Baker Junior High School - Rocket Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE 7 My 537016 QIUOII-d-Et, IRVIN RAWLS By Carolyn Peterson On May 23, 1937, in Rogers, Texas, our Boy Sports Personality was born. He is our own Irvin Rawls. Irvin has gone to Baker for five years and he just loves it. He has dark brown hair and hazel eyes. He is husky, 5'9 and weighs lES3 pounds. lSorry girls, but Donna Peck already has Irvin hooked and tied.I Irvin likes Math and P.E. right along with Mr. Munson. His fa- vorite sport is football and he played center on the football team. Irvin hopes to make the A team at McCallum next year. I-Ie was manager of the basket- ball team and is a member of the Student Council. His favorites are food, any- thing that's homemade, movie star, Gary Cooper, song, Till I Waltz Again With You , and singer, Dinah Shore. lrvin's fa- vorite pastime is hunting, next to spending time with Donna. Irvin is filled with outstanding sports ability as well as being a wonderful sport. He fits the qual- ifications of the title Sports Per- sonalityf' Elth Grade Intramurals Have you heard something which resembles a herd of cattle and the loudness of a tormented hippopotamus after school in the big gym? Well it is probably the girls who are participating in the intramurals. There are three teams which consist of eight players each. Iudy Meier's team consists of Betty Roe, Ioanne Iohnson, Iohn- nie Davis, Donna Peck, Carol lean Norwood, Ava Nell Wood, Emily Io Flachmeier. Mary McGuire's team consists of Suzanne Bowl- ing, Gayle Sullivan, Frances Fisk, Lois Mayes, Frances Senkel, Betty Schwartz, and Bobetta Clayton. Ianice Stark's team consists of Melba Allman, Iune Eckman, Ruth Neilson, Frances McCloskey, Ida Nell Melton, Shirley Graham, and Eva Ann lohnson. The 7th and 8th grades are also entered in the Intramurals by playing in tournaments. MONEY Fathers earn it, Students burn it, Mothers lend it, Co-eds spend it, Forgers fake it, Taxes take it, Misers crave it, Bankers save it, Robbers seize it, Rich increase it, Gamblers lose it, I could use it. Hazlewood Texaco Service 530l N. Lamar AUSTIN TEXAS NIJ FULLUW THHIIUIE I By Katherine McCann A stout, little man was explain- ing his tennis game. When my opponent hits the ball to me, my brain immediately barks out a command to my body: Race up to the net-slam a blistering drive to the corner of the court-jump back into position to return the next volley. Yes, and then what? asked his friend. Then, sighed the stout little man, my body says, 'Who me?' B..l.H. Welcomes Practice Teachers The students of Baker are very honored to have nine practice teachers helping them in their work. Not that we don't' enjoy our usual teachers, because we do, in fact we hope our practice teachers turn out to be justlike them. The teachers are Miss Mc- Gahey, who teaches Homemak- ing, Mr. Knaggs, who teaches English, Mr. Stanger, who teaches Art, Mr. Miller, who teaches Band, Miss Stephens, who teaches Speech, and Mr. Rogers, Miss Borneman, and Miss Menasco, who all teach P.E. We hope that these teachers enjoy teaching at Baker as much as we enjoy having them. ,. ..i.1..-1i- Please Patronize Our Advertisers O I Hyde Park Pharmacy DRUGS GIFTS AND SUNDAES Let Us Fill Your Prescriptions 40l7 Guadalupe THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COA of Texas Palnts, Varnlshes. Lacquars, Leads. Oils, Enamels, Brushes and Palnfers' Speclaltles 2928 GUADALUPE ST. AUSTIN, TEXAS MARSHALUS HOBBIES AND TOYS American Flyer Trains 2924 Guadalupe Phone 2-I445 PICCADILLY CAFETERIAS Highest Quality-Liberal Portions FAIR PRICES 6:30 AM. to 8:30 P.M. 808 CONGRESS ,-:J-c::::: - -::::::::::::

