Bryant Junior High School - Junior Life Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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JUNE. 1925 11 also an understanding friend as well. Due to the splendid co-operation between the faculty and the students, a feeling has been instilled into us that education is more than mere book learning. All in all. Bryant Junior has meant so much to me that it is with great regret that I leave it. Genevieve Fredsall. CLASS WILL We. the class of June. 1925. being sound of mind and body, as evidenced by our ability to still run through the corridors, and to be heard from one end of the hall to the other when passing between classes, do make an|d publish this, our last will and testament, to go into effect when we have left our dear Bryant Junior High School to enter the halls of learning in other schools. I. To the entire school we bequeath the opportunity to use one of our many cherished treasures, the cool and inviting pool, the deep end to be used at your own risk. II. To the coming generation of 9B's who plan to take Latin, we leave Miss Rennie. However, do not fail to keep her amused by the unique pronunciations you give to the tongue-twisters that frequently appear in the book. III. To the 9A C. L. P. classes we give the privilege of visiting ice cream and bag factories, if you do not neglect to ask for a sample of their goods. IV. Since we arc graduating, the Glee Club are sadly diminished. Therefore, to Miss Flynn and Mrs. Angell we leave the great task of discovering more great vocal artists to fill these places, though we know these substitutes will fall short of being as accomplished in this line as we are. V. We leave to the school the task of acquiring a large collection of papers, including gum and candy wrappers, tardy slips and Miss Farnam’s Math, papers. VI. We who have kept up one of the beauties of our school, do will to the future 9A’s the all-important iob of keeping the grass in as good condition as we did: also be just as careful about stepping on the lawn. VII. Also to this brilliant group of “soon-to-be 9A‘s“ we leave our spotless record of conduct, and we hope you will follow our example. Just because vou are to be the highest class in the building, don't try to let every one know it. We didn't. VIII. We will to the future 9A's several unused Student Officer badges to be worn bv trustworthy members of that group. We hope that these will be not only firm and reliable, but energetic as well. IX. To Mr. Hardaker we leave our pood will, and we wish to thank him for his help and advice, which made our life in Bryant the most pleasant of our school experiences. Anyone of the beneficiaries trving to bre V this will and testament will, according to the school law. be subject to suspension by the principal with reinstatement by the Board of Education. Marion Scheimo. Neil McDonald.

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10 JUNIOR LIFE EDITORIAL AN APPRECIATION The Staff takes this opportunity to thank all persons who have assisted with the '‘Times’' during the present semester. Particularly do they thank Mr. Bolinger. the instructor in printing, for his continuous assistance and interest. It may not be known that practically all work connected with this bi-monthly paper is done at our own s hool and in our own print shop. Editor. THE JUNIOR 1 IFF is the first booklet that has been published at Bryant Junior High School. It represents a considerable amount of work on the part of the contributors. Manv exchanges the country over have been consulted, read, and re-read, so that the readers may benefit thereby. We wish to thank the students and the faculty for their co-operation in “putting over the magazine. It is not. however, a NEWSPAPER, for the extent of time between the early date set for the submission of the articles and the date set for publication was so great that any news we might have would grow old before it would be printed. Now to you. my reader, we present this, the 9A issue of the BRYANT TIMES. BRYANT TIMES POPULARITY Our Bryant 'Limes seems to he very popular among the students at Bryant. Figures show that out of the fifteen hundred students enrolled, twelve hundred are subscribers eighty per cert, or four-fifths of the student body. Some miv think this is not a large number. To those we say that this figure is seldom reached by any school paper. We hope that next fall this number may be increased. WHAT BRYANT JUNIOR HAS MEANT TO ME Bryant Junior High h s me nt a great deal to me as well as to the or er students, because of the efficient and interesting method of instruction, Th different organizations and activities of the school, such as the “G. A. A..“ “The Hi-Y Club.” “Girl Reserves. and Boy and Girl Scouts, help much toward uniting the students more closely. The Bryant Junior High has provided for us a reasonable amount of wholesome pleasure and recreation so that our school has become our social center as well as the source of our learning. These social gatherings have taken place at various times and often include our parents, thereby increasing the spirit of friendliness between the parents and teachers. The beauty of the architecture and the spacious, well lighted and ventilated rooms have been to the students an inducement for improved work. The swimming pool and the well equipped gymnasiums have helped toward the better health of the students. It has alwavs been a delight to assemble in our beautiful auditorium, which features worth-while pictures, lectures, and various other interesting programs. In Mr. Hardaker. we have not only a most able and efficient principal, but

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12 JUNIOR LIFE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BRYANT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL I've been asked to tell my history from the beginning to the present time, so I shall begin: It was a glorious spring day. March twenty-third, nineteen hundred 2nd twenty-three, when I opened my doors for the first time to the thousand or more children I was to house. Some of the boys and girls showed reluctancy to leave their former schools, but this unwillingness soon wore off. I am glad to say. I saw children gaze in sheer wonder at the size of my rooms: I heard the girls shout for joy at the sight of my auditorium: I heard John whisper to Bill that my swimming pool was a wonder, and of course Jack was telling his sister. Jane, that they wouldn't have to bother mother at noon now that the wonderful cafeteria was in their new school, where all the foods that boys and girls like are made for their benefit. Pearl was in tears for she couldn't find he:- room, when who should appear on the scene but the ever-ready Mr. Hardaker. who helped her find her destination. The first 9A class to leave me was the group of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-four. They seemed happy, yet sad to go. for I think they loved me. I am indebted to them for the large picture of Lincoln which hangs in my front corridor. I can be justly proud of my green leaves and shrubbery which the June class of nineteen hundred and twenty-four gave me. and the curtains that the third class left for me greatly improve the appearance of my stage. I am glad I house such boys and girls who are constantly beautifying and improving me. On May first, nineteen huryired and twenty-four. I had a color div and my dress was chosen as red and white. To make me more popular with the boys and girls I was given a bi-monthly paper, and oh! what joy to read the editorials, jokes, and work the famous brain teasers and cross-word puzzles. I am now two years of age and why shouldn't I be proud, for my name is Biyant Junior High School. Mildred Schwartz. Dorothea Nylin. SCHOOL PICTURES AND MEMORIAL As one enters the foyer of the Bryant Junior High School, he is immediately impressed with the beauty of the decorations on the walls. These art decorations were started in the fall of nineteen twenty-three and will be completed during the present month. This work has been done for our school at a considerable cost, the total amount having been raised by the pupils of Bryant Junior. It is the work of the Beard Art Gallery. The theme carried out in the decorations is the “Quest of Men and Women of America.” The particular pieces in the study consist of five large paintings in oil. The first is “The Landing of Lief Erickson in the New World” by Edward Moran.