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

Page 28 text:

DRAFTING ROOM NOTES Fourteen of the graduating boys took the mechanics art course this term. They are: Efren Romo, Florencio Rodri- guez, joe Shultz, Leong Harvey, George Tsuji, james Thorn- ton, Elias Shalhaub, Miyake Yasuki, Kenneth McCoy, James Cameron, Mitsugi Harada, Harvey Bigton, Morris Taylor, and Luxey Irvin. , No doubt some of these boys will earn a living as drafts- men. The aim has been to give them an opportunity to find out ii they had ability and a liking for the work. There is a decided carry over value to the work. Even though a boy does not enter the Held of drafting, he certainly has developed habits of neatness, orderliness, and accuracy, which will prove an asset in any walk of liie. HOME MAKING DEPARTMENT The teachers in charge of the home making girls are Miss Ritner, Miss Tucker, Miss Merrick and Miss Vifebb. It is a two years' course for BS, AS, B9, A9 girls of 14 years of age. Most of the work is done by hand. They train for vocational positions, learn to use power and hemstitching machines, do cater- ing and waitress work, Red Cross work and social projects. The girls graduating this tenn are: Mary Camera, Jessie Mae Dennis, Jessie Duran, Mary Garafola, Madeline Hudson, Irma Reid, Mary Treveso and Minnie Harris. AROUND THE SHOPS Mr. Dutcher's print shop jobs are done this year by regu- lar classes of boys and not by the vocational printing class, since that class has been discontinued. Besides the Sentinel, the boys print cards, tickets, ofiicc blanks, and other things. There are about nity boys in the print shop this term. The term projects for the other shops are radios, electrical apparatuses, strong boxes, mail boxes, dust pans, tables, piano benches, serving cabinets, and davenport tables. There are about one hundred and twenty-one boys in all the shops, ex- cepting the print shop. Mr. Ritchey, Mr. Myers, and Mr. Stone are instructorsg '17

Page 27 text:

J ATTEN DANCE M ONITORS The work of Mrs. Iarvis's attendance office begins with col- lecting the absence slips. The building is divided in three sec- tions and three girls each period collect the slips. W' hen they have finished this work they peg the board. This means placing the slips alphabetically on the board. During the first period, Lupe Cervantes and Dorothy Hubbard take care of the slips. These are two girls from the junior llusi- ness Class who file our excuses from the day before. Periods three and six June Taylor. Eleanor Banks and Lillian Barnes take care of the scattering slips. That is, if a person has only one slip during the day, the case is investigated by sending for this person. The names of the girls are: Lupe Cervantes. Dorothy Hub- bard, June Taylor, Lillian Barnes, Ellenor Barnes. Mujoko Mi- kuryia, Elnora Bennett, Martha Olf, Victoria Elion, Frances Bar- batta. Florence Harris. Yoshei Hasegowa, Hannah Shapero. Esther Pierce. Mary Luna, Esther Robman, Helen Johnson, and Margaret Brown. MARIE CURIE CLUB B9 and A9 girls taking Science who had A or B in B8 Science, have the privilege of joining the Marie Curie Club. Under the leadership of Miss Bennett our third year has been a very progressive one. The oihcers are as follows: Freda Coleman, presidentg Anna- belle Krown, secretaryg and Annie Barbatta, treasurer. ' Jennie Dorsa, Lilly Graliia, Libby Price, Florence Mosino, Angelina Petralia, Mary Inda, Erma Angeloni. Celia Fishman, Esther Golden, Leona Krock, Blasa Rangel, Marie Bezi, and Rose Salo, are members of the club. The girls of this club are divided into three divisions. The first group of girls is studying plants. They learn how to make leaf prints and how to press plants. The second group of girls is learning how to mount but- terilies. The third group of girls is fmding enough material about women scientists to make a scrap book. VVe have programs once a month, and have taken several trips this term, to the Crescent Creamery, Bishop's, the Per- fection'Bakery, and a newspaper plant.-Ammbellc' Krorwz.

Page 29 text:

THE STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council is made up of representatives from each home room. They have done much toward bettering traffic conditions about the school and have also done much as a Safety Committee for the school. The Automobile Club of Southern California has issued to each member a badge, to be worn on the school grounds. The Student Council also acts as a court. They try and sentence any pupil who is sent up for disobeying a monitor. Mr. Dickison acts as judge and the members as jury. The officers are: Mr. Dickison, chairmang Anita Duran, presidentg and Ruth Osborn, secretary. The members are: James Alexander, Rachael Dennis, Jack VVilliams, Milton North, Gustavo Varela, Hennrieta Ramirez, Ellen Thompson, Herman Ganz, Consuelo Garcia, Adrian Smith, Jack Fogel, Frank Moreno, Lucius Johnson, Sollie Cohn, Azerlia Pipkin, Glenna Barnhart, 'Ernest Viril- liams, George Gibson, Liberty Elopez, Fanny Brown, Mar- gurita Urrieta, Iohnie Mae Wfalker, Lincoln Shimidzu, Ilene Harris, Jennie Schuck, Eddie Hoff, Gwendolyn Valentine, -lohnie Mae Johnson, Estella Espinoza, Henry Carr, Willa Mae Lankford, Katie Czeralla, and Myrtle Picou. -I. S.