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

Text from Pages 1 - 312 of the 1936 volume:

' reference TuELEUI ION FOR USE IN THE LIBRARY ONLY BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY BER BERKELEY CALIFORNIA Central History Room 373. 79467 B691 i + Burbank Junior High bchooi (Berkeley, Calif ) The wizard 31913019595419 BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY To the ideals of sport. To cleanness of mind and of spirit, To the fairness and squareness of a sportsman, To perseverance that brings the champion into being, To the glory of a game well-played and a game well-lost, To patience that knows no lessening of effort in the face of difficulty. We, the pupils of Burbank Junior High School, dedicate this, Our Sports and Athletics number of the Wizard, Dr, L, L, Standley Principal Mrs. Eila S. Parker Secretary Miss Margaret Ashford Clerk FACULTY Miss Frances C. Albee Mrs. Carrie L. Bennett Miss Mary E. Cameron Mr. Grover C. Carlsen Mrs. Sadie E. Derry Mr. E. B. Ellis Mr. John J. Frick Miss Adele F. Gilbert Miss Hazel S. Glasgow Miss Virma M. Glover Mrs. Eleanor McAllister Golly Mr. L. J. Graham Miss Zella Henrich Mr. Martin Hobbs Miss Clara B. Hoffmire Mrs. Eleanore R. MacGregor Mr. Clifford B. Marker Miss Dora Martin Mrs. Virginia Martin Miss Mary McCall Mr. Albert L. BfcDermont Mrs. Grace B. Mead Miss Frances Misch Mrs. Sarah R. Most Mrs. Jeanette Fhelps Mr. Leo Provost Mrs. Orpha Rhodes Miss Delight Rice Miss Lucy M. Robinson Mrs. Rose I. Sackett Mrs. Anna W. Safford Mr. Henry A. Samraet Miss Louisa Santos Mrs. Martha M. Scales Mr. Victor M. Schott Mrs. Jean E. Skimmings Mrs. Jeanette M. Stewart Miss Myra I. Streightif Mrs. Phyllis p. Svane Mrs. Mary M. Tomsen Miss Emily V. Truman Birs. B(ary Walton Mrs. Ruth H. Waugh Mi s s Hazel Z. Weller Mr. Earl D. Williams Mrs . Henrietta Williams B !iss Ina Erickson English Social Studies General Science Physical Education Foods Metal Work, Wood Work Metal Work Arithmetic, Social Studies Cafe teria, Clothing L7, H8 Counselor, Social Studies English, Library L9 Counselor, Arithmetic General Science Band Vocal Music English, Social Studies Mechanical Drawing, Printing Algebra, Latin English, Social Studies Physical Education General Science Business Practice, Typewriting Physical Education Fine Arts English, Social Studies H7 Counselor, Business Practice, P. E. Vocal Music Lipreading, Speech Defects Arithmetic, Social Studies Arithmetic Arithmetic, English Arithmetic, Eng., p. E. , Social Studies Fine Arts, Social Studies Social Studies Orchestra Arithmetic, Business Fractice English, Social Studies English, Social Studies English L8, H9 Counselor, Typewriting English Cafeteria, Clothing, Foods Activities Coordinator, Social Studies Fine Arts Wood Work English, Social Studies Nurse W I Z A R D AND BURBANK N E ' :! S STAFFS Misao Kawakami May Nordquist Audrey Christopher Nancy Fairraan Beatrice Silveria Martie Thorndyke Managing Editor of Wizard Literary Editor-in-chief Circulation Manager Wizard Art Editor Burbank News Editor-in-chief Burbank News Art Editor June Strickley News Mechanical Editor ART STAFF Nancy Fairman, Miyoko Ito, Betty Jackson Frank Nye , Martie Thorndyke, and L8y ' and L8x art classes ADVISORY EDITORS Elizabeth Wirta, Emily Peters, Anita Turner Frank Leites, Irene Kehoe, Russell Mallech, Mahlon Frymire Dorothy Teixeira, Edwin Larson, Mina Torres, Barbara Kirby Jack Grant, Palmira Iacobitti, Roy Wall, Theodore Foage Keitha Bailard, Kathryn Young, Jean Stanley, Isabelle Leal Lillian Montalvo, Leland Anderson, Anna Rose Grob, Betty Churchill Arthur Noble, Ruth Bunnatyne , Emma Cunningham, Jewell Hendrick Doris Harrison, Margaret Gee, Elon Fackard, Lois Bloom NEWS REPORTERS i Jacqueline Wright, Kathleen Ackroyd, Audrey Sanchez Eileen Froines, Leona Mroczko, Ruth Harrison, Harold Moore Arthur Miller, Arlene Cashon, Lola Astorg, Aileen Martin Elvira Brennes, Louise Thurner, Mary Jane Young, Edward Harden Robert Ayres, Thelma IMtcaff, George Linnell, June Jones Herbert Hickman, James Younce, Fhyllis Kunert, William Stevens Esther Brennes, Robert Whistler, Rosie Olgiaro, Elden Harrild Martha Mattson, Hannibal Brennes, Ethelyn Carlson, James Vieria SUBSCRIPTION COLLECTORS Clara Mae Hough, Elaine Wheat, Ruth Runge Audrey Christopher, Elaine Attix, Herbert Farrer, Emma Gerken Elvira Wares, Randall Faria, Mina Torres, Mildred Astorg Emil Simoncini, Genevieve Pettijohn, Feter Ghego, Albert Hardie Marv Taylor, Tom Marks, Norman Graham, Manuel Estrado Ali ' ta 2o lot , Goorje Fong, Kenneth Geary, � anda O ' Neil Haroldino Strlokley, Sylvia Heath, Lawrence Abrie Fred Amenson Tony D 1 Oliveira, Herman � rede and Charles Brown, Eleanor m.Ur MECHANICAL STAFFS . ■ ■ — Alvarado, ' Estelle .inderson, Mildred Astorg Mary Bale, Eric Becky, Donald Bieman, Verna Boston Elvira brennes, Joe Briseno, Lillian Brown, James Chandler Lillian Chappell, Jane Christensen, Audrey Christopher Martha