DuBois Area Middle School - Mirror Yearbook (Du Bois, PA)

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l PHOTOGRAPHY I PHOTOGRAPHY ll CHEERLEADERS ANNOUNCERS At the beginning of the second semes- ter, twenty - four students voluntarily formed the Choral Speaking Choir with Miss Lansberry as sponsor. In past years of junior high school's history, there have been Choral Speaking Choirs but these have been formed from outstanding English classes. Even though the Choir's o u t s t a n d i n g performance was The Eastertide, it broadcast many entertain- ing radio programs. Junior high girls had an opportunity to join the Girl Scout troops. Their meet- ings were held during club periods .... During Girl Scout Week the girls exhibit- ed handicraft articles, gave demonstra- BROADCASTER STAFF MIRROR STAFF l tions of simple bandaging, and baked cookies. The A Cappella Choir is one of the old- est and most popular clubs of junior high school. It was first formed in 1935 by Miss Sutton, who is still the sponsor of this group. This yearls club has a mem- bership of fifty-two boys and girls. Dur- ing the school term two cantatas were given 3 Why the Chimes Rang and The Eastertide. - Because of the growing popularity of the Woodcraft Club, it was separated into two groups, both under the sponsorship of Mr. Thomas. Although there were no special projects undertaken at Christmas i

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as well do some real he-man changing and plant apple, pear, and cherry trees beside the tennis court we will have made. Now that the home rooms are ready, well start to remodel the auditorium by trading the old seats for new ones. They squeak too much now-a-days. 'A Since the school is changed we might as well modern design the seventh grad- ers by making them a mite bigger. They'll have grown up by the time they have struggled into ninth grade. Thanks to us. Naturally, right from the first, we would treat the patrol boys with more re- spect and pass out Fifth Avenue Candy Bars to those on the 3:40 shift. Next on the list is certainly a good change for nervous little men like Mr. Twitmire. To save all the wear and tear on that fragile door of his, we would in- stall a photoelectric cell above that hunk of wood, so a student wanting in- side wouldn't have to stand on the outside for an hour before succeeding in opening it. When he finally did get it open, he wouldnt have the knob in his hand either. For the good of all those students, especially Marion Cross and Ken John- son and some five hundred other terribly superstitious individuals, we hereby solemnly swear to put a ban on all Friday the Thirteenths and keep all black cats away. With this done maybe those little fugitives from haunted houses wouldn't make it possible for students to lose all those seven years of growth on every one of those fateful days. Here's something we could never in the world forget to dog have six months of brain work and then to even it up, have six glorious months of vacation. . Well, we are this far with our list and still haven't mentioned anything about those bang-up lunch periods. We might as well say right now that we would have two, one in the afternoon, of course, with loads of apples and maybe a turkey dinner thrown in every once in a while. This will be a special treat for those greedy keeds who are always hungry. We want to make it clear that we would soon have more Greenhorn Jam- borees and Blues Chasers so the seventh and eighth graders won't get urustyi' on party ideas. . For those little kids who can't defend themselves, we'll replace all the old- fashioned clothes closets with the more modern clothes racks. Then some poor nonsuspecting student won't spend the night some place other than home. The BROADCASTER Staff will like this change We know, and we certainly couldn't overlook it by any means. That well-known little journal will be published every other month instead of every other week. After all the staff iand sponsors need a well-earned rest. Last but not least is one we all know will be convenient for a few local girls. We would actually move, piece by piece, Rockton and Home Camp to our snappy little burg with a Frenchy name-DuBois. After all these things we have let you in on, someone might get the -bright idea that we don't like our old Alma Mater. Think twice, you might be mistaken the first time. After all, if we didn't like it, we wouldn't have taken the time to think up all these ways to make this school just hunky-dory . - -11.-1-1.11 CLUBS , Due to the untiring efforts of the Nature Study Club members, twenty happy bird couples moved into new, gayly-decorated homes to spend the sum- mer. These nature enthusiasts expect to understand more thoroughly the lives of different types of birds. Plans are being made so that the members of the club may raisestheir own victory gardens dur- ing the summer vacation. Q The Aircraft Club of junior high has always been one of the school's live wire clubs. These air-minded boys of the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades have a new sponsor, Mr. Earlley, who supervised the construction of twenty-five model planes built for government purposes. Mr. Earlley left for the Army recently. Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin was written by the Sci-Hi Club members and produced over the radio. In November, Mr. William McCracken, an ornithologist, gave a vivid talk concerning birds. ,,, ,,A i

