my log You younguns might not get the d rift of this ramble, but here goes. He He.
Your Matie, Cap'n Andy LORNA BEE LOG: Dec. 24, 1938, Chri stmas Eve. Soft Gale Blowin'.
Well, it's Christmas Eve, and me swabs is makin' so much noise I can 't hardly hear myself think.
A fat man bumped into a rather lean gent leman. ''From the looks of y ou,'' he said belligerently, ''the re must have been a famine.'' "And from the looks of you," replied the lean gentleman, " you're the guy who caused it."
Johnny: Yah! A little b1rd told me what kind of a lawyer yer father is!
On Christmas mornin' at eight bell s we're havin' a little meetin' on the deck to sorta remind me swabs it's Christmas and what the meanin' of it is. When the sun's high we'll have a swell time say?•
Tommy: Yeah?What'd the bird
Johnny: Cheep, Cheep!
"Dancer, Prancer, away," Says Santa Claus on Christm as day; He is wrapped up in fur from head to foot Because he 's sure he' 11 get covered with chimney soot.
Mrs. Santa Claus is by his side, And don't you dare say she's trying to hide, 'Cause she is all covered up with
Santa's pack
Tommy: Huh!' Well a d uck told To give poor children the things me what kind of a doctor your I they lack. father is! - Pearl Shore
THE N IG H T BE FOR E
CH RISTMA S
' Twas the nigh t before Ch r istmas
A nd all through the house,
Ev er y c re ature was sti rri n 5
Including a mouse;
H is stocking was hung
By the chimney with care
In hopes that Sai n t N ick
Would some cheese soon bring there;
He in his nightgown,
His wife in a cap
Had ju s t settled down
For a long winter's nap,
When outside their hole
They heard such a clatter, They sprang t o the door to see
W ha t was the matter:
Outside Game a doctor,
His pack on his bac k;
Someone was sick
From too m uch o f a snack
-Mary Alford
SANTA CLAU S COMES
There were eight tin y reindeer
Harness e d up to a sled;
A jolly fellow drove them,
And he was dressed in red.
This merry little fel low
Was Santa Claus I knew;
He told his reindeer t o "G iddyup,"
And then away they flew.
Behind hi m he left joy,
• Beh i nd him he left cheer;
H e always comes fr o m the North Pole,
W h e n Ch rist m as time is h ere.
-D. F.
Teacher: Now can anyone tell me why the Romans built their roads straight?
Little A rthu r: Please, t eacher, so that the Briton s cou l d no t h ide around th e corners.
THE WH ITT IER GRE E NLEAF
-Decemb e r 16, 19 38
CHRIS TMAS CU TUP as the p i ne t ree crumb led t o the g r ound. Clutching the illegally (B ased on an ActuaJ Happe n ing ) gotten tree under his arm, ArchAr chibald ' ulged They ! ibald rushed from the scene. were sh i n" • ight sim- Arriving within the protec tilar to a t , ickering ing sanctum of his back yard he candles. ' ore him pushed the tree roughly into the was a fa ng a fab_ wood s hed for the night. The folulous fo r tt form of lo wing day he produced it, givth r ee silver do ars. As Archi- ing unintelligible, gutteral ansb a ld pounced upon it, his father, wers in reply to inqui r ies as to the own e r of the fat palm, ex- where he had p r ocu r ed it. Decopl a ined to him th a t he w a s t o r a tion of it was soon launched. buy a Christ m as t r ee with it. Then the inev i table occurred. F e el i ng a mite proud of such a The family had j ust completed huge responsibility, Archibald the evening meal a n d were sitdeparted with the speed of Sea ting around the open fireplace Biscu i t. The idea of b uy i ng a feeling fatly con t en t ed when t ree was r idiculous to Archibald there came a shar p r ap on the when trees flou r i s hed so vigor- po r t a l of their v ene r able edifice. o usly in hi s own home town, free Si s ter Ginn y , w ho always be a t for the cho pp ing. eve ry on e el s e to the door, adThat v e y night when smoky mit te d a man of gnarled build s hado w s lay thick on frozen I a nd shift y g a ze who had the e xmot her ear th he ventured forth I p r es s ion of a hawk ready to on his mi s s ion, axe slung o v e r I pounce on an unsu s pecting vieone shoulde r He intended to tim weaker tha n him s elf. If you chop one down in Merrit's Ra - stared at him fo r an y leng t h of v ine where no one particul ar l y tim e , you got the uneasy feeling ca re d. His path led him by a neat that he was not a man at all. little white hou s e w ith t w o lo ve- Archibald's family blinked their l y pine trees st a nding unifo r mly eyes a s if to r e lie v e them of a in front of it. A r chibald half w a y be w itched veil or sh r oud as the p a used, then slowl y , unwillingl y , v i sit or announced himself. "I ambled pa s t; b µt the mental pi e- a m Jo s ep h Prey, occupant of the t ure of the p i ne tr e e s refused to white house do wn the road. You be dismis s ed fr om his m ind. On a re Mr. Romaine, I be lieve?" he an impulse he turned and t aced in q uired as he add r essed Archiback to the small hou s e, sw ung b ald's father. his axe to the ground, and "You' r e quite right, glad to chopped away at the base of a know you, Mr Prey " The latter t r ee. As he progressed, his l a b- w a s said entirely for social puror ed strokes came fa s ter and po s es.
