Berkeley Hall School - Yearbook (Beverly Hills, CA)

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fields. Tulips in profusion stole the show! We dis- SEVENTH GRADE LITERATURE Gregg Martin and Leonard Van de Wege The Seventh Grade has made many new friends this year among the Who's Who. We have been introduced to Jack London and his Call of the Wild , Rudyard Kipling with stories from Indio, Pearl Buck with her Oriental locale, Charles Dickens from England, besides Robert Browning, Robert L. Stevenson, Mark Twain, and Ernest Seaten. Our concentrated two-week study of the Essay gave us Emerson, Montaigne, Bacon, and Washington Irving, But our newest friend is Mr. Neil Millar, with whom we correspond. He is a writer of essays and wonderful fables for the Christian Science Monitor. A WONDERFUL DAY Mike Lambert I looked at the sky, lt was blue, not gray, And I said to myself, What a wonderful dayl l saw bright birds High in a tree, Singing a song Quite happily. This proves to all Even birds can say They're grateful and glad On a wonderful clay! A REAL PRIVILEGE Tami Saunders and Mike Lambert OUR CAFETERIA Mark McMahon Now our cafe, so new and neat, Convinces us it's hard to beat. They painted the walls and lowered th lt's really grand and that's no spoof! So now l'd be chuck full of shame If our Cafe doesnt get rich with fame! e roof, Mrs. Ruth Drake The Seventh Grade began the fall term with a field trip to the modern and beautiful Beverly Hills Public Library, When we arrived it seemed as if the library was asleep, The fountains were still, and little if any motion could be seen inside. At eight o'clock the library awakened. Fountains rip- pled and danced in wild glee! Doors opened. Fig- ures were moving about. ln we went! The interior of the library was even more ex- quisite than the outside. lt was serene, and it seemed as if we were completely isolated from the near-by hub-bub of the encircling city. Mrs. Zwei- bach, the librarian, sparkled with enthusiasm as she guided us about, telling us how to locate books. We were shown a row of shelves filled with ref- erence books donated by the Kiwanis Club. She demonstrated earphones to be used by students lis- tening to fine records. She explained the history and value of the Newbery Awards and the Calde- cott Medal. We were pleased to see that I, Juan De Poreia, which won the Newbery in 'I966 is a book our Junior High Library has recently acquired. Two theaters, one for the very young and one for adults, intrigued us. But now Time, that old demon, intruded. The new yellow bus stood at attention. Back to Ber- keley Hall with happy memories. FORTUNE CAME OUR WAY Who has been lending a big hand with the Seventh Grade? lt's Mrs. Drake, Though born in La- conia, New Hampshire, she has decided California is the place to live. Mrs. Drake attended Bates College in Maine, then transferred to Principia where she received her degree in mathematics and physics. Her hobbies ore painting, reading, skiing, but her favorite is teaching school, She even had a school of her own in Massachusetts, and was the Director of a new school for Christian Scientists in Torrance. She also taught Seventh and Eighth Grade Math and Science at Wingrock. In T963 Mrs. Drake's two sons were at Berkeley Hall, Dave in Ninth and Jon in Eighth. We are fortunate to have such a qualified math- ematician teaching our Seventh and Eighth Grades' New Math. SEVENTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES Wendy Tryon and Laurie Crow The Seventh Graders have toured Europe this year and our notebooks and heads are chuck full of in- teresting facts. We ietted to the British Isles, and with keen interest viewed Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the Thames lcalled the River of Kingsl, and Shakespeare's country. Then we hopped across the Channel to Romantic France. It is hard to realize that Paris was once a little village on an island in the Seine. The Eiffel Tower seemed like an old friend. We next crossed the border into the Bene- lux Countries, the most densely populated coun- tries in Europe, where we learned about the im- portance of dikes and canals, and visited the flower covered chocolate' shops and agreed that Dutch chocolate won the prize. Now we flew over to Oslo and spent happy days in the Scandinavian Countries, We were spell- bound by the Midnight Sun and fascinated by the colorful Laplanders. The Nobel Prizes are awarded annually in Oslo and Stockholm. Leif Erickson lived here. Scandinavia is similar to our Alaska in loca- tion and climate. Denmark is a crowded, busy, little country. We visited the Little Mermaid, and the model dairy farms. Next we enplaned for Ger- many, a country traversed by the beautiful Rhine and filled with scenery, castle-topped hills, cities of renown yet bruised by the bleak Iron Curtain! ls this the country that once gave us art, music like Brahms Lullaby? Czechoslovakia, a land-locked country about the size of our Tennessee, is the most old-world. Its capital, Prague, was founded I2OO years ago, This is the home-land of Anton Dvorak. Next we ex- plored the Danube countries with Vienna as a cen- ter of interest. Here we gloried in the grandeur of Schoenbrunn Palace, and visited the stables of the famed White Horses. ' We hurried on to Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Russia, China, Japan, India, South- east and Southwest Asia. Each country rich in the arts, the mores, the history of different cultures, each one of which has given generously to our own enrichment, our continuously developing strength. I5

