LINCOLN, NtBRASKA February 16. 1940 Pri,.,e: Five cents
WHI TTIER ENROLLS 1,119 PUPILS
Whi ttier's enrollment for the second semester is 1,119, an increa se of fifty-three pup i ls over last semester H o wever, it has decr eased when compared with la8t year at this time when the enr ollment was 1,202 . Pu pils entering from out of t own or other schools are: Donna L emun, Greenw ood : Clara Foreman , Belmont: Muriel Ericson, C e resc o, Virgir 1 a Ster li ng , Colle ge View; Dorothy l{eich, Everett.
Fire Drill Unusual
The fire drill at Whittier on Jan ua ry 31, was urn1s11al m that pupils wor P th e ir wraps and d ,dn ' t ~t<:-p a fo o t o n t 11e pla y~round because of the deep snow. C onsidering these ou t-of-the- ordir1 1:1 r y f ea tun·s Whittier student~
Fr eshies
These poor little rreshies who think they're so smart, They don't kn ow which way to turn or whHe to start.
They roc:1m our halls and stairs by the pairs,
With all kinds of funny and s ole mn stares . f he y don't kn ow how to play baseball.
But they're a l ways on their f ee t,
ASSEMBLY GIVEN BY GREENLEAF CLASS
The Greenleaf staff, re p c rte rs and printers presented an assembly tcday. Si ecial h o nors were awarded home rooms which won the Greenleaf suhs<.:riµti on campaign. Parts in the original skit were taken by T o mrr iy ( ;riffin, Janis 1- ioch o p, Darleen Pavne. Twilla Huff. Jec1n Da\·~enpo rt, 8111 Michael, Don Suther h , nd. Earl M os }s. and to take a fall;
Strange aS it seems we may hi:tve Elaine Adame. heen a dunce, S pe cial entertainment was
But it seems kind'a funny thc:t furn ished by the boys chorus, directed by Mrs. White, Lois we were frHhies once ( J mb t qrnr, EI a in e Arnholt, - Elaine Adam~ ' Marjory C o u ltt:r, Janice B e echer, Marie Bouman Betty June F ees and Mary Louise - -
Mee t Th em
\Ve'I] be se2i ng a lot o f these folks this s ernes tPr as the result Brodie. Mrs. Riley was the accompantst.
did very well. It t oo k two and of the elections in January. On e -half m,·nutes t o cleai· the d
Officers Insta lle d
The instal lation of ci 1.· ic league Winsome, ark Joyce Stuv e and buildin g. Our chief, Mr. Cu Il e r. Joe, gentleman, Geist we re elec- officers on Febru a ry ~. was conI I fi rl ucted by M 1ss Helen Mad sen and said. "It was an exce ent re ted gtrls a rd b}ys civic leag 11e M W 11 ·h • t 11 d -d t dri ll. ' ' •,..1 t h 'I 1 • ( ' l r. e SVI 0 111s a e pres , ens
ANOTHER G. W pres1 1en s. w I e s,<atmg 1 oria J St d J G · t J Gre E-> n and sti.ir!iot1s R , 1 bert Smith \ o~ cJe ut\·e dan d o P-_ e,s • doycte . anu oe rn r o uce vice pres, en s were ch ose n f r , ic e pres idents. 1, , 1, , d R b t 1.... th u oria ureen an c er • m 1 , Ge orge Washington's birthday S hirley Stu;jts, quiet an d s e lf d t • Sh . I St t d . an secre aries 1r e y aa s an will s oon be upon us and we've c ori t a rnect, , i nd l harles Fawson, Ch I u L d b M. h ·i· f Wh. ares nawson. e y 1ss found another,; . W. whos e birth- t e sm1 mg tenor o ittier, J th I,.. I • ,, , d Bl ones e sc•100 sang u o ess ,fa y is on February 22, Ge orge -..,ver e elect e d civ ic iea~ue seae - America'' and ''Arnerit.:a. '' Whitin g of 2 12 He .has even cut t aries
A TRUE FISH STORY d own a ch~rry tree, but it had Head ing the 9 A <·lass officers as servt:> d ,ts purpose and it was P resident is prt: t t>-· [1_, d1th all right. . urchin~ on v ic e I Jrt•s irlent - Home room 309 is honored m Ge rge has se\'eral. hobbies-- !(os alie Skidmore, secretary- · ha ing eight new members. takin g shorj in sch O O I, and • al lace l- t: ln ,stcirle r, ;- nd trl'as- Their nam es are Ni:tp o l eon , t hrou gh the summer he has ma cte u rer - Sylv ia Betz. They are all l;rumpy, Wimpy, Spook. Winrne, a nmn be r of lawn cut- c1 uts. [-:le 1 111 o re th n n t:' l 1gi h le for these Olive Oil, Popeye, and Pee Wee also h a 3 a stamp c oi l e d ton v-. hich \ office s --studious, wel l- known, We must confess that the y are began in 1932 . ,, nd full o f fu~. : not pupils but goldfish.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
urn , WHITT ER
WHIT 1 1ER BOYS 1
Found ed and established in Hl2 l as th e VY Rl TE HOME official student pi.1blicat:on of Whi ti r Junio··
High Sch ool. Publis~e~l .bi-w cd~,y Ll~iing th " Outstandinrr vVhittier b O \'S school yl'a c by th e \\h1 ttiel' Jun io r Hi gh School k 0 d p f • f pul)·1s. I ma e outstan mg men. roo o
FACl'LTY ADVISORY BOARD - this was shown in the_local papers l\Ii ss Hult MissClO $S when Bernard JennmgB, adver1\Ir Gamm ill Miss Pde son f · f th B B D O G1l.1,L);LLAF STAFF ~mg .n:1an or e G. • • 8 •
Edi lo:·- in-Chil'f ··········· Tommy G,·if:!n a vertISll1g agency , eorge • Boys Spo ts ... . Eal'l r,ros s Sauer, former (;reen Bay Packer D: ll l\~ i ch:1c' footba ll player, now coac: h of U. '\bmnsi E~ -~: n:.- E\·~lio l of New Hampshire, and Bernie Girls po1 ts a nc , 1 am $
Jani 5 Pcc h ·p Masterson, Chicago Bear half- li umor _.................. ... ... Mar:lyn Fra n! s ....................................... T,1·:11a Hu 'T ba<:k, wrote back to Lincoln send- ExchanQ·es.......................... Imop;cnc Shu :'. l csw,, · h
Fcatu,es ....... .......... Don Suthctb n , ing seasons greetings Mr. Culler ...................... Ma 1-jo i..! Ramcl Hom e Room Ne·,, ..... ,.... ........ June Barn(.;'81'~ reports that they were all out- Je:inne Da vcnpo l ..... Al'c e Gab I standing \Nhittier hoys Fash:ons ................. Dn ;- kcn Pay·, , M J · h h.. Elai ne A nh ,a r. enrnng s writes t at e
Ty Pist5 ·.·.·.·.·.~·.·.·.·.~·.·.·.·.·.~·.·.·.·.~·.·.:.·.·.·.•.·.·.··.·.:·.·.·.·.--r,1~;:.i·~···i/0 1 ;11 likes to meet N e bras k a p eo t J le in PTILT ;~n, New York.George Sauer says that ;~t~h~t~V~r g;?;~~~ .\~ '.; /;0~ n o matter where one roams, ~ra,·;an Barcus Nebra8ka is e1 ! W e1VS home SWc'et I:,cl:,n 130,ts ., u J i\bl' ian Conn ers Ja ck Jon s home, a n d Bernie M asrerson D, :~ Daug-h t rly Tiic11a:d Kcnnlllyf?~~-1/_:1t/s statES that he 1s raising his l\Ta,: lyn Franks ( ]11.·lts O.c.·ton rlaughter to be a Nebraska ~1·1c1 r l Har1 al H 1/·; ·~ 1:.c·ossc, ,\ '.ta l p:ou • "' · ''tassel.'' Da L ,:e ~as' or i :1s f.i~!1:L·d Spa hn i c 'y TTcss Pa_;! '1tan,!Ly l\'L v v Helt:n Smith ,· in H ,lm ~n • EII:ot t I;rncc
SEMESTH! END Ni'.,\\'S
The \\' h itti er Orchestra µlayed A welc o me to all you freshi e s fortheP.T.A. on.Ja.nuc:1ry9 Mrs. and new pupils and grel't ;ng-s to Tvrdik direct<:-d in the al E~nce of 0 ur old readers ·1 his is our :VI rs . W hi t e The.· p la yerl fi~rst issue of the Greenleaf for ''C horal l" and "Vittory." Mr. this semest e r. We want to call to W. M. Stoner showed picturf's you r attention that we bave and gave a lecture on South several ne\v mernb t•rs on the staff Am eriea.
February 16 , 19 40
ALUMNI NOTES
Maxine Pettigrew, a former Whittier pupil, is the recording secretary of the G iris' A th le tic Ass'n.
Jane L awre nce, who was verv active in sports while here ~t Wh ittier. id the captain of the Pinks in a basketball tournament w ith .Betty Coulter as the captain of the Blues
Jeanette Bolar and Lillian Hom are now attending the Lincoln School of Commerce while Virginia Smith is taking post graduc1te work and Herschel Storch is going to a Junior College in California
The Mimes. a s o phom o re dramatic club, has Joyce Crosbie as vice presirlent and Dorothy J amt:"s as t reasurer.
COLD V\ FATHFR MI~HAPS
Bc1rbara M ohlt:"r had ::,n acc ident the ot her da_v '-" hi lcJ skating-. Sr,e fell down in the mirlst of a hunch c f boys. \\ ithout even noticing th t'Y just ~hted over ht>r. l. ouise Davison hc1s a ye] low ang ra cat. The pe c- ple next do t r a l so hcFe a yellow cat simi lar t o hers. 1 he other day she called her pet. As it r , n tow1:. rd her, it g 0 t caught in a snow drift. She \\ arlerl into the ankle det-1p sn ow t0 get it. 1\ fter bringing it h o n : e she founrl that i t wasn't ht rs. as well as some of the old rnem- 1 France8 Hart. a h ist St>mt>stt>r's bers l~ft. \'e Slll<.'.E.rely h o pe that ~A f0 305 "'as c1warded fir~t plate 7B'S } NJ< lY (;AME POOM you will look up on this paper as I m the honorable menti on gr o up -an important part of your school in a cont t> st spon~ored hy t he I The approximate at t ench1nc·t:' at d:ty m 8:1nri e:i D n't forg- :~t that Lincoln Cham her of Comrnt>rce. the games nom ;-, VPrages ahout it still isn't t')) la te to su t. scrihe T he essay w as 0 n thP gr owth and li10 pupils ever _,, noon. The 78's for the paper anrl you will re- d vt>Li.1ment r, f L1 11rn,n during enjoy this r oom iinme nsc>l y. Aft e r ce1ve the first issu e its seventy - two years of progr ss ask i rw a n11mb 1:: r o f 7B's, a Gn, en~
As we begin a new semester he tween 1872 awl 1 9:39 T iie first I ea f r f'portf'r cl iPCO\ t- r ed th a t let· s try t o keep up the Wh itti er I prtze was won b v St rnrt Gold r·e rg, ere kin ri l e i:5 the best 11 k ed. Cr in ese s t andards and even raise them. j a form er Vv h1t t1er pupil. C h eckers comes second. Lee's strive for a new high 111 , - - - - !\ 1iss Da1tr,n anrl l\1i ~s Hackscho larshi p re co r ds and atten- ! Small boy (hearing a mule stadt c:Jre in c harg e, with the he i p dem:e and es ) et:ial1v rn being brc:Jy): Mother, come quick 1:1nd of the q11iet rames r oo m commit• g ood citiz e ns h t>a r old Jim yodeling tee.
February 16, 1940
LIBRARY HAS NEW BOOKS
_ THE WHITTIER GREE LEAF
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The Merry Maids club ce le- your mark! Get set! Bang! 'Jhe brated their fir t anniversary by gun went off and the men were
How many books have you going to a show on Jan. 23. I away. Stevens o n too_k the lead read? Did you know that there The I N F club wh o se members at once am~ held until the t} , ird are 4,838 books in the Whittier R ·h Sh. t B tt N v·il lap when Bill forged ahead. Librnry? 101 of these b k are ut or ' e Y ew I e, 1 One lap to g o and Hill heard 0 0 s are , Violet Forney, Shirl ey Laughlin, p ounding feet behind him. Not ne'wJh· f f I D o ris Quinn, Erlen e N€wVille, taking the chance t o lo o k behind e names o some o the D h • s ·11 +- • t t· d o rothy Lamb, F ranees Hart, im I pu" on a spur o sp ee better books that might appeal to L . 11 E . d M· R b l The n e w sy s t Em w1:1S c e rtain ly ., uct e gger. on ary urn oz k. ll 1' h fi · ·
You are Susanah of The I wor mg swe e nish line Mounties," ' ' All This and n;et ?n , Fe b r. 8 at 8 et t Y I was a ?lur~y line in the distancP, Heaven,,, "Listen The Wind ,, New\ Il les. / a1:d Bill wit~ leg~ like s t o ne and ,, . ,, , ,, , ' -------- h1sh r c::1rtb e anng lJke a rlrum was Nancy Go e s to Mexico, f he TEAM WORK beginning to tire. ' I he finish lme Boy Who Lived in Lond o n Ic a m e cl os e r. Bridge," ''Ice Patr o l,'' "Sky Bill Hutch in son ent~red his Sudd~nly a white fo rm p,:lSS t- d Service,'' "Peggy c o vers room and a~ hishatsc::1iled toward h1~n wr th a flash and_ th e lc:st was:: in gt On " '·T- M O de I the ho o k with an a cr~uracy which thing Bill knew as h e fe ll acr c ss T " ,,, ' c: 1 ,, bespoke long pnictice, te slumped th e !me was that hP w a s b eaten. ommy, 1 oung ....,ett ers, . I H e could onl v get a econ d and "The Great R oad,'' " M ide h i p - rn~o th e low arm chair near th <-, tlii-it w c1 sn't ~n o u g h. mate Lee," and "Pancho." Th e re w1r1 d ow. l t w as th e da~ h efore / Bill OpPn _e d his e_\'es_ and saw a are also new g eo grnphy bo o ks the arrnual dual mu:t be tween form bending O\ E:-' r him. lt was sci e nce bo o ks, books of speciai He ,:erly Hiils and, Ea s t View ; Laws _0 n o f Be: e rl_y H'.l, ' s and he interest, historical n ') , ·el s, v o ca- ~1 ht a r_v -\cad e m y . 1w o ch y s ag o e~cla1med exc1terlly, _I 1 t o0 k 1t , tiona l stories and ge o gr::iphical l !iff J o hn , on, B e-: er ly Hi ll s st.:ir B1 11, a nd yo u got sec u nct 1\ e win St o rl• " S ' m il E-> r, h ;-. d he en in an au to a c ci - the meet." (.'. • , "rh · Moncla v and Tue d ,, v o f the d t: nt and BIii w 1:1 s to t· , k e his e n it was-y o 11-wh1 - pa , serl first w e ei of this s e rns t e r fi f t y ri l e.Ce . " \V h o w o 11 Id 11' t h e scar- , m e " excl a imer.I Bi ll ha lti ng-l v , 0 r.d ficti o n bo o ks were c.: hP ck e rl o in. erl 't " t ho u g ht B ill. ]t w a s hi8 a ~ a nod from Law on, Bil l c.:I oserl On Tu e sday, ro o m 3U- l ch e ck ed fir t bi g r a c e an d h e di d n't kn o w his e y es for ~he . sec o nd tim e that out the m o st ho o ks on the thir d •h e th e r he c o uld e ,· en p :ac e, let da~. But ~his tune th e re w as a fl oo r 207 the m o s t o n sec o nd fl o ~r a lone c o p a b l ue ri b h on first. fmile on his face. and 103 and 104 tied for check in~ . After sp e ndin~ a ve ry restless ___ - Dick Lewellen out the most books on fir s t fl oo r. n 1tt h t Bill was a wake11 e d b.v the TOMORRO'vV A ·o T l JDA Y La Vern Whitin~ br o ught the a larm cl ock. He s a id thi n gs very ". ' ew York Her· id" of April 15 u n pl e a s ant to th e c ' oc k an d r' ro- I w o ndE-T "'rat tcn crrow r. o lct s 1 50, to scho)l. rt ann ) Uncecl th~ c eo d rl t o th e rnon o tOO'J llS t a sk o f For all the wa :ti n g w o rlcl , assassination of A bra ham ri n ss m g- . The h ours pass e d sl ; w]y A r, d o" e r our great countr.v fl o ats Linc o ln. S o meone ga ve it t o her a nd Y th e tune th e meet h ad I I n all its gl o ry flies t 111fu r 1t:1 d. grandfather. Hight n o w it 1s s t art t' d B i:l -.vas worn t o a fr azzl e A fl:-i g that is to us a _vm b ,] to worth ab o ut t we nty or tw e nty- wit,h w o rry. i the wondering w o ;· rl. five dol lars and 1f it w e re i n 1 he mil e w a s th e laS t e, ·e nr on I wonder what tom o rr ow h 0 ]0!-l, betttir conditi o n it wou ld be w o rth th e pr o grurn and hy th e time it I w o nd e r if , ou know mort'. t a rt e ~, t? e sc ? r e s too I Ue er : .v It may bring ~e ac e, i t m ay r ring Hills, ~3, Eastv 1ew, 8( i. H t II "'as rn CLUB ACTIVJTlES lan e number one; in numbtir two came ' te vt: n so n. the st a r miler Maril _v n Franks, E lain e Adams, fr o m E a st, rew. T h r e e h el d 1.a wLil&. v\, iikins on, and man y o ther I s o n o f Be ,· r ly Hil 1s and in four Whittier pupils b Plo n g t o a : an j fh e ca m e Harrison and Beacon Club which ts Cct l le d I H arm o n from Eastvi e w. ''Joan of Arc." I 'I he runner toed the mark. On war,
A s o ng of terr o r cind of w c f'; Come then wit h m e a 1 :d l cr k a h <: 1 ad T o a day of p eac e anr:l l u\ e. Wh e n the loude t noi s e "'e he>; r will be
The s o ng of a hird ab o , e. -Wilma Jean Lum ley. ~10
LIVJi: WIRES
Jane Bish was seen recently in her stocking fef't. We wondered what she was doing until she kicked the ball.
A new Nebraska ball tournament was started on February 1. All the even-numbered home rooms are playing against each other while all the une ' en-numbered h me rooms are ri\·als.
It seems that there is more than one way to skin the cat. Betty Smith of 208 has been playing in her galoshes at noon onthe gym floor.
The new playground committee
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF CHANG
Chang is a very little dog, He lives in the house next d oo r:
Whenever you hear his deep gruff bark, You"d say yo :.J'd heard a lion roar.
He barks all night and he barks all day, He barks at his work and he barks at h 1s pl::iy, And all th~ people m the neig--hhorhood say, He'll bad· all the time till hjs hairs grow gra v . - Margaret D , mmick, 320
FA C:: HlUN HEIGHTS
members are as follows : Jeanne hiding boots are the roge for Vanderpool, Chairman, Louis t" late winter and early spring. A Ha ys, Velma Mcc;rew. Helen strip of ribbon one-half inch wide Davenport, Janice Sedlacel<, and 0 n 8 foot long tted in a bow arou nd the wrist an d matthing Jeanette Fristoe, Ph) llis Hoke, other accessories is rather attraeFran l'.es L ovelace, B e tty Mas :m, tive.
Geraldine .YI ichel, Shirley Wright. Cork belts and hracelets are sti}[ Marylouise Brodie. Marjorie I in style. Also miniature d_og harWilliams, Sylvia Betz, Catherine I ness~s are sported by the fash1onCooley, Betty June Fees, Donna faddists for the use of bracelets. Hartman, D o rothy .Johns , Donna As far as socks go, it is cons1dKelly, Rae Lee Lewis, kuth Lowe, ered quite the style to wear one Martha Michel, Wilma Peterson. green and one brown sock with a T w a I I a Stroemer, Gn·aldme green and hrown frock. Thornpsen, Marie Houmc1n. One of the very lat e st st_\·les i8
HUIJBY LU88Y
In t>ach issue that follows we will publish the most interesting ho bby we ha e found in that pE:riod of time. The hobby we ha\ e cho e n for this i sue is that 01
Februa r y 16, 1940
SPORT SHORTS
With the c lose of the first semester we find 305 in first place by defeating 104 for the championship of the first basket ball tournament of the year. The basket hall tournament \'- G' S l-,eld off because of unu :: uc1lly warm weather for that time of the ye:,r.
The beginning of the new semester found the vol :ey hall tournament getting off to a g c od start. Each team was c:1llowe-d a few pradice games before lh e t0urnament began o n Februc:Jry 2. After· the practit:e games, each home r oo m losing onf-> game w;;s elarn nattd from the tournam e nt.
The new members of th e playground committee are cha rman, l:{oll1:1nd Dudley, charles Wc:Jrd , !:fob l'ald well, Don Keane, Harr.v cl!neidn, Dick Schultz, ht°Jbt-rt Thornspo11. Hussell Sloc:Jn, cir., I Brom\nli, Billy Lunsford, H0 Le11t Hc1ys . lvc1n E\ ' ans, Bub H a nnt'!11a n, Kenny Peterson, Johnny \V 11lic.1rns, and Dav id Krcrnarik.
!\AMES IN BRitF
Harold Egger's nickname is
• the new Scar it t U' Hara SWf->ater. Huck. Kathryn Giest is known Ruffles are the main attraction. a~ Ka t hie. Jean Davenport's ni c k -
Hoods are very fashionab le name is Johnnie. J ose~ •hin e throughout the winter season . Ga ridara's nickname is J o sie. A lOne of the town' ::i most ardu1 r •though she d oe~ n ot we;:;.r v.: ooden fashion-faddists is Bar!1ey Old- shoes. Bonnie l· itzsimmon's nickfield, a specialist in pink s1hrts. name is Dnteh F u o 18 Phy llis
Marilyn FranKs Her ho:Jby i s C() l MIN t; LUIE
lechn~ oriencal th in g s. She has an Th ere once was a Chink called on e n t al r obe, oriental pajam a s. 1- Ming Luie magic box. a piece of rare j a d 1.:· , Who lo, ed to eat ch op suey, s o me Chinese dolls and a Ch111es f: He ate some that was hot, trunk. S~e ilit e nd s to ke c> p on co 1 -I And now h e is not, lectmg t n em and some da y ha · e I So that ends the ta le of Mmg a\ ery rare coilt-cti o n of orient;;;ls. L ,ne. ·
Thank you, Me11tlyn.
J t an Davenport, 105
ti o ke's n1c.:knarr.e. V i o 1a Hodfit>ld's nickname is Mickey.James Butlt-r g ot his nickname, Dank, because he used to l 1v~ on a do n key farm tn Oklahoma.
Miss Wi son (dictating): Sit d'ect while eating.
.fack B's paper: City wrecked while Pating
The • I
Vol. 17 No. 10
DANCING, MUSICAL I
ASSEMBLY HELD
T he assembly on ~,ebruary 21 w as centered mainly on Irving Ku k l in, a former Whittier pupil, a ssisted by the Whittier glee club un der the direction of Mrs. White an d accompanied by Mrs. Riley.
T he glee club opened the prog r am with ''Go Down Moses,'' an d the choir sang "Wish I Was A Rock. "The closing number was ''C amptown Races'' with the solo t aken by Dick Lewellen.
Mr. Kuklin then did a dance m ade famous tby Bill Robinson. H e impersonated a giggolo in a Par is night club and did a soft shoe nu mber. His other impersonation was of three different girls crossin g a mud puddle. His next dance, he s tated, could take off four or five pounds in two minutes. He g e n erously gave an encore for th e appreciative pupils. The ass em bly was enjoyed very much and we hope that he will entertai n u s again.
CO NFERENCE HERE SOON
braska and adjoining states,_ it is
expected. The conference will be
held on March 1 and 2.
H . R . Presidents Chosen
The home rooms this semester are led by the following sturdy young boys and girls: 102-Junior Kirkendall, 103-J ack Bates, 104Charles Martin, 1 0 5 - Justine Lindgren, 106-Billy Mann, 107June Keane, 108-Donna Hartman, 110-Russell Sloan.
Th ere will be no school on Fri- 316 WINS TOP HONORS da y,March 1, because of a Nebraska regional conference of teach- Top honors in the Greenleaf ers which will be held here in Campaign were given to 316 on L in coln. Some things to be dis- Friday, February 16, at the cu ssed at the meetings will be Greenleaf assembly. They had h uman behavior, teacher-pupil 25 subscriptions. 208 with 24 was pl a nn ing, core-curriculum, prob- a close second and in third place lem s of adolescence, and evalua- ! was 303 with 21. There were 503 ti on procedures. More than a thou- 1subscribers in all during cams and people will attend from Ne- paign week.
DATES ANNOUNCED
CIVIC LEAGUE TRIPS
Pupils are always asking, "\:Vhen are we going on our civic league trips?" Well, we are going to tell you right now in advance. 7B pupils will be prepared for their trips in their geography classes, the 7 A's in their history classes, and the 8B's in their arithmetic classes. The 8A's will get ready to go in their history classes also while the 9B's are prepared in their industrial geography and the 9A's in their civics classes.
The dates are as follows: 7B's -April 4, 7 A's-April 25, 8B'sMay 9, 8A's-April 18, 9B'sMarch 14, and 9A's-April 11.
Lincoln junior high pupils are very fortunate to be able to have such educational and interesting trips.
STORMY DAY BRIGHTENERS
We' r e going to tell you about a commit te e t h a t is very important these c ol d d a ys, w hen we cannot go outside, the social games committee which has charge of the games room during the noon hour. Their chairman is Do r ·o thy Muelhausen and the members are Wilma Dee Myers, Helen Jacobs, Marilyn Mixon, Betty June Haack, Betty Ann Shilhan, Ida May Bivens, Ellen Dietze, Lois Bailey, Margie Lundwall, Betty Patrick, and Carolyn Wilkinson.
THE WHIITIER GREENLEAF
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Founded and established in 1 924 a s the official student publication of Whittier Junior High School. Published bi - weekly during the school year by the Whittier Junior H igh School pupils.
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult
Mr. Gammill Miss Cross Miss P e terson
GREENLEAF STAFF
Editor-in-Chi ef Tommy Griffin
Boys Sports
A lumni
Girls Sp 01ts
Hum or -
Earl Mos es
Bill Micha e l
Elaine Ellio tt
Elaine Adams
Janis P oc h op
Marilyn Franh
Twilla Hufl
Exchanires Imog e n e Shuttl eswort h
Features : Don Sutherland
Marjori e Ram e l
Home Room N e ws June Bara gary
Jeann e Dav enport
Alice Gab e l
Fashions Darl een Payn e -··· ········Elaine Arnholt
Typists J oan Null .- Marjo1·ie Williams
PRINTERS
• Loi s Bailey Donald Wright
Fr e da Baker D e lmar Wilson
Marian Barcus Charleen Workman
E ve lyn Botts
Marian Conners
Bob Johnson
Jack Jon e s
Doris Daugh e rty Richard Kennedy
Lucill e Egger Rob ert Mavis
Marceline Faz e ) Bob Ni ssen
Marilyn Franks Charl e s Overton
Mildred Ha rra l Henry Prnsse, Alta I go u Ki rk R os e
Darl ene Pastorius Richa rd Spahn
Betty Ross Paul Standley
Mary Hel e n Smith Mervin Holman I3ruce Elli ott
WHAT OUR SCHOOL NEEDS
Escalators- ---------Marjorie Ramel
Longer home room games during noon hour----------Earl Moses
The instrument room in order--Bill Michael
Dancing in the gym during noon hour------------ Elaine Arnholt Darleen Payne
Comic strip in our school paper Imogene Shuttlesworth
More good assemblies--------------J anis Poch op
Teacher: Do you think paper can be used to keep people warm?
Tom: I should say so. My last report card kept my family hot for a week.
Is this the second-hand shop? Yes.
Good! I want a second hand for my watch.
ARE YOU GROWING UP?
Good manners are very important and especially so as we grow older. Boys and girls who don't know how to act are just showing their childishness and unwillingness to grow up.
Have you seen any evidences of poor manners around Whittier? We have. Here are some of them. All the energy that is put into chewing gum in a day would supply a city of 10,000 people with electricity for twenty-four hours. The gum chewing faddists are very annoying to the Whittier t.:achers.
Tack-placing pests are cowards. They place tacks and then wait for the victim to sit down so that they can laugh their heads off. But, if the pest should happen to sit on a tack, he would probably fly at everybody who laughed at him.
Rubber-band-shooting maniacs are a menace to society too. They stand in a corner and wait for somebody smaller than they are to come along so they can let fly a rubber band, usually in the face. They too, get angry when somebody shoots rubber bands at them.
Bad manners? Yes indeed! Rubber bands maniacs, Tack placing pests, Take heed!
DOUBLE TALK
Miss Curley in 320 was a bit puzzled when in her fifth period English class she would call on Glen, Edward or Don and someone would say, "Which one?" She soon found out that there were two Glen's, Glen Bowers, 305; Glenn McPeak, 303; two Ed ward's, Edward Shaffer, 108; Ed ward Kreick, 110; and three Don's, Don Handy, 316; Don
February 29, 1940 Saal, 203; and Don Sutherland , 300.
TWINS?
Elaine Elliott of 108 and Elaine Adams of 308 will celebrate their birthdays on March 31. They have gone to school together and are the same age. A few years ago Oz Black had it in r is '' Here in Lincoln.'' Although they are the same in age and names, they are very unlike Elaine Adams is short, with blond hair and blue eyes, while Elaine Elliott is tall, brown-haired and blue-eyed
• • SOCIETY NOTES
A Valentine party was given by La Vera Hawthorne on February 9. Thesearethe Whittierpupils who attended: Darlene Murphy. Patricia Murphy, Darlene Pastorius, Joan Mease, Elaine Adams, Janet Keeney, LeRoy Keeney, and James Plock.
Marilyn Franks, Lila Wilkinson, Elaine Adams, ~nd many other Whittier pupils attended a Valentine party, Tuesday, February 13, at the Muny recreation center. They had a Valentine box and played many games.
A skating party was held on Saturday by the Beacon club a t the Y. M. C. A. A large number of Whittier pupils attended.
NICKEL SOUP
Don Huston had some trouble in the cafeteria recently. He reached for his soup on the counter with the same hand in which he had his money. As he picked up his soup, his money dropped in to it. He told the girl at the counter to wait until he got it out . He retrieved it after a long struggle.
THE SCALY DRAGONS OF I lizards in the world and only MODERN TIMES I two kinds are poisonous.
I The first kind. The Gila MonDo you believe in dragons? : ster, lives in · Arizona. This If not yo~ are wrong for there I lizard can be tamed and had for are such ammals as dragons but I .
do 't t th . ' . , a pet. He is hard to tame unless n ge e wrong 1mpress10n. d • · They d 't h fl . th . use to you. The other kmd lives on ave re m e1r in Mexico. • mouths and such things as are in y k story books. ou can ma e pets out of
plain I ran without any shoes on looking for rabbits.''
"Grandpa, why didn't you have any shoes on?''
To this grandpa said, ''My skin was so tough I didn't need them. Well after I had killed three rabbits with one stone I went on when all of a sud-. "
It . b lizards and teach them tricks of "Grandpa," James said, "how could you kill three rabbits with one stone'!''
But Grandpa went on with his are 1zar so small and giant size.
may surpnse you ut such all kinds. One of the best kinds ammals or as they are cal led, The of 1• r1 f th· • h F -11 d Scaly Dragons of Modern Times L' Izdaru.s or is is t e r1 e l d f . ' 1zar
- Duane Fifer, 105 story pretending not to hear. These lizards have strange startling habits such as dropping off their tails when some animal or THE
TALES OF EBEN AZER HASSENFEFFER
"When all of a sudden across the snow-covered plain came a bunch of Indians named N ajafoes, the person tries to pick them up. The tail moves, catching the eye of the animal or person that tries to grab it. Thrn the main part of the lizard or boiy escapes and a new tail begins to grow back on.
Not all lizards have this habit, for some put on the act of frightening you by opening their mouths and hissing at you. Tbe Frilled Lizard when afraid of being taken, raises his hood and hisses at you. But don't be afraid of him for this is another act put on in ho]Jes of driving his enemies away.
These lizards have another habit, for the Flying Dragon is the only kind to fly. He grows from eight to ten inches long. The Frilled Lizard, which is one of the most interesting lizards, is the best lizards to run great d istances. He has a hood which he raises to frighten you. He grows to three feet in length. Another type of lizard is called the Monitor which grows to the size of twelve feet long. While never seeking trouble they have fierce tempers when attacked, biting their foes and lashing them with their long tails. There are 2,500 different kinds of
''Grandpa, tell me a story about bloodiest and fiercest Indians in the West," asked James. the West."
''Wel i l ain't got very much "I've never heard any Indian time to fool around." replied tribe named that before," exGrandpa drawing out hi pipe and claimed James. feeling very much pleased that Grandpa looked stumped for a James wanted him to tell one of minute and after a pause anhis famous stories about the swered, "You see, that tribe West, "but then climb upon my was so fierce that the people that knee and I'll tell you one of my wrote history were afraid to put breathtaking experiences. Well it in a book because they thought do I remember the day it snowed it might scare the people and if so much you couldn't even see you don't stop interrupting I the top of the telephone poles." won't finish this story. Now I'll '' But Grandpa, I thought you continue. There came that bunch said there weren't telephones of Najafoes straight for me. out in the West until long after I took one of those two remainyou were married,'' interrupted ing stones and hit one of those Jam e s. Indians in the face and threw
"You must of got mixed up the three rabbits in three Indians· with what l said that I never had faces. I put so much force in a telephone until long after I was throwing the stones and rabbits married," answered Grandpa at their faces that they fell thinking to himself that he had dead. so I took their bows and better make his st')ries match. arrows and shot all the rest.
"Well, the snow was so deep it "As quick as fire, word got acovered the telephone poles and round that I had killed that bad after I had dug our cabin out of tribe of Indians that nobody, not the snow my father sent me off even the sheriff, had nerve to with three stones to kill six rab- kill. So what do they do but kick bits. If I didn't kill six ral>bits, I the sheriff out of office and put couldn't c o me back to my father's Ime in? I was only seventeen house. So across the snow-covered ( Continued on page 4)
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
THE TALES OF EBENAZER THE HAIR I WISH I HAD HASSENFEFFER
(Continued from page 3) years old when that happened. I was in that office for many a year and, James, let me tell you that everybody obeyed and respected me and if they didn't it was sure tough for them.''
Just then Grandma came to the door and called out, ''Pa, oh Pa, you come in here and get these dishes done and after you get through with that you can dust the furniture.''
Grandpa looked crestfallen and replied, "Coming."
- Ellen Dietze, 222
POPULAR PETS
I have a long blond bob, (Not really, just in my mind) My own dark hair is straight And never falls just right behind.
My dream hair lies in waves, And at the ends it curls, I never have to get A permanent like other girls.
When I'm alone I sometimes Can forget my own is there Till mother says, ''Dear, Something should be done about your hair.''
-Imogene Shuttlesworth
MY BIRTHDAY
When my birthday comm; around It comes with a merry bound With gifts and presents and lots of good things
Oh, what happiness it brings!
Pets ~re popular around Whittier. Alice King has a cat named Nickadeemus. Tiddl e winks is a cat owned by Lois Nelson. Although he does not eat gold- I guess you know 'cause it hapfish, he chases them around the pens to you too bowl with his paw and somet imes When it comes around you don't know what to do drinks the water. Mary Rumbolz With candy and presents and has a snow white cat, Tabby,
February 29, 1940
SYMPTOMS
The other day in sixth period science, Mr. McMullen had passed out the paper for a written test. He gave out the first questi on an d up shot the hand of Justin e • Lindgren and Mr. McMullen shook his head which meant "what" She gave the answer which wa s "symptoms". For some unknown reason every one got the first answer right!
WHAT, NO ASSEMBLY?
The ctay of the Greenlea f assembly, Miss Schofield, readin g the bulletin to her home room pupils, said that the bulleti n mentioned nothing about an assembly . Of course the pupil s were astonished for they ha d heard that there would be an assembly. Miss Schofield later found out that the Monday's bulletin had been put into her box instead of Friday's.
TRIBUTE TO BOBBY ice-cream and cake which wil I sit by the hour and watch the goldfish swim but will A nd all th e good th ings th at Bohby is my unusual pet's mother can make, p h f never eat them. Marjorie Ramel's namP. er aps some o you cat, if it wants out, stands on a - Florence Legler, Janis Pochop wouldn't call him a pet, but he high chair and puts her paw on really is - he's my little brother. ALUMNI NOTES the door to see if there are any Bobby has beautiful brown eyes dogs outside bP.fore she makes John Provost is the president and when he has done something up her mind. The cat's name is of Lincoln High's student council. he shouldn't have, he looks up at Bow because it is black, orange 1 Former Whittierit es on the hon- us so imploringly that punishment and white. or roll at Lincoln High are Eloise I is impossible.
Jean Davenport used to have a Fricke, Malcolm Allen, Betty The m_ost amusing _thing that white pigeon, Pee Wee, which Bonebright, Marian Jean Coombs, he ?oes 1.s t.o try to wmk though would light on her head and ride Milfer<l Epp, and Maril y n Hayes. he 1s onl y sixteen month old. He around. Goosey used to be a pet Dale Doty and Alvie Kirkendall talks a little, runs exceptionally goose owned by Bonnie Smith. It juniors at L. H. S., fought in th~ well, climbs up stairs and gets followed her wherever she went. semi-finals of the Golden Gloves into everything whether he has a Sad to relate, she had him for \ at Fremont , January 22. They right to o~ not. Sometimes, of Christmas dinner. Harold Egger , both received medals. Alvie also course, he 1s naughty but usually has a bantam hen, Betty, and a \ fought in the finals at Fremont, he is very sweet. rooster, Johnnie.
I January 29. -Norma Jean Bodenhamer
G ETTING GIRLISH, BOYS?
It is rumored that Harlan (D usty) Rhodes of 302 is going to try a new shade of fingernail po lish. He sticks to his story th ough that his youn g er sister pu ts it on him while he is asl eep. F rankly, home room 10! believes th at he puts it on and do e sn't ha ve courage to admit it, but bel ie ve what you wish .