heavie r while sweat pou r ed fro m "You may w onde r what brings his b r ow. The tree seemed to me he r e . "
groan and shriek at each stroke Mr . Rom a ine had an irre s istof the sharp axe as in prote s t to ible and unexplainable impulse such an abrupt ~nding to a new- to say, " Certainly yo u didn't ly-tasted and enjoyable life . The come for a sociable or friendly l a st stroke of the axe rang clear purpose," but he q uelled it and
Decem ber 16, 1938
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
mastering himself listened to judge spoke. "The truth, crushed Mr. Pr ey's account of a most to earth, will conquer all." Everyunfo rtunate occurrence. It seems one looked approvingly at him that th is "Prey" bird had been as he led the dj,sagreeable Mr. gro wing a pair of choice pine oom. Pausing tre es that he had struggled with _._W\\A, ..,. ~ uttered in for seven years to entice them to low tones, ' ou a check gro w and just this year they had in the mo ..,....,.,,,;nlh• - m 1 I pulled sta rted to thrive. A neighbo r that very sttlit •myself when I had seen Archibald chop one i was a kid. You kno w, like father, down the previous night, "And ," I lik e s on." finis hed Mr. Prey, "I wouldn't 1 -Winifred Nelson, 320 have taken $10 for one of them."
CHRISTMAS FEELING
Christmas comes just once a y ear, Brings with it all the Christ mas cheer;
With Santa and his sleigh and deer
Come presents remembered far and near;
Through all the nations his fame has spread,
There is many a p oster that has his head:
A deathly silence hung over the She: You'll never get rich talkroom, a silence with a high ten- ing to yourself. sion, the kind that presses on He: Eddie Bergen did. your eardrums when you're sitting in a dent i st's chair undergoing a grueling t r ial.
Archibald felt that he could easil y crawl under an angleworm. He fiercely wi s hed for the ability to fade away into the rug and be no more significant th an one of the small flowers in the design, or the ink spot near th e north end of carpet that his mothe r hadn't yet discovered. A rchie's father spoke, "Son, did you chop down Mr. Prey's valuable pine tree?"
With the look of a whipped dog, Archie replied, "I did it with my little hatchet."
Mr. Romaine's eyes sparkled; then his face relaxed, his lip s parted, and turned up as he burst into such a gale of laught er it would put a pack of hyen as out of use including the grand daddies with base voices. Luckily for Archibald his father had been endowed with a g r eat
Son (entering office): Well, dad, I just ran up to say hello.
Dad: Too late, my boy . Your mother ran up to say the same thing and got all my change.
A teacher called for sentences using the word beans.
''My father grows beans," said the bright boy of the class.
•'My mother cooks beans,'' said another pupil.
Then a third piped up, ''We are all human beans.''
A mountaineer took his son to a school to enroll him.
Through letters and cards come Yule tide greetings,
In many a parlor are secret meetings,
For Christmas is here just once a year.
"My boy's arter laming, what 1 d'ya have?"he asked the teacher . ·
CHRISTMAS
- Delmar Wilson, 203
Christmas comes but once a year, Day of gladness, joy , and cheer, Popcorn balls and candy too- -
On Christmas no one should be blue,
Fun and gayety all day long, And everyone's singing a merry song
Fun for one and fun for all, Short ones, fat ones, skinny and tall.
"We offer English, trigo5
- Lois Nelson
THE HOLY NIGHT
nometry, spelling, etc.,'' she re- That Christmas, oh, so long ago plied.
