Berkeley Hall School - Yearbook (Beverly Hills, CA)

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VVhat Berkeley Hall Means To Me By CHRISTINE DOWNEY There is no possible way to measure my love of Berkeley Hall. If there were, I would measure it as a ruler, each inch having special qualities and significance. The first inch represents the daily morning assemblies. A member of the class reads an article from one of the periodicals or a section of the lesson from the Quarterly. Questions are then asked. These answers help to increase our understanding and give us a basis for the day's activities. The second inch indicates the teacher's loving care of each individual. She encourages us and pushes us on, stopping at nothing less than perfection. The third inch represents the unity of our class as a whole. Each member has always pitched in to help another no matter what the problem may be. Perhaps it's algebra, or maybe giving each other confidence and moral support in sports. The fourth inch is for the beauty of the campus treasured by all in Berkeley Hall. Stay off the grass month may seem a little silly, but actually, when you stop to think about it, it is helping to beautify our campus. The main point is that there are no ropes or posts to keep us off. We all co-operate willingly because we want our lawn to be lovely. The fifth inch stands for the extra little advantages we have. From the fourth through the sixth grades we had Play Day, the Halloween party, the Sixth Grade Invitational dance. In the Seventh Grade we were part of the fortnightlies. These gave us poise. Too, we found practical the social graces we had learned in our dancing course a year earlier under Mrs. Baker. The sixth inch stands for athletics. Each girl participates in electing a captain for her team. We share the joys of winning as well as learning to be a good loser. Most of us learned the true meaning of good sportsmanship. The seventh inch is for my appreciation of music, shown to me by Mrs. Purtle. She taught us music all the way back to the Kindergarten. Every Christmas she presents the Primary, Intermediate, and Junior High School programs. The Fourth Grade gives a musical play directed by Mrs. Purtle. At graduation she rehearses with the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades on the Lord's Prayer, the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth on individual songs. The eighth inch represents our scholastic standards. We found that budgeting our time, completing each daily assignment and striving to do better were necessary requisites. Always along with hard work we had fun. The ninth inch represents good citizenship. One outstanding feature is that all our activities teach us to be good citizens, respecting one another's feelings and shouldering our own responsibility. The tenth inch is learning to live by Christian Science every moment and demonstrate our God-given and unlimited abilities. The eleventh inch indicates all my friends at Berkeley Hall, not only in my own class but throughout the school. I love each one for his own special qualities. My last inch is for my deep love of the Ninth Grade, which has been my favorite year. Being in Shield Hall is a great honor. I have looked forward to this since my hrst day in the Fourth Grade. It is an honor to work on and be a part of the Shield, Annual, Thanksgiving Service, Class Day, and each last activity until graduation. This has truly been a wonderful and enriching experience, one which I will never forget. Future Broadway Stars By CAROLYN SAGE AND GAIL OsHERENKo On the morning of March 8, 1962, the Ninth Grade took us back to the Sixteenth Century by giving a presentation of Shake- speare's immortal comedy, As You Like It . Our stage, as in Shakespeare's time, was decorated very simply with several potted plants and greenery giving a forest-like effect. Our costumes were also very appropriate. We are grateful to Mrs. Richards for helping with our scenery, and our special thanks to the Eighth Grade for making the artistic programs. As a prologue to the play Gail Osherenko read a paper on the Shakespearean theater. jane Grimbleby and Anne Moore were the narrators. Under the expert and helpful direction of Mrs. Dlouhy, the entire class performed excellently and with ease. Carol DeXVindt as Rosalind and Chris Brix as Orlando were superb. Other characters were: g . , Celia - Christine Downey V. t M ' I Oliver - Kent Attridge 7 57-5 J' Duke Frederick - Barry Greenslate Ag Banished Duke - Mike Day fa ,V I Silvius - Bill cox alt ,E N Q iw Phebe - Carolyn Sage -l X I Audrey - Gail Osherenko I' I Touchstone - Don