Whittier Junior High 1939 Newspaper

The it • 1er ee

Vol. 16 No. 7 LINCOLN,

NEBRASKA

January 13, 1939 Price: Five cents

NOM INEES PRESENTED BAND ~111l~I~~I~SSEMBLY IATTENTION DIRECTED

IN C. L. ASSEMBLY In an assembly given Tues-

day, Janua ry 10th, the strictly

TOWARD GAME ROOMS

An assembly was held Friday, musical program put on by Mr. Much outside attention was Jan uary 6, for the purpose of I Welch's band and members of directed to Whittier's game fami liarizing pupils with the Miss Holcomb's violin class was rooms January fifth. Mr. Jones ndid at s for civic league of- thoroughly e~joyed by both fac- the he?'d of Lancaster county ca e ulty and pupils. The band under recreat10n and five other men fice s. It was opened by the as- the direction of Mr. Welch lead who have charge of the recreasem bly singing "Ame rica," under off the program with four num- tional centers in Lancaster the direction of Mrs. White. This bers entitled, "The Opener County made a tour of our game was followed by the flag sa lute ~arch," "The B~nquet Waltz," rooms. . l d b K neth Neff and the Church •Echoes, and a march There are many mterestmg . Y en . with the Drums and Cymbals. games for the pupils of Whitc1v1c league pledge led by Marian Miss Holcomb then took over tier to play. The boys seem to Herz og. Mary Ellen McFarland with four pupils from her violin prefer the game of pool while state d the purpose of the meet- II class, Ellen Dietze, Bettyrose the girls choose fiddle sticks, a ing and Mary Alford rendered a Jurgens, Ralph Kuwamoto and game that tests how steady your • 1 Th d"d t John McCorckle. Their perform- hand is. Crokinole is fun but ~ia no so o. e can 1 ~s were ance consisted of six short num- rather hard on fingers. The game mt roduced by the re~irmg ?f- bers including such composers is to snap a wooden shooter at ficer s. Secretary nommees, m- as, Bach and Mozart, also a some rings and get them into a traduc ed by Betty Gary and Hungarian Folk Song and a net hole. A game that everyone John Coulter were Peggy Hud- French Choral. plays is chinese checkers. The El 'H d B'll M l ------- time passe s too quickly when one son, eanor u_r , 1. ar e_r CANDIDATES ATTEND is playing click ball. Many Whitand Robert Rubmo. Vice pres1- EFFICIENCY MEET,ING tier people play this new game. dent nominees, introduced by These are but a few of the grand Marian Herzog and Kenneth Thursday, January 4, 9A's games in Whittier's game rooms. who have worked industriously I Mr. Culler and Mr. Strawn Neff, were Winifred Nelson, and efficiently attended an ef- have added new games to our Joyce Crosby, Wesley Miller and ficiency ~e~ting. held i~ the collection. Mr. Culler's game is Bl.11 Schlaebitz. Finally, Mary south admm1strat10n bt~1ldmg of Pile 'em High and Mr. Strawn's the Board of Educat10n. The . . Ellen McFarland and Duane speakers were such notables as is _Bo~o. Upon mterviewm~ Don Ande rsen introduced candidates Miss Town who opened the W1ggms and Tom Watkms of fo r the presidency , who were Carroll Lea Anderson, Marian Coomb s, John Blumer and Malcolm Allen. Each candidate remeeting with a few well chosen 104 both boys remarked that w?rds and then ~ntroduced l\'.(r. these games "are swell!"

B1mson, our ass 1s!ant superm- "Pile 'em High" consists of tendent, whose pomters to the . . . · pupils on efficiency were highly p~lmg sticks up _and seemg how appreciated. Following Mr . Bim- high you can pile them before sponded with a short speech The son, Miss Town again spoke. In they tumble down. Bolo is someher talk Miss Town stressed the thing like ten pins only the pins fact that we should choose our are made of tin and a small rubsubjects in high school with care. 1 ber ball is used to knock them They should be chosen so that j down., . All sounds like fun, closing announcement was made by Du ane Andersen and the school joined in singing the Whitti er song.

(Continued on page 6) 1 doesn tit?

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE I see what all the noise was about. WHITTIER GREENLEAF 1 When I opened the door, what Founded. and established in 1924 as the I should I see but my little white o~cial student pub.lication. of Whittier. Junior I dog Snowball J·umping around H1~b School. Published bi-weekly durmg the ' '. school year by the Whittier Junior Hi gh on the bed having the time of his School pupils. life tearing my brand new yellow FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD silk dress to shreds. When he saw tn:: t11~!s____:t~s

me, he stopped jumping around, GREENLEAF STAFF wagged his big fuzzy tail, and Eclitors-in-chiPf ........................ Chru:lolte Garrett looked at me with his gentle eyes ' S t uart Gol.c~berg as if he were asking me to J. oin

Gnls Sports ............................ Jane Lav-1ence I Boys' Spol'ts ............................ Ken:1e.th Matthews him Features........ .......................... Wm1fred Nelson •

i ............................................ Vera Spargo Typists ............................................ Duane Ande1·son ........................................ Kenneth Matthews .................................................... John Coultcl'

REPORTERS

Bettie Fowler Dorothy Johns

Tqmmy Griffin. Marjorie Ramcl

Donna Hartman Pearl Shore

Edith Hutchinson Jim Van Horn Delmar "Wilson

PRINTERS

Ge!·trudc Augustin~ Jack Bair

Ll'c Bowers Adam B1·ehm Eldon Christopher

• Donald Emery Frank Esquivel ,Jack Giel

Harold Haar

Paut Lange

Pat Lawson

Rog-er McNeill

Rolland Mills

Harry Pappas Gerald Pelis Lester Rader Kenn· th Simmons Roy Smith

Milton Stark

Carl S!e1·k, 1

Adelbert Tipton

Dorothy Clapp

June Harral

Dessie Heater

l\I::trcellie Prosi-.er

l\!a •·cl Hine Prosser

Evelyn Ross

HAIL AND FAREWELL

Hail really isn't inappropriate for in a very little while now we may say hail to the new semester, but at the moment it is farewell to the last regular issue of the Greenleaf. Getting the Greenleaf out has, as usual, been a pleasure with the aid of the advisory broad and the student body._ The fact also might be mentioned that your frank criticism and suggestion have been a great help. We will be looking forward to working with you agian in the next Greenleaf series in the new semester.

MY DOG

- Helen Davenport

THE WIND

The north wind brings The gale that freezes: The south wind b:rings The whispering breezes; The east wind gives A chilly sting: The west wind comes To tell of spring.

January 13, 1939

Wilson. They also have three Donalds- Donald Handy, Donald Beck, and Donald Keane. In home room 320 we noticed thatthey have a very good system of seating in assembly. Since some one has to sit in the front row of seats nearest the stage and can't see very well, Miss Curley moves up a row of pupils every time an assembly is held .

Whittier Junior High Lincoln,. Nebraska

January 3, 1939

Dear Editors,

For nearly three years, I h~ve ob8erved the present method of regulating traffic on the stairs in Whittier. As a new pupil, I was a typical spEcimen of bewilderment and confusion because of the confinement to the use of certain de~ignated stairs. They were called "up and down"

- Elaine Adams, 107 stairs. Even now, I find myself

LOST AND FOUND

Found: A fountain pen bearing the initials R. J. W. Also coin purse with change. Apply to office.

Lost: Green stocking cap with "Whittier" sewed on. Finder p l e a s e notify Betty Lou Jelinek, 316.

Frank Coyne, 107, spent the week end in Chicago visiting his sister. While there he went through the Brookfield zoo where he had the pleasure of seeing a pandra from China.

304 has two new additions. Roy Swerengin and John Niederhaus are now members.

pausing for an imperative moment of cogitation before venturing upon them. Now I feel the time is ripe to make a suggestion. Why can't a change be made? Why not use the stairs at random keeping to the right and going single file? This way there would be two lines of traffic on the stairs at once, each going in opposite directions. The system would necessitate quick NEWSY NOTES •. movement and cooperation. However, the stairs would not be as crowded, since this system would even!y divide the traffic up all over the building and not cause the Southeast and Southwest stairs to be so congested as they are at present. Consider the extra walking it would save.

In home room 203 there are There was a big racket coming t three D. W's. There are Donna from the bedroom. I rushed in to j Winders, Dean WaJkerand Delmar

I quote Bergson: ''To try and lose is better than never to have tried at all.''

Sincerely, A Student

Ja nuary 13, 1939

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

I MUST BE GROWING UP MOVIE STARS

I must be growing up!

'Cause no longer do I laugh in glee

Whe n my lazy brothers have to do Those dinner dishes that I see. In stead of grumbling the morning long,

While they play ball outside, I cheerfully do their work within A nd watch them skin their h ides

At s chool I never ha! ha! ha!

When a boy his lesson forgets; In stead I sit and feel so Sorry for the big <lummox.

I never used to be so dumb,

Alice Faye: Winifred Nelson

Tony Martin: Mickey A ll e n

Mickey Rooney: Jack Til ton

Dorothy Lamour : Shirley Ki n g

Edith Fellows: Bettie Fowle r

Joan Davis: Valerie Bignell

Jane Withers: Iona Sehnert

Gene Raymond: Wesley Miller

Boris Karloff: Stuart Goldberg

Bing Crosby: Charles Cockrill

Robert Taylor: Milferd Epp

Jackie Cooper: Bernard Leman

Martha Raye: Francis Helser

Deanna Durbin: M a r i a n Coombs

S l i m Summerville: Charles Smith

Zazu Pitts: Margaret Hayes

A boy was just another pest, An d I never thought that I would like Mathews

To see one boy above the rest.

HEALTH RULES

Jimmy Durante: Jim Van Horn

Richard Arlen: Kenneth

Wayne Morris: John Dean -AGirl

Leslie Howard: Lamont

Geissinger

I, MYSELF AND ME

Ta ke small bites or you may choke,

To have a stomach ache is no joke;

Ch ew your food well; don't wash it down;

Do n't talk at the table of the bad things in town; Th ink of the pleasant so your food will digest,

Th ese are the health rules I would suggest; If y ou will follow them faithfully and many more to come, You r heal th will be better than if you had followed none.

- Marjory Stearns

Sa lesman: Say, your shoes are m ix e d. You've got the left shoe on th e right foot.

St r awfoot: And here for twenty years I thought I was clubfooted.

I had a little party

This afternoon at three, 'Twas very small, three guests in all,

Just I, myself, and me.

Myself ate all the sandwiches

While I drank up the tea, 'Twas also I who ate the pie, And passed the cake to me.

- Marian Holter

MARY'S LAMP

Mary had a little lamp, She filled it with ben zin e , She went to iight her little lamp And since has not been seen.

- Kenneth Smith. 112

Bum: Say, farmer, how about a bite?

DIJE VER

(To e njoy this, you will have to use both your imagination and the r ight accent.)

Dijever see a cat fish? a bed spring? a flag fly? a milk pale? a side walk? a barn dance? a horse fl y ? a sand box? a kitchen sink? a cow slip? a board walk? a bull frog? a field mouse? a deep sea? a hat box? a stocking run? a house fly? a fountain pen? an ever sharp? a book worm? a sun fish? a fire drill'! butter fly? a stair step? a bean stalk? an ice box? a finger tip? an egg shell? a shoe lace? a running board? a tea spoon? a hair dress? a railroad tie? a lip stick? a hair pin? a powder puff? a wind shield? a sky lark? a match box? a picture frame? a dew drop? an ear ring? a bed spread? a pillow slip? a bed post? a hay stack? an ice skate? a banana peeling? a time piece? a tree bark? a door stop? a broom stick? a wall plug? a feather tick? a fire fly? a stick pin? a tooth brush'! a pen point? a porch step? a mail box? a letter stamp? a tooth pick? a pencil box? a water run? a rubber stamp? an ocean wave? a star light? a book stand? a monkey shine? a shoe buckle? an eye lash? a floor storm? cement walk? a brick walk? a brain storm?

(neither did we) H R. 308

A TREE

Farmer: 0. K., mister, I don't bite myself; I'll call my dog. 3

There's nothing as lovely, As a big shady tree, Whose arms spread out far To shade you and me. I ts dark brown trunk, So sturdy stands; And blossoms blow, From hand to hand. - Esther Schwindt, 107

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

A GAME OF BRIDGE

January 13, 1939

And so far into the night the j: RHYTHMICAL PUPILS interruptions a n d questions "Dum de, dum de, doodle dum. we_nt on, all to ma~e up a _nice, Hum t Dum t Leroy Hollers Any Umbrellas to fix today," qmet, peaceful evenmg of bridge. Th P ftt1 t- Y

Mrs. Rugglesbee sang as she set -Stu Goldberg ree 1 e. igs up a card table for an all night ------- Don W1ggans, Paul Bro~n, bridge session with several close CLOTHES LINE and Tom Watkms. friends. She proudly stepped to ---- Georgie Porgie Donald Spargo the ~ideboard and withdrew her If you get tired of wearing t~e Little Jack Horner cherished Ken Kards. Oft~n she same sweater all the time, put it Kenneth Matthews remarked that she couldn t play on backwards wear a Jacket T T th p· , So with any other deck since she over it and you have a new om, om, e iper s n received this three doll_ar one of outfit. If the neck looks too Du~ne Andersen everlasting cards which_ were plain, wear a scarf or a chain Peter Rabbit Jim Van Horn made of a form of celluloid. around your neck. This refers Bah, Bah, Black Sheep Allan turned on the radio to only to sweaters that button Stuart Goldberg listen to the Question Quiz , one down the fro~t. If _you want to Jack Spratt Donald Kaar of those programs whe r e one attract attent10n, Just cast off . really finds out how little he y O ur jacket and you'll get f:1ttle Red R1dmg Hood knows. The bell rang and Mr. attention. You'll have everyone Dorothy Saal Ruggle s bee answered the door. lookingyour way and wondering. Goldy Locks

Little Miss Muffet

Mary Ellen McFarland

Cross Patch Gharlotte Garrett

Old Mother Hubbard

Miss Peterson

NICKNAMES

Don Kempkes: Toby

Damian Hall: Sammy

Charlotte Garrett: Shots

Doris Johnson: Dory

BiJI Wild: Cutey

Roland Allmon: Rolly

La Mont Geissinger: Mont

Valerie Bignell: Vally

Lillian Urback: Lilley

Shirley King: Speed

Marian Coombs: Oscar

Dorothy James: Dotty

Vera Spargo: Wimpy

Edith Hutchinson: Edie

Sylvia Betz: Suds

Bettie Fowler: Dinny

Mary Ellen McFarland: Micke y

Cecelia Brady: Ce Ce

LaVern Roberts: Buzz

The gueSts had arrived. After If your red flannels are too Carman Quackenbush the usual round of greetings, small this winter, you can keep Alice in Wonderland th ey settled down to a nice, warm by wearing silk stocking Cecelia Brady q uiet evening of bridge. The with anklets over them. Angora card s wer e dealt and the dealer anklets are especially cute. bid one sp a de. Suddenly Mr s . Sonja Hienie skirts are quite a Ruggle s bee r ushed into the new f~d. They're real_ full and kitchen. Eve ryo ne thought that have big flowers em bro1dered on the gas had been left on, no less. them, in yarn of bright_ colors. "In a few minutes Mrs. Rug- They re perfect for skatmg but o-lesbee r eturned with a candy can not be used for school or di s h full of cream y caramels, street wear. fudgy chocolates , and crisp y Christma s candy. Everyone looked relieve d . A review of t he THE SCARE!! bidding was called for. The play- The big church clock tolled out the ing went along smoothly until time, one of the guests thought that I remembered the story of his partner finessed wrongly. A Frankenstein; short but stormy battle was I I was all alone in our great big under way. Mrs. Ruggle s bee snitched a caramel saying that house, she would eat "just one more." Didn't even have the company of After consuming five more she a tiny mouse. moved the candy to squelch her Of all the noises I did hear! longing for another piece. AUan And suddenly I was clutched with / burst in to ask what is the dif- fear ference bet ween an immigrant Because I saw a figure tall , and an emmigr ant. Every per- Standing up against the wall. so n ventured a guess but unfor- Quickly I snapped on the light, tunately none wa s correct. After But the object took no flight; a while the telephone rang and Did I ever feel like an old dumb Mrs. Rugglesbee had to stop to goat, converse for fully :fifteen min- To see 'twas Dad's old overcoat! utes. Then the game was re- - Edith Hutchinson, 303 sumed with new vim and vigor. Jerry Simmons, 101

Bob Cather: Hank

La Von Dean: Vonnie

CH ATTER BOX j When Mrs. White walked into Charlotte Garrett, Arline RobinI home room 104 the other day, she ette, and Shirley King have a

We won der if Harold Parker was wearino- a hat which resem- small percent of Indian blood in as Out l ate the nl.ght of them. We hope that the warpath w bled a man's derby. After looking Decem ber 12. At any rate, he sees little use in spite of that didn t have much sleep becauEle at it, M~. Gammil_l put it on. We fact. in sixth period science class he wonder 1£ the pupils of home room While reading the bulletin the was peacefully sleeping. Mrs. 104 ought to buy him a derby Friday before Christmas vacation, Boschult was kind ancl let him like Mrs. White's.

Miss Margaret Wilson stated that sleep. William Gesch of 304 has we come back to school January

Valerie Bignell gave us quite a i friends who have a strange way 3, 1839. Oh well, it would be fun scare when it was rumor e d that I of e x pressing their affection. to turn back the pages a hundred s he had double pneumonia. She Only by extreme self control years. gives notice that she is perfectly was Mr. Gesch able to restrain When asked about her New well. an indignant howl'when he plop- Years resolutions Norma Schmidt

The duck pond at Wyuka ped down on a shiny thumb tack. of 304 replied, "I'm going to try cem etary is now closed as a place Ouch! • being good." to go ice skating. Many pupils One day at lunch, Jimmie Wise 112 got busy and made a numhave expressed a dislike for the made this remark: ''The reason ber of breakable New Years step taken by the authorities. teachers are so fond of me is my resolutions which proves that Home room 220 has two "Bobs" looks." In case you want to know they are good ones. Alice Jeanne - Bob Smith and Bob Carter, two it takes him fifteen minutes to Fowles resolved not to tease "Dorothys" - Dorothy Johns and comb his hair. sisters dear. Ruth Ann Ellis, who Dorothy De Hart, and two Mr. Culler received a message has taken the economical veiw of "Helens" - Helen Jacobs and in the form of a request the other things, resolved not to spend any Helen Fitch. My! My! day from Mrs. White, a message monev received. Jack Holmes is

Whether Jim Van Horn was which we feel sure should go going to try to hold down his tripped, or fell, or likes to play down in history with other mes- pugnacious instincts. Robert Van piggy we don't know, but the sages of fame and repute such as Winkle with body and mind in other day he was found sprawled the Gettysburg address or consideration, resolved not to run all over the hall on the second Franklin D. Roosevelt's inaugural into any more automobiles with floor. speech. The contents of the note his wheel, and Rolland Tubman

It seems th at Shirley Ki12g has were unusual, to say the least. It is going to give the sevens a rest. many famous ancestors, among seems that our dignified custodian We have one alien in this crew, them being Robert E. Lee. was feeling the call of our ancient June Keane of 107, who didn't When Mis s Mumford's fourth ancestors, the apes, and Mrs. make any resolutions so she period ind ustri al geography class White was pleading his cause, won't have to break any. We were giv ing their vocational and permission to run up and down wish these people luck as we civic league reports, the class was thecurtainstwicefortheassembly. know they'll need it. We have entertained by the clean paper We all await this spectacular made resolutions also from time ba cks of their reports. Some event with bated breath. Here's to time. papers -had monogrammed ini- the notetials and others had pictures. Mr. Culler:

The south African was boastRobert Carter had better get May Mr. Martin run up and ing to Pat of the terrible heat acquainted with his home room. down the curtain twice tomorrow? wave. "Why , " he said, '•it The other day he made a bet K. White. burns the wings off the flies." with Howard Alfrey that Dorothy It seems that we have a number "That's nothing compared to it Johns wasn't in his home room. of Indian squa_ws running over! in Ireland," said Pat. ":here we He surely was surprised when he o~r happy buntmg gr~u~d, other-I have to feed the hens i~e cream walked into the room and found I wise known as Whittier. In a to keep them from laymg hard Dorothy calmly sitting there. recent pow-wow we learned that boiled eggs."

THE HARE

The all - star teams have been. wise l y chosen by Mr. Wells, and are no w ready for •publication .

On the 9A all-star are R oland Allmon, H er bert Me ek, Kenne t h Ne ff , E dward Neff, LaVern Roberts, Leslie West and Edward Schuckman. The 9B allstars are Malcolm Allen, John Dean, Robert Rubino, Ho yt Yowell, Charles Cockrill and Be rnard Leman.

The all-star game between the two teams was scheduled for January 11. The seating for the spectators • •was the same as usual, but to refresh your memory the girls were in the balcony and the boys on the gym floor.

In the basket ball tournament that is being played the teams remaining in the 7th grade are: 203, 208, 302, 312, 303, 209, 112 and 108. In the ninth 304, 316, 310, and 308 304 and 308 have • splendid records. Neither one of these te a ms has lost a game yet in the tournament.

Coach Ralph Beechner's "quint" players have been using the Whittier gym to practice in. One rather notable fact is that the "quint s" use $120 worth of basket balls a year while Whittier gets only one.

We feel that honorable mention should be made of the present basket ball referees for their fair and conscientious attitude toward the work which they have taken. They are as follows: Herbert Meek, Leslie West, John Krcmarik, Milfred Epp, John Blumer, Bob Cather, Keith Adkins on, Malcolm Allen, Robert Ru b ino a n d I van Stern.

TEACHERS ARE ABSENT BECAUSE OF ILLNES S

Illnes s has taken its toll at Whittier lately. A bad case of flu was contracted by Miss Peterson, necessitating her being ab-

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

sent from school a number of days. Mrs. Bell substituted for

WE'RE THROUGH WITH WAR

Jan uar y 13 , 1939

THE TORT OI SE

her Incidentally Mrs. Bell once B e f o r e Christmas vacation had charge of the Greenleaf and Mrs. Ross was promised that if whib Miss Peterson was sick she would let the one and only she took over the reins of the mat go to the repair shop, she paper again. Miss Bethune fell cou ld have it covered and they in the cafeteria the other day would have it back after vaca- and she too had an unwelcome · tion. Mrs. Ross let them have the vacation. Pinch hitting for her mat but has not got it back yet. was Mrs. Gammill An operation So the sixth period class can't has robbed Whittier of one of its continue the mat work for the art teachers in the person of next athletic assembly until the Miss Ralston, who has had an mats are brought back. appendectomy and is recuperat - Mrs. Ross, the chairman, and ing at Bryan l\q:emorial Hospital. the playground committee de- During her absenc e Mrs. Miles cided that the basketball tourna- is substituting for her. ment should be a double tournament. That is, when each team has played all the other teams twice the winner will be decided from the team winning the most games.

If they want a war, Let them keep it over there, We are sick and sore ; We won't stand for any more, And they can't give us the scare.

If they want to fight; Let them keep it over there, We will stand for our right, Both day and night.

We're through with war-we hope

And all its bloody curses, And now this poem is ended Aren't you glad there are no more verses ?

-Stu Goldberg

CANDIDATES ATTEND EFFICIENCY MEETING

(Continued from page 1) they will make a contribution to our chosen vocation. Mr. Lefler then closed the meeting with his views on efficiency.

All in all the meeting lasted approximately forty -five minutes which were packed full of excellent advice and encouragement to the pupils .

We are slowly beginning to think the name of this sports column is too slow for the girls. This is especially so when basketball is played like it has been since the tournament started. Perhaps you have noticed how shy some of the referees are about telling their verdict. Well perhaps you would be too when you refereed your first game. But this shyness only works on the first game, and the second game is refereed as if they were "old timers" at the game.

RECREATION

To run is fun for some

To read is pleasant too, But what I like to do

Is write a poem or two; I think of what has come And moul~ it in to a lay, With those ideas for clay

That were in my head all day.

- Marilyn Hays

Hubby: The bank has returned that check.

Wife: Isn't that splendid! What can we buy with it this time?

The I• ti r G e ea

Vol. 16 No. 9 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA February 17, 1939

FRE SHIES ENTER WHITTIER PORTALS

Price: Five cents

Green leaf Class Gives Assembly INTRODUCE CIVIC LEAGUE OFFICERS

Whittier opened its doors Mon- Friday, Februa ry 17, the semi- Whittier's auditorium was once day, January 3, to 1,202 pupils, annual Greenleaf assembly was again the scene of the installation 111 of which were freshies, who held. The play, "The Great of Civic League officers. Friday, walked over Whittier's "wel- American Tragedy", was written Febuary 10. Mr. Ross and Miss come" door-mat to begin their by Winifred Nelson, Stuart Gold- Dee introduced the presidents, careers as junior high school berg and a third person who John Blumer and Carroll Lea pu pils. Among the others we wishes to remain anonymous. Anderson . They, in turn, introwelcome, these pupils who have The setting was the jungle lands duced the vice presidents, Joyce come to us from other schools. of Hotcha Hotcha. Featured in Crosbie and Billy Schlaebitz, Be rnard and Bernadine Craig the cast were: Professor Hugh and secretaries, Peggy Hudson from Havelock, Loretta Johnson, Tellum, Y.B.A., l\LD.Y., Y.M. and Robert Rubino. Cabinet rnemal so from Havelock, Dorothy C.A., I.O.U., C.O.D . , F. .F., H2O, bers installed were: Usher: Nausler from Everett. Jean played by Stuart Goldberg; Ma- Marian Coombs and Milfred Epp, Harmon from Teachers College, dame Lotta Travel by Winifred Office: Joyce Crosbie and Billy Waunda Pinson from Bethany, Nelson, Moe and Le s Trouble by Schlaebitz, Playground: Betty and Clara May Strong from Billy Griffin and Darleen Fore- Coulter and Malcom Allen, Social Pawnee City, Charles Stack- man, Horten se- Joan Null, Cani- Games: • Winifred Nelson and weather, Verne Bishop, Norma bal-Gerald Daugherty, Lo s t Soul Charles Umberger, Safety: Clyde J ean Sip from Havelock and -Jim Van Horn, Leopard-Dale Sheldon, and Property: Shirley John Weekly from Broken Bow. K ki G t G 1 Ed" l King and James Shindel. us e, re a arg e - • ib "America" and the "Whittier Hutchinson, Announcer Cha r -S ,, b th h 1

450 Attend Supper

1 tt G tt Th h. hl ong were sung y e sc oo o e arre . 1s 1g y am us- 1 d b M . wh ·t iv·,r c 11 , · 1 . . e y Is. 1 e. 1r. u er s mg pay was enJoyed immensely talk was on "Student GovernFriday, February 3, an enjoyable by th e audience. ment." ev ening was spent by 450 people_ The finale, a song written by who attended the Jitney Supper Winifred Nelson, topped off the

sponsored by the Whittier P. T.A. program delightfully. The lyrics The food was served in the cafeteria. The program which to th e tune of "Oh, I Must See followed was planned by Mrs. Annie Tonight" are here pubLangenheim. Fred Duckworth lished. "Oh, I must get a Greenwas master of ceremonies. The leaf today, I must get a Greenprogram .was opened by a group leaf today, 'Cause when it's out , from the Whittier Glee Club which sang two numbers followed The kids all shout, They want to b y Lucille Blutz who played the know what each page is about; accordian. Peggy Hudson and As a paper it's "tops" beyond a Connie McBride did a toe dance. doubt, Oh! I must get a GreenLois Umberger from Elliott gave leaf tonight. Hello! Central, will two comic readings. Fred Langen- you please try to get Whittie heim did a tap dance accompanied Junior High? Hello! What's by Mary Louise Alfred. Fred that? You're sold out, you say? Duckworth did an imitation of There's such a demand for them Bob Burns, and to finish the each day, Because 'we all think program Janice Becher did an I the Greenleaf's Okay, Oh, I must acrobatic dance. Iget a Greenleaf today."

Reform Film Seen

In an assembly held on Feb. 6, Whittier pupils were both entertained and educated by a sound movie on ''Protectien of tbs Public by Means of Reformative Institutions.'' Preceding the movie Mr. Ross, Executive Secretary of theNebraska Prisoners' Aid Association, gave a few well chosen words on the theme followed by the picture. The picture and talk were well recieved by the pupils, who went away with a deeper understanding of our state and federal prisons, their work and purpose. Mr. Howland operated the movie machine.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and established in 19 24 as the officia l student publication of Whittier Junior H igh School. Publish ed bi-week ly du ring the school year by the Whittier Junior High School pupils.

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Miss Hult

Mr. Gammill Miss Cross Miss Peter son

GREENLEAF STAFF

E ditor -in-ch ief

Winifred N e lson

Features Charlotte Ga rrett, Stuart Goldb erg

Gi r l s' Spo:,ts Jane Lawrence, Jacque line Wil son

B oys' Sports Tommy Griffin, Gerald Daugherty

H umor ·- ···Ma1·jorie Ramel, D a l e Kuskie

Alumni .......... Helen Kahl er, LaV ora Ramel

E xchanges ..... Darleen Foreman, Pear l Sho r e

Fashions ••

Fowler

Chatter Edith Hutchinson, Jim Van Horn

Newsy Notes Sara May Van Hook ·····-------S h irley H ageman

Cal endar .......................... Joan Null , Fern Bowers

Typists ___ lda D ur h am, Betty Bloom

El a in e Adams

Marjorie Barcus

REPORTERS

Elaine Elli ott Billy Griffin Betty Johns Lois N elson

PRINTERS

Don Abbott

Gertrude Augustine

Rob e rt Avner

Lee Bowers

Eldon

DorothyChristopher Clapp

Calvin Demitroff

Harry Eckert

Daniel Ernst

Darleen Foreman

Jack G i e l

Bob Gillett

Ri qha rd GreenbuTg

L eroy Haar

Jun e Harral

Bessie H eater

Bob Jo hn son

Hany Kolb

George Kohl

Paul Lange

Pat Lawson

Thomas McEvoy

Vernon PeJ:,tet

Vera Pierc e Clifford Risher

Sam Scolaro

Kenneth Simmons

Eddy Smith

•Edward Teater

Roy Way Ga rt h Wilt s hire

RESPONSIBILITY

Now that another semester has passed it might seem that we could leisurely sit back and rest on our past merits. This is not at all true, especially relating to the 9A's. They, the largest class ever to be assembled in Whittier, carry the weight of the school upon their shoulders as it were. The 9A's have a big responsibility since the rest of the school looks ever upward to them for leadership. The 9A class hopes that it may reach all the high standards set by other classes throughout former years.

OUR NEW COMERS

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

the freshies right in our home rooms is a new and delightful experience for the most of us. They will be handled with care and eventually delivered into the 7A class with the desire instilled in them to give the next freshies as warm and whole hearted a welcome as we want them to know we are extending them now.

A TRUE EXPERIENCE

One day a man, who was told to deliver a load of wood, was driving down the street on which my friend lives. He didn't know the exact address so was driving slowly. He passed my friend's

Februray 17, 1939

Lombard, and Cary Grant. "The Circle" has a large amount of meaning in its program but it also contains an abundance of comedy throughout the broadcast. This is Mr. Coleman's first stab at radio and he seems to be doing right well.

Orson Welles (the Mars man) is now doing a weekly show with a different guest star each week on the "Hollywood Hotel., , ''This is New York,'' heard Sundays at 7 P; M., is said to be an excellent program but your reporter has not yet heard the show; we'll comment further upon it at a later date.

house. Hearing someone shout THE DIARY OF A FRESHIE "dump here" he turned into the driveway. Not asking any ques- Dear Diar.v, tions he unloaded the wood. I went to Whittier for the first When he was finished , he went time today and can you tell me to the door and asked for his just who do those guys think money. The surprised lady said, they are anyway? Everyone was "But I didn't order any wood." yelling, ''Freshie" at my class-

"Well, I heard someone call mates, and in past issues that 'dump here' so I unloaded the ''Whittier Greenleaf'' has always wood in the yard," said the man. pitied us freshies. Well Diary,

"I think I know who that was." take it from me we can take care She went up stairs and scolded of ourselves anywhere and any- her parrot and pulled some Itime. They'll find it out in plen- feathers out of his head so that ty of time too. he was bald.

1 1 Well, Diary, I'll have to go to

That night when they had com- sleep ~ometime so I'll close you pany, a man took off his hat. He up until tomorrow. had a bald head. Polly said, ''Did • A Freshie you dump wood too?"

- Flora Kolb, 309

REVIEWING RADIO

After this long absence we return once again to show you the best in radio entertainment. A new program,' 'The Circle, "barely a month old, is heard Sundays

The influx of 7B's has come and starting at nine and continuing gone and our new comers should until ten. Starred on the broadcast be fairly settled by now. To have are Ron a Id Colman, Carole

The governor of Maine was at the school and was telling the pupils what people of different states were called. " Now," he said, '' the people from Indiana are called Hoosiers, the people from Michigan we know as Michiganders . Now, what little boy or girl can tell me what the people of Mairie are called?''

"I know," said a little girl. ''Maniacs.''

Fe bruary 17, 1939 - THE

WHITTER GREENLEAF

TO THE F RESHIES WELCOME TO FRESHIES

Don' t be afrai d if a mistake you No w we are beginning a new have made- semester and the first

We all m ake t h you n ow; mus t d

Just k eep on t r ing, an d n ever midst g ive up , ire •

A nd you won't left out in quit the s no w.

and sincere w and hope the Whittier da

He w as wal ki n g d n t e h a l, ,-u ~H have enjoyed,

Not know i ng w here ·to g

He h urre d ly we nt down the st 1 s

On ly to recei ve a lot of jee , "Fre shie, Fr es hie," is eve ybody's scream, "W hy in the world don't you as-e your bean?''

Freshies, Freshies, e

Le ts give them a grea

They're all i n al l, And they're all - 1z tall.

H

A s I was wal

I s aw a freshie,

Sh e looked at m e and smiled ,

But I knew by h er fac goin wil~d·:--..---

She look s h e w t o er

Th e dist k! Oh me, my!

I to ld her whe r e to find her r oom,

An d she w en t off wh istling a tune . ta

Sapp: Cross-word puzzles!

SAFETY FIRST

"Joe, you carry the baby and let me have the eggs. You might

FRESHIE SURVEY

-E dith Hutchinson, 303 drop them . " 3

In a recent survey made by Greenleaf reporters, Freshmen were intervie,ved on the subjects, y liked best "the tricks hem." Very on any one ier that they ysical educad with eight arbara GoodRoss, Hugh ley, Wen dell ·d Lawson, Doris rleen Shasteen of he teachers rated e. They are, Elgin ell Baker, a nd of 216 and 104. 104 has taken on hour to his n Ui·ibe of 102 with r t failing in t h e do' prefe r s hom e e constep s , our age old mper, has not fou n d ion in this season' s is con s idered the om by our d they have e pastime. es ies! Everywhere! here and freshies

s and on the stair, s ee freshies in the air .

And when I go do wn the -ha ll , I even see freshies on the wall; They're so bewildered, they're ready to bawl, And I really want to h elp them a ll.

-D ar·leen F oreman, Pearl Shor e

SC:E~OLARSHIP ROLL

Home· Room 101 -Mary louise Brodie, Charles Campbell, John l\IcCorkle, Grace l\Iunson, Darlene Stalgren; 102-Betty Jacobs, Doroth y James, Katherine Parker, Flo yd Pettigrew, La Vora Ramel, Russ ell, Scharman, Dora Schwartz, Marcel.la Sehnert; 103 - Lowell Anderson, Dorothy Atkins , Robert Avner, Dallas Bottcher, Nadyne Burn, Robert Gillett, Helen Hempel., Herman H ergenrader, Edward Her ste in, Jane t Hutchinson, Ruth Kosmos, Geor ge Lyberis, Marcellie Prosser, Maxine Travis, Roy Way; 104 - Betty Bohl, Marilyn Green, Sylvia Hall, Gordon Minnig, Jean Quapp, Pearl Shore, Lillian Urback, Tom Watkins, Don Wi ggans; 105-Richard Barribo, Irene Bruvold, Bobby Cooke, Catherine Cooley, Elma Jean Davenport, nm Fisher, Robbie Johnson, B ettyrose Jurgens, Justine Lindgren, Rosemary McDermott, :marl Moses, Wilma l\Iyers, Charles Overton , Kirk Rose; 106-Sammie Avner, John Blumer, Paul Browne, Don Flanagan, Jean Germar, Grace Kalal, Ardyth Kelley, Marilyn Moore, Norma Ogden, Leoda Reich, Virginia Roemich, Betty Schroll., Eloise Sommerstedt, Vallery Stretton, Wauneta Whalen; 107-Elaine Adams , Dolores Blunk, Barba ra Burke, Katherine Dunn, Wallace Hoback, Robert Johnson, Jun e Keane, Lois Ne lson , Albert Sch leiger; JO 8-Jim Case, Donna Hartman, Jack Holbrook, Doris Johnson, Rae Lewis, Billy Lunsford, Martha Michel, Doroth y Muehlhausen, Betty Patrick, Charl€s Ward, Carolyn Wilkinson; ll0-Joan Eckenbary, Joan Null, Ional ee Sehnert, Rosalie Skidmore, Alma Telecky, Marjorie Williams, Mary Rumbolz, Jo e F eist, Tommy Griffin, Richard Hofmann , Richard Schultz, Russell Sloan; 112 -Frank Andeyson, Robert Bass, Alice Jean Fowles, Gertrude Giffin, Ruth Low e, Shirl.ey Mitchell, Bob Munson, Rola nd Peterson, Marjory Ramel, Kenneth Smith, Rolland Tubman, Robert Van Winkle; 2 0 3-Mary Louise Cousins, Don ald Handy, Nena Lyberis, Roberta Millard, Joan Overman, Eugene Parsons, Duane Tejcka, Ro semary Wickstrom, Delmar Wilson; 205-Marian Barcus, Robert Berg, l\farie Bouman, Marjorie Coulter, Rolland Dudl ey, Gloria Green, Virginia Griswold, Vernoy Johnson, Dale ~l\1cKinney, Vera Pierce, Anna Mary Rausch, Bob Ring, Shirley Staats, Twalla Stroemer , Bill Wild; 207Stanley Anderson, Bettie Fowler, . Thera 1\Tayne; 208-Mary Ann Campbell, Kathleen Healey, Margaret Moell e r . Wilma Peterson, Frank Loeffel , Donald McKee, Tommy Sargaret, Robert Thomp son; 209 --1\Iarjorie Barcus, Billy Brehm, Allen Busch , Helen Gol-

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

lins, Helen Davenport, Dick Erwin, Betty Haack, Darleen Healy, Floyd Himmel, Geraldine Michel, Elizabeth uss, Jack Runyan, Betty Ann Shilhan, Gordon Steckly, La Verta Strauch, Judson Turner, Jeanne Vanderpool,; 210-Harry Eckert, Darleen Foreman, Betty Lou Jelinek, Clarence Lockhart, Stanley McCune, Jack Mohr, Carleta Smith, Norma Taylor, Ruth Vance , Ruth Wheeler; 212Hobart Hays, Dale Gove, Dorothy Kehling, Shirley Laughlin, Richard Lewis, Jack Manion, Billy Mann, Kenneth Michael, Ardith ewman, Janice Sedlacek, Rose Sinner, Joyce Stuve, Ardeth Vermaas; 216 -Lewis Berl.owitz, Fred Birkman, Darwin Fredrickson, Gaylord Galloway, Jack Giel, Peggy Hudson, William Marler, Lois P ento n, Lillian Swenson, Maxine Timmons; 218-Adam Brehm, Rose Elias, Margaret Hayes, Jeannette Mason, Edward Teater, Doris Orm an; 220-Margaret Ayres, Alice Gable, Wallace Helmstadter , Helen Jacobs , Dorothy Johns, Marjorie Walthers. Melv in Beveridge; 222 - Russell Beighley, L es lie Jean Brown , Ellen Di etz, George Din gma n , Phyllis Hoke, Alice King, Arden l\Ieans, Dorothy Poe, Kurt Sienknecht; 300-Lola Higgens, Thomas McEvoy, Bonnie QuUlin, Don al d Sutherland; 301Betty Blair, Kathleen Blue, Ronald Boydston, Ardice Burback, Carolyn Douglass, Inez :F'oss, Doris Frahm , Mar ilyn Franks, Lavonne Grey, Darl een Murphy, Richard Phipps, D orothy Rielly , Alice Saunders, Mary Smith, Irene Wilkinso n; 302-Patricia Burley, Beverley CampbeLl, H elen Erick, Harold Freeze. Joan German, Doris Quinn, Harl an Rhodes; 3 0 3-Patsy Ackerson, Sylvia Betz, Wayne Hedstrom, Edith Hutchinson, Donna Kelly, Ear l Kraft, Glen McPeak, LaJean Perry. Charles Rawson; Marcella Talbert; 304-Malcolm Allen, Benita Elliott, Charlotte Garrett, Doris Johnson, Shirley Mae King, Nona Lane, Ilil een McCormick, Millard Martin, Virginia L€e Null, Holly Peters, Norma Schmidt, J ames Standley; 305-Eleanor Ellis, Harty • Fox, Fr ancis Hart, Ardean H eironymus, Amy Helen Hock, J ean ne McReynolds, Barbara Mack, Kenneth Maser, Norma Patten, Mary Lou Stonesifer; 307-Mary Alford, H enry Bitter , Jack Bracel.in, Stuart Goldberg. Ir ene Hans en, Wesley Hays, Leota H eaton, Leroy Klein, Pat Lawson, Olinda Leikam, Margaret Pierce, Jim Van Horn; 308 - Marjorie richolas, Gerald Fells, Kenneth Rogers, Betty Coulter, Billy Schnase, Keith Adkisson, Jacqu elyn Durnell, Jeanne Glover, Bil.l Holbrook, Constance McBride, Billy ,Schlaebitz; 309-Elliott Boberg, Richard Brady, Marian Coombs, Laverne Graves , Samuel Grunger, Shirley Hageman, Marilyn Hays, Flor-

February 17, 1939

ence Schmidt, Donna Shields, Edward Skudler, Betty Wilson; 310-Charles Cockrill, Joyce Crosbie, Mary Fitch, Beatrice Haskins, Jack Hill, June Pierce, Velma Reed, Donald Weinman, Kenneth Wilson; 312-Howard Alfrey, Walter Bergstraesser, Robert Caldwell, Lucille Egger, Louise Hays, Pauline Jacoby, Betty Leake, Wilma McGrew; 314 - Jimmie Ander son, Shirley Leake, Betty Mason, Robert Mavis, Frances olan , Maxine ~chnieber, Theresa Schulte, Harr y Sherman, Jack Suhr, Marie Weidenkeller; 316-Marie Beltz, Cecilia Brady, Lucille Cozad, Eleanor Edison, Dona Emery, Robert Fox, Jam es Griffith, Eleanor Hurd, Scott Irvine, Harry Kolb, Frederick Langenheim, Bernard Leman, Rose Loos, PhyUis Patterson, Florence Rebensdorf, Sara Mae Van Hook, Harold Volkar; 320 - Betty Jean Franklin, Lorraine Reaton , Marian Holter, Jane Lawrence, David Lee, Betty Nash, Winifred Nelson, Shirley Osborn, Arlene Robinette, Harriet Turner, Hoyt Yowell.

NEWS NOTES

Warren Myers of 309 reports that during vacation he went to Kansas City and Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is on a swimming team from the Y. M. C. A. Warren is the only boy from Whittier on this team. The other boys are from high school. There are eighteen on the team. They won the Kansas City meet, but lost the Oklahoma one. They went Friday at 12:30and returned Sunday at 7 :30. They went in cars.

A group of Whittier girls have a club called the "Merry Maids." Belonging are Helen Davenport, Elma Jean Davenport, Jean Kindsvater, Lois Nelson and Mary Rumbolz. The girls meet every Monday and have a good time sewing.

Marjorie Coulter had a valen'.line and hard time party combined, February 1, 1939. Six girls and six boys attended. The evening was spent in playing games and afterwards a lunch was served. Prizes were given for the highest scores of the games.

NEWSY NOTES

Jean Kindsvater of 208 went to G r a n d I s 1a n d over the week-end.'

Edith Manning of 108 had a birthday party at her home, 1935 F Street, W e d n e s d a y , February 1.

CHATTER BOX

If someone would like to get the lowdown on Jitterbugs, see Miss McGrew's 8B art work. They have been working on im&ginary animals and have called them Jitterbugs. To look at one you would think you were holding the paper upside down. How they get their ideas for them is a mystery, but it's lots of fun trying to figure them out.

Tho s e of you who s u bscribed for the "Whittier Greenleaf'' last semester might recall an article which read "Winifred Nelson has bet Wesley Miller the huge sum of a nickle, that the Girls G 1e e would make more appearances than the Boys Glee during the semester,'' You also remember that this wager was witnessed by Stuart Goldberg. Maybe you would be interested in knowing that Winifred won the bet. Wesley, who is very trustworthy and always pays his debts, gave Winifred the huge silver piece which had a buffalo on the back of it. •

Not long ago Phyllis Patterson went to get a drink of water and when she turned on the faucet the water shot up into her eyes. Since then she calls it her pet faucet and refuses to drink from any other.

In Miss Curley's third period English class there • are four

Donald's - Donald Sutherland, Don a I d Hartshorn, D on a 1d Spargo and Donald Seal.

The other day Milford Epp bought some strong smelling hair tonic. Dorothy James . took one sniff of it and decided it was the same thing as her sunburn oil. In case you don't remember we reported in a past issue that on a bet Dorothy drank some sunburn oil. There was only one way to find 1

JUMBLED NAMES

(Solutions appear on back page.)

1. Oils Elnons, 107- Girl

2. Rasa Avn Koho, 316-Girl

3. Alde U skike, 218- Boy

4. Teybt Hojns, 222-Gir]

5. Turast Dlobrgder, 307 - Boy

6. Leapr Hoers, 104-Girl

SNOW FLAKES

out if the tonic was the same as I 1·k t fl k . 1 e o see snow a es come the 011 so she tasted the tome. f 11· 11 d . a mg a aroun , Sure enough! The tome wa_s the \ I l"k t th f 11 d h't r f th b • .1 W 1 e o see em a an w 1 en a ias o e sun urn 01 • e up the ground, wonder if this time Dorothy felt We don't know where they come any effects. from,

It seems that Vera Pierce had We don't know where they go, a birthday not long ago. Her But I think it's a beautiful sight parents sent her name in to be In fact, I rea1ly know. announced over the radio. She would be thirteen. The announcement came out that she was three. Could we have a three year old in our midst?

- Lois Nelson DID YOU EVER SEE

We find Billy Lunsford stunt- Norma Schmidt without Benita ing on roller skates with his little Elliott. brother, and putting him in Shirley Hageman without Jean some queer and funny positions. McReynolds. Then we see Iona Burdick, Eleanor Hurd without Betty Charleen Workman, W i Im a Kempkes. Latta, Frances Hart and Betty Doris Orman without Bettie Welch. We sometimes wonder Fowler. what Betty Welch intends to be, Marie Richter without Portia an ice skater or a roller skater. Eitle.

A group of girls consisting of Iona Lee Sehnert, Betty Franklin, Virginia Sterling without Helen Owens. Connie McBride, Mary Lou Stonesifer, Marcella Sehnert and Jane Lawrence chaperoned by Dona Winters without Gerry Thompson. their campfire guardian, Mrs. Jacqueline Wilson without Franklin, enjoyed a night after Twilla Huff. school at the state capitol.

