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

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14 JUNIOR LIFE all right, picked up the base and tore back to first with it. The game was delayed five minutes. Sir Gauter hit a ball into left field which struck Sir Gareth and bounded off his armor. He got to second, and Sir Tor reached third. Sir Reynold got a walk. Sir Gillimer struck out. Sir Damus got a walk and Sir Priamus struck out. 1 run. 1 hit. 1 error. Now my team came to bat. Sir Galahad struck at two. and when Umpire Smith called the third on him. he calmly broke him in two with the bat! The umpire’s friends took him home on a shutter! I then got a peasant named Jones to umpire. Nothing more of importance happened. 1 run. 2 hits. 0 errors. The game went along nicely until the ninth inning. At the end of the eighth the score was: Ulsters. 61 runs. 99 errors. 5 hits: Iron Clads. 60 runs. 98 x i errors. 6 hits. The Terrible Ninth Sir Agravaine got a single. Sir Tor was struck and took first. Sir Gauter slammed one at Sir Kay. who caught it with his teeth. (He afterwards told me he could catch better that way.) Sir Agravaine slid to third in a cloud of dust, making as much noise as a boiler factory in full blast. Just then the noon whistle blew and both teams cried. ‘‘Food!” and scattered for home. The final score could not be determined: however. I might add that nine umpires were carried home the “bat and shutter” route. Never again will I have as much pleasure in six hours, as I had at that game. Burton Thom. BOY SCOUTS The Boy Scouts is an organization for boys twelve years and over, the aim being to make boys better citizens mentally, physically, and morally. Scouts who keep the oath and laws cannot go wrong. The record in a well known Juvenile Court shows that out of several hundred boys tried, only a very few were ever scouts. In the city of Minneapolis there are 2.025 boy scouts in 92 troops. Of this number. 250 boys representing 35 troops attend Bryant Junior High School. We also have three Eagle Scouts, the highest mark in scouting. T hey are Frederick Hansen, room 101 : Robert Logan, room 124. and John Wilson, room 209. Mr. George Wycoff. known to all Minneapolis scouts as ‘‘Chief.” is Chief Executive in this city. He. with his assistants, plan all of the scout activities. Two of the most interesting events are the Wali-Ga-Zip. which takes place out of doors, and Wali-Ga-Zhu. a Winter attraction. The preliminaries for the Wali-Ga-Zhu were held in the gymnasium of Bryant Junior High. February 27. 1925. These are tests of skill and speed in scout work. The winning troop in Minneapolis contests with the winning troop of St. Paul for the “Shark’s Backbone.” It has just been returned to Minneapolis by Westminster Troop 33 after two years in St. Paul. The Scoutmasters take the boys on hikes at least once a month, when they have fire building, cooking, and other outdoor tests. At the meetings, one topic for consideration is taken up and usually an expert discusses it. James E. West. Chief Scout Executive of the United States, is giving the organization a year to make the membership one million. If the boys but knew the good work of the Boy Scouts, it would not be long until that goal would be reached. Neil McDonald.

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JUNE. 1925 13 This reminds us of the daring old Vikings, whose adventurous spirit led them even into the New World. T he second painting is one by Henry Oliver Walker, the title of which is, “Arrival of the Mayflower. It vividly portrays the landing of the Pilgrims. Across the picture, near the top. is inscribed. “For the Lord is our defense and the Holy One of Israel is our King. The original of this hangs in the State House at Boston. Massachusetts. The third is one by Edwin Howland Blashficld. The name of it is “Source of the Mississippi” and shows the Indians and white men together on the banks of the river. At the base of the picture is written, I love Thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills. The next in line is another by this same artist. It is “Minnesota, the Granary of the World.” The originals of these last two are from our own State Capitol. The fourth and last is by Henry Oliver Walker and is entitled. “Endicott Preaching to the Indians. Passing from the foyer into the entry, we find very suitable screens covering the radiators and their niches. On either side of the entry there is a reproduction of the beautiful Centurion frieze from the Parthenon. The color scheme carried out in the entire decoration of the entry is harmonious and attractive. The whole decoration is truly remarkable. We arc told there is nothing finer in this line in any of the junior high schools of our country. We trust that the expenditure of time and money for this work on the part of our school may be an inspiration to all who visit or work here. The 9A graduating class is leaving the decorations of the foyer as their memorial. All these pictures show the industry, perseverance, and spirit of our forefathers, those pioneers who really have made the educational advantages of the Bryant Junior High possible for us. We hope that all who sec them will remember their fine ideals and profit by their example. Myrle Mealy. A MEDIEVAL BALL GAME A Fantasy. With Apologies to Mark Twain Ore of my experiences will?the English people when I was in their country in the year 550 A. D. concerned baseball. A certain page in the castle named Malumcn De La Logan whom I had taught the game, challenged me to get up a ball game that would beat his. I took him up and organized a team. They were ignorant as all people are when they first learn the game. Add 20 per cent slowness to this and you will know what I had to put up with. They were so green that when I had told them, and then showed them how to ste I a base, they would walk over, pick it up and calmly walk off with it under their ?rm. Another thing was that they would not take off their armor. I found the same trouble in Logan's camp, so to tell the teams apart my team wore iron armor, and were called “Iron Clads.” while Logan s team wore chain armor, and were called “Ulsters.” The pitcher for the “Iron Clads” w s Sir Launcelot: the pitcher for the “Ulsters” was Sir Pellinor. Umpire was Smith. The “Ulsters” went to bat with about 25.000 witnessing the game. First Nning Sir A ravaine struck out on three patched balls. Sir Launcelot was going good. Sir Tor got a walk. When Logan told him to steal second, he got there