Collins, Violet Dellamar, Rita Dieden, Audrey Etli Herbert Farrer, Virgina Fisk, Florence Free, -Valter Gordon Gilbert Grady, June Hamilton, William Higgins, Helon Hood Thelma Houck, Palmira Iacobitti, Gilbert Johnson ’ ' ' ilia Mae Johnson, Theresa Just, Frances Kajfez, Albeit Kaski Misao Kawakami, Barbara Kirby, May Kishii, Phyllis Kleeberger Glory Krag, Gloria Logwood, Dorothy Longrus Alfred Louisiana, Robert Maclean Lorraine Made ro s , Melvin Maderos, John Mailho, Marie i, ; -,toyer Arthur Miller, Lynn Mobert, William Morse, Nels Nelson William Oliver, Patsy O ' Neill, Shirley Peters, Genevieve Petti john Eugen Rolf-Rieque , Theodora Ruegg, Ruth Runge, Allan Sahlberg Betty Seher, Hilda Sena, Elmer Silva, Beatrice Silveira Arthur Sohlman, June Strickley, Kyllikki Stromberg, David Taylor Martha Tonin, Helen Tronoff, Elaine Tscheekar, Barbara ;alker :thel Wood. Mary Jane Young, Atsuko Yusa VIZARD FACULTY COMMITTEE Mrs. Tomsen, Managing Editor, Photography Mrs. Phelps, Literary Mrs. Stewart, Mechanical Miss Weller, Art Mrs. Skimmings, Subscriptions Miss Glover, H9 Photography NO -S FACULTY COMMITTEE Mrs. Mead, Managing Editor Miss Santos, Art Mrs. Skimmings, Subscriptions Mrs. Stewart, Literary Three years ago we welcomed you to Burbank Junior High School. Your work in Burbank is now over. You are very different individuals from what you were when you entered this school. You have helped to im- prove Burbank and Burbank has improved you. You now go on to Berkeley High School, What Berkeley High School does for you in the next three years depends largely upon you. You can make Berkeley High School better or you can make it worse. Which will you do? What you are to become in the future depends to a great extent on: (a) what you are now; (b) what you want to be; (c) how hard you are willing to work to be what you want to be. You will soon be entering adult society and taking over the respon- sibilities of an adult citizen. Society needs you at your besti We urge you to put forth every possible effort for self-improvementi We have enjoyed our contacts with you and wish you a life of suc- cess and happiness . --L. L. Standley, Principal of Burbank School, PRIZE- 7 INNING ESSiYS The following essays, written by pupils of Burbank School, were a- warded silver prizes by Berkeley Post of the American Legion. They were the best submitted by Berkeley junior high school pupils. MAKING THE UNITEL STATES CONSTITUTION The Constitution has been called the oak which shelters liberty . It not only shelters liberty but it upholds the ideals our forefathers strove to attain. After the Revolution the Continental Congress had little power. The poor classes suffered from hard times and expected the government to give them relief. The business men and land speculators wanted a strong central government. Such a government would have improved business, opened new lands, and increased prosperity. The Articles of Confederation were weak because no provision was made for money to regulate interstate and national affairs. A convention was called by the wise leaders of the nation in the summer of 1787. The object of the Constitutional Convention was to re- vise the Articles of Confederation. They found them sb imperfect it was impossible to improve them without writing a new document. After four months of debating the delegates drew up the document which is our pres- ent Constitution. During the convention many problems arose. S rae of these were state representation, the commercial differences between the North and South, interstate affairs, the negro problem, and foreign relations. Eventually the convention compromised. The nation was given the right to deal with national, interstate, and foreign affairs. It could levy taxes, wage war and coin money. Above all it coulu enforce its own laws, have its own courts, and the states hau to accept the national law. The Constitution provided for a strong central government with a strong system of checks and balances. The Constitution was created to preserve liberty ana the ideals of men. Like the oak our Constitution has stood for nearly ono-hundred- fifty years through storms and hardship. It has seen three thousand at- tempts to amend it but only twenty-one have bo n successful. May the oak of our nation preserve liberty and the ideals of men in our country f orever . -- ' Iary Tieslau, H8 THE U; IT L STATES CONSTITUTION The American Constitution was not a new experiment in government. People in England had been fighting many centuries for Self-government, The fathers of our Constitution were from English families. The .articles of Confederation was our first Constitution. The Articles were unsatisfactory. Ther was no executive. Laws could be made but not enforced. There was a separate government in each of the thirteen states, but not one government for all. The Articles of Con- federation did not have any money , nor any way of raising money. A better