Sentous Junior High School - Comet Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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el 1 I1 I-. nu-nzilze ' ' I ...RJ--,, 'J for a round-the-world tour cf the past. Said airplane has all the magic qualities of a fairy wishing rug. Its real name is Research. Come with us, friends of the air, on this fascinating trip. Our trusty crew islmade up of Miss Draper, Mrs. McGiff, Miss Reid, Mr. Humm and Miss Thurston. Our passenger list is made up of such well known ienitolrzsltes as Sinclair Lott and other A9, B9, A8 and B8 history s u en s. We're off with a whir of propellers. Our pilot guides us first south from our city of Los Angeles to view the California Indians. We rave gone back through yeais as well as atmosphere to tie Indians who were roaming over this state of ours before the white man came. Weusee tall Indian hunters in the mountains, while in the villages stout Indian women grind seeds for flour in stone hand mills. Gradually we Hnd ourselves among the dashing life of the Span- ish rancho. There is a dark, splendid looking don dressed in velvet and gold smiling at a charming senorita. The coast of the blue Pacific is dotted with Spanish missions cared for by the faithful padres led by Junipero Serra. High in the mountains our pilot stops in a mining town near Sac- iaznento. There, with pick and shovel, hard working men toil to find that precious metal, gold. ffter a bump or so from jolts of air pockets we find ourselves hurrying from a colony in Jamestown and a hasty farewell to John Smith, to Plymouth, where Miles Standish is drilling his small army. Suddenly we find ourselves in a prim, colorful Dutch village on the Hudson. The English clon't permit it to remain long so. Shall we not alight and see what this argument between a group of French and English is about? Oh, it's just been settled, and the French are leaving. But soon we see another argument. The sturdy farmers of the colonies di:agree with England, and George Washing- ton helps settle the disagreement. We are now in the United States of America. Yes, there are thirteen states, and they have just made a fine set of rules to live by, called the Constitution. Yes, there's Thomas Jefferson just wiping his pen and sanding the original draft of said paper. VVe are going so fast now I can't tell you everything, but the number of stars in our flag is now forty-eight, and progress and ad- vance have become the watchwords of the business mad U. S. We now drop the B8 and ,A8 and only those who have reservations in the B9 and A9' history classes will be allowed to continue with us. We'c .2 nge airplanes, for now our trip requires a very strong plane, as time is a ruthless giant and we now go beyond the A. D.'s 3000 years or more. There is the winding, mysterious Nile, lined with palm't.ees '-an1l 'o'n eitherside for a mile or more a stretch of green grass. What is that huge structure that thousands of dark skinned natives are working on? Our pilot tells us this is a huge tomb called a pyramid in which King Khufu expects to reside after the cares of this world are over for him. It covers thirteen acres of ground. But fartl' er along the river we find a beautiful queen ruling her vast empire. Her name is Hatshepsut. The plane speeds over to the fertile Crescent, where we hastily View the accomplishments of a group of Semites. We carry away a memory of admiration for the warlike methods of Sennacherib and Nebuchadnezzar. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR SCHOOL SPIRIT

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.J O ani. 14:22 in 'll of the Pacific, Australia and Africa. The A7's study the United States for the first ten weeks and then they change to occupations. In some of the classes books on occupations are made, and each pupil studies on what he or she would like to be. Each Tuesday the Geography classes have a treat. They see a movie, and then tell what they learned of it in class. There is no substitute for Geography. Radio Station S.S.S.