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

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HOME ROOM FORTY-'FOUR This is a home room for A7 boys. The room is organized, with president and other officers. Recently, the organization has under- taken a plan for self-government in which every boy takes part. Under the president, Vernon Rose, are four leaders, chosen for citizenship qualities. Each leader is in charge of one-fourth of the class and checks up on the progress of each boy in his squad for two weeks. After this time, in each squad a new leadier is selected, the former one taking his place again in the same group. The following boys have already given fine service as leaders: Robert Christy, Ellis Crandle, Luke Latine, Alfred Licalsi, Delmas Loupe, Henry Parry, Portland Taylor, and Mack Witherspoon. These boys do what they can to influence the other boys in order that each may prepare himself for future lead- ership. The boys, of course, are interested in athletics and are on teams be- longing to the Bush League. Vernon Rose's team holds first place. In running, Murphy Guidry and Delmas Loupe do good work, the former is one of the best in the entire A7 class. There is some artistic talent in the class. Thomas Fabregat and Victor Bruno, inseparable pals, play in the McKinley Orchestra. Delmas Loupe and Vo1'die Harrison play several musical instruments. Dave Graham is a clever cartoonist, and Robert Christy is interested in clay mod-eling. Recently, when the A7's voted for nominees for new members of the Board of Control, the boys were pleased to note that three of the nominees had at one time been members of Home Room 44, and that one of the boys was finally elected.

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1 ... HOME ROOM FORTY-SEVEN The officers of Heine Room 47 are: President, Josie Smith, sec- 1'e'ary, Ludell Turnerg Trail reporter, Jennie Parringerg Trail man- ager, Nettie Calabrog season tickets, Santos Lopez. CLASS ROLL A is for Agnes and Alyce, you know. They love everylxorly wh,rever they go. B is for Bessie and Bcity. just so, They are the dearest things that grow. C is for Carmen and candy, so sweet Come on everybody, Oh, boy! let's eat! E is for the girl we call Emogene. G for the one we call Geraldine. I-I is for Helen, a very fine name It was handed down by one of fame. I is for Ida with a large name Had it been small t'would have been just the same. J is for Jennie, our only lionde, Of work or of studies, she is not very fond. J is for Josie, a joker is she She makes up Jok.s, funny as can be. J is also for Jeffersons, two sisters, not twins. , Though Angileeta and Juanita are a combination that wins. L is for Ludell, our secretary so fine. She makes all the tardy on s xzetintu line. M is for Mary, Marge, and Marie, All very dainty as one can see. N is for Nettie, hair black as a crow, She signs for the Trails and finds where they go. P is for Palmer and Pearl, Who could certainly grace the home of an earl, Q is for Queenie, as brave as can be, She tackles any.hing that she can see. R stands for Rose, Rose and Rosie, the three, They are Watts, Navarro, and Governale. S is for Santos, a student devout, She devours everything she finds out about. V is for Velma, the girl of the sea: She watches the fishes drinking their ten. For the rest of the alphabet we have no use, The family is large, but that's no excuse. --Josie Smith.

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HOME ROOM TWENTY . ., Home Room 20 is fitted up for a history class room, and we are very much interested in the pictures and maps used in the history classes. Our home room teacher, Mrs. Erickson, teaches history and citi- zenship, and she has helped all the Af7's to make a creed. We met in the auditorium where we had an opportunity to say what our class should have for an aim. Then we studied other creeds, and each A7 home room decided what it wanted. Mrs. Erickson put the ideas together, and then called a meeting of the presidents of all the home rooms. Mr. Brown and the vice-princi- pals met with us, and they approved of the work of the A7 students- First We determined OU1' goal, and all agreed that it should be Succe.ss . Then we decided upon the qualities that make for Success which may be developed in our school life. One of our home room boys, Gail Stimson, suggested that we draw a picture of steps leading to Success, and write on these sqteps the qualities We need in order to climb to our goal. Two other boys in our room, Julius Mitchell and Halaria Ramas, drew the picture. They have ihe doors to Success open, and a light above 'the doors to guide the A7's to their goal. The light sayfs Education , and rays of light shine down to help A7's understand whalt each step really means. The first step is Obedience to Law. This means there are laws governing our body, mind, and spirit. We want to be obedient to the laws of health, train our minds, and become useful citizens. The light of Education will show us the way, and our first step to- ward Success will be to obey the laws. The other steps we are climb ing are Honesty, Cleanliness, Kindness, Courtesy, Fair-Play, Industry, Thrift, Self Control, Trustworthiness, Loyalty, and Service. When we are older We will probably make a still better creed. -Lucille Smith., A 7.