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

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POLLY Q A PUT THE, KETTLE, ON W ' 'E HE noon bell rings, and the savorv breezes from the windows llzlve lonff 'fi ' ' . . . E told us that some busy people were zlstlr in the east basement, preparing 'XF iff' f - :- , ' ., ,.. , , . . , , an F16 g Ol the fam.shed. Out llotlt the bow and gnlw, txnrl .Lnxone tan 0.15113 l u- if fs . . . ' ' ll-Zzffl lm? tollow to our spacuous dnnng halls. Manv vears a o the cafeteria of our school was created bv the student boclv, fostered by Miss I. Estelle Graham. lo her memory we owe much. lt was hard work at first, but with the help of all, the cafeteria was established in the base- ment of the middle building. As little children out-grow their clothes, we out- rew our uarters. Our Citv Board of Education came to our rescue bv ffrzmtin E fl . . h K 3 A , I , , I ' 1 i l l 5 l Q ' 1 5 'N 1 --s., in- l E l i I '5' l 1 Vi-, E f'7 l ,bet ,germ . ..-A ,,,,,,, , , . , ,

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I INTlMATE EoM13AN'ioNs Library Assistants In order to have a excellent library, we must have girls to assist in its upkeep. And they require training. A beginner hrst learns the Dewey Classification Card, which is a tedious process. This helps her to know where the books are so that she can find them without diliiculty. The next thing is to learn how to paste pockets and date slips in books, limber and collate them, shelve books, and straighten the library. VV hen she knows and can do this thoroughly, she is ready for her next term. In her second term she hasn't as much to learn as in her lirstg but oh, how proud she is to be in her second term. Yet she soon hnds out it isn't all pride and fun. She goes into the harder part of her work with a zeal that shows what true McKinley library girls are. t Besides sitting at the desk and stamping books, an experienced library girl must ble checks alphabetically by their second number. Furthermore, she must learn cataloguing. But just because she is in her second term does not mean that she does not do some things that she did in her first term. Vllhen the first term girls are extremely busy, the experienced girl helps straighten the room and shelve books. None of the girls in our library is loud or boisterous, but they are all quiet and set an example as to the way people should act in a library. Many library girls continue their work in high school and some of them are able to assist in the summer in the city libraries. After a girl has taken library work a term, she may have the honor of wearing a library pin. lVouldn't you like to be a library assistant ?-Vim Fzrclis. AS. I g . . . Q l i i l lf ' '- . l l l . , - 1 D I 1 . ,

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1 PO-LLY PUT THE IQETTLE oN fp one of the basements of the main building,-a roomy, airy, adequate room. Here the student body, with the aid of parents and teachers, operate a modern cafeteria with steam tables, for all who wish service, comfortable chairs, and a commodious room in which to eat delicious warm food, salads, and desserts. The Commissary If you should peep into the store room of the cafeteria, you would see many tins of fruits and vegetables. There are also many bins of rice, beans, macaroni, and spaghetti. All these things are obtained by our pennies and nickels. We hgure the food on a cost basis, selling as near that cost of materials and labor as possible. Many times classes take excursions to find the best food Then we buy that kind. It is delivered and checked into the storeroom. Every time anything is used it is checked out of this stock. An inventory of stock is taken once a month, at the time when bills are paid, to determine the state of our business. The Cash Registers Along the line, after we have the food on our trays, we come to where we part with our pennies. A student adds up the amount, and rings it up on the cash reg- ister, and since we have our change ready, our time in the line is but a few minutes. This pupil working as cashier is taught accuracy and ehiciency. This year a very capable boy from an A9 Commercial Arithmetic class has taken charge of the registers and the records for the cafeteria. Wheiiever he needs a recommendation for a place as cashier, or any position in which he needs to handle money, his record as cashier in the cafeteria will help him. The three cash registers were purchased from the net proceeds of the food sales. These proceeds are small because the foods bought are the best and the selling prices are low. The money accumulated at the end of a year is spent for up-keep of equipment and such necessities as cash registers, dishes, and repairs. i i T' T 1 T in i 1 f l I s L , l i ll-