Luther Burbank Middle School - Genius Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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OUR LIBRARY The students of Luther Burbank and the faculty have reason to be proud of the library, which is one of the most attractive in the city, The attractiveness is lightened by beautiful chandeliers for reading pur- poses. On the walls are many pictures, two of which were given to the library as graduation gifts. One, especially designed, isaSpanish picture, painted by Mr. Conejoe, a Mexican artist. The library is about as large as two class rooms put together with an adjoinning workroom in which Miss Bomgardner, the librarian, works. It seats easily sixty-six people. , '- There are about two 1housand and two hundred books in the library to date. There were between seven hundred and eight hundred books when the library opened four years ago. Many new and interesting books have just been received in the library. These are a few of them: Mad Anthony Wayne, by Boyd: Adventures in the African Jungle, by Akeley: Patchwork Plavs, bv Field: That Year at Lincoln High, by Gollombg A Great Rich Man, by Boas: Builders of Empire, by Darrow: Lad, a Dog, by Terhune: The Flaming Arrow, by Moon: Thistle Inn,by Adams: Jungle Portraits, by Akeley: J. T. J r. The Biography of an African Monkey, by Akely: With the Eagles, by Anderson: Adios, by The Bartletts: A Slave of Cataline, by Anderson: Little America, by Byrd: Great Ghost Stories, by French: His Excellency and Peter, by Harper: Puck of Rooks Hill, by Kip- ling: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Irving: and Katrinka, by Haskell. Most of the books are so well read that at the end of a term many are sent to the binders to be recovered. - G0f EXCHANGES The Burbank Genius Staff during the year has received exchanges from seventeen local schools, sixteen from within the state of California, but out- side of this city, and twenty-three from outside of the state. We congratulate these schools on their interesting papers. The students enjoy reading the stories and articles found there. Some of the most interesting city papers are: The Wizard, Far and Near, Foshay Facts, Starr King Echoes, The Mariner, The Gong, Wise Mann, The Franklin Press, and The Minute Man. The out of the state papers are Cole Junior Life from Denver, Colorado: The Arrow from Chisholm, Minnesota: The Chariot from Brooklin, New York: The Trumpeter from Spanish Fork, Utah: Wilsonews from Mt. Vernon, New York: Lone Star Luthern from Sepuin, Texas: The Westener from Youngstown, Ohio: Red and White from Knoxvilie, Tennessee: and The Broadcaster from University City, Missouri.

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GIRLS' JUNIOR LEAGUE President: Minnie Rosenberg Vice-President: Vera M. Barnes Secretary-Treasurer: Virginia McFadden Adviser: Mrs. Claire Epler Sponsor: Mrs. Leila Stormzand The Girls' League of Burbank, an organization whose purpose is to help every girl in every way and promote friendliness among its members, is to- day a most important factor in the life of this school. Since its organization in 1927, the league has gone steadily forward, and the girls feel justly proud of it. The league includes every girl in the school. Each girl automatically becomes a member as soon as she enters the school and there participates actively in all its work. The work of the league this year, it is hoped, has been a little better and more far-reaching than that of previous years, for it is the league's desire that each semester may show real growth. Each girls' home room has selected for its chapter name the name of some woman distinguished for her high ideals and achievements. One of the things that has given joy to the Girls' League as a whole is the programs pre- sented each Wednesday by one of the girls home rooms, using as a theme an event in the woman for whom that chapter is named. The most imporant event of the semester was the bringing of joy to the hearts of others through the Christmas work. This included the sending of cards to the elderly ladies at the county farm and the distribution of Christ- mas boxes to needy families in this community in conjunction with the Boys' League. As in former years, gifts for the Orthopedic Hospital were prepared. These consisted of brightly-colored tray cloths and scrap books, all of which were made voluntarily by the girls. The Girls' League consists of one chapter president from each girls, home room and three ofiicers, the president, vice president, and secretary- treasurerg also, an advisor, Mrs. Epler, the girls vice principal, and a sponsor Mrs. Stormzand, from the faculty. Vera M. Barnes f CLOUDS I think the clouds are wonderful, They look like big. big animals, Who have escaped from the animal zoo Up in the big, blue sky. There was cats and dogs and elephants too, Who have excaped From the animal zoo. Pauline Spyrell, R8

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ON 'ACHETE UNE ROBE Une dame americaine et sa fille visitent Paris. Elles veulent acheter des robes. Elles entrent dans la maison de couture de Chanel. Une ven- deuse les conduit a une salle magnifique ou'les mannequins se promenent pour leur montrer les belles robes. La demoiselle aime beaucoup une robe rose. Elle la met. Quand la vendeuse la voit elle crie, Chl C'est une creation exquise! La plus belle dans le salon! Un vrai chef-d'oeuvre! Merveilleuse! Charm- ante! Il n'y a pas assez d'adjectifs pour la decrire! Elle agite les mains pendant qu'elle parle. Les Americaines sont tres amusees. Elles achetent la robe et s'en vont pour acheter d'autres choses. Minnie Rosenberg, A9 - LA VEILLE DE NOEL C'est la veille de Noel et la terre est couverte de neige. Deux enfants demeurent dans une petite maison. Il fait froid dans la maison, et sur la table il n'y a qu'un morceau de pain. Devant la cheminee sont quatre sabots et un petit morceau de pain pour Pere Noel. Un homme entre dans la maison. Sur son dos il porte un paquet. Il re- garde les sabots vides. Alors il ouvre le paquet et met dans les sabots une poupee une balle, six oranges et des bonbons. Il quitte la maison. Le matin les enfants voient les sabots. lls crient, Joyeux Noel! Mary Smith, B9 - LE PERROQUET Colette est une petite fille, Son chien s'appelle Joli, Son frere s'appelle Rene, Rene a un perroquet. Un jour Joli et le perroquet, Suivent a l'ecole Colette et Rene. Le professeur est furieux, Joli et Voiseau sont heureux. June King, B9 LA POUPEE Celeste est une petite fille qui aime jouer avec les poupees. Sa poupee s'appelle Paulette. Toujours apres l'ecole Celeste joue avec' Paulette. Elle l'aime beaucoup. Celeste a un petit frere qui s'appelle Jacques. ll est souvent mechant. Un jour apres l'ec0le Celeste va jouer avec Paulette. Elle ne trouve pas la poupee. Enfin elle la trouve dans la bibliotheque. Pauvre Paulette! Elle a sa tete cassee. Celeste est tres triste. Elle prend Paulette a sa mere, et elle dit, Jacques a casse ma poupeef' Sa mere dit, Jacques ne va pas au cinema avec la famille ce so1r. Ce soir-la Jacques est tres triste aussi. Blanche Tatf, AS