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

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Li 'rms LIFE is most .muy '2n 'fg5- T WOULD require a whole book to tell about all the good times we have at our parties, or to describe all the different club organizations, Zig' so we have decided to mention only a few. Almost every important K rank-Vi day is celebrated by some of the classes, of course not ally and because Valentine's Day comes so near the middle of the year and is usually so pleasantly celebrated, we give an account of some of the parties on that day. Hearts, cupid bows, and arrows prevailed Valentine's Day, as many of the rooms had very beautiful boxes, while several had parties. Home Room 15 held a very beautiful and clever party the sixth period. Eski- mo pies, cake and candy hearts made up the refreshments. Pinning the heart on the man was originated by Mary Brooks, who had charge of the party, which proved to be very interesting and amusing. A good time was enjoyed by all. Home Room 10 had a party. The box, which was very beautifully decorated and filled with valeutines, proved to be the center of interest. Eskimo pies were served as refreshments. Everyone received many valentines. Mr. Boston's BS Home Room had a Valentine party. Emma Delsasso had charge of refreshments and games. Eskimo pies were served and several prizes were won by various members of the class. Home Room 14 was very beautifully decorated by Robert Clark, Milton Love- joy, and John I-loulgate. Games were played and dainty refreshments of Eski- mo pies and valentine candies were served. Everyone expressed himself as having a good time. Home Room 25 had a very delightful party. Ruby Canterbury, Thelma Prid- eaux, and Martha Delsasso were the hostesses, and they made wonderful ones, too. They wore white aprons with red hearts on them. There was great fun when the mailmen gave out the valentines from the box, which was covered with white tis- sue paper and had red hearts and white fringe on it. All were very much dis- appointed when the bell rang for us to go to our seventh period classes. XV e re- membered that party for many a day.-Cleaned from The Trail. Oh! Oh! 1 know what you are thinking about. You think that Home Room 42 didn't have a valentine party, but you are mistaken. NVe did have one. We invited 1

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King ' THE Rolo TQ HEALTH , . occupied, the girls being grouped by classes. All the classes had yell leaders, prom- inent among whom was Mary Plesko for the A9's. Promptly when the bell sounded, the girls who participated in the different events marched upon the field. They were greeted with many cheers. The lines were led by porn-pom girls, each bearing a pom-pom of the color representing her class. The events were held in quick succession because of the limited time. The 50- yard dash came first. Elise Schilling, BS, was the winner. Emma Whitfield, A9, came in a close second. Irene Augustine, A8, took third place. Among the other interesting features were: The chariot race, C two girls and driverjg the obstacle race, and the wand race. The obstacle race was run by the smaller girls, and caused much laughter. The runners had to jump a rope, hurdle over a bench, and hop in a gunnysack for a short distance. The wand race showed good jumping and quick thinking. Good team work was shown by all grades in all races. When at the close of the games the A9's were declared winners, with 17 points, they lost their heads, and such yelling was never heard on the court before. The AS's and B8's tied for second place with nine points. The B9's and A7's tied for third place with seven points. The little B7's came out with five points. This May Day Carnival was enjoyed by all the girls and by some of the faculty who were guests on the side lines.-Myrtle Oliver, A9. Health Rules l. Keep your body clean as well as your mind. 2. Go to bed early and rise early, and you will feel better all day. 3. Doift drink harmful beverages and your lessons will be easier for you- 4. Breathe plenty of fresh air and you will be more cheerful. 5. Play when it's time to play, study when it's time to study, but dou't try to play and sbudy at the same time. 6. Keep your teeth clean and white and everyone will like you. 7. Read good magazines and books and you will be wiser and better. 8. Appreciate the beauties of nature and you will have a beautiful uatureu of your own. 9. Take more interest in other people and their troubles and you won't have time to pity yourself. 10. Rest awhile each day and when you have to work you will feel more like it.

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I ng-si.1FT2 E lvl-OST Joni f Mr. lirown, Mrs. Struthers, and Mr. WVilson. Each made a very splendid speech. We had fifty-seven varieties of valentines. Each pupil received a valentine or two. Miss Proctor was delighted with those that she received, and she gave us each one. The valentine box was decorated by Mary Stanley and Dorothy Thompson. The postmaster was joseph Dasso. We had several hundred hearts around the room Cbesides our ownj, only those for decoration were made of red paper! A party isn't a party without refreshments, so we had Eskimo pies and candy.-Dorothy Thompson and l'VaItcr Braslaw. Even The Faculty Gives Parties January 18 the faculty entertained in honor of the teachers who were to leave Mfcliinley at the beginning of the new term. The scene of the gathering was the library, where during the latter part of the afternoon the faculty were entertained hy a series of sketches supposed to represent scenes past and fu- ture, in the lives of the guests of honor. Miss Hughes, wonderfully changed after her European wanderings, was portrayed by Miss Miller. Mr. Smith's remarkable acting added not a little to this part of the program. The changes wrought in our librarian, Miss Hurst, as a result of leaving McKinley were so realistically presented by Miss Proctor that we wonder Miss Hurst dares test the truth of the awful warning. Mrs. Cox's well known energy and enthusiasm were amusingly exaggerated by her two co-workers, Miss Cone and Miss Newcomer. Last of all, as a tribute to the friendship of Miss Pope and Miss Patter- son the management was able to secure for the afternoon the presence of Barney Google and his inseparable companion, Spark Plug. To Mrs. Netz and two members of the faculty whose identity is shrouded in mystery must go the credit for this achievement. Mrs. Youngs, as a talkative young girl, who entertains her mother's caller, ably played by Mr. Lewis, revealed hitherto unsuspected dramatic talent. F . ,- ,AW ,,,,,,,.