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PAGE 6 THE BAKER ROCKET Grammar In A Nutshell Three little words you often see Are Articles-A, An, and The. A Noun's the name of anything, As School, or Garden, Hoop or Swing. Adjectives tell the kind of Noun, As Great, Small, Pretty, White or Brown. Instead of Nouns the Pronouns stand- Her head, His face, Your arm, My hand. Verbs tell of something being done- To Read, Count, Laugh, Sing, lump or Run. How things are done the Adverbs tell, As Slowly, Quickly, lll, or Well. Conjunctions join the words to- gether, As men, And women, wind or weather. The Preposition stands before A Noun as In or Through a door. The -Interjection shows surprise, As OH! how pretty! Ah! how wise! The whole are called Nine Parts of Speech, Which reading, writing, speaking teach. -Anon. BASEBALL QUIZ By Rufus Burke I. What is the distance from base to base? 2. Who discovered baseball and drew up the playing rules? 3. Who was the pitching star, and world series hero of 1925? 4. How many home-runs did Babe Ruth hit? Check next month's SPORTS PAGE for the answers to these questions. CLASSROOM CLASSICS The following boners are actual answers taken from examination papers of high school students lprintecl in Readers' Digestl: DEFINITIONS: A hamlet is a little pig. A filet mignon is an opera by Puccini. Sinister is a woman who hasn't married. GEOGRAPHY: Denver is just below the 0 in Colorado. The climate of Bombay is such that its inhabitants have to live elsewhere. HYGIENE: Four symptoms of cc cold: Two I forget and the other two are too well known to mention. Doctors today say that fatal diseases are the worse. Billy Rex Eastburn A nn Baldwin S andy Wade E ugene Anshon Billy Warren A rthur Chester L eon Campbell L enora Brockman F orrest Faulkner . Elizabeth Barron V era Ann Hanson Emily Io Flachmeier R osilee Shook Prize fighter latter second roundl: How am I doing? Manager: About fifty fifty l'd say. He hits you half the time and you miss him the other half. gf! .SFHOFLI pel 50l'laA'tg CAROLYN TAYLOR By Melbc: Allman Fifteen years ago in Smithville, Texas in the year 1937, our girl sports personality was bom. She is five feet, tive inches tall, weighs llU pounds, has brown hair, and green eyes. This description fits only one person, Carolyn Taylor. Carolyn's ambition is to be a model, so if some day you see a familiar face in a magazine advertisement it may be Carolyn. She likes the colors green and white: the slave- driver, Mr. Collins: the foods, roast and steak, class, P.E., singer, Nat King Cole, move stars, Susan Hayward and Dale Robertson, and song, Till I Waltz Again With You. She enjoys playing volleyball, swimming, boating, and all kind of sports. Charlie Zimmermann Television 8: Appliance esiaidcug gfltffg sofsuienjglg' as TEXPCO PRODUCTS center Carolyn isn't going with anyone The Best Fmmd YW' Ca' CM' Have' Sfromberg-Carlson Raytheon Zenith Hgh! HOW- Her phone number is Phone 1-3553 3015 Guadalupe 5237 N- Lamar 53-4828 CU.'1d. her CId.d.I'eSS is McCandles. Complete Garden Supplies Northwest Cleaners A a ga'6a::2::Wa e Aus-Tex Exterminators eros sums: nab odAustIn Phone s-5942 sm B R 8: Chemitcll CO. ust o Dru Cleaming uma! oad E. D- W , D- k D. W f FAMILY LAUNDRY service TELEPHONE 5-om I office pf: :IL TSE? Burnezokzf