Krieger H I I Jaques - Larry Sansone wi .gf Adam - jane Pesante Scribe -- Craig Minear Each member of the class did his part in making this play a success. We openly challenge the Ninth Grades of the future to top the magnihcent performance of the Class of l962 ! Day Dream Come True By BILL Cox just think of it! One entire regular schoolday free of teachers, classrooms, and schoolwork. What a dream! But this dream came true on Friday, May ll, when the Ninth Grade gleefully ditched their studies and took off for Disneyland. Three mothers, Mrs. Osherenko, Mrs. Fisher, and Mrs. At- tridge assisted in the escape by depositing loads of elated Ninth Graders at the Disneyland entrance. Later they joined the frolick- ing group and added much to its merriment. All the famous attractions received the once-over for was it the 19-overj from our group of fun lovers. Before embarking on our grand excursion, Mrs. O'Connor assured us that she was just as staunch as we and that she could accompany us on any ride we chose. Our choice was the Matter- horn Bobsleds. But having a well-balanced center of gravity, Mrs. O'Connor took every curve and dip in stride and laughed throughout the entire ride. Upon leaving Disneyland that afternoon at 2:15, Mrs. O'Con- nor was presented with two awards showing that she had entered our organization of experienced Ditchers. One was a pretty purple hat with a pink plume. It was inscribed with the motto THINK and is now used as a dunce cap for Ninth Graders who havenit finished their homework. The other award was a paddle made from a Board of Education. Mrs. O'Connor immediately administered this object on each member of our class. Finally we escapees were rounded up and brought back to Berkeley Hall wholly satisfied with our achievement--Ditch Day. Thus the dream of the Class of '62 came true. We offer this advice to our subjects, Never stop dreamingfi - The Reason Season A Book Shnook - What the little acorn said when he grew up. Week during finals Egghead - Geometry

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1962 My experience at Berkeley Hall has been like an ocean voyage around the world. Our ship, the U.S.S. Three-Year-Old Nursery, captained by Mrs. Owens, started with only four passengers: Anne Archer, Anne Moore, Gail Osherenko, and Craig Minear. On deck, they enjoyed such occupations as painting and building with blocks. Their voyage wasn't too long before the ship came to dock. They disembarked and boarded their next ship, the U.S.S. Four-Year-Old Nursery. Our four travelers were joined by Larry Sansone and Bill Cox. The ship was now captained by Miss Giles and Mrs. Winkler. Here we enjoyed such exciting deck sports as tricycle riding, painting, and now cutting out paper figures. The voyage was over all too soon and we found ourselves again coming to dock. We now boarded the brand-new U.S.S. Kindergarten. Here our journeys were joined by jane Grimbleby and Mike Day. On this new ship we enjoyed such new sports as: building with giant new building blocks, playing on a tot-sized stagecoach, driving a big, red fire engine, riding tricycles, and painting pictures. Also we learned how to spell Our next voyage was to be a long one. We sailed through the Campus Canal, and docked on the strange, new Primary Sea. We boarded the U.S.S. First Grade captained by Mrs. Lyons and Miss Horner. We were joined by Chris Brix. On this ship we discovered two new pastimes, reading about Dick and jane and learning to count to one hundred. Soon we were on our way again in the U.S.S. Second Grade which had a beautiful new pool. On the ship we found we had duties as well as pleasures to occupy our time. We studied ad- dition, subtraction, multiplication, and handwriting. Our captain, Mrs. Iwert, also taught us about shells, fossils, and dinosaurs. After studying dinosaurs, we astounded, Sir Nelson, the admiral of the fleet, with such names as Diplodocus, Brontosauras, and Pleaseosaur. Before we knew it, we found ourselves again disembarked. When we saw our next ship, the U.S.S. Third Grade, we were almost terrified by the immensity of it, for it was truly the largest ship we'd ever seen. .This year, we were introduced to a new concept, hard work. Under the strict but kind supervision of Mrs. Davis, we discovered the mysteries of advanced multi- plication, division, and harder reading. We're now on our last leg of the voyage through the Primary Sea and are nearing the Intermediate Ocean. This was another adventure, opening up new vistas of Hallow- een parties and Annual Play Days. Our skipper on the good ship Fourth Grade was Mrs. Thomas who started things with