Berkeley Hall School - Yearbook (Beverly Hills, CA)

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THE INDRUSTRIOUS FIFTH Martha Sage Mike Eardley The Fifth Grade this year is doing some very interesting things. The best part of it is,they are enthu- siastically working toward higher goals with the patient guidance of Mrs. McGee. They have fun while they make contests out of book reading, arithmetic, and other subjects. High scores and a democratic system of elections are stressed. Every year the boys and girls make water-color paintings of different birds. To go with these excellent paintings, they write reports on their individual birds. I must say that Mrs. Richards does an expert Job in coaching them in art. After the reports are approved by Mrs. Mc Gee, an assembly is given in which they display the paintings. This has come to be an annual occurrence which everyone enjoys. Walking around the campus about the middle of the year you might hear a conversation such as: UHey, what is that sound?H uOh, that's just the Fifth Grade practicing to become experts on their ukuleles.n Yes, the time of year had come when the Uke is almost as important to a Fifth Grader as an algebra book is to a Ninth Grader. Under the instruc- tion of Mrs. Purtle,the music teacher, the Fifth Graders learn to play such songs as nOh, Susannan and nA1n't She Sweet.H So, if any time you pass by Berkeley Hall and hear a strange little twanging noise, you'll know it's just the talented Fifth Grade on their uku- leles. Annually, they give an assem- bly of Hawaiian dancing accompanied by Ukes. Once you've heard them play, you will never forget it! As we, the glorious Ninth Grade, look back upon those memorable years in the departments of the primary and intermediate, we can appreciate the work and play that the Fifth Grade takes a part in now which equals suc- cess.

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