Lois Nelson and Elaine Adams Martha Michel without Dorothy of 107 were going to their home Muehlhausen. room when Lois bumped into a boy Jean Bennett without Dorothy coming out of 102. Lois almost Atkins and Betty Bloom. fell and kicked Elaine. They both I Sara Mae Van Hook without bumped into their home room. 1 Eleanor Edison and Lucile Cozad.

FLASH

The volley-ball tournament has come to an end and 304 is the school champion with 208 following up with low group championship. The basketball tournament started the 9th of this month. It is to be a roundrobin tournament.

Due to the weather the gym classes for the most part have

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

LIMERICK

There once was a boy named Joe, Who made a man out of snow; Then after a time The sun began to shine, And now the man "ain't no mo." -Tom \.Vatkins, 104

NEW SEMESTER

been inside. A favorite game of The semester has just started, theirs is "bombardment". The re The school work has begun; are several boys on e a ch side of the gym. They use all the balls I suppose. we'll ~ave to take it available including basketballs And think of It as fun. and baseballs. Each person has I Vacation days are over • a pin of his o~n which he is to The home work we shall see· keep from gettmg knocked over. , . . ' The object is ·to throw the balls e had better dig m and get It , across the floor trying to knock And good we'll have to be. over a person's pin on -the oth er - Lois Nelson, 10'7 side.

LC ST AND FOUND

The chairman of the boys' playground committee is Malcolm Allen. Those who assist him are as follow s : Keith Adkisson , LOST: American History Book, Robert Cather, Harry Fox, Joh n number- 5722 If found please Dean; Wesley Miller, Harold return to Allen Busch, 209. Parker, Donald Abbott, Charles Taylor, Hemy McWilliams, Hoyt Y OvYell and Billy Marler.

All classes are suited up this year excepting the 7B's. All classes will suit up next year.

Sportmanship in the gym is fairly good, but there is still room for more improvement.

The teacher was testing the knowledge of a kindergarten class. Clapping a half-dollar on the desk she said sharply, "What's that?"

Instantly a voice in the back row said, "Tll.ils."

SOLUTIONS TO JUMBLED NAMES

1. Lois Nelson

2. Sara Van Hook

3. Dale Kuskie 4. Betty Johns 5. Stuart Goldberg 6. Pearl Shroe

SAMPLE

No matter how many times a year uncle Eli goes to the city, he can't seem to get used to city ways, especially around restaurants. As a result, he often gets

Donald: My mother's funny. awful into embarrassing predicaments.

Uncle: Why?

Donald: When we have mince pie or frosted cake, she asks if I want some; but when we have spinach, she just gives it to me.

.Just the other day a waitress in a restaurant set his order before him. Picking up the small portion of steak, Eli examined it critically and said, "That's exactly what I want. Bring me some of it."

February 17, 1939

SPEED

The newly chosen chairman of the playground is Betty Coulter of 308. She has chosen for her sub-chairmen, Virginia Lee Null. Shirley Osborn, and Connie McBride. In the order given they have chosen their games. First nine-court, next soccer threebase, and last Connie has chosen soccer baseball. Besides these girls mentioned the following are also on the playground committee: Moyne Miller, Harriett Palmer, Marcel1a Sehnert, Peggy Bassen, Betty Jacobs, Jean Germar, Jane Lawrence, Harriett Turner, Mercedes M i 11 er, Marcelline Prosser, N ioma Lowder, Lorraine Peirson, Janet Howerter, Norma Schmidt, Hanna Newbill, Janet Hutchinson, Pearl Shore, Lillian Urback, and Sara Mae Van Hook. Mrs. Ross had an official burying of her old gym shoes before the new semester started and she is quite proud of her nice new clean white shoes. Don't forget to congratulate her.

The fifth period gym class is going to be working on a dance for the spring operetta so the classes on the second floor can enjoy some quiet for several weeks. Isn't that nice? Or is it?

At a recent meeting of the playground committee it was decided to play off the noon tournament by floors instead of by home rooms. Thus when the winners of the first floor have been decided, they will play the winners of the second floor, and that winner will play the winner of the third floor for the school championship.

Father: What do you mean by playing traunt? What makes you stay away from school?

Son: Class hatred, father.

-The ittier Greenleaf

DELE GATES HOLD FIRST MEETING

Th e first regular delegate assemb ly met on Monday, February 13, t o discuss ways of improving the order i n the cafeteria. Previousl y a m e eting which was attend ed by part of last semester's repr esent a tives had been held to disc uss the J itney supper.

H ere ar e t he delegates who represe nt the various home rooms.

101: T r e n na Han line, Robert Smi th; 102: Lydia Loos, Arthur Haith ; 103: Ruth Kosmos, Lowell Ande rson; 104: Jean Quapp, Norm an Barrett; 105: Elma Dave nport, Jack Bates; 106:

Stop! Look! Listen!

In assembly, Febuary 23, Lieutenant Bennett, head of the traffic department in Lincoln, talked about ''Safety.'' He had with him various signs that we see along the streets and hig-hways and told us what each of these signs means. Carroll Lea Anderson introduced him. The c1v1c league officers and the safety committee were on the stage.

All Hail

Ard yth Kelly, Paul Browne; 107 : All hail to the victors of the N or ma Greenberg, Al be rt Schl eiger; 10 8: Donna Hartman, Greenleaf campaign. Leading Char les W a rd; 110: Joan Null, with 100 per cent was 310. FolRus sell Sloan;l12:Shirley Wright, lowing close behind in second and Fra nk Anderson; 203: Mary third places were 316 and 320. Lou ise Cou sins, Dick Hudkins; We only hope that we can justify 20 5 : Ma r ie Bouman, James Kee ney; 207: Maxine Brochu, Ray the fin~ response _to the Greenleaf Bish ; 209: Frieda Schaffer, Allen campaign and give you a paper Busc h; 208: Margaret Moeller, Ithat will meet your expectations. To mmy Sargent; 210: Norma Taylo~, Jack Mohr; 212: Joyce Stu ye, Candlew1·ck1·ng W il bur Leupold; 216: Maxme Ti mmons, R ichard Lawson; 218: Pr udyann Morrison, Cecil Cobb; Very recently 117 has been 22 0 : Alice Gabel, Wallace Helmsta dter; 22 2 : Leslie Jean Brown, opened as a candlewicking room Arden Me a n s; 300 : Lillian d u rin g th e noon hour. ft is a Scha ffer, Stanl e y Mur r ay; 301: favorite pastime of many pupils. Ida May Bivens, Richard Phipps; One may make a mat of almost 303 : Ann Greta Sorenson, Guy any size and color for just a few Th ompson; 305: Carmen Quacken - cents. Miss Drusilla Wiley from bu sh, Marvin Tomlinson; 307 : the city board of recreation diMar y Alford, George Kohl; 309: rects the work and a civic league S h ir ley Hageman, Elliott Boberg; officer from the girls safety com3 02 : Edna Pearson, John Em, mittee helps. Miss Wiley was a mon s; 304 : Ilileen McCormick, \ former Whittier pupil and held a (Co n t i nued on page 8) 1 position on the Greenleaf staff.

OFFICERS CHOSEN BY HOME ROOM S

Here are the home room officers who are guiding the various rooms during this semester, the president, vice -president, secretary, and treasurer being mentioned in order.

210: Charles Taylor, Clarence, Lockhart, J anetHowerter, Stanley McCune.

107: Jack Dingman, Don Holltorf, Katherine Dunn, Barbara Burke.

112: Kenneth Smith, Bob Munson, Delores Bristow, Betty Burke.

302: Patricia Burley, Robert Eaton, Adrian Schriber, D e l o re s Stewart.

103: Maxine Travis, George Lyberis, Bob Avner.

212: Dale Gove, Dorothy Kehling, Jack Manion, Richard Kennedy.

314: Marie Weidinkeller, Billie Griffin, Shirley Leake, Francis Nolan.

203: Rosemary Wickstrom, Don Handy, Nena Lyberis, Richard Alt.

301: Ardis Burback, Keith Rymer, Jack Mathews, Darleen Murphy.

303: Robert Gablehouse, Donna Kelly, Charles Rawson, Wilma Warren.

300: Eddie Smith, Dewain Carr, Bonnie Quillen, Jean Hillebrandt.

316: Cecelia Brady, Harold Volkar, Eleanor Edison, Bob Fox.

309: Paul Lange, Flora Kolb, Eleanor Ryan, Naomi Beutler.

205: Bill Wild, Robert Litzenberg, Anna May Raush, Jack Reed.

(Continued on page 6)

THE WHITIIER GREENLE A F

THE WHITTIER HAS VISITORS WHITTIER GREENLEAF

F ou n ded a n d est abli s h ed i n 1 9 2 4 as the

o ffici a l student pub l ica tion of W hi tti e r Juni or

Hi g h Scb o ol. Publ is h ed b i-w ee kly durin g t h e

sc h ool year

b y t h e Wh i ttier Jun i or Hi g h Sch ool

pup il s

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Miss H u lt

M r Gamm ill Miss Cross Miss Pete rso n

G R E E N LEA F ST A FF

Editor - i n- chief.. Wi ni fred N e l so n

Featu res Char lotte Garrett, S t u art Go ld berg

G i r l s' Sports Jan e Lawrence, Jacqueline Vi'i ls on

Boy s ' Sports Tommy Gr i ffin, Ge r ald Daugherty

Humor Marjor i e Ramel, Da l e Kuskie

Alumni Helen Kahl er , LaVora Ramel

Exchanges Darl e e n For e man , P ea r l Sho r e

Fashions

Bettie F ow l er

Ch atter Edith Hut cb inson , Jim Va n Horn

Newsy N otes Sal'a May Van Hook

Shirley Ha g eman

Ca l endar . J oa n N ull, Fern Bow er s

Typis t s _. I d a D urham, Betty Blo om

E la in e A d am s

Marj o r ie B arcu s

E la i ne Elli ott

REPOR T ER S

Bill y Griffin

Betty Johns Lois Nel s on

PRINT ERS

D on Abbott

G e i-trud e A u gust ine

Rob e rt Av n er

Lee Bowers

Eldo n Chri s topher

Dorot h y Clapp

Ca l vi n Demi t roff

Harry Ecke r t Dani e l Ern s t

Darl ee n Fo r ema n Jack Gi e l

B ob G ill ett

R ic h ard Gr e enbur g

Le r oy Haar

B e s s i e H e a t e r

Bob Johnson

Ha rr y Kolb

Georg e Koh l

Paul Lan g e Pa t La wso n Th o mas McEvo y V er n o n Pettet

V er a Pi er c e

Cliffo r d Ri s h e r S a m Scolaro

K e nne t h Simmo n s

Ed dy S mi th

E d ,-.. a r d T e a t er

Jun e Harra l R oy Wa y Garth Wil ts hi re

SNOWBALLING

Snow tothel eft ofus, snowtothe right of us, sno w in front of us, in fact, snow everywhere. What a temptat ion that is for throwing snowballs. Of cou r se we have been told time ~n d again that snowballing is a dang erous sport

but we still go on en g aging in this pleasing but highly perilous enterprise. Now we're not going into a long and tedious sermon but just remember the golden rule: ''Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," and restrain yourself. Thus you will cause the other fell ow no grief and your conscience will be clear .

Tuesday evening, February 14, Whittier opened its doors for the bi-annual open house where the pupils act as guides to conduct their parents through the building and introduce them to the teachers and the school. Approximately 600 people including both parents and pupils, attended.

HOBBIES

Hobbies are wonderful things for those pedple who have time for them. As every boy and girl in junior high must have sp a re time some time, I see no reason why everyone should not have a hobby of one kind or another even if it is only one that requires small effort. A hobby should be chosen according to the likes and di sl ikes of the person who is choo s in g . It s h ould be something the hobbi e st enjoys. Creating something seems to be a favorit e wi t h mo s t boys and girls. Girls might like sewing and boys would perhaps like making articles of wood or metal. Either useful or fancy thing s are good for hobbies if you happ e n to like the thing you are doing. Every junior high pupil shou ld make the best use of his spare time and a hobb y is about the best thing I can think of.

"Why do you admire preacher so much?''

March 3, 1939

QUIET PLEASE

Bzz! Bzz! Has a horde of swarming bees descended upon Whittier? Upon closer inspection, it will be seen that it is the pupils themselves making all of the disturbing noi11e, both in the hall and cafeteria. The standard set by former Whittierites is high and in order to Ii ve up to it we must exert more effort.

What if the record handed down to our posterity included a statement to the effect that Whittier pupils of this era made so much noise that it caused an international cotton shortage due to so much cotton being used by our t eac h ers to put in their ears. Let's not let this happen. Because of the low ceiling in our cafeteria, the sound bounces back, redoubling the volume of it. For this reason we must modulate our voi ces to a softer pitch.

PUPILS HEAR SYMPHONY

Pupils of the Junior High Schools were entertained by the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Leo Kucinski on Monday, February 13, at the Stuart theater.

The program consisted of these selections: "The Bartered Bride" by Smetana, ''Second Hungarian Rhapsody" by Li s zt, "Under the

Lindens" by Massenet, "Entrance that of the Litte Fauns'' by Pierne, ''Anyone who can keep a flock of women quiet for an hour deserves admiration."

Betty: What is the difference between a fisherman and a s chool

Lady President: What book boy? helps you the most?

Jean: I don't know.

New Member: My husband ' s Betty: One bates his hook; the check book. I other hates his book.

"Triumphal Entrance of the Boyars'' by Halvorsen.

One day a teacher was having a first grade class in hygiene. She asked them if they knew that there was a burning fire in the b ody all of the time. One little g irl sp oke up and said, ''Yes'm. Wh e n it is a cold day I can see the smoke. ''

March 3, 1939

MY HOBBY

I'd li k e to write a story

Ab out the hobby I enjoy, I have fille~ many a scrap -bo)k With movie stars, like Myrn a L oy.

One book is filled with recipes, An d I try them one by one! So met im es they don't turn out s o w ell , T he n t hat spoils all the fun.

Wh ile ma king up these s~rapb ooks , To p ass the time away, I th ink a hobby helps me

To k e e p jolly, bright, and gay. - Marjo r ie Ramel , 112

SUMMARIZING STUDIES

Our ENGLISH ECSTAClES are s lack, We just can't seem to make the g rade,

And for football or.even track, We certainly would like to trade

HIST ORY'S HAUNT: You're in the red, With all those maddeningdates and names, Tho u g h y ou keep them chalked in you r head, T hey keep spinning 'round in y our brains.

LATIN ' S LUCIDITY has fled, Th e object of it, I can't se e ; On Ca e sar's work I vainly tr ead, Y e t L atin is still Greek to me.

Our SC IENCE SORROW is the germ, Co ccu s, epi r illum, bacillus, An d as our text book does

THE WHITTER GREENLEAF

S HEETS

" Why , J im my! You bad boy! You kno w you're not supposed to say, 'Darn it'! Nor you either, Bob. For that I'll have to take you down to the pond and duck you so your sins will all be washed away." These words came from the lips of a smaff seven-year-o Id g i r 1 standing besides two companions of about her own age.

,, 0. K. We're ready "

''Now you wait right here while I go and get something white for you to put on. 'Cause we got to do this thing right.''

In a few minutes she returned carrying two neatly folded linen sheets. "Here now," she said "are real white she~ts what yo~ can wrap up in. Come on. Don't be so slow."

Arriving at the pond the two boys walked solemnly toward that small body of water while Patty took off her sh oe s and stockings preparatory to wading in herself. As it happened the pond was not very deep but its

I shallowness was made up for by the fact that it was very, very muddy.

As Patty was about to duck Bob and Jimmy, she heard her mother's voice calling, ''Patty! Where are you?''

'' Oh gee, that must be Mother ca lli n g me to supper. Goodness bu t I'll be gl a d to sit down and eat. Yes, Mamma, I'm coming."

''Say! Whata' you goin' · to do with us? Guess we don't wanta stand here all night.''

t r io "Patty! Oh- h hh -hhh, Patty! My n ew sheets!" In the mea nt i me the b oys had escaped ·leaving Patty t o face the music. Fifteen minutes elapsed. Pat t y st ood up to eat supper. • - Darleen For e man and Pearl Shore

WHAT IF

Jim Van Horn were Jim Van Flute.

Stuart Gold berg were Stuart Silverberg.

Sara Mae Van Hook were S a ra Mae Van Sinker.

Pearl Shore were Pearl Coast. Darleen Foreman were Darleen Boss.

Dick Wolfe were Dick Bear. Pat Lawson were Pat Policeson. Mary Alford were Mary Albuick.

Dale Kuskie were Dale H uskie.

Clarence Lockhart were Clarence Openhart.

Earl Rising were Earl Falling.

"Patty," sounded the voice con firm, from the house, this time with In ver y lar g e amounts more emphasis - "PATTY" ! ! t hey 'll k ill us. Poor Patty was bewildered. -W ini fred Nelson ! Mother was coming toward the 3

El a i n e Elliot were Elaine · Irving.

Sylvia Hall were Sylvia Corridor.

Ard e n Means were Ard e n Good.

Twilla Huff were Twilla Puff.

Miss Green were Miss Yell ow.

Miss Curley were Miss Straight.

Leslie Jean Brown were Leslie Jean Black.

H e n r y Bitter were Henry Sweet.

LIMERICK

There was a girl painting a scene, The paints made an awful green; She used bright red, Another quite dead, And you can imagine the theme. - Ardean Heironymus, 305

WHO IS IT?

BOY

Color hair ____ Wavy light brown

Color eyes ________________ Blue

Heigh _________ 67 inches

Weight _l32 pounds

Class _9A

Age _ 14

Favorite Sport_ _________ Football

What comrnittee' _____ Usher

Al ways has a smile.

GIRL

Color Hair _Blond

Color Eyes _________________ Blue

Height__ ____ • ____ 63 inches

Weight ______________ l]5 pounds

Class ________________________ 9A

Age __________________________ 14

Favorite Sport_ ______ Ice Skating

What Committee _ .:. _______ Office

Al ways on the run.

(Answers will be found on back page)

JACK FROST'S MIRACLES

Jack Frost came visiting early this year.

With icy fingers and toes; He tapped at the window with words of cheer, Winter is corning everyone knows.

The grass is frosted from his visit last night, It shines hke the stars in the sky; You look all about you-everything's bright, The scene in my mind will never die.

-Grace Munson, 101

Johnny: Grandpa, can you help me with this sum'?

Grandpa: I could, my boy, but it w ::mldn't be right, would it?

Johnny: I don't suppose it would but have a shot at it, I Grandpa. :

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

March 3, 1939

SUB-DEB STYLES A TASK

Well, spring is on its way and Joe Miller walked the length that means big flowered prints, of Huchens street and passed loud colors, full skirts, and big the local mortician. He glanced sleeves. Though there's quite around to see if anyone was some time to wait there are some following him. Nope, the road things with a springy touch that · was clear. His gait became can be worn ~ow. Sweaters in slower as Joe pondered about his light colors that have a silkish mission. It wouldn't be so hard sheen and are open knit are being to do, but still a sense of worn and are not too springy nervousness shone in his bright or not too wintery but just in blue eyes. The sun beamed upon between. his patch of blond hair which

Plaid tweeds, close fitting jack- 1o o k e d 1 i k e so rn e freshly ets, lots of pleats and short skirts harvested wheat glistening are starting spring again. The beneath old Sol. next thing you know Easter's Joe had been in town for neargoing to be here and new clothes ly eleven years and knew the inwill be wanted by everyone to side of the bank by heart. If he begin spring with, so start plan- had passed the place once, he had ning your outfit now. A plain or done it a hundred times. He had pleated skirt, a plaid jacket with planned his mission for ages and an open knit sweater, or a smart knew exactly what he was going dress topped with a jigger jacket to do with the money. How he will make a darling outfit. loved money! His footsteps nearLong fluffy hair-dos with curls ed the bank and he became more on the forehead will be good for uneasy. Oh well, a few minutes spring· and look Lest under roller and the whole thing would be hats. Page-boy is good too.In fact, over. Finally he reached his desall long bobs will be worn so let tination. Slowly he opened the your hair down. giant doors and strode into the

Tie your shoes, tie your hair rib- interior of the bank. The vault bons, your blouses and your belts, was at the back and huge sums and now tie your anklets. They of money were being exchanged. lace in contrasting colors with A few minutes elapsed and he your anklets and add a touch of was back on the street, happy style. · .. and content, for eleven year old Joe Miller had doposited his first

POSTSCRIPT dollar towards a college educa-

1 tion.

We neglected to mention in our --Stuart Goldberg last issue that Tommy Griffin and Jacqueline Wilson had major roles in the Greenleaf assembly. Thanks are also in orde!' for Mary Alford, who accompanied the Greenleaf song.

A young lady entered a crowded car with a pair of skates slung over her arm. An elderly gentleman arose to give her his seat. " Thank you very much, sir, "she said, "but I've been skating all "What are wienies?" afternoon and I'm tired of sitting "Hamburgers with tights on." down."

March 3, 1939

CHAT TER BOX

THE WHITTER GREENLEAF

with her moth er one day The bracelet was ad orned by severa In Mis s Cross' fourth period bells with t he ha bit of tinkl ing junior bus i ness class there are loudly whe never disturbed M rs. five Billie.s. They are Billy Griffin, James forb ade daughter Dorothy Bill y Inbo d y, Billy Fisher, Billy to wear t he offensive purchase Wi ld, and Bill Lovelace. while in her company on the way Charlotte Garrett was very em- home fr om town. Dorothy asked barr assed the other day in Latin teache rs here if they minded her cl ass. She boldly walked up to wearing the article under dispufe Mi s s Cross and stated that she and the result was unanimous ha d no pencil and could she go to that Dorothy might wear it if she her home room and get one. Miss cared to.

A calam i ty be fe ll th e cafeteria a few weeks ag o. Marian Coombs w en t p ranc in g along the ca fet er ia floor. Sudden l y sh e f elt he r s e lf loosin g g ro und. Meat loaf and gra vy joined as one and made a beautiful conglomeration of hash as cream pie went careening across the floor. Marian regained her footing as Mr. Culler came running with broom and dustpan. Marian and Joyce Crosbie came to blows but soon they kissed and made up. A round of five minutes passed and Dorothy James passed by. She too slipped, her milk landing in Marilyn Green's salad . Still later a boy came roving through. John Blumer had an inkling that he too would fall so being very gallant he took the boy's soup off his t ray. After he had passed the dan g er mark, .John replaced the soup upon his tray. It seems that a danger sign should be placed at this dangerous intersection since so many upsets have taken place there.

An old Irish farmer who kept a pig had a peculiar way of over feeding it one day and starving it the next. ''Why do you treat that poor beast so, Paddy?" he was asked.

"Sure," said Paddy, "when I kill my pig I like to have a streak of fat a n d a streak of le an. "

Cu s tom e r: I s this l iq uid gl ue good?

Assistant: Any g oo d? Why yo u could m e n d the break of day with that glue.

Chinaman: You tellee me where railroad dep ot?

Citizen: What's the matter, John? Lost?

C r oss granted the request and Don't dare to venture near 307 Charlotte started towards the at noon, for if you do, you'll do or . Thera Mayne called out, probably be mowed down by "T here's the pencil on your ear." Frances Helser as she whizzes in Charlotte trudged back to her and out like a streak of lightning. sea t and buried her beet-red face She is on duty at noon. in her Latin book. During Miss Jones' second Betty Coulter seems to have period music class she glanced d e veloped an appetite equaled over to the seat where Wesley onl y by that of a harvester. Zier was seated. She exclaimed, Re ports have it that Betty was "Why, Wesley, you aren't even the consumer of five dishes of ice chewing your gum in rhythm to cre am and three pieces of cake at the music." a p arty she attended. Not satis- In the Greenleaf printing class, fied to l e ave it at that, Betty in- Wednesday, February 8, LeRoy dul ged i n three oranges and two Haar set up an article and, after gla sses of milk upon her arrival having it okayed, distributed it at home . again. Now he has to set it over. Milfer d E pp has a leaning to- Frances Helser made her conwar d be ing a tradesman, it seems. tribution to the social events in A pa ir of pl iers and an enormous the form of a sleigh ride with two b all of co pper wire are our large sleighs. Reports on this i ndic ato rs . D uring second period party have been a b it vague, but cl ass one day Milferd brought one report came through that a these to ols a nd went to work. Not good time was ha d by all. on e word was heard from Milferd Connie McBr ide enterta i ned the wh ole period, which is rather recently at a birth day party t hat unusa l, until almost at the very followed t he d oughnut theme end Milferd let ou t an exasper- carried out with invitations a t ed, "Darn." It seemed th~t he had been trying to make out a through to t he refreshments. This n ame (not his own) from the party was a strictly feminine copper wire and his plans were affair thw a rted by the absence of Marilyn Green was also a en ough wire. rece n t hostess at a party for girls Dorothy James purchased a only . Marilyn ' s was a birthday charm brace let while shopping dinner party. 5

Chinaman: No! me here. Depot lost.

OFFICERS CHOSEN BY HOME ROOMS

(Continued from page 1)

110: Joe Geist, Evelyn Schmidt, Doris Daugherty,IonaleeSehnert.

304: Charlotte Garrett, Portia Eitel, Mary Ann Benishek Nona Lane.

102: Russell Sharman, Marian Loos, Floyd Pettigrew, Albert Schlimm.

108: Dorothy Muelhausen, Stanley Mecomber, Ray Lee Lewis, Betty Patrick.

101: Thelma Bryant, Charles Martin, Vera Kolb, James Plock.

104: Tom Watkins, Betty Bohl, Helen Kahler, Don Wiggans.

2Vi: Eugene Nuss, Dorothy Igou, LeRoy Lamb, Mary Kock.

216: Darwin Fredrickson, Jack Giel, Charles Umberger, Harold Long.

220: Louise Robinson, Helen Jacobs, Helen Fritch, John Williams.

·305: Barbara Mack, Harold McGrew, Peggy Wolf, Eleanor Ellis.

209: Geraldine Mickel, Judson Turner, Arthur Chubbuck, Billy Owen.

222: A 1ice King, Patricia Murphy, Richard Snyder.

320: Phyllis t\lt, Ronald Knipple, Marian Ho 1t er, Robert Hanneman.

208: Donald McKee, Mary Ann Campbell, Jean Marie Scheer, Rose Ebert.

307: Jim Van Horn, Olinda Leikam, Bob Ward, Jacqueline Wilson.

310: Charles Cockrill, Jack Hill, Velma Reed, Joe Smith.

218: Doris Orman, Ed ward Teater, Clark Becher, Mary Keilman.

106: Harold Parker, Darleen Tracy, Virginia Roemick, Leoda Reich.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

105: Betty Rose Jurgens, Kurt Rose, La Vonne Webb, Rollie Johnson.

308: Ike Chase, Harold Michel, Nathalie Reason, Gladys Volz.

312: B o b Caldwell, Louise Davisson, Velma McGrew, Bob Gage.

NEWSY NOTES

Miss Dorothy Holcomb, teacher of violin, received her master of arts degree in music from the State University of Iowa, January 31, 1939. Her thesis topic was '' A Study of the Problems in Rehearsal and Performance by High School Groups of the Quartet in F Major, Opus 18, of Beethoven." Miss Holcomb will begin work on the doctorate at the beginning of the summer session at the State University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Some of the pupils of 108 gave a program for the home room on Monday, February 13. Betty Welch started the program by telling of Abe Lincoln's popularity. Next on the program Martha Michel told of Abraham Lincoln as president. Last on the program was Stanley Mecomber who gave "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address." The program was sponsored by Dorothy Muehlhausen.

The spotlight falls on the ice pond, where we find a group of jolly skaters and in the group w e find Betty Welch making figures and acrobating on the ice. The ones who enjoyed the fun were Vera Welch, Lenore Crosby, Lorraine Fisher, Betty Welch. The fun was indeed so hilarious that Betty Anderson fell in.

Richard Baily is a new student of 309. He was at Whittier for two years before he moved away.

Jacqueline Wilson of 307 spent Sunday visiting her grandfather in Palmer, ' ebraska.

March 3, 1939

Betty Johns of 222 had a birthdav party,January 20, 1939. There were six present, Flora Kolb, Esther Helzer, Dorothy Kehling, Alva Kehling, Gloria Zier, and Marilyn Johns The color motif was pink, and after they had played games they recieved favors and refreshments.

Ruth Wheeler Bettie Fowler, and Doris Orman go roller skating every Saturday at the Y.M.C.A.

Janet Howerter went on a sleigh ride, February 10

Home room 301 and all the classes in 301 were more than happy to welcome Miss Ralston b~ck after her long illness.

Joan Koenig goes to Shirley Griffen's house after school and they bake cakes.

In Home Room 222, one or two pupils who are very able and willing are going to try helping those 7A's who find science or history tough going. If they do a good job of coaching. they can earn an efficency credit for it.

A list of birthdays in home room 222 shows that Gerry Matthews and Amelia Knaub are twins, both having November 5, 1926, for their birthdays. Every month of the year, except July, was someone's birthday.

WEATHER

This kind of weather is getting very old, First it's warm, then it's cold; Why doesn't it stay warm for awhile?

Then I think everyone would smile;

But if it were snowing, And the wind were blowing, To the ice-skating pond we'd go, Or tumble from sleds into the snow.

-Tommy Griffin, 11°0

3, 1939

WOLF'S CALL

I se e the moon through the forest, I see the stars in the sky, Bu t best of. all, and the greatest, I hear the wolf's lone cry. It's nearly beginning of morning, The dew begins to fall, But still, as it nears the dawning, I hear the wolf's lone call.

- Benita Elliott, 304

HAIR-WHAT IF

Milferd Epp had long curls. Marilyn Green had red hair.

Bettie Fowler had only one curl.

Bernard Leman lost his wave.

Margaret Pierce had short hair.

Irene Hansen wore bangs.

John Blumer lost his hair.

Doris Orman wore the same hair style for a week.

Lucile Cozad had straight hair. Fred Langenheim died his hair black.

Margie Ramel had white hair.

Elaine Elliott lost her braids.

NICKNAMES

Cupie- Eleanor Edison

Pete-Sara Mae Van Hook

Cozy- Lucile Cozad

Gorky-Portia Eitel

Jo-Norma Schmidt

Ma- Marie Richter

Blondie-Jean Quapp

Carrott Top-Marjorie Ramel

Beauty- Della Pavy

Loie- Lois Nelson

Kork- Elaine Adams

Chubbie-J acqueline Wilson

Twerpy-Twilla Huff

Bee- Beatrice Haskins

Betzie- Betty Johns

Florie-Flora Kolb

Cutie-Esther Helzer

Pork and Beans

Pork- Elaine Elliot

Beans-Benita Elliot

I love it

I LOVE IT

When the sun comes up in the morning And all the children begin to sing, When the dogs are barking And the birds take wing. I love it

When the sun sets in the west And a breeze is stirring, When the birds are in their nest And a kitten is softly purring.

-A9A

WINTER

The air is filled with sweepR of snow,

The sound is of a roaring crowd; But no people need be near For it's just the wind using mighty arms, To fling it's "dust" upon the ground, And send flying specks of ice Against each obstacle and device; Whether a thing or place or people, Or 'round the church or tallest steeple, No matter who, or what, or where, God tests them all.

-Marilyn Hays

BOYS

Boys are strange creatures, They run like hounds, For neglecting soap They have excellent grounds And a million reasons; The bones in their sockets Are narrowly fitted;

ALUMNI

Harry N eiderhaus and Eddie Schwindt can't stay away from Whittier. Graduating from Whittier some time ago they came to visit their former teachers. • Anna Fox and Dorothy Reifschneider, who recently graduat€d from Whittier, can't seem to fol"get the teachers they had over here. Other pupils who have been back to visit teachers were Betty Gary, Dora Eppens and Margaret Graves.

Whittier pupils h ave progressed quite a bit at Lincoln High School. Mary Ellen McFarland and Kenneth Neff are l0B cabinet members. Mary is also the lOB class secretary.

Patricia Shelly is a home room representative for 221 and Jimmy Wise for 317. Jack Tilton is a sophomore Lynx and Pat Herminghaus and Betty Lee Cronn, who formerly were Whittier pupils, are Junior class officers and Student Council members.

HOME

My home is the best, It's like a friendly nest; The baby is our largest treasure, And gives us the most pleasure.

My mother is a dear, And in our hearts so near, She makes our home so real And guides the family wheel.

-A9A

THE-GIRL NEXT DOOR

They reach in their pockets, And pull things out, There was a girl who lived next Marbles and whistles, door, Tops and queer treasures Her legs were thin, And burdock thistles; Her arms were poor; They chase any wild dream She hadn't any money to make That happens to strike them; her fat, Boys are strange creatures So she ran around, But I happen to like them. Just like that.

- Elaine Arnholt, 308 , - Ilileen McCormick

FLASH

The sportsmanship in the boys gym is very poor at times. There is altogether too much booing about umpires' decisions or if a player doessomethingthatdoesn't suit everyone. This only shows poor sportsmanship.

The 7 B gym classes are now learning the fundamentals of the games in which they are to take part during their stay at Whittier.

Some of the players who have thus far shown thier ability in playing basketball are: John Dean, Milferd Epp, Bob Rubino, Hoyt Yowell, Charles Cockrill, 'Hank' Mc Williams, John Blumer, Mickey Allen, Billy Schlaebitz, Keith Adkisson, Bob Cather, Charles Taylor, Jacob Bruns, Harry Schneider, Bob Hanneman, Don Heidenreich, John Williams and I van Evans.

A very laughable game was •play.ed between 210 and 218. It seems that 218 had a boy who liked to travel better than he liked to dribble.

The 7A's, from the looks of things, have not learned how to use the shower as a couple of boys have gone under the showers with their gym suits on.

Some boys from Whittier played the First Lutheran team on Wednesday evening. These boys were Keith Adkisson, Bernard Goggi~s, Milf erd Epp, Billy Schlaebitz and some more boys whose names we didn't get. It was a very thrilling game the first few minutes with the First Lutheran team leading 6 to 0. Then their coach put in the second team and our Whittier boys just walked all over the floor with that ball. When the game was over, the score was 34 to 12 in favor of the Whittier boys.

THE WHITIIER GREENLEAF

DELEGATES HOLD

FIRST MEETING

(Continued from page 1)

Frank Johns; 308: Gertrude Augustine, Keith Adkins; 310: Beatrice Haskins, Harold Egger; 312: La Vern Whiting, Bob Smith; 314: Betty Mason, Jimmy Mason; 316: Nioma Lowder, Rolland Mills; 320: Lorraine Heaton, James Shindel.

ALGEBRA

Now listen to me, my little man, Your Algebra you must get, And if you complain, your father will tan So you won't be able to sit. And if you bring home a seven, You'd best be on the lookout, For a quick chance to be in bed by eleven, 'Cause you know your dad will find you out.

--Sara Mae Van Hook

BACKWARD NAMES

Stout George Blue Kathleen Blunk Delores Hall Sylvia Shore Pearl Moore Marilyn King Shirley Dunn Katherine Rising Earl Foreman Darleen Taylor Norma Green Marilyn Black Junior

March 3, 1939

SPEED

It seems that Harriett Palmer of 104 has a new system of letting you know her decision when she umpires. One day while umpiring a soccer-base ball game she used a medium-sized bell (commonly called a "cow bell") instead of the usual whistle.

Nine-court teams are being established . So far the following girls have teams: Moyne Miller, Jane Lawrence, Betty Schroll, Ardis Bm.·back, Maxine Miller, Gerry Thompson, June Nace, and Eileen Debus.

Mrs. Ross would like to announce (although she has no "mike") that she wishes all players at noon whether you play first or last game would stand at the south end of the gym. This is to quicken the line-up of players.

The teachers who are "usually" in the gym during the noon hour ,.,.,, hen their home room teams play are Miss Green, Miss Kier, Miss Peterson, Miss Curley, and Miss Zamzow. I'm sure more girls would be pleased to have their home room teachers saunter down to the wiJe op€n gym.

If anyone (including freshies, other pupils, and teachers) has any suggestions to make as to how captains of home rooms can

ANSWERS TO "WHO IS IT?" get more players out to play, or .. suggestions as to type of tourna-

Bernard Leman

Joyce Crosby ments, just tell anyone on the playground committee (they are those "tough guys" that push

A man walked into the grocery and pull you all around the gym) store. ''I want all the rotten eggs and they will see that your sugyou have." he demanded. gestion is looked into carefully. "What do you want with stale In the last "Speed" column eggs?" asked the clerk. "Are you Lillian Urbach and Sara Mae Van going to see the new comedian at Hook were listed as being on the the theater tonight?" pla yground committee. Betty "Sh-sh-sh," hissed the buyer ISchroll and Carmen Quackenbush nervously, "I am the new were not mentioned. We hope comedian.'' • Ithat you girls will forgive us.

The bitt ier ree

Vol. 16 No . 11

LINCOLN NEBRASKA March 17, 1939 Price: Five cents

GLEE CLUB PREP ARES APRIL OPERETTA

News has been forthcoming rapi dly of the school operetta, ''The Magazine Princess,'' tn be pre sented late in April. The members of the cast include Milford Epp , Marian Coombs, Hoyt Yowel. Bill Marler, Ilileen McCormick, Ruth Wheeler, Billy Schlaebitz, Wes ley Miller, Fredrick Langenheim , Malcolm Allen, Jack Hill, Char les Cockrill, Rosalie Pegans, and J oan Overman. Special dances will be done by Constance McBri de and Winifred Nelson. Besid es these people the large girls and boys glee club will add much to the presentation.

Mrs. Vvhite, Mrs. Ross, and Miss Peterson have their hands full directing the music, the dance s, and the drama in this two hour operetta concerning the Princ ess Marie, Michael St. Denis, andah ostofothers. But wecan't let all of it out of the bag so we shall b id adieu until a later date to bring you more interesting news about Whittier's sprin g operett a.

Dr. Adams Visits

Dr. Adams, physician for the Lin coln Schools, visited Mr. W. A. McMullen's science classes on March and 96. He answered all the pupils questions concerning dise ases Pupils' were very enthus iast ic about his visit here.

Meet These Committees I RADIO SONG SURVEY

We think that you should all know the members of the various

TAKEN AT WHITTIER

committees. The playground com- Having interviewed 381 Whitmittees have already been intro- tier pupils as to their favorites duced in the sports columns. Here in songs and radio programs, are the others who help to keep we present these results. In the the school ru • moothly songs the pupils are going patriU sher: c irman, arion J E!an otic for "God Bless America" Coombs. Do ris Joh son, Nona came out on top with eighty-four Lane, H ze Fritc e, a Vern votes. "Umbrella Man" followed Graves, T r Ma e, Dorothy with seventy-six. S ix t y - six James, Betty Bloom, Jeanne Mc- pupils were in favor of "Jeepers Reynol ds, Mary Lou Stonesifer , Creepers." Next in line came Barb ara Bear arilyn Ha yes. "Penny Serenade" with thirtyOffice: ch a r an, Joyce five voters. Crosbie, Irene a sen, Margaret In comedy the pupils go for Pierce, Eleanor E • n, Margaret hilarious Jack Benny, who came Haves. out with sixty voters. Following Property: chairman, Shirley came Charles McCarthy with King, Marilyn Green, Doris forty-three points. Political EdOrman, Frances Helser, Betty die Cantor had twenty-three. Fowler. Next came Joe Penner with Social Games: chairman, Wini- twenty-two votes. fred Nelson, Shirley Hageman, Fifty-eight pupils enjoy "CapPeggy Wolfe, Beatrice Haskins, tain Midnight" and fifty-five E i 1i 1e en McCormick, Ruth take the thrilling detective, Wheeler Marion Holter Maxine "Dick Tracy", for their serial. Travis, 'Velma Reed, 'Darleen i "Lux The~tre" ma~e tw~n~f

T R th V votes and One Man s Family racy, u ance. sixteen.

Safety: chairman, Eleanor Hurd, Betty Kempkes, Betty Franklin, Phy 11 is Patterson, Cecelia Brady, Lillian Urback,

Mr. Culler Suggests

Sara May Van Hook, Arlene Here's your chance to reach Robinette, Donna Emery. that coveted goal, all grades of

On the boys committees we one. Mr. Culler offers this rew8.rd find: to any one who can produce from

Usher: Milferd Epp, Jack the gray matter a machine that Bracelin, Charles Cockrill, Stuart will grab and spank all persons Goldberg, Paul Lange, Fredrick who leave cabinet doors open in Langenheim, Bernard Leman, the instrument room. The open Harold Michel, Joe Smith, Cecil door st::ite is one of our principal's White Bear, Billy Holbrook, Ipet aversions. Also _the girls _are Robert Gillett. I usually crowded so tightly agamst (Continued on page 8) I (Continued on page 8)

I

THE WHITTIER GRE ENLEAF

Found ed and establis h ed in 1 924 as the officia l stude nt publi cat ion of Whittier Junio r Hig h School. Publish ed bi-we ek ly during th e school y ear by t he Whittier Junior H ig h School pupils.

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Iiss Hult

Mr Gammill Miss Cross Miss Peters on GREENLEAF STAFF

Editor-in - chie f Winifred N e lson

Features C h a1 latte Garrett, S t ua r t Goldb erg

Girls' S ports Jan e Lawrence, Jacqu e line Wilson

Boys ' Sports Tomm y Griffin, G ei·ald Daugherty

Hum or Marfori e Ramel , Dal e Kuskie

Alu mni.. Helen Kahl er, La Vora Ramel

Exchanges Darleen For e man, Pearl Sho re

F asbions

Bettie Fowl er

Chatter Edith Hutchinson, Jim Va n Horn

Newsy Notes Sara May Van Hook

Shirley Ha geman

Cal e ndar .- Joan Null, Fern Bowers

Typists Id a Du r h am, Betty Bloom

Elaine Adams

:Marjorie Barcus

Elaine Elliott

REJPORTERS

Billy Griffin Betty Johns Lois Nel so n

PRINTERS

Don A bbott

Gertrude Augusti n e

Robert Avner

Lee Bowers

Eldon Christopher

Dorothy Clapp

Calvin Demitroff

Harry Eckert

Daniel Erns t

Darl ee n Fo re man

Jack Giel

Bob Gillett

• Richard Greenburg

Leroy Haar

June Harral

Bessie H e at e r

Bob Johnson H any Kolb

George K o hl

Paul Lange

Pat L awson

Thomas McEvoy

Vernon Pettet

Vera Pierce

Clifford Ri sher

Sam Scolarn

Kenneth Simmons

Eddy Smith

Edward Teater

Roy Way Garth Wilt s h ire

ASSEMBLY CONDUCT

We were very sorry to know that Mr. Culler had to tell pupils through the bulletin that the conduct in assembly has been very poor. After the teachers have been dismissed there is altogether too much talking and yelling. Pupils should remain in their seats until the civic league officers dismiss them by their rows . Candy should not be brought to the audi t orium to be eaten during · as sembly. When we laugh or clap, we should refrain from doing it very long as it sometimes keeps others from hearing. After thinking it over, if you try you can make your tries well worth while.

OUR LIBRARY

of the li brary . Ther e ar e 1,000 books in t he workroom a nd 60,000 pamphle t s in the librar y. A bout 200 pupi ls come here each day to read or studv. We find in the library pupils from 7B to 9A. During the noon hour the number of pupils rang-es from 70 to 100 Around 100 books a day are checked out. Quite a number of pupils come for references. Miss Bethune has just lately r eceived some funnies and all pupils are wild to get them , but rou can ' t ch e ck them out. In December Miss Bethune fou d tha 307 checked out the mo t books She has a little Book use t at i house covere i-t-h book covers. any pupil s have counted t h e ook cover , w it v a ryin an_swe r s, but tn ri ght n umber of covers on the house is 23.

PICTURES TAKEN

One noon -hour a busy clickclicking was he ard in the social games room . Were the pupils going in for knitting? The more curious persons who entered the g a me rooms had a camera flashed in front of them and after recovering their dignity discovered that the man armed with a camera was Leslie McAdams of the State Rec r eational Board and also a former Whittier pupil who was record ing on film Whittier's · widely famed n oon activities.

T e a che r : W ho ca n t e ll m e wh at the former ruler of Russia was called?

Class: (in unison) Czar.

Teacher: Correct, and what was his wife called?

Class: Czarina.

Teacher: Cor r e ct-, and what The 1ibrary is one of the most were the Czar's c hildren called? interesting rooms in Whittier. We Timid voice ( after a pause) : have 4,100 books in the main room Czardines.

DR. ZECH IEL VISIT S HERE

Whittier s cie n ce classes a re r ea pin g t h e benefits of the recent visit of Dr. A. N . Zechiel of th e Progressive Educati on Association He tr av el s a b ou t among thirty different schools conducting conferences and demonstrating the improved method of teaching science . About forty Whittier pupils were in the demonstration class which he taught for j u n ior high science teachers fr om all over t he city

CONTRASTS

The sp r ing is coming fast, The snow ha s gone at last; We liked the s now very muc h , We also like spring flowers and such

- Marjorie Barcus , 309

BASEBALL

With hair all tumbled and wild from tossing , With voices hoar s e fr om continuous calling, In n imble fingers the balls are falling, A baseball game is done. With best of mind an d h ea rt s and spirit, With all the right of b oys to live it,

A nd e v ery on e who delights to see it , We h ail th e b as ebalJ game.

- M H.

LosT : A black pat e nt leat her purse. Phyllis Patte r s on , 316. LOST: A green lifetim e Sha e ffer Pen Scott I r vine, 316 R e ward

What turns without moving? Milk ( tu rn s s our).

CHATTER BOX

The studen ts of Whittier aren't ~he only. ones who forget ( once m _a w_hile). Miss Mary Wilson twice m one week forgot her glas ses. The fl r st time she brou ght her sis ter's glasses and the second time she didn't brinoany at all. 0

Where is the old familiar laugh of Arlene Schnell and Roberta Hanneman? Or are the girls finally growing up? We wondermay be Miss Madsen has sort of put her foot down.

If you have noticed Winifred Ne lson strutting around the halls we hereby offer an explanation'. A few weeks ago she received Prim e Minister Neville Chamberiain ' s signature in response to a let ter she sent him. In case you do n't know it, she guards it with he r very life.

The other day, Norman Barrett en tered Latin II with sawdust in his hair. Miss Cross brushed the sa wdust off and then remarked ' 'I wonder if that came fro~ insid e your head."

In civics Miss Miller was expla ining "passing the buck" in Con gress. She said she believed tha t there was "passing the buck' ' at home. For instance when you ask your mother if yo~ can go to the show she passes the buck by telling you to ask your father . Dorothy James popp ed up with, ''When I ask my mother, she passes me a buck hers elf.