A little babe was born, you know, ''Well give him some of that l Andnowwe celebrate that birth, thar tr i gernometry; he's the Good will to men and Peace on worst shot in the family." Earth.
sense of humor. Mrs . Romaine Old Sailor: Yes ma'am, that's gazed holes through her hu s b a nd a man-o-war. and if looks could kill, he would Lady: How interesting! And h ave been dead precisely one what is that one just in the front? second before he recovered his Old Sailor: That's just a tug. diO'nit v did some fast thinking I Lady: Oh yes, of course, tug-ofa;d ~ith the solemnity of a ; war! I've heard of them.
-Aileen Simpson, 309
A German at a hotel . had some limburger cheese sent to him. A little boy who sat beside him turned to his mother and exclaimed, ''Mama, how I rlo wish I was deaf and dumb in the nose."
GOOD OLD SANTA
which time Joie had actually dozed. Father looked over at the Little Joie was looking for- gently snoozing Joie with ~n ",~ ward to his fifth Christmas so told I.LSD • m a 1·w t eagerly that he just couldn't g O in 1 . to sleep Christmas eve. Mothe.~~,.~ t er was ust d~~gg . • an d Papa went to bed and, ec • l,'' , 1 l::>rig~ r course, Joie had to retire 2.lso, -v..P. g09- iuto : allway much ao-ainst his will. When two Mother bor own on
December 16, 1938
YULETIDE CHEER
There's holly on the doors, With happiness shining this day; Giving warmth and cheermess To all who pass that way. Christmas is not so very far off, We're hoping for the best In the way of snow ano candy; Of course, we'll want the rest. - Darleen F.
CHRISTMAS JOY
o'clock ""rolled around and Joie trembling as i , ith ague. Fathhadn't even closed his eyes, er vvas tremolmg too for that Papa began too-et worried . After matter but more from tempera- all Santa had to come sometime ture th an anything else. Father, and Santa did work so much bet- a trifle impatient by now, deter when vYide-eyed little boys manded the t Mother stop tremwere not lying with eyes open bling and tell him on the spot starina- at everything, ears what was wrong. Now Joseph That certain time is drawing strain;d for the soun d of sleigh Sr. had alaways tried to be _a nigh bells. It also rather complicated patient, scientific father but this When packages are piled two thino-s when 11 the toys Santa was too much. In fact he was 4 feet high, was ""going to bring were stored taking action, but Mother man- 'Neath the sparkl!ng lig~t out of sight of prying eyes of a ao-ed to restrain him. It seemed Of the. tree towermg up m five year old down in th e ba s e- that Joseph had mistaken the heig~t; . f 11 h • 11 f • th It 1s Christmas time or a ment, and the . a way mm 8 r::i.ttle of father's teeth along Which follows after fall. basement led l'lght thr_ough th e vvith the clatter of the wagon as --Tommy Griffin, 110 room of the afore ment10ned five the approaching of Santa Claus.
· year old. Joie ju st couldn't imag- Mother managed to get Father CH HISTMAS TIME ine why Papa kept jumpingfr_oi;n back on the basement steps with I, . ---. • the master bed ro om to J 01e s the wao-on . It goes without say- fhe Christmas bells are ringing, own and cautiou sly peering in, ino- that Father must have been All the world is full of cheer; at first asking if Joie were asleep un""comfortable in the cramped, Happy little children are singing in a tender voice and as the chilly basement stair quarters, For they know Christmas time hours flew by and the halls grew but Joie must not be disillu- is near. colder because of~ 10 ~elow z~ro sioned so young. Joie called from Santa Claus is on his way temperature outside, m an 111 - the bedroom to ask if Mother With his reindeers and his creasingly harsh voice. . were talking to Santa. Then· sleigh,
Joie's _state of_ wakef~lness m- Mother did have a hard time And a great big bag of toys creased if anythmg as time wore holding Father back. For all the girls and boys. on, but finally Papa grew des- Exactly one hour later, Joi e perate and d~parted for the slipped off into a fitful doz e. basement to g1ve old Sa1:ta a Father crawled up from· the lift. Mother danced exc1tedl_y stafr~ Ld foll exhau s t ed i nto around Father with her hair bed while Mother with a "the done up in crimping pins beg- show must o-o on" air carried on. ging him to be patient for at _:_Charlott~ Garrett lea s t an hour or so more. The
''Jimmy," said father, "I wish
The ground is white with snow, And Christmas trees are lighted bright,
And all the little children know, This is Christmas night.
-Jeanne Greenburg, 107
WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES picture they made was quite inspiri ng to a five year old and he began to wonder if perh aps this wasn't part of the Christmas ceremony After about ten minutes of arguing father departed to the frigid basement during you would learn better table man- Chistmas is nearly here. ners. You are a regular pig at your I It comes only once a year, meals. You know what a pig is, 1 When Santa and his bundles don't you?" I come,
"Yes," replied Jimmy. "It's Then we all enjoy the fun. a hog's little boy.''
