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

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I ' 1 I HoNoRABLE CIITIZENS I , Q evening of April 25, and the prizes went to Margaret Thomas, Bernice Lucier and Margaret VVeisz. Although the others did not receive a money reward, they had the satisfaction of knowing that they will make better citizens bcause of their knowledge of the United States government and constitution. In the final contest for the entire District F, held at Los Angeles High School on the night of May 3, there were seven schools representing as many districts. Our representative, Margaret Thomas, won second place, of which Mclfinley is very proucl.-Murtlifa Burger and Doris H ayward, A9. Extemporaneous Speaking Contest U The contest given by The Herald to search out the pupils in the city schools who could best speak extemporaneously upon the subject Americanization fur- nished excitement for a while, because all wanted the McKinley representative to win. Out of each social sceince class two were chosen to try out. From these, one was chosen to represent McKinley junior l-ligh School. In this contest several high schools entered, which made a great handicap for our representative to over- come. Our school was well represented, however, by Margaret Thomas, H9, who won third place. VV e should be proud to have a girl of such ability in our midst.-- Harold 1llcCaII, A9. 'Q Penny Drive The penny drive for the Scholarship Fund of the Los Angeles Federation of Parent-Teachers Association has been a great help to certain boys and girls of the junior and senior high schools. It has helped them to stay in school and get an ed- ucation. Some parents have not enough money to send their children to school and buy the things that are needed in their work. The students of McKinley have worked hard to raise some money for these unfortunate children. Many have de- prived themselves of candy, gum, and many other things of pleasure. The diderent grades ran a race to see who could raise the most money. The BS's were first, raising 318.91 and the B7's were second. having Sf3l3.74. The amount sent in from McKinley amounted to S7S,76.-Tlzclnm Steezzsovi, A9. What it Means to Have a Locker To the pupil attending junior or senior high school a locker is a real need. Many a pupil gets provoked and says, I wish that I didn't have the old locker, but he would soon ery a different story if his locker was taken away from him. Frquently one hears of a pupil who has lost a pen, book, pencil, or some other article, and nearly always he lays the blame on his locker. As a rule, however, the article has been lost or misplaced through some act of carelessness on the part of the pupil. Everyone should have some svstem in keeping his locker. Ile should know just where everything is instead of throwing a book here and there, and mak- ing a grah for another book, taking a chance on getting the right one.

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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

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1 HQ ORP-il-SLE CITIZENS E A E The system with which we keep our lockers will have an elifect on our life after leaving school that cannot be realized now by the pupils. A person wl1o is neat and methodical has a better chance of success in any vocation than the person who puts a thing down anywhere and everywhere and has to hunt for it when that thing is wanted in a hurry. This latter kind of person is the one who is the first to be dismissed from any business, and he wonders why it is. Pupils of McKinley! You have an opportunity here to learn to be systematic in your work in the way in which you take care of your lockers. You should ap- preciate thc value of them. Make a certain rule of order in keeping thm, and this habit will stick to you through life.. As a success in the world you may look back upon your happy school days and what it has meant to each of you to have a locker. -Dorolhy Keeney, A9. Citizen Officers Besides the clubs and the organizations in Home Rooms, some of the recita- tion classes are regularly organized and oliicers are elected who perform real services and gain real value for themselves from this service. A class president is a great help to the teacher. Wliile the president is taking care of the attendance, the teacher may be devoting his full time to the lesson and the pupils of the class.. By doing this, much time is saved. Another important otlicer of the class is the secretary, who makes out the absence slips and checks otif the homework to be handed in. This relieves the teacher of being responsible for back papers. The president calls on the pupils to recite and sees that the room is being conducted orderly. Wlhen the teacher is unable to be present, the presi- dent assumes the teacher's place, and the class is conducted in the usual manner. lt is a great satisfaction to the teacher if the class can be trusted when left alone. The students who are elected by the class are helped very much by holding their positions. Experience in meeting the public overcomes self-consciousness. The president becomes experienced in leading others. The ofhcers must plan ahead, serve and give the best. The responsibility is realized by the ones in authority. The teacher has put his confidence in them and the responsibility rests upon the ohicers. Sri