Whittier Junior High 1941 Newspaper

The W hittier

G reen eaf

Vol. 18, No. 9, Feb . 14, 1941

LI NCOLN, NEBRASKA

Civic League Officers

Ins talled at Assem bly

The i ns ta ll ation of civic league officers took place on Friday, Febru ary 7 The program started with t he flag salute led by the girls' vi cE president and the civic leagu e pledge led by the boys' vice p resident and America led by Mr s . White. Marjorie Coulter gave a t alk on ''What America Means to Me." Miss Hult introduced Miss Miller, who administered t he oath of office of presidenc y t o Phyllis Hoke.

A ft e r P h y 11 i s' acceptance speec h , M1:·. Culler introduced Mr. R oss, who introduced the boy s ' president, Frank Loeffel. Aft er Frank's acceptance speech, we were entertained by the choi r Phyllis Hoke introduced girl s' vice pre sident, Marjorie Cou lter, and girls' secretary, Bonn i e Q u illin ; and Frank Loeffel int r oduced boys' vice president, Gene Sundeen, and boys' secre t ary, Billy Mann. They both responded with speeches.

Pup il Trips

Vir g inia Wible of 102 went to Omaha recently. A lice Berry, 102, w e n t to Falls Ci t y to see the oil we lls. Eve lyn Porter, 112, went to Omaha on January 19 Mary Lea F erguson of 110 went to Dorc h e ster, Nebraska. Lois Metcalf of 103 spent some time in Omaha with her sister. Evelyn Sch warzkopf, 110, was in Seward for a day.

OUR LEADERS

D o you think you would reco gnize our civic league lead e r s if you were to meet them in t h e h~ll? If not, here are a f ew hmts.

. Y o,u'll notice Phyllis Hoke, ou r girls president, for her shortness and friendliness to everyone. The brilliant, musical, cheerful Frank Loeffel will serve as boys' president.

Another person who should be noti~ed_ is smiling, darkeyed Maqorie Coi:lter who is serving as vice president. Neat singing Gene Sundeen is the b~ys' vice presiden t.

r~h~ girls' secretary, Bonnie Qmllm, you will notice for her happy disposition and her fine penmanship. Billy Mann is the boys' secretary. You'll know him for his Jesse James swagger and his bright blonde hair.

WHO?

Who are those people wandering about

With a lost expression and a funny pout?

Who go down on the ''up'' stairs and up on the "down"?

You tell them they're wrong and they give you a frown.

Don't tell me a word-just let me guess,

It must be the freshies, but I will confess Whittier's real glad to have them,

For what would we do If there were no freshies to laugh at?

School would be boring, I think, don't you?

-June Baragary, 102

COMPLIMENTS WHITTIER

Miss Towne complimented Whittier's system of electing civic league officers when she spoke to the defense committee of the teachers round table and school reporters on January 29, at the board of education. She emphasized the fact that the first line of defense in a democracy is the home and school and that pupils should learn the •ways of democratic citizenship.

Greenl eaf Assembly Presen

ted Today

The Greenleaf assemb l y was pres •,mted today by the staff, reporters, printers and boys ' chorus under the d i rection of Mrs White and Miss Peterson Mrs . Riley was the accompanist.

The program was a truth and consequence program with John Loos as the announc e r and Don Sutherland as the professor . The contestants were Pat Marshall Joanne Hollingsworth, Phylli~ Ba1Tibo, Marian Conners, Mary Pease, Bill Mann and Judson Turner.

A skit was put on by some of the boys' glee club. Harlyn Rhodes, Frank Smith, Dick Root, Paul Provorse, Vernoy Johnson, George Spreier and Dick Neu took part . Arthur Chubbuck played the harmonica and the guitar as the accompaniment for the chorus and also had a solo part Delores Bloom and Dal'leen Payne did a twirling act. A wards were made to vi'inners in the Greenleaf Campaign.

Ushe rs

The usher committee is one of the most helpful committees at the beginning of the semester in aiding new students at Whittier Chairmen for the committe e t h i s semester are Dorothy Po e, 222 , for the girls and Vernoy J oh n s on , 205, for the boys.

Co mmittee members are: gir l s, Ruth Shank, 208, Marian and Marjorie Barcus, 207, Mary Ann Campbell,208, Emma Kreick, 314, Lois Gillet, 301, Patricia Moffett, 112, Beverly Jackson,307, Marian Glantz, 110, Marion Wolf, 205, and Pat r ic i a Graham, 112.

Boys, Jack Holbrook, 10 8, Melvin Beveridge, 220, Don Sutherland, 300, D ick Neu, 222, Harlan Rhodes, 302, Warren Dale , 310, Ronald Boydsten, 301, Elgin Martin, 320, Richard Laughlin and Harvey White, 216, and Carrol Brown. 307

SPORT SHORTS

The members of the boys' playground committee are: Kenneth Peterson, chairman, 106, Loren Colwell, 305, Dick Hudkins, 314, Harold Freese, 302, Kenneth Michael, 212.

Fred Fuller, 209, Harold Egger, 310, Richard Lawson, 216, Harold Hoch, 110, Bob Klien, 310.

Gerald McCracken, 107, Richard Tejcka, 300, Jack Lange , 308 , Paul Blumer, 312, Norval Emery, 216.

Some of the outstanding players on Whittier basket ball teams are: Ralph Leikam, 209; David Huff, 304; Ra lph Grabisch, 210; Eddie Sn y der, 20 8 ; Ernie Lee, 108 ; Harold Frees e , 302; Wayne Hedstrom , 303; Bob Linde, 300; Ronald Boyds on, 301; Clifford Abbott, 307; Dick Hudkins, 314; Glen Bowers, 222; Raymond Aguirre, 220; George Whiting, 212; Don Saul, 203; Junior Kirkendall , 102; Bob Clark , 103; and Hubert Dean, 107.

When the p r esent b as ket ball tournament (the las t on e of the semes t e r) is ov e r a vo ll ey b a ll t ou rn am ent ·will take i ts pla ce H om e room 305, th e ch a mp :o n s of last s eme s t er , a r e s till g oing st rong.

TIPS

TO 7B's

Don't get mad and make smart remarks becaus e you get called a ' •freshie. ''

Do walk on and think nothing of it; some day you c an call somebody that.

Don't go up or down the wrong stairs. Do what most others ar e doing.

Don't be afraid to ask teachers and ci vie leagµe officers questions. Do ask them anything you care to know; that's what they'r e for.

- Jean Bracelen

Work while you're supposed to work.

Play while you're supposed to play.

The children who are busy gain more than those who just sit.

School is not such a bad place! I think it's a lot of fun, If you get your work at a pretty good pace,

Pretty soon all your work will be done.

-Helen Lamb

WHITTIER BOOK WORMS

Miss Bethune reports that during the first semester, fifty-seven pu p ils reported having read fifteen or more books. Nineteen pupils read one or two books and pas~ed the tests. Six pupils passed the tests on the required number of books, which is three, for efficiency credit. These pupils were, Shirley Lovelace, Betty Ced e rquist , Margaret Pinkerton, Fr e da Bronstein, Shirley Farmer, and John Grebe.

VALENTINE'S DAY

It is Val e ntine's Day when ruffles and frills

Up o n red hearts are given, To sho w that in the sender's heart Ther e i s kindn e ss and love still livin'.

Valentine's Day when hearts of all sizes

Be a r the words "Be My Valentine,"

Writt e n with beautiful ink of g o ld, In eltters so bold and fine.

- Phyllis Barribo , 307

PUPILS LEAVE AND ENTER

James Wilson of home room 305 has moved to Bradshaw, Nebr Patricia Adams, 107, is now in Texas. Arlene Manning, 106, moved to Wyoming. Donald and Kenneth Mills of 222 and 316 have moved to Omaha, and Richard Mullican has left for Mississippi.

We also have two new pupils at Whittier. Wesley Peery and Naomi Waniska of home room 210 and 203 have entered from Everett.

ANSWERS

TO GUESS WHO Girl - Marilyn Yowell Boy-Oscar Wisbey Jr.

A ·swERS TO "JUMBLED NAMES"

Frank Loe ff el Darleen Payne

Gene Sun dee n Judson Turne r

Phylli s H ok e Marian Conn e rs

Don Suth e rland Billy l\Iann Delores· Bloom

LIVE WIRES

On the girls playground committee this semester are: June Devore, and Frances Lewis both of 103, Beverly Menefee and Marion Loos, 102, and Louise Hays of 106.

Delores Bloom and France s Lovelace both of 210, Joyc e Johnson and Janice S e dlacek of 212, Lois Mayer from 220, an d Virginia Williams of 222.

From third floor are Janice Becher of 300, La Von Gray an d Kathleen Blue of 301, Beverl y Campbell and Rosemary Pag e, chairman, of 302. The thre e from 310, are Velma McGrew , Vi o 1a Bodfield, and Darlen e Heckman. •

At the noon hour in the girls' gym the girls are playing basket ball with Lois Mayer as subchairman, volley ball with Janic e Be e c her as sub-chairman and hi t pin baseball with Velma McGre \, as sub-chairman. On Wednesdav s there is dancing in the gym a ll p eri od. Basket ball is pla y ed or Mondays and T h ursdays 0 1 Tu e sd a y s and Fridays volleyb aJI a n d kick pin b a se ball are playe d .

PIONEER DAYS

Miss Schemel's 7 A Engli sb cla s ses have been making up c piay. Part of the class sit on th t floor and pretend they are pi oneers in the year of 1850 comin g from Pennsylvania to Nebrask a The scene is in the evening aft er they ha v e pitched camp. T he pupils make up their parts a they go along.

A LETTER

A letter was re ceived by Mr s Boschult from Duane Fifer, a fo r mer Whittier pupil, who le f ~ to join hi ~ father in Camp Ro b in so n near Little Rock, Ark an · s as. He ga ve us the whole d C;s cr ipt io n of his trip and the i nterest i ng s ight s he saw.

He sa y s that Camp Robins on i s qu ite la r ge with 1,500 m en s tation e d th e re. The weathe r, he said, i s like May with gras s g etti n g g r een, a nd trees bu dding out ! Bo y, h o w \Ve em·r h i m!

The Whittier Greenleaf

Vol. 18, No. 10, Feb. 28, 1941

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

ANNOU NCE SPRING PROGRAM PLANS

A ttention, Whittier pupils! The firs t announcement of the Spring Prog r3m is out. The cost will be wit hin the reach of every pupil and will be a great value for your money. The date has been set for March 28. Be sure you start saving your money now so that you won't be caught short when ticket buying time arrives.

This year's presentation will be a variety program. The boys' and girls' glee clubs and girls' chorus will furnish the music. There will be special picked gro ups from these organizations that will add variety to the musical side of the show. There will be a play presented by the 9A 's and also some work by the dram a class. All and all it will be well worth your time to plan to see it.

Enjoy Coast Guard Film

A movie, The Story of the Un ited States COAST GUARDS, was presented to Whittier pupils on February 18 by Mr. Priel and Mr. Howland. The picture showed some of the ways in which the Coa st Guards are saving human lives in case of flood, sunken ships, hur ricanes and other disasters. It was very interesting and education al, acquainting the pupils with what the Coast Guards really do.

OFFICE COMMITTEE

Early in the morning these people go to work to get the school started. They buzz around the halls opening doors, and help Whittier begin on another busy day. The chairmen of these committees are Gene Sundeen, 320, for the boys, and Marjorie Coulter, 205, for the girls.

The committee members are: boys, John McCorkle, 105, Judson Turner, 209, Roderick Prather, 207, and Cecil Hall, 305. The girls are: M a r y Lou Starke], 312, Dorothy Applegate, 316, a -n d Louise Robinson and Myna Buckendall of home room 220.

MR. WELCH WRITES

A letter was received by Mr. CuJler and the faculty" from Mr. Welch, who went with the National Guards to Camp Robinson, Arkansas. Mr. Welch says that his days start at 5 :45 and end at 10:30. They live in tents and the food is grand and the landscape beautjful. They are located in the foot hills of the Ozarks.

He has several former Whittier boys in his band, including Tom Minthorn, John Roberts, James Ervin, Jimmie Wise, Dayton Wiley, Eugene Douglas, Lee Nolan and Robert Stinchcomb. Mr. Welch says that he would be very glad to hear from any of his former pupils.

THE WINNERS

320 won first place in the Greenleaf campaign with twentyeight subscriptions. 312 followed close behind with twenty-four subscriptions for second place. For third place 309 and 310 tied with twenty-one subscriptions each. The total number for the whole school was 470.

PUPILS LEA VE AND ENTER

James Wolfe of home room 320 h 2s moved to Fairmont, Nebr. Wesley Peery, whose home room was 210 is now going to Jackson, and Donald Waugh of 300 has dropped out of school because of illness.

We also have a new pupil. Magaline Simms, of home room 210, who has entered from Everett.

PRESENT GAY NINETIES REVUE

The Gay Nineties revue was presented, Friday, February 21, by the choir under the direction of Mrs. White and Mrs. Riley. Frank Loeffel was the master of ceremon ies.

The boys' quartet consisting of Vernoy Johnson, Gene Sundeen, Clifford Abbott, and Judson Tu r ner sang "Down by the Old Mill Stream" and "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree."

Phyllis Hoke and Judson Turner sang "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose."

Janice Becher and Billy Mann did a waltz. Clifford Abbott sang "Shine On, Harvest Moon."

The girls from the choir pre~ sented a number, "Beautiful Ohio." Gene Sundeen sang "I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad."

A melodrama written by Florence Legler was given. The ca s t inciuded Dick Root, Dick Neu, Gene Sundeen, Phyllis Hoke and Florence Legler. Charles Rost was the sound effect man. The program's theme song was "There's a Tavern in the Town." This was a most successful assemb ly.

9A's MEET

The first 9A class meeting was held on February 20. Clifford Abbott, the cla s s president, introduced the boys and girls who were chosen to serve on 9A Committees for class day. The vice president is Janice Becher and Loren Colwell is secretary Mr. Culler commented favorably on the attitude of the pupils at their first meeting . The class sponsors this semester are Mr. McMullen, Miss Kier, Miss Ferguson, and Mrs. Childress.

PLAY CAST ANNOUNCED

The play cast for "Not Quite Such A Goose," a one act comedy, to be presented for the spring program has been announced. It includes, Jack Holbrook , Kathleen Blue, Alice G ab el , Norm a Bodenhamer, and Melvin Beveridge.

THE WHITTIER GREE NLEAF

Found ed and established in 192-! as the official stud e nt publ1·cat1·on f School pupils. o Whitti e r Junior Hi g h

Miss Hult FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Editor s-in-Chi ef•••••

Mi ss P eters on Miss Cross Mr. Gammill GREE LEAF STAFF

Phyllis Barribo GB?y1s•

Freda Baker

l\1arian Barcus

Marjorie Barcus

Evelyn Botts

Norma Carroll

Betty Ccderquist

Mary Ellen Feis

PRI

Clara Foreman V er na Gree n

Raymond Hackstock

Alma Harral

Fred H Dorothyerzog H e n se

Rosella H olm an

CAFETERIA MANNERS

Whittier pupils have not been using very good manners in the cafeteria. They have been raising their voices louder than necessary, and saving places for their friends by laying pocketbooks and lunches on the tables. We should be glad we have such a fine cafeteria and show our ap- preciation by doing all we can to make it even finer.

A NEW PUPIL'S OPINION

We were talking to a new pupil the other day. She said that Whittier pupils have many things to be thankful for. The school where she came from did not have as many activities as we do. They did not have a school paper. She also said that she thinks that Whittier has most of the things that children of her and your age enjoy.

NOTICE TO PUPILS

Here's another chance to boost the public address system. The Spring Program is coming very soon and all the money we collect from that will be added to what we now have to install this sys- tem at Whittier. Be a booster and prepare to do your part.

Geography teacher: What is a mountain range?

Student: A cooking stove used at high altitudes.

Bob Lawrence Gene R eifschneider

D o nald Ringstmeyer

Evelyn Schneider

Howard Schneider

Gordon Steckly

Mable Scott

George T ap ley Erma T ay lo r B ernard We lls

Elvin Wilkinson

ALUMNI NOTES

On the honor roll from Whittier this semester are Joyce Stuve, Alma Telecky, and Stuart Goldberg.

Among the home room repre- sentatives are Sylvia Betz, Patsy Ackerson, Rosemary Wickstrom Betty Coulter, Dorothy Johns' Maxine Miller, Grace Munson' Roland Peterson and Joyce Stuve: Alternates are Gloria Green Ellen Dietz and Evelyn Schmidt. Among the pupils who know their way around enough to be hall guides are Mickey AJlen, Barbara Mack, Joe Giest and Harry Eckert.

Whittier sent 100 pupils to Lincoln High School which is more than any of the other Junior high schools.

Norma Jean Taylor has recover- ed from an illness that kept her from Lincoln High School for nearly a year.

G.loria Green was one of the three ba to n twi rlers a t t h e Lin coln High, Jackson game.

Donna Kelly is ca p tain of the lOB sophomore class team.

Joyce Crosbie is head of the Joy Night advertising committee. Grace Munson was admitted to the Clef Club. Two Whittierites, Prudy Ann Morrison and Joyce Crosbie, were admitted to O1·pheons, Prudy Ann as an instrumentalist and Joyce as a singer. Winifred Nelson is managing editor of the Advocate. Joyce Stuve is a pianist for Girls' Chorus. Joan Overman and Charles Rawson were admitted to Mimes .

NOT TOO L ATE

We're writing th is littl e a r tic le j us t t o let y ou kn ow th a t it st ill isn't t oo late t o s ubscribe for th Greenleaf. It's true that the co nte~ t is over but subscriptions ar e still open. The paper is only twe nty cents. It comes out every tw o weeks and contains interestin g little items of chatter about ever yone. We feel sure that your sta \ at Whittier just wouldn't b~ complete without the Greenlea f .

REALLY OLD

We hope you appreciated th 1" costumes worn at Friday's a...; . sembly, for some of them we r t=ve r y old. Shirley Jo Ludwig ' :) ostume is close to one hundre c 1 years old. It was given to Mr Ludwig by Miss Elsie Piepe1 from the University. Shirley Ray's dress belong 1to Mrs. Johnston. It was h e1 mother's "going away" dre s-., when he was married . It is a .- leas t seventy-five years old. Th e d ress worn by Phyliis Hoke wa f bonowed from Mrs. Han is, wh u is now eighty-five years old. It belonged to Mrs . Harris' mothe 1 when she was about forty yea n , old. Velma McGrew's dress wa s worn by her mother when sh r wa s s ix teen. She wore it in a recital, and incidentally she san g "Smilin' Thru."

H A VE PAN EL DIS CU

SSIO N

Three seventh grade classe ._ attended a panel discussion in the library on Thursday, February 20. Pupils on the panel boar d were Roger Has:field, Bob Folden, Max Brooks, Lillian Shaffer, Ruby Berlowitz and Virgini a Seiler. They discussed how th e war affected us here in Neb:raska and other world wide affairs. The discus'sion was ver y interesting and educational.

"I j ust dreamed I had a job . " ''You look t ir ed.''

NARROW ESCAPE

Have you ever seen a black diamond back rattlesnake? Howwould you like to nearly sit on one? Pro bably you're like me; I hate the sight of a snake. These snakes are about the most poisonous sna kes there are, but all the same , I nearly sat on one.

On e night in Farmington, New Me xico, two carloads of us kids wen t on a picnic. We drove out two miles, then turned on a cow path and drove about a mile or so. We stopped and unloaded the cars The boys started a fire. The n we roasted weiners and ate. Afte r I had my sandwich and a dill pickle, I backed a way from -the oth ero. I didn't notice a rattle or even the snake.

In the mean time one of the boys had heard the rattle. He knew wha t it meant, but I just stood ther e two inches from the snake and was eating just as content as a mou se with a piece of cheese. I not iced that the boys had become suddenly quiet. Their faces were as white as flour. The boy ahead of me motioned for me to stan d real still and keep qui et. I did. In the meantime anoth er boy came up tehind me and gave me the awfullest pU3h! I landed in a pile of bushes and dust. When I raised my head out of the bush es, everbo dy was banging around with sticks. I was pretty mad. I thought they surely did have nerve, to act suddenly like wild Indians. When they stopped banging with their sticks, one of the boys came over and help ed brush me off . . I told him to take his hands off me. I didn't think itwasquite fair to have somebod y push me in the dirt, dust, bushes , and a little mud, then to com e o ver and help me up! I finally got it through my head how near I had been danger.

When I got home that night, I just sank down on the bed and told Mother about it. Everywhere I walked it seemed as if I was alwa ys stepping on snakes.

- Dorothy DeHart February 28, 1941

IN RECOGNITION

The kindest soul I'll ever know Is friend to everyone; Her day is filled with honest work,

And very long before 'tis done. Her hearty laugh and beaming smile

Are all it takes to warm your heart;

And they come straight from her pious one, That makes you love her from the start.

Her kind and thoughtful deeds are many

Though fame hath not my heroine;

Of her life she ne'er seems to think,

But kind of lives for yours and mine.

Her wisdom is that not learned of books, Kindly upon her face 'tis shown;

I'm sure she always will remain The kindest soul I've ever known.

- Elaine Arnholt, 308

SKATING PARTY GIVEN

A skating party was given by Alice Gable and Carolyn Wilkinson, Monday, Feb. 10. Seventyone Whittier pupils attended. Miss McGrew and Miss Ferguson were there also.

MORE PARTIES

Retha Brandt gave a Sunday School party on February 20. We also hear that Viola Bodfield Marilyn Logan, and Lois Heate~ gave parties recently. A number of pupils also attended Rosemary McDermott's party on the eighth.

OPPORTUNITY

Small Boy (running into store): Quick, my father is being chased by a bull!

Clerk (excitedly): What can I do?

Small Boy: Put a film in my camera, hurry!

YOU SHOULD

HAVE SEEN

Marjorie Coulter blush when she was introduced in assembly.

Darleen Payne's face when told she couldn't work algebra in Greenleaf Class.

Everybody sniff when that strange odor drifted through the ventilators.

How scared the 9A's looked when they got their first glimpse of Lincoln High.

Mr. Culler chasing down that striped pussy cat.

The honorable editors of ou r paper quarreling.

HOMING PIGEONS

The other day Duaine Johns of 102, who keeps homing pigeons, brought two of them to school. During home room period he told the pupils of 102 all about his pigeons. When he had finished his talk, Duaine put one of the pigeons out the window and let it fly home. He explained that he couldn't let both the pigeons go because they were mates and mates will never go home unless they have a nest.

Mrs. Shike attended St ate Spee c h Teachers Association, Friday night and Saturday.

EXPENSIVE

A doctor, having painted a patient's throat for tonsillitis, was asked what his fee would be.

''Five dollars, please,'' he said. "Five dollars!" cried the patient indignantly. "Why, last week I had my whole kitchen painted for four-fifty."

Mr. Wise: What's the formula sign for water?

Walter M.: H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O.

Mr. Wise: What do you mean?

Walter: Why , you said it was H to 0.

Miss Lively: Merle, you seem to be better fed than taught.

Merle: That's right, teacher; you teach me and I feed myself.

TROUBLE FOR NOTHING

I tiptoed down the narrow hall

Making not a bit of noise at all

Down the stairs I nearly flew, ' When I reached the bottom

I was black and blue, But on I stumbled to the kitchen door, Ran into it and fell to the floor

But after I got back on my feet

I remembered I came after something to eat, I al ways get a thrill of delight When trying to raid the ice box at nig b t.

I found the butter, the bread, and cheese, I spilled the pepper which made me sneeze,

I was really afraid I'd waked up the house,

But all I stirred was a tiny mouse

But that was enough, upstairs I bounced, And into my bed I hurriedly flounced; I hope that mouse enjoyed my food

'Cause I lay a\vake all night to brood.

-Velma McGrew

LOST

One day Mary Lou McGerr's mother sent her to the store with a bill. She got a few groceries, and when she went to pay the grocer she found that her money w as gone. Ma r y Lou thought. it was a dollar so she wasn't wo r ried much. When her mother told the grocer it was a ten-dollar bill you can imagine how s he felt. How would you feel if you lo s t ten dollars ? Well, that's how she felt.

--Mary Lou McGerr, 208

POOR PIG

I had a little pig, I fed him in a trough; He got so fat

His tail popped off.

- Wilma Schmuck

STORY OF RUSSIA

My mother was born in Russia. She was only two years old when she came to America so that she couldn't remember it very well. My grandmother and grandfather told me all about the old country. To begin with, their homes were very large. There weren't any small homes around. They looked like log cabins only larger. Their beds were built high. They were wooden with no springs and usually had a mattress made of straw. Their stoves were made oi clay. They made them themselves. They cooked all of their food in iron kettles. They al ways had good, wholesome food. Rye bread was their main food. If a girl couldn't bake rye bread,she was considered a terrible cook. They ate all of their food with wooden spoons. knives, and forks.

Grandpa lived in the village of ''Schwab , " which was named after his forefathers. When the women washed their clothes, they would all go down to a near by stream, which was named the "Vulga River" for Grandma. In winter they would have to chop the ice before they could wash . They used home made soap. They ironed their best things with an iron that was filled with red hot coals. Only the rich peop1e could afford them. A hand mange} was used for the other clothes. The women wore long bright colored dresses and shaw ls. The men wore • straight collar shirts which were buttoned down the sides of the shoulders. They always made their own clothes and even spun the cloth. Grandpa was a shoemaker. He made the whole shoe and didn't just patch it. '

Bec~use of the severe winters they took their calves and lambs into the house and kept them fenced in a corner of the house . Their winters were very cold and summers like ours.

The children were required to go to school for seven years unless their parents were wealthy and could buy them out of school. It cost two rubles ($1.00) to buy

them out of school. My grandmother's parents were wealthy and so bought her out of school at the age of fourteen. Her father didn't think that girls needed an education and he didn't even buy paper or pencils for her. Their paper cost a penny for six sheets. There was only one school in a village. All of the Oochidles (teachers) were men. There were five hundred to one thousand pupils in a school and only one teacher. All that they taught them in school was the Bible Catechism, etc. They taught them a little about arithmetic and writing.

When someone got married . they would dance three days and three nights without stopping. When my grandparents left Russia the "Kiser" (ruler) was Nickoli!

When boys reached the age of twenty-one they had to go for four years training, (and some boys in the U. S. kick when they have to go one year), for which they received 15 rubles ($7.50) during the whole period of training. When my grandparents came over to America in 1904, they and their friend s thought that America was just like heaven. What would they say if they came now? When on board ship the passengers were served ice cream. Grandma and Grandpa didn't like it. They thought that bananas were poison. ''Some Russians like to bluff you, telling you that they would just as soon be back in the old country, but if it comes right down to brass tacks, they wouldn't leave America for the world." I qu0ted my Grandfather's words.

- Mary Lou Starke l

UNUSUAL PETS

Harry Ewing has a dog .that walks around and around the table while they eat, and Frank Mook owns a baby alligator four months old.

MY SUBJECTS

First period I have algebra, With all its different signs, To work those brick-hard problems, You must have excellent minds.

Se cond period I have English, With spelling in that too, With that and all the other things, There is very much to do.

Th ird period I have foods, With different things to learn, An d since the classes are too full, To cook we go in turn.

Fo urth period I am assistant, For a teacher very fine, An d with the different things to do,

I am busy all the time.

Fifth period, industrial geography

A study of our land , Als o many other things, And tests on every hand. Six th period I have type • Oh, what a lot of fun, So we all go out grieving, When the period is done. Irene Wilkinson

EXCHANGES

Th e scientist who said the lessor cannot contain the greater never worked in a women's shoe sto re.

- From the Pur ple and Gold, College View

A woman always thinks it takes two to keep a secret.

-The Hamiltonian, Oakland, California

Kin d Gentleman: "What is your little brother's name? "

Bu ddy:''His name would be Jack if he were my brother, but he isn't and her name is Ruth."

-The Waialuan, Wailua, Oahu, Hawaii

Nit: "Won't you join me in a cup o f coffee?"

Wi t: "Well, you get in first and we'll see if there's any room left for me. ''

- Maro on & Gold, Bethany High, Lincoln, Nebraska

February 28, 1941

WHITTIER CLOTHES LINE

While peeking over my back yard fence, on Miss Fashion's clothes line I saw hanging a suede jerkin. It seems jerkins are very fashionable in all colors of suede, corduroy velvet, and knit. Her navy blue military dress with n emblem on the arm is quite the style during this patriotic season. Colored angora socks, sweate rs, and tams , all matching, make a nice outfit. She's still wearing her saddle shoes, because I . can see th~m sitting on her back steps now.

Well, I guess I'll close my gate again until next issue. Good by, everyone.

GUESS WHO Girl

She i s five feet two and a half inches tall and weighs 112. She is a member of home room 209 and her pals are Donna Halfdell and Darlene Stalgren. Her favorite subject is algebra. Her pet peeve is Latin.

Boy

He is 65 inch es tall and we~ghs about 130 lbs. His hair is brown and his eye are brown. His pals are Bob Kline and Fred Hock. His favorite subject is Phys. Ed. His pet peeve is English. He is a 9B and is a member of 309.

PARTICIPATE IN PAGEANT

Dixie Lowder of 307 and Margaret Daniels took part in the page .nt which was presented at the Lincoln Hotel, at the Townsend Club Convention on February 16. Dixie was one of the flag bearers and Margar et was an angel. Some former pupils of Whittier took part in this pageant. T h e y were Lorraine Pierson, N ioma Lowder, and Maxine Lowder.

JUMBLED NAMES

on and alhfedll arj morei arbucs

onnbie eifs oisl homptson ardelne talsreng ackj unryan noyver ohnj ons redf ulfler

HOBBIES

Harlan Rhodes and Lee Barton went out to Aero Airport, Sunday, and flew their gas model airplanes. The boys have worked on these for around a month. Lee's flew pretty well but Harlan's cracked up. It was beyond repair. In fact, he brought only the motor home, but the boys each have three models with motors so that the loss of one was no great tragedy. Both boys are members of the Lincoln Model Aircraft Engineers.

"When a boy builds a gas model and he sees it climbing toward the clouds, he is really proud becau s e it costs from $25 to $30 to build one, not to mention the work," says Lee.

BOOKLETS ON DISPLAY

Did you notice the attractive booklets that were on the bulletin board la t week ? They were made by Miss Kier's Type II class who first typed stories, poems, and articles about Lincoln, then made the covers. The pupils who had booklets on the bulletin board were: Fred Fuller, Robert Perkins, Kenneth Stevens, Rosemary Page, and Carolyn Wilkin son

VALENTINE'S PARTY

Patty Stout went to a valentine's party at Mary Louise Alford's house, a former Whittier pupil, Saturday, Feb. 15, Phyllis Ross and Shelia Collins were also there. Guests were served refreshments, then played games and danced.

OUR SPRING CLEANING

The cleaning project going on in our class rooms is under the W.P. A. Last year they were here and made our walls so nice and clean, that we are glad to have them back again cleaning our wood work for us.

LIVE WIRES

Some of our new girls captains of this semester are Marilyn Yowell of 102, 103, June Devore, Kathryn Dean, 105, Katheryn Giest, 108, and Marjory Ahlstedt of 112.

On second floor we have Marjory Coulter of 205, Dorothy Ekblad of 208, from 210 comes Marion Conners, Janice Sedlacek from 212 , Alice Gable of 220 and Virginia Williams of 222.

For third floor there are Anna Marie Thomas of 305, 307 has Edna Pearson, 309 Bonnie Fitzsimmons, Jacqueline Greer of 312, Maxine Schnieber of 314 and Shirley Jo Ludwig of 216, also Cordelia Busch of 302.

In the gym classes they are doing the Grand March, Virginia Reel and are learning a new square dance for drill work. New deck tennis ring s came and pupils are having lots of fun learning to play deck tennis. They have learned to make pyramids in tumbling.

The playground committee is very busy thinking about giving us an athletic assembly.

Miss Jenning s ga v e a health talk, Friday, on cleanliness.

Lucile Beers is the new assistant and she teaches in the girls' gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 :00 to 12 :00.

EMBARRASSING MOMENT

Miss Schemel's mom was pract i cing a dialogue during fifth period while I was on duty at the office. I was delivering a call slip and as I had given her the wrong one, I went back to exchange it. As I entered the room, the pupils were all going to the door looking for a steam boat. Just as I went in they called "Here comes the steam ship." You can imagine my feelings, coming in front of all the pupils after being announced in that way.

-Vernyce Hubbard, 304

ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO

Boy: Alec Fink

Girl: Betty Ann Shilhan

ART CLASSES PH OTOGRAPHED

The photographers who a~e taking pictures of the art activities in the Lincoln schools were at Whittier, Thursday, the '20th. In Miss Ferguson's Commercial Art class Mildred Quick and Virginia Hartman were the subjects. In Mi ss McGrew's art class Virginia Seiler, Bill Derrick, and Shirley Maser were photographed making pottery. In Miss Ralston's class Myna Buckendahl and Jean Ballance were pho t og r aphed.

WHY

Why on a cold winter's morning Must I get out of bed? When I'm sure that I'd much rather Be stiff and cold and dead.

"But then you'd be cold," Some wise one may say ; But the difference is thisI'd not feel it that way.

-Mary Pease, 103

A BICYCLE-BUILT-FOR-TWO

Two of Whittier's boys who were in the ''Gay N in et i e s Revue" at Whittier have been seen using old fashioned methods other than on the stage. Bob Linde and Dick Root were seen riding a "bicycle-built-fortwo" down the hall at Whittier.

NICKNAMES

Wayne Lubke

William Baseler

Warren Weston

Alex Fink

Clyde Higgins

Pete Debus

Windy Boola Corky Tinner Click "Deb"

ANSWERS TO JUM BL ED NAMES

Donna Halfdell

Bonnie Feis

Darlene Stalgren

Vernoy Johnson

Marjorie Barcus

Lois Thompson

Jack Runyan

Fred Fuller

SPORT SHORT

Two of Whittier's outstanding home room teams are 220 and 305. Their captains are: Raymond Aguirre: and Dick Root. Some home room captains are Harlan Rhodes, 302; Richard Meyer, 307; Alec Fink, 309; Billy Johnston, 312; Dick Hudkins, 314; and Robert Freeman, 320.

We humbly apologize to the school and especially to 307 for our mistake in the last issue. The basket ball champion of last semester was 307, not 305 !

The order in the gym has been very bad lately. In one game there was considerable booing. It is all right to cheer but booing is out.

There are very few teams left to fight it out in the presen t basket ball tourn a ment. Whe n this is over the volley ball tournament will take its place.

WHAT IF

Don Sutherland were Do n Northerland?

