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

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THE BAKER R0 CKET PAGE THREE OUTSIDE PLEASE! By Barbara Grice How many times a day do you hear this? That's right! ln the morning and after lunch! Get out of the halls! You can't stay inside! Go outside. They all mean the same thing and are for the same purpose. To keep the halls quiet and orderly. No don't get me wrong. The teachers won't keep you outside when it's rain- ing or cold but when it's warm and pretty you need to be cut- side. The sunshine and fresh air are good for you. Put yourself in one of the teachers' place. lf you were try- ing to get everything in order, and figure out the things you were going to have each class do, would you want people in the halls running, singing and play- ing chase? Naturally you wouldn't. Well, the teachers don't either. So why don't we cooperate with them and stay out of the halls in the morn- ing and after we finish lunch. GIVE YOUR SUPPORT By Ierry Scarbrough Have you ever gone into the Baker auditorium between 345 and 4:30 on weekdays? lf you have, you have seen the six Baker cheerleaders and the pep squad yelling their lungs out. Why don't you give them all the support you can and go to the games and yell. lt makes the game twice as exciting, and it really helps the boys on the play- ing field, take it from me! So come on-let's all be behind our cheer leaders, pep squad, football team, and school l007Ol ROCKET STAFF Editor-in-chief ........ Laneta Steika Feature Editor ,,.,...... Martha Smith News Editor ............ Carol Wyckoff Sports Editor ........ Delbert Moberg Business Manager..Arthur Chester Picture Coordinator .... loyce Berry Photographer ....,..... Wiley Wiman Exchange Editor ....................Eilzabeth Schwab Proofreader ............ Martha Sherrill Art Editor ........,. Dee Dee Williams Morgue Keeper .................. Bill Rice Staff Typist .............. Arthur Chester The remainder of the class has worked as assistants and repor- ters. SPIRIT OF '53 By Martha Sherrill Ever since good ole Baker lun- ior High was started back in l9ll it has been noted for its won- derful school spirit. Our school spirit is just as much a tradition as the school itself. lt has made us look for the best in everything through victories and defeats. lt's always those Baker kids that yell the loudest at football and basket- ball gamesp who look the proud- est when their school is mention- ed, and who work the hardest to better their school and com- munity. This year is no exception. The team, the cheerleaders, the pep squad, the band, and the student body are all going out to make Baker School the best of all. M E..lQ0..., tii, umm m m U UUE x .ll. ll --li X . X-5 K ii ,AQVE W- g .ks T T -5 naar... WELCOME Baker is swamped with new faces this year, being mostly stu- dents. We are also glad to have the new faculty members. Most of our new students have come from U. I. H. and Ridgetop. We are glad to have all of you and hope you feel as at home as you did where you came from. We hope you like our school, and feel the people are friendly. Let's make this a happy school year. We can do this with cooperation, kindness, and keeping smiling faces. A mind is like a parachute, it only functions when open. BAKER ORIGIN By Laneta Stefka 1953 minus l9ll leaves 42 years. lf you could have been a kid around l900, you would have played on Baker's present loca- tion, for it was the site of a park. Have you ever wondered where the name Baker came from? At the time they needed a school so Baker was built. They decided to name Baker after the first superin- tendent of schools, Mr. D. W. C. Baker. Next time you say or yell Baker put something into it for it's your school. Be proud of it! - HATS OFF By Lawanda Thurman and Sherry Bailey lf you have walked by the bul- letin boards in front of the office you have probably noticed how they were fixed. The pictures are usually used for illustrating our devotionals. These illustrations are really beautiful and the whole school would like to extend their thanks to Miss Knudson and the Art Department for their work on this project. We also wish to thank the stu- dents who have participated in the devotionals this year. We feel that everyone in Baker School has enjoyed and looks forward to the devotional each morning. The devotional enables us to start each day with a new thought for the future. We also wish to thank the teachers who have made a daily devotional program. AVE. B GROCERY Where All Neighbors Trade 4403 Ave. B PHONE 53-392I CAPITOL DRUG STORE DRUGS AND SUNDRIES I300 N. Congress Highland Cleaners MRS. EMIL TURNER, Owner 52I0 Ave. F Phone 5-68II Bob Gorham Agency REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE l7I0 San Jacinto Dial 8-9376 AUSTIN, TEXAS

