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

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is KD 24 THE ANNUAL REFLECTOR A5 -'NI lv'- Character Building First Prize, Character Building Essay Contest, by VERA WHITE, 8A . HARACTER IS KING, is a phrase often read or heard. It simply means that your character is the main part of your life. Without it you cannot hope to succeed for it is the sum total of what you are. Character emerges out of clear, clean thinking and doing. Any worthwhile job requires a good character, and the ability to get along with folks. It is necessary to be straightforward, fair, and truthful in your dealings to build up an upright char- acter. Honesty, mutual confidence, and strict truthfulness make for a sound char- acter. Many things help make a good character, but the following twelve traits are important for a good sound character. They are as follows: Honesty, cheerfulness, generosity, good- sportsmanship, dependability, courtesy, democracy, neatness, personal appearance, leadership, unselfishness and independ- ence. ' Character is built gradually. It im- proves by doing your daily tasks as well as possible. A person with a sterling character makes friends easily and keeps them. They have the ability to make friends and to get along with folks. Character helps out in many ways. People trust the folks they like and who are honest. People work for the folks they like. In return they will tell you of opportunities where you can ad- vance higher and also they will like to do things for you. The sum total of character is expressed by what you do. Character brings out a good reputation. Reputation is what people think you are. Some people would rather have a good reputation than a good character, but people who have a good character will find their reputation is also good. In some cases their character is not brought out as plainly as others, but, it is much better to have a good character than to.have a good reputation. Reputation comes from character, but sometimes it comes from people's personal opinions which most always are false. Stu- dents who get along with their teachers and school companions will most likely get along in the world when outside of school. Business concerns get more customers and better trade by honesty and square dealing. Some may think the most famous and best men were born in wealth. This is not true. A good example of this is Calvin Coolidge who started out as a poor farm boy, and advanced to be one of Amer- ica's noted men. The career of this man demonstrates that the determination to succeed is a greater asset than any of the so-called advantages that birth or wealth can give. Men such as this show that their character is good, because they have been trusted and have had great responsibilities which helped our country. Some people may ask, How do you know they have a sterling character? The answer would be that men or women could not succeed or advance as did this man if they didn't have a good character. Do everything possible to develop a ster- ling character. We must trust many people in the world, so let us show that we are the kind of a person who can be trusted. The people with sterling character are the hap- piest people. QIWFD Honorable Mention, Poetry Contest My Baby Brother By NORMA DAVIS, 9A. We have a dear little baby, He is only two months old: But small as he is I can tell you He's worth his weight in gold. He has hands that are soft and tiny, And eyes so big and brown, Dimpled chin and wee little nose The dearest one in town. Mother lets me hold him And I talk to him for a while. He looks around so sober D Then he gives me the sweetest smile. Sometimes it's tears instead of smiles, Then I give him back to mother. But whether it's smiles or tears I love my baby brother. - til! Keep the jewel of liberty in the family of freedom.-Lincoln

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ro Jr' 1 Ili So. avi THE ANNUAL REQFLECTOR 23 14+ ' Citizenship , Honorable Mention, Essay Contest by EMMA MICHELA,'9A OOD CITIZENSHIP is a quality everyone should like to possess. When aforeign- er comes to America,,he often looks forward to becoming an American citizen. It is then that he should know what a good citizen really is. We usually think of him as being a man who is honest, alert, and friendly, a man who is courteous and a good sport. He is one who is busy working for the common good. A good citizen always keeps his word and does his part for the city in which he resides. Did you know that when you rake, cut, or water your lawn you are advancing citizenship. You are then participating to keep your city neat. - . The first thing a foreigner does to gain citizenship is to take out his preliminary form in which he must give his description, address, and his age. A year later, he re- turns with his preliminary form Hlled and complete. After living five years in the United States, he is permitted to take out his first papers and later his second. As a reward for all these years of waiting he final.y receives his certificate of citizenship. But this is not all that it takes to make a true American. In order to live up to his role as a citizen, he must learn to love and respect his country above all things. He should' be on the lookout for ways in which to better the place in which he lives. He should know the history of his country and should be interested in its affairs. Citizenship, as well as scholarship, is the main object ofschools. We are citizens of our school and should know how we can be true citizens of it. Do you always play fair and square when you are not beg ing watched? Remember that a person that has 'o be watched 'is not worth watching. There should be cooperation on the part of pupils to keep their school in the best con- dition possible. ' A good citizen is courageous. He stands up for what he thinks is right. He attacks injustice wherever he finds it. A good citizen is unselfish. He is con- siderate of the rights of others. He gets along with people and is a good team-mate. Honesty, thoughtfulness of fellowmen, ambition and intelligence 'all contribute to- ward the making of a fine and honorable citizen. . Benjamin Franklin is a fine example of a true citizen. He was the first person to put up a street lamp in frontof his house to aid passers-by in the night. Heppaved' his sidewalk and hired a man to keep his street clean. Your school dependsupon you. Help to keep it clean, give it ia-name, make it what you would like to have it to be. Never disgrace it by any act ofpdishonesty' and cowardice. Incite a reverence and respect for those above your Fight forthe school's ideals and do your part to quicken the sense of civic duty in other pupils. - ' Emma Michela, 9A ,GWSKD . Art U' 'Q V The Art Dept. of Central Junior High, under the direction of'Miss McEacheron and Miss Austin, have been very active during the year. ' , In the fall, the first work wasthe sketch- ing of fiowers, bugs, leaves, plants, etc. From these' sketches were made the designs, which were put on towels, vases, bags, runners, and variousother articlesfor Christmas presents. The seventh grades later made color charts, still life paintings, and then the Gothic alphabet, using their letters for clean-up posters and other pos- ters. The eighth and ninth grades painted color charts, made monograms and wall hangings, and also did interior decorating and work in perspective. ' Throughout the year, however, the more advanced pupils participated in local and national art exhibits. Also, much work was represented in the posters made for the Welfare League, the Welfare .Whoopee, and plays. . . A collection of silhouettes from -. the department was on exhibition at one of the junior high schools of Detroit. Sally Howell, 9A.

