John Burroughs Middle School - Burr Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 106 of the 1934 volume:

m 554 Ml MllSn D ' IT- THJ • CLASS Of- svnna- ' 34- JOHN MKNCn jvNio -nicn-scriooL LOS • ANGa{S • CALI-t OUR SCHOOL From a few buildings alone on a field, with houses blocks away; only half of its rooms in use and a deep ravine for a playground — to a school humming with activity, with grounds to be proud of, and fine buildings. That is the story of our school — a school of which each and every one of us should be proud. JVNI0R-iGH«HOOL DEDICATI ON Realizing that the spirit of building is the motivating cause for all prog- ress, we, the Summer Class of 1934, gratefullydedicate this volume of the Burr semi-annual to builders of struc- tures and characters whose contribu- tions to the advancement of the mod- ern world finds a measure of its ex- pression in this book. HELEN COHEN. BUILD! That command as it has rung out clearly through the centuries, has brought out of Man the best that is m him - has caused his eyes to shine with the desire to create - has made his heart beat with icy at the opportunity to accomplish - has made his whole soul nobler with a selfless purpose - the enrichment of the world in which he of all God ' s creations, is most highly favored. Build ' and from the wilderness of the plains have risen cities. Build ' and from the ashes of catastrophe have risen re-created cities. Build ' and from economic chaos, has come a new hope in the hearts of discouraged men Even so, to you young men and women who now take another step forward toward your goal, rings the cry; Build ' And in thus urging you to give of your best for the benefit of Man - be it in stone stee or in business I can think of no finer inspiration than that of Ruskin in his Seven Lamps of Architecture when he writes: Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build forever Let it not be for present use, alone, let it be for such work as our descendants will thank us for; and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time IS to come when those stones will be sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, ' See! this our fathers did for us. ' J C. Lipman, Vice-President, UNION BANK TRUST CO of L A Editorial EDUCATION BUILDS YOUTH TO ADULTHOOD By MILDRED TYRE Three years have elapsed; years that have wrought memories, sad and joyous, and most important of all, friends. Starting as children of ten and eleven years of age, girls with short skirts and boys with shorter pants, pupils of John Burroughs Junior High School, when they graduate, have completed the initial phase of their education; they are on the threshold to high school. If John Burroughs has instilled the spark of a desire for erudition, it has fulfilled its duty in the process of building an American student. The idea of building brings first to mind the construction of bridges, monu- ments and skyscrapers; but this small word may connote much more. It may refer to the construction, or development of the mind and the body, in short— character. During the three years which students pass at John Burroughs, the principals and teachers are the architects and engineers. With the aid and cooperation of the student, th? faculty creates the foundation for young manhood and young woman- hood. The girls with their various gymnasium activities are aided in achieving physical perfection With their many athletic functions, the boys are enabled to develop in height, weight and physical vigor. Through the medium of mathematics, science, history, foreign languages, English, to say nothing of the social intercourse between the boys and girls, the character of the educational neophytes is molded. Meeting new friends, coming in contact with new ideas and being surrounded by new environments, the environment of the school, each has contributed its bit in the formation of the student ' s personality. And now, the architects and engineers having done all that lies within their power to complete the edifice of character which makes for a better man and woman, John Burroughs graduates march forth as proof of their own determination, the ability ' , sincerity, and teaching acumen of the instructors who so materially aided in the finished product. EDITORS Jane Blumenthal, Walter Friedlander, Mildred Tyre, Le Vaughn Bradley. BUILDING CHARACTER BRINGS LASTING CIVILIZATION By WALTER FRIEDLANDER Building civilizations based upon magnificent palaces, huge temples, mighty water ways, extensive roads and a complicated social society, the Egyptians, the Grecians, the Romans, the Mayans, and many others, in the course of time, forgot to build character of the type that is capable of surviving through the ages, and thus they fell, only to be revealed upon the pages of history. The ancients taught, men know thyself. It must be admitted that such teaching is, after all, a self-centered philosophy. Today are we superior in this respect to the nations of old? ' Today we find ourselves members of a civilization equally as entangled and complex. We have buift skyscrapers, canals, bridges, dams, many jails, and insane asylums. Have we forgotten to build character, the missing factor that helped bring ruina- tion to Rome, Athens, Egypt and Mayan! ' In the future, let our task be to build character which is sound, firm and enduring. And as we pass from this school to another we take with us the experience and the development which our three-year stay here has taught us and for our guide we should keep before us the immortal words of Holmes ' Chambered Nautilus : Build thee more stately mansions. my soul As the sw.ft seasons rol l ' Leave thy low-vaulted past. Let each new temple, nobler than the last. Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast. Till thou at length art free. Leaving thine outgrown shell by life ' s unrested sea! HOMES A cosy cottage of modern hue, with life ' s comforts and conveniences which so many enjoy. Its clever de- signs and artistic furnishings makes home life a perfect joy. PRINCIPALS Mrs Broaded, Girls ' Vice Principal; Mr Thompson, Principal; Mr Nourse, Boys ' Vice Principal BUILDING A well balanced life is made up of work and play in proper proportions. Work is of two kinds: first, up-keep or maintenance, and second, creative work or building. These distinctions apply to all fields of endeavor alike, whether constructive, agricul- tural, commercial, industrial, professional, or going to school. By up-keep or mainten- ance is meant the ordinary activities of life from day to day like washing one ' s face, driving the car, planting potatoes, laying bricks, selling goods, prescribing for a cold, studying a science lesson, and performing all of the other tasks which man has been doing in much the same way year after year. All of these activities are important, and each deserves care and thoughtfulness on the part of the individual. Everyone will spend a large part of his time on these routine things, but only to the extent that he goes beyond them wilj his life be enriched. The builder is the person who leaves the usual beaten path and does something different, who creates something new. It may be a new building, a picture, a poem or a new variety of potatoes. It may be a telephone, a radio, or a new way to sell goods To the builders the world owes its advancement. In the final analysis, however, the builder is not a superman. He is just an ordinary man who has done his daily tasks so well and so thoughtfully that he has discovered better ways to do them, and has thus added to the wealth of the world. [ r{ , BUILDING A NEW CIVILIZATION In reading the story of man there have been many contributions of vast importance made by peoples of the earth to create the present civilization It is a privilege and an opportunity to share in planning, during this present era, a program so all men will have food, shelter and clothing or the necessities of life that are vital to their physical well being. Science has made such a program possible through its contribution of machine power, instead of using man power alone. A better understanding of not only the physical needs, but mental and social as well, has grown during this period, Man will be able to work fewer hours with greater accomplishments, giving human beings leisure for creative activities or time to pursue the cultural arts. Such a program should develop a people of fine character and help to create an environment for leading a good life not only in America, but over the world. It should bring about a better understanding of the true values of life, followed by peace and good fellowship among men. CARRIE M BROADED. q V 11 s. vL ' iote S p f SSTf v : f ' tf ' 2 T -4 CHARACTER BUILDING INSTITUTIONS This number of the Burr stresses building . Since I am a teacher, I cannot fail to point out that schools are character building institutions. Then, of course, it occurs to me to write that just as buildings are made only by piling stone on stone, or brick on brick, or by fitting together pieces of wood of different sizes and shapes, so a fine character is achieved only by honestly and courageously meeting many problems and difficulties. When you see in mid-air the tenth floor of a building, supported by nothing at all, you may expect to meet a man of high character who has never faced a problem honestly and courageously. W. L. NOURSE. JOHN BURROUGHS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY LIST Mr James Glover Bailie Miss Theresa Elvira Bailer Mrs. Margaret S Baumgaerfner Miss Helen Lucille Berg Mrs Elizabeth Mae P Brown Miss Clara L. Bruckman Mr Jesse Maxwell Butler Miss Una B Cameron Mr. Robert Charles Catren Mr Philip Justin Corley Miss Jessie Leona Cunning Miss Augustine Dalland Mrs. June L G Daniel Miss Elizabeth Donnelly Mr. Clinton H Douglas Miss Ada Elizabeth Egbert Miss Marie M. Erhart Mrs. Kathryn L. L. Francis Mr Ralph Piatt Frankhouse Miss Anna Belle Gibson Mrs. Winifred Neptune Haitbrink Miss Ef fie Amanda Ha Iverson Mrs Grace H. Higbee Miss Cassandra Pauline Horton Miss Daisy M. Hughes Mrs Edna Daniel Hummel Miss Emily Rice Huntsman Miss Florence Louise Hurst Mr Arthur Alyn Jones Miss Katherine Bernice Kennedy Mrs Adda Norton Kern Miss Esther Frances King Mr Clifford Hale Knowlton Mrs. Jeanne Wadsworth Knox Mrs Bertha C. Kramer Mr Walter Wood Lewis Miss Anna L. Lucy Mrs Muriel G. McCrory Mr Chester R. Milham Mrs. Louise P. Millar Mrs Eileen C Miller Miss Evelyn L Miller Miss Edna Mott Mrs Katherine Adams Munscher Miss Florence M Palmstrom Mrs. Rosa Biehl Perry Mrs Olive D K Pickett Miss Bessie M. Pope Miss Vera M Reppy Mrs. Mary G. Rineheart Mrs. Eileen Young Robertson Miss Mabel Erdine Robinson Miss Eleanor J Rogers Mrs. Esther Wilma B Ross Miss Catherine A Sargent Mrs Gertrude N Schweickert MissNelleD Scott Mr. Keith F. S Smith . Miss Harriet A. Snyder Mr. William A Sorsby Mrs. Fern E C Spivey Mr. Carl Chaffee Spring Mr. George H. Swarthout Mr. Floyd H. Taylor Mrs Helen W. H Turner Mrs Mary Alice Uphoff Mr John Douglas Vance Mrs Helen M. L. Walker Miss Evelyn Naomi Warder Miss Marylois Warner Miss Vera Gwendolyn Warren Mr Hugh P Webb Miss M Beatrice Webster MissAbbieR Wendlmg Mr Alexander Wilding Miss Mary B. Young Mr Robert A. Thompson, Principal Mrs Carrie M Broaded. Cirls ' Vice-Principal Mr. Walter L, Nourse. Boys ' Vice-Principal OFFICE STAFF Mrs. Freda M. Gillette, Secretary Mrs Lucille Bauermeister, Text Book Clark Mrs Lillie Bernsten Mrs Nellie C Fullerton Miss Hildegard Traub. Attendance Mrs Elizabeth Woodford, Candy, Burr, Far and Near BURR ARTI STS Jack Schwartz, James Ruby, Ernie Clark, Kathleen Grace, ' Kathleen McCarthy, Barbara Mann, Leo Mar- tin, Betty Ann Baash, Leta Mae Brooks, Marjorie Cass, Betty Dick- son, Kay Dennis, Pat Hartley;- Eloise McLean, Gordon Maclean, Barbara Jean Mauerhan, Elizabeth Sburtz, Grant Swanland, Leola Turner, Peggy Wells, George Hockmeyer. BURR ART CLASS CI FAR AND NEAR CLASS PRINTERS Bud Waddell. Merwin Schirmer, Bertram Briskin, Bill York, Monte Hippie, John Buchanan, Walter Porter, Menery Angell, Dick Potter, Marshall Tate, Robert Wagner, Tom Roberts, John Hoffman. PRINTING CLASS ORGAMIZAYIOMS SCHOOL INTERESTS S , j ff ' ' By HENRY CLARKE W . J WL ■ Burroughs in 1924 had compara- 11 ' ' B ' ' ' ' tively few organizations and clubs, but HH today it has over eighteen. Each one . _ Z offers something different and of inter- ■ B L -JA B  S5t to the student. Every organization H P t ' IS of vital importance to the school for BBt - — - — — - both government and pleasure. The EDITORS Safety Committee is responsible for the Henry Clarke Mary Jane Kerr safety of the Students. The Glee Clubs. Orchestra, Dramatics classes, and Band supply entertainment for the assemblies The Stage Crew present these assemblies with speed and accuracy. How bare and dis- orderly the shelves in the library would be if it were not for the competent help of the library helpers. These and numerous other organizations are the keynote to the progress of John Burroughs school activities. WHY WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONS By MARY JANE KERR A famous educator once said that over fifty per cent of the value of an education received at school was the development of the student ' s personality. In accord with this view of education John Burroughs has established many organizations and clubs. Their value in a social as well as educational way cannot be over-estimated. From the names listed in the above article one may easily see that a wide variety of organizations allows every student a chance to use his or her talents. Probably the most important of these organizations has been formed to develop the executive ability in the student and to carry out the principles of self government. Other clubs provide social contacts and pleasures that would be possible by no other means for the purpose of developing the poise and culture of the students. Still other organiza- tions, such as the Safety Committee, have greatly increased the sense of responsibility in the students working on them. One and all our organizations are valuable and necessary. To express our appreciation for the benefit which we have received from these organizations we dedicate this section to their sponsors. FAREWELL, J . B , PUPILS It is with mingled emotions of happiness and regret that I write finis to my career as a student at John Burroughs, Happiness, because I have been able to serve this wonderful school, which I shall always consider a very great honor, and regret that some of the friendships and asso- ciations formed during my three years here must be broken. I shall carry throughout my life many pleasant memories of both faculty and school Let us each try to keep in our minds the high standards of this school and make every effort to live up to them. I sincerely wish for each member of the faculty and of the student body great success and happiness in the future Thanks to everyone for their support and co-operation during the last semester, and I hope I have been worthy, to at least a small degree, of the honor bestowed upon me. And now, good-bye to a great student body and a great school BILL MARSHALL. PRESIDENT OF JOHN BURROUGHS STUDENT BODY TO THE GIRLS OF JOHN BURROUGHS: Three years have passed since my first day at John Burroughs. These three years have been filled with complete happiness, but it is for this last term I am most grateful. I shall never forget the honor which the girls of John Burroughs have bestowed upon me. Your confidence, loyalty and untiring efforts to cooperate made every duty vice-president, and Nancy Newberry, secretary of Girls ' League, to whom I am very an extreme pleasure. The responsibilities, however, were shared with Mary