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

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THE BAKER ROCKET VOL. V ISSUE ll BAKER IUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL NOV., 1953 Christmas Means S0 an Thin s Mrs. Hart's Cfass Enterfclins A Thanksgiving play was given by Mrs. Hart's class for Mrs. Bakers class on Wednesday, November 25. Soda pop was dis- tributed afterwards for both sev- enth grade language arts classes. The play was named, The First Thanksgiving, and it was about a family coming to America for the first time. Playing parts in the play were Patricia Mokry, ferry Polk, Paul Ramsey, Barbara Hamilton, Gene Mallard, Elaine Schmidt, Sue Hamilton, Bobby Barefield, Nancy Turney, Toe Tomas, Lorene Swen- son, and Patsy Fleet. Patsy was absent and her place was taken by Lillie Faye Casey. The ar.- nouncer was Sammy Cordell and the Narrator was Wilbert john- son. Refreshments were served by Leon Hanson, Iimmy Baker, Sue Hamack, Ben Vasquez, and Lillie Faye Casey. Art Department Helps Baker Develop Christmas Look The Art Department went all out to help Baker get that Christmasy look. Under the comps-tant direction of Miss Knud- son, each grade undertook its own project. The 7th grade decorated the lunch room and drew Christ- mas pictures for their advisory rooms. The 8th grade made that beautiful stained glass window in the Auditorium. Both of the 9th grade classes had projects of their own. One Qth grade made the mural on the devotional bulletin board and the other went even farther into division by dividing into two groups tboys and girlsf to make and decorate the hang- ing metal tree in the front hail. Looking at picture of Christ held by Bruce Cafvet are Mary Edna, Hall- mark, Sarah. Scott: cmd Richard White. OUR SAFETY PATROL Have you noticed what a really good job our safety patrol is do- ing? l-fave you realized that rain or shine they are always out on the corners ready to help you cross the street? Accidents are prevented, dangerous crossings are made safe and many other helpful things are done by the boys on our safety patrol every day. Remember to give these boys your complete cooperation when they are helping you across the street and l'm sure you and your saefty patrol will get along much better. A Doctor in Our Midst Miss Gough, one of our sixth grade teachers, is about to receive her Ph. D. November 24, she took her foreign language exam and passed with flying colors. She had to read a book in German and fell them what it said. All she has to do now is finish the rest of her exams and research papers. lust think before long we will have a Doctor among us. 3 'Twas the night before Chirstmas And all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouseg The stockings were hung By the chimney with care, ln hopes that St. Nicholas Soon would be there. This portion of the famous poem The Night Before Christmas ex- emplifies one of the many ways Americans celebrate Christmas to- day. On Christmas morning we wake up early to see what Santa Claus has left us. In this way we exchange gifts. The splendor of the tree is so beautiful it takes our breath away. We have break- fast and go to the church of our choice. After church we have a big Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. Aren't our lives filled with blessings? BURNED OR RIPPED? The Baker homemaking classes are now in full swing. The ninth grade is concentrating on breads. They are planning a Christmas party with their candy and baked cookies. The classes will send some of the cookies and candies to the veterans around Austin. The eighth grades are sewing for the first time and they expect to put on a style show. They are going to have a party not only for the class but for their families also. Last but not least is the seventh grade, who has just wound up heredity and background of hu- man beings. They Were also learn- ing the correct diet and cleanli- ness of the human body. These seventh grades are beginning cooking and are concentrating on snakes. The F. H. A. observed their week from November l to the 7th. They had the devotionals and the assembly for that week.