Dick Root were Dick Limb ?

Dick Neu were Dick Old?

Gene Sundeen were Gen e Moondeen?

Delores Bloom were Delore s Wither?

M a r y P e a s e were M a r y Bean s ?

Patricia Marshal were Patrici a Sheriff?

Kathleen Blue were Kathle en Red?

CHECKER TOURNAMENT

A checker tournament is b eing held in the games room at noon. If you wish to enter y on sign up at the desk in the gam e~ room. About 13 girls and 2-1 boys have already signed u p.

Generally two couples of gi r ' "' and two couples of boys pl ay each day. It will last about h , weeks.

GIRLS GLEE SINGS

The girls glee club sang fo r the P. T. A., Tuesday. The t wo selections were "In the Luxe mbourg Gardens," and "Amer ic a I Love You.'' They were direc te d by Mrs. White with Mrs. Ri le y as accompanist

The Whittier Greenleaf

Vol. 18, No. 11, March 14, 1941

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

DON'T MISS IT!

Do you like Music? Do you like Danci ng? Do you like Drama? If you do , you certainly won't want to miss the Spring Program, Marc h 28.

Mr s. Shike's drama class will presen t a skit called ''Rocking Chai r Row," a one-act mystery com edy. The scene is laid at a sum mer resort where three rich wido ws are resting from their socia l duties. Two mysterious gue sts arrive, "Incognito." Be sur e to see what happens. The cast con sists of Marie Hoffman, Bar bara Portman, Connie Crosby, Ele anor Rosenfeld, Patricia Gove and Helen Lamb.

Miss Jones' Girls' Chorus, the Bo ys' Glee and the Girls' Glee will entertain with music, and Mrs. White's choir will present a part of the "Gay Nineties Revue." You sure ly won't want to pa ss up this chance. Remember ho w you enjoyerl hearing Gene Su ndeen and Clifford Abbott sin g? And the funny skit in which Phyllis Hoke took the lead ?

Mis.s Jennings' group will do a square dance and Mr Wells' 7 A classes are going to do a ma rch.

"Not Quite Such .a Goose," a play directed by Miss Peterson, will be presented. You'll all want to see Jack Holbrook make a goose of himself and like it while his sister Alice Gabel, and his moth er, N or ma Bodenhamer, look on in amazement. You'll also like Kathleen Blue as the girl who makes him do it and Mel vin Beveridge as the tennis playi ng dude.

Bo y ! You won't want to miss the Spring Program for the world

PROPERTY COMMITTEE

What would happen to the tickets in the game room, the baskets in the girls' locker rooms, the bicycles in the bicycle racks, and the stage props when we have assemblies if it weren't for the Property Committee? Here are these all important members.

Boys: Jack Runyan, 209, chairman; Harold Larson,110: Robert Bussear , 222; Cress Forney , 216; Paul Jones, Jack McCormick, and Sheldon Kushner, 305.

Harold Fisher and Bob Clarke, 103; Russel Bauman, 302; Paul Provorse, 309; and Gerald Duncan, 105.

The girls' chairman is Marcia Tyner, 216. The committee members are: Darleen Pastorius, 210; Betty Johns, 309; Alice Gable and M a r j o r i e M c C o r k 1e , 222; Geraldine Smith, 112; and Phyllis Harris, 205.

BOYS' BAND PLAYS

Wednesday, February 26, a very interesting assembly was given by the boys' city wide band directed by Mr. Jent. The following numbers were played: "Parade of the Guards," "Western Plains," "Atlantic Coast", "Great Northwest," "Little Brown Jug,'' ''Traveled Overture," and "Forest Preserve." This was Mr. Jent's first appearance in assembly here.

ATTEND ART EXHIBIT

Ninth grade pupils visited the . art exhibit at Morrill Hall on Thursday, March 6. Pupils went from their English classes. Mrs. Swisher, Miss Peterson, Miss M. L. Wilson, and Miss Curley accompanied ttem.

THANK YOU

We want to thank all pupils sincerely for the fine response to our request f or G re en l e a f material. We couldn't use every bit of it and tried to pick out the most interesting. Some of it came in too late for this issue. If your contribution wasn't ustd, please try again anyway.

DELEGATES MEET

Delegates have met frequently of late to discuss the spring program.

L. H. S. CHOIR SINGS

One of the most impressive assemblies ever given at Whittier was presented on March 5 by the Lincoln High School Choir. Led by Mr. Rangler they sang "Deep River," "We Have No Other Help'' and'' Ballad for Americans'' which lasted twelve minutes. The solo part was taken by Roy Johnson ~nd the accompanist was Mr. LeBar. The assembly was enjoyed immensely by all.

105 DISBANDS

Home room 105 has been disbanded to furnish a room for the N. Y. A. They will use it for the Federal radio classes. Pupils in 105 have been transferred to various home rooms.

WIN A RIDE

Jerry Hall of 300 has a new boat which he will use on Stuart Lake this summer, and he wants you to name it. It is a 16 ft. Thompson with a 33 horse power Evenrude motor carrying fi v e passengers. Any Whittier pupil may su gg est a name and the winner will receive two free boat rides. Contest closes, Friday, March 28. Send all entries to Room 300.

LET'S IMPROVE

The fire drill on March 5 was very poorly done, according to Mr. Culler. There was a lot of talking and many pupils were out of line. Let's show some improvement next time.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?

Norma Bodenhamer as a dignified Mother, Jack Holbrook turning into a gentleman'? The Barber shop quartette twirl their mustaches? What happened in the Merry month of May? Louise Hays blush when Vernoy Johnson looks into her roguish eyes? What kind of girl Gene Sundeen prefers? Two jitterbugs reformed as two waltzers'!

You would'?

Then come to the spring program.

THE WINNER

Bonnie Mitts won the Girls Checker Tournament.

LEAVES ON TRIP

James Boys has left for a month's trip through California and Mexico

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and established in 1924 as the official student publication of Whittier Junior High School pupils.

COLD BLOOD

Miss Hult Miss Peterson Miss Cross Mr. Gammill

GREEN LEAF STAFF

Editors-in-Chief Darleen Payn e

Boys' S ports

Girls' Sports J oanne H ollingsworth

Exchanges Mary Pease

Alumni ~·.~~·.·.~~·.·.~·--.~

Fr e da Bak er Marian Barcus Marjori e Barcus Evelyn Bolts

Norma Carroll Betty C ederquis t Mary Ellen Feis

Fea t ur es

Hom e R oo m N ews

Phyllis Barribo

Priscilla Morrison Arlene Anstin Retha Brandt

Fashions ...................................... Patricia Marshall

Typi sts ................................................ Delores Bloom Marian ConnPrs

PRINTERS

Clara Foreman V er na Gre e n

Raymond Hackstock

Alma Harral

Fred H e1·zog

Dorothy Hense R ose ll a H olman

WHAT AMERICANISM MEANS TO ME

Americanism is the firm foundation upon which stands our entire nation. To me Americanism means many things. The right to do, say, and act as I please as long as I injure no one, is Americanism. Even more, Americanism is that which fills one with a desire to serve more faithfully our government, neighbors, and all that can be served. Today it means a protecting wing under which those who seek it can find protection from trials and tribulation. I hope that in the future I may say that Americanism is the goal that I have achieved.

-Dick Neu

TRIPS

Three pupils of 310 have taken trips recently. Rodney Garner who went to Bladen, Nebraska, Sunday, . Kenneth Strawn who was in Beloit, Kansas on February 11 and 12, and Bonnie Fitzsimmons, who took a trip to Hollenburg, Kansas. Also, Arlene Anstine of 108 went to Omaha, Sunday.

Bonnie Mitts of 303 went to Fremont and Betty Jean Dodd of 303 went to Omaha recently. Oscar Wisbey of 210 went to Omaha to see the hockey game and June Shore of 304 spent the week end in Auburn. Loren Robinette of 106 went to Omaha to see a Radio Television schoo} and also Council Bluffs.

Ringstmeyer

Evelyn Schneider

Howard chneicler

Gordon Sleekly

Mable Scott

G€0rg e Tapl ey E

Taylor

Bernard We ll s Elvin Wilkinson

IT'S NOT LONG, AFTER ALL

Student body lend an ear. Vacation days are drawing near.

Beginning March 17 you have only fifteen school days until spring vacation There are six hours in a school day which totals 90 hours or 5,400 minutes or 324,000 seconds.

So it isn 't so bad after all.

ALUMNI NOTES

Dorothy Carnalian is the new captain of the peppers.

Lincoln High seems to think that Bob Jacobsen is going to be a valuable person to have around for the baseball this spring. It seems that Bob turned in some beautiful floor work i n the bask e tball game between Lincoln High Sophomores and the Bethany Reserves.

Girls from Whittier on the l0B • basketball team are Betty Jurgens, June Kean, Dorothy Kehling , Donna Kelly (captain), Betty Latta, Jerry Michel , and Helen Owens.

Members of the executive committee of the campaign against tuberculosis are Rex Culver , Shirley Staats, Joyce Stuve and Norma Taylor.

A MEMBER

The W h it t er Greenleaf has become a member of the National Scholastic Press Association. We are very proud of thi.3 members h i p. You will notice that this issue bears the new insignia.

Barton Trent, the detective walked down the cold, eerie hall in the dim light of early morning. ''It's just like the time I found a dead body in an alley," he thought. ''That was the spookiest night I ever went through. Ugh. I stumbled over it before I even knew it was there - touched the spot where blood -"

Just then, he stumbled over a long dark object in the hallway He let out his breath with a long .hissing sound against it. Then h e touched it with his fingers. Whe n he took them away, they wer e wet and sticky. His hair stood on end- he took a deep breath, an d his stomach felt hollow.

"M isbh Trent, what for you sitting there? Law me. Yo hai h is standing up like tooth pick s. • is yo all scared?" The negr caretaker had suddenly come u p behind T rent .

"To tell you the truth, Ra stus," said Trent, with a shiver "I was . When I touched that water heater, and then thought of tahng a bath in that col d water-well I'll be surprised if my hair ha sn't turned white."

-Mary Pease, 10 ...,

MY COLLECTION

I have always been intereste in butterflies and bugs. When I began to catch them mother suggested that I start a collection. I li 1{e d this idea. Mother gave m a bug that had flown into th radiator of her car fourteen year 8 ago. She had kept it because oJ its beauty. We looked for it s name a long time and finall y classified it. Daddy made a cas P to keep my collection in. Ne xt summer I hope to add man ~ more butterflies and bugs to m y collection. It is now on display i n the show case by the office.

- Elaine Joh n ~·

BLUSHING BEAUTY

In the Spring program Ali ce Gabel pins a rose on Melv in Beveridge. Onedayafter rehear sa Melvin forgot to take it off an d walked gayly into second peri od with it on.

PR ESIDENTS

H ere are the people that are head of the home rooms, yes you gues sed it, the presidents. 102 Rober t Hu bbell, 103 Raymond Torr ey, 105 Helen Krumn, 106 Ken neth Pe terson, 10 7 Elsie

Eiric h, 108 Clifford Jen sen, 110 Ver na Biltoft, 112 Lee Barton. 2 0 3 Mi~es Harp, 205 Vernoy

Joh nson, 207 Roderic Prather, 208 Sta ton Vierk. 209 Bonnie Feis, 210 Be tty Jamesson, 212 Leona Kri ner, 216 Marcia Tyner, 220 Ken neth Estes, 222 Dorothy Poe. 300 Jerry Hall. 301 Tom Avner, 302 Harold Freeze , 303 Peter Deb us, 304 Har vey Hayes , 305 Ge orge Hilliard, 307 Carroll Bro wn, 308 Warr en Weston. 309 Ra ymond Hackstock , 310 Walter Be rgstraesser , 312 Mary Lou Rea son, 314 Dick Hudkins, 316

Jea n Davenpor t, 3 2 0 Elgin Mart in.

PAT

Well here's a new one for you!

On Tuesday, February 25 John Wag ner was carrying his pet arou nd in his shirt. We hear that Joh n's pet, which by the way is a whit e rat named Pat, kept the class in stitches .

A HOBBY

Sam Engle has picked radio as a hobby and spends all his spare time down in his basement "Lab." He has built and sold two radios and has several for his own use . He has been at his hobby four years and finds it very interesting.

COIN CIDENCE

Don Eisele and Clifford Jen sen have the same classes together all day long.

WHAT IF

Diane Lantz were Diane Spear. Jerr y Hall wer e Jerry Corridor. Donna Bell were Donna Chim es.

Doro thy W a s h i n gt o n were Doro thy Lincoln.

Jack Ap .plebee were Jack Ban ana bee.

Phyllis Mo ore were Phyllis Less.

LeRo y King were LeRoy Quee n.

Marion Wolf were Marion Lion.

Bo b White were Bob Black.

Billy Mann were Billy Woman.

March 14, 1941

IRON MAN

On Wednesday, February 26, Earl Kraft broke his arm while sliding on a sled. Thursday, not knowing it was broken, he came to school and shot baskets and did other things that normally could not be done with a broken arm. He found out Thursday evening that it was broken.

LEISURE TIME

Marilyn Yowell

Judson Turner

Henry Hanson

Darlene Minchow

June Baragary

Shirley Lovelace

Jr. Kirkendall

Pat Daniels

Arlene Crawford

Pat Marshall

Helen Uribe

Gwen Peters

Duaine Johns

Roller Skating Loafing

Reading Sleeping

Bicycle riding

Eating

Basketball

Swimming

Dancing Shows

Chewing gum lee skating

Playing with pigeons

Darleen Payne

Talking

Marilyn Kerr Combing her hair

NICKNAMES

Ardell Markel

Darlene Pastorius

Marcia Tyner

Dixie Lowder

George Sprier

Marian Conners

Maxine Schnieber

Judson Turner

Ruth Oswalt

Fred Fuller

Shirley Maser

Air-Dale Muggsy

Pee Wee

Dick Chicken

Connie

Mickey

Lil Abner

Red Ryder

Fritz

Peanuts

Wesley Zeir Zorro

Edward Scheafer Dopey

Jimmie Miller Geppetto

A TELEPHONE

Sam Engle, Dean Lange, and Bob Maxwell put up a telephone line between their houses last Sunday and it works fine. It was approximately two blocks. They now may all talk to each other over it.

BUTTON, BUTTON

More than 3,000 buttons of all descriptions gathared from many parts of the world were displayed at the Y. M. C. A. hobby show by La Vera Hawthorne, 210.

PANEL DISCUSSION

A group of pupils from Miss Hooper's first period social studies class held a discussion in 101 first period, Tuesday, February 25 . They took up Egypt for their diseussion. Jack Douglas was the chairman. Warren Darland, Patty Rankin, Sheila Collins, Elaine Arenson, and Robert Brown took part in the discussion. · Evelyn Porten was secretary. Classes from 312, 203 and 314 attended. From the reports , we hear it was very good.

WON'TCHA SMILE?

When you're feeling low and blue,

And a lot of troubles are facing you,

Just remember the line in this little verse:

''Thin gs are never so bad that they couldn't be worse."

Life doesn't alway run smooth and bright, Things can't always run just right;

So don't feel like it's all your fault,

When your happiness comes to an abrupt halt.

Just remember-dark clouds

Last a very short w bile

So come on, Won'tcha-smile?

- Pa.t Marshall, 102

GUESS WHO GIRL

She is 62 inches tall and weighs 102 1-2 pounds. Her hair is light brown and her eyes are •green. She pals around with Emma Kreick. Her favorite subject is _ type and her pet peeve is science. She is a member of 210.

BOY

He is 68 3-4 inches tall and weighs 123 1-2 lbs. His hair is blonde and his eyes are blue. He chums around with Bill Pierce. His favorite subject is Phys. Ed. He is on the playground committee and is a member of 106.

SPORT SHORTS

After an exciting game which ended in a tie and was shot out for the championship between 108 and 103. 108 came out victorious. 108's captain is Wesley Summers. The· captBin of the "close-behind" 103 is Bernard Logan.

Some of the other home room captains are: Eugene Richards, 105; Bob Walter, 112; Don Saul, 203; Martin Hitchcock, 205; Bob Shepard, 207; Albert Burks, 208; Oscar Wisbey, 210; Kenneth Michael, 212: Norval Emery, 216; and Ralph Butterbaugh, 300.

Some of the outs tan d in g seventh grade players are: Wesley Sommers, 108; Bob Reifschneider, 205;Don Haj s, 320; Richard Haar, 107. Some of the new athletic equipment that Whittier has includes two new basketballs, new parts for the high bar; one tennis set; two patecas.

Helping us out with our sports reporting this week are William Basler and Pete Debus, Dick Mathews and Eugene Richards.

The volley ball tournaments have begun. T hey are having a one game elimination. 106 and 304 seem to .have a good chance because of the height of Peterson and Huff.

7B and 7A classes are featuring in phys ed class marching for the spring program.

CLUB MEETINGS

Harold Egger of 310 attended tbe Neighborhood Club meeting. Barbara Portman of 208 attends the Woodmen Circle club on the first and last Saturday of each month. Lupe Arena~, 310, attends the club meeting at the Y. M. C. A. with the Black Panthers

Freda Baker and Bonnie Lou Mitts report belonging to the Beacon Club. Katherine Giest, Diane Lantz, Patty Rankin, Patty Graham, Eleanor Myers, La Vonne Gray, Kathleen Blue, Winifred Dale and Wilma Lumley attended a co ve r dish luncheon Monday night in honor of the birthday of the Camp Fire Girls of America.

James Love is the president of the Junior Optimist club that meets Tuesday from 6 :30 to 8 :00. Officers of the • Penguin club are: Ima Jean Kuhn, Marjorie Dingman, Patty Eikenbary and Jeanette Lovelace. Dixie Lowder belongs to the V.

F. W. while Patty Stout is a member of the American Legion Junior Aux. Unit 3 and Anna Marie Thomas belongs to the Sub-deb club and Girl Reserves.

Barb ara Mohler of 106 attends a club called the Happy Gang. They plan to make their own uniforms. Bill Derrick also of 106 attends the Y. lYI. C. A. Aquatic club.

WOULDN'T IT BE SOMETHING IF

Paul Provorse were tall.

Esther Atkins were thin.

Clifford Abbott were short.

Pat Daniels had black hair.

Bob Clarke didn't write notes.

Leola Clark wasn't bashful.

The Greenleaf staff didn't loaf.

Priscilla Morrison wore dresses instead of skirts ,

Marian and Marjorie Barcus didn't look alike.

Marjorie Coulter didn't have such a cute smile.

Alice Gabel weren't bragging.

John Wagner didn't bring his white rat to school.

Junior Kirkendall had straight hair.

Jackie Greer wasn't always talking.

All the girls with riding boots brought their horses to school.

The boys didn't read comic books in class.

PARTIES

Bonnie Jean Smith of 310 had a surprise· birthday party given for her on February 23. Patty Stout had a birthday party also on February 28. Shirley Hoback of 310 attended a Sunday School par ty recently.

Alice Gabel had a skatmg . party. Pat Murphy also g3:v~ a skating party. Many Wh1tt1er pupils attended it.

Jean McCauley had a valentine p&rty, Shirley Ray of 301 and Delores Bloom of 210 gave a party on February 28.

Ralph Leikam, Earnest Lee, Wayne H e d st r om , H a r o 1d Freeze, Betty Burke, Bonnie Quillin, Velma McGrew, and Joyce Johnson attended it.

Pat Moffet and Pat Graham are giving a skating party, March 17.

Jackie Greer had a party at her home, March 1. Some Whittier pupils attended.

ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO

Marian Conners

Kenneth Peterson

LIVE WIRES

The following gym pupils are rehearsing for a dance in the spring program. Barbara Strubbe, Jean McCauley, Virginia Lampshire, Shir 1e y Bennett, Phy 11 is Harris, Bill Derrick, Gerald McCracken, Jack Wild , Jerry Hall, and Wendell Baker. They will do a square dance. Each of the four couples will do a different figure just to show u s some of the figures.

Betty Jamesson, Rosemary Page, Ardell Marke 1, Edna Pearson, Marjorie Coulter, Bud M art in, Paul Blumer, Loren Colwell, Jack Runyan and Sam Engel will do a Round Dance. The one they do will probably be "Rustic Polka" and the music is the "Rustic Dance."

For each of these dances Mis Jennings plans to have an ol d time caller, a fiddler, and a piano.

PETS

.

Melvin Keller has eightee n rabbits 1 five b aby rabbits an d thirteen a::lult rabbits. Pau l J one s s ay s his pets are all of the neighbors' dogs. Helen Lam b has a b lac k and white cat. Whenever she goes to the piano t o practice it climbs up on top an d contentedly listens. It likes ope ra best.

Marilyn Mixon of 320 has a four or five month old puppy . H G likes snow and just loves t o take baths. Shirley and Franci s Lov ebce have a white rat an d a cat named Fluffy. Wheneve r anyone goes near the rat, Fluff y vrn t ch2s every move. Wesle y Morrison of 108 has two bant y chick en.s .

Noreen Pettet of 210 has a cat named Yahoodie. It is all white except for her tail which is perfectly black. She also ha s a puppy named Brownie. He ha s a great variety of brown in hi s skin. Rodney Garner of 310 ha s a dog who curls into a V whe he is happy.

Merlene Bouldin of 307 ha s three ponies, two dogs, one cat , two gold fish, and a goose. The y are named Star, Junior, Lightning, Tiny, Spot, Puffy, Blondie , Dagwood, and Jip. ·we wonde r how she keeps track of them.

THE WHITTIER' GREENLEAF

The Whitt.er Gree nleaf

Vol. 18, No. 12 , March 28, 1941

LI NCOLN, NEBRASKA

THE BIG DAY

Toda y is the big day we have be en waiting for. The costumes ar e ready , the voices are trained, the orchestra is in tune, and Ja nice Becher is all limbered up for her acrobatic dance, to say no thing of the actors and actresses wh o will strut across the stage.

Let 's see an increase in the tick et sale by tonight. Whittier pupil s d , your best. There's still tim e to boost the Spring Program.

GAMES COMMITTEE

Dur ing the stormy winter mo nths these pupils help us enjoy the noon hour. When we are forc ed to stay inside, they set up the games, keep score, and keep the room in order.

The chairman for this useful com mittee is Betty Shilhan, 209. The committee members are Betty Swe nsen,307; Marjorie Lund wall, 102 ; Darl een Payne, 106; Marie Wei denkeller, 304; and Elsie Eirich , 107.

Bett y Mullendore, 207; Francis Chr istopher, 205; Ralph Buterbau gh, 305; Jack Applebee, 320; Mildr ed Quick, 103; and Dorean Killian , 308.

DR. SNIPES SPEAKS

On Wednesday, March 12, Dr. Tho mas Snipes gave an account of h is experiences in Brazil to Whi ttier pupils. He spent three yea rs there in a university. Pupils will long remember his tales of ma n - eating fish, alligators, snak es, and leopards. A most inter esting talk!

PUPILS LEAVE AND ENTER

Jean Hillebrant moved to Beatrice. K a tie and Lucile Lehman left the city. Donald McBoth went to Stromsburg and Junior Stewart went to Omaha.

We are glad to meet the new pupils who have entered Whittier. Mary Baker came to us from College View. Kathryn and Jerry O'Halloran are here from Walton, Nebraska, and Robert Bryant from York, Nebraska.

We are shedding tears over the loss of these pupils: Bob Dinnel left for Chicago, Orva Dee Marlow has gone to Stromsburg, Lorraine Stewart has gonP. to Omaha, and Roy Runyan went to Everett.

P. T. A. MEETS·

A very interesting program was pteRented for the P. T. A. meeting on March 11. It included dramatization of scenes from Nebraska history by 7 A English classes u n d er the direction of Miss Scheme]. They were: A Fur Trading Post on the Missouri (Belleview) 1820, On the Trail to What is Now Nebraska, 1850, A Land Office in Nebraska Territory, 1863.

These were worked out en ti rely in class by the pupils. Miss Jennings directed the dances and Miss Jon es, the music. The scenery was painted by the pupils who took part in the program and the h ors e s were painted by Vernon Brown.

After the program there was a short business meeting. Then the Rose Bowl Parade and Nebraska pictures were shown by Mr. G. H. Wentz.

GIRLS' CHORUS SINGS

Miss Jones~ girls chorus sang for the P. T. A. Health Meeting, Tuesday night, March 18, at Whittier. They sang a group of six songs.

BOYS SING

The Boys' Glee club directed by Mrs. White gave a program at Elliott school on March 18. Gene Sundeen, Bill McEntarffer, and Clifford Abbott were the soloists

TRING ENSE MBLE PL AYS

Pupils were entertained March 19 by the Nebraska University ..,tring ensemble directed by Mr. Wishnow. Four numbers were played and Miss Tunison, a junior, sang "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes", and "Last Rose Of Summer". Everyone enjoyed it very much, and we all hope they remember us and play here again some time.

REGIONAL CONFERENCE SOON

A regional conference sponsored by the Educational Policies Commission will be held at the Cornhusker Hotel on April 2. The theme of this conference will be "How can we do a better job in citizenship?" Tickets for the evening session, beginning at eight o'clock, will be given upon request, through the schools.

VICE PRESIDE TS

The Vice presidents for the semester are Gene Reifschneider of 102, June Devore 103, ,Jack Gillis 106. Donna Hafdell 107. Ardell Markell 108, Mary Lea Ferguson 110, Naomi Beutler 112 Freda Baker 203. Jane Rempel 205, Margorie I eff 207, Howard Schneider 208, Marion Brehm 209, Noreen Pettet 210, Reta Higgins 212, Shirley Ludwig 216, Louise Robinson 220, Georg<t Dingman 222, Dick Tejcka 300, Shirley Ray 301. Russel Bouman 302, Earl Kraft 303, Bill Smith 304, Don Huston 305, Irene Wilkinson 307, Patty Glantz 308, Norma Bodenhamer 309, Dorothy Heller 310, Mary Lou Starke} 312, Dick Matthews 314. Jack Brady 316, Sam Engle 320.

SPRING VACATION

Spring vacation will start on Friday, April 4, and end on Monday, April 14. Here's a whole week of fun for you. Make good use of it.

PLANS TRIP

Mrs. Swisher is planning to pend spring vacation with her daughter, Dorothy, in Barrington and Park r 1dge, Illinois, near Chicago.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and establis h ed in 1924 as the officia l student publication of Whittier Junio r High Sc h oo l pupils.

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Miss Hult Miss Peterson Miss Cross Mr. Gammill GREENLEAF STAFF

Editors-in-Chief Darleen Payn e ............................ Don Sutherland Boys' Sports. J ohn Loos Girls' Sports ................ Joanne Hollingsworth Exchan g es ............... MaTy Peas e Alumni

Freda Bak e r Marian Barcus Marjori e Barcus Evelyn Bolts

Norma Carroll Betty Cederquist Mary Ell e n Feis

F('atures .............. Phylli s Barribo Hom e R oo m News Priscilla Morrison ............. Arlene Anstin Retha Brandt

Fashions

Typists

PRINTERS

Clara Foreman V er na Gre e n

Raymond Hackstock

Alma H arral Fr ed Herzo g Dornthy H e nse Rosella H olman

WATCH IT! WON ' T YOU?

. Do you throw candy wrappers and paper on the floor a.t home? Of course you don't. If you do you are properly punished for it. Then why do it at sch o o 1? Because pupils have been careless about throwing c andy wrappers in the corridors, our building has ·been most untidy.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Mr. Lefler recently attended the N. E. A. convention in Atlantic City, N. J., where the defense of democracy was discussed. He said that it is agreed that military defense is necessary , but mental and moral defense are next in importance. Our problem now is convincing the youth of America that the America of tomorrow is worth working to preserve. It is our problem, 'for the whole future of America lies in the courage and industry of American youth. It's worth thinking about, folks.

HALL CONDUCT

There has been an unusual amount of running in the halls Jately. Also it seems as if it's impossible to keep our hands off each other. It may be just the spring fever in us but with all the nice weather let's make use of our pep outside and keep Whittier halls safer and more peaceful.

Patricia Marshall

Delores Bloom ............................... Marian Conn ers

ALUMNI NOTES

Many former Whittier pupils took part in Joy night. Bill Michael played in the orchestra. Those who did novelt y acts are Mar y Louise Brodie, Connie McBride , Pegg y Hudson , and Ardella Dean. Fred Langenheim did an indivedual act. Dick Irwin worked on the scenery . Patsy Ackerson, who has a collection of over two hundred do1Is, loaned some of them to the exhibit at Lincoln High. La Vora Ramel is one of the assitants in the library. Joan Overman has dropped from the Mimes to join the art club. Stuart Goldberg related a summary of "Johnny Get Your Gun" at a talk and discussion on favorite books and authors. Bob Jacobsen is one of the prospects for the baseball team: Helen Owens made the only score for the lOA's in the basketball game between the l0A's and 10B's.

PARTIES

Virginia Lampshire and Shirley Bennett are having a skating party , March 31.

Marilyn Yow ell had a farewell party for Wesley Summer at her home, Saturday, March 15.

Marilyn Martin gave a birthday party, Saturday, March 8.

Marjorie Coulter and Phyllis Hoke gave a going-away party for Jean Hillebrandt. A number of 9A's were invited.

A MUDDY ROAD

The day was a cold dreary one in the middle of January. There was not even any snow to make it a bit more cheerful, only brown earth, trees, and muddy roads. It was in that part of town where unpainted houses with feeble streams of smoke coming from crumbling chimneys completed the picture and made a more cheerless scene impossible. E x c e pt for the occasional banging of a sagging • door in an apparently deserted house there was no sign of life .

Then a figure was seen that was almost indiscernible agains t its drab background. It was an old woman in the yard next to the deserted house. She was gathering chips and dry leaves and putting them into a dingy ·apron which she held up for the purpose with a gnarled han d that shook as she bent over. If anyone had looked, he would have noticed that there was no t even the most feeble stream o f s m o k e com i n g from he r chimney.

Suddenl y the old women crumpled to the ground. Months o f privation and poverty had taken their toll on her frail body.

Then there was a roar tha t would have done credit to a lion as the word ''Cut'' reechoed through the set. ''That's enoug h for today , granny. Everybod y be here tomorrow at the usua l time. If we work hard we shoul d get to the climax.''

With a majestic sweep of hi hand, the directer dismissed th e cast for '' Murder on Morgu Street."

-Mary Pease, 103

LEISURE TIME

Retha Brandt, hurting hP-rself . Jack Prescott, getting mad . Marian Conners, staying wit h Miss Peterson.

Oscar Wisbey , walking the hal l.

Marjorie Coulter, smiling. Robert Hubbell, pestering.

Laura Mowry, looking aroun d . Keith House, coming late t o class.

Virginia Loos, being full of pe p Alice Berry , writing. Mary Pease, reading.

Bob Lawrence Gene R e ifschneider

Donald Rin gstme yer

Evelyn Schneider

Howa rd Schneider

Gordon Steckly

Mable Scott

George Tapl e y Erma Taylor

Bernard Wells

Elv in Wilkinson

PETS

P atricia Rankin, 212, has a fox: ter rier puppy, Snooker. She also bas 22 goldfish that eat out of her han d. Dorothy Preece, 301, bas tw o cats and a dog. They like to pla y hide and seek and they like to wrestle. Bob Chase raises guinea pigs and keeps them for pets, bu t he sells some of them to Ag. Co llege for experiments.

Patricia Gove of 301 has a pet tu rtle, Jake. He was always getti ng out of his bowl until she got a larger one for him. One time he go t stuck under a rug and couldn't ge t out. They didn't find him un til her mother stepped on it

P UPILS ATTEND CONCERT

A large number of Whittie r pu pils attended the symphon y co ncert held at the Stuart th eater, March 24. The numb ers played were: "Capriccio E spagnol" ; "Clair de Lune" ; "W altzes"; "Flight of the B umble Bee", and "Spoon River". Mr. Leo Kucinski conducted th e Lincoln Symphony Orchestr a in this concert.

SUPERIOR CERTIFICATES

J immy Miller and Duane W ilkinson of 303 won superior certificates for their hobbie s at the hobby show. Duane ' s hobby is matchfolders and Jimmy won his for a model airplane.

MIXED UP

In Mrs. Swisher's third period En glish class, the teacher was hea rd telling the chil.d r en to pass th e aisles across the paper. Now , ju st how would you go about tha t?

NEW SEWING MACHINES

Miss Mary Wilson has informed us that the home ec department ha s three new sewing machines . On e of them is electric.

WINS TOURNAMENT

Bill Kosmos of 303 won the bo y's checker tournament. March 28, 1941

MRS. KILGORE

INTERVIEWED

Mrs. Daisy Kilgore told school reporters about her work as supervisor director of Adult Homemaking in public schools at a recent meeting. It is something most parents should be interested in since it gives them an opportunity to improve themselves at no cost.

NICKNAMES

s et for the 7A pioneer· play with Betty Jamesson and Bob White posing in their pioneer costumes.

CLUBS

Wayne Lubke Windy Squeeks

Alex Kahler

Marjorie Neff

Mary Koch

Elmer Holbert

Betty Mullendore

Arlene Crawford

LeRoy Bayless

Alvin Hoffman

Marian Barcus

GUESS WHO Girl

Cyclone

Babe Luckey

Baby face

Tootie

Tiny Bonev

Twin

The Snaps and Zippers is a new club started by some Whittier pupils for the purpose of ]earning to spell better. Miss Curley pronounces words every other Thursday. They have spell downs and races. The members are Pat Moffet, Pat Graham, Lois Gillet, B o n n i e Jean Smith, M y n a Buckendahl, Kathryn Geist, Jean Balance and Phyllis Harris.

The boys in the Bluebirds have some interesting things in the hobby show at the Y. M. C. A. Several Whittier boys belong to the elub: Kenneth Peterson, Jerry Duncan, Harold Egger, Richard Lawson, and Dick Tejcka .

8A's TAKE TRIP

She is 5 ft. 3-4 in. tall and weighs 119 pounds. Her hair is dark brown and her eyes are blue . She pals around with Nena Ly beris and Bonnie Feis. Her favorite subject is type and her pet peeve is social games room. Her favorite sport is basket ball. she is a member of 102.

BOY

He is 6 feet tall and wE>ighs 147. His hair is brown and his eyes are blue. His pals are Dick Root, John Kline, and Roland Boydston. His pet peeve is science. Choir is his favorite subject. He is a member of 300.

PICTURES TAKEN

Monday night Miss McFie, ar supervisor, invited some Whittier pupils to come to her studio to have colored pictures taken of them with an art activity. Patricia Moffett and Patricia Graham posed with puppets they made during their 7A semester in art. Don Beezley and Del wny Shasteen posed with an ultra modern school building they made last semester for the State P. T. A. convention.