- Ruth Ann Ellis, 112
A TRUE CHRISTMAS Catherine Cooley. Mary's brot her He was the first one up the next EXPERIENCE went along for the ride and dur- morning. Down the stairs he ing it he said, ''I bet I can run trudged, some times tak ing three When my grandfather was the length of the rack and turn steps at a time and sometimes se vent een, he was the sole sup- a flip-flop. '' Catherine Cooley I only two. He was in the parlor port of a family of nine. On remarked that she bet it would before anyone could say ''Jack Christm as morning of his seven- be more of a flop than a flip. It Robinson." But to his di may one teent h year he had to go to a was. stocking was loaded with toys neighboring spot of timber to Connie McBride and La Von and everything w bile the other . cut fire wood in order that the Dean were playing Ali-Baba jinx one was filled with coal. Right Ch r i stmas dinner might be when Connie got the jinx on now I will almost bet with anyone cook ed When he got up, he La Von and she refrained from that next year he will hang up open ed the only Christmas pres- paying her forfeit(getting down only one stocking. ent he was to re ceive. It was a on her hands and knees and rais- • - Pearl Shore bright red scarf knitted for him ing her hands above her head, and Tommy Griffin by his mother. then lowering them to the floor
A fter he had donned his heavy again.) She finally gave in after CLOTHES LINE cloth es and his new scarf he set much coaxing from Betty Coulter __ _ out for the timber. As he and a nd Marjorie Nicholas, also of While the polar bears in their his horse galloped along the 3os. . . snowy w bite fur coats keep warm sno w covered trail, he became In design a nd craft c}ass Miss up in the North you can follow aw are of someone or something RalSlon ~sked th e ~hildren to fashion just as the polar bear in beh ind him. Turning in his sad- draw a picture sho~mg defeat. a nice, fluffy, white, polar bear dle he looked dil'ect l y at three A~ter, ,mu~h st!ug~lmg 9ne boy sweater. Although they're really Ind ian laden horses The Indian s~id, This desJg;~ is so defeated not made of fur, they look like who seemed the leader touched I m _almoS t dea~. . big furry balls. The threads are his horse's sides with his fu r - r11ger~, ?:re ,~ros~ed _agam but almost four times the length of co vered feet and the wiry little no"' or pnx th is_ time. They that of the angora and the animal leaped forward like an are fodr Ahh-Blaba whic_hkhlas gone threads do not pull out so easily f b aroun sc oo very qmc y. • arro w rom a ow . . Since Miss Mumford's classes I as ~ngora. My grandfather raced with have "t lk ]Ts" d" t d Charm bracelets are very th em for about two miles. The n· ,, ah-a 1h 1 an no ;ea/- fetching and can be worn as a ligh ter Indians' horses finally a i is s as a ~e~e Y or , piece of sports jewlerv or as dress cau ght up with him and an In- them. It 1s quarantmmg them . 1 Th h f dian reached out and seized the until four o'clock each nigh t Jew eryh.. e c armlds h~rek of ne w scarf, his only Christmas after school. everyt_ mg -~ou cou t rn o pre sent. After they had the ________ magazmes, Jitterbugs, shoes, etc sca rf, the Indi ans d ropped back
GREEDY OSCAR ETC. There is one bracelet that is and let my grandfather go. ____ especially cute. It looks like any Heart broken he went home to Oscar Oswald Percifal Orginal ordinary bracelet but o P e n t~ll his mo th ~r a nd br? th ers a~d Clarence Jones hung up his cert a i n compartments and sISters of his experience. His , mo ther cheered him by saying stockings for dear old Santa to there s rouge, powder and a that she ·would make him an- fill. Now Oscar etc . Jones was a mirror. othe r scarf like t h e one he had. very greedy boy and he hung up Beaded belts and leather belts -Vallery Stretton two stockings instead of one, cover the waistlines of the gir ls. and to make it even more I Strips of leather braided, or
THE CHATTER BOX
astonishing he had his grand- bright colored beads brighten up mother's, size thirteen, three any colored sweater and add Mar y Rumbolz of home room feet in length, and one foot in such a stylish look to your 110, was honored on her birthday diameter. He went to bed grin- clothes . with a hay-rack ride. Some of ning from ear to ear think- Initials are on ererything: Whittier 's girls were present·· ing of the good joke which he hats, sweaters, purses, pins, Lucille Egger, H elen Davenport, had played on old Saint Nick. clips, and now on anklets . You Elma Jean Dav enport, Betty But in the end this didn't turn can have them in any color you Ross, Do rot hy Winnegar, Betty out so well as you will soon wish according to the color of B 1air , Joan Eikenbary, and learn. your anklets.
