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

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8 JUNIOR LIFE Such an air of depression hung about it that it seemed hard to breathe. Turning about I hurriedly departed and did not breathe freely until I had turned in upon the road. A TERRIFYING MOMENT I am going to relate an amusing but dangerous accident that happened to me in the school swimming pool one day last year. I could not swim, so I'd jumped off the edge of the pool where the water was shallowest, to do my first trying. Finally I decided to jump into deeper water, and jump I did. To my surprise, as well as to my dismay. I found the water over my head. I tried to scream but the water choked me. I stretched my hands upward, waving them frantically and the teacher soon saw me. She quickly ran and got a fish pole, and the first thing I knew it was in my hands, and 1 was being drawn out of the water. I shall never forget that terrifying moment under the water, while I gasped for breath and wondered if anyone would see me. My chum teases me now and says, “The teacher certainly pulled a big fish out of the pool that time!” We all had a good laugh afterwards, but as I went out of the room. I looked back to see how much water was left in the pool. It seemed to me I had swallowed most of it. A BLIZZARD It was a bleak day in the early part of the first month. The morning had been exceedingly dark and dreary, and the wind was blowing at a terrific rate. Later in the day the wind grew in its velocity and. in addition, white crystals began to descend. On descending the flakes were immediately transformed into a whirl of seemingly small flying bits of glass. As night drew nigh, the storm abated to a certain degree. But the crystals continued to be tossed about by the wind until the next day. At its dawning the blizzard had subsided leaving drifts of the diamond-like forms all over the country. SPORTS During the past year at Bryant many sport activities have taken place. The boys have been under the supervision of two able physical training teachers. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Anway. The first thing on the sport calendar was the tennis tournament. There were seventy boys competing in the contest, in which Vincent Orfield, champion of the 9B, lost to Stanley Burdick, champion of 9A and the school. The next was the soccer contest in which the 7th and 8th grades competed. Room 21 1 won the 7th grade, and Room 206 the 8th. Also some boxing matches were held among the students, of which Carl Tengler’s bout with Joe Shields was the most interesting. Tengler was a slight favorite. There have been held, during the past term, life saving and diving classes after school. Among our divers, James Kerns. John Cotton, and Frank Neun-singer are conspicuous. There has been keen competition between the rooms about the basketball games and those playing on the winning team will receive letters. The G. A. A., as everyone knows, is a girls' athletic association. The girls that enter sports and play a certain number of games, such as soccer or volley ball, earn a designated number of points. A small B is given to members who have earned one hundred points. A large B is given for five hundred points. Points may be added by hiking, skating, life-saving, folk-dancing, baseball, and track in the spring.

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JANUARY. 1926 7 9A MEMORIAL The 9A Class of January, 1926, are leaving seven fine pictures to decorate the various 9A rooms. The money for these pictures represents the proceeds of their class entertainment, given Friday evening, January 15, 1926. The subjects are as follows: The Beautiful Forest - Franz Frankl The Meadow Brook - Franz Frankl Lake in the Woods - W. Leistikow Avenue of Birches - L. Sorenson Early Spring - - - - J. Gleich In Full Sail H. Petersen Autumn IN FULL SAIL A very beautiful and striking painting which will be admired by all lovers of the sea is entitled “In Full Sail.” It is one of the seven pictures left us by the 9A's. Plowing her way through the waves is an old vessel which seems to be taking full advantage of the wind in order to reach port on time. She probably belongs to a string of merchant vessels, for in the distance are two more of these old sea dogs making in the same direction. The sun seems to be slightly obscured by the clouds which adds a beautiful tint to the ocean waters. The sight of this picture gives one a thrill and almost makes him wish it were true. THE LONELY CHURCH At first glance something seemed out of harmony with nature, and yet on second glance it wasn't. It looked like some little, brown jug left by accident by a genii. It was a small, brown, desolated church. It wore an air of gloom and dejection. An ancient door hung on rusty hinges. It looked not unlike a huge mouth in a perpetual frown. There was a feeling of mystery around it. Oh! If only it could have spoken, what tales it might have told of gay weddings and of solemn funerals! A steeple, whose brazen-voiced bell would call no more, looked dejectedly down from its perch on high. All around it hung, like a huge, gray, death shroud, an atmosphere of deep, insufferable solemnity. I now turned my gaze to the church yard. In front of it. half standing, half reeling, stood the aged hitching post like some drunkard. The wood, worn smooth by countless generations of horses, shone like metal. I then walked around to the back. There a ramshackle, white-washed fence enclosed a small grave yard. It was overrun with weeds. Many of the graves had sunk and tombstones had toppled over. Such an air of awfulness pervaded it that my nerves were on edge. 1 would not have been surprised to have seen the ghost of a long-departed soul point its long, bony hand at me and command me to quit bringing my worldly air into this final resting place.

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JANUARY. 1926 9 The 9A girls receiving letters this term were Lillian Johnson 223 Helen Johnson.................- 223 Helen Bergin 223 Virginia Paddock 129 Janette Lee 308 Roselyn Noel 308 The G. A. A. has now a regular organization and has the following officers: Roselyn Noel, president; Evelyn Lindquist, secretary; Helen Hoel, vice-president and Marybelle Christensen, treasurer. The organization has had some good snappy parties, enjoyed by all who attended. Every girl in school should be a G. A. member. THE ORCHESTRA Our school is proud of the whole music department. The orchestra is an organization of which we feel we have a right to be proud. There are really two orchestras, a junior orchestra and a senior orchestra. The less experienced players go into the junior orchestra. Frequent try-outs are held to test the ability of the different players. When a player does well enough he may be promoted from the junior to the senior orchestra. At the beginning of this term we had a perfect symphony as far as the strings were concerned. The orchestra has had many opportunities to play over the radio and elsewhere. Miss Anderson. Mr. Giddings. and numerous guests have gladdened our hearts by their generous praise. The 9A members of our musical organizations will be missed, for they have worked hard to uphold the standard. We shall miss Allen Berg’s violin as well as his conscientious work behind scenes. James Sample is a wonder on the piano. He outdoes his name. too. for he gives us more than a sample of good music. Wait! I almost forgot Jim plays the viola, too. We are to lose the other half of our trombone section. There are only two in the school, and whom do you suppose we are to lose? It is Claron Rieke. Glendale Johnson will be a loss to our cornet section. We wish him well when he gets to Central. Then there is Bob Dahl, of cello fame. Nick Soteraplos and Louis Brown, violinists, and last but not least. Lawrence Johnson, the saxophone. We all thank the orchestra members for the good work they have done. BRYANT JUNIOR HIGH BAND One of the latest organizations of the Bryant Junior High school, which is proving to be most enjoyable to all concerned is the Bryant Junior Band. At present there are forty members whose enthusiasm can be judged by the splendid work which they have been able to put on under the leadership of Mr. La Berge. The band meets three times a week during home activity period, giving them a short period for practice. On Wednesday evening the boys meet with Mr. La Berge for a good practice from 7:30 to 9:00 o'clock. The band, while it was only organized last May. already has a good supply of cornets, clarinets, trombones, a bass horn, alto horn. French horn, flutes, saxophones, a mello-phone and drums. New instruments are being added regularly and as soon as possible we arc very anxious that our band will be able to appear in their splendid uniforms. THE BOYS' GLEE CLUB The Boys’ Glee Club is one of the organizations in our school of which we are very proud.