central government was wanted by the people. First there was the debtors class. When debts Were not paid people were jailed. Paper money was issued which was not worth its face value. The business of the well-to-do people was bad. Business men wanted their industries, business, shipping and trade protected, so a better central gov-rnment was wanted. There were foreign dobts to pay so a better central govern- ment was needed. ' Washington was selected as leader when the Convention met at Philadelphia. It was held behind closed doors and kept a Secret. But one of the members, Madison, kept a record in code. ' Ve know what went on because his journal was published years later. There were several difficult problems the Convention h;:d to settle. The North was commercial. Their interests were different from the agri- cultural South. The states were working against each other in govern- ment. There was still the unsettled negro slave problem. The three parts of the Constitution were executive, legislative, and judicial. The laws were made by the legislative department. Con- gress was composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The president enforced the laws which Congress made. The Supreme Court de- cided upon the laws . Postal affairs, taxation, coinage, foreign relations, army, navy, and interstate commerce were certain rights of the nation. Both nation and states derived their rights from the people. Because of its control over the commerce, industries, and finance, the people have always tried to improve and strengthen our central government. The people of tho United States have been governed well ior 150 years by the Constitution of the United States of America. --Shinji Tsuchida, H8x SPORTSMANSHIP Each thing we have heard, seen, or done, is somehow allied with something else. Probably the closest connection with sports and athlet- ics is sportsmanship, the state of mind in which a game is played. Everyone has his own opinion on what qualities make a sportsman. In each sport certain qualities make the champion. What is an all-round good sportsman? He may be a Jack-of-all-trades and master of none in respect to his athletic ventures, and yet have certain qualities which make him an ideal in the sports world. Kipling expresses the ideals of sportsmen in his poem If If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If j-ou can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two imposters ’just the same; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when th-c=re is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them ' Hold onJ ' Sports in themselves are really the best lesson. Participation in sports will convince you of this truth more readily than anything Rudyard Kipling or I could say. Sports are physical sermons in stones . Our lives are modelled by the character with which we build our cas- tles, or dr am our dreams. A person who has earned the reputation of a true sportsman has reached a higher peek than the others , who have stayed and lagged behind, will ever attai n. --May Nordquist, H9 A MOTTO FOR SPORT A good motto for sports is Play it fair and square . In order to play a game right you must have your whole mind on the game, that is, not have it wandering off to something else. You must be accurate and you will excel. — Angela Civello, -LS THE EFFECT OF GOOD HEALTHFUL SPORTS Your blood comes fastj You ' re hot. ' You ' re tirad. ' Yet you will not be put out of the game. Your team must win. Although you can scarcely stand, you are determined to play to the end. The game is over. ' You havo just had a cold shower and you foal as if you were sitting on top of the world. Your team has just won the vol- leyball game which was played with a very good opposing team. The score was 15-13; 9-15; 15-6. Now jour team is eligible to play in the inter- school championship meet. You learn to breathe correctly. Your body becomes healthy and strong. You become nimble and alert with the fun of it all. These c re only a few of the good affects of sports . --Eileen Froines, H9 LONS SPORTS In the world right now, many people are out of work. At the same time, some men work ten and twelve hours a day. Scientists tell us that if every man worked two hours a day all the necessary work of the world could be done. If this working schedule does go into effect, v;e shall have to find activities for our new leisure time. As we can ' t always play In a team, we must cultivate lone spoi ts. There are jigsaw puzzles and crossword puzzles, but they grow tire- some, so we must look up some active lone sports. Among these is hand- ball, which is a pleasure, and is also good exercise. Hiking is a healthful sport, especially for one who likes nature. Archcry, which re- quires skill and practice, keeps one out in the fresh air. Swimming may serve as a lone sport, although it is not usually done alone. These are a few of the sports which can be played