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

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MYSTERY WRITER REVEALS HIMSELF In our midst there has been a boy who has made our News more interesting by sending in some so-called News Gossip . He signed himself the Mystery Writer . A few children had a hunch who it was. I think they enjoyed his articles and wanted them kept in. Anyway now that this is the end of the term and ho must leave Bur- bank he wanted to let his identity be known. The Mystery Writer who wrote for the Nows is Alfred Francis and he is sorry to leave Burbank School. --The Mystery Writer GRADUATION TIME Graduation time is almost here again and with it come many hap- py faces of those pupils who have made good . This time of the year always reminds me of an endless river that flows on forever. But no matter how many pupils have made good, there always seem to be some who lag behind, because of laziness, or because they don ' t care how or when they get out of school. Although school time is the happiest time of anyone ' s life, there is a limit to it for we have to get out and make room for the now comers. It seems to me that some of the lazy ones should try a little harder to keep moving with the current and not become sand bars in the river that ne-od extra, pushing; but it seems that no matter how hard the teachers and principals try, there will always be some who will hold up the procession. — Blaine Slater H9y RAIN It seems the rain must come and go, Some like its coming; others like. snow. After it ' s gone, things look fresh and clean; It ' s like a gift of heaven from a hand unseen. When flowers get withered and look so dry, The rain revives then before they die. Although the rain nay got you wet. It won ' t stay long, so don ' t you fret. — Verna Palmer H9z ' GHOST TOWNS OF CALIFORNIA Today in Califo.rnia there arc many ghost towns scattered hero and there as land marks of the boon days. These. old towns could tjll many strange s.torios of gamblers, miners, outlaws, and dance- hall girls, if they could only talk. Each of those ghost towns shows the discovery of a gold, copper, or silver vein that soon worked out and was forgotten when the miners heard .of another strike more promising than the first. Then they abandoned their

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Awaken and plan the day with Him You ' ll progress as the day is long, Be pleasant and cheerful the whole day through And there will he nice things in store for you. Turn a new leaf--resolve amends. Happiness will come it seems. A smile will hide what ' s deep inside-- Don ' t close the door on your dreams. --Bernice Barthels H9x A SALUTE TO SPRING I flung wide my bedroom window And gazed with rapturous eyes , At the gorgeous landscape before me-- An equal to paradisei The trees had donned their new garments Of brilliant silver and green. And the daffodils, gay and golden, Across the meadow were seen. Millions of birds in the treetops-- Were singing as if to say, That they had awakened this morning, And found spring was on its way. --Dorothy Cabral H9y ' BEAUTIFUL MEXICO Not long ago Will Rogers said, I don ' t see why people go to Europe to travel when they can go to Mexico and see just as much or more. At present you may secure three pesos for one American dollar. The way my mother and father describe it, Mexico must be very beautiful. You may find the beautiful ruins that resemble Egyptian pyra- mids at Yucatan, the Swiss Alps at Sierra Madre , the modern cities at Mexico City. Coffee, banana plantations. Gold, silver, copper, and coal mines. Mexico is very rich in oil. Seaports surround Mexico whore exports are sent out. A man whose name I can ' t recall said, Mexico is a beggar sit- ting on a bag of gold. It is right, because they have no leader good enough to take the people out of the revolutionary crisis. Nevertheless it is surging ahead in world affairs and importance. — Louis Ramirez H9y

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rude huts to hurry to the new location, only to leave behind them a ghost town with its long saloon bars, empty bottles, crumbling gold vaults, old shacks, and banks that were built like vaults. Such is the way the ghost towns of the West flourished and died. --Daniel Forsythe H9z ' MEXICAN CUSTOMS The customs of the people in Mexico are quite different from the ones in America. They dress differently, they eat different foods, and they live differently. The houses that they live in are made out of adobe usually but sometimes of brick. Most of the peo- ple have beautiful gardens, ' with all kinds of plants and beautiful flowers . The work of the men is to raise corn and other crops. Not on- ly is this the work of the men, but as soon as the boys are about six years old, they are helping on the farm. The boys and girls in Mexico have very little education. On Sundays the farmers go to the nearest town to do their shop ping, and to take some of their crops to sell. The girls in Mexico have a lot of fun together especially at night; when the moon shines brightly all the girls get together and play all kinds of games . --Madeline Martinez H9z ' DID YOU KNOW THAT? The Rancho San Pablo, built in 1821, still stands. All the other ranch houses fell during an earthquake. The small adobe houses had no bedsteads. Everyone slept on beds of sheepskins. ARE A ' ERIC AN SCHOOLS HARD? One day our English teacher told us to write about American schools being hard. I thought they were until my mother came along When I told her what I was writing about, she laughed at me and said, You think American schools are hard] Well I will tell you about our schools in Italy. She started off by saying American school teachers have pa- tience with you; in Italy, they don ' t. If you go to school there you have to learn; otherwise they will put you in the second divi- sion; that division in America is the dumb class. When they put you in there, you don ' t get much of a chance to learn. In Italy they have a right to whip school children when they do wrong. When you go to school there, you go to learn, otherwise they will expel you from school and you can ' t come back. There is no loafing in Italian schools. After my mother finished talking to me about the Italian schools, I certainly didn ' t think our schools were a bit tough. --Charles Vitale H9z