Alexander Hamilton Middle School - Warrior Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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An. 'Appreciation HOWARD H. Hicks, Principal, Alexander Hamilton Junior High School, Long Beach, California. My dear Principal Hicks: As Director of the National Physical Education Service of America and as President of the Department of School Health and Physical Education of the National Education Association, I want to tell you how much I enjoy- ed my visit to your splendid school. 1 have been visiting schools over the country for many years. I see dozens of them in weeks and hundreds in months.Your Flag Ceremonial is one of the finest thingsl have seen for many aday, and it gave me a thrill that I haven't experienced for a long time. It is fine. It touches the soul. It is impressive. Educationally it is full of potentialites. Ican see it as a builder of patriotism, reverence, school mor- ale and a love of the beautiful. The ritual itself impressed me as being very well selected, well timed, simple and yet complete. I feel good all over now for having seen it and been a part of it. Sincerely yours. December 5, 1928. James Edward Rogers. . Page Tn-fntv-:ml

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DNIAN Pvogvcmx of Flag Salute Ceveinorttes Assembly Call ----- Bugle Assembly March---Orchestra fSixty to seventy-five piecesl I America, or America the Beautiful. Un unison, orchestra accompanimentl The Ame1'ican's Creed. fPupils in unison.J I believe in the United States of America as a goverment of the people, by the people, for the people: whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed: a democracy in a republic: a sov- ereign nation of many sovereign states: a perfect union, one and inseparable: established upon those principles of Freedom, Equality, Justice, and Humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes . I therefore believe it is my duty to my couutry to love it: to sup- port its constitntion, to obey its laws, to respect its flag: and to de- fend it against all enemies. Hamilton Toast. l0rchestra accompanimentl O Hamilton Junior To thee we raise our song. Our pride our allegiance, Our faith will e're live on: May time serve thee kindly: Each year fond hopes fulfill. Hamilton Junior, We hail thee dear school. lRepeat with obligatol I Love You California, or My Own United States. l0rchestra accom panimentl Call to Colors---Bugle Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands-V-one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 9 The Star Spangled Banner. fOrchestra accompanimentl 10. Exit March---Orchestra. Par: T:-em-ai In ' 0

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C-.QM Scholavsltip E OUR Scholarship Society has just com- pleted one of the most successful years in the history of the society.More interest than ever before has been shown by the students, and the membership has increas- ed accordingly. Hamilton is a member of the new Junior High Scholarship Federation which was formed by the Junior Highs of long Beach in an effort to standardize the system of grading, and, in compliance with the new rules, the old system in our school has been abandoned and the Federation systemadopt- ed. This new system is more severe, and as a result the membership dropped during the first semester, but it has again climbed for the second semester, although in the opinion of the sponsors, it is not yet as high as it ought to be. Only 6 1-2 percent of the total student body of Hamilton is repre- sented in Scholarship while we should have at least 10 percent. In an effortto keep Scholarship constant- ly before the students and to arouse more enthusiasm among them, several assem- blies have been given this year. For these same purposes representatives to Scholar- ship have been elected for each section and these representatives keep their sections in- formed with matters pertaining to Scholar- ship. Under the Federation rules a student who has been a member of Scholarship for three semesters is entitled to wear the Federation pin. This is quite an honor and a student who wears one of these pins will find that it helps him greatly, in more ways than one, when he enters High School. A Scholarship panel, which hangs outside the Library door, and which contains the names of the Scholarship members, has amused a great deal of favorable comment, especially among the new-comers to the school. It is changed at the end of each semester and the names of new member are added. Each time that a student eu- ceeds in making Scholarship, after his name has once been placed on the panel, a mark is added after it, and in this way the student can keep track of his progress. Scholarship has a social side, too. At the end of each semester a party ora banquet is given, which is attended by members of Continued on Page 47 Pun Tlirly