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

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june193I GWYNNONIA 37 cept when there is a question of borrowing home work. Gijmo PACIONE Guido's strong point is frowning, but his marks show that he is not merely sulking. That frown means concentration. AUSTIN PARKS We are wondering if the little Austin will be permanently parked in 91. ABRAHAM SEIDEMAN Abe is the strong man of 9A6, but when it comes to picking up in algebra he canit handle a sheet of blank paper. MELVIN SPURLEY Melvin represents brains. That boy is a wizard in algebra. ELLIS STEINBERG Ellis is so quiet that the teachers rarely get him to open his mouth to recite a lesson. TRESS WELLER Tress dreams so much of taking a flight that at the mere mention of a test he goes up in the air. FRED WOLLE Fred was constantly in trouble in the English room. The books he read did riot suit the taste of the teacher. MILTON WITTGENSTEIN Milton imitates Brian de Bois-Guilbert by capti- vating the fair ladies in the auditorium. FAREWELL SONG OF FEBRUARY , CLASS fTIJNE2 Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Clmrmsj We leave you, dear classmates and dear junior Dear principal kind, and teachers so true, high, We will follow the precepts you taught. With a sigh and a tear on our way, Now we bid you good-bye, All the bright happy days that we spent at Though the years swiftly fly, Gwynns Falls We'll remember in deed and in thought. We will keep in our memory for aye. CHORUS Dear old Red and Gray, We can never repay All the debt to our teachers we owe. Like a beacon at night You have guided us right, Up the road to success we Should go. Definitions: Burglary-to steal when no one knows about it Felony-death or imprisonment. Mcroii-a person not perfect. Arson-Stealing Small articles. Epilepsy-A fast moving disease like the flu. Probation-A Series of crimes. Idio!-A rnan'S mind one to three years, or- a person that doesn't have the mind of a baby. Segregation--A gathering. Suspended Sentence-A sentence hanging in the air. :ir :lf ek Direction for cooking meat: Some tender meats are cooked with dry mois- ture, while tough cuts are cooked with wet mois- ture.

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36 GWYNNONIA i June193I I I I I I I I CLAss 9A6 OLIVER ROBERTS Ollie is a great singer. Those who heard him in the operetta pronounce his voice a barrel- tone. GEORGE SAMMONS George is an efficient electrician. He gets shocks instead of results when he wires bells. JOHN STOLZENBACH Our dear Daddy Longlegs. The benches don't fit him. ROBERT TATE Robert follows in his father's footsteps. He smells smoke every time the school has a hte drill. FRANCIS UMPLEBY Francis is the quiet kind, but he comes to life in a class discussion, and he always knows his stuff. CHARLES WHITTLE Give him a stick, and he won't belie his name. Give him English and he holds on to the seat with both hands. WILLIAM WILLIAMS The boy with an encored name and soulful brown eyes. We suspect he uses them on sus- ceptible teachers to get good marks. EDWIN WRIGHT D Edwin's chief ambition is to enroll in a co-ed college, where he would be just right. 5 9A6 ANDREW BAFFORD Andy plays so much with the batteries in the electricity shop that he is known as Battery Jar. HARRY CAMMARATA The editor of the Ask Me Another Column . He doesn't know the answers. ROBERT CULLER Robert is almost as bad a tightwad as Scrooge . He never lends algebra or English to anybody. GEORGE CI-IENOWETH George is with us in body, but in mind he is miles away. PAUL FALK If Falk were kept in to make up late time, he would be in school night and day. RALPH GOLDBERG The laughing hyena of 9A6, he keeps even the teachers smiling. ' EDWARD HAMPEL The smallest boy in the class, but the biggest noise-box. GEORGE Hoses George studied Ivanhoe so much that he made love to Rebecca in his dreams. HARRY KUEMMER1' Harry a personal friend of Robert Culler, ex-

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38 GWYNNONIA funeI931 M 1 1 in 1 EFQREI Dues-.15 ' ' THE NINTH GRADE VARSITY BAS- KETBALL TEAM WINS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP The ninth grade varsity Basketball team upheld the honor of Gwynns Falls Park Junior High School by winning the City Championship from Clifton Park High School on Wediiesday, April 8, 1931. The girls started out in high spirits, de- termined to wrest the game from their opponents. Oh! what a feeling they had when they gazed upon their opponents, but it soon wore off. Noth- ing daunted, they started to play. To make their spirits rise still more, Louise Harrell, our captain, scored two points. The play became exciting and points were scored on both sides continuously amid the clapping and shouting of the rooters, who had come to cheer them on to victory. Some changes were made in the third quarter, the old players be- ing re-enforced and the new ones freshg this put new life into our girls. They started in with a will and were well in the lead when the whistle blew. The score was 38 to 22 in favor of Gwynns Falls Park Junior High School. Louise I-Iarrell, forward, secured most of the points for our side, her total being 32 points. Nancy Hall put the other 6 points into the bas- ket. The other girls played very well towards win- ning the City Championship. Miss Peters, our coach, was very much pleased because this makes the fourth year in succession that Gwynns Falls Ninth Grade varsity team has won the City Championship in basketball. The following are the girls on the team: Louise Harrell, 9A4, forward and captain Nancy Hall, 9A2, forward Virginia Firebaugh, 9A2, forward Catherine Kenny, 9A'5, guard Eleanor Joyner, 9A2, guard Virginia Bailey, 9A2, guard Shirley Brizendine, 9A5, center Doris Thomas, 9A4, side center Madeline Groszer, 9A6, side center HEAVYWEIGHT BASKETBAL TEAM WINS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP After losing the first game of the season the Gwynns Falls' heavyweight basketball team came back strong to win the following nine games and the city championship. The lone defeat was ad- ministered by School Number 40. However, the heavies had their revenge when they met School Number 40 again in the championship series. In this series Gwynns Falls defeated Number 40 in two straight games. Both of the contests were well played with the heavies due to their excellent pass work having the edge over their rival. The entire squad which was composed of 9A boys were: Irvin Adley, 9A4, captain Nats Topel, 9A4 Charles Davidson, 9A4 Leon Bloom, 9A3 Arnold Miller, 9Al Sidney Berlin, 9Al Aaron Shapiro, 9Al Lawrence Repetti, after appearing in only one game, was stricken with an attack of appendicitis and was lost to the team for che rest of the sea- son. Repetti was in 9A1. The champions owe most of their success to Mr. Kenneth Van Sant, who coached the team. HEAVYWEIGHT SOCCER TEAM The Heavyweight Soccer Team had a fairly successful season, winning six games, tying two, and losing one. The two games which resulted in a scoreless tie were played against School Number 47 and Clifton Park. The former played School Number 76 for city championship, with 76 emerg- ing victorious. School Number 76 defeated the heavies 5-0. The squad was composed of Captain Ramming, Sagel, Topel, Baiford, Leidig, Bell, Cohen, Friedman, Murphy, Schmidt, Doxon, Gaines and Kirkpatrick. The team was under the direction of Mr. Van Sant.