A few days ago in activit y p e riod Ralph Leikam of 308 seemed to be amusing himself with the l ips tick belonging to the girl in t h e seat back of him. The result p r oved hilarious and the whole ro om fairly rocked with laughter.
FASHION HEIGHTS
Usually boys tell girls what to wear and how to look, but we thin k that the girls should have a tu rn in telling the boys for a cha nge. In case you have forgotte n, it's leap year.
We girls don't like boys whose hai r looks like the quills of a porcu pine or whose ears have enough so il in them to plant a tree. Don't g et the wrong idea, boys. We're onl y tipping you off. Don't be slove nly about your clothing, which m akes you appear as though y ou'd just been in a wrestling m atch.
Br ight colors are perfectly all righ t just so the socks and ties m at ch each other. People al ways n o t ice your finger nails. Be sure to k eep them clean.
REPORTING LATE
O n Monday, February 5, Tom my Griffin of 210 received hi s Civic League aHsignment. It re ad, ''Keep crowd back on d i a mond four and guard the bike rack s . " He couldn't fi~ure out wh y they shou Id be playing baseball in the snow. When he looked at the date, it read "October."
P ETS HA VE IT RUSE R Y N YMES
Ge r ald McCracken seems to have quite a pigeon farm. He has six-two Morehead ones which are called Blackie and Whitie, two pure black fantails, Duck and Spook, and two bald headed tumblers, Timmie and Ting.
Lois Baile y 's pe t is a turtle, Fillbert. He has been hibernating but woke up at the first sign of spring. Oscar is a pet turtle owned by Gordon Steckly.
Amelia Panagitois has a German police dog which .can unlatch the screen door with his paws. Howard Schneider has a Scottie pup. Although it is only one year old, it has quite a few gray hairs. People often think he is older than he really is. He speaks for his food and likes to
play in the snow.
And so Little Red Gol d ie Locks said, ''Little Black Sam bo, I am going to eat you up."
"No! 1'' 0!" he answered. "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin,'' and he huffed and he puffed till he got red in the cheeks and said, "Oh, grandmother, what .big feet you have!''
"All the better to smell, my dear , '' she replied when Humpty Dumpty jumped over the candle• stick to see such sport and the dish eloped with Wallace Beery.
But the little Red H en met
Simple Simon selling pies for Old Mother Hubbard who jumped over the moon and stole a pig and away he ran .
-Sylvia Wiley, 300
WANDERING
Who are those people wandering Darrell Adams owns two rab- around bits, one black and one white. Searching for rooms that cannot Their names are Sneezey and Bill. be found
Gene Sundeen has a pony. Some With a very hopeless gleam in friends and Gene made a sled for their eye the pony to pull and they have That mys, "I can't find that many happy hours together. room
Edna Speer used to_ have _a Could yo~ tell me why?" mouse which she kept ma fnut jar. 'fhe mouse was fed on cheese. "I've searched this school from Because it didn't look as if it bottom to top, were enjoying its stay in the fruit At finding rooms I guess I'm a flop;" jar, she let it go,
HOBB Y LO BBY
This week we salute Bo b Wiseman of 309 for the most in-
7B ' s, Whittier welcomes you, May your joys be many An d your wanderings few.
-June Baragary, 102
teresting hobby. He makes min- An old lady, who could not see iature freighters and yachts of eye to eye with the taxi. driver soft wood. He h a s been making on the question of fare, fina1ly them for about six months and re m arked, ' 'Don't you . try to tell has quite a collection. They are me anything, my good man. I from three,fourths of an inch to haven't been ridin g in taxis five two and one -h a lf inches in length. years for nothing."
"No," replied the driver , "but Keep to the right in the halls. I bet you've had a good try,''
LIVE WIRES
Jane Bish of 308 has really started something when she played in her stocking feet. Marjorie Coulter, Wilma Peterson, Rose Ebert Dorothy Johns and several other~ were seen playing without benefit of shoes.
This year there are more independent nine court teams than ever before. The actual nurr ber is eleven. It seems that there are 100 girls playing nine court.
WARNING: Patty Bernard of 203 has been knocking the net down in the gym, fa11ing down, and hitting the umpire in the stomach with the ball.
If girls have any suggestions for thing s that they would like to do other than play games during the noon hour, hand them to Mrs. Ross or Jean Vanderpool.
It seems that wh en Phillis Hoke of 222 goes after s o mething she usually doesn't come back without it. A ball was kicked into a group of girls and believe you me , she didn't come back with out the ball. It was a fl y , and did the spectators duck when they saw Phillis charging after it!
Miss Kier of 102 is really getting active. She has lately been seen on the gym floor playing ninecourt. lt seems Miss Clark thinks she brings bad luck to her home room and won't come up and watch them play. One of the best ga mes during the Nebraska ball tournament was played between 107 and 205, the final score, 19 to 20 in favor of 205. Outstanding player of the game was Gerry 'fhompsen.
It seems that some of the girls come up into the gym just to visit. It would help a lot if you would cooperate either by coming up to watch the games or not coming up to the gym at all.
THE WHIITIER GREENLEAF
HAWAIIAN HI-LIGHTS
Since we're al ways interested in far-away places, we want to tell you about things that junior nigh school students do in Hawaii. This information we le arned from "Washington Hi-Lights." their school paper. Like us they build model airplanes and play basket ball. They also have ping-pong tournaments and hold boxing matches. An unusual thing is that their faculty plays basket ball with the students and faculties of other schools.
ALWAYS
Chewing gum Joan Overman
Smiling Diane Lantz
Talkin~ Eddie Smith
Sleeping during classes Bill Griffin Tardy George Tapley Together Arden Means and Charlrn Rawson
Red leatherzipperpursecontaining fountain pen, several pencils, coin purse containing 10 cents and a few miscellaneous articles. Will finder please return to Elaine Arnholt, 308, and receive a handsome reward.
Gray Wearever fountain pen between 212 and stairs by 222 on Friday, February 16, between fifth and sixth periods . Return to Jean Davenport, 105.
February 29, 1940
SPORT SHORTS
Top honors go to 307 for winning the championship of the volley ball tournament by defeating 305 with a score of 15 to 8. One of the most unusual incidents during the volley ball tournament occurred when Dwain Carr of 103 made a basket while serving against 205.
The second basket ball tournament of the year got under way on February 12. Some of the home rooms which looked like good prospects to run in the finals were 307, 305, 210, and 208 to win the championship. 305 was not expected to be such tough opposition this semester since they lost some of their better players at the end of last semester.
At the end of the game between 308 and 220 the score was tied 3 to 3. After shooting four times in the extra period Johnny Williams pulled 220 through to victory by sinking one through the basket.
Johnny Williams of 220 along with Bob Jacobson of 307 and Don Heidenreich of 305 have been doing- the most exciting plays on the gym floor. Johnny has made 220 victorious in almost every sport. Bob Jacobson along with ~aymond Wolfe and a few other boys in 307 won the championship in the volley ball tournament. 305 is doing pretty good work with Don Heidenreich as their topnotch player.
After questioning several seven B's about activities in gym, we find that they are hardly given a chance to play. Maybe they don't know as much about the games
Teacher: Johnny! Can you tell me what a waffle is? as the older pupils do, but they Johnny: Yes' rn, its a pancake try hard. Why not give them a with a non-skid tread. chance to play more often?
Vol. 17 No. 11
WHITTIER TO HA
NEW REPO RT CARD
The new report cards we will r eceive are to be still different fr om any we have ever had and will come at the end of nin e weeks instead of six. A committee of five teachers who are MP. W. A. McMullen, Miss Marga r e t Wilson , Mr. Ross, Miss Schofield, and Mi ss Jon es planned th em
after much study an - - ~ tl.&'Q.,a,_~... help of suggestion
~~1'. teache rs. The pu tlil~~Ut rrt1l~Ill:I -
is to tell the pa pupils are doing.
Some pupils w to get a four by :u really could get ever tried wou ld the grading syste pils u sing full abilit not be able to get ab would get an S. In you may see what is what is bad about you, ---...,.,u The markings are S for s ~1. tisfactory, U for Unsatis fa and F for Failing.
The new report car about the size of th slip and there will each subject. The y ceived on April 5. T t grades will be on the r slips.
Price: Five cents
SYLVIA LOTMAN ESENTS ASSEMB LY
as presented on 7, by a former iss Sylvia Lot -
man. r eading of the first c 'Rebecca of Sunny- " It was a very ente ry of a girl to wh ings happened, es being very very sad . reading of a squire, who of teeth, was hit ti e r pupils e, and we hope n will appear ag ain soon. va s graduated unior High in went through •s now a s ophersity of Ne -
9A's att ended the ibit held at Morrill day and Thursday, nd 29. There were ud twenty sculpGeorge Bellows' Dempsey-Firpo j ed by the boys. as their favorite eicher' 8 painting of ~ ~;~:,~; : Cornell. Mrs . Colbert McFie explained and e a ut the pictures.
Ma f the pupils were inter' ested in the plast ic figures of the
The second fire drill this sem- -------, nativity scene that were lighted to e ster' F ebruary 29 , was exception- G or ia June Humphrey St Paul create bea~ty • They 'Yere ~mazed . ' . : at the mobile abstract10n of scu lp- a lly quiet and ttie building was Mmnesota; Darwm, Sh 1 r 1 e J, ture made by Alex antler Calder c leared in less than three minutes. Melva.and Dewey Dahl,Hastmg~: i a~d amused by the ~ahogan,Y It shows the fine coop eration Betty Beesy, Bethan y; Francis I Pig Woman and Doris Lee s Whittier pupils can display. I and Clinton Heller, Hav~lock. ! "Holiday."
THE WANT TO BE UNPOPULAR? RADIATOR LIGHTNING WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Founded and established i n 1924 a s th e
offic ial student publication of Whittic r Jun i or High School. Publishe d bi - weekly dur i ng t h e sch o ol y e ar by the ,vhi t tier Junior Hi g h Sc h oo l pupils.
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult Mr Gammill Miss Cross Miss Peterso n
GRI.c.:E~LEAF STAI<'F
Editor-in - Chief Tommy Griffi n
Boys Spo : ts Ear l Moses Bi ll l\Iic h ael
Alum n i E lai n e Elliott
Gil'is Spo1 ts E!aine Adams Jani s P c c h :i p
Humor _ Mar]yn Franb Twil l a Hufl
Exc h an!!es I mog e ne Shutt l eswort h
Go to your seat from the front They say lightning does not of the room in Miss Cross' classes. strike in the same place twice, bu t
Talk in the l ib r a r y . Jun e Barag a ry found out diffe rshoot pap e r wads in Mrs. ently. Whil e in report er 's cl ass Barrows' clas ses. sh e sat on the radia to r and burn ed
Wear your ci v ic league bad g e h e rself. A few minutes later sh e when off dut y . • accidentally sat on it again.
Talk in Mr s Swisher's classes.
Run in the halls
Take up Mrs. White's time individually
STRANGE FRUITS
Features Do n Suther l and -.
LEAVING SO SOON
Marjor i e Ramel
H ome R oo m N ews Ju ne Baragary : J ea nn e D avenport A l ice Gabel
F as hi o n s Dar le en Payn e _ E l aine A rnh o lt
Typ i sts Joan Nu l l Marjorie W ill iams
PRIN T ERS
L o i s Ba il ey D ona ld W r i g h t
Freda Baker D el m ar w il so n
Marian Barcus C h ar l een Work m a n
Evelyn Bo t ts Bob Jo h nson
Maria n Conners Jack Jon es
Doi-is Daugh ert y Ric h ard K e nn e dy
Lucill e Egger Robert Mavis
Marc e l ine Faz e ! Bob Niss e n
Madlyn Franks Charles Overton
Mildred H arral Henry Prosse, Alta I go u Kirk Ro se
Darl e ne Pastorius Richard Spahn
Betty Rpss Pau l Stand l ey
Mary H e l e n S m i t h Mervin Ho lma n Bruce E ll iott
OUR HELPERS
In home room 108 Elaine Elliott, the home room reporter, had written the Greenleaf question, "What are you going to do during spring vacation?" on the board. Beneath it Miss Schofield wrote, ''Please Leave,'' and someone had come long and written,' 'OK.''
HOBBY LOBBY
Do you know what guavas an d kamani nuts are? We didn 't know about guavas until w e read about them in a Hawaiian paper and looked them up. Guavas are the fruit of th e guava tree. It is a pearshape d fruit ~ from which jelly is made. As for kamani nuts, we searche d and searched but we couldn' t find out what they were. Can you?
COLLECTORS AT WORK
This w e ek we salut e Tommy The efficient collectors reGriffin, th e great kennel-master. sponsible for so many home He has eighty-two doys of many rooms being 100 per cent in clas s different bredes, colors, a n d sizes. dues are the home room
As you pass by the Griffin res- treasurers, idence, you may chance to hear Here they are for this s e mester. Wedon ' t wa n ty ou folks to for- the barking of the dog s He ha8 102-Marietta Sukovaty, 103h d h • k l f b • h Earl Moses, 104 - Maryiouise get how useful the matrons and a IS enne or a out eig t Brodie, 1 O5 - Richard Barribo , attendants are around Whittier. mon th s a nd is quite fam o us for 106 - Leonard Ritch e y, 1 O7They are here to help the boys the choice ?f breeds it c_ontain s . D o n H o ltorf, 10 8- Harol d and girls of our school. Miss The convenient part of hi s ho bby Felsing, 110 - DeLoss Marsh. Limbeck has duty in the halls. , is that he may easily c a rry the 112 - Shi r ley Wright, 203d d • h h. • h. Miles Harp, 205-Ralph Weber , She also helps in the clinic and ogs aroun Wit Im m IS nu- 207 - Eugene Farleigh. 2 O8looks after pupils when the nurse merous pockets. We're sure th at Dale Peate, 209 - Wendell Baker, is gone. She is now doing some th ey aren't bo th ered about fl~as 210- Betty Hergenrader, 212sewing in the phys ed depart- because they are made of choice Helen Hahn, 21 6 - Fran c is ment for Mrs. Ross. Miss Limbeck china. Grabisch, 220-Marjorie Walters. helps in the costume room. She PUPILS EXHIBIT WORK 222 -George Dingman, 300and Mrs. Kno b bs bot h check the Bonnie Quillen, 301- La Vonne gir l s' d r essing rooms. Mrs. Several Whittier pupils were Gr a y , 302- Bob Eaton, 303- Lelia Kno bb s also works in the library. honored by having pictures e x hib- H eide nr e ich, 304-Dale Jone s, Mr. Wendell has the same ited in the art exhibit of the Sat- 305 -Frieda Reichel. duties as Miss Limbeck only for urday morning art classes held 307-Irene Wilkinson, 308the boys. Mr. Kerkow works in at Morrill Hall. Alice Jean F o we ls Warren Weston, 309-Shir]ey the book room. We should be had five on exhibit, Ralph K u- Jacobs, 310 - Viola Bodfield, 312very polite to the s e people be- wamoto had one, and Clara Fore- Phyllis Griswold, 314- Betty cause of the help that they are man had one. One of Alice's w a s Mason, 316- Bob Smith, 320giving us . a drawing of a Jamaica doll. Gene Sundeen.
Ma rch 15, 1940
S OCIETY NOTES
Eve lyn Bod field, Pauline Jacoby an d Betty Gerlach were hostesses a t a dancing party on February 17. Fifty children were present. Ma r ylouise Brodie and Vera Kolb w ere among the many who a t te nded.
J ean Ballance attended a party g i v en by Dorothy Reilly on Fe bruary 17
P hylis Hoke, Twilla Huff, and J a n is Pochop went to Omaha to se e the ice show. Jean Hillebrant an d Marjorie namel also went to Om a ha .
Ma rgaret Pinkerton seemed to ha ve the wrong impression on w hy there was no school on Fr iday, March 1. She seemed to th ink that because of her birthd ay, which is on that day, Whittier ites were dismissed to celebra te.
B everly Jackson had a birthday p a r ty, Saturday, March 2. Attendin g were Florence Legler, Edna Re bensdorf, Virginia Riter, Ja quelyn Greer, Naomi Beutler, He len Weber , Marian Loos, Joan Sa unders, Dorean Killian, and Pa tty Glan z.
Edna Rebensdorf, Virginia Reit e r, Rose Sinner, Janis Pochop, J ean Ball ance, Phylis H arris, Caroline D ouglas, Ir ene Deems, E laine Arnholt, Ruth Griener, Shirley Skudler, Margaret Dimm ock, Marj01 ie Preston, and D orothy Reilly attended a campfi re Mother-Daughter party rece ntly. All reported having a g ood time.
J ean Ballance, Phylis Harr is, R ose Sinner, Virginia Re :ter, and Edna Rebensdorf went on a h i ke, Friday.
Elaine Elliott attended a snr-
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C L UB ACTIVITIES
Rosemary McDermott, Jean Davenport, Helen Davenport, Doris Quinn, Ruth Short, Mary Rumbolz, Shirley Staats, Dorothy Reilly, and Joyce Stuve are a few of the members of the Trailbreakers. Although the Tra1lbreakers is a club now it hopes to branch into a girl scout troup in the near future. •
The Scroob y Club of Vine Church had a party, February 23. They went to a show and after the show they met at Elaine Elliott ' s fo r refreshments. Among the ones p r esent were Milferd and Marvin Epp, Joyce Crosbie, Marion Coombs, Bob Smith, Jeanne Reynolds. Dick Goddard and Benita and Elaine Elliott. They all •at some time or other have attended Whittier.
CONF'ERENCE HELD
Mr . Alberty spoke on Trade and Industrial Arts, February 28, to representatives from public scho ol papers. Other speakers were Miss McFie who spoke on the art exhibits and Miss Holloway who spoke on the Muny Recreation Center. Attending from Whittier were Janis Pochop and Tommy Griffin.
WHAT IF
R:::iymond Sprer were Raymond Sword.
Velma McGrew were Velma McShrink.
Billy Mann were Billy Lady Charles Rawson were Charles Rawdaughter.
Darleen Payne were Darleen Ache.
p r i se party given for Margaret I Jean Davenport were Jean Pi nkerton, Saturday. 1 Chair.
P atricia Murphry of 222 h a d I Diel-' Root were Dick Branch. a birthday party on Febrna ry Wayne Hedst r om were Wayne 24 . Footst r om.
FACTS A R E F ACTS
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It is a fact that Elaine Elliott seems to be a little forgetful in the morning. When the home room stands to say the prayer and flag salute, es asiElainer her hand prepared to give the civic league pledge instead.
SISTER'S BEAU
I walked into the parlor, And what was my surprise To find my sister's fellow Making googoo eyes; My sister said, "Please go away," But I said, "No, I'd rather stay;" Well, after he was gone I said, "He's dull as lead," And you ran just imagine What my sister said.
-June Baragary, 102
GUESS WHO
BOY
He has black hair, brown eyes, and is 64 inches tall and weighs 112 pounds. His favorite chums are Arden Means and Eddie Smith. His favorite sport is hockey. He is in 303 and is a 9A. His pet hate is people who act too old tor their age.
GIRL
She has brown hair. blue eyes, and is 60 25 inches tall and weighs 109 pounds. Her favorite chums are Darleen Payne and Delores Bloom. Her favorite sport is football. She is in 220 and is an 8A. Her pet hate is baby talkers.
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Artist (handing cartoon to editor): Now, this is a picture of a cow eating grass.
Editor: I don't see any grass.
Artist: Oh, the cow has eaten all the grass.
Editor: And where is the cow?
Artist: Well, you can't expect the cow to hang around when all the grass is gone.
SAD PARTING
In just a little whil e it would be all over. They would take him and lead him away. In a chair they would put him. It wouldn't hurt much. They wou Id just throw his head back and it would be all over. Well, here they come; into the chair they put him. They silently adjust it. Well, good-bye, pal of mine. There, they c>lamp it. What a reli e f! His first tooth is out.
- Marilyn Franks, 301 RAIN
When everything was dry and brown, Before the rain came pattering down,
People prayed and hoped for rain,
And the weather bureau did the same.
One morning gray clouds gathered low, And the rain fell long and very slow,
Now the people hope 'twill stop, Oh, dear, I'm afraid this poem's a flop.
Marilyn Franks, 301
CENTRAL'S TICKET COURT
At Central Junior High School in Saginaw, Michigan, the pupils in the halls during classes must have pass slips or they are given tickets by the hall monitors. Everyone given a ticket must report to the ticket court at three or four o'clock on either Wednesday or Friday afternoon.
First merchant: I have a bookkeeper in my office who has gone gray in my service.
Second me r chant: That's nothing, old lad Miss Smith has gone brown, blonde, and titan red.
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STATION F-A-S-H-I-O-N
March 15, 194 0
Ithe family stood around awestruck With the lid off the box Tomm y Griffin, the well known Susan excitedly pulled out an exfashion faddist, is a specialist in pensive pair of silver sl ippers blue finger nail polish. You may When Susan saw them her face ask him for his secret formula. darkened. "Mom, what shall I Civic League badges are fash- do? I've already got my shoes," ionable throughout the schuol whimpered Susan. As Susan was season. saying this, a breeze blew in the Stripes and c orduroy are in window and a slip of paper flutsty le for both boys and girls. tered out of the box. "Oh what's Suits or plain skirts and checked jackets are going to be going strong on Easter Sunday , and throughout the spring.Necklaces are a rage with plain sweaters. Notice Miss Peterson's beautiful gold-colored necklace.
This i s station F-A-S-H-I-O-N signing off until the next issue.
GRADUATION DRESS
''Mom, Jean gets a new dress to wear to the Juni or dance," declared Susan as she slammed her school books on the table, "so why can't I have one t oo?"
''Susan, how many times must I tell you that your father cannot afford to get you a new dress?'' said her mother as she stalked out of the room.
As Susan slowly started to set the table, she mumbled, ''I should think that they would be so overjoyed to have their oldest daughter graduate that they would get her anything she wanted.''
The family was seated at the table eating when the door bell rang. Susan's mother quickly answered the door. "Package for Miss Susan White," announced the mailman.
When Susan heard her name mentioned, she ran to the door to see who wanted her. Her mother handed her the package saying, "It's from New York; must be your Aunt Emma.'' While Susan untied the package, the rest of
that?" questioned Susan as she picked it up. Her eyes swept over the naper as she read it aloud.
"Dear Susan, If you think these are too fancy, you may exchange them for another pair or if you alrearly have your shoes, exchange them at Smith's for a new dress. Your Aunt Emma."
PUZZLE
Miss Andrews, Miss Babcock, and Miss Curtis won a beauty contest. One was from Chicago and wore blue, another was from New Orleans and wore orange, and the last one was from Cleveland and wore red. Which girl was from what town and what did she wear?
Here are some clues which will help you.
Miss Andrews was taller than Miss Curtis.
Miss Curtis borrowed a lipstick from Miss Chicago.
Miss Curtis was queen at the Mardi Gras.
Miss Andrews' suit was the color of her eyes.
Miss Babcock's suit was the color of Miss Andrew's hair.
Miss Babcock borrowed a comb from Miss Chicago.
JUMBLED NAMES
darlnee anpye mal ve Cm wreg ramojeir oulcert (answers on page 6)
March 15, 1940
TWO CENTS
This story is about two cents named Sally and Sue who lived in the first cabin of the cash register. Mr. Jones was just beginning his trade and it was rather lon ely in the cabin for Sally and Sue.
But! one day something very strange happened. A small girl came into the store to buy some candy. Then Sally said to Sue, "Look, here's cousin Alfrey coming to see us. He must have had his face lifted since the last time I saw him."
Sue said, ''Looks like the same puss to me, but, say, we haven't seen him for a long time so act as nice as you can." Sally agreed to do so and at that moment Alfrey came in.
''Well, if it isn't my twin cousin! What keeps you tw o cooped uo in this one-room cabin?" This made the twins mad when Alfrey said, "coop ed," but they held their tempers. Alfr ey went on, ''The reason Mr. Jones doesn't ever let you out is because nobody wants you, but I've been all over the Unit ed States."
Sa 11 y interrupted, ''Cousin Alfrey, you think you'rE: so smart but the reason you are kept in circulation is because people think you're too snooty and besides ·-.'' But just then some more of the twins' relatives came into the cabin, one by one.
"Let's see, 1-2-3- 4-5-6- 7-8-9-1011-12," said Sue. "That's a lot of relatives to be coming in all at once.'' All of a sudden there was a racket and all of the pennies were arguing except Sally and Sue, who were holding their ears. At this point, Mr. Jones took all the pennies except the twins from the register and gave them
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to a lady for her change. Sally and Sue were relieved of their relatives, and after that it didn't seem so lonely to them. They were glad to be alone in the first cabin of the cash register once more.
- Marjorie Ramel and June Baragary
ALUMNI NOTES
Out of 23 members admitted to the Writers Club at Lincoln High, four were formerly from Whittier- Mary Alford, Marylyn Alvord, Betty Jane Blackburn, and June Gakel.
Each semester the sophomores hold a sophomore party. At the one held this semester Norma Ogden gave a reading and Norma Taylor played an accordion solo.
Stan McCune, it seems, has an orchestra that he calls ''Swing and Swoon with Stan McCune."
A little birdie said he was practicing for Joy Night.
John Eberhart, Wesley Maser, and William Loeffel were chosen with other pupils by Frank Kane, from his salesmanship classes for the Link's salesmen for this semester.
John Eberhart was elected president of the boys' glee club.
Bobbette Burk e, Lorraine Pierson, Harriet Turner, Betty Jean Franklin, Jean Schleuning, and Betty Coulter were chosen to be members on teams for the interclass basketball tournament.
Betty lee Cronn was elected lieutenant of the Peppers.
A play, "Mary of Scotland," was presented to the Writers Club with Phyllis Overman acting the part of Elizabeth.
Don't push, run, or trip.
EASTER HATS
Well, here it is spring and Easter is here,
And the ladies' hats are worse this year;
Easter is a time for joy
But oh those hats! Oh Boy! Oh Boy!
Birds are supposed to be in the air,
But with the ladies around they're everywhere;
Easter, we're very glad you're here
But the ladies hats! Oh, dear! Oh, dear!
-June Baragary, 102
WHERE THEY'RE GOING
Here are a few of the pupils who are planning to leave town during spring vacation. Betty Latta is going to visit her grandfather in Davey, Nebraska. Rose Lin tt is going to Bennett, Nebraska. Robert Walters is planning to go to Chicago, Illinois, for his vacation.
Doris Johnson is going to Grand Island. Ardell Markell is going to Nebraska City to visit her grandmother. Donna Ogle is planning to pay her grandpa:rents in Humbolt a visit during vacation.
9A'S CHOOSE THEME
Last week the 9A's chose a spring theme for class day. Their colors will be pink and blue. This combination won over two others from which the class had to choose.
Mother: Oh,Mary,dear, I don't, think the mother cat would like her little ones washed like that with soap and water.
Mary: Well, I can't help it. can't lick them like she does.
LIVE WIRES
Some girls are wondering why they don't play oftener. Well, if you stop to think how many home rooms there are and that we can only play three games a day you will understand.
In Nebraska ball, home room 307 is leading the odd-numbered home rooms. The even-numbered home roJms are not far enough along in their tournaments to know the leader.
In soccer baseball, home rooms 305 and 203 are leading for odd-numbered home rooms. The even-numbered home rooms are not far enongh along in their tournament · to tell who will be the winners.
The leading basketball team is run by Sylvia Betz.
It seems that 103 forfeited their first game. We wonder what the ancient Chinese philosopher would say to that.
It seems that Mary Helen Smith doesn't know the directions in the gym. She was supposed to try for a basket but started to run the opposite way
The soccer baseball and Nebraska ball tournaments are almost over. The baseball tournament will start as soon as it dries up outside.
The fifth and sixth periods have been dancing lately. Their accompanist is Mr. Flick. Some of the dances are as follows: Topsy, Sellingers Round, Paw Paw Patch, and Rye Waltz. The dances are so strenuous that after the girls get through, they weigh themselves to see how much they've lost.
Miss Wallace, a cadet from the University, is here on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, to help Mrs. Ross.
ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO
Boy - Charles Rawson Girl - Alice Gabel
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VACATION FACTS
Some of the teachers will celebrate their vacation by leaving town. Mr. W. F. McMullen and Miss Kier are both going to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Miss Ferguson is going to Kansas City, Miss Mill er is spending her vacation at Fred, Nebraska. Mrs. Boschult is going to attend a D. A. R. convention in Omaha for two days.
Miss Zamzow isgoingto visit her former home in Central City, Nebraska. Mr. W. A. McMullen is going to relax at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Miss Madsen is going to Nebraska City and Mies Veerhusen is going to Adams, Nebraska. The rest of the teachers will stay in Lincoln.
THEY REMIND ME OF YOU
Nelson Eddy: Roland Dudley. Robert T a y 1 o r: Raymond Speer.
Scatterbrain: Jack Holbrook. It's a Hap Hap Happy Day: Saturday .
My Prayer: A one in Ci vies . Lovely to Look at: Joyce Stuve.
ANSWERS FOR JUMBLED NAMES
Darleen Payne
Velma McGrew
Marjorie Coulter
PUZZLE ANSWER
Miss Andrews-Chicago- Blue
March 15, 1940
SPORT SHORTS
Now that the tournament is Mell under way we find several home rooms on top of the list with a high percentage of the games won. Among them are 208, 307, 108, 316, 220, and 305. 308 is coming up fast; their lat~st feat hung a smashing defeat on 105 with a score of 24 to 0. Besides this overwhelming victory there have been a few other home room that have piled up enormous scores against their opponents.
Some of them are: 307's smashing victory over 107 with a score of 21 to O and 210's loss to 108, the tally ending 13 to 1.
However, all or the games in the gym have not been pushovers. 310 staged a thrilling last minute rally against 205 pulling up from a cellar position to a victorious score of 6 to 5. Another occasion of the same type occurred when 208 came up from behind to defeat 305, 8 to 7. The 208 hoys who were lagging behind by a score of 7 to 2 suddenly turned on the heat when Dave Krcmarik sank three baskets in rapid succession. The teams being very evenly matched made it one of the most exciting games of the season. Each team seems to have the cooperation and team work which is so necessary in developing a good team. 208 has a good combination in the persons of David Krcmarik and I van Evans.
A THANK YOU
We want to thank Richard Phipps of Miss Ralston's art class for making the rabbit for th e fro n t of the E as t er Greenleaf.
Miss Babcock-Cleveland - Red When using the waste basket Miss Curtis--New Orleans for a target, be sure you make a - Orange bulls eye.
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Vol.17No.12
ME NS GLEE CLUB
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA April 5, 1940 Price: Five cents
Stair Watchers
ENTERTAINS PUPILS
They watch the stairs, quiet the halls, and dismiss us from
An assembly was presented on our seats in the auditorium. Can March 25, by the Men's Glee you guess who they are? Right! Club of the University of The usher committee. The i r N ebraska. Mrs. White introduced chairmen are Vera Pierce for the th e director, Mr. William Temple. • girls and Marvin Epp for the boys. Th e accompanist was Mr. Lebar. Girls usher committee members
The program was opened with are : Kathleen Healey, Lucille a University song. Then the fol- Egger, Dorothy Kehling, Shirley lowi ng numbers were presented: Laughlin, Patricia Burley, Betty ' ' L and Sighting" with Paul Gerlach, Carol Lane, Rosalie Ma xwell, a former Whitfarite, Skidmore, Ame 1i a Panagiotis, takin g the solo, and "Climbing Jean Marie Scheer, Anna Greta up the Mountain." A group of Sorenson. nine men sang "Farmer's Boy," The boys usher committee "Old Paint," and "Shadrack." members are: Wallace HelmTh ~ glee clu~, then sa~g ''Lift stader, Tom McEvoy, Loren Thnie,, E Yes and Cow boy Stark, Dwane Tejcka, Melvin Song . The program was closed Beverido-e Don Sutherland Jack with another University song. Holbrook ' Dwain Carr Robert
The Whittier pupils enjoyed Eaton Da 1 e Pe ate' Frank this assembly a great deal. Loeff~I, Donald Farmer.'
Compliments Fire Drill
Mr . Culler said that the fire drill of March 28 was very good~ except for a few people making a fuss over a dog that appeared. We hope we can keep on having good fire drills.
TWO TRIPS TAKEN
BOYS BAND PLAYS FOR ASSEMBLY
The City Wide Boys band directed by Mr. Welch presented an assembly at Whittier on Friday, March 15. The program was opened by the school singing America accompanied by the band. The instruments were introduced and explained and this cleared up a lot of doubt in the minds of Whittierites.
Their other numbers were an "Organ Choral," "Chiribiribin," "Mouse King March," ''Stradella, '' and ''Legionaires on Parade.'' The program was closed by the school singing again, this time "Star Spangled Banner."
9A's Change Plans
9A's decided to change the plan
The first civic league trip this for class day this year by a vote of semester was taken by the 9B's 267 to 3. Instead of a luncheon at on March 14. A group of Irving 12:55 followed by a half-hour progirls sang directed by Miss gram in the auditorium, class day Haberly. The speaker was Mr. will be celebrated with a matinee N. H . Barnard of the mechan- party in the auditorium and open ical engineering department of gym from 12:30 to 3:15.
DR. ADAMS SPEAKS the University, who talked on industries, past and present. MAKE MOVIE SURVEY
Dr. Adams made a visit to Teachers who accompanied the Mrs. Boschult's first and second gB's were Mrs. Barrows, Miss Lots of Whittier pupils attend period science class~s on March K • M B 11 d M w F movies but what movies are the 1er, rs. e an r . 26. Some health questions were McMullen. most popular? A survey in all asked and Dr. Adams gave a The 7B's took their trip on home rooms showed that among very interesting talk. We thank April 4. Mr. Merle M. Hale, recent movies "Babes In ·Arms" him very much for coming. Commercial Engineer, Lincoln ,;vas first with 409 pupils attendPupils seemed especially inter- Telephone Company, was the ing it. "Pinocchio" took second ested in getting information speaker. Teachers from Whittier place with 398. In third place about dread diseases such as who attended were Miss Clark, was "Young Tom Edison" with cancer,. leprosy, and infantile j Miss McGrew, Miss Hult, and \ 218. and ,:ou~th, "Swiss Family paraly sis Miss Zamzow. Robmson with 189.
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Founded and established in 1 924 a s th e
offic ia l student publication of W hi tti c- r Junior
High Sc h oo l. Published bi-weekly dm i n g t h e
sc h oo l year by t h e Whittier Junior H i g h Sc h oo l pupi l s.
FACULTY ADVISO R Y B O ARD
Miss Hult Mr Gammi ll Mi ss Cross Miss P eterso n
GREENLEAF S T AF F
Editor-in - Chief Tommy Gr i ffin
i3oys Sport s Ear l Mos es Bi ll M i c h ael
A l umni E lain e E ll io tt
Girls Sports E laine Adams J anis Poc h op
Humor - Mari l y n Frank~ Twi ll a H uf!
Exc h anQ·es I mog e ne Shuttl eswort h
Features D o n S u t h er l and _ Marjor i e Ram e l
H ome R oom N ews June Bara gary
Fas h ions
Jeann e D avenport Alice Gabel
Darl een Payn e ····· · Elaine Ar n ho l t
Ty p ists , Joan Nu ll Marjor i e Williams
PRIN T ERS
Lois Bailey Dona ld Wrig h t
Freda Baker D elmar Wi l son
Marian Barcus C h arleen Workman
Eve l yn Botts Bob Jo h nson
Marian Conners Jack Jones
D oris Daugh erty Richard Kenn e dy
Lucille Egger R obert Mavis
Marc e line Faz e ! Bob Nissen
Marilyn Fra n ks Charles Overton
Mildred Harral H enry Prosse,
Alta I gou Kirk Rose
Dal'iene Pastorius Richa rd Spahn
BeLty Ross Paul Standley
Mary He l e n Smit h Mer v in Holman Bruce E ll iott
SPRING FEVER
Do you have spring fever? Do not get it. Sleeping in classes is dangerous. True, a person sleeping in classes attracts a lot of attention. But a' 'sleeping beauty'' is not laughed for or with. He is laughed at. Don't try to be a sleeping beauty. That was only a fairy tale and although you may think so, there are no fairies in Whittier. If the work is too hard, don't sleep , try.
Above all, d on't b e lazy. Nobody likes a lazy person. People like a lively fellow who takes part in games and discussion. Don't I et s pr i n g fev e r ruin your personality.
Keep our building clean.
The classroom isn't a cafeteria. Don't be a sluff e r ; be on time.
OUR PENCIL PUSHERS
Home room secretaries don't get a lot of publicity but they do an awful lot of pencil pushing so that there will be no question of what happens during home room meetings. Here they are.
102, Donna Winders; 103 , Earl Moses; 106, Leonard Ritchie; 107, Ge rald McCracken; 108, Bett y Patrick; 110, Doris Pierce.
112, Howard Whited; 203, Walter Somerhiser; 205, Marjorie Coulter; 207, Betty Gerlach; 208, Jo e Brochu ; 209, Dick Erwin; 210, Barbara Schnase; 212, Helen Hahn.
216, Bud Klippert; 220, Melvin Beveridge; 222, John Wagner; 300, Sylvia Wiley; 301, Ardis Burbach; 302, Patricia Burley; 30 5, Joan Eberhart , 307, Carol Bro w n.
308, Donald Bykerk; 309 , Ra y mond Hack st ock; 3 1 0 , La Vern Whiting ; 312, Evelyn Bodfield; 314 , Dick Hudkins; 316, Charles Ward: 320, Alfred Bradley; 303, Donna Kell y ; 304 , Dale Jones; 104, Beverly Cannon.
NEW GAMES IN HAW All
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NEWCOMERS - OUTGOERS
Dorothy and Evelyn Wambold of 103 and 210 have left Whittier to attend ~verett. Marylouise and Nancy Cousins of 203 and 10 2 have moved to Missouri Fre d Fuller of 209 has moved to Iowa Betty Curry of 303 has left for Irving. Jack Suhr who used to be in 314 is now attending Havelock. Weldon Linke came here fro m Hartington, Nebraska, and i s now a member of 222. Bi 11 McEntarffer is now a member <., f 305. He came from Bethany.
