Burbank Junior High School - Wizard Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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THE WIZARD 13 THE HALLOWE’EN VESTA DANCE. On Hallowe’en, October 31, 1919, a dance was given by the Vesta Club at the Burbank Auditorium. The hall was decorated very nicely with yellow and black crepe paper and with lanterns hanging down. The club fu rnished very fine music and all enjoyed themselves. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. The Christmas program of the Burbank School Avas held in the Assembly Hall on the afternoon of December 19th at one-thirty o’clock. Parents and friends of the children were invited and twenty-five little children from the neighborhood were the honored guests of the students. A delightful program consisting of Christmas carols, recitations and scenes from plays was given and we trust everyone had a pleasant af- ternoon. If they enjoyed the program as much as the sticks of candy so greatly in evidence we know our ef- forts were crowned with success. MRS. BROOKS’ ENTERTAIN- MENT. On November 20th, the attractive Mrs. Brooks visited our school. She possesses the charming gift of imi- tating children’s voices and ways. She sings childish songs, with such a perfect infantile voice, that one without looking at her, may think the singer is a little girl of four years. In her childish conversations, she beautifully expresses herself like a child; with all the enthusiasm, in- nocence, nonsense, and gesticulation proper to a child. Mrs. Brooks’ juvenile audience was heartily delighted, and she deserved great applause from every one. THE HIGH NINTH PLAY. On the evening of October twen- ty-third some of the pupils of the A Ninth class presented a clever Irish play, written by Lady Gregory, entitled “Spreading the News.” The parts were very cleverly taken by the following pupils: Bartley Fallon Henry Burmeister Jack Smith Clemens Laufenberg Mrs. Fallon Thelma Davis Mrs. Tully Evelyn Klehm Mrs. Tarpey.. Reeve Kocher Mrs. Rya Nora Vilen Airs. Early Marie Brocco Jo Muldoon, policeman Willie Benning English Magistrate John Ysunza The scene is a grocer’s shop in Ireland, kept by Mrs. Tarpey, who is rather deaf. Air. and Airs. Fal- lon enter. Bartley Fallon is rather meek and is continually talking of misfortunes. Jack Smith comes in singing, “The Red-haired Alan’s Wife.” Jack Smith is also supposed to have hair of that bright hue. He is going to the Five Acre Aleadow to do some work and goes out, leav- ing his hay fork. Bartley is sent after him with the fork and Mrs. Fallon also leaves after picking up her groceries that Bartley, in his haste had upset. Mrs. Casey, whose tongue is con- tinually wagging, tells Airs. Tully, Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. Early that Jack Smith and Bartley had quarreled and Bartley was chasing Jack with a hay fork. After a great deal of gos- siping, in which a good quantity of imagination was employed, Mrs. Tarpey, being capable of misunder- standing everything, starts to wait, declaring that Bartley had killed Jack Smith with the hay fork. Mrs. Fallon is very indignant and very vigorously defends her nice, quiet, little man. After Mrs. Fallon leaves, Bartley

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12 THE W I Z A R D were in a nest in the tree that had just fallen. One of the boys, a very brave boy, said to the scout master, “I am going to help that poor little bird. In a few minutes her nest and little ones will be burned.” The scout master would not let him go because he said the boy’s clothing would catch on fire, too. Sure enough, in a minute or two the flames had crawled up to the nest and was burning it. The mother bird flew down to her nest and spread her wings over her little ones, so they could live a few min- utes more and that she might not live to remember what a cruel death they died. LILLIAN GEISENHOFER B 7 ' . A MONOLOGUE. If the telephone had been used in Colonial times, Paul Revere, instead of making his spectacular ride to warn the farmers of Lexington, might have sent the news over the wire, such as the following: ‘‘Hello? Give me — Hello? What’s the matter with the line, Central? Give me — I want Concord 381 — Con- cord three — eight — one. Yes, that’s it. Is that you, Concord? This is Paul Revere. No — Revere, Boston. Well, never mind who I am. Just tell your folks that the British are landing here in Boston with a strong force. Yes, that’s it. And ring up