Duane Fifer of 105 reports the foll owing. ''Recently a group of chi ldren were vaccinated for small-pox at Clinton School. The doc tor told them that they must no t scratch or touch the vaccination for if they did, the migh t get blood poison and have a very

sore arm. My little brother came week grades came out wi·t11 se,·home and informed my mother 1 b that she must be very careful er8: o~1quets clutched tenaciouswhen she washed him and not ly m his hand. The recipients of t~uc~ the sore place for if she these bouquets, as told to us by did, ~e might get blood pressure Russell, wen~ teachers who were, and die.'' up t? that time, unappreciative

In _case any of you p eople are of his abilities. . . English, . Ipdith Hutchi nson is !n a _recent c1v1cs test which finally willmg to tell us her deep Miss Miller gave, several pupil s secret of how she gets the point- gave such comical answers to of a joke. She lau ghs and when historic questions that they were she gets alone she figures it out passed on to us. Here are some and then really laughs till her of them. One person said that he art's content. This is strictly each state had thre e-fo urths vote personal and uld be kept in when the United States was Whittier s ool. _ under the Articles of Confeder-

Accordin toinfor ation gath- ation. Would someoue mind exered a re rn ource, plainin g what kind of vote is a Mr Culler s s rply re uked three-fourths vote? Others said by the civic league officer s ore- that the "elastic clause" was kee ing in h Social ames something you can stretch, and room ee tha got out that the "Bill of Right s" were of the line an as in the way the first ten commandments. My of the shuffle board players when what a lot of knowledge these Beatrice Haskins, who always particular 9A's have! e~ciently does her duty, called Coming into home room 101, him back into line and our be- Mr. U pdegraft sat on a tack. loved p r incipal, always a good Junior Gabeihouse hollered sport, complied. "Hey Uprie, you're sitting on

In Miss Miller's sixth period ta?k" ! He replied, "Don't you history class she asked the ques- thmk I got the point?'' tion, "What ship was said to be The other day the Greenleaf a cheese box on a raft?" Edith class saw a heated argument Hutchinson piped up and said between Miss Peterson and "Did you say a cheese box on ~, and Stuart Goldberg. The topic rat?" Edith then flashed one of of conversation was Milferd Epp. her famous blushes and is still It was whether Milferd spelled very much embarrassed. his name with an e or an o. The The other day Johnnie Blumer wreath of victory went to Miss was seen smelling a beautiful Peterson, the prize awarded bunch of sweet peas in the cafe- her- a candy heart. teria. Miss J. Crosby called the fact to our attention that John A country school teacher was looked a great deal like our o-ood cashmg her check at the bank. friend Ferdinand. Irene Ha~sen The telle~ apologized for the also had a bouquet of sweet ~Ith~, cond1t10n of the bills saypeas. mg, I hope you are not afraid of R 1 s h microbes.'' usse c arman, a spreader , , . • , ,of goodwill, flitted through the ,Not a b~t of .1,t, the school halls a short time before the six m~ am replied_. 1 am sure no microbe could hve on my salary .''

LITTLE GARBO

She walked slowly down the hall on the way to her next class. Little Garbo never hurried. After all, a person who was destined to become the greatest actress of all time (hence the name of Little Garbo) need never hurry and then there was one's dignity to think of. She floated rather than walked up to the stair case, an achievment gained by perching loads of books on her head for hours at a time. She stepped on the first step and turned slowly half the way around pausing for effect. There was as usual a group ofboys behind her following every movement with faces that were supposed to have an angelic expression on them. $he pretended to ignore them but really thought that boys were quite stupid. Everyone was so used to this procedure that nothing was thought or said. But the sight of six • near grown boys mincing daintily up the stairs would have been quite ludicrous to an outsider.

There came a day in Little Garbo's life that comes to us all at one time or another when everything goes wrong-. Now Little Garbo had always been pointed out by teachers to her classmates as a perfect example of how American youth should act, but today, as has been mentioned, was different. In her first period she spilled a bottle of ink over herself, her neighbor and the floor and received, as a reward, beligerent scowls sent in her direction from both teacher and pupils, during the rest of the period. In algebra she missed at least half of the problems because of nervousness over the former episode. A relief too great for words swept over her when the period was over.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF' March

17, 1993

Color hair _________ _light brown

Colo r eyes ____ blue green

Heig ht_ ___________ 64 1-4 inches

Weight_ _____________ 122 pounds

Class ______________________ 9A Age ____ ____________________ 14

Favorite sport _____ .. ____ baseball Best friend _Betty Kempkes

What committee ________ Safety

A TASTY LUNCHEON

''WHO IS IT" BOY She began her daily prance down the hall foilowed by her faithful escort. She was prancing in just the correct manner when something Color hair ----- brown loomed up in front of her. It Color eyes _________________ blue proved later to be a freshie, but Height -----_________ 64 inches that is beside the point, but the Weight_ _____________ l15pounds fact that the invincible Little Class _______________________ 9A Garbo had taken an awkward' Age ____________ _____________ 14 sprawling fall taking up half the Favorite sports _____ football and hall is not. The six henchmen swimming dutifully piled up also following Best friend ________ John Blumer the leader as all people up on the What committee ____ Playground fine points of training are apt to GIRL do. Everyone was hurrying to class at the la mo 1ent. That is to say, they ere h rying until they struck ur litt e b r·cade. After a mem er of said struct re had identified his or her own I mbs, he a sem d • self and m • •hed on to class. Thus, Little Garbo lost er dignity. the apes lost their cha e for futher aping, and the rest of the student body lost fifteen minutes of their after school hours through a message sent out by the principal which decreed it so.

You've listened to the tale of a cowboy, 'fo tales far over the sea, But, man, you haven't heard anything yet,

HOW WELL DO YOU Until you listen to me; KNOW YOUR TEACHERS? Why, I'm rough a nd tough, And I back all my bluffs,

1. One whose name is a bright I eat rattle snakes for a · meal; color. I don't eat bread,

2. One whose name represents In its place is lead, a kind of hair. My snakes take care of the veal;

3. One whose name is a small For desert I have afeathered coin. duck,

4. One whose name makes you That would tickle your appetite; go round and round. You'd laugh and laugh and laugh

5. One whose name is a person I . a nd laugh who keeps or works a flour mill Till ~ou couldn't even sleep at (Answers will be found on W ,1mght; back page) e l have some fine Hawaiian pie

There was a boy named Frank, Whose dad was a perfect crank: If he loafed he was scolded, O'er his dad's knee was folded, And spanked good and hard with a plank.

With grass skirts or evening clothes, Or maybe out on the veranda, We'll drink tea and eat raw bread dough .

- Fern Bowers

NEWSY NOTES

On March 3, Lucile Cozad had A definitely industrious atmosthe surprise of her life. She re- phere prevails over Miss Fer-

The R. W. A. Club was enter- ceived a telegram from California. guson's industrial art class. tai ned at a backward party, It was a birthday greeting from Brushes stroke ambitiously. Yes, Fr id ay, March 10, at Mary Lou an uncle. the posters that will herald the S ton e8ifer's house. Nona Lane The teachers were again served spring operetta are being created. won the prize for being dressed tea at their meeting on .March 7. Other posters are being made, the the most backward. Those present best features of which will be wer e: Marion Holter, Nona Lane, AssiS t ing at th e firS t tea were picked out and combined into one Sa ra Mae Van Hook Margie Winifred Nelson, Connie McBride ideal poster. This will be used for Will iams, Waunita Whalen, Lois and Irene Hansen. Assisting at· the background of the operetta. Pe nton, Betty Wilson, Mary Lou the second tea were Eleanor Predominate features will be skySto nesifer and their sponsor, Mrs Edison, and Irene Hansen. scrapers against the horizon, Hor nady.

Elaine Adams of 107 got a chain sails, and beach umbrellas. This Darleen Pastorius and Darleen letter with six names signed to it. is being undertaken as a class Murphy entertained at a party at three from Mjnneapolis, Minn- project. th e home of Darleen Pastorius, esota, and t ree from Lincoln. On February 21. the pupils in 2044 S, on Friday, March 10. She had ne er heard of the names home room 209 had a quiz, _ A letter from Mrs. Folsom of before. "Our Whittier School." Mr. Or ono, Maine, formerly Miss new studen who enteud Ross asked the questions that Keller who taught here in Whittier recently is Doris Dugan had been sent in at the first of Whittier when the present 9A's of nome roo 112. home room period. were 7B's, compliments the last Na ne ur o I a hobby Betty Welch of 108 celebrated se mester's 9A issue of the Green- of collecting snap hots. her birthday on February 22, the lea f. She recognized several Glen Provorse two hobbies same day as George Washington, faces in group pictures and was - making airplanes and collect- the •'Father of Our Country." very much pleased that she could ing stamps. Dwain Bauman of 212 has left keep in touch with the school. Harriett Palmer and Eloise Whittier to live on a farm.

Everyone has probably noticed Somers t e d t gave a "baby Esther Helzer of 218 went to the charming little copper names picture" party recently. John Fort Morgan, Colorado, over the wh ich the pupils seem so crazy Blumer, one of the guests, was weekend. She left Saturday ab out lately. But the queer thing ill all du r in g the party, but night and returned to Lincoln abo ut these little copper name managed to carry on. As a result Monday afternoon. ow ners is that very few of them of winkum, one of the games Albert Schleiger of 107 spends wea r their own names. played, many of the guests his after-school hours at the Y.

Mrs. Goodrich, former principal went home a trifle bruised and M. C. A. and ice skating. at Everett, receives the Green- battered. Doro th Y James, Harriett Palmer recently enterleafs and enjoys them a lot. She Mickey Allen, Irene Hansen, and tained . quite a few Whittier thinks that they are most inter- Joyce Crosbie had especially friends at a party given at the esting and that "the jokes are large bruises of bright black and Y. M. C. A. rich. 11 blue denominations. Mickey Friday, March 3, a high school

LeRoy Meahan of home room A 11 en and Joyce Crosbie a I so roller skating party was held in 314 has left school because of established themselves forever Malcolm, Nebraska, at which illness. in the minds of their friends as Ruth Wheeler and Bettie _Fowler

Jacqueline Wilson of 307 reports jitterbugs of a higher type. John were present. They reported a the first robins seen this year. On Coulter, a former Whittierite, lovely time except that their legs March eighth, two robins were shone in the game of imitations were rather tired. sitting on a telephone wire near where cards were passed out 33rd and Holdrege. bearing the title of the thing the I feel so happy, I could burst

Home room 216 has a new receiver was supposed to imitate. into song. pupil, Roberta Cunningham, who ~or~thy. J~me~ al~o ga~e a con- 1 Get the key and you won't entered from California. j vmcmg 1m1tat10n m this game. , have to.

MISLED ASPIRATIONS ALUMNI EXCHANGES OF A SMALL BOY

When I g-row up to be a man, I'll pack a wicked shootin' rod, And I' 11 be known as "dead-eye'' Dan, Who puts them six feet 'neath the sod.

I'll rob the banks of all their cash, And fool the sheriff 'til he'll rave, Then riding on my good horse Flash, I'll hurry to my secret cave, Ho! Ho! 'Twill be a merry life, And someday I'll get "hitched" of course; I'll kidnap me a pretty wife, Who'll swe€p the cave and feed the horse.

-Winifred Nelson

SIGNS

Do you remember what signs along the streets and high ways mean and what their shapes are?

1. The stop sign has how many corners?

2. What color of light is always at the bottom of an arterial light'!

3. A sign to tell you there is a railroad ahead is what shape?

4. Can advertisements on the high way be on round sig~s?

5. What is a round sign used for?

6. What colored light does the amber one always follow?

7. Why?

(Answers on page 7)

John Eberhart, a form er Whi ttier pupil, is sophomore class president at Lincoln High School. John was active at Whittier holding many home room positions and is a member of the Pepper Club in high school.

John Coulter and Jim Wise have been back to visit their former teachers, and Alma Reichel and Ruth Huck came to

He llo! Th is is your e x change Bditor speaking, bringing you the high-lights of the papers we receive from other schools. From Honolulu, T. H., we get the "Wailuan" which publish~s a lunch menu for the week in each issue. What do they eat? Here are a few of the foods they have: Chop Suey, Spanish hamburger, SwisR Chard.

visit Miss Helen Madsen "The Junior High Mirror" Former Wh" • upils are on from McCook Nebraska held a the various ommit es at Lin- penny carni~al and ~mateur coln High Sc? 00 • Th~odore· contest not very long ago. The Sdmltz H rrie t ~yes re on pupils enjoyed this entertainthe ourtesy committee and men t immensely.

Delor s Carte n d oroth Car- The paper, , 'Our Talkie,,, from nahan Norfolk, Nebraska, chose a very mittee. appropriate subject to write about

John Coulter, rmerly of when they chose the title "What Whittier, played a few accordian My Country Means to me," beselections at the recent sopho- cause two of our greatest patriots more party. were born in the month of Feb -

NICKNAMES

Isabe11e Bridge- Izzy

Bernard Craig-Doc

Virginia Lee Sterling-Jackey

Bonnie Quillin - Bon Ami

Ruby Reifschneider-Rhubarb

Eddy Smith-Bumpy

Darlene Hinrichs-Tootie

Daniel Michael-

Dangerous Dan

Henry Prosser-Hank

June DeVore-June Bug

Donald Farmer -Shorty

Don Sutherland- Donnie

Charlotte Garrett- Peppermint

LaVora Ram el-Joe

ruary. Several of the pupils from the Norfolk Junior High School wrote articles on the subject. From Portales, New Mexico, we get the "Rams Tale" which I has a column called the Walter Winchell of P.H.S. This column , publishes bits of gossip about students.

The girls and boys from Horace Mann Junior High, which is in Burlingt9n, Iowa, voted for their favorite a ct or and ac t r ess The girls cas t t h eir vote for Tyrone Power and Jeanette MacDonald. The boys cho8e Mickey Rooney and Alice Faye.

The paper, ''Q Review,'' tells

Do you have to study Latin to Why is k like a pigs tail? us that one of its students con- be a druggist? Because they're both at the Some have that idea. I don't Iend of pork. structed a three foot white plaster know why. People don't order I cast of that famous crooner of postage stamps and soda water in What kind of nut has no shell? radio and screen Bing Crosby· Latin. A doughnut. It was a remarkable likeness.

Ma r ch 17, 1939

THE SADDLE TENDER

Dale Fitch was the saddle te nder on the ''One hundred and o ne'' dude ranch. It was Saturday e vening and ·Dale was preparing t o go to town and see a show when

THE WHITTER GREE LEAF

shield of the truck. The glass flew like a shower of water and the men, with many cuts, climbed slowly out and stood like dogs waiting for a beating. Dale collected their guns and marched them into the house. Although Dale received no reward he had a sense of duty well done. a group of strange men strolled toward the bunk house. When they entered, Dale was st a nding before the mirror covered with shaving lather from ear to ear. One man quietly advanced and 1. s poke to him. As Dale turned, 2. the man struck him with the butt 3. of his gun and quickly tied him up. 4. From there they went to the stable 5. and broke into the saddle room 6. and started carrying the saddles out and putting them on a huge red truck. Dale, in the bunk house, had a feeling that they were stealing the saddles. He struggled, struggled desperately

SONGS THAT REMIND YOU

-Jim Van Horn, Edith Hutchinson

JUMBLED NAMES

Omtmy Riffign, 110, boy. Liqunejcae Onilws, 307, girl.

Irshlye Eg-ahman, 309, girl.

Ijm Avn Ohnr, 307, boy.

Enaj Ce earwn, 3 0, girl. Infirwde Elnons, 32 , girl. (answers on back page)

PALS

A year ago we m tone day, I saw her and s saw me, It was at Elliott while at play, Pals we are as you can see. to free himself, but with no luck. On the wall over his feet hung his trusty rifle and bayonet that had served him so well in the world war. He had a sudden idea that if he could knock the bayonet down he could cut the bonds and be free. In the mean time, the men were quickly loading the saddles. Dale rolled over on his back and kicked at the bayonet but it only went back into its place again. Again he tried and finally it fell to the floor. He wiggled toward the one thing that might save the saddles. When he reached the bayonet, he quickly cut the ropes, for Dale had al ways kept it sharp. He reached the door in time to see the last saddle go on the truck. Quickly he ran to the truck but the men were heavily armed. Seeing the danger, he stooped and picked up a sack. With all of his strength he threw it into the wind-

We meet each day along the way, To Whittier School we go; Rain or shine won't keep us away, Because we like it so.

- Lois Thompsom, 209, Jan ice Sedlacek, 212

ANSWERS TO "SIGNS"

1. Eight.

2. Green.

3. Round.

4. No.

5. Railroad. 6. Green.

7. To let you know ahead of time when to stop.

uTwo of a Kind"--Merced es Miller, Moyne Miller; Bob Avner Sam Avner.

"You're as Pretty as a Picture'' -Connie McBride.

"You Couldn't be Cuter"Marjorie Coulter.

''Deep in a Dream'' - Marian -Coombs.

''Dark Eyes'' - Dorothy James.

"Angels With Dirty Faces"Keith Crump, Elgin Martin, Eugene Ayres, Marvin Epp, Milferd Epp, Frank Killian.

"I Love to Whistle" -Jack Pierce.

NORTH WIND'S SONG

The wind was very fierce today, Many hats on the pavement lay, Where North Wind had come along, And blown them off singing his song; It may be fast, it may be slow, One does never, never know; It may be gay, it may be sad, It may be good, it may be bad; But no matter how it goes, It'll always make you run on your toes, You'll chase your hat, This way and that, To the tune of North Wind's Song

There once was a barber named Dan, For clippers he used an old fan, With a whir and a buzz He shaved off their fuzz, This very remarkable man. -Tom Watkins, 104 7

- Elaine Elliott, 108

A COMWAL DITTY

There once was a lady named Moe, She wrote to her brother Joe; She asked him for some money, She even cal1ed him honey; But she still hasn't the dough. - Robert Litzenberg

What country is nearest the pole? Poland.

SPEED

Eleanor ·Hurd must be very powerful to do as much damage as she did when playing ·against 320 . Perhaps you noticed the "dent" in the wall which was the result of Eleanor's latest kick.

l\irs. Ross' cadet for this semester is Miss Rowley of the University. She is giving Motor Ability tests to the eighth and ninth grade pupils. These tests show a good deal about muscular control and how some girls naturally have it and others haven't. The results of these tes ts show to a certain extent ho,v much or how little we should expect each girl to be able to accomplish in Physical Education activities.

Ea,,esdropping a r o. u n d the building we heard this about a recent basketball game. This was on a home room blackboard : Ou r team-1. Them-4.

"This is a frameup."

My! What good sportsman- ship! ·

Did you know that Moyne Miller's team has a special name? She calls it the "midgets" and Moyne sugg ests that Jane Lawrence call her the "giants", especially one member, namely, Janet Howerter.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

MEET THESE COMMITTEES

{Continued from page 1)

Social Games: Charles Umberger, Boyd Armstrong, Jack Giel, Don Holltorf, Ed ward Teater, Gordon Minnig.

Office: Billy Srhlaebitz, Harold Volkar, Robert Fox, Floyd Sho rt, Paul Brown.

Property: James Shindel, Lee Bowers, Tom Morey, Wyatt Gage, Ly le Rice, Dallas Bottcher.

Safety: Clyde Sheldo n, Jim Van Horn, H enry Gerlach, Harold Hawk ins, Raymo.:u Bish, Robert Dunc an, R e rt cC ormick , Richard Brad .- Edward Skudler, Clifford Rshe , Ted David Hi l.

1. Miss Green

2. Miss Curley

3. Mrs. Pinney

4. Mrs . Worrall

5. Miss Miller

MR. CULLER SUGGESTS

(Continued from page 1)

March 17, 1939

FLASH

Mr. Wells' 9A classes like to play the game entitled "Cutthroat " The game goes as follows : Each squad leader gets ready. When the whistle blows, they dribble down the floor and try to make the basket. The object is to get the other squad's ball •and throw it into the balcony. When they make the basket, they throw the ball back to their squad and the squad mates do the same. The squad that gets done first wins.

We forgot to mention in the last issue that Mickey Allen played for Whittier when we played t h e First Lutheran Church team. If there are any more whom we have not mentioned, please notify us and we will mention your name.

When this sports column was written, 316 had not yet lost a game, but they had better knock on wood as 308 is right on their trail as well as other home rooms

Although the boys think it is very odd to have a woman gym teacher, they have been very cooperative, according to Mrs. Bell who substituted during Mr Wells ' illness. Also the assistants have been very helpful. .

In the first period class, which is a 7B class, a tie game was very hard to play off.

Pupil: Why does a Sc Jtchman always wear plaid?

Teacher: I don't know. Why?

Pupil: So he can keep a close check.

The change of the home room the front doors that they can't be system made a decided change opened and Mr. Culler fully in the noon-hour tournament expects to hav e to scrape them games This way certain seventh off with a knife in the near graders have a better chance to future. be on a winning side, since "most" of the Nine A's are more powerful than the 7,B's. Mrs Ross doesn't agree on thi point. But then some Nine A's don't like to play with seventh graders so you see it has both its advantages and disadvant a ges.

ANSWERS TO "WHO IS IT"

Malclom Allen

Eleanor Hurd

Johnny went to school with dirty hands. ''What would you say, Miss Jones asked, '' if I should come to school with dirty II hands. ''N o th i n g, '' answered Johnny. "I'd be too polite."

I think we all will be very happy when the forecast of warmer weather comes, for our thoughts are already turning to baseball and other outdoor sports.

JUMBLED NAMES (ANSWERS)

1. Tommy Griffin

2. Jacqueline Wilson

3. Shirley Hageman

4. Jim Van Horn

5. Jane Lawrence

6. Winifred Nelson

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WH ITTIER ENJOYS

RECENT ASSEM BLIES

A ll of you will su re ly want to Dele gates Hold Mee tin g Wh i tt ier pupils have been well be li stening in tomorrow morn- 1 entertained in two recent asseming at 9 :30 over KFOR to the The scond eeting of the boys' b roa d cast of the Greater Lin- and g irl s' d elegate assemblies col n Schools, for Whittier will was held on Marcb 16 The boys ha ve charge of the program. A discusse d the fire d ri 1 and how sh ort skit for the dads, "Strang- it sh uld be con due · d. The e r~," with Darle~n Hea l ey and poin ts to remember are : keep in W ilma Meye~·s Vi'lll be presented I lin e, be qqiet, keep han ds off a~ d the enti re drama I~ cl~ss I other p upi l s, take your t ime, will present the story of Chim- retu rn in reverse ord er, and gy m n ey Drummer Boy." clas ses ar e to for m a line and

The narrator is Jim Van Hor st · y until the groun ds a e cleat with Edward Sckudler as Santa I he gir ls al s o di scussed fire Cl aus. The story will be told n , drill. In addition t hey talked lo w, medium, and high vo ice. about th e mother an daughter S ound effect s will be produ ·ed party. S hirley K ing gave a short b y Bill Holbrook as drummer. I talk on man~er s. Other_ ~hort

The Whittier band directed by talks w ere g1v n by Wu11 fred Mr. Welch will play three selec - i Nelson , Elean or Hurd, Ma ry ti on s: "G ood Fellows Waltz," Alford , and a bell Bartzatt. " Mine O' Me lody," and "Maroon a nd White March ."

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Mothers Are Guests

blies The first on March 22, vYas presented by the Dramatic Entertainers, pupils of Mrs. Shike's Drama II class. The skit, "Gracious Me," by Edgar Guest, directe d by Norma Ogden and Dorothy J ames , vvas presented by the following cast : Betty Kemp ke s, Jean Langhurst, Arabell Bar t zatt, Flora Kolb, Marcellin,e Prosser, Virginia Radmo r e and Mary Alford. Th following readings were giv n : "Boys", by Marilyn Ha s, "Bath Hour ," by Jean b ngh urst, and "Lick 'Em All But Mine," by Jerry Matthews. Dorothy James gave a demonstration on "The Proper W a y to Wash Di shes," and Marce lli ne Prosser played a piano so lo. Charles Taylor was the announcer

On March 20, 21 and 22, 8A hi to ry classes, 8A and B a rt,

0 M h 28 t h l M t h de •gn and craft and comme1 cia l n arc , eannua o er -

D ht a t as held i the Ia t clas s es atte n ded th art exW~~fti e;r : u~lor7um . Then pro- l ibi t at Morr ill Hall '!-' e e~e ti on al a nd enter t aining. co s isted of a read in g by gre eted there by Miss McFie

"Rivers," a film on flood control and soi l erosion, was shown to Whittier pupils on Friday, March 24 It was both educagr am n I • d h • t d La u ra Dee Fo rney entit l ed " A exp am e t e pie u r es an

It's Here

Be uti ful Dream .,, P antomim es e ces of s cu lpture. After return" L~ving Pictures' ' were present ed I in~ to th e i r clas s es at sch~ol, t~ e We ll , it's here at last! It beg ins b y Mr s. Shike's drama class with I children voted for a_ favoi?te pie - T u esday, April fourth, a~ three D orothy James as reader, and ture a nd a favorite piece of l o' clock. Whatisit?Wel1,I'lltell Mi ss Jones' girls ch -:., rus class sang I sculpture. you. It's spring VA CATION! appro priate songs. At the close of I The picture receiving most Won't that be magnificent? Just th e program Jim Van Horn pre - votes was "Ghost Town" by think, no school, just play from sent ed a boy's idea of "Mothers " 1 Ogden Pleissner. Th~ piece of 'fu·esday evening until Monday .at Mrs. S hi ke and Miss J ones were sc ulptu re was "Group of Seven" 8:20, excep t taking time out for in c harge of the program. I by Bernard Frazier. meals an d sleep, of course.

THE WHI'fTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and establish ed in 1924 as the official student publication of Whittier Junior Hi g h School. Publish ed bi-weekly durin g the schoo l year by the Whi tti er Junior High School pupi l s.

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

1i s Hult

Mr. Gammill Miss Cross Miss Pet erso n

GREENLEAF STAFF

Editor-in-chief Winifred N e lson

Features Charlotte Garrett, S tuart Goldb erg Girls' Sports Jan e Lawrence, Jacqu e line Wil so n Boys' Sports Tommy Griffin, G er ald Daug h erty

Humor Marjorie Ram e l, Dal e Ku skie

Alumni.. H ele n Kahl e r, L a Vora R ame l

Exchanges - Darleen For eman , Pearl Sho1 e

Fa hi ons Bett:e Fowler

Chattcr Edith Hutchinson, Jim Van H orn

N ewsy Notcs Sara May Van H ook

Shirley Ha geman

Cal e ndar Joan Null, Fern Bowers

Typi s ts I da Du r ham, Betty Bloom

El aine Adams

Marjorie Barcus Elaine Elli ott

RIDPORTERS

Billy Griffin

Betty J o hn s Lois Nel so n

PRINTERS

Don Abbott

Gertrude Aug ustin e

R obert Av n er

Lee Bowers

Eldon Christopher

D orot hy Clapp

Ca l vin D emilro ff

Ha rry Eckert

Dani e l Ernst

Darl ee n Foreman

Jack Giel

Bob Gillett

Richa rd GrcenbuTg

Leroy Haar

June Harra l

Bessie H ea t er Bob Johnson

Hany K ol b George K oh l

Paul Lange

Pat Law son

Thomas McEvoy

Vernon Pettet

Vera Pie r c e

Clifford Risher

S am Sco l aro K enneth Sim mo n s

Eddy Smith

Ed ward Teater

Roy Way

Ga rt h Wil tshire

TIME MARCHES ON!

As time marches on, we find out more and more about Whittier pupils and their activites. Home room 308 has just discovered that Floyd Short is an artist who pain ts oil paintings and sells them, 8aving the money for a watch. Bonnie Ellsworth is that auburnhaired beauty of J o h n n i e Connaway's orchestra. Johnnie is a former Whittierite. Bonnie spends her money wisely for clothing, education, and other necessities.

There are many other ways to earn small wages, say Dorrean Killian and Gertrude Augustine. Dorrean, accoippanied by her two brothers sells cookies for pleasures and small necessities while Gertrude Augustine buys all her clothing, pleasure, and other small things by doing house

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF March

work and caring for small children.

Junior Gablehouse of 101 earns pleasure money by shoveling" walks and raking yards. Georgetta Billings, also of that home room, takes care of children, runs errands, and cleans house for her pleasure money and other things.

Pupils of 320 say that care of children, paper routes, farm work. and selling candy are all very substantial ways of making money for pleasure.

107 have v er y good ideas for making money. For example , Flavel Peters makes money for shows and small savings by a paper route. June Keane takes care of small children for shows and other things. Robert Gowdy puts out hand bills using the money to buy books. Hmm, are we going to have another Abe Lincoln?

Home room 205 has two boys who shovel snow for their spending money. One of them buys comic books and the other puts most of his in the bank. Verno y Johnson also of 205 spends money for pleasures and still has money in the bank earned by delivering the Shopping Guide.

SPRING WARNING

Halt!

Don't let up on your work, my lad,

When spring fever comes along; Keep up with the graduates, Before the semester's gone. It's just one spring in many, With summer following that, So keep up the good work, my fellO\\'.S,

Maybe you too can be in a graduation class.

Fern Bowers

CO NTE ST OPENS

Hear ye ! Hear ye ! Sharpen your pencil, polish up your

31, 1939

brains, and join the merry crowd of writers. Here is your opportunity to display that latent talent and a chance to put in the Greenleaf what you want.

1. Write as many stories or poem s as you like. Have your teacher or parent sign them to verify their originalit y .

·2. Hand all entrie s to your home room teache r no later than April 11, 1939.

3. There will be two divisions to this contest, one for stories and one for poems. There will be a first, second, and third place in each divi s ion . Several honorable mentions will be given

4. Stories will be judg ed on the medts of sentence structure and g ram mar as well as plot. Rememb er, the s imple r your theme the better. Poem s will be judged on choice of words, structure and meaning. Winning poems and stories will be publi sh ed in the Greenleaf on April 21, 1939. Winners will be announced in the bulletin.

5. Winners will earn an efficiency credit.

6. Members of the Greenleaf cla ss are barred from participation in this conte st .

Don't be discouraged with your composition. It is probable that few have any better ones than yours so don't fail to hand it in! We're expecting an avalanche of entries so don't disappoint u s

HOLD COUNCIL FIRE

On March 17, the Lincoln Campfire Girls held their annual Grand Council Fire in our gym. Whittier was well represented. About one third of the girls attending were Whittierites. A number of these girls won national honors, while a former Whittier girl, Helen Bennett, won one of the highest honors ever granted to a campfire girl.

CHATTER BOX

One sure sign of sprin~ is upon us, that of Marian c;oombs and her trusted candid carera. Fla sh upon flash can be heard e verywhere. Perhaps Marian will tu rn out to be another Margaret Bourke White.

Some of us aren't as lucky as Irene Hansen is. She has a grandfather who is in charge of a greenhouse and every time the home economics class needs flowers for either a dinner or a tea, Irene's grandfather wraps up a beautiful bouquet of flowers for her and she brings them to school.

The other day Edith Hutchinson told Miss Peterson that she had come to the conclusion that she • had an average Whittier mind. Miss Peterson replied, "Why, Edith, you flatter yourself." All in fun (we hope).

Perhaps some of you have also seen Mickey Allen reading the paper his lunch is wrapped in while eating. The lunch is wrapped in newspaper and is packed by Mickey himself under the supervision of Mrs. Allen. Judging from the appetizing, dainty result achieved, Mickey should write a book about it. Some of the girls could undoubtedly profit by it.

Marjorie Ramel of 112 sent a C. 0. D. letter to Jim Van Horn and Edith Hutchinson on March 21, with her sister La Vora Ramel. Don't we wish we knew what a C. 0. D. letter is like?

Three days after ,spring started, a dozen or so 9A girls were seen with cameras taking pictures of their friends. Most of the girls were seen at one time or another, trying to take a picture of our good friend Johnny Blumer when he was off his guard.

If you have seen people stand-

ing on their heads diving into left arms. We're not superstitious the cafeteria waste paper bask- but- ? ets, it's because LaVora Ramel In first period reporter's class, lost a nickel in one of them. Betty Johns asked Edith HutchMarjorie Nicholas is another inson if she knew a topic for a camera fan seen bobbing around spring story. Edith replied in a taki~g pictures of her pals with woeful voice, "Oh, I can't. I a camera. don't feel v·ery spring-ee this

In Miss Wilson's third period morning.'-' She passed on limping English class while studying "A down the aisle. It couldn't be beSon of the Middle Border," Miss c~use of a twisted ankle while Wilson asked the question, •Rhe was trying to kick a football, "What did the pioneer children could it? have to do while riding in the Friday, March 10, Reifert Will farm wagons?" Junior Davis of 210 found a set of false teeth. piped up and said, "Hold tight." So far as we know, he is saving

Marvin Epp caught some sort them for future use. of moth in 310 during fifth per- Frank Johns, a 9B, sat on a iod. It was given ether and. re- window sill causing the curtain mained unconscious for three to fall. He tried unsuccessfully days. Then he flew out of the several times to put it up again. bott le and out the window. Finally a 7B with a flick of the wrist fixed the curtain.

Bob Cather was seen recently The other day Dale Schappaugh in Commercial Art daubing cobs. was quietly walking up Vine Would you call this a corney when he discovered that he was job? being followed by a small black

Winifred Nelson's hobby of dog.It followed him from twentycollecting autographs of famous seventh to fortieth, then up to 0 persons has made an important street. Dale has always claimed step forward. She has acquired that birds of a feather flock tothe signature of one of her fa- gether. vorite authors. He is Hamlin Mary Alford is beginning to Garland, author of "A Son of the believe in the old saying, "PenMiddle Border." nies From Heaven." While she

In home room 210 the other was standing in the gym, a nickel morning as they were about to suddenly fell from nowhere at say the Civic League Pledge, Barbara Mack's feet. Mary picked Miss Peterson began, "I pledge it up and then inquired whose it allegience-." We're sure she was. No one claimed it. It came knows it. Maybe it's spring fever. from above the floor (it didn't

The other morning Whittier roll) and all the girls' purses had pupils fortunate enough to have zippers on them so it couldn't classes on the south side of the have come from anyone's purse. bui!ding were surprised by a If you are missing a nickle, please sweet chirping sound and found refer to Mary Alford. out that they had visitors from the south. The reports vary but there were from five to ten robins on the playground in front of the building.

On Monday, March 13 (unucky), Bob Cather and Bernard Leman, both of 316, broke their

There once was a guy called Hank Who went swimming in a tank, But without a boat He couldn't float, So poor old Hankie sank. - Bettie Fowler

A GOOD DEED FOR THE DAY

We are · now engaged in the pleasant pastime of attending a hen party, oh excuse me, I mean, a sewing club meeting I am really contrite when I offer this apology for there really isn't any reason to call this sewing club meeting a hen party, because we aren't going to be at this meeting like they are at most such affairs where they talk something terrible about those who weren't able .to come. But, no, we aren't going to do that. We are just going to offer a few suggestions about the absent menb.er, not to her, of course, but just among ourselves.

We think, for instance, that she should at least wear a dress

JUMBLED NAMES

1. urht oswaldt, 106- girl

2. anjte ablegauhes, 210-girl

3. ettby owferl, 207-girl

4. arhry ertkc, 210- boy

5. rad bely liblgins, 222- boy ( Answers will be found on back page)

ESSAY ON NOTHING

April Fool!

SIGNS OF SPRING

two days instead of showing us When people begin to wear, up by wearing it only one when All sorts of bright colors , our mothers just insist on us When they begin to appear wear-ing ours two. And she In hats of straw and silk, hasn't any right to be so pretty. It's a sign of spring. We think it's just a little out of When robins are seen place. Then there is the fact Here, now and then, that all the teachers just adore Hopping about on walks, her ~nd that alone would tell ob- Beyond a doubt, servmg persons that something It's a sign of spring. was wrong with her. We have I done remarkably at this meet- I When small boys fin~ ing, girls, an open-minded, open- , The old marbles agam, hearted discussion has been car- To play a game of keeps, ried on. I move that we adjourn. Sur~ly it must be _______ • A sign of spring.

REMEDY FOR SPRING FE VER

2 cups Gardening

2 3-8 cups sunshine

1 gallon of exercise

8 hours of sleep ( windows open)

Combine all ingredients and you won't be bothered with spring fever again. (We hope).

LIMERICK -A9A

There once was a man named Gillian, - Pearl Shore

LOST: Gray Esterbook eversharp. Reward, Betty Latta, 112.

Whose folks it seemed had a million , He set out to sea, So childish with glee, And blisters he soon had a million.

- Stuart Goldberg

CIVIC LEAGUE TRIPS

8B's, 8A's and 9B's have gone on civic league trips lately. On March 9, the 8B's met at the Stuart Theater where a group of nine pupils from Irving Junior High sang four vocal numbers. Following this entertainment Mr. Vernon L. Thompson of the Midwest Life Insurance Company spoke on the Banking System. The following Whittier teachers accompanied pupils on their trips: Mrs. Childress, Mr. Strawn, Miss McGrew, and Miss Hult.

On March 16 , 8A's from all sch ools met at the Stuart theater. They enjoyed a talk by Mr. James Rienhardt, associate professor of so.ciology, U n i v e r s i t y of Nebraska. The teachers from Whittier who attended were: j Miss Dee, Mrs. Pinney, Miss Peterson, Miss Veerhusen, Mrs. Shike, Mi s s Cross, Mr. Heston, and Mr. Culler. A group of 8A boys from Whittier, directed by Mrs. White, provided the entertainment.

March 30, 9B pupils also met in the Stuart Theater to hear a talk by Mr. Jiles W. Haney who is a Professor of Mechanical , Engineering at the University of Nebraska. Four teachers from Wbittier attended. They were Miss Kier, Miss Hult, Mrs. Boschult, and Mrs. Swisher.

PUPILS MEASURE UP

The fire drill on March 23, was, according to Mr. Culler, up to Whittier standa1·d. It took three minutes to clear the building. Mr. Culler hopes that we ha v e many more like this one. If the boy s and girls will cooperate it will stay up to the Whittier standard.

ACROSS

1. One's mind during a test.

6. Fool's month.

9. Second largest

15. Poe

17. Bench~ltiilBli.~1

19. Used in p

20. Breakfast f oo .

21. Opposite of yes.

22. State in West.

24. Part of camera.

25. Treelike p l a n t o f grass family.

27. Office equipment.

29. First JJerson singular persent indicative of be.

30. 0 n e w h o p l a y s t h e harmonic .

35. 480 sheets of paper.

36. Editor of Greenleaf (initials).

37. Boy's name.

39. Family to which gorilla and chimpanzee belong.

42. Science teacher (initials).

44. Father.

45. Preposition.

33. Equally.

34. Initials of type teacher. "Willie," asked the teacher,

35. To move a boat by oars. '•what is the plural of man?" Nebraska 37. Nova Scotia (abbrev.) • "Men," answered Willie. city.

l l. After Divinity.

12. Opposite of down.

13. Part of sunlight.

14. Twenty-four hours.

16. Used to hit a ball.

17. Equal to 31-7.

18. And so forth.

21. Electric sign.

23. Part of fishing equipment.

25. Ribbons tied together artfully

26. Short for' Ed ward.

28. Befpre {poetic).

29. An honest boy in history.

31. One who dislikes you.

32. Married woman's title.

38. Third note from end of "And the plural of child?" musical singing scale. ''Twins,'' was the prompt

40. Period of time too long to Ireply. measure.

41. To piece out.

43. Boy lead in operetta.

45. Eve's companion.

46. An empire.

47 . Huge elevation of earth (abbrev.). · DOWN

Teacher: which travels faster, heat or cold?

Pupil: Heat, of course.

Teacher: Why .do you think so?

Pupil: Because you ca1~ catch cold.

Boss (engaging stenographer) :

1. Boys' Civic League Pres. · Is there anything you can do

2. Part of mouth. Ibetter then anyone else can do?

3. Article used with words. 1 Steno; Yes, sir, -read my own beginning with a, e, i, o, u. i writing.

CONCERNING THE

gle under and transfer red tlie m INGENUIT Y OJi"' JILL to the kitchen. Once with in t he • --=-,~;;.....;.;..- premises of the kitchen , s he de-

J ill pa us e d momentarily to posited them precar.iously on the rehab i itate a rusty., abused old table and dashed to the base men t tin can that insi~ted upon pro~ entrance located ~pproxima te ly jecuing uncouthly from. the bulky, three shags to the left. Her e s he sinister looking package which snatched up the bundle of ju nk, she clutched under ~me arm. The the collection of which had occuCOI\_tents of her bundle would pied all her ti me that afternoon indubitably have amazed many With great precision, Jill flung it • of the tranquil, sleepy-eyed full force down the basement citi~ens passing Jill on the street. steps.

Color hair _

Co lo r eyes

Height_ __

Weight __ _ Class _______ _

Age ________ _

Favorite sport __

What committee ___ _

Plays in advanced ore GIRL

Color hair __________ Brunette

Color eyes-----~----- - -·--.,. Blue HeighL _______________ 63 i nches·

Weight _______________ ll 5 pounds

Clas s

14 What committee __ Quiet Ga mes Plays in advanced orches t ra Class officer in 8A (Answers will be on back page) FROM BYGONE DAYS

EASTER BELLS In 1932 students held a contes t

Undaunted she sped toward her It crashed; it banged; it clinlfod! home. Once gaining the privacy The noise would have brought of it, Jill unburdened herself and Uncle Ed from the grave. Jil{ with a self-satisfied air proceeded noted with conviction tnat it to untie the wrapping paper from sounded mo r e genuine than the about her treasured possession, real McCoy. The results that it displaying a melang~ of cracked produced were absolutely satisjars, bottles, broken glass, and factory. Mrs Norton, actually such articles as would warm a convinced that her off-spring had junk-dealer's heart. These she dropped a whole stack of her stored away in tlie corner for lovely Queen Isabell dishes which near-future reference. Then witli · were probably now reduced to an •delightful thoughts doing a 440 utterly ruinous ground-glass con- The Whittier Greenleaf once through her head, Jill contributed sistency, made a quick trip to bore the name of Whittier Junior helpful gestures to the process of the kitchen followed closely by High News This name was not preparing the evening meal. her husband, napkin tucked in at changed until 1931. Whenever Jill's eyes came in the chin, who already had begun They used to grade differently contact with the huge calendar to calculate lamentably the sum too. A, B, C, etc. was the system. which was resting in an imposing of damage done. Even way back in 1926 the position over the stove, her heart They found their daughter Whittier shops were considered did a front-limber. rfhis particu- doubled up with suppressed the best in the Middle Wes t lar variety of calendar was one laughter which she released ;with It was in 0ctober, 1928, when of her father's weaknesses as it tlie force of a miniature hurricane Mr. Heston went to bed r ather could be acquired free .of charge screaming at the same time early, sucking his thumb. :Puring by sending three labels from "April Fool!" ~ the night he happened to bite Carterson's Tiny Liver Pills ·and -Winifrea Nelson down on it and the next morning ten cents to. help cover cost of Mr Heston had a sore thu mb. packing and mailing.

Having finished the last tidbit to see who would and could gain of caramel icing from the first Ring, ring, oh Easter bells the most weight. This contest helping of his favorite cake, Mr. How the mu~ic gently swells, was for under-weight pupils who Norton was doting on the practi- Little children loudly singing were taking rest. cal economy of a second piece. At I As the balls ar e sweetly ringing . In 1933 pupils could have their this point it was customary for Easter comes but once a year, own savings account in the Whithis daughter Jill to remove the And then the bells ring loud and tier Bank. This bank was located ' soiled dishes. With elaborate cer- clear. • in 204 anl was for the purpose of emony she picked up as many - E la i ne Adams, 107 teaching pupils how to save. Quite dishes as she could possibly strug- Edith Hutchinson, 303 an idea, don't you thin k ?

NEWSY NOTES

Miss Wilson's ninth grade h ome economics class gave a tea party on March 20. The first period class gave an invitation to Miss Dee's eighth grade class. There were games played ; then refreshments were served consisting of hot cocoa w i t h whipped cream, cookies, and little nut cups filled with candy and nuts. The table was decorated with a lace table cloth with a green bowl of flowers in the center. Two tall green tapers were at each end of the table. There were spring colors in napkins and doilies.

Harold Egger of home room 310 is going to ride his bicycle to Ea g 1 e, Nebraska, during spring vacation.

Ardeth Vermaas of home room 312 has left Whittier to attend school in Omaha.

Richard Akers is going to Rive rton, Nebraska, where he formerly lived for seven years.

Charles Cockrill, during spring vacation will spend his time at home playing in his own swing band which is composed of two trumpets, three clarinets, a bass fiddle, a ·set of drums, a guitar, and a piano.

Home room 310 welcomed a new pupil, Leo Clifton, from Hebron, Nebraska.

Home room 210 also has a new pupil, Jack Eberhardt, a former Whittier pupil who returned from Irving.

Lillian Niederhaus has been very busy lately organizing · a base ball team. The players are Esther Geier, Lillian Brehm, Florence Rebensdorf, Florence Schmidt, Ruth Weber and Helen Hemple.

Clara Mae Strong, former pupil of home room 102, has had to leave school because of illness.

Jean Langhurst gave a reading in David City the night of March 17. Jean's grandparents live in David City. •

Jean Quapp of 104 went to vis- 1 1 A former Whittier pupil, Roseit her grandparents in Bennett, mary Page , has returned to Nebraska, March 12. Whittier. She is in home room

Katherine Dunn, former pupil 302 and has been living in of 107, has moved to Falls City. Wyoming.

Phyllis Patterson, Mary Lou A surprise party was held for Starke!, and Dale Kirkland, all of Jacqueline Wilson on March 17. 316, plan to visit their grand- The St. Patrick's scheme was parents during spring vacation. followed. Games were played

Richard HofMann plans to go and refreshments were served. fishing in the Blue River. Ten were present.

Betty Nash of 320 and Jeanne Janet Howerter is planning to Vanderpool of 209 each plan to visit Kansas City during spring visit Grand Island, Nebraska. vacation.

Miss Wilson's second period Stanley McCune plans to work ninth grade home economics class hard during spring vacation by gave a tea to which Mrs. Ross' helping to paint the house. second period 7B gym class was Martha Michel of 108 .spent invited. The party followed the St. the week-end in Denver, ColoPatrick's theme. Green and white rado. candles, nuts, and . spiced tea March 6, Eleanor Edison and were served. Competitive games Sara Mae Van Hook were treatwere enjoyed. ed to a theatre party by Lucile

The teachers were again served Cozad in honor of Lucile's foura ~ea Tuesday, ?1arch 14, at teenth birthday. which Eleanor Edison and Joyce A newcomer to Whittier is Crosby served. Leo Clifton of home room 310.

Since we have been inquiring Allen Anderson of home room about favorite birds,. • w_e have 212 has left to attend Irving. learned that most pupils hke rob- Francis Helser's latest contriins be_st while <;>ther fav?rites are bution to Whittier society was a canaries, bluebirds, cardmals, and swimming party held at the Y. sparrows. . . M. C. A. Everyone was said to

Th~re is a large va!iety of have had a "grand time." favorite sports for sprmg, but . baseball is liked by the majority. Each Sat~nday mormng at Other leading sports are roller 8 :45, the Lmcoln Journal and skating, paddle tennis, and the Lincoln Star present a carbicycling. rier boys' program to show the

It seems that jus~ about ev~ry- courage and valor these boys one has seen some signs of sprmg. . Bernard Leman has seen a flower, show and all the hardships they Alta Igou has seen ducks going endure. Many of these plays are north. Dale Kirkland has se~n true. Stanley McCune, Russel several green buds on trees w ~ile Scharman and Bob Miller . are most everyone has seen robms. . : La Verta Strauch of 209 is plan- the Whittier boys who act out ning to go to Arapahoe, Nebraska, some of these p_arts. Stanley Mcto sing in a concert during spring Cune has written several of vacation. these plays.