Pictures w er e a l s o taken Tuesday mornng of the stage

The 8A's went on their Civic League trips Thursday, March 20. The speaker was Dr. James Melvin Reinhardt, Profes s or of Sociology, at the University of Nebraska. The teachers from Whittier who accompanied pupils were Mrs. Shike, Mrs . Childress, Mrs. Swisher, Miss Curley, Miss Cross, Mrs. Pinney, and Mr. Strawn.

CAMP FIRE BIRTHDAY

March 17 to 21 was the birthday of the Camp Fire Girls. Friday , March 21, they held a Grand Council Fire for all the city groups. It was held in our gym. There are three different groups in Whittiei.-.

NONSENSE

Last night about ten o'clock this morning an empty barrel of bricks fell on a dead cat fast asleep who is now in the hospital in good condition expecting to die any moment.

-Jerome Schmidt

9A'S MEET

At the 9A's meeting, March 10, the pupils voted on their class day colors. The colors they chose were light blue and medium blue.

SPORT SHORTS

As soon as th e volley ball tournaments are over, baseball will be played on ail six of the baseball diamonds . Cold and wet weather have stopped the boys from playing baseball, but soon we will be swinging the •bat again.

Taking a peep into the boy's gym classes we see them doing a lot of tumbling and gymnastics. Walter Murray of 212 and Glen Bowers of 222 are some of the high bar performers.

Some of the unusual things that have happened in the gym are: William Baseler and Donald Hobach are the only boys that have suited up for the volley ball tournament. 310 beat 305 with only 4 players. 309 beat 210, 15 to 1.

The volley ball tournam ent was not over when we wrote the first part of this column, but now we can announce the winner-316. The runner-up was 108.

The bas e ball tournament h rs now begun. It will be a rou nd robin game. Then the te mns losing the fewest games will phy for the championship. Some of the home r ooms having a good chance are 106, 103, 209, 222, 220, 304, 305.

There will also be a track meet. A lot of boys ,vill want to enter. Last semester the high jumping conte s t vvas ,vcn by Walter Mu rr ay of 212 The 75. yard dash was won by Don Beck of 203. One of the h •ghest point r run up in the b ::i sketball tournament was when 209 beat 203, 19 to 0. 303 has a new ail-a ·ound player. H~ is Alex Fink.

-William Basler and Pete Debus.

QUICK CHANGE

Kathleen Blue and Joan Eberhart decided that they liked each other's clothes better than they did their own. Up in the gym at noon on March 13, they started by exchanging blouses. Joan was then wearing colors that clashed. So they changed skirts, and that made it much better. I wonder if anyone got them mixed up in the afternoon.

TRIPS

A number of Whittier pupils have taken trips recently. Orland Hulbert of 312 went to Nebraska City to visit his Aunt and Uncle. They went fishing in a row boat and caught a ninepound carp in the Mi s souri River.

Iola Gundy of 107 over the week end went to Weeping W ater to see her brother. Dean Hobson of home room 107 went to Louisville to visit h i s cousin.

Marjorie Bloyd of 312 , ' ent to Fairbury, Saturday. Caselteen White of 205 went to visit he1· mother at Fort Omah 2, whe re she works.

Betty Bollen, 312, went to Kearney, Sunday, to vis it some relatives. Rodney Garner of 310 went to Wes tern. Virgil Mehlig went to B2nnet, Wednesday.

Bmy George of 310 , 'ent to Ha 3tings, Sunday. Darlie Heckman of 310 went to Elm Creek. Marilyn Eaton of 316 ha s been to Auburn and Falls City recently.

Alice Berry went to Omaha to the hockey games. Dorothy Kuhn, Ma rie Ring, May Ring, and Bobbie Clarke went to Omaha, Saturday, March 15. They were accompanied by Margaret and Charles Ward, former Whittier pup i ls.

Helena Alfrey went to Lansing, Kansas, March 10 and 11. • Willa Jean High tower will go to Omaha for Spring vacation. Wilna Schmuck of 316 is going to Albion to visit her grandmother and aunts.

Jean Davenport of 316 is going to have visitors from Milligan, March 31 to April 3. Then she is going to :Milligan until April 5.

WHATrA DOG

Fred: What's the best kind of dog to buy?

Mary: A hot dog. It doesn't bite the hand that feeds it. It feeds the hand that bites it.

LIVE WIRES

Our gym pupils have been trying hard to be able to do nice volley serves. Tho8e who did best in seven th gr a d e are Jan ice Cochran, Barbara Haning, Sheila Collins, Betty Jamesson , JoAnn Kukas, Shirley Maser , and Barbara Strubble. Eighth grade girls are Jeanne Barton , Barbara Mohler, Dar lie Heckman . Ninth grade girls are Geraldin e Smith, Kathleen Blue, and Loi s Fritts.

Those who are able to bounc e the ball the most times in 30 seconds in seventh grade ar e Betty Jamesson, JoAnn Kukas , Norma Jean McCaslin and Beth Stage. Eight grade girls ar e Helen Collins, Darlene Daharsh _ • onnie Fitzsimmons, J a ck i e Greer, Betty Norman. Nint h grade girls are Kathleen Blue . Dixie Lowder, Lois Mayer Frances Means, Ardell Marke l. Edna Pearson, and Mary Baker . This was harder and so ther e are fewer. These people mad e good scores at shooting ba8ket • from different distai1ces: Bett y Legler and Barbara Strubbe of seventh grade, eighth grade, Pa t Graham, Almeritta Hubbard Wilma Jean Lumley and Phylli s Moore, one lone girl from nint h grade, Marcella Talbert.

HOBBIES ON DISPLAY

In Miss McGrew's 7 A 4th perio c1 English class some of the childre n brought their pets and hobbies Dorothy Maxwell has a collectio n of napkins from Canada. Rober t Reifschneider has two white rat Virginia Lampshire has sma ll glass dogs from different state s Eligha Kermode has two Bant y hens. Duane Johns brought tw n homing pigeons. He sent one ou 1 the window and the childre n watched it fly home. Jack Dougla s keeps a collection of little car s . So on Fridays Miss McGrew ha s a regular menagerie.

ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO

Girl: Marjorie Lundwall

Boy: Bob Linde

The Wh it tier Gree nl eaf

Vol. 18, No. 13, April 18, 1941

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

VARIETY SHO WSUCCESS

Our variety show seems to have been very successful this y ea r. We received two hundred a nd two dollars and fifteen cents. Th e expenses came to twentysev en- dollars leaving a balance of one hundred and seventy-five do llars and fifteen cents.

D uring the piogram wa were ent ertained by Announcer Harlyn Rh odes and his jokes, Mrs. White's Orchestra, the 8A Girls' Chorus, the mystery ''Rocking Chair Row" presented by Mrs. Shi ke' s Drama 1 class, a bonetw isting acrobatic dance by Jan ice Becher, the boys glee club, som e very interesting old time dan ces, the girls glee club, a ver y military march by some of th e seventh grade boys, a very com ical play, "Not Quite Such a Goo se,'' directed by Miss Peterson , and the Gay Nineties Revue di r e cted by Mrs. White. Altoge ther everyone had a barrel of fun .

OPEN HOUSE SOON

O pen house will be held here at Whi ttier on April 22 from 7 :00 to 8:30 P.M. Parents wHI accompany the ir children to their regular cla sses. There will be bells to ism iss cl aHEs jmt as there wer e at the last open house. All pare nts are invited to attend.

HURRY! HURRY!

R emember that April 21 is the las t day for filing your petition for the Primary election which will be held on May 5. So if you wan t to be a candidate you'd bet ter h urry and get your petition filed

SAFETY COMMITTEE

Without the safety committee where would we be? Perhaps we would have broken legs or arms. They stand in the hall and direct traffic so that accidents won't happen. The chairman for this committee is Robert Linde of H. R. 300.

Committee members are: Charles Ro t, 220, C h a r 1e s Wilson, 316, Eugene Farleigh, 207, Miles Harp, 203, Bi 11 y Johnston, 312, Gene Reifschnieder, 102, Don E is e -1 e, 314, John Kline, 309, William Basler, 209, Bob Schultz, 103, and Don Beeziey, 314.

The chairman of the girls safety committee is Rose Sinner of H. R. 320. Committee members are Ethel Lawson, 320, Nena Lyberis, 203, Gertrude Giffin, 112, Edna Rebensdorf, 208, Naomi Beutler, 112, Darlene Stalgren, 308, Lois Thompson , 209, Evelyn Schneider, 312, and Shirley Leake, 314.

A RECORD

Donald Mouldin, a new pupil in 312, has attended thirty-six schools in five years. This must be something of a record, we think. He has been to schools as far north as Duluth, Minnesota, and as far south as Corpus Christi, Texas. His travels have given him an opportunity to visit such places of interest as Yellowstone National P a r k, Coolidge Dam, Carlsbad Caverns and Mexico.

The reason for his moving is because his dad is a field supervisor for an Insurance Company and it is his job to move around.

DELEGATES MEET

Delegates met in the auditorium, April 2, to discuss ways to improve Whittier grounds. Mr. Parks from the board of education explained to delegates why ideas couldn't be carried out and why others could. Miss Miller had a selected committee to give their ideas. Delegates reported ideas back to home rooms to be discussed.

VACAT IO N T RIP S

If their plans worked out, here are some Whittierites' spring vacation trips . Donna Coy, Dorothy and Thelma Bryant, and Anna Marie Thomas went to Kansas City. Kathleen and Jane Bish went to Bellevue Frances Lovelace and Donna Bell went to York, and Bill Hauschild was in Syracuse.

Muriel Ericson spent her vacation in Ceresco. Bonnie Feis went to Bladen. Lillian Geier and Arlene Anstine were in Lexington. Harold Framstead went fishing in Minnesota. Alice Berry visited on a farm near Roca. The following people went to Omaha: Elaine Arenson, Marian Conners, and Betty Ann and Alice Shilhan.

Diane Lantz , Marjorie Lundwall and Miss E. Madsen visited in Iowa. Edward McGerr spent his vacation in Davey and Helen Campbell in Seward. Arnold Bartlett went to Princeton, and Beverly Menefee spent hers in Sterling. Duain Johns visited in Hebron.

Kathleen Blue visited in both Kearney and Omaha. Darlie Heckman went to Friend. John Kline was fishing in LouisviHe. Shirley Ray went to Beatrice and Dorothy Kuhn to Milford . Jean Bentzinger and Kenneth Strawn visited in Kansas. Kenneth Kohn and Warren Wes ton were in Nebraska City. Miss Schemel visited the Kingsley Dam and then went to Fairbury. The following people spent their vacations on farms. They are Jack Pierce, Sheryl Hutchinson, who went to Fox Ranch in South Dakota . Rosemary Page went to a farm near Wal ton, Bill Derrick to one near Boone, and Ardell Markell went to her own farm near Lincoln.

SOUND FILM SH OW

Mr. Braine and Mr. Gleason of Omaha showed a sound movie, ''Lumbering," in an assembly on April 3. The picture was exciting, interesting, and educational. The pupils e pecially liked the highclimber and the log-rollers. The purp'Jse of the assemby was to demonstrate a sound machine.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and establis h ed in 1924 as the o fficial s tud ent publication of Whittier Junior High Sc h ool pupils.

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Miss Hult Miss Peterson Miss Cross Mr. Gammill G REENLEAF STAFF

Editors-in-Chief D ar le e n Payn e D on Sutherland

Boys' Sports J o hn L oos

Girls' Sports J oan n e H ollin gswort h

Exchan ges Mary P ease Ni oma Wanis ka Alumni June Baragary

PRINTERS

Freda Ba ker Marian Barcus

Marjori e B arc u s Evelyn Botts

o rma Carroll

etty

Anstin R et h a Brandt D orothy Allen

Mary Ell en Feis

Clara Fo reman V er na G reen A lm a H arral Fred H erzog D orothy H e nse

SPRING FEVER

When girls begin trying a new hair-do and buying silly hats to match it, old people can shake their heads and say, "We di d n't do things like that when I was young," for that's only natural. But when boys, those mod e ls of good sense, put crepe paper streamers on their bicycles, long feathers in their hats, and flowers in their button holes , something is definitely in the air. Any girl or boy who has had to give up a Saturday outing to help mother tear the house apart and put it back together again can tell you that.

Do you wonder what has happened to all the good sane people you used to know? It's only that long-waited spring returning to boost the sale of moth balls.

MR. CULLER

He's here, he's there, he's everywhere, And yet he al ways has the time to spare

To help you out when you're in doubt;

You'll find that his advices fair.

You know who it is? Well , I declare!

- Marilyn Eaton

ALUMMI NOTES

Lewis Berlowitz and Winifred Nelson, are roving reporters on the Advocate.

Stuart Goldberg and Winifred Nelson are among the thirty-one to trv out for the second time for the junior play.

Milferd Epp and Marvin Epp were among the doormen and guards on Joy Night. Ellen Dietz was one of the ushers.

Bill Michael is a member of Kenny Greenwood's swing band which won a prize of twenty-five dollars, first prize at a local theater contest.

Ralph K uwamoto's poster took second place in the final poster contest held by tuberculosis campaigners. Shirley Staats is head of the new sub-committee formed by the the tuberculosis campaigners.

Mildred H eat on, Bettyrose Jurgens, June Keane, Durothy Kehling· , Donna Kelly, Betty Latta and Helen Owens are new members of the Girls' Athletic Association

A WORD TO THE WISE

Don't faint here, but there are only seven weeks of school left this semester. Two things happen on the sixth of June. Summe~ vacation begins and grades come out. Watch out for that spring slump. Remember, the place to slow down is in the hall and not in your work. ·

THE MARINER

A cry rang through the shi p "Land ! Land!" The exhauste d crew left their posts to gaze i n rapture at the beautiful sight

The good ship "Bountiful " had strayed from her course a fortnight ago. They had saile d through almost every kind of storm there ever was at se a . Once a whale had almost ove rturned the small but sturd y cra f t now minus all her riggin g.

The men rushed to the li f e boats and it was only then th a t they calmed down for it too k team work to get the boats int o the water without falling i n themselves. Only a part of th <:> men could get in at one time, s o ca ptain Jimmy led an exped ition of six men, leaving the re s t of the crew on board.

•

• "We'll bring back what foo d we can find first," said capta i n Jimmy. "Then we'll explore t h e island." So the little party we n i on shore. •

They were trudging throug h the de nse undergrowth wh en captain Jimmy warned the "Keep a sharp lookout," h 1-• said. "You can never tell wh at animals may be lurking in the s e jun gles ."

Su ddenl y a man called, "Lo o1~ out , Captain Jimmy." An arro w whizzed through the air a nd stuck in a tree right where t h e captain's head had been. In a n instant they were surrounded b y ugl y , yelling savages danci n g; wildly about and shaking spea r s at the unfortunate crew.

"Do you suppose they'll b oil us in oil?" asked one of the m en. "Probably," answered Capta in Jimmy. "But don't worry; I 'll think of some way to get y ou out of it."

Later that night there was a great ceremony in the vill ag e for the natives were prepari ng for a feast. All the men from th e ship were lined up in front by a huge iron kettle which h ad been placed over a pit of red h ot coals~ Captain Jimmy, brave t the last, had insisted on bei ng first. Se v eral natives were le a ding him t oward the pot when a voice call ed-

" J immeee ! Bob ! You bo ys stop making so much noi se.

:You sound like wild men."

"Aw gee. W ouldn't you know it, Bob ?" sai d th e brave Captain Jimmy. " A fe ll er can't even pl ay shipwreck in t his house. Mom's always go t t o go an ' b r e ak it up when it ge ts most exciti ng."

-Mary Pease , 102

SECRETARIES

Th e home room secretaries for this semester are: Miriam Loos of 102, Ru by Berlowitz, 103, Verla G i b b s, 106, W a 11 a c e Hoba ck, 107 , Verna Green, 108, Joy Sandstedt, 110, John Reitter , 112 , Eldon Englebrecht , 203. Phyllis Harris, 205, Josephine A n d er son , 2 0 7 , E d w a r d Sch neider, 208, Jack Runyan, 209 , Wilma Jean Lumley, 210, Reta Higg ins, 212, Lillian Eichler, 216 , Hel en Poe, 220, Carolyn Leikam , 222 , Leah Jacoby, 300, Jean Ben tzinger, 301.

Ro semary Page, 302, Patricia Ber g, 303, Evelyn Johns, 304, Mel vin Keller, 305, Jack Prescott, 307, Bob Ch as e, 308, Jark Berlo witz, 309, Shirley Vogel, 310, Jimmy Beck, 312 , Robert Barn es, 314, Hazel Johnson, 316, Dean Lange, 320.

PUPI LS LEA VE AND ENTER

We have only one new boy and that is Donald Mau ldin from Oklah oma. We are sorry to see so many leaving. Ralph Grabisch went to Irving, Bo b Cozad to Cali fornia, Bernar d We 11 s to Califo rnia , D or t ha West to Okl ahoma, George Taple y to Was hington, Adr ian Schribe r to Cali fornia, Eileen and Wesley Som mer to Wiscons in , Donald Brisa ck to Wyoming, Roberta Well s to California , and Melvin Kelle r transferred to Jackson .

BOYS ISSUE PAPER

Do n Sutherland and Bud Jen sen put out a neighborhood newspaper called the ''Ne i ghborhood Refl ector" which is is sued every two weeks. The cost p er issue is one cent.

April 18, 1941

UNUSUAL COLLECTION S

La Vern Whitin g of 310 has a very interesting doll collection. It came about fr om her receiving dolls for Christma s and birthday presents.

They are m a d e o f many materials - rub h er, pa per , cell u1oid, china, wood , pipe cleaner, chalk, cloth , composition and paper rnache. The smallest is less than an inch, the t all_est , two feet four inches.

Movie land is represented by Popeye, Q u i n t s , C h a r 1 i e McCarthy, Mae West, and Shirley Temple. Costume dolls come as a blonde Swedish peasant , and Dutch bo y and girl, a Czechoslovakian miss, a Spanish lady , a Mexican senorita, and from Pawhuska, Oklahoma, an Indian squaw and her papoose. Also in her collection is a doll fifty years old. Ther€ are also fat _. l>aby dolls, a nun, cowboys and girls , and many more too numerous to mention . Some of these dolls are on display in the show case now.

GUESS WHO GIRL

I am thinking of a girl in 102 whose hair is very light brown. She is 5 ft. 2 in. tall and weighs 106. Her pal is Arlene Anstine Her favorite subject is Greenleaf class and her pet peeve is writing poems for the 9A Issue.

Boy

I am thinking of a boy in 207 who plays the clarinet in the orchestra. His weight is 117 and his height is 64 inches. He usually wears a green sweater and his best pals are Stanton Vierk and Jack Wild. His pet peeve i s science which he has sixth period and he is always late. He likes being assistant to "Pop" Heston best

NO FOOLING

If you got a U or an F when nine weeks grades came out, you'd better start working. Grades were the one thing that weren't fooling on April Fool's day.

MUD BATHS

Dick Neu, Dick Root, Judson Turner, and ,Jack Holbrook went through a tunnel down by Antelope Creek and came out by Wh i ttier. All of them had mud up to their ankles and Judson had it up to his knees.

9A'S CIVIC LEAGUE TRIP

The 9A's went on their Civic League trips , March 27. The speaker was Dr. Knute 0. Broady , Professor of School Administration, University of N~braska. The teachers from Whittier who accompanied the p u pi l s were Miss Margaret Wilson, Miss E. Mad sen, Mr. McMullen, Miss Kier, Miss Mary W i Ison, Miss Miller, Mrs. Swisher, and Miss Zamzow.

THE CLOWN

The clown in the circus is a jolly fellow , His suit is black with spots of yellow .

He makes the children laugh with glee,

He is a very funny fell ow as you can see.

Sometimes he swings high in the air,

Sometimes he balances on a wire in a chair.

Sometimes he rides on a donkey's back,

Sometimes he sits on a 1a r g e rubber tack

He is often showered with pails of water,

He is often hit with a large fly swatter.

His pants are a good ten sizes too big,

It isn't halfas funny as his bright red wig.

I like the cowboys' act , The Wild West,

But the funny clown is al ways the best.

- Harold Egger

SPORT SHORTS

The boys have been playing basebali in gym classes lately. Some of the winners of the tournament are 220, 209, 207 , 107, 303, 316, 305.

The boys have been playing paddle tennis also lately; The time has come when the boys are going out now every day in the gym classes.

Some of the boys having a good chance for the 75-yard dash are Don Beck and Glen (Red) Bowers of 222. One of the boys having a good chance to win the high jumping contest is Walter Murray of 212.

108lost their homE:roomcaptain , Wesley Sommers, who went to Wisconsin. Pete Debus belongs to the Blue Tigers and he holds the javelin recor d of this cl ub and also the pole vaulting record . He can pole vault e ight feet.

- Wm Basler and Pete Debus

CURED

It seems that Bob Linde of 300 has discovered that day dreaming in class doesn't pay. When asked, ' ' What are the ten commandments?" he shocked his teacher by answering, ''The Bill of Rights."

STOCKING FEET

A strange sight in Algebra sixth period w as Dorothy DeHart walking around in her stocking feet. The reason was new shoes -size 3 1-2 (She really takes 5 1-2 ' s.)

COMMITTEE CHANGES

The follwing changes have been made in the committees. Marjorie Stearns has taken the place of Betty Johns on the property committee. Patricia Berg and Bonnie Fies are now on the games committee rep 1a c in g Marjorie Lund wall.

HOBBIES

Wilmajean Lumley of 210 has a hobby of collecting paper dolls of celebrated movie stars. She tells us that there is a story connected with each doll she now has.

George Witing has three hobb i e s, wood-cutting, col1ecting stamps, and collecting match folders. His favorite is wood-cutting, and many vacation hours have gone into this work.

Duaine Johns of 102 has a hobb y of putting ships in bottles. He tells us that it is very slow and tiresome work and even a small ship may take five hours. Two of his were on display recently in the show-case.

TABLE MANNERS

The Goops they lick their fingers, The Goops they lick their knives, They spill broth on the tablecloth, Oh they lead disgusting lives! The Goops they talk while eating, And loud and fast they chew; And that is why I'm glad that I Am not a Goop, - are you?

REGISTRATION

It's time to start thinking ::i bout registration. In fact, the 9A's have already begun. It won't be so very long now before all of us wi11 decide about next semester's subjects. So put on your • thinking caps, and get busy.

PARTIES

Darlie Heckman had a birthday party, Saturday evening, April 5, which a number of Whittier pupils attended. Joan Eberhart is going to have a skating party, April 20. Irene Wilkinson had a skating party during vacation.

A lady asked of the ferryman, ''Is anyone ever lost in the river?"

Ferryman: '. 'Oh no, we always find 'em again, the next day.''

LIVE WIRES

After a long, hard struggl e La Vonne Gray's team finally won the basket ball tournament. Th e members of this triumphant tea m are Viola Bodfield, Charlotte Ellis , Marie Miller, Janis Pochop, an d Vera Schwindt, the only substitute.

Miss Jennings attended a Physical Education conventio n , April 1-April 5. Mrs. Ross subst ituted while she was gone. Th e convention was held in Farg o , North Dakota.

The spring schedule is full o f the games everyone ·likes bes t Soft ball and volley ball and al s o paddle tennis are favorites. Dec k ennis is another interestin g game. During classes there w ill be a paddle tennis tournamen t . On rainy days tumbling an d dancing are on the list. So, ther e won't be a dull moment fo Whittier girls.

The playground committee ha s voted that home rooms play dec k tennis Then they will play thre ebase, volley ball or paddle tenn is every day.

If you want to play in the paddl e tennis tournament at noon ju s t enroll with the playground committee. Who knows? You may b e a winner.

OH, HAPPY DAY

Did you see Marian Conner running down the hall at 8:3 0, April 4, smiling with tears in h e r eyes? The reason? A message t o come to Camp Robinson to spen d vacation with her parents who m she hasn't seen for sever a l months

STRANGE APPETITE

Eleanor Kra i icek in H. R. 30 5 has a pet kitten named Micke y He must have a very strang e appetite because he eats saue rkraut

ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO

Roderic Prather June Baragary

The Wh ittier Gre enleaf

Vol. 18, No. 14, May 2, 1941

LIN COLN, NEBRASKA

Mothe r, Daughter Party

The mother and daughter party will be held on May 9 Miss Jones ' girls chorus will furnish the music. The following pupils will take part in the program: Gertr ude Giffen, Rose Sinner , Cha rles Wilson, Bill y Lange, Lois Thom pson, Nena Lyberis, Naomi Be utler, Edna Rebensdorf , Wa uneta Bod fl el d , J ea n McCa uley, Wilma Lumley and Jack Brody. The daughters will introd uce their mothers to their teach ers, during the social hour follo wing the program. Thelma Brya nt and Kathryn Dean will present a dance.

MISS UMBERGER SPEAKS

On April 15, Miss Vern a Umber ger, a former Whitt ier pupil , told of many interesting things she saw on the way to and in South America. She told of activi ties on board ship , of the locks a nd lights in the Panama Canal , described the markets , and told of many other interesting things of the country and its people Miss Umberger also displayed articles of clothing, furs, unbrea kable dolhi1, hand work of the In dians and a coin purse. Ther e wasn't time for everything, but everyone enjoyed it very much , and we thank Miss Umber ger for taking time to describ e her journey to us .

DEMO NSTRATE MACHINE

On Thursday, April 18 , pupils were entertained with two reels by the Belle Howell company of Omaha , for the purpose of demonst rating a sound machine. The firs t was "Argentina," the second , ''Gr ay Squirrel.''

TREASURERS

The treasurers for this semester are: Robert Robinette of 102, Ruby Ber 1ow it z 103. Burt Danielson 106, Gerald McCracken 107, Arlene Anstine 108 Gloria Zier ll0, • Jerry R au~ h 112, Leonard Rebens d orf 203. Jack Brodie 205 , Jeanne Marie Barton 207 , Glen Hancock 208 Alice Shilhan 209 , Maria~ Conners 210 , Reta Higgins 212, Ne a 1 Penton 216 , Marjory McCorkle 220 , Richard Kreiner 301.

Wayne Hedstrom 303 , Leonard Dinges 304 , Loren Colwell 305, Dolores Stewart 307, Jacob Schneider 308 , Jack Berlowitz 3 0 9, Haro 1d Egger 3 1 0, Jacqueline Greer 312, Lawrence Witulski 314, Charles Wiison 316, Rose Sinner 320 , Duane Sloan 302.

STYLE SHOW PRESENTED

A style show was presented, April 25, by Miss Wilson's home economics and clothing classes in which 150 girls took part. The girls glee under the direction of Mrs. White accompanied the show with music in harmony with the garments . rhe types of garments shown were pajamas, house coats, slacks, play clothes, blouses and skirts, sailor dresses, cotton and spun rayon f r o c k s and afternoon dresses The average cost of the cotton garments ranged as high as $.50 to $1.25, the spun rayons from $2.00 to $3.00 . The home ec department has three new machines, one of which is electric. They also have a button holer and presser foot which simplifies sewing. They should be very proud of the nice work they have completed.

CLEAN-UP WEEK

April 14 to 19 was clean-up week and many Whittier pupils participated by digging dandeions and weeds. It doesn't do much good to have clean-up week just once a year. Let's make every week clean-up week and really keep Lincoln clean.

TAKE YOUR PICK

During this week you have been • listening to the various campaign speeches, but we just want to refresh your memory with a few of the candidates' qu a lifications. For girls' president we have Edna Rebensdorf, 208, scholarship fraction 19t, 4 semesters on scholarship roll, honor roll 3, safety committee 2, H. R. secretary, treasurer, delegate and captain. Diane Lantz, scholarship fraction 2% 1 , scholarship roll 2 semesters, H. R. treasurer.

Verla Gibbs, 106, schol ar ship fraction 1½_ 7 , scholarship roll 4 semesters, H. R. vice president, delegate, secretary, and president. Beverly Jackson of 307, honor roll 3 semesters, s cho la rship 4, scholarship fraction 1 91i 7 , H. R. treasurer, delegate, usher c ommittee. Mary Lou Starkell , 312, scholarship fraction 1 9~ , scholarship roll 4, honor roll 2 , H. R. delegate, alternate, vice president, office committee.

For boys' p re sident we h a ve H a rold Egger, 310, scholar hip fraction 1 ½5 , H. R. captain, president, v ice-president , t re asurer, deleg a te , chairm a n of s afet y committee , now on playground committee. War r en W eston of 308, honor roll one semester. scholarship roll , one semester, scholarship fraction 1 %5 , H. R. president, treasurer , delegate, captain. Elgin Martin, 320, scholarship fraction 1 ½5 , scholarship roll 4, H. R. presi112, scholarship fraction, 1 ½2 , dent, treasurer, alternate, delegate, usher committee

For girls' vice president Dorean Killian, 308, scholarship fraction 13ftn, scholarship roll 4, honor roll 2, H. R. secretary, vice president, capt a in, social . games committee.- Janis Poch op, 304, scholarship roll 4 , schola rs hip fraction 1 %11 H. R. president, captain,· delegate. Darline Minchow 110 , scholarship fraction 1 % 5 , H. R. secretary, captain, delegate. aomi Beutler of scholarship roll 3, honor roll 2, H. R. treasurer, vice president, safety committee. Miriam Loos, 102 scholarship fraction, 1 '½ , , ,, (Continued on page 3)

THE WHITTIER GREE LEAF

Founded and established in 1921 as the official student publication of Whittier Junior High School pupils.

FACULT Y ADV ISORY BOARD

Miss Hult Miss Peterson Miss Cross Mr. Gammill

Editors-in-Chief

GREENLEA F STAFF

Darleen Payn e Don Sutherland

Boys' Sports J ohn Loos

Girls' Sports ........................ J oanne Hollingsworth

Exchanges

Mary P ease

Ni oma Waniska

Alumni June Baragary

Fr e da Baker

Marian Barcus

Marjorie Barcus

Evelyn Botts

Norma Carro ll Betty Cederquist

Fc•atures

Hom e R o om News

Fashions

Phyllis Barribo

Priscilla Morrison Arlene Anst in Retha Brandt D orothy Allen

Pat r icia Marshall

Typists Delores Bloom ............................................. l\llarian Conn e rs

PRINTERS

Mary Ell en Feis

Clara Foreman

V e rna Green

Alma Harral

·Fred H e rzog

Dorothy H e nse

IT'S YOUR l.JUTY

Election time is coming. Do you intend to vote? Or are you going to be too busy? "What difference will my vote make in a school of 1,000?" you ask. Well, just this-what would the school do if everyone thought as you do? Your one vote with a few more like yours may turn the whole election. What! You don't care who gets in? Well. do you rde a bike? You do, huh? Well, maybe you'd better pay attention to the platforms and you'll find out who'll help keep your feet from getting muddy. Don't be dumb, brother, it's your duty to vote.

-Charles Wiison

CALLING ALL !

Whittier's grounds are the worst in Lincoln! Any Whittier pupil who has any respect for our school will want to do something about it. Every pupil has an opportunity to help beautify our grounds by caring for the new shrubs and grass. Let's all help to make Lincoln proud of Whittier school.

NAUTIGAL

The winner of Jerry Hall's boat naming contest is Bonnie Quillin, who submitted the name ''N autigal. ''

Rosella Holman

I;ob

Donald Ringstmeyer

Howard

CLEANING UP

Miss McGrew's English classes are getting busy and cleaning candy wrappers off the playground during activity period. Her fourth period class brought in two hu'!ldred eighty-eight one time . Thursday the count was four hundred seventy-seven. The Jast count was 2,641. If everybody would help clean off wrappers and papers, our grounds would be improved a great dea1.

- Mary Lou McGerr, 208

IN THE HALLS

Around the halls

The goopy Goops Go bumping everyone; They nearly break Their silly necks

And think they're having fun. They throw their candy Wappers down, Acros11 the halls they call; We of ten wish We didn't have These Goops around at all.

WHAT IF

Dorean Killian were Dorean Livian?

Mary Lou Starkel were Mary Lou Moonkel?

Viola Bod field were Vi o 1a Bodlot?

Warren Wes ton were Warren Easton?

Wen dell B&ke.r were Wen dell Fireman?

AN ADDITION

On the Monday after vacation, the first thing to greet our eyes was the new railing down the center of the ma i n stairs. The floors were polished and shining , and all the blackboards had been washed. Let's make use of the new railing by keeping to our right.

LEA VE IT

TO THE 9A'S Rehearsals for the play for class day have started under the d ire ct ion of Miss Peterson " Lea ve it to the 9A 's ," is the title and the cast includes Kenneth Estes, Judson Turner, Rosemary Page, Dor ot hJ Eirich, Phyllis Hoke, Jack Holbrook, Velma M.~ Grew, and Wayne Hedstrom

9A'S

ATTEND

P. T. A.

Whittier P. T. A. held a meeting on April 15. Music was furnished by the Whittier Orchestra directed by Mrs. White. A group of 9A pupils interviewed Mr. Glen Dorsey, apprentice coordinator of the Lincoln schools and Mrs. Rowena Harrison, Girls Relilerve secretary of the Y. W. C. A. The 9A group consisted of the following pupils: Clifford Abbott, George Dingman, Gertrud e Griffin, LaVonne Gray, Jack Dingman. Dick Neu, Shirley Ray , Dorothy Reich, Robert Robinette , Betty A n n Shilhan, Darleen Stalgren, and Velma McGrew , chairman.

9A'S MEET

The 9A' s held a meeting on Friday, April 18. The purpose of this meeting w a s to decide whether or not they would have a party like the one the 9A' s had last semester. They decided that they would have one like it.

9B's C. L. TRIP

The 9B 's went on their Civic League Trip, April 24. The teachers from Whitter who accompanied the pupils were Mr. Culler, Mrs. Boschult, Miss Peterson, and Mrs. Barrows.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Lawrence

Gene Reifsc h neider

Evelyn Schneider

c hneicler

Gordon Steckly

Mable Scott

Erma Taylor

Eh·in Wilkinson

TAKE YOUR PICK

(Conti nued from page 1)

scho larship roll 4, play-ground committee. Dorothy DeHart, 220, scholarship fraction 23 ,25 , office committee . Viola Bodfield, 310 , scholarship fraction 11 24 , hono r and schol arship rolls 4, H. R. vice presid ent, secretary, tre asurer, play-ground committee . For boys' vice president is Di ck Matthews, 314, H. R. vice pr esident , captain and de l egate. Don Hoback, 301, scholarship fracti on 1 %0 , H. R. vice president , delegate and captain, De ane Lange, 320, scholarship roll 2, H. R. delegate, alternate, secre tary, and captain, assembly committ ee.