FELLOW PUPILS
Some of our fello w-pupils th at we know ver y little about ar e the home-bound pupils. Mi ss Mae Hues, who h a s been th e only teacher for the home-bound for a pe r iod of a bout eight y ear s, told school repo r ters about them Hom e -bound e d u c a t i o n w as sta r ted eleven years ago. Mis s Hue s say s : "They are a happ y co urageou s group, eager to l ea rn. They have their lesson s three times a w eek, one hour a d ay ." Miss Hues is "on the road " fr om 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Homeb o und pupil s a re pupils mentally New games are being intro- fit but fo r some physical rea s on duced in Hawaiian schools. Two u n able to att e nd regular school. of these games are P~ddle Tennis Mi ss Hue s ha s about thirt y -four and Ping Pong. !he boys also pu p il s at the present, a large seem to be learn.mg_ to ~ance. • nu m ber are cripples, some heart ~hey als? seem to_hke 1t. This par- di s ease patients and a few tubertrcular mf_ormat10n _cai:rie fro?1 culo s is patients. the Washmgton H1-L1ghts m Since the school began, it has Honolulu. s er v ed 144 pupils. Lincoln is one
INCOMERS AND OUT
GOERS of the few cities which give s s uch service to home-bound
Howard Inglish of 210 has left for Kim b a 11, Nebraska. Bill Callaway, who used to be a member of 110, has left Whittier for B e a tr i c e , Nebraska. Martha Anders on of 305 has moved to California. p upils.
Teacher: How can you prove the world is round?
Jimmy: 'Cause my father says it' s not on the square, an' my . uncle says it's not on the level.
A pril 5, 1940
ANOTHER TALE OF E BENZER HASSENFEFFER
"James," said Grand pa, "do you want to go out in the garden and help me di g fish worms?''
"Sure, Grandp a , " was James' quick answer and off they went to the garden where the y found Grandma busily tending to her fl owers.
''Let's go through this gate because if Grandma sees me she will want me to spade the part where she's going to plant poppy l! eeds," commanded Grandpa.
When they had reached the plot where the y were to dig , Grandpa sat down to get out his pipe and James started to dig. A ll at once he gave an excited cry and yelled, ''Grandpa, come h ere and look at the big earthworm I've just dug up. Gee, I've never seen any that big."
Grandpa gave a quick look at it a nd said, ''Huh, that ain't anything. Sit down, James , and I'll tell you a stor y about Tommy, my pet rattlesnake, who was the l ongest and most faithful snake a nyone has ever seen or heard o f ''
"Hurry up and tell me, Grandp a. ''
"Be patient, son," was Grandpa's reply. ''One day a long time a go I was riding over a prairie. I w a s riding along and thinking abo ut different things when all of a su dden my horse gave a snort a nd stopped. I was trying to make him go on when m y eyes were stopped by the longest snake I h ad ever seen. He seemed to be in pain so I got off my horse, spoke soft words to him, and started to examine his bones.''
James looked queerly at his Grandpa and said, "Didn't he bit e you?''
"No," answered Grandpa. ' ' This snake was so smart he
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knew I wouldn't hurt him. Well, I found he had a broken back so I took my shirt off i:\nd bandaged his back up. I got back up on m y horse and dismissed the matter from J?Y mind. I was just riding back mto the ranch and getting off my horse to open the gate when I stopped short in ast onishment as only a few feet awa y from me came crawling that snake. He came up to me and his eyes just pleaded with me not to turn him away."
''Gosh,'' exclaimed James, ''weren't you afraid of him?''
"Me" boasted Grandpa, "afraid of a snake? Don't kid yourself, James. Well, sir, I took that snake and put him in a bed I made for him. I kept him until he recovered from his broken back. He grew to be such a regular companion that it was hard to let him go but one day I did. It sure was lonesome that day without him. As I was sitting down to eat supper, I heard something going thump, thump at the door. I stepped to the door and to my surprise there was that rattlesnakecrawled ten miles just to come back to me. ''
"He must of been smart," exclaimed James.
''Well, I felt like I couldn ' t turn him away so I kept him and called him Tommy. One day Tommy and I went walking We were about five miles from my ranch when I stumbled and fell. Tommy tried to get me up but I couldn't as my foot hurt me too much. After examiring my foot I found it was broken . ''
''I thought your bones were so tough you couldn't break them," nterrupted James.
Grandpa didn't answer but went on, giving James a look that suggested that he be quiet. ''Well, I knew I would die if I didn't
think fast because hardly anybody ever came that way. Tommy lay there looking at me with tender eyes and then I happened to think. Why couldn't Tommy take a message to the doctor stating where I was and that I had a broken foot? I tied the note around Tommy's neck and said, 'Go to the doc in Dead ville and hand him this note. I'm trusting in you, Tommy.' In about half an hour Tommy came crawling back and the doctor was with him. Just think, James, he crawled thirty miles to save me. In fact, round trip it was sixty miles. Tommy took the doctor right up to me and I hugged Tommy. That was one snake I'll never forget. He saved my life lots of times. Let me tell you about another time he saved my life."
James' eye sparkled and he s1:tid, "I wish I had a snake like that.''
Before Grandpa could start on another story, a call from the other end of the garden came. "Ebenezer, come here quick! There's a snake out here. Come and kill it.''
Grandpa looked frightened and said to James, "If Grandma asks you where I am, tell her that you haven't seen me but you think I've gone fishing."
"Aren't you going to take me along?" cried James.
"Yes, I'll take you when I go but I can't let Grandma see me because she will make me kill that snake.''
"I thought you said you weren't afraid of snakes."
Grandpa looked up •as if he couldn't give an answer to that question but after a pause said, ''Er, ah, you see, I thought so much of Tommy it hurts me to kill snakes."
- Ellen Dietze, 222
INITIAL FUN
Take the two initials of your name and find some characteriRtics about yourself.
A-Alluring and Adventurous
B- Bashful and Blundering
C - Courageous and Contrary
D- Daffy and Daring
E- Energetic and Exclusive
F- Foolish and Faithful
G --Graceful and Goofy
H Honorable and Honest
I - Independent
J -Jealous and Jolly
K- Kind
L-Lovely and Lazy
M - Mannerly and Mischievous
N --Narrowminded and Neat
O-Obedient and Opt imistic
P - Polite and Pessimistic
Q - Quiet
R- Rogueish and Refined
S -Se lfish and Self-centered
T-Truthful and Technical
U-Urbane
V-Vivacious and Venturesome
W - Wistful and Wasteful
X - X tra-am bitious
Y -Youthful
Z-Zealous
THE DONKEY'S KICK
There once was a boy named Dick,
Who was hurt very bad by a kick, He was playing one day By a donkey so gay, And that is what made him so sick.
- - Jerry Simmons
WHERE THEY WENT
Lois Umberger spent her spring vacation in Emporia and Bern, Kansas, visiting Jane and Carol Drum. Dorothy Watson visited in Iowa with her cousin. Kathleen and Darleen Healey visited in Omaha.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
April 5, 1940
FAIR EXCHANGE A LETTER
Bud Ruhl seems to believe in Dear Fashion Faddist, fair exchange. In Miss Margaret You never can tell what the Wilson's third period English weather will he and you never class, Miss Wilson asked Bud to can tell what will come next in wet a cloth for her to wipe the fashion. boards with. ~hen Bud ca~e ; For the boys, the new 1 back, he asked 1f he could wipe I "Pennies from Heaven" shirts board. Mis~ Wilson said, are quite the style. Although the As I h~ve noth 1~,g else to do, pennies are not real they make I shall wipe them. quite an impression. They are Bu~ replied, "You ~ould ~et also wearing "Confucius Say" my Enghsh for me while I wipe shirts. Don Sutherland has a the boards for you.'' bright yellow one.
GUESS WHO GIRL
She is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 110 lbs. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Her best girl friends are Uarleen Payne and 1 Alice Gable. She is an 8A and her favorite sport is horse back riding. She hates carrots. Her nick name is Billy. Her pet peeves are history and science. She is in home room 210.
BOY
He is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 133 lbs. He has blonde curly hair and blue eyes. His best friend is Raymond Speer. He is an 8A and his favorite sport is swimming. He hates liver (Who blames him?) and he is a member of h. r. 305. •
Melvin! Melvin! What, ma?
Are you spitting m the fish bowl?
No, ma, but I'm coming pretty close.
Caustic Critic: Gee but you have a lot of bum jokes in this issue. Editor: Oh, I don't know. I put a bunch of them in the stove and the fire just roared.
For the girls, bright colors are fashionable. Any two colors are considered well worn. White moccasins are seen all over Whittier, worn by our girl faddists. It seems as though white shoes are in style both winter and summer now.
Mrs. White has a beautiful black straw spring hat, the first we saw worn to school. Spring hats are in sty le even if the weather isn't permissible.
See you in the next i8sue. Your fashion advisers, Darleen Payne Alice Gable
Invited out for Christmas dinner, Bobby's mother informed him that when asked what part of the turkey he would like, it would be polite to ask for the part that no one else wanted. Bobby was served first and when asked what part he wanted he replied mournfully,' 'some of the feathers I guess.''
Visiting Scotchman: I thought this was a country of free speech. American: What makes you think it isn't?
Scotchman: If it is, then why did they make me pay a nickel to talk over the telephone?
5, 1940
SPRING SYMPTOMS
E l a i n e Adams a n d Don Su therland saw together a total of three flies.
Marjorie Ramel heard two birds twirping . June Baragary saw 8ome good sidewalks for roller skating
E 1a i n e Elliott and J ea n Dav enport have seen grass trying to grow.
Ha y fever is trying to grip El aine Arnholt and Elaine Elliott. Girls are beginning to uncover their ears and wear spring hats. The sun has been trying to peer from behind the clouds.
Children are beginning to go ou tside to play during the noon ho ur rather than staying indoors. Rolland Johnson was sleeping in Science on March 2 while the sun was shining brightly.
SPOTS
If you think you 're seeing spots, don't get excited. Those are just the black and blue marks on some unfortunate members of 104.
Mar y Louise Brodie ran her knee through the door of her home room. Jean Ballance and the gym floor seem to have harl a number of meetings lately. Vera Kolb was sliding down a hill and fell on her head. Helen Krumm tried to ice skate on roller skates and was black and blue for a week after wards. Kathryn Dean was hit while riding a bike. Grace Munson slid and fell in the cafeteria. Darold Roblagh's pet squirrel got loose and bit him. Thelma Bryant's finger was smashed in a car door.
But if you're in 104, don't worry, for the worst must surely be over.
WAITING
They say that spring is coming, But I'd like to know just when;
I've hoped and prayed and waited, But it just snows and snows again.
They say ''Spring is just around the corner,''
But I'd like to know just which one; • All I do is freeze and freeze, I'd like to see some uns.
I 'spose I'll have to wait some more, But it's awfully hard to do: If you can make spring hurry, I'll give my thanks to you.
-June Baragary, 102
LOST
Lost, a cute little kitten
With a cute little way, Pink nose; two ears, One white and one gray.
I lost him last night, As I went for a walk, I met my brothers And I stopped to talk. He's gone and I want him, Please help me, do, And I'll find a quarter some place
And give it to you.
-Wilma Jean Lumley, 210
THE MISSING TOES
There once was a man named Mose, Who got mad at his silken hose, He once used the trigger, But then couldn't figger What had happened to his toes.
-Jerry Simmons
Tommy: I want another box of those pills like I got for mother yesterday.
Druggist: Did your mother say they were good?
Tommy: No, but they just fit my air gun.
SOCIETY NOTES
Darleen Payne and Alice Gabel gave a skating party, March 9, at Rogers Rink. Although Alice Gahel was unable to attend her own party, we think everyone had a good time. Bob Hanneman also had a party the same night; so the rink was quite crowded with Whittier pupils.
• Elaine Elliott of 108 attended a St. Patrick's party on Wednesday, March 20. The party was given by the Scrooby Club of Vine Church.
A party was given on March 22 in celebration of Elaine Adam's and her Sunday school teach er' s birthdays. Several Whittier pupils attended.
Mary Rumbolz entertained her Campfire group by giving a St. Patrick's party on March 16. Among those present were Wanda Jones, Marilyn Eaton, Gertrude Giffin, Ionalee Sehnert. Donna Sehnert, Jean Davenport, Helen Davenport, Dorothy Winneger, Virginia Borburgh, Enid Pettigrew, Maxine Pettigrew, and Catherine Cooley. The younger crowd shop at Hovland Swanson's presented a style show recently. Joyce Stuve modeled a spring coat, hat, and dress.
Dick Root gave a skating party at Rogers Rink, March 23. A number of Whittier pupils were present.
SILLY SAYINGS
In discussing the Tree of Knowledge in Mr. W. F. McMullen's class, the question was asked, "What is zoology?" Eddie Smith replied, ''Taking care of a zoo.''
In Miss Miller's fourth period civics class she made the statement, '' Lincoln was killed and died.'' The class is wondering if some people who have been killed are still alive.
LIVE WIRES
ALUMNI NOTES SPORT SHORTS
Donna Hartman of 108 while J N • umpiring a game in the gym, took oy I g ht took place at Another basketball tournament off her boots because girls are not Lincoln High April 5 and 6. John came to~ close with 208's victory allowed on the gym floor without Eberhart and Gerald Kushner over 30u for the championship rubber soles on their shoes. She were in b oy s' glee club act and honors. 305 attained their chance was unable to get them back on Mary E 11 en Bonebright and to pla~ for the championship b y after the game. Finally with the Phyllis Holbrook were in the defea tmg 103, 11 to 6. Each team help of Ruth Lowe and Wilma girls' glee club. Norma Patterson had previously won five games Peterson, she got them on. and Fred Langenheim gave and lost one. 308 lost to 208 by a
The playground c ommittee individual acts while Marion score of 10 to 4. This victory hasn't met yet but 80 far as we Coombs took part in the Clef gave 208 their shot at the title know everyone wants to play Club's act. Stan McCune and In the final game of the tourbaseball. Donald Weinman were in the band nament, Don Heidenreich start-
Ch amp ions hip game for act and Lamont Geissinger was ed the fireworks for 305 by sinking Nebraska Ball was played on in a novelty act. The (;.A. A's a long side shot. Two free throws March 27 between 307 and 220 contributed with Betty Coulter, brou ght the score up to 4 to O in Some of the outstanding players Janet Howerter, and Jane !avor of 305. 208's rally came late were Dorothy Johns of 220 and Lawrence taking part. m the second period after Ivan Edn P f 307 · T Bob Millhollen wa s adm 1·tted "Ike" Evans put one through a earson o he score of 30 to 8 showed that 307 was the with seven other students to the th e hoop from just behind the school champ for Nebraska Ball. art club. free throw line. This basket
Among the many signs of Warren Gillett a former seemed to be the main inspiraspring were the girls in their Whittier pupil, w'ho is in the tion to the trailing 208 boys. 208 green gym suits playing baseball army at Fort Winfield Scott kept hitting the basket during out of doors for the first time on California, left March 12 fo; th e remaining minutes of the March 27. New York via the Panama Canal. gome for five more points, the
The following ai·e some of the From New Y Jrk he will take the final score ending 7 to 4.
SPORT .SHORTS 2 captains of teams: 102, Helen train to Fort Monroe in Virginia Uribe; 103, Ruth Webber. 104 to study the height-finder on the Vera Kolb; 105, Justine 'Lind~ new Anti-Aircraft guns. Some of the players who gren; 106, Rose Sinner; 108 Rae showe d their outstanding basketLee Lew1·s. 110 M .· .· 'w·1 ANSWERS TO "GUESS WHO" b 11 b·1·t • , , a1Jo11e 1__ a a 11 -y m this game were liam ; 112, Alice Fowels · 203 Girl - Delores Bloom Don Heidemeich, Bob HanneDorothy Weston; 205, Glori~ Boy-Dick Root 'man, and Glen Bower s , all of G1:een; 208, Jean Marie Scheer· 305; Iv an Evans, David Krcma209, Geraldine Michel; 210, Bar~ LOST: Two brown music rik, and Robe rt Thompson of bara Goodding; 212, Do_irothy enevelopes with boys band · 208. Kehling; 216, Betty Welch; 220, music. If found return to Mr. Even though they were deDorothy John s; 222, Phylli s Welch. feated, the 305 team showed Hoke; 207, Geraldine Saunder ::; ; LOST: A green Schaeffer pen. their excellent sportsmanship in 308, Frieda Schaffer; 310, Marie Reward. Frances Nolan, 314 _ a rather unusual and original Bouman; 316, Helen Collins. manner Miss McGrew and the All home rooms will get to "Mother, isn't it nearly time I membe ·s of the team wrote a pl ay in the practice games out- for lunch?" asked little John. 1 no te to the 208 team congrntuside. Then the tournament will "No, lunch will not be ready la ting them on their championbegin. for nearly an hour,'' returned ship victory. This incident should
Whittier citizens.
Town needs good mother. s et an example of good sports' 'I guess my stomach must be manship for other teams to fast," ventured the six year old. follow.
The Whittier Greenleaf
Vol. 17, No 13, April 19, 1940
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
MISS GET AZ AND DOG FEATURED IN ASSEM
Miss Joan Getaz and her ee1 eye dog, Mona, were the ff) attr action at an ass e m y a t Wh ittier on April 4. Miss Gat z gave a descr iption of her trip fr- m Om aha to Morristown , New Jers ey, to get her seeing eye, :n In introducing the two Miss Ge • z wasputinaroom with a handful ham burger and tht~n the dog ,v let into [he room and the girl • allo wed to feed her. She had go through som e nerve rac • tes ts with th e dog. They woul go for a walk a n<1 someone wo co me up behind them and a gun or ma ke some sta noise to see if th e dog woul pro perly .
Miss Getaz put Mona t • u g h som e of her tri cks. She exp i n ed that these do gs are not p s and that they are faithful to t ei r mast ers if treated properly. r the talk, the pupils were allowed to ask questions. This assembly was greatly enjoyed by the Whit tier p'Jpils.
Mothe rs are Gues s
Appro xi matel y 650 mothers and daughters att ended the mother and d aug hter party at Whittier on April 9. Mi ss Hult said that it was the largest group we have ever had att ending such a function.
Mrs. H. C. Turner, president of the P. T. A., was in charge.
Joyce Stu ve gave a speech and a poem about mother and Mrs. Fred Sehnert gave the response. K. F. 0. R. presented two radio skits Marion Wolfe tap danced, and th~ girls chorus, under the direction of Miss Jones presented a cantata "Paul Revere's Ride.'' Refresh~ ments were served and the daughters introduced their mothers to their teachers in th e o p e n gymnasium.
he fo lowing pupil help Mr Culler and Miss H u lt in their office tasks. The office committ ee chai 1en are, or the boys, obert Smith an or the gi rl s, Gloria Gr e en. The girl ' offi ce com mi ttee consi t of Edi t h Hutchinson, Maxine Miller , Ionalee · ehnert an d Paulin e J coby. The boy's office commi e are Charle Martin, loy~ Himmel, Bill Wild and rnold Cheu v ront.
BIG MINSTREL SHOW REPLACES OPER ETTA
Have you wondered why there has been so much excitement in the music department this year?
Well, the mystery will be revealed on May 8 and 10 when the glee club under the direction of Mrs. White will present a Minstrel Show, the first of its kind to be presented by Whittier pupils relacing the usual spring operetta. The leading roles, the Intercrcuters, will be taken by Rolland ley and Dick Lewellen. The En , southern negroes, will be played by Eddie Smith, Dwain e ·ck Stanley Murray, Tommy G • n, Rex Culver, Robert Th ompson, and Bob Eaton.
Thes pu p ils take t he place of the p r esidents hen the pres idents are ou t t o lun : 102, La Vonne Webb; 103,no , 104,James P lock; 05, Char les erton; 10 6, Bernard ells; 107, Jo Willi ms; 108, Gerald Ro on; 10_, Maryl ee erguso n.
11, ie r , r €ct; 205, Anna Mary Rausch; 7, Ja Hayes; 208, David K rcmarik; 209, Arthur McKinney; 210, Delores Bloom; 212, Tony Orosco; 216, Trenna Haneline. 220, Alice Gabel; 222, Kurt Sienkneckt: 300, Elsa Beth Kise; 301, Richard Phipps; 302, Marjorie Walters ; 303, Glen McPeak; 304, Irene Schleiger; 305, Loren Colwell.
307, Delores Stewart; 308 ,. Betty Beuck; 309, Don Bjerrum; 310, Marie Bouman; 312, Mer wyn Merrifield; 314, Robert Mavis; 316, Marjorie Preston; 320, Lyle Emery.
A t entertainment would not be mplete without something sp ecial Gloria Green will tap dance on roller skates, Jan ice Be echer will do an acrobatic act, and. ary Louise Brodie will do one of her superb tap dances. ilier special parts will be taken b s s e 11 Sloan and Lois Um ger.
The program will be filled with jo kes, a variety of music, ranging thr music of the deep south, dian songs, and Patriotic songs. atch the next issue of the :f;enleaf for further details of this exciting show which will be t on at Whittier.
Assembly Given
The girls' chorus under the direction of Miss Jones sang the cantata, "Paul Revere' R i d e " for the Whittier pupils in a ssembly on April 11. In addition to this an int eresting film on the value of ti·ees as wind breaks was shown. Mr. Swan gave a talk on tree planting.
The Whittier Minstrel will be a grand show-plan to be there.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Founded and estab lished in 1924 as th e official student publication of Whitti er Junior High School. Published bi- week ly during the school year by the Whittier Junior Hi g h School pupils.
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult Miss P eterson Miss Cross Mr. Gammill GREENLEAF STAFF
The civic league officers who should be treated with the most respec_t are the usher and safety committees. The usher committee stands at the head of the stairs and also dis m is s es in the assembly. When one of these committees asks you to do anything, you should gladly obey.
The committee that dismisses the cafeteria and stands in the halls is the safety. These civic league officers are only trying to make our school safer. In return the civic league officers should respect the rights of the pupils and treat them courteously.
9A'S 'TAKE TRIP
The 9A's took their civic league trip, April 11. Teachers accompanying them on the trip were Miss Dee, Mrs. Bochult, Mrs. Childress, Miss Peterson, Mrs. Pinney, and Mr. W. F. McMullen.
Passenger: Fish Hook-that's an odd name for a station! Why do they call it that?
Conductor: Because it's the end of the line.
Marjorie Williams
Bob Nissen
Charles Overton
Henry Prosse,
Kirk Rose
Richard Spahn
Paul Standley
Mervin Holman
NEW COMERS AND OUT GOERS
We are sorry to say that Betty Haith of 212 has dropped school because of illness. Others who have left Whittier are Alvin Schwartz of 103 who is now going to Everett. Norma Steinbrecher of 102 has gone to Oregon. Mary Morgan of 208 has left Whittier for Kansas. Patrick Kilcoyne, who used to attend Cathedral, is now a member of 106.
Clara Forem an of305 has left Whittier to attend Belmont. Louise and Glen .McPeak of 304 and 303 are now attending school in Greenwood Ralph Steckley came from Bethany and is now a member of 310. Elsie Krajicek, now a member of 102, came from Havelock. Louise Dyer of 107 came from California .
CHITTER-C HATTER
The other day the pupils in Mrs. Swisher's 9B English class were half-heartedly studying when all of a sudden Don Miller yelled_, "There's a mouse!" The girls as usual were panic-stricken when they heard that an ittsybitsy mouse was in the room. In fact, by looking at them you would have thought it was a stam-
pedingelephant. Finally, after all the boys had chased it all over the room , Dan Mic hael caught it and Walter Somerhiser carried it out and dumped it.
DAYS
Thirty days has September, All the rest I can't remember: The calende r h E".ngs upon th wa ll
So why bother me with this at all'?
- Elvin Wilk
iffon, 301.
HAVE YOU SEEN
A fountain run?
A roller skate?
A kitchen sink?
A Ford truck?
A side walk?
A horse fly?
A diving board?
GUESS WHO
Girl
She is 5 ft. 2 1-4 in. tall an d wei ghs 109 lbs. She has brown eyes. Her two best friends are J an i c e Beecher and J e an Hillebrandt. Her favor sport is basketbal I. She is a member of home room 205.
Boy
He is 5 ft. 7 in. tall and weigh s 150 lbs. He has blond hair. Hi s best friend is Charles Rawson. His favorite sport is football, and he is a member of home room 207.
Answers on page 6
PUPILS MEET
Thursday, March 28,a joint delegate and usher committee mee ting was held. They discussed the attitude of the pupils toward the officers in the halls and that of the officers toward the pupils. Most of the discussion was pretty favorable. Mr. Culler said,' 'The passing and noise in the halls has improved greatly."
C ONC ENTRATIO N
Mrs. Riley came into our bu_sy · rep orter s' cl ass one day to write a le t t er We think that 3he must have u n u s ua l powers of co_nct:ntratio n t o be able to \\.Tl te a lett er w i th all the act ivity go i ng on, bu t we we :r: e v ery glad to hav e he r .
TH E LOST AND FOUND DRAWER
We're \.VOnoering if SO me Whi ttier pupils do not know th at the r e is a lost and fo~rn d dr a w er i n the office. After e xamining i t, we found quite an un usual collection of things. Am ong them are purses, pens and pe ncils, jewelry, rosaries, keys, a notebook, and several erasers. Th ere is even a pair of shoes. Most of these things look as th ough some one would want t hem. People, if you've lost somethi ng and haven't found it yet, for goodness sakes, do go down t o the office, describe it, atvl th ere's a pretty fair chance of yo ur getting it back .
THRO UG H THE CHAIR
Th e ot her day while the end me n were p ractising in the audit or i um , a v ery amusing incident l ap pened Mr . Ross was dir e ct ing t he m . She wa" in such a bi g hur r y t o get up on the ~tage tha t she stepped upon a chair in or der to get on the stage the quick est way possible. The ch a ir m u st have been very weak because she fell directly to the floor by way of the chair seat. Fortunately her stockings were n o t snagged, run or torn. For s ome u n known reason, she went the Jong way round and walkej up t he stairs.
SOC I ETY NOTES
A cnnfirmation party was held at t h e horre of Reverend Ulman, March 20. Pupils attending were Rose Ebert, Lillian Schaffer, He len Kruman, Pauline Jacoby, Dor ot hv Eirich, George Schaffe r , and H·elen Litt Some former Wh i ttier pupils attending were Harry Fox, Alma Reichel, and Florence Schennam:-m.
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE WHITTrnR GREENLEAF
Have vou noticed the change in our n1-m;r? Does it look natural to v o u f 6th er school papers are using ~l simiEar arrangement. If you like this morJnnistic arrangement, tell us about it, please.
-The Greenleaf Staff
QUEER GOINGS-ON
\Vhile scouting around, we have noticed some very queer things going on. When Miss Peterson ~sked a girl to take a book to thP- book room, she took it to the library. Well, we suppose in a way, a library is a bookroom.
Edgar Roper thought he had lost his pen as he had only the top pan. He looked all over the school, haunted the lost and found, &nd gave up \Vhen he was at home getting ready for b ed, the missing part of the p en fell out of his pants' cuff It ha d fallen and landed in his cuff and had been there all day in hiding.
Be sure t o buy your ticket for th e Minstre l Show.
April 19, 1940
Mr. Strawn had a queer visitor the other morning. He was busy at his desk when he looked up and saw a dog standing there. On M r . Strawn's orders some boys escorted him out of the bu.ilding but he was not to be discouraged and came right back. Finally with a lot of effort they got him out.
STAMPS
There seem to be a lot of stamp collectors i n Whittier : so we think perhaps t h at they s_hou l J ha~e a special col umn of their own. \t\ ell, here i t is. . Man y o f the c?lle~tors m Wh i ttier are j ust begmnmg and t o new collectors we offer a package of twelve stamps J ~st ask Elaine Arnholt, the editor of this column, Vv' ho has a lot of extra ones.
FASHION HEIGHTS
Now that the weather has changed a big percentaµ-e, we see the boys running around in their shirt sleeves. Bright shirts and trousers are very attractive. As well as the girls, the Loys are wearing white and brown saddle shoes which look very nice. So, bO\' S don't be afraid of colors!
Snow shoes are slowly decreasing and the girls are putting their s lippers or sport shoes hack on. As for spring dresses, it seems that they don't rate very high because a big part of the Whittier girls are wearing light skirts and blouses.
Miss Peterson has a beautifu l black princess style coat trimmed in white collar and cuffs . She also wears a black hat with a big red flower on it. These coats are very fashionable for spring. Miss Ferguson has a very attractive striped suit. Her new hair style is attractive also. Miss McGrew has a beautiful tweed coat. Mrs. Childress' s new red hat is stunning Miss Clark has ch a n g e d from her sweater to a very attractive blue plaid jacket. In fact, the Whittier teachers are all decked out in new Ep1 ing styles.
Elaine: What goes 99 klunk, 99 klunk, 99 klunk?
Helen: Search me. What?
Elaine: A centipede with a wooden leg.
THE
TALES OF EBENEZER HASSE FEFFER
Grandpa sat down in hi s old easy chair and picking up the newspaper turned to his favorite page headed "Pet Lo vers" . His eyes roamed over it and came to rest on a picture of a big grasshopper. Underneath the picture it s aid that this grasshopper ,vas the biggest one anyone had ever seen
"Huh," exclaimed Grandpa, "biggest grasshopper anyone has ever seen ! They won't bother with that i f they'd see the grasshoppers I'v e seen. Oh, James, come here and I'll tell you about a grasshopper blight we had one year."
James came running eagerly becau se he loved to h e ar one of grandpa's s tories. Afte1· seat i ng h i m s elf on Grandp a 's l a p he s ai d, "OK, Grandpa."
"Well, a long time ago ·when I ,ms small, my father mo v ed out farther" west than anybody else. The country where we went was still wild and everybody wa s afraid to come out that far west .'
"Is that where you killed those Indi ans with the stones?" asked James
'6Yep," replied Grandpa, "so you can see how wild it must of been. It was all covered with trees."
"I thought you said when you killed the Indi ans it was a prairie," remarked James.
"Oh, er," stuttered Grandpa, "well, you see my father made me cut down all the trees and that made it a prairie. Well, befo1·e I cut down the trees, it was like a forest. One day I was out in our corn field and I heard the most awful hummin ' and buzzin' a p erson cou ld think of. I r a ised my eyes toward the sky and to my amazement there were about a dozen grasshoppers
so big each one covered a s much space as would a cow. You can kind of get an idea how I felt! My folks had not heard the grasshoppers coming so as one of these mammoth things came roaring to the ground, I jumped on it. Now these grasshoppers could jump six blocks in one jump and our house ·was five mi les from where I was so that in 10 5 / 6 jump s that gra s shopper landed right in Olli' yard . I jumped off and by that time my folks knew what those things were."
"Gee, Grandpa," exclaimed Jame s , "what did those bugs or insects eat?"
"Grandpa hadn't expected a question like this so he sto p p e d a moment on the pretense of cleaning his glasses. After shining his gla s ses until they need e d no more shining, he continued. "Now I tell you , those gra s sh oppers were so big they didn't bother with a spade handle or anything or di nary like that! One of those th ing s ate up a whole field of corn in one meal. That was twelve cornfie ld s in each meal or if th ey didn't care for corn, they would ea t a wagon."
"Gee whiz," sa id Jam es, "they must have had big appetite s to eat that much. How did you get rid of them?"
"Well that is the sad part of it. Those grasshoppers got so attached to me they decided to live w i·th me . Those mammoth things ate so much in one meal I had to give them to a circus one year . Later I heard they had died from being lonesome for me."
As Gra nd pa tried to look mom·nful he was unaware of Grandma's standing near lo oking very scornful.
"Ebenezer," she exclaimed , "you ought to be a shamed of yourself telling Jame s s uch a story You told me it was a dream you had one night after eating my cherry pie thi rty years ago."-Ellen Di etze
STYLE SHOW PRESENTED
A style show was presente d for our Whittier girls on Frida y, April 5, by Miss Elizabeth Shaw All the models were Whittie r girls which Miss Wilson chose to fit the dresses.
The following were models : Wilma Latt a, Edith Hutchinso n , Geraldine Thomp son, Alice Kin g, Alma Telecky, Dorothy Reill y , Glo•ria Harrison , Beverly Cannon , Virginia Griswold, La Vonn e Webb, Maxine Miller, Margaret Moeller, Trenna Hanline, Evel yn Bodfield, Mary L crn ise •Bro die, and Rose Ebert. These girls modeled a spring wardr obe. Th e Whittier g irls were pleased with this assembly.
Maid: Madam, master is l y in g un conscio us in the hall with a piece of paper in his hand and a large bow by his side.
Mrs. Green : (joyous ly) Oh, m y new h at has arrived.
Mrs. Anxious: (Poking the street car conductor with he r umbrella). Is that the Firs t National Bank?
Conductor: No, mum, them' s my ribs.
Professor: Why don't you answ er me?
Freshman: I did, Professor. I shook my head.
Professor: But you don't expec t me to hear it rattle away up hear , do you?
First Man: Did you hear abou t my mother-in-law? She gave a sick guy a pint of blood for a transfusion.
Second Man: How generous of h er! And did the poor man live ?
First Man: Naw, he froze to death.
CONCERT GIVEN
Fo ur hundred eighty seven pu- pils and thirteen teachers from Whi ttier attended the Lincoln Sym phony Concert under the direc tion of Leo Kucinski at the Stu art Theater on April 1. The num bers were Overture, ''A Midsummer Night's Dre a m" by Meqdels sohn, Waltz from ''Eugen On egin" by Tschaikowsky, ''Perpetu um Mob i 1e'' by Johann Str auss, "Marche Militare'' by Sch ubert and Sheep and Goat"Walkin' to the Pasture" by Dav id W. Guion.
WHAT IHND OF SCIEI'TCE IS TI-: IS?
If she ·wants a date-M ter. If she comes to call -Re ceiver. If she wants an e s co :r t- -Cond:.1 ctor.
If you think she's p ickil~g your pockets-D etector.
If she's slow of comp/ehension-Accelern tor
If she goes up in the afr-Condenser.
If she's hung ry-Feeder.
If she's a poor cook-D"scha rger.
If he eat s too nrnch-fleducer.
If she i s wrong-R ectifie1·. If her hand s are cold-Heat --.1 ·.
If she fumes and splutte1·sIn sulator . If she wants a holidayTrc n sm i tter.
If she talks too long-Interrupter.
If she i narrow in her vie,·.·s. -Amplifier.
-Current Science.
The gentleman stopped to talk to the wee girl who was making mud Jies on tr.e sidewalk. "My word,'' he exclaimed, ''you're pret ty dirty, aren't you?"
"Yes , " she replied, "but I'm prettier clean."
April 19, 1940
ALUMNI NOTES
John Eberhart is now the associate editor of the Advocate. The Advocate positions have been shifted for the first time this semester and will remain the same for six weeks.
June Gakel was one of the ushers chosen for Joy Night. Norma P&tterson tap~danced at the Co-Operative Club, March 28, during the noon hour.
In a Joy Night Assembly
Norma Patterson gave a tap dance and Stan McCune's orchestra played with Stan leading and also playing his trumpet.
Beatrice Haskins, Mari 1y n Hayes, Bob Miller, and Jim Van Horn were among the new members addPd to the Joy Night cast. Lorraine Pierson and fifteen other girl3 were introduced to the G. A. A. by the president, Betty Nye.
L.H.S. has purchased twentyfour new warm-up-suits and twenty-one pairs of shoes for the track team. Fred Birkman, Malcolm Allen , and Henry Reichel received some of the new equipment.
FROM THE EXCHANGES
Sutter Junior High in Sacramento, California, has home room parties and also dancing dUl'ing the noon hour. They give home room parties on celebrated days such as St. Patrick's Day and Armistice Day.
At Kearney Junior H i g h School , Kearney, Nebraska, they hold a Juni or High Week. Th e ,vhole community takes part in this program, which consists of various games and entertainment. Games are played by both youngstel's and oldsters. Cash prizes are given to the winners of the different contests .
IDEAL GIRL AND BOY GIRL
Complexion - Janice Pochop
Hair- Pauline Jacoby
Eyes-- Mary Louise Brodie
Nose-Darleen Payne
Mouth - Marjorie Coulter
Teeth- Phillis Hoke
Shape-Velma McGrew
Legs-Gloria Green
Feet-Alice Gabel
Clothes-Joyce Stuve
Eyelashes -Twilla Huff
BOY
Eyes- Charles Rawson
Nose-Tommy Griffin
Mouth- Gene Sundeen
Teeth-Arden Means
Shape- Bill Wild
Legs - Billy Michael
Feet-Richard Lewis
Clothes- Bob Ring
Complexion - Billy Mann
Hair- Dick Lewellen
Eyelashes-Bob Smith
KEEP LINCOLN BEAUTIFUL
A project that should require our greatest attention is the tree planting project that the city of Lincoln is sponsoring.
Our city has lost more than 25,000 elm trees alone in the past few years. It is hoped that by the generosity of civic organizations the city can secure enough funds to get 10,000 Chinese elms to be given away free to the school children who are willirig to cooperate.
These trees are to be planted before Arbor day, April 22. Blanks were given to Whittier pupils on April 9. B.v signing these blanks pupils promise to plant one, two, or three trees and keep them up with the help of their parents. Sign a blank! Help Keep Lincoln Beautiful.
Farmer: Hey there, young fellow, what you doing in my apple tree?
Boy: This apple fell down and I'm trying to put it back.
Don't miss the Minstrel Show given by the glee club.
LIVE WIRES
The paddle tennis tournament will start as soon as Mrs. Ross gets it lined up. The championship game for soccer baseball was played between 108 and 307 on April 2 and 3. The score was 21 to 24. The school champs for soccer baseball are 307. That makes 307 school champs in both soccer baseball and Nebraska Ball.
Miss Kier played baseball with her home room against 300. She was a very successful pitcher. The score was 5 to 6. This left home room 300 the winners. After the game Miss Kier mentioned that she was pretty stiff. Miss Schemel's mother visited the girls' gym and enjoyed the games very much.
Sylvia Betz seems to be leading in the ninecourt tournament. She has had fl ve vict or i es. Gerry Thompson is close behind with four games won.
The girl~ playground committee decided upon two tournaments for paddle tennis. They are mixed doubles from the same home rooms and the girls doubles from any home room. Couples who wish to enter should turn in their names and home rooms to Mrs. Ross or Jeanne Vanderpool G i r l s m a y e n t e r b o th tournaments.
We think it was an accident. While playing ninecourt the other day Gerry Thompson of 107 made a basket f ·om th e middle court numb er fi ve.
There for a while we thought it hardly worth leaving the game room open, but when the cold spell came, we just sort of changed our minds and the games are inside.
Margie: Why did the three ink drops cry?
