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

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OUR HEW TEACHERS The Burkank School extends its sincerest welcome to the new teachers. It hopes they will like Burbank and its -pupils. Miss Friedman taught in the Valencia School in Benicia previous to this, Mrs. DeLuce formerly taught . intne Berkeley High School Miss Card taught at the Monrovia School, hut has since keen in the army as an aid. Miss Bur- roughs and Miss Rokinson are from the Franklin Schoo-. Mr. McDermont is from the Hitchcock Military Academy and Mr. Williams last year assisted in a number of schools m Berk- eley, as well as in Albany. latiu Tatin haq keen added to the course of study. Latin is a clear- sounding,” musical language. It is the basic language of other f oreigis languages which one may take latei , n at ue ,im wv. ' - ' O - “ I-.’ the international language 01 nurope. • I -f this school wilx one — , — It is hoped that the pupils o their interest in this subject cont in-

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tv I rtater ’- C ” ' XT 11 yf X ! if- L , Q ( — 1 Z77V i I j — ’ «4 t [( ]) i ■ „ jJ L i a; O) ASSEMBLIES Henceforth, two assemblies are to be held each week, The purpose is to have a time when all pupils can meet to- gether and announcements can be made. At times short ten minute programs have been given by the various classes.

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THE GYMNASIUM The gymnasium is another popular feature added to the Burbank School. Disappointed are they, who , by some stroke of fate, miss their gym” day. The gym is made use of in the evenings hy the various athletic cluhs of West Berkeley; namely, the Colunibus Ath- letic Club, the Women’s Athletic Club, The West Berkeley Athletic Club, the Mercury Club, and the Burbank Evening School Club for men. THRIFT STAMPS The sale of Thrift Stamps has this year amounted to $194,35. There are yet six weeks in which to raise this higher. The class with the highest standing is A8 ! , halving invested $27.30. RED CROSS Red Cross membership must be earned with the fruits of your own labor. Further Red Cross activities he.ve been dis- cussed in several classes. Ka-rin Nieminen A9 ’