Central Junior High School - Reflector Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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- -'- ---- Y 4- -.K N 'lf ' - ,,,.,, .,,v+...... i 1 .ts Lick-ill yw. -AL ' Grade 9B Arabian Life RS. Berluti's history class had the pleas- ure of listening to Verdia Negim tell about Arabian life. First she told us about the different kinds of Arabs. There are the desert Arabs, and those east of Damascus City. The former wear long robes and the latter wear something like our gym bloomers only they are longer. Their homes are solid masses of stone and it is a mystery how some came to be built so. They have, what seems to us, queer customs in their churches, one of which is, if an Arab marries out of his family, he or she can never enter the main part of the church. Their fam- ilies are quite large, there are nine hundred or more in every family, whose family name is not the same surname. - Verdia's name in Arabia would be: Verda Messeh Negim, Hamood Nagim, Algosayine. Algosayine is the one big family name. These families raise their own food, they have large gardens, their grapes are twice the size of our ordinary grapes, the olives are never picked from the tree because picking them would make them bitter to the taste they are just shaken from the tree, then the ripe olives fall. Their big dish is made of grape leaves roll- ed like cigars. Their method of preparing their food is entirely different from ours and rather difficult to explain. They have the most beautiful horses in the world. If they are full blooded Arabian horses they can never be taken out of the country, be- cause there would soon be so many in the dif- ferent parts of the world that Arabian horse fiesh would lose its value. If anyone sells one of these horses out of his country he is punished. Mary Nichols Reflector Covers We are indebted to Howard Winter for the attractive covers on the February and March issues of the Reiiectorg to John Morrell for his April Rain cover, to Mr. M. Mussato of the Mechanical Drawing department for the very effective letter design, combining school, schol- arship, citizenship, music and athletics which graces our Pictorial Review number. Prisoner, did you steal that rug? No, yer Honor, the lady gave it to me and told me to beat it and I did? ,gf - Grade SB ,,m,,i,, , Nm 1, -':5,,..41 11 -,Hs ---A --V ----- -14

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4 I Q V1 Y ii A sfymsljp T4 5139, ...qggpgli fr H ii P 1 C T O R 1 A 1- R eil L E Q sg llifvciit- Grade 9A. The Library Hour NCE a week our 7A reading class had what we call the Library Hour. The purpose of this hour has been to get ac- quainted with many of our living American poets and others who have done great work in poetry. Here you will find a list of poets and a comment on each one. It has all been very enjoyable and interesting. Nathalia Crane. Known by her ability to write poems at such a young age. Many of her poems have much mirth, such as the Janitor's Boyf' Roger Jones, and What Every Girl Knows. Hilda Conklingf' Her poems do not rhyme, but always express a beautiful idea which is stated in a beautiful way and which are fanciful and fantastic. L. A. Daly. His poems are Written in dialect, which makes them very interesting. They are usually based on human nature and are humorous. p Oliver' Herford. His poems attract atten- tion because of the way he transforms and puts life into fiowers, trees, and hills, and other things in nature. Many beautiful cartoons are found in Ladies, Home Journal which are made by him. Joyce Kilmer. His poems are mostly imag- inative. One of his best beloved peoms is'iTrees. Robert Louis Stevenson. He is famous for his book of poems, A Child's Garden of Verses. His peoms tell about both little folks and big folks. James W. Riley. Most of his peoms are about the farm children and their experiences. Edna St. Vincent Millay is called the woman of the hour because of her many famous poems and her recent opera. The Pear Tree and God's World are some very beauti- ful poems which we have learned. Elizabeth M. Roberts has recently pub- lished her first book called The Time of Manf' it is a great success and a great book so the critics sav. We learned two short poems of hers, Mumps and Mr. Wells. Sidney Lanier. A famous southern Ameri- can poet, the author of The Tournament which we committed to memory. Florence Terwilliger and Betty Qualman Grade 9A. 0 i it O 45. K9 1 I I Y Q 1: il 5 l l K r I I 4 i 1 I. 1 L P I M 1 t U E ix E 5 L E Q ii . - mr as ...em e g A-ei 10 as at - ef asses .1

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f f,,,il, ,...... I r I -f 5 Q I ii ll I at 3 ' 'C 1 Q fn l:1Tv5'-i'--- w I any - - -- 1-If -j Grade BA , A Prize Winner UR school is proud to announce that one of our former pupils who is attending Saginaw High School, won the first of the three prizes offered by the Saginaw Transit Company for the best essay under the name, TheVa1ue of Street Car and Bus Service in the Upbuilding of a City. Her name is Cleota Thomas and she lives at 606 Cherry St. We surely hope she has the same luck at similar try outs at other prizes. The prize that she won was 35.00. Below is her essay: The Value of Street Car and Bus Service in the Upbuilding of a City. To have street cars and busses in a city is a great asset and a source of income. A city or large business firm could not expect to grow if there were no transportation facilities for the people. It also enables industries to be located farther out of the city, Where property and taxes are lower. Workmen would not Walk a great dis- tance to work and therefore busses and street cars could transport them. A city with good transportation facilities for the people will grow much faster than a city without. Attractive busses and street cars, such as Saginaw has, also help to make a city beautiful. They draw the attention of tourists and visitors and give them a favorable impression of the city. That is why busses and street cars aid in the upbuilding of a city by promoting business. Jack Prine To My Arizona Girl fBy her Florida Admirerj In far away Nebraska 'Neath the California skies Lives my Oklahoma sweetheart With the Massachusetts eyes. She's a native of Virginia In Kentucky she was born She lived all her life in Minnesota On a Mississippi farm. We met one night in South Carolina Near the Texas border line, And with tales of home in Indiana I won my Utah girl divine. Now we'll go to old New Hampshire In Oregon to wed And P11 love my dear Wyoming rose Till the day that I am dead. Frances Butler , H WH. , l Grade BA ,Q-,,. ix ,J - if 12 L-..-f-fn-W-ms-Q--his------as-Imac 5. ,,.t,....M.M-.,....--.. , --..--- --. V, t.. 3: w'