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

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f'?'i+ ME ROOM THIRTY FI l' 'fist' Perseverance, Service, and Loyalty to you, Dear McKinley , is our motto, to which we hold true Vernon, our president, is a fine athlete, The school record in running he easily beat. Charles is our vice-president, and he never does wrong. Dorline is our secretary, in her work she is strong. Cecelia, Trail reporter, is capable and helpful too. These officers are willing and eager to do. Vivian, is quiet, gracious, and fair, Miriam is shy, with dark eyes and black hair. Evelyn Salmon is witty, she's Irish, you know. Evelyn Garver, so demure, sweet smiles doth bestow. Our Ida is studious, and is loyal to right: And Raymond vxorks Algebra with all his might. Our Joe is quiet, but in the high jump, he's a star. Odessa, her record in courtesy will never mar. Zelma, so ambitious. has won our esteem, Willard studies hard, but smiles and roses can bring. Edward likes to sing better than work: Lester is on the traffic, and no duty will shirk. Dollie is modest, and vmrks hard to wing Katie is full of fun, and tries to make us grin. Richard is dependable, and always on time Sam Schwartz. a traffic officer, is faithful and true Herbert thinks deeply, and in his attitude is fine. Sam Kelly is a friend. of which there are few. Beatrice is full of pep, and works with will, Clara, so friendly, finds it hard to keep still. Fred is steady, and works hard on his books. Sarah, efficient, is learning what makes good cooks. Ellouise, though a newcomer, many friends has made Roberta and Rose have left us for the A9 grade. Donald, the last, to his friends is the best. We put him down here to give Raymond a rest.

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.1t HOME ROOM TWENT,Y-NINE Q.. RJ As members of Home Room 29 we have tried to live up to our school motto, Seek the Heights. We have been successful in many things one of which is co-operation with our school and teachers. In trying to better ourselves, we have chosen as our motto, We ourselves the better serve, by serving others best . We are sure that we shall be able to live up to this, under the helpful guidance of Mrs. Rootham, our home room teacher and adviser. The officers of our class are: Harry Bruce, presidentg Marie Dawson, vice-presidentg Lucille Ritter, secretary and treasurerg Bessie Schvarz, Trail reporterg and Velva Giifins, Trail manager. We have two committees,-one on Thrift and one on Courtesy 5 they give reports every Friday, the sixth period. They show us many ways in which to save, and also point out how courtesy always pays. The chairman of the Courtesy committee is Lucille Ritter, and of the Thrift committee the chairman is Harry Bruce. Other members of these com- mittees are Bessie Schvarz, Velva Giffins, Carl Johnson, Helen May, Oriole Theed, and Morris Cohen. Some of our members are singers. Marie Dawson, Barbara Chapp, Oriole Theed, and Marion Kraft are in the Glee Club. As attendance office assistants, Bessie Schvarz, Merlyn Smith, Marian Kraft, Helen May, Rachel Jeruchemsohn, Etta Dunn, and Velva Giffms serve by collecting absence slips from the rooms in the Academic Building. We hope to become a class of A9's that our school will be proud of. Improvement from day to day is our aim.-Helen May and Lucille Ritter.

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.I12rfffL.fVo-1 B i HOME ROOM THIRTY-EIGHT gf NFS.. v- S 7,53 79 . J I We, the B9 group of Home Room 38, were quite small upon our arrival at McKinley. How big the buildings looked to us! Older and wiser pupils told us that elevators were used in some of the buildings and we believed them. Now we see how green we 'must have been. Our home room teacher's name used to be St. John unftil she changed it to Sprenkle to avoid confusion in regard to the lock- ers. Pupils didn't know which Mrs. St. John really had charge of the lockers. Our A7 term proved better than our B7 term because we had learned to be better McKinleyites. One thing we did to make our room more cheerful was to bring pictures from magazines, which we made into posters for decorating our walls. Several other rooms followed our example. Every clay in every way we grew better and better in schol- arship and citizenship. Among other things, we formed a Citizenship Club, which has been the means of many helpful suggestions toward our being better citizens. Our room was honored by having Kenneth Cowles as B8 and A8 representative on the Board of Control, and at the present time many of our members are holding positions of trust in different de- partments throughout the school. Now we are on the home-stretch toward our goal at McKinley. Space will not permit me to tell of the wonderful development of the members of our home room as B9's. The only way to find out about us is to take a peep in Room 38 any sixth period. See for yourself how we delve into books after knowledge. Later on, look us over when we are A9's as the finished product of McKinley.-Mercedes Emzngeline Wright.