Marilyn: I don't know. Why?
Margie: Because their father was in the pen.
BOOK INTEREST
Miss Bethune has been keeping a reco r d of what home rooms checked out the most books and how many home rooms checked them out since February 27, mi s sing only a few dates. The reco1·d i s as follo,vs, the highest home room and the number of home rooms checking out books being gi ven in that order: Februa r y 27, 314, 20; Februm-y '28, 207, 24; February 29, 222, 25; March 4, 212, 28 ; March 5 , 216, 23; March 6, 207, 19; l'far ch 7, 309, 15; March 11, 302, 25; Marc h 12 , 314, 21; March 13, 210-105 (tie), 18; March 14, 309, 29; March 15, 303 -316-208 -10 6 (t ie ), 29; March 25, 207, 24; March 26, 309, 26; March 27, 304-308-203 (tie), 19; Ma rch 28, 107, 23; March 29, 301, 25; Arr 1l 1, 301, 17; April 2, 309, 15; Ai:d1 3, 106, 21; Ap r il 4, 106, 18; Ap :d l 5, 210, 20; April 8, 210, 25
The average number of home room s ch ecking out books e a ch day is 21.
THINGS THAT REMIND ME OF YOU
Three musketeers: T w a 11 a Stroemer, Sy ]via Betz, and Delores Blunk
Careless: Gordon Smith
Oh Johnny: Johnny Emmons
Bilry: Billy Michael
Alice Blue Gown: Alice King
• Chatterbox: Elaine Arnholt
Give a Little Whistle: Harley
Adam s
Whistle While You Work: Leslie Lantz
The Little Red Fox: Wendell Graham
ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO
Marjorie Coulter Arden Means
SPORTS SHORTS
With the start of the baseb all tournament we found seve ral sprained fingers, some stu ng hands , and sore pitchers' arm s. The tournament n o w i n progress is a Round Robin. In this kind of tournament ea ch home room plays several gam es . The finalists are based upon tlie percentage of games won by e3.ch home room .
Eve ry home room was allowed a few practice games before beginning the tourname:r..t. Th e s e practice games <1re to g2t yom team members placed in the pos itions that they can play the best.
Some of the home rooms wh o played such good basketktll g?-mes haven't s h ow n up s o v;ell in the b 'l.seball tournament. Th is kind of distribution of players, c.lthough acciden tal, scatters the honor of ,vinning the d iffere nt tonrm1 ments.
Some of the most promising players of this season have become the most promin~nt stan dards for the rest of the playe rs throughout the playgroun rl. Charles Ward, the outstandin g player of 316, has shown th at with a little more support fro m his team mates he could pul l the m through to the championsh ip games. The worst d efeat of the season was handed out to 305 by 300 with a score of 20 to 4.
Again we want to remind yo u, as we do every semester, ab out pl aying if you have a faili ng grade. If you are an inelegi ble player, this automatically d efeats your home room.
PICTURES TAKEN
Part of the pictures for the 9 A issue of the Greenleaf were tak en on Wednesday, April 3. Mi ss Cross helped so that the grouping was better and Mr. Wil lis De Vriendt took the pictures. H is fworite saying is "Smile, ki ddies,'' and he calls everyone George for s o m e reason or another.
Don't miss the Minstrel Show given by the glee club.
The Whitt ier Green leaf
V ol. 17, No . 14, May 3, 1940 L INCOLN, NEBRASKA
WHIT TIER TO HA VE MINSTREL SHOW
Yo u won't want to miss Whi ttier's Minstrel Show which will be presented as a matinee on the afternoon of May 8 for Wh itt i e r p u p i 1 s w i t h an adm ission charge of ten cents and as an evening performance on May 10 with an admission pric e of twenty-five cents.
Th is show will give you a great var iety of entertainment. You will hPar the orchestra, the glee clu b, and the advanced chorus. We'll just warn you before hand so tha t you won't die laughing at Rosal ie Skidmore and her large hat in t he play. Other members of the play cast are Dorothy Reilly, Edit h Hutchinson, Evelyn Schmi d t , Marjorie Walters, Betty June F ees, Catherine Cooley, and Ch ar les Martin.
The dance numbers will be given b y Ma r y Louise Brodie, Gloria Green, Marian Wolfe, Janice Be ech e r, Rosemary Page, Rose m a ry Wickstrom, and Donna Kell y There will be specialty numb ers by Lois Umberger, Rus sell Sloan, Martin Stokke, and Bo b Eaton
Th e I n t er 1o c u t er, D i ck Le wellen, will keep things running smoothly; and the end men are Rolland Dudley, Tommy Griffin , Rex Culver, Bob Eaton, Bob Th ompson, Eddie Smith, Stanl ey Murray, a n d Dwane Tejc k a
Don' t miss heari n g Eddie Smith tell abo u t his rabbit sausage or of Bob Thompson's escape from a
b urgla r . T hen too, you'll w a n t to b~ t her e w h en Rolland Du d le y and Bo b E a ton have their argum e nt about dogs and Tommy Griffin does his magic stunt. D w ane Tejcka and Stan Murray arrange to meet in a novel way, and Rex Culver develops an appetite for watermelons. Don't miss it!
ELECTIONS NEAR
Th e primary election in Whittier city will be held on May 6 and the general election on May 20. Those who have filed to run in the primary election are for girls president, Geraldine Michel, Louise Davisson, •Patsy Ackerson and Rosemary Wickstrom; for boys president. Bud Ruhl. Billy Brehm, James Plock, and Roland Peterson.
Those running for girls vice president are: Bettyrose Jurgens, Evelyn Schmidt, Doris Daugherty, Carolyn Doug las and Donna Kelly; for boys vice president, Ralph Kuwamoto and Harlen Rhodes.
Those who have filed for girls secretary are: Ellen Dietze , June Keane and Shirley Laughlin; for boys secretary, Bobby Cooke, Wayne Hedstrom and Billy Mann.
All pupils were given the opportunity to question candidates at meetings held this week.
REGISTRATION STARTS
Last week the Whittier pup ils started to register for the coming semest9r. As usual there was much head scratching and hard thought over what subjects to take.
GIRLS CHORUS S I NGS
Wednesday, April 24, the girls chorus class under the direction of Miss Jones sang the cantat a , "Paul Revere's Ride" at Bancroft school. Dr. Donald Wilson of Omaha was the speaker at this meeting which was sponsored by the Lincoln Council of P. T. A.
HIGH OR CH E S TRA
PRES E NTS A S SEMBLY
The L i nco ln H igh School Orchestra presented a fine ass embly on April 17 for Wh i ttier pupil s . Several selections were played after the introduction of sections by Mr. Nevin. One particularly liked by pupils was ''To a Water Lily" by MacDowell.
Many players in the orchestra were former Whittier pupils. Two readily noticed were Carol Lea Anderson, former girls civic le ague president, and Scott Irvine former boys civic league president. This assembly will be remembered by Whittier pupils w h o s e e m e d t o enjoy i t immensely.
PROPERTY COMMITTEE
The property committee has an assortment of duties such as giving out game room tickets, watching bicycle racks, taking care of the instrument room , and arranging the stage for assemblies. Committee members are: Girls-Chairman, Delores Blunk, Beverly Cannon, Irene Bruvold, Bettyrose Jurgens , Justine Lindgren, Doris Quinn, Leslie Jean Brown, Ruth Weber, and Doris Daugherty. BoysChairman, Howard Alfrey, Bi ll Lane, George Stout, Bobby Cooke, Dick Lewellen, Stanley M e c om b er, a n d M er w y n Merryfield.
WHITTIER ON THE AIR
On A pril 20, with Mrs. Wh ite' s mi x ed chorus and Mrs Shike's drama class furnishing th e entertainment the Whittier broadcast went on the air. The mixed chorus sang, ''Con tsheeta, '' "O Susanna," "Wish I Was A Rock," and "My Gallant Crew." Solo parts were taken by Rolland Dudley and Dick Lewellen.
''The Maker Of Swords'' was the play put on by the drama class . Speaking parts were taken by Doris Dugan, Donald Kaar , Grace Villanueva, Marilyn Mixon, Donald Myers, and Elmer Kolb. Freida Bronstien was the an n ouncer.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Founded and established in 1924 a s th e officia l student publication of Whitti e r Juni or High School. Published bi - weekly during the sc h oo l year by the Whittiei· Junior Hi g h Sc h oo l pupi l s.
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult Miss Peterson Miss Cross Mr. Gammill GREENLEAF
Editor-in - Chief Tommy Griffin
Boys Sports Earl Mos es Bill M i chael
A l umni
Gi1·ls Sports
Elaine Elliott
Elaine Adams Janis Pochop
Humor ·-·· ·Mari l yn Frankf Twilla Huff
Exchang-es Imog e ne Shuttlesworth
Lois Bailey
Freda Baker
Marian Barcus
Eve l yn Botts
Marian Conners
Doris D augherty
Lucille Egger
STAFF
Features Don Sutherland Marjorie Ramel
Hom e Room N e ws June Baragary J eannc Davenport A l ice Gabel
Fashions Dar leen Payne - ··Elaine Arnholt
Typists J oa n Null Marjorie Williams
PRIN TERS
Marceline Fa ze}
Marilyn Franks
Mildred H arral
Alta I gou
Darlene Past o rius
Betty Ross
Mary Helen Smith
YOU'D LIKE TO KEEP IT, WOU LDN'T YOU?
Donald Wright Bob Nissen
Delmar "Wi l son C h ar le s Overton
Charle e n Workman
Henry Pross e i
Bob Johnson Kirk Rose
Jack Jon e s Richard Spahn
Richard Kennedy Paul Stand l e y
Robert Mavis Mervin Holman
Bruc e Elliott
Do you have a bike? Do you ride it often '! You'd like to keep it, wouldn't you? All bike owners should have locks. It's s uch fun to go teari11:g down a hill on a bike , then race back up again at the speed of what seems like fifty miles an hour. And when you ride it to school and when evening comes you go out to get it, what a let down that would be if it should be gone. Lock Your Bike.
ARE YOU ONE?
Lately the order in the halls has been a disgrace to Whittier. Pupils hang on to each other while passing through the halls and just "mosie" along holding up people behind them who are in a hurry. Don't be a hall blocker. Keep up the standards of Whittier. Don't block the halls.
SONG SURVEY TAKEN
A song survey has been made recently. As a result, ' ' In An Old Dutch Gar d en'' was first with two hundred fifty, second, "At the Balalaika" with one hundr ed, '' Lean in' on the Old Top Rail," third, with eig hty-
one, fourth, ''The Gaucho Serenade,'' fifth, ''Darn That Dream'' with sixty-one, and si x th, ''With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair" with thirty-one. We want to thank the pupils and teachers for their cooperation
DO YOU VOTE ?
Are you going to vote? Oh no? Why not? It's your duty as a citizen of Whittier to vote. You can get an efficiency credit if you vote every time. Supposing there is a person you know is unfit for an office. Vote, and do your utmost to keep him out of office. This is a privilege that you have and should appreciate. Then the day after election you will know y;ou have done your part. Vote in the primaries on Ma y 6, and again at the general election on May 20 .
SCRAMBLED EGGS
Unscramble these eggs. (Your fellow pupils)
1. ainsJ oPpcho
2. ilBy l aMnn
3. lisPylh arHris
4 acGre unMosn
5. enKneth taSrwn
6. alhpR arGishbc
By Elayne Arnholt
(Answers . on page 6.)
STATION F-A-S-H-I-O-N
Spring or no spring the spring styles are in fasb ion. Some of our Whittier girls are wearin g nice gingham dresses that loo k very attractive. Delores Bloo m has a rainbow striped dress th at looks swell with her blond ha ir and Gerry Thompson has a blu e princess style frof•k. For Satu rday the bright colored slack sui ts are suitable. Slack suits are th e rage for boys also. You bo ys probably think they're only for sissies, but don't get that ide a because they really attract a lot of attention and make you lo ok smart
We'll be seeing you in th e ne x t issue. Until then, this is station F-A-S-H-I-O-N signin g off.
BEHEADINGS
(To behead a word means to tak e off the first letter)
1. Behead something that stop s a car and leave a garden too l.
2. Behead a method of tran sportation and leave a kind of precipitation.
3. Behead something pure an d leav e something thin.
4. Behead a kind of clothing an d leave a garden tool.
(Answer on page 6.)
-Elayne Arnho lt
8A'S TAKE TRIP
The 8A's went on their c1v1c league trip, April 18. The teachers attending are as follows: Mis s Miller, Miss Ferguson, Mr. W. A. McMullen, Mrs. Shike, Miss Veerhusen, Miss Cross, Mr. Heston , and Mr. Culler.
Teacher: Do you think paper can be used effectively to ke ep people warm?
Tom: I should say so! The last report card I took home kept the family hot for a week.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Today was Bob Back bend' s sixteenth birthd ay When he got up , he happened to look out the window and saw an old Model T which was quite loudly painted. He dressed . quickly and went down the stairs as fast as he could yell ing, ''Is it mine? Is it mine?''
However , when he got to the groun d floor his father said, ''Is what yours?"
Bob replied, ''The Model T out in the yard.''
But to Bob's dismay his father then an swered, "No, that's farme r Brown's. He's come aftflr the threshing machine belt.''
If Bob hadn't happened to think that he was sixteen today, he probabl y would have wept right ther e and then but instead he replied , "I sure wish that it were min e.''
To this remark his father replied , "Well, son, you don't have to wish none 'cause it's yours ."
Bo b made a B-line for the door but hi.s moth er's voice stopped him dead in his tracks. ''Bob, come eat your breakfast. There's not going to be any driving till you'v e eaten your breakfast.'' Bob came back and ate his whole breakfa st in three minutes. This meal as a rule took ten minutes.
Bob then went tearing out the door, jumped into the car and went tearing <wer to Bill's house to show him his car.
When he got there, Bill was out in the yard and Bob hollered, ''Come on, hop in, we'll go for a spin,' '
The y had gone about ten miles when suddenly the car stopped on an inclining hill which it was trying to climb. Bob put on the brakes but the car rolled on down the hill rega rdless. It came to a stop after hitting a tree. They were about to tear the motor apart to see what had ma.de it quit when they happe ned to think about the gas
May 3, 1940
tank, and sure enough, it was empty.
Bill said, ''I'll go over to George's house and get some . '' It wasn't long until Bill came back with both the gasoline and George. They put the five gallons of gasoline in the tank. This time they got to the top of the hill. When they were going down the other side of the hill, they had a flat. Bob said, ''No need to worry; we'll just use the spare." When he went to get the spare, he found out that there wasn't any; so he jacked up the car, took the tire off. and fixed it.
He had gone but three miles when he heard a siren. It just came to him that he didn't have a driver's license. He quickly tried to turn the car off onto a side road, but the car was so light that it turned over instead. Fortunately no one was hurt with the exception of George who was later found to have a broken leg, a fractured arm, and a mashed shoulder blade.
The policeman was by that time at the scene of the accident. He said to Bob, ''Let me see your license.''
To this Bob replied, "I have none.''
The policeman, said, "You are fined a dollar and costs."
Our scene now changes to the Backbend's f ~rm home two months later. The car is in the garage to be left there for a period of time.
The mailman is now coming up the road. Bob runs out and gets the mail. On one of the envelopes he reads, ''General Hospital.'' Bob thinks, "Why that's the one George was in.'' Bob's rather opening it finds a bill for hospital care, two-hundred and forty-six dollars and fifty cents.
The next day an ad in the paper reads, "Model T for sale. Fifteendollars. Inquire Backbend's farm or phone 2-4957."
Today Bob is riding his old hard tire bike everywhere he goes.
ALUMNI NOTES
Katherine Rice attended the Girl Reserves conference, April 6, at Beatrice.
The annual Forum Banquet was held April 1, at the Lincoln high school cafeteria. Phy!lis Overman and other pupils gave short speeches concerning April or fools.
Francis Helzer and Betty Keane opened the Y. M. C. A. circus of March 29 and 30 with a skit, and Norma Patterson tap danced.
Phyllis Overman and Marjorie Rollins compose the Lincoln High School girls debate team that won the championship, Saturday, April 6, at Crete.
Jack Kennedy, as Richard Winslow, took part in the junior play, ''The Youngest.''
Scott Irvine and Carroll Lea Anderson were rnem bers of the woodwind quintet that ent8red the music contest held at Geneva, Nebraska, April 19.
A style show was held at Lincoln High on April 9. Ruby Jones was one of the girls that modeled.
In the paddle tennis tournament, Moyne and Mercedes Miller were the winners.
SILLY SAYINGS
Miss Miller askeJ her fourth period civics class who would take charge if the Vice-President of the United States would die. The students guessed until they were out of guesses. The answer was "The Undertaker."
In the same class she made the remark that all of the Chief .Justice positions of the Supreme Court have been fi lied because the Chief Justice either resigned or died of his own free will. The class is now wondering if you may die of your own free will as well as resign.
SUNSHINE
If you had been in Mrs. Barrows' fourth period industrial geography class during last week and had heard Dale Jones gasp, you would have thought the world was coming to an end. The reason for D a le' s gasping was probably the fact that the sun had re e a led its hiding place behind a cloud while playing peek-a-boo, but it immediately resumed its original hiding place again
TIN CANS
On Monday in the fifth period cla ss of industrial geography, the substitute teacher, Mrs. Bingham, was having a class discussion about the manufactured products of Detroit. One pupil remarked that Detroit manufactured tin cans. Mrs. Bingham replied, '' Yes, we must have tin cans to tie on the ends of dogs' tails . ''
SI_LLY SAYING
One day when Mrs. Boschult was giving a test, she asked the question, ''What is the exterior of the capitol made of?" A 7B said, ''What does exterior mean? Is that the man on top of the capitol?''
TOOT TOOT
A tutor who tooted a flute, Tried to tutor two tooters to toot, Said the two to the tutor, "Is it harder to toot, or to Tutor two tooters to toot?''
-Borrowed
7A TRIP TAKEN
The 7A's went on their Civic L eague trip, April 30. Accompanying teach ers were Miss Mum ford, Miss Hoop er, Miss Madsen, Miss McGrew, Miss Hult, and Miss Veerhusen. The Whittier choir under the direction of Mrs. White sang three numbers, Rolland Dudley tak ing a soio part.
SOCIETY NOTES
Elaine Elliott of 108 attended a party on March 29, at the Chamber of Commerce The people who attended were the youths of all the Lincoln chu rches.
The "Happy Gang Club" consisting of Myna Buck endahl, 222, Lois Gillett, 30 1, Marilyn Eaton, 10 5, Doris Anne Michael, 300, Barbara Mohler, 312, and Bonnie Jean Smith, 3 10, met at Myna Buckendahl's house, April 11 , for their second club meeting.
Donna Winders had a skating· party on April 13, at the 17th and O Street skating rink. Many Whittierites were present.
Alice Gabel had a skating party on Saturday, April 20, at 17th and 0. Many Whittier pupils attended and one teacher, Miss Ferguson. We believe that everyone had a good time.
Elaine Elliott attended the Nebraska Congregational Youth Conference on Sunday at Vine Congregational Church. Young people from all Congregational churches in Nebraska attended. E 11 en Dietz and Marjorie Walters went to Omaha on Sunday.
Elaine Adams of 308 spent a day at Seward, Nebraska, visiting her cou::iin. Twilla Huff of 316 made a trip to Gresham, Nebraska, recently to visit her aunt and uncle. Tommy and Billy Giffin have been spending so m e r. e cent week-en d s in Geneva Nebraska. '
GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington was a man, a man most brave and bold I love to hear the tales o/ his battles in the cold; Of course, I never saw t h e man. but I know his name is George, And I wish I could have been there when he sieged Valley Forge.
- Dick Bod field
EGG FLOOD
In Miss Kier's second peri od class, Guy Thompson seemed to have brought part of his brea kfast to school with him. It w as an uncooked egg. He had put it in his pocket and evidently h ad forgotten about it because he sat on the egg and crushed it. The next thing the class knew , the chair and Guy Thompson w er e flooded with egg yolk.
HOME EC PRACTICE
Kenneth Smith of 112 may b e practicing sewing to become a seamstress or tailor although he rr ay not succeed since while i n home room, he was sewing on a squirrel's tail when an "ouch " rang through the room becaus e he had stuck himself with th e needle. He says he wants to be a forest ranger but we wonder!
PRONUNCIATION
Ch a r 1es Steen son and Dal e Peate seem to be mixed up abou t words in songs. You have pro bably heard the song that Mr s White's fifth and sixth peri od music c:lasses are learning, "God 's Country." There is a line "a hundred million rooters can ' t be wrong'' but Charles and Da le thought, and had been singin g, "a hundred million roosters can 't be wrong." Who knows? Roost ers may be root ers.
LIBRARY VISITED
On Friday, April 19, the pup ils taking the course in general rea ding made a specia l trip to the cit y library. They were accompani ed by Miss Curley and Miss Zamzow
DEAR MOTHER
Oh! Mother Dear, I love you so, I don't know what to do; So I have decided I will be Both good and kind to you.
-Janis Pochop, 304
IN COMERS AND OUT GOERS
Margaret Swearingen of 220 has left Whittier to go to Denver. George Barcus of 106 has left for Washi ngton. Robert Church of 110 is now in Indiana. Betty and Edwa rd Cole of 301 and 212 have come to Whitti r from Irving.
Due to a bone infection Leslie Breh m of 105 has had to drop school. His hom e room has s e nt cand y to him.
ALWAYS TOGETHER
J oyce Stuve and Ma x ine Mill e r
Marjorie Ram e 1 and Jun e Bar agary
Dick Brooks , Tom Mc Evo y. and Kenn y Smith
El aine Elliott and Mar ga r e t Pin kerton
Evelyn Bodfield and Paul ine Jac oby
T willa Huff and Mary H e len Smi th
Darleen Payne and Alice Ga ble
Janis Pochop and Shirle y Jo Lud wig
Jean Davenport and R ose mary McDermott
He 1en Davenport and Lois Nelson
Marilyn Franks and Elaine Ad ams
Patty Moffett and H e len Owen s Jo an Overman a n d Clarella earnh am
G e r r y Michael and Evelyn Schmi dt
Wil ma Latta and Phy !is Hoke
Fran ces Grabisch and Justine Lindg ren
Ro bert Walters and J er r y Rauch
Explorer: And there, a s I ente red the house, I came face t o face with a ferocious ape Wha t do you think I did?
Bored Listener: Removed the mirr or.
"What's the matter, Jenkins?" snapp ed a shoestore mana g er. "Can't you serve this custom e r?"
"No, sir," replied the assistant. "He's trying to find two shots wh ich squeak in the same key."
May 3, 1940
STAIRS
It seems each day I have to climb A hundred million stairs; It's up and down, up and duwn, If there were no stairs I'd have no cares.
I s'pose I'll keep on climbing, But it nearl y breaks my heart; 'Twill be a happy da y for me
When I an d th e stairs must pa r t.
Of tourse I'm not complaining, But you know it's quite a job; If I have to climb those stairs much more, I'll break right down and sob
-June Baragary, 102
RESOLUTIONS OF A GREENLEAF PRINTER
(Typed during his spare ( ?) mom e nts in Mi s s Kier's class)
NEVER bother Mr. Gammill. ( Very often)
N E VER bother my fellow pupils. (L e t them bother me) ALWAYS do as he tells me. (Mr. Ga mmill)
POSlTIVEL Y Srop (st opo) stop) m akin g so much n o i s e . ( Ke y s stuck)
COSTANTLY be polite to all tho s e around me. (Haw Haw) DO NOT SPILL ANY MORE CASES.-no matter what yo u'r e looking for.
GUESS WHO GIRL
She is 601-2 inches tall and weighs 103 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes. She p:.ls around with Maxine Miller, Shirley Staats, Vera Pierce, and Jean Scheer. She plays the piano and her favorite sport is tennis. Sh e is a mem b er of home room 212
BOY
He is 66 1-2 inches tall and weighs 145. He has blond hair and blue eyes. He pals around w it h Earl Moses and Billy Schuman. He plays a cornet in the boys band, and his favorite sport is football. His pet peeve is washing dishes. He is a member of home room 205.
TREES GIVEN OUT
As a very long line of Whittie r pupils came to an end, over 600 Chinese elms had been given out on Friday, April 19. On Monday, 400 more trees went to their new homes. If all the trees were planted, it probably looked as if half of Lincoln had been dug up .
9A'S PREP ARE
It looks as if the 9A party on class day is going to be a lot of fun. Whittier hall.s have been ringing with old tunes and 9A laughter at the dances such as the Virginia Reel and other rhythms which are being practised by diff e rent groups of 9A ' s under the direction Miss Holloway in preparation for the big event.
HANDLES
Margaret Pinkerton, Butch
Mary Sinner, Mike
June Baragary, Spud
Elaine Elliott, Jo
Elaine Adams, Porkie
Elaine Arnholt, Topsy
Marjorie Ramel, Spike
Janis Poch op, Johnnie
Alice Gabel, Dolly
Dick Piderit, Peter
Darleen Payne, Pain
Gerald Robinson, Ribby
KATIE, MY SPIDER
Our neighbor was digging a ba s ement w hen he saw a large spid e r. "If thi s i s n't a big spider I don't kn ow w h a t it i s ," sa id ou r n e ighbor. I a s ked for the sp i d e r a nd th e a nswer was "Yes ." I called . the spider "Ka tie." Katie and I went to s ch ool the ne x t morning. Miss Mad s en of 308 said it was a "Wol f " sp i d er. I t ook Katie home th a t n ight, and my mother told my brother to go outside and kill her. And that wa s the e nd of my s pid er , K atie.
-Alma H a rral, 220.
LIVE WIRES
In the gym classes, bombardment is especially liked by everyone except Ida Mae Bivens who the other day got hit in the nose. Next to bombardment, three-base is liked best.
The paddle tennis mixed doubles started with William Gillespie and Donna Winders both of 102 vs Dorothy Johns and Johnny Williams of 220. Girls doubles started with Marjorie Williams , 110, and June DeVore of 103 vs Mary Rumbolz, 110, and Helen Davenport, 209. In gym classes pupils started to play paddle tennis on Monday, April 22.
The eighth and ninth grade girls, besides games, are learning to tumble. Miss Wallace, a cadet from the university said that in comparison with other schools our ninth grade girls are leading in tumbling. B es ides playing games and tumbling, the eighth and ninth ~rades hav e been marching and dancing.
Some of the games that are played in the gym classes are kick pin , soccer baseball, corner kick, bowl club, end ball, bat ball, progressi\·e dodge ball, corner basket ball, Nebraska ball, and captain ball. Some of the relays are crab re lay, duck walk, ball passing, walking relay, run around, and potato relay.
April showers are supposed to bring May flowers and th is year they have also brought muddy playgrounds which have meant a number of days of insid e games.
The way this weather looks Jeanne Vanderpool is going to have to start a kickpin tournament or something else that can be played indo ors.
Jo Ann Mease, 212, is a small but powerful girl. While playing kickpin the other day, she almost knocked down a light in the gym.
DEAF PUPILS PROGRESS
Miss Esther Krallman. teacher of six deaf pupils who attend Prescott school. was interviewed by peopla from different school papers of Lincoln on April 24. For her demonstration she had two of her pupils with her. one four and one-half years old, the other eleven. It was unusually interesting to see the progress that these pupils make. By placing his hand on the teacher's face. the pupil was able to understand what she said and follow her directions.
SERVICE FREE
Did you know that you can check out recreational equipment from the board rooms if you want to take it on picnics? There is no cha r ge unle ss equipment is lost. Mr. J. C. Lewis told school repo r ters of this serv ice.
Mr. Lewis is head of the recreation de p artment which sponsors the Christmas parade, organizes the youth club s, and helps plan parties. This committee is giving con s ide ra tion to an ice skating rink in the new city auditorium.
LOST AND FOUND
LOST: A pair of gold, rimless glasses in green c ase with a white kerchief inside. Reward. Mary J ohnson, 314.
ANSWERS TO ' 'GUES S WHO"
Girl-Joyce Stuve
Boy-Rolland Dudley
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES
Beheadings
1. brake - rake 2. train - rain
3. clean - lean 4. shoe -ho e
Scrambled
1. Janis Pochop
2. Billy Mann
3. Phyllis Harris
4. Grace Munso n
5. Kenneth Strawn
6. Ralph Grabisch
SPORT SHORTS
No hits, no runs, four error s, batting average 000. Yep, you gm~ssed it. It's the record of Rolland Dudley, star pitcher of 205. As a ball player Dudley doe s a good job of playing the cornet.
Bernie Batterman, forme r hurler of 208, now in 207,is makin g quite a name for himself pitchin g for his home room. 207 defeate d 222 by a score 28 to O with Berni e pitching a three hit game with no one on the opposing team getting past second base.
Due to the unusual amount of rain for Nebraska this spring th e biggest share of the games hav e been played in the gym. Th e teams, picked according to th e size and ability to play, have been chosen by appointed captains These games have probably bee n more exciting to you than th e regular games because they ar e composed mostly of all stars.
In these spring basketball games , Bob Jacobson of 307, I van "Ike" E van s of 208, Do n Heidenreich of 305, and Geral d "Roughneck Ribby" Robinson of 108 have shown themselves to b e the superior players. The all star basketball players in a team as we would class them are: Bo b Jacobson, center; I van Evans and David K rcmarik, forwards: Don Heidenreich and Johnny Williams , guards. These five could probabl y •• defeat any other team composed of any other five Whittier boy s
Little Jeanne, a first-grader , walking with her mother, spoke to a small boy.
"What's his name, Jeanne?" asked her mother.
"His name is Jimmy, and he is in my grade," she explained.
''What is the little boy's las t name?" her mother asked.
"His whole name, "said Jeanne, "is Jimmy Sitdown: that's wha t the teacher calls him."
The Whit tier
G re en leaf
Vol. 17 , No. 15, Ma y 17, 1940
LIN CO L N, N EB R A SKA
Two Mins trel Sho w
Perfo rmance s Given
Si x hundred an d sixty Whitti e r pu pils a tt e n de d t he first perform• anc e of the m instre l sho w on Wedn e s d a y , Ma y 8. The performan ce fo r the g e ne r al public was gi ven on Fri d a y, Ma y 10. H ighli g ht s of t he p e rformance th at tho s e who s aw it a re likely t o r eme mb er in c lu de Bob Eaton's a nd R o ll a nd Du dley's a r g ument ab out their d ogs , t h e savi ng of To mmy Griffin 's ba by, Eddie Sm ith's rabbit s au sage fa ctor y, the midnight inva s io n of Bob Th omp s on's house, D wane T e j c k a' s k indly a id t o h i s pr eacher man, Rex Cu l ver an a ll of hi s waterm elons, and St a nley M urray' s fr y i ng bacon over a pr a irie fire.
Dick L ewe ll en d id a m asterful jo b as interlocuto r an d h e a dlinin g th e dancing n um be rs w e r e Mar yl ou ise Brodie, Gl oria Green, Mar ian Wolfe, J ani ce Beec her, R o s e m a r y P age , Rosemary Wick s trom , and D o nn a Kelly. Ou tstand ing m u s i cal numbers wer e Ma r jo rie Coult er's "Dinah'' and the g ir ls d ou ble sex t ette singing s u mmer t i me ."
Loi s U m b e rg e r m a de a fine n egr o b oy S he r e all y deserved to be t a k e n t o a c i rcus !
A ll in all this performance under th e di r e c tion of Mrs. Whi te Mrs. R os s, and Miss Pet erson was the outstandin g s ho w o r the year given by Whit t ier pupils.
Inc omers and Outgo ers
Marj orie W al thers of 22 0 has lef t W h itti er for Ca l ifo rnia Barbara Fra ms te a d o f 10 5 has left for Iowa . C la re nc e and Mary Sinne r of 30 0 a n d 220 have left for F r emo n t. Audrey Roth of 309 has t ran s fer red to Bet h an y.
9 's N mi te
The n omi n a t ing comm itte e fo r 9A c lass office s met, Ma y 7 . T h ere were eight m embers on th e com mittee, a boy and a gi rl from eac h Indu strial Ge ogr aph y c lass having been chosen . The no minees a re : for p r esiden t, Bob M u nson, 112, Gra ce M l:}nson, 104; vice pre ident, Margar e t Pink erton, 30 0, I van Eva ns , 208; sec retary -trea surer, Vir g ini a Shirey, 1 3, Esther Schn ell, 222
Predic ion
Man y of Wh ittier Cit y's citizens hav e be e n ask ing their directors, "W he n will school be out?" We fe e l t hat you shouldn't worry abou t it; so we will tell you if you won't te ll another soul. School will b e out, June 7. Sh-h-h!
Cla ss Day Coming
A day g reatl y l oo k ed forward to by the 9A's is May 29, class da y. The pr ogram fo r the parents a n d pupil s will b e h e ld i n the morning . In th e afternoon a party will be held in the gym for th e 9 A ' s Fr o m t h e so u nd s we hear is s uing from the g y m there i s going to be some dancing . The pupils seem t o b e enjoy in g le arn i ng these fol k dances unde r t he dire~tion of Miss Holloway.
New Arriv al Gree ted
Mr. Wells, our gym t eacher, is now the proud father of a baby boy He was born April 29, 1940, and h e weighed 8 lbs . 2 oz . a t birth. T h ey p l an to n a m e him Kent W i llia m. He w ill go by t h e n ame Ke n t, Ke n. or K enn y and n ot Bill , or Billy.
Candidates Chosen ·For Ge neral C. L. Election
Th e fo llo wi n g candidat e s will com pe t e in the general el ec t ion o n May 20 a s a res ult of t he p r i m a r i e s . F o r p res id e nt , Geraldine Michael and Ros e mary W ick st r om fo r g irls and Jame s Pl oc k and Bud Ruhl for boy s F or vice president, girls Donn a Kelly and Evelyn Schm idt ; fo r boys, R a lp h K u wamo t o and H a rl y n R hode s. Runn in g for secretary in t his elect ion are: June Keane a n d Sh ir ley Laughlin; for boys , Bobby Cooke and Wayne Hed strom.
Geraldine has bee n captain, delegate, p re s id en t a n d s erves on the play g ro un d committee. Her scholarsh ip fra cti o n is 13-17, and she has bee n on th e honor roll.
Evelyn s chimi dt has been on scholarship roll , h as h e ld h ome room offi ces , and i s now on t he s afety co mmittee. She h a s 23 effi ciency cr ed its a n d her scho larshi p fracti on is 15-2 1.
Donna Kelly h as b een on th e scholarship roll, h as served on the pla y ground co mmittee, has been on the honor ro ll a nd has hel d hom e roo m offi c es. Her s cholar s hip fract10 n is 12-20.
June Keane ha s 28 efficie n cy credits, has be en on the scho larship ro ll , has been treasurer and president. She has a scholarship fraction of 12-21.
Shi rley Laughlin has been on th e chol arship roll, has 24 e ffici ency credits , is a member of th e u sher comm i ttee, and ha s be e n home r oom de lega t e. Her srholarshi p fr ac tion i 13 -2 2.
Bud Ruhl has bee n reporter for two semesters and h as a schola rhip fraction of 17 - 22.
Ralph Kuwamoto has been vice-president two seme s t e r s , i s alte r nate now a n <l has 22 effic ie n c ies.
Har l yn Rh odes has been v icepresident, h a s 17 efficiency credits a n d has been on the scho larship roll every semester.
Bobby Cooke has been delegat e a nd secretary. He has been on ( Cont inued on page 5)
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Founaed and established in 1924 as theofficial student publication of Whittier Junior High School. Published bi-weekly during the school year by the Whittier Junior High School pupils.
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult Miss Peterson Miss Cross
Editor-in-Chief - -
Boys Sports
Alumni
Girls Sports
Humor -
GREENLEAF STAFF
Tommy Griffin
Earl Moses
Bill Michael
Elliott
Elaine Adams
Janis Pochop
Frank~
Huff
Exchanges Imogene Shuttlesworth
Lois Bailey
Freda Baker
Ma1·ian Barcus
Evelyn Botts
Marian Conners
Doris Daugherty
Lucille Egger
Mr. Gammill
Features Don Sutherland
i e Rame l
Home Room News June Baragary
Fashions
Davenport Alice Gabel
Darleen Payne
Elaine Arnholt
Typists Joan Null
Marjorie vVilliams
PRINTERS
Marceline Faze!
Marilyn Franks
Mildred Harral
Alta Igou
Darlene Pastorius
Betty Ross
Mary Helen Smith
GOODBYE AND THANKS
Donald \Vright Bob Nissen
Delmar Wilson
Charleen Workman
Charles Overton
Henry Prossec
Bob Johnson Kirk Rose
Jack Jones
Richard Spahn
Richard Kennedy Paul Standley
Robert Mavis Mervin Holman
Bruce Elliott
BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE
MAMA DOESN'T KNOW
I am just a little girl
And mama says I'm good; GueRB mama doesn't know wh at I did
Behind the pile of wood, But I'll t ell you if you'll keep mu m 'C au se if mama knew she'd gi ve to me
What Patty gave the drum. I banged Dolly's head against the wall, And what happened then? Do I need to tell?
I broke my dolly right in two; I want my dolly! Boo Hoo Hoo !
SEARCHING
This is the last regular issue of the Greenleaf. It will be followed by the 9A issue which will come out on class day. We want to thank you all for your loyal support this semester and to extend our best wishes for a happy vacation. .
TRY IT
Summer is a wonderful time, and there really is such a thing although it is slow getting here. There are lots of things to do during the summer. Swimming is very popular and it's such fun to tell about the ten pound fish that got away while you were fishing. Summer is also a good time to develop hobbies. On hot days you can stay inside and work on a stamp collection or any other inside hobby, and when it's cooler you may spend your time on some sport that you could choose for a hobby. Above all, don't let idleness ruin your summer.
ON FIRE
Have you noticed El a in e Elliot's eye lashes lately or at least what's left of them and the front of her hair? Elaine was busily trying to light the oven at home. She had the match in her hand and held it to the burner expecting it to light, but it was the little light that wasn't there. All that Elaine did was to stoop over to see what was wrong, and the oven lighted, much to her surprise.
Dick Brooks and Thom as McEvoy, with the help of Dick's dog, captured a large bull snake, Saturday, about one half mile thig side of Adams. The snake was on exhibit in the show case near the office.