Charles Campbell of home room J anny Ellis, June Pierce, 101 has moved to College View. Shirley Hageman, lVI a r j or i e

The neighborhood in which Nicholas, Ilileen McCormick, La Vora and Marjorie Ram el live Winifred Ingram, Betty Nash, has a club called ''Billy Whiskers Jean House, and Lucile Cozad Detective Agency." It has sixteen attended a party sponsored by members and the club meets I their Sunday School teachers a t eevry Saturday at the Ramel home. I Mrs. Hohnstein's, Friday night.

SUB DEB FASHIONS

Spring is here and as the days slip by each one brings Easter closer. Dressmaker suits or any smart suits will be at the head of the Easter parade this year. Loud jackets and plain skirts or viceversa are the newest. If the outfit is a bit too sporty to suit your taste, wear a contrasting sweater with a pair of beads at the throat. The beads give it a dressy air. Embroidery wilJ decorate most of the summer clothes. Anklets now have higher tops and big yarn flowers are embroideried on them. The dresses made of mat er ial commonly known as gunny sack, too will be decorated with big flowers on the borders of the skirt and sleeves.

Though copper names are now quite common, they seem to be increasing in popularity. Brace•lets. made of copper with names on them too are working their way to the top. Rings have been used frequently for a slip-knot holder on scarfs, but now a new slip-knot made of leather with names burnt in them on the scarfs is just as good and cuter.

Print dresses are beginn ing to flourish everywhere. You can change off from your print dresses to light skirts and shirts in pastel colors. Be sure you dress sporty for SI?ring.

LIMERICK

There was once a girl named Jenny, Who thought she was Sonja Henie; She went skating on ice, But she fell through twice, So she really isn't worth a penny.

- Norma Jo Schmidt, 304

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF March 31,

A SWING

1939

well but never to mention walking to him, just to place him .

The calender says this is April 13, where he could see the other And going downtown is pretty children of his age play, and Kathleen; eventually he would work up

You r:naY: find other people • ,,, enough courage to walk like smgmg, others.

While Susie and I are enjoying Now Ronnie had other ideas. our swinging. • He would rather sit under the Up in the air we are pushed so app!e t~ee an~ watch a family of high • robms m their nest.

Till w€ think we'll touch the sk . One day while he was sitting And Tom, you see is standirfg ?n a box _under the tree watchby, ' mg the birds, _one fell _out of the We're only brave because he's nest. yor a while Ronme watch~d nigh. th~ bird try to !llove to no ava1L Without warnmg Ronnie got Now Tom can swing himself slowly to his feet, his eyes on alone, the small bird. Then realizing And though the swing is all his what he had done he was so paralyzed with fear that he could own,

He likes to have us play with him;

He's different from his brother Jim. not move a limb.

Slowly the fact dawned upon him that he was standing alone. Dropping to his knees he crawled toward the small mangled ob-

- Marjorie Ramel, 112 ject on the ground. As he picked it up, he could see that it was dead. A lump rose in his throat r and tears blurred his vision. "Birdie," he gulped, "if you're not too far gone to hear my

BIRDS

Everyone likes birds, especially the red-breasted robin, who wakes you every morning with a song. Birds have many other ways of helping man-kind giving me courage to stand. And besides as an alarm-clock. Here so in memory of you and my first is a true story just as it was standing I'll stand at the head of told to me by a young chap who your grave at the burial." loves to watch birds.

words, I'd like to thank. you from the bottom of my heart for

-Fern Bowers

Ronnie had been an invalid since the age of seven, the re- Boy: Come quick, officer, a suit of a fall from his bicycle: man has been fighting my father He had spent four long months for ~ore than half _an hour in a hospital with a broken and Policeman: Why didn't you twisted ankle. By nature he I tell me before? wasn't a coward and he was B~y: 'Cause Father was healthy, but so intense was the gettm~ the best of him till a pain in his foot that a long shud- few mmutes ago. der would go through him when

Sergeant: I can't enlist you, you talked about his ever walkmy good man You've only one ing again.

On the day of his return from eype. t • t Th t d 't a r10 : a oesn matter. the hospital the doctor told his You've got to shut one eye when mother that he was perfectly you're shooting anyway.

THE MA GAZ INE PRINCESS D TSIL LUS IO NMENT up at every sound. Finally after the fanfare of all the drums

"The Maga zine Princess" is h e re Homer M. Smithman, the co n- which took a life time, so H om e r

At W hittier Junior H igh, t e st fien d! That's what every one thought, the announcer s tarte d If y ou tell your friends, call ed him. If he wasn't hunting oratin g , H e t ol d of the over-flow

It can't be missed, for labels, he was writing of mail which they had receivedOf course, they'll ask you why; slo g ans or incessantly alluding to but a fter much deliberation the But you'll know the answer to the dictionary for as many three judge had decided. ''The name that one, letter words as he could find. of the lucky winner is M-i-s -t-e-r, All you'll say is-quote: Once in a while Homer would IH -o-m-e-r M. S-m -i-t-h."

"My friends, it'll be ter r ific, come out victorious, winning a Homer became lifeles s. Wh e re Bot h glee clubs, girls and boy s , pair of flaming red pajamas or a was the rest of his name? He

An d once a body's heard them case of kraut juice. At present sat dazed. His eyes bulged, then sing, he was entering the biggest receded. His hair stood on end. Eve n you will say they're contest of his life. The first Off to bed he staggered. Fate's perfect;'' prize was one hundred thousand unkind trick had undone him. But that isn't all that's featured, dollars. How he prayed • that You 've heard of Connie McBride, somehow he might carry off the Sh e'll do the dance of a gypsy, fortune! Day and night, hour,

SWING SLANG

Th at I'm quite sure hasn't been after hour Homer devoted all of Char les Cockrill presents this tried, his time 'to figuring out why I list of ex pr essions together with Bu t there's still another "Peter's Priceless, Precious, their tran sl ation While we don't Na med Winifred Nelson, Perfect, pretty peanuts," I advocate their use, we thought Wh om you couldn't help but were better than any you would enjoy a look at them. know too, other peanuts he had ever eaten, Gobble pipe -Saxaphone. So come on April 28th For weeks on end he had hunted Hide beater- Drummer. An d let her dance for you; for the largest and best sounding Squeaker- Violin. Th e admission is only 25c words in the di ctionary. Soon Doghouse- Bass fiddle. Bu t worth more I would say, Homer Smithman had enough Voodoo boilers-Drums. An d that evening when you material to write another "Gone Woodpile- Xylophone . . climb with the Wind." He would Chief ride man -Ace mu si cian. Int o bed y ou'll think, gather opinions from everyone Spo~ks- White 1:1~sicians. "Wh at a perfect ending, -the butcher, the policeman and Bogie rne~-Critics who say For a perfe ct day . " even the mortician. when he had what they thmk - Fern Bowers completed his survey, he began Cat-Swing rnusici~n. ------- II to piece t h e bits together. He Groan box-Accordian.

SPRING AT LAST worked and worked and finally Lovely canary-Girl vocalist. subm itted his entry. Rug cutter-Swing dancer.

Spr ing-

We ek s had passed, and the Old man- Leader. .

Wh e n a young m a n's fancy n ight for th e a n noun ce me n t of Corn on the cob ~ ~armo m ca tu rns, th e gr and winner was at ha n d. Jam sess10n-Mus1cians play -

Whe n a woman thinks of cl ot h es, All day Homer had been nervous. mg. . . And every one becomes He paced up and down the floor. Paper m en-Musicians who dissatisfied with what he At last night fel l. It was cold play by note only. earns. and lifeless outside. Snow flut- Spots-Notes.

Spri ng-

Whe n one dwells i n sheer s implicity,

Whe n one trusts one, In all , impl icitly.

tered to a resting place in the Ickies-Persons who d o n't still, frozen earth. Th e whirling understand swing. wind swayed the t r ees' b ranches. Platter- Record.

inside Home~ sat ~iterally clut~h - 1 ~in ears-Persons w h o dislike - s. G. I ing his rad 10, his ears perk mg , swmg.

SPEED

The noon tournament inside will soon be over and the girls will be turning to outdoor games. About twelve more games are to be played off before the school champs of both soccer baseball and soccer three base are to be found.

Did you know that one nine court team has all 9A's? Can't you imagine which one itis?

Ardis Burback no longer has a team. She gave it to Ida May Bivens of 301, but Ardis still plays on the team.

The phys. ed. classes went outdoors for the first time several weeks ago. The girls were seen jumping around like escaped caged lions, but on the whole they were very orderly. One class even played with the boys. What was the result?

If. you noticed girls going around with bruised shin bones, don't mind the sight as the phys. ed. classes are working on lead up games to soccer. Corner kick seems to be the best liked game. It resembles soccer so mew hat.

This semester is the first time that soccer three base has been played in the noon-hour tournament and it seems to be working out very well.

Perhaps some of you are wondering who those girls think they are, pushing you around and telling you to stay back of a certain line. Well they are on the playground committee and are sent around for the benefit of the vlayers. Perhaps now that you know their reason for bossing, you will try to obey them.

Another good kicker appeared on the stage a few weeks ago. We could not learn her name, but I we heard that she kicked the ball I

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and the air just naturally went out. Boy, what strength. For the benefit of the freshies we will tell them that if any one goes home for lunch, he will h ave to go around to one of the center side doors to get to the gym. This rule was made last semester and must be obeyed.

STRATEGY

March 31, 1939

FLASH

Th e other day a game of baseball was played on Diamond I by both boys and girls. Also an interesting game of flies and grounders was played by both both boys and girls. A girl did get up to bat! All Jake Bruns had to do was to reach up and catch the ball. He snagged quite a few of the oncoming flies.

A member of the umpire com-

When you put back the cookie mittee has a broken arm as the jar, result of a bad fall.

As you hear your mother's The prepa:rations for baseball voice, not far, have begun. The tournament for That's strategy. baseball is to be a Round Robin" series. The six diamonds are to When you go to bed at night be used which is the same numWithout turning out the light, ber as last year. All- of the baseball games that were played la.st That's strategy. week were practice games. The the real Round Robin seiies began Wh~n you'r: out m rain on Monday of this week. with cousm Bella The ninth grade champion and And you use hers and not your also school champ in basketball own umbrella j is 308. The seventh and eighth That's strategy: grade champion is 220.

The boys' gym classes have

If you copy a paper someone begun to play out of doors. They were outside all last week play- else has made, ing mostly baseball, but there

To save your own semester grade, That's strategy.

-Darleen Foreman Pearl Shore was some football.

The volley-ball and tether-ball courts have been well made use of lately.

The second basketball tournaANS WERS TO "WHO IS IT" , ment ended Tuesday with 208 the

Bill Holbrook. Maxine Travis.

ANSWERS TO JUMBLED NAMES

1. Ruth Ostwald

2. Janet Gablehause

3. Betty Fowler

4. Billy Griff en

5. Harry Eckert

6. Bradley Billings

What table has no legs? Times table.

winner. The lower group champion is 208 and the higher group 304.

The tenderfoot, who thought he could ride, mounted a pony in front of a lot of cowboys. The pony threw him. "Well," said a cowboy helping him up, "what • threw you?''

"What threw me? Why she bucked something fearful! Didn't you ~ee her buck?" cried the tenderfoot.

''Buck,'' said the cow boy.' 'rats, she only coughed."

•

The bittier Greenleaf

Vol 16., No. 13

LIN9OLN, NEBRASKA April 21, 1939 Price: Five cents

MAGAZINE PRINCESS TO BE GIVEN SOON

The time is clrawing nigh and m any a sleepless night will be waged before the operetta, ''The Magazine Princess," is presented next Friday. The scenery is prep ared, the costumes ready, and e verything is set for the night of nights. Don't crowd, don't push! There's room for each and every one. Come one come all! T ickets ·are still available. Several of the players are sighing since they will have to make as many as four costume changes during the evening. Oh well, in the theater one must sacrifice everything in behalf of the play. We are all eagerly waiting the performance ·avd are sure it will live up to our highest expectations.

9A's Go On Trip

The 9A's went on their civic league trip on Thursday, April 13. They met at the Stuart Theater where the speaker was Mr. Knute 0. Broady, Professor of School Administration, University of Nebraska. The Whittier teachers who we n t on the trip were Mrs. · Pinney, Miss Kier, Miss Mary Wilson, Mr. Updegraft, Mr. W. A. McMullen, Mr. Culler, Miss Margaret Wilson, Mr. W. F. McMullen. Miss Miller, and Miss Curley.

Chorus Gives Assembly

On March 30 the 8A boys chorus under the direction of Mrs. White gave a Nebraska assembly. It was in the form of a skit which gave Nebraska news of more than fifty years ago. The announcer was Russell Sloan. Other speaking parts were taken by Duane Tejcka, Billie Griffin, Delbert Tipton, Delbert McKinney, Robert Thompson, Kenneth Smith, Eddie Smith, Rolland Dudley, Myron Armintrout, and Bob Eaton. Rosalie Skidmore danced, and Mary Alford entertained with a

Among the highlights of cost u mes are swimming i::mits, relics of the gaslite days. They surely are a far cry from the swim togs of today. You' 11 probably split your sides laughing at these antiques but they were quite the thing in days of yore. And guess who wears them! Those four policemen you've heen hearing so much about- Wesley Mi1ler, Malcolm Allen, Billy Schlaebitz, piano solo. and Frederick Langenheim. The songs sung by the chorus Could you ever imagine Billy were: ''Little Old Sod Shanty," Marler as a bold bad kidnaper? "God Bless America," "My Nevertheless he plays the role 1 Nebraska," and "Nebraska with great authenticity and all Land." Whittier pupils enjoyed ( Continued on page 8) this delightful program.

PUPILS VOTE FOR NEW AMENDMENT

On April 18 , pupils in Whittier voted to make an amendment to Whittier's constitution. The former way of nominating candidates for civic league president, vice-president, and secretary, was to have one member of the student activities committee, the sponsor of each division, two 9A pupils, two 9B pupils, and one 8A pupil form a committee. This committee chose the candidates for these offices from the names submitted by each home room. Each home room submitted two names.

After the nominating committee had decided on two people, they were introduced as the candidates for whom the students voted in the general election.

The new way is to have each pupil who wishes to run for an office file a petition in the office on which there are sixty names. Forty-five of these names must be people outside of his home r oom. The petition must state the office for which the pupi.l wishes to run. Any number of pupils may run in the primary election. These pupils are voted on and the two receiving the highest number of votes for each office run in the general election. It was voted in the delegate assembly on Monday, April 10, that only pupils who would be 9A's the following semester could run for any of the offices.

THE WHI'fTIER GREENLEAF

F o un de d and es tabli s h e d in 19 24 a s t h e

official st u de nt publication of Whittier Junior

Hi g h S ch o ol. Publ i sh e d bi-we e kly durin g the

sc h o ol y e a r by the Whi t tier Junior High Sch ool

p up il s.

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

l\l iss Hul t Mr Gammill Miss C r o s s M i ss Pete rson

GREENLEAF STAFF

Editor-in- c hi ef Wini fr ed N e lso n

F e at u r e s . Cha r lot t e Garr ett, S t u ar t Gold berg

Girl s ' S ports Jan e La wren c e, Ja c que li n e W il so n

B oys ' S por t s T o mm y Gr i ffin, Ge~ald Dau g h erty

Hum o r ·-···· ·Marjori e R ame l D a l e Ku skie

Alumni.. H elen K a hl er, L a V or a R a rn el

Exchan g e s Dar l ee n F ore man , P e a r l Sh o r r

Fa s hi on s '.B e tti e F ow rer

Ch atte r E di t h Hu tchi nson, Jim Van Ho rn Junior Dav : s

N ews y No tes Sara M ay V a n Hook

........... S h ir l e y H ageman

Cal e ndar Joan Null, F ern Bowers

Ty p i s t s - I da Du r h a m, B e tty Bl oo m

El a in e Adams

Ma r jo r ie B ar cus

E lain e E lli ott

RE P ORTER S

Billy Gr i ffi n Bett y J ohn s L ois N e l so n

PRINTERS

Gerb·ud e Au g ustin e Don A bbo t t Robert Av n er

El d on Chr i s t op h er

Le e B owers

D orot h y Cl app

C alvin D e mi tr off H arry E c kert

Da n i e l E rnst

D arlee n Fore man Ja ck Gie l Boo G ill ett

Ri ch ard G ree nbu Tg

J une H arr al

Bessi e H e at er B ob J o h nso n H arry K o lb

G eorge Ko hl

Pa ul La nge

Pat L awso n Th o ma s McE v oy Ve rn on P ettet

Vera Pi erce

Cli fford Ris h er S am Sco l aro K ennet h S immon s

Eddy S mit h

Edward Tea t er

Leroy H aar R oy W a y Ga r th Wil ts hi re

WE THANK YOU

Miss Ferguson's commercial art class has shown such a fine spirit of cooperation in making original drawings and linoleum blocks for the Greenleaf that we want to say, ''Thanks a Million.''

The shamrocks on Saint Patrick's issue were made by Billy Lunsford of 108. The jester used on the ·April fool's iRsue was made by Dick Erwin of 209. The umbrella which is used to represent April showers, was made by D i ck Er win of 2 0 9. The class is now busy working on illustrations for the 9A issue.

SPRING BIRDS

In Nebraska we are honored in the spring by a variety of different

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birds. Some of the birds which we should strive to make welcome include robins, meadow larks, blue birds, and many others. With most B. B. guns a target is included. Why not use it instead of taking the life of a defenseless, feathered friend? Although sometimes it becomes an absolute necessity to rid our state and other states of various kinds of harmful birds, we should all strive to maintain what bird life in Nebraska we now possess.

PUPILS HEAR MR. MARDIS

Mr. Mardis, principal of Lincoln High School, spoke at the Whittier P. T. A. Tuesday, Apri! 11. He discussed special interests and activities pupils could participate in at high school. Mr. Mardis stressed the point that students should not feel lost at Lincoln High since over half of its enrollment consists of Whittier graduates.

The business meeting continued from two until two-thirty at which time Mrs. Frank Hayes, president of the Whittier P. T. A. , introduced the speaker. The 9A 's were invited to attend Mr. Mardis' talk. His talk enlightened pupils concerning Lincoln High, making them feel less vague about moving on up the ladder of education.

ALUMNI

Ruben Haun, a former Whittier pupil, has been elected president of the Lincoln High band which is under the direction of Mr. Bernard Nevin.

Former Whittier pupils who took part in Joy Night were Twila Bramwell, Dorothy Carnahan, fohn Coulter, Betty Lee Cronn, Pat Herminghaus, Helen Kiesselbach,

April 21, 1939

P h y I 1 i s Overman, Theodore Schultz, William Schwabauer, and Dorothy Tilton. Correction: In the last issue we said John Eberhart was a member of the Pepper club- he is a member of Lynx.

Clarence Heidenreich, a former Whittier pupil, seems to be getting places in basketball. He is considered the star player of the Cardinal team at the Y.M.C.A. Ali the members of the team are former Whittierites. H1s younger brother Don, who now attends Wittier, his also active in sports.

SUB DEB .f ASHIONS

With the changeable weather we're having, a quick change of clothes should be on hand. One day it's hot-a spring dress may be worn. The next day the temperatL1re m a y drop a skirt, sweater and shirt will do nicely. To give your suit a sporty air, take after the boys. Wear your shirt collar out over the collar of your suit.

Graduation is approaching so be thinking about your graduation dress. White will be the most appropriate but light pastel colors will be used some. Light fluffy dresses or smart tailored ones are being shown. Class day is coming too and dresses in your class colors will fit the occasion perfectly. Find out your class colors and combine them in a harmonizing way into your class day dress.

There once was a man named Pete, Who wanted to travel to Crete; He jumped in a red car He stopped with a jar, For he knew when to acknowledge defeat.

- Betty Lake, 103

Apr il 21, 1939

XABAR'S TREE

THE WHITTER GREENLEAF

rest on his shoulders, the lowly soldier of the King gave forth

Many a slave had met his these words to all who might de ath beneath its raveled hun- hear, "Xabar's tree is mighty, is gry branches. And as he great, but greater still is the breathed his last long breath and ruthless hand of fate!" With Xabar smiled a slo w , cruel smile, these words spoken the soldier a thin long wail of long dead gave up his life, but also with peoples seemed to echo through · these mighty words he set the the corridors of ages past. s pell of Xabar's doom. Nobles who sought fa v or of the Soon after the heretofore King brought gifts from a mentioned event, death came to foreign land. Incense, fine gold his brother, sister, wife. Rumors and perfume they were. But then of death by a hand of a great to the sea were they cast, for one with a monst r ous knife Xabar wanted not these, but brought unrest to the s oul of the only fresh blood for his living King. Often too, he could hear tree. the chimes of beautiful bells as

The tree had grown to heigh ts they by cu s tom do ring for the unknown. There, it looked down dead left now in the wake of the upon the palace of Xabar, looked black fever plague. From the also on the fields lowly pea s ants North and the East mighty and had sown. And often when th e forceful armies came as though wind arose and the storm had from the darkest corners of the come, the great t r ee top wa s land since they were more fierce , known to sway and for mile s mo r e daring and brave than the around you might hear its hum greatest any might remember when the wind through its I They fought and won and plundbranches rustled and the g r eat j ered the cities of Xabar's kingtree shook in its st r ange, strange I dom a n d burn e d the fields of thi s way. Xabar knew of the tree's fair l a nd until the King they great thirst, of its mighty pow- reach ed.

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For as he beheld it lying humble yet proud on the ground, his breath came short and his pulse grew faint; then his skin paled and his flesh grey clammy, while in the distance he heard that which made his heart · pound. He heard a lone cry filled with agony and sorrow. The words which filled his ears were these: "Xabar's tree is mighty, is great, but greater still is the ruthless hand of fate."

-Bea trice Haskins

This story won the first prize in the story contest.

CONTEST NOTICE

The winning poem will be published in the next issue of the Greenleaf. The honorable mentions will also receive recognition at that time.

LIMERICK

There · once was a girl named Nora, Who was as big as a doora; She sat on a chair erful way, for had he not lain The King, driven from his That wasn't there beneath it first while he was yet castle, was led to the outer wall h a child in his father's lair? whe r e blare of bugles and roll of A nd went right th rough t e

One day to Xabar's palace drum mocked his very face. Sud - floora. came a soldier to plead his case. d en l y quiet and stillness smote The King laughed hea r tily to see the group like that of the hea vthis freak who dared to oppose enly k i ngdom. The ey e s of all his might. After a ti m e Xabar we re dra wn to the magnificent tired of the joke and his cr afty I t r ee for a bright warm glow enmind thence proc e eded to plot ca s ed its every limb and caused the death of the soldier on a I it to be s een as a calm and great tree branch on the moun- mighty God sent by one or som e tain height. At the news of this, who yet were servants to its the soldier laughed with a force power. They for its life blood like to bend him double, for he I had bled.

- Bettie Fowler

There once was a boy named Jake, Who went fishing, down by the lake;

A snake came out

And crawled about, While Jake jumped in with the bait.

-Ardean Heironymus, 305

feared not t~e great, gr~at tree Xabar, as he watched with his thong~ !J-e migh~ meet lus death conquerors, saw an invisible as a !ivm~ sacnfi~e to th e tree; power like a hand fell that t r ee There was an old man named for his faith was m God and the . . peals of the hea v enly bells. ~o it lay, a~ter a deafenmg crash Dan,

The sun was about to set in hke one qmte dead on the moun- Who stuck his nose in a fan; its last g r eat glory of light when tain side. And Xabar was heard Now he can't smell, the soldier was dragg e d to the to cry, in a voice loud and strong With his nose very well, mountain top and to his doom as the sea, "I care not a ruby Because no nose has the poor as blood for the living tree God. what comes of me, but only do I man. As the circlet of thongs slid to weep for that great tree."

Paul Browne, 106 , , .

UNCERTAIN AS THE WEATHER

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

SPRINGTIME

April 21, 1939

JUST IMAGINE

Soon springtime shall be here, 1. Edith Hutchinson notchewing d d gum.

"Mother, is my class- ay ress The b e st time in all the year; 2. Jim Van Horn not helpmg done at last?" What else could anyone ask someone with algebra or

"No, Judith. I have to sew two Than to see such a lovel y mask? arithmetic. butt o ns on it yet." 3 St t G ldb t ting

''Oh Mother! And class-day A mask of trees and flowers • uar O erg no ac ' funny. · only six weeks away! I guess it And all the Aprils howers 4. Flora Kolb not laughlng at a will just never be finished." Made jnto one great thing, · joke. .

"Judith, have you any idea how 1 · 5. Phyllis Hoke not walkmg Iong it takes to sew t wo buttons Which we call love Y spring. d H R 222 aroun on?''

- Virginia Reiter 6. Billy Griffin writing some-

"I don't know exactly, Mother, thing for the Greenleaf. but it must take an awfully long o YOU

HOW WELL D 7. Jacqueline Wilson getting her time.'' HERS?

"Why do you say th at, dear'!

KNOW YOUR TEAC · algebra by herself.

8. Lavora Ramel not reading a Please stand sti11 while [ see 1 One whose name is something book. where these buttons will look • that catches rain. 9. Betty Fowler not talking to best.'' One whose name is a letter -in Shirley Hageman.

" Well, Mo th er, every time 2

• the alphabet. 10. Sara Mae Van Hook without Daddy shows you a . shirt wi th 3 Who is called "Pop"? I her two barettes in her hair. buttons off , y ou say that you just 4• Two teachers with names alikP haven't had t i me."

• who are not brothers or sist e rs. 1 THE WBITTIER GREEN LEAF

"Well, Judith , dear , we'll go 5. Whose name goe s up on a into that later. Ju d i t h! What are graph? you -doing?"

''Cleaning my class da y shoes.''

"But, Judith, you have already cleaned them four times and you have never worn them yet."

" Oh, I know, Mother, but I believe in being prepared and besides I tnink that class day and graduation are the most wonderful things that can ever happen to a girl."

"Well, Judy, you run over to Jeanne's house and talk it over with her. I'm afraid I can't show the proper enthusiasm due the occasion."

"All right, Mother. Goodbye."

"Hello , Jeanne . "

" Hello , Judith . I'm so glad you ' ve come over. Aren't you just thrilled over cl as s day and graduation?''

"Oh, Jeanne, don't b e childish. It's a whole six weeks a way and besides it's just another day in our lives.''

(answers on back page)

DISHW ASHING

How greasy these dishes are! They're such a bother too; I wish I were riding in a brand new car

Without any dishes to do. If only we'd use a paper plate There'd be no dishes for me to hate, But as it is now, There are dishes, and how!

- Phil Patterson

Tommy was riding home on the bus. He had a cold in the head and was continually sniffing. The old lad y sitting next to him stood it as long as she could; then, leaning ove r , she said, ''Little boy, have you a handkerchief?"

Tommy replied, "Yes, but I don't lend it to strangers."

This paper which you're reading Is called the ' 'Whittier Greenleaf";

Some of us do the printing While others write it leaf by leaf.

In this paper are poems, all kinds, Written by children with very fine minds; • There are stories with thrills And some with chills.

This paper has news about clothes you should wear, And jokes that would make you fall out of your chair, We think that it is just swell, What do you think, won't you please tell?

- Vera Pierce, 205 Shirley Hageman, 309

Teacher: Willie, describe a niche in a church.

Willie: An itch in a church is the same as any other itch only you shouldn't scratch an itch in a church.

CHATTER BOX

Lee Bowers was told that his Marilyn Franks of 301 had a shoe was untied and, believe it birthday, March 30 . Some of her

Dick Root's pet peeve is to be or not, he fell for it. calle d Dickie Wickie! A boy backed out with his car pals were going to gang up on Elaine Adams doesn't like to and dropped a package. Betty her in the gym but Marilyn fooled ha ve some one tickle her. Haack ran out to get it. On the them by going to the library. We Call La Vora Ramel a movie back was written in large letters wonder if she knew what a party · sta r and you will find out what "April Fool." was waiting for her in the gym. h er pet peeve is. '

Helen Davenport's pet peeve is Edith Hutchinson's telephone If you have heard LaVora a black dog belonging to her rang at five minutes of midnight Ramel singing a certain song, it's brother. and a girl's voice said, "Just because on March 30, Thursday,

There are eleven Roberts in thought I'd get my bit in before she composed a song for the 9A's Mrs. White's boys chorus class. the day is over. April Fool." graduation day at the end of this Th ey are Robert Strayer, Bob And Edith went to bed verv semester. It took her exactly Sm ith, Robert Bruns, Bob much irritated by her late calleis one hour to compose it and she Ha nneman, Bob Ring, Robert remarks. has been rehreasing it lately. For Th ompson, Robert Gablehouse Irene Hansen of 307 entertained further information, please ask Bo b Johnson, Bob Eaton, Rober~ recently at a taff y pull held at La Vora. H endrix, and Bob Miller. Puff, her home. It seems that this was In Miss Dee's fourth period puff. It even makes us tired. not one of the few and far be- home ec. class the girls found an

As a sequence to the last tween times when the taffy turns egg that had I. 0 . U. written on it Chatter Box we offer the follow- out well. The sugar proved to be When they broke the egg, they ing pet peeves. Anyone who calls a predominate factor in the con- found two yolks in it. Betty Bohl on the phone and says, coction. Spin the milk-bottle was Gertrude Griffin, who has been "Guess who?" makes her mad. played, with Billy Schlaebitz ) usu- brushing crumbs off her desk for

Here are some April Fool jokes ally the ill-fated member. receiv- the past week, has asked us to we have collected. ing the dire penalty of eating the put this notice in the Greenleaf.

In front of a store on O street sugared candy.

Notice: All pupils who use 112 as wa s an orange crate with a basket On the way to their destination a lunch room, please take thou on it. On a sign near by it said, at Francis Helzer's bicycle party, lunch with thou. "Take just one, Free.'' In the Joyce Crosbie was visited by the We thought we'd find out some bot tom of the basket was a large cyclist's terror, a flat tire. of the things people around piece of paper on which was Two of Jack Holmes' pet school consider annoying. Here written ''April Fool.'' Flavel peeves are getting razzed about are the results. Pe ters fell for this hook, line and his pitching and having his Nioma Lowder's pet peeve is sinker. Would you? brother run away with his bike. having someone who sits behind

George Stout went out to the Tattle talef are one of Rolland her fool with her hair. scout cabin with the scout troop , Tubman's pet peeves. Rolland Mills' pet peeve, as he of which he is a member and Betty John's pet peeve is when puts it, is smart alecs. Geor ge being the bugler woke up some Bing Crosby goes to work Cecelia Brady must ' have a loveand thinking it six o'clock blew in the bath tub.

1 ly disposition. She has no pet re veille. At this summons all the Someone scratching chalk on peeves of any sort. boys awoke and went to prepare the blackboard is Stuart Gold- One of Miss Peterson's pet breakfast. Two hours later the berg's pet peeve. peeves is papers that come .in late. junior assistant patrol leader Jane Lawrence states that her Narvene Hendricks dislikes nicklooked at his watch and found it pet peeve is, in one word, snow- names. to be three -thirty. In other words, balls. the boys had gotten up at one- Ernest Lee's pet peeve is girls. "Some one talking when I'm thi rty instead of six. Although Elaine Elliot hates to have trying to study," was Bet ty Ge orge claims it was an accident, Isome smaller person tag after Patrick's answer to the pet peeves we wonder. her. question.

NIGHTMARE

Upon a pproachi n g t h e huge bu ilding for the first · t im e, I stretched my neck to look about My knees shook slightly as I opened the door. Arriving in the hall I stared at the wide stairs that loomed before me. I gulped a few times and ascended them. Finding myself in an enormous hallway crowded with people , I glanced shyly around and proceeded on my journey to my home room . My human instinct told me that I was lo st and as I looked around me at faces of the others , I heard a few snickers and giggles from the sidelines. My feet w ere as heavy as lead but I managed to trud ge on only to be frightened by the bell.

It fin a ll y dawned on me that I had only a ve ry f ew m inut e s in which to reach my h om e r oom. Not knowing w hic h w a y t o tu rn I ran fr a ntically from o n € e nd of the hall to t he other. I h ap pe n ed to glance at the numbers on one of the doors only t o find myself on the wrong fl oor . So with a mad dash I ran for the stair s .

As I descended them in a madman fashion, I tripped and went flying through space. When I hit bottom , I heard my name being called ever so faintly. I opened my eyes and looked in to the face of my mother. She said in a disgusted tone,, ''I told you not to lie down after such a bi g meal.''

- Bettie Fowler

A SURGEON

A salty tear ra n d o wn her cheek, As she heard the dear familiar creak,

Of the old, old stairs in the old blue hall , And the pride of her heart, a boy so tall.

THE WHITTIER GREEN L EAF

He had a mop of brig h t r e d h air ,

A n d la u g hed a s i f he h a d no car e, F or today he is off t o Rolig' s Co llege

For being a doctor ta kes a lot of knowledge.

So silently she fixed his tie, And looked him directly in t he eye,

And said, ''My son, d o study hard , And don't forget to drop us a card."

'' I hope, my dear, your new shirts fit,

And that you like y ou r new doctor's kit, Please don't get y our feet all wet, Cause. remember, you're not a doc t or yet.''

So they put him on the train, And headed on his road to fame;

A pril 21, 1939 WHO IS IT? Boy

Color ha ir _ san d y brow n

Color eyes _____________ grey Heig h t_ ________ 5 ft. 5 in.

________________________ 9A

_________ 15 Favorite Sport_ _ Ba s eball Girl

Color hair _______ black C~or e y es ______________ __ grey Height_ _______________ 60 inches Weight _____________ lOO pounds Cla s s __ 9A

Age ,!_ __ 14

What committee _____ Playground

Favorite Sport_ _Baseball

(Answers will be found on back page)

MR. CLOCK

He w a s in th e train, all ready, Mr. clock, oh , Mist e r clock, all set, Wh y d o you g·o so fast? When he said, ''Bye, Mom, Tick tick, tick tock, you're my best girl yet." Why don't your minutes last?

So now the years have passed You go around so rapidly, and gone, Wh y do y ou have to speed? And h e 's a great surgeon in Wh y don't you ever stop and rest? J ingalong; Y ou never sto p to heed.

He has a boy and family all his If y ou would just take my advice own, When ticking hours away, And a perfectly, m~rvelous, Oh that would be so very nice b eautiful home. We'd have more time to p l ay

His boy has a mop of bright red More time to dwell in restful s leep hair, • More time to idl y dream, And laughs as tho u gh he hasn't a Mister clock, oh, Mister cl ock, care; How nice it would see m .

For tod a y he's off to Rolig's -Elaine Arnho lt, 308 coll eg e,

For being a doctor takes a lot knowledge . - Edith Hutchinson, 303

Son: What's the board of education?

Pa: When I wen t t o school, son, it as a pine shingle.

JUMBLED NAMES

1. Leiane Dmasa.

2. Tid e h Uthnichnos.

3. Aemj s Cpokl.

4. L y narim Frakns

5. V an i Avens.

Answers on back page.

NEWSY NOTES

Du ring vacation B e tt y Kem pkes, Eleanor H urd, and Cle mentine , Davis had a hai r cur ling experience. All three decid ed to have the ir hair fi x ed toge ther at a beaut y shop.

Surprise parti e s are quite the th ings. Mrs. Schlaebitz held a sur prize party for Bill y on March 9. Moyne Miller andMilf e rd E p p ga ve out the invitations.

A,nother party held durin g spr ing vacation was that of Ch arles Cockrill. He held a Wh ing Ding at Antelope Park on March 8.

316 must be a hom e room full of fishermen as Dale Kirkland , Da le Hoyt, and Bob Fox went fis hing during vacation. Bob says he caught six fish. Prett y good, B ob!

Eleanor (Al) Hurd attended a weiner roast, Friday n i g ht, March 7.

Other pupils who went visiting du ring spring vacation were; Bett y Welch, who visited Falls City N ebraska; Billy Lunsford, who spent a few days in David City, Neb r a s ka; and Della Pavey, who went t o Raymond, Nebraska.

Ruth W h eeler, Bettie Fowler, Doris Orman, and Glor i a Green appea r ed in the Y. M. C. A . annual circus, March 31 and April 1, as four of the ten Rock-etts.

L ois Nelson of 107 en j oyed her vac ation visiting the farm i n Gr afton, Nebraska.

Visiting their grandpHrents at Sc huyler, .Nebraska, were J acq u eline and Eugene Wilson duri n g vacation.

Betty Crabtree of 320 tried her lu ck at fishing over the week-end.

Helen Owen rented a put-put to r ide during v acation.

On Easter Sunday morning, Helen Davenport went to the Ben it a Elliott, Norma Schmidt, camp fi r ~ cabin wit h a group of and Elai ne Elliott with a group gir l s rec e ntly They c ooked their fr o m V i n e Con gr e gation al food and s t u d ie d nat ure . Church went to Pioneer Park fo r D r. H. C. K oc h of the U n iv era su nr ise service and breakfast. sity of Michigan at An n A rb or, Marcelli e Prosser of 103 is the Michigan, a former Lincolnite a n d proud posseser of a certificate, frequent visitor at Whittier, wrote which shows that she has grad- to Mr Culler to thank him for the uated from Lincoln's traffic St. Patrick's number of the Whitschool. tier Greenleaf. He says, ''The Mrs Boschult attended a con- freshness and vigor of the school vention of the Progr e ssive Educa- paper constantly challenges one's tion Association in Des Moines, imagination." Iowa, on March 31. Mr. Wells The latest party reported was also attended a convention for that of Francis Helser, who held Physical Education directors at a bike picnic, on Friday, March 24. Sioux City, Iowa.

VirginiaLeeNull,BettyCoulter, Neldon Dillon of 310 has left and Harriett Palmer held a cave Whittier to att end school in party at Robber's Cave on SaturColorado. day, March 26. All reported they Joyce Stuve of 212 had an had a lovely time.

Easter luncheon, Friday, in honor Robert Rubino, a member of of Helen Conner and Mary Greene Scout Troup 16, spent two nights of Minneopolis . Jean Scheer, at the scout cabin.

Shirley Staats, and Maxine Miller Calvin Barnes of 112 has left reported a good time. Whittier to attend Irving School.

Shirley Hageman went to A model airplane was built Linwood, Nebraska, where she by Shelly Bulin during vacation. attended the afternoon session Shelly also went to Omaha to see of school.

Father Flanigan's home.

Bob Coe has gone to a hospital Hard at work digging dandein Omaha. lions was Bob Cather during Leo Shepard of 220 is now at- spring vacation. tending school in Pleasantdale, Ruth Vance went domestic Nebraska. during vacation. She knitted a Mr . Gammill has proved to all sweater. who h eard him that he is a singer. Some of Whittier's travelers He s ang at Clinton school on are Betty Jean Franklin, who F r id ay, March 31. went to Tulsa, Oklahoma; Doris V erne Bishop of 102 left Dugan, who spent a few days in Whi tt ier to attend school in Council Bl u ffs; and Frank Oxfor d , Nebraska. Killian, w h o went to Grand Joan Mease of 212 and Elaine Island.

Adams of 107, have a collection Dorothy Callaway and, Alice of stamps. They have been ex- King colored fifteen dozen eggs chan g ing stamps for a long time. to take to St. Thomas Orphanage

Aileen Simpson attended a for Easter. party at the Ben Hur Lodge not Marilyn Franks of 301 says she long ago. spent her vacation eating candy.

Peggy Wolfe of 305 re cently Trenna Hanline, 101, visited moved to Ceresc o, Nebraska. Valparaiso, Nebraska.

SPEED

Well the coo-coo in the clock did go coo-coo all right. · Vivian Schwindt of 205 while playing soccer-three base against 222 kicked one of those Lillian Urback kicks which rested on the clock. Hickory-dickory dock; the ball knocked on the clock; the clock struck one (Sylvia Wiley or Nina Lyberis) and on Vivian ran.

Moyne Miller must think that the ear]y bird gets th e worm as she has already chosen h e r nin ecourt team for next semester.

The favorite pastime of the fifth period phys. ed. class seem s to be writing on Mrs. Ross' blackbo a rd. Mrs. Ross always has a gr and time erasing the .board during sixth period.

The gr e en spots of the playground happen to be the girls phys. ed. classes. No lon ge r is it a treat to see them co me r om ping out of the building, b ut it is a daily habit.

Since the outdoor games have started, the sub-chairmen had to choose new game s Shirley Osborn now has cricket, Virginia Lee Null has three-base, and Connie McBride has baseball.

LaVora Ramel seems to think that she is one of those, quote, champion fowl-ball players, end quote, as one day when she was kicking the soccer ball she had to kick the ball six times before she kicked the final ball which was a fly that put her out.

Barbara Gooding of 210 while playing soccer baseball lost her shoe which set every one in the gym in an uproar. However, her shoe was gallantly returned to her.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF April 21, 1939

DREAMS

If only some of my dreams would come true, Like riding high in the sky of blue,

Out into space in my chute I would jump,

If I were lucky, I'd not land with a bump.

- Phil Patterson

ANSWERS TO JUMBLED NAMES

1. Elaipe Adams

2. Edith Hutchinson

3. James Plock

4. Marilyn Franks

5. I van Evans

ANSWERS TO HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR TEACHERS '?

1. Mrs. Barrows

2. Miss Dee

3. Mr. Heston

4. Miss Helen Madsen and Miss Emma Madsen

5. Mr. Updegraft

ANSWERS TO WHO IS IT

Stanley McCune Betty Schroll

"MAGAZINE PRINCESS" TO BE PRESENTED SOON

(Continued from page 1) others lend sparks of fire to their respective parts.

Take Hoyt Yowell, for instance, who has plenty of trouble learn-

FLASH

The other morning while the 7B gym class was playing bombardment, a couple of small boys were running to the center of the gym to get the ball and they both came to a very sudden s top. The reason for this was that they 4it each others heads. The re su lt-one boy didn't get to play any more that morning. We wonder why.

On April thi r d the bas eball tournament started. Sever a 1 p ra ct ice games were played befo re hand.

The baseball tournament may be s l ow ed down by the April s h ow e r s.

Don't blame u s if you have a fe w sw oll en finge r s as the result of t he n e w baseballs which wer e j us t r ecentl y received.

Mr. Well s ' first period gym class likes the bowling alley he ha s fixed up in the south east part of the gym. It is arranged ju s t like a regular bowling alley. The only thing is that they don't have a pin sett er, but Mr. Wells hopes he can h a ve one soon.

We want to remind you that if you hav e a seven you cannot play in the tournament games, but you can play in the practice • games. A game was lost the other day by a home room playing a boy with a s even.

The sixth period class also took an interest in the bowling alley and ke p t Mr Wells pretty bu s y s et t i ng pi ns .

ing his A, B, C's; of course that's Cooking teacher: Betty, why only in the pla_y. We'd better I do you have gre~se all over your hush up or we'll be letting all I face?

Lost boy to . policeman: H~ve the cats out of all the bags. Just I Betty: The recipe said to grease you seen a lady ma fur coat with- Icome next Friday and be a part your pan thoroughly before • out a little boy that lo oks like me? I of all the fun and merriment. cooking. •

The Wh. ier Greenleaf

Vol 16.

No.

14'. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

WHIT

May 5, 1939 Price: Five cents

TIER To VOTE leaf. A motion was made but IDRAMA CLAS~ GIVES never brought to a vote since it · IN FIRST PRIMARY would confli.ct wi th th e civic SPRING ASSEMBLY league constitut10n.

F or the first time in the history of Whittier a primary election is to be held. Polling booths will be located on each floor of the building where any pupils may go from 8 :00 A M. to 3 :3 0 P. M. on May 8. It will be per- missible to vote between classes.

St rict privacy will be employe d and we should consider the election as a serious affair at which to mark the ballot with a certain flourish of dignity. The couuting board will begin to coun t votes at noon in order to keep abreast of the voting.

The following have filed for nomin ation at the primary election: President: Mary Alford, 307 ; Ba1·bara Mack, 305 ; Scott Irvine, 316; Harry Fox, 305; Paul Browne, 106; Tom Watkins, 104.

Vic e President: Norma Taylor, 210; Carmen Quackenbush, 305 ; F r a n c e s Hart, 305 ; Fl orence Rebensdorf, 316 . Sec retary: Lorra ine Pierson, 307; Darwin Fredrickson, 216; Am y Helen Hock, 305.

Lat e filings added t h e s e nam es.

P resident: Mercedes Miller, 316.

Vice President: Jean Quapp, 104; Don Wiggans, 104; Shelly Bu lin , 316 ; Harry Eckert, 210. Secr etary: Moyne Miller, 104; A delbert Tipton, 106; Ardean Heironymous, 305.

CORRECTION

We wish to make clear that it was n ot voted in delegate assembly that only 9A's could hold civic league offices as was stated in th e la st issue of the Green-

OPERETTA

PRESENTED Today Mrs. Shike's dram a TO LARGE AUDIENCE class and Miss Jones' girls' chorus p rese nted a May Day as-

The school operetta, "The sembly. It was in the fo rm of a Magazine P ri ncess," was pre- radio program with Charles sented at a matinee on April 26 Taylor, announcer. Mary Louise for the pupils and again on Fri- Cou s ins spoke on "Why We day evening, April 28, for the Have May Day". Next came general public . Gerald Pease and his little An-

As the la s t applause sounded, swers. Dorothy Muelhausen told everyone was left with a feeling about the man who first thought of contentment at witnessing a of May Day. Tom Watkins asked truly enjoyable performance. the amateurs some questions Milferd Epp, Marian Coomb s, about t r ees.

Joan Overm a n, Jack Hill, Bill Interesting facts about trees Marler, Rosalie Pegan s , Holly were revealed by Jeanette FrisPeters, Charles Cockrill, Ruth toe. A skit about Johnny Apple Wheeler, and Ilileen McCormick Seed was given by Evelyn were especially good in their Schmidt, Betty Blair, Lucille roles and comedy reigned su- Egger, and Shirley Wright of preme whenever Hoyt Yow ell drama I. Miss Jones' girls' and the four Royal Policemen- Wesley Miller, Fred Langen- chorus sang three selected numheim, Billy Schlaebitz and Mal- bers. They were "Trees", "By colm Allen were on the stage. the Waters of Minnetonka", and

The chorus of eighty voices "The Sweet O' the Year." sang as one and the beauty of \ the dances lent much to the en- 7B's

TAKE TRIP

tertainment. Specialty dances were done by Constance Mc- 7B' s went on their civic Bride, Winifred Nelson and league trip on Thursday, April Peggy Hudson. Costumes con- l siste d of sport clothes, and 27. Some of the places t 1ey street clothes. Our deepest went to were Gold & Co., Miller thanks and appreciation go to & Paine, Morrill Hall, Grainger Mrs. Wnite, who directed the Brothers, International Haroperetta with the aid of Miss vester Co., Magee's, Lincoln Peterson in charge of the dra- w t matics and Mrs. Ross in charge Telephone Company, es ern of the dances. Union Telegraph Co. The teach-

The contest held last week on ers who went from Whittier ticket sales found Dinkey' s team were Miss Hooper, Miss Zamout in front most of the way zow, Miss Veerhusen, and Miss with 320 taking almost complete !Hult. The total number of pucharge of the coveted traveling \ pils on the trip from Whittier prize. i was 230.

