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

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PAGE EIGHT THE BAKER RGCKET BAKER FALLS BEFORE TRAVIS The Baker Buckaroos wound up their season by losing to Travis 13-0. Sparked by Connor, the Reb- els took the lead in the second quarter by a 20 yard gallop by Connor and kept that lead for the rest of the game. The extra point failed and the score remained 6-0. Baker was held and had to punt and as the Rebels began play the half ended. Travis tried an offside kickoff which worked and they recover- ed the ball on the Baker forty- seven yard line. Later in the third quarter Connor Went around right end for eleven yards for the tally. On the extra point Travis was penalized back to the seven yard JUNIOR HIGH ALL- CITY TEAM CHOSEN The Iunior High All-City team was chosen and out of the 44 positions U.I.H. captured 13. They got eleven out of 22 first string positions. O. Henry and McCal- lum tide for second, each placing eleven. From our school only two were chosen. They were Wiley Wyman, first team defensive guard and Ierry Scarbrough, sec- ond team defensive tackle. Coaches who voted were Mr. lim Tolbert of U. I. H., Mr. Buddy Weise of O. Henry, Mr. Frank Rundell of McCallum, Mr. loe Harris of Allan, Mr. Dutch Schroe- der of Travis, and Mr. Doyle Hick- erson of our own school. The first team of defense and offense are as follows: Basketball Begins Basketball begins with a boom this year. The boys have been practicing ever since November 15. Those kids are basketball fiends. When they first started out they worked on drills, but have been scrimmaging for quite a while. lf you've watched them scrim- mage, you know that they are good. But go to the games and you'll really see how good they are. And remember, the more kids that support them the better they play. Answers to Basketball Quiz l. The game was originated in l89l. 2.l:'alse. lt was originated by Iames A. Naismith. 3. False. The width is 42 feet. line, but Connor still made it over L. U ?FgENSE E 4- The hoop is 18 inches in dig- for the extra point. The score Gtgon' ' ' r 'rr'i'r'Ar T mefer, stood l3-O in favor of Travis. Bak- Hamer' T' It . ' rr ir' 'rr ' G 5, True. er was on the move with about Harvey' EVE' H 'i r' C -wl- two minutes left and was stopped Dclnimlino CHQ um 'i 'r 'HUIS Off to JITQOSG Whc have not by the Travis eleven but by CT1SkS-lj, GDTY .......... , G glven our devgtloncdg the pggt the end of the game. Outstanding L00 ' O' ' r r 'r r ' T Semeslef- for Baker were limmy Kanetzky, Fufflofi' amy 'ii c r Don Fincher, Roger Wilkinson, Colm SRU' emy i 'i ' Q' ' Charles Dodson, and Bill Hamil- PSTQSSSD rA 'A- is g,.,':,h, I 0 - , m ........ . . . ton thers were Victor Mokryi WeiSSl U' In H- Vrgr urgrr 7 F-B' Mutual Savlngs Ernest McCarver, lerry Scar , , brough, and Don Benner. L, U ?EISENCE E , IHSTITU-t10I'1 1 on, . . . .................. STATISTICS , Ggrner, U. l. H. ......... ........ T Baker Travis Wyman, Baker ...... ..,, . , G For The Finesff of 98 Yds. Rushing 171 Weir, U. I. H. .............. ....... G Mageffag gfmkbfn-tShWY+h 50 Yds. Passing U Ward, O. Henry ................ T 'pe or mans 'P 1 148 Tomi Yds. Gained 171 Lum. O. Henry .............. E TRAFTON 8: SON 2 Passes Attempted O gfsiss, If ..... ......... E 3700 glt5aff,SeNTRACIfifii Texas l Passes Completed U Otton, . . . ................ . . ' l U Passes lntercepted U l. Martinez, Allan ...... . HB. 4 Fumbles 3 Reed, U. I. H. .,........... ...... H .B. B 2 Fumbles Lost 2 Bowman, McCallum ...... .. . S ' 10 First DQWHS 5 -Q-- Where All Neighbors Trade 7 Penalties 3 Daffynition: Grass-green stuff 4403 Ave. B 52 Yds. Lost O51 Punts 32 tliizit wiltshon thi lawn and grows PHONE 53-392, un s a over e gar en. .l H i , ', y There-S good eating ahead ta V VON BOECKMANN IONES C0. . rilib STATIONERS - PRINTERS -Q, M Ziffnx 700 Em Il-th Phone 2-II63. 1 M x ,ii we 1 WM Red Chain Feeds I V - - I a son Fu er, gr. 1 with Butter Krust Bread. Red Claim Feed company I 401 West 3rd St. Phone 6-2675