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JUNE. 1925 15 THE ROMANCE OF ALASKA AND CANADIAN ROCKIES The following article was written by a pupil of Bryant Junior High, following an interview by one of our reporters. She. Elizabeth Jane Greer, recently took a trip to Canada and Alaska, and has kindly consented to write an article on it. —Editor s Note. Leaving Minneapolis one delightful day last June. I started for Alaska. When I arrived at Winnipeg. I visited Fort Gary, and the Hudson Bay Company. There I found some wonderful Indian and Eskimo relics. These relics dated back to the early days of the Hudson Bay Company. I saw blankets, some of which were worth a thousand dollars in our money. Then there was the kyak. which is a boat the Eskimos had used many years ago. Leaving Winnipeg. Jasper Park was the next place of interest. There we stopped to view the glories of the mountains. Mount Robson is the monarch of the Canadian Rockies. Its altitude is well over 13.000 feet. You, my reader. can imagine its magnificence. The mantle of snow and hanging glaciers can not be described with words. Leaving these mountains we traveled northwest along the scenic 'Eraser river toward the historical Prince George, and Hazel-ton. and on through the Bulkley Valley. There we stopped and looked down some 300 feet at the natural phenomena of the Bulkley Gate. This gate, which is 250 feet in width and 1 50 feet in height, has been cut by the rushing waters of the Bulkley through an eight-foot thick wall of solid rock. Winding its way through canyons the train slowly moved on. taking me nearer and nearer to Prince Rupert, where I boarded the steamer for Alaska. Our first stop was at Ocean Falls, which is called the City of Roses. The city is built in tiers, houses rising one after the other up the side of the mountain. The tiers are connected by wooden staircases, and each house has a garden in which roses are blooming beautifully. From Ocean Falls the steamer went out into the open Pacific. The ocean is just one high billowy wave after another. At this season of the year it is daylight until well after ten o’clock at night. As we plowed along our northward course and watched the gorgeous sunset that first night, it was a riot of wonderful colors. Our next ston was Hvder. Alaska. This city is built entirely on piling over the water. The streets are planks nailed to the piling. I he mountains rise straight from the water s edge which makes it impossible to build on land. Small frame buildings line the streets. On leaving Hvder I traveled for a distance through the famous Portland Canal, called the “Norway of America.” We were surrounded by the typical grandeur of Alaska, the sun shining on the huge glaciers and snow capped mountains. showing all the colors of the rainbow. It was with great regret we left that glorious land of the “midnight sun.” and resumed our homeward voyage. Elizabeth Jane Greer. ODDS AND ENDS Robert Tomkins announces his intention of becoming a moth ball magnate. We wish him good luck. Gladvs Christianson s vs she is voing to swear off powder and rouge. It suits us so long as the powder factories don't no bro e. It is not without Pav e (Frederick1 that we have reached tW conclusion that Ben Franklin mav lose his laurels as an electrician. However. Fred is verv modest about his acouirements OrvTe Dahl tells us that he will become a second Fritz Kreis'er. How sad. and so voung. too! A decline in the wheat prPe has been noticed, probably due to the fact that