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egg:- KD cms THE ANNUAL REFLECTOR 25 +I Let Me Remember By N. W. CHAFFEE HY did I buy this book? I have made some school friends I do not wish to forget. There are Mary and Susan and the boy who played opposite me in A Peach of a Family. I just must have his picture to show my grandchildren. Yes, when I am forty and fat, I must have my own picture as a basketball shoot- ter to prove my wierd stories of winning Central's games those cold days in January. My associates will say it is a fish story if I do not have this Annual to prove it. Yes, there are a few teachers whom I revere and wish to remember. There is a teacher whose face will remain with me always-no, no, not because it's homely- but because there was character, kindness, and sympathy behind it. Oh, I nearly forgot that loyalty to old Central is reason too for keeping this annu- al in our bookcase Every little helps. Four- teen hundred helps make a real aid. New suits for our volleyball team may be made possible by my own efforts and example in buying a Reflector. And see those boys and girls! How I used to enjoy sitting in assembly and listen- ing to them pour forth their heart's feelings in music for our enjoyment. They did their best for Central, too. And wasnit there fun in doing it? Do you remember the night that chap sang his way through the musical comedy? And the girl in that picture look- ed so much a queen in the play that I nearly lost my head in thinking of her. When I think back, now that I am married and have a home of my own, I prize this Annual Reflector fwith my nine A picturel because I can now see as though it were yesterday, those of my asso- ciates and teachers who taught me good habits of industry and citizenship. I think I will put the dusty book away again for when I am seventy or eighty, I shall want to live my youth over again in imagination. Oh! I am again in Central and how I love it! Those were the days ! Let me remember lr at It Life indeed must be measured by thought and action, not by time. -Sifr John Lubbock 14+ First Prize, Good Sportsmanship Essay Contest Goocl Sportsmanship By RUTH MARY PHELPS UST what is a good sport? Does it mere- ly concern sportsmanship in theiields of competitive games, or does it concern us in all phases of life ? Assuredly, it is the latter. , There are so many disappointments that one would be foolish to allow them to anger or embitter one, therefore, a good sport, Whether in games or other affairs, is always a smiling loser and amodest winner. He is trustworthy because he would consider it a slight upon his intelligence and ability to be otherwise. This particularly applies to school life wherein the temptation always lurks to be dishonest in one's studies. Coon SPORTSMANSHIP concerns the willingness to participate in all activities re- gardless of one's ability, if merely to further one's own knowledge. A good sport never loses his temper because of the for- feit of a game. He never boasts of his prow- ess to others norhumiliates his opponent, and especially, he never belittles his oppo- nent's efforts. He agrees, whenever possi- ble with his companions, but he never hesi- tates to defend what is right. He obeys those in authority and does not resent their instructions, for he knows that it is their duty to keep order. A good sport places a value on life and limb. He never intentionally hurts anyone. He is always fair and just if called upon to give decision in any matter, and he always tries to see the other fe11ow's point of view. He abides by his friends during peace or trouble, and is always true and loyal. In other words, a good sport is an ideal citizen, schoolfellow. sportsman, and friend. QJWFD Honorable Mention, Poetry Contest. April By DONALD WIELAND, 8A Oh! the winter's overg Summer's drawing nigh Spring is wearing blossoms, Blue is the sky Grass is growing rapidly, Buds are on the Bowers: We are all so glad for April with her showers. So .sas L2