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

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HE BA OCKET The Eye and Em of Baker VOL. V ISSUE VIII BAKER IUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MAY '54 GOODBYE ! SOMEBODY GOOFED ARE YOU COUNTING THE DAYS? There are only a few days of school left and I really mean it. It is interesting to count the days until school is out, and find exactly how close you are to be- ing free. I don't mean to say that being in school is like being in jail. But most kids like to look forward to doing what they want to during the three months of sum- mer vacation. Are you counting the days until school is out? ROAMING THE HALLS OF BAKER Parting is such sweet sorrow. This saying, old as it is, still holds true today. When it comes time to leave an old school and go to a new one with new faces and gobs of new friends, you do feel sort of happy, but when you come right down to the point you're sad. lust think of the friends you're leaving behind, all the swell times and wonderful memories, or maybe, the teachers. It gives you a feel- ing that only you can know and understand. Let's see what a few of our fellow students say about leaving dear old Baker. Kathy Kiddens: I'm going to cry my heart out. Nancy Dement: I don't feel so good about leaving. Ierry Scarborough: l've been here so long that I just feel like I belong here, and I don't want to leave. HOP TO IT, BUY A YEAR BOOK Have you bought your year- book yet? You had better get on the ball if you are going to buy one. This year they're going to be great! Yes great, sensational! There will be a surprise in store for you in the yearbook. lust in case you wondered, the price is now 31.25. Don't miss this offer, be sure to buy your yearbook today! SCHOOL'S OUT School's out, school's out, the teachers let the mules out. This old rhyme sounds familiar now, because summer vacation is near- ing. The swimming pools are fill- ing rapidly with BIH students, and the teachers are winding up on their work. This year has been a memor- able year for the ninth grade, just as next year it will be memorable for the eighth grade. Most of our ninth graders will be going to McCallum, and there is a great future ahead of them. Now is the time for the ninth graders to start thinking about their future, especially their plans. Have you thought about your fu- ture? l..et's hope everyone thats in the ninth grade is a success, and that all their wishes will come true. Heres a helpful thing that will be well to remember . . . when you do something, do it well! If you remember this, you are on the road to success. Iohnny Sherrill and Bill Young: We hate to leave. When Harritt Palmer was ask- ed how she felt about leaving she replied, Terrible, Bonnie Platt: l've only been here for one year, but in this one year l've found more fun than most people who have been here nine years. I really hate to leave. Baker is a real swell school and so are the teachers. We hate to leave you . . . , ..L..?i- CONGRATULATIONS KIDS Congratulations! We wish to congratulate you for your fine work in interscholastic league contests. In the English division we would like to congratulate Ann Cavett, first place ready writing, Martha Sherrill, 2nd place ready writing, and Margaret Laybourn, alternate for Ann and Martha. Also Kathryn Giddens for win- ning first place in the district for her spelling ability. She only mis- sed one word, gads I wish I could spell that good! Betty Voight came in second place in the spelling contest. -.,,,....-1 HORIZONTAL BAR TEAM Around and around and around they go. This describes the Hori- zontal Bar Team. This team prac- tice has been supervised by Mr. McLemore. The team consists of Pat Fowler, Bob Hawley, Bennie Miller, Blas Santos, Lupe Santos, Wilson Ienson, Vernon King, Al Shaffer and Arbie Ioe Cutrer. The bar which they practice on is ho- rizontal to the ground and may be better known to some as a chinning bar. Requirements for a good hori- zontal bar performer are: Cal Agility tbl Courage Ccl Strength Cdl Sense of timing Cel Lot of practice

