Berkeley Hall School - Yearbook (Beverly Hills, CA)

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SHOP IS TOP by Don Vogel Three times a week from 11:30 until 12:15, the Eighth Grade boys meet with Mr. McGee for shop. While we are working on our projects, we usually talk and exchange ideas on our projects. Whenever we try to communicate with each other we have to yell to make ourselves heard over the noise of the electric sanders. When someone shuts off the sanders, the boys who were communicat- ing with their neighbors find them- selves still yelling. This year we have made everything from planters to tables under Mr. McGee's careful supervision. We have also made small boxes with hidden compartments, record cabinets, trivets, tables, and many other things. With such an expert shop instructor as Mr. McGee, the Eighth Grade boys have learned much about wood working this year. LIBRARIES INSPIRE BETTER LITERATURE by Joyce Herman The Eighth Grade had the wonderful privilege of visiting the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. We went under the supervision of Mrs.Dlouhy who was the guest of Mrs. Angelico. This library, which is privately endowed, contains many treasures including a beau tiful and very large Persian rug, some fine pictures, some very beautiful statues, and hundreds of books. Among them we found the smallest book in the world and one which is, perhaps, the largest book. This experience was as educational as it was enjoyable. FRENCHORAMA by Robin Ricketts HParlez-vous francais?H Well our class does. In French this year our class has mastered quite a bit of the basis of the French language. We have conjugated verbs, learned geograph- ical facts, played games, and sung songs in French. One of our classmates, Perry Valantine, who has visited Switzerland, where French is spoken, knows many phrases in French which helps the whole class. Mr. Dishian, our French teacher, stresses the importance of correct pro- SOCIAL LIFE IN THE CLASSROOM by Christine Carlson Something told us in the beginning of the year that our hard work would mrwwmi Mwwemmt Wwwe rewarded by a surprise party for Thanksgiving, planned by the room mothers, Mrs. Kantor and Mrs. Haupt. Before Christmas vacation we had a planned Christmas party in which everyone participated. Todd Culbertson brought several records and provided us with soft Christmas music. Valentine's day brought a planned Valentine party with Todd's background music. Easter came and nothing was planned. In the afternoon we were surprised by an Easter party, planned and presented by our two room mothers. We are very thankful to our two room mothers who have done so much to make our parties successful. DOUBLE PERFORMANCES by Perry Valantine Two assemblies have been performed by the Eighth Grade this year. Each has been given twice. The first one was a news report in which each member of the class reported on happenings in local, domestic, or world news. This was performed once in October and, after getting up to date, again for the Mothers' Club in March. The other program consisted of each class member reciting something on Christmas from Mary Baker Eddy's book What Christmas Means To Me. This was given at an assembly in December and again at the Christmas Formal. ALL FUN AND NOT WORK by Vicki Killough A wonderful day was spent by the Eighth Grade on May 15. In the morning at 10 o'clock our class took off for Roxbury Park. The whole class played baseball and then had a deli- cious lunch of hamburgers, salad, ice cream, and cake. We then played handball and tennis and other games. We then returned to school where we went swimming from 2:30 to 3:30. nunciation. I know our class has profited from his instruction each in his own way.

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HHONES Y IS SPIRITUAL POWERN by Gary Krisel Our class motto was beautifully lettered by Citron, and Charlotte Ferrini, Caryn Stephanie Archer. This verse from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy was submitted by Don Vogel. Every day this verse is demon strated in the Eighth Grade room. We have had six elections. Our presidents have been: Perry Valantin Don Vogel, Todd Culbertson, Gary Krisel, Christine Carlson, and Caryn Citron. Twelve students have had blue cards every grading period this year. They are: Caryn Citron, Perry Valantine, Christine Carlson, Don Vogel, Cindy McMahan, Gary Krisel, Joyce Herman, Martha Sage, Lee Ann McGee, Charlotte Ferrini, and Vicki Killough. Seven- teen out of nineteen students earned blue cards during one grading period. The Eighth Grade has broken all records for perfect attendance this year. By April 21, they had 55 un- challenged consecutive days of perfect attendance at different intervals. THE PAST IN THE PRESENT by Lea McGee There is a great stress on American History in the second year of Junior High. During the first two-thirds of the year the class studies the growth, leaders, and problems solved in the United States from just before the Civil War to the present time. After the study of World War II we were privileged to hear an interest- ing talk from Mr. Citron, who was under General Patton in the war in ei LYRICAL LITERATURE by Cindy McMahan Similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia - these are figures of speech very common in Eighth Grade literature with Mrs. Dlouhy. They have also been used in the three poems we have written this year. Three oral and written book reports have also been completed, and several were in the Book Festival on May l. Our text- book is A World of Events, and we have read such famous stories as HChristmas Carolfu nGreat Stone Face,H and HEvangeline,' throughout the year. ONE MILE JOURNEY THROUGH A MECHANICAL JUNGLE by Caryn Citron As a reward for seventeen hard- earned blue cards, the Eighth Grade went on a field trip in February to the Chevrolet automobile factory in Van Nuys. Thirty-two of us, including the parents who drove and some relatives, had an enjoyable lunch in one of the company cafeterias. We then took a guided tour through the tremendous plant and witnessed the construction of cars on a mass production assembly line. Our guide, who has been working in the plant since it opened in l9M7, told us many interesting facts about the operation of the factory. Before we left, we were given pamphlets about the history of the Chevrolet factory. All-in-all it was a very enjoyable and interesting experience from which we all profited. Europe. From an objective viewpoint he showed the class what it was really like to go through that war. He told how the Americans became closer while they were all working together to win. Mrs. Hall's class studied the Constitution of the United States during the last third of the year and assembled their well-known Constitution notebooks.

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