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THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE SEVEN HE Bw IN THE HALL Aus Holiday Schedule PAwNs, KINGS, Roolcs FELL P , Our Christmas holidays this HEAD CLUB I ' year are generous. The School MI.. Dale Mclaemore has Organ- , Board gave us two weeks for . d h 1 b . ,Bak Th I I Christmas, December l8 through me t-G C ess i530ln F7 erlw de N S. Ianuqry 4- mee ings area : in on e - K JY Then back to School We go un- nesdays. The purpose of this club 7 '45 til April 16-19, which is our Easter is to teach people who didn't l 4 holiday. ' know how, to play chess and to I- In time We get out for three teach those, who know how to F V months for the Fourth of Iuly. ggi' 512122 3120151 ggebgggne' The . - 3, n n y . ll? - If ' i 1 d ' h . ,I E BOOK WEEK ENDS yo. 335.5255 Q32Leiir.?..2df3 y A program WGS given for the afternoon and see about joining. e, 1 1 d F -d I N I The present members are: Dicky p 1 U IWRY Sregeg TSSIQEZ glgogsgthrgrgge Egg- Kemp, lesse Freeman, Earl Dean, Lamar Anderson, Richard Star- TB Christmas Seals Have you wondered just why people buy TB Christmas seals, and what the money goes tor? I think I have the answer to your question. As you know tuberculo- sis is a very terrible disease which strikes and kills many people be- tween the ages ot 15 and 35. The money received from these seals is used to buy hospital beds for many people, and finances co- operation in the tax-supported State Health Department surveys. So please buy your share of seals this year, because you can never tell when TB will strike you. Pauline's Beauty Shop 45l7 Ave. F Ph. 53-0825 R. M. I-IUGI-IES Chemicals - Laboratory Equipment Containers 24lI East Isl' lish class presented scenes from literature to emphasize Book Week. A panel ot elementary students guessed the stories from which the scenes were taken. Two sixth graders, Anson Holley and Montrue Hewitt, and two fifth graders, Tudy Voight and Ianet Burg, served on the panel. To Ann Neel, Irene Wagner, Paula Casey, and Charlotte White presented a scene from Cinderella Dennie Dement, Ianelle Cain, E. C. Mow- dy, Anna Ruth Beam, and Ioan Beard gave part of A Christmas Carol. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was presented by E. C. Mowdy, Roger Campbell, Wilson Iensen, and Timmy Kanetzky. Mar- garet McKeehan, Toy Meyers, Henry Hodges, and Clarence Pru- itt presented A Retrieved Refor- mation. Wizard ot Oz was pre- sented by Cecille Stagner, Flo Seekatz, Sue Rodgers, Betty Mid- dleton, E. C. Mowdy, and Henry Hodges. Sarah Beth Cavett from the tirst grade, Ann Cavett, and Henry Hodges gave a scene from Alice in Wonderland. Betty Voiaht was mistress of cere- monies. wich, Anthony Petrick, Dicky Bel- lotte, Leroy Eastburn, Irving Cut- ter, and Arthur Chester. Have you ever thought chess was a slow game? Sometimes it is. But a game can be won in the minimum of two moves on each side. Chess is usually thought ot as a quiet game, but the anxiety - prone Argentine Chess Champion Miguel Najdort acts as it it were physical torture. Perspiring and twitching, wring- ing his hands, frantically rumpling his hair, he leaps up from his chair after every move. But he's a chess champion! c.,,f,f.f,'. dlfiafsmnify cgfzlofz Shop Us First or Last l306 GUADALUPE BEAL CC. l N T E R l O R S For Those Who Appreciate Fine Things l708 GUADALUPE Phone 8-464i 'T SHOP IN 'OUR NEW GIFT DEPT. Brass - Ceramics - China - Novelties Aplenty Al s 0 New and Used Furniture WE TRADE ' HYDE PARK FURNITURE PHONE 5-6206 4027 GUADALU PE gzllefy-fl. is TELEPHONE 6-5l lO FEMININE FASHIONS 2904 Guadalupe Austin, Texas The Hitchin' Post Where the cuisine of the South meets that of the West Austin, Texas IOII Lamar Blvd. Ph. 8-8827