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PAGE SIX THE BAKER ROCKET lContinued from March lssuel lor I took the .45 and he took the six-gun and I got to Boot Hill before him l As we left Schmo Thursday in the last episode of Showdown Schmo was looking down the bar- rels of Lord Fauntleroy Tudor's six shooters. As we rejoin our story- No one spoke or moved as Schmo and Fauntleroy stood there in the middle of the main street of Boot Hill. The air was tense with anticipation. Then Fauntleroy broke the monotony as he said, l suppose you know that l'm out to get you, do you not Thurs- day. Ah plumb sure do, replied Schmo. Well, l'll give you a fair chance, Fauntleroy went on. l challenge you to a duel. You may name the time, place and weapons. You see, I am a man of fair play, and distinction and besides, l need some target prac- tice. You may give me the infor- mation tomorrow or send it by your second . Schmo thought a moment and murmured, Time-first day of August, place-west Texas desert, weapon-snowballsf' Come, come now my good man. The last person l killed didn't even fight back. Let's make this a sporting duel. Then Beuuulah Bell spoke, P A U L ' S Carpets - Draperies l 1 8110 ? 6: Wuuw A 5010 6: 1-4' F1unvn.seay .JW Schmo, youall have got to up- hold the good name of this here town and if the only way to do it is fight Fauntleroy, then youall have got to do it. Alrightee, that fancy-pants out- law don't scare me. Ah bet he's not as tough as Liberace even if he does have hair like him. Well, Thursday, have you made up your Chahl mind? Yes, mah mind is made up. Ah'l1 meet you at the big oak tree at 10:00 in the morning. We might make it dawn but Ah'm never up at that time. . But what will the weapons be? Don't worry, l'll have weapons for both of us. As Fauntleroy walked away Beuuulah Bell said, What kind of weapons did you choose, Schmo? the morning and youall will see. At ten on the dot the next morn- ing Schmo was at the oak tree with two weapons in his hands. At l0:0l Fauntleroy came into view. He approached slowly, step by step, peering at the objects Schmo held in his hand. Fauntle- roy was Within l0 feet of Schmo when he stopped, still staring at what Schmo held in his hand. l-le shudderedp then turned and ran so far that he was never seen in Texas again. What did Schmo have in his hand? Draw your own conclusion! Moral: Never start reading a continued story. 67112471 ji TELEPHONE 6-5I I0 FEMININE FASHIONS 410 COUQFSSS AVSUUG rust be Gt the big Oak tree in 2904 Guadalupe Austin, Texas , , . . an f , . ..- ' I' Tl1ere's good eating ahead .wl- ' .?ff5Zf! 5 ,W 2234 e-UADALUPE looa coNe-Rzss QM 5, g guyz ty f ,nw rxmxx ...Z i Ax :. 'X pl' i SALES SERVICE 'WM '2W ' W Maytag ,T M ,umm W 3 i ' Peterson Appliance Center wah Buffer Kwsi. Bread! 5915 GUADALUPE ST. W BUS. PH. 5-90l0 RES. PH. 5-l038

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PAGE TWO THE BAKER ROCKET CHESS TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD MAY 17-21 Mr. S. D. Mcl..emore has an- nounced that chess tournament will be held May 17-21. The chess tournament is open to any boy who can play chess. He doesn't have to be an outstanding player to enter either. At first the tourna- ment will be played by elimina- tion and then by round-robin. The chess club has been grow- ing. It now contains some 35 to 40 members. They are as follows: Richard Starwich, I. W. Sanders, jerry jones, Ray Belcher, Warren Routon, Darrell Dungan, Robert Sullavan, Cecil Catchings, Leon Hanson, Errol Schuyler, Richard Mannix, Raymond Sherman, Bob- by Boyd, Bob Young, jerry Mo- gonye, Dickey Kemp, Charles ,C a n tw e l 1, David Biggerstatf, james Atchison, jesse Freeman, james Norman, Anthony Petrick, Bennie Engelke, jack Wagner, Gene Mayes, Earl Dean, Frank Lain, Leroy Henderson, Mike Drousche, Sammy Franks, Cotton Watford, joe Prewitt, jerry Polk, Leroy Eastburn, Lamar Anderson, lrving Cutter, Bobby Wykes, Ar- thur Chester, and Gene Mallard. STUDENT ACTIVITIES END SCHOOL TERM ln the good ol' Summer Time is probably a phrase which will come to the minds of many Baker- ites at the nearing of the summer vacation