Dana Middle School - Log Yearbook (San Pedro, CA)

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2' .- iluhes ann literature 'NV A SECRET There are secrets in the air, I know, because I feel them there. The Woodland folk are running to and fro, The flowers their sweet faces want to show. I know I could have guessed, For there was Mr. Robin in his nestg The merry brook was running along Singing its bubbling, gurgling song. I heard an echo somewhere sing The glad tidings, This is spring. I felt it come so near to me But still I wondered What could it be ? -Niga Kovalovsky, A8 THE LITTLE MINISTER Author: J. M. Barrie The intense love the little minister had for Babbie and for his church are the main themes of the story. I thought Babbie was a gypsy until the end of the story, when I found she was a lady, and this mystery kept me interested until the last page of the book. There were many interesting characters in the story. A very important one was a drunkard, Roy, whom the minister converted and who later saved the minister's life. Other interesting characters were the school teacher who told the story, and the little minister's mother with whom the school teacher was in love. There were several wonderful descriptions in the story, the climax being the flood, which was so real that I felt as though I were going through the experience with the characters. It is a book I would recommend to any ninth grade boy or girl. ' -Elizabeth Baly, A9. 50

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,J 1 , REFEREE CLUB Sponsor, Mr. Lester Wasserberger. The Referee Club was a group in which the boys were taught to referee the different sports which were played in the school. The rules of each sport were studied and an explana- tion of each rule was given. ' ' TENNIS CLUB Sponsor, Mr. Louis Wheeler. The San Pedro High school cooperated by letting this club use its two courts. Fundamentals of tennis, such as the various strokes and serves, as well as the rules, were discussed and practiced. Some rules governing tournament procedure, singles and doubles, were explained. AERONAUTIC CLUB Robert Mevert, chairman, Bernard Fowle, assistant chair- mang Mr. Virgil Tappe, sponsor. The Aeronautic Club made a study of aviation in its more advanced forms, and the opportunities it has to offer a young man. The instruments used in the control of airplanes were explained and discussed. Often, individual members brought in galuable items on incidents which were of interest to the c u . ATHENIAN CLUB QQ MXQ Kr? Josephine Huff, president, Richard Park, vice-presidentg John Tomich, secretary, Alice Robertson, historiang William Deans, parliamentariang Miss Edna Mayhew, sponsor. The Athenian Club is an honor society organized for the purpose of promoting the scholarship and welfare of the school. The motto of this club is Through difficulties to heights. GARIDEN CLUB Kenneth Relstab, presidentg Charlie Dever, secretary, Mr. Frederic Banta, sponsor. The Garden Club's main objective was to increase the members knowledge, and activity in home plantings of flower or vegetable gardens, or landscaping. The club meetings served as a place for comparison of ideas and for an opportunity to learn new 'methods in gardening. 49

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4 With Apologies to the Home .Economics Department Give me a spoon of oleo, Ma, And the sodium alkali, For I'm going to make a pie, Mamag I'm going to make a pie. For Dad will be tired and hungry, Ma, And his tissues will decomposeg So give me a gram of phosphate With the carbon the cellulose. No, give me a chunk of casean, Ma, To shorten the therunie fat, And give me the oxygen bottle, Ma, And look at the thermostat. And if the electric oven is cold V Just turn it on half an ohm, For I want to have supper ready As soon as Dad comes home. -Contributed by a Teacher. Bug'-house Fables 1. On a nice day-Mr. Wasserburger: No stripping to- day, boys. 2. School will close at noon every Friday next semester so the boys and girls may attend the high school athletic contests. 3. Mr. Wheeler always takes a dog to class with him to keep him company. 4. Robert San Jose has been dropped from school because of lack of cooperation. 5. Mr. Halfpenny won the 100 yard dash in the Olympic Games of 1924. ' 6. Mr. Donnally is the chess champion of the middle-west. The pencil has made, a number of pointed remarks about the sponge being soaked all day and the waste-basket being full. The scissors are cutting up and the paper-weight is trying to hold them down, while the mucilage is sticking around to see that the stamps get a good licking. The ink's well but appears to be blueg the bill is stuck in the file and the calendar expects to get a month off. The blotter has been taking it all in. Harry Louis: Mr. Smith, what would happen if I died be- fore the Annual was out? Who'd get my four-bits worth? - Mr. Smith: Oh, don't worry, Harry, Pd just wrap your annual up in four-bits worth of asbestos and forward it to you. 51