- The Voice of Education Owned and Operated by Sentous Junior High School, Inc. Radio Super Station S.S.S. Mathematics Department The Mathematics department directors-Daily, Reihl, Knight and Campiglia. Radio Station S.S.S., Los Angeles. The Mathematics department will now broadcast its number. The first number on the program will be by Mrs. Daily, director. Mrs. Daily says, Next term we will all have nice new Math books. Let's keep 'em covered with paper! The B7's are carrying on some in- teresting work on the Winton Family. The second number on our program will be directed by Mrs. Reihl. Mrs. Reihl says: I direct B7's, A'7's, B8's, B9's and A9's. The main thing we are trying to do, is to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and do decimals and fractions without making mistakes. The third selection will be given by' Mr. Knight. He says: Well, what do you want me to say? We're all doing the regular work in the regular wayg so don't go, folks, there's more on the program. Last year I had 179 pupils and six failures. This year I have 179 pupils and hope to have no failures at all. The last number on the evening's program, will be by Mr. Campig- lia. He says: My Math classes co-ordinate to a great extent with Mr. Shaffer fSheet Metalj. They made us containers illustrating square and cubic measures. Also models of the metric systems. We also- have a multiplication bee to see who is the best in each class. Then at the end of the term the two champs from each class compete to see who is the champ figurer of all my classes. Last year's champ was Mildred Grayson. Good night, folks ,of radio landg that's ally good night! There is no substitute for Mathematics. Do-me-sol-do. Bertha Fritz, announcing. Radio Station S.S.S.- The Voice of Education Owned and Operated by Sentous Jmrior High School, Inc. Radio Super Station S.S.S. The History Department Radio S.S.S. broadcasting from the Main Studio of Sentous Super Station. The school is broadcasting a demonstration of the work done by the departments of the school. The history department will now come on the air. Good morning. friends. We are introducing a novelty. This is the World Civilization Express Airplane. We depart in a few minutes THERE IS N0 SUBSTITUTE FOR. SCHOOL SPIRIT

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and li :Eli 1:-1 l 1, , nu-umm . 1 IX -' LKl-4-...J Who is this with a well organized postal system rivaling Uncle Sam's'? Those are the Persians, and Darius is responsible for this organization. Leaving Asia, we fly to classical 'Greece and Rome. Greece, wi'h its beautiful Athens, and Rome, with its military Caesars and gladi- atorial combats, must be left now as we return to Sentous. We have made the trip with much speed, but friends, our planes, Modern Re- search and Ancient Research, are at your service. Comewith us as we journey over this tour at leisure during the term when we learn of The days when Tut ank ham on Lived on tuna fish and salmon, In his palace by Nifty, naughty Nile. All the nonedscripts and gentry, Every guardsman and sentry, Looked to him to set the fashion For the styles. We thank you. There is no substitute for history. ' Radio Station S.S.S.- The Voice of Educationud M I Oirnctl and Operatccl by Scntous J-znzior H-igh School, Ivzcl. Radio Super Station S.S.S. S , Art Department H' ' , 'flsjfiirf Swiftly as the waves and easy as a ship the Art ,department-has floated along, carrying in its history the most picturesque scenes of' work during. the last three years. ' ' 'X ' Thanks to the help of Mrs. Ainsworth and Miss Stahmer, our Souvenir Comet has been a success. All the artistic decorations which adorn our book's pages have been drawn by the ninth grade. if The Art department is one of the most interesting departments that Sentouspossesses. and of which Sentous is very-proud. - Perhaps it is -due to the factthat this department can represent nature in all its forms that we admire it the most, afnd also becau-sefwe eijoy thc marvelous work which it teaches us... ...' . . -Q gf.1.a: ,zur-1' ,During this Zyear the Art .department haswbei-in lofi' great-ihfn To Sentousj The ninth grade madeitheb lettering fonigthe Jposter for our Thrift Campaign, the Pageant of Nations poster'f6r-fitlie Music dana t- ment, and also a -very interesting posterffor the'2i'fYSchool Savings. Ac- count. This represents a picture:.o,f:a-Sentousboyldropping his coins into a school savings ibankv -3- -.fnifzi rx' ' ' - ' This and many other interesting activities-:are done by this splen- did department. E Q L. There is no substitute for Art. A X 5l..i First B7: Why don't you send in your jokes to the joke editor of the Comet? D I V H E fifSecond' .B'7': Aw, what's the use ?.f ,Hefllionly laugh at them. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR S-CHOOIQ. SPIRIT' , , J I I