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

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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

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NEW TAPESTRIES IN MAIN OFFICE Two new tapestries adorn the main office which were brought by Miss Cassidy all the way 'from a little town, Assisi, of central Italy. This town is picturesquely situated on a steep mountain, and is ap- proached by a narrow cobblestone winding road which leads up from the plains. The town has remains of ancient walls and of a Roman aqua- duct. A temple of Minerva forms part of one of its churches. Assisi is the birthplace of St. Francis and the cradle of the Fran- ciscan order. The monastery church of St. Francis, a remarkable edifice of the thirteenth century with one church super-imposed upon another, is adorned with masterpieces of Cima- bue and Giotto. The cathedral is a structure of the llth century. There are about 20 other churches and many monasteries. The crudest of trans- portation is used, and the cobble- stone streets are just wide enough to allow these carts to go through. The peasants of Assisi usually make their living by weaving tapestries. There are also many musicians in the town. It may seem odd to us, but the people never leave the city. The only connection they have with the outside world are the travelers, tour- ists, or maybe people who come there especially to buy some of these re- markable tapestries. 0 0 A Q.. A N0RwEG1AN msucs uoamyo LIBRARY Evelyn Reime has kindly lent the T. S. K. Library an assortment of Norwegian relics, and among these are a purse that belonged to her grandfather Eve generations pastg some coins, showing the pattern of each age 3 and a few very old and beautiful tapestries, Woven stories of Norwegian myths. To get these articles, it was neces- sary to Write to her grandmother in Norway. As soon as Evelyn's grand- mother read the message, she put these relics together and shipped them back to America. Now they lie in the library, open to anyone who wishes to see them. We'd advise you to go there at once. Each and every one has a history of its own and is very interesting. DING A NEW 'ifllN5jrARR KING The new building, which We have all patiently waited for, is at last completed and is certainly worth be- ing proud of. Step by step T. S. K. is going forward. Progress is our watchword. As most of the older students have probably noticed, there is a marked improvement in the ap- pearance of our school compared to the day it first opened its doors to us two years ago. . QP 0 A S. A SA One Hundred Thirty-seven