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

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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.

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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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PAGE TWO THE BAKER ROCKET LOST and FOUND Probably there is not a person in the world who, at one time or another, has not lost something. Perhaps it was something mate- rial which you valued highly, maybe you found it again, maybe you didn't. Then perhaps this thing you lost was something in- tangible, your faith and trust in someone, a relative, a friend, per- haps God. , Often a lost trust or faith in someone is because of the other person, but many times it is you. You lose your trust because of a trivial matter. Then it is up to you to find that trust again. They say that everything that goes up must come downg like- wise everything that is lost may be found. Remember this when you lose faith, a friend, or any- thing else. Remember and be grateful that something lost is not necessarily gone forever. B A L D W I N Pianos and Organs Capitol Piano Co. l5l8 Guadalupe Street 1 ,ii my 0, e f- -2 'F'- xx' 1 oprot-l 1 if ll' 'K ' t T 0 A , Ek t R TJ 9 3 is ' T A oo wow THINK 'Mtv What Has Happened to Our New Years Resolutions? New Years Resolutions are made to break. This saying is what many of us go by concern- ing Resolutions. ln fact, too many of us make these promises just to say that they are made and at the first opportunity we break them. The origin of New Years Resolu- tions probably started even be- fore the present day calendar came to be. People wanted to try and live better lives in the years to come. Usually they stuck to their promises. It is human nature for us to think about the coming year to be the best, instead of being thankful for the past. Be thankful for the past and yet plan the future. No one should live in the past or in the future. You should al- ways live this very moment as if it is the best moment of your lives. ,lt can be your most mem- orable moment if you keep your Resolutions. Of course you should make resolutions that will better the world and influence those around you. ty 14 QL Qu 1,143 u M ff: 3 SIXTH GRADERS AT WORK Standing from left to right are Esther McKeehan and Elaine Stubbs with their puppets. The sixth graders of Baker School have been very busy these last few weeks. First they went to camp and had a wonderful time. Miss Rummel's 6-2 class returned to begin work with Mrs. Bach, an art practice teacher, on pup-. pets. Two of the finished puppets are pictured above. They were made by Elaine Stubbs, whose puppet represents a girl reporter and Esther Mclieehan whose pup- pet represents a naughty boy. They are also writing plays. They are hoping to produce them sometime in the future. Miss Gough's sixth graders have been working with their practice teacher, Mrs. Cahill, for the last few weeks. Rocket Staff Editor-in-chief .......... Laneta Stefka Asst. Editor ........ lerry Scarborough Business Mgr ........... Arthur Chester News Editor ..........,. Carol Wyckoff Sports Editor .......... Delbert Moberg Feature Editor .......... Martha Smith Copy Reader .......... Martha Sherrill Photographers ........ Wiley Wyman, Thomas Flowers, Ann Baldwin Reporters - Sherry Bailey, Ioyce Berry, Charlotte Currier, lrving Cutter, Alice Dawson, Ella Dean' Franks, Barbara Grice, Gerald Heath, Delores Henderson, Les- ter Lang, Avis McFarland, Yvonne Platt, Nancy Ramm, Elizabeth Schwab, Marg' Lavfanda Thurman, F1 c cf e 3 l i it s c iii Dee Dee .1 . tx ix . 5-. ,.,.,.. Q '. . r--se,r---..,.