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

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HOME ROOM THIRTY-NINE We, the studenls of Home Room 39 are proud to say that in al- most every activity going on in McKinley, at least one represents our class. We hope that we are not being unreasonably proud when we say that the only two A8 pupils who received scholarship pins last term are in our class. They are Eunice Muller and John Brewer. Those who earned scholarship certificates a1'e Cora Cirino, Harold Lew,s, Josephine Sirianni, and Josephine Poletto. We are also hon- ored by a Board of Control member, William Alvarado. Among our talented pupils we are not lacking in poets. Kathleen Clegg and Eunice Muller are especially gifted in this direciion. Eunice Muller has given many of her beautiful poems over the radio and has many times delighted our Friday Club with her poetry. Those in our class who helped to make the operetta a sglccess are Benito Gimeniz, Jack Gageby, William Alvarado, Evelyn Halbert, Lilly Pilcher, and Eunice Muller. Last but not least we sing praises of the talented song birds in our room who are in the Glee Clubs. They are as follows: Eunice Muller, Lillie Pilcher, Evelyn Halbert, and Jack Gageby. We also have a violinist of much ability who plays in the Orchestra. She is Josephine Sirianni. The1'e are others that we could mention who have contributed something to the credit of our class, but we have not space enough to do them justice. Among other hon- ors we are tied for second place in the Grammar placement test and we are striving to come to 'the op next time. Many of the interesting articles and poems which appear in The Trail have been written by some loyal student in our class. We hope when this is read, we willl be excused for our pride. We are one big family with Miss Green at the head and we all co-operate with one purpose in view, of being good and loyal citizens of McKinley, ever trying to Seek the Heights. -Beatrice G7'DSS77Lf!.71.

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HOME ROOM SIXTEEN Give to the world the best that you have and the best will come back to you. This motto of Edward Bokis, the poor Dutch boy, who made good through sheer hard work, is also the motto of the B9's of Home Room 16, who hope to carry it with them through their en- tire school career and out into the world, and there, some day to at- tain success through its application. The members of this home room feel that under the patient guidance of Miss Adler, they have already achieved uccess on a small scale, being represented in the Boys' and Girls' Glee Club, Orchestra, Traffic forces, Book Store and Cafe- teria. Then, too, we are the proud possessors of some of the best scholarship students in the B9 class, among them, Carolyn Farring- ton, who has received citizenship-scholarhip pins three terms out of four. Nothing can succeed without organization, however, so we have formed a club in our home room and have chosen as president, Robert Schreckg as treasurer, Erma Neville, who Because of her ability and competency in that line has held the same office since her entrance to McKinley, and as Trail reporter, Jerry Fries. Through co-operation with our class advisers and our classmates, we hope and work to make our success increase as time goes on and become a loyal, democratic home room with high honors, high ideals, and good scholarship.- Florence Vcmna. -

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. . HOME ROOM FORTY-EIGHT THE WILLIAMS FAMILY IN McKINLEY TOWN Walking along the boulevard in McKinley Town, I came upon the beautifu-I home of the Willliams family. They resided at No. 48 Science Bldg., McKinley. This remarkable family proved to be most interesting for the members were organized into a club with Burroughs Coiiin as president: Damon Daniel, vice-president: Adolph Weninger, treasurerg Helen Allan, secretary: and Lillie Cooperman, Trail re- porter. For the purpose of self-improvement the Williams family used a conduct chart. Each member was marked daily, according to his behavior. Some were proud of their record, but some were ashamed to have anyone look at theirs. All in the Williams family are not perfect, but Mrs. Williams is a good mother and hopes to reform them all. Some of the children in this family are very ambitious: there are to be his- tory professors, doctors, nurses, and stenographers galore. The appearance of the Willliams home was an important thing in the life of the Williamites. They had pretty pictures on the walls, and all were instructed to keep the house as neat: as possible. With so many children in the family and so much sewing to do, it was surprising how neat the house was kept. The family is large because there are so many first and second cousins living in this big home. They all live together happily and in harmony, each striving to make the most of himself, and to help the other members of the family. In this way they are bound to be a credit to themselves and to their eomrnuntiy. Just at this point, a bell roused me to the realization that it was time to pass to the next class, and to my astonishment, I found I had been dreaming about Home Room 48.-Dorothy Kinch and Louise Gonzales,