For girls' secretary Frieda Bron stein, 320, scholarship fraction , 1 o/b scholarship roll 4, hono r roll 1, H. R. secretary and deleg ate. Doris Taylor, 216, schol arship fraction 2 2 24 , H. R. altern ate and secretary. Helen Web er 103, scholarship fraction, 1¾_ 5 , scholarship roll 4, honor roll 4. Virginia Reiter 309, schol arship fraction 1 3~ 7 , scholarship roll 4, H. R. president.

For boys' secretary Bu rt Danielso n, 106, scholarship fraction 2% 4 , scholarship roll 1, honor roll 3, H. R. treasurer. Rober t Schultz 103, scholarship fraction , 1 %2 , scholarship roll 4, H. R. dele gate, safety committee.

HIKE S AND PARTIES

The Beacon Club went on a Hare and Hound chase, April 11. Betty Cederquist , Viola Brown, and Maxine and Marjory Hart went on a hike to Belmont Park.

An Easter egg hunt was held at the home of Mildred Quick on April 12. Those attending were Myna Buckendahl, M a r i 1 y n Eaton , Irene Wilkinson, Bonnie Mitts, Betty Jamesson , Alice Berry , and Lois Gillett.

CAUGHT BY THE BELL

Ann a Mary Rausch appeared at the last fire drill in a red slack suit. Thia unusual occurrence at Whit tier was the result of her gettin g caught tryingthem on for the style show when the alarm rang.

May 2, 1941

SPRING DELIRIUM

Let's dismiss school

Every Friday at three, And at two every week day

How nice that would be! Have vacation on Saturday And other days too, The teachers would like it (with pay)

So would you!

Tell jokes in your class rooms, Chew gum as you like, Play jokes on the children, And scream with delight; Arrive in the morning

Whenever you please, Drag through your class

With the greatest of ease; And as long as we're dreaming

We might as well say, There' 11 be no school at all, Nothing but play.

-Nioma

Waniska Dorothy Allen

GUESS WHO GIRL

She is 65 3-4 inches tall and weighs 108 1-2 pounds. Her hair is dark brown and her eyes are blue. She pals around with Rosemary Page and Barbara Strubbe. Her favorite subject is phys ed and her pet peeve is boys who tease. She is a member of 210.

BOY

He is 53 inches tall and weighs 95 pounds. His hair is brown and his eyes are brown. His pals are Emma nu e 1 Miller and Bill Burback. His pet peeve is arithmetic. His favorite subject is science. He is a member of 307.

MARK ALLEN RETURNS

When Mark Allen returned to Whittier for a short visit, Thursday the 17, he came down to 101 to see Mrs. White and Mrs. Riley . First the choir sang for Mark; then he sang several numbers for them. He has an excellent tenor voice that won him the lead in the Lincoln High performance of the "Firefly." Come again, Mark Allen!

LEISURE

TIME

Margie Lund wall Reading books

Bob Chamberlain

Trying to be smart

Arlene Anstine Skating

Dor ot hy Allen Sh ows

Kathyrn Giest Drawing

Darlie Heckman

Listening to radio programs

Pat Berg Playing Basketball

Miriam Loos Playing Baseball

9A's

VISIT

The 9A's visited the legislature, April 22, from 9:00A.M. to 10:15 A. M. The teachers who accompanied them were Mrs. Pinney, Mrs. Childress, Miss Miller, Miss Zamzow, Mr. McMullen, and Mr. Culler.

FILMS WEDNESDAY

Two films were presented Wednesday, April 23, by the Victor Company. The first was' 'People Of Hawaii," showing the industries, schools and nationalities of the people. The second was ''The Snapping Turtle.''

CONFUSED

In his 9B English class, Don Smith was asked to u~e the word "frequently" in a sentence. He must have been thinking of the word "recently" because he said, "She died frequently."

INTRODUCES SPEAKER

Robert Schultz, a 9B, introduced Dean Ferguson, head of the college of Engineering at the University of Nebraska who was the speaker on the 9B C. L. trip.

FIRE DRILL

The fire drill on April 25 took 2 1-2 minutes. Miss Hult said she thought it was very fine.

OPEN HOUSE

About 300 parents attended the Whittier Open House, Tuesday, April 22, from 7:00 P. M. to 8:30 P. M.

A very bald headed man sat down in the barber's chair and said, "Hair Cut!"

Barber: "Why man you don't need a haircut; you need a shine!"

SPORT SHORT

The track meet will soon begin. The person holding the broad jump record of Whittier is David Huff of 304. He jumped 21 feet last year. The state record is around 23 feet. Walter Murray of 212 won the high jumping contest which was near 5 feet.

We should take our hats off to the fifth and sixth period phys ed classes for helping the school out by picking papers up off the playground. The boys in gym classes are starting to practice some of these track meet events.

Some of the outstanding- baseball players are Ralph Leikam 209 , Glen Bowers 222, Alex Fink 303, Loren Colwell 305, Dick 1:-.oot of 305, and David Huff, 304.

Some of the fast runners of Whittier are Walter Murray, Don Be c k , George Hillard, Jack MCcormick, Glen Bowers and Clyde Scroggins. •

The boys have also been doing quite a bit of tumbling lately in the gym classes

The boys are having a track meet according to height, weight and age. There are five different classes of boys. They will have their meet against boys of the same group

The playground chairman was a little mixed up in his games one day last week. 210 and 301 had played each other the day before and 210 gave them a beating 17 to 3. On the following day the two teams were again scheduled to play each other. Strangely enough it was 210 which objected and the game was called off. Fourth period, however, word came that the game would go on as originally planned, and it was played all over again. The score 21-3 in favor of 210 again.

HOME EC. OR SCIENCE?

Should Mrs. Boschult have been a home economics teacher?

We just wondered because during first period science class she was seen sewing a button on Patty Graham's blouse for her. She did a good job too.

PUPlLS LEAVE AND ENTER

We can't seem to keep up with Donald Mauldin. There was an article in the paper last time about his attending thirty-six schools, but before we knew it he was gone again. This time he moved to Iowa. Other pupils who have left us are: Josephine Lowell moved to Missouri, Norma Jean Hubbard went to Colorado, Keith Webel is going to Everett, Ida Allen is attending Jackson.

The new pupils that have entered are Donald and Dorothy Allen from Everett, Ruby Bagg from Havelock, Oralee Hansen, Marilyn Catron from Genoa, Francis Draper from Omaha, Willard Fent from St. Thomas. Donald Waugh is out on account of illness.

NEW CLASS

Next semester pupils in 8A, 9B, and 9A will have new classes in physical education composed of both boys and girls, if the demand is sufficient. In these classes boys and girls will play volley ball, paddle tennis, deck tennis, and badminton together. They will also learn the folk dances of many nations, the American square and round dances, and later they may learn ball room dancing.

Three days a week will be devoted to co-recreation, and two days to the various sports when boys and g i r l s w i 11 m e e t separately.

WHAT NEXT?

Maybe we ought to get George Wilcox a teething ring or something. It was quite amusing to see him pull a tooth in home room period this spring.

PICTURES TAKEN

Greenleaf pictures were taken April 21, from 9:00 o'clock to 10:40. Mr. DeVriendt took the pictures.

ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO

Girl: Betty Jamesson

Boy: Robert Burback

LIVE WIRES

We wish to correct a mista ke made in a recent issue. Almeri tta Hubbard and Wilma Jean Luml e y were listed as eighth grade r s . They are really ninth grade girl s. Deck Tennis is the newe st thing at Whittier. Practice gam began on April 22. Since we ha ve four courts, sixteen people can play at once, four on each cou r t. Teams are organized accordi n g to home rooms; boys and gi r l will play together or separate ly as they wish. The game is fu n, it requires skill, and once y ou begin to play it you won't wa t to stop.

OSCAR SNAKE ESQ.

What's this school coming t o '? Maybe you wonder why we as k, but did you see the garter sna k e Marie Hoffman took to her scien ce class? It was an object of inter e at to both boys and girls in Mi ss Zamzow's classes. Maybe we do it an injustice to call it a comm on snake though for it was the pro u d possessor of the name ''Oscar '' According to last reports, Orv al Sommersteadt of 220 bought it fo r ten cents

WE WONDER

We wonder why the boys a re going around pestering the gi r ls for bobby pins. Could it be th at they use them to attain tho s e occasional waves we sometim es see in their hair?

BOYS ON PA RADE

The boys' glee club were o n parade on the playground fir st period, Friday. This was t h e result of not doing their best i n fire drill, and Mrs. White stern !. r marched them clear out and ba c k again.

COUNTING FLOORS

John Loos couldn't count t h e floors in the tower of the Sta te Capitol when the 9A's were ther e. He tried to follow a senator o ff of the elevator at the tenth floo r, but a hefty elevator girl pulle d him back.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEA F

The Whittier Greenleaf

Vol. 18, No . 15 , May 16, 1941

LINCOLN , NEBRASKA

GENERAL ELECTION PRO MISES

The paint is peeling off the poster s, the platforms have broken down and the lucky winner s of the primary election have been announced. But this isn't all. The big day is May 19 when the general election will be held. This is what some of the candi dates have to say for themselves .

A s candidate for president, Ma ry Lou Starke! will try to promote more social gatherings amon g the pupils. Diane Lantze will try to get more mirrors for the girls' rest rooms and promote any other project the girls want .

As candidate for vice president, Mariam Loos has agreed to do her best in getting more school talent in assemblies and getting sport films. Dorean Killian will try to the best of her abilit y to carry out her plans for athletic assemblies and open gym.

As candidate for secretary, Virgin ia Reiter will try to get more assemblies through the assembly committee . Helen Weber would like to reorganize the dancin o- in the gym. She is also willing° to take any suggestions from other pupils

Th e candidate for boys' officer s are as follows: For boys' presi dent are Warren Weston, who says he will do his very best to back up everything he has said. Harold Egger agrees to try and get more sports films, such as football, baseball, basketball and perhaps the Rose Bowl pictures.

Fo r vice president Dick Matthews says he does not believe in making a lot of promises which ( Continued on page 4)

BLESSED EVENT

At last a sound machine has been decided on and Mr. Culler says it is one of the best. It has a 750 watt lamp and wou ld cost $458. with a turntable and microphone. We may be able to use a turntable donated by one of the teachers.

It will be used by the different classes as well as in assembly. Six boys have been picked who will be trained to run it. It will be their duty to take care of it and run it for the teachers who wish to make use of it for their classes.

The people responsible for the selection are: Mrs. Boschult. Miss Madsen, Mr. Ross, Mrs. White, Frank Loeffel, Mr. Culler, Miss Hult, Marjorie Coulter, Gene Sundeen, Phyllis Hoke.

TEACHER HOLIDAYS

For the summer Mr Culler will go to Beloit, Wis. Miss Miller, Mrs. Shike, Miss Veerhusen will attend summer school. Mrs. Barrows and Miss Peterson will go to Calif., Miss Jennings to New York and Colo., Miss Clark to Texas , Miss Dee to Texas and Colo., Miss Helen Madsen to Nebraska City, Miss Ferguson to Greeley, Colo., Mr. Gammill to So. Dakota, Mrs. Swisher to Chicago, Mr. Wells to Camp Strader and Mr. Strawn plans to be a traveling salesman. The rest, at the time of our interview, either had no plans or were staying at home.

RECITAL TO BE GIVEN

Mrs. Shike's entire drama class will be heard in a recital, May 21, at an assembly. Soloists are: Jack Douglas, Robert Chase, Frances Means, Max Brooks, Richard Akers, Roger Metcalf, DeLoris Myers, Pat Daniels.

The Hickville Band assisting in sound effects includes Bob Schultz, E 1gin Martin, Sam Engle, Pa u 1 Bloomer, Walter Bergstraesser and Dean Lange. The M. C. will be Marjorie Neff.

VACATION PLANS

Whoops! School's out and we're ready for vacation. Well, almost ready, as so on as June 6 rolls around . Many boys and girls are taking trips this summer. The following pupils are going to California: Jack McCormick, Raymond Hackstock, Marcella Talbert, Kent W assing, Ruth Williams, Robert Pierce, Wilma Lumley and Imogene Shuttlesworth.

Lupe Arenas is going to a farm at Lexington, and Virginia Lampshire to one near Arthur, Nebraska. Bobbie Hart is go- ing to a farm at Beatrice, and Robert Hamann to one near North Bend. Carrol Brown is going to visit on a farm in Iowa . Kenneth Strawn is going to one in Kansas as is Paul Jones. Shirley Vogel is going to spend her vacation on a ranch near Valent ine, Nebraska.

Shirley Glantz is going to Wisconsin and Edward Kreick is moving to Milwaukee after 9A promotion Betty Clough and Betty and Alice Shilhan are go- ing to Omaha. Susian Eastman is going to several western states and Lois Umberger to several eastern states. Sheldon Kushner, Don Huston, Marie McQuire and Doris Johnston are all going to be in Illinois. Sheryl Hutchinson is spending her vacation in the Black Hills. Donna Coy is going to McCook, Nebraska, and Norma Bodenhamer to Utica, Nebraska. Gladys Burdick will visit in Big Springs, Nebraska. Josephine Gandara will spend her vacation in Beatrice and Bill McEntarffer is going to be in Guide Rock. Jimmy Artz will go to Benkelman , Kenneth Kahn to Nebraska City, Arlene Anstine to Holdrege, Eleanor Kraj icek to Bee, Darlie Heckman to Friend.

The following people are going to camp: Rt1th Williams, Bonnie Mitts, Wilma Lumley, Barbara Van Every, Joanne Hollingsworth, Billy George and Janice Cochran. Ruth Shamp, Patty Stout, and Marian Conners are going to Little Rock, Ark. The following pupils are going to Colorado : Paul Pro Vorse, Margaret Swearingen, and Emma Lofink.

( Continued on page 4)

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and establis h ed in 1924 as the offic ial student publication of Whitti er Junio r High School pupils.

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Miss Hult Miss Pet ers on Miss Cross Mr. Gammill

Editors-in-Chief

GREENLEAF STAFF

D arleen Payn e Don Sutherland

Boys' Sports J ohn Loos

Girls' Sports Joanne Hollingsworth

Exchanges Mary P e ase

Nioma Waniska

Alumni June Baragary

Freda Bak er

Marian Barcus

Marjorie Barcus

Evelyn Botts

Norma Carro ll

Betty Cederquist

Featur es

Phyllis Barribo

Hom e Room N ews Priscilla Morrison

Fashions

Typists

PRINTERS

Mary Ell en Feis

Clara Fo reman

Verna Gre e n

Alma Harral

Fred H erzog

Dorothy H e nse

A DISCOVERY

Bill Schuman will be remembered by Whittier students forever for this discovery of the year. Between today and June 6, there are just eleven days of school. For the clock watchers, there are 3, 850 minutes or 23,100 seconds left.

LEST WE FORGET

In foriegn countries such as Germany, Italy and Russia, common people have nothing to · say about how their government is run. They have to sit back and take what the dictators say and like it. If they don't they get thrown into a concentration camp or they get shot. In America people have the democratic right to choose the leaders and laws they want. It is not only a privilege but the democratic duty of every ·citizen to vote. Vote for your favorite candidate, but vote!

- Elgin Martin, 320

9A EVENTS

9A Class Day, that long awaited day of pleasure for the 9A's, will be May 29. Promotion exercises will be held at St. Pauls Church on Jun~ 5.

ONE MORE VACATION

One more day of vacation is left to us before the semester ends. It is Memorial Day, May 30.

Rosella H olm an Bob Lawrence

Arlene Anstin Retha Brandt D orothy Allen

Patricia Marshall

Delores Bloom

Marian Conn ers

UNEXPECTED FIRE DRILL

ALUMNI NOTES

On the committees for Latin week are Shirley Staats, Alma Telecky and Edith Hutchinson.

Mary Louise Brodie tap danced as a part of the show put on at the Stuart theater for Greek war relief.

Pupils appointed to the Honor Society were Helen Bennett, Betty Blackburn, Dorothy Carnahan, Roy Cochran, Lydia Marie Gerlach, Charlotte Hill, Dorthea Lemon, Nelda Oltman, K at h e r i n e Rice, Vi r g i n i a Stuermer and Dorothy Tilton, Virginia Stuermer and partner defeated their opponents in the finals of the interclass debate tournament.

Malcolm Allen opened up the • advertising assembly for the junior play, and Hoyt Yowell was call boy.

Betty Coulter was nominated for recording secretary of the G. A.A.

Ralph Kuwamoto has a poster on Roman Activities on exhibit.

Jake Bruns topped the bar at ten feet, six inches to win the pole vault.

Nelda Oltman will be the senior speaker for the commencement exercises. Nelda will speak on ''What I Owe My School for Value Received."

Everyone is wondering wha t the purpose of the last fire dr ill was. The State Fire Warden wa ~ checking on how we conducte d our fire drills. He suggested tha t we work out a system that th e children would automatically kno w which way to go in case some of the steps would lre blocked by a n explosion or something. Also h e complimented us on our drill.

PARTIES

On April 16, Janice Pocho p gave a surprise party for Shirle y Ludwig. Twenty persons cam e, mostly pupils from Whittier.

On April 25, Jan ice Poch op , Shirley Ludwig, Nena Lyberi s , Margie Lund w a 11, Phyll is Barribo, and Donna Jean McCo y, from Irving, went to Pionee n •·park on a church picnic. J ani cE Pochop, and Shirley Ludwig, e n • tertained themselves by playin g catch with a potato.

Mrs. Prather's campfire grou r had a theater party, May 2.

Kathryn Geist, Kathleen Blu e , LaVonne Gray, Joan Eberha r i and Eleanor Myers attended. A group of students includin g some Whittierites attended t Christian Endeavor party a 1 Pioneer Park, Saturday, Apr i 27.

Ardell Markel had a party . May 3. Jean McCauley had c weiner roast recently.

Bob Bussear went to a law r party at the home of Doroth } Dill where they had a scaveng e hunt.

Betty Legler and her sist e1 gave a skating party recently.

Shirley Maser, Virginia Reite r Rose Sinner, Edna Rebensdor f Virginia Seil er, Jean Balanc e Phyllis Harris, Marilyn Eato n and their guardian went on hike to Antelope park. They ha c a fine time though they at , enough dirt.

Reverend Brost had a confi r mation party at his home 01 April 6. Some of the Whitti e children t h a t attended wer , Samuel Loos, Edward Loo s Marian Glanz, Marie Weide n keller, Marian Br e h m, Ea r Kraft, Edward Shaeffer, Bett: Schleiger, and Marie Schleiger.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEA I

Ringstm

Evelyn Schneider

Gordon Steckly

Mable Scott

Erma Taylor

Elvin Wilkinson

HO HUM

"Well, well. I didn't know it was so near. Oh boy. Won't we have fun though ! Say, Mom, when summer vacation gets here , I'm going to mow the lawn lik e you've been wanting me to. I'll get those window washe d, too, and I'll never have to be told twice to get the di she done. I'm going swimming every day and t ake care of my garden and and -well, say, I'll be up and doing some thing every minu te."

How many people who say something like this spend their summer vacation s lik e this?

"Ho hum. It sure i hot today, too hot to get up and do anything. Funny, m y garden's all d rying up. I could hav e sworn I watered it two weeks ago. If it wasn't so hot I'd take these books back to the librnry and get some more. Gee, the 're two weeks overdue. Maybe fom will take them back when she goes to hire someone to mow the lawn. Did you call me, Mom? Aw it's too hot to wash windows. Maybe it's rain. Can we save the dishes till after supper? I'll feel more like working then. Ho hum. Wish it was nice and cool and we were going to school again. Nothi ng to do around here."

FORM ER PUPIL SPEAKS

Whi ttier was ver y proud to have Jack Kirkbrid e, a former pupil, come back in a flashy bl ue suit of the marines. He had two stripe s on his sleeve standing for corporal , and two medals on his chest. He said he did n't wear the other seven because they a r e too conspi cuous. He told Whittier pupils some interesting things of his life in the marines , and of his journey to China and Ja p an We might add that his sister Vi rginia attende d Whittier, and was the girls Civic League presiden t while she was here.

May 16, 1941

GUESS WHO GIRL

She is 58 1-4 inches tall and weighs 85 1-2 pounds. Her hair is brown and her eyes are brown. She pals around with Helen Weber. Her favorite subject is type , and her pet peeve is algebra. She is a member of 102.

BOY

He is 57 3-4 inches tall and weighs 97 pounds. His hair is brown and his eyes are blue-grey. He pals around with Harold Freese and Billy Mann. His favorite subject is orchestra and his pet peeve is practicing. He is a member of 300.

MIX-UP

The style show Friday was the cause of many gray hairs and though we haven't inspected it closely enough to be sure, we think this is one instance.

T o girls s t a ye d after school till four o'clock looking for a sack which contained a dress and purse. All they found was a pair of shoes; so they gave up and went home, hoping to find it on Monday. Sure enough, Monday morning Gwen Peters returned their property and claimed her shoes.

SHORT TRIPS

Bonnie Smith went to Sioux Falls , South Dakota, and to Northern Iowa. Shirley Moser wen t to Kearney and Virginia Lampshire to Omaha. Marcella Talbert visited her mother in Des Moines, Iowa. Dar 1in e Minchow has gone to Elmwood, Nebraska, recently, and Robert Hamman to Leigh. Don Huston went fishing at Louisville and Orland Hulbert went to Blue Springs.

NOW REALLY!

Are the boys losing their masculine dignity? We just wondered, because of late most of the 9A boys have been seen with finger nail polish on their nails. Jack Holbrook was even Sien putting some on during play practice And who started it? Well, a little bird told us it was Vernoy Jhonson. Now really, Vernoy!

MAKE up ·

The girl who sits behind me

Is a very pretty lass; She knows how to keep her beauty

But she's way below the class. She sit in her English class

And while other folks recite, She takes out her compact And makes her face look right.

She walks into Latin And takes out her comb; I guess she has never learned That that is used at home.

When she goes to her gym period, Then there's a fuss up there; "I can't take a shower , " she cries,

Why, it would ruin my hair."

In civics she spends the time Working on her nails; It wouldn't surprise me at all If in her test she fails. In home ec she says those things Almost make her faint; • So she leaves the room and comes back

Applying more paint.

-Jean Davenport, 316

CHANGE IN TRIPS

Something new and different in the way of civic league trips was experienced by the seventh graders on May 8. All 7B's and 7 A's went on the same trips- both boys and girls together in mixed groups. Assignments were made in Social Studies classes but no reports were required there on every trip as formerly. Forty trips were offered.

L. H. S. GLEE SINGS

The Lincoln High School Boys Glee C 1u b directed by Mr. Rangeler and accompanied by Miss Dudley gave an assembly, May 8, at Whittier. They sang four songs which were mostly sea songs. A number of the boys in the glee club were former Whittier students.

SPORT SHORTS

The boys in the gym classes have been tumbling, trying to make an efficiency credit. Many of them are very close to gettjng it, but none have succeeded yet. Some of the best tumblers are Wayne Hedstrom and Harvey Hays.

On May 6 the fifth period phys ed class wa s run in by dust blowing on the playground. The boys and girls ha v e started a paddle tennis tournament which is played at noon on the pl a yground. The boys who forget their gym suits from now on have a punishment waiting for them. Some of the events that the boys have been practicing in gym classes are : standing broad ju mp, broad jump , five-pound sho t pu t, baseball throw, and high j umping.

Well, baseball s eems to have the limelight with the s ort of weather we have b e en having. 308 in one game tied 309 at 6-6 and later tied 107.

The bo ys have been wo r king on the grounds in phys ed. Lately they have been filling up the holes which have mud and water in them along the baseball diamonds so they can play the games at noon.

The boys have been waiting , for the track meet which we hope is soon, but I guess the weather is not right for it. The races should all be good. Some of the boys that are expected to run are Walter Murray, better known as a high jumper, George Hilliard, Clyde Scroggins, Don Beck, Glen Bowers, Junior Burkes and there may be many more good runners. David Huff will probably be back at the broad jump this year. It is interesting to know that the Whittier Junior High School high jump record is only one inch less than the Lincoln High indoor record which is 5 feet 5 inches. The Whittier record is 5 feet 4 inches. Let's hope it is b1~ken.

NICKNAMES

Warren We!:lton

Wend ell Baker

Diane Lantz

Doris Taylor

Mary Lou Starke!

Viola Bodfield

Dorean Killian

Marjorie Stearns

Erlene NewVille

Verla Gibbs

EXERCISE

Corky Windy Donny Fritz Ritz

Mickey Squeeky Masie

Blackie

Spunky

Warren Wes ton and Bob Walters rode about 50 miles on their bicycles, April 27. They left at 7:30 in the morning and got back at 7 :00 o'clock that evening. Some towns they went to were Eagle, Walton, and Waverly.

Robert Chase and his brother rode their bicycles to Blue Rapids, Kansas, during Spring vacation. It is a di!i!tance of about one hundred miles. They started at 6:00 in the morning and reached home at 7 :00 in the evening.

John K iine and Bob Linde went on a bicycle hike about twenty miles north of Lincoln.

GOOD WORK, BOYS

Mr. Culler said that the boys are doing very good work on the school yards. He likes especially well the spading that has been done. Let's encourage them so that they will keep up the good work and beautify Whittier grounds.

PUPILS LEA VE AND ENTER

The Feis sisters have moved away from us, and California is very fortunate as that is their new home. Clara Foreman has moved to Washington and Melven 0 g den to Walton, Nebraska. Russell Bauman has gone to San Diego, California, and Robert Israelson to Sutton, Nebraska.

George Budler has come to us from Cathedral and Naomi Solt from Havelock.

ANSWER TO QUESS WHO

Miriam Loos

Jerry Hall

LIVE WlRES

The paddle tennis seems to be g_oing big. Sixty-four pup i I s signed up for the doubles i n ~hich only eight needed instr u ctio~. Miss Jennings gave th e m their partners by mixing all names and drawing two. E a ch two drawn were put together a s p3:rtners. The doubles tournam e n t will be played through once a n d • then pupils will be given t he opportunity to choose their ow n partners . • The girls phys ed classes h a ve been figuring out their o w;1 classification as set up by N eil s o;1 and Cozens for phys ed activiti es . Th_ere are eight groups for th en· ~e1g_ht, 3:ge and weight. A te s t 1s given m each group about t re group activities. A score of 60 per cent or above gives an effi.cie n c.:y credit.

We've noticed that the vo ll e' b3:ll courts have been busy, fi ll e::i with both boys and girls. Do n· c be bashful, boys. Get in and pl a } .

GENERAL ELECTION PROMISES

(Continued from page 1) will not be carried out. Howev e ,· he will do his all around best ~<; support the new president. D e~,n Lange wants to make a big- gH · and better Greenleaf. He ,,·d also do his part as vice presid e1, t and support whoever is ele ct ( i l president.

As boys' candidate for sec n'tary, Burt Danielson has agr eed to do his very best in suppor tir ,: r the presiding officers, and h; also would like to get more t a!ent as s emblies. Robert Schu ltz will also do his best to supp 01t the president and vice preside n t He says, "I will also try to ma ke a good secretary as far as wr •Ling is concerned."

VACATION PLANS

(Continued from page 1)

Betty Jamesson and Darl e ne Riggins will be in Utah this su mmer. Geraldine Walt and Ma ry Lamb are going to Michigan a n May Ring to North Dakota. Bu rt Danielson will be in New Yo r k. Joan Lee is going to both No r th Carolina and Indiana. We sl ey Morrison is going to spend h i vacation in Pennsylvania, N m:ma Carrol in M~ssouri, and DeLoss Marsh in Minnesota.

Wh i Gree e • 1er eaf

Volume 19 Number 1

September 26, 1941

Linc oln Nebraska

ASS EMBLY FOR C. L. OFFICERS

Inst allation of Civ ic League Officer s fur this semester took place at an assem bly on Friday Sept. 19. The flag salute and civic league pled ge were lead by offi c.ers a_fte~ whi~h everyone Jomed m smgmg America.''

Dorean Killian gave an interpreta tion of the flag salute. Then Miss Hult introduce d and admin istered the obligation to our n ew girls' presid ent, Mary Lou Starkel, followe d by her speec h of accepta nce.

Mr. Culler introduced and admin i s tered the obligati on to Warren Weston, th e new boys' preside nt. This wa s then followed by Wa r r en's speech of accep tance. Mus i c provided by Mrs. White, followe d, a violin duet by Dorothy Kelley 310, and Mary Lou Starkel 812.

Intro ductions of boys ' vice presi d e nt, Richard Matthews, our boys' s ecretary, Robert Schultz and th e boys' chairmen wer~ made by Warren We s ton. Mary Lou St arkel intro duced girls' v!ce pr esident, Dor ean Killian, girls' s e cretary, Virginia Reiter and the girls' chair men. The as~ SP.mbly en ded with th e song ''God Bless Am erica " by the Whittier Junior H igh student body.

S AFETY COMMITTEE

T h e Whittie r pupils are lucky to h ave the followin g members on t h e safety committee this seme ster:

Eu gene Farleigh 207, Jack Dou g l as 103, Gene Reifschneider 102, Charles Wilson 316.

Fra ncis Chri stopher 205, Robert H ayes 10 5, Frank Smith 106, Robert Adkinson 309, Charles Bolus 103, and Don Hoback 30 2.

Naom i Beutl er 11 2, Edna Rebens dorf 20 8 Ethel Lawson 320, He len Weber 103 , Phyllis Moo r e 3 05.

Donna Mae BeU 320, Estella In!?,' ra m ~12, Be tty Norman 209, Alice Sh1lhan 209 , and Marilyn Eaton 316.

The c h a i r m e n ar e E dna R~bensdorf and Eugene Farleigh .

KNOW OUR LEADERS

. If you don't know your officers, JUSt re_ad this. Our boys' president 1s Warren Wes ton w horn you could _tell any day for hjs good h?mor , his athletic ability, and his neatness

Our vice president is Richard Matthews. He will be picked out any place for his height. He is tallest of the boys' officers and has a good personality.

Our secretary is Bob Schultz who is fairly tall and dark and i~ good penman. He also plays m the band. In all, these three boys make a fi~e _trio and they should· send Whittier to the top

You will know Mary Lo~ Starke}, our girl.s' president beca~se she is always smilin g ' and friendly. She is very serious though, thorough in her work and ve~y dependa~le : She is good at pl aymg the v10lm and also plays the piano.

Dorean Killian, our girls' vice presiden t, always wea rs a happy face too, and she looks as if she had jus t stepped out of a band box. Her teachers tell us that she is a very good student.

. Our secreta ry, Virginia Rieter, is of the tall, dark and slender type. She is good natured and capable as well as a fine student.

LIBRARY BUSY SPOT

At the beginning of every semester pupi ls rush to the library which seems t o be one of the most popular spots in Whittier . Over 27,000 books were checked out last semester, Miss Bethune tells us , and she also says that with the 150 new books we have just received, there will be about 5,000 books on the sh elves of Whitt ier's library.

Last semester twenty- one pupils received efficien cy credit for the number of boo ks they read. One pupil has already started his reading for credit and there will no doubt be many more.

ENROL LMENT DE CRE ASES

Whittier's enrollment has decreased considerabl y since last year. Last year on September 9 our enrollment was 1,021 while th is year we have only .954 pupil s

GREENLEAF CLAS SE S SPONS OR ASSEM BLY

Today the Greenleaf reporter s and printers sponso re d an assembly a s a climax to the campaign for subscriptions, hotly cont es ted by the va r ious home r ooms.

The pr i nters and reporter s first introduced themselves to the student body by means of an original skit in which they all took part. In addition to this there was a var iet y show using Whittier talent.

Th~ boyf glee club sang two selec,~IOJ?.S, The Marines' Hymn" a~d Wmgs Over America." The girls' glee sang "Maria Elena" and "Til Reveille." There was a baton twirl ing act by Marilyn Delehant, Martha DeVo re, and Barbara St r ubbe. •

The re were several tap dancers. Wanda _J~mes danced by herself. P atricia Rankin and N?r.een Pe ttet did a duet. Patricia then tapped by herself and Noreen did an acrobatic dance.

These pu pils have been pracbcmg for quite a while and app re ciated your applause. Of course the high light of the progr~m was the a warding of the prizes to the w inne rs in the Greenleaf Campaign. Altogether we had some grand entertainment for the second assembly of the year. It was under the direction of Mrs. White and Miss Peterson. Mrs. Riley accompanied.

ELECTED PRESIDENTS

Whittier has chosen a fine group of home room presidents. They are as follows: Helen Hahn 212, Dale Harp 203, Phyllis Ross 2q7, Edna Rebensdorf 208, Harold Fisher 105, Arlene Anstine 108 D~n Sm~th 316, Be!ty Legler 300: Bill Smi th 304, Lillian Schafer 312. '

Lois Umberger 209, Geraldine Knau? 220, Alex Fink 303, Betty Schleiger 103, Irene Wilkinson 307, Dorothy Keller 310, Marion Wolf 205.

Fredrick Herzog 210, Lois Gillette 302, Jacob Schneider 308, LeRoy Campbell 107 , Shirley Ch andler 110, Diane Lantz 106~ Virginia Deahl 318.

Virginia Lampshire 309, Jack Berlowitz 222, Jack Applebee 320, Junior Kirkenba11 314, Pat Graham 112, and Frank Damian 102.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and establi s hed in 1 924 as th e offi c ial stud e nt pu b lication of Whitti e r Junior High School pupils. FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Mi

Mr. Gammill GREENLEAF STAFF

GREENLEAF PRINTERS

IN MEMORY

The whole shool was saddened by the death of Mr. W. F. McMullen, Whittier's mathematics teacher, shortly before this semester opening. He had taught here for seventeen years and was respected and admired by the pupils and teachers. Although he is no longer with us, his memory remains.

TO THE FRESHIES

Do you get tongue-tied when your new teacher asks you a question? Are you afraid to raise your hand because no one else does when your teacher asks if you understand about rooms etc? Like to fall though the floor when you get into the wrong classroom or just can't find yours?

Well, don't worry; we all did that. There probably isn't a pupil in Whittier who hasn't gone up or down the wrong stairs, parked his lunch in some one else's locker or forgotten his number.

Don't be discouraged: you'll get used to it. Maybe some of the older pupils have forgotten they were freshies once. Don't feel bad if they razz you about being one. They'll be going to high school soon where they'll be just as green as next spring's apples are now.

The teachers al ways explain things at the beginning of the semester, so if you've listened carefully, you shouldn't get mixed up. If you do though, you can ask any of the teachers or other students. Don't be bashful about asking, for, as "Pop" Heston says, "Unless they're 7B's too, they'll tell you what to do."

