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

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EEQQJU-1-l TWH .E P 1 C T o R 1 A L R E F L E c T o R l-1--:1Qj?g,?iQ Girl Scouts, Girl Reserves, Scout Coaching, Campfire and Traffic Clubs. Sewing NDER the supervision of our capable teach- The eighth grade learn how to make ers the work done by the girls in sewing different seams, how to.hem, gather, pleat, and this year has turned out very satisfactor- make different necks. The ninth grade makes ily. The purpose of sewing is to give the girls stepins, vests, a school dress with a few more a background for advanced work. They learn involved processes in it than a lniddie or blouse. the fundamental stitches on cotton and linen,in You see we take sewing for other reasons than order that they will be able to handle the diffl- just getting good marks and two hours credit. cult materials later on. The appreciation of good lines and color, Frances Butler though of simple material, is taught. The girls . learn how to budget and plan their clothing Sprlng IS Here money. . . . After a girl makes a garment in class,' she The grass IS .'2.'I'0W1I1g brightuand green unconsciously looks forward to making some- The flower blooms are Showlogi thing else of her own. She soon finds herself And OVGI' C0UUt1'1QS fa? and Vlflde able to plan all of her own clothes. Then she The cool, sweet wind 1S blowing. begins to pass judgment on ready-made and In the little brook the speckled trout make comparisons in her own mind. Are playing merry capers. It is a grand and glorious feeling when a Om- friend the robin Sings 3 Song girl finds that her fingers will obey her mind 1 d 1 - d h . bl t h. th t 1 ka To every ad an HSSIG, an S e IS a e O-Create somet mg a OO ' While he gently flits along the ground l1ke her mental pictures of a dress. She has Th t . I een nd MSS then learned the joy of working with herhands. Tha fsblgow 5151. ht a.th gh y'tt H The seventh grade girls found that after The de. iarf tfllgfailgt. e pre y Owers learning how to patch and darn they could begin e au? 195 1 9 ' . making a few simple pieces of their .own 29 God Wogliegitgrgggagfgcgiest clothing, such as bloomers, slips, and night- Wes u' p g' ' gowns, Frances Cooper W Girls' Business and Typing Clubs- ,. f 7f?

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'.X?Q 19n---tl 'Is H ii 1' 1 L' 'I cv iz i A 1, 11 ii if 1, I3 Q T 0 R iw:-131--1--T-Hf?.iff fg3g S MJ 8 ul J c 9 rn Theatre Craft, Bird, Flower and Radio Clubs, A Bit of Gummefl Paper OME people may think that stamp collect- ing is all the rot,'l but I fail to agree with then, for stamp-collecting is my idea of a hobby that is really worth while. lt is an education in itself, being so closely connected with history, as many events such as wars, treaties, changes in rulers, deaths of great men, and the like have caused new stamps to be issued. Nations often issue stamps to commemorate important happenings in their past history. Examples of such stamps are the United States Columbian Issue of 1893, and the Canadian Quebec Issue of 1908. Stamp-collecting or philately, as it often called also teaches geography. If I were not a stamp collector I never would have heard of such small, out-of-the-way countries as Anjouan Renya, Travancore, Diego-Suarez, and Allen- stein. I may add that I had one terrible time trying to find Anjouan on the map. Not only is it educational but it is financi- ally proiitable. Each and every postage-stamp, that has been legitimately issued has some val- ue, which is anywhere from one cent to 32, 500 dollars. I never expect to have one worth that much because there is only one of that kind in existance that being the one cent British Gui- ana stamp issued in 1859. The value of stamps is set by the Scott Stamp Co. of New York, who publish each year the Scott Standard Postage- Stamp Catalogue which gives the value of every stamp, used and unused,which has been issued up to that time. In the course of collecting, one gradually becomes more interested in the stamps, pro- bably selling the stamps of other countrys. I myself will most likely be a United States, stamp specialist before the year of 1928 has arrived. However, I have stamps from all over the world mounted in my album at the present time, and I am always happy while turning the pages of my album and gazing at these many beautiful bits of paper. Can you blame me? William Groening 2EAe2,f gu 25 of-To What Others Think of Us T is always interesting to know what others think of us and through our exchanges with other school papers we have the opportun- ity to learn this. We have received many favorable comments during the past year on the Reflector. We exchange 'publications with a great many of school papers scattered all over the United States. It is a pleasure to list below a number of school papers who have com- mented favorably on the Reflector and to note the fact that they come from school papers located in thirteen different states of the Union. Denver, Col. and St. Petersburg, Fla., being the fartherest points that we have heard from. We would like to reprint all of the nice things that have been said about us, but space permits the i use of only a few. The Arrow, Pontiac, Mich. Your literary material is very good especially the poetry. We like your continued story My African Baseball Team, by Professor Ebenezer Ketchbugs. The Echo, Gladwin, Mich. Your paper is very neat and interesting and is also up-to-date and newsy. The Wadleigh Life, Winchester, Mass. Poems and stories are interesting. Fl Boys Junior High Echo, St. Petersburg, a. Stetsonian, Philadephia, Pa. We wish to congratulate you on the work of your musical clubs. The The Elm Leaf, Reading Pa. The Sunset, Davenport, Ill. Dewey-Mann School, Chester, Pa. Blue and White, Belle Vernon, Pa. The The Artisan, Boston, Mass. C6 R.H.S. Searchlight, Richmond, Va. Some jokes would add a great deal to your magazine we feel. Your poem The Traffic Squad is wor- thy of much laud. I The Blare Review, Norfork, Va. ' The Broadcaster, N ashua,New Hampshire. The Athletic or sport department is very good. The magazine is neatly arranged. William Rorke sell

