Lafayette Junior High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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LIBRARYISMS I Sh-sh-sh! Have you ever heard it? Oh, yes, those of us who have entered that sanctuary of silent volumes, row on row, yet not silent, for every page speaks as loudly as any voice we have ever heard, words wonderful and wise. Silence is Golden. Listen and you will hear the voices from out those pages of mys- tery. At eight a.m., the magic portals fling wide and in comes the rush of thirsty souls who would drink from fountains of free- flowing knowledge. They are greeted and directed about by wise- looking assistants, F rieda, Lena, Libbie, Olive, Katie, Ollie Mae, Clara, Beatrice, Tillie, Jeanette, Ben, Archie, Jessie, Asai and Ichrio, besides other supplies and adjuncts. The bee hive of the school, truly it is, from morning till evening. Running along through them come such interesting questions and requests as: 'KI want to End somethin' 'bout Sciencef' Teacher told us to get a small red book. Don't know the name. 'Tm trying to find somethin' for a theme 'bout, 'bout, oh you know, the things we have to hunt up in Junior Business l Is that book in that I was talking about last week ? I have been through the 'A' volume and cannot find Abraham Lincoln at all. So goes the round, sufficient to tax all resources of Noah lVeb- ster, New International Encyclopaedia, and the W'orld Al- manac. Oh no, the librarian's patience is not exhausted, for is it not as endless as the How of words which proceed from the mouths of high school students? Her compensation is very great. The contact with new books, getting them before the attention of the boys and girls and knowing that whatever the mind habitually feeds upon, that will the character become. Here opportunity knocks, not once but incessantly. That every student in Lafayette May use our library free, Each boy and girl a reader, So let our motto he. ' -B. M. L.

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BOYS' VOCATIONAL COOKING It is the aim of those who have charge of the Vocational Cooking Class to so combine practical experience in cooking with worth-while lessons in books that those who graduate will not only have a good knowledge of how to make appetizing meals, but they will also have a good understanding of all the subjects taught in a junior high school. The class is under the supervision of the United States gov- ernment as well as the state, and tpr that reason it has to be di- vided into two parts. XVhile one class is busy in the kitchen for a week at a time. the other studies the outlined lessons in the class rooms. The next week those who worked in the cafeteria are in the class rooms while the others prepare the lunches. this turn about being followed during the two-year period which it takes to complete the course. Miss Bates and Mr. Coman have from long experience decided that those who do well in their ordinary class work are the ones that are most likely to make the best cooks. In cooking. as in any- thing else, success comes to those who are not afraid to work, who are in earnest, and who are willing to give their best to what- ever they do. No boys can be accepted under 14, and before they can enter it is necessary for them to get permission in writ- ing from their parents or guardian. It isn't required that a pupil has reached a certain grade, but it is better if he enters sometime between the A7 and A8 grades. But most of the work given is individual and for that reason any boy of any age can profit from the instruction. The entire group now is made up of thirty boys and because of the arrangements which have been made a boy who graduates with a good record can pass right on to high school without loss of time. A long waiting list is on file in the office, but any other worth-while boys who believe they would like to take the course are welcome to apply, since some have to drop out now and then and other changes also have to be made which cause vacancies that have to be filled. During the last term that the boys are in cooking they are allowed to class themselves with the A9's, and they take part in all the things that that class is allowed to do. Those who will grad- uate next February and will receive diplomas are: Ernest Allen, Jr., Lewis Jones, Albert Quarels, and Eugenio V asquez. - -Santos Ramirez, B9.

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