ALUMNI NOTES

Let's look in on some of our old Whittier pupils who are now in high school. For instance,

there's Phyllis Hoke who was our civic league president last semester. Those in home room who knew her must miss her, but she is doing all righ t as a member of the sophomore cabinet. Frank Loeffel, boys' civic league president, is also a member of the sophomore cabinet.

There are probably fewer people who remember Joyce Crosbie and Irene Hansen Joyce is president of the Student Council, and Irene is Editor. If all our students come out on top as these have, no one will have to worry about them.

Constance McBride, a Whittier pupil of a few years back, was governor of Girls' State, June 9 to 14, on the University of Nebraska Campus. Winifred Nelson was Miss Mayor of Rosencrans.

Joyce Stuve, Marian Coombs, June Pierce, and Moyne and Mercedes Miller have taken over duty as hall guides at Lincoln High.

Among the former Whittier pupils in girls glee are Gloria Green, Edith Hutchinson, Jane Leonard, Alma Telecky and Marjorie Walters.

A REMINDER

Some children just can't remember. We all know we should stay off the terraces in order to let the grass grow and make Whittier more beautiful. We stay off the front fairly well but we seem bound and determined to g et on those in the back. If all of us cooperate, I think we can help each other.

WHAT NEXT?

Betty Jamesson's grandfather must have very good hearing. She was telling about his corn in history the other day and said, "His ears are about a foot long."

OUR NEWCOMERS

Do you know the new teachers at Whittier? If not we would lik e to introduce them to you. Mi s s Virginia Holley was graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1937 and taught four years at Jackson High. The last two summers she has been illustrating a n agricultural text book. She b elieves that she is going to like it here at Whittier very much.

Mr Callan is another teach er from Jackson High. He is teachi ng ·drafting I and electricity I in t he shops. He says that in comparis on with Jackson, Whittier seem s pretty big. At first he was thin king of getting a horse, but we hope he has changed his mind.

Miss Tyre, the new arithmet ic teacher of room 318, is fro m Lincoln. Before she came to ·Whittier to teach she taught a t Van Fleet.

Mr. Koza of 303 has taug ht mathematics and science in northeast Nebraska for six yea r..: His home town is Clarks or, Nebraska. He says that Whitt ier has a very remarkable syste m, that the cooperation of the tea ch-• ers is above reproach, and th at we have a fine school spirit.

MIS.SING: FIVE TEACHER S

Whittier was not left out of all the changes made in Linc oln schools this year. We miss M rs Pinney who has moved to L incoln High. Her pupils will r emember her because of her efficiency in t e a c h i n g soc ia l studies.

We will remember Miss McGrew' s understanding and h e r appreciation of good art. S he teaches at Northeast High.

Miss Clark has retired a n d lives in Lincoln. We'll never forget her good natured joking. l\Ir . Strawn always had a ready j ok e too. He has taken them over t o Everett Junior High.

The boys in particular will miss Mr. Updegraft, who tau gh t in the shops. He has moved t o Northeast High.

Well, this is goodbye to all of those teachers. We wish th em lots of luck wherever they g o.

Bill: Have you ever had a n y stage experience?

Joe: Nothing, except I h a d my leg in a cast pnce.

TIIE .

FRO M AFRICA TO AMERICA

(A newcom er to Whittier is th e writer of this article . He is th e son of missionaries and was b orn in the hills of Belgian Congo near Lake Albert. This is h is second trip to the United States. Now on furlough , the family hop es to be re turning so on to Africa.)

T he sunn y plains and mounta ins of central Africa are a wonderful place to live, but there is al ways a time when you have t o le ave.

The fi rst sixty miles we travel ed were over gravel roads to L ake Albert where we took a s mall steame r across the lake. A bus was waiting to take us to Lnke Kio ga A small paddle ste amer pushing flat boats took us through the shallow lake. My b rother and I had a race to se e who could count the most crocodiles' heads. Next morning we got onto a small tra in , which t ook us to the main lin e.

For two days we watched the zebras, gnus, giraffes, ostriches, and gazelle s as we traveled acros s the grassy plains and moun ta in s to Nirobi. We had to wait for two weeks for the ship. Mean while we visited the mus eum and explored the city, which was swarming with ,,, ar p lanes and soldiers. After another lon g train ride we reached Mombasa. The ship was loading cott on, sisal, and flo ur as it lay in the hot tropical h arbor. Two weeks later standin g on the bo w of the ship, I watched the co ast of Sumatra. N ext morning we were piloted in to Singapore harbor . Everybody was glad to feel ground a gain. We spent the day in the botanical garden s. They had alm ost all the trnpical plants gro wing the re.

That evening •we left for Sh anghai, China. Four days l ater we picked up our Chinese p ilot at the mouth of the Yangtz e Ri ver Next mori1ing we were lying in the river waiting to steam into the narrow river l eading into Shanghai. Chinese ju nks were floating around everywhere. As we steamed up th e river, we could see where ho uses and factories had been sh elled by the invading Jap anese Shan g hai i s a dirty, narrow stre eted city. The climate was so September 26, 1941

hot we were glad to leave for Japan.

Our party was disappointed at fi r st when we arr i v ed in Japan. It was very hot but we visited as many places of interest as we could. What stru ck me about the temples was how clean they were kept Later we found out that there was a summer reso rt near Mt. Fuji. So we left K yoto by the next train. After two weeks • we left for Canada on the Hika w Maru.

Everyone was glad to see Canada. It felt to me as if I had escaped something.

-David Searle,

312

SCHOOL DAYS

School days, school days, Good old golden rule days, What's good about school I'd like to know, When you have to tramp through rain and sno w, Study all day, get home-work at night, Listening to tea chers, gee, what a plight!

These very lines I use d to say, But Whittier's swell after three months away, So out of my mind these lines will go

And I'll always sing the words below, -

Heigh-ho , heigh-ho, It's off to scho ol we go, Just keep on singing all day long, heigh-ho, heigh-ho.

- Phyllis Barribo, 307

GUESS WHO GIRL

She is a member of 310. She has brown hair an d blue eyes. She is 5 ft. 1 in. tall and weighs 99 1-2 lb. Her pals are Dorean Killia n and Mary Lou Starke]. Her favorite study is algebra. Her pet peeve is bragging. Who is it?

BOY

He is a member of home room 312 . He has blond hair and blue eyes. He is 5 ft. 4 in. tall and weighs 120 pounds. His pals are Bernie Logan and Bob Walters. His favorite study is band. His pet peeve is washing dishes. Who is he?

7B's IMPRESSIONS

The 7B's seem to have a good impression of Whittier. One thing they like especially is the change of classrooms. One 7B

sa id, "I can't sit still very long at one time. For that reason I like moving from room to room " They notice that the school is very clean, outside and in. They seem to like their teachers well. They also like Mr. Culler and the way he keeps the school running smoothly

We have chosen the followin g as the best of all the articles we received from the 7B's . When I came to Whittier this summer before school started, to look around, I was very frightened because my impression of Whittier was that if you made even a small mistak e everyone would shout, "Freshie, freshie ." Thi s fall whe n I starte d to school, all of the children were so w onde rful that I was really ashamed of myself for th inkin g they might be insulting. The reason I am writing th is now is to tell everyone that I think all of the children and teachers in Wh it tier ar e just grand.

-Marc~a Adkisson, 107

OUT OF TOWN PUPILS

There are 21 new pupils from out of town this semester. From District 102 comes Margie Walin, and from Fairbury, Nebr., comes Donald Norton. John Poulos cam e from Wichita, Kans. Jack an d Barbara Settle are from Kansas City, Mo. From Rapid City, So Dakota we have Bennie C'urtis. Ervin Lee Roy Roeh is from Garland, Nebr.

From Hebron, Nebr., are Melvin and June Brown. Dist. 57 has lost Mary Jo O'Halloran to us. Beverly Jordan is from Falls City. Clara Armstrong comes from Dist. 18. From Longmont, Colo., comes Elleen Roemmick. Long Pine sends us Helen Freeman. Dorothy Schultz is from Crete, Nebr . Marvin Tiecker is fro m Pleasant D a 1e, Nebr. F ro m Burwell, Nebr . , . came Garold Chalfin. . Hazell Sall came from Waterloo, Nebr. Wanda Jones came from Omaha. From clear down in St. Petersburg, Flordia, Robert Bengkant came to us. Beverly, Nebr., has sent Pauline and Frank Kohn. We welcome all of the out-of-town pupils and we hope that they will enjoy Whittier as much as we enjoy having them here.

SPORT SHORTS

The base b a 11 tournament started Wednesday, September 16. The tournament is being held under the double elimin ation rule. The home rooms should encourage new members of the school and 7B's to play on the home room teams. After· this tournament is held, football will get under way.

Gym cl as se s are playin g baseball and are learning football fu ndamenta l s.

Las t year's runnerup and champions played in the 1941 double elimin at ion tournament and the champions emer ge d victorious. 209 took a sh ellackin g from 314 to the tu ne of 2 0 to 3. We m us t give a lot of credi t to Dick Matthews for p itching and his teammates' timely hitting. It looks like anothe r tournament for 314, but feel assure:l that other teams are out for the crown.

CHANGES IN ROOMS

There have been some changes in rooms in Whittier this ye ar. The dark room has been changed from 318 to 216. Miss Tyre has her home room and classes in 318. Miss Helen Madsen , who used to be in 216, has now moved to 103.

Miss Clark's old home room pupils from 222 have been scattered hither and yon. Miss Schemel has moved there from 309. 309 now houses Miss Holley's home room although s he has her cl asses in 305. l\fi~s Falston's home room is cow in 302 instead of 301. Her classes are still in 301, however.

PLAY SUPERVISORS

The playground committee is helpful in our school in many respects. It promotes wholesome sports, builds body, and gives children an opportunity to get acquainted. Following are the boys' playground committee members:

Harold Egger, 310, chairman; Paul Provorse, 2 2 2, William Basler, 209, Richard Lawson , 103, Pete Debus, 303, Norval Emery, 103, Robert Klein, 316. Harold Hock, 110, Alex Fink, 303, Alvin Hoffman, 207, Richard Tejcka, 300, Delmar

Montague, 316, Gerald Duncan, 312, Richard Meyer, 307.

The chairman of the girls' playground committee is Lois Mayer, 220 Members of her committee are Viola Bodfield, 310, Miriam Loos, 102, Darlie Heckman, 310, Phyllis Harris, 205, Joan Eberhart, 309.

Marjorie Hart, 102, Barba ra Van Every, 209 , Wilma Lumley, 210, Mary Ann Weatherly, 316, Hazel Johnson, 316, Betty Hergenrader, 210, Betty Jean Dodd, 308, Lillian Schafer, 312, Virginia Lampshire 309, Barbara Strubbe, 209.

Virginia Boberg, 112, Marilyn Yowell, 102, Shirley Bennett, 106, Betty Jamesson, 210, Marilyn Delehant, 210, Velma Schwindt, 31G, Marie Miller, 107; Anna M. Thomas, 309, and Marian Loos, 212.

I DID NOT FARE SO WELL

Junior is the neighborhood pony. He is a pal of everyone. All went well until my time to ride arrived. Perhaps Junior was tired. He refused to go. I applied the switch. Evidently Junior was not pleased. He made a sudden start. I was embarrassed to find myself sprawling on the grass. My playmates apparently were enjoying the show at my expense.

I have ridden Junior since but I am never quite sure it is a safe adventure. Experience has been a dear teacher.

-Alma Harral

PLEASANT TRIPS

We have some interesting reports on pupils' vacations and we thought we'd pass them on to you. Well, Shirley Battcher of · 310 went to Iowa and she was there for two weeks. Helen Schultz , also of 310, took a trip to North Carolina. When she was there, they went down to the ocean. Helen LaRue of 208 and her mother took a five-week trip to Genoa, Colorado.

Mary Lou and Irene Starkel spent two weeks of their summer vacation in seven states, California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada. They reported having much fun. John Warren Luebs went to Estes Park, Colorado, on his vacation . He visited Bear Lake, Dream Lake, and Grand Lake. John ended up his trip by going to Denver, Colorado.

LIVE WIRES

The tournaments in games of the season for the girls are well on the way starting with tha t favorite and leading game tha t most of the girls like to play , base ball. The tournaments t follow are soccer base ball, soccer three-base, and others tha t are liked.

Miss Jennings said that th e boys and girls who would like to play paddle tennis should com in and see the girl in the office We know how you people fee ] who are underweight or wh o have some physical conditio n which is keeping you from playing base ball, foot ball, or an y other games with your hom e room. Mr. Wells has started a game for you people that you can play.

Tuesday afternoon durin g sixth period we went out on th e playground to ask Mr. Well the name of the game and hi s reply was "tin can horse sho pitching" or as he said, he call s it just "plain old wash hors shoe pitching." We also notice d that Mr. Wells' sixth period gym class are thinking about foo t ball in a serious way. We we re watching them making passe s and who do you think was trying- the hardest? None othe 1· than that little blonde, Haro l d Hock, if we're not mistaken. I wonder who the all-sta 1· pitcher will be of the girls whe n the season ends and the championship home room is decided Virginia Metcalf and Phylli s Hoke were the star pitchers of last semester. Remember them '?

Listen, 110 ! Do you want ci tip on a good player in you r room? Now don't tell anybody , but it's none other than that little bashful girl, Harriet Berr y .

TAKE HEED

Bicycles going across the lawn, Noisy pupils in the corridor, Paper thrown in water fountain s , Make things out of order.

- Emma Lofink , N adyne Mincho w

ANSWERSTO GUESS WHO

Viola Bodfield

Paul Blumer

The Wh ittier· Gree leaf

Volume 19 Number 2

Octobe r 10, 1941

Lincoln, N eberaska

GARDE N SHOW TO BE HELD

Oct ober 14 an d 15 will be big days at Whi t tier , the days of the garden s ho w Everyone and anyone ca n have a part in it. Garden p lan ts, vegetables, flowers, an yt hing growing, and anything conc erned with garden s will be di splayed. You will be able to di sti n guish the Gard en Club mem bers from the other exhibitors b y the cards. The Garden Club mem bers will have blue cards and ot h er exhibitors will h ave white car ds.

Eve ryone will hav e a chance to see these exhibi ts a s a ll English classe s will go to s ee t he d isplays Tuesd ay afternoon, Oc tober 14, there will be a g arden assern bly sponsore d by P. T. A. T here will be mu sic, talks, an d th e garden certifica tes will be pr es e nted

Ther e will be a committee of boys and girls wh o w ill act a guides and who will help set up display s.

Follo wing are the n ames ef the Whitti er pupils wh o will rocei ve, gard en certificates : Phyllis Ross, Bob Rockhold , Ru th Williams, Noreen Pettet, Em anuel Miller, Wesley Morrison, Robert Meng , John War ren Luebs , Clyde Irons , Clyde Harral, Miles Diehl, Leonard Coy , LeR oy Campbell, Alice Beery, Rob er t Chase, Duarn Johns, Dorothy E kblad, Herbent Greiner , Roderic Pr a t her, Duane Wilkinso n, Mario n Liv ingstone Charlott e Carmich ae l, Robert Rosenqui st, Howar d Greiner, Marvi n Provost , a nd Irene Holter

THORN S

In English cla s s the other day, a boy aske d Mi ss Wi lson if he cou ld ente r hi s mo t h er hen

an d chickens i n the flo w er show. Miss Wil s on i m m e diately repli ed wit h, "Mercy no! Live th ings are not to be entered." Y ou can imagin e how she must have fe lt wh en he explained that his mothe r heh an d chickens we re his cactus p lants.

THE WINNERS

310 carried off t he honors in t h e Gr eenleaf cam p aign with a 100 per ce nt h ome· room. Mrs. Boschu l t is t he ho m e room teacher an d the c la ss pre s id e nt is Dorothy ~eller 310 m us t be ve ry proud smce t he y we re th e on ly 100 per cent h ome ro om in Whittier. Second place h onors w ent to 312 with 29 subs criptions. The home room t ea c he r is Miss Zamzow and the preside n t, L illi a n Schafer. Third p lace w as w on by 320 with 28 subscripti ons. Mis s Curle y is the home ro om tea cher and Jack Applebee is presid ent. It w as a nip and tuc k a ff air with these three rooms leadin g all the way.

OUR USHE RS

Our ushers form th e very efficient committee t h at dismiss the ro w s in our a sse m b lie s. They also patrol the ha lls in t he morning and at noon . T h e girls of the committee are a s follows:

Beverly Jac k s on of 307 is chairman, Ma ri on Wolf 205 , Pat Moffet 112, Lois Gillett 301 , Janis P och o p 30 4, Phyllis Ross 207, Lois U mb erg e r 209 , Dorothy Hen s e 107 , Kath r yn Geist 108 , Mary Le a F erguson 110 , Pat Graha m 11 2

Th e boys fo r the committee are the fo llowin g: Elgin Martin of 320 is cha irman , Robert Higgins 210 , Cr es s Forney 103, Dick Laug hli n 10 3 , Stanton Vierk 2 0 8 , Don R.ingstmeyer 220, M a r 1 i n Bo 1a r 300 , Galen S im m ons 222, Sheldon Kushner 309, Carroll Brown 307.

FIRST DRILL

On Se p tember 26 we heard that old bell ring. This wasn ' t the u s ual bell, but it was repeated th r ee t imes. You know what that meant ! We all got t o our feet and marched out in 2 1-2 minutes, which is excellent time for our first fire drill. Mr. Culler complimente d the school by saying, " It was a fine drill."

VICE PRESIDENTS OF HOME ROOMS

The vice presidents of home rooms this semester are as follows: Betty Jean Dodd of 303, Marie Hoffman 300, B o n n i e Fitzsimmons 222, Patty Glanz 308, Ilene Shepard 314, Geraldine Knaub 220, Dorothy Applegate 316.

Alice Shilhan 2 0 9 , . Vernon Damme 203, Jean Balance 102, Sam Engle 320, June Shore 304, Norval Emery 103, Leroy King 310, James Love 210, Billy Johnston 307, Ralf Wilber 205, Shirley Dahl 302.

Bobetta Betz 312, Dorothy Schwartz 108 , Shirley Bennett 106, Chris Lyberis 110, Gladys Jordan 212, Gilbert Hudson 208, Janice Cochran 318, Jackie Greer 107 , Donna Leath 207, Joan Eberhart'. 309 , Francis Lewis 105 ~ and Virginia Boberg 112.

UNUSUAL PETS

Wilmajean Lumley has a miniature turtle named Wilber. His home is a gl a ss b akin g dish. H e is fed turtle fo od t w ice a week.

Darlene Maughan has had a pet cana ry named Tinky for one y ear. He can sing beautifully and will eat from anyone's h a nd.

Roderick Kuwamoto has (hold your breath) sixteen canaries, a mother and father and fourteen b a by birds. When they were born , they were only an inch lo ng The olde r ones fight and peck each othe r

Bob Higgins and Cecil Hall went hun t ing fo r squirrels. Inst ead of squirrels they got a snake. His home is in a bottle.

By the way, Priscilla Morri s on has two w h i t e rats, Franky and Johnny. She would be willing to give them away toan y one who would like to have them. Inquire at home room 316.

RAG DOLL ·

If you go around the hall hanging on to your friends, you can expect to be interrupted by ''Get a rag doll" in Mr. Culler ' s wellknown voice. We think you'll all get the point.

THE

TTIER GRE ENLEAF

Found e d and established in 19 2 4 as th e official stud e n t pub lication of Whitti e r Junior High School pupils. FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Mi ss Pet e r son, Mi ss Ferguson , M r Gammill GREENLEAF STAFF

D on ald Pappas

John Poulos

Rob e rt Schultz

Anna Mari e Thomas

Norma Ca r roll B e tty Ce derquist F ra n cis Christoph e r LaV e ra Ha wt h orne

Edwa rd W e sse l

Arlene An st in e

Dm:othy Applegate

Dick Mat t hew s

Phyllis Barribo R e t ha Brand t Marge ry Franks

Charice George Pat Marshall Priscilla Morrison Mary Peas e GREE LEAF PRI TERS

Doro t hy H e ns e R ose ll a H olman Th e odore Kahler

Arthur K o l b

A COMPLIMENT

Now we are going to brag a little. One of our old teachers, Mrs. Donald Folsom, formerly Miss KelJer, who taught here several years ago, has been sent several issues of the Greenleaf. Mr. Culler received a letter from her the other day in which she complimented it. She said she liked the arrangement of the pictures, glee club, committees , delegates, etc., in the 9A issue. Her whole family has taken a turn at reading it, and they all enjoyed it.

LOITERING

Take it from one who has been on duty at the bike racks, we need a lot of cooperation from the pupils. They were told not to loiter around the racks, but they still do it. I'm sure we can stop it if we cooperate with the officers. One good reason is that if they loiter around the rail they will soon be down in the racks.

PARTS OF SPEECH

Miss Peterson in 210 was having fifth period English. They were picking out parts of speech and naming them. In one sentence there was the word "today." Miss Peterson addressed Frank Smith and said, "What is today?" Fr a nk looked up blankly and replied, ''Tuesday.''

WE HOPE

Since school has started, th&re have been several examinations in the clinic. Dr. Meier conducted the dental exam and Dr. Woods, the eye, ear, nose and throat. Many of the students complained that the tongue depressors hurt their throats. One in particular was Shirley Nevels, who was seen

Phyllis N e w man

D

running down the hall yelling, "I never saw a doctor like that He almost killed me when he put that stick down my throat.'' We believe that she has recovered, however, and will live a good many years yet.

A DIRECT HIT

Barbara's big brother James had learned to shoot in an army camp. Therefore in his opinion he knew all about every kind of gun from sling shots and water pistols to machine and anti-air craft guns. He had one of his own. It was only a twenty-two long rifle to be sure, but he was proud of it and it was alwa y s kept in the best of condition.

One bright day James decided that he would be Barbara's greatest benefactor if he taught her to shoot. She, being an obliging sister, made no mention of the fact that she was much more interested in her book than the long hike to the city limits where the only shooting was allowed. After donning an out-size leather jacket and an equally uncomfortable bandana (the ends kept flapping in her face), they started out, Barbara carrying the gun.

On the way James explained about the safety catch, the cylinder in which the cartridges were loaded, and something about a clock.

"Now when you shoot too high and to the left, the man down behind the target says, 'three o'clock four-,' or something like that. Wait a minute, maybe I'm wrong."

"Is there going to be a man behind my target? Where's he?" Barbara tried to ask intelligently

"Of course not," replied James scornfully. "I'm just tell-

ing you the way they do it in the army."

She said nothing after th a t except "uh hu" and "oh" whe never he took a breath.

When they got out past th e railroad tracks on the edge of town, he had exhausted th a t subject and had begun on winds.

"When the wind is blowin g from that direction," he pointe , "you raise the sight this wa y ," he demonstrated. "Thus you a llow for the pressure the win d will make."

"Oh, that reminds me 'Go n e With the Wind' is showing at the Casino. Have you seen it "?'' said Barbara.

''No," answered James i mpatiently. "As I was sayi n g, when the wind-"

"It's really good I read th e book," cut in Barbara.

"Did you? You read to o much. Now when the wind- /' "When are you going to s ee it?" Barbara inquired.

"I don't know! Maybe I won 't. Maybe I'll see it tonight. W ho knows?"

"Oh," and Barbara seem ed satisfied. "When are you goi n g to start shooting ?" she aske d James gave a snort of disgu st "Se~ that t r ee over there? 1' 1 1 going to try for that dead lim b ." He missed by a foot. "Now y on try."

Barbara closed her eyes a m l pulled the trigger. It went w il d . "That's no way to do. Cl os one eye if you want to, and g et your object just below the n i ck in the sight. Don't pull the t r i~ger either-squeeze it."

She couldn't tell the diff e rence between p u 11 in g a nrl squeezing it, but she opened o ne eye just as the gun went off. It was a perfect hit. "Beginne r' luck" he said enviously. " If you 'practice long enough, you ' ll be able to do it every ti me though."

When at last they star t ed back, Barbara heaved a sigh of relief into the wind. "Who a re you going with when you s ee 'Gone With the Wind' tonigh t '?" she asked.

"Who said I was going t onight?"

"You did. Say - didn't y ou say you won a sharp shoote r 1 October 10, 1941

Sam Loos

on Pappa s Floyd Reifschn e id er

D on Rin gstmeyer

Ina Belle R oss Wayne Und e rh ill Vern e Wil on

med al when you were at training camp?"

" Well-no."

"You certainl y should have. Bo y! You can really shoot! How lo ng did it take you to learn?"

"O h-quite a while. It's not ha rd when you get the hang of it. "

"I don't suppose I ever will. If I hadn't spent all my allowa nce, I'd go see 'Gone With the W ind.' Maybe Mother will give m e the mone y ."

"Tell you what," said James im pulsively. " If you meet me in front of the the ater after supp er, I'll take you. I'm going to to wn as soon as I get home ."

"Will you really?" Barbara tr ied to pretend surprise. To he r s elf she added, "here's one da y that hasn't been wasted. Wh o was it that said something a bo u t a little well-placed flatte ry?"

-Mar

y Pease.

SC HOOL LlFE IN AFRICA

" T here goes that rotten bell!" "I wanted to sleep." "Shut up over there!" "Now, boys, I'Jl hav e to give bad marks." And so s tarts the day.

''Who wants to play ball?' 'yells the sportskeeper. "Let's hurry up and get started." "It's cold!"

A n hour later when the breakfast bell rings, ''Let's finish the gam e." "I'm not going to be la t e, '' and off march half the team s.

A fter breakfast there is plenty of t r ouble making. The younger bo y s make their beds and clean up their end of the room. The older boys are in charge of rooms and are responsible for untidy room s .

A t nine o'clock school starts. We did have five teachers. Se v e ral taught the lower grades and several the lipper grades. Besid es that there was a music tea cher.

Our noon period was from tw e l ve to two. After lunch we coul d do anything we wanted to e x cept get into mischief School bega n promptly at two and ended at four. From four to six we play ed ball, marbles, tennis, basket ball, bicycled or went swimming three miles away. We used bikes and sometimes we would borro w an old Ford from the dorm itory master. After supper THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

we had an hour to fool around in; then we studied lessons and went to bed.

Almost everybody had a job, head boy, janitor, reminder, who told bath days, reminded of rules, and made announcements, bicycle keeper, bathroom steward, who kept the bathroom clean, and many other jobs. The girls had the same jobs for their half of the dormitory. There were thirteen girls and seventeen boys when I was there. I think there are five more boys and two or three more girls now. The school is enlarging fast. •

Saturday we were allowed to go anywhere we wanted between eight and six o'clock. Lunches were provided by a boys and girls cooking committee who made the sandwiches and drinks. And so our school term of three months would pass. We had a month vacation at home and then back to school. We had three terms in one year. This is the kind of school life we live in Africa.

- David Searle

PUPILS LEA VE

Whittier has already lost some pupils. Wilbur Westphal and Shirley Glantz went to Everett. Helen Roll as has dropped because of illness. Lupe Arenas went to the beetfields. • Wall ace and Richard Bevier went to San Diego. Hazel and Naomi Solt and Robert Rockhold went to Irving. Dorot by Watson went to Nortteast.

NEW PUPILS

New pupils who have come to Whittier lately are Betty Clark from College View, Josephine Lowell from Missouri, Darlene Allen from Belmont, Eugene Oliver from Illinois, and Norma Welch and Thelma Brunell from Everett.

SLEEPY HEAD

Who do you think are the biggest sleepy heads, the boys or girls? Well, it's the boys, and boys, don't deny it, because we can prove it. There have been forty-nine boys tardy so far and only eight girls. These records show that the boys had better do some hustling because they can't let the women get ahead of them. And who says the girls are such slowpokes?

THERE AIN'T NO JUSTICE

"Sis , hurry up! It's seven o'clock." Zoowie! Just like that, and I'm brought out of the best dream. Gee, I've never known it to fail. Of course, it's a pretty go od idea to be on time for engagements, but I think there should be a few exceptions. School? Yes. It's a fine place, and there are a lot of good friends and some swell teachers and subjects too, but well, for instance: I'm reading a very interesting book when the phone rings. I get up and answer it although I hate to leave my book. ''Hello! This is she. Yes, I entered a contest. What? Rea1ly? Are you kidding? Whoopee!" (He just told me I had won a thousand dollars, and to come right down and identify myself.)

_

Well, I rush right down and after arguing with him for a w bile, he is finally handing me the check for a thousand dolla rs when bang! It happens! Mother is calling, "Hurry up; it's seven o'clock." Now, I ask you, is there any justice? Why I would have had a thousand dollars, but no, I h~ve to get up and get ready for school. Now my mother is a swell person and I have a lot of affection for her, but why does she have to break the silence with the correct time?

I haven't found a solution to my problem yet, and I suppose in the years to come when if, by chance, I should leave high school by graduation and not have the opportunity to gripe about having to get up for school, I'll wish I were back. Maybe I don't know when I'm well off.

- Mary Lou Reason, 312

OH ROBERT!

When calling roll, Miss Cross would certainly get mixed up if she called her boys by their first names. Out of nineteen boys in home room, five are named Robert. They are Robert Folden, Robert Pat t er so n, Robert Reifschneider, Robert Wendell, and Robert Stephen, more than twenty-six per cent.

SPINACH

Shirley Bottcher was a bit unsteady on her feet a few days ago. When she was coming out of the building, she fell down three steps. She got up and took two more steps and then fell the rest of the way down.

SPORT SHORTS

Mr. Wells is trying out a new plan in the gym classes. It has to do with football. The plan is that you have to touch the person with the ball with both hands instead of one.

There are some good 7B football players coming up. You home room captains had better look into this and get them on your team.

As the baseball tournament came to a close, it looked as if 208 were carrying a horseshoe around with them. They played two ga mes that .seemed sure to put them out of the tournament, but as luck would have it, they beat 103 ) 1 to O and 303 , 4 to 3. Some of the outstanding players have been Pete Debus and Alex Fink of 103, Richard Meyer of 307, Bob Klein and Charles Wilson of 316, Dehvyn Shasteen and Duan e Slo a n of 318, Ray Aguirre and Bill Sundet of 220, Junior Kirkendall and Gene Rice of 31 4, Warren Weston and Jacob Schneider of 308, William B as ler and Wen dell Baker of 209, Cecil Hall and Ja ck McCormick of 309.

BOOM! BOOM!

In case any of you have been wondering about the terrible noises on third floor a few days ago we want to explain that it was Mrs. Boschult's science classes studying explosives as a part of their chemistry unit. They got some experiments from a ma gazine. They were quite harmless, but because of the number of inquisitive people who rushed up to see what was wrong, maybe we'd better print some of the directions that went with them.

''Don't rush up to see what's the matter if they don't go off as you expect them to. You may come back faster than you went.

If you want a bigger noise, use the amounts we have suggested first, then use your judgment-if any.

Fill in the following sentence ' ____ rush in where, angels fear to tread'. If you haven't heard the quotation, get the help of a librarian before you do the experiment.''

LINCOLN HIGH NRWS

Some happenings that have been going on at Lincoln High recently were overheard by your reporter a few days ago. We thought that you would like to know what kind of name some former students are making for themselvefl.

We heard that Malcolm Allen who is now a senior, was elected president of the home room represen_tati ves, the governing body which represents Lincoln High School. He is also end on the football team. Another athletic-minded young man is John Blumer, who is a center on ~incoln High's football t ?am. Jane Leonard was elected president of Miss Stowell's voice class while Ion alee Sehnert is the new secretary.

Orpheons' tryouts disclosed a new list of talent for the Lincoln High junior-senior music club. Some of the members are Helen Collins , Marjorie Walters, and Joyce Stuve.

When the meeting was held, Sept. 18, to choose the new members for Mimes, L. H. S. drama club , there wer e several former Whittier students who were fortunate enough to be chosen. They are Pat Ackerson, Bob Eaton, Norma Bodenhamer, Alice Gabel, and Margaret Pinkerton. That's about all the news we've heard this time. See you next issue.

NICKNAMES

Bu r t Danielson-Smokey.

Ralph Butterbaugh - Butter.

Charles Smith-Chick.

Ph y llis Harris---' Phil.

Paul Provorse-Pep.

Delmer Montague-Pinky.

Pat Daniels-Blondie. Bob Kline-Specks. Bob Hamann-Ham.

Dean Lange-Blondie. Le Roy Kenney-Teents. Shirle y Bennett-Marni.

LIVE WIRES

The base ball and the soccer three-base tournaments are well on the way. They will soon be over but there are others to come.

Last week there was a bit of disappointment in store for the

lovers of butdoor sports. A l ot of noise was heard on the wi ndow pane; surprised and d ismayed faces looked a long tim e at the beating rain.

Woul d you call this a reco r d or not? Anna Marie Thom as has been captain of her hom e room team for three years, fro m 7B to 9A.

Miss Hollyce Copple, a seni o1 · at the Universit y of Nebrask a, assists in the gym sixth peri od . Come on, boy s and girls. L et' s help Miss Jennings mak e voll eY ball a popular g a me this semester. She wants it to be a mi xe d volley-ball game with half b ovs and girls. She wants to kn o\Y what you think of the idea of one • home room playing th e other. Go in and gi.ve her all th P su ggestions you can.

If you see some of Miss J en. n i nv,s' girls limping around a m~ walkin g stiffly, it's because o i the tumbling. They are a b i' rnad at Miss Jennings beca mw of their difficulty in getting up and down stairs.

A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING

Dan Noble found a Pra yi n 1r Mantis by the Rock Island r ai lroad tracks and brought it t<, school. He b e]ieves it came on a cattle car as they haunt mul e.:. This insect must have been t l-ir' original wolf in sheep's clothin g. It is about three inches l omi: and has a triangular head w it!t two lar ge eyes. It folds its ar m s so that it looks like an old wo man prayin g, but on the inside or· the arms are sharp cl aws It is a relati v e of the grasshopp er and the cricket.

As soon as the babies a re hatched, they start killing sm a 1l im:ects. When the M a n t i s strikes his prayerful pose, oth er insects become curiou s and go nearer to see what it's a ll abo u t·. When they get within reach, t he Mantis shows the clawed side of his arms. He assumes an expression so ferocious that the insect becomes frightened to a point of paralysis. The Man ti sucks the body dry and then g oe" on praying.

THE WHITTIER. GREENLE

The Whittier Greenleaf

Vo lume 19 Nnmber 3

October 22, 1941 Lincoln, Nebraska

GARD EN SHO W SUCCESS

T he Whittier garden show hel d on October 14 was a big suc cess. All Whittier pupils atte nded through their English cl asses to look at the hundred ent ries . In the afternoon the asse mbly was held. It opened with the girls glee club singing "Wh en You Look In The Heart of a Rose." As you all know, the re was a big rose on the stag e . Much to our surprise out came Frieda Bronstien singing "O nly a Rose."