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PAGE 8 THE BAKER ROCKET McfIallum's Colors and Mascot Decided By Suzy Bowling The future students of McCal- lum High School, which seems to be the majority of the eighth and ninth graders at Baker, met in the auditorium in March. They elected Iudy Tyson, Don Keeling, Ioella Evans and Charles Stegar as rep- resentatives to a meeting held the following Saturday morning. The meeting was held to decide on the possibilities of colors and mascots. At the meeting, they decided not to infringe on the colors of other schools in Austin and to present other colors to a mass meeting of all future Mc- Callum students. Results ended in a run-off be- tween navy blue and columbia blue and royal blue and grey. They were chosen as the colors to be put on the ballot along with Highlanders, Scotties, and Knights as mascots. I The result of the election was royal blue and grey as the colors and Knights as the mascot. Good luck, blue and grey! Here's hop- ing you carry the Knights on to many victories! POOR FISHING Fisherman lto friendl: Sure, l caught a fish. But it was too small to bring home, so l had a couple of guys help me throw it back in the lake. SPORTS CALENDAR Teacher: What are the four seasons of the year? Boy: Football, basketball, base- ball, and swimming. Here lies the body of Archibald Rummy He tackled the coach instead of the dummy. HELP WANTED! The Student Council needs help and you who eat in the lunch- room can help by doing only a few little things while eating your lunch. Here are ways in which you can help: l. Carry all glasses, trays and other such items back where they belong. 2. Deposit paper sacks in waste- 'READ THIS CAREFULLY! A COLUMN OF FIGURES There was a lad named Wille T8, Who loved a lass named Annie K8. l-le asked her if she would be his m8, But K8 said w8. His love for her was very gr8, He told her it was very hard to w8. And begged to know at once his f8, But K8 said w8. For a time he grew sed8, But soon he hit a faster g8. And for another girl went str8, Now K8 can w8. 'MORAL All love-sick goobernuts should profit from this! .,. A canny young fisherman named Fisher Once fished from the edge of a fissure. A fish with a grin Pulled the fisherman in- All Udo To A liirl By Peggy St. Martin When she was born her parents beamed And looked at her crib with pride. 'It's oz girl, said they, A tiny mite Whose life is ours to guide. So they did just that And in no time at all, The tiny girl had grown To a teen, slim and tall. Where rattles and teddy bears Had before been her play, Boys with crew cuts were now The order of the day. For instance, the girl more likely To catch a boy, for sure Was the one who used A poodle cut for her lure. iOh, you boys think the poodle cut Should have stayed on the dog? Well, us girls think the ham Should have stayed on the hogll The two preceding sentences Have no place in this poem, But I couldn't resist The chance to annoy 'em. For, you see my good man, Old bean, dear drip, All girls are as smart As the legendary whip. All right, you males lust go ahead and laugh, But remember. . .He who laughs last , .. I mean . . . He who last laughs . . . That is . . . Who he laughs last . . . Uh, Last laughs who he . . . Oh, confound it I never wanted to be a poet anyway. So, since this thing Is getting a little giddish I think it's about time I got to the finish. :TJJCBT 5:5155 iii? ix THE SOUTH'S UNIQUE RESTAURANT AND GIFT SHOP I6th and Guadalupe PHONE B-432I baskets. Now they are fishing the fissure 3. Mind your table manners. for Fisher. v - - vi - Y v v T - :::::::::::::m BOOKS and sci-tool. suppuzs ., 4 . Brockmun s Grocery and Market:! -IRM FOUNDATION PUBLISHING 790i Burent Road - Phone 5-5984 BH enocenlss - ICE - GAS 1: phooS,'f'lQl'EI'I 32517, ::::::::::::::::::::::: 4, Ausrm, TEXAS 6ueQnh .fa fpaiifa Beauty Shlon. TELEPHONE 6-5IIO FEMININE FASHIONS 2904 Guida!!-'Pe Austin, Texas NORTHWEST SHOPPING CENTER Phone 5-0233 6009 Burnet Rd. Specializing in Hair Shaping ' R E E S E Lumber Company Builders of Better Homes Manufacturers of Quality Millwork 4926 N. LAMAR a PHONE 5-6565 AUSTIN 5, TEXAS Roy George 81 Wells Hurt Service Station TEXACO PRODUCTS 43rd at Guadalupe Phone 5-8833