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HOERNER'S HOMESTEAD L . One for the money , . Two for the show . . . Three to make ready . . OPEN ARMS The open gates of Berkeley Hall Welcome those who came to call, Tall, and staunch, and dignified - A noble air is certified. Yet see their arms are open wide They offer passage,- come inside! They give you leave to see the flowers, Come in and spend contended hours, See children young, and teen-age, too, Fitting figures for this happy view. Randy Craft YOU JUST NEVER SNOW WHAT TRIP WE'LL TAKE NEXT Hapoy Birthday to you-Happy Birthday to you-Happy Birthday dear George!-Happy Birth- day to you! Any knowledeable resident of Beverly Hills who heard two buses of students sinqing this song, would immediately realize that Berkeley Hall Jr. High was headed for a fun-filled day in snow country on George Washington's birthday. Most of the clay was spent either throwing or aettinq hit by that foreign white stuff that we see so little of in L.A. One special treat was the locat- ing of a steep snow slide high on the hill. Even though we didn't take slecls so high on the hill as one 9th grader stated, We iust slid down using our ingenuity! Th- memory of this trio will long outlast the final bit of unmelted snow that made it so much fun, . . and four to go! SPRING Spring is Easter, spring is May, Spring is flowers, bright and gay. Sprinq is the stars hovering high, Spring is the wind with a sinfiing sigh. Spring is bright, spring is ioy, Spring is love 'twixt girl and boy. Spring has feeling she expresses Spring Sprhwq is Easter in crisp white dresses. is the season of our Lord WERE GONNA BUILD A WHAT HOUSE? This year the EIGHTH GRADE took on the mon- umental task of building the world's first student- built sod house-an undertaking of strength, pa- tience, and skill. We recruited most of the class for the building crew, The EIGHTH GRADE crew started with high hopes of the mansion to come. Everyone worked feveriously, digging away the sod in tremendous chunks. Sod-sod-sod-and more sod! The sod house was growing right out of the ground! The house was nearing completion when it happened. Rain. It rained day after day. Then it rained some more. We kept awake nights hoping and praying that our house would still stand up until the rain stopped. We now knew how the pioneers must have felt and we recognized many of the hardships that they went through. When the rain finally stopped after an eternity, we ran out to the spot where the sod house had stood. Total disaster. All we have now is pictures, happy memories, and the proud fact that we were first. NEW NUMBERS lRecent Ranksl 8 is lucky 2 have 7 out of 24 as new faces at Berkeley Hall this year. Yes, do you realize that .2916 of the number 'l classZ8, and 4 your in- formation that is greater than V4 of all sacred cows at B.H.! New faces include John Elerding who ioined our class from Walter Reed Jr. High in North Holly- wood, Priscilla Croft who attended Paul Revere Jr. High and Bill Fabian from Robert Fulton Jr. High in Van Nuys. Others are Patty Goodman, Paul Revere Jr. High, Cecelia Holman, who started with Berkeley Hall this year as her first school experience, and Shelley Van De Wege also from Paul Revere. Most recently, during the mid-term, we were ioined by Debbie Willis 'who came to us from Marshall Jr. High in Pasadena. All in all we think the new crew is a mighty fine bunch and we con- gratulate them for their fine taste in selecting a Berkeley Hall education. Who said, Love is mighter than the sword. Priscilla Croft ACADEMIC ADDITIONS lCurriculum Comments! One popular new elective this year is foods, a tasty course taught by Mrs, Richards, The class is even feeling some masculine influence thanks to Grade 8. Junior High boys and girls are gaining three days a week of valuable experience in cook- ing Casseroles, cookies, bread, salads, and other dishes of deliaht. lf you want to become a famous actor, however, instead of a chef, then Drama is the course- tauaht by Mr. Hoerner. Ten members from the Eighth grarle ioined Mrs. McGee in typing, her f-u-n space c-l-a-s-s space dot. Probably the most elite of all electives is Free- hand Sketchina. tau'1ht by Mr. McGee. One and all the electives have really added spice to our curriculum at Berkeley Hall this year. lt's a blizzard! -cries Mr. Hoener as stu dents take revenge on the snow trip. T7 -4