T he clever skit was made up by Miss Schemel and her 8B Engl ish clas Uncle Sam was pla yed by Randall Renken. Secret ary Claude Wickard was very well played by Stanley Ernst. Mr . Wickard's secretary was Jame s Boys. The pupils who were the Youth of America were Bill Derrick, Bob Brergkart, Bar bara Wilson, Glen Simmons and Maxine Hart.

The boys glee club dressed in worki ng clothes and armed with gard en tools put on a clever skit endin g with the song "Whistle Whil e You Work."

FLOWERS

Hav e you noticed all the cute little fl ower arrangements in various r ooms about the building? They ar e from Miss Ferguson's art cla sses w h ich ha v e been studying fl ower a rrangements. They divided the classes into groups. The grou p s brought flowers , arranged t h em, and chose the room they would send them to. The tea che rs were all glad to get them.

HALLOWEEN

This is the night of Halloween, Across the moon a witch is seen, Ho ve r in g over the old North T ower Wa iting for the Zero hour. The Ghosts and Goblins have a plan

To frighten people if they can; The Old Black Cat and the Wise Old Owl

Know tonight is the night to howl.

You'd better go home and go to bed

And cover up your sleepy head; You'd better sleep the whole night through Or they might ge t the best of y ou .

-Pat Marshall, 102

PUPILS LEAVE AND ENTER

Whittier has again lost some more pupils Walter Murray, Thelma Brun ell, and Frank Nevels have left the city. Mary Jo O'Halloran went to California. Paul Deever has gone to Parsons, Kansas. Theodore and Harold Shepard have gone to Kansas City. Cleo Williams went to Nevada. Joy Sanstedt has gone to Missouri. Doris Clifton has gone to Northeast. Laura Mowry has gone to Evertt. Only one new pupil has entered, Shirley Rhodes from Hastings.

GRADES

Yesterday t h e p u p i 1s of Whittier receiv~d their first grades. They are of a different kind, the pupil being rated as excellent, satisfactory, below average, or failing. Suggestions are checked for the pupil's improvement.

FIRE DR ILL INSPECT ED

Mr. Culler and the fi remen thought that the fire drill on October 8 was very good and no criticism was made. It was o ver in two minutes a nd fifty seconds, faster than ne cessary.

RELIEF I N S IGHT

PupHs have b een loo k i n g forward to the t e ach ers convent ion all week . It i s the first vacati on thi semester for the pupils Bo b Simpson i s the on ly one we ' v e heard from who is going out of town. He will go to Kansas City

It won't really be a •vacation for the teachers though. T hey will have to attend meetings morning, noon and night. However, it will be a change which we hope they will enjoy as much as we expect to.

TREASURERS

One of the most important officer in the home room is the tre a surer. He must handle money and write receipts. The treasurers in Whittier are as follows: John A. Poulos 105, Doris Ann Michael 300, Valoy Brown 304, Mary Lou Reason 312. Jerald Chaffin 209, Loi s Heat. er 220, Peter Debus 303, Donald Slater 103, Elaine Arenson 307, Harold Egger 310, Robert Fqlden 205, Harold Ebert 210, Dorothy Watson 212, Myron Weideman 203, Alvin Hoffman 20 7 , Stanton Vierk 208, Lorraine Stewart 108 , Hazel Johnston 316.

Wanda Jones 107, Tom Pierson 318, Alice Berry 102, Virginia Reiter 222, Barbara Haning 308, Shirley Farmer 3 14, Elmer Lawson 112, Mary L ea Ferguson 110, Donald Witu lski 302, Frank Smith 10 6, Virginia Loos 203, Grace Chilen 305, Donna Mae Bell 320.

9B's TAK E T RIP

The first group to go on the civic league trip th is semester were the 9B ' s on Oc tober 16. The speaker wa s Mr. Jiles W. Haney, professor of mechanical engineering, U. of N. Whitti e r teachers who w e nt we r e Mr. Ross, Miss Hult, Mr. Callen, Miss Kier, Miss Peterson, Miss Dee, Miss Curley, and Miss Veerh u sen.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and established in 19 2 4 as th e o fficial st~d e nt publication of Whittier Junior High School pupils. FAC U LTY ADVISORY BOARD

Mi ss P et erso n, Mi ss F er gu so n, Mr. Gammill GREENLEAF STAFF

D o nald Pappa s J o hn P oulo s R obert Schultz Anna Ma r i e Th oma s

Edwa rd W essel

Arlene An stine

D oTot hy Applegate Di ck Matthews

PRINTER S No rma Carroll

Cederquist

WHITTIER MANNERS

Mr Culler said that a majority of us have good manners, are obedient thoughtful, industrious, and cooperative. ''Unfortunately,'' he said, ' ' Whittier is judged by the few that are none of these." He went on to say that there has been too much loud talking in the halls, ·also too much running and scuffling. Come on, let's be proud of Whittier. Do your part to bring Whittier's standard up.

BICYCLE MEETING

A representative from each home room met on October 6 with the safety committee and cabinets to discuss matters concerning bicycles which might cause trouble or pupils' being killed(1) Congregating in the street north of the bicycle racks, (2) Pupils who do not have bicycles go to the racks, (3) Taking other pupils' bicycles without their permission.

PROPERTY COMMITTEE

The property committee has many responsibilities such as supervising bicycle racks and terraces, setting the stage, taking care of the flag, and running the curtain. The chairman is Jack McCormick. The committee is as follows: David Johnson 3 0 4, Robert Hamann 312, George Wilcox 316, Bill McEntaffer 309, Edward Wessel 304, Kent W assung 222, Billy George 310, and Orland Hulbert 312.

The girls chairman is Geraldine Smith. The committee members are Betty Bollen 312, Geraldine 2-

Sam Loos

Jim Milhollin

Phyllis N e wman

D on Pappas

Floyd Reifschneider

Don Rin gstm eyer

Ina Belle Ross

Wayne Und e r hill

V e rne Wilson

Knaub 220, Alma Schleigel 309, and LaVera Hawthorne 210.

LINCOLN HIGH NEWS

Here's more news of former Whittierites. Joyce Crosbie was Lincoln High's official deleg~te ~t the student council convention m Wichita, Kansas, October 17 and 18. Nineteen new members have been added to the art club as t~e result of tryouts. One of them 1s Willa Jean Hightower, a former Whittier pupil. When Lincoln High played Sioux City East, October 3, the Lincoln High band lead by majorette, Eleanor Edison, paraded between halves.

At the Sophomore party, October 3, Kathryn Dean gave a tap dance, and Walter Bergstraesser played a flute solo, '' Flight Of The Bumble Bee.'' Johnny Blumer was the starting center on Lincoln High's football team when they play~d Scottsbluff, October 10. Two returning letter-men on the baseball team are Bobby Rubino and Bob Jacobsen. Harriet Turner was the runner up in the Girls Golf Tourney held October 2.

The pep assembly held October 3, featured an Indian dance by Connie McBride and Peggy Hudson. The girls were dressed in Sioux tribal outfits. That seems to be all the news this time. See you next issue.

SHOWS GAS MASK

Bob McMasters of 209 brought a real gas mask to school. A friend of his mother's sent it from England. Bob showed it and explained all about it to Mrs. Shike's and Miss Peterson's first period classes.

THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOO

N

Every once in a while :we would spend a month or so ~ th some of our friends who hve d in the foothills of these mou ntains. . . The Ruenzori Mountams ris e steeply up from rolling plains t o majestic snow-capped peak s. There are rushing torrents of clear, ice cold, snow water pou ring through rocky gor_ges. ~ 1 e forested mountains rise h1 g_n above the clouds where th e n· white tops dazzle the eyes in th e tropic sun.

My father, who !oved mou ntains, planned to climb up to a spot where he could get an ext r a good view of the peaks. So af te r getting ready they took m e along with them. After climbi n gseveral hours up a steep fe rncovered hill, we came to the fo rest. I ran ahead whistling an d enjoying myself, when all of a sudden a thundering, high swe llincr voice scared me so much th at 0 Id 'L I froze to the ground. I cou n L talk but stood staring blankly at the huge monster not more th a n twenty yards away. Then just as suddenly as the elephant ha d appeared, it disappeared throu gh the thick jungles without m a Jing a sound!

We camped farther up t he mountain. My father got his pi c-tures that night and next mo rning. (The moon was bright.) W P had climbed about two thousa ncl feet.

It didn't take very long t o climb down since we didn't ha v e to cut our way. By the way , T was rather glad we didn't me et the elephant again.

-David Searle

A VISITOR

Elston Murphy, formerly of 208, was a visitor, October 9. H e talked to his home room teach e r, Mrs. Shike, and to the pupils of her sixth period English class. H e told them of his training and e xperience as a member o~ the Coast Guard. He is now station ed on the East Coast.

October 22, 1941

Phyllis

BABS AND JAMES

Ja mes wore a look of disgust on his face such as only an older br other can hold for his younger sist er. Barbara had just been telli ng him about her troubles wi th her teachers, hoping to get a little sympathy. It was plain to se e that he had no feelings.

"You can't expect them to spe nd all their time trying to ma ke you happy. After all, you aren 't th eonly pupil in the class.''

' 'S he doesn't lose any sleep over me or anyone else," Barbara said unreasonably. She was still a li ttle surprised that James had n't shown mor~ concern over her difficulties.

''You'll have to do some apple po lishing if you expect to get alo ng in this world,'' James be g a n, and Barbara settled hersel f for the lecture which she kn ew would follow. James began by telling her all about apple po lishing and its different uses. At t he end of a half hour he was s t ill going with gusto. He had pr etty well exhausted the subject a nd was beginning to repeat. He ha d just said something about, " You'll find that people who do thin gs like that, are the ones who ge t ahead.''

Barbara suddenly came back fro m her thoughts of the next foo tball game and what she was go ing to wear. ''Like you , for insta n ce?'' She asked.

'' Y eah,'' James said, as if he had just thought of it. He had bee n trying to lead up to himself e v er since he had begun. ''The oth er day is an example. The tea cher always explains our proble ms before we work them, but we ca n do them any way we want to. N ow I don't think much of his method but I took my paper up a nd asked him what he thought of mi ne. That made him feel good to th ink that I wanted his advice; so h e gave me a good grade. The pape r was kind of messy too and there were some that were lots b etter that didn't get as good a g r a de.''

Barba r a made no comment as he went on. She was still wondering whether she would wear the green dress or the blue one.

''That new teacher though,'' he said thoughtfully, "he didn't give me a very good grade. I don't know what I'll do about him."

Barbara half heard him and decided she ought to make some remark. " You might get your lessons right," she said innocently. Then she woke up and suddenly knew she had said the wrong thing. ''I mean.'' Then she looked at James. He was laughing, and of course she laugh e d too.

"You've got something there," was all he said.

That evening when Barbara said something adout apple polishing, James suddenly had a fit of coughing and left the room. He was not seen again until morning.

-Mary Pease

HOBBIES

Almost all of our hobbies this time belong to 7B's. The only exc e pt i o n is Geraldine Wart. Geraldine collects napkins, glass bottles, and ornamental pins. She has nearly one hundred fifty napkins, fifty bottles, and fifty pins.

Perry Lewis has a collection of toy dogs and dog pictures. There are thirty toy dogs in his collection. One is over twenty years old. He has three hundred dog pictures, including everything from Mexican hairless to St. Bernard.

Kenneth Berg has a scrap book of 125 Campbell children. These are the pictures of children advertising Campbell's products. They all have rhymes under them.

WELCOME BACK

Tourist (Paying his bill): Well I'm square now.

Hotel Keeper: Yes sir, and I hope you'll be round again very soon.

GUESS WH O Girl

She is about 4 feet 10 inche s tall, and weighs 92 pounds. S h e has green eyes and blond hai r Her home room is 110. Her pet pee ve is washing dishes, and her favorite subject is gym. Her hobby is collecting ticket stubs. She runs around with . Shirley Bennett and Marilyn Yow ell.

Boy

He is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 113 pounds. His eyes are hazel and his hair is dark bown. Collecting Nebraska football pictures is his hobby He dislikes the sight of girls who tell everything they know. His best pals are Jerry Duncan and Red Lawson. His home room is 310. Basketball is his favorite sport.

UNUSUAL PETS

We have a few more interesting pets we thought you would like to hear about. Russell AlJerton has a white rat, Felix. He is one year old. Betty Bollen has a very· unusual pet; well, you can call it a pet if you like , Oscar, a Mexican • jumping bean. She keeps him in a pail of water part of the time so that he won't die. He is brown with tan on top. Marvin Thurber raises rabbits. He started raising them two years ago. He now has only two because he has given away so many.

HOMEMAKERS HANDICRAFT

In Whittier cafeteria every Tuesday approximately fi fteen women meet from 1:15 till 3:15. This club sponsored by the Board of Education is not only for mothers but for all women 16 years or over and not attending school. The object of this class is to teach women how to make rugs, mittens and many other useful articles. They are also making dolls and oth er toys to send to Britain. This club which is led by Miss Beatrice England is going to be in session fourteen weeks. This is a cordial welcome to all women elgible to come to these sessions.

SPORT SHORTS

There has been a lot of bad weather t his fall. It held up the baseball tournament , but b a d weather or no bad weather the boys always find something to do . While the rainy weather was on some of the boys were pr3:cticing voJley ball in the gym.

We think of the girls as the good kickpin players, but the bo y s are coming up fast. A wbile back I went into Mr. Wells ' fourth period gym class. There t he boys were playing with shoes or without shoes. When I asked t hem how they liked it, they ju s t said, "It's o. k. " That was all I could get out of them.

Well, the baseball tournament is over and the winning team is none other than 220. Ray Aguirr e, who has been playing some fine baseball for 220 , •couldn't pla y a t alL His pitching arm was not in good shape. He wa lk e d eight runs in the fir s t inning , but h is t e am ma t es d id not give u p . They were fighting all of the t ime. With only a m i nu t e to go, Bill Su ndet came up to bat with the base s full a n d two out. They were behind 6 to 9. What did h e do but catch hold of one and knock it over the center fielder's head for a home run that won the game just as th e be 11 came. The final score was 2 2 0, 10, and 316, 9. One of 816's best players was on the sidelines with a bad leg. Bob Klein was the boy who did not get into the game.

The football tournament is going to be a round robin. All of the teams . will play about once a week. Later on there will be a tournament held for teams with the best records.

A motorist had an accident with his car. He limped painfully to a telephone booth and called the nearest garage. "Hello," he said. "I've turned turtle. Can you do anything for me? "

"I'm afraid not," came the reply. "You've got the wrong number. What you want is the zoo.''

I'D LIKE TO

I'd like to sail the Spanish Main, I'd like to go to far off Spain, I'd like to see the great sea foam, But I think I'd better stay at home.

I don't want to go to far off Alaska, I'd rather stay right here in old Nebraska , Wher e pioneers came across the plains

In covered wagon trains.

-T w yla Dobbins, 108

AN OMISSION

Omitted in last issuse from the list of names of people receiving garden certificates were: Barbara Baragar, Kenneth Berg, Evelyn Daharsh, Ilene Ferguson, James Geist.

Dorothea Hughes , James Leggett , Donna Olson, Maryanne Pierre, Connie Pitzer, Mary Porter.

Rolland Rice, Bob Saddoris , Thedore Smith, Rita Trumball , Walter Wallen , Mary We bber.

THAT MAN AGAIN

Once again pictures have been taken for the 9A issue. The civic league officers, Greenleaf staff, reporters, home room officers, and other groups smiled for the birdie on Wednesday, the eighth.

BACKFIRE

The other day three boys were horsing around the playground when one of them got the idea of Dick Matthe w s holding Eugene Ayres, the victim, while mighty Weston busted him on the arm. Everything was set. Mighty Weston took a hefty cut, but Ayres had a trick up his sleeve. He turned his body and barn ! Matthew s got it in the eye. Oh, what a s hiner!

ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO

Shirley Chandler

Harold Egger

LIVE WIRES

The girls have some new equ ipment for gym, two soccer ball s , two volley ball nets, and a pu mp for the balls. Now the girls wo ' t have to carry the balls over to t h e boys gym for them to blow up . In gym Miss Jennings' si x t h period girls are doing a speed te s t called the dribble speed test. On e of the things you do in dribb li ng is dribble around Indian cl u bs

The best dribblers are the ei gh th graders. What's the matter wi th you ninth graders? Can't yo u dribble? Th e fastest of t h e dribblers in sixth period a r e Shirley Bennett, Ger a 1di ne Heaton, Darrene Kuiper, Be tty Legler, Marian Loos, Marg a r e t l)ubino, and Barbara Van Ev e ry.

The girl s gym classes h ay been pla y ing a game out sicte something like dodge ball. Wh ile watching them during s ix th period I w as able to learn a little about how it wa s pla y e,L You have s ome people in t he middle, the more the better. Y cu can play with one or two b a ll~Two ball s make s the g a me go faster. If the ball hits y o lt, you have to get out of tLe circle. Rose Smith and Barb a i a VanEvery were excellent .B t sta ying in the longest.

The ba s e ball tournamen t ~s going pretty rough. It's har d L o get the different home ro onl"' out. It is suppo s ed to be a t wo game elimination. If you lo~e two games, you're out of t h e tournament. 304 has a pre t ty good ba s e ball team. We m ig h t mention that it will be a to u g h fight for the championship b2tween 309, 316, 112, 203, a r d 210. Who do you think will wh 1?

THE SEWER

It was quite a sight to s ee Roderick Kuwamoto sewing u his coat in science class the ot h e r day. While the other pu p il s stretched their necks and bug g ed their eyes, Roderick sat qui e tly sewing away as though a vete r a n at that kind of work.

The Whittier Greenleaf

Volum e 19

Number 4

November 7, 1941

Lincoln, Nebra ska

CO MING SOON: VARIETY SHOW

December fifth, our variety sho w will be held. We thought our last one was the best we've ever had, but this one will beat it all to pieces, so rumor has it. It will be centered around a fair and is expected .to have freak s, barkers, fortune tellers , and other attractions seen on the Midway. The pupils will take the part of the employees of the fair 'Tis rumored that the te achers will have a skit in it.

The purpose of the show is to raise money to finish paym ents on the new sound machine and the screen. If we all s upport thi s as we did the last one, the machin e will soon be our s Let's be thin king about thi s now, and if you can do anything be sure to get in on the tryouts.

FILMS SHOWN

On Thursday and Friday the pupils of Whittier saw two films. The n ames were "Wheel s Over India" and "Th e Power Behind A Nati on". They were both very educ ational. The part that thrilled the pupils most in the show, was the showing of a prie s te ss of a hill tribe kissing their god, a huge King Cobra, on the head three times and then dep arting. "The Power Behind a Nation" showed in a very interesting way the importance of coal and the way it is mined and tran sported.

CONSTITUTION AMEN DED

Several changes have been made recently in the Whittier constitution by the vote of the p u p i l s. Per h a p s the most important one is the amendment which states that the president and vice president of each division shall be members of the 9A class since this has· been argued over and over for the past three or four semesters.

Other amendments designate that the president shall be in charge of delegate assembly and that the vice president sha11 be ex officio chairman of the office committee. Still another amendment states that there shall be not less than four delegate assemblies each semester. It requires a majority of twenty home rooms to amend the constitution.

They Enter and Leave

Whittier has again Jost some more pupils for which we are very sorry. Jacqueline Aughe has gone to Everett and Helen Freeman toBurwell, Nebraska. Robert Blacketer nas gone to California. We also have some new pupils for whom we are very glad. Shirley Jo Ludwig was called away on an emergency trip to Utah which caused a late entry. Goldie Norris and Wilma Jean Hergert have entered from Everett. Joan Watson has come .to us from Missouri. Shirley Glantz has reentered as has Harry Geier, who came from Lexington.

9A's TAKE TRIP

The 9A's went on their civic league trip this semester on October 30. The speaker was Dr. W. R. Baller, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Measurements, University of Nebraska. Whittier teachers who went were Miss M. L. Wilson, . Mrs. Childress, and Miss Hult.

SECRETARIES

The secret aries in Whittier take an important part in keeping accurate records of meetings. They are as follows: John Poulos 105, Vernon Brown 300 , Valoy Brown 304 , Mary Lou Starkel 312, Barbara Strubbe 209.

Jo Anne Hollingsworth 220, Arlene Crawford 303, Sher yl Hutchinson 10 3, John Montgomery 307, Harold Egger 310, David Ward 205, Esther May Bouman 210, Dorothy Watson 212, Myron Weideman 203, Bonnie Burback 207 , Betty Smith 2 0 8, Marion Livingston 108, Marylin Eaton 316.

Ernie Workman 107, Duane Sloan 318, Harold Hock 110, Barbara Mohler 106, Charlotte Ellis 302, Aline Leupold 308, Marilyn Yowell 102, Shriley Maser 222, Jean Johnson 112, Grace Chilen 309 , Verna Harr 320, Rozella Holman 314.

High School Choir Here

The Lincoln High School Choir, under the direction of Mr. Rangeler, entertained us October twenty-first, in an assembly. They sang five numbers: "Praise Ye the Name of the Lord ,'' ''Lullaby on a Christmas Eve,' ' ''Love in Grief," "Beauty in Humility," and ''The Plume Grass.''

Lenore Beck sang the solo part in the lullaby. The singing was fine. and we hope they enjoyed it as much as we did.

OFFICE COMMITTEE

The office committee is lucky to have a fine chairman in Dick Matthews. Their duties are to run errands. They are as follows: Roderic Prather, Jerry Ha 11, Alfred Bradley, Paul Jones, and Kenneth Strawn.

The girls office committee is as follows: Dorean Killian, Chairman, Dorothy DeHart, Bonnie Mitts, Marjorie MCcorkle, Elaine Arnholt, and Dorothy Applegate.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and estab lish ed in 19 2 4 as th e o fficial student publication of Whitti e r Junior High School pupils FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Mis s Pet e rson, Miss F e rguson, Mr. Gammill GREENLEAF STAFF

D o nald Pap pas

J o hn Poulos

R ob e r t Schul tz Anna Ma rie Thomas

Norma Carroll B ett y C e derqui s t

Franci s Christopher LaV e ra H awtho r ne

Ed ward W esse l Arl e n e An st in e

D oTot hy A pp le g at e Dick Matthews

• Phyllis Barr ib o R e tha Brandt Margery Franks

Cha rice Georg e Pat Marshall P r i s cilla Morrison Mary Pea se GREENLEAF PRINTERS

D oroth y H e ns e R ose lla Holm a n Th eodore K ah l er Arthur Kolb

RUNNING IN THE HALLS

There has been a lot of running in Whittier lately. What is the reason for this? If we were to have visitors what would they think of all the running? They would think we were very industrious and ambitious to hurry to class but I don't believe that. It is a lot of nonsense and a lack of self-control. Think it over, and discuss it with your friends. It is the work of all of us to make sch o o 1 an orderly place of business.

-A person with a guity conscience

BICYCLE RIDERS

Let's be more careful. Going out of the bike racks we rush pell mell down W street and on to 22nd like a pack of wild horses. Some day there will be a bad accident. So let's all cooperate and take it easy.

WASTEFULNESS

Did you know how much we waste in the building daily? Well, I'll wager that you never thought or even cared how much it was. The janitors say that about 60 cents worth of paper is collected daily. Aside from that almost a half-bushel of dirt is collected on regular days w bile on rainy days considerable more is swept . up.

HOW THEY VACATIONED

During Teachers Convention

Whittier pupils hunted, trav-

eled, had parties, yes, and even worked. Kenneth Strawn of 310 went hunting Saturday and Sunday. He went up to Madison a nd West Point. He said, "If we would have shot as many pheasants as we saw, we would have had many over the limit, but as it was we only got four, and one squirre l. " Bill Derrkk of 106 also went hunting. He hunted near Albion.

Football fan Marilyn Yowell of 102 went to Missouri for the Nebra s ka - Missouri f o o t b a 11 game. Diane Lantz went to a Youth Rally at Omaha, Sunday afternoon.

Several Whittier pupils gave parties. T h e y a r e Charice George, Pat Moffett, Bill Gillespie, Edna Rebensdorf, Gerry Beltz, Jack Applebee, Betty Jamesson, Jack Wild, Bonnie Smith, Paul Blumer, Phyllis Harris, Darwin Anderson, and Elgin Martin. A Hallo we' en party, Oct. 24, was given by Twyla Dobbins. Sixteen girls attended. All but three came from Whit- ·· tier.

Muriel Ericson, 106, went to Ceresco, Sunday. LaVera Hawthorne went to Malcolm. DeLone Ray Fillman must have thought "Honky Tonk" a very good picture. She saw it four times.

Here are some more pupils who went hunting - Charles Smith, Dick Snyder, Leslie Campbell, Donald Bomberger, and Jerry W h i t e. Charles Meyers and Mervin Smith visited a farm. Well, I guess Betty Jean Dodd is a football fan too. She saw the game from an airplane.

Fayne Teir went to Hasting s. Stanley Brehm and Bob Sa ddoris cleaned house. They bo th declare that they did a ve r y good job of it. Lee Rising we nt to Crete. Barbara Summe r s went to Plattsmouth.

Ardel Prather started a le af collection. Bill Tracy spent m os t of his time at the Y. M. C. A. Bob Simpson went to Kan sa s City. On the way home it wa s raining very hard. They could n 't ·see the junction that turns to the Nebraska City bridge a n d soon found themselves in S i dney, Iowa.

NORTHEAST NEWS

We were very glad to recei ve "The Northeastern," Northe a , t High's paper. Quite a num b er of former Whittier pupils a re now attending Northeast. A faculty senate committee h as been set up to work in conn e ction with the student comm ittees. One of the home ro om presidents enrolled in the cl a . s is Rosalie Skidmore. Har old Parker, a former Whittier p npil, is serving as life guard in a swimming class. We also h a ve news of a former Whit ti er teacher, Miss McGrew. She was an Art and English teacher h e re last year. She is a sponsor of the Girl Reserves organizat i on at Northeast.

"Northeast News" will be a regular feature in the Greenle a f Watch for it in every issue.

VISION EXAMS

The vision examinations a r e still going on and are runni ng smoothly. The reason for th e s e tests is to determine how m a n y children need glasses. It's a lo t of fun for the pupils to try to pick out the ball in the hoop.

''Back from yoqr holiday, e h ? Feel any change?"

"Not a penny."

November 7, 1941

BABS AND JAMES

Barbara wa s feeling very poetic th at morning. It was early atrtum n. The br isk air, often with the sm ell of smoke in it, the changing col or of the leaves, and the genera l aspect was bringing out the po et in everyone. James in particula r had elevated his thou g hts (a t least he made everyone el se un comfortably aware that he th ought so) above the others.

He had a little notebook which he always carried, but no one ever sa w what was in it. On the outside was written "Idle verse-and of ten worse." Though Barbara h ad tried e ve ry time she saw it, sh e had al ways been caught befo re she could read it.

T his morning she could hardly wa it to get outside. She walked aro und the house slowly trying to think of some sentences in wh ich to ryme' 'trees'' and " breeze". She was watching her fe et shuffling through the leaves an d did not see James until he sn eezed. He was sitting on a bench under a tree writing in his no tebook. Barbara sneaked up be hind him and looked over his sh oulder. There were a lot of scr atchy places where he had cr ossed out words, but after rea ding it several times, she fig ured out what it was supposed to be .

''Alas my heart is broken, My love has gone away, E ach moment spent with out her, Is much longer then the day."

Ba rbara laughed · so hard she coul d hardly stand up. James had pau sed in his writing several t i m es as if it took a lot of thought. Ba rbara was j u s t thinking, " H mm-it ought to be worth ab out fifty cents anyhow to ,Ja mes if I promise not to tell ab out this." She stuck her fist in her mout h and looked at the no tebook ag a in.

"Little sister Barbara, I think you're a brat, THE WHITTIER GREE LEAF

You thought I didn't see you, Now please be good and scat."

It didn't take her long to catch on. She didn't say a word but went back to the house. Her face was a beautiful pink, and it wasn't caused by the cool air.

She heard James chuckle just as she opened the door, and the pink turned to red. All the poetry was gone from her thoughts. She was trying to thing of a couple of good strong sentences in which to use "brat" and "brother," and she didn't care whether they rhymed or not.

-Mary Pease

NICKNAMES

Marilyn Yowell

Jean Ballance

Mary .Ellen Bolar

Marvin Provost

Pat Marshall

Dick Lawson

Dorothy DeHart

Marilyn Eaton

Marie Thomas

Charice George

Priscilla Morrison

Arlene Anstine

Shirley Chandler

Margery Franks

GUESS WHO Girl

Meme Windy Twerp Pee Wee

Patty Lou Red Dotty Lefty

Baby Cherry Silly

Mickey Daisy Kitty

She is a member of home room 312. She has brown hair and blue eyes. She is 5 feet 3-4 inches tall and weighs 112 1-2 pounds. Her favorite study is algebra and her pet peeve is practising piano. Her favorite pastime is collecting stamps. Her pals are Bonnie Fitzsimmons and Patsy Fitzsimmons. She is a member of the 9B class.

Boy

He is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. His eyes are blue and his hair is brown. Swimming is his hobby and he dislikes reading. His best pals are Paul Blumer and Warren Weston. His home room is 112. Football is his favorite sport.

LINCOLN HIGH NEWS

Marjorie Lundwall gave a commentary on a book at the Round Table meeting held Oct .16 . Jean Davenport won fourth pl a ce on an essay she worte about National Newspaper week.

Very athletic -minded young 1ad i e s are Harriet • Tu rn er, Virginia Null, Jane L a wrence, and Carol Lea Anderson, who won places in the various girls sports tournaments that were held recently. Marjorie Coulter won second place in diving in the swimming meet that was held Oct. 15. The scorekeeper was Eunice Way.

Speaking before the travel club, Oct. 13, Marjorie Nicholas related her experiences on her summer's vacation to the Pacific Northwest and Canada.

The Lincoln High orchestra pla y ed at the teachers' state convention, Oct. 24. Several of the orchestra members are former Whittier pupils. They are Carol Lea Anderson , Ellen Dietze, James Hackman, Mildred Heaton, Ardyth Kelly, Shirley Laughlin, Frank Loeffel, Jack Manion, Prudy Ann Morrison, Harlan Rhoades, and Marjorie Walters.

Bill Holbrook, Dorothy James, and Stuart Goldberg took ·part in the Mummers play ''You Can't Take It With You 1 " held Oct. 31, New members of writers club were announced, Oct. 20. Former Whittierites admitted were Norma Bodenhamer, Jean Davenport, Beatrice Haskins. Prudy Ann M or r i son, and Elizabeth Smaha.

SOMETHING IN COMMON

Jack Reichenbach and Lewis Ross have something in common. It seems as though they are in the same classes together all day long. You'd think they'd get tired of looking at each other. Jack's home room is 108 and Louis' is 316.

SPORTS SHORTS

The football tournament got away to a flying start. It looks as if 803 has a good chance with Alex Fink and Peter Debus. They get their team work in their third perod class since they are on the same squad. The big boys come from 314. They are Gene Rice, D i c k Matthews, and Junior Kirkendall , but the question is, can they use this size? 103 looks fair, but you can't tell. Your home room may win.

Some of the outstanding football players are Pete Debus, Alex Fink, Richard Lawson, N orvall Emery, Clyde Scroggins, Junior Kirkendall, Gene Rice, Dick Matthews, Raymond Aguirre, Robert Schultz, John Poulos, Warren Weston, Eugene Ayres, Gerald Duncan , Harold Egger, William Baker, Henry Esquivel, Robert Klein, Charles Wilson, Alvin Hoffman, Harold Fisher , Fredrick Hock, Jack McCormick, and Richard Akers. We hope there will be more outstanding p l a y e r s as the s e m e s t e r progresses.

It looks as if the cold weather is closing in on us very fast. The boys' hands are getting cold which makes the ball very hard to handle for those who have to handle it. We hope that the good weather will hold out so that the football tournament will last a few weeks longer. When the weather is too bad to play football, they will start a volley ball tournament which will be followed by a basketball • tournament.

Mr. Wells is doing a very good job training the boys who will be in the tumbling act in the school's Variety Show, which will be held on December 5. In Mr. Wells' gym classes, boys are already practicing basketball, which shows that this sport is soon to come. Mr. Wells and the boys are to be complimented for keeping all the football fields in such good condition. The playground committee also has been doing a fair job of refereeing the games.

LOOK OUT

Did you ever notice the center of confusion as you walk down the hall? Of course I am talking about the center stairs. Do you know that we are to keep to the right? (I doubt it.) All of you who take advantage of the center stairs be on the look out to see that you are on the right side.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

Bob Saddoris has a canary that has a perfect '' H'' on his head. It was hatched the same day that Bob's Uncle Harry was killed in an auto accident. Before the accident, Bob's uncle had asked for the bird in that egg.

WAS HE SURPRISED

The other day in one of Miss Peterson's classes she asked for a written lesson. Don Jones walked up and asked to use her pencil, and she very willingly loaned him one. Five minutes later, Don, with a sheepish grin on his face, walked back to her desk, and pulling a pencil from behind his ear said, "I had one behind my ear all the time and didn't know it".

FIRST SNOWFALL

The witches and goblins mnst have started celebrating Hallowe'en early in the morning. Any- • how somebody threw confetti all over everything. It was our first snow this season. At any rate, it was a good reminder that Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner. It seemed to be mostly the boys that didn't like it because they couldn't play football. Most of us will forget we ever disliked it when we start playing winter games.

ANSWER TO "GUESS WHO"

Girl- Mary Lou Reason

Boy- Bob Walters

LIVE WIRES

Since the soccer three bas e tournament was not nearly ove r and the first baseball tournamen t has ended, another baseball tournament has begun. This one is a one game elimination instead of a two game. The playground committee had a meeting to decid e on what tournament to play aft e r soccer three base. It was decide d that we would play off the volle y ball tournament next. In this onl y the side that is serving wins. It ' s your job to get the ball from you r opponents so that you can serve .

Miss Jennings stated in pla yground committee meeting th a t it has been said that some of th e umpires don't know all the rule s of • base ball. She said that sh e was going to give them a tes t and if they didn't pass it, the y .vrnuld be put off the playgroun : committee . Also members wh c were down in their grades woul 1 be put off. Any person wearing a badge should be tops in the ir school work and know the thin g k they should know about the ir committee.