Gingrich, grateful. My daily contacts with the faculty and principals have made me realize how much they have guided us with their patience and interest. Upon leaving the Girls ' League and John Burroughs I sincerely hope I have proven myself worthy of your friendship. It is impossible to put into words how much it has meant to me. Always your true friend. President of Girls ' League SALLY KIRBY, BOARD OF CONTROL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL Sponsors: Mrs. Francis, Miss Reppy, Mr. Webb Members: Bill Marshall, Sally Kirby, Buddy Rosenberg, Arlene Krieger, Mary Anne Hall, Ted Gair, Richard Catterlin, Tom Lipman, Lois Chamberlin, Virginia Finch, Dick Fuller, Hal Winogura, Perrin Fay, Buddy Gruver, Ethel Hoover, Jim Kaufman, John Margraf, Nancy Jane Miller, Stanley Talpis, Frank Weir, Dick Zacher, Betty Brockway, Bob Burk. J. B. YELL LEADERS Helping to keep up the true school spirit and to show speakers and entertainers cessful, and this purpose has been well filled. Yell leaders are elected in semi-annual at assemblies the school ' s appreciation, are the duties of the J. B. yell leaders. Thus far throughout the year the yells and yell leading contests have been unsually suc- election. The yell kings follow: Hall Winogura - Senior Yell King Jim Feldman - - - - Assistant Bud Gruver - - Junior Yell King Ray Rosencrans - - - Assistant MERIT BOARD 1h SAFEPi ' HOMEROOM SAFETY COMMITTEE WT ' e ' ' « B rs CIVICS CLUB JUNIOR ORCHESTRA SENIOR ORCHESTRA BAND SENIOR HONOR SOCIETY JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY .:;RARY HELPERS BOYS ' COUNCILLORS THRIFT COMMITTEE CAFETERIA HELPERS DINING ROMAN STYLE Dressed in togas and wearing wreaths, the Latin Classes celebrated the marriage of Cupid and Psyche with the annual Roman Banquet, on May 18. The ceremony was held on Mount Olympus (girls ' cafeteria) because Cupid was a god. Using true Roman methods the banqueters had only one spoon, using fingers for everything except, soup. The banquet tables were gayly decorated with flowers and ferns. Altogether it was a grand success owing to the efforts of Miss Palmstrom and Miss Reppy. The pupils taking the parts of more important gods and goddesses were Gurdon Wattles as Jupiter, Mary Delaney as Juno, Edwin Jones as Cupid, and Marion Jones as Psyche. BRIDGES Bridges with their strong, mighty arm stretching over rivers and lakes, odd to the beauty of the world as to the importance of this commercial nation. K ' .EMOKIAL LIBRARY CLUB HOSPITALITY CLUB ATTENDANCE OFFICE HELPERS i 4 ■ ' i m i. %B }n SENIOR GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB T i Wltt M ' :- BOYS ' GLEE CLUB JUNIOR GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB HIGHWAYS Highways and byways everywhere to make our journeys pleasant. We owe this to the busy road builders who with scrapers, shovels, rollers, and teams have built our highways. LITErXPvY YOU MAY BE A FUTURE AUTHOR By HARVEY QUITTNER One does not have to be wealthy ■ be able to write. Joyce Kilmer was struggling newsfjapjer man when Kc wrote Trees . Man have written splen- did things with paper picked up off of the streets because they did not have money to buy any. Many boys and girls who heretofore had shown no literary talent have turned in excellent work for the Burr. So do not think that you cannot write, because you do not know what you can do until you have tried it. You will receive the same con- sideration as others poorer, and better, than yourself. BUILDING OF LITERATU RE By BETTY HUEBENER What do you enjoy better on a rainy day than to curl snuggly up in fathers arm chair and bury yourself within the covers of a good book? But this is just one type of literature. Think of the poetic achievements of Sir Walter Scott and Henry Wads- worth Longfellow, or the plays of Shakespeare, many of which have been set to music. Literature is one of the fine arts that can be enjoyed by all. the building of which is a perpetual motion. In this section of the Burr, the promising A9 ' s bring to you their stories humor- ous and sober. They have put forth their best efforts to please and we hope you will enjoy their scripts. Perhaps in years to come you may glance through this dust-covered annual and with surprise run across the name of some well known author or authoress who began their literary career in the far gone days at John Burroughs. He lives to build, not boast, a generous race, no tenth transmitter of a foolish race. — RtCH. RD Sav. gf.. JIMMY ' S BOAT By KATHERINE BLACKMORE Jimmy eagerly thumbed the time-worn pages of his father ' s boat-building book. At last he came to the page he was looking for, the one that told how to construct the difficult shape of a cat boat. Jimmy had built a snowbird that had won all the races held for boats of that type. This, he had made even before he knew about the book Now that that precious bit of literary matter was his, he was determined to build a cat boat In fact, he was well on his way. The blue prints had long since been finished, the hull was built, and the sails lay in waiting for the time that the masts should rise. Jimmy worked furiously night after night, striving to get the boat finished before the races. It so happened that at one time Jimmy ' s father had laughingly offered him a star boat, if he ever made a cat boat that would sail to victory in the races and that was what Jimmy was striving for At last the boat was finished. What a beauty she was, Jimmy thought to himself as he looked at the boat ' s trim varnished deck with brass rails and snowy sails. He knew he could sail her tovctory, and :o he did. He won ' ■he Champion ' s Cup in both sailing classes When Jimmy rem nded his father of his promise, Jimmy ' s father presented him with the best star boat he could find. Jimmy had won his prize through building a boat. This is not the only way to succeed by building. You may build health, wealth, friendship, courtesy and honesty that lead to happiness, but if you were to ask Jimmy what brought him the most happiness through building I am sure he would answer: ' My boat. BUILDING By ALFRED GOODLEY The hustle and bustle and noises, The din and tumult of shouting voices. The clatter of hammers and rivets shaking. Reveals ths stately building in its making. The foundation securely in its place lies, And paves the way for the structure to rise. Brick after brick cemented, by and by Results in the edifice rising to the sky Such is the form of cementing the pieces, So the edifice will stand out like a thesis. But you, John Burroughs, mold of a delicate texture. You build not of brick, but of human texture. You work with our hearts and our minds, You mold characters of various kinds, You give us ideals, and carve our careers. You give us the wisdom of the wise old seers. The sputtering fires from your anvil and forge Are rekindling our souls like a flaming torch. They light our paths and smooth our road, To glide to achievement and lighten our load. THE SURPRISE SCHEME By LA VAUGHN BRADLEY When Johnny goes to school It takes mama and Kate and me To start him off, because he makes Quite work enough for three; Mama must find his coat and hat I try to keep the rule, Tis always an exciting time When Johnny goes to school Where ' s my pencil? wailed Nancy as she made a frantic search the last minute before leaving for school. I can ' t find my history book, called Johnny from the library. Mother, demanded father from the top of the stairs, ' have you see my keys to the car? No! Take mine, they are in my purse in my top drawer, answered Mrs. Fielding. Mother, I can ' t fmd my shoe, wailed six-year-old Jean. ' Wear your new shoes. It is too late to hunt for the old ones now. After the door had closed behind the last departing member of her adorable but thoughtless family, she sank down for a short rest before attacking the morning pick-up. She could not help smiling as she looked about her attractive but untidy living room. There was Jean ' s shoe peeping ouit from beneath the davenport It almost seemed to grin at her as she spied it in its hiding place. And there was Mr. Fielding ' s keys in plain sight on the mantle with his reading glasses. Here was Johnny ' s history book tucked down in the side of the very chair in which she sat. Delving deeper she found her thimble and a spool of thread, and from still deeper down she brought to light Jean ' s long lost ring and a shiny dime. Gathering the booty from her treasure hunt, she placed it on the stairs to await her next ascent. There was no use in making any more trips upstairs than necessary. Then the telephone called her away for ten minutes. But while she was gone, Tim — age two — discovered the articles and had ample time to scatter them from front door to back. This settled the question of going upstairs, she gathered everything up again and made the rounds to the bedrooms, depositing each article in its proper place As she cleaned each room a similar array of misplaced belongings grinned at her from chairs, tables, and floor. Four times that morning she chased upstairs putting things away. She decided that something must be done about it. Here on this busy morning she had spent no less than forty minutes of her precious time picking up and putting away. That was too much time wasted for her well-regulated home. She decided to stage a quiet rebellion. That afternoon, she took a pretty piece of creton and cut out a tie-on apron with a huge pocket across the front of the entire apron. That evening she announced that she had a surprise for them all. Excitement ran high as she left the dining room and returned wearing the unusual apron. Mother, what is itr ' What is it for ' ' demanded her surprised family. This is my pick-pocket, she said Everything I find around the house out of Its proper place will go in here When I am through cleaning, each day, I will make the rounds of house and put things where they belong — except — she paused for effect and all eyes and ears were at attention — articles which I feel have been left in care- lessness and neglect will remain in the pocket until the owner has paid a fine. The fine will depend upon the negligence in the case and the size of the allowance of the offender. If the owner of the imprisoned article chooses he may pay the fine by doing THE • • B - 1 ' • By HARVEY QUITTNER How would you like to ride in a railroad three miles under the sear ' There is such a road, and it is probably the strangest that men have ever built. Ships sail by overhead. Storms churn up waves as high as mountains. Gales come and go. Shipwrecks occur. But 16,000 feet below, in a long hollow under the water, railroad men keep on the job twenty-four hours a day. If you want to see this unusual railroad, vou will have to go to far-away Cape Breton Island, at the northern tip of Nova Scotia, and get a permit to go down into a strange coal mine known as the B-l. Danger lurks everywhere so few visitors are allowed First there is the elevator that goes to the bottom. The guard blows a whistle. From far below comes a faint an ' er. The elevator drops into the inky darkness Level after level rhrots bv. 0P ethin 3 suddenly shoots past, going up. It ' s the balanc- ing car that is attached to the o ' h- r -nd of th elevator. Finally it stops at the bottom. There is a vast casern - ' th c ' e min ' ' ra ' Iroad tracks shooting in all directions. Look out for the trip, one miner shouts to a companion. Two large doors open and four or five big coal cars shoot down the incline. Down the tracks and through a passageway and there is the Dusky Diamond Limited, crack express train of this undersea railroad, with a shining electric locomotive and a long string of cars. All the meed b t none of the comforts of the Twentieth Century, grins Rufus MacEachern. the boss of the coal mine, who is said to carry a complete map of all the trackage of the miles and miles of railroad in the mine. A high ball from the conductor, a green all clear on the block signal and away she goes, rattling and banging like an old Ford. To prevent spontaneous explos- ion, the walls are covered with certain chemicals. After going about three miles the train stopped at a stationary engine, behind which a man sat. By touching certain levers he sent dozens of cable cars around the mine. In front of him was a trackage map — with a lot of lights moving about it. Each light represents a car. This was called a branch line. Alo ' g further there was a big building with horses in it. These horses are healthy and well groomed, yet they never see the sun. Their job is to pull the coal cars on the branch-branch line. Their eyes have grown accustomed to the dark and miners are cautioned not to flash their lights in their faces. Up went the elevator. At the top coal cars were being dumped and then sent back to the bottom for more dusky diamonds. How hot and stuffy it seemed above That is the story of the railroad under the sea, one of the world ' s wonders most ground after the fresh air that is pumped into the mine! people know nothing about! some task which is not already his assigned duty. The money accumulated from the fines shall be used to replace broken dishes or to buy some new piece which we need. Is there any question on the matter? she finished, smiling. The next morning she could not help chuckling at the scarcity of personal belongings out of place. Not one penny in fines did she receive. Of course, after a week their vigilance lessened, but a small fine justly asked and cheerfully paid was all the reminder that was usually necessary for another week. And so, the pick-pocket has come to be a regular member of their family. OUR GARDENER By BOB RANDALL John Burroughs is over a decade old, but its youthful appearance is cleverly dis- guised by the artistic touch and constant labor of Fidele Faure, Can you picture our school, a blank, desolate, brick building ' ' This might have been the unbearable con- dition at John Burroughs had it not been for the love of beauty belonging to this skillful Frenchman. Monsieur Faure was born in Lyons, that grand old city of Southern France, and has been in America nearly twenty-five years He is always willing to instruct the pupils about his methods of gardening, or to please one of the teachers by giving them a bouquet of his marvelous achievements. Ever since the beginning, Fidele has changed John Burroughs from dull, monotonous grounds to a well kept yard, with a supreme color scheme, which has kept this school, as well as the pupils, in an ever- lasting, cheerful environment. Too loz . ' Ihc huihl who bn ' dd bcncatli III,- slars. — VoL ' XC. ARCHITECTS OF CHARACTER By DENE MERRYWEATHER Each of us IS an architect of character, but like many other architects our struc- tures are not always sound and beautiful To be a successful builder of such a work it is first necessary to have fine materials with which to work. Some of these materials are truth, courage, purity of thought, and strength of purpose. After we have our materials, it is necessary to put them together firmly so that our character can resist the constant temptations which we encounter in life. Each day we add some new part to this structure which we are building. It is up to each of us as architects of character to see that each part is of definite worth and that our structure is not defaced by any superfluities or crumbly materials. Our structure must be built to endure and to help others. As Longfellow says: Make the house, where gods may dwell, beautiful, entire, and clean. BUILDING By BETSY WELLS O ever upward may you build For happiness, for love, for health. And all the better things in life That you can never buy with wealth. Build up friendship; make a friend By a kind simple deed