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

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ON WING Oh, I want to be a robin- Or anything on wing, For they're flying to Wisconsin Now that it is spring! I want to watch a crocus Try to push the snow away, And see the budding treetops Bursting out in Mayl I want to feel the raindrops Come slanting to the ground And angle round the angle worms Who're up and squirming round! It'd be grand to smell a lilac Still wet with heavy dew, And find some pussie willows So real they almost mewl Oh I want to be a robin- For when the robins know That it's springtime in Wisconsin They just take off and gol -lane MacFadden. THE EMERALD SEA As cold as glassy ice, Pounds and rushes, tossing its waves high Against the barrier of rocks Flung out upon the beach In their attempt to keep The invader from their shores. Peacel The orange gold clouds, Reflect deep into the gleaming calm Of the blue velvet sea L The beach glistens white As darkness covers the land. -Miriam Rochlin, A9. IQ? yy gg TOBIAS COMMAND PERFORMANCE In 1933, Robert Hightower moved from Flor- ida to Los Angeles, where he attended lohn Bur- roughs Iunior High School. While here he en- joyed the acrobatic club and handball, but the subject that impressed Robert most was wood- shop under the direction of Mr, Baile. Robert graduated from IB. and attended l...A. High. Upon graduating from there, he took up danc- ing and stunt work, eventually getting the lead in many Broadway shows such as Higher and Higher, Panama Hattie, Little Dog Laugh, and By Iupiterf' When the war broke out, Robert enlisted in the navy as a pilot instructor. He saw service in the Pacific and was discharged in 1946. After the war he again began dancing. He went to England and played at the London Palladium. Then his big moment came. He was invited to give several command performances for the King and Queen. This was a just reward after his hard work. After this, he toured the Euro- pean continent for two years, then becoming homesick, he returned to the U. S, Probably no alumnus of IB. has had a more colorful lite than Robert Hightower. At least, we know of no other who has danced before the King and Queen of England at a Command Performance. -Barbara Neal, B9. cr Q

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SCHOOL DAZE Last night I dreamed of dear I.B. And of all the questions asked of me: What's the square of five, and the cube of three The of X plus y and z? I am as confused as I can be, What did Oliver Cromwell do? Who won the battle of Waterloo? When was the Suez Canal put through? Who wrote the The Taming of the Shrewu? How do I stand it, I'rn asking you? Who was it painted the Man with the I-Ioo ? And what is the name of the other Shmoo? Who wrote the music so sweet and low For Swannee River and Old Black Toe? The more I study the less I know. When did the War of the Roses begin? Whose hand did Mark Anthony win? What country is a source of tin? Whose cabinet was Hamilton in? I have so much homework it's a sinl -Tune Livingston, A9.