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

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' 43.1 E. r ' 7, 'le ,E Mp l ig.-Li 'F ... ., -. , , , ,,, . Y , x A A- Q --Wx N HOME AHOOM' ll'WEliITY?SEViENl 1 -f '- -,V-,vi . ...... .--... ...-,.::A,'.,.. ,. ,, ' 7' 71 ,r i This is the Dirigible H. R. 27, McKinley Junior High School. Commander-in-Chief, Miss Johnston. Cliicers on Board: President, Rena Tirag vice-president, Eleanor Jones, secretary, Dorothy Bent- leyg treasurer, Fritz Jacobs, Trail manager, Ralph Becky Trail re- porter, Arnold Breitler. Other passengers on board are: Henry Adams, Dante Bauchiero, Rulon Brook, Sarah Bernal, Mae Dixon, Isadore Cohen, Frank De Witt, Morris Godowitz, Tillie Elzter, Florida Fischbeck, Willie Houze, Paul Lehman, Claudia Johnson, Tilda Johnson, Jeanette Lockhart, Isadore Luckerman, Woodrow Lewis, Leonard Little, James Magnera., Richard Magrina, Floyd Newton, Henry Mead, Zana Shomber, Ger- trude Singerman, Richard Wamsley. A vDestimLtion: High School, September, 1927. Motto: Search, Strive, Succeed. Our honor passengers are: Perfect Attenclamce-Frank De Witt, Woodrow Lewis, Richard Magrina, Tilda Johnson, Florida Fischbeckg SclLolm'ship- Tilda Johnson, Florida Fischbeck. Several of our members are doing extra school service in the Li- brary and Cafeteria. Ralph Beck represents our room and the A8 class on the Board of Control. On our journey we have found time to have a few parties and form a club, which we enjoy. Our dirigible keeps rising higher and higher. We sincerely hope to keep on climbing upward. All of us are trying to help, and do not think We will fall down toward the Land of Failure.-Dorothy Bentley.

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HOME ROOM FIFTY Home Room 50 which has a distinction of being one of the boys' class rooms of McKinley, has made a name for itself in many ways, but it has scored especially high in the track meet. All the boys in the class room who took part carried away some points. Wilbur Triggs tied the school record in 'the '75-yard dash in 8.5 seconds. Willie Mingleton, better known as Ming, of Class Room 50, won the high-jump in the track meet between the B8's and A8's. He jumped 5 feet, 3 inches. He also ran the 50-yard dash in the track meet. THE CLASS ROLL WITH THEIR NICKNAMES - Ernest Allen ..,.,...,,...,...,..,.., Lon Chaney Harry 5Al1en ,........,..................,,., Woozle Edward Armendnrez .... Chu Gum Long Julian Camou ............ ................ ' 'Duck' Raymond Concenia ......... ....., ' 'Jiggsn Willie Daniels ....,...,.. ...... ' 'SmilaX Ernest Esboldt ....... ................., ' 'Turk' Sam Ferrero ...,.... ......., ' 'Truck Horse Joe Fish ....,,....,........... Spaghetti Eater Lorenzo Flennoy .,..,... Adrian Gray .......,. Terry Johnson ....... Alvin Laible .......... .,,........,.... Penrod ....., 4-4 Time ..,.,.. Flivver ,..,. Bnllut n I. J oe Lavorm ............,.. - .....,...,. Sky-rocket' Samuel Le Panten... Eldridge McClendon .... .... Spark Plug' ................... Speedy Willie Mingleton ..,..,...............,,..... Ming Albert Peterson ...,........ Young Dudley William Reid ......,...,.. ....... ' 'Big Giant Manuel Rodriguez ,..,... ........,,.,,, ' 'R0d Sanford Sauls ..,....., Joseph Smith ....... Edgar Stover. ...... Nick Surdo ..........,....... ., George Tabulara .......... Wilbur Triggs... Hiram Brown ........ . .... King Saul' . ...... ..... ' 'J. C.' Y........... Hickey' ..... Saint Nick' ....,....,, Boots' ..,.... Boach' ,...., Brownie' Q

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1 l 1 I r r ,.,, H Mi R O O M' Lwei r, 2 ' The school is a stage and the pupils of Home Room' Nineare' to fbe entertained ith 'ln interesting 'md a varied program. There will be eight. acts as follows' w . . , , I A ACT ONE: Mrf Beesoxf and Mrs. Kayser giving a talk on Civic Problems and flomrfiunitly Life, also 'Mr. Brauer and Mr. Black demonstrati1ig.'che,art of cutting a marc in wo. ACT TWO: Mr. Ritter and Mr. Boston giving lectures on United States History, vsithtmaps to- illustrate. V V ACT THREE: Miss Kading, Miss Blanchard, Miss Averbeck, Mr. I Houston, Mr. Curnutt, and Mr. Ho:-:mer entertaining with gymnastic drillsQ and acrobatic stunts: ' . , ACT FOUR: Mrs. St. John and Miss Johnson working out a cross word puzzle in English grammar. . ACT FIVE.: Mim Craig and Miss Moorman clearing away the mystery of X, 'then unknown quantity. i'l'hcre will. be an- intermission here for refreshments which will be served on the roof garclLrn.M ,A ACT SIX: Mrs. Ne'z directing the chorus of operetta singers, and leading the audience in Silent Study. ACT SEVEN: Miss Wight and Miss Durfy entertaining with Spanish readings and music, and Mrs. Fender helping out the program with jokes from The Trail. ACT EIGHT: Mrs. Wiliams demonstrating the art of sewing, and Mr. Lewis explaining the operation of the linotype machine. - The prozram is 10 be concluded with the singing of The Perfect Day. The audience consists of the following students, who are in charge of their helpful adviser, Mrs. Netz: Tom Banks, Catherine Bouchier, Daniel Cotter, Virginia Bird, Arthur Flatt, Catherine Calloway, David Friedman, Eleanor Conrad, Philip Goldstein, Virginia Chapin, Evan Jenkins, Charlotte Hansen, George Liska, Inger Jensen, Jack Lockhart, Marjorie Jaynes, Maurice McHenry, Hazel Kinder, Howard Owens, Dorothy Kinsey, Sol Pollock, Joe Spera, Rose Kaufman, Louise Leach, Marshall Royal, Martha Luke, George Sokol, Letitia Morgan. Gerald Sollinger, Marie Marvin, Leonard Zeitsoff, Antoinette Marsman. Maurice Weinstein, Adeline Paul, Thomas Redd. Fannie Rothlat, Eleanor Stantiold, Evelyn Rodepouch. Willie Mae Simmons, Esther Smuodin, Clara Tamarin, Beatrice Trapnni, Dorothy Woodrow, Eleanor Wolfe.