months. As we near these summer months and the closing of the school term, we begin to think of all the activities which have or will round up the school days. For instance the school picnic which will be held soon at Shipe Park. There will be free hot dogs and soda water for everyone, as well as the refreshing cool water for swimming. The Student Council will also round up their school days with a picnic and swimming at Barton Springs, which all plans to be an enjoyable afternoon. May 14th was the day set aside by the journalism class to have their Press Club Dinner. This ac- tivity took place at the Hitchin' Post and entertainment was per- formed by the journalism students themselves. MAY 3-8 MARKED FRIENDSHIP WEEK Monday, May 3, opened the first activity for Friendship Week. Starting at 7:30 and lasting until 8:30 a sunrise dance was held to enable students to get their Friendship books signed. There was also dancing for those who wanted to dance. The books were put out by the student council and were sold for 15 cents. The sec- ond day was used mostly to get books signed. On Wednesday there was a big treat for the girls. The boys were supposed to carry the girls' books to class for them but the treat went to the boys Thursday because the girls car- ried the boys' books. On Satur- day, May 8, from 7:00 to 10:00 there was a Hawaiian Dance. A Friendship king and queen were also announced at the dance. For more fun the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades at Mc- Callum were invited to the dance. That concluded the schedule for the week and here are a few notes from the teachers: Please try to have a pen or pencil with you and contact teachers before and after school or between classes if you would like for them to sign your Friendship Books. NIGHT OF THREE ONE ACTS Baker Auditorium is where the Footlight Players presented two nights of one act plays. The plays presented were: Ladies Alone , The Dear Departed , and l'm a Fool which was Baker's contest play. The members of the casts were: l'm a Fool , johnny Sher- rill, Carol Wycofi, Emily Ford, Barbara Grice, Dicky Kemp, Becky Hatherly, and Glenn Noble. The Members of Dear De- parted ' were: Ann Cavett, Ethel Kidder, Laneta Stefka, Arthur Chester, Irving Cutter Donny Tew and Wilma Anderson. The cast of Ladies Alone is Avis McFarland, Sandy Hitchcock, Dar- leen Inman, and Sue King. 9th GRADE STYLE SHOW l guess we have some pretty well-dressed gals in the ninth grade now. lf you saw the Fashion Show they gave tor the P.T.A. April 13, you can understand why. The girls modeled the dres- ses they made in homemaking. The theme was April in Paris and there were three scenes. The first was for the more casual dres- ses, the second was for the round-the-clock dresses, and the third scene was for the real dres- sy dresses. Miss Nell Ann Holdaman, the student teacher, was the narrater for the show. The girls who mo- deled in the show were from Mrs. I-1arville's second and sixth period classes. They also gave the style show in assembly on the 15th of April. Congratulations to the girls on their wonderful dresses. They were very beautiful. A HUMAN SUNBEAM Everyone knows that one can't confine a sunbeam, no matter how hard he tries. But does every- one know that a human sunbeam is pretty hard to confine too? The source of the sunny personality of a human sunbeam is the heart. When the source of something is as deep as that, it is pretty hard to squelch. Have you ever no- ticed that when a happy person is around a sad one, the sad one usually becomes gay instead ot the happy person becoming sad and depressed? lf you haven't, you notice the next time you are around some people like that. Maybe the happy person will be you. l,.l. AWARD RECEIVED BY BAKERITE April 5th Bakerites had two treats. One as you recall was the assembly given by Texas School for the Blind. The other was, Ed- gar Smith received a beautiful Placque. Edgar received this for his Champion Holstein Heifer at the Fredericksburg Stock Show. This show was held August 25-27, 1953. Edgar belongs to the 4-H Club for which he raised this hei- er.