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Page TWO THE BAKER ROC KET E FOOTBALL HISTORY By Terry Scarbrough Football was played long ago in England. There were about l5O men on each side and usually about 2 or 3 were killed in each game and up to 50 injured. The Mayflower brought football to America. lt was played several years but it was banned by law because too many wives were left husbandless and two many chil- dren fatherless. Later when foot- ball rules were written, football came back to America and it is now a great American game. OPERATION LU NCHROOM By Thomas Flowers When you eat in the lunchroom, do you realize the work that it takes to prepare your food? lt's surprising that six people can cook up enough food for 325 people. Did you know that it takes sixty to seventy pounds of meat, seventy-five to one hundred pounds of potatoes, fourteen loaves of bread, and fourteen cases of milk for one day. That's a lot of work for these ladies, but we can help them by picking up paper and glasses. Mrs. Bargeley would like to compliment you on how much you have all helped this year, so let's keep up the good work. Hyde Park Hardware HARDWARE - SPORTING GOODS Sherwin-Williams Paint 4I2I Guadalupe Phone 5-3225 Iourdan's Grocery and Market 400I Duval PHONE 53-0625 ELEMENTARY NEWS Baker is not entirely a junior high school but has an elemen- tary section which is as import- ant as we are. Let's find out what's happening in the future junior high student's classes. The first grade under the lead- ership ot Mrs. Thomas is off to a big start. Since this is the first year in school they are learning what to do when they get here. Mrs. Meech's second graders were studying a unit on school. They drew a picture of themselves coming to school. Miss Wilcox's third grade class are studying insects. Miss Kavanaugh's fourth grad- ers have been keeping graphic scales of the words that have been correctly spelled. lt is inter- esting to see that each day the scales go higher. Mrs. Hard's fifth grade class, in room S8, have been engaged in a clean-up and decorating cam- paign. They have colored designs on curtains and have hung them in the windows. For pets they have a little turtle and some gup- pies. lf you have gone into Miss Rummel's sixth grade Classroom, you might have noticed their li- bary. They get their books from the Public Library. Miss Rummel and some of the children have also brought books from home. Their librarians are lyme Ma- thews and Lawrence Meyers. Oh yes! Have you noticed some new faces in the elementary fac- ulty? ff you have, they are prob- ably Miss Rose Marie Beals and Mrs. Mary Cahill. They are both seniors majoring in elementary education. WELCOME Tl-IIE PEP SQUAD By Lester Lang The special rooting group for Baker has been organized by Mrs. Walden. The girls that wanted to be in the pep squad were given an oath to sign and be signed by their parents. The oath has ten rules that all pep squad members must live up to. Also they must at least make a C in all classes. There are 54 members, consist- ing of the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. The rules are designed to keep the group together and ready to cheer at all times. To keep them together there is a rule that says they will not leave during the game for any reason. And to keep them ready, they must not eat or drink anything during the game. A rule designed for safety mea- ures, is that they will not get up to the rail at the stadium. We have a good Pep Squad. Lets support them! Volleyball Tournament By Lawanda Thurman The girls in the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades have begun to play in volley ball tournaments. Each P. E. class has organized a girls' volley ball team. These teams will play against each other in their P. E. classes. The four teams in each grade that wins will have a playoff against each other, after school in an in- termural tournament. T May We Be Your Druggist L TOWER DRUG 2807 SAN JACINTO Phone 8-4644 W iley Wyman . l 1 1. C. EVANS t 22 tfiffifs HCWELL s GULF GENERAL CONTRACTOR C mol Wyckoff STATION IOI7 West 34th Street O bl Uno Who San Jacinto Blvd. 8: Duval St. Austin. Texas M Qflhu Smih Phone 2-4555 E lray Weise WESS WILLIAMS CLEANERS GETS YOUR DRY CLEANING CLEAN Wm-lout WASHING OR YouR MONEY BACK A HIGHLAND CASH GRCCERY ,52I6 AVE. F Phone 5-6822

