The San Francisco call. [volume], August 10, 1912, Image 1

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Junior
Section
ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND CALIFORNIA
GIRL PIONEERS LIVE OUT IN THE OPEN
SET UP CAMP FOR
TWO WEEKS' STAY
Plan All Sorts of (Qrood
Times, Including Hikes
and Swimming Parties
I low many boys and girls are
there among - The Junior readers
who arc fond of camping and out
door sports without the opportu
nity of enjoying them ? To all
such girls the announcement made
by the local chapter of the (iirl
Pioneers of America to the effect
that during their two weeks in
camp (this week and next) they
will be glad to welcome newcom
ers into the fold, will come as an
inspiration.
The Girl Pioneers of America is
a national organization, similar to
the Camp Fire Girls, of whose
activities you have read off and
on in the pages of The Junior. The
local chapter is under the direc
tion of Miss Elizabeth Ftiidge,
with headquarters at the
Woman's Outdoor club, Nine
teenth avenue and Sloat boule
vard, and is composed of a merry
band of energetic maidens, who
are making every camping hour
pay its toll of fun.
The San Francisco Girl Pio
neers have chosen as a motto
"mens sana in corpore sani" (a
sound mind in a sound body).
Their uniform is fashioned of the
sensible khaki with brown trim
mings, and is made in the com
fortable middy style. Any girl
between 9 and 16 years of age is
eligible to membership. She may
bring a group of her own friends
with her or she may join one. of
the groups already formed. The
groups are made up of eight girls
with an older girl or mother as
group head, and each of these
groups takes the name of some
prominent pioneer woman. There
is a Betsy Ross group, a Nancy
Hanks group, and so on.
Aside from the joy of sleeping
out in the open, the girls devote
the days to long hikes over the
hills or along the beach, taking
their lunches with them. In the
evening one of their principal di
versions is the making of panoche
over the camp fire. While the
sweet smelling confection cooks
they crouch as near the flames as
possible and either tell stories or
sing songs. Another source of
much fun are their occasional
swimming excursions, and then,
once in a while, just to keep in
touch with a great city, they come
to town and patronize the moving
picture theaters.
The two most beloved members
of the camping aggregation are
the club's mascots, two tiny, un
sophisticated maltese kittens,
whom the girls have named Oscar
and Abie. Oscar and Abie are a
most sociable pair, but Abie, it is
said, has been smitten with the
spirit of the wanderlust and disap
pears for days at a time. In fact
even up to the hour of writing he
has failed to show up after an ab
sence of several days.
The Pioneers will remain in
camp until the eighteenth of the
month, when they will return to
their respective homes to begin
preparations for the opening of
school.
THE San Francisco CALL
SAN FRANCISCO, (A 1... SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912:
ALONZO PREDICTS BUSY SCHOOL YEAR
ALONZO Takes An Aeroplane Jaunt
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URGES JUNIORS TO
MAKE GOOD RECORD
Says Paper Will Follow Up
Past Successes With
Others Equally So
The Junior Call, Third and Mar
ket Streets, San Francisco, Sat
urday, August 10, 1912.
Dear Juniors:
Have you ever noticed how fast
time seems to move in the sum
mer time? It's positively reck
less. I hardly finish writing my
weekly letter to you when it is
time to write another one. I wish
the days were 24 hours long in
stead of 12. Puppy says I ought
to go to Alaska, that the days
there are long enough to suit even
me.
Today I got out my calendar
and began to count time, and
what was my astonishment to find*
that there are only two weeks left
of vacation. That, of course, isn't
news to you ; I've no doubt you've
been counting the hours for some
time past and could tell me to a
nicety just how many are left be
tween now and the opening day of
school. But I'll tell you one thing,
Juniors, even if you do dread to
come back to town and take up
the fall burden of study: Alonzo,
from a p'-.rely selfish standpoint,
will be glad to see you.
Already we are beginning to
plan for the winter routine, and
there is no doubt that many of
you will have the opportunity to
contribute to the Junior's columns
through your school edition. You
know last year, boys and girls,
four of the city's public schools
were- given the opportunity of
editing The Junior, and the way
they took hold of newspaper work
was a joy to behold. The Crocker
Grammar school w r as the first to
pave the way, and under the lead
ership of Professor Marks the
boys and girls accomplished won
ders.
Then came the Grant school
edition. The Grant school, as you
all know, is out in Presidio
Heights, with Miss Shaw as prin
cipal. This school was given less
time for preparation than any one
of the four, but you'd never know
it from the standard they raised.
Then came the Horace Mann
grammar school w r ith its clever
staff of boys and girls, and finally,
last but not least, the Sutro
school. This school included in
its edition an agricultural section
which called forth the unstinted
praise of all who saw it, and its
other departments were equally
good.
So enthusiastic were the boys
and girls over the school editions
that The Junior is planning dur
ing the coming year to visit other
schools which have not as yet had
the chance to show what they can
do. In consequence, it behooves
all of you Juniors to keep up in
your studies, for you can never
tell when your own particular
school will be called on.
However, you have two weeks
of freedom yet, so enjoy it while
you may. I'd like to be with you.
Best wishes from ALONZO.