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

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fum-T958 T T T GwYNNoN1-all T P39 ' ' ' v L , - Y THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Athletic Association, numbering as its mem- bers a larger proportion of pupils of Gwynns Falls School than any other organization, has done much good work in maintaining a high ideal of good sportsmanship in the student body. It gives an an- nual Hallowe'en party and carries its members to an annual picnic. It provides the major subject prize twice a year and awards monograms to the teams. It supplies baskets to the Family Welfare Association at Christmas. The ofhcers of the association are Elsie Marks, president: Walter Schaefer, vice-president: Kather- ine Schmoll, secretary: and Paul Graf, treasurer. A large majority of the 9A pupils are members. The faculty advisers are Miss Peters, Miss John- son. Mr. Van Sant, Mr. Elliott, Miss Collins and Miss Fountain. The Athletic Association presented the school this yeare with a moving picture machine and a silver screen. THE FRENCH CLUB Not belying its name, the French Club conducts all its meetings in French. It is called to order in French, recites the Lord's Prayer in French, and, of course sings the Marseillaise in French. It meets the third Thursday of each month. The purpose of this club is to improve the con- versational abilities of the pupil and to meet in a social way. The French Club gives the individual more self-confidence in speaking the language and enables him to see that French is a living language. The oflicers are Evelyn Groff, presidentg Emma Varina, secretary: and May Burke, treasurer. The faculty advisers are Mrs. Curtis, Miss Carroll and Miss Basford. THE MATHEMATICS CLUB The Mathemataics Club was organized to stimu- late interest in the subject of mathematics and there- by prove that the subject is not only instructive but highly entertaining and enjoyable. Only those pupils taking algebra are eligible for membership. The 9A members of the club include Donald Poole, Isadore Abrams, Edith Silberg, Hilda Cohen. Dorothy Scott, Virginia Reynolds, Leonard Molof- sky, Elizabeth Zumstein, Charles Hastings, Charles Cuflley, Leslie Saunders, Herbert Rosenbaum, Grace Moorheaed, Freda Berman and Jacob Berger. The oflicers of the club are Dorothy Berry, presi- dent: Wesley Jones, secretary: and Robert Loh- meyer, treasurer. The faculty advisers are Miss McSherry and Miss Fountain. RECREATION PERIODS One of the new features of Gwynns Falls School during the year was the organization of assemblies during the lunch periods, with the object of provid- ing recreation for the pupils and bringing out indi- vidual talent. The following 9A classes provided especially good programs: FEBRUARY CLASSES 9Al-The Radio Program. 9A2-Kitchen Orchestra. 9A3-Old-Fashioned Songs. 9A4-Two Black Crows. JUNE CLASSES 9Al--The Fatal Quest. 9A2-The Supreme Sacrifice. 9A3-Why Girls Leave Home. 9A4-The Camp Fire. 9A5-What a Well-Dressed Girl Shouldn't Wear. 9A6-Pilgrim Children's Hallowe'en. 9A7-Radio Program. 9A8-When Caesar Sees Her. 9A9--Minstrel Show. The assemblies owe their success to the teachers in charge: Miss Smithers, Miss Scharf, Miss Sap- pington, Mrs. Gardner and Mr. Fell. Several of the programs were so good that they were repeated for the benelit of the crippled chil- dren of Kernan's Home and for the Men's Club of St. Michael and All Angels', the children in the cast being transported to those places by Miss Smithers. THE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA The school orchestra, under the direction of Mrs. Agnes K. Hill has been very busy through the year in outside activities as well as furnishing music for special occasions in the school itself. On March 13 they visited the Kernan Home for Crippled Children, and on April 13 they played for the Men's Club of St. Michael and All Angels' Episcopal Church. On March 14 they played for an entertainment at School 65, serving again in that capacity at School 232. In the school itself they have furnished music for the Home and School Club at its meetings during the year and at most of the school assemblies. They opened the minstrel show at the bazaar and exhibi- tion held by the school and the Home and School Club, and played the selections for the dance in the boys' gymnasium on that occasion. In the Fashion Revue staged by the Glee Club, also under the direc- tion of Mrs. Hill, they played the incidental music. The orchestra will be sorry to lose the following members who will leave school with the outgoing June classes: Mildred Sammons, Harold Aaron, Herman Gratz, Herbert Rosenbaum and Henry Windesheim.

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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.