LOST BOORS
What a worry when you lose your books! You search evei·ywhere-but in vain. Then you, by chance, find your book in the place you were just sure you didn't leave it such as in Ralph Kuamato's case, or you may be like Bob Jacob son who is still looking for his industrial geography book. He is sure he didn't take it home because he has not formed that good habit as yet. \Vhat a life! We'll let you know when he finds it.
LAST TRIP TAKEN
The last civic league trip of the year was the 8B trip on May 9. The teachers who accompanied the pupils were Miss Schemel, Miss Cross, Miss Mumford and Mr. Culler.
TONGUE TWISTER
During Miss Mumford's second period history class, some pupils were ha v ing a hard time saying , "Herbert Hoover." It turned out to be a tongue twister which wound around to ''Hoobert Herver."
One day Miss Peterson's seati ng charts disappeared. She look ed for them all day long and af ter looking high and low she gave 1t up. The next Monday she started her search during first period. To her surprise Alice Gabel fournl them in the bundle with the efficiency cards.
CURIOSITY
During Mrs. White's sixth period advanced chorus class, a mysterious character, a gm, opened the door of the auditorium because she was curious to see where all the singing was corni ng from. Doesn't that sound just like a girl?
GUESS WHO BOY
He is 67 inches tall and weigh s 133 pounds. He is a member of home room 316. Robert Smit h, 205 , and Charles Ward are usua lly seen palling around wi th him. His favorite sport is baseball. His pet peeve is washing dishes.
GIRL
She is 62 3-4 inches tall and weighs 117 pounds. She is a member of home room 308. Her be st friends are Sylvia Betz an d Delores Blunk. Carrots are h er pet peeve. Her favorite sport is baseball. Quite a coincidence isn 't it?
ALUMNI NOTES
V irginia Barch has been chosen as one of the senior speakers for the class of 1940 commencement exer cises to be held on Friday even ing, June 7, at St. Pauls Chu rch. V irginia's speach is en titl ed ''The Lifetime.''
J ohn "Duke" Eberhart is on e of the salesmen launching the ir cam paign for the selling of the Li nks.
Mickey Allen, promising young so phomore hurdler, spiked himsel f in the hand. Mickey's injured h and required nine stitches.
In the column c ontest, John E ber h art placed fi rs t for N ebra ka.
Students in Miss Glad vs Dana's el ementary design 2 cla es have p a i nted arrangements of flowers u s in g their own color schemes. L a Vora Ram el' s was first in indivi duality. Benita Elliott's was rat ed superior for delicate colors.
Mari o n Coombs read the rev i sed constitution at the Clef Club m eeting held Wednesday, April 24.
T he Orpheons pres e nted an en tertainment with Betty Bonebr i g ht leading a musical questionair e in which the members of the clu b answered.
F r ancis Helzer and Betty K eane won the second prize of thr ee dollars, last Tuesday when th e Nehraska theatre had amateur night. They impersonated Br e n da and Cobina of the Bob H ope Show.
COOK BOOK GUIDE
If you we r en 't in Mr W. A. McMullen's fifth period scie nce class, you missed an interesti ng experiment feature b e c ause Wallace Helmstader and D avid Krcmarik rather surprised th e students in doing their experi ment. Instead of experimenting from memory, as Mr. McMullen d oes, they had a book to guide t hem. Mr. McMullen repeatedly called it a cook book. It would h ave reminded you. as it did some of t he other students, of Tizzie Lish Maybe it was a good thing th at they did use a book because a b out all of the experiments were su cc e s sful.
May 17, 1940
GOLDE N SP I KE
CELEBRATOR S
It seems that quite a few of 108's members are celebrating Golden Spike days in Omaha. Among those going or having gone are Wesley Morrison, Jim Case, De 11 a Pavey, Donna Hartman, Rae Lee Lewis, Ardell Markel, Martha Michel, Dorothy M u el h au sen, and Lorraine Stewart.
Glen Ku skie and Carolyn Leikam of 222 are going and Betty Ann and Alice Shilhan wi ll also be among those present. Some members of 309 who are going to Omaha to celebrate are Guy Dean, Le Roy Keeney, Bob Gowdy, Audrey R0th, Norma Petersen, and Mary Smith. James Plock of 104 and Elaine Adams and Elaine Arnholt of 308 are also going.
Janis Poch op of 304 will go as "'ill Mar ietta Sukovaty, Ethel Whiteb ear , Mary Smith and Twilla Hu ff, Gene Reifschneider, La Vonne Webb, Donna Winders and Margie Lundwall of 102.
socmTY NOTES
Joan Eberhart and Gerry Thompson gavEi skating parties on Saturday night at Rogers Rink. A large ~rroup of Whittier pupils attended. Miss McGrew was one of the chaperons.
A carnival wi:, s held on Satu rday, April 20, by the Senior Beacons for the Junior Beacons. Booths, such a8 fishing booths, and Bingo were used
Elaine Elliott attended a picnic at Crc:te, Nebraska Milferd and Marvin Epp, Marion Coombs, Jo y c e C r o s b i e, J e a n n e McReynolds, Benita Elliott, Norma and Don Schmidt and Dick Goddard, all former Whittier pupils, were al o there.
THEIR MISTAKE
Marjorie Ramel and Elaine Elliott, while writing the "We Approve Of'' column, had Tom McEvoy and Dale McKinney hitting homerooms instead of homeruns. We are hoping Tom and Dale didn't hit the homerooms too hard!
VACA TIO N N E WS
Whittier pupils must like t o travel during the su m mer . Richard Bevier intends to go to Iowa. Alma Schlegel is going t o Bair d , ebraska. Billy Ke i lman is go ing to western Neb r aska. Betty Jea n Moore is thinking of spending her summer in California . We l do n Linke is going to Wisconsin wit h his father. Donna Ogle is going Rumbolt, Nbraska. Nebraska. Lorraine Stewart plans to spend her vacation in Omaha. Martha Michel is going to Denver, Colorado. Betty Patrick is going to Kansas City, Missouri. Ardell Markel will go to California and Beatrice, Nebraska, with Donna Hartman. Kathryn Giest is going to South Dakota and Beatrice. Jim Case plans to take an extended tour of the EasterE part of the United States. Ernest Lee is going to Missouri. Samuel Loos is going to Lexington, Nebraska. Wesley Morrison is planning a visit to Arbor Lodge.
Some Whittier pupils are staying home, among them, Phyllis Hoke, who is going to spend her summer swimming although she may go to Arkansas while Alice King will sleep and swim to occupy her time through the summer John Wagner and Don Smith are going to a Scout Camp where Don will be the cook.
Betty Ann Shilhan is going to spend her vacation this summer in Omaha and her sister, Alice Shilhan, will be in Norfolk, Nebraska.
Helena Alfrey, Edna Donaho o, a n d Betty Stevens are going to Mis ouri for their summer vacations. Kent Wassung and R a ymond Hackstock are going to California. Clyde Scroggins and Mary Smith will go to Minnesota. Bonnie Fitzsimmons is going to Iowa. Shirley Jacobs is also going to Minnesota.
Paul Pro Vorse is going to Colorado Don Bjerrum is going to Kansas. Bob Gowdy will go to Oregon and Betty Johns to Illinois. Darleen Payne is going (Continued on page 4)
VACATION NEWS
(Continued from page 4) to spend a part of her vacation at Camp Kiwanis and the other part with Delores Bloom at her g randmother's in Nebraska City.
Aline Leupold is going to Nevada and Missouri. Don Bykerk of 308 is going to Adams, Nebraska. Caselteen White of 205 is going to Lake Okoboji. Warren Weston is going to spend his vacation swimming, playing ball and staying on a farm.
Betty Beuch is going to the World's Fair in New York. Her brother is acting as a guide there now. Marjorie Hart is gomg to South Dakota. Beverly Menefee is going to Sterling, Nebraska. Gwen Peters is going to Minnesota , Bill Gillespie is planning on visiting the sand hills.
Margie Lund wall is going to Repub 1 i can, Kansas. Marietta Sukovaty is going to Ohiowa, Nebrask a. Robert Robinette is going to Dodge, Nebraska. Mary Helen Smith will go to Broken Bow. l.Jiane Lantz is going to Farragut, Iowa.
Katheryn Dean is planning to visit Crete. Robert Hann eman is going· to North Bend. Beverly Cannon is going to Topeka. Kansas. Juni or (;ablehouse is going to spend his vacation in California, Wyoming and Minnesota. Joan Koening is going to Kansas. Marilyn Maser is going to Colorado.
Eugene Richards is going to visit his grandmother on her farm. Dorothy Watson is going to Iowa. Darl ene Stalgrene is going to Kansas and Lois Umberger to Delaware. Jean and Helen Davenp or t are going to Camp Kiwanis.
THE TALES OF EBENEZER HASSENFEFFER
"Gee, Grandpa, look at it rain outside! It's raining like cats and dogs," exclaimed James. "Do you call that rain?" scoffed Grandpa. "That's just a sprinkle Come here and I'll tell you a story about a flood and a prairie fire."
As the rain beat peacefully at the window panes and the fire crackled joyfully in the fire
place, James settled himself to hear one of Grandpa's famou s stories. Grandpa filled his pipe and sat trying to look dreamy.
At last he said, "One day many years ago Old Dobbin, my horse, and I were out riding across the prairie. Now this pr airie was one good prairie as it hadn't rained for two years and all the vegetation was dead. As I rode along, I noticed a big black cloud coming from the west growing blacker and blacker. I didnt pay any attention to i t as bi g black clouds came th a t , vay often, but nothing eve1· ca me of them. I got tiTed of riding slow so I gaYe Old Dobbin a g ood sla-".
"Was Dobbin a pretty horse? I like horses, don't you, Grandpa?" interrupted James.
"Now look here, James, if I am going to tell you a story, you have got to be quiet. Well, I gave Dobbin a slap and as I did, his horseshoe hit a rock and it created some sparks. In a few moments the prairie was in a ragin g fir e It sure di d n't take lonr; for me to start Dobbin a-flying. Pretty soon we were ten miles ahead of it, then fi fteen and fi 11ally twenty. I knew if I ,vastH1 an y time that fire would reach us and lap us up. I raced for the valley to tell everybody about it and get them prepared. Now I had forgotten all about the big cloud but just as I rode into the valley that cloud gave a rumble and started to rain. Well, it rained so hard in a few minutes the valley was in a flood.
Just as I got off Dobbin, he fell down and laid so still I t o u ght he was dead, but after feeling his heart I saw he had fallen from exhaustion. Of all
We asked Mrs. Ross just what tim es that h orse had to give out, he had to pick that time. I picked him up and started to tell the sheriff to get all the families to safety as the flood was an awful thing. By this time I had forgotten about the fire , but an old man came running in and said that the rain had stopped it. The water was coming up so fast I saw there was greater dan ger th an from the fire which we had so miraculously escaped. I had
to act fast; so I took Dobbin again on my back and started to swim to safety. The water came up so fast I had to swim ten miles before I got to land. Old Dobbin was still exhausted; so I carried him the rest of the way home."
During this story Grandm a had been sitting in her chair sewing, but as Grandpa stopp ed, she said, "W ell, if you are s uch a wonderful fire fighter :md floo l hero you may go upstairs and shut the bedroom windovl's s o it won't rain in the window and after that go get some firewood f01 · the fire place."-Ellen Di e tze.
WE APPROVE OF
Gloria Green's dancing as we ll as her skating.
Marjorie Coulter's singin g· ability.
Eddie Smith as a comedia n as well as a .i itterbug.
Joyce Stuve's new hair styl e.
Bernie Batterman as a base hall pitcher.
I van Evans as an umpire.
Don Sutherland as an editori al writer.
Janice Beecher as an acroha t.
Bob Hing's yellow j acket.
Marjorie Ram el, Margaret Pinkerton, Elaine Elliott, Elain e Adams, and June Baragan1 '.;.; eating lollipops during the no on hour.
Bill Michael and Earl Mose s' sport column.
Darleen Payne's red and whit e shoes.
Alice Gable's new permanen t.
Miss Peterson's patience.
Dick Lewellen's fine actin g ability.
Rolland Dudley's fine singin gability.
Mr. Strawn's new car.
Miss Peterson's singing i n Green leaf Class and receivin g flowers every morning.
Tommy Griffin's whit e shoulders in the minstrel show.
Delores Blunk's rainbo w striped dress.
Tom M c Evoy and Dale McKinney's hitting homeruns.
The Swell Minstrel Show!
Bob Eaton's impersonatin g Wee Bonnie Baker.
We deeply, definitely, and sincerely approve of three months vacation.
WHAT P RICE GLAM O UR
A gl amou r girl she tried to be An d how s he looked, Oh, golly! Gee!
The folk s a ll laughed behind her b a ck, And clai m ed that something she di d lack.
She app lied e x pe n s ive pow d e r to he r nose, And finger - n a il polish on her toe s ; And she placed red rouge on her cheeks, Wh ich wouldn't com e off for weeks and weeks.
For be a uty t reatments much m oney she spent, And regularly to the beauty shop went;
The y assured her she would glamourous be, Bu t Gosh! Oh Goll y ! Gee! - Dorothy Muelhausen
HEAD HUNTERS
Ha ve you got a head? Have you cut your head in two yet?
Ha ve you finished pasting your he a d ? Have you wired your head? Ha ve you pasted your hair on? Ha ve you pasted your beard on?
Ha ve you wired your feet on? Have you wired your hands on? No , we're not asking you, dear read e r s. These are some of the quest ion s you'll hear in Miss McGr ew' s third period art class as th e pup il s busily go about their busin ess of making puppets.
B EWARE
Mr . Ross, when out on the pla y g round a few days ago displa y ed a sma ll r usty pistol, threatening ev eryone that he would shoot t hem i f they didn't obey him. Be t ter ob ey him, kids! We don't w a nt an y feuds!
S OCIE TY NOTES
H e le n Hahn , Helen Eirick, Frei da Schaffer, Amelia Knaub, Flor a . Kolb, Ed ward Scheidt, Eug e ne Nus s, L eRoy Klein, and man y o ther former Whittier boys an d gir l s went to Tuxedo Park at Crete, Nebraska, on a picni c Sunday , May 5.
El ai n e A dams will enterta i n her Su nday School group at her home on May 24.
Ma y 17 , 1940
F A REWELL TO WOR K
Miss Dee of 112 will be e i ther i n Colorado or Califo rn ia this s ummer. Mr. and Mrs. Ross will go to a ranch in W e s t e r n Ne b raska. Mr. Gammill and Miss Mill e r a re going to attend summer s choo l. Miss Curley is going to L e xington, Kentucky Mr. Culler will go to Beloit, Wisconsin and to Milwaukee. Miss Hult is going to spend her summer vacation here in Lincoln.
Mrs. Shike will stay at home and care for her flowers. Miss Mumford will spend her vacation in the state of New York and Washington D. C. Miss Kahm will work in another office during the summer. Miss Zamzow will attend school in California. The rest of the teachers' plans are indefinite.
FASH ION HEIGHTS
It seems that wearing two different shoes are quite the rage with Gerry Thompson and Donna Winders because lately we have seen both girls with one brown shoe and one white.
Those new white wedge sandals that we've been seeing on Marjorie Coulter and other Whittier girls are becoming fashionable. Donna Winders also has a pair and a lot of the girls are planning to get some just like them.
The boys' styles don't change so often; so we'll have to skip you this week . Since this is the l ast regular issue, we won't be seeing you again until next semester, so, Goodbye.
HONOR
He died, a hero in a fight, Having all the honor a hero might; She lived many a tedious year, They only said,' 'She's getting queer."
- Elaine A rn h ol t, 308
Friend: Did you fish w i t h fl ies? Returning Camper : Fished with them? We fished with them, camped with them, ate with t h em, and slept with them.
PEN, NEXT STOP
A first glimpse of life in ja il was given to Mrs. Ba llance's Camp Fire Group, all girls being from Whittier, about a month ago. The group consists of Marj orie Preston, Dorothy Reilly, Phyllis Harris, Jean Ballance, Elaine Arnholt, Janis Pochop, Virginia Reiter, Edna Rebensdorf, Rose Sinner, Irene Deems, Carolyn Douglas, Margaret Dimmock, Shirley Skudler and Ruth Greiner. The Indian name of the group is Tomi -kata, which means ''work together."
On their trip to the police station, the girls were shown the different cells, tear gas and poison gas bombs, tear gas and poison gas guns, got to peek at the "fellers" in the bullpen, the bullpen being the place where the men who commit petty crimes pay their fine by staying there. They saw some of the policemen at target practice. The girls enjoyed their trip very much and they'll probably get to the Pen next. (Don't misunderstand us!
CANDIDATES CHOSEN FOR GENERAL C.L. ELECTION
(Continued from page 1) the scholarship roll every semeater except twice and has a fraction of 8-17. He is now on the Property Committee.
James Plock has been home room vice-president, treasurer, and boy's captian.
Rosemary Wickstrom has been on the scholarship roll every semester. She has 19 efficiency credits and has a fraction of 13-17. She has held the offices of homeroom president , delegate, captain, and treasurer.
Wayne Hedstrom has been alternate, secretary, president, and captain .
MORE SOCIET Y NOTES
Patty Moffet and Helen Owens gave a skating party at Rogers R in k, May 4. A number of Whittier pupils were present. This will probably be the last skating party given this year at 17th and O because the rink has moved out to Capital Beach for the summer.
LIVE WIRES
Miss Kier and Miss Scheme! seem to be the only active teachers this year. Miss Keir was seen playing nine court and soccer-ball. Miss Schemel was seen playing soccer-ball.
The outstanding players of this year were Geraldine Thompsen of 107, Joan Mease of 212, and Edna Pearson of 307.
307 won championship over 220 for Nebraska ball. Championship for soccer-ball was also won by 307.
Sylvia Betz' team was leading in nine court tournament. Gerry Thompsen made a basket from the middle court.
The girls playground committee has decided to have girl::; choose teams and have a baseball tourn am ent instead of just letting the home rooms play all the time.
222 and 303 played for baseball champs. The score was 10 to 1 with 2 22 the winner.
It seems as if our cheering section sort of farled a way from last semes er. They were D2tty Flory, Mary Helen Smith , and Vivian Schwindt.
We asked Mrs. Ross just what she thought could be improved and what she thought of the noi s e in the gym. Her reply was that candy wrapp2rs, orange p e els, and apple cores were found in the ventilator and around on the floor. Mrs. Ross also thinks that some of the screeching could b e eliminated. She said that the girls we~·e a lot better to vards the end of the semester than the fh· t.
Here are some more of the ' home room captain.s that didn't get in before: Elsa Beth Ki~c1· of 3 0·0, Kathleen Blue of 301, and ll'ene Schleiger of 304. Your sports ·writers are Janice Pochop of 304 and Elaine Adams of 308.
Remember the rule, girls, that only the playground committee members will take out el1uipment from the locker room. Ali other girls will stay out of the dressing room unless changing shoes for games .
THE SUNNY DAY CAME
The last group of Greenleaf pictures for the 9A issue was taken on May 10. Since the taking of the pictures was postponed three or four times because of clouds, we began to think that the sun was against us. However, a cheerful sun and a spring atmosphere make us believe that these pictures will be best of all.
SCHOOL'S OUT
Just three more weeks and we're free again
To do as we very well please; Just to think I won't have to look at a book
Makes me so happy I'm weak in the knees.
Of course we'll miss the school too,
And I'll admit I've had lots of fun
In dear old Whittier Junior High Where there's room for every~ one.
But still I'll be glad when school's out,
And I can sleep late as I choose:
You've no idea how hard it is, Don't you think this is pretty good news?
-June Baragary, 102
DANDELION WEEK
A number of Whitti er pupils participated in the observance o{ Dandelion Week from J\ Iay 511. Dandelion le aves are so shap 3d as to catch an abun da nce of sunshine. Dandelion roots arc extensive and grow so deep th at that helps to perpetuate the.11. Dandelion seeds are win~-shaped a1:d are req dily blown about and ca1Tied to great distances by the wind. The same seed sets sail as a boat, floats on the water, and thus travels about.
ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO
Boy- Howard Alfrey Girl -Tw alla Stroemer
SPORT SH ORTS
This being the last regular issu e of the Greenleaf, the spor ts column will be dedicated to a summary of the humorous and outstanding incidents of this semester.
307 by defeating 305, 15 to 8, won the volley ball tournamen t at the beginning of the semester . During this tournament Dwain Carr, while serving for 103 against 205, made a basket, but, unfortunately, the points didn't count .Early in the basketball tournament a few enormous scores wer e piled up. 307 defeated 107, 21 to 0. 210 lost to 108, 13 to 1. 208' fsp!endid combination in the pe rsons of David Krcmarik an d I van· Evans helped win the basketball championship for the ir home room.
In the championship game between 305 and 108, the outstanding players besides the combination already mentioned were Gle n Bowers, B'.)b Hanneman, and Don Hiedenreich, all of 305. Eve n though 305 lost this final game , they showed superb sportsmanship by sending the 208 team n note congratulating them o n their victory.
The ideal basketball tea m composed of WhittiErites woul d be: Bob Jacobson, center: I va1 1 Evans, and David Krcmarik , forwards: and Don Hiendenreic h and Johnny Williams, guards.
The base ball tournament, a Round Robin, was preceded b y practice games of which each home r oom had a few. The hom e rooms who showed up well in th e basketb~ll tournament haven 't played such good baseball games
The worst defeat of the seaso n was handed down to 305 by 300 with the tally ending 20 to 4. Remember that the referee' s de c ision is final and should not be disputed
The last basketball tourname nt lingered on for an unusually lon g time due to the exceptionally ba d weather for this time of th 8 year. With the finish of the regular tournament came the picku p and All-star games with picke d teams of Whittier's best player s competing against each other.
The Whittier Greenleaf
Vol. 18, No 1, Sept. 27, 1940
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
NEW OFFICERS INTRODUCED
I nsta1Iation of civic league offi cers for this semester was held a t a n assembly. Friday, September 20. The assembly opened with all pu pils giving the flag salute and the civic l eag·ue pledge lead by E velyn Schmidt, girls' vice-presid e nt. Evelyn gave an int erpreta ti on of the flag salute.
In troduction was made of Geraldine Michael, president by Miss Kier, fol lo wed by Geraldine's speech of acceptance. Mr. Strawn intr oduced Bud Ruhl boy's president, who also mad~ · a n acceptance speech.
T he music was provided by Mr s White's boy's chorus and g lee cl ub with Mrs. Riley at the pia no.
T he v ic e- presidents, Evelyn Sch m idt and Ralph Kuwamoto, and th e secretaries, June Keane and Booby Cooke, were introduce d by Geraldine and Bud. Bo bby Cooke, boys' secretary, ga ve an interpretation of ''God Bl ess America,'' and the program cl osed with the singing of this s ong.
First Fire Drill
Th e first fire drill of the semester o n Wedn es day, September 18, turn ed out v e r y well according to Mr Culler. It took two and a half m in ut e s to clea r the building.
Enrollment Decreases
The enrollment at Whittier t h is year is 1,022. This has decreased to some extent since last year at this time when it was 1,06:3 However, a number of pupils from different towns and states have joined us.
The following pupils have come fro~ differen t parts of Nebraska. Dons Vryheid, B~atrice; Shirley ~ay, York; Doris Jean Bentzmger, North Bend; Dorothy Dehart and Dick New, Omaha.
Lee Croft, Aurora; Evelyn Porter, Randolph; Eugene
We e g er s , Wes tern: G e o r g e Clengerman, Custer Count y'
Ju Ne 11 e Ort giesen, Upland; Ke n net h Wimmer, Exeter. Wanda Mae Booth, Jefferson County; Howard Earl and Earle Birkmen, Sew ard County; Gladys Jordon, Alva; and Marvia Tyner Liberty. '
From other states we have many new pupils. They are: Jack Gillis. Grandview Mo., and Sam Engle, Sherwood Heights, Mo. From A mes, Iowa, we have Darwin Anderson. Colorado has sent us sisters, Vernice and Norma Jean Hubbard.
Clifford Abbott has come to Whittier from H o t Sprin()'s South Dakota. Whittier h brothers, Dewey and Floyd Hardin, from Muskogee, Oklahoma; and Marion Mapes from Minnesota.
New Teacher
Whittier students are happy to welcome Miss Dorothy Jennings of Albion, Nebraska, as the girls' new gym teacher. Miss Jennings taught at Bridgeport before she came here. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska.
Boys Sing
At the first meeting of the P. T.A. Mrs. White's Boys' Glee Club, accompanied by Mrs. Riley, sang two numbers. They were '' I Am An American'' and' 'God Bless America.''
GREENL EA F CLAS S PRESENTS PLA Y
The regular assembly that brings to a close each semester's Greenleaf campaign was held today. The program centered around a skit in which the following had roles: Ellen Dietze as Lum, Elaine Adams as Betty Darleen Payne as Dorothy, Don Sutherland as the Ghost and Duane Fifer as John. '
Special recognition was given the Greenleaf staff, reporters, and printers. Awards were given to the home room s with the highest numbers of Green 1ea f subscriptions.
Special entertainment was furnished by Rosemary White, who sang popular numbers. Thelma Bryant and Kathryn Dean dancedas did Jean McCauly and Marion \i\'olf. The school orchestra made its first appearance for this year at this program
Our Leaders
Would you recognize our civic league leaders if you were to meet them in the hall? Here's some help for you.
Geraldine Michael and her blonde curls will become a famil-iar sight around Whittier as she is the girls' presiJen t. You'll recognize the boys' president, musical Bud Ruhl, by his fla t hing dimples.
Another person who shoulb de noticed is little Evelyn Schmidt, girls' vice-president. E\·elyn is small in height only. Her voice and brains are twice as large as those of most pupils. The boys' vice-president is mischievous Ralph Kuwamoto, who answe1s +he phone when Bud is out.
The girls' secretary, June Keane, is a very little girl with an unusual laugh and a happy disposition. Bobby Cooke is the boys' secretary. He seems to be a wizard at asking his teachers questions that are difficult to answer. Bobby's excellent writing helps him to fill the job as secretary very well.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Founded and establis h ed in 192.J. as the officia l st ud e nt publication of ·whittier Junior Hi g h Schon! pupils
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult Mi s Peterson Mis s C ross Mr. Gammill GREENLEAF STAFF
Alumni
Frank Bassen
Arnolcl heuvront
Bruce Elliot
Eugene Fritts
H erma n Gerlach
Raymond Hackstock
.Jack Jones
Elaine Ellio' t
Features Ellen Diet ze
PR I~TERS
Bob Lawrence
Bob Mun son
Vl'rna Gr ee n
V e rla Gibb s
Alta Igou
G0n e Reifschneid e r Dob huckman
WE WELCOME YOU
We are very glad •to welcome all the new 7B's, "freshies" as they are called. Sometimes they get lo st and use the wrong stairs and feel quitE' strange, but we know they will like ou r school better when they get acquainted and will soon feel a much at home a the rest of us.
FALL FASHIONS
School has started again after three long months of vacation. All the girls, and may be a few of the bo ys, are anxious about clothes.
The same as la st year, skirts and hlouses are the rage. Plaid is extremely popular. And girls, have you seen those new kneele ngth socks? They come in alt col ors. You can wear them up to your kn e e or pushed down around your ankle. They also are wearing anklets with a band of about six inches the same colors as the anklets for the calf of your leg. Wedgies are all in style too, especially those with the cut heels.
''Is your ball in the garden, sonny?'' asked the gardener.
The small boy looked worried.
' 'A re t h e r e a n y w i n d o w s broken?'' he asked.
Gardener: "No."
Sonny: "Then it's mine."
Delmar wils o n Fr eda Baker
Marian Barcu~
Marian Conners
Dor:s Daugh e ty
EARLY TO RISE
Oh dear but I'm so sleepy, The reason I think you knowA seven a. m. in the morning Off to school I must go.
I s'pose I'll have to stand it, For there's nothing I can do; It's really quite disgusting I think, don't you?
The sound of a voice saying, "Get up",
Rings in my ears all day: If you know how to get some sleep,
Won't you please tell me the way?
-June Baragary, 102
REPTILES ON THE LOOSE
While on my vacation near the Missouri River, I found some small harmless snakes. I was surprised for I was really hunting small dry land snails. I found aH the snakes right in a yard which was larger than a city block. All you have to do to find snakes is to Ii ft up a large or small rock and hope that there is at ieast something besides bugs under it.
Our vacation was over by the time I had found four snakes. It had taken me the wh~le two weeks to have that much luck. I managed to get them home safely, and all was well until I let them sun themselves in a large solid box. When I came back after leaving them for about an hour' I found to·my surprise that
only one snake was there. How did they get out? Your guess is as good as mine.
That night I found one more snake after looking under cans, boxes, jars, and what have yo u . .Just when I had given up for that night, I happened to lo ok down at the bottom of the ste ps and there was my smallest sna ke, a little striped fellow. Abo ut three days later I went to the basement to get wood for a ru bber gun and there at my feet lay another snake. I was so surpri s e d that I ran back up the ste ps. After coming to my senses , I put him with the rest I h ad caught. I have only one m ore snake to find and I'm a bit woFried, for, you see, I'm the only one in my family who kno ws that they were loose.
- Duane Fif er
A COINCIDENCE
While Vernon Brown of 300 , was in Hollywood, California, th is summer he met Don Waugh, who is new to Whittier, also fro m 300. \V hen they met, Don did not know that he was going to Whitti e r, or, of course, he didn' t, know that he would be in hom e room 300 and sit right behin d Vernon.
John: Say, Bill, do you kno w what the typewriter said to th e ribbon?
Bill: No, what?
John: I'm getting tired of yo u pounding on me.
Laborer: Boss! Boss! Quic k bringa da shove. Bringa da shove. Pete's stuck in da mud . Boss; How far?
Laborer: Up to his knees. Bess: Then let him walk out. Laborer: No, Boss, he n o canna do that. He inna th e wrong end up.
Minister: You should alway s let bygones be bygones my boy . Elmer: Then why do you mak e us kids learn history?
Mable Scott
Glo r ia Zi< r
Marilyn Frank s
Lila Wilkin so n Dan Michael
GOOD JUDGMENT
Here is the story of a boy by the name of Bob Hart, who, on the first day, went into Mrs. Boschult's room and sat down. When the boys around him asked if he wasn't in the wrong room, he re plied, "I'm not in the wrong room - this is 309." They told him that this \Vas 310 but Bob answered, ''This is 309 because 308 is right next door.''
GUESS WHO Girl
She is 5 feet and 1 inch tall and weighs 101 lbs.
Her eyes are dark brown and her hair is light brown. Her best pal is Elaine Elliott and her favor ite sport is football.
Her home room is 300. Reading is her hobby. She dislikes people who don't return borrowed arti cles. Algebra is her favorite study.
Boy
He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 11 6 lbs. He pals with Guy Dean and likes all sports. His hair is light brown and his eyes are grey-green. He is in home room 308. He hates to get up in the morning and likes sc ience best of a 11 his studies.
ALONE
At the fifth period, the first of school, Elaine Elliot entered 300 and sat down. Glancing around the room Elaine saw nothing but boys. She thought she was in the wrong room but her program card said "Commercial Art, 300;" so she stayed. Elaine is the only girl with fifteen boys.
Margie: What's worse than finding a worm in an apple?
Elain e: I don't know.
Margie: Half a worm.
Septemeber 27, 1940
SURPRISES
Last year Mr. Strawn's son, Kenneth, had music, fourth period, and always hurried out to his father's car to be ready to go home for lunch. This semester Kenneth has music, second period. He hurried out to the car as usual and waited for his father.
Upon seeing no children or his father coming out of school, he looked at his watch and to his surprise he found it to be only 10:30. He rushed to Mrs. Pinney's third period class as he was already ten minutes late. Again to his surprise Mrs. Pinney didn't say anything to him. She evidently thought he had been down at the clinic since it was the day that home rooms were being examined by the nurse.
TEACHERS VACATION
We have found that during the summer, the teachers work and play and go away.
Miss Kier went to summer school at the University of Nebraska. She also went to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for two weeks. While Mr. Updegraft visited the Southe rn and Western coasts, Miss Schofield visited Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. Miss Mumford got her fill of wonderful sights in New York State.
Mr. Hoss spent the summer on a ranch in western Nebraska. Miss Helen Madsen was also in western Nebraska. She saw the sights of Colorado too. Miss Ferguson went to summer school at Greeley, Colorado and visted Salt Lake City. Mrs. Boschult spent a month in Minnesota and so did Miss Curley.
Miss Veerhusen spent her vacation at her home in Adams, Nebraska. Miss Madsen, Miss Cross, Mrs. Pinney, and Miss Hooper stayed here in Lincoln. Mr. Culler, all but for two short trips, stayed in Lincoln and rested. Miss Dee visited the
Worlds Fair in California. She alEo visited in Colorado.
Mrs Childress spent part of her vacation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. While Miss McGrew visited a friend in Madaline Island , Wisconsin, Miss M. L. Wilson, Mrs. Barrows, and Miss Mary Wilson all took a trip to Estes Park and Denver, Miss Scheme} took a trip to the Lake of the Ozarks and with Miss Hult attended the class room teachers conference at Northwestern University.
While Mr. Gammill went to Berthoud, Colorado, Mr. Strawn stayed in Lincoln learning to be a traveling salesman . Mrs. Shike planted ''Heavenly Blue" morning glories . Miss Miller and Miss Kahm spent their vacations in Yellowstone Park. Miss Peterson spent two weeks of her vacation in Minnesota. Miss Jennings, Mr. Wells, and Miss Bethune stayed in Lincoln. Mrs. White spent some time in Colorado. Mr. Heston took an extensive trip through the South.
COURSE OFFERED
A course in Home and Family Life is being given at Whittier this fall for the patrons. The first meeting was held on September 24. The class meets from 1 :15 to 3 :15 in room 218 on Tuesdays. Mrs. Ward Betzer is the leader of the group. It is offered to all men and women over 16 years of age who are not attending day school.
Clara (visiting round-house):
What is that enormous thing?
Foreman: That is a locomotive boiler.
Clara: And why do you boil locomotive ?
Foreman: To make the engine tender.
Betty: What's as wonderful as a horse that counts?
Ellen: A spelling bee.
LIVE WIRES
,Just at the beginning of the semester Miss Jennings, our new gym teacher, has given some information about the sports
The gym classes are playing v o I I e y b a I 1, ·paddle tennis , baseball, and track and field outside, and inside are folk dances, modified basketball for girls, tumbling, gymnastics and eadup games. They are als o working on postur e . The gym classes are going to clean up the field for volley ball.
The playground committee decided that the girls will play baseball and three base for noon tournaments. The practice games started outside on September 10.
NICKNAMES
Vernon Brown - Peter Bill
Leola Clark- Little Lulu
Bobetta Betz - Bobby Dolores Nelson - De Darlene Minchow - Minnie
Jim Miller-- Cupeto
Bob Brown Bobby Mildr e d C.:Juick - Millie
Madaline Dunkle-Maggie
Lois Thomps on - Flanagan
Kathlee·1 Donavan Katie
Lois Umberger - Umut y Rosemary Whit e - Dukey
Cc1rrol le Crouse- Hillbilly
MISTAKEN
The other morning in home room, Jo Anne Baker picked up her books at 8:20 thinking it was 8:30 and started to leave the room. It took half of the home room to ccnvince her that she was starting ten minutes ahead of herself.
MUMBLERS?
If, during the ci vie leauge assembly, you saw any pupils from Miss Peterson's first period Eng li sh class, mumbling along with the speakers, you dirln't need to be alarmed. They had been the aud ience for the speeches for two days in advance. Bud Ruhl, Bob by Cooke, Geraldine Michel, and Evelyn Schmidt had done their practicing on them.
VACATION NEWS
Vacations are over and school has started again. The way it sounds, our pupils from Whittier had a wonderful time.
Raymond Spier, Helen Krumm, Robert Perkins, La Vonne Gray and Emerson Rogers spent their vacations in Minnesota. Darlene Stalgren, June DeVore, Don Eisele, and Ellen Dietze went to Kansas. Imogene Shuttlesworth, John McCorkle, Curtis Be 11 , Delores Meyers and Mary Lou Reason visited California.
Richard St an bury, Estella Bloodhart and Florence Homer visited in South Dakota. Mary Lou Starkel and Nena Lyberis went to Oklahoma. Dick Neu traveled with his father in the western part of Neb r a s k a. Darlene Payn e stayed at Camp Ki wan is part of ihe summer.
Carolyn Wilkinson rode horses on her aunt's ranch in Mullen, Nebraska. Delores B!oom and Alta Igou went to N ebrc1ska City. Jae Lanser spent a month in the Panama Canal Zone. Katherine Copple went to Land rs, Wyoming, and Janet Keeney visited Washington D.C.
Mary Ann Campbell spent her vacation in Montana, and Edna Rebensdorf sp ent a week at camp Kiwanis.
COMMITTEE MEETS
The property committee held a.meeting Thurs day, September 19, f'Jr the purpose of discussing bicycle parking.
The committee decided that all bicycles must be put in the ra cks and that bicycles with trailers should be parked in the soutlnves t rack. It \Va'3 also decided that ,ve study the problem of the bicycl es locked with their front wheels out of line.
ANSWERS TO GUB~SS WHO
Boy- Arnold Cheuvront Girl- Margaret Pinkerton
SPORT SHORTS
America's favorite game of baseball seems to have lost a lot of its interest around Whittier with football stealing the show. A onegame elimination baseball tourn ament is being played now. A few all-star games will finish that. Some volley ball will be played on the playground but there will be no tournament. The football tournament will begin directly aft er the baseball has closed.
T EMPER
When I have lost my tern.per, I have lost my reason, too; I'm never prond of anything Which I angrily do.
When I have talked in anger , And my cheeks are flam i np; red; I have always uttered someth ~11 { Which I v,r ish I hadn't said.
In anger I have never done, A kindly deed or ,vise ; But many things for which I frlt I should apologize
In looking back acro ss my life , And all I've lost or made; I can't recall a single time When fury ever paid.
-Dal'line Minc how.
MY SCHOOL CREED
I ,vill keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
I will try to keep my stan dards high and help others to do likewise.
I will help others to get the comfort of life and happin es, which are rightfully thei rs I will improve my langu age which is the expression of m~r character.
I pledge myself to the good of rny school, Whittier.
Thes e are the best services I can render to Whittier Schoo l, to my state , and to my count ry. -Darline Minchow.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEA F
The Whittier Gre enleaf
Vo l. 18, N o 2, Oct. 11, 1940 LIN COL N , NEBRASKA
TRACK COAC H
GI VE S TALK
Ed W e i r of the coaching staff at t he U ni versity of Nebraska
ga ve a talk on football at an ase m bl y on T hursday, October 3.