Old man weather was again st the girls during the finals of th e first baseball tournament. It. was so bitterly cold that man :. of the girls didn't show up fo ~· the games which forced the nt out of the running. In fa ct. some of the best teams wh o were making a bid for cham p-: had such cold-blooded membe r: that they would not face t h _ chilly October wind.

Last year private teams we r.-. organized to play the volley b a lJ tournament by home room "' Also last year we had just i ntroduced volley ball. This yea all home rooms are represent e d in phys ed, about four to t en from each r o o m. Everyo n P should play. In the eighth an d ninth grade phys ed classes we have chosen volley ball tea m ;:-; to play a round robin tourn ument. The team that wins thr e e out of five games are th e champs for that class. Durin g the noon hour these three champion teams will play each oth 1 to determine the champions fo r the eighth and ninth gra d t! classes.

The Wh ittier Gree I af

Vol ume 19

Number 5

November 21, 1941 Lincoln, Nebraska

PUPILS GIVE ASSEMB Y

David Searle, a Whittie p'l wh o has spent most of his life i Afr ica, gave a very interesting an d unusual talk in assembl No v. 7. He told about the natives of the Belgian Congo describi th eir homes and customs. We ha ve r een promised that we will he ar more from him ~nd look for ward to it.

Sam Engle did the announcing, and the girls octet t e sang "Rancho Grande," and ''I Don't Wan t To Set The \Vorld On Fire." The string quartette played a min uet, and Virginia Seiler finish ed up with two numbers on her accordian.

PUPILS ENTER AND LEAV E

These pupils have left Whittie rece ntly. Casel tine White has gone to Minneapolis. Jerome Schmidt has gone to California. Norman Wond ra has gone to Gering while Rob ert Higgins has become a citiz en of Boys Town. Charles My ers has moved to Omaha and Iren e Kreiner is now in Everett. Jack Reichenbach and Irvin An derson have transferred to Nor theast, and Jack Harwood has move d to Superior.

We also have some new pupils. Kathr yn Roland has come from Kan sas. Edward Leikam, Alva and Helen Kehling are back with us again. Marlyn Nelson has come to us from Havelock, Raymond Howell from Everett, Harvey John ston from Northeast, and Melvin Tarpley has reentered.

OPEN HOUSE SUCCESS

About 905 parents attended open house sponsored by the P. T. A., November 10. The usual class schedule was run, each period being six minutes long. During the noon hour two sound films were shown. Candy, apples, and popcorn were sold in the halls. Mr. Culler's comment was, "Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, pare ts and teachers alike. Everys . as enthusiastic about open " • 28 if o sl p ith th e t tur ey an all

COME TO THE FAIR

Whittier talent gal ore has turned up at the call for pupils to take part in the Fair. The way we get it, there is to be a lot of laughter in the Variety Show which we all know is going to be held on Dec. 5. Miss Schemel remarks that the acts are working out fine. You will wantespeciallyto see the teachers' act, with Indians whooping and Mr. Culler and Mr. Ca11en riding horseback, to where no one knows. Be sure to stay informed so that you won't miss out on a thing.

GIVE ARMISTICE DAY ASSEMBLY

t the Armistice day assemWhittier pupils gave the flag te, followed by Mrs. White's singing "Any Bonds Tor. Wells' first period gym class O ve a flag drill. A gas mask was displayed by Bob McMasters, and the Lincoln High octet sang four selections. We re roud to see Gene Sundeen ___ in this roup. Following the proo a sc ool was dismissed for e afte noon.

g no , our a f corn tter ce on ving platter."

icia

Ann Rankin

he 8A's were the third group of pupils to go on their Civic League Trip. They went on November 6. The speaker was Mr. J. W. Kinsinger of Midwest Life Insurance Company and Member of the City Planning Committee. The Whittier teachers accompanying the pupils were Miss Miller , Mr. Culler, and Mrs. Shike.

VISITING SPONSORS

P. T. A. sponsors spoke in all the home rooms on November 6 urging the pupils to encourage their mothers and fathers to join the P. T. A. They were introduced by the home room delegates.

Come turkey time, a number f pupils will be going to visit friends and relatives out of town. A m o n g these a r e D a r 1 i e H e ck m an , who will spend Thanksgiving in Friend, and Shirley Botcher, who will go to Glenwood, Iowa. Magaline Sims and Ethel Mae Whitebear are going to Omaha . Billy Fristoe will go to Fairbury and Jack Pierce to Pawnee.

WE ARE GRATEFUL

We wish to thank Bob Brooks, 300, for the very clever illustration on the front page of the Greenleaf. It was made in Miss Holley's 8B art class.

ACTS IN PLAY

Wilma Jean Lumley c-f 210 took the part of Audrey in the play ''George Washington Slept Here'' held at the Temple Theater, November 13, 14, 15.

GREENL

THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and we will soon be stuffing ourselves with turkey and pudding and pie and all sorts of good food. But -that isn't all. We will also get Thursday and Friday off to really enjoy Thanksgiving and have time to hav~ fun too. You probably all remember last Thanksgiving and the fun you had then. You may also be thinking all the time about the feast and the fun you ' re going tohave this Thanksgiving , b u t watch out so you don' t t a k e t oo much of · the feast or there w ill be hardly any fun because too full a stomach isn't a very nice thing and at times can spoil a · lot of plans. While you're having your fun don't forget the real purpose of Thanksgiving, and give thanks for all the food you have to eat because some children in the rest of the world aren't as lucky as y ou and haven't any.

SLOW POKES

Say, you slow pokes , why don't you hurry a little bit'! In case you want to go to the games room you'd better speed up so that you get there before 12 :45 or you will be left out. •

Johnnie was reading aloud to his class when he came to a word he didn't know. "Barque," prompted the teacher. J ohnnia looked confused.

", Barque " the teacher repeated impatiently.

Johnnie glanced nervously at his class then said ''Bow-Wow!"

OREGON TRAIL

John and Lucy Mitchell and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, were driving their team along the Oreg on Trail. John was ten years old. Lucy was eight. A sister and Grand father had died along the way. This had been a long hard journey for John. He was yet but a lad and had to sleep with the men in the wagon train. He had to keep watch at n ight and dr i ve cattle in the day time.

In two weeks and four da y s t he y w ere at their future hom esite. It was a beautiful sight about a mile from the Republican River. They were not the only on e s here. There were six houses, a store, a post office , and a small cream and egg station. It was near the Oregon , Trail.

John was very excited and so was Lucy. Tomorrow was Th a nk s giving and they were to have be rries he had picked and potatoes he had dug, but there - •• was no meat. That afternoon hewent down to the river and across and on for two miles . There he was happy and surprised to see two large wild turkeys He raised the pr op to the heavy gun slowly so as not to scare them. He took the powder horn from his pocket and slowly poured enough powder into the gun for two separate shots. He fired once and hit the hen. He fired again and hit the other. He dropped the gun and ran over to them. They were dead.

The next problem was to get them home . That was three miles and across the river. He took one and carried it fifty feet, then

went back after the other one and carried it fifty feet beyond th e first one. In that way he got the m to the river . There he was in luc k. A wagon was crossing. He finall y got home and had as much turk ey as he could eat.

John is now eighty-one yea rs young and is my grandfather. H e told me this some time ago and I have remembered it.

- Dorcas

Pitney, 304

BOY DELEGATES

The boys who represent the ir home I-'Ooms are the delegat es They must be prompt at the ir meetings and bring accurate information to their fellow studen t s . Duaine Johns 102, Jack Doug la s io3, Bob Clark 105 , Burt Daniels on 106, Richard Haar 107, Cliffo r d Jensen 108 , Duane Hiatt 11 0, John Reiter 112 , Weldon Lin k e 203 , Ronald Barnes , 205.

Bob Herbert 207, Howa r d Schneider 208, Lane Hughes 209, Ardel Prather 210, Ernest Die tz e 212, Orval Sommerstedt 220 , Ri chard Rader 222, Jerry H a ll 300 , Jack Mason 302, Jim m y Miller 303, Bill Schuman 304, • Jack Prescott 307.

Bob Chase 308, Chester Stieb er 309, Bill George 310, Kenn et h Hulbert 312, Arnold Davis 31 4, Charles Wilson 316, Herb e rt Fr.icke 318, Richard Pederit 320. These boys pla y an import a nt part in our school governmen t.

Said a salesman to a farm e r : Say, mister, wouldn't you like to buy a bicycle? It's easy transp ortation and it ' s only $25 .

Farmer : But I need to bu y a cow.

Salesman: · Huh! you'd look funny riding a cow.

Farmer: But I'd look funn ie r milking a bicycle.

"How do you know that it's t h e first of the month?" the vis it or asked his host's little girl.

"Because, " replied the ch il d , '' all Daddy's letters have fr ont windows in them.''

Sam Loos

Floyd R e i fs chn e ider

on Ringstmeyer

BABS AND JAMES

Th is evening Barbara found her ~elf. ent~ring the university audi tormm m the company of her bro!h e r James. She was very much e.xci ted, for this was the first time she h a d ever gone to a ]ec~ure. She wasn't at all in terest~d m th esu?Ject, but just the thought of h earmg the great professor Sam u~l D. Matthiew, Doctor of Che mical Research, was very thr i11ing. She had worked on Jame s for three days before she finall y made him agree to take her .

" You won't enjoy it," he had said. "You don't even know what chemical research is."

" I do so!" retorted Barbara secr etly reso] ving to find out at the fi rst possible chance.

" A nyhow, he isn't going to talk abou t that. He's going to tell the sto ry of his life and the reasons ~or his success. You're always trymg to get me to improve myself. Why don't you break down and she ll out a measly two dollars?"

So, much againstJames' better judg ment, they found themselves enter ing the auditorium on the next Tuesday evening. ''I've got an idea!" James said suddenl y. • '' Do you want to make a bet wi th me? ''

" It a 11 depends, " b e g a n Barba ra cautiously. "What do you wan t to bet on?''

"I' ll bet you your next allowance that this speech bores you to tear s.''

' 'M y who]e allowance? But that 's just if I lose. What will youp utup against my allowance?''

"I' ll put up the Price of both of ou r tickets to this highway robb ery."

" W e I I-that's tair enough. Shak e on it " By this time they had re ached their seats and they waited eagerly for the speakers' appea rance.

'' I can tell you just about every word h e'll say- 'and there I was cruel world surrounded me a~ a child , alone in the world ·The orpha n' . " James chanted this in a path etic v oice meant to ridicule, No vember 21, 1941

but Bar?ar~ looked up innocently and s a id, Wasn ' t that awful?"

Just then the speaker walk~d out on the stage. After the applause die~ down, he began. He started with his birth, and at the end of an hour' he was twelve years old.

J am es looked anxiously at ~a~bara, who was still taking it m hke a chocolate bar. He decided t~a t she had more sense than he did and was a little ashamed. After that he paid close attention.

At the end of the second hour, P.rofessor Matthiew was twe.ntye1ght years old, and James didn't look when Barbara touched his arm. He thought she wanted to say something to him , but he was wat~hing the professor intently to see if he would look at his watch. At last he did, a half hour later and skipped the next ten years of his life and dwelt on his success for the next half hour. Barbara was still hanging on James' arm

When at the end of the hour the professor sorrowfully conclude d, James, looked at Barbara. She had laid her head against his arm and gone fast asleep. For once, he had won.

FORMER PUPILS

We read a letter from Joy Sandstedt, a former Whittier pupil, who is now living in Kansas City, Missouri. She is knitting a sweater at the school she is going to for Bundles For Britian . She says that both teachers and pupils kn it during classes and at noon. •

We have also heard that June Baragary is now in Hayes Center, Nebraska. She enjoys the school there and belongs to the pep club.

PLAIN DIRECTIONS

Passenger ( to stranger across the aisle): Does this train stop at Bingville? That's where I want to get off.

Stanger: Yes, I get off at the station after Bingville so just watch me and get off at the station next before mine.

Passenger: Thank you.

HANGOVERS FRO M H ALLO WE' E N

We ~oticed t ha t Dick Ma tt h ew s had. h~s. shoes p ainted silver an d the m1tial " J B." on them.

. John Poulos was support i ng his bel?ved K a nsas with many a slam m the dire ction of our Huskers-as usual.

Unless our eyes deceived us Bob Schultz frowned • at Mis~ Peterson when she interrupted the mystery story he was reading Jack Prescott rated a grand roar from his history class. The reason_? H~ said his parents have lost his birth certificate and he can't prove he was born.

The drugstores in this neigbor~o~d would go out of business if 1t .weren't for Ruby Berlowitz. Maybe she doesn't buy that much candy and gum, but she keeps her friends s u pplied . We wonder how she rates with her teachers.

Speak_ing of teachers they had their. pictures taken the other evenmg ~fter ~chool. Why didn't they do 1t durmg school time as w_e ?id? Could be maybe they didn t want to leave us that long.

D_o you want something to do durmg a dull activity period? Then count the pupils chewing gum.

9A's HOLD MEETING

The 9A's held their first meetmg on November 4. They discussed the efficiency program. Charles Wilson, president, opened the m e et in g. Dean Lange, Edna Rebensdorf, Irene Wilkinson, and Elgin Martin took part in th e discussion. Miss Hult was chairman. Some of the questions they discussed were: why the Chamber of Commerce sponsored this program, why it is called an efficiency program, whether there are activities included in the program that will increase the the efficiency of the pupil, why so many pupils drop the program after the first or second year of junior high, and why we have general requirements They also voted on their class colors, navy blue and gold winning by a large majority over scarlet and cream, and black and white.

SPORTS SHORTS

As you may all know, the snow held up the football tournament, but in the next few days the boys were out the:e playing. They were out there m the mud, but they played well anyway. There were some good games. 303 won from 314 which was a close game. Some of the leading home rooms are 303, 310,314,220,308,207,304, and 208.

Basketball and soccer ball will soon be pushing football out of the picture so when y our home room plays, get in there and do your part instead of walking around with your hands in your pockets or annoying the girls. You won't get another chance to play football when the snow and basketball step in, so you had better get your share now and help your home room at the same time. If your home room isn't pla y ing, the r e is almost always a pick-up game going on in the eastern part of the pl a yground

Mr. Wells' gym cla s se s w e r e interrupted Monday with the shrill sound of sirens from three fire trucks and the fire chief's car siren. The fire truck s spun around the corners with the tires and brakes scream i ng and , soon arrived at their destina t ion acros s the street. Two re porters who were on the pla y g r ound watching the fifth pe r iod gym class so as to get some information on sports went astray and watched the fire only to find that it was a false alarm. The gym classes, however, remained undisturbed and kept right on playing as if nothing had happened and the reporters came back again to watch the games which were mo r e interesting than a false alarm fire !

Joe: He went blind from drinking coffee.

Bill: Who ever heard of such a thing? How did it happen?

Joe: He left his spoon in his cup. 4

LINCOLN HIGH NEWS

Some very important happening s have been going on at Lincoln High the past week or t~o, former Whittier pupils figurmg in many of them. For instance, Stuart Goldberg turned in a fine performance as Boris Kolenkhov in the Mummers' play, "You Can't Take It With You," on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. He provided many laughs throughout the performances with his Russian accent and views on life. Dorothy James played the part of Essie, who had one sole interest in life, ballet dancing, and we might add she did ve "Y well.

The Pet Club held a meeting October 28. Marcella Sehnert spoke on the subject, "Hunting Dogs," and incidentally she told some very interesting thing n about them. Sehnert dogs h a ve won prizes in both Nebraska and Illinois. We would ctiso l i ke to mention that Gene Sundeen sa ng with the boys' octet at Open House held at Lincoln High, Novem b er 4.

In closing we'd like to add some football notes. Gene Kirkendall has developed into quite a football player. He tossed the winning pass in the Omaha Tech game, likewise in the Omah a South and Central g a me s In the Tech game the teams played on a very wet field which was covered with a six-inch layer of melting snow. Every time either team would get ready to punt, the players would have to clean a way a spot for the ball. Many a laugh was provided when after every play five or • six players would be dug out of the snow. Well, by next issue the Links will have closed their football season and we'll have to find something else to tell you about. See you soon!

Professor: (taking up quiz paper) Why the quotation marks on this paper?

Student: Courtesy to the man on my left.

LIVE WIRES

In the gym classes they hay e been playing volley ball. Mmchow has the winning team of the third period class. The members on the team are Maye r , Crawford Hart, Barton, an d Jennings.' In the sixth per! od class Basler has the wmm n g team. Members of that team a r e Vincent, Schleiger, Legler, Elli s, Allen, and Eberhart.

The volley ball practice gam es are under way inside, and o u tside it looks as if 210 are ou r champs in ba s eball. The cha mpionship game with 316 was an exciting one-score 6 to 4 i n 210's favor. 210's star play e rs were Pitcher Betty James s on and Catcher May Bouman. St a r;ing for 316 were Pitcher Ma ry Ann Weatherley and Catch er Hazel Johnson.

SEASONS

The old man Winter has come once more

To welcome himself at every one's door;

He'll bring the wind, he'll bri ng the snow,

He'll bring the temperature w ay below.

And then when Winter is gon e at last,

You'll see the birds flying pa s t To sing to you their merry so ng If you will listen all day long.

When spring is gone and Summ er comes,

You can hear the loud beat of t h e drums

As the parades go marching do w n the street

The merry music, your ears w ill meet.

And then when Autumn com t-s around

And dew lies softly on the grou n d, You'll hear Jack Frost go rou r.d at night

To paint his pictures with all h i" might.

- Alma Schlegel, 309 Shirley Cook, 209 Elaine Derr, 210 THE fIITTIER· GREE T1E Aiil

Wh ittier

Gre enleaf

Vol ume 19

Number 6

December 5, 1941 Lincoln, Nebraska

ELE CTI ON COMING

P etitions have been circulated thi s week by ambitious candidates, and we will soon find ourselves in the mid st of the camp aign for the Primar y Election, which falls on Decem ber 14. The General Election will come on .Ja nuary 9, and we will then k n ow who Whittier's leaders for n ext semester will be.

WEL COME AND GOODBYE

W e say goodb ye to these pu p il s who have left. Elmer Holbe r t has gone to Kearney. Ethel, Donn a, and Elme r Lawson have g one to California. Melvin Kelle r is now in North east. LeRoy Campbell has gone to A hland a n d Robert Burgk art to Florida.

We welcome these pupil who ha ve entered - Kenneth and Lu pe Arenas, Doro thy and Edward Burback are back with u ag a in. Russell and Robert Starke y and Betty Jo Roper have com e from Everett and Irene Gerl ach from Dou gla , Nebr.

MODEL SHIPS

W ith his fingers, . razor blades, glu , a nd a great deal of pat ie nce, David Searle con tructed th e model ships displayed in the sh owcase. All of the ships are made to scale and are models of actual ships in the British nav y . The larger ones, battle shi ps, have from fifty-five to s i x t y-five pieces. In order are con structed hull, castle, body, then details added. The hull is sand papered to shape and the shi p painted grey. Finally porthole s are added.

IT'S READY TOGO

Everything is in readiness for the program tonight and here's a little preview of ~hat's going to happen. You will see the Midway Music Masters, Zaconga famous Hawaiian dance1· and' the Twirling Twirps from' Turkey. You will also see freaks, Doctor Popoff' Acrobats, Dizzy Dora Tumblers, and hear. Song of the Range. It is right l y named a "Variety Show" for you never enjoyed such a variety of fun and laughter in your life ·and we believe you never will'.

THEY REALLY KNOW

Some Whittier pupils really know what is going on in the world. According to the test which Current E vents paper puts out once a semester, there are in Whittier fourteen people who knO\v what's what. They are Lois Richmond, Haro ld Egger, Mary Ann Porter, Don Ring tmeyer, Gene Riefsch neider, Frank Smith, Marilyn Nelson, Norma Jean Loetterle, Florence Rhodes, Miriam Loos, Fayne Feis, Mary Akers, Erlene ewVille, Helen Uribe. These pupils for their effort in passing the test have received efficiency credit.

DOING ALL RIGHT

Mrs. White's girls octet have been doing right well- just all over town of late. Nov. 17 they san g at the Capital Hotel for the Cosmo-Pals club.. Nov. 20 they warbled for the ~eventh grader's Civic League trip. If you went to Hartley's open house on Nov. 21, you would have heard both the advanced orchestra and the octet. The girl s in the octet are Pat Moffet, Virginia Reiter, Rose Lint t , Florence Legler , Helen Glanz, Betty Jean Dodd, Betty Hergenrader, Freida Bronstein .

VACATION'S COMING

This is to announce the dates of your Christmas vacation, December 19 to January 5. ow you can start marking off the day on your calendar.

GIRL DELEGATES

Who are the girls bringing ba ck the news to the home rooms from every delegate meeting? Why they're the very efficient gi r l del e gates, of course. They are as follows: Ethel Whitebear 102· Marie Ring 103; Ruby Berlowit~ 105; Muriel Ericson 106 • Vera Schwindt 107; Dorothy Schwartz 108; Marilyn Hamm 110; and Pat Moffett 112.

Phyllis Harris 205: Marjorie Neff 207; Effie Mae Glantz 208· Jo Ann Leaming 209; Elaine Derr 210: Elinor Schlaebitz 212· Joanne Hollingsworth 220; Edna Donahoo 222

Leah Jacoby 3 0 0; Dorothy Preece 302; Helen Lamb 303; Donna Jean Hoffman 304; Donaldeen Bartlett 307; Jo Ann Baker 308; Geraldine Davidson 309; Jean Bracelin 310; Mary Lou Reason 312: Marilyn Kerr 314; Hazel Johnson 316; Leola Poppe 318; and Ethel Lawson 320.

WHITTIER ON THE AIR

Familiar voices were heard coming over the a ir on N ovember 19 when Wh ittier pupils hdped give a program over 10..., OR on the Lincoln Schools broadcast. Mary Lou Starkel interviewed David Searle, who has lived in the Belgian Congo most of his life, and the String Quartet played. Members of this group are Dorothy Keller, Mary Lou Starkel, Geraldine Kelly, and Ruth Bergstraesser. But only a few Whittier pupils were lucky enough to listen in. The rest of us just plodded along to our regular classes.

LEAVING SOON

Well, the 9A's are really leaving u soon. How do we kno w ? Because they have already re gistered for high school in Mrs . Childress' civics class. Twelve boys chose a t ra des prep course. The gi rls seemed to favor homemaking. Arts and sc ience wa s very popular a s was bookkeeping. Only a few chose the stenographic course.

THE WH ITTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and established in 1924 as th e official student publtcati on of Whittier Junior High School pupil s.

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Miss Pe terso n , Miss Ferguson, Mr Gammill GREE NL EAF STAFF

D onald P appas

John Poulos

Rob ert Schultz

Anna Mari e Thomas

N orma Carroll

Betty C e derquist

Francis Christopher

Harry Geier

LaV era Hawthorne

Edward W essel

Ar l e ne Anstin e Dorothy Applegate

Harry Geier

Phyllis Barribo

R et ha Brandt

Mar gery F ra nks

GREENLEAF PRINTERS

D orothy H ense

R osella H o lm an

Th eodore Kahler

Arthur Kolb

DON'T WE?

All of us 1ike an interesting Greenleaf, don't we? All of us in Greenleaf class wou]d like to make it still more interesting. So when we ask for some news, don 't say, "I've got a pet elephant.'' Tell us some interesting details.

TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT

You surely haven't forgotten what tonight is have you? That's right! It's the night of the big show · at Whitter. The pupi]s of Whittier are using their talent to give you -a good time. There will be acts galore, also a skit by the teachers that will make you split your sides laughing. So just remember, it's not too late to buy tickets. You can get them at the door. Bring the family and have a good time at Whittier tonight .

BLUE RIBBON WINNERS

Irene Wilkinson, Bonnie Jean Smith, Betty Smith, Marilyn Delehant, Va]oy Brown, Martha Devore, Hazel Johnson, and Lois Gillett all went to a district convention of the Woodmen Circle at Wahoo on November 8. Along with other girls they put on a baton drill in the evening in which they won first prize.

NEW EXCITEMENT

What will we do after all the excitement has died down from the rehearsals for the Variety Show? Next will come the elections, Christmas, and semester end before we know it.

Sam Loos

Jim Milrollin

Phyllis N ewm an

Don Pappas

Charice George Pat Marshall

Priscilla Morrison

Mary Pease

Flo yd Heifschneider

Don Ringstmeyer

Ina Belle Ross

Wayne Und er hill

Verne Wilson

PUPILS ARE OFFICERS

These Whittier people are officers of different c]ubs and organizations. Vio]a Bodfield is the Vice Oracle and Betty JamMson, Marshal of the Royal Neighbor Juveniles. Warren Weston is the Vice President and Bob Wa]ters the Secretary of the Junior Leaders Club at the Y.M.C.A . Martin Hitchcock is the President of the Normal Landscapers. Helen Schultz holds the office of Treasurer in The Junior B.Y.P.D . a church organization , and Betty B o l l i n is Treasurer of th e J.M M.C. The Whittier Campfire group has elected their officers . T h e y a r e President , J e a n Ba 1I an c e, Vice President , Shirley Maser, Phyllis Harris, Secretary, Virginia Seiler, Treasurer, and Marilyn Eaton , Scribe.

TRIPS

These people have reported they are going or have gone on trips. Wilma Schumck planned to · visit relatives in Albion. Genevieve and Lucille Nett]es and Geraldine Smith went on a visit to Omaha recently Janice Pochop went to Omaha to see Sonja Heine, and Doris Taylor and Dorean Killian planned to dance in Ohiowa. They a]so went to Hebron to visit Dorean 's uncle.

PUPIL RHYME

(Here is a patriotic poem which we think is very appropriate in these times of war.)

LAND OF THE FREE

I think that I shall never see A person half as glad as me

Because I live in the U. S. A.

Where we have freedom every day,

Where we can talk and work with ease, And do most anything we please;

I think of those on Europe's shore

And love America all the more.

- Charice George, 107

(We think that this poem h as real beauty, and we hope th at you wi1l like it too.)

A PICTURE AT SUNSET

The sky held a sunset, the ear t h held a tree , And together they made a • picture for me; It looked like the ange]s had come in the day, Had painted it there and then hurried away.

I think no one had been there , no one had seen What I could see in that sunlight serene, For the birds hushed their singing, the breezes were stilled, And 'twas there that I saw a great vision fulfilled.

So in May or July, in June or November, No matter the month I'm sure I'll remember

That the sky held a sunset, th e earth held a tree, And that wonderful picture they made there for me.

-Wilma Jean Lumley, 210

An inspector, examining a cl a ss in religious knowledge,asked t he following question of a sm all girl, intending it for a cat c h: ''What was the difference b etween Noah's Ark and Joan of Arc?"

He was not a little surpri sed when the child, answering sa id : "Noah's Ark was made of wo od, and Joan of Arc was maid of Orleans.''

TATT LETALES

Hi there, kids. Do you like corn? Well, we hope you do. You'll get your fill of it when you read this colum n.

Do es anyone know if Miss Peter son has any colored chalk left ? Since 210's celebration of their soccer three base and baseball champio nships, we have our doub ts.

The boys and girls were glad to see it snow when it rained today. The temperature was 90 degrees exce pt in the shade where it was 0.

GOOFYNITIONS

Am nesia: What everyone will want after reading' ' Tattletales.''

Traffic light: A little green ligh t that turns red when your bic ycle approaches.

Humorist: A person not connec ted with Tattletales column.

Sc hool: A forest where saplings grow Block: The distance between some people's ears.

Bor e: Tattletales column.

Un lucky: To break a mirror or a five dollar bill.

With so many girls wearing riding boots you'd think Whitti er had turned into a riding academ y .

LUST TREASURE

I gasped and fumbled, My heart leaped up, I've lost it- I'm rsue it was there, I surveyed the floor and looked all around I mum bled, "I've found it, Gee , I'm not so dumb." My an ger abated - I sat down elated , And once more I chawed on my gum.

-Central High News Minneapolis, Minnesota

In case of fire hold onto this. It's all wet.

Free Greenleafs will be given to all Whittier students over seven ty-five and accompanied by their parents if they will call at 21 0.

Signed: Yahoodi and The Invisible Man

December 5, 1941

PUPILS IN THE SERV I CE

Here's news of former Whittier pupils who are serving Uncle Sam. Mrs. Shike received a letter from Elston Murphy, who was in the Coast Guard, but has been transferred to the Navy. He is stationed in St. Louis.

Louis Talorovitz, who visited us recently, is also in the Navy on the U. S. Destroyer Herbert. He was soon to head for North Atlantic waters. Asked if he was afraid he replied, "No, all we want is to keep our flag flying."

Lieutenant Kenneth Pavey was in Lincoln for Thanksgiving. He has oeen stationed at Camp Pariaso, Panama Canal Zone, for the last fourteen months.

We aren't forgetting our pupils who aren't in the service. Robert Higgins, who is in Boys Town, wrote to Miss Peterson. He likes it fine there. He has a study class from seven to eight o'c1ock at night, and there are ho ws every holiday and Sunda y .

PARTIES

A number of • 11arties have been given which Whittier pupils attended. Janis Poch op and Shirley Ludwig attended a party given Nov. 21 at the Caldwell Memorial Church. Orland Hulbert went to a father and son banquet at the Grace Methodist Church, and Charles Wilson attended a party given by an Irving pupil. He went with Don Sutherland, a former Whittier p u pi l. Shirley Ludwig w as hostess to the Otterbein Guild on November 26. Janis Poch op and Betty Russell were among pupils attending.

TEACHERS' NAMES

Lntrsao

Sewishr

Ikre

Mozazw

Gnsnjien

Hcmesle

Dfohclsei

WHAT'S NEW

The Greenleaf class was in stitches when Harry Geier was told to get a broom and sweep up the paper he had put on the floor. He forgot where to put the broom when he had finished. Miss Peterson asked him where he'd found it, but he said, "I don't know. I just got it from some guy walking down the hall.''

Speaking of Miss Peterson, you probably know her home room is soccer three base and baseball champs. Anyhow, you should have seen her boards on the day of the final game. It looked as if they had celebrated the Fourth of July, Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the Armistice with colored chalk.

Two Greenleaf reporters are the authors of this masterpiece, inspired by the initials seen on people's arms.

If you were a football player, You would write your plays on your wrist; We would not care if you put them in layers

But you must give them a twist.

Bob Chase went hunting with a twelve gauge shot gun one Sunday. He got knocked flat on his back three out of four times. Mighty powerful shootin' iron you're a totin, Chaee.

To brighten a dull day, walk slowly past 100 while the type classes a re keeping time to victrola records.

A little boy, asked by his teacher to name the discoverer of America, requested that she ask him something else. ''Why Jimmy?" she inquired.

''Well, the fellers was talkin' about it yesterday'' said Jimmy, '' and Pat McGee said it was discovered by an Irish saint. Olaf said it was a sailor from Norway, and Tony said it was Columbus, and if you'd seen what happened you wouldn't ask a little feller like me.''

SPORT SHORTS

The fine weather following Armistice Day made the boys very spirited and ambitious to play football. As a result a very good brand of football was seen in the boys tournainent. Some of the highlights of this tournament! Henry Esquivel leading the attack for ~08 undefeated and untied; Alex Fink running a touchdown against 314 to help defeat them; Matthews to Kirkendall, a pair who gave 303 a battle before going down into the losing column.

Richard (Red) Lawson, the fleet footed 9A, is running star of 103. His long runs have helped to defeat many of their opponents. Ray Aguirre gave the boys an exhibition on running- the ball after a punt by the opposing team. He caught the ball a nd streaked down the sidelines with perfect blocking for a touchdown. Warren Wes ton, Bill Robinson, LeRoy King, Joe Augustine, Paul Blumer and Frank Damian are stand-out tumblers on the tumbling team. Another ·Flash ! Dick Matthews and Junior Kirkendall scored 41 points against 307 to give warning to all home rooms that they can use their size.

THEY GET AROUND

On Nov. 20 the small fry of Whittier invaded the Stuart Theatre and later some of the interesting institutions of the fair city of Lincoln. Their speaker at that time was Dr. James M. Reinhart, Prof esor of Sociology at the University of Nebraska, and our own girls octet sang. The big fry leading their charges were Mr s. Bar r ow s , Mrs. Childress, Miss Hooper, Miss Miller, Miss Tyre , Miss Schofield, Mrs. Swisher, Miss H. Madsen, Mr. Callen, Miss Cross, Miss Holley and Mr. Koza. These big and small fry took up a whole morning to do their gallivanting. On returning they were heard to say that they had been on a Civic League Trip.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

WHITTIER WHAT N OT

Just what do some people amuse themselves with in English classes? A boy in Miss Kiers' second period type class wanted to know if "do not" could be written as one word.

Perhaps we can go him one better. Pat Marshall and Retha Brandt lately, have been asking how to spell such words as "light," "since" and "their."

It looks as if 320 won't be represented in the delegate meetings. Both of their delegates have left Whittier. Ethel Lawson has moved to Califo rnia, and Melvin Keller is going to attend Northeast High.

William Basler seems to be singing "I Don't Want To Set the World On Fire" in all his classes. If the cold weather keeps up, maybe it will break him of it.

NICK NAMES

Christina Bensihek Tina

Pat Gablehouse Dog House

Betty Roland Rolling Pin

Betty Fazel Weazel

Ruth Williams Red

Andy Latta Ladder

Billy Hite Mouse

Earl Inness Pee Wee

Susian Eastman Susie

Barbara Hanning Cutie

Lucile Peters

Tiny

Don Allen Bud

Alice Shilhan Baker

Edward Wessel Weazel · Colline McCracken

Tiny

Dorothy Stevens Dot

Tom Avner Li'l Abner

Lila Edwards Smiley

Pat Daniels Blondie

Lois Heater Shorty

Marie McGuire Blue Eyes

KNIT, KNIT

The Christmas spirit is getting in already. Many girls carry their knitting from class to class. Do you think they are working on Christmas gifts ? If they are, we don't know whether or not to envy those who receive the knitted offerings.

LIVE WIRES

Another championship for 210 ! This time it was in soccer thre e base. There might be another so ccer tournament later, but now w e have the volley ball tournamen t to play. Just to remind all hom e room captains once again th a t unless you want to be eliminat e d from this tournament you h a d better get your girls in a playi n g mood because you won't be ab le to play unless you have six pla yers! That doesn't mean that if you have one less than six y ou will be able to play because y ou won't. Don't crab if you get p ut out of the tournament and s a y this and that wasn't fair. It w ill be most likely your fault for n ot having enough players. So co m e on, girls, let's see if we all ca n be good sports to the end.

"" We think that mention shou ld be made of Barbara VanEver y 's good sportsmanship in her si x th period phys ed class. When h et captain is absent, she glad l ,' takes her place. When she lo ses in something, she never cra bs about it.