well done. You ' ll always feel better to say; Today — I ' ve helped someone. Build up happiness, wear a smile When you pass someone who is new, And change their day completely . So that they ' ll be happy, too Build up kindness; don ' t criticize; Say something so each one who ' ll hear Will be giv ' n courage to keep on By just a single word of cheer. You can build up your life if you Make each day better than the last; Make the future and present count, Forget about the far gone past. Then, and then only, can you say By a word, a deed or a smile: I ' ve made someone feel today That life is really worth while fVe figure to ourselves The thing we like and then tt ' c build it up As chance will have it, on rock or sand : And homebound I ' ancy runs her back ashore. For Thought is tired of wandering o ' er the world. — Sir Henry Taylor. HI, INFANT By JEAN VANDER PYL Hi, Infant. Tink Taylor looked up quickly into a broad somewhat comical face that really was very pleasing, especially when wreathed in smiles, such as it was at that moment. Well ' That ' s the first time I ' ve ever been accused of that, most people think I ' m old for my age, said Tink, addressing a young man of about seventeen, whose friends called Bill, but whom Tink took great delight in calling Willie. Tink gave him one of those squelching locks that was supposed to make him feel like a penny running around looking for small change. The calmly answered in the coolest voice she could muster. What ' s a college freshman doing on a Junior High School campus, may I ask? Well, if you really must know, he replied, the fraternity I ' m pledged to is having a big prom Saturday night and as a final initiation I ' m not going to be allowed to have any fun; I ' m going to have to play nursemaid to a girl from Junior High for punishment, and take her to the dance instead of one of the girls out at college. And so you wanted to take me? Tink ' s eyes flashed with anger, then slowly they melted and a smile crept on her lips as an idea suddenly began to take shape. Yeah, that ' s the idea. Willie continued, I figured you wouldn ' t have so many engagements that you couldn ' t go I guess It can be managed, Tink replied Of course. I know I ' ll be stuck with you ail evening, but that ' s to be expected with a kid like you, Bill went on sarcastically, anyway I CAN TAKE IT Well, so long infant, see you Saturday night. Tink turned on her heel without saying a word and started home chuckling to herself, for she knew secretly that her new blue formal added about four more years to her scant fourte . She ' d see that he wasn ' t stuck with her; she ' d make him sit up and take notice. Besides it was time he stopped calling her infant — she ' d show this Willie a thing or two. Saturday night came in all its glory Tink was all ready dressed in a very in- triguing blue gown and looking very charming. She slowly walked up and down the living room, glancing at the clock as she walked. She snapped on the radio and then picked up a magazine which she instantly threw down He was late again; he was always late. Couldn ' t Willie do anything right. Finally the door bell rang; he had come at last. On the way to the dance Bill fell into one of his moods that let you know he ' s bored to death and that he knows he ' s not going to have a good time. Incidentally, Tink fell into the same kind of a mood. The result being that neither of them spoke a word all the way to the dance. Upon arrival. Bill introduced Tink to Mark King, president of his fraternity. Frank astonishment was written all over Mark ' s face as he drew Bill aside Say, I thought I told you to bring a kid from Junior High, not a debutant, he said. Honest, she ' s only a kid, she ' s only fourteen, replied Bill Bill then excused himself for a moment and went out on the veranda for a breath of air. Maybe I ' ve made a mistake in asking her, he said to himself, well, I might as well go in and make the best of it. He went in and looked all over for Tink — unsuccessfully, however. Hey, Mark, he cried, spying the prexy of the frat, have you seen the kid I brought — can ' t find her anywhere. BUILDING THE NORTH By DOUGLAS ANDREWS As the cold wind whistled around the corners of the cabin and sighed through tho tall pines, the fire in the large chimney crackled and leaped as if in a race to reach the flue. Bob Carver settled farther down into the confines of the sturdy leather chair and prepared for the questions that were sure to come from the tall youth who sat opposite him, Fred, the youth, was Carver ' s nephew and had lived with his uncle in the north woods for many yeers. It was Fred ' s habit to ask questions on a night such as this. Bob, queried Fred, ' v.a: it r:ar or beast who really built the greet nor:h into what it is today? ' Bob gazed into the flames as he b ■- n In the settling a-d building of the great northern countries, such as ' lasl ' .i, Car ada, or any of the trackless, snow-swept wastes of the great north or the far south, the most invaluable means of conveyance is by dog teams And the most useful of all vorkin ' dcgs are those of the Eskimos and other northern residents, wolf-like dogs which in teams of half a ozen or more draw the sledges that furnish most of the winter transportation in the Canadian and Alaskan wilds. These devoted hard-working animals have, and still play a noteworthy part of many an arctic and antarctic exploration, I am sure you have read Jack London ' s book, ' Call cf the Wild, Fred ' I sure have. Bob, and I see huskies around here every once in a while, hauling huge loads of freight and food for the villagers farther north, Bob continied: If there are new polar territories to be discovered or explored, man is powerless before ice, snow, and sleet, without the dogs of the north, if an expedition is to reach the interior of a bleak region in dead of winter to rescue some unfortunate explorer cr pioneer, or to help an ice-besieged population fight a fever or flu epidemic, then the sleds and dogs make it possible. As you know, dog racing in the far north is one of the chief winter sports, and when a racing team finishes a four hundred and twelve mile race over ice and snow, the excitement of the crowd gathered to view the outcome is as great as over a world series baseball game it surely is brave of the men to face the trackless wastes in the building of such a country. mused Fred, Bob went on as Fred listened attentively, Thus the ' Huskies ' of the north, through their devotion to their masters and their courage on the trail, have been one of the main factors in the building of the northern wastes and the opening of a new region to mankind, As the flames died down. Bob thought of the faithfulness of the teams and of the tragedies and success in the building of such enormous territories. near her aii evening, if you think bringing that giri here is punishment, you ' ve got another think coming. Never mind, though, we ' ll think up a good punishment for you yet. I believe, said Mark, that ' s the charming young iady you brought, over there — the one you can hardly see because she is surrounded by just about the most prominent men at college, and if you ' re like the rest of us, you won ' t be able to get THE BUILDING OF A CITY THAT DEFIED THE AGES By JANE BLUMENTHAL Woven around the tales of desperate pirates and buried treasure, the city of Cartagena, on the Carribean Sea, grew up. Founded in 1533, exactly four hundred years ago, by a Spanish conquistador, this city is still today as it was centuries ago. The cement with which the old Spanish settlers built their walls is unknown to us. The walls are over twelve feet thick and about as high. It is now possible to drive a car on top of them. The imposing forts that fired many a shot at invading buccaneers rival the castles on the Rhine. Everything is in perfect preservation. The most allur- ing fort IS at the dominating point of the city. Underneath the gigantic walls are tunnels leading to outlying posts and to underground chapels. There are hnudreds of little cubby-holes carved out of the rock where the cities ' protectors slept. Today the spacious prisons are used as charity homes for the poor. The town is also as it was four hundred years ago. The tall, colorful houses with large oaken doors with brass nails in them, and the barred and shuttered windows, house the cautious inhabitants who venture out only when necessary. Above the town, on the other tall hill opposite the fort, is the old convent, where the nuns, centuries before, lept to death rather than marry Morgan ' s pirates. Here we stop to wonder if our skyscrapers will last generations as these now historical spots have. BRIDGE BUILDING By JANE BLUMENTHAL Gigantic masses of steel, seemingly without support, now span the rivers of the United States. Before these hanging wonders were originated, the only way to cross the turbulent masses of water was by taking a ferry. Later on, smaller bridges, with supports holding them from the water, were built. The wood with which these clumsy bridges were made soon grew water-soaked and rotted. The number of accidents was astounding. The government would have to do something ' Great engineers got busy and thought out the problems of a suspension bridge. The idea was crazy and they knew it, but they kept on working. Now we drive in comfort over suspension bridges, with no thought of danger, for there is none. Some of these bridges are so constructed that they raise when boats go under, but most of them are built high enough to allow for it. This is a type of building that takes courage and involves danger. The planning takes months, and one false move, one weak cable would mean the sacrifice of lives. The modern bridges are supported only by cables planted on each side of the water- way. It is a wonder to us as to how they support the thousands of tons of traffic running over them each day. It is only one of tine great problems solved by our modern builders. QUOTATIONS Many men build as Calhcilnils Zi ' crc buill. Ilic ( ' art ncarcsl Ike tirounci fmislicil. but the part ivhich soars lozcards licavcii, the turrets and spires, forever unfinished. The house builders at Xi ' ork in cities or anyzi-here — J ' he preparatory jointine . squaring, sa a ' ing. mortaring. The hoist up of beams, the push of litem in their places, laying them regular. Setting the studs by their tenons in the mortises, according as they ti ' crc prepared. The hlozi-s of the mallets and hammers. — Sony of the Broad .-{.re, Walt Whitm.w. AN APPREC I AT I ON We, the A9 Class of S ' 34, are deeply indebted to Miss Wendlmg as Art Director of the Burr for the past three years of our school life. The Art supervisors of the city consider her work for school publications among the finest and most outstanding In appreciation of such splendid work and untiring efforts, we wish to extend our sincere thanks through the pages of the Burr. YOUTH BUILDING PEACE By BETTY HUEBENER As you sit at your desk at school or as you glide smoothly over a highly polished dance floor, do you stop to realize that perhaps that dance floor or desk was made from Siberian wood or that the silk from which your Parisian gown was fashioned, came from Japan? ' Our life is commerce; we -couldn ' t exist if it wasn ' t for the rest of the world. And if it wasn ' t for peace and friendship there would be no commerce The youth of today faces the opportunities of another new era and the world challenges us to ride forth with all our youthful freshness and vigor, and ideas unbiased by worldly prejudices, to find that rainbow at the end of which will be the pot of gold, peace, resting on substantial foundations of international justice. The Protestant Reformation, the invention of the steam engine, and the French Revolution have been historic moments when the world has jumped years ahead. Our country is on the verge of another new era, and it is our task to bring peace that will complete this turning point of the nation and that will establish world commerce forever. How our life will be when the menace of war has disappeared, no imagination is vivid enough to depict, but the prospect is noble enough that it has enlisted the best that youth has to give. Youth walks hand in hand with age in the common quest for peace, the harmony of civilization PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION By SALLY GRADY Our John Burroughs Parent Teacher Association, consisting of 2950 members, has the largest number of memberships of any Parent Teacher Association in the United States. The school has had this honor for two years, and proposes to hold it this year as well. John Burroughs has adopted three schools, Owensmouth, San Fernando, and the Metropolitan High School A Christmas drive IS held each year. Clothing, food, and toys are sent to these schools, whereupon they are dis- MRS VARIEL MRS HARTLEY . „ . .„ „ „„ ' . .,„ Incoming President Retiring President tributed tO variOUS needy fam- ilies, bringing with them Christmas cheer. Money is sent each month to provide for milk for the under-nourished children, as well as to provide hot lunches for the children of these schools Many of these children have only this one meal a day. A day nursery to which working mothers bring their children in the morning and call for them in the late afternoon, is supported by P T A funds Mrs, Cook, Editor of Facts and Features. and Mrs Stevens, Press Chairman, have kept the public well informed of activities locally and throughout the State EXECUTIVE BOART Top Line — Mrs D B Gregg, Mrs C B Tompkins, Mrs Marshall Andrews, Mrs, Robert E Sommers. Mrs J, F Cook, Mrs, J, P, Arnoldy, Mrs Cunningham, Mrs, H G Clark, Mrs E, L, Stockwell Second Line — Mrs Boris Flatte. Mrs Howard Stassforth, Mrs Elbridge Thrapp, Mrs Albert Ralphs, Mrs, Douglas McClean, Mrs G C Freese, Mrs Albert Koch Third Line — Mrs Dillon Stevens, Mrs J, R, Hoffman, Mrs J, A Hartley, Mrs Edwin Zacher, Mrs. Eugene Hunt, Mrs F C Hathaway Other members not present at the time picture was taken — Mr W, L, Nourse, Mr, Hugh P. Webb, Mrs. M. B. Knettle. Mrs D G Bowker, Mrs Claire Newberry, Mrs Carrie Broaded, Mrs Hugh H Glen, Mrs, Hazel Keating. Mrs, Clarence L Variel. J. B. P. T. A, ANNUAL CARNIVAL The annual Carnival at John Burroughs is eagerly awaited by all the pupils each year. This gala festivity is made possible by our Parent Teacher Association. The entire proceeds are used for charity work and the mothers toil untiringly without pay in order to make it a success. The grounds are filled with games of every type which are played by the en- thusiastic crowd. Refreshments are also sold at the stands which dot the J. B, campus. Within the main building are movies and novelty entertainments which allow everyone to find some form of amusement that he may enjoy. All of these activities are carefully planned by the members of the Parent Teacher Association weeks before the Carnival All the stands are run by the mothers, who enjoy giving their services in order to help the patrons have a more enjoyable time and also help to increase the funds for charity work. JOYS OF HOME With busy hands she fashions her dainty frocks from fabrics fine and lacy. While other busy bodies are weaving each stitch to perfection. Modern conveniences make cooking a delight, and the cleverly set tables are not forgotten. A9 AFFAIRS v .0. A9 EDITORS Ned Herzstam, Texanna Bates, Barbara Ann Couturier, David Burton. BEFORE WE GO Pause a minute and think of the new people you have met, the friendships you have made and the happy times you have had in John Burroughs The teachers must be included for they worked to help, even though we all too often didn ' t appreciate their aid. There is so