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

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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

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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 mm m m m mm mm GEOGRAPHY CLUB Top Row: Bridges, Townsend, Presley, Brandon, McCoy, Lawson, Lisiecki, Vance. First Row : Hibbard, Burton, Frances, Korenke, Miss Kite, Patrick, Wilson, Weisberg, Hurst. The Qentral Junior Qeographical Qlub HERBERT LISIECKI HARVEY WOOLVERTON In 1923 Miss Ollson organized the first geography class in a Kansas City Junior High School. She had charge of this class until 1925 when Miss Kite took her place. During the first semester the class studied the Eskimos, the natives of the South Sea Islands, and the Pueblo Indians. In the meantime, Miss Kite was impressing the pupils with the idea that we are the result of our environment. Beginning with the second semester, Miss Connelly took the class. Under her supervision, the students made a study of Kansas City, the transportation facilities which include street cars, busses, the boulevards and the thirteen trunk lines of rail- roads which make Kansas City a great railway center. Later on in the term it is planned to study Missouri as a whole. The Central Junior Geography Club has the distinction of being the only geography club in the Kansas City Junior High Schools. Every Thursday a program is given by the pupils in the club. There are talks on subjects of interest, debates and geographical current events. While Miss Kite was teacher, the club took a field trip to the H. D. Lee Mercantile Company which was interesting as well as instructive. Mr. King has planned several more field trips later on in the semester. feii!;n :i ;!£i : is;i%rMfii !is Page One Hundred Three