Central Middle School - Ceejay Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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ll iliOO Bli JQO OP The spirit of (Central Junior High Prize Essay MAYDELLE SHAWVER We, the students of Central Junior High School, in order to form a more perfect school, insure good work, provide for the future of all students, promote ourselves to higher standards of living, and se- cure the blessings of the thousands of Central Junior High School students to follow us of the classes of 1925-26, have established this loving spirit for the good of Central Junior. To do this, under the able guidance of the teachers we have carried out many successful projects. Through our unfailing efforts the paper drive was a success. Then came the announcement that at the next assembly there would be a library shower. We searched our homes for good books that could be spared from our own libraries, fully realizing that sharing these books with our fellow classmates was far better than keeping them at home where only we, as individuals, could use them. Thus the spirit of cooperation entered our school. We realize that cooperation is one of the requirements of good citizenship. We realize that our ability to save will help de- termine the success of our future. So the spirit of thrift entered our school and each and every one was urged to bank at least a penny. All but a few responded with a high ambition to have a larger per cent of depositors than any other Junior and Senior High School in this City. Every Monday when the announcement of the percentages of the other high schools was made and Central Junior was not in the lead our battle cry became Tomorrow is Bank Day — Every One Bank. At length our efforts were successful. Our patriotism was shown early in the school year by the desire to have the American flags hang in our Assembly Hall. These flags were purchased by the students who thus displayed their loyalty to their school and country. Our athletic career is as young as our school and although victory has not always been ours yet through our athletics we have acquired the spirit of fair play and good sportsmanship. Through the organization of our Girl Reserves, Scouts, Campfires, and Boys ' Glee Clubs we have learned the value of politeness, the value of leadership, and the value of a degree of spiritual training. In our classroom work we have shown the same energy that has carried us through all these many projects. We have enjoyed our work, appreciated our teachers and have done our daily tasks in a satisfactory manner. Our record for truthfulness, obedience and promptness is unquestioned. We have endeavored to reach the highest standards, morally, mentally, and physically, for we are the first class in the new home of Central Junior High School. Many, many classes will follow in our footsteps and our behavior will be a model these students who come after us will imitate. Each day this year our characters are being molded, each day we are forming the habits that will make us the successful men and women of tomorrow, and each day the spirit of loyalty and love for Central Junior High School grows stronger. Page Ninety-two

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c . o 5 1 zA Holiday Prize Poem of First Year Class JOY MINTURN I like to have a holiday To do the things I please; Of course I like to go to school But still I like my ease. I like to have a holiday To be in bed awhile, To draw, to think, and lazy be — No class within a mile. I like to have a holiday To fix a lunch I like, To eat at home or take with me On a long and jolly hike. I like to have a holiday To sit out in the swi ng, And have a visit with a chum Without a care for anything. I like to have a holiday To read my favorite book, With pillows and a plate of fudge In some quiet, cozy nook. I like to have a holiday Just to be with mom; She ' s a dandy pal to help me And to get ideas from. I like to have a holiday, I think it ' s good for me; I ' m eager to get back to school ' Cause I ' ve my play you see. t:;,i ::is;fei-£:LSiK;i fii ! Page Ninety-one

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ejfrf Escuela POR DOROTHY IMLER Asisto a la Escuela Intermedia Central de Kansas City. Esta escuela es muy grande y nueva. Esta situada en la esquina de las calles Linwood y Monroe. Tiene muchas ventanas y cuatro puertas grandes. Los directores son el serior Enrique King y el sefior Jaime U.. Young. A los alumnos les gustan muchisimo. Hay cincuenta y seis muy buenos profesores. Hay cin- cuenta y dos aulas grandes y comodas, dos salones para el ejercicio de gimnasia, y un nadadero. Todas las aulas son muy modernas y tienen tele- fonos y luces electricas. El aula de espariol esta en el primer piso. La profesora tiene una mesa y una silla. Los alumnos tienen treinta y cuatro pupitres. En la pared hay proverbios espanoles, un calendario, mapas de Esparia y de la America del Sur, y muchos cuadros de colores. Los cuadros mas famosos son: Felipe Cuatro y Don Baltasar Carlos por el pintor Velasquez; y La Rein a Isabel por Rubens; y otros por los pintores espanoles, Goya y Murillo. Tambien tenemos una buena tablilla. En ella hay muchos articulos de periodicos y muchas tarjetas postales. Estamos en la escuela desde las nueve hasta las tres y diez. Muchas veces tenemos asambleas en el paraninfro. En el paraninfro mil ocho- cientos personas pueden sentarse. En nuestras asambleas tenemos muy buenos programas. Mi escuela es muy buena; ino es verdad? J a Fuente de Juventud POR MILDRED ANSELM Una vez habia un hombre viejo y su esposa quienes estaban muy descon- tentos porque no les gustaba envejecer. Un dia el hombre viejo estaba sentado cerca del camino, comiendo un pedazo de pan, cuando oyo una voz tenue que decia: — Hagame Vd. el favor de darme un pedazo de pan. El hombre viejo se volvio y a su sorpresa vio a un duende. Le dio un pedazo de pan. Despues de comerselo, el duende, que estaba muy agradecido, dijo: — Pidame Vd. una gracia y se la concedere. — Quisiera volverme joven dijo el anciano. — Muy bien — respondio el duende — Venga Vd. conmigo y le llevare a la Fuente de Juventud. Banese Vd. en ella y Vd. se volvera joven. El anciano se bano y se volvio joven. Estaba muy feliz y se dijo a si mismo: — Ahora voy a casa a decir a mi esposa lo que me ha sucedido. Maria se alegrara mucho. Cuando la vieja vio a un hombre tan joven y tan hermoso quien dijo que era su marido, ella tuvo sorpresa. Luego dijo ella: — Yo deseo tambien ser joven. Entonces su marido la llevo a la Fuente de Juventud. La espero mucho tiempo y finalmente se puso muy inquieto. Despues de unas horas anduvo hacia le fuente pero no pudo hallar a su esposa. — iMaria! jMaria! — grito. Entonces oyo un grito tenue: — Aaui estoy. Finalmente vio a una niriita acostada en la hierba. iPobre vieja! Ella se ha bafiado demasiado. - ■ n Page Ninety-three