much to look forward to and so many things to attempt that we feel it is only the beginning of our experiences in life. In this section the editors have chronicled all the lit tle habits and shortcomings of their fellow classmates as a remembrance in future years of our days in John Burroughs. They hope you en|oy this section. Do not be offended by the quips, for they are all in fun with no malicious intent. As we close this phase in our schooldays the editors propose a toast: May the future always be as bright as the present. TO THE GR.ADUATES Don ' t forget, although you are being graduated from John Burroughs, it was your Alma Mater for three exciting years of your early life, and you can ' t let the poor girl down. The matron will be f. o. b. (flat on her back) if you don ' t boost for her. It would be simply gee-or-gee-ous if you remember to praise the gal who suffered when we went on one of our crazy fads and was happy when we were good (if that could be possible). When you ' re in high school, college, or out of college, get an old gang of classmates together and talk over old times. Bring out your old pennants, pins, ribbons or what have, in future years, dust them off and reminisce about your days at J. B. After all, we were a prize class and we ' ll have to keep that honor in future years. So come on, you graduating J. Bites, do your stuff by your Alma Mater. TEXANNA. MISS WEBSTER We wish to thank Miss Webster for her help as the sponsor of the A9 class. She has arranged for us our social affairs and is helping us through the ordeal of grad- uation. An orchid to you, Miss Webster, although you deserve a dozen of them. A9 CLASS OFFICE S )M LIPMAN ALICE FREESE JAMES RUBY Treasurer Vice-President President John Margraf, Secretary (Absent when picture was taken A9 HOMEROOM TEACHERS The A9 ' s have been grouped into three homerooms. The boys have been placed in the auditorium under the direction of five teachers, Mr. Nourse, Mrs. Reppy, Mrs. Robinson, Mr. Wilding and Mrs Miller Half of the A9 girls were placed in 201 , under of Miss Huntsman and Mrs Francis; the other half in 219 under Mrs Broaded, Miss Broaded, Miss Warder and Mrs. Baumgaertner. CLASS DIRECTORY Albert Adetman — Studious George Akopian — A boy from the old old v.orld Gay Andreo — Cute smile Douglas Andrews — Oh, that Scotch- John Andrews — R B s shadow Dorothy Ayling— A prominent glee cluber Befty Ann Baash — Sweet and trouble- sonie Mary Helen Baber — Oh. mademoiselle ' June Baldridge — Sweet Virginia Bard — Just smiling Jack Barraclough — What a personal- Barbara Bassett — A regular fellow. Ruth Bafcheller — J A ' s one and only Texanna Bates— His babv-talk lady Bob Beckham — Our own John Barry- more Bob Beekman — Track star Kenneth Beers — Good at everything Henrietta Bchar— That New Yawk accent Dorothy Lee Belden — Dimples and blushes Jack Bell — No relation to the tele- phone Yvonne Bennett— Blond and very little Brenton Bergh — Latin star Lucille Bergman — Those black eyes Beverly Bergstrom — Just Bev to you Marvin Berkowitz — What grace Frances Berman — Champion swimmer Muriel Bernsteir — Little girl, what now ' John Beuttler — Cafeteria helper Ruth Bierman — So this is Ruth ' Herbert Birnbaum — Whiz at handball Katherine Blackmore — Kitty to every- one Arnold Blaser — Good in algebra. Jane Blumenthal — peoccupied Darrel Bogardus — Sprinter Marjory Bomar — Trying so hard ' Chester Bonoff — Good sport Eugene Boswell — Pudgy Alfred Boyd — Good in Spanish Janef Beyer — The apple of P Q ' s eye La Vaughn Bradley — A French doll Harry Bradt — Ask a certain brunette B S ) Charles Bragg— He has most of the brains Martha Brand — A nice girl. Armando Braun — Good in giving sci- ence talks Adele Bronne — Those eyes Bobbie Brooks — On the way to the top Martha Brothers — Keen in sewing Betty Jane Brown — A sunkist girl Billy Brown — Fisherman Dick Brown — A student who Is. Jerry Brown — Our sober faced comc- Bob Burk Being fickle Jacqueline Burkhart — Very redhead David Bu.ton — Cottontop George Bush — Handball player. Billy Butterworth — Human trapeze Daryl Callen — Equestrian Graham Campbell — Radio-teer Margaret Carter — A nice girl Billy Casady — A bloomin ' Irishman Margery Cass — Still m the dark Edith Cassileth — Another nice girl Lois Chamberlain — Adorable George Charters — Swell fellow Dick Cheney — Likes to sleep Jane Chessman — Knows what she . ' .■iiriTs Tony Churchill — Honorary Commodore Helen Chytraus — A real blonde Marietta Ciampett — Sweet and lovely Irnie Clark — A speed demon. Henry Clarke — Going around with 8 R Catherine Coffin — A remark-able girl Lillian Cogan— Good in gym Ethel Betty Cohen — A sensible girl Helen Cohen — One of the snooperettes Hope Cohen — Library worker Georgina Colburn — Dink to her pals Alfred Coodley — Little, but smart Bud Cook — Thomas Edison II John Cooper — Being a hunter Gertrude Anne Copeland — All syno- nyms of sweet Leona Cotariu — A nice girl Florence Courtney — niceness personi- fied Barbara Anne Couturier — Not so tall. but dark and handsome Patricia Creighton — Oh, that woman ' Merrit Crossman — Grinning at the girls Corinne Crouch — Quite a kick Howard Davis — The little giant Mary Delany — A swell girl Charles Delmar — Auto shop expert John De Nault — A future railroad mag- nate Katherine Dennis — Happy-go-lucky Catherine Oe Santis — Hard to please Bernice Dickerson — Another actress Emmy Lou Dickey — Bright l l girl Betty Dickson — Good in art Bob Diller — A great guy Mary Katherine Dodson — Tickling the ivories Robert Downey — Not a crooner Helen Duin — Just wondering Albert Dunkel — Cartoonist Arthur Dyke — Jokester Jack Elliott — A serenader Jack Faltls — Great bodies move slowly Perrin Fay — Honor Society Pre ' y Carolyn Feldman — What a smile ' Leonard Fink — Oh, those eyelashes Jane Fitts — Nancy Folks ' pal Winston Flood — French enthusiast Nancy Folks — Jane Fitts ' pal Frank Forbes — Just gu ssin Mjry Fox — A sweet little redhead Rosslyn Fox — Working in the library Charles Frank — Skyscraper Stanley Franklin — That grin ' Geraldine Fredricks — As nice as they make em Alice Freese — Popular since B7 days Walter Friedlander — Home town re- porter Joyce Gardner — Getting temperamen- tal Fred Gaulton — Temperamental musi- cian Daniel Gelfan — Tu ' ning red Katherine George — What a gal ' Russell Gibbons — Science star Robert Gil — High jumper Mary Gingrich — Well worth knowing Chirles Goff— Tall, light, — Bob Golden — Looking into the futu ' e Louise Goldman — Giving swell talks Edward Go ' dstein — Misdirected energy Don Gocdenow — A nice boy Barbara Goodman — A talkative rascal Silly Grady — Another glee cluber John Grant — Ask Huckie Maxwell Greenberg — He actually loves f.js ' s Merritt Grimes — A future crooner Nelson Gross — Sergeant to you Pearl Gross — Being very bored Alvin Grossblatt — Partner in crime Marjory Hall — Can ' t make up her mind Mary Anne Hall — Cheeks like apples Kathleen Hambly — An Ail-American girl Virginia Hamblin — Little and cute Lillian Hanson — Straight A card L. B. Harbour — ' s oldest. Miriam Jean Hart — An A student, Patricia Hartley — Pat to you Eugenia Hayes — Always belittlin ' . Warwick Hayes— StitI wondering in history Gwenn Heimert— Iskle girl Gwenn Keith Herbert — Everybody likes him Ned Herzstam — Pianist. Lester Hibbard— Still taking his time. Bob Hicks — Library executive. Rose Marie Hitchin — Ah. her majesty Dorothy Hodges— Mrs Hodges ' little girl Betty Jean Holden — My, what a girl William Hole — Actor Betty Holt — Another very nice girl Betty Horgan — Betty is the name William Hornstein — Redhead Shirley Horowitz — Welt thought of Betty Jean Hukhans — J G knows, Elizabeth Huebener — Professorette, Virginia Hunt — A swell gal George Huntsberger — Ask Jack Barra- clough Jack Huntsberger — Goldy locks Annette Innes — A nice girlie Don Isaacs— Liking basketball Bob Jacobs — Being quiet Betty Lou Jamison — Our prima donna. Brues Jacques — Dynamite Jack Jenness — Little Tarzan Betty Jones — Being very bored Bruce Jones — Pretty boy Edwin Jones — Water on the knee Marion Jones — Little and cute Sarah Jones — What, another Jones Barbara Joseph — Little, but oh my ' Charlotte Joyce — A sunkist girl Patricia Keating — Capableness person- ified Dan Kelley — Acting Cupid Barbara Kennedy — Swell girl Mary Jane Kerr — A very nive girl Dorothy Kerstan — Margaret Kerstan — Two very nice girls you can ' t tell apart Charles Kierulff — Latin star Marion King — Tall, blonde and pretty Sally Kirby — Pounding the gavel Marian Ktine — Getting hot and both- ered Vernon Kline — Mae West II George Korsen — Comic artist Laura Jean Kunkel — Being puzzled in history Geraldine Lackey — I imitating Mae West Lucy Lake — Star volleyball server Puth Lamb — Being a blonde June Landstrom — Being exceedingly nice Patsy Langtord — A member of the or- chestra Bill Lanyon — Tall, dark and handsome Fritz Larkin — Has he a sister! Billy Larson — Mystery man. Inez Lauer — Hammering the piano John Laun — A New Yorker Marjorie Laurence — Being a nice girl Betty Leaf — Good things come in small packages Bob Leebody — Being dynamite a ' pH Leeman — Dare devil Molly Leber — Always hunting Jeanne . ' f: mine Jharon Leibert — Being quiet Carmen Lepper — M D ' s pal Norma Levey — Your guess is as gooc Wilbut Levy — Good Pl in typing Tom Lipman — Doctor, to you Blanche Litvak — Being sophisticated Ted Loeffler — Cut-up Billy Look — A very cute little boy. 1 CLASS D I RECTORY Lortjinc Louden — Trying hard In sci- Lucille Otis — Southern accent Lorraine Lowell — Winning dancing Dick Luke— sjetting good in tennis Chjriotle Lustif — Wearing curlers I ' ) in her hair Robert Lynds — In a trance. Mjry McBrlde — Having a lot of pep Etiicl McCarftiy — Quiet, but smart Kathleen McCarthy — Drawing Harry McClean — Red headed Harold McCune — Cute kid Virginia McDonough — Arguing with Barbara McGee — Studious Betty McKeIvy — Quiet, but effective Robert McLain — sk the ladies Mary Cccile McLaughlin — Taking her Marion MacAllister — Forgetting her French Helen MacOonald — Taking in science Rhoda Mace — Having a temper and Carol MacFarlane — Has a swell voice Eloise MasLean — She has what it takes Cecelia Maier — Vvishing history was over Helen Malmgren — Mrs Malmgren ' s da- ter Elaine Malouf — Has a voice for blues Dorothy Mandell — Solid, but sweet John Margraf — Love-sick Willie B Dorothy Mark — tvlaking a hit with Miss r J ' .1 d Mildred Markman — Mark Norton ' s crcu) Auntv Bill Marshall— Our student body prexv Harriet Marx — Just naturally smart Dene Merryweafher — Absent minded Ben Middleman — Skinny P) Joan Middleton — Rates with the op- roi ' sex John MIer — O- e who is normal Winifred Miles — A gardenia to Dorothy Millen — D K s best girl Jane Miller — Playing tag with Martha Brand Nancy Jane Miller — Girls ' Safety Cap- John Minke — A boy fur you (pun) Ralph Minke — Quiet Margery Mitchell — Nice girl, Kaleel Mittry — When a feller needs a Ardis Money — Having a swell tan Val Kfontgomery — If he could only Del Morgan — Ask the women. Robert Morton — Our little Eva Kate Mosler — Being big-hearted David Mudd — Our student Patty Murphey— Having long curls. Bill Murrish — 1st clarinet player. Bernice Myers — Small, but very effec- Emmy Lou Nash — Cute arxj small Betty Nelson — No relation to the Nancy Newberry — Not related to the Jacqueline Newman — Has literary talo- ' s Fred Niion — Bashful Martha Nordling — Studious of late George Normandin — Good guy, Mark Norton — eacher ' s pet loh, Audrey Oechsic — A proud senior, Luther Olman — He is still young Onnalee Olson — Can ' t help being : :: j ' a ' Donald Orne — Intelligent, Vivian Page — Tall and blonde, Marinita Pagliano — Having a cherubic look Carol Palmer — Being a reporter Margaret Papst — Going witti R, L, George Partridge — Slim Peggy Perry— Calling Pat Riddell. Leonard Pestor — Taking his time, Don Philips — Puzzled Raborn Phillips — Dreamer (aren ' t we all Virginia Pickett — Being a star pupil Keith Plehn — Innocent Walter Porter — Radio is his hobby Dick Potter — Ask Demarious Ward Susan Ann Praeger — Following Marion Catherine Pyne — Nice girl Peter Quist — Has that certain thing Harvey Quittner — Ambitious, Marjoric Rabinovitch — Working a lot Norma Randal — That Dallas woman ' Bob Randall— Ask H C Arthur Rasmussen — That school girl Lofnpiexion Betty Reilly — Having a sweet smile Jack Reilly — Our brilliant showman Bruce Kesseguie — Artistic Joseph Riccard — He and his Ford Corrine Richardson — Is her face red ' Phillip Richebourg — A gentleman Patricia Riddell — Oh, Marvin ' Mary Rios — A wicked Terpschorian Eleanor Rippy — Lieutenantmg in gym Roberta Roberts — Being absent Merle Rockcl — Has cute hair Helene Rodecker — Another star pupil Louis Rodriguez — These Spaniards ' Milton Rose — Such brawn Joe Rosenbaum — Athlete Arline Rosenburg — One swell girl ' Buddy Rosenberg — Tiny, but oh. boy ' Raymond Rosecrans — Those freckles Lois Rubin — Dark and silent James Ruby — The art genius Bill Rudnick — Football star. Bill Rumbley — Being tall. Lawrence Sacks — A bu ' ied treasure Carlos Saenz — Ambitious to be athletic Lily Saliba- — A, hly to you. Jane Salpaugh — Darling girl Stanley Sanders — Local boy makes gcod Nancy Sanderson — Such wit ' George Saunders — Ambitious Merwin Schirmer — Little (but good Don Schumacher — Likes to grin Carl Schwartz — Jovial. Jack Schwartz — Tap dancing. Bill Scully — Speed demon, Ruth Segal — Slick on ice, Leon Selditz — Aviator, Barbara Shafer — Being a good student Marvin Shapiro — Being intelligent Charlotte Sirot — A nice, quiet senior Betty Smith — Being a keen dancer Pauline Smith — AM around sport Rena Smolen — Nice girl Betty Soloman — Being on the Safetv Committee, Esther Spear — Socking baseballs Jack Spencer — Harmless and swell, Lucille Spolidoro — Nice kid, Eugene Stark — Crooning 1 1 Howard Stassforth— -Full of pep Bob St, Clair — Likes to blush Anita Sternberg — Raving about her boy fre-ds Lucille Sternberger — Being a nice pal Barbara Stevens — Singing down the halis Jim Stiffler— Red cheeks Dorothy Stolotf— Small Florence Stone — Glee cluber, Maynard Strader — A nice boy Bill Sudmeier — Gum chewer Jack Sudmeier — Anonymous Myron Sutton — -Mischievous Ridgcway Sutton— Troubled during algebra Ben Swatt — Little cutie ' Richard Swift — He isn ' t a ham James Tait — Book worm Marshall Tate — Hot-cha ' Myron Terry — Airplane genius Lloyd Tevis— Ask M 5 . his buddy Jeanne Thatcher — Cuteness Charles Theodore — Tow head Bill Thomas — Bashful Walter Thompson — The conquering here Dorothy Thornburg — Likeable, George Thorsen — To Heaven on a Mule Dick Torel — Giant Dick Towne — Personality plus, M ' ary Tipping — A swell kid Mary Tompkins — A darling girl Margaret Trapp — Chewing gum. Lionel Traubc — Basketball star Leola Turner — Being quiet Mildred Tyre — Quite a lournalist, Tom Vail — Looking innocent Jean Vander Pyl— So dramatic ' Milton Vedder — Acting up, Jim Voorheis — Being dependable Bud Waddell— Bachelor in waiting Betty Wade — A day dreamer Albert Walker— Nice boy, Philip Walters — Flirting with the girls Betty Ward — Another proud senior Robert Ward— Acting Mr Parcher Demarious Warde — Being called baby face Robert Warfield — Nice guy Norma Len Watkins — Tall and pretty John Watson — Quick. Watson George Watters — Draftsman, Gordon Wattles — The walking dictiohary Billy Webb — The wonder boy (you look and then wonder) Frank Weir — Our little man, Maxine Weisel — An ambitious Art-ist Betsy Lu Wells — Being a swell typist Peggy Wells— Being a nice girl Monroe Wertheimer- Weakness Mae West Elinor White — Talking about parties Milton Whitebook — General to you Betty Whitsell — Being minus width, Ouane Wible — Wearing cute clothes, Gaye Williams — Red headed woman Marion