a bang until the theater gave a strong call, and Mrs. Hill took over the helm. Erin Jurow, Jayne Pesante, and Christine Downey joined this adventure. Our first Halloween party aboard ship was quite an event. I think there were five Elvis Presleys that year. The winner, Elvis with a classmate dressed as a hound-dog tagging behind. And-oh yes! there was something new along the study line-HOMEWORK-we weren't aware when Mrs. Thomas introduced us to it, of what a constant companion it would be through the coming years. Mrs. Hill also had an intro- duction to make-our first real penmanship. Somehow the transfer to the S.S. Fifth Grade went smoothly. Miss Mallon was our new Captain. We spent much time along the way studying the American Indian. The Halloween party was still an event with lots of wear and tear on the parents. Through a great effort of my land pilot, I was made convincing as an African native and captured our class prize. We also practiced folk dancing to present for our Annual Play Day. We were now ready to start the final stage of our voyage on the Intermediate Ocean. Mrs. Henry, Skipper of the Sixth Grade, piloted us through ancient history and decimals. We visited many foreign lands through our team notebooks on various foreign countries. Gina Killough and Don Krieger joined us in our first adventure in dancing. Mrs. Baker was our expert instructor. Capable as she was, we felt like we had two left feet when we were honored by the junior High group at the Sixth Grade Invitational. As we were looking forward to exploring the mysteries of the Junior High Seas, Kent Attridge left our ship to embark for New York. After docking and picking up three new passengers, Melody Paxton, Carolyn Sage and Barry Greenslate, we prepared to board the U.S.S. Seventh. We were welcomed aboard by Miss Keppel who had us keep notebooks of our literature and English and helped us at the start to perfect and beautify our penmanship. We were greatly saddened when our skipper left our helm to sail other seas, but were fortunate when Mrs. Stimson came along to gently but firmly guide us the rest of the way. Our social life took on new importance with the fortnightlies. White coats and fluffy party dresses gave us a very grown up feeling at the Christmas Formal. As we came in view of the dock, we knew that the S.S. Eighth Grade would take us to the hardest work we'd ha.ve on our voyage so far. Our Captain, Mrs. Hall, welcomed us and a new passenger, Carol De Windt. On this cruise we studied American history, computed square roots, and made notebooks on the ever popular Constitution. We felt more at home at the fortnightlies and Christmastime had the special privilege of caroling to the residents on shore as we sailed by. A little past mid-voyage one of our shipmates, Craig Minear, fell overboard. As we approached the dock ready to transfer to the S.S. Ninth Grade, we found Craig, who had been rescued, waiting to join us. We started on the final phase of our voyage with a somewhat solemn feeling. But, soon, under the capable but jolly guidance of our new skipper, Mrs. O'Connor, we discovered that we could have fun while learning. We were hosts and hostesses of the fortnightlies, made the class Shield, and compiled the class an- nual. Of course, we spent all the year playing with that delightful subject Algebra! It is with great reluctance that we anticipate our final docking and the end of our long-to-be-remembered voyage through Berkeley Hall. Boys' Athletics BY CHRISTOPER BRIX When the junior High boys returned from summer vaca- tion, they were met by the new coach, Howard Mitchell from Principia. We started the year with Hag football, and ugh, calisthenics. Four teams were chosen, and at the season's end the Whites, headed by Christopher Brix was the winning team. The scene then changed to soccer. The teams headed by William Cox and Kent Bilsborrow tied. When basketball season rolled around Kent Attridge led the Blues to a sweeping victory. The time finally came for America's national sport, baseball. The Blues captained by William Cox were victorious. Blues Versus Whites By GINA KILLOUGH This year's rivalry between the Blues and the Whites has been one of the closest. The wonderful, colossal Whites have won volleyball twice while the inferior Blues have won both basket- ball and speedball. The marvelous W'hite captain, Anne Archer, and the Blue captain, Carol DeWindt, have both spurred their teammates on to victory. Mrs. Jeffries has patiently taught the girls good sportmanship and teamwork, while the Ninth Graders have attempted to learn lifesaving under Miss Letts' expert guidance. 7