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

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1 ' % History Acrostic MARTHA BROWN 1770 Regiments posted in Boston cause State Street Massacre. 1773 England ' s Tea Tax leads to Boston Tea Party. 1774 Various colonies meet in Carpenter ' s Hall and form 1st Continental Congress. 1775 On April 19, Paul Revere rides to Lexington to warn Minutemen. 1775 Later comes 2nd Continental Congress. 1776 United the colonies meet to declare their independence. 1776 Ticonderoga and Crown Point are captured. 1777 In the bloody battle of Oriskany, Burgoyne is forced to surrender. 1781 On October 19 Cornwallis is forced to surrender at Yorktown. 1781 New Land is acquired by Peace Commissioners. Gurrent Event Day ALBERT SCHMIDT On Current Event Day the pupils of the History Class recite from memory, news items on History, Science, Politics, Legislation, International Affairs, etc. The pur- pose of this is to induce the pupils to read the newspapers more and select the inter- esting and outstanding items of news. In my opinion, Current Event Day is helpful and interesting and tends to broaden the minds of the pupils. This causes the pupils to read the papers more carefully and receive the benefit of the best things stated therein, otherwise they would just skim over the news, or not read it at all. zAbraham J incoln WILLIAM ELGIN Honest Abe or Abraham, was a loyal son of Uncle Sam Who split rails as the story goes, To pay for the making of a suit of clothes. He received his education in much the same way, Studying at night and working by day. Lincoln traveled on foot many a day, To lecture on stumps in his plain way. His speeches were plain, But all his works were the country ' s gain. His honest way and his business eye, Made him president by and by. l J.:»saS2 SSsSSKB Page One Hundred One

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mmm m mm mmim mm m m The C. J. C. JL. and its Projects LOUISE PRICE FRANCIS TIFFANY HELEN PRINGLE The Central Junior Citizens ' League is composed of all the citizenship classes of the school. Its purpose is to create and maintain high standards of citizenship on the part of its members. It strives also to bring the citizenship classes into closer union. Another of its aims is to promote an interest in the civic problems of Kansas City. The business of the League is transacted by the Executive Board, made up of eighteen delegates, one being elected from each class. The officers are selected from these delegates. The president and one other delegate attend the monthly luncheons of the directors of the Citizens ' League, with which our Junior League is affiliated. Attendance at these meetings is a valuable experience for our two members. The first project of the League was the selection of the red, white and blue C. J. C. L. button. Each member who wears his button is expected to remember what it stands for. A little later the League undertook to check the hopping of rides by its boy members. The boys pledged themselves almost 100% to refrain from this practice, so dangerous to themselves and annoying to motorists. A mixer was held just before the close of the first semester, both to get better acquainted, and as a farewell to the members who were promoted to Senior High School. The League proudly claims Mr. King and Mr. Young as honorary members from that date. The latest project is a successful collection of money to obtain magazines for the civics laboratory. A splendid beginning has been made. The last and probably the biggest undertaking will be the annual banquet, to be held some time in May. Many prominent Kansas Citians have been guests in former years. The members of the League have tried to live up to its aims. It is hoped that other members in years to follow will be even more successful in developing splendid citizens in Central Junior High School. Vocational Qivics FRED O. KIEL Vocational Civics is taught in the citizenship department with the idea that pupils may begin preparing for their life work. The course covers a period of ten weeks, at the end of which, essays are handed in by the pupils telling about their chosen vocations. Mr. Douthitt, one of the citizenship teachers, is the vocational adviser. Each pupil is free to confer with him in the selection of a vocation and in the securing of references and data relative to chosen vocations. One of the fruits of vocational civics is the help it gives pupils in planning Senior High School and college subjects directed toward life work, therefore, increasing the chances for a happy investment of their lives. l l l HUIffla«IUHai»lM Page One Hundred

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II IS SCIENCE CLUB Top Row : Cohen, Muzzy, Lower, Schwindler, Eisen, Salinger, Miller, Harrison, Stuckert, Boley. Third Row: Hogan, Smith, Adler, Ballinger, Sears, Gribben, Chapman, McConaughy, Roberts, Madrigal. Second Row : Osborne, Cockey, Allison, Parquet, Bullock, Dasbach, Fones, Hagland, Bailey, Hill, Lauer. First Row : Rosencrans, Leibel, Eby, Chapman, Mr. Cramer, Miss Kite, Brier, Ghormley, Lee, Snyder, Burns. Qeneral Science in Q. J. H. S. About six hundred pupils are enrolled in General Science. There are three class- rooms, two supply rooms, and a dark room, all of these chuck full of interesting apparatus and other necessities for a splendid course. Pupils are interested in General Science because they are allowed to study the interesting natural phenomena about them from a scientific viewpoint, without reference to any special science as such. Much experimenting is done at home by the pupils to try out the things learned in class or to learn new facts first hand. It is not unusual for a parent to remark on meeting a General Science teacher, John is certainly interested in his science. He is all the time experimenting at home, or Oh yes, you are the teacher Mary was making the fly traps for, or, I am glad you have finished studying electricity, for Albert blew out a light fuse and left us in the dark every night for a week. He did fix our doorbell though. Soon after Christmas, interest in science was such that it was decided to organize a Science Club. Mr. Cramer and Miss Kite were made sponsors, and there were thirty-five charter members. Programs of meetings consisted of demonstrations and talks by the members. Several meetings were given over to the study of astronomy. This culminated in a picnic and star gazing fete at Swope Park. The rest of the year will be spent by part of the group with Mr. Cramer in the study and practice of amateur photography, the other part will study flowers and birds under Miss Kite ' s leadership. ::. ' i iiA.i ' i.iir :!ir:;i- j- mw:,k?: w K-gE z« 3eraSSKus •ii .i:v}i;i,sii;«ji»:J :i Page One Hundred Two