Williams — Looking for SAP Noah Junior Williams — Swell guy Elizabeth Wilson — Working in the William Wilson — Walter Winchell. II Hal Winogura — Our big editor Dick Winters — Blondie Armin Wittenberg — Is he clever? Genevieve Woelz — Being called Wols Pearl Wolf— tian Muriel Wolfson — Making crazy slams, Shirley Wolin — Being very studious, Charles Young — (Geometrical whiz Aleen Zacher — Sweet, petite, A stuc]ont Helene Zaik — Being nice, Arthur Zukin — Asking questions. Paul Zukin — Wondering OUR LITTLE THEATRE Ah, the geniuses in our Dramatics classes! The future John Barrymores, Greta Garbos, Jackie Coopers, and Baby LeRoys are just ham actors today, waiting for a chance to succeed. But the delights and joys (if you would call them that) in pro- ducing a play more than compensate for the impatient waiting. Think of the good times they have at rehearsals that are so atrocious that the play is nearly given up as hopeless. But remember the old saying, badd rehearsals, good opening. Imagine the joy Mrs. Turner expressed in hearing the news of the absence of two of the cast in Beep, Beep, Clang, Clang, Boop, Boop a Doop on the day it was to be presented. Then, of course, there was a broken leg Gurdon Wattles received during spring vacation when he was to begin practice on the role of Mr. Baxter in Seventeen. John Margraf came down with the whooping cough, but recovered. Then the other Willie, Perrin Fay. absented himself from school. Three cheers were extended to Brooks Miller, our Mr. Parcher, who left to become a Virginia colonel. Lines missed cues mixed, and disappearing scenery were only a few incidents on the final rehearsals of the plays. How we all adore the playful creatures who horsed around and gave everybody a fit of nerves, including the teacher. But the real tragedy was the mysterious disappearance of half the costumes at the last minute and the wild scramble of calling up mother to come to the rescue. The fastest piece of memorizing was done by Bill Lanyon when he stepped into the role of a cook at the last minute. But everyone had fun even though stage fright overcame him at the last minute. Come on, you future stars of the stage and screen; we expect somebody to become famous, so don ' t let us down MOVIE STAR ' S ' SECONDS PUPIL STAR Dicic Potter - - - - . - Russ Columbo Brooks Miller - Spencer Tracy Dorothy Mark ------ Dorothea Wieck Bob Morton Bruce Cabot Joan Middleton Jean Harlow Leona Turner Helen Twelvetrees Phil Walters ------- Gary Grant Eloise McLain Greta Garbo Marietta Clampett - - - - Nancy Garroll Betty McKelvey ----- Gloria Swanson David Burton ------ Jackie Cooper Ruth Lamb ------- Carole Lombard Dolly Chamberlain . - . - Janet Gaynor Bob Randall ------ Buster Keaton Janet Boyer ----- Constance Bennett ON THE Man of Two Worlds Alfred Boyd Wonder Bar School Cafeteria Councellor at Law ------ Miss Bailer Coming Out Party ------ A9 Dance Bottoms Up Gym Period The Meanest Gal in Town - The algebra teacher who assigns home- work on Friday Sitting Pretty ------ Straight A Card Dark Hazard Merrit Grimes Son of a Sailor Tony Churchill Advice to the Lovelorn - - The Snooperettes The Chief Bill Marshall Dancing Lady Lorraine Lowell Design for Living Our programs Female Anyone Not a Male Fugitive Lovers ----- J A and R B Gallant Lady Kit Hambly Going Hollywood - - - - Jean Vander Pyl Lorraine Louden ------ Jean Parker Marvin Shapiro ------ George Raft Betty Jane Brown ------ Irene Dunne Lorraine Lowell ----- Mary Carlisle Bruce Jones - Lanny Ross Gurdon Wattles - - Edward Everett Horton Betty Leaf - - Mitzi Green JackReilly - - - Jack Oakie Cecilia Maier Aleene Zacher Texanna Bates Bob St Clair Milton Rose - - - - Glenda Farrell - - - - Marion Nixon - - - - - Kay Francis DickArlen - - - - - Bob Young Norma Randal ------- Lona Andre Elizabeth Wilson . - - - Margaret Sullavan Barbara Couturier ----- Myrna Loy BOARDS Good Dame ------- Mary Tompkins I Loved a Woman ----- Charles Young I ' m No Angel ------ Baibara Joseph It Happened One Night - - - The Carnival Lady Killer -------- Del Morgan Little Women - - - Y. B. H. M . D S and M J. Lost Patrol The A9 ' s Teachers Only Yesterday - - - - When we were scrubs Spitfire - - - - Rhoda Mace The Big Cage - The Auditorium Looking for Trouble - - Carol M and Joyce G. Little Man. What Now - - Buddy Rosenberg Lost Lady ------ Jeanne Thatcher Men in White - - - - Yell leadeis Hal Ray (They) Search for Beauty A9 boys Scarlet Empress ----- Pat Creighton Melody in Spring ------ A9 Chorus Rasputin - - - Frank Weir (occasionally) c BILL OF FARE SEVENTEEN STAGE CREV CLASS WILL To Whomsoever It May Disconcert: We, the unemployed and slightly misconstrued Class of S ' 34, being athletic of feet and firmly rooted to the habit of three meals a day, having very grave doubts about the future (and everything else I, we do therefore and forthwith bequeath the following ' with our compliments to our fellow sufferers; BILL MARSHALL, our Student Body President, will leave his office to any B9 who can feel that he is capable enough to fill his office. ARTHUR RASMUSSEN forfeits his fine athletic ability and outstanding sports- manship to F rank Baker. JACK KINNEY inherits Lionel Traube ' s abilities as an all around athlete, JOHN ANDREWS and RUTH BATCHELLOR leave that perfect combination to any B9 ' s that can stick together as long as they have. ANITA HARRYMAN will be left Kit Hambly ' s fine records in sportsmanship. TOM LIPMAN will leave his hard duties as commissioner to John Rubel, if he IS fortunate enough to obtain the office. VAL MONTGOMERY will leave his vocal gutterals to Eddie Shultz, although Eddie IS quite developed himself. DOROTHY MILLEN departs leaving Marjory Weiss that certain ability to capti- vate the other sex. DAN KELLY and BILL WILSON, John Burroughs play boys, will leave their ways of getting familiar to Billy Sackheim and Robert Soldoff. JOAN MIDDLETON leaves her blonde locks to anybody who can afford the liquid bleach. (Jean Crawford.) BOB DILLAR gives his enormous build to Ernie Becker, who has a frame of his own. BETTY SIMS receives Mary K. Dodson ' s ability to fascinate the boys even if they can ' t talk to her. JAMES RUBY, master artist, leaves his talent to George Hockmeyer. ELIZABETH TILTON is given Betty Huckans ' smallness and petite figure. HAL Bill Tilden WINOGURA and DICK Ellsworth Vines LUKE give Bob Payton and Bob Stanford their ability to play tennis. BILL LANYON leaves his handsome profile and features to Eugene Stockwell. PERRIN FAY, that superb speaker, leaves his ability to Richard Catterlin, who has quite adopted the ability to speak, himself. MARIETTA CLAMPETT leaves her cute way with the boys to Josephine Wyman. ONNALEE OLSON and DOLLY CHAMBERLAIN leave their charming friend- ship to Arline Kreiger and Jane Burgunder. MARRY ANNE HALL will leave her cute looks and fine reputation to Mitzi Frees. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hand and seal this tenth dav of May of 1934. (Signed) DAVID BURTON, NED HERZSTAM, TEXANNA BATES, BARBARA ANN COURTURIER. EMBARRASSING SITUATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO THE STUDENTS OF THE A9 CLASS BILL MARSHALL had a change of color while playing short stop m the A8, A9 baseball game, the ball went right through his legs. Why MarshalP JOE ROSENBAUM also was in the spotlight during the A8, A9 tussle, he dropped a fly to spoil a 100% fielding record. ROBERT McCLAIN was certainly put down a peg because Virginia Barnett (for- mer student body president) came to watch a game between 100E and lOOD, she ex- pected Bob to hit a homerun Bob fanned out Such a disappointment. BILL LANYON was surprised when during the assembly play given by Mrs. Turner, set a glass down and it broke ' Maybe its his strength. Was BETTY HUEBENER embarressed when during a play in Girls ' League she fell over a big wooden box and broke a plate on which were some doughnuts. Then to wind up the play right, she broke the plant and flower pot that the second period dramatics class presented to Mrs Turner after the play STANLEY SANDERS, our ambitious journalist, writes fine articles for our Far and Near, but is always embarrassed when Mrs Haitbnnk shows his very messy pen- menship to the class. When watching some lions in front of the Four Star Theatre, DAN KELLEY pulled the tail of one of the lions. The lion becoming enraged growled at hm so that he ran all the way home Later he returned to watch them some more only to be seen hurrying home again. When you ask Dan what happened, do it tactfully Does any body know where Frank Weir is todayi ' asked Miss Egbert in algebra one day, then brightly from the back of the room, Mary Tompkins chirped out, She ' s absent today. Did she burn. At our recent assembly in which ' Bill of Fare was presented, Elaine Malouf served ice cream to Ben Swatt and Pearl Wolf, but what was Pearl to do when she found out that she didn ' t have a spoon and her ice cream was melting very quickly HAL WINOGURA. our prominent yell leader, was embarrassed when he walked on the stage with his face covered with lip stick, but no one had a redder face than Pearl Wolf who was accused of administering the fire engine red Imagine how BARBARA JOSEPH felt when Miss Mott got hold of a certain poem entitled Necking. But IS is always said, there is nothing more embarrassing than to see somebody else ' s eye through a keyhole. Wi p. ' PV-T A SA • , •u : . l-r m rTT — 1 CLASS PROPHECY By TEXANNA BATES International Club, the taxi driver informed us. and with a thrilled shiver I stepped into the famous club. What surprises awaited me ' Lightly I tripped down the stairs to the dance floor and over to our table leaning on my escort ' s arm. Whimsi- cally I remembered the same kind of thrill I had gotten ten years ago at the A9 Dance in dear old J. B. I was no sooner seated than I was greeted by Lionel Traube (mustache and all) who had turned gigolo on us. After stumbling around the floor with him a couple of times I gave up and returned to my table to find none other than Professor and Mrs. Dan Kelly (nee Dode Millen) talking to my escort. The Professor was investigating the origin of the old saying: nuts. They sat at our table during the floor show. A bevy of chorus girls entered and I recognized Adele Bronne and Mary Helen Baber among them. Then came the famous dance team, Kate Mosler and Gurdon Wattles, doing the latest rhumba step. At that instant I heard a woman, who had the appearance of a school teacher, remark on the outrageous dance and looking twice I recognized Mary Anne Hall. Her husband was the henpecked Bill Marshall, who was continually saying: Yes, dear. The star singer of the show was Bob Beckham, who sang The Road to Mandalay in a soprano voice. Quite a success. The entertainment over we returned to dancing, but were interrupted by the grand entrance of Gilda Gilt, beautiful golden blond film star. I saw through the disguise and recognized none other than Sally Kirby. Trailing behind her were her leadin g men, John Margraf and Carlos Saens; now turned romantic Spaniard of the films and was he handsome! Her entrance was spoiled by Ernie Clark, the famous racing driver, who burst in dragging a ravishing red-head along and pushing her into a chair at one of the tables. But the red-head wouldn ' t stand for it and gave Ernie an unladylike kick in the shins, which probably crippled our hero for several weeks. (You ' re right, the red-head was Pat Creighton.) Things calmed down after a gale of laughter and I noticed Helen Cohen, well known gossip column writer, jotting dcv.n the incident. I went over and said hello to her. She seemed glad to see me We sat down and had a long talk about our former classmates. She pointed out Countess Kabooska, whose husband was the famous flea hunter. The Countess was the former Mary K Dodson and did she look majestic ' She was conve rsing with the very flushed Senator Thomas Lippman, who was bewildered by Mary ' s English accent but he was rescued by the well known big business man, L. B. Harbour, who out-did Mary on her king ' s English! Things were progressing nicely when in came two newlyweds, rice and all. They were Mary Tipping and Bob Burk Sitting at a small table in the corner they tried to appear nonchalant although their countenances were a delicate megenta. We were watching a tango exhibition when a very queer specimen of humanity entered. She was wearing overalls, a straw hat, and boots. It was Kay George, chicken raiser, famous for extraordinary tough chickens. I know. I tried to eat one for dinner Our attention was next attracted by a beautiful, exotic brunette, evidently Spanish, but the joke was on me, it was Barbara Bassett! Of course the Commodore dropped in. Need I say it was Tony Churchill who was well known in the sporting world. Perrin Fay, always the perfect gentleman, arrived escorting two ravishing blondes. Kit Hambly came with a party of six. Among those present were Alvin Grossblatt, the six-foot-two All-American halfback, a famous Hindu magician (guess what. It was Fritz Larkin, who had gone native in a big way) and the Scotland Yard Detective Munroe Wortheimer, who was still enamoured over Mae West. The Joe Penner of our day, Dick Towne was seated at the table next to us and acted as an impromptued entertainer. I never saw such a mouth and he used it to his advantage in storing away food Incidentally, the master of ceremonies was a chap by the name of Ramsey. His real moniker was Walter Friedlander. Yes, he had gone English on us, monocle and all. Across the dance floor I saw the famous flier who held the up-side-down record for flying (that ' s what made him so dizzy l Del Morgan. My escort called to my attention the famous news correspondent, Hal Winogura, making his way toward our table. He had |ust come from China and was enthusiastic about the trip. I was afraid he was going to talk us out of the place but he was interrupted by the Bowery beauty, Pat Keating, who was resplendent in a black sequin gown. Her Garbo accent was terrific. A very snappy-looking French girl strolled out onto the floor and sang in a very baby voice. It was Norma Randal — but tell me. Norma, where did the black hair come from? ' I was bewildered (and my head ached besides) so I begged my escort to take n]e home. As we stepped into the cab I recognized the taxi driver as Crooner William Wilson, who entertained us by rendering a few heart-breaking ballads. After that my nerves gave up. Upon reaching home safely I stopped for a moment and silently wished all my old classmates Smooth Sailing and with that I took an aspirin and hit the hay. WHO ' S WHO NAME IS THE Onnalee Olson class flirt Jane Blumenthal walking dictionary Dolly Chamberlain - - . - cutest Ruth Batcheller best dresser Bill Wilson class Romeo Arline Rosenberg nicest Hal Winogura A9 yell leader Joan Middleton fickelesf John Andrews one woman ' s man - - - . . Dave Burton class gigolo Merwin Shirmer . . - - . giggling Alice Friese keenest friend Art Rassmusan handsomest WEAKNESS • - - anA9boy - - - history ■ - Bill Lanyon John Andrews - blondes (J M ) being a good sport - - - - tennis - - Bill Wilson Ruth Batcheller Marietta Clampett - - - tall girls - - being popular football Buddy Rosenberg A9 secretary smallness Bill Marshall Student Body prexy baseball Jack Schwartz artist being a nuisance EloiseMcLain class Juliet chewing gum Louise Goldman best orator . . . . orating James Ruby most popular art BenSwatt curly hair foolingaround |«I!v) = ' «a s model girl Johnny Grant Bill Webb class wisecracker pitching y ; ' ; ' best speaker a few Senior As Armin Wittenberg class stooge cars ai ' d studious type model T ' s Dick Towne Joe E. Brown ' s rival Joe Penner Leonard Fink second John Gilbert his bow legs JoeRosenbaum best athlete penmanship SKYSCRAPERS Storv upOfT stor ' v e Cun-: ' e top It seems as if n« The skv Aixj looking d; - - - - r objects belovs we see vast throngs cf people hurrying to and fro. 4iiiN t ' ■ ' 1. Armin Wittenberg; 2. La Vaughn Bradley; 3 Mary Gingrich; 4, Betty Heickens; 5. Bob Beck- ham; 6. Mary Tompkins; 7. Jack Schwartz; 8. Catherine Coffin; 9. Val Montgomery; 10- Betty Leaf; 11, Eloise MacLean; 12. Dorothy Stoloff; 13 Betty Ann Bash; 14 Onnalee Olson; 15. Dan Kelly; 16. Leonard Fink; 17. Don Orne; 18 Ruth Batcheller; 19 ' : ma Hamlin; 21 Bettv Jane Btown; 22. Dorothy Miilen; 23. Barbara Couturier; 24. Janet Boyer; 25. Mary K Dodson; 25 Joe Rosenbaum; 27. James Ruby; 28. Dolly Chamberlin; 29. John Andrews; 30. Peggy Wells; 31 Barbara Stevens; 32 Kit Hambley; 33 John Grant. DAMS Huge dams that no other genera- tion has ever known before, are being built today by our engineers. These projects will provide water for hun- dreds of cities. Another great fete in this Mechanical Age. -I A9 AMB George Akopian --.