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5 Q' .yn l di .U 7- 'X ---1 e--ri I' '1' H Ii if 1 Q T in la 1 A L Is ll if L li c '1' Q R i1'Qi1-------IIQJWQ44 ' 7 . Q? GD. Typewriting LICK-clik-click-click-click-click- What's that? a friend inquired as we were walking down the second corridor. Oh, that's the music in 211, I replied. Is that a music room? she asked. Then I explained to her that I didn't really mean music but that to those who liked typing and appreciated its value the click- click of those fifty-eight typewriters really seemed like music. I wonder how many stop to think just what the typewriter has done for the world? In free- ing the world from pen slavery the typewriter has saved a volume of time and labor and has facilitated and made possible the enormous growth of modern business. It was the typewriter which first opened to women the doors of business life and in so doing it has brought about a transformation in our whole social order, it has changed our modern system of education in many of its most important phases, it has helped to bring the whole world into closer relationship. 'Ihe typewriter is only a little over fifty years old. Like many other great inventions it came in recognition of a need and today its use is world-wide. There is no article of commerce more universal in its distribution. Everywhere on earth today where man is found with ability to read and write, there is found the typewriter. The following statement may help you in visu- alizing this fact: Some years ago a linguistic genius conceived the idea of collecting typewrit- ten translation of the motto, To save time is to lengthen life, in all the languages of the world. The collection in 1923 had grown to eighty-four languages. In commercial education the typewriter has long Since established its reign. Its use in the business world, in colleges, and in senior and junior high schools is universal. It may be a long time before the typewriter is established in the elementary schools as an educational implement as necessary as charts and black- boards but in the home this service has already begun and will be extended with every passing year. It is by no means easy to learn to typewrite- Correct habits must be formed from the begin- ning if we expect to succeed. We must pay close attention to our technique, rhythm and accin-acy. We are admonished over and over again by our instructors not to cheat ourselves even once by watching our keys, or the work on our machine but to keep our eyes on our copy. We are told that the habits which we form dur- ing our first month or two of practice will re- main with us during all the years that we use the typewriter. Is it not then worth while to form correct habits from the beginning, and need one ask - Why learn to typwrite? In closing we add the words of Sholes whose name is little known today in the world of business of which he transformed with his inven- tion of the typewriter. In one of the last letters that he ever wrote he said: Whatever I may have felt in the early days of the value of the typewriter, it is obviously a blessing to man: kind, and especially to womankind. I am glad I had something to do with it. I builded wiser than I knew, and the world has the benefit of it. Weltha Finley The Reflector Staff wishes to thank Miss Thayer and the members of her typing class for their splendid cooperation in typing copy for this issue. Reflector Staff Chapel Program During the Assembly Hour on April 12 and 13, a novel and interesting program was given by the Book Lovers' Club. On the stage was a huge book and as the first pages were turned well-known advertisements were represented by living models, such as a dainty. Japanese girl carrying a bar of soap' advertising Jap Rose Soap, a stout 'Dutch girl carrying a cup on a tray advertising Baker's cocoag and another wielding a broom stick representing Dutch Cleanser. On the next page memberswportray- ed the characters of well loved b o o ks, Jo's Boys, An Old-Fashioned Girl, A Girl of the Limberlostj' and Freckles. A poem recited by girls was on the following page. As no book is complete without music the song Always followed, sung by a girl accompanied by the piano. As the next page was turned a book report of Limpy was revealed. A poem telling the sorrows of a red-headed girl formed the following page. One of the clever Cream of Wheat ads so familiar to readers completed the book. Gertrude Swanson The Blue Boy The very fine copy of this famous picture The Blue Boy, which was used in our play Officer 666 was made by Miss Cora McEach- ron, in the art department Central Junior High, the frame was made by Mr. Christie, of our wood- work department, and Miss Louise Austin of the art department decorated the frame. Isn't cooperation a winner? A Future Latin Star Frederick Seitner, studing his Latin lesson, asked his little sister Emily: Emily, what are the principal parts of the Latin verb do? And Emily answered readily: Do, re, mi! I ...Q rv is 7 'ls 2555 alia: .-5 .ill .,.: I... , .'i'N 573-CQQJQU '7'iI. 2 .lfqv QT-Sgiixv.