alone. --Florence Ipsen, L8 HONOR ON THE PLAYING FIELD Many of the greatest lessons of life come from the games we play in our youth. We should play a game for its own sake. If a game is not in- teresting in itself, let it alone. We should be good losers and play the game fairly. Here is a good motto; Play the game for the game and nothing but the game. --Della Goddard, L9 TRAINING You have to train for any sport or game. Although ability plays an important part, training is necessary. When in training, you must have plenty of sleep and wholesome food. Although you are a good player in a game or sport, a man who is not quite so good as you but who will train is sure to be just as good and even better. Many fighters, wrestlers, football players, baseball players, and swimmers who did not train have often enough lost their championship and even injured themselves by mak- ing their muscles do more -work than ' they were used to. When you sec an athlete, remember that he has trained for a long time before he was ready to get in the race or event, --Sheldon Iversen, L8 SPORTSMANSHIP Sportsmanship is the most important part of athletics. No one can be a good athlete unless he is a good sportsman. If you get angry when someone shows himself your superior, you are not any kind of sportsman. To be a good sportsman you must not start a fight in the middle of a game or argue over points. It is far better to play fair and lose than to cheat and win. Most good sportsmen will have nothing to do with P-Toons that win by cheating. You can be a good sportsman in football baseball, soccer, basketball, running races, or any other game, as well in life. You will be admired much more by others about you if you are a good sportsman than if you are not. --Richard Fehr, H8 j � - IW b jf ! - , £ ,C5 i J5 ( ft ■ v � :V, ki Carlson, Chaves, Christophe Edga Joe And Brown, Lillian Callahan, Burleson| Caprio, Albeno Caretto, Thomas Clark, Stella Collins, James Cook, Mae Corke, Ruth I Ackroyd, Kathleen Bergfeld, Earl Alvarado, Carlos Bernardi, Mariel Anderson, Kenneth Berry, Wallace | | Anderson, Raymond Bevolo, Gilda Barbarus, Eleanor Brigante, Aldo GRADUATING CLASS OF JANUARY 1936 %► I Correia, Ernest FedulofF, Nicholas ■ Date, Florence Flinker, Lloyd IDespinoy, Maurice Fong, David IDieden, Rita Free, Florence iFroines, Eileen Dunlap, Paul Lct us learn to be content with what we have. Let us get rid of prejudices and false estimates. Let us set up the higher ideals — a quiet home, worthy friends, devotion to the right, a simple religion, full of hope and trust and love. r .1 , V ' | ivm r r. ' | V . O ?j ft: ' akkteii i IV V V k A’ I ' ie Grady, Gilbert Ito, Miy ' I A -v Ife, % M7dz;;rz£t:M;r i St 0 ' SmS u::rt R r d T n ®kk°- L Geary, James Hawks, Clair Jackson, Betty Kishii’Mav T A • McClintock, Eugene Munkelt, Hensy Gee, Elizabeth Higgins, William Johnston, Leon Konm’an Hideo LotTivA ° m e ‘| eiros . Honorina Munroe, Robert aiaia msxaaqs: jasaJ Nye, Frank Eeterson, June Runge, Ruth Obayoshi, Fumio Phinney, Kenneth Sanchez, Audrej Pagliasotti, Ann Ponsetto, Frances Sawers, Jack Pairman, Nancy Quesnel, Edwina Schmidt, Elmer Perez, Jess Riikonen, Esther Scott, Elizabeth Peters, Emily Rinella, Antone Sena, Hilda bin, Anselmo outer, Raymond I rumpr, Elsie uliams, Edward E Steele, Joan Takayanagi, Furniko Tucker, Madelyn Wirta, Elizabeth ] Stockey, Evelyn Tanner, Ernest Turner, Anita Wright, Edward | Stone, Vernon Thorndyke, Martie Ureh, Jack Wright, Jacqueline Stricklcy, June Todoroki, Yoneko Wares, Evelyn Yanagisawa, Samuel Stromberg, Carl Tomasello, Adeline W est, Dorothy Young, Anna THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE H9 CLASS . 0 The H9 class being of sound mind, hereby declares that this instrument is its last will and testament. We bequeath: Sam Yanagisawa ' s ability to get the correct answers of algebra problems, without any work, to Eob Fuchs, Burleson Callahan ' s brains to David Taylor, Nick Feduloff ' s Roman profile to Richard Wulburn, Eugene Gambetta ' s undertone to Eric Eecky, Ernest Tanner ' s sex appeal to Sidney Hickman, Elizabeth Wirta ' s industry to Ethel ’ :, ood. Doris Lowe ' s terps ichorean grace to all oriental dancers, Dorothy West ' s southern accent to Ruth Harris, Joan Stelle ' s quaint manner of reciting in class to Helen Murden, Little Willie Higgin ' s height to Andrew Fasquale, Lieutenant Suter ' s feminine appeal to Edwin Larsen, 7 ally Noble ' s Bolshevik pompadour to Realdo Brusasco, Chief Phinney ' s shyness to William Fuscadini, Dainty May Kishii ' s red bow to Geraldine Barnes, Raymond Anderson ' s chewing gum to the wastebasket in Room 3, Lillian Brown ' s cupid-bow lips to Jeanette Beaupre, Eleanor Earbarus ' s smile to Gertrude Ambrose, Elizabeth Gee ' s stream-lined walk to Eertha Oman, Misao Kawakami ' s typing ability to Philip Hynes, Clair Hawks ' s dislike for tall brunettes to Lucille Brown, Honorina Medeiros ' s interest in sheiks