THE ! SQUEAKY

WHITTIER GRE ENLEAF j

F o unded and es tabli s h e d in 1924 as the · One da y, early 1n Septem_ber,

official s t ud e nt publica t i o n of Whittier Junior my father brought home a little

Hi g h S ch ool. Publish ed bi-we e kly durin g th e bl k b 11 f f h' } r d

s cho o l y e a r by t he Whi t t i e r Junior Hi g h Sch o ol ac a O Ur W lC l P-: OV~ pu p il s to be a dog. we settled him m

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD a big box lined with blankets

M iss Hul t M i ss Cr o s s and fed him small qu a ntities of Mr . Ga mmill Miss Peter s o n

GREENLEAF STAFF

E di tor-in -c hi e f Win i fred N e lson

F e a t ur es C h a rlot t e Ga n ett , S t u ar t Goldber g

Gi r l s ' S ports Jan e La wrence , Jac que l in e wil so n Boys' S por t s T o mm y G r i ffi n , G er a ld Da u g h e1 t y

H u m or Ma r jor i c Ram e l , D a l e K usk i e

A l u mni.. H elen Kahl er , L aVo ra R ame l

E x ch a n ges D arlec n F ore m an, Pear l Sh01-r

F as hion s . Be ttie F ow rer

C hatte r E dit h H utc hi nso n, J im V an H orn Junior Da v:s

N e ,Ys y N otes S ara M ay Va n Hook , S h i rl e y H ageman

C a l e ndar Jo a n N u ll , F ern Bowers

T y pi s t s . Id a Du r h a m, Belty Bl oe m REJPORTERS

Elain e Adams

Marjori e Barcus

Elain e Elli o tt

B ill y G r i ffi n B etty J o hns L ois N e lso n PRINTERS

Gertrude A u g u s tin e Don A bb o tt R o b ert Av n e r E l do n Ch rist o p h er Lee B owers

D orot h y Cl app Calv in D e mi tro ff H arry Ec kert

D a n i e l Er n st Da l'!ee n Fore man

Jack Gi e l Bo b Gill ett

Ri c h ard G rce nbu i- g Ju n e H arra l l3 c ssie H e at e r Bob Jo hn so n Hm·

K o hl Pau l L a nge Pat Lawso n T h omas McEv o y Vet'no n Pettet Vera P i e r ce Clifford R is h er Sam Sco l aro K e n neth Si m m o ns Ed d y Smi t h Edwar d T eate r

L eroy H a a r Roy Way G ar th Wil ts hi re

HELP MAINTAIN GOOD LAWNS

Well , n ow that spring has officially been welcomed in and real spring weather has begun, our thoughts turn to beautiful lawns and gardens. Everyone wants to have a beautiful lawn , and Whittier pupils should try to do their best in helping to maintain one.

In the past, Whittiertes have not been over-careful of the lawns over which they took short-cuts with no thought for the hours of work the owner had probably put into it. In the future we are sure that our pupils will have due respect for other people's lawns because we know that they would like to have lawns and gardens of their own.

milk. Day by day the little s h a pele s s ball g re w into the fo r m of a dog. We named him S q ueaky as his bark w as mo r e of a squeak when he was left al o ne at night.

His fir s t year was a happy on e for both him and our famil y . M y father taught him to sit up, p lay like he was as le ep and roll over . These were not h ar d tr i cks but we treasured the m . During his second year we gre w to lo v e him more and co uldn ' t get along without hi m . He yrn ·; th e n taught to tum a flipflop.

He was all black e xc ept fo r hi s chest and feet . The y were white and brown . Hi s coat w a s silky and cu r ly. He wa s a g re at bluffer, which was one thing against hi m because h e \vo uld bark, no long e r a squ e ak, but a bark large and shrill. He loved to r un and play with sticks and balls. He chased a cm· once but was broken of that. He kn e w my father's car a block a wa y .

So pa s sed his third a nd fou r th yea r s of life, every day full of joy. Then tragedy occurred. On e evening a boy kicked him and Squeaky bit him . W e thought i t best to take him away. On May 8, 1938, we took our dog out to a friend on a farm whe r e he i s in good care. He knows u s every' time we go to see him.

Although time ha s healed our heartaches, how wou ld you lik e to go home where there was no little dog to greet you, no dog to pet, no dog jumping into you r lap, no dog at your heels? If you don't know this feeling and w ould like to know it, have a dog for four years and then get rid of it.

-Ellen D ietze, 222.

The story was the second prize winner.

AWA KENING

The branche s of the gn ar led apple tree beat a si ni st e r tattoo again s t the roof, while raindrops pattered dismally again s t the wind mv pane. Toppy Smi th nestled cl o ser into th e d ow n p i llows on her bed, fi xi ng th e myste r y book she wa s re ad ing to a more comfortable p os i tio n on her knees. She read on, seeming ly u n a w a r e of the sil en t fi gu r e s tanding behind her bed, clu t ching a gleaming knife in b on y f i n g e r s. A di s figured p urpli s h-hued face peered at her as beady gre e n ey es gleamed maliciously. Suddenly its hand flung u pward and then down in a swi f t, sure motion over the girl 's bod y .

A s Toppy's sc1·eam rang out, she felt her s elf falli ng into a bott omle ss pit of horror, pain, and darkness. Shivers shook her b od y

HToppy ! Toppy, dear, wake up!" murmured Mrs. Smith as s he shook her daughter.

"Why, why where am I? Wh a t happened?" asked Toppy, rubb i ng her eyes with a small hand.

"You fell asleep whi le reading," explained her mother," " a nd you rolled off the bed onto the chilly floor".

Toppy was amazed Was it really a dream and not the reality?

-Mary Alford, 307. This story was the third prize winner .

Johnnie: Where have you been so long?

Tommy: Maw told me to take that old cat off somewhere and lose it; so I put it in a basket and took him out in the woo ds about eight miles.

Johnnie: Did you lose him?

Tommy: Lose him! If I hadn't followed him, I never would have got back home.

May 5, 1939

CHATTER BOX

In Miss Schofield's third period home economics class while demonstra ting how to empty a salt or pepper shaker, she accidentall y emptied a pepper shaker into h e salt bowl. W e're very sure that she must hav e had her mind on something else Ah, Spring!

Charles Cockrill ha s given the Greenleaf some competition. He ha s organized a small paper of hi s own , whic h consists of notes from his little black book, a chatter column So far Irene Hansen and Marian Coombs have been targets for his open letters . .One of our last editors-in-chief is now a re porter for the enemy . Charles prints his paper with a typewriter. The paper come s out every Monday.

The other morning Dorothy Saal , who went to the J. C. L. confer ence fo.r 9 B Ind us trial Geography, was talking about not having given her report yet. She said to one of her girl friends, "Don't remind Miss Zamzow toda y that I 'm supp osed to give an y report.'' Just then Miss Zamzo w came up the steps Was her face red!

Charles Cockrill , Doris Orman, and Be ttie F owler were all shut in the instrum ent r oom a while back when they refu sed to be put out. Accordin g t o all reports the subject of the conv ersa tion was fashions in women's clot hing.

Winifr ed Nelson attended th e gala celebration of the Golden Spike days in Omaha. She was wear in g an old fashion ed costume typical of the 1860 period .

At last we have seen the other side of Mr. Ross' character The truth can now be revealed that Mr. R oss is a vici ous teaser. The ohter da y some g irls were playing

THE WHITTER GREENLEAF

an innocent game of steps a nd one of the girls was just preparing to m ake a difficult jump by running to giv e her momentum when Mr. Ross (a teacher at Whittier! Imagine!) came into the scene and stepped in front of the girl each time she got just about to the steps. Finally Mr. Ross strolled off leaving the girls in a weak, hyst erica l condition. Should we let this cont inue? We think it 's just about time that Mr. Ross was taken in hand.

Perhaps you have n o ticed, but if you haven't this is as good a time as ever to call your attention to Charles Cockrill's ( Cocky's) beautiful fielding technique. If you have ne\'er seen a boy walking around in a dazed condition, hands uplifted in the air like a rainmaker, shirt tails out, you have yet to see Charles.

Marian Coombs' candid shots were reported as extra good. The best one was of Milferd Epp in a beautiful pose.

Many pupils have reported seeing the e clipse on W ednesday, April 19. From the reports the sun appea r ed to be 2 lmost orange with a portion out of the upper left part.

In Miss Peterson's seco nd period Eng lish class she put on the board as an example: "I s ing 1st ." She meant I-prnnoun, sing-singu lar and 1st-person . Miss Pet erson has won fame as an English teacher but as a singer, we wonder!

Attention! We now will explain why Robe rt Gabelhaus is continuously grinning. Well, to our great s u r prise, an d maybe horror, we have discove re d that Robert carries a small riddle book around with him and when he gets down hearted he mel'ely takes a peep into the magic b o~ k and, believe it or not, he gr in s.

Marjorie Nickolas, much to her s urprise and horror, found

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hidden in her go lden hair a h air curler. Maybe the last time she did her hair up the moon got in her eyes.

Damian Hall, a former Whittier pupil, now a lOB in high school, was seen in Whittier wandering thrnugh the halls during sixth period He vi site d severa l of his teachers who received his visit with joy and gladness.

Miss Green while pronouncing spelling words to her cla ss u s ually expands the word into a sentence to make the meaning of the word clearer. Upon arriving at the word "permanent" in the list she said , "He has a lovely permanent" and looked meaningly at Billy Marler's head. This so disconcerted Billy that he m i ssed the wo r d. :Milferd Epp, a boy whose curley top i s of great renown, also missed the word. There really wasn't a possible reason for Milferd' s error, 01· was there? Bernard L eman follmved suit . Ray Bish is either very hungry or a good studie1·, for the other da y Miss Cross called to the attention of the cla s s and Ray the fact that all of the corne rs of the pages in his L atin book were strangely missing. Miss Cross told Raymond that he should try as hard to di gest his Latin as he does the pages.

Margaret Ayers experienc e d a hair raising experience on her birthday, April 25. A group of girls headed by J anet Hutchinson took out after Margaret in an effort to capture her and render a good spanking. The next day Margaret was in school so we gathered that she successfull y eluded the pu rs uers

First boarder: Browne sounds like a football player at every meal, doesn't he?

Second boarder: Why so?

First boarder: He's always yelling "Pass."

A GAME

She's up to bat; the bases are full; ''Strike," calls umpire Null; ''Three balls and two strikes on Schroll;"

Hurd w inds up and throws, She strik es and hits; It 's a fly, and Helser misses it; Run! It's a homer! She's on third! Hurry, the ball is be ing thrown b y Hurd , Safe by a fumble; it's missed by 3n inch,

The game is won; oh, it was a cinch!

- Sara Mae Van Hook

"THE E FOOLISH THIN GS REMIND ME OF YOU"

Hist ory : "I Get Along Without You Very Well".

Ar t : "D eep Pu rple".

Civic s: "Sweet Little Headache".

Hom e Room : "Deep In a Dream".

T eachers: "Have A Heart".

A "One": "Once in a While".

No Assignment s : "Could Be".

Band: "Alexander ' s Ragtime Band".

KITES

Kites are fl y ing through the air, Getting caught almost everywhere, Colors dull, colors bright, In the air together form a glorious si ght

- Marjorie Barcus, 209

Jack: Say, Edith, where is your brother Henr y?

Edith: I'm not sure. If the ice is as thick as he thinks it is, he is skating. If it ' s as thin as I think it is, he's swimming .

THE

WHITTIER GREENLEAF May 5, 1939

DIJEVER-

Crack a joke?

Beat an egg?

See a cat fish?

See an app l e turn ove1·?

See a mon key s hine?

See yom shoe stick its tong u e out?

See a radio wave ?

See a fork in the road?

See a bed ._, pring ?

See a turkey dressing?

-Jean Marie S che er, Shirley S ta at s

MOTHER'S DAY

She s its alone, with a wrink led face,

Her ey e s are filled with tears; She' s ti·ying ha1·d to trace, Th e place of he r distant dearn.

Things used to be s o di fferen t Tv,·enty years ago; She had them all ar ound her, Whern she san g to them so low.

The years h ave pa ssed a many, Swift in their fleeing flig ht, A decade comes and a decade goes,

Fa st as a day t urn s into night.

Her children one by one have left her, H e1· husba nd's gon e away, She lives alone in this tmbulant world,

While onward grinds the day. So upon the day for mother s , Before it's out of sight, Settle down for ju st a moment, Send a telegram or wr ite. It means so much to her, Yet tak es so little time ; A short, sweet message now and then,

Will make her life s ublim e .

-Stuart Goldberg .

Teacher: Can anyone tell me the difference b etween lightning and electricity?

Tommy; Yes, sir; we don't have to pay for lightning.

EXCHANGES

All ashore that's going ashore! We're going to sail to the different ports of our exchanges. Here w e go! First we drop anchor at Oakland, California, where the "Ha miltonian" effectively advertises the San Francisco World's Fair:. A block print of Treasure Island was made by one of their pupils.

We weigh anchor and sail on to Norfolk, Nebraska. where the pape r, "Our Talkie", writt e n and published b y the pupils of Norfolk J unieir High, has in its last issue several ed itorials on Easter. Th ese editorials told w here and when East e r originated a nd what the day should me a n to u s The y also had drawings appr opriate for this h olida y.

Sailing on to Boise, Idaho, we find a juicy bit of news to sink ou r t ee th int o. Jim Thrailkill , who attends Boise High School, was picked by Oregon football officials as Idaho's outstanding football player.

Our able sailors sail our ship safely to Sacr e mento, California, where the •'Sutter Static'' tells us about a question box in which the question for discussion is '' What is your ambition in life?'' Th e two answers that appeal to to us are the answers of Robert Schooler and Jerry Martin. Robert says ''A parachute jumper because I like to fall from high places ;" and Jerry's answer was ''A n educated hobo so I can see the world.''

Coincidence: The name of the mechanical drawing teacher at the Washington Intermediate School in Honolulu is Mr. Voss, almost the same as that of our Mr. Ross.

PRIZE WINNERS

Following are the prize-winning poems of the Greenleaf contest, in order of their a ward.

I

THE (NIGHT) MARE

A (night) mare galloped thro' the still dark night

And the sandman ridin g his coal-black steed

Waved "hello" to the man in the moon , Who was far ahead in the lead.

A boy in a bed not far away

Squirmed and moaned in his bed;

"Oh dear, he's having a nightmare tonight,"

His gentle mo t her said.

She was wrong, for the sandman hadn't come yet

But he wasn't far away; On his (night) mare dark, he came on the sill

Of the window, nigh about day.

The sandman took his bag of dreams

And sprinkled the small boy's eyes,

Then mounted his steed and rode away

Amidst several sleepy sighs.

A (night) mare galloped thro' the still dark night

And the sandman riding his coal-black steed

Waved ''hello'' to the man in the moon, Who was far ahead in the lead. - Mary Alford, 307

II

IN STORYLAND

I turn on the lights and I sit in my chair,

The fragrance of cedar flies through the air, The walls of my room at once take my glance, With my book in my hands I am lost in a trance; I dream of a castle of long, long ago,

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Or dream of myself in the place of Crusoe; Then Alice in Wonderland visits me there, And dreams of Cashmere which to me are so rare. But tell who is it whose voice that I hear?

When I open my eyes, it's Mother dear,

scare even Frankenstein. But they cast these thoughts aside as they slowly entered the squeaky gate. They walked up the walk and cautiou s ly went up on the porch, or at least what was left of it that could be callsed · porch. They tried the door, but it would not budge at first. They put their shoulders to the door

- Elaine Arnholt, 308 and laid all of the possible

III

MY MOTHER'S H ANDS

They are not s o lovely, If it's tinted nails yo u like, But to me they are beautiful, Nothing could t h e y harm or strike; Str ength f o r t h e i r endless duties, •

Th ey are ahrnys busy hands, No lovely jewels adorn them , Just a simple wedding band; Calloused from w o r k i n the garden, They have even milked the cow; Yet their touch i s firm and tender, • When they s o o t h my aching brow; They p a i n t the loveliest pictures, And the daintiest seams they ew;

To me they are ever beautiful Because I love them so. Wilma Dee Myers-105.

A PAID AD

Clang! Clang!

The huge clock located at the top of the city hall in a small town finished striking 12 P. M., a time when all boys and girls, large and small, should be in bed. But there were two boys who defied this curfew, namely, Tom Harrb and Dick Bradford. They were on their way to explore a huge, ram-shackle, des erted house, the terror of the town. It was widely known through the town as the haunted house. Its windows were broken, its porches torn down, its yard was full of weeds, and its looks were bad enough to

strength they could gather to it. It did not open hut collapsed and sent the boys sprawling to the floor.

They stood up and brushed themselves off. Only a cold, damp draft greeted them. They pulled out their flashlights and looked about the room, a place full of old newspapers with wallpaper . torn, and the door into the next room hang ing on one hinge. It surely deserved the name, the haunted house.

Before they could enter the next room, a clang of chains came from the upstairs, a sickening, weird groan came floating up from the basement, and from the next room came a low, crackly blood-chilling voice saying, 'Tune in next week, boys, and see who is in the next room. Is he friend or foe?

In the meantime be sure to eat your crispy, crunchy, crackly, corn crackers.''

- Charles Overton, 105

SPRING TIME

Oh. how I love the spring time. It's really so happy and gay, It's not too hot and it's not too cold, Just the right temperature for play.

You can skate, hike , and go riding, And really have the most fun, Swim, jump rope, and diving, Or just play in the sun.

Oh, yes, I love the spring time, I do, I do, I do, Most everything can be accomplished

For you, and you, and you.

- L. Nelson, 107

NEWSY NOTES

Winifred Nelson went on a hay rack party given by the boy scouts, April 22.

Charlotte Garrett, on April 21, went on a weenie roast at which they used cinnamon rolls for buns.

Because of illness Arthur Chubbuck of home room 209 has had to leave school.

La Vora and Marjorie Ramel have a policeman friend by the name of Jim who made six bows and arrows and a large target. Almost every night they practice archery.

Charles Cockrill held a jam session on April 22. He not only leads the rug cutters but also he squawks to the mu~ic in his own ini mitab le way.

Mary Alford of 307 . was the first candidate to have a petitio n filed with 60 signers and a statement of her canrlidacy for pres ident of the girls civic league. Her petition was taken out, signed and entered, all on the same· day, April 19. It was circulated by Beatrice Haskins.

A close second was a petition for Barbara Mack as president of the girls civic league. It was circulated by Winifred Nelson, who w t1.s th .~ first signer to a petition in Whittier. This petition was the first to be circulated and filed on April 20.

The third petition filed was that of Norma Taylor's for vice president. This was circulated by Sara Mae Van Hook and Lucile · Cozad. It was filed on April 20 also.

Amy Helen Hock's frienr:is have circulated and filed a petition for her for the office of secretary.

Scott Irvine of 316 and Harr y Fox of 305 have both filed petitions for the office of boys civic league president.

Harry Schneider, Harold Fels ing, and Charles Ward, all of

THE WHITTIER GREE LEAF

May 5, 1939

108, belong to the aces, a club these proud aunts and uncles in their neighborhood. are Ethel Williams, Flora Ebert,

Jim Case claims that the most James Nevels, Jane Lawrence, thrilling moment of his life was Sara Mae Van Hook, Sylvia when he took his first airplane Hall, John Schleicher, Edith ride. Hutchinson, Jean Quapp, Ben ita

Bob Hanneman i s a member Elliott and Elaine Elliott. of the R Street pirates and Charles Tay 1 or, thoughtful Charles Ward belong to the fellow, was very considerate of East W Street Bull Dogs. his home room teache1·, Miss

Some more who told us that Pete rs on, the other day. He they attended the Golden Spike spent the noon hour carefully D ays in Omaha were Geraldine selecting the most choice dand eMichel, Darleen Healey , Wende- lions for her. How nice! Miss tn Baker, Jay Hayes, Jeanne Peterson reciprocated by apVanderpoo l, Bob Cather, and pointing Charl es chief dandelion Bob Fox. tender and making him change

Miss Miller asked each person the water in the vase unt il the indi v idually what their nation- la st flower had faded. ality was. When LaVora Ramel Lots of Whittierites went to said, "Dutch American all the Omaha to see the Golden Spike way al'Ound," Francis Helser Da y s . Those who told us about sai d, "She look s more like a their visit were Winifred N elScotchm r n to me." son, Joan Null, and Gerald

Joyce Colson, 205, and Eileen Daugheity.

D eb us, 312, have both le ft Whit- Darleen Foreman and Pearl tier to attend Everett. Sho re seem to be very eage1· to More petitions are being file d help in rep or t ers ' cla ss . One every day. The lat es t are, Fran- mo r ning Miss Peterson wanted ces Hart, Florence Reben s dorf some copyslips made and called and Carmen Quackenbush for fo1 · two volunteers. Pearl and vice president, Lorrai ne Pi erso n Darleen both made a dash for and Darwin Fredricks on for sec- the d esk. Darleen fell and retary and Paul Brown e for ski nned her knee. president.

We have recently learned

On March 12, Myron Armin- more from Marjorie and LaVora trout of 203 had a most inter- Ramel about The Billy Wiskers esting experience. He went to Detective Agency Club. In it visit his gre at grandfather at there is a Big Bos s , presid e nt, the old oldiers hom e in Mar - Vice president, Sec retary, shalltown, Iowa, where he cele- Mayor, two lawyers, judge, and brated his one-hundredth birth- members. day. Among his relatives and They have a club creed, confrie nds there were six great stitution with preamble. E ach grandchildren and about eight member has duties to perform, grand children. Also there were an election card, a passbook, three men from the civil war, club codes and rules to rememSpanish American war and ber and obey. The club started world war. Myron's great grand- meet ing April 29, Saturday, at father kne,v General Grant very the Ramel home. ,,,ell.

Charles Wright, former member of home room 105, has left Whittier to attend school in Evanston, Wyoming.

Although Whittier pupils may be young, there are many who are aunts and uncles. Some of

During the summer the members and officials will go on hikes, picnics, parties, and to shows given by the dramatic pupils with talent.

Several girls from Whittier belong to a club at Rudge and Guenzel's called The Beacon.

THE CARELESS DRIVER

J ack and Jill drove up a hill; The curve t h e y m e t was sharp; The car upset, Jack's rolling yet, And Jill is playing a harp. When Jack vrnk e up he ,n1s a mess,

From being rolled about ; When Jill came to, She put on her shoes to take a look around. They finally found each other, Which was a s urpri se even to me, For they hunt ed for weeks and weeks, And they found him und er a tre e

-Sammie Avner, 106.

SNOW WHITE AN D THE SEVEN DWARFS

Snow White: Marylouise Brodie.

Dop ey : Gerald McCracken.

Happy: Billy Shaw.

Sleep y : Norman Barrett.

Grumpy: Bob Gowdy.

Bashful : Roland Petersen.

Doc: James Griffith.

Sneezy: Lois Nelson.

DID YOU KNOW THAT

Hu man eyes are 25 years old befo re they are full y developed? Molasses roads are being tested in Indi a?

To adstools get their name neither from toads nor stools?

You can buy canes with firstaid kits in the handles in Hungary?

Insect s destroy one-tenth of everything man grows?

Dolores Bristow (to teacher): What's the date?

Mrs. Shike: Never mind that. We 're going to have our examination now.

Dolores: Well, I only wanted to have something correct.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

POT LUCK

Julia ran out to get the paper. This was a daily ritual at exactly 4:15 when the newspaper came. She walked into the house and curled up in an overstuffed chair, her eyes sca nnin g the paper. It was a sultry da y, the· scorching sun withering everything in its path. All the window shad es were drawn and since evening was approac hin g and the sun was diminishing in its intens e heat, a cool blessed breeze swPpt int o the room.

Julia was at present feasting her eyes upon an ad of Calverrs , one of the 18.rger department stores of the town. She noticed they were having a sale on vacuum clean e rs for only $25. She had needed one for quite awhile and this was her chance to get one of the best makes on the market for a very nominal sum. At once she phoned her best friend, Allyn Marshall, to tell her the good news. Allyn seemed quite enthusiastic over it and she too decided to purchase one the first thing next morning since there were only a few in stock and it was such an exceptional buy that came once in a life time.

Julia made a hurried supper for h e r h u s b a n d, K e n, washed the dishes and then settled down to converse with her spouse. "Ken, don't you think it's marvelous? And so reasonable too!"

''I suppose, if you really need it and it's what you want."

being on time in the morning. At 7 :30 the alarm rang and Julia was out of bed as quick as a click of the shutter in a camera. She washed; scrubbed her teeth, fixed her nails, and brushed her hair. Her toilet completed, she dressed, hurriedly afraid she might miss the 8 :30 bus.

As she stepped out to the porch, she noticed that the bus had already left the corner. After running half a block she boarded it and sighed as she settled into a seat. With superfluous crowding and pushing Julia finally gained entrance and rushed helter skelter to the houshold department. She found a mob of women literally playing tug-of-war with the machi nes Sh e entered this ambush of mauling females. Finally after an hour Julia became a victor with the vacuum cleaner as her spoil. Though battered and bruised she still remained in one piece.

Thus the matter was dropped and they spent a quiet evening at home. As the hour approached 10:30' Julia prepa red to retire because she wanted to get up very early to rush down to Calvert's which opened at nine. she didn't sleep most of the night thinking about 7

It was close to noon so she decided to remain down town to partake of lunch since she was famished. She walked over to March and Norris, another large store which had a tea room in the basement A luncheon crowd was rapidly filling up the eating pt ce as Julia gained a table close to the bargain part of the basement. She ordered and as her head turned, she eyed with terror an exact twin of the vacuum cleaner she had so recently pu r chased, and for only $22.50! She sent back her order and returned to the street, a tired, disheartened, aching woman.

''Son, you're too big to be asking for pennies."

"Well then, Dad, make it a dollar.''

SPEED

The girls of 108 thinking they were too good to be beaten challenged the boys in their home room to a game after school. I wonder why the girls are not crowing about their luck. Would you if the score was 19-1? But now we will tell about their good luck. They won the first floor champs in both soccer baseball and soccer three base. They also won the school championship in soccer baseball.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE CALENDAR

January--Snow

February- Snow some more March Winds blow

April - Showers

May-- Flowers

June- Brides

July-Sky Rocket rides

August-Sunny Days

September- Fair Ground Pays

October-Hallowe'en ways N ovem ber-Thanksgi ving lays

December- Christmas Holidays

-La Vora Ramel

TORTURE

216 won the second floor title Waiting _ waiting - waitin soccer base ball while 301 won ing. The slow passing of time the third floor title. was torturing him. P r etty so on 205 is the proud possessor of the time for him to go would come. Would he walk o ut w ith th e second floor title and 308 won hi s h e ad high, calm and both the 3rd floor and the school straight, or would he get ne rchampions h ip . , vous with all this long waiting

Perhaps you weren t out o_n and rush out when the time diamond four w hen Francis i came?

May 5, 1939

FLASH

During noon hours in the gym during the recent spell of bad weather, home rooms have been playing each other in basketball. They w e r e n o t tournament games. The rooms who played and the winners were 308, 304, and 207 in the upper group with 2 08 , 110, and 108, in the lower g .t oup.

Tie games in baseball were played by 106, 104, 316 and 308. Here is the way these •are put down in the tournament. They win a half of the game and they lose a half so they are given a half of a point or score.

If you had been watching the other day you would have se e n Bob McCormick doing a fine job of catching.

Hel~er was the cat ch e r for h~r \ Slowly_ slowly the seconds home room team. f y ou weren pa s sed. One-two-three-fou r out there, you missed a lot of -fi v e- It seemed an eternity. laughs.

Perspiration was trickling down

The paddle tennis tournaments his face his hands were twitchhave started in the phys ed ing. he irnpt a steady eye on the classes with the first period class 1 H wondered if he b l 11 . COCK. e starting the a 1 ro mg. showed on the surface the emo-

Th~ gir_ls have starte~ the tion s that were tea r ing him to mornmg pickup games agarn and . th · ·d • pieces on e msi e. Betty Coulter, the playgrou nd Then the clock ticked the rechairm_an, w~s up to bat too often maining minute and they all accordmg to illfated fielders, es- rushed out the door to lunch. pecially those who had to chase G ld Michel - era me _ her balls.

The first floor champs of baseball are 102. The second floor are 222. The third floor champs are 320. The school champs are 222 also.

Now that the operetta is over, Mrs. Ross can resume her duties of handling her fifth period class. She will be glad of a change of atmosphere, we hope.

REGISTRATION

If you hear a peculiar buzz in the halls lately, it's because Whittier students a r e beginning to register again. The 9A's are deep in thought over the many different courses offered in high school while the 8A's are perplexed between Latin and algebra.

Some of the players who have sho w n their talent in baseball so far this year are : Hoyt Yowell, Charles Ward, Hank McWilliams, Walter Somerhise r , Bob McCormick, Milferd Epp, Bill Ma r le r , Don Abbott, Joe Geist, Russell S 1 o an, Dick Schultz and many othel'S.

Some home rooms such as 207, 304, 203, 108, 308, look as jf they a r e going to play in the final s There may also be several others which we have forgotten to mention.

Don't forget that the umpire's decision is final. Do not argue with him upon his decision as it gets you nowhere. Thanks!

When waiting for your turn to bat, keep your distance from the batter. If you do this you may save an accident. Keep on the right side of the batter.

Mother: What does the D stand for on your report card?

Billy: Dandy.

The Whittier Gree af

FIRST PRIMARY I 9A Pupils Stage ELECTION HELD Demonstration

The first primary election at Whittier's 9A pupils have ar~ Whittier was held on Monday, rived at the "critical period" of their young lives. Correct conMay 8, in three precincts on the versation, proper carriage, genfirst, second, and third floors. tie manners, and a taste for apElection boards consisted of three propriate dress are now of manipersons, two judges and a clerk. fold significance. Reason for it Junior Business classes acted as may be explained by the 9A counting boards. demonstrations, which are a reg- ular every semester occurrence. Victors from the battle were The slender beauties who modBar bara Mack and Mercedes Mil- eled the right and wrong things ler - for girls president, Carmen to wear for the glorifying class Quackenbush and Norma Taylor day have been lugging home for vice-president, and Amy huge encyclopedias, much to the Helen Hock and Moyne Miller for consternation of class teachers, secretary. and with the books perched pre- cariously atop their heads, they For boys president, Harry Fox take mincing steps around the and Scott Ervine were nominated house. The correct posture efwith Don Wiggans and Harry feet may be acquired by this Eckert for vice-president and practice.

Darwin Fredrickson and Adelbert After extensive s co u ti n g Tipton for secretary. abo~t, it has been divulged by . . furtive sources that each male General elections will be held participant rehearsed his part on May 22. [ behind a private, well bolstered bedroom door, where he went

V• • F.l Sh through a table conversation

ISIOn I ID OWn with an imaginary lady at the same time hoping that the kid Dr. Arnholt, head of Lincoln's sister wasn't peeking through Heath Department, visited th e key hole.

All of the participants have Whittier, Friday, May 12, when been referring to Emily Post, he presented a film on vision to delving into etiquette books up an asgembly. This film told us to their ears. Certainly no 9A that we should all take care of can go wrong on class day or at our eyes as much as possible. It the luncheon after viewing these demonstrations. also told how we should take care The 9A boys held their deof them. This was a very edu- monstration on Thursday. Corcational film and Whittier pupils rect table manners and conver• 1 sation were portrayed by Jack enJoyed It. We hope that Dr. I Hill and Joyce Crosbie, while Arnholt will visit us again soon. (Continued on page 6)

CANDIDATES SPEAK BEFORE ELECTION

The candidates for CIVIC league offices for next semester have been introduced in a different manner this year than ever before. A series of candidate meetings for which the school was divided into three groups were held.

The present civic league presidents presi d ed over these meetings at which each candidat e discussed the followin~ subjects : scholarship fraction ; a merit system for committee chairmen, in which they discussed whether they favored it and if so why; what the duties of their particular office are ; whether or not they favor setting up qualifications for candidates for office ; why they thought they could fill the office.

This seemed to be a very fine way of letting pupils decide for whom they should vote. The general election will be held Monday. Exercise your right as a voter!

Congratulations

We wish to congratulate the 9A pupils who have made such a splendid showing this year in achieving their efficiency awards. According to a statement made by Miss Hult, the efficiency list this year is the longest that she has ever known. Efficiency is an honor to the school, the 9A class, and also to the individuals who have striven to earn their efficiency certificates.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

F o u nded n d • esta b lis h ed in 1 924 a s t he

offic i a l stu d e nt pu b l icat io n of Wh ittier Junio r

H ig h S chool. Publish e d bi- w e ek ly d ur in g th e

sc h oo l y e a r by t h e Whittie r Junio r Hi g h Sch o ol

pup il s

FAC U LTY ADVISORY BOARD

Miss H u l t

Ml'. Gamm ill Miss Cross Miss Peterso n

G REENLE AF ST A FF

Editor - i n -c h ief \ Vi n ifr ed N e lso n

Featur es C h arlotte Garrett, S tuart Goldberg

Girls' Sports Jan e L a\\Tence, Jacqu e l ine \ Vilson

Boys' Sports Tommy Griffin. G er al d Daug-he1 ty

Humor Marjor i e Rame l , Dale K uskie

A l um n i.. Helen Kahl er , L aVora Rame l

Exchanges Da r le en F oreman, Pear l Sho ;·r

Fa s h ions Beltie Fo ,,·rr,r

Chatter Edith H utc'h i nson, Jim Van H orn Jun iol· La\"· s

N ewsy N ot e s Sara May Va n Hook Shir l ey H age m an

C a l e n dar. J oa n N u ll , F er n Bowers

T yp i s t s I da D ur h am, Betty Bloo m

El a in e A d a m s

Marjorie Barc u s E l aine Elli ott

REPORTERS

Bi ll y Gr i ffi n B ett y Jo h ns Lois Ne l so n

PRINTER S

G ertr u d e Aug u sti n e D on Abbo t t R obert Av n e r E l do n C h r i st o p h er Le e Bowers

D arnt h y C l app Calv in D emitro ff Harry Eckert Daniel Erns t Darle e n Fore m a n Jack Giel

B ob Gi l) ett

Richa rd Gree nbu rg

June Harral

Le r ay Haar G art h

B ess ie H e a t e r Bob Jo h nson H any K olb George K oh l Paul Lange Pat L awson T h omas McEv oy V er non Pettet V era P i erce C l ifford Ris h e r Sam Scola ro K l·n n et h Simmo n s Ed dy Smit h Edward T eater Roy W ay Wil ts hi re

CLEAN UP WEEK OBSEVED

Clean-up week in Lincoln this year was observed from May 1 to 5. Whittier pupils aside from contributing elb o w grease at home, participated in other ways. The English classes came through in true Whittier style with valuable and useful articles on the clean up theme. These articles were compiled in three major article.s by the Greenleaf class in charge of Winifred Nelson, Stuart Goldberg and Charlotte Garrett under the direction of Miss Peterson.

This material was sent to the Junior Chamber of Commerce to be published in Lincoln papers for clean-up week publicity. Every Whittier pupil also filled out clean ·•UP reports in observance of this week set aside for that purpose.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

AU REVOIR

It is with great regret and a tinge of sorrow that we say farewell to the last regular issue of the Greenleaf and the pupils and teachers w ho have helped us gathe r ne w s for it. We will be back ne xt fall but th e re will be quite a num b er of 9A ' s who will be gone. We h ope that you have e njo y ed our paper this year and will e n j oy it m o re and more as time go e s on.

Goo d b y e, have a pleasant vacation an d don't forg e t, we'll b e waiting for you next fall.

F A MOUS PERSON A LITIES

(Your inquiring r epo r ter h a s int e rviewed Ruth Wh e eler a n<l disco v ered these fact s, ab o ut this charming p e rsonality.)

Q. What is your height and weight?

A. I am 5 ft., 6 in., and wei g h 114 pounds

Q. Wh a t is you r fa v orite sayin g?

A. This is heavenly.

Q. Do you know what the first word was that you lisped as a bab y ?

A. Mama.

Q. Let's delve into your favorite sport. What is it?

A. Roller skating-definit e ly!

Q. Don't tell me your favorite song is "Three Little Fishes" or I'll scream.

A.No, I really go into a trance when I hear "Little Skipper," and "Wishing," however.

Q. Do you doodle?

A. Yes. I like to print, in a flower y fashion, most any name t ha t come s into my head . (We s a w s ome of it. Careful, Ruthie , y ou'll insult the Chinese alphabet.)

Q. What's your favorite type of nou r is h ment?

A. Luscious chocolate pie with plent y of filling and a four foot

May 19, 1939

me r ingue. I deri v e the most enjoyment by eating it with a spoon.

Q. What one thing in the world would you like most to do?

A. Ha v e a profession a l rolle r sk a ting ac t a nd t a ke to t h e open road. I am a b eli ev er in ca r eers for women.

Q; Wh e n have you ever res o rted to t e a rs to g e t som e thing?

(Continued on page 6)

DON'T QUIT- YET

Even though this is the last regular issue of the Greenleaf it doesn't mean that school is out. \ V e still have a lot of finishing up tests and really need to study harder than before in order that we may pass them. None of us can let down -yet.

Of course we are all looking forward to summer vacation when we will b e free to travel. play tennis, and indulge in all kinds of leisure. That may be all ver y well but y ou don't want to get too much of it. Anyway the harder you work this spring the better time you will have this summer in knowing that you have accomplished something. Then you will be all ready for school next fall. But-don't quit working-yet.

HOUSING PICTURE SHOWN

An interesting film was shown to Whittier pupi ls in the auditorium on May 3. It was a government film on Federal Housing. Mr. Bert Newton ran the machine while Mr. Frank A. Franks gave an interesting talk and explained the picture as it was shown. The fact was made known that a modern five room bungalow could be made for the low cost of $990 including the overhead. The film was shown again Tuesday for the benefit of the P.T.A.

19, 1939

CHATTER BOX

The other day Miss Miller's bank account lowered one whole pen ny while Rosalie Skidmore's increa sed the same amount. The reason for this was that Miss Miller offered the whole lump sum of a penny to the person who could name the Hawiian Queen who mysteriously disappeared when we annexed the Hawiian Islands.

P. S. Miss Miller thought no one kn ew, but evidently someone did!

In Mrs. Boschult's third period sci ence class they were <liscussing pe ople on Jupiter. They said that if there were people on Jupiter they would have only one birthday ever y twelve years Leslie Hiatt pop ped up and said, ''They sure would have to have big baby carriag es. ''

The styles are very queer in this modern age because Mary Louise Cousins of 203 has been seen wearing one pink and one wine anklet. Oh , dear, what is this world coming to? •

Carolyn Wilk inson while on a cam pfire hike to Antelope park was looking for rocks to set a trail with near the creek. After she took one step too far, she discovered she was in the middle of the creek. We ask the question, "Was it wet?"

In Mrs. Boschult's sixth period science class, Francis Helser was asked how apple trees are fertilized. She promptly replied, ''The bees sting them."

La Vora Ramel took a can of grapefruit juice to school for Thanksgiving offering. She kept it in her locker for about fifteen weeks before she took it out and when she did it looked as if someone had taken a knife, punched ho les in top of the can and shaken

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the juice out. On the date, May 4, 1939, Miss Ramel looked into the can and to her surprise she found two little pebbles in the very bottom of the can where thP. iuice used to be Do tell! Soooki.t in lockers?

In Miss Zamzow's sixth period study class Ferdinand Weber of 312 quietly was snoozing when the bell rang. Miss Zamzow quietly dismissed the class and let Ferdinand have his sleep. She posted herself outside the door and told her home room to tiptoe in. Finally the class could no longer hold back the laughter and it woke ·up the sleeper. Was his face red, white and blue? You said it!

Winifred Nelson, after a fishing trip over the week-enJ, is still firm in her belief that not a fish exists within a ten mile radius of the Blue River.

Francis Helser, the second Elsa Maxwell, gave another of her now famous parties. This time the gathering was held at Pioneer Park in the form of a picnic. It seems that a feud existed between Francis and the Miller twins since each gave a picnic on the same evening. Charles Cockrill was the leader in a jam session without his band. We believe it sounded better without it. He also read an open letter to the gathering. When the fun hit a high spot, Shirley King was discovered to he missing. She soon was found.

Charles Cockrill has stopped his open letter policy but otherwise his competing paper seems to be going along in full swing and we do mean swing. Several persons have complained about his personal tidbits. Tut, Tut. Every editor has his worries. We really shouldn't publicize a competitor like Charles but we are

confident that the Greenleaf will survive for a long while after his so called paper is forgotten.

Z-Z-Z-Z-Z Sh! Quiet! Charlotte Garrett is asleep. At least that was so in fifth period civics class the other day. She didn't wake up until the bell rang.

While Eva McCarthy was giving her science report she rernark~d, "Hydroyanic acid is so strong that a drop placed on a dog's tongue would kill a man.'' We would like an explanation.

If you have seen Jim Van Horn lately surely you have seen a cute baby picture he carries in his bill fold. It seems that this baby is sitting in a doll buggy. There is another picture that slightly resembles this baby picture only the latter was taken some years later.

My, oh, my! Francis Helser is planning another party. Suspense? What kind of a shindig will it be this time? Shall we wear formals or shorts?

The gravity of our planet is increasing, as reported by several persons who had their dignity crushed temporarily when they were suddenly pulled to earth. Dorothy James was the first victim of this natural force when she fell down the Whittier steps followed shortly by Stuart Goldberg who soundly sat down.

Winifred Nelson has evidence of her fall up the east stairs in the form of a four-inch bruise of cobalt shades.

Eastern Visitor to Cowboy: Has the advent of the. radio helped the ranch life?

Pinto Pete: I'll say it has! Why we learn a new cowboy song every night, and, say, we've found out that the dialect us fellers have used for years is all wrong.

NEWSY NOTES

Sunday, April 30, Betty Patrick, Rose Lee Lewis and Katherine Deems all enjoyed a bicycle ride to Antelope park.

Roberta Cunningham of 216 has left Whittier to attend school at Everett.

Several Whittier girls attended a party given in honor of Grace Munson's birthday on April 28.

Sunday Carlotte Garrett attended a picnic at Hickman, Nebraska. They had a baseball game in which the boys played the girls. The boys won, 10-1.

Mary Alford had a hike on Saturday. All reported a good time

Mary Cousins of 203 spend the week end in Missouri.

Plans for sum mer vacation are coming in fast. Jean Bennett is going to Colorado with her parents and then on to the world's fair in California by herself as a graduation present.

Babrara Gooding is going to camp at Oak Wocd, and Wilma Lumley is going to spend some time in Camp Kj wan is th is summer.

Sara Mae Van Hook is going with her parents on a trip through Oregon and California. ·

Going to Estes Park for part of the summer is Jim Van Horn of 307.

Rohert Donahoo is also going to California this summer.

The following people have revealed their summer plans. Russel Sharman is planing to go to Colorado. Ed win Oliver is going to spend the summer fishing. Patty Glanz's family has rented a cabin in Omaha, Nebraska. Marcella Sehnert and her family also plan to spend their summer in cabins n Milford, Nebraska. Ted Lang-

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May 19, 1939

burst is going to go with his family Francis Helser gave a picnic to visit his grandparents. at Pioneer park on Friday,

Betty Ann Shilhan is going to May 5.

Omaha for the summer.

Also a Guild Party was held Merlene Bouldin of 104 left at Betty Jacob's house on May 5. Whitter to attend school in Sixteen Sunday School friends California. of Elaine Adams were enterZona Mae Burdick has left tained at a class meeting, May school because of illness. 12th.

More of these camera fans are Donald Spargo has moved to seen around Whittier. Benita Roca, Nebraska. Elliott and Norma Schmidt were Joan Null plans to spend the seen taking snaps of everybody summ er in California and Utah. and no one in particular.

A Sunday School class of Vine Betty Haack of 208 will go to Congregational church had a the New York World's Fair this picnic at Irvingdale park. Among summer.

Whittierites attending were TlJ_e R. W. A. Club met at Marilyn Green, Marvin and Mil.- Marian Holter's house on May ferd Epp, Joyce Crosbie, Marian 12 with several members from Coombs, Carolyn Douglas. Sylvia Whittier present. After the busiWiley, Harvey Moore, Elizabeth ness meeting games were played Nuss, Benita and Elaine Elliott. and refreshments were served. Everyone had a nice time and The Maccabees gave a May plenty to eat.

Queen party on May 11. Frances

Charlotte Garrett will move Nolan, Shirley Bryant and Joan to Hallam, Nebraska, as soon as Null were the guests from Whitschool closes. tier. They followed the May

More and more plans for sum- theme throughout the party. rrier vacations are coming in Lois Nelson will celebrate her rapidly. Wayne Hedstrom and 13th birthday on Mother's Day. James Hackman are both going May 7, Lillian Brehm, Lillian to California to visit relatives. Neiderhaus, Esther Geier, EveShirley Bryant, Donna Kelly, lyn Derr, and some more guests and Gayle McGrew all plan to go went on a picnic at Antelope to Colorado . park.

James Martin is going to Utah ' Alta Igou and Russ Sloan are City. both planning to visit Minnesota

LaJean Perry and Marcella · during the coming vacation.

Talbert both are going to Omaha, Tommy Griffin of 110 is going and Loren Stark is going to Cedar to visit White City Ranch at Lake, Indiana. Moorefield, Nebraska.

Another person going to Cali- Emma Kieick is going to fornia during vacation is Phylli s Wisconsin.

Alt. Betty Jean Franklin is going Rosalie Skidmore is going to to New York. have a friend visit her from

During summer vacation Winifred Nelson of 320 plans to spend her time in Colorado.

Elaine Adams of 107 is planning on visiting Omaha this summer. Salina, Kansas.

A petition, we hope that everyone in Whittier will sign is the one being circulated that will be sent to the president in regard to . keeping America out of war.

19, 1939

~XPLORING

I found a golden nugget, At least I thought it so, For it claimed a golden light, But in it was no dough. I found a pound of silver, It looked the real McCoy; It shown like silvery stars, 'Twas worth less than a toy. I found a true, blue diamond, It sparkled like the sun; But soon I found it wasn't carbon, And my hunting days were done.

-Stu ALUMNI

Former Whittier pupils who were rewarded with letters were Howard Debus and Henry Reichel, both on the A team.

Robert Portsche, a former Whittier pupil, left high school to join the C. C. C. Camp at Denton and plans to return to school next fall.

Former Whittierites on the Cardinal team which won the City B tournament were Bob Reitz, Victor Michel, Ed Beltz and Donald Beiber.

DID YOU KNOW THAT-

The average life of a dollar is eight months?

The average cloud weighs ab out 300,000 tons?

One fourth of all the b ones i n a child's body are in his feet?

American surgeons preform one million operations a year, one third of them being for tonsils?

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eat is being planted in North Dakota? Why they won't is not

known

EXCHANGES

How would you like to be

Elevators carry 15,000,000 peo- somewhe re in the Hawaiian Isple a day in New York City? lands on May Day? We think Young robins consume as much we'd lik e to be at Washin g ton as three feet of anglew orms Intermediate School from the . day? account in "Washington Hi-

Opossums are so small, when · Lights." horn, that a teaspoon will hol d Ah! May Day in Hawaii fifteen? where eternal summer reigns, Eart hworms are canned and only in the Hawaiian Islands, it eaten in China? is called Lei Day. This ancient Tourists photograph the Sphinx festival has long been celebrated 2,000 times a day? by native Hawaiians. Each of

All the salt in the oceans would the five islands, Hawaii, Maui, cover the United States with a Oahu, Kauai and Molokai sent layer a mile and a half deep? a representative to be a princess

When asked to pick a num- • th· L • D F ber between one and ten m·ost m is ei ay ete. people pick seven?

Featured in the program were

Our eyes. see only one star in three hula dances each of which 5,000,000? had a meaning. Th e y were KaAmericans consume 80,000 wika which means David in miles of "hot dogs" in a year? Hawaiian and represents King

One half of the shell of a giant clam is sometimes used by South David Kalakaua's stirring adSea Islanders for a bath tub'? ventures. The next was Liliue.