-_-.-- Aviator Albert Walker --------- Doctor Billy Look .--.---. Civil Engineer Keith Plehn - - - Photographer Luther Olman - - . . . Mechanical Engineer Bruce Jones ---.--- Commercial Artist Fritz Larkin .--.-----. Diplomat Dorothy Lee Belden - ... - Commercial Artist Mary Fox -- Debater Daniel Gelfan .---..-- Archeologist Henry Clarke --- Dramatic Actor Mary Gingrich ------ Private Secretary Barbara Goodman - . . _ _ Educated Housewife George Korsen --------- Printer Carmen Lepper ------ Commercial Artist Marjorie Laurence ------ Businesswoman Nancy Sanderson .-----_-- Nurse Mary Rios ------ Artist Myron Terry ------- Airplane Designer Bette Soloman _-.-.- Commercial Artist Pearl Gross ---------- Aviatrix Lois Rubin -------- Stage Actress Don Goodenow --------- Doctor Roberta Roberts --------- Doctor Kay Dennis --------- Movie Star Ard is Money ------- Costuma D:s;gner Virginia Pickett ------ Private Secretary Margery Mitchell - - _ . - Interior Dccorator Mary McBride ----- Kindergarten Tercher Pat Hartley ---------- Pianist June Landstrom --------- Teacher Geraldine Frederick ------ Music Teacher Betty Dickson ---------- Artist Sharon Leibert ------ Costume Designer Jane Chessman ------ Private Secretary Jane Fitts ------- Commercial Artist Douglas Andrews ------- Brake Expert Harold McCune ----- Mechanical Engineer Albert Adelman --------- Lawyer Kenneth Beers ------- Electrical Engineer Bob Morton ---------- Lawyer George Normandin -------- A-chitect Charles Theodore ------ Civil Engineer Bill Casady _--_----- Millionaire Jack Belt ------ ----- Doctor Harvey Quittner ------ Newspaper Writer Jim Voorheis _-- Paper Carrier Muriel Wolfson --------- Pianist Ruth Segal ------ Champion Ice Skater Winifred Miles ----- Well Known Lawyer Dorothy Mark - - - _ _ Social Service Worker Dorothy Mandel I -------- Aviatrix Arthur Zukin ------ Laboratory Chemist Miriam Kline --------- Singer Helen Chytraus ------ Private Secretary Martha Brothers ------ Costume Dasigner Kate Mosler ---------- Traveler Genevieve Woe I z _ - - . - Interior Decorator Eugenia Hayes ------- French Guide Darrell Bogardus -------- Aviator Carl Schwartz --------- Auttior Fred Gaulton ------- Musician (Flute) Margaret Kersten ------- Secretary Yvonne Bennett ---------- Artist Dorothy Kersten Secretary Corinne Crouch -------- Write Books Charlotte Joyce Surgeon Bill Larson ---------- Forester Carol MacFartane ------- Blues Singer Betty Jones ------- In Show Business George Saunders ------ Electrical Engineer Emy Lou Dickey ------ Stanford Graduate Vivian Page ---------- Actress Bill Sudmeier -------- Civil Engineer Lorraine Louden Private Secretary HopeCohn Poetess Virginia Bard - - - BlauesSmger Betty Ward Nurse Rose Marie Hitchin ----- Interior Decorator Leonard Pestor --------- Dentist Edith CassiUth ----- Nurse Patty Murphy -------- Stage Artist Sally Grady - - , Lawyer NoahWiUiams Master Electnc.ar Tl 0N5 BobDiller Doctor Jack lenness .---..-... Chemist Kal Mittry ........ Civil Engineer Phil Richebourg ......... Lawyer Bud Cook -.....--- Mail Flyer Warwick Hayes --.-.--.. Lawyer Norma Levey .------ Private Secretary Lucile Otis -------- Book Reviewer Blanche Litvak ---------- Nurse Ethel McCarthy -.---. Private Secretary Pat Keating .......... Buyer Graham Campbell ........ Engineer Maynard Strader ..... Electrical Engineer Peggy Wells -.----- Commercial Artist Fob Tolden ------- |n Shipping Trade Bob Burk --- Su-gical Doctor Marjorie Rabinovitch ------ Radio Singer Charles Bragg -.-----.. Lawyer Virginia McDonough ----- Private Secretary L B Harbou- . - - Architect Howard Davis -----.__. Lawyer Merritt Crossman ......_. Importer Margaret Papst ..... Music and A ' t Critic Dorothy Thornbu ' g Co s ' u ' ne Designer Jerry Brown ........... Editor Hal Winagu-a -.-.... Dav s Cup T am St n Sanders .---...... Explorer Betty Reilly Int rio,- Drcj-ator Helene Ro: ec ' ' .er . _ - . _ Sta .fo ' d Gradu ' te Midred Tyre -------- Baby Specialist HDlen Cohen -------- S.o- Repo ' tcr Tom LipTian ------- Doc ' O of Pathology Eha ' no- Rippsy -- Aviatrix Jrcqu line Newman ------- Authorn::: Carol J Palmer ------ Inferior D:co.-ator Betty Leaf ----------- Si-i-ier John Mier -------- Retired Banker Leonard Fink ------- Orchestra Leader Charles Goff - - - - Officer in Army Air Service Bob Randall --- Cameraman John Watson ---------- Banker H9len MacDonald ------- - Scceta.y Charlotte Lustig --------- Swiramtjr Russell Gibbons --------- A id ' to- Barbira Stevens --------- Au;horess Bill Brown _-------.. Lawyer Bill Butterworth .-------- Aviator Keith Herbert --- A chitcct Jack Elliott ---------- Engineer Bob Downey ---------- Arch t ct Gco-go Huntsbcrger - - - - Aeronautical Engineer Bob Leebody ---------- Mrgician Eill Thomas ------- Electrical Engineer George Bush Broker Paul Zukin Surgeon Ralph Minke -------- Football Coach j£ck Barraclough - - - - A ' chiteclu ' al Engineer Fred Nixon -------- Nvl Engineer Walter Forter - - Radio Engineer Raborn Phillips ------ Electrical Inventor Bill Scully Doctor Betty Wade ---------- Authoress June Baldridge ------ Millionaire ' s Wife Betty Jean Holdcn Secretary Jacqueline Burkhart -------- Surgeon Betty Horgan ----- Kindergarten Teacher MaxineWeisel -------- Illustrator LilySaliba -------- Dress Designer Betsy Wells Musician Demarious Warde ----- Millionaire ' s W.fe Harriet Marx - Commercial Artist Betty McKeIvy ------- Dress Designer Muriel Bernstein -.-...-- Pianist Peggy Perry -- - Dress Designer Merwin Schirmer -------- Doctor Walter Thompson - - - Finder of a million dollars George Thorson ----- Step on the South Pole Mary Jane Kerr Own Some Greyhounds Marion Jones ---------- Dancer Helene Zaik Millionaire ' s Wife Myron Sutton - - - Graduate from Naval Academy Robert Warfield -. - Mechanic A9 AMB Jim Stiffler .---. Forester Chester Borwff -.-..--.- Doctor Vernon Kline ---...- Musical Director DickTorell ---..... Radio Electrician Stanley Franklin --------- Auttior Herb Birnbaum ------ President of U S William Hole Work in a Studio Bill MArstiall - - . - piay Professional Baseball Sally Kirby -.--.-. Costume Designer Ben Swatt .......... Lawyer JMfine Ttiafcher ...... Private Secretary Cacolyn Feldman ..... Commercial Artist BSmice Dickerson ..... Stanford Graduate PJfficla Creigtiton ...-.- Stage Actress M«ry Dclaney Artist Barbara Bassett ....... Beachcomber Winston Flood --.-.-.... Artist Milton Whitebook - - Ail-American Football Player Martha Nordling ------ Stanford Graduate Walter Friedlander - - Doctor Bill Wilson ...... Swimming Champion Dan Kelley - . - . . p|ay Professional Baseball Rhoda Mace ........-- Actress Barbara Joseph .....---- Architect Arline Rosenburg -----._-. Singer Texanna Bates ......... Actress Dick Swift ......--_ Cartoonist Kit Harrbly -.--....-- Actress Daryl Callen .......A Better Equestrian Edward Goldstein .....-- Truck Driver Bill Lanyon --.-... Electrical Engineer Georgina Colburn ..... Private Secretary Mary Katherine Dodson - - - - Fashion Illustrator David Burton ----_--._ Lawyer Barbara Couturier --. Architect Ray Rosencrans -- -- Scientist Del Morgan .--...- Traveling Salesman Onnalee Olson -.------.. Smger Charles Young ----- Honest Patent Lawyer John Margraf - ... - Retired Business Man Janet Boyer - Stenographer Edwin Jones .-.--....- Attorney Lois Chamberlain .-----._ Secretary Mary Tompkins - - - Artist and Costume Designer John Grant -----.--- Study Law Lionel Traube .--.---. Astronomer Peggy Perry ..-.--. Costume Designer Dick Potter ...... Go to Naval Academy Jean Vander Pyl - - - - - - Dramatic Actress John Andrews .---.--.. Lav er Gaye Williams -.- Dancer Dick Winters ----..-.-- Doctor Patsy Langford -.---.--- Musician T I ONS Wilbur Levey ......... Engineer Emmy Lou Nash ...... Private Secretary Helen Malmgren ......... Musician Cecelia Maier .-...- Costume Designer Inez Lauer --........ Authoress Barbara McGee .......... Artist Jack Sudmeier ...---- Insurance Man Bruce Ressequie -.-.--.... Singer Charlotte Sirot - - Child Specialist Lucille Bergman Private Secretary Ruth Bierman --------- Teacher Rena Smolen -----..--- Writer Sarah Jones ----_-._-.. Singer Lucy Lake ----------- Nurse Dick Luke - - - . . Professional Tennis Player Frank Forbes ........ Athletic Coach Alfred Coodley .--...... Doctor Virginia Hamlin --------- Secretary Alvin Grossblatt -.-.----- Traveler Louise Goldman --....- Stage Actress Ridgeway Sutton -...---- Good Lawyer Virginia Hunt .-....-..- Artist Catherine Pyne ......... Teacher Margaret Carter -.-.-. Costume Designer E Betty Cohen _._----- Astronomer Nancy Folks -----.. Commercial Artist Aleene Zacher .-.---- Portrait Painter Frances Berman --...•- Olympic Swimmer Lucille Spolidoro -------- Actress Anita Sternberg - . - - Voluntary Nurse for Poor Betty Whitsell .----- Costume Designer Florence Stone _-_---_ History Teacher Annette fnnes ..------ Authoress Margery Case ..---. Commercial Artist Lorraine Lowell --------- Painter Shirley Horowitz --._.- Stenographer Pat Riddell .------ Second Cleopatra Lillian Hansen -----.. Tennis Player Jean Hart .-.---_- Business Woman Tony Churchill ------ Professional Dancer Pearl Wolf - -Go to Hawaii Don Orne --------- Civil Engineer Charles Kierulff ------ Electrical Engineer James Ruby ---- Plumber John Laun ---------- Lawyer David Mudd -.---.- Costume Designer I loyd Tevis -.------ Federal Agent Dick Brown ------- Electrical Engineer Nelson Gross ------ Aeronautical Engineer Jack Reilly --------- Business Man John DeNaulf -------- Business Man Donald Philips ------ in Lumber Business Ben Middleman --------- Aviator NICKNAMES John Andrews Andy Perrin Fay Squires ' Dan Kelly Machine Gun Keckley Bill Marshall Mike Val Montgomery Gunn Stick ' Art Rasmussen Rasty ' Jack Reilly Lanky Ray Rosencranz Rosy ' James Ruby Muscles ' Lionel Traube Trouble ' Gurdon Wattles Professor ' Frank Weir Rep ' Milton Whitebook Fat-so ' Bill Wilson Willie ' Robert McLain Mac ' HalWinogura Wiennie ' Bill Lanyon Lanny ' Barbara Shraffer - - Bobby ' Barbara Joseph - - Jo Mary Tompkins ------- Tommy Mary Gingrich - - Ginger Aleene Zacher Buzzie Betty Huckans Huckie Mary Tipping Tippy Texanna Bates - - Tanna Muriel Bernstein Peewee ' Ruth Batcheller ------- Stucky ' Dorothy Millen Dodie ' Marjorie Laurence ----- Marjority Winifred Miles - Winnie ' Kate Moseler Katie Georgina Colburn Dink Mary K Dodson Red ' Eloise McLain -----.. Weesie ' LEISURE MOMENTS Youth spends its leisure hours loitering here and there. Relaxing in ruch pleasant corners does worlds of good and IS enjoyed by all. A pastime well worth the building of a future character. Illll CIRLS ' SPORfS EDITORS Sally Grady. Charlotte Lustig. Margaret Carter. Betty W ' hite ;ell BUILDING FOR HEALTH By LUCY LAKE Building up for health is the frist thing that should come in anyone ' s life. If you are physically handicapped, the best -thing I would suggest to do would be to find out whether you can be cured, before you go around feeling sorry for yourself, which you shouldn ' t do anyway. Not long ago I went with a group of Girl Scouts to visit the Orthopedic Hospital. We had been asked to take charge of the games at a party they were having for crippled children between the ages of one and six. When we arrived we were all prepared to play games, such as children with braces on their legs, arms and backs, or deformed limbs, would be expected to play. Did they want to play, There ' s some- thing in this room that is red and green with pink polka dots; what is it? Not on your life ' They wanted to play Puss in a Corner, tag, and other active games. Here is a good example of building for health: these sick, crippled children are playing games and not feeling a bit sorry for themselves, but trying to make the best of their handicaps. If any of them were caught, playing tag or some other game, they didn ' t excuse themselves by saying, Oh ' You never could have caught me if my leg were not in a brace, etc. We also went to the swimming pool to watch them give treatments. Many of the children are paralyzed and the swimming pool is used to treat these cases. While we were there a girl about seventeen, came into the pool. Her legs were utterly helpless, but when in the water with |ust her head and shoulders on a rubber float, the buoyancy of the water supported her weight and she was able to move her legs around in a way that seemed almost unbelievable, but as soon as she was taken out of the water she was helpless from the waist down. This IS one of the many cases of children building for health They aren ' t the only ones: grown people also go to the various hospitals, such as the Orthopedic, to get help, and to help themselves. One of our former presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, helped to build up his health by his own effort, and outside help, and the outdoor life. Of the last he was very fond. Franklin Roosevelt, who is now President, built up his physical condition, which had seriously handicapped him, and cured himself until he can now get around with only the help of a cane. THE GIRLS ' SPORT TEACHERS By JACKIE NEWMAN Of girls ' gym teachers in J B , there are four, And no girl could ever ask for more. For they capably handle a ' l gym business with zest And never, not ever, ask for a rest. There ' s Miss Kennedy, strong, sfraJoht and tall; There ' s a smile on the girls ' faces when they answer her call. Now Mrs. Daniels is different, she ' s very tiny and small. But when she teaches her girls games thev really play ball. Miss Robinson is also tiny, but she ' s ouick and very sharp, And if you get demerits, on them she ' ll always harp. But, we can ' t forget Mrs Higbee, with her stories and her dog, Who makes backs so straight, almost as straight as a log. When you see our girls doing gym routines, and know they never shirk. Why, please always credit that to the gym teachers ' work. BUILD By MARTHA NORDLING B uild for a moral and physical standing to strengthen life ' s jo B U nsuitabie are unworthy traits which are so harmful to yo U I rrespective is the one who is immoral, know you and I Leaving childish traits we enter life, prepared not irrationa L D rudgery we must face with smiles and to temptation must not yiel D fVith achiny hands and bleeding feet H ' e dii and lieal . lay stone on stone; IVe bear the burden and the heat Of the long day and u-ish ' ln-ere done. Xot till the hours of light return All we hai ' e built do ice discern. — Matthew Arnold. UPPER GRADE TEAM CAPTAINS LOWER GRADE TEAM CAPTAINS CLASS TEAM CAPTAINS From each group are elected four or five class team captains, who are responsible for the organizing of class teams. Build oil. and make thy castle hii h and