Gwynns Falls Junior High School - Gwynnonia Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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june1928 GWYNNONIA 37 SOCCER TEAMS The heavyweight team of Gwynns Falls School had a very successful season. After winning six straight games, it lost its chance of city champion- ship when the black list forced five of the regular players out of the game. The team was as follows: Allen, g.: Saunders, l.f.: Schaefer, r.f.: Thaler, l.h.: Henderson, r,h.: Kirkpatrick, c.s.: Kirschke, o.r.: Walton. i.r.g Menzek, c.f.: Berlin, o.l.: Hoef- meister, i.l. GWYNNS FALLS FINISHES FIFTH IN TRACK MEET Gwynns Falls School placed fifth in the Junior High School Track and Field Meet at Carroll Park on May 16. Those who placed were: C. Rickland-Third in 50-yard dash, 80-lb. class. D. Rosenthal-Second in dodgeball throw for distance. B. Kabinofsky-- C22 First in 60-yd. dash, 85- lb. class: fourth, hop, step and jump. ' H. Math--First in baseball throw for distance. F. Thompson-Frist in 70-yd. dash, 115-lb. class. S. Reamer-Fourth in 60-yd. dash, 95-lb. class. The school made 27 points. GWYNNS FALLS GIRL WINS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Dorothy Schmidt, of the 9Al June class, won a silver medal for far-throw dodge ball city cham- pionship at the Fifth Regiment Armory in the Girls' XVinter Carnival on March 10, 1928. She threw 53 feet, 3 inches, breaking the record of 42 feet. MEDAL WINNERS Gwynns Falls School shows its appreciation of good work on school teams by awarding monograms to those doing especially good work. This year Her- bert iThaler, Kenneth Saunders, Walter Schaefer, Michael Snesil, Henry Spector and Lionel Langford received school monograms for good work on the soccer team, while Kenneth Saunders also received a monogram for work on the basketball team. Mildred Reinhold received a monogram for work on the basketball team. GWYNNS FALLS DEFEATS SCHOOL 76 Gwynns Falls defeated School 76 in baseball by a score of 30 to 7. The Hilton Streets caught the slants of the opposing pitchers right on the nose. The line-up was: lVlcKelvey, s.s.: Kirschke, Zb.: Callahan, lb.: Ruepeutus, c.: Madanick, 3b.: Cohen, c.f.: Blam- berg, p.: Newberry, l.f.Z Geppi, r.f.: Saunders, p. CITY CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM

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37677 T T GWFT N NOVN I A T T Fjime 19278 -., , Q , L, , ' nl li nl ft , 1, -is gf Yi. I ' - o afwgf-greg 97 in I A fri I f if I ff ..- , cc f f'1,,!' N 1' T5 I T' VV ---A El' 'z-we iflrrli T . f ---- ' -.T?'P - ffx A Nl ' f ------ -. A '. 'na -5-17 1: ,, X. 'tif -l- T-'41?.'1f '7' fgamhn at-f , - Ju-.lf ,i .4 L --f I GWYNNS FALLS WINS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP The eighth grade basketball team of Gwynns Falls School won city championship in a contest with School 76 on March 27 at School 65, both teams having won the championship in their re- spective districts. The game began with Reitz. the jump center, getting the tap off. Meyer. the side center, was right in her place for the ball, down to Beek, the forward. and then to Hobson. who rolled the ball into the basket. This happened again and again, their passwork working very effectively. At the end of the first half, the score was 10-0. Peters replaced Beek in the second half, as she had done in each game, and worked equally as well, feeding the ball to Hobby, the captain. who piled up the score, 27-2. The guards, Appel and Nusbaum, did their share by keeping the ball away from their end of the field. Reitz did not miss the tap-off a single time and Meyer was always ready for it. Each girl received a medal from the Playground Athletic League and a monogram from the Ath- letic Association of the school. Miss Johnson was the coach of the team. The score was as follows: Hobson, captain, f., field goals. 10: Beek, f.. Held goals, 3: Peters. f., foul goals, lg Reitz, c.: Meyer, s.c.: Appel, g.: Nusbaum, g.Z Rever, g. Totals--Field goals, 26: foul goals, l-'27. PLAYGROUND BALL TOURNAMENT Gywnns Falls has one of the largest, if not the largest, tournaments in the city. This year there were 47 teams playing in four divisions and a sched- ule of 300 games. At the time of this writing only one divisional championship had been decided, that of QA9. VOLLEY BALL TEAM After many days of hard practice, the Gwynns Falls School volley ball team was finally selected by Miss Johnson. coach of the team. Forty girls came out for the line-up. Seventeen girls made the squad, a regular team, with a substitute for each position. The team consisted of M. Reinhold. cap- tain, B. Beek. L. Appel. F. Berman. V. Beale, L. Blanche. K. Schmoll, T. Hobson, D. Schmidt, M. Burke, D. Stevens, E. Zumstein, B. Fepelstein, S. Buckner, K. Peters and D. Rever. BASKET BALL TEAMS Gwynns Falls varsity basket ball team. boys, had a successful season on the court. After losing the nrst two games by a close margin. the team settled down and developed a speedy passing combination. and with the assistance of Captain Kirschke finished the season in third place. Coach Van Sant was greatly pleased when the team turned Clifton back by the score of 27 to 7. Allen was the oustanding star of the game. The team members are: Kirschke. f.: Allen. f.: Cohen, c.: Saunders, g.g Metz, g.: Taylor. f,: Goldman. f.: Woelford, c.: Berlin. g.: Levin, g. - 9A1 WINS SCHOOL VOLLEY BALL CHAMPIONSHIP 9Al's class team defeated 8A5 for school volley ball championship by a score of I7-10. It was a close game, as the score indicates, and full of thrills for the rooters who crowded the gymnasium floor and gallery. The winning team was composed of D. Schmidt, D. Scott, E. Zumstein, B. Fepelstein, A, Goldman, M. Helgcrt, M. Burke and M. Rein- hold, captain.