Mr . Weir has charge of the trac k boys at the University . He sho wed some films of last year's topno tch football games. Mr. Wei r a lso s h mved a film on diving.
H e a nn ou nced that on every Mo nday night at . even o'clocl· at th e co li se u m for ten cents you will be abl e to see the films of th e games of the week before.
Mr . Weir said that N ebrasl a's tea m wo uld have to be hvent y per cent stronger than they we re la s t y ear i f they hoped to be a t Min n esota
H e commented on the enthusiasm the kn ot -ho lers have every sea son H e stated that he hoped they w ould alw a ys be able to acco m m odat e this group.
New Pu pils En er
We welcome these new pupils to Wh ittie r Junior High : Laura Mo w r y form Everett; Virginia Wible fr om I rv i ng; Shirley Ray fr om Y ork, Nebras ·:r a; Dorothy Ni g h t in ga l e from Havelock, anj Ra che l Ort i z from Belmont. We ho pe a ll the n ew pupils will feel at home a nd m a k e fr iends quickly.
303 Com es In First
H ome room 303 won first pl ac e m t h e Greenleaf subscr i ptio n cam paign w hich ended Septemb er 27 . Seco nd place went to home r oom 309 and third place to hom e rooms 310 and 320 because of a ti e. The Greenleaf staff, reporters,and printers salute these horn~ rooms for their nice work, and we say to all home rooms, ''Don't let the Greenleaf subscriptions fall." .
Our Policemen
Our stairwatchers and ushers for this year are: Melvin. Beveri<lge, 220; Don Sutherland, 300; Harlan Rhodes, 302; Vernoy J ohn-:on, 205; Elgin Martin, 320; Warren Dale. 310; Ronald Boydston, 301; De Loss Marsh, 110; Raymond Hackstock, 309; Dick Neu, 222; Jack Holbrook of 108 acting chairman, and Frank Loeffel, 208, chairman . The girls are Shirley Laughlin, 212; Dorothy Poe, 220; Ruth Shank, 208; Marjorie Barcus, 209; Marian Barcus, 207; Bonnie Quillin, 300; Louise Davisson, 106: Mary Ann Campbell, 208; Em m ;;1 Kreick, 314: Caroly n Douglas, 207; and Patsy Ackerson, 303, chairman .
Pup il s Att end Pro gram
September 30, th ere w ere shown in the auditorium two films on Planting Trees. After the first film, three 78 girls, hirley Bennett, Jan ice Cochran, and Helen Lamb sang "FI owe r Legend," and "Blue Bird." After the next film Mrs. White's girl.s glee club sang ''Wi -um" and "Old Black Joe." The audienre then sang "My Wild Irish Rose" and ''God Bless America'' A large number of Whittier students were privileged to see th i s program.
Feat ure Pane l Discussion
Whitt i er P. T A. held an unusual and i nteresting meeting on October 8. The main feature wa a panel discuss i on by the following men and women, who formerly went to Whittier Margaret Te t now \\'Orks in Judge Simmons' Office. ....Ls Charles Lansen has a son in 7B here and her sister taught gym here. Dorothea DeKay is now a teacher at Everett Junior High. Among the men were Arthur Danie lson, ,vho with his twin brother, Robert, are owners of the Danielson Floral Compan y . Delmar Steumer while in Whittier was a member of the Greenleaf class and wrote the editorials. At the present he is employed at the Burlington Railroad. Dr. William Ferguson i s a dentist.
Mr. Gammill led the discussion concerning ,vhat activities at Whittier helped them most and how the school program did or did not help. The R. C. A. Victor Company demon s trated a loud speaker system. The girls' glee club sang under the di re ction of Mrs. White and Marian Wolf danced.
Delegates Meet
The delegate assembly which was held on October 2, met to discuss what to do with th e money received from the mintrel how we had la s t spring. The de l egates decided upon carrying the idea of getting a public address system for t he auditorium to the home rooms to .:ee what they thought about it. They also thought of having an a ssemb ly to demonstrate the microphone. It was announced that on Tuesday evening, Octobe r 8, the P. T. A. would ee the microphones demonstrated.
Dr . Adams Visits
Dr. Adams, school physician, visited science classes at Whittier, Tuesday. He answered many questions asked by the pupils.
THE WHIT TIER GRE E N LEAF
F o umlcd and estab li s h ed in 1924 as th e officia l st udent publi cat i o n of "\Vhit t i er Junior High Sc h oo l pupi ls FACUL'fY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hul t Mi ss P ete rson Mi ss Cros s Mr. Gammill GREE LEAF STAFF
PRINTERS
F reda Bak er
M :u ian Barcus Frank Bassc n Arnold C h euvl'o nt
M a rian Conners
D o ri s Dau g h er ty Bruc e Ellio t Marilyn Frank s Eugene Fritt s H erma n G er lach
HALL CONDUCT
Whittier as you all know is a junior high scho ol with the grades of 7t.h, 8th, and 9th. Don't you think we should act like we go to jun ior high inste a d of to gra~e school? Co ming down the stairs you should ke e p yo ur hands off of ecirh other Don't go down the stairs pawing and slapping each other like bear cubs. Another thing that is a case around Whittier· is 1inkin g arms and hanging around each others n ec ks. One m ore thing and that is the throwin g of candy wrappers and paper around the halls. Why don't you just step to the waste basket and throw your paper in?
SMALL WORLD
Virginia Shirey and Ellen Dietze are good fri e nds. They chum in school and out of school. Yet th ey neglected to tell each other what they were to do on Sunday, ·sept.ember 22. Ellen Diet2e went to Coryell Park and was walking around with friends when sorn <?. one called to her. She look e d in the direction where the call came from and to her great surprise there was Virginia lookin g for something in the car. So it proves that it is a small world after all.
LODGE ACTIVITIES
Darleen Payne, Carolyn Wilkinson, Ir e ne Wilkinson, and Alice Gable have been going to the Y .
M. C. A. for baton twirlmg and tap dancing lessons. They pract iced twice at Alice Gable's h ouse for a performance Oct. 8 . Lavern Whit ing of Whittier also r e cently joined There are seve ral other Whittie r pupils in the group. Thi s is an ac t ivity of the Woodman Circle Lo dge.
NEW STYLE AUTOG RAP HS
.Junior Kulla, who is at home with a broken leg, has- a new way of remem ber in g friends. Mrs. Shike called to see him r ece ntly and was aske,i to autograph the cast on the game leg. Many other Whittier names were found such as Patty, Bob, Bill y . Junior expresses his appreciation for all the kind things Whittier folh have done.
APOLOGY
We give our sincere apologies to Darlene Minchow, who p l ay ed the part of Dorothy in our Greenleaf play. Darlene Payne was originally in th e cast, but she got stage fright and backed out. We also forgot to print the announcer's n a m e, which was Betty Sedam.
OLD HISTOR Y MADE NEW
We had been re ading stories and p oe ms about early homesteaders in our English class. We learned that the first homestead was taken right here in Nebraska by Daniel Freeman. It
was located near where Beatrice now stands.
We pianned to go and visit the homestead which has been made a public memorial park by the federal goverment. On Sunday , Septemb er 22, two bo ys went to the old homestead. They were Norman Johnson and John Luebs Thi s is what they tell of their trip. The farm of one hundred sixty acres is covered with weeds since it is not being farmed. Cub Cree k, which flows through th e farm, has many cotton w ood, oak , and pine trees growing on its hank s. There is no house on th e farm. There have been tw o houses, Daniel Freeman's firs t house and the hous e of his son , wh ich burned down. A metal plate mounted on cottonwood lim es tone marks the site of the fir st registered homestead of th e United States.
In the southwest corner of the farm are the graves of Daniel Freeman and his wife. A monument on Mr. Freeman's grave reads:
Daniel Freeman
Born in Preble County, Ohio April 25, 1826
Filed on first homestead in the United States, January 1863 , and Jived on it until his death, December 30, 1908 Soldier, Doctor, Sheriff, and fa rm er
A true pioneer
There is a bed half-buried and the lock of a door. You can tell where the barn has been standing. A pine tree st a nds in the yard of the house.
- Norman Johnson -John Luebs
A GOOD PET
Gilbert Hudson of 208 has a brown and white collie with a white ring around his neck. He is about two months old. He is a playful dog and likes to ride in Gilbe rt' s p a per bags. Gilb ert is very fond of his pet which he has named Ring.
JUST REMEMBE R
Jackie must have gotten out of bed wrong that fine sunny morning. The sun was b1·iO'ht in the ky and the \Yeather was just right. Anyhow he was cross at his mothe1·, cross at his father and still crosser at his small siste1·. He just couldn't see what life was worth.
So after eatimr an unhappy meal and refusing to help his mothe r do the ,rnrk, he sta1ted for the city li brary to find a book that ,rnuld satisfy him if it was any,Yhere possible to do so. He walked up th9 stairs, refused to speak to the flJrarfrm, grnbbc d a dog stOl'y and at down. The tabl e was ernpty except for a little olcl man sit ting acros..:i from him. Ile l ooked chee1·fn1 although his coa t was patched, h:s h "ir was entirely , ·hite, and the glass es perched on the top f his nose had one len s cracked.
Jackie opened his book, but didn't glance at it once. Ile just sat staring into space 1001:ing sourly at all the \\·ol'ld. The little old man glanced up from his book now ?nd then to look at Jackie. Finally after a long whil e he spoke. "Well, my boy, you look as if you have lo st yom· la st friend."
"Maybe I hav e," Ja kie rep lied rndely. "Be ides why should you care?"
"I imagine I sho uldn't cai·e, but it sort of makes me sad to see on such a fine <lay a boy like you looking so cro: , s," said the L1.an
"I don't see anything so fine about this day and I think i ~ I want to be crnss, that's my bn ·ine;:;s."
"l\Iaybe it is your business, but why don't you tell· me ,,·hat',, wrong?" l\Iaybe I can help you."
"Well," J ack:L sat he , itating, "I'm not mad at anything particul::lr. I just feel crnss at everone and everything."
"That i n't such a good reason," replied the little old man. "Why don't you top this nonsense and think of how lucky you "Where do yon get that l ucky are?" stuff?" spoke Jackie.
To thi the old man answered, "Did you eyer stop to think that L ·on are lucky because you hav e your real parents, don't you?''
"Yes," replied J ack ie.
"Anct I up pose from the way you are dre ssed, your father has a good job. You liYe in America and not a place that is wrecked by bombs. You ce1-tainly do ·1't have to be afraid of bombs d 1 ·opping out of the s1-y. L~ t b ,1t not least, yon're in the be ~.:t of he alth, I would jndge. ')
"Gee \Yhiz," c,·cbirned J ackic. ''I r;,eyer thought of that. rrih • n 1 -:;;; a lo t fo1· telling me tl at."
"Reme1-;,1ber," said the little old n1an, "whenm·e1· you'}·e crons. just remembe1· "·hat I ha·,·e told you."
,Jac kie got up, checked out his book, spoke to the libr~1'ian as he ,Yent out and \\. nt on his , ay home thj1,king- how pleasr,nt the clay eeme<l.
-Ellen Dietze.
PUPILS LEA VE
During the last f ew weeks, \\ hittier has lo t a few pupiis George Muehlhauscn. of 3 12 , is n ow working in Denver and i s attenJing the Denver Oppo rtuni ty S<.:hool.
0 pa I Pickel, of 305, and Diam ond Hamlin, of 203. have trnn ,ferrccl to College View la1ic1n viapes. form er ly of 212, is now in Pender, Nebraska. ,Joe Nt'vel , of 303, has joined the C. C. C. and Calv in Bloyd, of 103, hc:1s moved to Courtland, l{ ansas.
HOME ROOM PRESI E JT:,
The home room p1·e idents fo1· this semester are: 102, l\Iari l yn Yowell; 103, Virginia ohirey; 105, James Plock; 106, Bill
P jerce ; 107, Albert Schleiger; 108, Jack Holbrook. 110, Ralph Lionberger; 112, Bob Munson; 203, Nena Lyberi ; 205, Anna Mai·y Rau s h; 207, Carnlyn Douglas ; 208, Mary nn Campbell; 209 1 Bett y Ann Shilha n.
210, Osc ar Wisbey; 212, J anice Sedlacek; 216, Dick Laughlin; 220, Alice Gabel; 222, Phyllis Hoke; 300, Don Suth erland. 301, Kathleen Blue; 302, Harlen Rhodes; 303, Lelia Heidenreich ; 304, Janis Poch op; 305, L ore n C<lhYell ; 307, Delores Ste,rnrt; 308, Bernice J a111es. 309 , Virginia Reit e r; 310, Velma l\IcGrew; 312, lfonso Damion; 314, Emma Krieck; 316, Kirk Rose; and 320, Gene Snnde en .
RUNNING OVER
A purse is for a certain thing, But girls don't seem to know it; For i f they do, they certainly h a ve A very poor way to show it. They pack it full of piles of things, From pencils down to a hairnet; A girl without a bulging purse I never yet have met.
-June Baragary, 102
PICTURE IN PAPER
In a r ecent Sunday Journal a nd Star th e r e was a picture of o ne of Whittier's pupils, Lo uis T alo r ovitz, q. n d • two former Whittierites, Gerald Englebrecht and Lyle '811 '. ery. The picture was taken at the Y. M. C. A. and showed the hors making model airplanes. The Y. M. C A. is sponsoring hobby and h andicraft programs so a s to help reduce juvenile de l inqu en cy.
Mrs. Green : Was Mrs. Brown's husband in comfortable circumstances when he died?
Mrs. Black : No, he was halfway under a street ca r
ALUMNI NOTES
Lincoln High has three new cheer leaders. Marian Coombs and Norma Patterson are the two girls from Whittier with Betty Franklin as alternate.
Joyce Stuve and Joe Giest are former Whittierites, members of the sophomore cabinet. Scott Irvine is also a member on the cabinet.
Home room representatives are Sylvia Betz, Gloria Green, Marvin Epp , Keith Atkisson, John Coulter, Doris Frahm, Dorothy James, Fred Birkman, Bett.y Coulter, Dorothy Johns, Maxine Miller, Connie McBride, Glen Provorse, Eddy Smith, .Joyce Stuve, and Norma Patterson.
Jean Germar, junior moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Stan McCune, junior, and his band have been touring Nebraska. Charles Cockrill has heen singing with the band.
Mr W. A. McMullen has left Whittier to teach physiology at Lincoln high. He is replacing Miss Monia.
J arnes "Step" Jones, Wesley Maser, Bob "Kid" Kersey , Chick Thorne; GPorge Bronstein, Dick Chapin, Reinald Murray and Bob Dean are all on the foothall team.
Out of the fifteen pupils picked by Coach Frank Mueller. many came from Whittier. They are Harold Jacobs, Bob Cropp, Bob Rubino, Wesley Maser, and Bill Jennings.
Alvie Kirkendall, senior, attained a reputation as a boxer during the summer. He appeared at Landis Field on ,three amateur b o u t s a n d · w o n twice by knockouts.
Helen and Jean Bennet spent three months in Meeker Park, Colorado.
Jane Lawrence attended the Seward County fair and visited in Oklahoma.
Dick Stonesipher, senior, spent three weeks traveling in Texas, Washington, Oregon, and California, while Janet Howerter junior, spent one week touring Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Illinois.
October 11, 1940
Mercedes and Moyne Miller, Peggy Hudson, Sylvia Betz, Delores Blunk, Betty Franklin Francis Helser, Connie McBride: and Bobbete Burke performed in the Water Pageant "Neptune Follies" at Capitol Beach.
Marjorie Rollins was provided with a scholarship from the University of Chicago.
Joyce Stuve and Joe Giest were chosen to be on the sophomore cabinet.
Tommy Griffin, Maxine Miller, and Dorothy Muehlausen are new memhers of the Mimes, the rnphomore dramatic club.
Bobette Burke, Marian Coombs, John Eberhart, Stuart Goldberg, Dorothy .James, and Marilvn Hays are members of the Mummers
Betty Blunk, Mary Ellen Bonebright. John Eberhart, Phyllis Holbrook, and Don Schmidt are members of the Lincoln High Choir.
Members of the boys' and girls' glee are: Marian Coombs, ,Joyce Crosby, Shirl e y Hageman, Beatrice Haskins, Marilyn Hayes, Jeanne McRPynolds, Be tty Proctor, Norma Schmidt, Harriet Turner, Roger McN eill, Gerald Kushner, and James Grestlinger.
Members of the sophomore junior mixed glee are: Paul Browne, Vera Pierce, Hanna Newbill, Doris Quinn, Naomi Wobig, Charles Taylor, and Shirley Wright.
Stuart Goldberg, Phy 11 is Overman and Betty Hertsler are members of the Writers Club.
Lowe I Anderson, Darwin Fredrickson, Gloria Green, Bill Micha e l, Stanley McCune, Doris 0 rm an, Lester Rader, Bi 11 Schnase, and Sylvia Wiley are members of the band.
Stuart Goldberg and Janet Hutchinson are members of the Scribes. Stuart is also a member of the Forum.
Dorothea Lemon, Winifred Nelson, Nelda Oltman, Betty Hertzler, Phyllis Overman, and Jean Bennett are members of The Forum.
Helen Colli'.1s, Marjorie Preston, Dorothy Reilly, and Marjorie Walters, Anna Greta Sorenson are members of the sophomore music group, The Clef Club.
PARTIES
This fall weather seems to make parties, as there have been quite a few lately.
Patty Adams attended a Sunday School party. Esther Bloodhart went to a birthday party and Marilyn Kerr was a guest at La Ver a Havvthorne's surprise birthday party.
Esther Whitebear went to a party given by Ruth Tarpley and Emma K rieck attended Rosemary Wickstrom's party.
Kathryn Dean and Thelma Bryant were among the crowd at a party given by the Modernette Club.
PICNICS
Picnics seem to be quite popular this fall.
Rosella Holman went to a Sunday School picnic at Antelope park and Patty Adams also attended a picnic at Antelope park. Wesley Morrison went to a fish i n g pi c n i c last week. Katherine Giest went to Beatrice on Sunday. Bobetta Betz went to a fishing picnic at Crete , Nebraska.
RINGO
Miss Peterson seems to be a good shot, especially when she doesn't intend to be. The other day as she was taking a clip off some papers, the clip dropped directly into an opening in Marjorie Ramel's shoe, which would have won a prize had Miss Pderson been at the fair.
THE CLUCK
The clock just sits upon the wall, I ts voice sounds through the hall; It tells us the time of day, And when we should come in from play.
- Marjorie Ramel
MOD ERN
In one of Miss McGrew's a rt class es, they were discussing the fall opening. T hey began to talk about Mi 11 e r 's windows, and Mis s McGre w asked, "What kind of li g h ts created the modern effe c t ?" One girl answered quick l y -" N e h i"
GUESS WHO GIRL
She i s fi ve feet five and onehalf inc hes tall and weighs 113 lbs. He r eyes are blue and her hair is a ub u rn . Margaret Pinkerton is he r pal. Drawing is her hobb y and c ommercial art is her favori te study. She is in home room 108 . S kating is her favorite sport.
BOY
He i s five feet eight inches tall and we ig h s 146 lbs. His eyes are blu e an d his hair is black. He pa ls a r ound with Ted Heany and Bill y Mayer. His favorite sport is football and his home room is 112. T yping is his favorite stud y a nd sw i mming is his hobb y Get ting u p is his pet peev e .
TI ME
Leslie Hia tt seems to have a lot of spare time I n fact, he has enough tim e t o sit down and figure out h ow long he is at school. He has fi gured that 1. 062 hours and 36 mi nutes of his time are spent at sc hool every year. That amoun t s to 5 hours, 55 minutes a d a y a n d 29 hours and 31 minut e s a w eek.
WHEN DID YO U GET OUT?
El a ine Elliott wor e a black strip ed s k irt one day. You can be sure th at s h e a ttracted lots of attention. As she walked along she w a s g reeted by remarks like this. ''W hen di d you get out of prison or ''? ''How did you get out?" El a ine r eplied, "I was let out on go od behaviour."
Octo b er 11, 19 40
CO R RECTION
We, the Greenleaf class, ext end our sincere apologies to Miss Bet h une for cheating her of her summer vacation. A big mistake was made about her staying home all summer when she had a wonderful time in California. While at Catalina Island she ran into Miss Zamzow. They saw Alcatrez and visited the World's Fair.
NICK NAMES
Joyce Johnson: Jo
Bonnie Quillin: Slim
Delores Bloom: Billy
Darlen8 Payne: Spook
Alice Gable: Dolly
Duane Fifer: Professo r
Isabelle Budge: Isy
Don Sutherland: Yahoo d i
LeRoy Wilson: Owney
Eleanor Aldape: Short Stuff
Elaine Elliott: Pork
Evelyn Shmidt: Peewee
Carolyn Wilkinson: Car r ot
HUNGRY?
If you saw some lusciou s w h ite frosting on some delicious round things in a case outside the office and some children's mouth's watering, you would want to know who made them. You probably know that they were cakes, but you probab ly didn't know that Miss Mary Wilson's ninth grade classes were the bakers. Only the folks who m ade them ate them, and were they good!
DOUBLE TALK
In first period Monday, m room 210, Miss Peterson ha d to ''holler'' at Betty Sedam two or three times, but she didn't mind. She found out later that Betty was telling Freida Reichel how skinny her fingers were. And instead of saying it right Betty said, "My, my skinnv's getting fingers."
MUS I C N OT ES •
Well, boys and gals, gather around while I reel off some notes to you. Some of the highlicrhts that are popular, in fact, 0 1 "M b " a very popu ar, are ay e, sono- that was dug up that was pop;lar back in the early twenties. "When the Swallows Come Back to Capastrono" is go i ng places, too. "I'm Nobody's Baby," "Blueberry Hill" and "Fools Rush In" are first note songs, too. "I'll Never Smile Again" and "The Same Old Story" are big hits according to "Hit Parade."
In case you are interested, the classical songs that are being played a lot are Haydn's Symphony No . 92 in G Major. Maybe that name is a deep dark mystery to you, but the music is really beautiful. Some more that are sure to keep you interested are Brahm's Variation on a Theme by Haydn and Mozart's Symphony No. 38 in D Major.
ATTEND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
June Keane and Evelyn Schmidt were dinner guests of Geraldine Michael, Sunday, and afterwards went to the show.
Sheldon Kushner attended his brother' s wedding recently.
Barbara Portman belongs to the Junior League of Emmanuel Methodist Church. The leag u e had a picnic at Antelope Park whic h BarlJ9.ra attended. At the social meeting held by the league, Barbara was elected third vicepresident.
Shirley Hoback went to a Sunday School party and also to a picnic at Pioneers Park. Katheryn Copple went to a birthday party.
TURNING GANGSTER?
Miss Kier must be seeing a lot of gangster pictures lately. She calls everyone "Butch" and has been hear d say in g, "Ta n ks, pal."
SPORT SHORTS
The members of the boys playground committee this yea r are: Bob Jacobsen, 307, chairman; Billy Brehm. 209.
Ivan Evans, . 20 8; Kenneth Peterson, 106; Loren Colwell, 305; Dick Hudkins, 314: Dale Jones, 304.
Walter Somerhiser, 203; James Plock, 105; Harold Freese, 302; Don Mi 11 er, 222; Kenneth Michael, 212.
Albert Sc hleiger, 107; Kenneth Estes, 220; Willis Rente r, 102: Fred Fuller, 209; Robert Schuckman, 303.
The first inside games were played on September 23, because of the rain.
After an exciting battle of pitchers between 203 and 106, the baseball championship was achieved by home room 106 with a score of 6-12. The game was made exciting by the wicked curve of Walter Somerhiser, 203, and the hom e run swing of Kenneth Peterson, 106.
On Monday, September 30, the boys of Whittier seemed to be wearing· happy expressions because the football tournament was beginnrng It w i 11 be continued until it begins to get too cold to play outside. The teams with the highest average will then compete with each other for th e championship.
Home rn oms 305 and 203 are expected to be likely cand:dates for the boys' football championship. A few of th e outs t anding players on the se team s are: 305, Glen Bower.s, Loren Colwell , and Dick Root. Two of the best players on 203 ' s team are Walter Somerhi er and Don Sall. They have a lot of good team work.
Heading some of onr football teams \Ye find Robe:!.'t Hubble, 102 ; Joe Duncan, 105 ; Kenneth Peterson, 106; LeRo y Campb e ll, 107; Ernest Lee, 108; and Ha:·old Larsen of 110.
ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO
Girl - l~..laine Elliott
Hoy- l:{olland Peterson
THINKING
I thought I thought For the longest time, When all of a sudden I felt a rhyme. It isn't a long one , Or very brief, But it'll be funny And won't bring you grief. But , jolly gumdrops, Gosh a-mighty, I wish I were home Asleep in my nighty. I started to write,
But the first line was lost, It's possible all My ideas had crossed. Oh, just a minute!
The thought has come back; I do be1ie\'e I'm on the right track.
Oh de a r, if I could only Get started-it's a whiz If my paper and thoughts Aren't parted. Now here it comes, And I know it well; Oh, jolly gumdropsThere goes the bell.
-Mar ian Wolf, 205
UN[NVITED VISITOR
All dog lovers in 102 were pleased to see a fine big dog com e into the room on October 4. We guess Miss Kier doesn't like dogs. She had one of the boys take him out.
WATCH THE DISPLAYS
Did you see the two recent displays in the showcase by the office? A lovely little colonial bedroom made by D oro thy Hense as extra work for history class \iv'as shown. We really wouldn't have been surprised to se e someone s leeping down there when that was on display. A little red school was also displayed. This was mad e by Marcia Tyner of 216 for table decoration for the state P. T. A. meeting;
LIVE WIRES
Girls playground committ ee members are: Donna Kelly, 303, chairman; Phyllis Hoke, 222; Janice Sedlacek, 212; Vel ma McGrew, 310.
Helen Davenport, 209; Lou ise Hayes, 106; Frances Lovelac e , 21 0 ; Rosemary Page, 302; Kathleen Blue, 301.
Beverly Menefee, 102; Del ores Bl oo m, 210; Beverly Campb ell, 302; La Von n e G ray, 301; Marjor ie Coulter, 205.
Janice Becher, 300; Joy ce Johnson, 212; Lois Mayer, 220; Rosemary Wickstorm, 203; V irg'inia Williams, 222.
The bad weather seemed to drive the games inside early this year, but the sun shone ag ain and all the girls have be e n playing soccer ball outside. In gym class they are working o n posture which includes alignm ent of the body, and exercises or gymnastics. A II th e girls are d o ing marching and folk dancing.
The best volley-ball pitch j 1g girls in the ninth grade are Isabell B ri dge, Edna Pear so n and Wilma Wame. In the eig hth grade there are four gfrls \Y I ,o m·e outstanding, Phyllis Mo ore, Maryann Weatherly, Jean B allance, and Betty Dodd.
And last of all come the seventh grade girls ·who are Delo1 ·cs Meye rs , Helen Lamb, and Bet ty L e gler. Next best in the seven th grad e are Shirley Bennett, V il'ginia L ampshire and Barb arn Hrdlicka. The two best folk dancing girls are Betty Jam esson and Jean McCauley.
A girl by the name of Virgi nia Metcalf is a pretty good pitch er, and \vhen we say good, \Ve m ean g ood . Ghe i s in 205. That wa s ·~n e ·citing game that she pitched agai n s t 210 on October 2 on er a mon d one.
l\Iiss Jennings asks that all t he giris take part in their ga me y;he n they a re on the plzyg L·otmd or in the building. She aiso asks that all girls should have on rubber-soled shoes or tennis shoes.
The Whittier Gree n ea f
Vol. 18, No. 3, Oct . 23, 1940
LIN COLN, N EBRASKA
Loud Speaker Tri ed
Th e assembly which was held on F riday, Octob er 11, was a hom e-made show. The pupj wh o participated had never app eared here in a prngram befor The purpose of this assembly wa s to try out the Public Addr ess System.
The program opened ,:ith the b oys' glee club singing "Practice Mak es Perfect." Ellen Dietze wro te the jingles that the anno uncers gav e.
Pupils participating in th 2 pro gram were: Jeny Hall, v;ho pla yed his accordi on, Connie Crosby toe-danced, Don Ho--ra.1 pla yed his harmonica, J olm L e u bs gave a poem about the "S quirrel and the Mountain," Gi r ls Glee Club sang, "Ceilcto Li ndo," Betty James on danced, D orothy Yelly played the violi n, Merl ene Bou ldi n sang, "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart." and Carolyn and Irene Wilk enson tw irled their batons and danc ed .
T h e pro gram closed with the bo ys' g l ee club singing "Practi ce Makes Perfect" again Mrs. Whi te directed the show, and Mrs. Riley was the accompanist.
Dr. Schwartz Speaks
In an assembly held on Octobe r 16, Whittier students were very fortun ate to hear Dr . Schwartz speak on t he topic, "How the World L ooks on the Other Side."
H e brought with him and discus sed a piece of rock from Mt. Vesu vius. He urged pupils today to mak e the most of every opportu nity.
Property Committee
We're sure that the prope rt y committee will do a good job this semester. There are Gladys Burd ick, 106; Barbara Mohler, 106; Darlen e Pa sto rius, 210; Betty John s, 309; Doris Daugherty, 110; and the chairman is Bettyrose Jurg ens, 316, for the girls.
For the boys ther e are Gene Sund een, 320; Haro ld Larson, 110 ; Paul Provorse, 309; Roder ick Prather, 207; He·man ' e rac, 106; Richard Laugh lin, 216; Ale fin k , 309; D e lmar Wilso n , 203; and the chairm a n is Jac k R unyon of 209.
Giv Physi al Exa ina tio ns
Dr. Robert Johnons recentl y gave a com lete physical examination to all boys wh did not have a physical education rating. This examination is required for all ys at one time ot· another If you were one of the victim and didn't lik e it, just remember, you received five dollar ination £rE:e.
Firemen inspected the Whittier fire drill on Oct ber the 7th. The bui lding w cleared in three min utes, and we were high ly comp lim ented on our orderly manners. One of the firemen who inspected the drill, Joe Miller, attended Whittier during the year when the building was first opened.
Grades at Nine Weeks
Whittier pupils will receive their grades at the end of the nine weeks. The grade slips will be the same as they were the first nine ,veeks of last semester. Each pupil will be marked as sati factory, unsatisfactory, or failing, and will be checked on work and cit ize nship habits .
N. S. T . A. Days Arrive
On October 24 and 25 the pupils of Whitti er will get a vacation while their teachers attend the Nebraska State Teachers Assoriation convention.
Two teachers from Whittier will have special duties, Miss Schemel and l\Ir Strawn. ?.Iiss Schemel will take part in a panel discussion on "The part organizations can ann f-hon lrl 1)l~ y in the li fe of the community." She will rep ::esent the L. T. A She "·ill also repo1-t on the Cl ·.fsroom Teach ers Conference at ort hwestern Unfrersity at the Classroom Teachers Luncheon. l\fr Strawn is chairman of the counting board for election of officers.
Quite a few Whittier pupils seem to have pl::ms fo1· visits or out-of-town ti·ips. Donna l\ Iae ell is going to ork, T ebraska, o visit a cousin. Lucille Lehm a n plans to visit her cousin. D e lore3 .,. elson intends to \·isit her grandmother. Esther Sc:lmc1l is going to Sidney, Nebraska. Pat Ioff ett is going to Omaha to visit Wan da Joy Jon es, who formerly went to Whittier. Rut h Ellis is going to De" foines, Iowa. Gilbert Hudso~1 is going on a bike hike Dorothy Poe is going to pla y the pim o for the Eastern Star Kensington during her vacation. Pheasant hunting too seems t lrnve fans. He re are the names of some : Dick Piderit, Betty Ann Gartner, Carroll Brmvn, Jerry Rauch, Margie Lundewa11 anct Richard l\follicon. Laura Mmvry will go to Omaha.
9A's Go on Trip
The 9A's went on their c1v 1c league trip, Thur sday , October 17. The speaker was Dr. Knut e 0. Broady, Profess or of School Administration, University of Nebraska. Whittier teachers who went with the pupils are : Mrs . Boschult, Mi s Peterson, Mrs. Childr€ss, andM iss Hult.
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Foumkcl and establ is h e d in 1 92-1 as the offic ial stude nt publication of Whittier Junior Hi g h Schoo l pupils.
F ACUL TY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hul t Miss P eters on Mis s Cro ss Mr. Gammill GREENLEAF STAFF
Editor -in- Chief Marjo rie Ram e l
Boys' Spm'ls Don Suth er land
Duan e Fi fer
Girls· Sports Darlin e Minch ow D olores N e l son
Hum or Jun e Baraga1·y B e l ty S eda m
Exchan ge8 . E l ain e Adams
Freda Baker
Marian Barcus
Frank Ba sse n
A1·nold C heuvront
Marian Co nn ers
Doris Daug h er ty
Bruce Elliot
Alumni. Elain e Ellio tt
Featur es Ell e n Di etze
Fashions Da r l e n e Payn e H ome Room News Bobetta B e'z Mildred Quick T yp ists Frieda R e ic h e l Betty R ose Ju rgens
PRINTERS
Mari l yn Franks
Eugene Fritt s H er man Gerlac h V er la Gibbs
Verna Gr ee n R aym 0 nd Hack stock A l
FORBIDDEN
It seems too bad that each semester there is a notice in the bulletin about boys eating their lunches in property owners ' ya rds near Whitti e r. The manager of Cushman's has again and again forbidden the boys to eat their lunch e s on his property, and yet the boys give no he ed. There is enough room in the caf eter ia and if you do n't. care to eat your lunch th ere, yo u should go home .
DANGER
Have you ever realized the dangers of walking on a railroad track? Maybe you haven't , but the Missouri Pacific official s have forbidden childr en to walk on their tracks. There are many dangers invol ve d in this activity. One could fall and hurt himself, or as he was walking along a track a train could come and kill him. Let's not have anyone hurt or a life lost foolishly just because we disregard safety rules.
COINCIDENCE
Elaine Adams and Marjorie Ramel mm~t have something in common! Wednesday, October 9, the y each washed their hair. To their surprise they found they had washed their hair at exactly the same ti me - 8 :15.
FASHION HI LIGHTS
Corduroy jumpers with patch pockets in all colors are the rage. And chubby sweaters should be on every girls "must have" list. Why not knit them yourselves? Marj or ie Coulter knittPd for herself a blue chubby \.\iith a beanie to match. Alice Gabel m3de a tan one.
As for shoes, saddles and wedgies are s till the tops. Sport clothes rate first; so save yo ur silks, satins, and velvets for Sunday
"WAMPUM"
In Mr. Strawn's third period junior business class , a test was going on. Mr. Strawn had asked a question like this,' 'Name three kinds of cash." Betty Mullendore went up to Mr. Strawn and said, ''The Indians used wampum as ca s h so could I put that down?" She has been nicknamed ''wampum."
INTERJECTIONS
Bud Ruhl w hi I e in Miss Peterson's first period English class, wanted to know what part of speech ' oh'' was. M is s Peterson informed him that it was an interjection. On hearing that he exclaimed,'' Never heard of it! The only interjection I ever heard of was when the doctor interjected a needle in my arm.''
LET'S THINK AMERICA
Americans, let's go to town, Turn this country upside down
Find its bad points, and its goo d.
Give it the respect we should.
Let's think, America. Those countries far across the seas
Can't write or speak just as th ey please;
They have tyrants over there , It's very different over here. Let's think, America. Death and destruction there reign king,
The funeral bells, how sadly ring:
You needn't worry, needn't cr y , You've a mom and daddy standing by.
Let's think, America. When Hitler made those poor Jews go,
We shouted out a great big, ''No,''
"What have they done to mak e you blue?''
Hitler said, ''What did the Indians do to you?"
Let's think. America. We ha ve ou r village hamlets small
And great big citieB with chimmeys tall, And billowing waves of golden grains
Or rolling endless dusty plains
Let's think, America.
This is our glory, we are free, We live in a lanri of liberty, And we can shout and we can sing
That we are free in everythin g.
Let's think, America.
-Wilma Jean Lumley, 210
PUPILS LEAVE
The following pupils have le f t Whittier recently: Betty Whi tehead transferred to Jackson Hi gh and Cleo Williams and Vene tta Kuskie moved to California. Doris and Harry Mosher tran sferred to College View. Dorothy Hagstrom w e n t to O m a h a, Patricia Droud transferred to Sacred Heart and JuNel l e Ortgiesen moved to Uplan d , Nebraska.
THE WHITTIER GREENLE AF
GUESS WHO GIRL
She is five feet three inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She is a blue -eyed blonde and chums with Elaine Elliott. Her home r oom is 305. Football is her fav orite sport and science is her favorit e study. Her hobby is stamp collecti ng and her pet peeve is civics.
BOY
He is five feet nine and onehalf inch es tall and weighs 145 pounds He is known in school for his athletic ability. Baseball, football, and basket ball are his favorite sports and phys ed is his favorite study. His home room is 307. His eyes are bluegreen and his hair is brown.
EXCHANGES
We have thirty-one schools with which we exchange papers. Some of them are most interesting because th ey are so far away. There are those from Hon olulu, Territory of Ha waii and Wailua Oahu,Territory of Hawaii. Some of the others that are far away are: Elleby, North Carolina; Burbank, California ; Sacramen to, California; Orona, Main e; Niagara Falls, New York; Saginaw, Michigan; Seattle, Washington; New Bedford, Massachusetts and Sandy, Utah.
208 GIVES SHOWER
Juni or Kulla was given a shower by the members of 208. The box which was sent to him was filled with oranges, apples, suckers, bananas, cookies and jam. Juni or is very grateful for all these gifts.
7A's TAKE TRIP
The 7A's took their civic league trip on October 10. They met at the Stuart Theater where their speaker was Dr. F. D. Keim professor of Agronomy at the College of Agriculture. M i s s Clark , Miss Zamzow, and Miss Hooper from Whittier accompanied the pupils.
October ~3, 1940
HOME ROOM VICE PRESIDENTS
Here are the home room vicepresidents: 102, Robert Robinette; 103, Robert Chamberlain; 105, ']race Munson; 106, Verla Gibbs; 107, Jack Dingman; 108, Kathryn Giest: 110, Duane Hiatt; 112, Patty Moffett.