to Virginia Fisk, Adeline Tomasello ' s Gracie Allen manner to Emma Gerken, Hensy Funkelt ' s rythmic drumplaying to Arthur Noble, Shirley Feters ' s dimples to Adele Scoble, Hilda Sena ' s golden voice to Bernice Jones, Elmer Schmidt ' s artistic ability to Edwin Potter, Elsie Trumpf ' s cleverness to Mildred Rose, Beatrice Silveira ' s tiny feet to Marguerite Cabral, Eileen Froines ' s passive tongue to Bernice Jones, Anselmo Siri ' s Clark Gable good looks to Bill Jasper, Evelyn Stockey ' s rare smile to Corene Harris, Earl Bergfeld ' s citizenship to Nels Nelson, Carlos Alvarado ' s manner to Edward Brenan, James Geary ' s punctuality (?) to the ten o ' clock scholar, Glen Long, Jess Perez ' s flights of fancy to Thomas Whisler, Antone Rinella ' s ability with electricity to Eugen Rolf Rieque, William Moyer ' s one and only toothpick to John Mailho, Ruth Runge ' s grammatical knowledge to Mary Hanson, Dorothy Marsicano ' s citizenship to Anton Lindquist, Frances Ponsetto ' s trumpet to Edwin White, Yoneko Todoroki ' s glasses to Margaret Koerlin, Given under my hand and seal this 24th day of January, 1936, May Nordquist, William Higgins Earl Bergfeld, Carlos Alvarado I lik to play, most every day, When I am in our gym, Volleyball and basketball, Just so I ' ll keep in trim, I like volleyball the best, But always first each day, We do ur exercises well. And then we get to play, --Jean Yool, L8 A DISAPPOINTING DAY Going to the football game Saturday, Joan? asked Jeanne. Football game? What game? Kindly explain, replied Joan. Didn ' t you hear? Of course you know there ' s going to be a game. All girls and boys under fourteen are to be admitted free. Quite nifty, isn ' t it? Why don ' t you go? Try and keep me awayj Where do we meet and when? asked Joan. That ' s right. I did forget to tell you. We will meet at the school at twelve the next noon on Saturday. I ' ll see you then. At twelve the next day Joan and Jeanne met at school and began their hike to the stadium with the rest of their friends. GeeJ what a hike. ' Of course it would be warm today; but then, it ' s worth it, remarked Jeanne as the girls neared the stadium. Here at last. ' Those seats are going to feel good to mei ex- claimed Joan as they began filing in at the gate. Your ticket, please. Ticket? Why we ' re to get in freei There was a notice in our school bulletin about it. I ' m sorry, but there must be some mistake. Only boys under twelve are admitted free of charge. What a gyp. ' The tickets are twenty-five cents and the most any- one of us has is ten cents. Won ' t you let us in for a dime? I ' m afraid that ' s impossible, so will you kindly leave? Leave, after that hike up here? What do you take us for? We in- tend to stay here till we see some of that game, exclaimed Joan. About forty-five minutes later some of the girls decided to go home. Joan, Jeanne, and a few of their friends were the only ones left, but they were more determined than ever to see the game. Well, we might as well go up to ' Tightwad Hill 1 . At least we can see the game from there, remarked Jeanne. If you ' re going, we might as well go too, and let ' s get started or the game will be over before we get there. Wo sooner said than done. . , . , After staying on Tightwad Hill for about an hour the girls decided to try to get Into the stadium again. Imagine their surprise when in- formed that they could go in for the last ten minutes of the game Girls, the day wasn ' t wasted after all. We saw trie game, 1 . only for a few minutes, and that ' s what we set out to do. --Dixie Cruess, H8 STRENUOUS SP r ' RT It was the first time my five-year-old cousins had been to a show. First, they wanted some popcorn. When we got inside, they wanted to sit in the balcony. I argued, but they insisted, so we sat there. Before I knew it, they were throwing popcorn at the people below. The manager came up and said to stop it or we would have to go out. I finally per- suaded them to sit down and be quiet.. Thinking I had succeeded, I set- tled down to watch the picture. Suddenly, they wanted to fight but I was between them. When it was over, I bought them a soda and took them home. I pity the next person who takes them to a show. --Thomas Marks, L8 THE FOOTBALL GAME It was a bright sunny day, and many people were walking and driving towards the stadium. There was to be a big game this year, they said, and now it was here. We bought our tickets and went to our seats. Five minutes passed andatlast, far across the field, the players were coming. They took their positions and, quick as a flash, from no- where the football was in the air. Number three took the ball and passed it towards the goal. Number seven caught it and started running. He passed the fifty yard line with number eight at his heels. Now to the forty, thirty, twenty yard line. At last number eight caught up with him and brought him down. All this was so quickly done, that in less