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38 GWYNNONIA june1928 FE ZBGQKZSZQISKXZQKISKBKZH4 C IVITIE THE NEWSPAPER CLUB The Newspaper Club of Gwynns Falls School has published seven issues of Gwynns Falls Ripples, the newspaper of the school-the eighth and last is- sue being a story number. The club met weekly throughout the year, rewriting articles and collect- ing material for publication. The staff has run four contests during the year, English, history, civ- ics and stories. The officers of the club in the second semester were Elizabeth Zumstein, president: Marian Foster, vice-presidentg and Edith Browning, secretary. In the first semester the olicers were Ruth Strong, president, and Winifred Urban. secretary. The editorial staff consisted in the second semes- ter of May Burke, editor: Leonard Molofsky, as- sociate editorg Frieda Berman and Benjamin Cohen, sports editors: Bessie Fepelstein, book review editor, and Dorothy Scott, exchange editor. The staff of the first semester included Annette Poehlman, Esther Stevens, Pauline Levy, William Meyers, Dorothy Schneider and Corson Still. The reportorial staff included Grace Collins, Mil- dred Brack, Herbert Rosenbaum, Martha Hurtt and Betty Garey. The Commercial Department took charge of the sale of the paper with a staff of salesmen headed by Elizabeth Marshall, assisted by Grace Huff, Wes- ley Jones, William Cusick, Ruth Eanet, and Sadie Herman. The Newspaper Club publishes the school paper under the direction of Miss Sahm and Miss Mercer. This year the last issue, the Story Number, was pub- lished by Miss Deem. The business management is in the hands of the Commercial Department, with Miss Collins and Miss Selby supervising. A. A. SCHOLARSHIP MEDALS The Athletic Association of Gwynns Falls School makes an award of a gold medal to the boy and girl having the highest average in major subjects each semester. These medals are presented to stimulate competition among the pupils of the school in at- taining a high grade of scholarship. In February. 1928, they were awarded to Martha Thurlow, 7B1, and Oden Pumphrey, 7Bl, who are to be con- gram1atedVupong,the.excellent grades they made. THE BAZAAR AND EXHIBITION May 17 and May 18 were red-letter days fand nightsj in the history of Gwynns Falls School, for they were the dates of the exhibition and bazaar, the latter under the auspices of the Home and School Club. The school was open to the public on both dates between 5 and 10.30. ' The home economics department took charge of the cafeteria, serving a plate supper and providing a menu a la carte, the students of different classes serv- ing as waitresses, The work of the pupils was on exhibition in every room of the school. Each room attractively displayed posters, projects, pictures, and papers, all of which demonstrated the work of the children. The work of the art department was effectively ex- hibited in posters placed around the school to ad- vertise the bazaar. Between seven and eight o'clock crowds poured into the auditorium to see the minstrel show, the talent of which was provided by members of the school who had been selected for their outstanding work in the assemblies in the recreation periods. The circus in the girls' gymnasium provided thrillers for the spectators in the acrobatic stunts and daring trapeze performances of the boys and girls. The music room was aglow with color in the various booths displaying flowers, fancy articles, and household articles on sale. The boys' gymnasium was crowded with dancers who twirled the light fantastic to music provided by the school orchestra, Much money was transferred from the pockets of visitors to the Home and School Club coffers. This will be used later for improvements for the school. HOME AND SCHOOL CLUB PRIZES Each semester the Home and School Club of Gwynns Falls School offers a prize of two dollars and a half to the boy and girl making the highest general average in the school. In February, 1928, the two successful contestants were Grace Richards, 7Bl, and Oden Pumphrey, 7B1.