fair. Risiiu and rcachinti ufward to the skies; Listen to the Toiees in the iiffer air. Nor lose thy sinifi ' c faith in mysteries. — Longfellow. UPPER GRADE NCXDN TEAM CAPTAINS ii_ .. b v i i LOWER GRADE NOON TEAM CAPTAINS NOON LEAGUE TEAM CAPTAINS The noon league team captains choose and organize their teams from the girls who volunteer for noon games. They are responsible for their team ' s being on schedule. Build mc slraiijhl. O Worthy Master! Staunch and stronii. a iioodly vessel. That shall lauyh at all disaster And nafc and ichirhi-ind u-reslle. — Longfellow. GYM LINE-UP LINE-UP It would be almost impossible to take a roll call without the line-up. The girls must be prompt for roll call, since demerits are given for tardiness. The above picture shows Miss Kennedy ' s A9 girls taking roll. CLASS CAPTAINS CLASS CARTA I NS Each group elects one girl for class captain, whose duty it is to take charge of roll call and to award posture credit. r[iiL i ll ::A ' Jl WAND DRILL FORMAL ' By MARY JANE KERR In formal work which the girls have one day each week they are taught many thinos which help to build their character as well as th?ir bodies. The commands which arf? i ' -su ' ' rapidly, must be ob3y:d with equal rapidity. This teaches obedience and quick thinking. Various exercises are given wh ' ch ccrr ' c ' ' hol ' ow b cks. weak arches and other common defects of posture. Exercises ar3 g ven which strengthens the abdominal muscles also, and thus build physically. Wand dr ' ll adds a great deal of interest to formal work. These exercises are performed with wands in time to mus ' c It requires a grsat amount of carefulness to keep in exact time with the music and a: one mry easily se?. it develops a better sense of rhythm in the girl than she might have without th ' s training. Marching fills the girls with zest end keeps ihem as alert to an order as the most wide-awake of military officers. Many difficult formations may be made at a single command from the teacher. Th ' s training teaches the girls to co-operate with one another and to work in unison. It also makes them more considerate of each other If the work is finished before the end of the period the teacher very often allows the girls to run relay races. These races are run with great enthusiasm and afford the girls an opportunity to use up their excess energy and relax after their more serious work. Even in this carefree mood however, they learn fair play and good sportsmanship. All of these qualities combined, help to build a finer character in the girls and prove the value of formal work. The crovcdcd line of masons ti ' ilh trotce!s in their rii hl hands, id ' y . ' aviiii the Umq side Zfall TIte flexible rise and fall of backs, the continual click of the Irotcels striking the bricks. The bricks one after another, each laid so ziuirkmanlike in its f ' ace and set ti ' ith a knock of the trozivl handle. — Sonn of the B-oad .Ixe. Walt Wh.tman. BASEBALL GAME ' V CORRECTIVE CLASS Corrective work plays an important part in the girls ' gym work If a girl has incorrect posture, or for some reason cannot take regular gym work, she is put into the corrective class under the care of Mrs. Higbee, This picture shows the B9 cor- rective class doing exercises. ' ' f f f m mEuiBH CORRECTIVE CLASS BASEBALL The above picture shows a tense moment in the A9 championship game. The captains are Mary Helen Baber and Tony Churchill, of group 1. BUILDING WOMEN OF SCHOOL GIRLS By HELENE RODECKER Like a well constructed building, a school girl should have a good, firm founda- tion upon which to plan and develop into future womanhood. First of all, one of the most important parts of the foundation is a well developed physique. The time to start the development of good nerve and muscle co-ordination is before fifteen years of age. Our schools are wisely provided with well equipped gym- nasiums for intensive training in muscular exercise. A girl during her high school career may lay a foundation of muscular strength and skill which will affect her whole future life. There is another consideration about thorough physical training in formative years. When a girl goes to college it is a tre- mendous help to be distinguished in some manner for some accomplishment, special ability or athletic prowess. Certainly, girls should study self-control, the control of the body, of speech, of temper; a power best learned in youth. They should shun the tendency to be sensitive and suspicious. They should also be careful about their conversation. School girls should beware of slang and gossip and should avoid sarcasm like a plague, remember- ing that the person who uses it shows her sense of her own inferiority. They should practice the art of such gay repartee as is free from satire and unkindness, dwelling upon what is kindly and happy. Girls should be ready to express their appreciation and thanks for services ren- dered, be quick with praise and tardy with criticism. Girls should cultivate a distinct enunciation, and enlarge their vocabulary. The successful converser has first of all a welcoming, good natured, even |oyous manner, which does more for her before she opens her mouth that a burst of eloquence can do afterwards. The best reading is the proper food of the mind. No girl can read good books without being unconsciously educated. The very effort to comprehend their meaning is thought. The power of thought is not external; it is implanted in our minds. Ugliness consists not in plainness of feature or dullness of color, but in being uninteresting. Whereupon a new vista opens up before the plain school girl — the art of being interesting. This good thing outlasts beauty, youth and riches. Proper association for girls is one of the greatest agencies for realizing health and happiness. Girls should get the capacity for seeing charm in people and lose no chance of giving pleasure. GYM CLASSES GIVE GIRLS PHYSICAL FITNESS Since the theme of our Burr is Building, we wish to tell you the connection between building and gym work. Physical and mental fitness are necessary for the building of a good character. The girls at John Burroughs have a splendid opportunity to develop themselves in both of these qualities. All of the teachers aid in developing character, but none of them help more than our four gym teachers. Miss Robinson, Miss Kennedy, Mrs. Daniels, and Mrs. Higbee. From the time that one enters our girls ' gym as a wide-eyed 87 until she leaves as a sophisticated A9, the gym teachers gradually have developed her, and each day have taught her something beneficial. Each subiect in gym helps to build a better character. Sportsmanship is learned in games, and in formal work speed and alertness in obedience are taught In the dancing class the girls are taught to be more graceful, and in decathlon to be more accurate in their work. We should all take advantage of the wonderful opportunities offered in the gym classes of John Burroughs, for the influences which we receive will be a great help in later life. GIRLS ' COUNCIL By BETTY HUEBENFR Our country wouldn ' t move with such clock-like precision were it not for the untiring efforts of our leaders. It is a glorious product of their knowledge. Every organization, no matter how small, must have leaders. In our nation it is congress, in our city, the city board, in our school, the board of control, and for our girls, our Girls ' Council Have you ever wondered how our Girls ' League programs were planned and how various problems are handled Both are the work of the Girls ' Council Each home room IS allowed two members, except the B7 ' s, who elect two silent members at the end of ten weeks. Up until this time an A9 council member reports to the home room explaining to the poor scared little B7 ' s lust what John Burroughs is all about We also tell them about the Girls ' League and answer questions that puzzle them. Before being elected to the Council, the girl is recommended by the physical education depart- ment for office. Our motto is to work for the good of the girls, and for this reason each member serves on a committee Probably the most important committee is the B7 party Each semester a party is given to the B7 ' s by the Girls ' Council. The purpose of this party is to welcome our newcomers. According to the season the girls ' athletic field is decorated and a good time is enioyed by all during the many delightful games. The program committee plans our Girls ' league installation meetir g. In Mrs. Broaded ' s foyer (outer office) is the question box, where you may put any questions about the school and the question box committee reads them and answers them through the Far and Near. During our Girls ' League meetings the usher committee is at our service, gra- ciously showing us our seats. For the councils to come we leave a record of those who have served before us in our lournal, the scrap-book. Maybe, as our beloved gym teachers or a future president leaves through the dust-covered scraps of summer ' 34, they will dwell for a few mo- ments upon the faces of these leaders who strove to help the girls. In all our work, in all we accomplished, there are always the helping hands of our sponsors, Mrs. Daniels and Miss Kennedy, )ust one step ahead, leading us and guiding us to do greater and nobler deeds. It is to you and our wonderful vice-prin- cipal, Mrs. Broaded, that we, the girl councilors, owe much of our success, and as a result of your guidance and help we A9 ' s leave the council finer girls than before we entered. GYM EMBLEMS Green and white gym emblems, the pride of every J. B. girl ' s heart, are awarded in a special Girls ' League meeting, held at the end of every term. To win a gym emblem a girl should have these three qualities: she must be good in sports, have an A or a B in gym, and must also be on the citizenship role (to be on the citizenship role you must have an average of not less than a B in cooperation, with no mark in cooperation below a C, and not more than one C. You must have one A to offset the C. Your attendance record must be satisfactory to the attendance office, vour library record satisfactory to the librarian, and your citizenship approved by the principals). These emblems may be won by any girl, whether a B7 or an A9. It is possible to gam points by participating in almost any gymnastic activity. One point is deducted from your score for every deme rit that you receive in gym class. The number of points necessary to win emplems are: First emblem 1 75 points Fourth emblem 675 points Second emblem 350 points Fifth emblem 850 points Third emblem 500 points Sixth emblem 1 000 points SAILING - SAILING Boys and their sails together sail- ing the seas of Time ; though the way be rough and dreary, may the goal they are seeking bring happiness sublime. Success be their lot and their motto, Happy Landing. l eav ' s sroRTi SPORTS EDITORS J I Bill Lanyon, Tom Lipman, Ernie Clark, James Ruby SPORTS, A BUILDER OF CHARACTER By JAMES RUBY If you were attempting to choose a single word to define the greatest builder of character, the first word that would come to your mind would be athletics. In laying a foundation for character, sportsmanship and co-operation, one often turns to atletics. One can not proceed in athletics without first having a fine healthy body. There is no sensation quite so fine as feeling physically fit. What a feeling one has after a brisk workout such as running about the track or playing handball or basketball and then a shower and rubdown. One is bound to feel like a new man in body and spirit He goes back to his class in a new frame of mind, exultant inside and fresh outside. On the other hand, if one is lacking in sleep, undernourished and dirty, he feels beaten in every task before he starts. How important, then, it is to be physically fit. You are then more efficient in athletics, where you may lay your foundation for character. John Burroughs offers all athletic activities to those students who are interested. Football, baseball, basketball, volleyball and speedball compose the ma|or sports, while individual competition is shown in tennis, horseshoes, handball, and classification track meets. Our school also has athletic equipment at your disposal, and gym teachers ever willing to help you in every way. Take this equipment and use it to build your body up to such an extent that you can be efficient in athletics, where you may take an active part in the essence of sportsmanship and character building. BU I L Dl NG STRENGTH bkill and strength of their HUMAN By SAM BARRY When the theme of building is considered by a college coach, he naturally thinks of it in terms of building human strength, health and physical prowess. Although school attendance is primarily for the purpose of classroom study, edu- cational leaders have not neglected to provide ample playground space around school plants, for even though they stress the mental side of devel- opment, they realize that it is just as necessary to encourage students to use their recreation time in building physical strength. The all work and no play proverb contains a truth that educators recognize in endeavoring to steer the student ' s leisure time into pastimes that will build health. Schools and colleges, which once concerned themselves only with the intellec- tual field, now set forth widespread programs en- couraging students to engage in sports, and as a result It has become a source of pride for educa- tional institutions to produce good teams and glory in the athletes. During the three months of vacation that is ahead of you, the opportunity is presented to increase your physical strength and improve your health. Most of you will have work to do but you will still have plenty of time for recreation. Some of you will PKDt be working and it will be up to you to see that your days of ease do not become days of waste. As a rule, the person who works gets more out of his recreation period than the one on whom time hangs heavy, and it is much better for one who is not working this summer to find some useful hobby that requires labor than to spend all his time seeking amusement. As a member of a college athletic department that fosters all branches of athletics, it is my advice to students to enter competitive sports whenever possible. The phrase building character has been greatly overdone, but there is much truth in the belief of college athletic departments that proper participation in sports provides a background of moral character for the student that is just as important as his intellectual development. Sportsmanship, the life blood of athletics, simply is the athlete ' s interpretation of the golden rule which provides the essence of gentlemanly conduct in all walks of life. Competitive sports do not necessarily mean intercollegiate or interscholastic sports. They include any form of athletics in which you as an individual or a member of a team are striving to win. Riding, skating, swimming, etc., are good sports with the competitive angle removed unless you engage in races, but schools and colleges stress the sports that bring in team and individual competition because it is in these that determination, self-control, unselfishness and other virtues that go into building sound character are developed. The summer is yours for work and play. Seize every opportunity you can to engage in the type of sport that will build you not only physically but also morally. Play the games that excite you, that stir you emotionally, and then develop and know that self-control under fire that makes you honored for your sportsmanship and fair play. i.