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

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THE MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA e tween 1769 and 1823 twenty-one missions wore established . in California At the missions the women learned how to sew, spin, weave, and to do housework The mon learned MS how to shear sheep, to till farms, and to erect buildings. 10 0 : The people who had mission farms raised thousands of bush- els of grain and great herds of cattle and horses. Each of the mis- sions was usually guarded by a few soldiers and was in charge of two friars. One of the greatest missionaries was Father Serra, He and his companions founded nine missions. Now one may see many old missions still standing. --Josephine Zolot L9x REMEMBER THE PROMISE OF TOMORROW Everything you do today is going to be part of your tomorrow. If you associate with the right kind of companions today, you will develop into a decent citizen of tomorrow. What you learn today and the kind of things that you like or dislike, will be the same in the days to come. --Vernon Akamian L9x

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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

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THE EXFREEC FJDZP The breathless rider jumps from his steed, Takes off his pack with lightning speed, Throws it on a fresh horse ' s back, And another man is off on the track. Through the forest this man must go, While little does he of the danger know; For in that forest shirking low Lies an Indian with drawn arrow and bow. As the rider passes by, An arrow whizzes by his thigh; The arrow strikes, making only a gash, And he speeds his horse as quick as a flash. When at the next post he does arrive, The people are glad to find him alive, For they know the dangers of the forest ' Id, And of the many deaths within its folds. --Clifford Plumley L9x THE COLL HUSH By wagon trains and ships of old, the pioneers come, To get that precious thing called gold. By thousands they leave; by hundreds they arrive, They know it ' s great to be alive. Some patiently work and toil, Others go madly into turmoil. Then the glorious day comes, The lucky people sing and hum. Misers take, snore than their parts; Others die of broken hearts. --Theresa Bergeron L9x AN INDIAN PUEBLO IN NEW MEXICO The customs of the New Mexican Navajo Indians are quite differ- ent from the ones which I have seen in California. The Indian village which I am going to write about is the Skilleon Kiki Village, which is ninety miles south of Albuqueresque. as you reach the top, you see hundreds of little adobe houses with many strings of Chili hanging around the houses. You then walk four hundred forty eight steps down hill. As you reach the bottom, you see many Indian boys and girls running toward you with their little hands decorated with pottery bracelets, rings, and many rugs.