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time, the 'boys have made many interest- ing and useful things in their club periods. Projecting pictures at assemblies and club meetings kept the Projectionist Club members busy. The projectioneers learn- ed to operate iilm machines and to make glass slides. It Has Happened Here, a story of con- servation, and Boots, Boots, Boots, the story of rubber, were presented by the Radio Script Club. Junior high's policemen, the Safety Patrol, while holding down the most thankless job in junior high, have done their best to guide the students safely home every day. An excellent job has been done by these volunteer patrolmen: Dave Emmett, Bob Shobert, Vernon Smith, Dick Cochran, Eugene Miller, Bruce Truxal, Jim Horner, Jim Thomp- son, Bill 'Reber, Bob Schlabig, Bill Shenkle, and Bill Benson. The Photography Clubs were busy de- veloping and printing their own pictures. However, one of their biggest tasks was to take charge of the sale of school pic- tures in the spring. The picture sale prov- ed to be a greater success than in previous years. One, two, three, glide l Every Wednesday at 12:15 members of the Dancing Club met and practiced dance steps. Many ninth graders who liked to dance and those who wanted to learn to dance came so that they might be in trim for those 4-2-5 shin-digs which were held once a month. Music for dancing was furnished by a juke box . Money for the music is donated by both the sc ool and members of the club. As in previous years the aim of the Junior Red Cross was to help someone. This club has always functioned well, but this year it was still better. The members knit seven sweaters and made eleven gift boxes and gave them to the American Red Cross. These boxes, which were probably sent to England, contained pencils, cray- ons, paper pads, soap, wash clothes, toys, nuts, tooth brushes, and tooth paste. Defense Club members are collecting scrap materials and making notebooks of war maps and cartoons for study. Throughout the summer the club plans to continue to gather articles for defense and to make money for its future activi- ies. The success of the basketball and foot- ball teams for this year was aided by the snappy cheers for victory led by the cheerleaders. The girls in their new uni- forms brightened the side lines. Those who urged our teams on to fame were Marilyn Ditty, Ellen Montgomery, Anna Mabel Kuhn, Jackie Stubbs, James Mont- gomery, James McMahon, and Charles Brown. Ask any Art Club member what club activities he enjoyed this year. He'll tell you it was fun to paint with oil and water colors, and to draw pencil sketches. The Orchestra rapidly climbed to the fore-front of junior high's activities. Under Mr. Twitmire's direction, the musicians won their. greatest acclaim lfhen they rendered the music for China oy. A nine court basketball tournament was arranged for the Girls' Hi-Y Club in March. t'The group was divided up into four teams whose captains were Irene Skraba, Jane Shaffer, Suzanne Van Ars- dale, and Antoinette Federici. Irene Skraba's team was the winnin team. Its members were Bernadine iiucharski, Emma R a s a v a g e , Evelyn Rasavage, Helen Evoski, Mary Hoffman, Maxine Kellner, Tootie Anderson, and Loretta Anderson. Jane Shaffer' s team ran a close second, Suzie Van Arsdale's team came in third, and Antoinette Federici's finished fourth. Martha Washington Club girls chose knitting, ' sewing, crocheting, or em- broidering for club projects. Many very beautiful pieces were made. The Class Will-fcont. from page 71 , Miriam Hall falls heir to Ann Merris' pleasant little visits to Miss Fye's room after school. Funny, but Ann's little trips always seemed to be on the days that we were weighed. Leroy Whitehouse wills his giant foot- ball shoes to,that fugitive from a grape- fruit, Squirt Bert Federici. ...x A ,L,,, . ,A