Berkeley Hall School - Yearbook (Beverly Hills, CA)

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JUNIOR HIGH SOCIETY Wendy Smith Crunch, Munch, rattle . From where do all these sounds come? Well, even though you'd never believe it, these can be heard at the Ninth Grade Tea. Oh, it's a polite affair all right but you faintly hear noises even though they are often shrouded by gay conversation. This tea has always been a fun affair irr which all Junior High girls and all Junior High mothers participate. The girls learn correct procedures of every facet of a formal tea. As you read this, the tea will already have been held, but presently it's still in the planning stages. Mrs. John Hocker and Mrs. Lionel Krisel are co-chairmen of the event to be held May thirteenth in the Garden Room of the Lovely and elegant Bel Air Hotel. Mrs, Robert Osgood, Mrs. Ellen O'Connor, and Ninth Grade Girls will be in the receiving Line. We have been coached by Mrs. John Fishburn and Mrs, Robert Ricketts. lHope it pays off.l Our sincere thanks to the Past Officers of the Mothers Club, Board of Trustees, and friends of Berkeley Hall for this lovely and meaningful occasion. Mrs. Dorothylea Richards BUSY SCHEDULE Ellen Fishburn, Gale Ricketts, Melinda Clark Mrs. Richards has a tight and busy schedule. The Ninth Grade girls have enioyed her guidance in sewing and have been amazed at her mechanical skill, especially fixing sewing machines. Mrs. Richards is the moving force and director of the Fashion Show, Tomorrow and Today . It will be held in our beautiful patio. The title, itself, explains the theme. Today , being modeling girls outfits made in sewing? Tomorrow , being the modeling of some wayout hippy outfits , like vinyl aand paper dresses, The girls will enter the patio through a brilliant array of mod-mod wayout flowers. These will be made of imitation leather, vinyl, and fake fur. The big- gest and best surprise of all is Elaine Lynn, our commenta- tor. She is nationally known and is giving us this treat. Besides teaching sewing, Mrs. Richards teaches Fourth Grade to make action pictures with movable cardboard figures. The Fifth painted bird pictures, did so well they gave an assembly about birds, World globes is the Sixth project, while Seventh made cut-out forms. The Eighth is learning the four basics of art. Add to these cooking, her elective. This is an interesting and busy schedule but Mrs. Richards has proven she can handle it capably. We i '1- .W Pie V lu Shield Song lTune: Born Freel Think free-as free as the mind knows As free as the thought flows The Time for Thinkers Has Come. Thinker, in his bronze glory: Symbol of thinkers With unrestricted minds. Always let wisdom guide you, Dauntless our minds Always persist in what you pursue. Thinkers-unlimited knowledge With thoughts independent Our opportunity's now. Thinkers-here to inspire. To share thoughts with others, And encourage their own. Light-the spark of progress To new horizons Widening your views. Use your weapons of wisdom ln freedom of action ln everything you do. Now the big moment has come To show you our thinker The Time for Thinkers Has Come.

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Amparan, Carla Brown, Bob Clark, Melinda Clement, Randy Dilfo, Sam Dow, Mike Fishburn, Ellen Hill, Penny Hacker, Dave Marshall, Dave Reeder, Patty Remick, Roger Rickeits, Gale Smith, Wendy Stringfellow, Lynne Wissler, Cindy AQ

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FASHIONABLE FRENCH by Wendy Smith Madame! Your shoes are so darling! Don't you just love your blouse?! Oh, I adore those earrings, Madame! These are just a few of the genuine compliments that will send our French teacher blushing and wiping chalk dust across her nose from nervousness. Mrs. Van De Wege, as you can tell, is definitely a pop- ular teacher. We all agree she's tops-not only as une maitress de la France, but also as a superb dresser. By the end of a forty-five minute French class, Madame will end up literally chalk covered because of us frustrating students. With our new French teacher and new French book, we've had to struggle. Pronouns, so difficult, and past tenses of verbs, as well as terrorizing tests and homework have been given to us. All through this work, we've had dialogues. Some of these, like the ones about fashions, are often quite out-dated and we all, including Madame, have enough of these. Mrs. Van De Wege is always sweet andu stylish though she maintains order. We have learned much this year and are grateful for Madame's help. So, until we meet again, 'iAu Revoir. FINALS by Gale Ricketts Well, the finals are over,-completely over! Now, we can relax a little, and maybe get to bed at a decent hour. Dressing up, arriving at school at the stroke of ten, and leaving at three sharp gave one a feeling of importance. But having to study hours into the night took away some of the glow. These are all part of the tradition followed at Berkeley Hall. Sitting at our desks for two hours, writing, thinking, and more writing was torment but even so, the time passed quickly. Those who finished early could walk around the oval, showing they were kings of the campus, though some studied for the next exam as they strolled. Then there were thoce who knew it all, and played basketball. Anyway, we all survived the finals after much studying for algebra, science, history, French, and English. Friday noon we were ecstatic! Finals were finally over! UTERATURE Ninth Grade Our course has covered writers of many countries and many eras hence we have witnessed characters of different cultures playing their parts upon the worlcfs stage. Many points of view widen our mental periphery and offer higher goals. We started with Maupassant with his masterpieces. This study gave us strong guidlines for evaluating the short story. Stephen Vincent Benet gave us ci strong warning clothed in compelling language and leaving us with much fuel for contemplation. Maugham evaluates goodness-iust goodness for us. irving Stone, the master of the biographical novel, makes history alive. Shakespeare and Homer take us from Arden Woods through outer space, returning by way of London and Rome. Our mental luggage shows no wear yet replete with rich rewarding experiences. Literature is the best Travel Agentl Mrs. Ruth Dlouhy P' W-'tL.,,. ., .. 4. Mrs. Arlene Van De Wege ARE woon FIBERS REALLY A POLYMER? by Patty Reeder If you don't know the answer im- mediately, don't feel bad. Our extensive Ninth Grade knowledge did not cover such things, either, until Mr. Heintz came to teach us Science. Every Monday morning Mr. Heintz would greet us with Good morning, class. This is the easiest test yet. Which of course, it wasn't. But we struggled through, consoled by the fact that the Seventh and Eighth Grades were having the same trouble. We studied astronomy, the atom, elec- tricity, and mechanics, while the Seventh and Eighth Grades were learning biology. One method of learning we employed was movies. All agreed the Thursday morning flics were the most enioyable form of education we'd ever had. Then to prove our skills as future chemists and scientists we performed several experi- ments. With all this we added a great wealth of scientific terms to our vocabu- laries. The highlight of science was the second annual Science Fair, in which prizes were given for the best displays. This was truly a fascinating course. Oh yes, wood fibers really are a polymer! Mr. Louis Heintz