than fifteen minutes a touchdown was made. The game went so smoothly and so fast, that before we knew it the game was over. It ended twenty-f our to zero. We all enjoyed the game very much. --Rudolph Castro, H7 FUN IN THE SNO ! v ' hen I was six, I lived in Massachusetts where I was born. In the winter it would snow, and icicles would hang from the windows and doors and fasten them tight so we could not open them. I remember one day we woke and the snow was on the ground half way up to our window. After breakfast we had to throw hot water on it to get the window open. :, hen we got outside we had to get our shovel and dig our way from the door. A few minutes later men came and dug a path to let people out. There was a river a few feet away from our house which would be frozen over and we would go ice skating on it. I love Massachusetts and I wish I could go there again. --Evon Silva, H7 ONE OF OUR BOYS Not very long ago there was in this school a boy called Augie Gal an . Augie ' s favorite game was baseball. When he was small he made up his mind that when he grew up he would be a great baseball player . As years went on, he worked harder and harder toward his career .. There was one thing he wanted to do first and that was to finish all his schooling.. Later on, he was out of school and with him went his diploma. He worked so hard and so well that now he is playing for the Chicago Cubs. We are all happy to know that our Burbank boys can succeed in life if they try, and we are proud of them. --Mina Torres, L9 THE FLYING SKELETON The stands were packed, waiting for the start of the special event. All the airplanes were painted with weird designs as the prize was to be given to the most fantastic entry. The crowd was to choose the winner . As George and Bud were climbing into their ship, a big burly man approached them. Hey, where do you think you two are going? Why, up to fly, answered George. Meanwhile the man was poking his finger into the fabric of their plane, leaving dozens of tiny cracks. I ' m sorry, boys, said he, I ' ll have to ground this ship. He fished out a yellow tag which read GROUNDED] Not to be flown with fabric on the fuselage. Well, I guess we ' re sunk, said Bud. With a queer twinkle in his eye George said, Oh, no, we ' re not. George whispered his secret in Bud ' s ear. The puzzled expression vanished from Bud ' s face. For the next few minutes the boys were busy. They wheeled the plane into the hangar and closed the doors. The ships soared and dove over the field, each pilot trying to im- press the crowd with his ship. A strange whistling sound was heard. Looking up, thG crowd was startled to see what appeared to be a plane in construction. In the rear cockpit sat a white-clad figure. His movements were plain to the grandstands as he kicked the rudder bars. In the front cockpit sat another figure clad in white except for his goggles. Imme- diately a loud clapping of hands rose from the audience. There was no doubt that this ship had won the one hundred dollar prize. Later, when the white-clad ghosts were unmasked to reveal George and Bud, the angry official who grounded their plane strode up. Say, what does this mean? I grounded your ship. What do you moan by flying against my orders? Didn ' t you say not to fly with the fabric we had on the fuselage? asked Bud. Yes, stammered the official. Well, we didn ' t leave it on; wo tore it off. Is there any law against that? asked George. The official was beateni — -Tom Whisler, L9 A RACE FOR LIFE OR DEATH The stadium is filled with an excited, gay crowd of people. In a few Inltl the race .ill be on. Hipbones a sturdy lad is to race with Atalanta. Many a young man before him has trie., to defeat he no one has been able to do so. Atalanta has promised her nand in mar- riage to the one who wins the race with her, and death to the contestant who can ' t Ka p up with hor� Before the race Hippomenes prays to the gods for assistance. Venus hears his plea and brings golden apples from the Garden of Hesperides. Now the race is about to start. Atalanta and Hippomenes get on tne starting line and the sign to begin is given. They dasn off and Atalanta is in the lead. Hippomenes, seeing this, throws one of the golden apples ahead of Atalanta. Atalanta doesn ' t know whether to pick it up or not, but the oeauty of it overpowers her and she picks it up. At this moment Hippomenes catches up to her. Atalanta darts ahead again. Hippomenes then throws another apple ahead of her and she picks it up also. Again Hippomenes catches up to her. Now Hippomenes has only one apple left and they are nearing the end of the stretch, so he throws the last apple, hoping that Atalanta will stop for it. It rolls to the side of the track; Atalanta hesitates about picking it up but finally does. As she is stooping, a great shout and applause is heard. Hippomenes has won the racel — Anna Hamberg, L9 GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP