McKinley Junior High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Y TYTYYYY1mTYY?Y'!Y nature. By making the conditions of our systems more perfect, we greatly aiu in the distribution of foods and body builders throughout our system by eliminating all the waste material, and give 2111 our organs and muscles the proper amount of oxygen, which science tells us is as essential to us tor good reasoning power as it is for our physical well-being. Constant training enables a person to make a quicker response, get a situation and act raster and more quickly. Now, last, but not least, comes the third quality: the development of the moral' nature. There is no doubt but that the Health Educa- tion Department has as much to do with the development of moral nature as it does with the preceeding two. What do sports teach us? The answer is: They teach us to play the game fair, to play it clean, to take what is coming to us and do not go sulking around because you were defeated, to be ready to sacrifice your own star- dom for that of the team, not to attempt to pull alo-ne and leave the team behind, to respect the opponent. We could go on listing many such results which come from sports, but these few will give a varied idea of what sports are for. lf you do not have a few athletic sports in your daily program you will soon lose the pleasure of life. You will not get the right kind of developme-nt and moral ideas. The following is a commandment by Theodore Roosevelt that should he adopted hy all true Americans: lf it were within my pow- er, l would make a new commandment, which like those of old, would he for the good of every person, you-ng ani old, weak or strong, rich or poor, sick or well, and it wr-ull read: 'Thou and thy children and thy children's children shall fre- quently and regularly practice some approved form of physical cul- ture: not for thine own good alone, but for the good of thine off- spring, aye, for the good of the community and society and for all liumanity,' -Edward Heil, A9. A Happy Healthy School Environment 'fWhat fun it is to he alive! cries every McKinley heart as we come skipping along to school full of the sheer joy of living. Every- thing is so nice for us at school. We breathe fresh air, we sit in carefully lighted rooms to study. We can have a hot lunch when we get hungry, and things are kept so clean. There are exercises for our hungry muscles to do and games for us to play when we get tired of sitting. All these things help us to make our lessons easy and work light. Our class rooms are carefully planned and so arranged that there is a constant supply of light, and fresh air. Usually the sun in shin- L 1 L.L1L14LLJlLLlLLLLL

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fYTTTTYYY1WVTTYT'T1YYI ing in cheerfully, so that the light falls just right on our desks. This makes it very easy to read. Then as we go from one class to a-n- other, we are actually out of doors for a little while. This helps to break the monotony of school life. The cafeteria is a place we love to go at noon. Here is where our empty stomachs get their till of the best food and in quick service. This is also an airy place and well lighted. The doors and windows are thrown open and the fresh air gets in. After we have finished our lunch we hear the play bell ring. This is for the noon games. Whe-n we go out on the play grounds everything is clean. The pupils of McKinley appre- ciate the work of Mrs. Powell and her helpers, who keep the school plant in such good condition. We know that they are always con- siderate of our comfort, and most of us try to help them in many ways. Mrs. Powell has been a member of the school family longer tha-n any of the pupils have been livingg in fact she has been here since it school in the orchard. Her was a four-room corner of a peach stories about the Mrs. Eliza J. Powell Custodian The games have started. Oh! school and its con- growth of the dition i-n former times are very interesting. the fun in them! The time fairly NIL flies. The bell ri-ngs and we enter our class rooms refreshed by our play. We're then ready to begin the afternoon classes with new vigor. We also play games during the day. This is during our gym period. All the girls and boys look forward to this period and think it is the best of the day. Our tired muscles are relaxed and other muscles worked. The after-noon passes quickly. Then the bell rings for dismissal. We then start for home. After all, it is a pleasure to be in a school like McKinley Junior High.-Jeanie Learmonth, B9. Llllllllllllllllll