Lexington, will you, and tell them? Thank you. Good-bye!” MARJORIE WAT N W RIGHT B 8 THE TWO WALNUTS. Once upon a time there were two little boys, who lived out in the country on a big ranch. Next to this ranch was a walnut ranch with ripe walnuts. One day these little boys thought they would like some walnuts, so they got a sack and went over the fence to steal some. When they got their sack full they thought it would be wise to divide them immediately. They picked out a shady spot, which was just inside of the cemetery. On crawling over the fence one boy dropped two wal- nuts on the outside. He said he would leave them there and get them as they went out. Just then an old colored man came down the street. He thought he heard something, so he listened through a hole in the cemetery wall. He heard very distinctly the w r ords, “I’ll take this one, you take that one. I’ll take this one, you take that one.” The colored man was almost frightened to death, so he ran down the street as fast as he could until he met a while man whom he told, that he had heard the ghosts dividing up the dead in the cemetery. The white man said, “Oh you’re just dreaming, but anyway I’ll go with you to find out.” So they walked down to the cemetery to- gether. The man listened — lie heard also, “I’ll take this one and you take that one. I’ll take this one and you take that one.” Just then the boys had finished dividing up the nuts, so one boy said, “Now we’ll get those two on the other side of the fence.” I noticed that the white man was beating the col- ored man in running away from the place. M ELY IN SCOTT B 9.

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14 T H E W I Z A R D conics in, with the hay fork, having missed Jack Smith. He asks all the gossipers to take the fork until Jack Smith should come for it. They all decline and accuse him of murder. Mrs. Ryan is exceedingly amusing in the above. The magis- trate and police come in and Bart- ley is handcuffed upon the charge of the magistrate. Bartley is very be- wildered and makes explanations that serve only to prove him to be the murderer. Mrs. Fallon comes and sees Bartley in handcuffs and is again indignant. Mrs. Tully then tells her that he killed Jack Smith because of a love affair with Kitty Keary, Jack Smith’s wife. This, of course, is ridiculous. While everybody is excited Jack Smith comes in whistling, uncon- scious of the fact that lie is sup- posed to be dead. Amid exclama- tions Mrs. Fallon rushes up to him, accusing his wife of trying to take Bartley to America. Jack tries to assault Bartley but is stopped and also placed under arrest by the mag- istrate, who declares Jack’s appear- ance to be a case of false imperso- nation. He then leads both of the suspects off the stage. Mrs. Fallon is still convinced of the innocence of her husband, but as usual Mrs. Tully has the last word. REEVE KOCHER A 9. RED CROSS WORK. The girls of the sewing classes have given their efforts towards sewing for the Red Cross. They made thirty-two bloomers, six dresses, two rompers, besides finishing the garments left from last term. They also made suits of un- derwear, kimonos, dresses, bloomers, aprons, children’s dresses, smocks and skirts. Almost all the gills of the sewing classes have made one garment, if not more. GEORGIA BROWNE A 8 1 . BASKETBALL. Basket ball is a fine game if it is played fairly and squarely. Each one must play his own part. Every time you ring the basket that counts two points. I am Captain of this term’s team and select the ones who are to play in each game. We have played many games now with different schools and also with different grades of our own school. The games that we have played and the score follow: 1. Garfield: Two games. First, Garfield 8, Burbank 7; second, Gar- field 10, Burbank 16. 2. A 7 Burbank: One game. A 7th 0, Burbank 10. 3. A 9 Burbank. One game. A 9th 4, Burbank 24. 4. Edison, two games. First, Edi- son 9, Burbank 13; second, Edison 11, Burbank 16. As you see, we have won every game but one. One or the other has to win and the one that loses has no right to be angry about it. Our team is the first team of this school The boys have not won as many games as we have. We hope to keep up our good records. The players in this game are three forwards, three guards and three or four centers. There arc certain lines and whenever one goes over any of these lines it counts a foul against the team, so one must be very care- ful. LUCILLE GRIFFIN A 8 T .