Squeaky, the meadow mouse, was walking in a preoccupied way toward his home one bright sunny morning. He was suddenly startled by a shadow being cast on his path. Looking up, he saw Bushy Tail Fox. He wasn ' t a- fraid of Bushy Tail because Bushy Fox was a good sport and wouldn ' t harm him. Good morning, said Squeaky. Oood morning, saidBushy Tail. If you don ' t mind, I should like you to be one of my seconds in a duel I am going to have with Erother Coyo t e . Oh, why must you and Brother Coyote always fight duels? squeaked Squeaky, who was very kind-hearted and didn ' t like things that would cause bloodshed. I know you don ' t like it, but that is why I want you to be one of my seconds, because you ' ll see that everything is fair and square. Yes, it is better to have witnesses at such practices so that there ' ll be no foul play, and I am greatly honored that you have re- quested my presence, said Squeaky. Yes, and we have regarded your feelings too because we are going to fight with pointed sticks instead of our regular equipment. Oh, thank you, breathed Squeaky, you are so considerate and I ' ll try to be a fair judge. You and Brother Coyote will find that it causes less pain to fight with sticks. — Loretta Jordan, H9 SICK LITTLE BABY From a worn little hut made only of sod, Came the heart-rending plea of a mother to God. Her clothes were all tattered; the babe, blue with cold; From worry and hardships the mother was old. Oh please, God, she pleaded to Him up above. Please don ' t take my baby; he ' s all that I love. You ' ve taken most everything else that I had, Oh, God, take my baby and I shall go mad! Far into the night her sad vigil she kept While the sick little baby still feverishly slept. From a worn little hut made only of sod. Came the heart-rending plea of a mother to God. To the worn little hut made only of sod An angel descended with orders from God. The agonized mother now dropped to her knees And sent to the Father her heart-broken pleas. The sick little baby sighed deeply and went With the lovely white angel the Father had sent. --Irene Kehoe, L9 THE LUCKY CHAMPION The crowds were wild with applause. All eyes were on the fighting sweating, half-mad men in the field. They fought as fiercely as man will for love, honor, or fame. You think that I am describing a boxing match or a football game, but no, this is the year 1194; we are at the lists at Ashby. The men who have entered this tournament are becoming exhausted. As a man drops, he is crnshed by a warrior ' s galloping horse. Only three knights are left, one with a red maltese cross on his shield and two who have skulls painted on their black breast plates. The man with the red cross fights a brave but losing battle. He can not stand the powerful charges of the black knights. A pause for breath; then the battle goes on. By some ill luck the steed of one of the black knights stumbles over a groaning man. The knight falls to the ground. The Red Knight charges upon his opponent, who is too stunned by his friend ' s de parture to defend himself. The red cross on the knight ' s shield can be seen far away as he sweeps his antagonist to the ground. The winning knight is showered with honors. --Nels Nelson, L9 approach of winter The storm has come. ' The pines are moaning; The old oak ' s groaning; The lightning flashing, The thunder crashing, The wind a mighty blast. The storm has come. ' Now snow is swirling, Dead leaves are whirling; The earth grows blank, A pure white bank. And winter ' s here at last. --Florence Booth, L9 TRY AGAIN Harry Burton sat down by his locker reflecting that life was terri- ble and college was worse. He was a low senior, six feet three inches tall, and nineteen years old, who had always wanted to be a track star. He had won m„re than one race, but he lacked nerve. Years ago the doc- tor had said that Harry ' s heart was weak; Harry never forgot ' hose words and imagined that his heart was still weak. During tveiy herd r ce , when the stab of pain that every runner must endure hit him, Harry quit. as Harry sat by his locker pitying himself and his heart, his pal, Brick Hayward, walked in. brick came right to the point. You are yel- low ' Just plain yellow. ' ho said. Are you trying to tell me--? began Harry. Brick hastily replied. I ' m trying to tell you that there ' s nothing wrong with chat heart of yours. Do you re lize that the Hartford event is two weeks off and you sit here pitying yourself? You know that I can ' t boat bill Slowton In the 820, said Harry, I didn ' t last time or the time before and J never will. ' bisten, Sis. have you sver heard the words ' Try again ' ? With this Erick walked out. Two weeks passed. The Hvrtford, Billburt , and Gayford men were all out on the cinders warming up. Brick, the captain, looked up and saw Harry anxiously watching Pill Slowton, Hertford ' s fast- est man. For the first time in two weeks, Brick spoke