-;TM ins I kULlUKb Mr. Milham, Mr. Swarthout, Mr. Sorsby, Mr. Jones. THE GYM TEACHERS AT JOHN BURROUGHS Much of the success of athletics at John Burroughs is due to the splendid work of Mr. Jones, Mr. Milham, Mr. Sorsby, and Mr. Swarthout. Without their fine supervision the beys would be at a loss to know how to use correctly the fine gymnasium and atliletic field. Besides having their regular classes, the instructors have arranged clubs in various gymnastics, such as tumbling club, pyramid club, tap dancing, and Indian club swing- ing. They also have arranged noon-leagues in all the ma|or sports in which all the boys are given an equal chance with boys of their own size. Mr. Swarthout, who has been with the school since its beginning, has had no little part in these affairs. To begin with, he is a very good tap dancer and Indian club swinger. Mr. Milham was a star football player in his college days. Mr. Sorsby specializes in basketball, and Mr. Jones in track. TAP DANCING CLUB PYRAMID CLUB o fsfeiQ .4t LEAGUE I BASEBALL Top Row — Bill Lanyon, Bill Marshall. Charles Frank, Jack Kinney. Lower Row — Joe Rosenbaum, Tom Lipman, Bob Ward, Frank Baker. LEAGUE II BASEBALL Top Row — Al Aldeman, Merritt Grimes. Albert Pollock, Howard Culver, Bob Gardner. Lower Row — Lewis Reese. Junior Williams. Bill Hole. Willard Sutton, Art Calkins. LEAGUE III BASEBALL Top Row — Jim Mal|an, Al Reynolds. Jack Armitage, Bob Enyder, Bob Harbough. Lower Row — Bob Hines, Maurice Hellner, Morton Lipton, Newell Willard, Ed. Brown. LEAGUE IV BASEBALL Top Row — Lee Bromberg, Roy Haight, Stanley Taipis. Lower Row — Bob Callender, Bill Getz, Bill Holsborg, Roy Rhodes. LEAGUE I NAME— W. Marshall .... V l Ward 6 Baker 5 Kinney 4 1 2 Rosenbaum . . 3 Crawford ... 3 Frank 2V2 Eliot 2 NOON LEAGUE LEAGUE II L NAME— W. 1 1 2 Gardner .... 8 2 Williams .... 6 ' 2 3 Calkins 6 3 ' 2 Hole 5 ' 2 5 Grimes 5 5 Culver 5 5 ' 2 Sutton 4Vi 6 Reese 2 Pollock l ' 2 Adieman .... 1 BASEBALL STANDINGS LEAGUE III LEAGUE IV L I NAME— W. L, I I Hines 7 2 21 2 I Snyder ...... 6 1 2 2 ' 2 3 I Hellner ,.... 6I 2 2 ' 2 3! 2!Malian ,,;;.. 5 ' 2 3 ' 2 4 Lipton . . : . . 5 4 4 Armitage ... 4V 4 ' 2 41 2 1 Brown 4 2 4 ' 2 7 IWillard 3 6 71 2 IHarbaugh ... 1 ' 2 71 2 8 I Reynolds .... 1 8 NAME— Haight . . Talpis . . Getz . . . Callender Rhodes W. . 6 5 ' 2 , 4 4 4 h Roos 2 ' 4 ' i Holsburg 2 5 Bromberg .... 7 ' ■; ' ;v ;-i j LEAGUE I BASKETBALL Top Row — Lionel Traube, Bill Lanyon, Ernest Becker, Frank Baker. Lower Row — Warwick Hayes, Art Rasmussen, James Ruby, Tom Lipman. LEAGUE II BASKETBALL Top Row — Don Goodnow, Merritt Grimes, Howard Culver, Albert Pollock. Lower Row — Lewis Reese, Dick Tunnel, Frank Forbs, Bob Leebody. LEAGUE III BASKETBALL Top Row — Jim Maljan, Al Reynolds, Bob Snyder, Bill Mellenthin Lower Row — Irving Gordon, Bob Widdecombe, Maurice Hellner, Bob Hines. LEAGUE IV BASKETBALL Top Row — Edwin Hutchinson, Richard Simon, Bob Lewis, Frank Clark. Lower Row — • Bill Bevan, Bick Bevan, Bill Jones, Bill Holsborg. NOON LEAGUE BASKETBALL STANDINGS LEAGUE I NAME— W. L. Traube ........ 9 Baker 8 1 Rasmussen 7 2 Kinney 4 5 Hayes 4 5 Becher 3 6 Ruby 3 6 Lipman 3 6 Lanyon 2 7 Crawford 2 7 LEAGUE II NAME— W. Reese 8 Forbes IVi Leebody 7 Culver 7 Gibbons 5Vi Goodnow ... 4 De Silva 216 Pollock 2 Towne 1 Grimes ' z L. 1 l ' 2 2 2 3 ' 2 5 6 ' i 7 8 LEAGUE III NAME— Hines . . Hellner . Rolapp . Gordon . Maljan . Snyder 4 . Reynolds ... 4 Mellenthin . . 2 Widdicombe I Pirkin W. 9 5 4 L. ) 2 1 2 4 5 5 5 7 LEAGUE IV NAME— W. L. Bevan 8 1 Bevan 71 2 1 ' 2 Simon 7V2 V 2 Hutchison ... 51 2 31 2 Lewis 5 ' 2 31 2 Lindenbaum . . 4 5 Jones 3 ' 2 SVz Clark 2 ' 2 6I 2 Holsbore .... 2 7 Hambro 9 SEVENTH GRADE BASEBALL Top Row — Al Reynolds. Dick Daily, Bill West, Bob Mines. Lower Row — Carl Pengrink, Bob Nelson, Jim Evans, Bud Gruver, Bud Woodward. EIGHTH GRADE BASEBALL Top Row — Bob Snyder, Sherwin Goldberg, Bill Montgomery. Lower Row — Ed Fairman, Larry Bradly, Judson Holden. NINTH GRADE BASEBALL Top Row — Morton Solsberg, Joe Rosenbaum, Bob Gill, Art Rasmussen. Lower Row — Hal Winagora, John Lock, Jerry Brisken, Eugene Bosswell. HOMEROOM BASEBALL STANDINGS NINTH GRADE EIGHTH GRADE SEVENTH GRADE H. R.- W. L. T. PCT. H R — W. L. T. PCT. |H R- W. L. T. PCT. 100-D .... 13 1 .941 B2 .. 15 1 .937 1 153 . 9 1.000 100-E .... 10 .... 9 i 3 .770 .750 211 .. 223 .. 14 9 2 5 .875 ins . 8 1 2 888 100-C .651 208 . 7 .777 100-A .... 6 5 1 .546 214 .. 9 5 .651 107 . 5 4 .555 155 .... 7 7 .500 113 .. 8 8 .500 230 . 4 4 .500 224 .... 5 10 .333 127 .. 7 8 .472 112 . 4 4 .500 131 .... 4 10 .286 128 .. 3 12 ,200 130 . 4 5 .444 100-B .... 2 11 1 .153 1)5 .. 2 11 .145 221 . 2 7 .222 109 .... 8 .000 215 .. 1 11 .077 110 . 104 . 1 8 9 111 000 SEVENTH GRADE BASKETBALL Top Row — William Mendel, Bill Lasker, Morris Wasserman, Jim Maljan, Bob Hines. Lower Row — Gene McConahy, Bob Richardson, Hartly Caldwell. EIGHTH GRADE BASKETBALL Top Row — John Maple, Lary Bradly, Bud Charleston. Lower Row — Al Cole, Ed. Fairman, Bob Ekelurd. NINTH GRADE BASKETBALL Top Row — Frank Baker, Lionel Traube, Jack Kinney, Bud Jones. Lower Row — Gordon McLain, Bob Leebody, Jack Elliot, George Waters. HOMEROOM BASKETBALL STANDINGS H R — NINTH GRADE W L T PCT. 1CX)-D 7 224 7 lOO-A 6 lOO-B 4 100-E 3 155 3 100-C 2 109 131 1000 .875 .720 .572 .429 .429 .250 .000 .000 EIGHTH GRADE H R- B2 214 211 223 113 215 . 127 128 SEVENTH GRADE V L T. PCT. 8 1.000 1 .875 6 2 .750 4 3 .572 3 4 .429 1 5 .166 1 6 .143 5 .000 H R- 153 . 208 . 105 . 221 . 230 . 130 . 107 . no . 104 . 112 . W. L. T. PCT. .875 .777 .666 .555 .500 .444 .222 .111 .000 STEAM SHOVELS Steam shovels humming and build- ers joyfully working, fills the air with a scent of an industrious world. Peek- ing over the fence are seen many on- lookers who are interested in thenev project. = ,;- l ® cS : HUMOR EDITORS Lillian Cogin Bcb Randall John De Ncu ' t Rose Marie Hitchin THOUGHTS ON HUMOR FOR THE HUMOROUS Ah. at last you ' re h?re. What a r::lief We thought you would never stoo gazing at vour picture and having your a ' assmat- s scribble over every loose lenf in the Burr. But we ' ll skip that However, we • ouM appreciate yo ' ir reidinp o ' .ir wit to some extent. Let ' s hope you won ' t turn a fev flips v. h:n you read the gags concerning the A9 ' s I Oh, these nutty seniors). Most of yoi.i know the B ' jrr is ? cM a- ' o ' n B ' TrT ' ' T i ' relf. h ' r ' ore it takes there ten years to perfect e rv b ' t of vr ' ' - P. I ' ed in it. So no mv friends, we have pair.ed the oH p ' et ' -ic ' ' cf -■ r ' t no. rn-f e ' •■ ' !! try in a verv h ' jmble way, to express oi ' r way of iokin- to su t yojr particular k!nd cf sense of hi;mor — - ' we hope v.e are not boring you ' . There are so many p ' ni ' s o ■■ ' t that it is ret rn e rv tock to plea ' e every one cf vou. You might be the kin ' f B rro Phscn ' an lh:it ' ' l r- ad an r xtra long joke, and by the t:m ' = you have re d the l- ' t b ' t. 11 frr et the f-rst and hav to start all ever again. Then there ' s a! ' ' y he indiv ' i- ' ual. vho reads on and en. not giving the slightest thought of what he ' n e3 in ' ' . Our list wculd not be complete v ithout the type of person who doesn ' t fry in the least to get the point stated, but just glances at it because one of his pals tells him how perfectly sea-reaming it is. In soite of your humorous faults, we th ' nk that after you have read all these ' crazybones, you will no longer feel in that restless state that homework often leaves one in. Why, you m ' oht e ■ : c n ' ts. drff- ' rra-v or P ' ' -n I OONY. Perhaps you might not go to quite that extent, b-.;t you might rin a lit! le Now, my (friendsr ' ), prepare yourself for the shock of your life, TURN THE PAGE AND THINK, THINK HAi D, THINK EVEN HARDER, CONCENTRATE (if possible). Humbly, exquisitely and admiringly yours, BOB RANDALL and LILIAN COGIN. THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF AN ADVERTISING MANAGER Will all those who would like to have a position on the Burr Staff please raise their hands? This was the first remark at the initial Burr meeting Twenty hands were immediately raised out of the thirty-odd pupils there. The teacher asked those who would like to apply for certain positions to get up and state their reason why, I was quite undecided for which position I should apply, and then suddenly the teacher said, Chester, you look as if you would be able to fill the position of Advertising Manager; will you accept it? Not knowing what I was walking into, I readily accepted. And here is what I ran into I tried first to get advertising at some of the neighborhood stores but the excuse was the N A code would not permit it and all advertising was done at their mam store downtown. The next day I took a street car right from school arriving at the mam store, I went up to the advertising manager. He explained that for the last few years they had stopped putting ads m school annuals. Then a well known music store gave the NRA excuse. Next door to them was a sporting goods store After waiting a little while to get waited on I finally sprang the question and then I was about to give up the idea of getting advertising because the man said, All our advertising is done back east. After trying ten more stores I gave up in despair. The only advertising I have received is what you see m this annual. I want you to think twice before you accept the position of advertising manager I have filled some of the space, and what is left I leave to you with the comnli- ments of the A9 class for signatures. Thanking you and the advertisers, CHESTER BONOFF, Advertising Manager S ' 34 Burr. JACK SCHWARTZ, art editor, made the connection be- tween the art class and the Burr English classes. He also col- lected and mounted the two pages of A9 baby pictures. SIGNATUilES PEAK AND PINE A Ciimp for Girls San Jacinto Mountains Riding . . Swimming Archery . . All Sports Dramatics. Puppet Making. Aclivitics tliat girls enjoy, and excellent meals. Skilled leaders and resident physician. Limited to thirty-five girls ... If you are going to camp choose the best. For information addres ' i HARRIET A. SNYDER. Director 1833 Verdugo Vista Glendale. Californi A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD Are you Hungary? ' asked the waiter. Yes. Siam, replied the customer. Then I ' ll Russia to the table, and Fiji Turkey. Not necessary, retorted the cus- tomer. Just Sweden my Java, Denmark my bill; I ' m in a Wales of a hurry. O. K. Mrs. Haitbrink: Will you men stop exchanging notes in the back of the room? Eugene S. ; Those aren ' t notes, they ' re cards. We ' re playing br idge. Mrs. Haitbrink: Oh, I beg your par- don. O -A: -A- FOUR OF A KIND Mr. Douglas: Congratulations, old man, your wife has presented you with quadruplets. Mr. Vance: Four cryin ' out loud. • « ONE WAY Dad, called Tom Lipman, how do you spell dictator? W-i-f-e, answered his father. TIME NOT WASTED The irate parent stormed up and dov. r the room before the nervous- looking yo.n-; man (Bill Wilson). What, st! he shouted. ' You have the nerve to come to my office to ask for my daughter? Well, I might as v ell tell you that you could have saved yourself the journey. The suiter sighed wearily: Well, that ' s all right, sir, he said. You se;, I htd another message to deliver in ' he :mc building. FAST WORK Henry Clarke: Well, since you don ' t want to marry me after all, psrhaps yoj ' ll return my ring. Pat Riddle: If you must knoA your jeweler has called for it already TRUSTFUL STUDENTS Miss Egbert: This exam will be con- ducted on the honor system. Please take seats three seats apart and in alternate rows. UP TO DATE Mrs. Newrich was being shown over her formal garden by the landscape artist, What IS that? she asked. He told her It was a sundial, What ' s a sundiaP He patiently explained how the sun moving through the heavens cast a shadow which IS recorded on the dial, indicating the time of day Mrs. Newrich beamed with interest, My goodness, she explained, these modern inventions, what will they think of next? • — Neighbors ' Nonsense. WRONG PERSON— (Yet the Right) Miss Halverson the Delawarer Brenton Burg: yes — Burbank, Who was It crossed Let me think. Oh, FULL GROWN Jeane T, : I wish they ' d made me a man, Lloyd T, They did, I ' m the man. — Bushnell Record ft -• ALL OR NONE Bill Wilson Sir, I ask for your daugh- ter ' s hand, Joan Middleton ' s Father I ' m not dis- posing of her in sections, AUTOMATIC My wife is very irritable; the least thing sets her off. You ' re lucky at that, mine ' s a self- starter. — Bushnell Record. NOT SO OLD Buddy R: I see they dug up in Egypt a lipstick that ' s over 2,000 years old His Girl (■ ' ) : Stop kiddin ' . This is only 1934 now. YOU DON ' T KNOW FROM NOTHIN ' Now, my friends and comrades, said the street orator, after a lengthy speech on the New Deal, are there any questions you would like to ask? A small boy (Alfred Goodly) after waiting a long time, said: Can I have your soap-box. I want to make a coaster. IT ' S TOUGH TO BE LAZY Marshall Tate: Why do you look so pamed ' ' Bud Cook: I ' m lazy, Marshall, What ' s that got to do with it? Bud: I ' m settin ' on a cigarette. =, j;: :S Eleanor R. (who has been allowed to stay up an extra half hour with grown- ups) : May I go to bed, Mumie? I ' m tired of this night life, — Neighbors ' Nonsense. NOT SO GOOD Neighbor: How is that incubator do- ing which you bought? Miss Dolly Chamberlain: I suppose it ' s all right. But I ' m a little worried about It It hasn ' t laid a single egg yet. A CLEVER DOCTOR Patient (angnly : The size of your bill makes my blood boil Doctor: Then that will be $20 more for sterilizing your system — Toaster ' s Handbook, MANY LIKE HER Mamma, complained little Elsie, i don ' t feel very well, That ' s too bad, said her mother sym- pathetically, where do you hurt most? In school. Mamma • — Toaster ' s Handbook. :;: ' A GREAT INVENTION A college magazine is a great invention. The college gets all the fame, The printer gets all the money, The staff gets all the blame. — Neighbors ' Nonsense. MAGOFFIN DOYE Linotyping we do the typesetting for the FAR and NEAR THE BURR • • • • • • Telephone GRanite6140 1606Cahuenga Blvd. Hollywood - - California OLD NICK WAS SPRY A man caught a boy (John Andrews) in his garden stealing apples and handed him over to the police. As it was the boy ' s first offense, the judge let him off, saying: Ye should have flown from the evil one. So I did, sir, replied the boy, but he caught me before I could climb over the back fence. NO SOUP Boarding-house Waitress (Joan Middle- ton) (during soup course) : Water, Sir? Guest: No, thanks I have a platefu ' already. Papa, what does heredity mean? Something which descends from father to son. Is a spanking hereditary? DEFECTIVE AMMUNITION When the doctor arrived he found the patient in tears. Cheer up, my good man, he said, you ' ll pull through. it isn ' t that, doctor, groaned the pa- tient, but just think of all the apples I ' ve bought to keep you away. MAN THE LIFEBOAT Dorothy M. (15 years from now): It ' s just about a year since our honeymoon, when we spent that glorious day on the sands. Dan K. (15 years from now) : We never thought we ' d be spending our first anni- versary on the rocks. A WORD OF HOPE Betty Jones: I shall never marry till I find my direct opposite. Peter Quist (encouragingly) : Well, Betty, there are a number of intelligent boys in the neighborhood. ■U ' iUIT U4lntt 4 iXrTt-H-t-UZrt 1 kUJTT hi-UTrT i HunH4rnttHinin -unT!i iiint ini!itHniutHnttfHuiui HrusHUUifHturTiUin.a-i-HUiifHtniituirn-t- i The Parent Teacher Association of John Burroughs Junior High School Invites you to be present I at their regular meeting j The Third Tuesday of Each Month i at 2:00 P. M Also at Two Evening Meetings at 7:30 P M. In January and March Tea Prograins Reception by Teachers i mAUi