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

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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,

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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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.1i HOME ROOM NINTEEN In February, Spring of 1924, a ship called the S S Eversail sailed from the Grammar Schools to the McKinley Junior High School with pupils then known as seekers Among these pupils were the future McKinleyites. They were divided into different groups, but the group of Class Room Nineteen will be taken up. The commander-in-chief of the group was, and still is, Mrs. Bartlett. The captains were as follows: B7 Term ..........,......,..,..,.... Miss Shepherd B8 Term ...............,..................,. Miss Jones A7 Term. ................................... Miss Jones A8 Term ....,... t ...l..........,........ Miss Denton B9 Term ......,,.................,.......,.,.........,........,............... Miss Blanchard Little is known about the B7 term or Scrub Voyage Year of this group. During the second term or Maiden Voyage Year, the pilot was Julian Sparling. Within that year they took an imaginary trip to the Woodlands of California. During the B8 term or Secondary Voyage Year, Antonio Correa Hawaii was pilot, and they were under a good pilot, for not once did they go on the rocks. That year they were first over the top ' for The Trail. During the A8 term or Superstitious Voyage Year, the group was led under the careful guidance of their pilot, Bessie Riley. She was their pilot for only about half a term when she was swept over- board to anothr group. Assistant-pilot, Harriet Robertson, quickly jumped to the vacant wheel. If she had wavered, she too would have been swept overboard as the group began to sway and to decide on a new pilot: but she succeeded. During the B9 term or Self-guidance Voyage Year, they are under the guidance of a very good and successful pilot, Camillo Zippi. They all know that if they keep their good work up, they will, as they go into into the A9 term or Rulers' Voyage Year, have proved them- selves good McKinleyites.-Antonio C. Correa. '