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

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HOME ROOM FIFTY-TWO Our history starts when we were B7's in the basement of the Com- mercial Building. Here we spent one happy semester. 'n ' ' A . One day after vacation when We were A7's Miss .Hobart, .our Home Room teacher, had a surprise for us. This was that we were to have a room inithe new Science Building. , , Now that we are B8's we are still domiciled in this lovely 1'oo1n, and are proud to say that it is still in fine condition. , Ever sincewe were B7's we have been' an aspiring -class. We have been trying for the Thrift Banner, and now we have itqindefinitely. We have held -first place in spelling and hope 'to keep it. In the English test we ranked third, almost tieing for second place, and in the fu- ture tests we hope to win firstplace. 'In English we have organized a literary club which meets every' Friday. In this club we are privileged to develop our talents for poetry, recitation, and essay writing. -' ' 2 Nor are we lacking in honors. . One of our number, Ramell LaC0uer won a scolarship as an A7, and two others, Seymour Levenburg' and Rose Stone were on the honor roll after ithe first ten weeks as B8's. We' also have an attendance campaign, to maintain our regular at- tendance. The captains of the two sides are Ruby Nelson and Lucille Bergelin. - . 1 Miss Hobart is our science teacher also, and with her help we have organized a club, call-ed The 'Busy Bees. ' 'It meets every other Tuesday. ' ' N u , ' 'In school service and school activities no home room can excel us. Three students work in the attendance office, four in the library, and several boys are printers. ,We are merry, active, and loyal Mcliinleyites, and always hope to be a credit to our SCh0O1.f-Fll7171.fU Symssnr. ' Lx . -- t' Q.

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HOME ROOM FIFTY-NINE U-,-J At the beginning of February, 1925, We were all scrubs' Our first home was in ihe Boys' Cafeteria. We didn't mind the tables and chairs, but we all agreed that desks When we were A7's we moved to is where we now live and where we We are now B8's. Some of our ones have taken their places. The well known, but CAN YOU FEATURE Floretta Ackroyd not being good? Georgine Hjermstad being' noisy? Helen Bradt being present every day? Bertha Kanaris eating in class? Dora Konders bumping her head on the ceiling? Betty Luschcn not being in the Glee Club? Helen Mikkelson not being neat? Rubie Minor being afraid of anyone? Ethel Podersky being sad? Goldy Rubin not laughing? Thelma Sanders not singing? Christine Schulte weighing a ton? Dorothy Sutton not talking in science? Mary Troy forgetting to talk? Clarise Williams not playing ball? Autie Kline liking Oral English? Benny Lihizer without a grin? would ,be more convenient. our home room which is 59. This wish to continue living. old students have left, and new members of our home room are Lucille Tenorio sewing a dress with- out a mistake? Herbert Crouse tall? Wm. Feltes short? Floren Fowler getting an E in science? Theodore Humerich not enjoying life? Dunbar Hunt not liking arithmetic? Oswald Hylton getting E in English? Joe Loustaunan silly? Thomas Mancini chewing gum? Benjamin Siminoff not giving a good Oral English report? Isadore Stein not interested in printing? William Strauss not liking science? Rollo Verbaum cross? Earl Jarret penny? Leroy Child singing in class? Leland Angier very wise? --Goldie Rubin

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HOME ROOM FORTY-ONE One might ihink that the history of Room 41 is the same as that of any other class room in McKinley. Of course, when we came to McKinley in the winter of 1925. we were greeted with sticks and straps as were all other scrubs. We went through that usual experiencejn the auditorium when we were assigned to our home rooms. Then we went wandering around like lost sheep for a day or so. After a year and a half in McKinley, however, we begin to feel ourselves not just an ordinary class room, but one that can really do things in a way all our own. We have organized a club, with the following officers: President, Cecelia Vander- boschg vice-prtsizlent, Joe Domenico: secretary, Charles Jablonslcy: treasurer, Gladys Henderson: Trail reponer, Albert Faulkner. also have a jury that tries any prob.em in had conduct that comes up in the class room. We hold our meetings on Friday of each week, and we always enjoy a good prcgram, games connected with our school work, or something that makes us proud of our club. The imporlant events oi' this year have been a Hallowe'en party, a Christmas party, and a picnic in South Park. All of these parties have been real successes. and have added much io the enjoyment of our school life at McKinley. One of our chief aims is to create in our classroom a spirit of eo-operation with our teachers and of pride lor our school. In order to do this we know that we must keep up our grades to the best of our ability, and must try in every way we can to make ourselves better citizens of McKinley. We admit that we have much room for improvement yet, as is probably true in most class rooms, but we hope by the time we are A9's to leave McKinley with fiying co ors and a standing that will rank us as one of the best rooms in the school.- Gladys Henderssn, Sidney Butow.