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

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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'

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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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ts' war ff-1 Y- , u J xl 1--------in i fi is 1 1 r P L1 It 1 .x 1, it 11 1- 1. L L i ,-. Air i 7A Home Rooms Spanish in Central Junior High FTEN people ask Why do we study a for- eign language in Central Junior High School? The study of any foreign lan- guage broadens the horizon of the student, that is, it gives him knowledge of different people, -countries, and customs. Learning a foreign lan- guage gives a pupil more sympathy forforeiners learning our language. lt also helps to promote good feelings between the people of different countries. Pupils choose Spanish because it is amodern language and so more interesting than a dead language would be. Spanish gives the same training as any foreign language. It is spoken by a great many people and is becoming averv important language in the business world. Many of our szatesmen, like Hoover and Weeks, recommend the study of Spanish as a means of creating better feeling between North and South America. Spanish is a modern form of Latin. No pupil should start Spanish because he thinks it is easy, for like all other languages the study of Spanish means hard work. A pupil working faithfully at Spanish for two years should have the beginning of a good Spanish pronunciation, the ability to read, write, and speak simple Spanish, and some knowledge of Spanish speaking countries, their great men, famous places, and interesting costumes. In Spanish class, besides the ordinary reading and writing. we have conversations about pictures and objects, we sing Spanish songs, give Spanish yells, play Spanish games, and write and act Spanish plays. The Spanish Club which meets Monday during clearing hour work Spanish cross word puzzles, reads Spanish jokes, and does many other things which make the study of Spanish more pleasant and interesting. Alice Rossman Popping the Question A timid man wanted to propose to his girl but never dared to, finally took her to his family lot in the cemetery, and said, Wouldn't you like to be buried here some day? A Friend In Need Cashier Cat bankl 3 You will have to bring some one here to identify you before we can cash this check. Got any friends in town? v Stranger: No, l'm a tax collector. o 11 lifiif-P 'fx 114 Q 'L Home Room Officers to V - ,Q 51 2-,.. , .X 'fl' ,Q lla' s -ss 13 in s s N- S -,1Q,g,,,,,