2 0 3 , Delmar Wilson; 205, Virginia Me tcalf; 207, Betty Mullendore; 208, Ivan Evans; 209, Wendell Baker; 210, .Jack Lo os; 212, none; 216, Lillian Eichler; 220, Kenneth Estes; 222, Dick Neu.
300, Marlin Bolar; 301, Dorothy Reich; 302, Harold Freeze; 303, Betty Jean Dodd; 304, David Huff; 305, Sheldon Kushner; 307, Dixie Lowder; 308, Dorean Killian; 309, Bonnie Fitzimmons; 310, Harold Egger; 314, Roberta Shirey; 316, Bettyrose Jurgens; 320, Rose Sinner.
NICKNAMES
Betty A'1n Shilhan- Betsy
Joan Larsen- Jo
Helen Collins - Mickey
Clara Foreman -Clarabow
Johnny N eutz - Larry
Billy George- Moe
Gilbert Hudson-Curly
Mary Ann Campbell-Cam
Donna Hafdell--Ginger
Gale McGrew - Buck
Marjorie Ramel-Daisey
Ellen Dietz- Lum
Yvonne Sient -Blondy
Esther Atkins- Pig-tails
Alfonso Damion - Blackie
WHITTIER'S PETS
Delores Nelson has a pet cat. Most of its body is black and its feet and neck are white. Its name is Judy . Lucille Lehman's dog is n amed Spot. He sits up every time someone comes out of the house. Ellen Dietze has a little puppy which she calls Happy. He is a thoroughbred rat terrier and has a soft, coal
black face. He insists on biting ev erybo dy's shoes.
Lois Umberger has a pair of lovebirds named John and Mary. Dean Lange has a guinea pig which follows him ever ywhere he goes. Its name is Dusty.
Joann Kakas has two pet rahbits named Pinky and Stinky. Gerald Wagner has a dog named Bubbles and John Reittir has a dog named King. Rosemary Wickstrom has four cats, five goldfish, and a parrot. She says the oldest cat will drink out of the goldfish bowl and never harm the fish and the little kittens will play in the parrot cage and the parrot never harms them. Edna Rebensdorf has three pet fish. Their names are Fanny, Manny, and Sandy. Lee Barton has a black and white rabbit named Oscar.
Laura Mowry has a pet dog that does tricks, and Beverly Menefee has a dog which won't eat toast witho ut its being buttered. Duaine Giel has four guinea pigs and fifteen pigeons. One of his pigeons is a carrier pigeon. Duaine says he can bring it t.o school, put notes on his leg, and the pigeon takes them home.
Gene Reifschneider has two turkeys that ride on his bicycle. Geraldine Wart has a cat which is seventeen years old and Emerson Rogers has a dog. Naomi Beutler has two canaries, Pee Wee and Friendly. Donna Coy has a pig and Jeanne Rupert has a pet baby pig which she calls Wiggy. Kathryn Giest has four pigeons. Richard Stansbury has a dog, half fox-terrier and bull dog.
Richard Akers has four dogs. One of them will put out fire. Sheldon Kushner has two little Persian kittens. Margaret Ann Loetterle has a dog named Squirt who knows quite a few tricks. Margaret N ootz has a banty rooster. Frieda Reichel has a Persian cat and Melvin Keller has a duck.
SPORTS SHORTS
More of our h o me room captains ar e: Walter Somerhiser, 203; Ralph Weber. 205; Tommy Sargent, 208; Fred Fuller, 209: Louis Talorovitz, 210; George Whiting, 212; Richard Lawson and Gale McGrew, 216; and Raymond Aguirre, 220.
Are you one of those pE:·ople who do not play with their home rooms? Some home rooms have about fifteen boys, about a fourth of whom play. Of cours e these teams don't have a chance. That's a pretty poor showing for Whittier. If you are at all inter es ted in your h ome room's getting ahead, when your home is scheduled for a game, get out on th e field and play.
TLiR~E PET TOADS
One day Mother was hoeing wh en something ran over her foot. She lo oked and saw a toad. It was a small one and while Mother · was looking at it, it hopped away. In the garden there is one also. It is medium in size. But the to':ld in the front yard takes the prize. He is a big, sloppy, lopsided fellow with one eye. I think he is the grandfather of them all. We catch them often but always let them go as they do a lot of g ood. Most people wouldn't call th em pets, but there's something so funny and cute about them that I call t hem my pets anyway.
--Joan Williams, 207
THANKS!
We · are grateful to Wallace Hoback of 107 for the witch on the front pag e of this issue.
Voice on telephone: My son has a severe cold and won't be able to attend school.
Teacher: Who is this speaking, please?
Voice: This is my father speaking.
ALUMN I NOTES
Carroll Lea Anderson played a flute solo at the annual Girl Reserve recognition service at the Y. W. C. A.
Milfe rd Epp is soc i a l chairman of the Junior Hi-Y.
Tom Griffin, Jeanette Fristow, and Dorothy Meuhlhausen are members of the Mimes.
Joyce Crosbie and Barbara True are planning to attend the Regional Meeting at Sioux City, Iowa
New members of the Orpheons are : Carrol L ea Anders on, Marian Coombs, Clifford Fri c ke, and Shirley Hager.
The s o phomores had a "get acquainted" party in the gym. Mary Louise Brodie and Gloria Gre 2n danced, and Helen Collins contribu t ed with readings.
Bob Kersey played the Sioux Cit y game with a chippe ~ l ankle.
The boys in north field football are: Keith Adkis on, R::m Adki sson , Bob Bak er, Wesley Cowell, Rex Cul ver, Jack E berhart, Don Emery, Lyle Em ery, Harry Fox, Donald Heidenreich, Bernard Lemon, Earl Moses, Charles Munson, Eugene Nu s s, and Gene Kirkendall.
TO THE RESCUE
One day as Robert Litzenberg of 205 went up the east stairs to 303, first period, who was to greet · • him in the door, but a mouse? He was a cute little thing, but Mr. McMullen said to kill him. The execution was very sad, and when it was over, the mouse was disposed of.
ANSWERS TO "GUESS WHO"
Cirl -Frieda Reichel
Boy - Bob Jacobsen
Why does Mrs. White beat time with her foot when she leads the orchestra?
She has music in her sole.
LIVE WIRES
The 7B girls in the firBt period claRs are working on the Virginia Reel dance. The ninth grade girls are working on American square dances.
Miss Jennings again asks that all girls play baseball because it's justforfun. The seventh graders are learning to walk straight. They are also learning to pitch and throw overhanded. When you •go up to the gym room, you must not run around.
Miss Kellison of the University of Nebraska i~ a carlet for Miss Jennings on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
The baseball and three base tournaments are over. 307 won the basehall championship winning over 103 by a score of 8 to 13. The first floor championship was won by 103, the second floor by 222, and the third floor by 309. 205' s girls are the three-base champs. They won from 301 by a score of 52 to 18. First floor champs were 107, second floor champs 205, and third fl oor champs, 301.
These were some names that were left out in the last issue , of ninth grade girl volley-ball kickers. Lois Fritts and Maryann Ernst should have been included. The 7B girlf:i are playing relays in rock formation. They are also learning to kick the socc er ball. They are playing tail end, dodge ball, and are also learning to play football.
Some home room girls captains are: 102, Miriam Loss; 103, Jun e Devore; 105, Lois Urn berger; 106, Gladys Burdick; 107, June Keane; 108, Ardell Markel; 110, Evelyn Schmidt; 112, Patty Moffett. 2 0 3, Dorothy Weston; 2 0 5, Phyllis Harris; 208, Edna Rebensdorf; 209, Betty Ann Shilhan; 210, Delores Bloom.
Clifford A : What did the rug say to the floor?
Gail Mc: Dont move, I've gotcha covered.
The Whittier Gree n eaf
Vol. 18, No. 4 Nov. 8, 1940
LINCOLN , NEBRASKA
FATH ERS AND SONS GET TOGETHER
Whittier fathers and sons had their annua l get together on Thu rsday, November 7. A good program, refreshments, and a volley ball game between fathers and sons, all combined to make the evening a huge success.
Bud Ruhl, president of the boys' civic league, welcomed the fathers to Whittier. Mr. H. C. Turner responded for the fathers. The boys' band played, and the boys' glee club and chorus, augmented by some 7B boys, sang several numbers.
This affair furnish ed an opportuni ty for the Whittier bo y s to introduce their fathers to the men teachers of the faculty. Th e boy delegates were in charge of promoting the idea in home rooms and they did a good job.
Mr. Henry E. Grim, the Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. , was the speaker of the evening. This party is an affair which is looked forward to by the boys of Whittier every year and is a fine thing for the scho ol.
Announcement
Thanksgiving is almost here and a lot of pupils are curious about vacation . The date is set for Novemb er 21-22.
Delegates Meet
The boy delegat es met on October 30 to discuss the father and son meeting The reports were given in home rooms the next day
Safety Committ ee
These girls help us in and out of the cafeteria, and are in charge of the game room. We should all do our part in helping them to keep order. Our chairman is Elaine Adams of 308. Her helpers are Rose Sinn er, 320; Darlene Stalgren, 105; Jo an Larson, 209; Norma Peterson, 309; Gertrude Griffen, 112; Edna Rebensdorf, 208; Noami Beutler, 112; Nena Lyberis, 203; and Lois Thompson, 209.
The boys safety committee chairman is Harold Egger of 310. His helpers are: Richard Larson, 216; Charles Wilson, 316; Miles Harp, 203; Eugene Farleigh, 207 ; Billy .Johnston, 312; Gene Reifschneider, 102; Eugene Ayres, 308; Robert Linde, 300; John Kline, 309; and William Basler, 209.
Work Displayed
A variety of thin g s have been displayed in the showcase. First we notic ed cartoons by Ralph Kuwamoto. Now, we've noticed booklets made by Miss Kier's Type II Advanced class. On the inside of the books is information concerning the telephone, and original covers have been made using the typewriters. Pictures of telephones appear on some of them. Those pupils whose work was displayed are: Marjorie Ram el, Roland Peterson, June Keane, Margaret Pinkerton, Evelyn Schmidt, Patsy Ackerson, and Louise Davisson.
New Helper
David Huff, an N. Y. A. Worker, is helping at the bicycle racks from 7:45 to 8:15. We want all pupils to show him the same courtesy as they show the property committee members.
Examinations Begin
Miss Freebern began vision and hearing examination on Monday, October 21, for all Whittier pupils. It is a long tiresome job but well worth the qoing .
Library Has New Books
Our school library is progressing very fast. It has 300 new books this semester, most of which are fiction, and some vocatoinal. Altogether, it has 4.800 book~ now.
The Dixon books for the boys are a great attraction this semestE.r, but it seems that the girls are a little more studious and have been taking advantage of them also. About 125 pupils go in and out of the library a day. It is open during the noon hour for all pupils who wish to study or read. You 7B' s who aren't very well acquainted with the library, go up there and see all the fine books. Make it a habit to go often.
Lincoln Surprises
At Antelope Park in the new building there are many sights which some of us have ne v er seen. When you walk into th a t building, you would think that yo u are in a different world altogether. You'll see monkeys of all kinds right from the African jungle and you will see Jimmy and oh, what can't he do! You ' ll see birds thatyou never dreamed you would see and also snakes, lizards and turtles of all kinds.
Yes, Lincoln has many things to see that you never thought it had. Be sure to take ad v antage of its opportunities.
8A's Take Trip
On November 7 the 8A history classes went on their civic league trip. The Whittier teachers who accompanied were Miss Miller , Mr Strawn, Miss Cross, a n d Mrs. Shike. Mr. T. B. Strain was the speaker. He is the Preside n t of the Continental National Bank
THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF
Fc,unc!vc! and ,,sta bli s hul in l\l:21 as th l· o ffici al st u de n t v ubii cat, i on of Whi tt i e r Junior High
l\I.~;; Hult
FACCLTY A DVISORY BOA RD
Mi ss Cross M r. G a mmill
G R EENLE AF S T AFF
Edi1o -in-Chief.. Marjorie Ram vl Boyf· Spon:; Don Suth l, land Duan e Fi fer Cir!;.' ~'nn. s Darline MinchtJ\\ Dolore s Ncl ,-,on
IInmnr Jnn v Barag-ary B<-tt y Serlan: ·~x-:h·rn:r,·:s Elaine .-\da•ns
Fn'dct Bak"t :\I:trian bar cm; Fnmk Bassc>n .\ ·nold ( heuvro nt :\Tai-ian Conners f \11is DanghL•1-tv Brnce Elliot •
Al u mn i
F eature,; :
Fashion~
H o me Room N ews
Typis t s F
PTII NTER S
Ma r i ly n Franks Eugene F t·itls Hennan Gerlach \' l'tfa Gibbs Verna Green Raymowl Hacki:;tock Alta Igou
CALLING ALL PET OWNER
You p ro bably h a ve a dog, cat, white ra t , or so m e othe r pet. But do remem ber t h at you must treat yo u r pet as you w o u ld have him treat you if you were i n hi s pl ace.
Sometimes you dog ovv ner s forge t to feed or water h im . So m e · time s w h en y ou' re not i n a nice m ood you 1<ick him a n d pull his ea rs o r t ail an d trea t h im as i f he were a ra g, b u t ev e n afte r all th at, he will s ti ll st ay with you t hrough t hick o r thin a n d w i ll he fa it h ful to you . S o d on' t forget t h e wise o l rl sayi n g, "A do g is man's b est friend.'' The r efore, let ma n be do g 's be s t fri end.
F ASHION S HI LIGHTS
Miss Fashion h as a good e ye for style. To d ay s h e ha s on a green· cor duro y ski r t wit h a beige Slo pp y Joe. H e r kn ee le ngth socks a r e t he co lo r o f h er ,'we ater She we ar s h er hair swooped upward wi th a c luster of curls and combe d lo w at the back. Her coat is a b ri ght princess s t y le , reversibl e wi t h a hood. She wears sadd le o x ford s for school.
For spec ial t ie s s h e has a t a n jersey Ll r ess wit h g r een accesf o ri es. H e r sh oes are brown suede wedg ies with a carved he el.
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B ob S h uckma n G
Ern1a T aylor
Elvin , vilkinson
Gloria Z ier
C LAS S HAS EX H IB I T
Mi ss Schem el 's 8 B histor y cla sse s are studying about the colonies and the beginning of ou r nation. They have t a lked about the difference b e t wee n th e north. middle , an d southe r n col o nies and found that their houses, their customs and wa y s of earning a living wer e diff e rent. So they decided to show some of these things. They made colonial rooms ou t of pasteboard boxes, log c abins. and s ome colonial punishme n ts . These things have been d isplayed by the office. They have als o made scrap books of colonial pictures. They have enjoyed making these things as extra work and have learned quite a bit about the things they made while making them.
WHAT A LIFE~
It isn ' t much fun to go back to scho o l
A fter vacation is past; It se e ms that those days certainly g o Awfull y, awfully fast . It's not so bad when you get used to it , But it seems that b y tha t time , Another vacation comes along , And I find myself w r i t ing a rhyme .
HOME ROOM SECRETARIE
S
The home room secretaries fo r this semester are : 102, Rob er t Kap ke; 103, Bob Shultz; 105, Delo res Mey ers ; 106 , Lou ise Davisson; 107 , Donna Hafd ell; 108, Edward Sh a ff er; 11 0, Darlene Minchow; 112, Ali ce Jean Fowles; 203, Freda Bak er. 205, Marian Wolf; 207, Ph ylli s Ross; 208, Dorothy Ekblad; 209, Lois Thompson; 210, Fran ces Lovel ace ; 212 , Sarah Uribe; 216, Doris Taylor; 2 2 0, Geraldi n e Knaub; 222, Ellen Dietze; 300, Lois Richmond; 3 0 2, Jo an Sanders
303, Donna Kelly; 304, Dorot hy Birk man; 305, Paul Jones ; 307, Do n Pappas; 308, Betty Bur ke; 309, Guy Dean; 310, Dou glas Gardner; 312, Mary Lou Reaso n; 314, none; 316, E 1 ma Je a n Davenport; and 3 2 0, Frie da Bronstien
GUESS WHO GIRL
She is fi v e feet, four and mwhalf inch e s tall and weighs 1 2'l pounds. Her ey€s are green, aIHl h er hair is dark brown. Fash ion drawing is her hobby, and ar t is h e r favorite study. She dislik es the sight of untidy hair. H er best pals are Alta McKins tr)' and Verla Gibbs, and her ho me room is 106. Tennis is her faorite sport.
BOY
He is five feet five inches t all and weighs 10 5 pounds. He h e ' green eyes and brovm h air. Swimming is his fa v orite s po rt and model airplan es are his hobby. He dislikes being m acle an example and is in home room 2 03. He hasn't any be s t p a l s , bnt p a ls with everybod y. Hi s favo rite study is band.
SLEEPY HEAD
Bruce Harrington was a victi m of sleeping sickness in Mr s. Pinney's fourth period history class. Mr s. Pinney proved a good sport, however, and let him s leep during the whole period . TH E WHITTIER GREENLE
TALES OF
ENZER HASSENFE F FER
'' Gr andpa, "asked James, "will . yo~, g o to the football game with m e . Gr andma w?n 't let me go alo n~ an~ all the kids I go with are pla ymg m the band. "
"Ha," exclaimed Grandpa ' 'tho se football games are to~ ta me for m€. Did I ever tell you abo ut the football team I played on when I was a youth?"
" No, tell me, Gran dpa,''
" Well, just a minut e while I go and get my pipe."
. "N o," said James , "I'l l go get 1t. Wh ere is it?"
" It 's on the dining room table " r e plie d Grandpa. This g a; e Gr andpa time to think of a story t o tell James . "Here you are Gra mp. Now, tell me ." '
" ~ a it till I light my pipe," repli ed Grandpa. Having done tha t a nd having made himself com fortable, he started
"A long time ago when the west was still young, my family s tarte d a settlement in the farthest co rner of the west.''
' ' I know all about that, Grandpa , ' ' interrupted James.
" Be q u iet," spoke Grandpa firml y .
' ' N k ow yo u now that pioneers did n't hav e much time to play but som eh ow a bunch of boys and I got tirre enough to get together a foot b a ll t ea m The only trouble was w e d idn't have a football or a fiel d to play on."
' 'Y ou forgot uniforms,'' exclaim ed James. ''How could you tell w ho was on one side and who wa s o n the other side?' '
. " J ames, if you don't stop mt errupting, I '11 quit. Uniforms wer e our least worries
We j u st knew whose side eac h other was on. Well, everybod y came to me to solve the probl em of a football field Everywher e ther e were trees. It was •up to me to cut down trees and take out a ll t he big stumps to make it fit fo r a football field. When I got through, the field was 150 yards long and forty-five y ards wide.''
November 8, 1940
'' Gee , Grandpa, a field is only s~ppo s ed to be .100' yards long and sixty yards wide ''
"Oh, er, that's right " said qrandpa looking sort of 1 foolish. Well, I got the field done and now I had to find a football. I thought and thought, and suddenly I laid my eyes on an old gunny sack. That solved my problems. I took the sa ck , found some old socks and one of my dad's shoes. My dad had the biggest foot for miles around so that shoe just worked right. I put the shoe in the center and put the socks arou nd it. No w if those boys would have been tough like I was we wouldn't have needed the socks, but the rest of the boys were soft and needed something to break the hardness of the shoe. hi:ting them. I sewed the sack up with some deer hide and showed the ball to the boys. I was at once proclaimed captain, coach, and player. I rounded up twenty grizzly bears to practice with. They were all-''
"Gee whiz," said James 'Th ere ' s only supposed to b~ eleven boys on a team. How come yo u had twenty?"
Grandpa gave no heed to this question but managed a disgusted look. ''As I was saying, they were all knocked out by the time we got through playing one week. One day an Indain boy came to us saying that the Sierra Indains would challenge us to a game. They were the fiercest Indains in that country."
''I thought you said the Najafoes were the wildest , '' again interrupted James.
"Well, that was when I was a man ,'' replied Grandpa after a Pause. ''I a.ccepted that challeng e We were to play them in two more wee ks. The boys practiced like everything for those two wee ks and finally the day arrived . Now the boys hadn't ever seen any of those Indian players and as they came out on the field, w e gasped and almost passed out for those Indians were the biggest , huskiest Indians. They weighed 350 pounds to each of our boys 200 and were seven to eight feet
hi~·h. I cheered the boys up and said the game must go on. The referee . shot the musket and we star ted the game. At the end of ~he fl rst inning the score was 30-0 i°.- f~v or of the Indians Well
"Don't you mean quarter Grandpa?" '
''Wh at do you mean?'' replied Gra ndpa.
"At the end of the first quarter -t hat's what I mean." said James.
"Isn't that what I said? Well , ~. mean to," continued Gran dp a
There were only five boys left from the eleven on my team, but I cheered them up and said that even th ough the six boys were knocked out, we were going to win. We went out on to the field eager to win. We gained steadily and soon the score stood 50-45 in favor of the Indians. By then all the men were knocked out except myself and one other boy. We had six minutes yet to pl~y and I was determined to win. This one boy left threw a pass to m e. I carried it across the field knocking down all the Indians. I made a goal though. Did the crowd roar! I made two more touchdowns just like that. The other boy was soon knocked out and so that left me to finish. I recovered the ball, ran down the field and made one more touchdown which set the score 75-50 in favor of my team. Everyone turned out that night and I was called Public Hero No. 1."
" Gee, I would have liked to have seen that game," exclaimed Ja mes.
" Well," remarked Grandma who had overheard the story, "if you are such a bi g, strong football player, suppose you move some furniture around for me. B the way, here's a letter from Sadie. She is going to visit us sometime in the near future Jsn 't that nice?''
''Oh no, not that, '' cried Grandpa. "You better write and te ll her I'm dead, we are movin g , or anything t o keep her a way.''
- Ellen Dietze, 22 2 3
DOG S, DOGS, AND MORE DOGS
Evelyn Schwarzkopf has a dog named ''Macka Poo'' who likes to play hide and see k. Darlene Minchow also has a dog. Its name is "Billy." Keith Ho use ha s a dog that climbs ladders whose name is "Skip," and Emanuel Miller has a dog who plays d ead. Doro th~ r Nigh tin gale has a coon dog that is two weeks old. Leo Dungle has a dog named " Rex " that carries his dog meat hom e from the s tore. Shirley Chandler has a dog w hose n am e is ''Skippy." Wilma Schmuck has adognamed "Micky " Rosemary White also has a dog whose name is "Micky . " Rosemary's Micky can stand on his head.
NOTICE
I will give 25 cents for a black Eversharp pencil with a silver tip and eraser. No questions asked Return to Bobby Cooke, ~-316.
WHIT TIER'S GRANDCHILDREN
A f e w years back some of the children who walked through the halls of the new Whittier building didn't think, kn ow, or realize that some da y their children woulJ walk through the se sa me halls, go to the same cla ssroo ms, and have some of the teachers that t hey had. Yet this has come tru e Thus so me of Whittier ' s g ran dchildre n , t ,he children of some of her first children, now haunt the same halls that did their parents
Both parents of Dor is Pierc e attended Whittier, Mr. and Mrs \V . E. Pi 0 rce. Mrs. Pierce was _ formerly Alva Barcus. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ostwald , parents of Ruth Jane Ostwald, also went to Wh ittier. Mrs. Ostwald wa s then Katherine Reifsch ne ider.
Some of the fathers o f Whittier pupils were students here a number of years ago . Helen Lamb's father, Mr. Milton Lamb, was a p up il here, as was Mr.
Henry Jacoby, father of Roland Jacoby.
A lar ge numb er of mothers of present Wbittier p upils went to school h ere . Donna Coy's mother , Mr s. Wm. W. Coy, formerl y Miss Hazel Marie McCoy, is one of them. Mrs. Hazel Mable Wart, the mother of Ge raldine Wart, is also a former W hittie r pupil as is Mrs . L . H. Bracelen w ho was formerly Eve l yn S hast een, th e mother of Jean Br acelen.
Mrs . Vera McGrew , the mother of Ve lma McGre\v, formerly Miss Vera Mar ie Baker, was a Whitt i erite. The mother of LGo Dunkle, l\'Irs. Bertha Dunkle, formerly Miss Bertha Woodin attended W hi ttier. Mrs. Grace l\Igrsh , formerly Miss Grace Johanson, the mot h er of DeLoss l\Iarsh, also attended Whittier Mari l yn Kerr's mother, Mrs . Frances Kerr, was formerly Miss Frances Youney, who went to school here.
Mrs. LeR oy Matthe,,vsi formerly EYa May Copper, also attended Whittier. She i the mother of Dick Matthews. Mrs. Charles Lanser, who \Vas one of the gues t sp ea kers at the P .T .A ., has also attended Whittier. She vrns formerly Miss Francis Safford. Her son is Jae L anser. Al o the mother of Patricin Rankin was a Whittierite . Her name is Mrs. Vera Ra n kin, formerly Miss Vera Robbins.
l\Irs E L. Sedam, vvho was formerly Miss Marguerite Flow• e s, attended Whit tie r . She is the mother of Be tty and Polly Lee Sedam. i\Irs. G . L . Litzenberg, who once attend ed Whittier, is the chairman of the membership committ ee of the Whit•ier P. T. A. now. Robert Litz2nberg is her son . Barbara Hrdlic k a's mother also ha s attended Whittier. Her name n ow is Mrs. Thomas Hrdlicka , but she was formerly Miss Alice Morga n. Mrs. Clare nce Rupe rt , mother o f Jeanne Rupert, was a pupil he re. She was formerly Miss Grace K atheryn Bea tty.
ALUMNI NOTES
Marian Coombs and Dorothy Ja mes took part in a fast moving comedy , "The Duchess Bounces In," at the Mummers meeting, October 10. John Eberhart was the announcer and _orator, as well as chairman. Harry Mease was one of the property men.
Shirley Hagemen, Velma Reed , Frances He 1 z er, Vi rgini a Griswold, Barb a r a Schnase, Delores Bristow, Bob Ring, Bill Schnase, and Betty Keane went h ors e hack riding, Sunday morning.
Elston Murphy, junior, ha s heeded the call to national defense by enlisting in the U. S. Army. E l st on left Wednesday for Ca lifornia where he will g o int o the s erv ice.
Jane Lawrence and Bob Buxton won the mixed doubles of the fa ll tennis tourna me nt
D oro thy Jam es , Harry Mease , and Betty Schultz will participate in the Mummers annua show.
Norma· 'Pat' 'Patterson, senior , has withdrawn from school to dance in Omaha. She will also go to Missouri and Illinois to dance
A VISITOR
Archie Black, a former Whittier pupil of 314, is back here for a visit. Two weeks before school was out last spring, he moved t o California.
Tom: What kind of a dog hav e you there?
John : Why, that's a polic e dog.
Tom: Doesn't look like a polic e dog to me.
John: Oh! Well, you see he' s in the secret service.
Mildred Q : What did the sink say to the soap suds?
Delo res N: Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Jerry: What has 18 legs an d catches flies?
Jack: A baseball team.
THIN GS I LIRE TO DO
I ju st lik e to sit and think, And write things down on pape r • with ink
Whil e the minutes go fl y in g b y, I jus t sit and think and sigh.
I also like to sit and type About things I'd <lo if I had a bike, Or huddle down close to the radio.
And listen to a quiz or hu mo ro us sho w.
Som etimes I like t o j ust s it do,v n And watch the lea , es fall t o the ground,
Or mayb e ev en 1 ead 3 goo d boo k , But sometimes th e b est, I thi nk; is to cook.
Well , you've read what I li k e to do, So no w, I think I'll call on y o u And ask you what you lik e to d o best , Of course, you won't kno w ' til you've given it a test.
-Marjorie Ram e l, 11 2.
NEVER AGA IN
I went to a footb all game the other day , And nev er again will I venture that way; My feet resemble the Bunker Hill Battle, They feel as though they'd been trampled
By a her d of cattle, My throat is so sore I can hardly talk , My leg s so stiff I can hardly walk;
To another game I'll never goI'll stay home and listen to the radio
-June Baragar y, 102
PUPIL ACTIVITIES
Beverl y Menefee had a birthda y party and attended a birthda y part y also Katheryn Copple went to a birthday party as did Marilyn Hamm. Betty Jean Dodd and Arlene Crawford were invited to LaVera Hawthorne's surprise bi r thday party a n d Emma Krieck attended a party also.
Bonnie Fi P. s attended a party given by June Devore. Wilma Schmuch has attended several c hur c h partie s and Marian Glanz als o wen t to som e parties. Lois T h o m p son att e nded a party giv en hy aomi Wob ig . Rosemar y White went to a party that wa g i ven for her birthday Emamule Miller has taken part in boxing at Y. M. C. A. Geraldine Smith went to Girl Reserves The Tomicato Group had a campfire meeting in 104. Bobby Cooke has been to scout meetings , and Jack Brady has also. Bob Klein went t o Camp Strader with Boy Scouts a nd Lawrence Gerdes attended a s cout meeting. Wilma Hightower has attended Girl Reserves. Bernard Wells went to a boys' skating party at Lincoln Rink. The scout troup to which Charles Wilson belongs delivered commu nity chest papers last week. James Mason delivers a college paper called ''Pink Rag.''
Jean Davenport and Rosemary McDermott went to the food show at Omaha. Jean Davenport and Rosemary McDermott , Marilyn Eaton, Gertude Griffen, Mar y Rum bolz, Virginia Boberg , Helen Davenport and the campfire director went on a hike to Ag. College on Oct. 12
JITTERBUGS
Whitti er has a couple more g- irls to add to its "jit t erbug'' li s t. Esther Schnell an d Lou i se Davisson have b e en ' 'in the m ood '' eve r sin ce t h ey sa w "Strike Up The Band; " s o if y o u hear them sw inging '' toot, dah , doot , dah , doot, doot , to , d oot , dah , 11 do n't think anything of it
PRETTY THICK
Monda y i n seco nd per iod Gree n l e a f C lass we were trying to thi n k of s me n in th g ade girl wi th dim ples. Elaine Elliott m e ant to say th at Jun e Keane's vvere one i n ch deep . Instead she said t hat th ey were one i n ch t hic k.
HOB B IE S
.1. any Wh ittier p u p i ls ri( l c ho b by ho rse s. J im m y :'..\-Iiller's h obb y is k ee pin g a record of the Nebrask a fo otball game . Charl e s Null coll ects t h e "O H t h e r ec ord" jokes in the S t a r p aper. usan Eastman h 8.s a c0lle ct ion of to y dogs and trink e t.. He l e n L a mb co ll e cts n ove l t-v pins. Pa t A c k erso n c olle c ts fo1:e ign dolls and perfume b ottles. Helmut Sienknecht ha s a stamp colle ction. B e ttv J ea n Dodd also has a stam p collect.io n. She has 2, 4 00 d iff ere n t stan,ps. James Hackman mak e s mod e l airplanes an d race r s. Wayne Heds trom also builds mod e l airplanes Bett y Clough a nd Du a n e
Wi lk i n s on both s ave matc h cover s. D ua n e h a s 2,4 0 0 of them. Ruth Ostw ald collec t c:; Lu kv Ch ar m s . E la in e J oh n s co ll ects j ns ects B on ni e L o u Mi t t s h as a ho b b y of collec t ing· mo vie star pic t u re s
ANSWERS TO "GUESS WHO"
Girl- Louise Davisson
Boy-Bud Ruhl
Novembe r 8, 19 40
Darlene Pasto riu s, Lois Bailey, and Betty Rose Jurgens went to a picnic at Antelope Park . Outside of burnt potato~s and s crambled eggs (which weren 't supposed to be scrambled) they had a g ood tim e. Ruth Ostwald attended two Sunda y School picnics
B ill S m ith m a k es cr y st a l a nd s hort wave se ts D a le Jon es a n d
Bill Smi t h alw ay s p lay p ing pong and Dal e al ways g e ts beat·.
V er n oy Jo hn son h as a collectio~1 of L i n c oln He a rl pennies fr011
189 0 t o 1940 Betty Latt a c 0 lle cts c i gar bands . Bev e rly Menfee co ll ects brass ware.
GULLIBLES TRAVEL S
It was morning, pos s ibly 9:3 0 1-2 p. m. I was flying along over t h e White Mountains of Ne b r aska, idly strumming my ba ss viol as I was parked on the hea th. The fire in the grate bel ow the instrument panel ligh ted the instruments with a yell ow glow. I happened to glance at th e steam gauge giving the rev olutions per minute of the engi ne. It was missing! That is, the motor, not the steam gauge. With the rapidity of a mudwor m I leaped to my feet. Being kn own as a fearless trouble shooter I took along my trusty Colt .45 and a few kegs of shells. Lash ing the rudder bar to the fir e place , I held the control stick rigidly between my knees wh il e I clambered over the great mo noplane wing. Putting my sen sitive e ar next to the exhaust pipe I found the motor was not firi ng at all. Something must be don e.
I s a t down on the tail assembly to t h ink. Here I was, a famous troub le shooter, unable to shoot the troubl e . Wait! I had an idea. Well , wh y not shoot the trouble? I quick ly twisted out the spark plug s and grasped my rusty-ertrus ty . 45. Then I placed the gun in th e spark plug hole and pulled the trigger. This pushed the pisto n down.
I p u 11 e d out the gun and stuck it in the next spark plug hole and the next and so on aroun d the t we 1 v e cylinders of my Propwash Ace radial engi ne. The prop turned slowly, the n faster and faster. This requ ired some ability, but I was soon able to hand le my .45 with one hand With my free hand I repair ed the gene r ator.
Soo n the m oto r was running smoo thly. I put the spark plugs back in pla ce and prepared to land at the London airport. Once mor e G u 11 i b 1 e had shot the trou ble.
-Ha rl a n (Dusty) Rhodes, 302
Dece m her 6, 1940
FASHION FLASHES
To dress like a cowgirl is the rage with a corduroy skirt, sport blouse, corduroy jacket and boots. The girls wear black , brown, or white boots. Ardell Markel has a pair of white boots.
Plaid dresses are now back in style. They look nice with boots. The girls are now wearing their hair long and fluffy with a few curls in front.
And now for the boys. Sty Jes aren't very changeable for you, but one thing people notice is your cleanliness. Keep your hair combed and your finger nails clean. This goes for the girls too because expensive clothes are not necessary if you are neat. •
GUESS WHO Girl
Her home room is 110. She's very little in size (4 1-2 feet tall) and weighs 91 1-2 pounds. She pals around with June Keane, Esther Schnell, and Geraldine Michel. Her pet peeve is getting up in the morning. Type is her favorite study and base-ball is her favorite sport. Bike riding is her hobby. She has brown eyes and brown hair.
Boy
His home room is 212. His hobby is going to movies. Civics is his favorite study and football is his favorite sport. His pet peeve is bad shows. His eyes are blue and his hair is brown. He is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 125 pounds. Tommy Sargent and Russel Beighley are his pals.
LEAVING AND ENTERING
A few pupils have left Whittier and also a few have entered. Leo Dunkle dropped because of illness. Joan Sanders was transferred to Everett and Eugene Wiegers went to Falls City. Those who have entered are Dorothy Burback and Dorothy Hansmire from Everett.
DELEGATES
Here are the home room delegates for this semester: 102 , Margie Lundwall, Robert Robinette; 103, Lois Metcalf, Bernard Logan; 105, Thelma Bryant, Walter Murray; 106, Louise Hays, Herman Gerlach; 107, Marie Miller, Gerald McCracken; 108, Elaine Elliott, Richard Stanblll'y; 110 , Shirley Chandler, Bill Saddoris; 112 , Ruth Ellis, Ted Heaney.
203, Almeritta H u b b a r d, J acob Kahler; 205, Alta McKinstry, Jack Jones; 207, Marian Barcus, Hubert Dean ; 208, Jean Kindsvater, Stanton Vierk; 209, Joan Larsen, \Valdo Hansen ; 210, Darlene Pastorius, F1o yd Hardin; 212, Lois Bailey, J ohn Neutz; 216, Shirley Ludwig, Bud Klippert; 220, Dorothy DeHart, Melvin Beverage; 222 , Virginia Williams, John Wagner. 300, Shirley Hoback, Ralph Butterbaugh; 301, Lavon n e Gray, Tom Avner; 302, Cordelia Busch, Delwyn Shasteen; 303, J uN elle Ortgiesen, Pete Debus ; 304, Evelyn John s, Bill Schuman; 305, Clara Foreman, Glen Bowers; 307, Irene Wilkinson, Leroy King; 308, Jo Ann Baker , Jacob Schneider ; 309, Virginia: Jackson, Bob Weiman; 310, Darlie Heckman, Rodney Garner; 314, Neola Bills, Don Beezley; 316, Marilyn Eaton , Charles Wilson; 320, Marian Bjerrum, Elgin Martin.
ANOTHER ONE
Another of Whittier's grandchildren has been discovered. He is Donald Huston, the son of the fo r mer Miss Emma Dietch, now Mrs. F. Huston.
BAND GIVES CONCERT
The Whittier band, conducted by Mr. Welch, gave an assembly for the pupils on November 15. The numbers played were:"Dance AJa Russe," "The Little Maid Dances," "Hiawatha's Love Song," "Three Blind Mice and A Pumpkineater, '' which was very cleverly arranged, ' 'SI in k y Chinky" and last a march called "Mr. Jack." We certainly have to hand it to Mr . Welch and the band for presenting such a fine performance.
It was nearing Christm a s and the spirit of Christmas had entered the Hassenfeffer household. Sadie had come and was rul i ng Grandpa' s life as she wa s a b ossy person. Grandma went a round looking very secretive and w hispering to Sadie when G ra ndpa and Jame s weren ' t looking. One Friday evening James came to Grandpa and asked for a story. This pleas e d Grandpa and he replied, "Sur e thing , Jame s . Go get some nut s and I'll put some wood into the fire place." This was immediately done and so Grandpa began his story.
"This time I'm going to tell yoLi about how I got one of Uncl e Sam's pony expr e s s e s through a snow storm and som e of the tragedies. One day I received wo1 ·d I was a carrier of mail for the United States gove rnment. I w as to start th e ne x t day. Things went along quit e nicely for a time and then w or d came around that mail bandi ts were running loose. Now thi s didn't bother me but it did oth er people.
