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

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A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO I. ,B. When thru your halls I swagger and sway With all my books on every day, I think that I would like to be At home, where books can not hurt me. But though you're trying at times, I tear, I grow more used to you each year. ' So to you, l. B., MY PART-TIME HOME, I dedicate this little poem, And, with all respect to you I say, Ahappy twenty-fifth birthday. -Ronald Behling, A8. I. B.. YOU ARE STRONG and bold, You are now twenty-tive years old. l5,000 pupils have graduated from here, And more will graduate this year. The education we get from you Will keep all the years through. ' We're grateful l.B. to youl -Mary Finwall, A7 IOHN BURROUGHS, we honor you, With colors bright and gay, For every year you served us We stand for you today. You are very dear to us, And truly we can say: Love from our hearts From all of us- Today and every day. -Arlene Student, B8 The years have come, the years have gone, And YOU ARE TWENTY-FIVE. But still as in those days gone by, Your halls are vibrantly alive. They and all the doors and rooms Have many a tale to tell And if they could speak, I know they'd say This year has gone so well. And now, you've completed your silver year. Greetings, I want to say, On behalf of all the kids you've known, I wish you a Happy Birthday! -Barbara Schoen, B8 LB. REPLIES: . Oh, I'm tired, long trampled, I have to be bold, It's my Silver Anniversary I'm twenty-tive years old. I'm ever so happy And I'm glad it's been told It's my Silver Anniversary I'm twenty-tive years old. V -Ioy Iohnson, A7. IOHN BURROUGHS Like school, like man, is a saying so true The World will judge largely, lohn Burroughs by you Our days at Iohn Burroughs soon will be doneg We'll miss the school, the work, the fun I So, as we move onward, along life's way We'll always rem-ember, and honestly say The training received here was some ot the best, It wil always be guarded in our treasure chest We are closing one chapter, and starting anew So, goodbye to IOHN BURROUGHS, farewell to you. -Allan Sandler' A9. OH. DEAR I OHN BURROUGHS. You've given me what I crave, The sense of knowing, The sense of knowing myself A thing not-learned in booksl -Donald Tothe, A9 The silence is broken with the sound of a drum. The drum beat is broken with the sound of a horn. The note of the horn is broken .by thetclang of the cymbals. The cymbals get weaker and weaker and then clang no more. The Iohn Burroughs Band has just passed by. Iohn Kulberg, A9 -

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THE THRIFT COMMITTEE. under the alole direction of Miss Ada Egbert helps us put away that dime a Week that We might spend foolishly. 'I'HE SERVICE ORGANIZATION STAFF or S.O.S. is one of the most helpful organizations at I. B. Heading the organization are George Steffes, the grand marshall, and Roger Von Pressig, Robert Stevenson, and David Kaplan. But, of course, the staff gives great thanks to Mr. Hunt, who has put forth his efforts year after yeqf to make this organization one of which the school can be proud.

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