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.....l. im..i HE B KER RCCKET The Eye and Emo' of Baker VOL. V ISSUE IV BAKER IUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL - IAN, '54 BABY 1954 HAS ARRIVED U.T. Student Tells About Turkey Basdug Qunger, working for his masters degree in civil engineer- ing at the University of Texas, talked to two of Miss Cole's classes in December. He is from Turkey and is attending the uni- versity for one year under the student exchange plan. The main topic of discussion during the interview was the peo- ple of his country. When asked about the apparel of the people of Turkey he said that they no longer wear the old costumes usually pictured by Americans Cexcept in some far eastern partsl. In the way of education, he stated that the people of his country and those of most European countries usually speak several languages, including English, the latter main- ly because of the American tour- ists that come to Europe. Mr. Qunger himself speaks Greek, Turkish, English, a little French, and some Arabic. tHe said that he found English to be the easiest to learn of all the language-sl. The people are also very inter- ested in politics, at home and abroad, and consider the diplo- matic relations with the United States very important. One other most interesting thing that he mentioned was that, although television has not yet reached Turkey, it has radio, up-to-date telephone systems and the cars are mostly recent American models. Mr. Ounger was very interest- ing and we hope that he enjoys his stay in America and will come back if possible. Here is Baker's own Baby 1954 wish- ing you cz very happy and successful new year! , DRAMA CLUB NEWS The Drama Club will probably be pretty busy from now until March or April. They are prepar- ing for the Interscholastic League. They will enter a one-act play, for which try-outs will be heldg also students entering declama- tion and extemporaneous speak- ing will compete. Try-outs, to fill the places of the ninth grade Drama Club mem- bers who will be leaving, will be held in the spring. There will also be a spring party at which the new officers will be inaugurated by the old ones. Interscholastic League Conference Is Upon Us Spring is now approaching and the school's fancy turns to Inter- scholastics and who from their school will take high honors. It is hoped that everyone who will go will come back with honors. This year there will be tryouts for spelling, writing, journalism writing, copy reading, declama- tion, extemporaneous speaking, and the one-act play. We hope there will be many people trying out for the meet and may the best man Win. The stork has arrived and brought us Baby '54, and we now have disposed of Gramps '53, The kids from B.I.l-I. have come back to school with oodles of res- olutions to break. Seems our Mr. Pine has informed his algebra class of theirs. Let's hope Baby '54 peps up Delbert Moberg, David Melber, Sam Olguin, Don Benner and Roger Wilkinson and also the other basketball players to win all our games. May we all have tons of luck and happiness this year and the next. GIVE A LISTEN Bakerites have a nice schedule of dances in store for them. First the F.H.A. is sponsoring a Formal Valentine Dance on February 12. During Friendship Week we will have a dance at which our guests will be McCallum Iunior High students. This will take place in April. We get party wise again in May with a get together. Then we wind up the year's activities at the big End of School Dance. So, dust off your dancing shoes and get ready. Credit Where .Credit Is Due Credit is given to people for many different things. I think a lot of it should be given to the people who have made possible assemblies this past year. It takes a lot of hard work to put on an assembly and if you don't believe this just ask someone who has helped to put one on. Also, if you have an idea for a good assembly you might talk to one of your teachers to see what can be done about it. I imagine everyone has enjoyed all the past assemblies and are probably looking forward to more in the future.