Goats don't eat tin cans? They It tells about Queen Liliuokagnaw the labels to get the glue lani's grace and charm. Last of underneath. the dances was Heeia which de-

Roman women used lettuce scribes the loveliness of Heeia, juice to remove freckles? a place on the other side of

Tin cans are made in more Oahu. than 6,000 shapes and sizes?

Dust coming from outer space adds alm os t a pound an hour to the weight of the earth?

Dining car patrons on railroads in the U. S. eat 15,000,000 pounds of meat a year?

Odorless onions were displayed recently in New York City?

-Jim Case

COINC I DEN CE OF THE WEEK!

100, 000 letters were mailed braska, we find a Bob Burns rewithout addresses in the U. S . siding at Father Flanagan's in 1938? Home. Don't get excited. No Eels can generate enough autographs today. It isn't the cu rrent to ring a doorbell? movie star, Bob Burns. Sorry, Wheat that grasshoppers won't folks!

__T_H_E_F_A_I_R__

With lofty piers and beams so high, They rise into the air, From atmosphere to stratosphere, With hardly room to spare.

The hugeness of those buildings Takes my breath away; The wonclers mount one by one, With each swift passing day.

To San Francisco if I go,

Flash! From Boys Town, Ne- I'll see art none can equal, And if I go to New York's pride, There will never be a sequel.

It has me quite peturbed, To decide which one to go to, So I shall probably stay at home, But I won't be awfully blue.

FLASH SPEED

The mixed doubles paddle tennis tournament during the noon hour started off with eight contestants and a large crowd of spectators. The interest was such t h at Mrs. R o s s' office was swamped with late entries.

At a recent meeting of the playground committee they decided that they would not have a cricket tournament and that the cricket committee would have charge of the paddle tennis tournament.

Since the weather was too warm to permit the finishing of the nine court basket-ball tournament, the certificate was given to Jane Lawrence's ~earn as they had won all the games that they had played.

The H. S. G A. A. for the first time sponsored a play day on Saturday, May 13. ~ach school • was allowed to select twenty girls to send and Mrs. Ross gave the playground committee and her ninth grade classes the first choice. The program included modern dancing demonstrations by Orchesis, University of Nebraska dancing club, swimming and sports. Afterwards refreshments were served.

Mrs. Ross w::1s quite lenient with her first period class when the y had to stay inside one windy

9A PUPILS STAGE DEMONSTRATIONS

( Continued from page 1)

Keith Adkisson and Dorothy James demonstrated the improper method. Host was Kenny Simmons, server was Irene Hansen and the voice was that of Clark Becher. Jack Hill was official question answerer.

Hoyt Yowell, who achieved such fame in the operetta, took the part of Professor Tell Them How in the dress demonstration. John Blumer was made over from rags to the typical thing to wear for Class Day. Other models were Wesley Miller, Russell Scharmon and Lowell Anderson. Malcolm Allen answered questions.

The girls held their demonstration on Monday with Carroll Lea Anderson and Stanley McCune as the couple with the wrong table etiquette and Marian Coombs with Marvin Tomlinson as the couple in the right. Margaret Hayes was the hostess, Donna Emery was the waitress and the voices were those of Janet Hutchinson and J e a n Germar.

In the girls' style parade dresses were modeled by Irene Hansen, Connie McBride, Winifred Nelson, Peggy Hudson, Bettie Fowler and Holly Peters. The clerk was Joyce Crosbie. The mother and daughter were Marcelline Prosser and La Von Dean respectively Dorothy James answered questions.

day. Sh e said that she would FAMOUS PERSONALITIES allow them to play bombardment (Continued from page 2) if they would be good little girls.

Isn't she fair?

A. When I wanted to go rollerIn the fifth period phys ed skating and couldn't, I shed huge crocodile tears. class when Virginia Lee Null Q. Are you superstitious?

The boys gym classes are working for efficiency credits. Some of the things they are doing for this credit is throwing the shotput, baseball and football. They are also broad-jumping. Another hing the gym classes are doing is playing six-man basebal l.

Games have been forfeited a few times. The object of sending the notice around at night is to give you a chance to have some of the boys bring lunch so that they can play.

The mixed paddle-tennis tournament is now in full swing.

The boys sixth period gym class played paddle tennis, Friday. Since then the rest of the periods are getting to like the game too. Bob Fox and Henry Mc Williams seem to have the best records so far of the boys working for efficiency credits, Bob throwing the shot 50 feet and broad-jumping 17 3-10 feet.

The home rooms that have won every game they played when this column was written were 310, 304 and 312. Those that have lost but one game are 209, 208, 203, and 108.

Mr. Wells is trying to arrange things so that he can have track meets during the noon-hour. He says that if he does this, it will be done by home rooms.

Some of the 9A's we will be missing for their talent in playing games are Bob Cather, Wesley Miller, Hoyt Yowell, Mickey Allen, Bill Marler, Harry Fox, Joe Smith, Charles "Cocky" Cockrill, and Milferd Epp. was umpiring she was hit with A. Yes. I'm a wood knocker. the bat by one of the batters. Q. When did you last make a I Mother: Everything I say to Although she wasn't seriously faux pas? I you goes in one ear and out the time watch where you toss your I to people.

Betty: Is that why I have two injured, she could have been. Next A. I chew gum while talking I other. bat

I -Winifred Nelson. ears, Mother?

The tier Green eaf

Vol. 17 No. 2

LINCOLN. NEBRASKA

ACCORDIANIST PLAYS FOR WHITTIER PUPILS

Atan assembly on Wednesday, Octob e r 4, Mrs. Ziegenbein played the accordian for Whittier pupils. The enthusiastic response showed how much the pupils enjoyed it. She sang and playerl several numbers. They were: "My Little Gypsy Sweetheart" "Two Little Magpies," "Tying Apples n the Lil a c Tree" ando ''Grandma."

Everybody sang ''Over the Rainbow." Other numbers were "Under the Double Eag{e March," "The Man with the Mandolin," and "Beer Barrel Polka.'' The closing number was "Dark Eyes."

ARE THEY REAL?

Shelly Bulin lets us in on this secret. He says ''I was a spook at the Lincoln Theater Spook Show. When the clock struck one. fifteen spook heads appeared floating around in th e audience. Here's how it was done. Fif teen b oys including me had large pieces of cardboard on which skulls were painted. The paint was illuminated paint which shone in the dark. When lights went out, all of them started to walk about, wavirig the skulls back and forth. The theater was so dark that the people couldn't see us holding the cardboard skulls." Shhhh-. Don't tell anybody!

THE BEST TIME

When the apples are a ripenin' And winter's drawin' near, And the bluejays are a chit chat Chattering far and near, That's the time that I like best Of all the whole long year, When the apples are a ripenin' And winter's drawing near.

-Dick Lewellen

OUR COMMITTEES

Perhaps you have noticed those competent but bossy people who stand around in unheard of places in the halls. They are the committees which guide this school through its many calam~ ties and happenings. Try to mmd them for they are doing their best. The playo-round committees will be anno~nced in the sports columns.

Girls' Committees

Usher

Chairman, Norma Ogden, 106; Norma Bomberger, 216; Frances Hart, 305; Joyce Stuve, 212; Dora Schwartz, 102; Betty J elinek, 210; La Vern Klein, 216; Darleen Foreman, 210; Kathleen Healey, 208; Mary Alford, 307; Lucille Egger, 312; Vera Pierce, 205.

Office

Chairman, Norma Taylor, 210; Shirley Staats, 205; Maxine Miller, 212; Ionalee Sehne rt, 110; Edith Hutchinson, 303.

Property

.Chairman, Amy Hock, 305; Beverly Cannon, 104; Delores Blunk, 107; Anna Sorensen, 303; Ruth Weber, '207.

(Continued on page 6)

OUT OF TOWNERS ENTER WHITTIER

Many out-of-towners have joined us thi s seme!:?ter. Sister · towns in Nebraska sent us seventeen pupils while sister states sent us sixteen. Here they are: Virginia Douglas, Bairoil, Wyo.; Bruce Herriott, Palmyra; Kathrine Copple, Rapid City, So. Dak.; Donna Hafdell, Den ver, Colo.

Glen Hrdlicka, Kearney; Audrey Thorrskor, Grand Island; Elsa Beth Kiser, Farmington, Mo.; Donna Jean Ogle, Humboldt; Ardell Markell, Nebraska City.

Joan Saunders, Norfolk; Betty Jean Beuck, Union, Colo.; Marlin Weideman, Omaha; Lloyd and Mary Louise Kelly, Missouri; Winifred Dale, Loup City. Howa rd Robert Linde, Illinois ; Harold Larson, Hastings; Dorothy Washington, Slater, Mo.; Jame s Butler, Abilene, Kans.; Carl Christopherson, Brookings, So. Dak.

Mary Lee Ferg uson, D orchester; Merlene Bouldin, San Bernadino, Calif.; Earl White, Tulsa, Okla.; Marion Marlow, Fairfield; Carol and Bell Lane, Arthur.

Edgar Roper, Trinid ad, Colo. ; Dick Le welle n, Green Bay, Wis. ; Junior Stevens, Merriman; Richard Gross, Yokahoma, Wash. ; Robert Siemsen, Elwood; Evelyn Artz, Benk l eman.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and established in 1924 as t h e

official student pub l ication of Wh i ttier J u n i or

H ig h Sc h oo l. Publi b ed bi-week l y during t h e

school year by t h e Whitti er Junior H igh Sc h oo l pupi ls.

FAC U LTY ADVISORY BOARD

Mi ss Hul t Mr Gammill Mi ss C r os s Miss Peterson

G R EEN L EAF STAFF

Editor-in - chi e f Mary Alford

Featu res Edith Hutchinson

Stori es and Poems

Dick Lewellen

Tommy Griffin E l aine Arnholt

Girls' Sports -··············Lucile Cozad

Boys' Sports Earl Mos es

Fashions ··-···· ·····Elaine Arnholt

Humor Janis Pochop

Exchanges _ Marjor i e Ram el T w ill a Huff

Typ i s ts Amy H e le n Hock

Edward Herst e in Harry Fox

R EP ORT E R S

Marie Bouman

Naomi Beutler

Harry Eckert

Don Gabelhouse

Naomi Wobig .Tack Nickens

Maria n Jo h nson • PRIN T E R S

Harry Kolb

Thomas McEvoy

S •y mour Goldblatt

Richard Gre e nburg

Leroy Haar

Bob Jo hn son

R : c h ard K en n edy

George K o hl

Charles Overton

Henry Prnsser

Ku, t Sienknec h t

Gart h Wiltshire

D oris D augherty

Mil dr e d Hana!

FAIR WARNING !

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NICKNAMES

Wilma P e terson, 208- Pete

Mar y Louise Cousins, 203 Big Boy

Alice Gabel, 220- Dolly

Dolores Bloom, 210 Billie

Darleen Pa y ne, 312 -Tater

Gloria Green, 205 - Goofy

Theresa Schulte , 314-Tush

La Vern Whiting, 310 - Butch

Alice Kin g, 222--Alley Cat

Sylvia Be tz , 303-Suds

Elaine A da ms, 107-Corky

Helen Collins, 209-Tom

Geraldine Thompson, 1 0 9Gerry

Mary Alford, 307-Alfalfa Lucile Cozad, 316- Cozie

ALUMNI NOTES

October 13, 19 39

Bettylee Cronn, a former Whittier pupil , is in Peppers, choir, Orpheon s , t he orches t ra and on the Advo c ate. She is no w editor of the student council.

John Provost is a new cheer leader of Lincoln High. Wesley Maser was elected pr es ident of the Junior class and John Eberhart is vice-president.

Members of the Lincoln Hi g h orchestra are Betty le e Cronn and Carroll Lea Anderson.

WE LIKE WHITTIER

Why do we like Whittier? That question was answered recently by a number of new pupils. We thought that y ou might like to see some of the be s t answers.

James Butler's bi g gest reason

Don Schmidt, a former pupil is that all of the t e achers are so of Whittier, is a reporter now nice to him that he enjoys workfor "The Advocate," the Lincoln ing for them. Dorothy Hansen High School paper. also likes the friendly teachers

Benita Elliott, Norma Schmidt, and pupils. In addition, she says, and Sara Mae VanHook, all "The buildin g is large and sunny fomer Whittierites, are members and is a very pleasant place to of the Lincoln High Girl study." June Shore likes the

Now that seve r a l weeks of Reserves. building and teachers. "The school have passed, we feel it is Nine old Whittier pupils are s chool is also like a puzzle and I due time for a fair warning. How members of the Mimes, the like to work puzzles," she writes. did you like the World's Fair? Lincoln High School dramatic Alma Harral likes our principal, O.h! You didn't go? Well, wher~ , or g anization. They are; Marion our a s sistant principal , and the did you learn to hurry so fas~. Coombs , Joyce Crosbie, Milford large pla y ground.

The first ':eek of_ s ~hool was m p Epp , Hazel Fritchie, Stuart Lois Richmon d likes the helpand tuck with Whi t tier standards Goldberg Beatrice Haskens .ful ne ss of pupils a nd the teachers. but since then t h e h a lls have had and Dor~thea Lemon. What Betty Hergenrader likes the a resemblance to the cinder track fine group of actresses and thorough e x planations of the at the · A. A. U. meet. Let's try actors! teachers. to restore some of the former ,Jean Schleuning, p h y 11 is Ilene Wilson likes the interest quietness. Overman, Nelda Oltman, Helen taken in sports while Paul Jones

OUR APOLOGIES

Oh, my! A mistake in the first issue of our paper. Our humble apologies go to Harry Eckert. Instead of Harry Fox for the Boys Civic League Vice Pre s ident it should have been Harry Eckert.

Kies s e 1b a ch, and Ph y llis is delighted at having more than Holbro ok were admitted to Mum- one t e ach e r and a different room m e rs.

Caroll Lea Anderson w a s ei e cted treasurer of the Sophomores. Caroll L e a was th e girls Civic League Pr es ident last semester here at Whi tt ier. for each subject.

City boy ( looking at his first windmill): My, Uncl e Tom, that's some ele c tric fan y ou have cooling the c o ws

October 13. 1939

GH OSTS!! ! ! ? ? ?

Two trayeli n,y salEsmen came to an e mpty house one night and decide d they would sleep thel'e. T he hou se had been said to be haunted, but they didn't believe in ghosts so they put down thdr mats and began to sleep.

Presently they heard a noise "Rap, ra p, 1·ap." Th ey go t up to see what it but they didn't he ar it nny more so they just thou ght that it was their imagination. Then they he~.rd it a 1, in. They got up for the seconct time. They were so scared that their hair stood straight up. They went into a large closet . "Rap, rap, rap," it ,vas getting loud e r. Chills went up and down th ,._ ·r backs! They went into a sm~ Iler clos et i1.1side the l arge cl oset It was loude1· still. They went into a tiny clo set inside the smaller closet. There was a

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you have any literary talent and if you have never had anything in print, send in your paragraph now. Also, if you have any stories, poems, news items. or jingles, give them to the reporter, for all con tributions are joyfully received. Don't hesitate, for if everyone were bashful about turning jn items, we would have no newspaper at all.

FALL FASHIONS

This poem will tell you about fall fashions

So you will be in style, And then there'll be the \Yinter fashions

In a little while

Sc ddle shoes and crepe soles Are really just the thing, But you really never know What fad the week will bring.

CALAMITY JEAN

Jean Q. shrugged her slim and bony shoulders and glared crnssly at her chum. "I ,vas nev er superstitious, am not nov,' , and never intend to be, so Friday the 13th doesn't bother me a bit," she declared. "Humph! I'll bet you 're sc ared to go under th a t ladder there by "the building , " said Norma 0. "Oh, I dunno. Don't gues s I care if I do. " Sauntering disjointedly forward Jean stepp ed under the staunch ladder. There was a scream, a crash that s ounded like the rnising of the Brooklyn Bl'idge and there sat Jean Q. dejectedly solemn with a can, from which white paint streamed, balanced precariously on her head

g.L·cDt , hu g·e, trunk, and what do Bent spoons make stylish brace"011 ma'am I'm so so s01Tv but i 'accidentally kn~cked th'e paint can from the la<lde 1 • and-" The bent, overalled old man looking serious, feebly ti'ied to help J ean Q. to her feet. you think was in it'? Some vvrap- lets "Oh neve1· mind," sa~d that offended person, "I was just try- ping paper

FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH

Are you superstitious? There is absolutely no need to be. Just take Dr . Quack's Syrup Stepson and all those superstitions will vanish so quickly that you'll never know t hey existed. A bottle may be bo ugh t fo r a quarter and to the first five buyers we will have the s pecial rate of only 25 cents . S tep right up. Don't delay. Ther e's no time like the present, for soon it will be past . Come o ne, come all! Hur-raye, Hur-rayel

Have you ever li stened to the bark ers at fairs and carnivals? If so , write a paragraph which should be both amusing and typical and give it to your home room reporter or Miss Peterson. The best one submitted will be published in the next issue. If

So you better hu st le; Boys, you'd better get wild shi1ts , And, gil'ls, go get a bustle.

-Elajne Arnholt

A NEW ONE

Mary had a little lamb, She set it on a chair; She fed him a stick of dynamite, And blew off all his hair.

-Janis Pochop

THEY SAY

ing to be smart and on Friday, the 13th, too. Will I ever learn?" And she stalked off followed by her amused chum.

FASHIONS

Styles are very cute this winter. Boys' shirts will be lighter colors. Girls! Wear your hair in a bunch of curls on the top and a cluster low in b ack, tied with a ribbon. Plaids, checks, and stripes will be good. Alligator Here are some more supersti- and suede shoes are being worn . tions. Gilbert Hudson of 208, Coats will be double breasted in tweed with velveteen collars.

st£pping oYe r somebody is bad luck. Betty Smith of 208, rocking a l'Ocking chair without anybody in it is bad luck.

The girls are wearing flared skirts and shirtwaist blouses with wide belts The belts range from three to six or seven inches ''Come qu ick, mommy,'' said U! width. Saddle oxfords are litt\: Alice as her first tooth being worn along with spongey cqme out, "I'm falling apart." soles.

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THEY SAY left hand itches, you're going to get mone ," says Gerald Pells. What was the buzzing sound Jackie Durnell and Janis Poeheard in first period industrial h e p h a ve a superstitution about geography class-a buzz saw? No, knockin g on wood. "If you walk jm,t Billy Griffin enjoying a nap. under a ladder, bad luck will Was this gentleman emb~rrassed surely befall you," say Darleen when Mrs. rarrows provided the Healey, Jane _Bish, and J~ckie alarm cl?ck • . ' Dur n ell. B ermce James believes N ~omi Wobig . of . 310 while that if you sing before breakputtmg on her hill billy cost_ume fast, you will cry before night. for Greenleaf assembly _PUt it on Jo Ann Baker and Jack Durnell bf'.ckwards. When she discover_ed b elie v e that if you get out of bed what she had done she said, on the wro1w side you will be "How am I supposed to know? It k 0 isn't mine." cran. y. . Have you noticed that today is LoIS Thompson of 209 ~eheves Friday the 13th? We've tried to t~at when y~m 9rop a fHece- of gather some superstitions from silverware, it is a sign of Wh 1 H company. itt~er pupi s. ere are some Wendell Baker of 209 says, we t~mk arE: good. ''When Mr. Ross comes toward Shirl~Y: Mitchell of _11 2 h~s one you, you had better sit down or super s tit10n. She behev:es it bad get away." luck to have a black cat cross her Judson Turner of 209 says, path. ''Going into arithmetic is bad Velma M~Grew has a fear of a luck , but shooting paper wads is mo~s~ crossmg her path.,. La Vern worse." Whitmg ~as a horror or :1-, bla~k Joan Larson of 209 believes that ca~ _c~o~smg her ,path; Wh_ile when your nose begins to itch 1.rivmg m our car, La\ ern said, you're going to have company. A black cat ~rossed our path a nd Mildred Harral of 209 has two about five mmut~s lat~,r, we ran superstitions - when you talk _nto a ~oncrete br1,dge. about a dead person it means i n Miss Zam_zo'_V s four th perwd death, and if you eat a piece of cl~ss a funny mctdf:nt took place. snake meat or wear snakes Miss Zamzow was 111 front of th e rattles around the wrist, it will room after h3:ndi;:g out te st help a snake bite to heal. pape~s. said. Is th ere any Yvonne DeWitt had a queer questJOn • . , , . experience which we thought Keith Rymer said?', Did you good. When her father was bringcorr~ct these paper~· , , ing her to school, a blackc at . Miss Zamzow ~ephed, No, why crossed their path. It made her IS th~r,e a mi st ake on your father angry because it was too paper· " . ate to turn, so they went on.Just He said, There mu st be, I got as they were crossing the place a two'' h Mo~·e superstitions! !hese h:a~:~\1af~Ire:d crossed, th ey people da_re 1 : 0 t break a mirror: Reifert Will says that if you Patsy F1tzs1mmons and Betty throw a stick over a black cat's Beuch, because they will have path it brings good luck, instead bad luck. Jack Lange, Jane of bad.

Bish, Douglas Gardner, and Jackie Durnell have a superstition about black cats that cross your path giving you bad luck.

Frieda Schaff er believes that seeing a car with one light brings good 1uck. "When your

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spider will bring bad luck. Making a wish on the first star you see at night will bring good luck. It's unlucky to wear a ring with the set upside down, but good luck if you wear a ring with the set right side up. Don't walk behind a mule. If sailors turn back, it causes bad luck. A rabbit's foot and horseshoe mean good Juck.

George Kohl believes that the thirteenth is his unlucky day beca use he was born on that date. June Clapper believes it good luck to find hair pins.

In Miss Curley's third period En g lish class she asked for her book and to her surprise she found she was sitting on it. We've heard of sitting on a tack, but never a grade book. Oh, well, we learn something new every day.

The other day when Edith Hutchinson was getting a drink of water, she discovered that sh (:! had picked one of those magic, Old Faithful fountains and when she turned it on, the water came up into her face. She was heard to remark to a passer by, "Would you let me use you hankerchief? 1 am all watery." Watery'? A queer word but it completely described the situation.

Donna Winders has been running around making people feel real pain. P. S. Don't get worried ; she merely stands you near a window and has you put your hand on the window pane . . Barbara Goodding was proudly exhibiting a mole one day. It was heard that she caught it in her handkerchiefs and brought it to school.

Mrs. Childress: How was appreciation shown to Civil W,:11' veterans by the government'?

Marilyn Franks: They gave a Mr. Strawn went down the pension to the dead or wounded. wrong stairs, October 4, and In Mr. W. A. McMullen's some children called him a Sci e nce class, he asked a boy to "freshie." Just imagine. give some facts on the sun.

Unusual superstitions from The boy answered him sa y ing, home room 300: Don't spill salt I "I don't have any. I'm still on on the tablecloth. Killing a the moon.

October 13, 1939

FAC T S ARE FACTS

After school each day, Marjorie Walters, Alice Saunders, and Mar y Lou Starke} get together an d play their violins. They have b een asked to play for a number o f church affairs.

Marjorie Preston attended a s urprise birthday party on Sept ember 24. The guests were a mixture of Jackson, Havelock, • and Whittier pupils.

Mary Alford and Lucile Cuzad had a nice trip to Nebraska City on Sunday, September 24.

A rnold Barlett has built a cave during his after school time.

Wesley Morrison went to a picni c with his parents and some fr iends in the country recently.

Leonard Coy went on a Y.M.C. A hike a short time ago.

Betty Burke spent a recent week-end in Wayne, Neb-raska, visiting her grandparents while Bernice James visited her grandmother in Omaha.

It has been found that over the week-ends most pupils in 308 go to picture shows Gladys Volz helps her mother. Warren Weston plays footba11 as does A r n old Cheuvro'!lt who also goes hunting. Aline Leupold goes skating.

From 104 come these reports o f pupil interests and activities. C harles Martin's hobby is shipbuilding. Rex Carmichael, Mildred Heaton, Grace Munson, Lois Umberger and Jean Ballance collect stamps . Bicyclers include Mary Louise Brodie, Beverley Canno n , and Grace Munson. Grac e a lso likes to swim as do Je an and Lois. Joan Koenig c ollects glass dogs and Trenna Henline keeps a personal scrapbook.

Dorothy W e s t o n of 2 0 3, Warren Weston of 308, and Marie Bowman of 310 attended a Sunday School party on September 22 where Dorothy Wes ton was elected president of the intermediate department.

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Gregory Elias of 316 , a new pupil from N e w H a v en, Connecticut, has an Eagle hawk. It has heen sick so he feeds it cod liver oil and yeast every day.

At the faculty meeting in room 110 on October 3, tea was served by Doris Daugherty and Evelyn Schmidt. • Lois Gillette, 307, has a brother who is now in the army. Edna Pierson has some aunts in Sweden and Marie Miller some in Russia.

Caseltee n White and Anna .rVIarie Thomas were visitors in Om aha recently.

In lVIrs White's second period glee club one day last week a litt le gray kitten appeared and made itself quite at home. Mrs. White said it could stay if the g i rls left it alone. The next day it appeared again, but this time not to stay-it got too much attention. Reports have been made that other classes have also had visitors.

Nona Allensworth, Earl Moses, Gerry Matthews, Lysle Emery and Marian Conners attended a birthday party given in honor of Gerry Matthews.

BIKE REPRESENTATIVES MEET

At a meeting of representatives from each home room, Wednesday, September 20, to discuss our bicycle problem, the following suggestions were made:

1. There should be no loafing north of the racks or between the building and the racks on the south.

2. More civic league officers should be on duty.

3. Only bicycle owners shall go to the racks at any time.

4. It was suggested that each home room be assigned certain racks.

5. The ci vie league officers go on duty a few minutes before dismissal at noon and at night.

IVAN EVANS IN NEW YORK

I van Evans, 208, had a rare experience this summer, visiting in New York and staying at the home of Cecil Arden, former opera singer. His mother, who writes poetry, won a contest with a ''letter home'' which en titled them to sixty dollars and a radio interview. Following is one of Blanche Tromblee Evans' poems: A muddy ruffled. stream reflects The beauty of a tree As much as I can mirror God With hate and greed in me.

GUESS WHO!

Girl

Height, five feet three Weight, one hundred pounds

Age, fourteen Grade, nine A Color hair, brown Color eyes, brown Favorite color, red Favorite sport, swimming Boy Height, five feet three Weight, ninty-five pounds

Age, fourteen Grade, nine A Color hair, light brown Color eyes, blue Favorite color, blue Favorite sport, skiing ( Answers on page 6) •

103 AND 205 WINNE R S

Now comes the big news of who had most Greenleaf subscriptions. 103 and 205 tied for first place with twenty-four subscriptions. Next came 303 and 316 with twenty-one and in third place were 312 and 105 with 20 subscriptions. These home rooms were hono1·ed at the Greenleaf assembly when their presidents were presented with certificates as s y m b o 1 s of achievement .

THE GREENS

Well, here we are back with our sports column to introduce our playground chairman, Pearl Shore of 103. Helping her are Jeanne Vanderpool, Catherine Cooley, Lorraine Pierson, Sylvia Betz, Wilma Peterson, Marjorie Williams, Ruth Lowe, Donna Hartman, Helen Collins, Marie Bouman, Florence Rebensdorf, Rae Lee Lewis, Donna Kelly, Dorothy Johns, Martha Michel, Rose Ebert, Twalla Stroemer, Geraldine Thompson, Betty June Fees, and Rosemary Wickstrom.

Mrs. Ross has given her consent to let us use the gym for dancing during the noon hour.

The girls will soon be seen with footballs under their arms

The gym floor has been all newl y painted and is oh;so shiney!

Pearl Shore, playground chairman, is getting kicked around pretty much of late. Upon receiving a new white volley ball, Mrs. Ross, using her artistic ability, promptly drew a picture of Pearl on the ball.

10 3 is first floor champ.

Mrs. Ross is putting a few girls from her afternoon gym classes to work cleaning the paddle tennis courts.

THOSE EMBARRASSING MOMENTS

That feeling when in hurrying up a stairway you came face to face with a wall of children coming down.

The day when you ripped your clothes .and had to wear your coat all day.

Your first day at the cafeteria and you had to make five different trips for different pieces of silverware and napkins.

The day you fell asleep in a class room and the teacher had to wake you up.

That "all gone" moment when you were yelling and prancing down the hall and Mr. Culler happened along.

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OUR COMMITTEES

(Continued from page 1) Social Games Chairman, Jean Quapp, 103; Winifred Ingrnm, 220 ; Trena Hanline, 104; Dorothy Muelhausen, 108; Wilma Myers, 105; Gloria Green, 205; Mary Louise Cousins, 203; Doris Quinn, 302. Safety

Chairman, Lucille Cozad, 316; Da r leen Healey, 308; Esther Schwindt, 218; Delores Bristow, 106; Alma Telecky, 110; Alice May King, 222; Rosalie Skidmore, 110; Flora Kolb, 108; Roberta Millard, 203; Joan Null, 110.

Boys' Committees

Usher

Don Wiggan s, chairman, 103; Richard Phipps, 301; Loren Stark, 303; Dale Peate, 208; Richard Le wis, 212; Wallace H e 1 m s tad t er, 220; Wilbert Kindsvater, 216; Kenneth Smith, 11'2; Marvin Epp, 207; Dale Gove, 212.

Office

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THE WHITES

Members of the playgrnund committee are: Harry Fox, 305, chairman, Charles Taylor, 210, Jacob Bruns, 210, Dallas Bottcher, 103, Tom Morey, 103, Harry Schneider, 108, Charles Ward, 108, Joe Geist, 110, Richard Schultz, 110, Russel Sloan, 110, Frank Johns, 304, Frank Anderson, 112, John Williams, 220, Rolland Dudley, 205, and Merwyn Merrifield. 312.

A round robin is being held between the home rooms thi s year. Each home room will play a certain number of games and when these are played the eight highest will hold an elimination tournament for the championship.

Several home rooms remain undefeated as yet. Among them are 203, 205, 302, 305 and 312. Some of the out s t an ding playe rs so far are : I van Evans, Harry Fox, Jake Bruns, Merwyn Merrifield, Charles Ward, GerHarry Eckert, chailman, 210; alcl Robinson, Robert Bruns, Richard Nagel, 106; Charles Charles Taylor, and Russell Martin, 104; Robert Smith, 104; Sloan. Gerald Pells, 308. Walt Somerheiser pitched a Safety no-hit no-run game against 320. Paul Browne, 106; Donald The final score was 18-0. Wright, 303; Tommy Griffin, Gene Kirkendall of 302 has 110; Wes ley White, 304; How- pitched two no-hit no run games ard Alfrey, 312; Robert Smith, against 300 and 302. The scores 312; Arden Means, 207; LeRoy were 21 to O and 13 to 0. Lamb, 207; Gordon Smith, 314; Robert Berg, 205; Myron Armintrout, 316; George Kuwamoto, 304.

HOLD OPEN HOUSE

The Whittier P. T.A. held Open House on Tuesday, October 10, Property from 7 to 8:30 P. M. Teachers Tom Watkins, 103; Dwane were present to receive pupils Tej cka, 203. and their parents in aH home

Little Albert (proudly): My papa is a bookkeeper.

Small Sally: Yes, he's keeping several that he borrowed from my father. rooms and class rooms.

ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO

Boy: Tom Watkins, 103 Girl: Barbara Mack, 305

Vol. 17 No. 3

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA November 3, 1939 Price: Five cents

COACH BROWNE TALKS ! Home Room Presidents ABOUT FOOTBALL

Coach Brown e, assistant at h I et i c d i re ct o r of the University of Nebraska, spoke at an assembly in the Whittier auditorium, October 9. Some of you may have been surprised to learn that football has been played for a period of 4,599 years. It was a humorous talk but it also got down to the point. He emphasized the fact that the three things you need to get along in this world are "git, grit, and gumption.''

The assembly was opened by everyone singing "America" and closed with "God Bless America." They were p l a y e d by the orchestra directed by Mrs. White and assisted by Miss Jones directing the singing.

L. H. S. CHOIR SINGS

On Wednesday, October 25,

Here are the young Roosevelts of our school, the home room presidents: 103, Helen Hempel; 104, Beverly Cannon; 10 6, Paul Browne; 107, Waunda Jones; 108, Rae Lewis.

110, Marjorie Williams; 112, Rolland Peterson: 203 , Dwane Tejcka; 208, Tommy Sargent; 210, D a r l e e n Foreman; 212, Maxine Miller.

216, Richard Lawson; 2 2 0, Dorothy Johns: 222, Phy His Hoke; 300, Donald Farmer.

3 0 2, Gene Kirkendall; 303, Edith Hutchinson; 205, Gerald Pease.

307, Jacquelyn Wilson; 308, Elaine Arnholt; 309, Frank Johns; 310, La Verne Whiting.

UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR DISCUSSES EUROPE

One Friday , 0 ct ob er 20, Whittier pupils enjoyed a very interesting talk by Dr. Williams, Professor cf Social Science al the University of Nebraska. She described the war preparation in England and mentioned many incidents which occurred on her trip home last summer. She impressed us with the horrors of war and expressed the opinion that she really could not understand why mankind had not yet learned to live together without unnecessary wars.

Whittier p up i 1s benefited greatly by her fine speech and were very enthusiastic and interested in all she said. We hope we may have the pleasure of having her visit us again soon.

FIRE FILM SHOWN

Monday, October 16, Mr. Culler

312, Howard Alfrey; 314, Betty Mason: 316, Harry Kolb; 209, Billy Brehm; 320, Lansing Gable; 102, Gene Reifschneider; 105, Earl Moses; 304, Floyd McGimsey; 301, Dorothy Relily. the Lincoln High Choir under MR. CULLER MAKES VISIT the di r ection of Mr. Rangeler, sa n g for Whittier pupils.

The auditorium rang with the visited Westport Jr. High School fine voices of over one hundred in Kansas City, Missouri. He pupils of Lincoln High. Whittier remarked that the order in pupils s howed much apprecia- the corridors was wonderful, the tion th a t was expressed by their pupils showed a lot of respect to attentiveness as well as their one another, and no one hurried. enthusia s tic applause. Let's follow their example. Mr. The program included: "My Culler also visited a music class Soul, There Is a Country," "Oh and talked with the pupils. Peaceful Night," "Tell Me, ! Mr. Culler said that he did not Where Was You?" and "The I see any paper on the floor in the Echo Song." i corridors or the class rooms.

Whittier enjoyed a film shown in assembly, October 13, on fire prevention. The name of the film was ''More Dangerous Than Dynamite." Mr. Howland ran the machine and Mr. Pierce gave a talk. After the assembly in the fifth period we had a good fire drill in two minutes and ten seconds.

BOY DELEGATES MEET

The boy delegates held their first meeting on Wednesday, October 25. They discussed the Father and Son party.

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I'll never get hit or nothin'," PUPILS GO ON CIVIC LEAGUE TRIPS WHITTIER GREENLEAF And mind you me, I'm not

Founded and establis h ed in 1 924 as th e bluffin' !

official st ud e nt publication of Whitti e r Juni or

Hi gh Schoo l. Publish e d bi - weekly during the school yrnr by th e Whitti er Junior Hi g h School 1rnDils.

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

M iss Hul t Mr. Gammill Miss Cro ss Miss P e t erso n

GREE LEAF STAFF

Editor-in-chief

F eatu1·es

Mary Alfor d

Edith Hutchin son

Dick Lew e ll en

Stories and Poems •·· ·- Lu c ill e Cozad

G i rl s' Spo1 ts _

Elain e Adams , Mari e Bouman

Boys' Sports Earl Mos es

Fa s hions

Arnholt

Hum or Jani s Pocho1J

Exchanges

Marjori e Ram e l ........................ Twilla Hufl'

Ty !) i sts .' Amy H e l e n Hock

Edward H e rst e in

Harry Fox

REPORTERS

Mar garet Dimmic k Na om i Wobig

Na om i Beutler Jack Ni ckens

Marian Johnson

PRINTERS

Harry Eckert

Don Gabelhouse

S e ymour Go l dblatt

Richard G ree nburg

L eroy Haar

Bob Johnson

R·cha:·d K Pnnedy

George K o hl

H an-y K olb

Thomas McEvoy

Charles Ove rton

Henry Prosser

Ku r t Sienknec h t

Garth Wil ts hir e

Do :- is Daua;herty

Milclred Harral

HOLD IT!

When I say to you, Riders, of bicycles old or new, Be careful and nothing will happen,

You're not limber like a young saplin' !

You can't get a hard hit or thump And not suffer a single bump, And so I say to each of you,

Two classes, 7A's and 9A's have already gone on their ci vic league trips, the 7A's on Thur sday, October 12 , and the 9A 's , Thursda y, October 19.

The speaker for the 7A's was Mr. Clayton W. Watkins, Senior Exten sio n Forester for the College of Agriculture and for the 9A' s Dl'. Clark A. Fulmer, State Director of the Dep artment of Voc a tional Education. Be careful; don't make your folks feel blue.

Whittier teachers who acco mpanied the 7 A's were Miss Cla rk,

FIRE DRILLS

-Tommy Griffin, 110 Mrs. Shike, Miss Hooper, and Miss Hult. Teachers who accom-

p an ied the 9A's vvere Mrs. Pin-

The first fire drill we had this ney, Miss M. L. Wilson, and Ml'.

semester was one of the best we ha v e had for a long time, according to Mr. l.!uller. The building was cleared in less than three minutes. The second one, however, was far below Whittier'~ standard. There was entirely too W. F. McMullen.

What is that racket coming much noise and there is room for from the cafeteria about twelve improvement.

o'clock no on? It sound s like an army camp with a thousand soldiers yelling from one end to another. What are they saying?

"Buzz, Buzz, psst, psst. Hey, Mike, what ya got for dinner? Meet me outside by diamond one , Hurry." This seems to be the usual chatter.

Doesn't sound so important, does it? Well then, let's quiet down for old Whittier. We'll depend on you.

HOW TO SAVE YOUR NECK

Do you ride a bicycle Or pedal a tricycle?

If you do, take heed, Around cars don't speed.

If you value your neck, Don't think, "Aw heck,

APOLOGIES

Our humble apologies go to Eddy Smith, property, and Thomas McEvoy, usher, for leaving them out when we listed the committees.

JOKES

NBS: I read in the paper that science has discovered that singing warms the blood.

CBS: That must be right. I've heard singing that has made my blood boil.

The saddest story of the year is the story of the person who threw a horseshoe over his left shoulder and broke a mirror.

TAKING A TEST

Here comes that test I've been d r eaming about. Goodness! When did the Civil War start? I didn't read anything in the book about it. Well, I'll skip that question and go on to the ne xt . Who was the general that won him s elf a n a me in the west? The answer i s-Oh, my pen ran out of ink. Have to use school ink.

Let's see, where was I? Oh, the most-no, that isn't it. Here it is! T he general was Washington. Fifty questions and I've got thirty to do in ten minute s . Name a Border State. One was Florida. Twenty more to do in five minutes. When was Nebraska admitted into the union? I know that; it was 1867. What ! Exchange paper s ! I' ve got fifteen more to do. Goodne ss I've made a 7 and I don't kno w how I got that because I studied fifteen minutes la st night. -Ellen Dietz, 222.

November 3, 1939

THEY SAY

In Mrs. Boschult's second peri od class, the question, ''What is dry ice?" was asked of LeRoy Lamb. His unthought of answer was, ''Ice with the water squeezed out of it."

Dick Lewellen' s specials for this week:

Canada may have reindeer Japan may have figs; But if you visit Nebraska, You'll see a lot of pigs. There was a great bear of New York Who ate without knife or fork; He swallowed a jug, And now he's a rug, Th at great brown bear of New York.

In the ball game between 222 and 103 to decide the fir st and s econd floor championship, someone remarked that Betty Jean Moore was wearing a queer pair of shoes. It turned out that it was her red stockings.

Home room 305 has triplet Donalds also three Bobs, and twin Dicks.

Horne room 210 has twin Harolds, and two Bobs.

Norma Taylor, 210, doesn't seem to be able to keep her balance very well lately or maybe it was that Friday the 13th influence for, on that day! in Mr. McMullen's algebra II class she fell out of her seat and on to the floor. Then in the noon hour, she stepped on a bat and went sliding to the ground. Oh well, better luck next time, Norma!

Betty Lake, 103, doesn't seem to be able to keep her hands to herself. One day in the noon hour when scrapping with a friend, sh e accidently hit a passing stranger. Betty extends her humble apologies, Mr. Stranger!

Mrs. White's Girls Glee Club was mightily surprised on October

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16, to arrive in 101 to find no teacher . They waited for quite some time- until Lucile Cozad happened to think that possibly they were supposed to meet in the auditorium. Hurrying up, the class found Mrs. White and a few of their num ber waiting.

Mary Alford should learn the school colors; ask her the rest.

In Industrial Geography, Ralph Grabisch was indulging in various sweet tidbits. Imagine his surprise when Miss Zamzow distributed his candy throughout the class

One of the men cleaning the walls was seen playing hop scotch on one of the shuffle boards.

Mr. Culler. that stylish gentleman, has added a new gree:1 hat to his wardrobe. It really is nice.

In a hurry one morning Tommy Griffin picked a badge out of Miss Wilson's desk. The badge had a 7 for the last number. It turned out that the badge was a girls playground committee emblem belonging to Marjorie Williams. Tsch, tsch.

Jean Qua pp was the victim of several minor accidents this summer. It seems that somebody was frisky with an air rifle and she bore the brunt of it all. Also she was hit by a board.

An unexpected touchdown was made by Elaine Adams w bile playing football with Marie Bowman and Madeline Dunkle. She just fell down and there she was.

The saddest story of the month is of the boy who joined tne navy to see the world and spent two years in the Submarine Division

Mrs. Griffin: Eight o'clock! Eight o'clock!

Tommy: Better call a doctor!

A THOUGHT

Those children in Germany and France

Around whom now a war is being fought,

They no longer gaily sing and dance,

Did you ever give them a thought? 3

Those children in war-torn Spain

Because of a war their fathers fought,

Their small bodies lay racked with pain,

Did you ever give them a thought? •

Be glad you live in America,

The land of the free,

Hope your father will never be sought

To fight again across the sea, Did you ever gi ve that a thought?

-Audrey Thornskar

FACTS ARE FACTS

Donna Mae Bell went to York during teachers convention vacation while Lucille Peters went to Peru, Nebraska, to visit her cousin.

Betty Welch had a surprise party for her sister on : saturday, October 15, in the evening. There were tw ·1ve guests.

Gertrude Griffin entertained at a Hallowe'en party given on October 31.

June DeVore attended a Sunday School convention in Kearney during teachers' convention vacation while Dorothy Saal went to a League convention in David City.

Last week Jean Quapp went to Bennet. Nebraska. She returned with three gunny sacks stuffed with delicious black walnuts.

FACTS ARE FACTS

Lois Heffley, a former pupil in 310, is now going to Irving.

Charles Taylor of 210 made an interesting speech to Mrs. Shike's drama class. He is a former drama student.

Kathleen and Darleen Healey went with a group of Irving pupils to hunt walnuts. Kathleen went into a pasture and was chased by some cattle.

Madaline Dunkle of 301 went walnut hunting with her brother and sister.

Dorothy Swadley attended two birthday parties for Betty and Bessie Deam and Lucille Newman recently.

Ina Belle Ross went to a Sunday School party recently.

R eif ert Will and John Loos have b een on some hikes recently.

Robert Donahoo sta y ed on a farm in West Lincoln during teachers convention vacation while Oscar Wis bey visi ted his grand mother during· vacation.

Virginia Rieter of 309 went to Amelia Knaub's birthday party. Home room 309 have planted some narcissus bulbs.

Pearl Barnett has been transferred to Everett.

Junior Jones of Whittier went on a hike to a goat dairy with some boys from Elliott.

Clarence Wilson came back to Whittier from Everett Junior High.

Ruth Brynes of 216 and Lois Bailey of 212 belong to a club which ·is called T.N.A. aviation corps. They wear military uniforms when they meet. The club meets every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon.

Caselteen White went to Omaha during Teachers Convention vacation while Carmen Quakenbush went to Wymore.

Donald Huston's club played ball with other neighborhood lcubs during vacation.

THE WHITTITR GREENLEAF

During teachers conventi :m Lois Mayer visited her cousin in Geneva, Nebraska.

Several girls have a club of which Bettv Neville, Ruth Short, Frances Hart, Dorothy Lamb, Leslie Jean Brown, Mary Rumbolz, Violet Forney, and Doris Quinn, are members. They had a picnic recently.

Loretta Johnson formerly of 305 has moved and is attending Havelock High.

Frank Smith formerly of home room 314 was transferred to Everett.

We are happy to note that Miss Dee has returned from a long absence due to illness. Mrs. Bailey did a fine job in taking her plare However, Miss Dee received a warm welcome

The following boys deserve the credit for repainting the shuffle board courts: Billy Lunsford, Arnold Cheuveront, Dick Erwin, Gerald Robinson, Richard Alt, Hobart Hayes, Floyd Himmel, and Seymour Goldblatt.

A Hall owe' en party was held at the home of Marjorie Preston on October 25. Arlene Worth and Marjorie Preston were hostesses.

Billy George went on an over night hike during teachers' conventi on while Reifert Will, John Loos, Jack Eberhart, Keith Crump, and Fredrick Herzog of 210 went pheasant hunting.

Ralph Steckly had a great vacation. He moved.

308 has quite a few homeroom activities lately. Monday, October lti, a professor Quiz contest was held and Tuesday, October 17, a class discussion was held to decide on a petition presented by Elaine Arnholt suggesting that five minutes of the activity period be devoted to whispering and visiting provided there was absolutely no talking any other time. It also suggested two home room programs a week. The ma-

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jority of the pupils were in favor of both. One discussing gum and candy was voted out. Some very interesting programs have been planned.

BICYCLISTS MEET

A meeting of the bicyclists was held on Tuesday, October 10. They decided not to park their bicycles between the shops and the racks. It was ar,nounced that the boarq of education has promised us at least four more bicycle racks.

A discussion was also held as to wheth'er each home room was to have a bicycle rack all to itself, and also whether they were to be leaned along the railings north of the racks.

GUESS WHO?

Girl

Height, Five ft. one

Weight, 102 lbs.

Age, 14

Grade, 9B

Color of hair, Dark brown

Color of eyes, Brown Favorite sport, Ice skating Boy

Height, Five ft. five and three fourths

Weight, 110 lbs.

Age, 14

Grade, 98

Color of hair, Brown

Color of eyes, Brown

Favorite soort, Football

STARS

I think a star's a fairy light

A-twinkling in the sky so bright, And fairies dancing in the sky, Are sad to see the night drift by, Because with it their twinkling light

Has drifted far into the night.

-Wilma Jean Lumley, 210

N ovember 3, 1939

MY VISIT TO THE PLANET OF CORNHOLLOW

I was holding the ball for the kickoff in a football game. Our kicker, Neutopia, missed the ball and kicked me in the head. Off I flew through space passing planet after planet.

Suddenly I fell and when I opened my eyes and gazed curiously around, I found t h at I was l ying on a very odd looking race track. I could see no horses or cars coming, but I decided I had better crawl to one side. All of a sudden I heard shouting and wild commotion and looking up I saw a line of worms charging down the track and suddenly realized I was witnessing a worm race.

