Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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Goodbye

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THAT’S THE WAY WILLARD CRUMBLES! Yeah, you read the title right! Willard is being cruelly demolished next year, because it is not earthquake proof. We are the last to see it aUve and kicking. And I mean kicking. Willard has seen an unbeliev- able number of principles, teachers, students dog paddle in and out in the great swimming pool of life. So, good-bye old pal. See you in the great court yard in the sky. By: Dawn Hoggatt Willard Junior High was built around 1912. So far it is still standing. But not for long. It will soon be nothing but wood and stones to be carted off. So on your way out the gates this June of 1975, take one last look at Willard. By: Ann O ' Sullivan WILLARD JR. HIGH ' S LAST STAND . . . For both seventh and eighth grade students, this is oxir last year here at Willard, and we are the LAST ONES to leave this school. Next year, the seventh grade students will have to make do with what they ' ve got, and hang in there with the few buildings that will remain standing. As always, the eighth grade students will have to move on, to meet their new destination (as many have done through the years) for the last time. Who knows what ' s in for next year ? ? ? ? Nobody knows, but we ' ll soon find out! The reason for this unusual event, is to make our school built-up , in-shape, but most of all. . . EARTHQUAKE PROOF! ! ! gy. Bridget Bendich

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The year 1974-5 is the 59th anniversary of Willard Junior High School and will most likely become somewhat of a milestone in the history of our school. The majority of our classrooms are being considered for replacement, or rehabilitation, under the earthquake safety provisions of the Field Act of 1933. Thirty-one classrooms in the ”H and L Buildings are imder consideration at this time. Therefore, the graduating class of 1975 may be remembered as the last class to be housed in these classrooms. We have had another very good year together; a year in which we have attempted to accomplish something extra to make things a little better for everyone on the campus. This may be remembered as the year of the homeroom showdown , or rebellion. It has been a relatively quiet rebellion so far as students are concerned, but more noticeable through expressed staff concerns. The years ahead will find us continuing to press oxir efforts to provide activities and experiences designed to stimulate young people to develop constructive attitudes toward each other and to cope with the social and academic realities of the world in which they find themselves. if you treat a person as he is, he will stay as he is, but if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be, and could be, he will become that bigger and better person. Best wishes for a most happy and rewarding future. 4