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PAGE SIX THE BAKER ROCKET Tomorrow Never Comes by Roger Wilkinson Do you often say, l'll do it tomorrow ? But do you ever realize that you keep on putting something off so long that the day never comes that you will do it. Sometimes your mother helps you remember when tomorrow comes, but when you have to remember yourself to do some- thing tomorrow you are apt to forget to do it. lf you keep on saying, l'll do it tomorrow, please stop and realize that in some instances tomorrow never comes. B A L D W I N Pianos and Organs Capitol Piano W I5I8 Guadalupe Street I Co. WIN N ' S 5-IO-25c STORE 4IOI Guadalupe Boost the Baker Buttons ' - :Grieg lv, .3.5.1I25'g3:,ggv.,g:-3:5513,2 .. V -- ,. . 5555g5.1:32'fi'iI.. ifgg5ig2g1gIs:s22f2 - tif ' iii ' -- -' V 1212 ' 2.asa:5's ' V- rs'-I-51 . Sft. . , i!'lE'3':fl.li- : 'l:::,5E5E:E-. - 1 . .. 'E'5i:EI' .-.::'zz-1s55fg'Q:'-2 s1r 'S5i5?5i5,:g? it ' --'- ' ' :fit ' el' 1 'I + P' S 'E' at 1' 3 ' A ,asf is , ,K r is X, - r V V - 1:1-, ,: I . 3.-:gg--15 ig-z.-,F R -'-'- 1 A ' EZ ti 4 ,, 5 is 1 4 y X ':5'F?5:?s5'55's,55.fg. 'f-.!:5'5.5-5: ,:E:i.35'g:' :,': H 1 ' .2 ' 't ' 1. . ' 22.5.5 1. - ,gfgry ' -tv? 5 ,3 , -:-, v.-.1..1.,....::, Q ::. - . .Q :.. .' . Qt.. ..1,-::,.t.,- . V . y U , .,:,:r:,:r-:1:::::,:::::, . .. -.-.-.-.-.- -- . 5,52,g'::g2::g2g,g2::-3-+ .:-- tart, ---1111. . ttv- M- - 5,351 - . .... - A , .. - , - 4. 1 ,- V 2 3 .ses-. 0 f: -es-iE-'-'- - 'f -ff H -- - ' 31511: isa - ' , . -- - 1 - . 32:22 ii'-:3T:1::-57525:lZ'iI':2 '5ff'.:3f5EE ' .2...'I'i'v'. 'I '-'1 .5'f::f'xS i 4 '4 ':3E f'f . '-rfiiiiiiffli' +'-f-i- 'ff' ,. '- 'if '-'::I gr.. .-as-,::.,s by Grice and Wyman Does Baker's patriotism stop with the football season? No. You should be patriotic the year around, and wear a green and white Baker button. You may think that twenty-five cents is an awful lot to pay for one of those buttons, but just think-you get the Baker Rocket free. As you know, it takes money to print a paper, and selling the buttons is one of our ways of getting it. Varsity Drug L. v. stomoulsr ' Across from Gregory Gym I I I East 2Ist HAMILTON ELECTRIC WORKS I306 Red River 'Delco Motor Distributors Dayton Belts Distributors Motor Rebuilding and Repair Carbozite Protective Coating Distributors The Toe Cockrell Co. PRINTING - OFFICE SUPPLIES I6I6 Lavaca St. PHONE 7-4467 VON-BOECKMANN-JONES CO. STATIONERS - PRINTERS 700 East Ilth Phone 2-I I63 GROCERY - MARKET 3035 Guadalupe R. M. HUGHES Chemicals - Laboratory Equipment Containers 24II East Ist gllefgll if TELEPHONE 6-5l IO FEMININE FASHIONS 2904 Guadalupe Austin, Texas l 'FWORRIED GENTLEMEN, TAKE I-'IEED by Martha Io Sherrill Men, do you have trouble get- ting dates, does the girl you love shun you, then use Emily Post's all-purpose guaranteed manners. Seriously, there are several things you should remember when try- ing to avert a girl's eyes from the tall, dark, and handsome foot- ball hero. A man should always be intro- duced to a lady, a single woman to one who is married, a young woman or man to an older per- son, however, the lady is intro- duced to the man in the instance of a duke, a bishop, or some other big shot-this does not however include big-league baseball plav- ers, movie-stars, or head-waiters. How do you do, is the most widely accepted phrase. COh well, who needs to be introduced anyway?J One other thing, you gentlemen should not offer a limp fish of a hand when introduced, to the other extreme, if you wish to demonstrate your tremendous strength, bring along an iron bar and bend it double betore shak- ing hands to prove that you could break the girl's arm if you wanted to, but you are just too gentle- manly to do it. 'When dreaming up articles for this paper we always try to maintain an air of professional dignity about the Whole thing tl don't know what professional dig- nity means, but it sure looks good in printj. Perhaps we haven't done this article justice, but as they say in the higher cir- cles, We urged our minds to- wards the better things that touch the limit of one's talents, or, in plain English, We did our darndestf' The CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK in Austin Member F.D.I.C. U.S. Government Depository .F ,

