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

Page 89 text:

fT1f TTYYY1mfTYY-1711411 . N . A . . ?3.j5'p,iy 1 . I 4 - H -'iwffull 'V . ' f' ' ., , ' ' - ' -31',- ,K .Aa -I if ' ' -- ' x J ESS I X79 1104 . . . 'f f '.' H '- ' 'IW inn'- rfx 'MQVQ . -, ., .YIM A i nu 1 dy P 1 . 1 1 . +,,:-A.12 llilllllffllllillllllll I

Page 88 text:

'T TY'TffYY1fX?Qf'i'TYTT,T 1 Y returned the compliment by inviting Room 1 to their beautifully dec- orated room to share their Christmas party. Altogether, the past term has been a most successful one, speaking from a social point of view'.-Dorothy Nace. Relay Carnival for Girls on May Day lf a visitor had chanced to pass by McKinley on May Day, and had stopped at the girls' playground, he would have been impressed by the scene of gaiety a-nd good fellowship he saw there. All the girls were enjoying themselves either by yelling for their grade, or by watching the girls who were to partake in the coming races. The scene was colorful also. The teams of the different grades wore ribbons of colors which they had previously chosen for the oc- casion, and many of the spectators were adorned in the colors of their grade. Perhaps the race that was most entertaining was the obstacle race. It was very exciting and amusing. The girls looked very funny indeed, as they hopped along in gunny sacks. lt seemed as though they would never get through with all the maneuvers. It was a noisy scene too. Every girl was making as much noise as she possibly could, and as soon as some team became victorious, they were cheered wildly by their classmates. Many members of the faculty attended this gay event, and seemed to enjoy it quite as much as did the pupils. ln the chariot race, teachers were placed at the end of the field and the girls had to run around them. They were very inspiri-ng goals, and every girl ran her best to reach her teacher first. The races could have gone on forever and interest wouldn't have flagged, but the bell rang and the events had to stop. No one left the field without feeling that enjoyment had been full.-Melva Matthews. Libary is a Popular Place Our library, one of the most beautiful rooms in the school, is a pleasant retreat for many pupils who wish to enjoy and profit by their leisure time. It has a true library atmosphere, and easily offers inspiration to those who work and study there or merely read for en- tertai-nment. As we enter we see groups of boys reading and enjoying the many mechanical and technical magazines supplied. They are in- terested in the topics of the day, a-nd who knows but some of them may become the inventors of just such articles as they are reading about? L1 L.LlLLlL.lLLLLLLLLf'1 Y 1 l L. J

Page 90 text:

,YY TYTffYY1mfTYYfVTfiY! Often there are exhibits of wild flowers, and many interested pupils come to enjoy the living specimens. Many girls enjoy the abundant books on home-making, and learn many useful and interesting arts from them. Pupils are scattered here and there using the many reference books for the morrow's lessons, and many are checking them out to use at home. Altogether, the average of tive hundred pupils who visit our library daily shows how much interest and appreciation it really receives.-Lillian Rosen, A9. 1 Use of The Library Three minutes after school is dismissed in the afternoon the line begins to form before the library desk. Ten minutes later and it reaches across the room. All the children are eager to get books, and it is only a short while before the library is filled. Every child should know how to get from the library the advantage it otiers. There are a few devices which help them to do so. The nrst a-nd most important is the card catalog which is arranged al- phabetically by author, title, and subject. By looking in the cata- log a child is able to find any hook we have. Each pupil should also know! how to use the Reader's Guide, which lists the articles in current magazines by subject. Cheerful aid to the pupils is given by the librarian and her assist- a-nts. If the children wish to Gnd a book, there is always someone ready to help them. ' Our school library is fitted especially for the use of the pupils and it is not necessary for them to go to the main library, for we have in our library almost any book you wish to find, both for school pur- poses and for pleasure reading.-Ava Anderson. T. Games in Spanish Enjoyed ln our Spanish classes we study hard on our regular lessons four days in the week so that on Friday we may be allowed to play a Spanish game. Sometimes we play a verb game, other times a word game. We have to be wide awake and alert so that we will not lose our cards by not remembering the right word or correct form of the verb. At the end of the term, the person having the most points receives a prize. Whe-n the roll is called. each pupil answers to his Spanish name by giving a Spanish proverb, The beginning classes are always ex- L4 I Llc.4..1lL..L.J-LLL LLL!-L1 1.1