Thomas Starr King Middle School - Echoes Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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FOUNTAIN IN GIRLS' COURT Plans are completed for a beautiful Mexican tile fountain in the girls' court. lVIrs. Struthers has already requested bids from several tile fac- tories. This colorful fountain will greatly beautify the girls' court. This is the first step toward the beautification program that has been started as this year's project in Thomas Starr King. The fountain is to be built in the middle of the lawn in the girls' court, and it will be covered with purple hanging Wisteria. A sum of money that was appro- priated by the Executive Board for this purpose will be used entirely on the fountain. A faculty committee, of which Miss Keating, Miss Cassidy, and Mrs. McDaniels are members, is to back this project, and was se- lected by the Executive Board at its meeting, Tuesday, October 2. rut comtsr twins Marr The contest sponsored by the Na- tional Flag Association was held at Horace Mann High School last Mon- day, lVIay 6. The subject was, Old Glory's Greatest Glory. Mt. Vernon, Luther Burbank and Thomas Starr King were the schools represented. From T. S. K. there was chosen: Ninette Appel, Hazel Lockhart, Henry Dietz and Morris Abowitz. The contest was very close between Ninette and Hazel, but the points, which were the content of the talk, English expression, answers to the seventy-five questions on the Hag, and finally, delivery, were claimed in favor of Hazel Lockhart by seven- teen points. If Hazel wins in the competition One Hundred Thirty-four YOUTHFUL INVENTOR STHRTS NEW FAD Herbert Hayes, jr., who attended our school last term, is a young in- ventor. He invented an airplane which has no motor and has stayed up in the air two minutes. VVhen he made his first model, it flew so well and created so much interest that all of the boys in the neighbor- hood went glider-crazy. Then Her- bert got a brilliant idea, and as a result of the idea he has a shop in Hollywood turning out hundreds of toy airplanes. His airplane is cover- ing the state of California and the Hawaiian Islands. n BINET PRESIDENT CA I WINS HIGH HONORS On Tuesday of last week, Hazel Lockhart, of Home Room 104, was notihed that her essay was chosen as one of the six best submitted in the Flag Contest being held in this city. Miss Lull, of Horace Mann Junior High School, who has charge of this contest, asked Hazel to learn her essay just as it Was written, and recite it in the final elimination contest, which was held in the auditorium of Hor- ace Mann yesterday afternoon at 3:15. Wheil the Echoes went to press, the outcome was not known, but it may be safely said that Hazel acquitted herself proudly and was an honor to Starr King. with the winners of other local units. she Will receive either a trip to Wasli- ington, D. C., or a trip around the World, which is the first prize. As Hazel goes into the contest with the other units, we Wish her all the success that a school could wish one of its most beloved students.

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ORT5 if f f s Po RTS rillli cmisjgoirrs Miss Curtin's gym classes have started folk dancing for the first ten weeks, while lVIrs. Cole's classes will take it the last ten weeks. This term the folk dances are altogether dif- ferent from last term's dances. Friday, February 25, a monogram meeting was held in the auditorium at which all girls received their much coveted monograms. Girls, get busy and practice for baseball. We are going to have a baseball schedule for this term. VVe expect to have many good teams which are hoping to be winners, The boys' gym is being repaired. In the ofiice the boxes of shoes and gym shirts are being changed around, and there is a carpenter at work re- pairing the old closet in which they were kept. CORREQE GYM Dr. Marcia Podgimhova, working for the Institute of Hygiene, is start- ing the first nutrition and corrective classes in Czecho-Slovakia. Mrs. Zapf, corrective teacher in T. S. K., and Dr. Podgimhova have planned a contest between Mrs. Zapf's classes and Dr. Podgimhova's classes. The girls in the corrective classes are to make big posters of healthful foods, corrective, etc. The girls of Czecho-Slovakia send their best post- ers over here and the corrective girls of T. S. K. are to send their best posters over to Czecho-Slovakia. BOYQOORTS Every Thursday after school the newly organized fencing club meets. lWr. Lober reports 18 boys already enrolled. As yet the boys are rather green, and they have a lot to learn. They are now working on foot- Work, lunging and parrying. Mr. Lober himself is an excellent fencer and the boys all like him for a teacher. The club's oHicers are as follows: President, Myer Wilsoiig vice-presi- dent, Paul Mueller 5 secretary, Carl Waymire. CLOSE COMPETITION FOR llllIVIPlONSHIP The teams that are hoping to win letters are the As who have two teams that are close, Lojero B 9 and Tennant A9. The Bs have two teams: Delattre B9, Wittman A9. The Cs have three teams that are fighting hard for winners: Plummer B8, Demond B8, Starks A8. The Ds have two teams more, Tartaglia BS, and Mori BS. All A, B, C and D teams are fighting hard for letters. Do not let your team lose! Have you done Miss Hannon: your outside reading? No, it's too cold. The girls on both sides are Working very hard. Some very nice posters have come already. One Hundred Thirty-three

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PLANT SALE Boys! does your house and garden need beautification? If so, perhaps Mr. Russel has some of the Very plants you need, at very low prices. He has a good many plants from last year that he is now offering for sale. The proceeds from this will go to- ward the buying of plants that will fit in with this term's plans of beauti- fication for the grounds. HOME ROOM NEWS The B7 boys and girls of Home Room 253 have organized a club which they have called the Inter- national Travel Club. The ofiicers they have chosen are: President, June Holmesg vice-presi- dent, Chester Slaugherg secretary, lVIerlc Noyes. Their club days during the last six weeks have been spent in relating trips that members of the class have made into various states. Now they a1'e going to choose one country each week, and hope by the end of the term that they shall have been around the world. The home room club of 203 gave a musical program on Friday in Miss Hobson's room. Miss Hobson's class and Mrs. Wakeneld were the guests. The program consisted of flute, har- monica, and vocal selections. The life of Beethoven was reviewed by Geraldine Smith. It was very inter- esting and enjoyable. Home room 201 is making a class project in Mrs. Wilsoi1's A room. Every student has chosen his favorite country. An 'outline map is being made by each child. On the center of the map a cartoon or picture will be made to show the peculiar character- istics of that country. When these are finished the class will guess what country each picture represents. Then these will be bound into a volume which will contain various things about all the important countries of the world. DIARY BEING MADE Home Room 253 is going to keep a dairy of our years at Thomas Starr King. In it We will have all the home room activities of the class, from B7 through A9 terms. This diary is being kept by Jack lVIfcGinty, with the help of the class. We know that it will be a great deal of fun to look back and see what we have accomplished in our three years at Thomas Starr King. HOME ROOM CLUB Home Room 102 has organized a club for the benefit of the home room. The dues are ten cents a month, and it all goes for the home room. Last month they collected live cents from each person,,and bought eighteen gold fish. The Hsh are a help to the science class as well as the home 1'oom. Miss Watkiiis plans to use much of the money for the room, and has made many improvements already. HOME ROOM 303 Home room 303 has organized a club called the Globe Trotters. Once eyery two weeks they travel to some foreign country. They discuss literature, art customs, and other sub- jects of foreign life. Songs from these countries are sung by the mem- bers, and other pupils bring articles from the countries they are visiting at this meeting. One Hundred Thirty-five