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2 PAGE TWO THE BAKER ROCKET L. Ft. Benson presents science awards to Arthur Chester. The Editor Speaks When l was paging through the Rolling Stone l came across an article entitled Gossip Never Dies, But Papers Fade Away. This well explains the need for all papers to cut out the ever threat- ening gossip. This year our Rock- et is trying to do just that. This year l would like to say congratulations to Arthur Chester on behalf of the student body for his accomplishments. l'd like to say thanks to all of you teachers and students who have taken your time to present our morning devotionals which were greatly appreciated. Let us make this new year a good year and be all out Baker- ites. Baker is what we make it. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you. The Rocket Staff Editor-in-chief ....,, Laneta Stefka News Editor i......... Carol Wyckoff Feature Editor ........ Martha Smith Sports Editor .. Delbert Moberg Business Manager Arthur Chester Picture Coordinator Ioyce Berry Photographer ......,. Wiley Wyman Proof Reader ........ Martha Sherrill Lost, Strayed or Stolen: One Junior High Class You are calmly running down the hall, breaking all speed lim- its, when all of a sudden you no- tice something strange about that class you just passed, It was quiet. What can be the matter? Why, there's no one in there, no one, that is except the teacher who is beyond trying to reason anything. Ah, there comes Ann Cavett, Dennie and Nancy Dement, Carol Wyckoff, and Cecille Stagner, down the hall singing jingle Bells. Fifteen minutes late and no excuse! They thought they'd get away with it but they learned the errors of their ways when the distraught teacher yelled, Four hours after school. You know, l just don't think it was worth it. Bakerite Receives Award lt was way last spring that Arthur Chester began work on a paper to sumit in a national con- test put on by the 'Society of Met- als. His paper was on a mathe- matical problem and he received help from Mr. Pine. Arthur submitted his paper in Many of 1953 and on November l7, 1953 the awards were given to him. He took first place in his age group. Mr. Benson, of the University of Texas, made the presentations of a certificate, a 350 government bond and a mem- bership pin in FRuture Scientists of America to Arthur and to the school he presented a plaque for the trophy case. 1.-.-.' '-...-1 Why Teachers Are Gray The speed limit on the open highway in Texas is 60 mph. but in Baker the students seem to think the hall speed limit is l'ZO. Maybe that wouldn't be so bad, but around here they don't even give hand signals. The teachers try to slow them down but if they dare to step in front of a speeding pedestrian, they become hit and run victims almost at once. The teachers could probaby even put up with this situation if these katz would park during class, but no, when they aren't speeding they're making enough noise to wake the dead land I do mean deadl. Seriously, you might find that teachers aren't such bad eggs if you'l1 help them by quieting down and slowing down. HEADQUARTERS FOR SMART CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR JUNIOR HIGH FELLA'S Sponsor .. ..... Mrs. Letha Conradt mgftong gmail? I I ...goyh ana! young muh Shop... The South'Zlg1e:ughRestaurant an I op mn AND euAoALuPe ' 703 EUS' BH' SI- Phono 8-432I