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

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ODOtO JOIOPtO ?Art Art is a language of thought and emotion. The art classes began the year with the history of letters, learning the forma- tion of letters and spacing. There they put their knowledge into practical use by making advertisements, taking charge of the bulletin board, lettering quotations, invitations, and posters for various departments of the school. Several weeks were devoted to the study of perspective, made interesting by learning how to draw cubes, angles, and rectangles. Then the pupils learned how to place a pyramid within a cube, and a prism within a cube. Thus they learned how to build cube upon cube for houses, prisms for roofs, and dry perspective became in- teresting. Color work started with the study of the seasons, and values were easily learned through contrasting morning, noon, and night, misty days and bright, and landscapes from the windows. The students applied their study of design to the decoration of their art folios, pocket books, lamp shades, wall paper and other projects. Figure drawing, color theory, and cartooning have also been included in the art course, as well as the study of the history of art. Art is just as essential to the evolution of mankind as sunshine, music, and literature. Sunshine enlightens our life, music sweetens it, literature broadens it, and art fascinates it. IIB»l ! l eiO Page One Hundred Thirteen

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eitaEJ oo jmiot The Qhrisfmas Program The Annual Christmas Program of Central Junior High School was presented by the Expression Department before the Assembly on Wednesday, December 23, 1925. As an atmospheric prologue, Katherine Wallis gave a Christmas reading The Two Home-Comings. The curtains then parted on a playlet, The Wee Red Cap, reveal- ing a mother seated by a Christmas tree telling to her group of little ones the story of Teig, the most close-fisted man in Ireland, into whose heart came the spirit of Christmas. The donning of a wee red cap with magic qualities, transported Teig and the audience also — to Germany and to Spain where were told the Christmas stories best-loved by the children of those countries. Hester Baker, as the mother, Kalita Kirkendall, as the German girl, and Betty Hoover as the Spanish girl, did ex- ceptionally fine work. The Spirit of Christmas was the closing number, an impressive little playlet in which Candle Light, Holly Berry, Good Cheer, Kind Heart, The Spirits of Play, and the Spirit of Song, all contributed their part in helping the Spirit of Christmas. The old, old story of the first Holy Night was retold by Shemuel, the Shepherd — after which Minstrels sang their season ' s greetings in Silent Night and Joy to the World. i j ' .m?:e«ej5:: Page One Hundred Twelve

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iQiaoffiiM Btaoaop ioaiBiBB MM ieBS Industrial iArt If your hands are skilled, you are useful; If your head is trained, you may be clever; If your head and your hands are both skilled and trained You may make your own self a noticeable quality, and a strong citizen. The industrial Art classes in Room 113, under the supervision of Miss Ada Sim- mons, have many interesting projects under way. Any day the visitor may find every child in the class working out individual problems. Two or three boys may be making book-ends for their homes. Others may be making molds from very carefully worked out designs. After the molds have been shellacked and oiled, any number of casts are made from them. The casts are painted in different colored enamels or finished in ivory. All clay forms are fired and then glazed. Correlating with English literature there are high reliefs of The Ride of Paul Revere, Lincoln, Washington, Mars, and Marines. In connection with domestic science the pupils are building vases, flower bowls, ship models, and electric lamp vases. The girls are interested in scrap-baskets, work baskets, handkerchief cases, and many pretty objects made from silk and cretonne, tooled leather pocket-books, bill folds, and leather writing cases for envelopes and paper. One of the most interesting projects is in the field of science. Hand-made books reveal the careful study of the great branches of industry, cotton, silk, wood, steel, leather, and coal, all illustrations drawn by students. The love of history is shown in the beautiful historic ships made from wood — perfect little models of the Santa Maria, Mayflower and the Viking ships. Each pupil is trying to live up to the class motto: A thing done almost right is wrong. | BB I UIffl l lW «W Page One Hundred Fourteen