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,K f 40 GWYNNONIA E fm-1928 THE LIVE WIRE CLUB The Live Wire Club, under the direction of the Commercial Department, and composed exclusively of commercial classes, contains in its membership many of the pupils of the out-going June classes. The ofiicers of the club, Marguerite Kern, president, Virginia Freaner, vice-president, and Frances Har- rison, secretary, served in that capacity duriing the the first semester. Among the many contests staged by the club, one for the name, and another for posters to advertise the club, Sylvia Chinn and Alice Slinker won the latter. Each was given a prize. The club provided outdoor entertainment during the year in numerous hikes, one taking the form of of a treasure hunt and another winding up at Her- ring Run. The commercial classes express regret at leaving the Live Wire Club and will always remember that part of their work at Gwynns Falls School as espe- cially interesting. The present ofiicers of the club are Esther Stevens, president: Margaret Pugh, vice- president, and Margaret Kerns, secretary. The Live Wire Club publishes annually under the name of Live Wire Sparks. n THE HI-Y CLUB One of the new -clubs organized during the year at Gwynns Falls School was the Hi-Y Club. The chartered members received their initiation at Clifton Park School and now have the privilege of initia- ting all candidates that seek admission. The purpose of the club is To create. maintain, and extend throughout the school and community high stand- ards of Christian character, and endeavors to main- tain a platform of clean speech, clean living, and clean scholarship. The club is open to any boy above the freshman year. Before a boy enters, he must have a good record and be prepared to take two degrees of initiation. The oliicers of the club are president, Walter Schaefer: vice-president, Arthur Callahan: secretary, George Nutzel: treasurer, Elsworth Heltner: faculty advisers, Wallace Kirk, Paul Gillen: city-wide ad- viser, R. H. Beck. Q THE CIVICS CLUB The Civics Club of Gwynns Falls School meets the first and third Wednesdays of the month. Liv- ing up to its ideals of doing good in the community, its has bought books for the school library and at Christmas time presented a sum of money to a fam- ily of needy people. The officers of the Civics Club are Bernard Stin- nett, president: Amado Bavato, of one of the February classes, vice-president: Virginia Freaner. secretary, and Henry Windesheim, treasurer. Miss Andrew is the faculty advisor. DRAMATICS The Dramatic Club, under the supervision of Miss Deem, has had weekly meetings during the school year, of which two were especially impor- tant. At one of the meetings in the fall, the mem- bers presented a play called The Maker of Dreams, to which the school was invited. At another meet- ing the club presented The Trysting Place. At two other meetings a stunt and dance program was given to the members. The club presented the annual Christmas play, the selection this year being Why the Chimes Rang. The following members of the 9A classes were characters in the play: Paul Hood ...,..,,,,,...... ,,,,. U ncle Osler Joyce ,,.,,...... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , Priest Mildred Sammons. ...,, ,,,,,,,,r,,,v,,,,,, A ngel Ethel Miller. ..,..,l, ,,,,,r A n Old Woman Grace Huff l...... ......... A Rich Woman Ruth Busey. .,..,,... ......., Y oung Society Girl William Payne. ...,.. ,,.,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, A urhor Corson Still ...., ,,,,,,, S oldier Lillian Boyce .,....-.....,,, W -,,,,, ,,,,,,-,-,,,.,,- Q ueen Leonard Zinser. ........,.,.,,.........,,,,v,.,,,,,,,,.,,--,,, ,King Peasants-Mabel Murrel, Marie Mulligan, Eve- lyn Kuester, Virginia Freaner, Margaret Becker, Eliz- abeth Kabernagel, Margaret Emich, Mildred Kemp. Sylvia Chinn, Bernard Stinnett, Michael Snesil, Helen Waldman, Phyllis Horsey, and Helen Emory. ASSEMBLIES Gwynns Falls School seems to have been trying to improve the beauty of its girl students this year, for two of its big assemblies were connected with fashion in some way. A Fashion Shaw was given in October under the auspices of Miss Gillespie, rep- resentative of the Baltimore Dairy Council. Another Fashion Show was given by the Home Economics Club under the supervision of Miss Tur- ner from Hutzler Bros. and Company. The Dra- matic Club entertained the audience between the four scenes given. Still another fashion show was given by the Culee Club under the name of the Fashion Revue and staged by Hochschild, 'Kohn and Company. - An assembly was especially called on February 18 to give the girls of the eighth and ninth grades an opportunity to hear an address by Miss Margaret Slattery, noted writer and lecturer. Her subject was moral courage, the power to say yes or no. The girls showed their appreciation of the speaker by hearty applause at the end. THE LATIN CLUB Some of the pupils of 9Al and 9A2 formed a Latin Club. Their aim is to show a better appre- ciation for the subject. The meetings are held once a month. The faculty advisors are Miss K. Ebaugh, Miss Joffe and Mrs. Heffner.