Central Junior High School - Junior Classic Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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QE The Junior Classic ge Girl Reserves In Central Junior High School there are three Girl Reserve Groups that compete with each other to do the best work. The lVinona, Dolly Madison, and Lucky Lassies win their honors by doing housework. school work, and social work. Only four girls have yet won the right to wear the Girl Reserve ring, the highest honor a member can receive. , The New Club The weekly meeting of the Lucky Lassies was held on Wednesday, with every member present. The girls wanted something new to dog they had sold candy, and pencils, and car- ried baskets of food and bundles of clothes to the poor. I wish we could find something new to do, said one of the girls. So do I, said another. XVe've done all kinds of charity work, and I wish we could do something different. Every- body try to plan something, and report next Wednesday. It was with this attitude that the meeting of the club was adjourned. Betty was president and Hope was vice- president of the club, so of course both were thoroughly interested in thewwork of finding and accomplishing something new. Can't you spend the night with me, Hope? suggested Betty. I'll call mother and see. Hope called her mother and she gave her consent for the girls to spend the night to- gether. After dinner, while the girls were in the library. the telephone rang and Betty ran to answer it. It proved to be her Uncle Bob who was Health Inspector for the city, and who worked. of course, in all parts of the town. He wanted Betty to go with him the following Saturday on a tour of inspection in the Slum district. She said she would go if her friend Hope would be permitted to go, too. Uncle Bob said he would be glad to have her accom- pany them. He wanted the girls to see the condition of the slum district. The following Saturday morning proved to be a typical spring morning. Uncle Bob called for the girls about eight o'clock and the day's work began. YVhen they arrived at their desti- nation, Uncle Bob asked them whether they cared to wander about by themselves or to go with him. They decided to go with him, think- ing they would get to see more of the real life. The first house they visited proved to be a most desirable oneg the outward appearance was very poor but the inside was neat and clean. The woman of the house received them kindly. After they left, Betty remarked, All of the nice people aren't wealthy, are they? Most of the day was spent in visiting the homes in the districtg some were clean, some were filthy. Late in the afternoon in a dirty tenement house, the girls were attracted by loud voices. It sounded as if several people were engaged in an argument. Betty and Hope started down the hall, and they soon came upon an open door, inside they saw a group of live girls about four- teen years of age. One girl they noticed in par- ticular. a tall, thin. pale girl, poorly but neatly dressed who seemed to be the leader in the discussion. The argument was about the or- ganization of a club. Betty and Hope listened and then Betty said, 'WVhy not ask them to organize as Girl Re- serves? Obi a line idea, commented Hope. You ask them and I'1l make a little speech explaining the work of the Girl Reserves, suggested Betty. XVhen the matter was presented. the girls be- came thoroughly interestedg Betty and Hope left that evening with the promise of a new adventure for their club. They decided to keep it all to themselves until everything was com- pleted. The next Wednesday at meeting when lPave Twentyl

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Gif The Junior Classic 28 A is for Air, That we breathe day and night It must always be fresh, To make us feel right. B is for Bath, Each day in a tub, Followed at once, By a brisk body-rub. C is for Cough, K And its cousin, the sneeze. Cover them both With your handkerchief, please. D is for Danger, Whenever you choose, To drink from a cup That other folks use. E is for eyes. Have good light when you read And print not too fine, Or glasses you'll need. F is for fingernails. If they were mine, I'd scrub them and clean them, And make them look fine. G is for Grain, Oats, barley and wheat. These are the cereals Children should eat. H is for Health, That is built day by day, By the habits you form, In your work or your play. l is for Inches, You'll add to your height, By eating and sleeping, And living just right. J is for Jaws, And a good rule to follow Is Chew many times On each mouthful you swallow.' K means to kill Each fly with a swat, For living they're dangerous, Dead, they are not. L is for Loose, As your clothing should be, Leaving your arms and legs, Perfectly free. M is for Milk, You need to drink plenty. But not tea or coffee, Before you are twenty. Health fPage Nineteenl N is for Neatness, Of dress and of hair, At home and at school, And, in fact, everywhere. 0 is for Outdoors. Where children should play, In sunshine and fresh air, A part of each day. P is for Pounds. On the scales watch your weig To see if you're gaining, At just the right rate. Q is for Question, You didn't expect. Is your posture when sitting, And walking erect? R is for Rising, Soon after the sun. Pray don't lie abed, Till the day's well begun. S is for Sleep, Of ten hours unbroken, And always, of course, With windows wide open. T is for Teeth. Keep them shiny and white, By brushing them thoroughly, Morning and night. U is for Underwear, Spotlessly clean. So change it as often, As if it were seen. V is for Vegetables, Spinach and peas, Cabbage, beans, carrots, Eat plenty of these. W is for Water, And doctors all say, That a person should drink, Many glasses a day. X is for X-ercise, Getting your share, Of playing and running, Out in the air. Y is for Yawn, For this habit 'tis said, There's only one remedy, Early to bed. Z is the Zone. Wherein safety doth lie, Stand quietly there, W'hile the autos whiz by. h

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SE The Junior Classic SQ 1 w 1 1 1 w GIRL RESERVES Upper row: Left to right, Alice Hathaway, Evelyn Ma tthews, Annabelle Sutton, Ruth Stebbins, Lois Vurpillat, Marigrace Turner, Ellen Graff, Doris I-Ieminger, Kathleen Carroll, Dean Rogers. Helen Lacer, Idah Palmiter. Lower row: Jane Carn. Zella Atwood, Dorothy Hutson, Opal Hutson, June Turnock, Gladys Mitchell, Geraldine Erhardt, Valda Buck, Nelda Warburtonf they were repeating the code, the phrase Loyal to Friends came to their minds and they de- cided to tell the rest of the girls about the new group. IVhen the story was told, all of the girls wanted to visit the new group or have them visit the club room. The next week the new club and the old one had a joint meeting 'When the new club met, they decided to adopt as their motto, Loyal to Friends , because Betty and Hope were becoming fast friends to them and they felt very much indebted to the girls for the club. . A month or so after the new club had been started, you could pick out the tenement house where the new Girl Reserves lived. because flowers of all kinds could be seen peeping from the windows, and in the yard back of the build- ing. The windows had been washed and neat white curtains had been put up. The floors and steps were scrubbed and everybody remarked about the improved appearance of that par- ticular tenement building. The secret of it all was that the girls were working for their honors. YVhen the banquet was held the next May, and the rings were awarded, three girls out of the tive became the proud owners of the much coveted G. R. ring. TRIALS OF A WOULD-BE POET I've tried and tried and tried again, But never could succeed. I've racked my brain and lost my head, To write something fit to read. I sit and stare and stare and stare: I scratch my head and mess my hair, But I fear that I shall never be A writer of real poetry. It's very hard to write some verse, When there are other things to do, But the teacher makes you sit right down, And work it through and through. Well, now I've done the best I can. Though it's not first class 'tis true, For you're supposed to make it rhyme, And have some rhythm, too. lPns:e Twenty-Oriel