I rapidly clambered to my feet, walked out to a number of people and asked a kind looking old gentleman where this race track was located, and he answered, "The planet of Cornhollow ." I borrowed five dollars from him and bet on the race and won. Just as I was about to collect the money, something cold hit me in the face. I awoke a little and my mother said, "Time to get np for school." Boy, that was some dream or something!

-Don Keane, 203.

ALUMNI NOTES

Milferd Epp and Jeanne McReynolds were nominees for student council at Lincoln High recently.

Harriet Hays, Helen Keisselback and Dale Burleigh are to participate in a mystery play, "Blood Money," to be presented soon.

The cabinet members were introduced at the sophomore party held recently. Two former Whittierites, Carroll Lea Anders::m and John Blumer are cabinet members.

John Frovost is a cheer leader.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE HIT PARADE

An Apple for the Teacher: Before grades come out.

SunriRe Serenade: The tardy bell.

Was It New: That joke you've pulled so often lately.

Day In, Day Out: SchooL

Over the Rainbow: Where you wish you were during a test.

Could It Be True: A seven on a test.

Comes Love: Instead of report cards.

I Believe In Miracles: A grade of one.

TEACHERS CONVENTION ACTIVITIES

A number of Whittier teachers and pupils took part in the acti vities of teachers' convention last week. The games room attracted many out state teachers who came to see what goes on during the noon hour at Whittier. In the games room there were 7B children playing games they know and learning new ones. There were civic league officers in charge.

Mr. Gammill was chairman of the industrial arts di vision. He took part in the panel discussion in the Vocational Division meeting.

Miss Mary Wilson was secretary of the Home Economics division.

OLD BILL

I remember only a couple of years ago about a fly who overheard a boy say that flies were dumb and that he was going to kill all the flies in his reach. Well this fly was so sensitive that he went to Europe to study in the highest colleges so as to be smarter than this boy.

Well, Bill as his name was, went to college and played foot-

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ball. One summer in July he returned to find not a boy but a man. Bill flew in on the table and washed his feet w bile keeping a good w atch on Robert. Robert struck at Bill, but Bill was too fast for him. Robert saw him alight grabbed a vase, and threw it. It went right through the window and into another ten by twelve window where he worked. Robert was fired and Billy died happily.

- Bennie Peters

FASHIONS

Fashions in hats for girlsToppers, beanies and head kerchiefs.

Fashions in shoes for girlsSaddle shoes and brogues. Fashions in stockings for girls -Turkish towel anklets.

Fashions in jewel8ry - Bent spoons.

Signature blouses are still in circulation.

LOST

LosT: Two blocks from Whittier, a blue pocket book with silver and black catch. It contained fountain pen, twenty cents and a knothole ticket. Twenty-five cents reward. Wilma Lumley, 210.

JOKES

Tom: Mother, Billy and I are playing zoo. We're going to be elephants and want you to play.

Mother: What can I do?

Tom: You can be the lady. who feeds us the peanuts.

Bill: I think I have a real sense of humor, for whenever I see something funny I have to laugh . .

Phil: You must have a pretty tough time shaving.

THE WHITES

The boys have been playing _a new game in gym lately. It 1s called six man baseball. There are a first baseman, third baseman, pitcher catcher, and two outfielders'. A foul ball is a half a strike. Two strikes is an out.

The baseball tournament was won by 312. Second was 305 and 108, third. Mr. Wells, who was umpiring th e game between 305 and 312, was struck in the nose by a ball which the catcher couldn't hold. Result, one bloody nose for our gym teacher.

The final game was an exciting one. The winning pitcher was Rob e rt Smith, and the l osing p it cher was D ick York .. The final scor e was 312- 12 and 305 - 7.

Some outst a nding pla y e r s of the game were: Hann em an , Fox and Heidenreich all of 305 , Merrifield, Caldwell, Gage , and Peterson of 312.

The football tournam e nt got under way with thirty-three home rooms contendi n g. Each home room will play a cer ta in number of games and th e n there will be a tournament to decide the c hampionship.

The touch football sy st e m has been changed. The field is 69 yards long. It i s now divided into six par ts , each part 11 ½ yards long. The team which has po ss ession of the b a ll must cross two lin.es in four plays to make the first do wn.

Each team in the tournament was allowed at least one practice game before the el i mination tournament sta r ted. It is a double elimination tournament. When a home room loses t w o games, they a r e put out of the running. This tournament started on October 30.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

DOGS, BOOTS AND MOON

I've got a little dog

With a very large tail, He saw th e moon one night

Thereupon commenced to wail.

The moon wasn't really

A thing to scare my pooch, But then he did get squeally

So I threw at him my boots.

Alack and alas!

My boot it scared him more, And to his bed he ran Which is just outside my door.

And there through the window He once more spied the moon, And again commenced to wail

Just outside my room.

Barbara Jean Mack, 305

LOST AND FOUND

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THE GREENS

Maybe you have been wondering why we call the girls spor ts column the Greens. We named it after the girls' green gym suits If you have any ideas, pul-le eze tell your reporter.

As usual we begin on the sam e old grav e l. Why doe s n ' t eveyon er participate in the games? Why do some teachers never w at c h games? Let's g et our ·hea ds together and decide how to d o away with these troubles. It 's possible!

The most exciting time of th e week was the game for scho ol champs which 222 won althou gh 316 gave them a pretty tou gh game. Alice King is the captai n

LOST: My memory while going to of 222 and Florence Rebensdor f school. If found please return of 316.

to Leroy Lamb as it has been Wouldn't it look funny if th e badl y needed for quite some girls would get out on the pla ytime . ground and start kicking th e

LOST: A pencil with point broken football as the boys do? Th e off. Fairly good condition. girls playground committee hav e Bears the initials J. S. Scott been talking up the idea of pla yIrvine, 316. ing football.

FOUND: Two Civic League Officers Outstanding players among th e going up the wrong stairs. Any girls include: Mercedes Miller of claimants please see Mr. Culler 316, Moyne Miller of 103, Jo Ann or Miss Hult

Me ase of 212, Marie Bouman of

FOUND: One good fountain pen ' 310, Betty Ross of 209, Sylvi a without point, tube, or top. Betz of 303 , Freida Schaffer of Will trade for a dog with tail. 308, Helen Eirich of 302.

Rosalie Skidmore. Alice King of 222, Rose Ebert LOST: My first tooth. When found, of 208, Janice Sedlacek of 212 , if ever, return to Billy Mann. Mary Ann Weatherly of 105 , Positively no reward. Ardis Burback of 301, Gloria Green of 205.

ANSWERS TO "GUESS WHO" Betty Mason of 314, Rosalie Girl, Joyce Stuve Boy, Scott Irvine

Uncle: Do they ring two bells for school?

Small Niece: No, uncle, they ring one bell twice.

Skidmore of 110, Bertha Schneider of 309, Lucille Egger of 312 , Elaine Adams of 107, Vera Kol b of 104, and Norma Taylor of 210 . There are many more players we t hink are good but we do not have enough room for all of them.

T e G e n

Vol. 17 No. 4

FATH ER, ·SON MEETING

LINCOLN, NE BRASKA November 17, 1939 Price: Five cents

Mr. Welch played two solos, 9A'S

variati o ns on ''Long Long Ago," HELD and ''Donkey Ride." Miss ~1bley

T he annual F ather and Son meeting was he l d at Whitti e1· on Friday , November 3, with Mr. Watkins doing the ho nors as Master of Ceremonies. The first eve nt on the program was the Wh ittier Band. The band pla ye d a group of songs as follows: "Th e Champion," "Flower Garden Waltz," "Isabelle," "Dance Grotesque," and for the ir final nu mber, "Winning Brigade."

The second number was community singing led by Mr. Welch. The auditorium rang with the words of "Old Black Joe," "Home on the Range," and "Ame r ica ."

The third number was the Whi ttiei· Gl ee Club who gave a fine demonst r ation of singing. "Th e Joll y Melody," "Grandfather's Clock," "Sp a nish Guitar," "S ong of the States," and "God Bl ess America" constituted their numb ers .

The fourth and la st event consisted of speeches given by Scott Irvin e representing the boy s, and Mr. H. D. Holbern representing the dads. Also Judge Fishei-, of the Municipal Court spoke.

Followjng, refreshments were served and about four hund re d fathers and sons were entertained by a basketball game in which twenty Whittier boys partici pated.

Instrumen tal Trio Plays

honored the assembly with a

solo, "Mel ody In F, '' by Rubenstein. Whittier pupils appr eciated this fine assembly.

Games Room Opens

Pupils were delighted at the opening of the games room on November 6. A new system is being used this year. In order to enjoy the games better, we should know and obey the rules.

One of them is that no pupil should play one of the games two days in succession unless the demand for tickets warrants it.

Also, pupils wishing to play crokinole, pool, or shuffle board at noon must get tickets before school in the morning at the door of 204 and form at the door. The girls property committee will give out a ti cket in exchange for the slip of paper as long as the tickets last. Red tickets will be used from 12:15 to 12:35 and blue tickets from 12:35 to 12:55.

About 140 pupils played games on the first day. No doubt the number will increase as bad weather comes along.

Noon Hour Recognized

Whittier's noon hour recreation

LAUNCH

FIN AL PLANS

Fir s t evide nces that the 9A class is thinking of leaving Whitt ier have put in th e ir appearance in the last two weeks. Meetings of various committees as well as meetings of the class as a whole have kept the 9A's in a ·whirl.

At the first class meeting candidates for class secretary and trea sur er we re intl'Oduced becau se of the resignation of Tom Watkins. Nominees were La Verne Klein, D allas Bottche r, and Shelley Buli n. La Verne Kle in was elected.

The committee for the selection of the theme for class day made its report . The teachers in charge of class day activities, Miss Cross, Miss Mumfo1·d, Mrs. White, Miss Peter s on and Miss Ralston, gave their opinions of the suggested themes.

At the next meeting Mr Culler talked to the pupils about their registration for high school and the vote was taken for the class day theme. The 9A's will have completed th eir reg i tration for Senior High School by November 28

7B's Take Trip

program is get t ing national The Seven B's we nt on their recognition. An article in ''Recre- first civic league trip on NovemAn instrum ental assembly was ation," nationally known rnaga- ber 9. The speaker was Mr. M. C. given on Wedne sday , November zine, for October, 1939 , gave the Lefler, Superintendent of Schools. 1, by Miss Ruth Sibley playing history of our noon h our program \ The following teachers from the cello , Mr. Welch playing the and complim~nted Whittier on I Whittier accompanied the pupils: clarinet and Mr. Robb at the j the. w ork . This should make us Miss Clark, Mrs. Swisher, Miss piano. Th e trio played two I r e alize how unusual our program I E . Madsen, Mis s Scheme!, Miss numb e rs. I really is. I Hooper, and Miss Zamzow.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

F ound e d an d est ab lis h e d in 1924 as th e official s tu de nt p ublic ati o n o f Whi tt i e r Juni or

Hi g- h S c h o ol. Pub li s h e d b i - week ly du r in g th e

sc h oo l y Par b y th e Whi tti e r Juni or Hi g h Sch oo l p u pi ls.

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

M:ss Hul t M r Ga m m ill M iss C ro s s M i ss Pete r son GREENLEAF STAFF

E di t o r -in-ch ief Ma r y A l ford

Feat u l'es Edith Hutchin so n D ick L e \v e ll e n

Stor i es and P oem s ·- ·Luc ill e C oz ad -T o mmy G r i ffi n

G ir l s' S por t s . El a in e A dam s ·- ·····• Mar i e •B ou m an

I3o ys ' S po rt s E ar l M os es Ja ck Ni ck,ms

Fashions - - ··Elaine A r nh o lt

Hum or .- J a ni s Po c h oD

E x c h a n g-es Ma r j or i e R am e l T w ill a H uff

Ty p i sts Am y H e l e n H ock E dwar d H erst

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

just like that. He's a good fielder too. He can run twice as fast as most people. When he gets the ball, he runs to the nearest person with it so he can throw it where it should go. Many a game was won on account of a dog named Boots.

-Justine Lindgren

FASHIONS

Dame Fashion has very good taste, it seems. "Sloppy Joe" sweaters are one of her specialties. She wears an inexpensive junior fur coat and wears her hair rather short and curly with a bustle bow in back. She wears turkish towel anklets and flatties.

MEASURE YOURSELF!

Do You-

Try to be a good example to the freshies?

Co-operate in the cafeteria and classes?

Try to be loyal to Whittier standards?

Obey civic league officers. Play games fairly?

Or Do YouWrite notes?

Chew gum in school?

Mark on the walls?

Throw paper wads?

Throw paper on the floor?

A DOG NAMED "BOOTS"

Boots, a very fine dog, is first baseman on our team. Yes, sir! He's the best there is. When there is a chance for an out at first we throw the ball to Boots who is always on guard. He catches it in his mouth with one foot on base. The person is out

On Sundays and special days she wears a taffeta dress with full skirt, ruffles, and bustles. For school dresses she wears plain jumpers and checked dresses with large bows at the neck. She also wears Worlds Fair jewelery and costume jewelery that match the clothes she wears.

THE WINNERS

School championship in paddle tennis goes to Jeanne Vanderpool and Dick Erwin of 209. They played Betty Mason and Robert Mavis of 314 in the finals.

UNUSUAL PETS

Many Whittier pupils have unusual pets. Just think, Dick Root used to have a dog with six toes on each hind foot and Bill Smith's dog sleeps on its back all night. David Johnson has a chicken with four feet and four wings which he is going to enter in the next State Fair. Don Hoback has two pups born without tails. Herman Schmidt has a lizard that changes color. Dick

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P ide rit and Bob Hend rix have a pet crow.

Gene Sundeen has a black and white pony named Tony. Louise Davisson has a marked cat with white feet, a white fluffy neck, and a nose with a small black spot on the end. Kenneth Smith has a pet snake. Don Bykerk h a s two g oat s , a pig, and a horse. Earl White ha s a pigeon. A sparro w i s the pet of Jane Bish.

La Verne Whiting has three unusual pets. They are a gold fish named Goldie, a pet rooster named Rocky, and a pet canary named Mahli. Imogene Shuttle sworth has three white winged ants

Lois Nelson used to have a cat with one g r een eye, and one blue eye . It also had seven toes on each front foot.

Dick Brooks seems to have the most unusual pet story of all. Here i s hi s sto r y. "In the summer of 1934 our cous i n caught a young crow just learning how to fly. Soon after he caught it, he gave it to my brothers and me. We kept him in a cage for a while. Then we trimmed his wings and let him out.

He quickly learned to go back to his cage at night and get in. He also began to say, "Hello," and say, "Poor Pat," for Pat was his name. We were never bothered by cats for Pat would pinch them and only once did he have to do it.

A friend came over one day to see him. He thought that they would pet him. Just as his hand was about to reach Pat, Pat hit his hand and cut it badly enough that it bled. We owned a la r ge g r ay cat that would not even go near him. He would eat bread potatoes, meat, vegetables, mice: sparrows, and anything eatable and some things not. Dogs ( Continued on page 6)

November 17 , 1939

KEEP WHITTIER CLEAN

''The government men that are washing the walls are very coo perative and are doing a wond erful job," says Mr. Culler. "They work from 7:30 to 12:00 A.M. and from 12:30 to4:00 P.M· It is a shame to have pupils unthinkingly, I hope, mark up the clean wa lls. If they would stop to think, they would reali ze that the men are paid b,v ta x es paid by their parents and I don't suppose they would do such things." Let us show some resp e ct for the work that these men are doing. How about it, Whittier citizens?

ALUMNUS TAKES LEAD

We have mentioned elsewhere in this issue that Dale Burleigh, a former Whittier pupil, has a lead ing role in a Lincoln High School play production entitl e d "Blood Money," spon s ored b y the Mummers club. We also mentioned that he was a pupil in lVIl'S. Shike's drama class while at Whittier.

Mrs Shike says, "When Dale was first in my drama class he was quite tall for his age though only thii'teen. He was a ve r y brilliant boy and had a marvelous vo ice. Everyone liked him. He soon took the lead in a play entitled 'Flambo, the Clown.' I think that his fine voice has made him a success."

MY KITTEN

She 's just a li ttle ball of fur, With two sparklin g eyes; She hides and then comes leaping out

To give me a surprise. And when she 's tired of playing games,

Upon my lap she leaps And curls herself into a ball, And purrs awhile, and sleeps.

-Janis Pochop , 304

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THEY SAY

In Miss Peterson's third period English class, they were picking out prepositional phrases . The question was asked of John Emmons, "What is the prepositional phrase in the next one?"

John didn't know the place so he said , "Which one is it?"

Miss Peter s on then called on som e one else. When she called on John again for numb e r seven she said, "Where are we now?"

John replied, "In the dark." He was right for the sentence read, "Why are you sitting here alone in the dark?"

The other day Mary Alford went to Miss Miller to talk about 9A committees. It seems that Miss Miller didn't recognize Mary because she started telling her what a nice girl Mary Alford was. When Mary told Miss Miller that she was the famed Mis s Alford, both parties were slightly embarrassed.

Lewellen's head and asked him if he wanted her to make him grey he aded. Dick replied. ''If you ask me you're doing a swell job of it already ."

In Miss Zamzow's sixth period class, Shirley Staats and Joe Giest were guessing a page in a book to see who would go to the Chamber of Commerce. For three consecutive times they both guessed the same number without looking at one another's paper. Shirley finally won this con test, of course. Don't women always win?

The other day Paul Browne in Miss Cross's fourth period class got a small sliver in his hand. Nurse Cross coming to the rescue removed the sliver and the patient is doi ng as well as can be expected.

When Anna Greta Sorenson was asked what her home economics class was going to have for their dinner she replied, '' Mrs. White and Mrs. Riley.'' We believe the young lady misunderstood the question.

CLINIC BUSY

In the game to decide the championship of the third in three base, Miss Zamzow made a futile attempt to return a foul ball back over the fence. Perhaps Miss Zamzow should invest in some Charles Atlas exercises. 3

A case of the dead coming back to life, or something like that! Anyhow in room 310, Bob Smith pronounced Ebenezer, a horned toad which came from Mr. Culler's garden, as dead as a door nail and erected a cross in its honor. Immediately the toad, true to its obstinate nature, turned over as if awakening from a sleep and blinked one eye.

The clinic has been quite a busy place for the past few weeks, as examinations have been given and taken. All kinds of examinations have been in progress. There has been much peering into eyes, ears, throat, nose, and teeth. The doctors who have been assisting our nurse, Miss Freeburn, are Dr. Janet Forbes and Dr. John Merideth.

BOYS SERVE TEA -

They say that Edith Hutch- An innovation occurred at the inson's jaw wiggles from St. teachers meeting on October 31 Vitus Dance, but you might ask when Dick Schultz and Russel the Wrigley Compan y. Sloan of home room 110 served

The other day Edith Hutchin- Itea. The boys did a very fine job son held an eraser near Dick I of it too.

THE WHITTIER GREENEALF

FACTS ARE FACTS. October 27, which a number of Whittier pupils attended.

Archie Black of 314 went to Diane Lantz of 212 gave a Missouri to visit his grandparents Hal1owe'en party to which some over a week-end recently. of her old friends were invited Nina L:vberis and Betty Ross and a few of her neighbors. both had Hallo we' en parties. Dorothy Weston, Warren Mildred Harral, Betty Haack, Weston, Henry Clap, and Marie and Bonnie Feis went to a Bouman attented a Hallowe'en Hallowe'en Sunday School party party on October 25 at the Y. M.

given recently.

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was once a writing teacher and enjo ys writing fancy letters and putting de s igns on them. I hope some day to meet her and have a lovely visit. She will be seventy years old in 1940. Her name is Coradell Lovewell."

GUESS WHO!

C.A.

SHE, is a small girl with dark Josephine Gandara of 108 Mildred Harral of 209 and her hair and light gray eyes. She brought some Mexican tortillas two sisters, Gladyce and June, for pupils in Miss Hooper's walked to Seward, Nebraska, We s born in Hastings, Nebraska, Geography classes. Each tortilla Friday, October 27. on March 9, fifteen years . ago. wa'-\ wrapped in a napkin. The 308 1·ecently had a very inter- She enjoys all sports but e spepupils and Miss · Hooper appreci- esting home room program spon- cially swimming. She is rather ate the kindness of Josephine and soi·ed by Doi1 ald Cai·r. It was 1'n · · d 1 a1t1stic an oves to dance and her mother very much. tlie foi'm of a Kay Kyse1·'s l)l'O- k s ate : She adores red and wears Patty Stout, Rosalie Skidmore, gram. Pupils enjoyed it imPatsy Ackerson, and Mary Alford mensely . attended a birthday party given Esther Rosenthal of 302 went by Barbara Gooding, while Roy to Columbus, Nebraska, over a Fish had a bir th day party on week-end recently while Betty October 24, which was attended Thomp son spent a week-end reby Rolly Johnson, Anna Mary j cently at her aunt's and uncle's. ~ouse, and Carroll Brown. A good Betty Ross of 209 attended a time was had by all! ,,· ' , n T

Th M -11 t · d Fl b.i.1de s sho,\-e1 on Sunda.y, Noe 1 er wins an orence b 5 Rebensdorf had a skating party vem er • 0 t b 23 t C •t 1 b h Dorothy N ausler of home on c o er a ap1 a eac . G t · 1 d d • A, room 105 has been transferred to ues s me u e many nme s E tt tl d • B' h • d h 1 vere recen y. an nme s w . 0 rnJoye uge Y Ruth Ostwaldt 7 A f h m a very grand tHne and exper- ' a 0 0 e ienced many falls. room _106, tells of an mterestmg

Marjorie Preston of home room experience of h_ow an unknown 316 went to the Live Stock lady came to \\'T 1te letters to her.

Ak-sar-hen Show at Omaha on ' "On January 3, 1928, I celebrated October 26. my first birthday. My picture

Esther Schwindt had a Hallow- was in the Lincoln Star. Later e'en Party, October 31, where Janis Pochop, Virginia Rieter, Edna Rebensdorf, Rose Sinner, Betty Glantz, and many others were guests. It was held at her home.

Norma Jean Greenburg of home room 207 has been transferred to Irving while Ralph Steckly of home room 310 has been transferred to Bethany.

Rose Lintt of home room 112 gave a Hallowe'en party, Friday,

my mother received a lette1· from a lady in Lovewell, Kansas, saying that her birthday was on January 3 also and she was delighted to know one more. She said to excuse her for taking the privilege of writing us, but she would like a real phot ograph.

it a s often as is possible. Her home room is on the third floor. She has lots of friends, but Mary Louise Brodie is one of her especially, especial pds. She li kes all of her t eac hers and particularly Miss Kier.

HE, is a shortish boy with light brown hair and blue eyes. He was born in Lincoln on March 23, about fourteen years ago. He 1·ides a bicycle, likes most games, and svrims some. He enjoys sports s uch a s football and basketball. His favorite color is blue and his home room is on first flo01·. Besides sports he enjoys some quiet pastimes like reading. His intimates include Don Wiggans and Tom Watkins. Notwithstanding that she is several hundred miles mvay, he greatly admires Hedy Lamarr and hope s to make her acquaintance some day. He likes his studies and his teachers. He also sings in Boys' Glee Club.

Mothe1· sent her my picture and Small Boy: Does the giraffe she has corresponded with u s I have a sore throat if it gets its ever since. feet wet?

"This lady_ was ~orn on Janu- Big Brother: Yes, but not until ary 3, 1871, m Albia, Iowa. She the following week.

Novem ber 17, 1939

TWENTY-FIFTH CENTURY ANIMALS

by Jack Bates and Charles Rawson

Chapter 1

One day in his laboratory, Dr. Bugab oo was working on a new invention , a ship called the ''Bugaboo Special," the pride of his heart, a ship designed for stratospheric expeditions. On this particular day, the ship was to be sent off to the stratosp here. Dr. Bugaboo wasn't feeling well so he decided to go to bed and arise early in the morning to be sent off on his adventure.

Butch Malone and Slugger McNutt, the soci al elite of the underworld , were standing by the Thirteenth National Bank. Slugger spoke. "I don't think we shoulrl crack dis bank, Butch. It's the thirteenth, and it's jinxed."

"Aw, dry up," said Butch, "we gotta have some dough."

"All right," Slugger agreed, ''but let's get the thing over with."

Silently they entered the bank. Crash, bang!" Hey, you, Slugger, keep quiet," said Butch.

"But I couldn't help it if I tripped," agreed Slugger.

All of a sudden they heard a siren. "De cops," Butch said flatly.

"Come on," Slugger yelled, "what ya draggin', a truck?"

"Naw, I'm gettin the dough,'' replied Butch.

Swiftly the two fled down the alley. They climbed into Dr. Bugaboo's Special knowing nothing about what it was. "Turn on de lights," said Butch. Slugger groped in the dark, found a lever, and pulled it.

The sensation whic h followed was indescribable. With a lunge the ship headed skyward. The two men stood in amazement. "We're moving". yelled Slugger.

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Finding the light switch, he turned it on.

Butch looked around. ''An airplane!"

''Yeah? Well , where are the wings? And an airplane don't go straight up neither," re plied Slugger. .

"Well, I got the money anyhow, but where we're going I don't think we'll need the money."

With two frightened passengers aboard, the Bugaboo Special sped swiftly though the night. Within a few hour s, land was sighted . "We're home," yelled Butch.

"Good old mother earth, " said Slugger. The rocket zoomed down toward the planet. "We're gonna crash. 2

Crash! The ship hit the ground.

(To be continued in the next issue)

MONDAY MORNING

Once more we resume our tasks, Once more we do what teacher asks,

Although we do it against our will

And we give the teachers looks that kill.

When she gives you a bawling out , It will do no good to sit and pout, Some day her you will r epay, Until then, listen to what she has to say.

There's that teacher who speaks so deep

It almost does sometimes put you to sleep,

Let me give you warning, It's like that on Monday morning.

- Audrey Thornskar

THE PRAIRIE DOG

The prairie dog which was on display in front of the office was given to Mr. Dewey, one of our custodians, by his brother-in-law from the western part of the state. The animal is much like a

chipmunk and is much like a squirrel in color. It lives on the prairie and has a home in the ground. Usuall y prairie dogs live in packs and have regular villages under the ground.

ALUMNI NOTES

Dale Burleigh, a former wellknown Whittierite, has a leading ro'le in the olay, "Blood Money," SlJOnsored b y the Mummers Club of Lincoln High. He was a former member of Mrs. Shike's drama class.

Phyllis Overman was one of those pupils who assisted with physical examinations at Lincoln High.

In preparation for the swimming meet , Betty Coulter turned out at practice every Tuesday and Thursday.

Betty Jean Franklin and Connie McBride have been chosen captains of girls gymna sium classes. Betty Jean w a s chose captain of Ca pios team and Connie was cho se n captain of the Shadrack a me Shack a Bendigos - Bandies for short.

Phyllis Holbrook read sixty-five books during the last summer.

9B'S GO ON TRIP

'l'he 9B group, on their civic league trip , met at the Stuart theater on November 2, at 8:50 A. M. with Miss Towne in charge. The speaker was Professor Haney of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Nebraska. A group of Mrs. White's 9B girls presented two songs, ''Old King Cole'' and ''The Owl and the Pussy Cat."

Miss Cross, Miss Curley, Mr. Updegraft, Mr. W. F. McMullen, Miss Kier, Miss Peterson, Mrs. Barrows, Miss Mary Wilson, and Miss Hult were teachers attending from Whittier.

THE GREE rs

We have been interviewing some of the girls to see what they think of playing football. Here are some of the replies. Edith Hutch in son of 303 thinks

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captains are: 205 - Virginia Metcalf, 107- Elaine A dams, and 802 - Helen Eirich.

UNUSUAL PETS

(Continued from page (2)

it 0. K if the girls don't tell were the only animals he was their grandmothers. Naomi W o- ' afraid of. big of 310 and Marion John son We got P a t a short time beof 314 think it 0. K. providing forn my little brother could walk. they don't break their necks. By the time he could walk, Pat

Elaine Adams of 107 thinks it thought he was the ruler of the swell if the girls don't fall in the p lace. Well, one day my littl e same spot twice. Lu cile Cozad of brnther was playing in his sand 316 and Marie Bouman of 310 pile when Pat thought he had think the girls should learn to been there long enough. He t ried play the game and they think it to drive him away, but Tom a very active sport. didn't leave soon enough to su it

Like most gi r ls Marjorie Ra- him so Tommy got pinched in mel of 112 thinks the girls would several places. On his legs there get too stiff. Patsy Fitzimmons were big red welts where Pat of 3 10 thinks it's just for boys. had pinched him. In time Pat got Dorothy Foreman of 310 thinks used to him an d left him alone. it's good for the girls. Darlie We had Pat until about the first Heckman of 310 thinks it' s 0. K. of September, 1939, when we if the girl s don't get wi ld. Mary gave him away."

November 17, 1939

THE WHITES

The b oys h ave been play in g a n ew game in gym lately It is called soccer volley ball. It's just like volley ball except that when serving you kick the ball instead of hitting it. The team which has possession of the ball serves it to their opponents who try to catch it. When the other team misses the ball, it counts as a point for the side that served

Several teams have been eliminated from the football tournament because of loss of two games . Seventeen teams lost the first round, but many of the teams that won are getting beaten in the second round.

Some outstanding players are: Dick Bruns, Harry Fox, Bob Hannaman, Gene Kirkendall, Tom Morey, John Williams, Lesley Lantz, and Charles Ward. . In a game the other day betwe en 305 and 208 a nothing to nothing score was held and so the team that made the most yardage in one down won the game.

ANSWERS TO "GUESS WHO"

Alfor_d of 307 think s the girls Calvin Blo y d has six white need some fun once in a while. mice to keep him company. Last, but not least, Louise Davisson loves to play football.

First floor champs were 103. The ir captain is Moyne Miller and the captain of 108, the runn er -up, is Donna Hartman.

SHE: Mercedes Miller, 316 HE: Paul Browne, 106

Brown hasn't had his hair cut in ten years. He must be mad. No, bald.

Because of the following rooms losing two games, they are automatically eliminated from the tournament: 102, 105, 209, 210, 216, 301, 304.

Some other home room captains are as follows: Mary Helen Smith, 102; Georgetta Billings, 10 L1; Wilma Meyers, 105; Elizabeth Kahler, 106; Alma Telecky, 110; Shirley Wright, 112; and Rosemary Wickstrom, 203. this? Check up your teams more Do you know t he story of the carefully. three holes?

The most exciting game of the week is over. 316 and 103 played for school champs in three base. W are proud to a ward 316 the honor of being school champs. Previously 103 won over 220, the second floor champs.

For soccer-baseball the school champs are 205. They won first - and second floor champs from 107 and school champs from 302. The No . Well, we ll , we ll.

Have you heard the new Eskimo song?

No, what is it?

Freeze a jolly good fellow

Amy Hock: I'm continually breaking into song.

Harry Fox: You wouldn't h ave to break in if you'd get the key.

A few of the above teams won but in the end lo s t because they played players who had sevens Can't w e do something about

DAM E WINTER

Dame Winter will soon be upon us,

With snow and ice and sleet, And then we'll go iceskating, A sport that's hard to beat. Yes, soon will come winter, After the fall, Let's salute Dame Winter, Best season of all.

- Elaine Arn h olt, 308

The Wh ttier Gree eaf

Vol. 17 No. 5

LINCOLN,

STYLE SHOW GIVEN

NEBRASKA

November 29, 1939 Price: Five cents

GIVING THANKS FOR WHITTIER GIRLS

Every year that we are living, We always celebrate Thanks-

giving;

At th~ style show presented by The smell of turkey fills the air Miss Elizabeth Shaw on Novem- 1As we bow our heads in silent ber 20, many attractive costu prayer.

1 MISS GREEN PRESENTS LIBRARY WITH BOOKS

Miss Green upon leaving Whittier presented the library with a fine collection of one hundred books for which we are very thankful. These books consist of were displayed by Whittier i Miss Shaw is from the c a single soun Sewing Service in New York rand pa ask

Costumes were modeled by e fill our he following girls: Dorothy Lam , thanks, LaVonne Webb, Jean M • Scheer, Shirley Staats, Ebert, Pearl Shore, arie Leikam, Esther Dinges, M rceline Fazel, Gloria Green, M xio Miller, Beverly Campbell, es e Jean Brown, and Kathleen e

Costumes which the g 1 s seemed to enjoy the most w e: ''Suited to Style,'' ''Slim Pr1cess," "High 1 and F 1in g, ' "Change • About," "Miss Popularity," and ''Homebody."

VISl

Thanksgiving Hit Parade Omaha. going to Wy

This is the Thanksgiving Hit teen White •

Parade coming to you from Whit- Louise Davis

fairy tales, western tales, advenu res, old fashioned stories, ries especially written for boys n girls, and mysteries. Forty of ese books are different from any f the others we have in the lib , and the others are extra of those we already have. Mis Green's favorite authors in t s collection are Chapman, Ki ·11g, Terhune, and Snedeker. e has spent a great deal of h time and money in selecting 1ese books, and Whittier pupils appreciate the privilege of having em to read. Miss Green, , ., _.,._...., tier thanks you!

P. T. A. Meets

On T _sday, November 14, a tier Junior High School. We conducted a scho • . meeting was held. Mrs. find for wh tlii gs pup - ""1----..il , w n,;:,E, , -':J,,'~..,_ tney gave a talk and most thankfu d ere are a few ..... - of 31 some Whittier pupils under her of them. -rand direction gave a demonstration

Number ten is that we are as a guest at her home. Darlene of party games. The pupils par- thankful that our country hasn't Sh • • d h a greedy leader; number nine, for asteen 18 gomg to spen er ticipating were: Moyne and having God and the Bible; number Thanksgiving in Omaha while 1 Mercedes Miller, Pearl Shore, eight, that we have freedom of Aline Leupold spends her Thanks- Martha Michel, Mary Louise press, religion, and speech; num- giving at her grandmother's in Brody, Sylvia Betz, Scott Irvine, ber seven, that we can go to Kansas.

Tom Watkins, Myron Armin trout, school and have all of our fine Jane Bish of 308 is going to Duane Carr, Paul Browne, and teachers; number six, that we spend her Thanksgiving in Nora, Richard Lewis. Mary Alford was are alive; number five, that we Nebraska, visiting her grand- accompanist. • have a warm place to sleep; num- mother. Betty Latta's grand- The Girls Glee under the diber four, that we live in America; father is coming to visit her, and rection of Mrs. White sang the number three, that we have our Doris Dugan will entertain her following songs: "Old King Cole," parents; number two, that we are grandmother from Rapid City, "The Slumber Boat," "The Owl not in war; and number one, that I South Dak~ta. Iand the Pussy Cat,'' and ''O we have enough to eat. (Contmued on page 4) I Sole Mio."

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Founded and establish e d in 1924 as the official studen t publica tio n of Whittier Junior

Hi g h School. p ,-l bli s h ed bi-w eek ly during the school y ,• ar by tl:e Whittier Junior High School

p u pi ls.

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

1\1: ss Hul t Mr Gammill Miss Cro s s Mi ss Pet ers on

GREENLEAF STAFF

Edit or- in-chi ef l\la r y Alford

F e atu res Edith Hutchins o n Dick Le we lle n

Stories and Poems Lucille Cozad

Tommy G riffin

Girls' Sp01 ts Elaine Adam s , l'vfarie Bouman

I3oys' Sports Ea r l Moses Jack Nic ko2ns

Fashions ·····················-···················ElaineArnholt

Humo t· Janis Pochon

Ex c hang es Marj or i e Rarn el Twilla Huff

Typi s ts Amy Hel e n H o ck Edwa1·d H ers t e in : Harry Fox

REPORTERS

Mar gare t Dimmick

Nao mi Beutler

Na o mi Wobig Marian Johnson

PRINTERS

Hany Eck ert Ha ny K olb

D o n Gab e lh ouse Tho mas McEvoy

S cy mou1· Goldb latt Charks Ov erto n

Ri c hard Greenburg Henry Prnsser

L eroy Haar Ku 1t S ie n k ne cht

Bob J o hn so n Ga:·th Willshire

R'cha :·tl K Pnn e dy D oris Dau , h erty

George K o h ! l\ Ti lrl_rc tl H ,at Ta l

WE GIVE THANKS

Sometimes we never stop to realize all the things we have to be thankful for. Let us be thankful for our homes. our parents, our friends, our Whittier school, all the advantages we have in America and most of all our enduring peace. For all of these things let us be truly thankful.

PUPILS ATTEND SYMPHONY

Monday morning, November 20, the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra presented a concert for the pupils of Lincoln junior high schools. Five hundred Whittier pupils were there.

The program included: Overture, ''The Thieving Magpie,'' "Valse Triste," "The March Of The Toys" from "Babes In Toyland," "The Young Prince and Princess'' from the ''Scheherazade Suite," and "Natchez on the Hill.''

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving day in the United States is a day set aside annually for the giving of Thanks to the Lord for his many blessings.

In Plymouth colony the first dreadful winter, during which almost haJf of the company had died, had passed and the summer was over. So, with the coming of fall and since the corn crop was gathered, Governor Bradford set aside a day for Thanksgiving Great were the preparations! The women cooked for days before the occasion preparing delicious dishes . Guests, in the persons of fourscore friendly Indians, were invited. The meal was served out of doors. There were prayers and speeches, and three days passed before the Indians returned to their tasks.

The custom of giving thanks finally spread to the other colonies but there was no uniformity. After the war some states had annual Thankslgiving. Others did not, and no proclamation was issued by the president. Finally Mrs. Joseph Hale, editor of Godeys Ladies Book, took an ir1tense interest in the subject and for twenty years sent out pleas through her journal for a Nationwide Thanksgiving. She wrote letters to each of the presidents and in 1863 her efforts were rewarded, for President Lincoln appointed the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day. 'fhus Mrs. Hale won the title of ,, Mother of Thanksgiving."

From 1863 the same day has been regularly set apart. The president annually makes a formal announcement and the governors of the various states issue proclamations calling on the people to give thanks.

November 29, 1939

We of the Greenleaf class are hoping that you will have a nice Thanksgiving and will come back all ready for lots of work.

INTERESTING PEOPLE

Margaret Dimmich came here this year from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where she attended the Hope we ll Avenue Schoo l. It is not a junior h i gh school, but runs from kindergarten to eighth grade. Eighth grade is entrance to Collegiate High there. They don't have a big test at the end of the year, but an exhibition of the work done. Pupils have the same teacher for about half of their studies.

They receive their grades only once a yeai· and are graded by numbe rs to a hundred. Sixty and above is a passing grade, and beto much."

They don't have a school paper nor do pupils take pa_rt in running the school as we do. The school day staits at nine o'clock and ends at four o'clock, with a school year of ten months.

Befo1·e coming to Whittier this yea1·, Dick Lewellen lived in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he went to Washington Junior High School. In this school the pupils do n ot have a hand in governing the school as they do here. The day starts at 9 :00 with the noon rece ss beginning at 11 :55, taking up again at 1 :15 and closing at 3 :15.

Dick said that the greatest difference in schools is that Whittier is much larger. They received their grades every s ix weeks and were marked from A to E. Dick and another boy started a school paper there all by themselves, but he remarked, "Confidentially, it didn't amount low is failing .

November 29, 1939

PEACE

Silence. There was no movement in the small cabin. Father, mot~er, and two daughters sat mot10nless. · Had they heard the foo~steps of an Indian or was it their imagination? "Father " whispered the oldest girl. ' "Sh-h-h-h," replied the man and all was still. The silence was sudd enly broken by a light rap at the door. Mr. Mat h er rose then Mrs. Mather. Togethe~· they walked to the door, unlatched it, and opened it. Deerlike, the figure of an Indian slipped in. A cry came from the girl s. Mr. Mather recognized the Indian as the son of Chief .Thunderbolt. "What do you want?''

''Father not know me come,'' began Little Chief. ''Me want you have this," and he drew forth a small leather bag containing gold. Mr. Mather started to speak but Little Chief lifted his hand for silence. "Her save me " he said, pointing to Grace, "fr~m bad white man. Also you keep my dog. Him keep away danger. I go now Big Chief Thunderbolt come tomorrow to maku m peace treaty." He left without anothe r word.

There was a moment's silence. ''Go to bed, girls." said Mrs. Mather calmly. After they had le ft she said, "John, you know what this means, don't you? Now Alic e and Grace need not suffer what you and I did.'' The ·next day the white settlers and Indians made peace and lived as brothers for many years.

- Dorothy Muehlhausen, 108

_THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THANKSGIVING DAY

When the wind is blowing, And ~he ground is, oh, so white, And 1t keeps on snowinoAll through the long. lo~g night,

But I'll bet next year when I go to Gramp's, I'll say, "Not so much food I don't want the cramps." '

WAS IT THEIR FACES?

Then on Thanksgiving Day 3

We can use our sleigh Greenleaf pictures for the nine And go to grandfather's house · A issue have been taken. In fact, to stay. some of them have been taken

As we go in the house, there are _twice, the first time on October greetings of cheer, 16 and the second time on No-

For they know we've been wait- vember 14. Maybe it was because ing for this all year, of the way they looked at the The dog's jumping and barking camera. Anyhow some of the for he is glad, pictures were blurred. It is the

But the turkeys can't gobble. firS t time that this has ever For they killed all they had. happene d_. ____ _

The table . is laden with good things to eat,

Pumkin pie, dressing, sweet potatoes and meat

Celery that's not strin~y, Fruit cake that is fresh

Plenty of mashed pot;toes to fill every guest,

Cranberry sauce and hot mince pie,

I ate so much I thought I'd die.

When dinner was over and the dishes were done,

We gathered in the parlor to have lots of fun,

Some played bridge and some played chess,

PUPIL EXHIBITS ANTIQUES

Walter Gochnour of 208 has brought to Whittier a few very beautiful old antiques which have been put into the case down by the office for Whittier pupils to admire. They are a blu e pitcher of lovely design and a sca:loped fruit dish both from Pennsy 1vania each one a hundred years old. Walter has also brought a piece of petrified wood that came from Arkansas. Whittier wishes to thank Walter for the opportunity of seeing these price 1es s possessions.

Each played the game he liked best, WHITTIER'S THANKSGIVING

But as for me I played none, DINNER

Fur my stomach was as tight as p •1 t· k k ab . b d enc1 s 1c tur ey, Chalk 1g ass rum; d And th · th . h mashe potatoes, Soap water en m e evening w en I H the t k l gravy, ot notes stuffing, Ping ur ey was coo , I ate again like an awful fool· pong cranberry_ sauce: Algebra

AI1 d h •t t· ' peas creamed with Latm carrots w en 1 was 1me to go to E 1• h ' b d ng 1s salad, Basketball ala-

M e ' mode pumpkin and mince pies, y stomach hurt as well as my and water offece. head

Dentist: You needn't open your Mother said, "Castor oil for you Door-to-door Salesman: Is the mouth any wider. When I pull my dear," master of the house in? your tooth, I expect to stand IIt's the same old story each and Weary Young Father:Yes, he's outside. every year, asleep upstairs in his cradle.

TURKEY GOBBLES

The Reverend Petunia H. Billswater leaned luxuriously back in the stout kitchen chair and beamed ingratiatingly upon his attentive audience.

"A very fine dinner, Mizzes Smith. It's not often that a trav' ling preacher like myself is invited into any of my congregation's homes and treated so kindly. I speak often to negro audiences but seldom do I see a woman as kindly as you.''

Mrs. Smith, beaming, urged some more food upon the Reverend while Rastus Ignance, age nine years, wandered up to the Reverend's, knee. "Mist' Billswater," he squeaked, "does youall think that there 's going to be a good Thanksgiving day, day after tomorrow?''

'' Ah-h-h. '' The preacher took an enormous red handkerchief from his bulky pocket and blew his huge nose noisily . ''I've heard," said he," that if it rains the day before Thanhgiving often the turkeys' gobblers get hoarse and that makes them taste extremely bad on Thanksgiving D ay . But one never knows." With these comforting words Reverend Billswater turned to a more intere8ting subject, his evil smelling cigar, while Mrs. Smith stacked th2 dishes in the dirty tin sink.

Rastus lgnance, however, took the preacher very seriously, and he slunk from the house and to the woodshed in extreme dejection, for the skies were cloudy and suggested rainy weather in the offing. "What's I gwine do?" he asked a piece of wood as he sniffed and rubbed his little black eyes with a grimy fist. "We 'ust gotta have some good turkey dis Thanksgiving! What's I gwine do?''

As night came and with it the patter of rain drops on the roof, a small scared figure crept cau-

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tiously from the door and into the chicken yard whe re their Thanksgiving turkey was roosting in an apple tree. With extreme discomfort, Rastus climbed nimbly up the tree and grabbed the turkey, which squawled noisily.

"Now y ou Mist' Turkey, you ain't gwine lose your gobble and t as te bad to us ca'se you ain't gwine git wet. "He put the turkey in a sack which he was carrying and then he shinnied down the tree

A loud, anxious voice was heard not for away while Mrs. Smith's huge form blotted the light in the cabin doorway. "Rastus! Oh Rastus!'' The small boy quavered and turned to flee. Then, as his mother emerged from the doorway, he stepped from tree to tree and thence to the house through the doorway w bile her broad back was turned. He jumped into his bed, stuffed the turkey between his feet (so he could keep it from wiggling) and pulled the covers to the tip of his chin as his mother puffed into the room.

"Well sakes alive! Rastus! You, Rastus! Where y ou been? Don't you all pretend to be asleep caze I got eyes an' I knows dat you was gone."

As she paused for breath and as poor Rastus opened his terrified eyes, a faint gobble was heard from the direction of th€ end of the bed. "Land sakes," breathed Mammy as she sank breathlessly into a chair.

THAT AWFUL REGISTRATION

No that won't do. Hm! Let me see. All this confusion has to do with the annual registration. Worry, worry, worry. Tch, Tch. Well, some of us are bested by the 9A's as they have already finished. Electives are the worst worry.

November 29, 1939

STATION F-A -S -H-I-O-N

Top notes in fashions have a fall-time signature which will soon lead into winter. As the cold wind nips our ears and toes and pinches our ch ee ks, dress warmly, girls, in short coats without belts and wear ''Fuzzy Toppers.'' Angora anklets go well with sport shoes and a "Sloppy Joe" sweater will be exellen t with a flared, gored, or accordion pleated skirt.

KIRKY

There once was a turkey named Kirky, Who al ways ac ted so perky, On Thanksgiving 'twas said, They chopped off his head, And that was the end of the turkey.

- Elaine Arnholt, 308

WHERE THEY'RE GOING

(Continued from page 1)

Esther Schwindt will be m Crete, Irene Schleiger in Hastings, Darlie Heckman in Friend, and Dorothy Foreman in Waverly. June De Vore is going to Arapaho e

To places farther away from home will go Florence Leger, who will travel to Chicago, Illinois, and Rose Lintt, who will be in Loveland , Colorado. Ralph Grabish and Clifton Greene are also going to spend th e i r vacations in Chicago.

Jack Runyan of 209 is go ing to Arap ahoe, Nebraska, and Frances Lovelace of 210 will be in York while Betty McKinny will go to Grete.

Floyd Himmel of 209 is going to Iowa Falls, Iowa, and Betty Haak of the same home room will vacation in Blue Springs, Nebraska.

