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

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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

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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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THE B,4.?e.!.SE... ,EQCKET V OL. IV ISSUE VIII BAKER IUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MAY 1953 Watch Ulll For Stampstlttiq Scholars By Peggy St. Martin Although the calendar may differ in opinion, I say the year is divided into just two seasons: the Happy School-days season and the Thank Goodness, It's Over season. The first season is spent, as you well know, in the cheery halls of learning and recreation. In these nine months of healthful slavery you spend nine hours daily over a hot schoolbook Cseven in school, two for homeworkl and sev- eral other hours on extras, such as staying in. Now, what powerful force keeps you grinding at this hard labor? ls it the five or six hours taken off to curl up in the sack? Well, maybe, but most likely it's the glorious two or three minutes you spend every morning gulping down your vitamin pills tif you take two a day, as I do, you have taken 540 since Septemberl and even then it takes a heap of will power and nervous energy to survive. lf on june lst you can still stand up straight on your two feet and you weigh 70 pounds, then you've made it, kid. But unfortunately the Happy Schooldays season doesn't last forever and when the Thank Goodness, It's Over season begins be sure to make the most of it. When the weeks of sleeping late on Mondays have deflated those bags under your eyes Cacquired from burning the midnight oil until l:00 A.M.l and the invigorating summer air has cleared your head of the last Algebraic equation, then you have made a success of your summer. We will, in a few days, enter this season of sunshine and sunburn, leaving behind for three months the trials and tribulations of receiving an education. But though it isn't whispered in polite circles, school does have its finer points and though I can't recall these finer points at this precise moment, just ask any teacher and he'll be glad to reel them off for you. I am, no doubt, running the risk of being bundled off to reform school for speaking my piece on such o: touchy subject, but every lcontinued on page 8l F. H. A. DELEGATES HOME FROM STATE MEET Melba Allman, Frances Fisk, Sherry Bailey, and lo Eickrnan, who attended the F. H. A. State Meeting, are now home with glowing accounts of their trip. The meeting was held in San Antonio, April 30 through May 2. They spent two nights in the Crockett Hotel, while participating in the various F. H. A. activities. On Thursday, April 30, there was registration and a Recreation program. Friday, a general meet- ing and Mardi Gras Supper was held, while on Saturday, a delegates' meeting was held. Dr. Bernice Moore and Dr. R. L. Sutherland of Hogg Foundation were speakers at the meetings. The girls and their alternates, Mary Ann Goeke and Laneta Stefka, were selected by a group of faculty members on the basis of scholarship, citizenship, co- operation, attitude, and special F. H. A. qualities. A NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL Congratulations to the Rocket Staff! You have made the stu- dent newspaper a most worth- while crnd enjoyable publication, and the staff and students are in- debted to you for the many hours of hard work you have devoted to its success. The school year that is fast drawing to a close has in many ways been outstanding and mem- orable. We have grown in physi- cal, mental, and spiritual measure and have formed and cemented friendships that will endure for many years. I hope that you will continue to be courteous, depend- able, and sincere and enjoy the happiness and success you so richly deserve. W. L. DARNELI.