Also in this sixth period cla E-s is a little girl who is al ways g e tting hurt or falling down. T h e other day the first thing she g 0t hit in the eye, the next d c1.y somebody bounced a ball off h er nose, and to top that off she tr i ed falling against the net poles in the gym. We wonder what s he will get into next.

ANSWERS TO TEACHERS ' NAMES

Ralston

Swisher Kier

Zamzow

Jennings

SchemelSchofield

Customer: Could you sugg es t something useful for a gir l friend's anniversary.

Saleslady: How about th es e bookends?

Customer: Just the thing. Sh e always reads the ends before th e beginnings.

The Whittier Greenleaf

Volu me 19

Number 7

December 19, 1941

Lincoln , Nebraska

CHRIST MAS CAME TODAY

Christmas came to Whitt! r L tod ay with a Christmas asse bly during first period. It w Ch ristmas carol progra th e direction of Miss J n · open ed with the 8B's "Jo y to the World", follo the Christmas Story r a y Mr. Culle r. The 7A's the a g "It Came Upon the • ight Clear," "Ring Out S e ell of Christmas," and '' Littl To wn of Bethlehem."

The 8B's sang "Oh, o Ye Faithful," an-ri-..-+ .,Fn "A way In a Man , .t d "She pherd's Christmas Song with a flute obligato b Presc ott, followed by the singi ng "Cantique De No " girls' chorus sang "Christ Carol Hunga rian," "Nativ· Song ," and "Noel of Bressa Waits. " The program ended with everybody joining in the singin g of "Silent Night, Holy Night. "

8B'S TAKE TRIP

Th e 8B's were the last to get the morni ng off for their civic league trip this year. The date was Dec. 11 and since the Stuart was closed for remodeling at the time, the y had to take their business to the Nebraska. Their speaker was Mr. Everet M. Hunt of the First Trust Company. The teachers fron Whittier were Miss Emma Madsen , Miss Mumford, Miss Helen Madsen, Miss Peterson M i s s Sch o fl e I d, and Miss Ferguson

WE LIKED IT

We're still chuckling over the variety show - especially the teachers' skit which should take the obel prize. Mr. Culler and Mr. Bimson, as well as almost everyone who saw it, said that the show was exceptionally good.

We took in $274.00 from which government tax and production expenses will be subtracted. The remainder will be used to finish paying for . the sound m achine and the screen. .

A CHALLENGE

Whittie r pupils were pri vileged to listen to Presid ent Roosevelt's speech over the radio during fourth period, Dec. 8. Mr. Culler emphasized the solemnity of the occasion before the speech began. A few days ago we \\ ere writing poems about being grateful for being just onlookers in the war. That's all over now , but it's a challenge for us to show what good citizens we can be.

WELCOME A D GOODBYE

We are sorry to say goodbye these pupils who have left. irley May Rhodes has. gone to _.p .t..,L~souri and Kathryn Roland to ansas. Melvin Tarpley and Del a Par ons have left the

ry glad to welcome who have entered. s has come from oretta Foreman t.

IS OVER

rture" the most.

the J ••~i, o~~ ~o sical. " T is p ill be produced on class day under the direction of Mrs. Shike. The members of the cast are as follows : Dorean Killian, Elaine Arnholt, Charles Wilson, Janice Pochop, Virginia Reiter, Elgin Martin, Don Smith, Shirley Ludwig, and Bob Schultz.

COMING TO THE END

Good news! There are only twelve school days left in this semester. Those fortunate 9A' s have only eleven days of classes for they ha v e class day on January 20. While they work on reports, the teachers don't know whether to envy the mothers or not, having the children home for a day or two. The semester ends on January 23.

e ' of the year has e all the Whittier puve registered for their ~LI[,.,. '"·L,ts for next semester. This ess of registration is quite a sk for the teachers since everything must be done with great care. They always appreciate the cooperation of all the pupils for it helps them considerably. _

ELECTION RETURNS

The following pupils emerged • • victorious from the primary election. Their names will appear on tht ballots in the general election, Jan. 9. Boys: president, Paul Blumer, Delmar Montague; vicepresident, Jerry H a 11, Pa u 1 Pro Vorse; secretary, H o w a r d Schneider, Sam Engle. Girls: president, Phyllis Harris, Diane Lantz; vice-president, Lois Umberger, Barbara Mohler; Secretary, Hazel Johnson, Lois Gillett.

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Foun de d and e stabli s h ed in 1924 as th e official stude nt pub lication of Whitti e r Junior High School p up il s. FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Miss Pet erso n , Mi ss F e rgu so n , M r Gammill GREENLEAF STAFF

Donald Pap pa s John Poulos

Ro bert Schultz

A nna Marie Thomas

No r ma Carroll

Betty C e derquist

F ran ci s Christop h er LaVera H awthorne

E dw a rd Wessel

Ar l e ne Anstin e

D orothy App l egate

Harry G e i e r

Ph y ll is Barribo

R e tha Brandt

Ma r g e ry Franks

GRE E LEAF PRINT ERS

D orothy H e nse

R osella H olman

Th e odore Kahler

Arthur Kolb

THIS CHRISTMAS

Is this going to be a different kind of Christmas? We think so. This year we will all feel the needs of national defense in our Christmas. In the first place we a] l missed th e Christmas parade. Heavy taxes may force our parents and friends to cut down on their budget for our presents. Nevertheless, we may still consider ourselves lucky fo 'r most children over in Europe won't get any presents and may even receive death and sorrow from bombs instead. There is one thing. however; that can not b e changed at all and that is the Christmas spirit. It is the spirit of giving and we are all glad to be able to give more to our country this year.

RING OUT THE OLD

Here comes a bi-and new year again so we can tear up our old resolutions. (Don't feel guilty; we too forgot we'd made any.)

Now you can make a new set that are a little less complicated. Just in case you have a hard time thinking of resolutions, here is one which we can all make. ''I hereby resolve to keep all the good resolutions made for this year (1941 A. D.)."

DID YOU KNOW?

John Poulos wants to get his name changed because his initials are J.A.P. Speaking of that same chap, he seems to be practicing his New Year's resolution already. In home room the other day he was heard singing ''There Is No Place Like Nebraska."

Sam Loos

Jim Mill-ollin

Phyllis N ewm an

Don Pappas

Charice George Pat Mars hall

Priscilla Morrison

Mary Pease

Floyd Reifschneider

D on Ringstm eyer

Ina Belle Ross

Wayne Underhill

Vern e Wilson

CHRISTMAS RHYMES

Here's a Christmas poem that we hope you'll enjoy, for it's about jolly old St. Nick himself.

A GUESS WHO

He's a jolly little fellow

So round so plump, He slides down chimneys

And lands with a bump , He has rosy cheeks

And a little red nose , And the stub of a pipe

That he blows and blows, He's a happy little man

And he enjoys

All good little girls and boys.

-Edward Wessel, 304

This is a poem, which, as you can see by the title, was written by someone who is very thankful for our country. We hope, after reading it , that you will appreciate it just a little more too.

LET'S BE GLAD

While we celebrate

This Christmas Day, Let's be glad

That war is far away.

War with its horror

And fear of all things, Let's be glad for our Christmas

And the joy that it brings.

As we eat our Christmas dinner

Anrl are merry and gay, Some child may be starving

In a land far away.

So again I repeat

That both young and old Should be glad for our Christmases

And the joy that they hold.

- Phyllis Barribo, 307

CHRISTMAS RHYME

We're sure you'll enjoy this ga .7 little poem about what a bo y might want for Christmas.

THINGS A LITTLE BOY WANTS

Say, Mom, oh Mom, Christmas is coming near, You'd better do your shoppin g before it gets here!

Just in case y ou don't know wh at to get,

I want a bike, baseball, and fis hing net;

Now, of cause, that isn't half of what I desire, I want a hammer, some nai ls, and even a plier, • There's a big red sled I want a wfully bad.

'There are also those ice skate s I wish I had,

Remember that pony we saw in the stall,

And how he came running at t he sound of my call,

And the little blue wagon w it h the red shiny wheels, That the pony could pull right at his heels?

Now, remember the car with its cute little roar?

I want this and a whole lot mo r e! Gee, Mom, you simply can't [pt me down,

Just to make sure, I'll go w ith you to town.

-Leah Jac o uy

SANTA rs COMING

We hear that good old fello w is bringing to Harold Egger, a ra zor blade, to Miriam Loos, a str ong vo ice, to Dick Matthews, a br ic k to put on his head, to Verla Ma e Gibbs , a new pie for a hat , .. o Janice (Porkchop) Pochop, a b ee f roast, to Dore an Killian a car t on of chewing gum, to Be tt y Jamesson a pair of roller ska t es , to Jack Wild a tame name , t o Mike Weidman, a plot of gr a s s, to Martha De Vore a new ba t on, to Harry Geier a model T pic k u p, to Doris Taylor, a pair of danc in g shoes, and to Edward Wess e l. a rocking horse . THE WHITTIER GREENL

WHER E ARE YOU GOING ?

Darlie Heckman of 310 is going to Mountridge, Kansas, to visit her au n t and u n c l e d uririg Chris tmas vacation. Lorraine Vet ter of 307 plans to go home to Smitfield , Nebraska, for her vaca tion. June Brown, also of 307 , is planning on spending her vaca tion ,in Hebron, Nebraska, v!si ting relatives and friends.

Anna Marie Thom as and Maga line Sims are going to Om aha and stay two or three day s. Helen Schultz of 310 will ente rtain som e friends from Chic ago. Carmen Olsen is going to our neighbor state, South Dak ota.

Kenneth Strawn plans to go to Ka nsas for his vacation. Dorothy Sc hultz is g o i n g to Crete, Ne braska, and Nadine Minch ow of 208 will visit her cousin in Plea sant Dale. Rodney Garner is goi ng to Bladen to visit his gran dmother.

BLACK BEAUTY

Did you see the handsome new memb er that 205 had for a very shor t time one day last week?

Thi s new member had coal black hair and very pretty brown eyes. The pupils of 205 were more than sorry to see their pal get trans farred to the great outdoors. For you see that new little member was a very cute black Scotty dog.

FRONT PAGE DECORATION

The Christmas decorati on for the front of the Greenleaf was ma de in Miss Holl ey's 8B art class by Betty Legler of 300. Than k you, Betty.

FOR SALE

Ice skates, size 5, Black. In go o d condition. Inquire Joan Eber hart, 306.

Pro f: Wake that fellow up beside you.

Student: You do it, Prof, you pu t him to sleep.

December 19, 1941

TATT LETALES

Well, guys and gals, here we are again. Just like a bad penny, always showing up.

Say, does anyone know who those boys were lying on the ground several days ago? It looked to us like Elgin Martin, Sam Engle, Darwin Anderson and Jack Ap plebee. They must have been wondering how it felt to be unconscious . From rel i ab 1e sources we hear that they succeeded by holding their breath and having someone squeeze them. Elgin was the first out, time, 1 min. Sam was second , but he didn't quite go under. Then followed Darwin who got the record for he was out two minutes. We wouldn't advise anyone el~e to try it though because due to extreme pressure on the heart you might stay out, permanently.

Guess Gerry Kelly, 105, didn't have much lunch the other day. When she went to get her lunch from her locker at noon, a mouse jumped out of it. She was afraid to go back to get her coat (why Gerry, scared of a little mouse) so "Pop" Heston got it for her. About ten minutes later Don Jones brought the scared little mouse into her home room, carrying it by the tail. ''Pop's" only remark was, '' A fair young youth rescues the damsel in distress.''

While mentioning Gerry we might add that her second cousin is Governor Bricker of Ohio. (Bet he's a republican, eh Gerry? )

Did you ever stop to thinkthe night falls but doesn't break -the day breaks but doesn't fall. Goods loaded on a ship are called cargo - goods loaded on a car are called a shipment.

Do you kids know what etiquette is? Well, it's the noise you mustn't swallow your soup with when there's company.

Heard someone saying they wan t e d a victrola and Glen

Miller's Chatanooga · Choo Choo for Christmas. Better just wish for the record, kids, you 're more apt to get it. Both would set mater and pater back too much. You and yours would be eating beans, morning, noon and night. Probably will be anyway after Christmas, at least yours truly will.

Oh, woe is me! Where will we spend our Saturdays now that the football season's over? We might suggest a show, but after one of them you ' re usually broke till the next Saturday, unless you go to the ''shooting gallery'' to see a western. Well how about roaming through ''Toy land?'' It doesn't cost you anything and it takes you back to your ''childhood.''

Better still, go and tell San ta Claus what you want for Christmas, and he might even give you a lollipop.

Did any o f you ladies and gentlemen, oh yes, and you too, see "Keep 'em Flying" with Abbott and Costello? First the Army, then the Navy and now the Air Corps. Where to n ext? Probably the Marines. Hear they may even put them in some cow college and have' em join the football team. Imagine Costello in a football uniform (all of him) running the length of the field (as Blue did in the Oklahoma game.)

0 n l y difference in Blue and Costello would be that Blue ran the right way.

Well kids, got to be going now. See you next year. Till you have the (mis) fortune of meeting us again, Goom-bye.

Father: Isn't it wonderful how little chicks get out of their shells?

Son: What get me is how they gets in .

Irene Wilkinson: What's on the radio?

Jimmy Miller: Oh, just a little dust.

SPORTS SHORTS

Let us look at some of the boy football stars who will be missing when next semester starts. Pete D e b u s , A l e x Fink, Richard Lawson, Huck Egger, Bob Kline , Charles Wilson, Warren Weston , Dick Matthews, Clyde Scroggins , Dick Piderit, Jerry Duncan and Biff Meyer Bob Kline we think is the most accurate passer of the 9A class and Warren Weston the best all-round player including, football , basket ball, and baseball.

The boys' basketball tournament began Tuesday, December 9. It will be a double elimination. So you fellows better get out there and pi t ch in for your home room or you won't be in t his tournament very long.

• Som e of th e outs t anding playe r s a t the begi n nin g of the b aske t ba ll se as on are as follows : Bony Hoffm a n, Dick Pede r it , Specks Klein, Ha r old Hock, Dick Matthe w s, Red L aw son , Bob Hub b le ,· Alex Fin k , and Bill Smith. Thes e boys w ill p r ob a bly be the leader s of thi s season's basketball tournament .

rHOSE GRADES

It hasn't been so long since we received our twel v e weeks grades but the semester will soon be over and our teachers will be handing out some more. This time they wil be in numbers which most pupils will like much better than letters, s letters they don't like so well as umbers, because letters they like less than numbers as they like numbers better. Dizzy? So are we when we try to make up our minds.

The two brothers had been arguing for some time.

Charles Wilson: I ought to know. Don't I go to school , stupid?

His brother Bill: Sure, and you come home that way too.

FORECAST

Christmas is in the air! Oh boy! I just heard some angels singing Christmas Carols! That was just the Glee Club practicing? Oh well, it was pretty anyway.

From unofficial reports comes the news that Santa Claus is stranded on an ice berg and won't be here until New Year's. Of course it may be just propaganda , but it is rumored that it is the fault of defense production.

As the story goes , Santa tried to get a runner on his sleigh fixed along with an order for six million horse shoes. Of course he couldn't get either one what with metal and machinery shortages caused by the large defense orders. He @tarted north a week early because he expected trouble from the broken runner. He got more than he was looking for though. The sleigh was caught in a whirl wind and because of its unusual lightness, it was grounded on an ic e berg. Now, unless he can get that toy airplane out from under everything, we may miss him this year. Let's all keep on hoping , but if you don ' t get the new 1942 car you asked for , you'll know what happened.

We make note of the fact that the author of the comment concerning Ruby Berlowitz's gumchewing friends, was chawing on a piece of her gum at the time it was written. Therefore we hope that everyone will realize there ·· · was no malice intended in the statement.

When you hang up your stocking on Christmas Eve, don't get the biggest one in the house. That's just for looks. If you really want to get your share and somebody else's too. cut a hole in the toe and put a box under it. Merry Christmas!

That new farm hand is awful dumb.

How ' s that?

He found some milk bottles in the grass an d insisted he had found a cow's nest.

LIVE WIRES

We have learned some of t h e results of the skill tests in v olley ball. In s~rving for the s eventh graders Bernese Fox, L ucille Nettles, Lona Storey, Do ri Jean Stern, and Donna Scha cht received pe r fect scores. T he mark for v olleying the ball i s feet high. In this Jackie Bo eka ha d the hi g hest score. Tying for second pl a ce were Betty J e an • Stoop s, and Bernese Fox wi th 27. Thi r d is Shirley Mohr w ith 23 and fourth was Shirley Bo len with 16.

•In the ~1 inth grade Mary a n '! Weatherly, Darlene Daha r sh, and Bonnie Jean Smith recei v ed perfect scores. Of the ni n b g r ades Ma y er's score was hi gi ~es t, a 97; Daharsh was sec ond with 62, and Vogel third w ith 4 3. F ou r th was B a rton with 4 ~, Gre er fi f th with 39, and fou r th, J ohns on w ith 31.

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIO N ~

We hear that these folks w 11l make resolutions-Elaine Arnh ol t to come to earth , Warren Wes tc·n to keep out of trouble, Dor e ::i n Killian to stop chewing g u m , Janis Porhop and Virginia Re ite r to fill out, John Poulos to s hi p acting stuck-up, Ruth Ostwal d t o put on her make-up at ho me , Donald Smith to quit showing off Robert Hamann to leave his t ool s at home, Lois Gillette to try n t to make us dizzy while twir li ng her baton, John Luebs to we a r a muzzle, Mary Kock and Bett y Hergenrader to quit flirting, a n d Wendell Baker to stop that sm ~1r t acting.

Ins. Agent to the farmer: Di d you ever meet with an accide nt ?

Farmer: No, a mule kicke d in two of my ribs once and a ra t tlesnake bit me on the leg a co u pl e of years ago.

Ins. Agent: Great Scott! Don ' t you call those accidents?

Farmer: Naw , they did i t n purpose.

Te

Whitier Green l eaf

Volu me 19

N umber 9

February 13, 1942 Lincoln, Nebraska

Gree nleaf Assem blies Feature Campaign

Th e Greenleaf campaign closed toda y with the awards assembly in which the winning home room s were honore d. Featured in the variety pro g ram were b twi rlers Barbara Johnsto,.-, - Ull,I.J an d Bernice Sch win an imitation ,,

Car men OIson o were Marion Bar bara Mohle we re several so

g lee club. A

Washington

George Washington , we're proud of you , We know you w ere true blue, Man y a hardship y ou have endured,

So that our liberty would be insured.

-MarJ'.' Webber

Home Room Presidents

These people seem to be popular in their home rooms since they ere elected presidents. Helen lan z 212, Wilm ~~ ~~~e rt 112 , daline Dunkle Joe Galer 314, m 110.

2 2 2,

New Offi cers Installed

The installation of Civic Leag u e officers took place on February 10. at 2 P. M. It was a joint meeting with the Parent Teachers Associat ion . The Parent Teachers Association proposed that Whittier have a Victory Garden. This has to be approved by the Defense Cou ncil a nd th e Bo a rd of Edu c ation. Phyllis Harris, girls president, and Paul Blumer, boys president, based their speeches on the Victory Garden. They pointed out the different thin g s the Civic League would have to do in order to have a garden.

The Girls Octette sang two ongs. Mr. Culler installed the boys president and Mis. Hult installed the girls president

A POPULAR HOBBY

We took a quick sneak through a bunch of English papers and d that quite a few aise pigeons. From oade ' s paper we igeons do not he boys talked White Kings, by Twyla Dobbin s of 108. Printers and reporters were introduced . Th e preceding Fri day an ad- 205 , Sam bl d th Hense 107,

vert ising assem y opene e cam paign. An orig inal skit was 108 •

Lincoln

Tall - but stoop-shouldered "Ugly," some said, Furrowed his brow, Shaggy his head, Humble but worthy, Kindly and bent

:;-,NJff-i Tumblers and

the girls, but give n by some of the Greenleaf rep ort er s. The players were Geo rge W i 1co x, 316; Twylla Dob bins, 108; Marcia Adkisson, 107; Mary We bber, 300; Leah Jaco by, 300; Sh eryl Hutchinson, 103 ; and Verna Mae Glantz, 103. Ma ry Pease of 105 was th~ annou ncer. Music was furnished by the boys glee. The Greenleaf cam paign workers were introay.

duce d.

WELCO ME

Welc ome, 7B's, To Whittier school!

We know you'll be good citizens Obeying every rule.

We h ope you'll like it here

An d join in all the fu n, So w elcome 7B's , We lcome, everyone!

Was Abraham Lincoln, Our great president.

-Mary Pease

CLU B ELECTS OFFICERS

The Beacon club elected new officers on January 30- President Rosella Holman , 314; Vice President, Carmen Olson, 304; Secretary, Jane Brown, 307; and Treasurer , Maxine Hart 106.

on ' t let their

pigeons out until summer vacation unless they can get galoshes for them because they'll get their feed muddy and can't fly well. Myron Weideman and about ten boys in his neighborhood are planning a pigeon cl ub. Arthur Kolb has a homing pigeon which he trained to travel ten miles · home . Ralph Weber and William Schleicher also raise pigeons.

BUY DEFENSE STAMPS

Buy defense stamps today Believe me, it'll pay; You'll help yourself and your country too, And save the dear colors of red, white, and blue.

Leah Jacoby

THE WHITTIER GREENLEAF

Founded and established 1n 1924 as the olfficial student publication of Whittier Junior High School pupils.

FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Miss Peterson, Miss Ferguson , Mr. Gammill GREE ILEAF STAFF

George Wilcox

Arlene Anstine

Marcia Adkisson

Phyllis Barribo

Mary e llen Bolar

Irene Artrup

Ruby Bcrlowitz

Norma Carroll

Betty Cederquist

Francis Christopher

Robert Church

Mary Ell e n F c is

Robert Folden

Dorothy Bryant G e raldine Cooley

Twyla Dobbins

Mary Elll cn Fei s V e rna Ma e Glantz

SheTyl Hutchinson

Leah Jacoby

Emma Lofink

Natalie Mas e r

GREENLEAF PRI TERS

H e nnan G e sch

John Grebe

Clyd e Ha rr al

Dorothy Hense

R o s e lla Holman

Th e odore Kahl e r

Arthur Kolb

LET'S DO OUR PART

Since our country is taking part in this war, all of us w~nt to find ways to help. We girls can knit and sew for the Red Cross, and we can all help by saving paper, keeping our books in good condition, making our galoshes and rubbers wear as long as possible, by buying ·defense stamps with our extra money,and most important, by getting the best education possible for we all will soon be the leaders of America. These are only a few of the •many things we can do. They seem very small, but if every boy and girl in America will do them, we can be sure that all our efforts combined will help a great deal.

WIN AWARDS

Jack Douglas, Jack Fricke and Bob Simpson all from 103 received the World Herald award for selling twenty extra Sunday papers. J. C. Merle, manager of the World Herald, took them to Omaha for a good time. They had dinner and went to the Paramount theater to see "Hellzapoppin."

PARTIES

Shirley Glantz gave a skating party, February 9.

Donna Schacht is giving a Valentine party, February 18. She has invited Ida Allen, Jean Catron, Marilyn Catron, and Joan Inbody.

Betty Bollen is having a Valentine party, February 14. Those

Priscilla Morrison

Mary P e ase

Dorothy Ste vens

Mary Webber

attending are: Marilyn Yowell, Shirley Bennett, Elaine Carroll, and Barbara Strubbe.

Twyla Dobbins is having a birthday party, February 14. She is going to have about twentysix girls, all but six of w horn are from Whittier.

GOING! GOING! GO??

In the newspaper business (ahem) as we are (ahem) our slogan is, "Knock 'em down the hatch and drag 'em through the mill, but get the news," (or whatever we're after.) We are now under the impression that nothing new ever happens in this school. Thus if our last resort fails, we will have to revise our -slogan. Living up to this motto, we have used the lower forms of trickery, bribery, and even begging and pleading on bended knee (the floor was cold too. We're not going to forget that when worst comes to worst) for news and funny things that have happened in school.

As a last resort we are going to use blackmail! We are going to run a column, ''The Greenleaf Gossip,' 'in which our best friends' secrets will be told. Special requests for information concerning your worst enemies will be ans we red jn this column. We' 11 print only what people don't want printed-unless-you hand in news, stories, jokes (not those same old ones, please.) You may be in the next issue so don't forget: you can't hide anything from a Greenleaf ·Reporter!

DEMOCRACY

Of all the democratic home rooms in this democratic school of Whittier, 220 is hte most (democratic.) The three candidates for home room president all got the same number of votes.

OUR WHITTIER

Hi ya kids! How much do you know about our Whittier? Nothing? I'm just the person to tell you about it. So here goes.

First, it was named after that poetic fellow, John Greenleaf Whittier. It was used as a grade school until 1922. The present building was commenced in 1921 but was not occupied until 1923 and then only by the seventh and eighth grades, the ninth still occupying the old Elliot at 26th and 0 Streets. We should be most careful of our school and its equipment for it cost 880,000 dollars.

Three cheers for Mr, Culler for he has been its first and only principal. Miss Maude Rosseau was the first assistant principal.

The teachers who agreed t transfer from other eighth grade s were: Miss Bethune, Mrs. Boschult, Miss Cross, Miss Curley , Miss Hooper, Miss Madsen, and Miss Mary Wilson.

At one time there were 1,300 pupils enrolled which shows quit a difference from our presen t enrollment of some 950.

WHITTIER'S NEW 7B'S

We've interviewed some 7B' s and they all tbink Whittier's a pretty swell school. They like going from room to room bes t of all. Garnes in the gym seem to be very popular too. As if w e didn't know, they tell us tha t they are called "freshies" a goocl many times. They also like th fine teachers and pupils we have here. They haven't seen our assemblies yet, but they are in for a good time. Let's hope they hav e a good time all the way through .

TATTLETALES

Since this is the first issue of th e new year, we're going to turn ov er a new leaf and hope it won't be a flop

Mext time you wish a free s hower we suggest you drop into 303 and consult Mr. Koza. Seems the fire extinguisher in the hall was brought into hi s home room where some gal knocked it over. R e s u l t : F r e e showers for everyone.

Teacher: Billy, y ou must not say, "He ain't going." You must say, "He isn't going, she isn't going, they aren 't going, and we aren't going."

Bill y: Gee, teacher, ain't nobody going?

Looks as if we kids will be walki ng to school from now on. Due to the tire shortage, Pater will probably be borrowing your bike to ride to work on. Thus our old weary bones will be gett in g quite a workout.

Bob Brown industriously carving a piece of saop in art class: If this doesn't turn out right, I'm going tu wash my hands on the whole thing.

In an 8A Social studies class, Miss Schemel asked what the colonist s who settled in the New England sta tes did when they found they couldn't farm. Some pupils answered that thPy moved west. She was telling why they were wrong and said, ''If a person just moves around from place to place and just keeps going, does he ever get anywhere?"

Miss Schemel: I like girls better than boys becaus e they're made up of sugar, spice and everything nice.

Jerome Sch midt: Sure, and I know why they're taking girls for defen se too!

Miss Scheme}: Why?

Jerome Schmidt: Because they're sugar.

Well , that's all for this time, kids, but don't miss the next issue for more excit in g gossip.

Februar y 13, 1942

SOUTH INDIA CUSTOMS

Alma Harral received a letter from a native girl in South India. In it she told many of the native customs and how on Christmas they dressed in all the rags they could find and other days wore nothing. She also said that the temperature in the summer was from 108 to 110 degrees. Altogether the 1et t er was very interesting.

WEEKEND TRIPS

Orland and Kenneth Hulbert visited relatives in Nebraska city, Gohner, and Seward over the week end. Marilyn Yowell went to Nebraska City on Sunday.

Alice Barry saw a hockey game in Omaha recently. Pat Marshall visited friends in Malcolm, Sunday. Ethyl Whitebear traveled to Omaha on Sunday.

A YARN FOR PATRIOTISM

Some of the girls in Whittier have taken up knitting for the Red Cross. They had a meeting of their group Monday the 19th when they gave each girl who could knit several beginners to teach. About fifty girls attend these meetings and that's the reason you see a lot of knitting needles and yarn throughout your classes. Since two rooms are used for this purpose, competition has begun and even some of the teachers are beginning to attend. We hope to increase the enthusiasm for participating.

BUY

logans for defense

Have been plentiful since The day they made their attark The one moment we turned our back.

But a good one I can not find, They have completely slipped my mind, So the only thing I can say Is buy a defense stamp today.

-Sheryl Hutchinson

THE SAFETY COMMITTEE

The res ponsibilities of the safety committee are ex cusing the pupils from their lunch at noon, and being responsible for thing going on in the games room and halls. The y may also have certain responsibilities in the coming air raid drills.

The girls chairman is Marilyn Eaton, 316. The other members are: Phyllis Moore, 309; Marie Hoffman, 300; Betty Swenson 207;_ Geraldine Tubman, 3d; Doris Sullivan, 207; Alice Shilhan 209; Leah Jacoby, 300; Betty Schleiger, 103; and Marjorie Neff 2m. •

Boys chairman is Jack Lange, 308. The other members are: Jack Douglas, 103; Francis Christopher, 205; Charles Bolu s, 103; Wesley Morrison, 108; Clarence McCoy,209; Bill Kosmos, 309; Jack Fricke, 103; Robert Turner, 103; Kenneth Wimmer , 110; Leonard Rebensdorf, 203; and Don Eisele, 314.

GUESS WHO GIRL

She is a member of 203. She has brunette hair and green eyes. She is 5 ft. 5 1-2 in. tall and weighs 112 1-2 lbs. Her pals are Jackie B o e k a and Shir 1e y Standley. Her favorite study is printing.

BOY

He is a member of home room 316. He weighs 87 lbs. and is 4 ft. 10 in. tall. His favorite study is glee club. His eyes re blue and his hair is blonde. His best pals are Delmar Montauge, Paul Pro Vorse, Bob Brown, and Jack Prescott. His pet peeve is washing dishes and he likes playing football better than anything else.

JUST FOR FRESHIES

You 7B's are in quite a stew, Everything to you is new; Come on, forget your fear, You know that June is near!

Come on, freshies, get in line, Say, you're not so bad; You look just extra fine, You're better than some we've had!

SPORT SHORTS

With the opening of a new semester a basketball tournament starts. Here are some of the home rooms that have a very good chance of winning. They are 220, 207, 102, 310, and 316. Your home room may win too.

The playground committee members are: Delmar Montague, chairman, 316, Boney Hoffman, 207; Richard Tejcka, 300; Donald Hays, 320; Junior Kirkendall, 314; Bob Hubbell, 102; Paul Jones, 212; LeRoy King, 310; Guy Dean, 106; Bill McEntarffer, 309; and Tom Avner, 302.

THE MEANING OF VALENTINE'S DAY

Many of you send valentines ·and other gifts on Valentine's Day, but have you ever wondered why we have it?

There once lived a man named Valentin e who loved children and beautiful flowers. Both his and the children's favorite flower s were the bleeding-hearts. Whenever a child was sick or in .trouble, Mr. Valentine would send him a gift with a fe w bleeding-hearts pinned to it.

After his death people set apart a day in his memory. This day is February 14, his birthday. Since the people always thought of him as a saint, this day is called Saint Valentine's. When you receive a gift from your friend, think of this story and it will make you appreciate Valentine's Day .

OUR THANKS

Our thanks to Ronald Barnes of 205 for the design on the front of this issue of the Greenleaf! lt was made in Miss Ferguson's commercial art class and it surely is a fine piece of work.

CIVIC LEAGUE OFFICERS

If you are not well acquainted with your civic league officers read this.

Paul Blumer is the boys president. You will always know him by his blonde hair and happy face. His hobby is sports and his favorite subject is phys ed. He intends to be an engineer when he grows up.

If you have been wondering who your boys vice president is, it shouldn't be hard to find him because of his size. His name is Paul Provorse. You will find him always good-natured and helpful.

Here's a description of what our boys civic league secretary looks like. He has brown hair and isn't very tall. His name is Howard Schneider. He is comical and a very good sport.

If you see a 9A girl around five feet tall with light brown hair and a cheerful smile you will know that it is Phyllis Harris, the girls president. Her hobbies are swimming and ice skating and her favorite subjects are phys ed and algebra.

Barbara Mohler is the girls vice president for this semester. She has brown hair and brown eyes. It has been said that she is ''just right." Her favorite class is phys ed, and her favorite sport is swimming.

For our girls secretary Hazel Johnson is taking over. Her hobby is collecting photographs of her friends, her favorite subjects, typing and phys ed. Swimming is her favorite sport.

ANSWERS TO GUESS WHO

Mary Ellen Feis George Wilcox

Teacher: Johnnie, how do you spell needle?

Johnnie: n-i-e-d-1-e.

LIVE WIRES

These girls of the playgrou nd committee do lots of things t o make our games more fun. Ma ry Ann Weatherly, 316, is the chai rman. The members are Maril y Delehant 210, Betty Jamess on 210, Virginia Lampshire 309, Jo an Eberhart 309, Marion Loos 21 2.

Barbara Strubbe 209, Barba ra Van Every 209, Shirley Benne tt 106, Marilyn Yowell 102, Velm a Schwindt 316, May Bouman 210, Darlene Kuiper 318, Betty Legl er 300, Jacqueline Greer 107. Bo n n i e Fitzsimmons 2 2 2, Esther Atkins 3 0 7, Lorrai ne Stewart 108, Charlotte Ellis 30~. Janice Cochran 318, Virgi nia Loos 203, Barbara Haning 308, Delores Myers 308, and Ve iSch wind t 107.

NICK NAMES

Lavern McCracken - Butch

Beverly Maser-Bev

Ernest Lowder- Big Feet

Joan Inbody - Annie

Donald Wilson - Moe

Jackie Boeke- Boeke

Bob Brown - Bullet

Vera Schwindt-Honey

Clifford Jen sen -Svensen

Dorothy Bryant- Dot

Norman Walt hers - Four Ey es

Charice George-Cherry

Delmer Montague - Pinky

PRINTERS

Toe: Let me out! Let me out! Stocking: I'll be darned if I do.

Teacher: But Johnnie, needle doesn't have an i in it.

Johnnie: It's a funny needle if it doesn't have an eye in it.

Hats off to the Greenleaf pri n+-ers! They've started off in fu ll force by setting up all this iss u e. Don't tell anybody (well · n ot quite everybody) but this mea r1 s that we may have six pages in our next issue.

WE'RE GETTING READY

The Whittier pupils have be en shown their places for air ra id drills this week. Mr. Culler sa )- s that we have been doing a go d job so far.