Berkeley Hall School - Yearbook (Beverly Hills, CA)

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introduction to the French language. Our study of the Constitution and how it operates today was the basis for beautiful notebooks which were completed at the year's end. We made it! Those small astronauts who began training so many years ago are now HKings of the Campus.H As the leading class of Cape Berkeley Hall in Phase IX, Mrs. O'Connor welcomed us with algebra books and Hlittle sheets of papern for surprise tests. After a long and unsuccessful campaign in the political arena, Cameron Young once again joined our class in training. The delightful Mrs. O kept our last year rolling along with her witty sayings and keen sense of humor. As well as the aforementioned algebra, English, history, and literature were also stressed. We now had a full fifty minute period of the ever-popular Frendh with Mr. Dishian. Most of the boys took drafting from Mr. McGee and Mrs. Richards had the girls in stitches in sewing. Ditch Day, Class Day, the Fashion Show, the Shield Dance, and the Thanksgiving Service added extra interest to this special year. Everyone pitched in and wrote sparkling articles for the Ninth Grade published annual I To rival the girls fashion show, a debate was staged between six of the boys on the then recently signed nuclear test ban treaty. As the last phase of our intensive training program comes to a close we have many happy memories to look back upon. We are nor prepared to start the countdown for our blastoff towards new and uncharted academic adventures. But certainly not to be forgotten are the many vivid recollections we have of our Cape Berkeley Hall experience.

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slowly in the West.H We now entered Project Intermediate and the long-anticipated HBig Campus.H Joining us in our new adventures in Phase IV were Mark Bickerton and David Greenwalt, who had been training at other air bases. Instructress Mrs. Hill taught us the proper forms of good penmanship so that we would write legible reports after our orbital flights. As a diversion from the race for space, we held a contest to see who could read and report on the most books. For the entertainment program we enjoyed a Halloween Party, a Play Day, and singing the HLord's Prayern at Graduation. In Phase V three more prospective astronauts--John Steelesmith, Linda Vogel, and Cameron Young--were greeted by Mrs. Eardley. Our studies were becoming more varied. In Mrs. Richard's art class we made grotesque Halloween masks. For music Mrs. Purtle taught us the art C?D of playing the ukulele. Under Mr. Richard's supervision the boys delved into science and woodwork. American history was emphasized by Mrs. Eardley and towards the end of the year we turned in vocational notebooks. We were now ready for the last portion of Project Intermediate. For Phase VI we took to the Sixth Grade tree house to test our high altitude apparatus. Guy Veloz was reassigned to another air base for a year of special training. Susan DeWindt, Brad Scott, and Carolyn Carnesciali were our new colleagues and Mrs. Henry was our new commanding officer. She stressed higher mathematics such as the division and multiplication of decimals and fractions. Country notebooks for social studies and world globes done in art gave us a background in geography in the event of a forced landing on foreign soil. Mrs. Baker gave the class dancing lessons in preparation for the long-awaited Sixth Grade Invitational. Near the close of this educational year we had the privilege of attending a number of Junior High Assemblies. We now headed for our final project. Phase VII of Project Junior High found Also, Guy rejoined us this year. However like his predecessor John Glenn had left a refresher course in penmanship because Mrs. Warne and Dale Crow awaiting us. we discovered that Cameron Young, us for a political career. We took our orbital reports were becoming illegible again. Social studies was split between American history and world geography. English, arithmetic, science, and art comprised the remainder of our program. Mrs. Dlouhy presented us with a brand new topic--literature. Over the next three years we would be delving into the world of Poe, Irving, Shakespeare, and Homer. This year our flowering social life came into full bloom with fortnightlies, the most outstanding of which are the two formals and the box social, the boys' best bargain. The high point of the year came when, in taking over for a few days, Mrs. 0'Connor, the noted aerodynamical scientist, gave us a demonstration of the proper technique of flying paper gliders. The challenge of hard work and long homework confronted us in Phase VIII. Through Mrs. Hall's strict leadership, we achieved a record twenty-six blue cards twice and earned a field trip to the Van Nuys Chevrolet Plant. Mrs. Hall HLearnedH us excellent English and arithmetic by constant drilling of rules. Learning these necessary rules sometimes meant staying in during athletics. Art, science, and music provided a wonderful program. We discovered our artistic girls had great ingenuity in decorating the auditorium for dances We wonder if Mrs. Richards could have given them any ideas? For science the instructor for our interplanetary expedition, Mr. Richards, took the entire class to the Griffith Park Observatory. Caroling in Beverly Hills and singing in a special assembly under Mrs. Purtle's direction was the highlight of the Christmas Season. A new teacher at the Cape, Mr. Dishian, gave us our first

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SANDBOX SCHOLARS by Julie Stevens and David Greenwalt nPoliteness is to do and say The kindest thing in the kindest way. This is the theme of the Nu where the young children are rsery, taught to show courtesy, obedience, generos- ity, and love toward one another. They learn that giving is m precious than receiving, by b a gift for the glass on their day. This quality is further ore uying birth- develop ed by the bringing of toys to share every morning. These adorable children are under the expert and loving care of Mrs. Owen and Mis: Giles. There is also a new member on the Nursery teaching staff, Mrs. Crandell, who graduated from Berkeley Hall in l95O and whose children are now enrolled in Berkeley Hall. These three set a rapid pace keep up with the tight the busy bees of the in order to schedule of Nursery: 8:15 - 8:20 Gate opens 8:20 - 8:55 Play on porch 8:55 - 9:15 Music 9:15 - 9:25 Assembly 9:25 - 9:UO Juice, toileting 9:MO - lO:3O Free play, constructive art lO:3O-lO:55 Clean-up, books, stories lO:55-ll:l5 Rest on cots with music ll:l5-ll:H5 Lunch ll:M5- 2:30 Nap 2:30 - 2:M5 Put on shoes, comb hair 2:45 - 2:55 Milk and crackers 2:55 - 3:15 Free play 3:15 Bell rings 3:20 Listen to stories while waiting for rides For art the children are given the three basic colors from which they make a rainbow of new colors. They take advantage of nature by singing songs to suit the weather. There are many extra activities to be enjoyed including the making of cranberry relish at Christmas and Easter Baskets at Easter. Also there is an unrehearsed singing program per formed for the Mothers' Club, where the children look at pictures to tell them each song. There are also many things to be learned, such as the tieing of one's shoes. The most important of all is the learning of spiritual Truthsfrom quotations from The Bible, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and other of Mrs. Eddy's works. Although these children are only three to four years of age, the Nursery has given them the ability and the will to help others and live harmoniously with them. These qualities will stay with them all through their lives and they will become better Christian Scientists for lt. l THE UECONU GKAUL by Paul Appleby and Carolyn Carnesciali The Second Grade, under the expert guidance of their helmsman, Mrs. Iwert, is steering its ship toward wider and grander horizons. Because the Carden system is now used, the pupils don't have as much free time allotted to them This consists of arithmetic, spelling, and other basic subjects. Experiments and studies were conducted in such interesting subjects as: l. The making of maple sugar. 2. The migration of birds. 3. A special study of shells Cin which every member of the class parti- cipates by bringing a shellL M. A study of the Monarch butterfly Aside from these interesting studies, the class has a spelling bee every Thursday. If this sounds like painstaking work to you, you will find comfort in the fact that the more advanced stu- dents oan use the new encyclopedias as a form of pleasure.