November 29, 1939

lT JUST GOES TO SHOW

He jammed his cap on his head, tucked his books und e r his arm, and walked slow ly down the steps. Two weeks and nothing to do! No grand meal for him. Oh, yes, they'd have a Thanksgiving dinner. Sure, they'd have the regular ration of baked beans and hash, the general food for that day of the wee k, for Mrs. Mulligan's firm belief was that Thanksgiving was merely another day. Just because Mike and her son had to work on all holidays, she went to no trouble to make a holiday more pleasant.

He kicked the gravel in disgust as he passed Jack's house. Jack was going home for Thanksgiving and it wouldn't be a hole in his pocket b ook either. His folks had money galore and could afford to send him money to go home on.

Gee, he wished that he had money enough to go home on. Boys weren't supposed to get home sick, but he felt awful funny in the very middle of his bre ad basket.

As he turned up the walk, Bill, his roommate, came down the steps, his pockets jammed full of apples. ''There's a lette r for you, Dale. It's on the bed in our room," said Bill.

"Okay," replied Dale. He ran upstairs, opened the door, slamm ed his hat on a hook, and at last p icked up his precious letter. The minute he opened it, a green bill fell to the flo.or on Mrs. Mulligan's old hooked rug. Gosh! It was a ten dollar bill, enough money for a new suit case and a ticket home.

He lifted his shoulders, blinked the tears back and started rummaging through his drawers at the same time pursing his lips to whistle "Yankee Doodle."

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

TWENTY-FIFTH

CENTURY ANIMALS

By Charles Rawson and Jack Bates Chapter II

The men were 1uckily thrown clear of the wreckage . The y were both unconscious. Butch groaned "Where am I? Slugger, oh, Slugger, where are you?"

"I'm dead. If I ain't, I wish I was," said Slugger. "That blamed airplane fell like a ton of bricks, maybe two ton."

Butch looked beside him. There was an animal resembling a dog, but it had only three l egs, one eye, and wing "Whoa! Get away from me," said Butch.

"All right! You don't have to yell. I can hear," replied the creature.

"It talks. Now I know I'm dead," moaned Slugger.

"No, you're not dead because dead people don't move," said the animal, "and why shouldn't I talk? I'm the King of N ewba on the mighty planet of Mars. I'm one of the few N ewbas which has the power to talk so treat me with respect," said the vain creature.

"Aw, dry up," said Butch, "or I'll blast ya!"

"Guard, guard, arrest these men," cried King N ewba.

"Now ya have done it," said Slugger. "You're always lippin' off. Well, anyhow we can't be any worse off than we are now."

Quickly they were seized by the Royal Imperial New b a Guard and taken to Aras, the capital of Newba.

(To be continued)

Farmer: Come on. I'll show you how to milk a cow.

New Hand, Nervously: Perhaps I'd better start on a calf.

WE'RE THANKFUL FOR-

Big Feet: Janis Pochop and Marjorie Ramel.

Wise Cracks: Tomm y Griffin.

Time To Rest: Billy Griffin, Merwyn Merryfield.

Chatter: Marilyn Franks.

Chewing Gum: Earl Moses.

Notes: Mary Alford.

Paper Wads: Twilla Huff and Jacqueline Wilson.

Day Dreams: Jack Nickens.

Gossip: Charles Smith.

Dark Eyes: Edith Hutchinson.

Football: Dick Lewellen.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We would like you to know that the original linoleum block turkey for this issue was made hy Elaine Elliott, a pupil in Miss Ferguson's commercial art class.

OH

WHERE, OH WHERE WILL THEY BE'!

The following teachers are going out of town for a muchneeded Thanksgiving vacation from us boys and girls. Miss Kier is going to Omaha. Mr. Wells and Mr. Welch are going duck hunting.

Mr. W. A. and Mr. W. F. McMullen are going to Ansley, Nebraska, to f church convention. Miss Helen Madsen will spend her vacation at home in Nebraska City. Miss Veerhusen will go to Adams, Nebraska.

Miss Mumford will go to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Miss McGrew to Auburn, Nebraska. The rest of the teachers will remain in Lincoln eating turkey and resting.

The Host: It's beginning to rain; you'dbetter stay for dinner.

The Guest: Oh, thanks, very much, but it's not bad enough for that.

THE GREENS

We are proud to announce that we have a cheering section consisting of three people: Betty Flory o f 220, Vivian Schwi~dt of 205 and Mary Helen Smith of 10 2 '. Wh e n 310 was playin g 305 in basPball th e other day, these che e rers came and yelled for 305 , and 310 won. The day after , 303 was playing 314 in baseball ::ind they came again. Surprisingly enough 314 won. Are these cheerers bad 1uck?

In the second tournament in baseball in the championship rounds, 103 won from 1'08 b y an 11-8 score. The pitche r s w ere Mo y ne Miller a nd Pearl Shore of 103 a nd the losing_ pitcher, Do nna Ha r tman. 220 and 222 played fo r seco nd floor cham ps with 220 up settin g 2 22, 9-4. The pitchers were Dorothy Johns of 220 and Phyll i s Hok e of 222. The thi r d fl o or cha mp s a r e 310. They upset 3 0 4 , 6-1. The winning pitch er w as Ma r i e Boum a n an d t he losing pi tc h er, Ja ni s Pochop.

It seems that girls are getting the right spirit of pl ay ing football. We h a ve s e en q uite a few playin g The y don't h av e a football but the y u se a b a s e ball instead.

When your home room los e s a game, don't crab over it. If a player i s a friend of the umpire, that is no sign of his or her cheating for his friend's side. When you lose, t a ke it with a smile and s ay , "W e did our best but the y were bette r ."

The freshies a r e really going to town in playing soccer b a seball. Alice Gage of 203 kicked her shoe off while kicking the ball. Let's advise her not to kick so hard.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

The school champs in the second baseball tournament are

November 29, 1939

THE WHITES 220.

FACTS ARE FACTS

Hats off to 305 for that won-

derful game they played with 222. We also want to congratulate 222 on the fine sportmanship they B t L showed throughout the game as Sunday, November 5 , ~t Y ou 305 marched on to victory with a Jelinek took a trip with her final score of 49 to 0. parents to Falls City to see Credit goes to Charles Ward Nebraska's first oil well. On the for the trick play of the s eason way h o me they stopped at Ar bot used in a recent game, 108 versu s Lodge in Nebraska City. 208. Taking the ball, he called , Jacqueline Wilson of 307 has "Hey, Chick, "to Charles Taylor, been to Syracuse and Omaha one of the referees. The opposin g recentl y . team thought h~ wanted to s~y Carmen Quack en bush, 3 0 5, something to Chick and let him gave a skating party Saturday, past the line without any opposiN ov ember 18, which was attended tion. He walked past t~e backhy a large group of 9B's and field over to where Chick w~ s 9A's. standing. After he was past their

Frances Hart, Barbara Mack, backfield, he started to run, and Amy Helen Hock directed by touchdown bound, with an open Miss McGrew are dressing dolls field ahead. Although he didn't for Christmas to give to poor make the touchdown on this run , children. he paved the way for one a fe w

Home room 305 is glad to wel- minutes later. come a new pupil to Whittier. She is Dorothy Hagstrom from Omaha.

LOST: A small tan coin purse containing a box of le21d and twenty - four cents. If found return to Betty Lou Jelinek of 210.

THEY SAY

There must be a sleeping disease going around. At least a lot of pupils are trying to catch a few winks during classes. For instance, Frank Johns tried it in Civics the other day. It resulted in the taking of his temperature and other unnecessary precautions.

ALUMNI NOTES

Some of the former Whittier pupils are surely taking a great part in Lincoln High athletic activities. Harriet Turner is the captain for the sophomores in speedball. Her team consists of Betty Coulter, Janet Howerter. and J an e Lawrence, all former Whittierites. Winifred Nelson i s the captain of the Fighting Five team.

Virginia Null won a letter and an emblem in the fall tennis tournaments.

Visitor: I can't tell you how delighted I am, Mrs. Smith. My son Tom has won a scholarship!

Tourist: How's business here Farmer's wife: I can underabout? stand your feelings perfectly. I Native: It's so quiet you can felt just the same way when our hear the notes at the bank a pig won a blue ribbon at the block away drawing interest. county fair.

TheW ·ttier G een eaf

Vol. 17 No. 6

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

New Grading System Used Applications and

Grades, or whatever we may

December 8, 1939 Price: Five cents

Merit System Approved

Petitions Filed

call them, were different this I All l'fi d Wh'tt· t . qua 1 e 1 1er vo ers time. Instead of the old famrh&r will go to the polls for prim ary 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 , we were rated S for elections on D ecem ber 11. The Satisfactory, U for Unsati sfac - winners of this election w ill be tory and F for Failure. Most the candidates in the general pupils seem to like the idea. election ~n January 8.

Great mterest has been shown

A over t e country educators in the commi·tt t b h

11 h

1 k . f b d. ees o e c osen . are oo mg or a etter gra mg Thirty-seven boys and fortysystem. Their aim through this seven girls applied for places on new grading system is to reveal the playground committee For not only what school work the the ush er committee thirteen pupil is doing but what the pupil boys and thirty-seven girls apcan do as well. Pupils are being plied, eleven boys and twentycalled in to express their opini ons two girls for safety, and four on the subject. While this is only girls for property. Also eleven an experiment, it may be the boys and twent y- five girls apbeginning of an entirely different plied for the office committees. grading system. Seven girls applied for social

More Unusual Pets

games committee membership. Pupils who are running in the primary election are:

We must have started some- Girls' President: Mary Louise thing. Here are some more Cousins, 203; Edith Hutchinson, unusual pets that we thought you 303; Dorothy Johns, 220; Rosawould like to know about. lie Skidmore, 110; and Joyce Darold Rohrbaugh has nine Stuve, 212. pets in all, three squirrels and six Boys' President: Jack Manrabbits. He named the three ion, 212; Charles Ward, 108; squirrels the "Fritz Brothers." Rolland Dudley, 205; Tommy The rabbits are unnamed. Griffin, 110; Joe Geist, 110; Dick Jean Balance has · a pet turtl e Lewellen, 310; and Dick Erwin, which she calls "Oscar." Emma 209. Lofink has a pet goose. Mildred Girls' Vice President: Maxine Heaton has six goldfish one of Miller, 212; Gloria Green, 205; which is named "Spotty." Rose Ebert, 208; Alma Telecky, Lois Umberger has a pet canary 110; Jean Marie Scheer, 208

1ich she calls ''Honey.'' Joan Joan Overman, 203; and Daroenig has six pets which include leen Healey, 308. e bird called "Sluggy Kootch," Boys' Vice President: Tom d five fish called , "Popeye," McEvoy, 300; Arden Means, , us," "Wimpy," "Olive Oil," 1207; Dick Schultz, 110; Robert and "Oliver."

(Continued on page 6)

The merit system was voted in as a part of our school gov e rnment as a method of selecting committees of the civic league, on November 20. The voting took place in the home rooms 843 students accepted the whole report w bile sixty-six rejected it. Fifteen voted to make changes in parts of the plan. All home rooms have not voted but enough have done so to make a majority.

The plan in brief provides that each applicant must file recommendations from three teachers. Any pupil may do this. From these applications and the results of the test which each applicant must take, committee members are chosen.

Bikes Registered

Registration and inspection of bicycle s began at Whittier last week following the bicycle test taken by all pupils on November 24. License plates and registration cards were given to all pupils passing in the test and having b icy c 1es in safe mechanical condition.

The licence plates are blue and orange and the registration cards made to be carried in the pocket book. A three-way file will be kept li st ing license and police number of the owner alphabetically. Bicycle owners will now have a better assurance against theft.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Founclct.l an<l established in 192 4 as the

official st ud en t publicalion of Whittier Juni o 1·

H igh S~hool. P'-lbli•,hud bi - m.•ekly during- the

sc ho ol y, ar by th ·wh itlicr .Jun i or Hi g- h Schoo l rupils

FAC U LTY ADVISORY BOARD

l\I:ss Hult :!\fr. Gammill M;ss Cross l\li~s Pdl'rson

G REEKLEAF STAFF

Eclitor- in - chicf ............... Mary Alforcl

Fealu1 es ....................... Edith Hu tch ins on .............................................. Dick Le ·.,·cllen

Stories and Poems Lucille Cozad ........... Tommy Griffin

Gil'ls' SpOi ts ·-···· · Elaine Adams Marie Bouman

Boys· Sports ...... Earl Mo cs ................................ Jack Nick -:ns

Fashions Elaine Arnholt

H umoi· ................................................. Janis FochoD

Exchangcs ..... l\1arj or i e Ram e l T,Yilla Huff

Typi ,ls ............................. Amy Hel e n H ock ....................... Edward H e r s t e in , Ha rry F ox

REPORTERS

Mar?:arct Dimmi ck Naomi Beutl er Na omi vYohi g Marian Johnson

Harry Eckert

Don Gabelhouse

PRI TERS

S, ymour Goldblatt

Richard Gr eenburg

L c•roy Haar

Bob Johnson

R:cha:d K Pnn e dy

George Kohl

Hany K olb

Thomas l\1cE vo y Chai l1•s O verton

He111·y Prosser

Ku1 t <;:ienknecht

Carth Wil tshire

D o:·i s Dau g- h erty

Milrlr, ·d Harral

BE A BOOSTER

The newe st thing in Whittier is the new grading system which is onlr an experiment. Of course, there are always a few people who die hard and think that everything new will turn into a catastrophe. When new things are introduced, let's give our enthu iastic suppo rt until we find out just how bad or how good the y are. Who knows? Maybe this time you were saved from a seven by a couple of check mark~.

TWEN TY-FIFTH CEN TURY ANIMALS

By Charles Ra wso n and Jack Bates.

Ch a pter 3

On the way to Aras , the capital of Newba, Butch and Slugger saw animals that you usually see in nightmares Th e guard s and King N ewba paid hardly any attention to them, but as for B utch and Slugger they just about had

fits. Butch laying his hand on "Nellie," his trusty automatic, said, "If just one of those babies moves, I'll plug him as sure as I'm standing here."

As the small party rounded a corner, they came upon a Reamer, th e most fearsome animal in the Kingdom of ewba . It had a large horny head with long curved fangs and a snakelike body with a powerful tail that could cut a dozen men in two at one stroke. King N ewb a and the royal guards became panicky As for Butch and Slug g er, you should have see n them shake.

The Reamer was coiled and ready to strike. The royal guards threw down their wea pons and fled for thei r lives. The King fainted and fell right in the Reamer's path. Butch, still having his hand on his autom atic, drew and fired three shots which pierced the Ream er's h orny h ead . With a cry of agony, it fe ll dead

This scream brought King N ewba around. "What happened?" he asked sl eep ily Then he looked around. Ther e in front of him lay the dead Reamer. "You saved my li fe !" h e exclaimed "Y ou shall have a ny reward y ou want ."

"We want to go home," said Dut ch.

"Y ou said it," replied Slugger.

"Why didn't you say so?" said King ewba. "We have a new roc ket ship which needs testing and nob ody has volunteered as yet, so you can try it out for us."

"An ything to get off a dis old planet ," said Butch.

"Well, let us be off to the capitol then for I know you are anxious to be off altho ugh I don't know why," said King Newba. "I thi nk this is a very nice planet."

"Well, I don't," replied Slugger.

"Well, it's a pretty nice planet," put in Butch quickly not

December 8, 19 39

wishing to offend the King, "bu t I like earth better ."

"Let us be on our way," sai d the King, "now that all the excitement is over."

After a fifteen minute walk, the small pa rty reached the bea uti ful p a lace . It was made of precious gems, diamonds, rubie , emeralds. "Boy , looka da spark- lers," said Slugger .

"Yah dey ure look purt y," agreed Butch. "I'd sure 1ike io live in dis burg ."

" Why don't yo u take my su gge sti on and stay ?" 1·e plied th e King,.

"Let's go to the rocket ship, " sa id But h t ry ing to change the su bject.

"O m y, do you think you're go ing home in a rocket sh ip '? They ha ve been ou t of date fo1 · fifty years . You're going in a Spyress . Just think of it! The first p ersons to trav el in the invention of the century!"

"Yah, only I hope dat Spy r e.ss or whatever yo u call dat thin g works."

"Or we' ll be pushin u p daisies," br ig htly put in Butch.

"Dat's not f u nny ," said Slu gger . "But first y ou must dine with me," said the King.

"O. Y., I'm starved ," sa i d Butch .

(To be concluded in the next issu e.)

FACTS ARE FACTS

Some Whittier girls have an organization called the W-T-W club . The letters stand fo r ''W ha t to Wea r. " Those bel ong in g are: Lucile Cozad, Mary Louise Alford, Ela ine Arnholt, Elaine Adams, Marjorie Ramel, Janis Pochop, Naomi Beutler, and Amy Helen Hock. Their interest is chiefly in the la tes t styles.

Carol Browne spent November 23 and 24 in Atlantic, Iowa, visiti ng his two cousins and their famili e s.

De cem her 8, 1939

MRS. SH IEK'S ALPHABET

J Alert attitude

Busy

Clean inside and out

Disposition to work

Ears open

Faith with your teachers

Good posture

Head level and up Interested in your job

Junior High a good school

K Knowledge increasing

L Listening and learning

M Making good friends

N Nerves steady

0 Out of mischief

P Peggin' away

Q Quiet part of the time

R Respect for ''the other fellow"

S Sweet

T Ten commandments

U Undesirable pals-away

V Very enthusiastic about your work

W Whittier's standards

h i g h

X Xc ell ent character

Y Yo ur heart tender

Z Zip , zeal, and zest

AR E WE E DUCATING BIRDS?

Since wh en has Whittier taken up the ed ucation of birds in the art of ne st building? It seems that such is the impression for the oth er day a nervy, little, brown spar r ow chose Whittier's thi r d fl oor as his territo r y for flying. Whittier students sent for a cu stodian and finally sent the b ir d on its way out a rest room w indow .

Mot her: Tom, were you a goo d little boy at church today?

Tom : Yes, Mother. A man offere d me a big p l ate of money and I said , "No thank you."

T HE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

C. L. TRIP TAKEN

3

Miss Ferguson were Miss Fergudaughter?

A not h e r Civic League t ri p ha s Mis s Jones we r e Mi ss Jo ffe s ? been taken this semester. This Miss Schofield were Miss Sebotime it's the 8A's. They met at prairie? the Stuart Theater, Thursday , Mr. Heston were Mr Hestoff? November 23, where a fine pro- Mrs. Swisher were Mrs. gram was arranged for them. Swishim?

First the Everett Junior High Miss Mumford were Miss 8A Chorus sang for them under Mumchevrolet? the direction of Mrs. Gribble, Miss Cross were Miss Gentle? and second, Miss Winters, assis- Mr. Culler were Mr. Crayon? tant principal of Irving, intro- Mrs. Shike were Mrs. Sjourne y? duced Dr. Williams, a specialist Miss Clark were Miss Clboat? on city and social planning. Dr. Miss McGrew were Miss Williams gave a very interesting McShrink? talk that was aplJreciated gre atly. Teachers from Whittier who Miss Cur 1e Y were Miss accompanied the 8A's on their Permanently? trio were: Mrs Childress, Miss Mr. Gammill were Mr. GamMiller, Mr. Strawn, and Mr. plant? Culler.

GUESS WHO

He is medium-sized, brown haired boy in H. R. 305 . He likes athletics and participates in them at every opportunity. He sings in Glee club and types for the Greenleaf. He is on the playground committee and likes Mr. Wells pretty wel l. He has good grades and likes his studies She is a yellow-haired girl from 316. She likes athletics and is a leader in all sports. Her penmanship is outstanding and she is on the playground committee. Her clothes are of the finest, and although she plays around a b it, she also likes her studies .

WH A T IF

Mr. Updegraf t were Mr . Downdegraft?

Miss Hooper were Mi ss Looper?

M is s Madsen w ere Miss Happsen?

Misses Wilson were Misses Wildaughter?

Miss Peterson w er e Miss P eterdaug h ter?

Miss Kier were Miss Mason? Miss Ralston were Miss Ralspound?

Miss Zamzow were Miss Zamzouch?

THEY SAY

Gerald P ea se has lately acquired t h e common but most unusual dis ea se that is going around Wh ittier. "Test-i-tis" it is called and seems to be almost incurable . Fay Rumbaugh has a milde r case which is often called ''copy i tis. ''

In Mr . Strawn's third period Junior Business class, Archie Black told Mr Strawn that he had made a mistake on the board. Mr. Strawn bet Ar c hie a candy bar that he h adn't. As a r esult Mr Black collected a handsome candy bar from the defeated Mr. Strawn.

If you insist on reading other people's letters you m a y be disappointed. We know of two Whittie r ites tha t found a letter with sweet words in it. Their interest grew only for them to find at the end of the letter, ''Your lo ving mother.''

THE GREENS

Games will soon be inside and we want to review some of the important things. We will enter the gym from first floor only. When you reach the gym we expect you to stand near the walls. No screaming ! When a game is exciting, you may clap your hands. We will not carry eats to the gym. And you must have tennis shoes.

When games are not scheduled or when forfeited, we see girls playing sides. Some of these games are very exciting. Boys play with the girls also and they make the most outs.

Elaine Elliott finds football very interesting. The other day Elaine and two of her pals were watching a game. Elaine said, "My what a lot of boys for a pickup."

A little boy next to her replied, "Picku·p nothing. That's 108 against 305." It so haopens that 108 is her horn::? room.

The playground committee has decided on some games for inside. They are soccer baseball, soccer three-base, kickpin, and nine court baf,ketball. Basketball will be played on Tuesdays an d Thursdays of every week. It has been decided that only 9A's and 9B's and 8A's can play. You must be on a team.

APPLICATIONS AND PETITIONS FILED

( Continued from page 1) Smith, 104; Eugene Parsons, 203 ; Dwane Tej cka, 203 ; and Robert Berg, 205.

Girls' Secretary: Marylouise Brodie, 104; Shirley Staats, 205; Lucille Egger, 312; Iona Lee Sehnert, 110; Kathleen Healey, 208; and LaJean Perry, 303.

Boys' Secretary: Kenneth Smith, 112; Charles Rawson, '-0 3; and Robert Thompson, 208. ,

THE WHITTIER GREENEALF

SuME FOLKS

Some peonle are alergic or bowlegged,

Others have measles or mumps, Some folks have appendicitis, And some get all of the bumps.

Me, I'm not cross-eyed or bucktoothed,

I don't suffer from warts or neuritis,

The very main thing that I suffer from

Is good old fashioned ''test-itis."

SAVED BY THE BELL

No longer does the old familiar bell ring in the Whittier mess hall at 12:15. Why? Because the civic league officers now dismiss a table when it becomes quiet. This way pupils quiet down when they know that their dismissal depends on silence.

PUPILS LEA VE AND ENTER

A number of pupils have left us recently, but several more have taken their places.

Georgette and Bradley Billings have been transferred to Jackson. Dorothy N ausler now goes to Everett while Mark Taggart has moved to Denver. We have Walter Burback, Samuel Loos. Ed ward Loos, and Carolyn Leikam, who have come in from the beet fields.

Donald Mitchell has come from Wymore while Joyce Arlene Anstine has entered from Holdrege. Dorothy Hagstrom has come from Omaha recently while Anna Joyce Smack has entered from Washington.

We also have Clyde Mosher, Jerry Gass, and Rex Culver from Everett. Audrey Roth entered from Jackson while Helen LaRue came in from Havelock.

ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO

1. Harry Fox

2. Florence Rebensdorf

December 8, 1939

THE WHITES

One of the best and most exciting games of the tournament was the contest between 302 and 108. Gene Kirkendall has shown exceptional talent in passing, the majority of his passes averag- ing about thirty-five yards

Old man winter will soon be here and outdoor sports at the noon hour will be few and far between. Let us remember that a large amount of noise out of doors equals a little in the gym. Don't yell at the top of your voices:

Get out your rubber soled shoes for the first stormy day. Basket ball and volley ball will soon be on our schedule and you all want to be ready to help your team start out right.

In the game between 103 and 302 both teams showed excellent playing. Kirkendall again brought out some of those long passes. 103 held the score 7-0 until 302 went over for a touchdown and made the extra point which made the score 7-7. Both teams were now fighting for a touchdown when the bell rang. They had one down apiece to see who could make the most yardage. 302 made the most. Nice going, 302.

An all-star football game was played on Nov. 28. The players were some of the best that Whittier had to offer. They are as follows: Bob Bruns, James Plock, Gerald Ro bin son, Charles Ward, Dick Schultz, Leslie Lantz, Arden Means, Walter Somerhiser. Eugene Parson. Scott Irvine, David Krcmarik, Darwin Fredrickson, Don Handy, Gordon Smith, Merwyn Merrifield, Earl White, Don Gablehouse. The game was a semi-climax of the Whittier football season.

The last game of the tournament, the championship game, was played off between 305 and 302 on Wednesday, Nov. 29. 305 won by a score of 32-0.

TheW i ttie r Gr ee n le af

Vol. 17 No. 7

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM GIVEN DECEMBER 20

The Christmas p~ogram given by the drama, music, and physed departments and spon e d by Mrs. Shike, Mrs. Whit , and Mrs. Ross was presente on December 20, at 8 :30.

The drama class pr vided a play, "What is a King ?" The characters were : Dick U wellen, King, Mary Louis,e Brodi e, princess, Marjorie Preston, Queen, Donald Handy and Alb t Schlei ger, Jesters, Charles Martin, Nicholas, Violet Forney, Troub adour, Darleene Payne, Spirit of Christmas, Rose Sinner, Christmas Star, Wesley Morrison, Santa, June Keane, Mr.s. Santa, Esther Schwindt, Child, Albert Schleiger, Glen Hrdlick a, and Don Holtorf, Shepherds, speaking stage committee, and Gladys Bur

Mr. C..l]J1 ~ , -.;..,,.,,~~"'( ,.-, pressi ve, Christma

The gle r opriate Chri rou:u danced t "Jingle Bells." This assembly was very impressive and Whittier puptls enjoyed it immensely.

Whittier Enjoys Movie

On December 13th the pupils enjoyed two unusua1ly interes ting films , "We Drivers" and "On Two W he e l s . " They were presented through the courtesy of Lieutentant Bennet of the police department and shown by Mr. How land of the Board of Education .

December 22, 1939 Price: Five cents

AChristmas Parade

The gingham dog and the calico cat

Walked at the side of old Jack Sprat; The three bh mice with the three little pigs Walked down the str::...;e;.:.e~=-e..,;: three little j,i,gs

The K. lo And girl Last o a With m l

LARGE VOTE POLLED IN PRIMARY ELECTION

Eighty-eight per cent of Whittier pupils voted in the primary ,2lection held on December elevhe leading home rooms as mber who voted were ninety per cent and 103 with eighty-eight

t January 8, 1940, at8:20 promptly. We want to wish you the best of all wishes and hope Santa will be good to you. We hope you won't get that every-holiday fever and eat too much.

Christmas Thanks

The Christmas bell& are ringing our thanks and appreciation to Dwain Carr of 300 for the tricky Santa Claus on our front page.

ho from the results of ries are now eligible general election to be on December 8 are: Presi: Joe Geist and Rolland ley, Joyce Stuve and Ma ·y ise Cousins; Vice Presi: Robert Smith and Arden , Gloria Green and Alma y; Secretaries: Charles n and Robert Thompson, Louise Brodie and Shirley tion polls were in rooms d the gym balcony. rds were comthe polls A. M. to a tie 1 and the allow or the general election so a recount of the votes was called. It revealed Mary Louise as winner. If th at had not been the case, a coin would have been flipped.

Whittier To Broadcast

Be sure to turn your dial to K.F.O.R., Saturday, December 23, at 10 o'clock and the familiar strains of Whittier voices will reach your ears. They will present the Christmas program which we heard here at school.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

F ound ed and est abli s h e d in 192 4 as th e

official student pub lic at ion of Whit t i er Juni or H igh School. P,..iblish ed bi - week l y during the sc h ool y,ar by tl:e Whitti er Junior Hi g h School pupils.

FAC UL TY ADVI S ORY BOARD

M:ss Hul t Mr Gamm ill Miss Cross Miss Pderson

GREENLEAF STAFF

Editor-in-chicf l\Iary A lfonl

Features Edi th Hutchinson

Dick Le -.Yc ll cn

Stor i es and Poems Lucille Cozad T ommy Griffin

G:rls' Spo 1ts

Elaine Adams , Marie B ouman

Boys · Spo r t s Earl Moses Ja ck Nic k.,,ns

Fashions ····Elaine Arnholt

Humo, Janis Fo~hoD

Excha n g-es Ma rjori0 Ramel

Twi ll a I--Iufl'

T ypists Amy Helen Ho ck Edwanl H erstein Har ry Fox

REPORTERS

Marp;aret Dimmick Naomi Beullcr Naonii Wobig l\la r ian Johnson

PRI::--;TERS

Hany Eckert

Don Gabe!house S ymour Goldblatt

Ri ~hard G,·ecnburg

Leroy Ha ar Bob .J olu~son

u·cha cl K,.nnedy

Geoi-p;e Kohl

Harry Kn!b Tl~omas l\1cEvoy

Chari s OYerton

Henrv P··0ssc1·

Ku· t •f:ie ·knee lit

Ga·th W:l shire

Doi·i s D au• hc,·ty

Milrlr<'tl Harral

HOLIDAY WISHES

Well, this is the big day to

THE WHIITIER GREENLEAF

panied the 8B's were Miss Cross, Miss Veerhusen, Miss Schofield, Mrs. Pinney, Mr. Heston, Mrs. Childress, Miss Ralston, and Miss Jones.

NEW YEAR

The old year has gone As the crowd marches on; The new year is here \'Vith much joy and cheer . So let us rejoice As w e hear the crowd's voice, And may God this earth bless With peace and happiness.

-M.R. 112, E.A. 107, E.H. 303

WE RESOLVE

December 22. 19 39

THEY SAY

Th a t Twilla Huff keeps he r diary keys on the laces of her shoes. We hope she has nothin g to hide

That Elaine Elliott and Margaret Pinkerton are through roller skating already. Any how it' s been said that after starting ou t to Havelock and ending up at Uni Place they proceeded to tr y their hand at some gymnastic s. Elaine says, "I'm so sore I don' t even want to hear roller skating mentioned again fora long, lon g time. , , We believe you, Elaine

That Dick Lewellen, edito r of the ''T he y Say'' column, was s o hard up for copy he had to ge t

We resolve for 1940 the follow- down on his knees and beg th e ing: To pay more attention to my reporters for it.

school work than to writin g

That it must have been a notes and shooting rubber bands miS t ake when Mrs. Boschult asked George Kohl what h e -Walter Somerhiser. To quit staring into space-Dick Hudkins. wanted. He answered, "LockTo concentrate- Eddie Smith. jaw." He was really looking for a reference book.

To stop letting off steam- Bennie

That an entertainment was Peters. To stop fussing with our which most of us have looked hair -Evelyn Bodfield, Barbar a held for Miss Jones' second and forward since the beginning of Mack, and Kathleen Healy. To fifth period classes when Mis s school. First we want to wish Schemel sang songs in German. stop singing in Greenleaf classyou all a "Merry Christmas" Mary Alford, Lu cille Co zad, The occasion was a civic leagu e a nd a "Happy New Year." Edith Hutchinson and Twilla trip.

S. P. (Special) Please don't Huff. To quit winking- "Pop" That teachers are allergic to peek at your presents and don't Heston, Tom Watkins, Scott sweets but the other day Mr. shake 'em too awfully hard be- Irvine, and Miss Kier. .Culler was seen eating a lollipop cause it's likely to spoil Christ- ________ and he seemed to be in a very mas. Don't make too many reso - Conductor: Sorry, madame, but peaceful stat e of mind. lutions and try to keep at least we have just learned that t h e That Tommy Griffin was thinkone half of 'em. With these last station where you intend to get ing so hard the other day that warnings we bid you goodbye off has been burned to the he slid into the wastebasket. unti l we meet a ga in next year. ground. There he lay with his knees in

8B's GO ON TRIP

The 8B's while on thei r c1v1c league trip, Thursday, December 7, met at the Stuart the ater. Their speaker was Mr. Everet Hunt of the First Trust Company. Whittier teachers who accom-

Lady: That's all right; they'll the basket, hel pless as a babe, proba bly have it rebuilt by the and it took Earl Moses to get time this train gets there. him out.

Teacher: Johnny, What celery?

Johnny: Rhubarb with blood pressure. is TAKE NOTICE

We want to g ive credit to Doris low Duggan who wrote the poem , "Thanksgiving Day" in Issue 6.

De cember 22, 1939

CHRISTM AS BEHAVIOR

Sa nta is a gay old fell ow

With his bag of toys, D olls with hair of brown and yellow.

Electric trains for boys, S kates and wagons, games galore, Mos t anything you'd want, H e's got just everything and more,

A stuffed bear, a dog, an elephant.

All you've got to do is keep Right on minding Mother, A nd then while you are sound asleep

He'll leave one thing or another,

Maybe a train if you've been good

Or a box of crayons bright, A nd if you're in athletic mood

A football for delight.

Make out your list for Santa now , Write down your slightest hopes,

Then Santa will know exactly how

Much you want jacks and jumping ropes; Gi v e the note to Mom and Dad

To mail to Santa Claus, A nd then if you have not been bad

Y ou'll get th em just because .

If you have not been good all year

N ow is the time t o start, Le t the BEST in you appear, Pr ove you mean it from your heart;

If Mother says, "Dry dishes,"

Do it with a smile; Saint Nick will r emember your wishes

And make it worth your while.

Remember what I've told you, Be good from now till •then,

THE WHITTIER GREENLE AF

It's best to be good the whole yea r through, Than late your ways to m en d ; I know your folks you'll all obey Till Santa visits you, So, Merry Christmas! Greetings gay!

To one and all of you - Alma Harral, 220

TWEN 1 Y-FIFTH CENTURY • ANIMALS

( Conclusion)

Dy Charles Rawson and J ack Bates.

Entering the palace Butch and Slugg,2r were amazed • at the splendor of the furnish i ngs. The King rang a bell and a quee r looking animal appeare d . Its head had a reddish tint to it and it had five a rms, two legs, and a ta il. "Dinner,' said the King. The servants ,.-ere cat-like creatures, but had only two legs and four b. i ls and their color was indescribable.

The dinner, as Butch c~escr 'b ed it, was fried dog biscuits, boiled chowburg, roasted mirrors, and to drink they had root juic ~ . "That was the daffiest meal I ever ate, but it was good ,'' said Butch. "vVell let' s be gettin' home."

"All right, let us go to the 8 pyress base," r e plied the King.

Th Spyr<~ss was a funnels rnped ship wit h no controls. Butch said, "How are we going to drive the thing?"

"You won't have to. You see. there is magnet in the end and it i.s s11bject to the gravity of the ei=i.rth."

"I do n't understand, but I gue " s it's all right." The two men climbed into the hip.

"I wish you would stay," s~ •d the King, "but I guess I can't )ers uade you."

"I'll say you can't," said Slugger. "We Jl, let's go.'

"Cut the ropes," commanded the King. The great ship gTc cefully descended from its ba.s.2.

"Kinda different from the first trip," remarked Butch.

"Yeah," said Slugger. "We onght to reach eai'th in ::i.bout twelve hourn so let's take a snooze." They fell into a peac,2ful sleep and awoke when the ship stopped with a thump.

"Well we're home," cried Slugger, "good old earth."

"Ya, but where are ,v e ?" said Butch.

"\V,2 11, there's only one way to find out. Let's get out of this thing."

"We're in the middle of a road," said Slu gger. "I'm afraid we're holdin' up trrJfic. L oolu:i. da cars."

Soon a p olic eman arri ·ed. "Aw c'mon," said the cop. "The commissioner will want to h ~[). r your story." No t wishing to arouse the policema n 's suspi cion, they went along with him.

When th,2 y arrived, they y•erc usher ed directly to the commissioner's office. "S eems to r.1e l'v2 seen these birds som ewhere," said the commissioner.

"Yeah, 111-e too," replied the cop.

"Let's ask Kelly. He has c ph otoo-raphic memory ."

"Good ir~ea. I'll ge t him now."

Butch said, "vVh y , re n-n 2ve r b -b-been in j-j-jail befoi·e."

"If yo u don't have any thin g· to hide, you won't have any c ause to worry, but if you 're wh o I think rou are, you will lrnvc plenty of time to think about it, if ya get what I mean."

Just then Kelly c;:i.me in. "Butch and S n,:?·r;er," he y"lJed. "As I live and breath~, faith r1.n '

(Continued on page 6)

A TRUE.EXPERIENCE

When I was just a small tot I went up to see Santa Claus who was in a local department store. I was sitting upon his knee relating to him what I wanted when I began to fall floor-ward. I grabbed desperately at his whiskers and off they came! I, along with several others who were behind me, was sadly disappointed lo see Santa without any whiskers. Mother then escorted me home good and fast. When we reached Mother's destination, I received my share of Christmas presents. Ouch!

-Tommy Griffin

GUESS WHO?

She is a shortish girl in -7 A and home room 308. Her favorite color is green and she adores roller skating. She pals around with Dorean Killian. She likes to write stories and poems and hates cauliflower. Sh e takes Greenleaf and is a campfire girl. He is a tall slim boy with dark brown hair. He is crazy about red and resides in home room 210. He is in 9A and is a Civic League officer. He is a boy scout and takes printing. He hates red hair and gets good grades.

.RESOLUTIONS

New Year's the time for resolutio ns, Now what have we done wrong? Let's try to get at the solutions, Even if it's with a song. You can sing your troubles away, Try making other children gay; All of us can mind our Mothers, And help to right the wrong for others.

-Naomi Wobig

THE WHITTIER GREENEALF VACATION BOUND

The following people accompanied by their happy thoughts of being out of school for two weeks are going away for Christmas.

Janis Pochop will be at her aunt's and uncle's in Pierce Nebraska, while Betty Lou Jelinek is going to her grandmother's in Schuyler, Nebraska, where an uncle and great uncle will come from Cody, Wyoming, and perhaps some relatives from Sterling, Colorado. We have Francis Lovelace going to York and Oscar Wisbey going to his grandmother's in the conntry.

Helen DaYenport is going to vacation in Wilb e r, Nebraska, vvhile Billy Grehm will spend his ,·acation in lVIadison, Wisconsin, and Mary Louise Cousins will go to Missouri. Vaughn Wright will go to Grand Island, Nebraska, and Mary Lea Ferguson will spend part of her vacation in Crete, Nebraska. Gloria Zier ..v ill spend a week in Omaha as will Joy Sandstedt while Evelyn Williamson is going to visit Boys Town.

Verna Biltoft will go to a farm near Ruskin, Nebraska, while Tommy Griffin plans to ride his bicycle accompanied by a former pupil of Whittier, Jim Standley, to Geneva, N2braska, to visit relatives if the weather permits. Marjorie Williams plans to go to De1w c r, Colorado.

Darleene Stalgren will be with her father on a farm near Kanaraclo, KansaR, while Robert Smith is going to a farm near Ashland to visit his cousin Elaine Adams. will spend part of her vacation in Omaha and Helen Krumm will vacation in St. Paul, Minnesota, Mexico, Texas, and Florida.

December 22, 193 9

Bob Johnson of 107 is going to Los Angeles, California, and J eaennett Fristoe will spend her vacation with her grandmother in Fairbury, Nebraska.

FASHION TIPS

Wear plain color,ed socks , n eY er plaid or striped. Anklet s 2 re a ppropriate for both summer and winter. Three-quarter lengths are completely out according to Vogue.

Costume jewelry should always -match the clothes with which it is worn. Too much jewelry gives that "over-dressed" look-example : three rings, hvo bracelets, a breast pin, and a n2cklace, all worn at the same time. The result would be hilarious. Hint-a well-groomed person very rarely wears more than three small articles of jewelry at one time.

Always wear the colors that best suit your coloring. Always have your finger nail polish match and blend with the clothes you \Vear.

As far as hair styles are concerned, curls complete ly covering the head are the lat est thing. A bit of braid makes an attract .ive hairdress along with curls.

Mary had recently joined the Sunday School choir, and her mother was pleased to see that she was taking pains to learn the new hymn for the following Sunday.

"But, dear," she inquired, after Mary had recited the words a number of times with fair correctness, ''don't you have to learn the music too?''

"Oh, no," Mary responded, "the organist plays that."

MICHAEL'S CHRISTMAS

The six O'Le ary's lived in a small, bleak cottage. There was first, Mrs. O'L eary, and then the children, Michael, Rose, Jamie, Jackie, and six-year-old Kathleen. Their father was dead and Mrs. O'Leary did what best she could to feed and clothe them.

One night as the children were all stretched out near the fireplace and Mrs. O'Leary was busy with he r knitting, the fire crackled noisily on the hearth. Michael was studying very hard on his school work when the children began to talk about Christmas and Santa Claus, Rose saying she would like a new dress, Jamie some building sets, Jackie a beautiful toy fire trnck and Kathleen exclaiming that she'd like a doll that had real hair and would go to sleep, more than anything else in the world.

Michael hearin g this looked sorro wfully at his mother who had also heard their conversation . Unfortun ately , both Michael and his mother knew that they couldn't possibly afford to buy these things. Yet, how disappointed they all would be to wake up on Christmas morning and find their stockings empty.

That ni ght in bed Michael l~ept thinking about this. Finally he thought of an idea. It was snowing hard outside his window. He would start right after school carrying his shovel and shovel the snow off the walk. He was pretty sure there would be quite a few peopl e who would be willing to hi re him.

The minut e school was out he began to go about his work. He had just earned two dollars when a tough, slovenly looking fellow came up to him and said, "Hey, squirt, you better scram. We started this business in th2

neighborhood and we're going to finish, too, see?" l\Iichael just

A LAST WARNING about lo st his t21nper but he si- Christmas is almost upon us, lently left. After he had left and everyone is creeping about them about a mile back, he started s hoveling snow again. sticking queer bundles behind He shoveled the next night and his back when caught and going the next until he finally reached on many secret missions. It's fun his goa l of six dollars and fifty to gi ve and receive Christmas cents. -presents and when you come upon

Just before the day he ·was one ahead of time, it spoils the going shopping, he went to his real thing on the big day so chest of drawers for the money. don't snoop too much. He looked back of the mirror for And last but not least, don't his chamois skin bag. It was say that there really isn't any gone! He searched everywh~re, Santa for that will be a great giving way finally to a numb mistake. There is a Santa Claus despair. for he is the spirit of Christmas

That evening while h 2lping giving and we ' d mi ss lots of fun Jamie and Jack make sail boats, without the jolly old chap. So we he went to his toolchest b ac k of of the Greenleaf class wish you a his chest of drawers. Groping very Merry Christmas and a prosaround in the dark for a ham- perous New Year. Until the next m er , his finger touched some- issue, which is the 9A one, we thing sof t. His heart skipped a bid you adieu! beat! Was that the jingl e of ------coins? He was tr,embling as he CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS brought it to the light. Sure enough! The chamois bag had slipped off the chest of drawers into his open tool chest.

On Christmas everyone hung up his stocking including Mrs . O'Leary. Christmas morning arr jved and everyone found hi s stocking full. Mrs O'L eary beamed as she unwrapped her gifts and as Michael looked fondly at the glistening pocket knife he had bought for himself, he agreed with everyone that it was the best Christmas he'd ever had.

AN APOLOGY

And what it means to me.

I'd like to know- I s Santa re~l, Or is it just a rumor

That Santa keeps you all day long Laughing and in good humor?

To see dear Mrs. Santa Claus Would just be my delight, And I may see her very soon If I behave all right.

- Margaret Dimmick, 320 •

CHRISTMASTIDE

There is a time each year, When children shout with g]ee; 'Tis Christmas that is near, With fun for you and me.

- Naomi Wobig

Please excuse the printers , Mrs. Shike, for the misspelling of your name in the last issue of the Greenleaf. It was all due to somebody's dropping the type. I love to wait for Chrjstmas, To see a Christmas tree, To know what Christmas means to you

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

THE WHITES He talked to Butch and Slugger privately in their cell.

There was a very exciting game played, December 6 on field When he came out, he was ex2. Davey Huff was by far the cited "Those two men have conol!tstanding pla~er on the win- tributed immensely to science," rni:ig team cap_tamed by Eugene he said. "It is undoubtedly th e Wilson. Dave mtercepted a pass t t d • half way down the field and ran , ou s an mg feat of t~e century. about forty yards for a touch- But they have committed a terdown. The conversion for the rible crime, I realize, and they extra point failed. It was an must be punished." attempted pass to the end zone "Ya, dey robbed a bank and which was blocked by D O n swipes your rocket ship for a Wright, the safety man. Johnny g etaway," said the Sergeant. Williams captained the losing "Dat otta give them about ten team. years up the river."

The game ended in a 6 to 6 tie In a few days the trial was which was played off by the held. Because Dr. Bugaboo tesyardage method. Each team was tified in their b~half, the sengiven one down to see who could tence was very lenient, three make the most yardage. Eugene years at hard labor in the State Wilson's team won by making Penn. about three yards over center. Butch said, "After that stay Out~tanding pl a y er for the on that crazy planet even da other team was Don Wright, the penn seems good to me." fullback. "Ya, me too," said Slugger.

With the football season "I'd a been nuts in a week looken rapidly drawing to a close, every- at dem dippy animals." thing is going fine with one THE END. exception. That is that everyone wants to play in the backfield. We know that we all can't play the · same position so let's take the captain's word for it' and play the position that he tells us.

TWENTY FIFTH CENTURY ANIMALS

. , (Continued from page 3)

1t s good to see yo u. Commissioner, these mugs are wanted fo r everything from stea ling apples to bank robbery."

"Bank robbery! So that's the mugs we've been looking for."

"Yeah, we're wanted all right," admitted Slugger. Then he told the whole story. Dr. Bugaboo was notified at onc,e. He rushed over to the police station.

TUNE, JINGLE BELLS

Pop went for a skate.

We went with him too,

Oh, what fun we did have Till the ice got blue; Pa fell on the ice

'Cause he couldn't stand, Father saw the stars and stripes,

We saw our father land.

Chorus:

Oh what fun

Oh what fun

Oh what fun to go

Skating on the old mill stream

In the whirling snow,

Oh what fun

Oh what fun

To fall on the ice, Pa fell down upon it

Didn't think 'twas very nice.

December 22, 1939

THE GREENS

We find that we have some girls who played underneath the lights last summer. They are Janie Ellis of 305, Anna Marie Thomas of 305, Evelyn Williamson of 110, Bertha Schneider of 309, Ardis Burback of 301, and Marie Bouman of 310. Janie, Bertha, and Marie played for V. F. W. Evelyn and Anna Marie played for Urban League and Ardis Burback for Best Laundry. While playing three-base on diamond two Nellie Wilson socked a fly and the catcher caught it. The sad part of the story is that the ump had not said, ''Batter up." 106 and 112 played this exciting game. The score was 38-38. The captains are Elizabeth Kahler of 106 and Shirley Wright of 112. BEWARE of Moyne Miller's and Betty Flory's team in nine court basketball. They are vicious. Don't let them beat you. What a great surprise 310 had the other day. The y were playing thre2-base with 314. The score was 17-2 and 314 was a head. All of the players of 31 0 I were on base s and no one was at bat. Thus all the players on 1 1 bases were out. Then 314 was fanned out and 310 was up again. All of the players were on bas,es again but two. One girl hit a ball not very far and they all came in winning by a score of 23-17.

It seems that Donna Winters is knocking our school around. In the gymnasium she was kicking the soccer ball and practically kicked two lights down.

ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO

1. Elaine Arnholt 2. Harry Eckert