Continued, the October 1949 Northern Light Vol XI, No. 1, the school newspaper of North Junior..(errors incl.) Page 2 A CHALLENGE Most of us never stop to think how lucky we are to have the privilege of attending a school like North Junior. What is North Junior? North Junior is the student body, and if North is to continue to improve from day to day, it is up to us students to do it. To be sure "we see ourselves as others see us" your editor felt the need of interviewing one who is well acquainted with school life. The perosn chosen was Mrs. Marian Butler, Assistant Superintendent of Waco Public Schools. Mrs. Butler finds North Junior outstanding in that students follow instructions, keep good order in classrooms, leave little trash in the corridors, and best of all show a willingness to cooperate. In order to improve our school she suggests: We refrain from going to lockers during lunch periods. This is unnecessary and inconsiderate. A great deal of noise can be avoided if locker doors are closed quietly; and if we students while waiting for lunch try to keep our voices down. Another seemingly unimportant fault is making so many trips to the office. Let's not go to the office unless our errand is really important. Why not arrange our activities at home so that can avoid borrowing the office phone? We all can be more considerate of others in the library, enter and leave assemblies quietly and quickly and not create disturbance when school is out. Let's all pull together, boys and girls, and remember: 1. Let's try to be quiet between classes, at assembly, at lunch, after school and in the library. 2. Be courteous and considerate of others at all times. 3. Take full advantage of the courses being offered and use the knowledge gained there after school hours as well as during school. 4. Do our best at all times for North Junior is our school. Let's make North Junior the finest school in Waco! THE NORTHERN LIGHT Published monthly during the school year by student of North Junior High School. Editorial Staff Editor: Mary Nancy Darden Managing Editors: Laurine Lockwood and Marian York Sports Editors: Woody McCasland and Donald Garrett. Assistants: Steve Kanzanas and Albert Levy Columnists: Patsy Corely, Torchy Brown, Michael McNamara, Evelyn Bain, Linda Young, Carol Anderson and George Marlow. Reporters: Joyce Beth Davis, Betty Jean Christian, John Commons, Isabel Bolin, Shirley Geiger, Carol McKnight, Bobby Joe McNairy, Jerry McGaughey, Truett Thompson and Linda Zachry. Business Staff Business Managers: David Rumph and Bill Jones Advertising Managers: Hugh Henson and Billy Easley Circulation: Frances Mason, Joyce Kerr, Doris Lehman, Shirley Tarrant, Don Jones, Donald McCune and Al Parsons Principal: Mr. E.D. Johnson Sponsor: Mrs. B.E. Massenburg NEWS BRIEFS Members of the 9A Class have elected the following nominating committee: Skippy Marlow, Rheta Hampton, Schuler Nelson and Virginia Pharr. The Rhythmetts, the girls' quartet, composed of Peggy Holmes, first soprano; Elaine Brown, second soprano; Betty Dove, first alto, and Marion York, second alto, make their first appearance of the season on Wednesday, Oct. 19th at the P. T. A. meeting. They organized last year and won first division in the May contest. New teachers are North are: Mrs. Fred William who is taking Mrs. Jimmy Dixon's place. Mrs. Williams comes from Orange where she taught Science in high school. Mrs. Earle S. Woodall, who has taught in the Dallas and the Kilgore schools is director of physical education. Some of those spending interesting Summers: Mrs. C.H. Collins spent several weeks at Brainard Lake, Colorado. Later Tommy Collins joined her at Colorado Springs. Mrs. Evelyn Hubbard was counsellor at Echo Camp for Girls, Roquette Lake, New York. When the camp closed she attended the Children's Theatre Conference at New York City late in August and early September. SEEN AROUND NORTH As beautiful as the golden, red, green and blending brown leaves of the forest after the first frost are the rich shades of autumn seen flitting and drifting through our halls and classrooms. Dark background colors seem favored by the girls as they choose their cottons this season, leaving the lighter neutrals and bright colors for sweaters and skirts. The boys are coming in for their share of attention in the way of fashion, too. Have you seen those certain 9th grade boys who have been wearing bow ties to school? We like Torchy Brown in her low neck cotton dress. The dark purple with her bright red hair makes a pretty combination. Joan McBride is giving us a new wrinkle in fashion in her red full skirt with inverted pockets, and blue corduroy weskit topping the white tailored blouse. A striking example of unusual color combination is the salmon pink pull-over with deep purple painted-on-flowers in yoke effect topping a dark green shirt as worn by Evelyn Bain. Especially attractive is Ann Thompson in her rust, green and gold corduroy skirt and westkit. Mary Turman's rust and black checked dress is outstanding in smartness. Carol Ann McKnights brown skirt and weskit look quiet charming on her. Kay Youngblood is good to look at in her green and gray cotton. Michael McNamara chooses green too,as a background to black polka dots, which spells "C-L-A-S-S." Susan Friley suggest the square dance in her red and black print cotton with an unusual treatment of stripes near the bottom of the skirt. Accentuating this motif are the cowboy hats worn by Dan Ferguson and Robert Evans. Speaking of cottons-have you seen Sue Laine in her demure blue and black checked cotton? Herschel Dunham is keeping up the family tradition of striking skirts in bright colors. Lynn Koehler fairly glows in her grey corduroy skirt and rosy pink sweater. Pat Golob, Jean Kay Stover, Virginia Pharr and Frances Mason are some unusual treatments of sweaters and skirts this season. Making themselves outstanding as always looking well dressed are Donna Lee and Kathryn Kirksey. _______________________ Bill Jones enjoyed a dip in the Pacific during his tour of fifteen Western States. HAVE YOU MET Shirley Kimble, that charming little brown-haired miss in Miss Scruggs 9 B home-room who recently came to North Jr. from Munich, Germany? The many admiring glances cast in her direction may be caused by her laughing brown eyes and sparkling personality. She spent three years with her family in Germany where her father was conntected with the Occupational Forces. While located in Munich she visited the neighboring countries of France, Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Massenburg, and Czechoclovakia. She is an outdoor girl too and is a fancier of horses. During her stay in Germany she owned a pure-bred Arabian horse from which she parted relunctantly. Her favorite sports from a spectator angle are football and basketball. Being artistically inclined she joing the Arts and Crafts Club. Her favorite subjects are Spanish and English. She is an only child and resides with her parents at 3132 Colcord Avenue. FROM THE EYES OF A PICTURE I am a beautiful picture Of a maiden fair, Of a maden standing in a doorway, The wind blowing through my golden hair. I saw the family's life Go on day by day, I saw sad children and happy ones at play. I saw the mistress Reprove her children, one by one, I saw many a tearful face And many a holiday's fun. I was happy until the day Another picture took my place, And it countenance is now seen instead of my smiling face. Now in the attic I lie, On the attic floor, I shall see the family's faces No more. Someday I hope to have The cobwebs brushed from me, And downstairs be hung, Where I may see the family. By: Carol Anderson and Hugh Henson _________________________________ It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is wehn tomorrow's burden is added to the burdens of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. -G.Macdonald -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope these passages from long ago bring back pleasant memories. I could just imagine the leaves of autumn flitting in and out of the school... and Torchy's purple dress 'neather her red hair. And McNamara's green with black polka dots??, as they say, to each his own. Whoever wrote that was very adept at making one picture what he or she was describing. Wonder if that person went on into journalism? Hmmmm.... And ladies, just what is a 'weskit'? Page 3 of this Northern Light edititon will come thru in a while. I need a rest. Cold pizza awaits. The carpel tunnel isn't bothering me so I am taking advantage of it. 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