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

Page 92 text:

'Y TYTTYYYWWVYYYYTTY cited to find that nearly everyone has a name in Spanish, and to hear themselves addressed as Carlos, Juan, Josehna, or Maria. We try to observe the important Spanish Hestas or holidays. On the sixteenth of September we discussed some of the heroic men of Mexico, and the struggles of that country for freedom. The second of May is an important date in Spanish history. In Spanish countries the sixth of January is celebrated by the giving of presents and by Nacimientos, or sets of little clay Hgures representing the, bringing of gifts to the child Jesus by the wise men. There was a Naci- miento or exhibit in one of the Spanish rooms at this time. About once a month we have special lessons which are very i-n- teresting. For example, we take a subject such as Mexico, South America, or Spanish music, and each pupil prepares a report and Gnds pictures or objects of interest to show before the class. Some of the topics presented on Spain were Romantic Spain, Spanish Festi- vals, A Tale of the Alhambra, taken from the books of Washington Irving, and many others. Mr. Halvorsen gave a talk to some of the classes one day. He described his travels in Spain and showed us photographs he had tak- en, as well as many beautiful pictures of the famous buildings, built by the Moors in Granada and Sevilla. The A9 class sent representatives to the Spanish contests in which the stude-nts of the whole city competed. At the first of these James Saputo and Audrey Schultz represented McKinley in a most credit- able manner. ln fact, Miss Wight heard one of the judges compli- ment James on his pronunciation and ask him from what school he came. They were presented with a beautifully illustrated copy of the great Spanish masterpiece, Don Quixote. In the second con- test James brought much honor to our school by ranking first in the city, and Josephine Locke added to this recognition by bringing home second honors. Johanna Ki-ngry, also of our school, received a rating which placed her highest among those given honorable mention. Some of the students working for enriched credit have made books from magazine covers which are colorful and full of action. The class selects one of the these pictures and prepares a talk about it. In these ways, and in many others, in our Spanish classes we are trying to make our work as practical and interesting as possible. We want to learn to speak the language in order to understand the people who speak it, and to be able to be understood if we travel, as manv of us hope to do.-Emma Delsasso and Audrey Schultz. - Y! l L1 1LlzLLll.LLLLLLLL1f1 -AL gl

Page 91 text:

ll' 1 ' +4 , - . 4 P 4 v- ' -4 r 4 P -4 F 4 P 4 r 4 4- -4 -4 ' -1 ' v Y H V -1 F -4 + -4 P -4 V -4 'F 4 V -4 L ' -A

Page 93 text:

'YTYTTYYY1 ffff f TYTYYI ' e ' 'Tf'. P' -A ,iff- RG-' MPQWH: r' J -L I .F Fmcuns q f 'NACIM THINGS WB LIKE TO, .KNOW -SQIBTN -rmvs ,IN , . X-42: . V--J - .v 4l ll1LLll lLA-lilllkl LLL