THE TORTOISE ers who went from Whittier were Mr. Culler, Mrs. Childress, Mr. Those having independent Strawn, and Miss Zamzow. basketball teams this semester are Connie McBride, Jean Germar, Lillian Swenson and Jane Lawrence. We can enter more teams if girls care to organ- ize them.
Since Whittierites are going ice-skating, we have found som ething dealing with that sport. We find that when Betty Coult e r and Betty Jean Franklin went ic eskating for the fi r st da y o f t he season Betty Jean fell through the ice. Is Betty Jean going ice-skating again?
Have you noticed the football team that usually occupies the middle field ever y noon? It js composed of La Von Dean. Dorothy Atkins, Jean Bennett and Betty Bloom.
Mrs. Ross wondered why her office had gro w n s o popular all of a sudden and finally discovered that its popularit y s tarted simultaneously with the first arrival of the H. S. boys' basket ball practice games.
The weather man was very generous this fall because with a few more warm days the second tournament can b e finished. This was very unusual.
We take this opportunity to wish you a '' Merry Christmas and a Hapoy New Year.'' We hope you will come back with a New Year's resolution that there will be no more forfeiting of games.
8A's TAKE TRIP
Atthe 8A's Civic League trip on Dec. 8, the Whittier boys glee club, directed by Mrs. Wh ite, sang ''Over Hill, Over Dale,'' ''All God's Chillun Got Wings,'' and "Old King Cole." Charles Taylor announced the numbers.
The speaker was Miss Alice Taylor, Assistant Professor of the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Nebraska. Six trips were taken by the boys and the same number by the girls. Teach-
THE HARE
YULETIES
I looked at the tie beside my bed, And heaved a sigh of sighs, Thinking of the Christmas soon, While seeing a load of ties. My thoughts began to turn, To other Christmas days, From ties of orange to ties of pink, And ties with a light green haze.
Ties may come. And ties may go, But I receive them, In every glow.
I receive a load of ties, But something they will lar.k, So I'll run down the next day after,
To try and trade them back.
-Stu Goldberg
CHRISTMAS CHANT
Shop early, come and buy, Is the nation's hue and cry;
As the joyful Christmas holidays descend, Frenzied shoppers check their list,
To make sure they have not missed
Either sweetheart, schoolmate, relative or friend.
To the fl ve and ten cent store, Steady tides of humans pour, Who create a detrimental type of jam;
As you fight for cards to greet, Someone steps on your sore feet, And you mumble underneath your breath, "The ham!"
Small, unknowing folks are told, If they act just good as gold, Santa Claus will bring them heaps of shining toys; Oh the joys of Christmas morn
Though from all night vigils worn , They're deceived but madly happy girls and boys.
-Winifred Nelson, 320
The basketball tournament will be a double elimination tournament. You may lose two games before you are out of the tournament. An all star basketball game will be played at the e n d of the year in which s ome of the be s t players will be chosen to -play. So far it looks as if these boy s a r e about "tops"Bob Rubino, Ed Neff, Kenneth Neff, Hoyt Yow ell, He r bert Meek, Rolly Allmond, Ed Schuckman, Harry Pappas, Bill Wa r ner, Leslie West, Ivan Stern, Henry Mew i 11 i a m s, Gene Kil'kendalL Walter Somerhi s e1·, and Don H01en.
No home room should lose by forfeit. You can surely get at least five pla y ers out of your home room. You are warned the night before in order that you may bring your lunch and get here on time.
During Christmas vacation we hope you keep in shape by practicing basketball. The Hare wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
9B's TAKE TRIP
On December 1, 1938, a large number of 9B's gathered at the Stuart theater to hear Mr. Clifford Crooks, Assistant to the Director of the Associated Industries of Nebraska, talk on "Industries of Nebraska." Marilyn Hays of 309 represented Whittier and lead the entire assembly in the civic league pledge.
Whittier teachers going on the trip were Miss Hult, Mr. W. A. McMullen , Miss Zamzow, Mr. W. F. McMullen, Mr Updegraft, Miss Cross, Miss Curley, Miss Kier, Mrs. Barrows, and Miss Mumford.
Sergeant: Did you shave this morning, Pin?
Rookie: Yes, sir.
Sergeant: Well, next time stand a bit closer to the razor.