"Well, one a f ternoon I wa s out on a bleak prairie when acro ss the prairie came a bunch of men. As they neared me I could see they were tho s e ban di ts. The reason they were going to hold me up was because I had $8,000 worth of gold on my wagon. I gave the pony a slap as the bandits came closer and closer Finally their horses were running 1·ight along side the pon y I was riding on. I knew if m y pony didn't run faster I would be overtaken. So I managed to s lide off my pony and pick him up with one hand while I g ra bbed hold of the mail pouch w ith the other. That worked better. I started nmning and s oon I was far ahead of the bandit s When I thought it wa s safe
enough, I se t m y pony down and strapped the mail pouch back onto him."
"Grandpa , why did you take the mail pouch off of him in the first place?" asked James.
"Well you see, if I hadn't the gold would have all spilled out as I had been holding the pony upside do w n. I went on. My next stop would be nineteen mile s from whe1·e I wa s . Dur i ng th e time I had been running from the bandit s I had neglected to note that the sky was getting darker and darker. So as I rode on I noticed it. I al s o noticed that the bandits were gaining on me again. I m·ged my horse on but those bandits caught up anyway. Then it began to snow.
"I turned al'Ound to see if th e bandits were following me. To my horror they were frozen stiff as boa1·ds . I struggled on, glad they we r e off my mind. It got colder and colder. In fact every t i me I said , 'Gidup,' to my hor s e the words froze and stayed up in the a ir. Finally after I had struggl e d on for what seem e d hours , I saw the place where I was to stop. I gave the gold t o the next person who wa s t o carry it th e rest of the ,vay. It was s nowing h a rd e r than ever. The men at the post tried t o make m e stay until it stopped but I said, 'No,' and s tarted back.
"I didn't mind the blizzard so much but I had to break up those frozen words as they got in my way. I also gathered up those frozen bandits and carried them back. I finally reached the town where I had started from . The sheriff came running out and about shook my hand off because I h a d gotten the gold and mail through. Then when I showed him the bandits, he shook it harder. I put the bandits by the fire and do you know , they didn't thaw out until spring? I could have gotten the reward but th~ town didn't hav e money enough to s end the ban-
dits to prison, so I gave th em back the re,Yard. "
Grandpa looked up and noti ced Sadie standing at the door. S he lo0ked djsgusV~dly at Grand pa and remarked, "\Yell, Eb2ncZ ei ' , I was just down the baseme nt and I noticed there's a lot of ashes that need hauling o ut. Suppose y ou get bu s y. Jam e:-;, co m e here, and wind up t his ya 1·n."
• Grandpa got up and as he pa s sed Sadie he mumbled to him s elf, "It's too cold to h aul ashes out. Why are women su ch busybodies and bosses anyw ay? I'll be glad when Sadie g oes home ."
-Ellen
Die tze
MUSIC NOTES
Yes, sir, that old radio come s in handy these cold and chill y nights when the heat from a fireplace or furnace feels plent y good. A very popular song is "Maybe." It was mention ed before in this column and it 's still running first rate. My favorite is "Trade Winds." T he dreamy melody of that tune is a song that's bound to put you to sleep. ''Only Forever'' deserv e s a big hand also. ''Our Lo ve Affair" is next. It's the cutes t, catchiest tune. Remember Ju dy and Mickey sang it in "Stri ke Up The Band.''
After you hear or play t he popular music, "Maybe" y ou would like to play some classi ca l music. Here are some beauti fu l ones, "Mozart's Symphony No. 38 in D Major," and Haydn 's "Symphony No. 2 in G Major ." Well I guess that will keep y ou supplied for a while. You c a n al ways get these pieces in pia n o mu sic or records.
By the way, you'll be heari n g a lot of Christmas music and singing and playing it too, w e hope. It's a good way to k ee p the spirit of Christmas alive.
STILL MORE PETS
We are still hearing about Whittier pets. Let's give the cats a little credit now. Ruth Shank is fortunate in having two pets, Lindy, a black and yellow canary and a cat named Pepper which is black and white.
Dorothy Ekblad possesses a pet cat named Ti g er. E v e 1y n Willi amson owns a yellow angora kitten called ''Chip'' as does Alvin Schwartz. Betty rose Jurgens has a cat whose name is Skeezi x, and Elsie and Eleanor Krajic ek have a pet cat named "Mickey." Charles Wilson has a cat named Smokey, and Albert Stiverson also has a cat and a white rat. Lawrence Gerdes has a cat w horn he just calls "Kittie." Eth el Whitebear has a pet chicken and Melvin Keller has a pet duck.
Now for the dogs. Here are some Whittier pupils who have dogs. Albert Stiverson has a dog named Pat, and Don Smith has a half breed dog named Tim. Louis Ross has a dog half police and half English sheperd.
Wilma Hightower has a dog named Felix. Alvin Schwartz has two cockerspaniel dogs. One is named Troubles; the other he calls Pat.
REGISTRATION
Registration has been completed for the 9A's who will start Lincoln High next semester. It was begun N ovem her 16, and completed December 4. The rest of us are in the midst of selecting different subjects for next semester.
NEW HELPERS
Whittier has been assigned some people to help around the building. They are Mrs. Alma Barr, Library, Mr. Essay, Mr. Smith, and Mrs. Shamp. They will appreciate any courtesy shown them and we should be grateful for their help.
December 6, 1940
PUPIL ACTIVITIES
Beverly Menefee is a member of the Mother ' s and Daughter's club. Patty Moffett is a member of the Girls Division of the Christian Society which has a meeting once a week. Frank Nevels has been spending quite a bit of his time at the Y.M.C. A. swimming. Don Huston went hunting and got eight squirrels and six pheasants.
K a t h er y n Deane, Thelma Bryant, and Almeritta Hubbard have made up a play called "Who Wins The Prize." It will be given at Y. W. C.A.
James H a ck m an , W a yne Hedstrom , Dick Root , Bob Linde, John Kline , and Warren Dale attended a cave party with their Sunday School class.
PARDON US
Goodness gracious! We just don't know ,;i;,1 hat will happen to this Greenleaf cla ss if vve don't it up and quit sleepi ng. When writing abo ut Wednesday 's asse mbly, we failed to recognize certain pupils; so we'll have to do it now. Better late than never!
The four boys who sang solos in "I Ain't Gonna Grieve My Lord o More" deserve big applau e for their fine performances. They were Dick eu, Clifford Abbott, Gene Sundeen, and George Hilliard.
We also forgot to mention the pupils who received certificate s from the City Library. They were: Ina Ross, Shirley Lo velrtce, George Wilcox, Pati·icia Venard, Louise Robinson, L ois A1·enson, Elaine Carroll, Arline Anstine, Wilma Lumley, John Montgomery, Edward Wess el, Canoll Brown, Lois Gillette, Don Eisele, Barbara Mohler, Bob Brown, Margaret Noatz, Betty Mullen dore , Rozella Holman, and Jean Lovelace.
We neglected to mention the little announcer, George Wilcox, who did very well indeed. Sorry folks, we'll do bett e1· next time.
CORRECTION
The name of Diane Lantz, treasurer of 106, was omitted from the list of home room treasurers in the last issue.
THEY FOUND OUT
In Miss Schofield's fl f th period class Miss Schofield was looking in her closet and found several cans of cookies. She passed them out and e verybody ate one. Then somebody told her that they belonged to Miss Dee 1 s fourth period foods class, who had been keeping them to see how long they would last. They found out !
NICI{NAMES
Delores Nelson-Blondy.
LeRoy King-Teets. George Wilcox-Whitey. Eddie Scheidt-Tiny . Carolyn Douglas-Doug.
Esther Schnell-Tiny.
Louise Davis so n-Davey. Flora Kolb-Fofo.
Bettyrose J urgen s-J ergy. Dorothy Lowell-Dotty.
HEAVY FEET
Clinton Chadd must be getting forgetful lately In fifth period while he was talking to Elaine Elliot, she glanced down and noticed that he had his overshoes on. "Don't you take your overshoes off?'' she asked.
Clinton looked down at his feet and answered , ''I was wondering why my feet felt so heavy!"
OOPS!
The other day during first period class Mr. Strawn dropped a book. He was heard to say , ''Oops! There goes the filling out of my tooth.'' We wonder who his dentist is.
CARDS SENT
Defect cards were sent out by Miss Freeburn, November 27, to all home rooms. These cards are sent out to notify parents what children's defects need to be corrected in order to promote their health
SPORT SHORTS
Because of the bad weather, the boys have been forced to play pick-up basket ball and volley ball inside although some of the boys have been pl~ying a sloppy bit of football outside.
A peek into the boys' gym classes caught the boys ~ll standing on their heads, bendmg backwards as though to bre~k the~selves in two, and domg calisthenics.
The last football game at Whittier was played in mud most of which came in on the players. The only undefea~ed teams left are 222 and 314 wh1ch will p robabl y n ot get a chance to play each other.
The basket ball tournament began on Wednesday, November 27.
F OOTBALL FLASHES OF 1940
The ·words Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl and Sugar Bowl are very com~on during this football season. Many colleges are unbeaten and they all want t? be one of the teams to play m a "Bowl" game on New Year's Day.
Sports writers are havmg a very hard time trying to find the teams that are best qualified for these games. Another worry these writers have is to pick the All-American players from the different teams in the country.
Some of the All-American nominations are Tom Harmon of Michigan, George Franck of Minnesota, Bill Green of Iowa, and John Kimbrough of Texas A. & M. These and many others who are just as good players are giving every sport~ w!iter a bad headache because 1t 1s a tough job se lecting an All-American football team when there are so many good players.
On the west coast, Stanford, and Or egon State seem to be th_e best teams in line for the Pacific Coast Championship. The winner of this conference will play in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day.
The mighty Gophers of Minnesota, who have beaten a strong Michigan and also a tough North western team, are certain of the big ten championship.
Nebraska, who has beaten both Missouri and Oklahoma, their toughest rivals, are bou~d for the championship of the Big Six Conference.
Other great teams in the country are: Tennessee, Georgetown Georo-ia Tech, and Southern Methodist. On New Year's Da y there will surely be some good football games.
COAST TO COAST
The University of Nebraska made it possible for a film, ' 'Coast to Coast by Airplane,' 'to be shown to Whittier pupils at an assembly, Wednesday, November 27. M;rs. Boschult was in charge of showmg the picture with Duane Fifer operating the machine. From the pupils' applause we gathered that they enjoyed it very much.
PUPILS IN PICTURES
Three Smart Girls - Gerry Michel, June Keane, Evelyn Schmidt.
The Quarterback-Bob Jacobsen.
Little Nelly Kelly - Louise D avisson.
Public Debutante Numbe r 1Elaine Elliot.
Three Musketeers - Jame s Plock , Bill Schneiber, Dale Jones.
Captain Courageous - Mr. Culler.
Lillian Russell - Grace Munson.
South of the Border-Floyd and Dewey Hardin.
Irene-Irene Comish.
Blondie Plays Cupid - Elaine Adams.
Great Profile-Junior Sewart. Untamed - Rosemary Wickstrom.
Great Dictator-Bud Ruhl. Great McGinty - Buck McGrew.
8B's TAKE TRIP
December 5, the 8B arithmetic classes took their ci vie league trip. The Whittier teathers who went were Mr. Heston, Miss Veerhusen, Mr. Strawn, Mrs. Pinney, Miss Mc Grew, and Miss Schofield .
LOST
LOST: A gold bracelet with a black ribbon which I loaned to someone. Will the finder please return to Louise Davisson, 106.
LIVE WlRES
The girls are dancing t~ e Virginia Reel on Thursdays m the gym at noon. Miss Jenning s is giving practical tests on serving in volley ball in the regula r classes. This record which is made now will be taken again in the spring to find how much improvement each student ma~e s
The seventh, eighth, and nint h grade girls are working on E l Paso Schottische Square Dance s . The girls in the ninth grad e who are outstanding in volle y ball are: Helen Camp be 11 , Kathryn Deane, LaVonne Gra y , Almeritta Hubbard, Dixi e Lowder, Edna Pearson, Hele n Owens, Leona Mae Scharton , Wilma Warne. For the eight h grade there ·are Shirley Ludwi g , Frances Lewis, and Ina Bell Ross.
The outstanding volley ba ll players in the 7th grade are : Sheila Collins, Velma Schwind t , Lorraine Stewart, Lillian Schafer , Gerry Vincent, Barbara VanEvery, Geraldine Tu b man , Dorothy Watson , and Marily n Yates, Barbara StrublP, Geraldin e Wart, Elaine Johns, Marily n Logan, Phyllis Barribo, Jo An n Kukas, Virginia Boberg, Patrici a Eikenbary, Virginia Lampshir e, Mary Ann Stutheit, Shirle y Maser, Betty Jamesson, Bett y Legler, and Marilyn Newbill.
POSTERS SHOWN
The posters which you saw in the showcase recently were mad e in Miss Ferguson's commerci a l art classes . They say that thes e are the first three dimension a l posters that they had ever mad The whole class made posters bu t the ones that were used for th e showcase belonged to N aydee n Wiltshire, Virginia Shirey, Lucill e Newman, Mary Ellen Mast, an d Alice Jean Fowles.
ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO
Girl - Evelyn Schmidt
Boy- Wilbur Leupold
THE WHITTIER GREENLEA F
The Whittier Green leaf
Vol. 18, No. 7 Dec. 20, 1940 LINCOLN,
NEBRASKA
MAKE CHRIRSTMAS VACATION PLA
Durin g Christmas vacatfon which begins today a t 3: 15 and ends Janu ary 6, at 8 :20, many Whittie r teachers and pupils plan to be out of town and soqie even out of the state.
B etty Latta and Marj o •e Ahlstedt are going to Davev• , Betty to visit her grandfath er and Marjorie her brother. G trude Giffin will go to Valraiso, and Le e Barton to Fa ls City. Kenneth Burke will go o Colorado.
Elaine Arnholt, Jimmy 1\1'1ler, and Clara Mae Strong a e all going to visit in Oma a. Mary Jane Lamb, Arlene Cra ~ford, and B etty Jean Dodd v ·11 go to Kansas. Marcella Talb rt is going to Kans as City.
Bobby Cooke will pend hi aunt and in Michigan with l s grandmothe r . Jean Davenport will go to Wilbur to visit her aunt, and Norma Jean McCas • vacation in Chicago visiting i will go to her grandparents in Seward . D on Smith plans to spend Christmas day in Alvo.
Mr. Ross is going to a ranch near North Plat te and Miss McGrew will go to Auburn. Mis s Jennings will be in Albion and Mr. Strawn is going to Beloit, Kansas. Miss V eerhusen will go to Adams and Miss Miller to Fri end
Miss S che mel will be in Fairbury while Miss H. Madsen will visit at Nebraska City. Miss ( Continued on page 2)
The Christ Child Is Born
December twenty-fifth was the day of the year
When the Christ Child was born unto all so dear; That was the day that the star shone so bright
And the three wisemen's path was aglow with its light; Onward they traveled to see this wonder,
Election Returns
In the Whittier Civci League primary election which was held December 9, the f o 11 ow in g candidates were nominated to run in th e general election on January 6. For girls' president: Phyllis Hoke and Velma M c G r e w; vice p r e s i d e n t : Marjorie Coulter and Kathleen Blue; secretary: Bonnie Quillin and Ruthann Ellis.
Aware of the Christ Child deep For boys' president: Dick
and Frank Loeffel; vice eavenl nt: Gene Sundeen and
e Hedstrom; secretary: Will to M a n n a n d M e l v i n ge.
About 300 pupils and parents attended Whittier' 8 open house on December 10. Mr. Culler was very much pleased with the evening. The parents seemed to like the new method of meeting the teachers, and all the candy and popcorn was sold.
Called to Dµty
tier is losing one of its members because of the l defense program. He is . elch, conductor of the hit er band and teacher of the begin ers in the instrument class. He be ongs to the National Guard "\\hich will mobilize in Lincoln, Dece ber 23, where they will stay ten ays. On the eleventh day ~--~,,,.- will go to Little Rp ck, al. "G e.s u Bambino" w a s sung Arkansas, Lo Camp J o s e p h b y t h e glee clubs and "While Robinson where they will serve a Sh eph er d Watch e ct Their year's active duty. Flo ck " and "We Three Kin g s of O r ie nt Are" by the b o y ' glee a nd th e bo y s' chorn s dm ing the p l a y .
Wishing
The Greenleaf staff, reporters, and pr inters want to wish everyone everywhere A Very Merry Christmas and A Happy and Prosperous New Year.
7B' s Entertain
About 100 7B's in Mrs. Shike's English classes read in concert '13 ister3" in an assembly, December 12. Music was furnished by a selected group from Mr. Welch's band included John Kline, Wayne Hedstrom, Gene Sundeen, Jack Wild, Sam Engle, and Robert Eaton.
THE WHI'TTIER GREENLEAF
Founded and establis h ed in 1!)24 as th e official stude nt publicati on of Whittier Junior Hi gh School pupils.
FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
Miss Hult Miss P et erson Miss Cross Mr Gammill GREENLEAF STAFF
Editor - in - C h ief Marjori e Ram el
Boys' Sp orts
Girls' Sports
Exchang
Freda Baker
Mar ian Barcus
Frank easscn
Arnold Cheuvront
Marian Conners
Bruce Elliot
OUR CHRISTMAS
A RESOLUTION
"And what's your New Year 's resolution, Larry?" asked his mother as the family sat aroun d making resolutions, none of whic h would probably be kept.
''Oh, let me see,'' mumble d Larry, ''I know. I resolve not to eat between meals.''
PR INT E RS
Franks
Our Christmas in America will be a happy one. People will trav el all over America. Some will go to the warmer parts of America perhaps to Flori da, California and man y other states, even to Mexic o, Cen tral America , · and South America . But wherever you go 1 you will find that the Christmas of 1940 is a h appy occasion. We in America h ave something to be thankful for. Think of our neighbors across the ocean. How will they celebrate Christmas ? How will we? The answers to these questions will make us think of our Christmas in America and will help make it a brighter. mor e loving, and joyful occasion
TARDINESS
The tardiness at Whittier has decreased a little, but it is still not satisfactory enough to be mentioned. Let's all do our part to help dec;rease the tardiness. Here's a suggestion. Make that one of your New Year's resolutions. We can do it; we will do it. At least, let's try
EXAMINATIONS
For the past week or two , pupils have been called from their classes to be examined for contagious diseases. It used to be that the teachers would accompany their classes but now the children assume the responsibility of going by themselves. Mr Culler asserts that 205 was "Ea Turba est
Maxima'' and also 100 was ''Ea Turba est Pessima" on Frida y. If you can figure this out you're (good.)
CANDIDATES MEET
Meetings were held throughout the week of December second to the sixth at which the candidates for civic league offices were introduced to the pupils of Whittier. All English class e s attended. The candidates discussed their platforms and many problems of interest to the school.
PUPILS LEAVE AND ENTER
Leo Dunkle of 110 has left school because of illness. Eugene Wiegers of 303 has moved to Falls City. Joan Saunders of 302 has transferred to Everett. Jack and Don Jones of 205 have moved to Omaha.
We also have some pupils enter in g. Coming back to Whittier again are Leah Jacoby, Dorothy Burbach, and Bob Eaton. Margaret Swearingen entered from Co1orado. Dorothy Hansmire transferred here from Everett. Ren kin Randall came from Omaha.
THANK YOU
We wish to thank Lucille Newman of 308 for the block print on the front page of the Christma isssue·.
"That's a good resolution ," said his mother, knowing ver y well she would not be so luck y that he would keep it.
It was January 3, 1941, whe n Larry came into the kitchen whe re his mother was baking a cake for the evening dinner "Mother," he said quietly, so that she knew he was up to something. she returned, ha lf knowing she wouldn't like it.
''Oh, please, can't I ha ve something to eat?"
"I knew you wouldn't keep it, " she told him, ''but don't mak e any resolutions you can't ke ep after this.''
"O. K., 11 said Larry betwe en mouthfuls.
"My, but it's taking you a lo ng time to eat that one cracker ," exclaimed his mother. That ni ght Larry was lying in bed with an awful stomach ache, and betwe en groans was resolving all ov er again not to eat between meals . - Don Sutherland
MAKE CHRISTMAS VACATION PLANS
(Continued from page 1)
Kier is going to visit in Om aha and Miss E. Madsen will tra vel to Chicago. Mr. Culler will work during Christmas va cation as will Miss Kahm. M iss Cross will be in Fairbury and Omaha.
Miss Mumford will go t o Council Bluffs and Miss Cur ley to S ew ard . Mrs. Boschult will have a trip through northwe stern Nebraska and will spe nd Ch r i st ma s day in Casp er, W yo ming.
THE WHITTIER GREENLE AF
HASSENF E FFER
It was the day before Christa. m a s. W o nderful smells came from Grandma's k itchen. Grandma and Sadie had just finished doin g up som e cookie dishes w h en the door bell rang. "I'll an swer," said S adie.
"Telegram for Miss Sadie," r emarked the boy in a uniform.
"That's me, young man. Here, gi ve it to me, " exclaimed Sadie. She took i t, opened, read it and c rie d , "Oh, dear ! Fred, my n ephew, is ill with a sore throat. I'm supposed to come home ri ght away. I will pack at once ." Grandpa, who had been sittin g in a b ig easy chair in the li ving room and had heard all th is, tried hard not to let out a y e ll. I nstead he smiled a b i g, an e n ormous s mile. He heard Sadie and Gran d ma running u p the st a i rs t o p ack and then he called to J a m es, "James, come here."
No a ns wer was heard. Again he call e d , " J ames, oh James."
Thi s t i me he was rewarded as J am es came running up from th e basement where he had b e en p l aying ping pong with the n e igh b o r boy. "What did you w a nt ?" h e asked.
"C om e here. I'll te ll you about the time I saved a whole settlement fr om an epidemic of diphth e ria. "
"Sw ell," replied James and he sat d own b y Grandpa, eager to h ear his s tor y .
"M any years ago," began Gran dpa, "an epidemic of diphth e ri a came into t he settlement where I lived. It started with ju st a few chi ldren getting ill a n d then it went · among the grown ups. Soo n all the settlem ent was down with the disease, all except the doctor . Even I, in sp i t e of my. great strength, got it. Now as I was head man of t he town the d octor came to me a n d told ~e t h at only a little bit of medicine w as left. What could we d o? Eve r ybody was ill. The doctor had t o stay in the settlem ent becau s e everybody needed h i m. My throat burned l ike fire
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and I wa s as diz zy as i f I was out on the ocean, b u t I sa i d to the doctor, 'Where can I get this serum?' T o this he replied, 'Well, Ebenezer, one can get it in D eadville. That's forty miles from here.'
"Now forty miles today would be nothing but in those.days it took four days to travel forty miles, ten miles to a day Nevertheless in spite of how ill I was, I said to the doctor, 'I'll go; just give me time to saddle my horse.' 'But you can't go,' exclaimed the doctor. 'Why you would die!' To this I replied, 'I ·won't die. Besides, w h at's one death when there are fifty and sixty people dying anyway?' But in spite of all my pleadings he wouldn't let me go.
"That night the moon shown bright so I bundled up good as it was cold and went to t he barn where the horses were ke p t I saddled my horse, Dobbin , and started out. I left a note on the doctor's door telling him I had gone after the medicine . I traveled on and on. Sudde nl y I saw a big pack of wolves come running after me. I also s u ddenly felt faint. If I wou l dn't have been tough I never would have pulled through. But I had to have courage n ow because those wolves would devour me if I didn't. The ,volves were now running neck and neck with old Dobbin, so I took my ha n d and gave one a sl a p. Th a t s l a p h ad so much power in it he fe ll dead right then an d th e re ."
"Gee, Grandpa, I shou l d think you being so si ck wouldn't even have enough strength to do that," exclaimed James.
"That just goes to show how strong I was. Immediately the wolves started eating the dead one and then they fell to fighti1w with each other. They bit a1~ nipped at each other till all there was left was just fur, blood, and torn meat
"They were out of my way so I traveled on. I made good time too. I wasn't going to take four <lays to get to Deadville. I would try to make it by the next after-
noon. A lt ho ug h D obb i n was the fastest horse for many miles, i n time he wou ld get tired When this time came, I would tie Dobbin up and run the rest of thA way. I could run faster in the first place but Dobbin would have been hurt if I wouldn't have taken him along ."
"Gee , G randpa, how cou l d you run when you were sick?"
James asked suspiciously . Grandpa answered boastfully, "It was my c ourage that urged me on, son." He also added, "If you don't be quiet, I'll quit. Well, the time soon came to tie Dobbin up and so I started running . The dawn of a new day came soon I had y€t about eleven miles to go. I was beginni n g t o fe el better and then I saw t he village. I reached the village and went to the doctor. He made a big supply of medicine, gave me a horse and I started back.
"Whe n I reached D obbin by nightfa ll , he had rested up so I took h im a n d sent the other horse back to th e village where I had come fro m. 'B y the next morning I reached the settlement w h ere I lived. I was gree t ed by t he doctor. He took the medicine and gave it to all the ill people. The town was saved! Right afterwards they made me mayor and erected a statue of me in the center of the settlement "
James saw that the story was ended and remarked, "Thank you. That was ok."
Suddenly Grandpa began to sneeze, his eyes watered, and he had a dizzy feeling. The truth dawned upon him. He had a cold! He yelled, "Grandma, Sadie, come here. I've got a cold. Get me a quilt right away. Sadie, make me some hot lemonade, please, if you've fini shed packing."
P. S. Grandpa has recovered from his cold and he wishes everybody "A Merry Christ111 as."
-Ellen Dietze
HOLIDAY DECORATIONS
Whittier has been a hustle and a bustle lately. Many of the class rooms have been busy bringing out the Christmas s pirit by decorations. Miss Schemel's home room have put up evergreen with cranberries . tnmg connecting sprays of evergre en. They have a wreath on the door and a small Christrrns tree decorated with tinsel.
~Ii ·s. Boschult has a very attractive wreath on the door an_d a little Christmas tree with lights in her room. Miss. Zam?o \\· has very prety groupmg of Christm as bells on her door and s he has draped Christmas rope and tinsel on the windows.
Mr. McMullen has some bells on the door and some little wreaths hanging up in the room. ::VIiss Hooper has an attractive arrangement of acorns ~n her door. On her desk she has a r;mall white Christmas tree. Miss Curley has a white Christmas tree and Miss E. Madsen has a ·wreath on her door.
NEW PLATFORM
In Miss Millrer's sixth period civics class Don Hus ton was asked what a "platform" was. He replied, "It is something on _whi~h a person stands to recite rn public."
TOUGH CANDY
The other day Virginia Deahl was in the game room munching candy when surprisingly her tooth came out. Either her tooth was loose ~r the candy was hard .
''Well, how is Tommy getting along with the chamelon I gave him?"
''Oh, the poor thing is dead . Tommy put him on a piece of green cloth, and he turned green; then Tommy tried him with red and blue, and he turned those colors. But Tommy went too far with him.''
"Why, what did he do?"
''He put him on a Scotch plaid .''
LIMPY
Cold and shivering, the small white lamb bleated pitifully. He was lost, having wandered too far from the flock and slipped by the watchful eyes of the dog and shepherd.
Nosing his way along, he came upon a small den and dropped wearily down inside it. Just as he was falling asleep, he heard a squeaky little growl. There in the dark two small round eyes gleamed at him. Terrified, the lamb stumbled awkwardly to his feet. Crippled he was, one leg shorter than the other, and in this way he had earned the n::tme ''Limpy. '' By this time his eyes were getting accustomed to the riark, and he made out a small lion kitten. Still nervous, Limpy knew it was harmless. The kitten playfully stuck his paw in Limpy's face and rolled over and over on the ground, evidently glad to see a fellow animal. The cuh's mother had not returned when she went out to hunt food.
Farther back in the caYe Limpy saw another cub, slightly larger than the first one It had been asleep and yawned lazily giving the lamb a mildly surprised look. Rising and shaking himself, he calmly stalked out of the cave, ignoring everyone. Not knowin g what to do Yvith himself, Limpy sighed and lay down again. Presently the eldest lion came back with a fowl in his mouth, and both cubs tore ea ·erly into it.
So for weeks afte1·, the three companions stay e d together. Limpy, whenever hungry, ate the green grass outside the cave.
One day while he was baking him~elf in the sunshine, a tired man with flowing white robes and the most beautiful, kind face that Limpy had ever seen , came upon him so suddenly that there was no chance to run. Dropping down on the ground beside him, the man stroked his head and spoke in a soothing gentle voice that soon put Limpy at ease. Limp'y was lonely. Al-
though he had been treated well enough, he lived in constant fea r that the lions might some da y be unable to find enough foo d and turn against him, as he knew it v.ras nature's will for lions and sheep to be bitte r enemies.
Finally the man arose, an d the lamb did also. Seeing th e crippled leg, a troubled look f deepest concern came over h i • face, and he picked the lamb u p c1nd carried him for a long wa r over rough ground and sm all hills. Suddenly a flock of she ep appeared , and Limpy cried ou t joyously shuggling in the man 's arms as he recognized his own mother and friends. The ma n l'eleased him and he boun<led t oward them. Anyone watchin g would have noticed that th e limp was gone from his leg. -Shirley Ra~ ·
F'ASHION HI-LIGHTS
This is your fashion editor speaking. Christmas is coming , slow but sure, and I'll bet Sant a Claus will bring a lot of you girls clothes. Skating skirts line d with satin are going to be quit e the style during the winte r season; brushed wool sweaters or sweater sets are nice.
SKATING PARTY
The 9A's held a skating party at the Lincoln Rink, Monda y evening , December 2. The part y was an idea of June Keane's an d Betty Latta's.
"Now children," said th e teacher who was trying to boos t the sales of class photographs , "just think how you'll enjo y looking at the photographs whe n you grow up. As you look, you' ll say to yourself, 'there's Jenny , she's a nurse; there's Tom; He 's a judge; and-'."
"There's teacher," said littl e Bertie, ''she' s dead.''
THE WHITTIER ·GREENLEAF
CAMPAIGN POSTERS
The posters featuring this semester 's campaign for civic league officers are exceptionally cleve r.
A large photograph of one of the cand idates has been displayed. This is a good way to campaign becau se it shows the voters what the candidate looks like. Another poster is a "Confucious Say."
One poster has a drawing of a lit tle pig "oinki ng" for a certain can didate. Many of the posters show a ballot with the candida t e's name marked and being put into the ballot box
HELPERS ADDED
Alth ough the social games comm ittee has been composed of girl s up to now, two boys have been added They are Francis Chr istopher of 205 and Ralph Buter baugh of 300.
WINTER
Oh how I love the winter
When the snow falls all around, How I like to see it
On the trees and lakes and ground .
It seems to change this drab old world
Into a dazzling fairy land; All the oth er seasons combined
Could never be quite so grand.
Then is the time J ack Frost paints
His snow pictures everywhere, And everyone is happy
When winter is in the air.
-Jean Davenport, 316
9A PLANS
Preparat ions for the 9A Class Day have begun. Monday, Wednesday and Friday of last week the 9A 's gathered in the gym to learn the gra nd march. The 9A's have been going to the gym to practice the Virginia Reel and some squar e dances. They will have an afternoon party in the gym on Class Day.
Decemder 20, 1940
GUESS WHO Girl
Her eyes are green and her hair is light brown. She is in home room 308 and her best pa.ls are Marilyn Franks and Ellen Dietze. She is 5 feet and one fourth inches tall and weighs 119 pounds. Her favorite sport is baseball and her favorite studies are algebra and civics . She has a queer pet peeve . It is Duane Fifer
Boy
He is in home room 203 . His eyes are blue and his hair is brown. His height is 5 feet 9 inches tall and his weight is 150 pounds. Ralph Ku wamot o is his pal and his pet peeve is carrots. Football is h is favorite sport and algebra is his favorite study. His hobby is reading.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
On this, the first day of the year, We wish you JOY and lots of good cheer;
It's the time of the season when at midnight you wake And, oh , the noise those celebrators make; They blow their horns and bang on tin pans, They try to sing and throw tin cans;
I'm not going to try to sleep any more I'll just get out and join in the roar.
-June Baragary, 102
ALUMNI NOTES
The L. H. S. coaches presented L's to Warren Emery, "S tep" Jones, Bob Kersey, Wesley Maser, and Vance Salisbury. Reserve letters were given to Malcolm Allen, John Blumer, and Hoyt Yowell. Gene Kirkendall recieved a reserve team certificate. David Krcmarik is on the reserve basketball squad. Dorothy Muehlhausen, Tommy Griffen, Wilma Mvers,and Maxine Miller will take part in'' America on Trial, "a play being presented by the Mimes.
CHRISTMAS TIME
Christmas is a glorious time, The air is filled with aroma divine; And all around the Christmas tree Sits the family , including me. Our stockings are bulging with apples and candy, And everything seems to be just dandy , When suddenly from the outside hall
Comes a voice that is known by one and all.
'Tis the voice of jolly old Saint Nick; The snow on his boots is packed quite thick ; He brings to us both laughter and cheer , And the spirit of Christmas, which dispells all fear - Darlene Hinrichs and Margaret Pinkerton
MUSIC NOTES
Christmas is now four days a way and that long waited for vacation has started. If you have spare moments between your shopping time and wrapping presents, sit down to your piano, radio, or phonograph and play or , isten of some popular, classical or Christmas music.
The same songs that were ment.ioned before are still very popular. They are "Maybe," "Trade Winds," ''Practice Makes Perfect," and " Our Love Affair." The new ones are "Two Dreams Met." It puts you to sleep it is so dreamy. "Down Argentina Way" is snappy and peppy. Now for some patriotic songs. "He's My Uncle" makes me want to march. ''I Am an Amer ican'' is a perfect patriotic song.
The Christmas songs are al popular and never get old so y ou'll be hearing the same ones you did last year. •
9A'S ELECT
The 9A officers for next semester are Clifford Abbott for pres id en t; Jan ice Bee her, vicepresident; Loren Colwell, secre tary. The election was held on Monday, December 10, along with the primary election for civic league candidatee- .
SPORT SH ORTS
On Thursday, December 5, 304 and 222 battled it out for the football championship to a 0 to O deadlock. The play off ended with 304. on top. Therefore we send our congratulations to the football champion s, 304.
Our basket ball games are worked a little differently this year. The games have beenshortened to eight minutes instead of ten. This makes it po ss ib le to play four games instead of three during the noon hour.
A summary of the basket baJl tournament found eight teams that were undefeated, sixteen that had lost one game and won one, and eight teams that had lost two. Be careful , boys, because if you l ose. three games yo u are out of the tournament.
If you see someone who has a stiff neck or is limping, yo u'll know why. The boys are tumbling in the gym.
Two undefeat ~d teams, 108 and 209, played a vicious game of basketball ·which ended with a 0 to O tie. The playoff was between ''Ernie'' Lee, 108 , and Ralph Leikam , 209. Both shot about eight times until finally Ralph won for 209.
This i s your Sports Shorts reporter saying goodbye and Merry Christm as and a Happy New Year.
CHRISTMAS RUSH
Here it is C hri stmas, that time of the year
When everyone's happy and full of good cheer, That tim e of the year when you go up town , When everyone pushes and knocks you down; If you're a small person you'd best stay away, Heed my advice and hear what I say , For you'll look like a wreck and feel just as bad, These late Christmas shoppers j ust make me plumb mad . -June Baragary
GLEE CLUBS PARADE
The assembly of December 6, presented by Mrs. White's glee clubs and boys' chorus, proved to be the t ype that pupils enjoy. It was a Christmas Parade on the order of Lincoln's Parade. The girls' gle e club, accompanied by Mrs. Riley, furnished the music with the boys' glee club and the boys' ch o r u s portraying the nursery rhyme charact e rs.
Ellen Dietz was the a nnouncer. The characters were: Jack and Jill, Don Sm ith and Edward Loos; Old Mot.he r Hu bbard, Verno y Johnson; Sam, the accordian man, Jerry Hall; Old King Cole, James Plock; The Farmer in the Dell, Clifford Abbott.
Juggler , Vernoy Johnson; Mary and Her Little Lamb , Dick Neu; Little Sally Waters, Paul Provorse; Jocko , the Clown, Janice Becher; Th e Old Woman in the Shoe, Diek Root; Little -Puss y , Judson Turner.
Jack Be Nimble, Bob Lind y; A Tiske t A Tasket, Phyl is Hoke: J ess ie Jam es, Billy Mann; W. P. A. , George Hi!li ard; The clowns , Jame s Hackman, Neal Pent on , Warren Dal e, Jimm y Mason, David Johnson, Wa lter Murray, and C lyde Scroggins.
The band, Frank Loeffel, John Klien , Gene Sud e en, Bob Wis ema n, Ge orge Sprier , Eddie lde and Bobby Cooke as the drum major; and dear ole Santa Claus was Wes ley Morrison.
PLAY GIVEN
Home Room 308 ga ve a play called ''Santa's Necktie.'' Th e characters were: Dorean Killian as Mrs . Santa Claus, Bob Chase as Santa, Elaine Carrol as Tuny , K enneth Buck as Pokey, and Stanley Ernst as Puffy
ANSWERS TO "GUESS WHO"
Girl- · Elaine Adams
Boy - Dewey Hardin
LIVE WIRES
The girls have started side-lin e basket ball in all three grades . Side line basket ball is the sam e as regular girls basket ball exce pt that there is a line of girls o n each side to w horn the players on the floor must always pass th e ball. This type of basket ball is l e ss strenuous for students of this age.
They also have started stun ts and tumbling. They have learne d "the forward roll" and its vari ations , and have begun on th e ''b a c k w a rd r o 11'' and th e "tip up."
The g i r ls decided to hav e dan cing once a week in gym during the noon hour. Seve ra l times last week when the voll e y ball tournament games were finished, we devoted the rest of th e time to dancing.
The girls will probably start to learn how to play side lin e bask et ball for their noon hour activ it y in another week. A week will b e spent in teaching the game an d techniques and then we will alternate volley ball and bask et ball. The girls are playing voll eying above a 7 foot 5 inch whi t e line.
The outstanding players fo r volleying in squad one a r e LaVonne Gray and Marian Lov e. In squad two are JoAnn Kuku s, Shirley Lovelace and Barba ra Struble
In squab three are Jeann e Balance, Lois Umberger, Arle ne Crawford, Lois Heater and for sqnad four, Hazel Johnson, Ja ne Bish, Jackie Greer, and Bever le y Johnston.
In squad five are Jani ce Cochran, Sh i r I e y Chandl e r, N oreen Pettit, Charlotte Elli s. In squad six are Viola Bodfi eld , Geraldine Smith.
What did one little toe sa y t o the ot her little toe?
Don ' t look now but I thi nk we're being followed by a cou ple of heels. THE WHITTIER
