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

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june 1931 GWYNNONIA . 49 BELLE OF BAGDADH PRESENTED BY SCHOOL Those who attended the operetta, The Belle of Bagdad, given under the direction of Mrs. Agnes K. Hill, agreed that it was one of the most artistic public performances that the school has ever produced. The palm trees, booths, pottery, gayly dressed natives and guards picturesquely grouped, and beautiful tapestries, made a striking elfect. The background for the scene, painted by the art teachers in the school, added much to the Ori- ental atmosphere. The story takes place during the fair time in Bagdad and centers around a group of visitors: Mrs. T. Horace McCann, American consul, Elsa McCann, and Annie Blackwell. They meet Lord Archie Fitzgibbons, an old friend, accompanied by Zelinda, a beautiful dancer. Lord Archie tells them about his escape from Henrietta Whip- stitch, to whom he has proposed marriage. They are introduced to the Caliph and his daughters- Jewel, Rose, and Lily. The Caliph announces that any one caught with a camera is to be shot with- out waiting for sunrise. He has been threatened by an assassin who carries a bomb in a camera. Bob and Dick Taylor, and his two mechanics, Bill, arrive in Bagdad from Hollywood. They are searching for the Belle of Bagdad, who is to be identified by a small photograph, recently taken by a motion picture corporation of Holly- wood, and by an amulet which she wears. Dick, on his way to the Caliph, meets one of the Calipl1's daughters, jewel. Meanwhile Bob and Bill, with their camera, are discovered by the Prefect of Police, Citi Ben Mustapha. The two mechanics are disguised by friends, first as dervishes, and later as members of the Caliph's guard. They put the camera in Lord Archieis hands, and, therefore, the Prefect of Police arrests him for violating the Caliph's word. The last act discloses the plot and ends the mysteries. Oliver Roberts, as the Caliph of Bagdad, was wonderfully made up. Edward Baurenschmidt, as Archie Fitzgibbons, gave an excellent portrait of an English lord and sang his part well. Gruber Shipley was a splendid Prefect. Edward Ay, George Warehime and Joseph Miller took the parts of the aviators. june O'Malia made an excellent old maid and Catherine Kalmbacher as Jewel was quite a fascinating person. The voices were excellently trained and the music was commented on by visitors as being much above the usual standard of junior high pupils. 4 THE VOCATIONS CLUB The Vocations Club has visited many of the important business concerns this year in an en- deavor to give the members an idea of the great business world which they hope to enter. On October 21, the Vocations Club took a trip to the Baltimore News office and watched a great newspaper being constructed. On November 17, a trip to the Maryland Biscuit Company gave them an idea of a big baking establishment. The january trip was taken to Radio Station WBAL. An April trip took them to the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. On April 29, eleven girls went with their vocational guides to the Girls' Voca- tional School, where they visited the sewing de- partment, the beauty shop, and the tea room. At the last meeting of the year the boys acted as guides for the girls, showing them through the shops, and the girls showed the boys through the home economics department. The vocational guidance teachers-Mrs. Wil- hide, Miss Stoll, and Miss Rost-are advisors for the club. HEALTH TOPIC OF ASSEMBLY One of the outstanding events of the year was an assembly called for the ninth grades to hear Mrs. Margaret Wells Wood, of the National Association of Mental Hygiene, speak on the sub- ject of Health Mrs. Wood opened her talk by relating an ac- count of a journey which she once took with some friends up Mount Fuji in Japan. She gave a vivid description of the weary climb and the beautiful view after the party had achieved their goal. Goal,' was what she was emphasizing. She went on to relate some amusing incidents in her life as a principal and a teacher. Early training, she said, is necessary to put children on the right track. They must have an adequate knowledge of the goal, and, most important of all, they should be physically fit to attain the things in life that are worth while. Mrs. Woods made an address to the Parent- Teacher Association the same evening, her topic being Guiding Boy-Girl Relationshipf' Direction for cooking meat: Some tender meats are cooked with dry mois- ture, while tough cuts are cooked with wet mois- ture. , ri: vi: :k Teacher: Name three races of men. Pupil- Boat race, automobile race, and foot race.',

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june195'1 GWYNNONIA 51 IP? ICD IIE 'IPS Ku ., E KC COD IR IN IIE IR Tim I THE WOODLAND OF GWYNNS FALLS The hills around dear Gwynns Falls I-ligh Are clothed in beauty rare. Each little flower sends out a cry To greet the woods, once bare. The summer birds with plumage gay, Are coming back with joyg Each one a little sunshine ray To cheer each girl and boy. The rippling streamlet sings its song, As it winds its daily way O'er rocks and stones in happy throng This blessed springtime day. Each dale around our Gwynns Falls High Tells a cheerful story, How Mother Spring in passing by I-las brought them back their glory. O lovely Nature, that surrounds The school of Gwynns Falls High, How grateful are we to have found Thar Spring can never die. CHARLOTTE Nl. OREM THE CALL OF SPRING Beyond the schoolroom window pane, The trees have donned their prettiest green, In answer to Spring's happy call, And flowers bloom along the mall. The world is gay with many guests, In purple, gold, and white theyire dressed. They seem to beckon far and near, And shout aloud that Spring is here. Now does it not seem wrong to you, When skies are clear and blue, That I must study instead of play Through all the happy Springtime day? DORIS MAE ROBERTS, 9A3 THIS LITTLE BOOK In a little book , Bound all round in red, I write, and write, and write, And use up all my lead. Suppose, I will tell you, Each teacher spends some time Dictating every day To fill this book of mine. Then homeward bound we go, With hearts and minds all gay, Until we open up .our books, With burdens for the day. I wonder if the teachers don't Feel sorry for us kids, Working our poor brains to death To do what teacher bids. After what I've cold you, You need not even loolcg For I am sure that you can guess It is my homework book. CATHERINE OHLE A DREAM p To fly through the sky in a silver plane Is my long-concealed desire. To dart through storms of cooling rain And be lost in the sunset's hte. To follow the path of the Sun God, Ra, As he drives his chariot of gold, But my chariot will be a silver plane, My companion the eagle bold. I love to sit in the twilight And listen to pattering rain, And dream of the day, so far away, Wlien I'1I fly in a silver plane. NORINE OsBoN, 9A1.