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

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WELCOME CEREMONY To Any Girl : As a small B7, among hundreds of others, I entered Thomas Starr King. The pleasure of my first days were furthered greatly by the spirit of help- fulness and kindness shown by some girls whom I learned to know as repre- sentatives of the Every Girl Club, which is the home for all girls entering into this school. There seemed to be hundreds of friends in my same predic- ament, but all were taken care of by their big sisters. The most fascinating time of my whole life came upon being welcomed into the Every Girl Club. The ceremony was a simple one, but the heart- felt thought underneath was beautiful to see. Upon becoming a full-fledged member of this club I set about learning all I could about it. I soon found out the purpose, which is to strengthen loyalty and good fellowship among thegirls, to present to them high ideals of character and to have good all around fun together. The officers of our club are nominated by the girls. During the cere- mony of installation I learned- the names of all our oflicers. They are: K Bearer of the Torch Cpresidentj Bearer of the Shield Cvice presidentj Silver Quill CSecretaryj Winged Quill freporterj Golden Key ftreasurerj Forty-six

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INITIATION CEREMONY W Then from each room an honorary girl is selected as a Winged Sandal or messenger and representative for the home room. You cannot have fully imagined, unless the thing has happened to you, my delight in being chosen Winged Sandal for our home room. As B7's we concentrate on Courtesy our goal. As A7's we girls all had two great activities, those being to take charge of the writing and pre- senting of jolly songs for our programs, and the spreading of the spirit of happiness. As the terms rolled by we girls found a joy in working for our different goals. Each year we had two different .activities on which to concentrate. In the B8 we had charge of Service and worked hard to attain the goal set for us by that name. As A8's we had charge of finance and social activities, with our goal as Sportsmanship, Then upon reaching the B9 we had charge of welcoming the B7's, which I can tell you we did with a right ready hand, always remembering our first days. The goal set was Gracious Manners, always needed by girls, and now upon reaching the heights as A9's, we chose and directed the monthly programs with a new goal, Loyalty. Although each year a new goal was set, We started out with always a thought of the attained ones before and those greater yet unattained to come. Betty Jane Robe, 119 Forty-eight