McKinley Junior High School - McKinleyan Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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I HoNoRABLE Q-ITIZENS f Traffic Officers One of the most important of the responsibilities given to the boys of McKinley is that of being a traffic officer and an usher. In this organization there are twenty-five boys, the boys being chosen for their ability in leadership and their general attitude toward the school. . These boys should be given more credit by fellow pupils for what they do and have done, for being a traffic officer is a difficult task. To be a member of this organization he must have the following qualifications: 1.-Deportment. The grade not to be less than a 2. 2.-Scholarship. Must be passing in all subjects and receiving grades mostly in the two highest classes. 3.-Leadership. Must have confidence of boys. 4.-Athletics. Must be a good athlete. 5.-Responsibility. Must be responsible for conduct of pupils on grounds if no teacher is present. 6.-General Attitude. Must have interest of school at heartg be courteousg set good example. 7 .-Habits. Must have no bad habits. . QMembers of the club are always subject to disrnissal.j Duties of the Boyss 1.-Direct traffic in halls between periods, 2.+Give information when necessary. 3.-Report any suspicious persons loitering around building. 4.-General assistance when needed. 5.-Direct traffic in cafeteria. 6.-Usher in auditorium. 7.--Take tickets, give out programs, etc. Pri'zxi1egc'.r and R0rt'r1rd.r 1.-Excused on first bell for duty. 2.-Two minutes tardiness permitted. ' , - , s t . is V ' 4 K - - Q W V A F i W ' 'f Y l W . - in - 5 4 ln i . V - 1 . -. 1 1 i Z pl , U 3 ' l ljfliq ' i ' W: it l gy!! 1 Q l L .3 . l X if vi Y Q iff. 1. ' ' .1 M-, f vi Q 5 ' l

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7 ' W ' 'f , X HONORABLE CITIZENS g Seven received Clll'lZC'llSllllI-SCllUlIll'Sl1ll7 pins and seventy students received Scholar- ship Certificates. The following are the names of the pupils who received pins last term: S011olarslriff-Cifizzwlship: Elizabeth lNeatherington, Elizabeth Zaepfel, Leah Smead. C'flfL'L'7l.YIIif7-.glfll0llU'Sl1lf7Z Susie Gerling, Pearl Anderson, Bessie Rothenberg, Lorene Sanders, Martha Burger, Dorothy Keeney, Edith Keyser, Jenny Yarmus, james Hipp, Eugenia Jones, Adriene Doak, Charlotte Starbuck, Frances Eisenman, Margaret Konrad, Katherine Lake, Marie Taylor, Edith Knapp, Margaret Thomas, Juanita Selby, Grace Dean, Lillian Rosen, Audrey Schultz, Lucille Lawson, Martha Delsasso, l-lelen liishop, Marion Bergougnoux, Ruth VVagne1'.-Gladys Hinclcs and Mtirgurw Carlmz, A9. SelffGracling Everyone has heard the saying that before we can control others we must first learn to control ourselves, and it is with something like this in mind that we try to grade ourselves with the self-grading scales that are given us. ls every student of McKinley capable of grading himself? Is every person in this world capable of honesty? These questions are synonymous and equally absurd. Not every one is capable of being honestg hence it would be impossible for us to expect every student of our school to be able to grade himself. But self- grading is an ideal. In our small way we can become nearer to our ideal of per' fection by encouraging self-grading in our minor examinations. We can learn to grade our every action, our every thought, and in the end form a character which will be capable of the kind of self-control which will help us to show the way to others.-E.rtl1c'r Land, A9. Real Jobs in Civic Life Besides the regular oflicers in class room and recitations, there are many pupils who perform duties for the good of the school. Vtlhenever any teacher wants books from the supply room. there are always willing boys to bring them. Wlhen- ever there is furniture to be moved, Mr. VVilson has only to make the need known. and hundreds of boys would volunteer to break their necks if necessary to get it done. Every day boys guard the bicycles and automobiles from theft and harm. Whenever we have an entertainment, boys not only sell tickets, but what is harder, they count the dimes and nickels which come in piles and boxfuls. And at every period during the day, pupils collect the slips which show what pupils are absent from classes, and take them to the attendance olliee. This is a tedious job, and one that requires strict attention to business. You may be sure that anyone who has been appointed regularly to any of these duties, has reached the point of efficient citizenship.-The Staff.

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E 41 c 'HONORABLE CITIZENS 8 3.-Pins for service rendered. 4.-Occasional outing planned. 5.-Satisfaction from the fact that one is of service to the school.-Helton jl'lL'COH'lHII, A9. National Constitional Contest McKinley took great interest in the National Constitutional Contest. Nearly every pupil in school entered a paper in the contest, but these were gradually elim- inated until twelve stood out as the best of the group. These were written by Bradley Spencer, A7g VVilliam Kauffold, B95 'Henry Larrecq, A95 Wlinnifred Theed, ASQ Verna Sharp, A83 Herman Leaf, ASQ Julius Epstein, B95 Margaret Weisz, A8g Bernice Lucier, A83 Richard Gertsen, A8g Margaret Thomas, B95 Mary Adams, A9. The essays were to be original and to create more respect for and interest in the Constitution of the United States. They were also intended to inspire patrio- tism for the government. With Fiffty dollars as a goal, a number of pupils tried hard to collect material for their work, and found much valuable information about the government which will prove benehcial to them later although they may not realize it now. From the twelve best essays, six were chosen to try for the final prize. These were VVinnifred Theed, Margaret Thomas, Bradley Spencer, Margaret X-Veisz, Ber- nice Lucier, and julius Epstein. These contestants decided to divide the prize of fifty dollars among the best three, giving as first prize twenty-live dollars, as sec- ond, hftecn dollars, and as third, ten dollars. The final contest was held on the 4 .4 1 fi fl l i J f i