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Page Four THE BAKER RO CKET IN THE PRESS BOX By Martha Smith How do you like this issue of the paper? The journalism class sure would like to know. They can know too, if you will write us a short letter telling us what you have to say about the Baker Rocket. Yes, that's right, this year our press box will be sitting out in front of the main office for you, the students, to put in your cri- ticism an d suggestion for the paper. lf you don't like something about your school paper or if you have a suggestion write us a short note and tell us so. We will pub- lish as many letters as space per- mits from those we receive, right here in this space. You don't have to sign your name to your letters if you do not wish to, but do write and tell us what you think, after all this is your paper. By the way, we want letters not only about the paper, but also the school. WE'VE BEEN NOTICED By Pepper Baldwin Baker started the school year off by being in the news. At the very beginning of school a write-up appeared in the Austin daily paper about our wonderful foot- ballteam. There are a few return- ing lettermen. The write-up also mentioned the decrease in our en- rollment, and the new coach. The day following the election of the Baker cheerleaders, a small feature was printed which stated the names of all yell leaders. lt also included the names of the alternates. Perhaps by the time the next issue of the Rocket is published, Baker will have made the society page! There's good eating ahead SOCIETY One afternoon at 3:30 l was going by the boy's locker room when l ran into one of the boys on the football team. He is 5 feet 7 inches tall, has brown hair and eyes and of course he is none other than Wayne Fickel of the 9th grade. He was born in this city on November l0, l939. We soon got to talking and l learned that his favorite sport Cas if we didn't knowj is football, he is one of the captains of the Buckaroos. His favorite teacher is Coach Hickerson. He said he also likes gym, the colors green and white, television, and Sandy Hitchcock tough luck girlsj. Besides his good looks, he has a very won- derful and rare personality, why not meet him and find out for yourself. Our 8th grade personality for this month is brown eyed, brown haired, Claryce Smith. Born thir- teen years ago in Taylor, Texas, this is her first year in Baker. Her favorite teachers are Mr. Childers and Miss Thigpen and favorite subjects being social studies and P. E. She likes to dance, listen to popular music, and collect hit parade books. As of yet she has worry boys, she'll change her mind soon, if she hasn't already. lf you haven't met our Sth grade personality, do so. You'll be glad you did. lt was awfully quiet about three o'clock on the morning of May 25, l94l, but at 4:30 the whole town of Port Arthur, Texas, felt a shock. NOTI-llNG SERIOUS. Luckily, it was nothing serious, at least not very serious: Glenda Rutledge, our 7th grade person- ality, was just delivered to the world. Glenda lives at 5208 Duval with her parents, her younger brother, and her piano, which she enjoys playing very much. lf you can't find this blondish brown haired, blue eyed girl at home listening to Bing Crosby or the song, Va- ya Con Dots , you may find her enjoying her favorite sports, rid- ing horses and swimming. Glenda is 5' tall and plans to be a school teacher when she is older. She also likes the colors, pink and blue, teacher, Mr. Mc- Lemore, and subject, speech. You can lead your son to school, but you can't make him L L'-. W ' ' H no favorite among boys, but don't think' 1usr1F f 'Z'Tff X Q ' ' 'f -Sw ROY Cox SGIVICS 5 V ,. l ' ' ' g Station L '- ,l y - 1 ll! . .Phone 5-942i with Butter Krust' Bread! 'tftfx' stt- f, A 1 Your Frfgnrfilyasgflif Dealer