ip Harry. He said, Are you going to try to win, Sis? Harry looked into those steady gray eyes and said, I ' ll try. The rest of the events wont only too quickly for Harry and before he knew it, On your narks. Get set: Co! • Thoy were off! Slowton of Hartford first, Berry second, and the Billburt mar next Harry ' s mind was working as smoothly us his brawny legs. He had purposely If t Slowton get aaeai of him to m ike him use more wind but now re, Harry Burton of Gaylord College, w is put to his greatest test. He knew chat he could p-:ss Slowton, but his heart! I have no heart. mutt. -red Harry, deliberately. He gathered all his speed and tried to pass dlov ton but he coulun ' t! With a surprised look on hie face, he trie again, and again. F tin clawed every limb, I ' ll try, he muttered. Something hit his chest very lightly and then all went black. He woko up in his own bed in the fraternity house. That awful pain was gone and he hoard Erick ' s familiar voice saying Yoh, -Bis, you did try, huh? -- Jacqueline Wri ht, H9 UNSELFISH ANNE Let ' s see, what does it need? Anne asked herself, gazing ahead of her. She was looking at an easel, with a canvas painting spread over it. A dash of red there, and a touch of this here. There, that ' s bet- ter, but not quite the way I wanted it, she sighed. Anne was a girl of sixteen, who had real talent as an artist. Lunch is ready, said a neatly uniformed maid. Thanks, I ' ll be there in a minute, answered Anne. Taking off her gray, paint-spattered smock, she hung it up, put away her paints, washed her hands, and went down stairs. Did .you finish your painting? asked Mrs. Andrews. Yes, I did, but I ' m rather disappointed with it. You will have to start your painting for the contest soon, won ' t you? asked her mother. I ' m going to start this afternoon, she answered. Anne worked for many days on her painting. When it was finished she was pleased with it. Because of her father ' s high position, and the good work of the picture, she was sure she would win the Artists ' Scholarship. The day arrived when they were to enter their paintings. Anne had hers hung in a prominent place. She walked around to compare the paint- ings. No, none were any better than hers. Then, suddenly, she saw a masterpiece. The person who had painted this had genius, not mere tal- ent. Who was it? Joan Williams, one of the poorest girls Anne knew. The picture was of a girl in a red dress, standing on a beach with roaring white waves. Beside her was a white and gold collie. The girl was brown and tattered; her black hair waved wildly in the wind. My t this is beautiful, thought Anne. Everyone take his seat and the judges will decide on the award, said a stately gentleman. They nervously took their seats. The judges walked slowly around. All the paintings were eliminated but two, Anne ' s and Joan ' s. The judges picked one out. Anne could not see which. They were ready to an- nounce now. The winner is-- there was a deep breath, Joan Williams. We had a hard time to make the decision between Anne Andrews and Joan Williams, but we find Miss Williams ' s is the better. Congratulations, Joan, said Anne. Oh, thank you, I am sorry you didn ' t win, but I wanted it so. You needed it more than I, answered Anne. You are wonderful to take it this way, said Joan, Anne walked home with a light step. She was not sorry, after she had seen how happy the award made Joan. Did you win? asked Mrs. Andrews, seeing Anne ' s happy face. No, I didn ' t, and I ' m glad, because she really needed it more than I, answered Anne cheerfully. Well, I have never seen such a girl, thought Mrs. Andrews. I ' m proud of my unselfish daughter. --Martha Collins, H8 THE BABY BIRDS ' FIRST STORM npqt and all. It was such a stormy dayi Crash. ' « “� h ® ab b ' rds orouched beneath their mother ' s On the ground t ■ and th(J mothor blr d couldn ' t leave them because wings. ihey w_ L y f 0 uld the storm never die down? the f M iLf toe itorm did stop somewhat and Mother Bird ventured out to fond her husband fnd something to eat. She had gone guile far whentoe heard a familiar Meow . A hungry oat must be after her baby bir s. She hurried back to find her husband bra.ely defying the cat. Luckily the cat ' s mistress called him and he hurried to her, leaving the birds safe. Father Bird became very busy finding worms for his hungry babies whne Mother Bird was trying to soothe the ruffled feelings of the small ones. Although they had to build another nc-st, ing escaped two horrid disasters. The morning the thankful songs they sang. — Willma Bishop, they were thankful for hav- was made more cheerful by L7 MY LITTLE BROTHER Every day when the clock strikes four My little brother flies to the door. He opens the door ana out he runs To see if the bread man has any buns. All day long he is happy and gay, And he likes to go running down by the bay. He is not very big but full of joy. And most of the time he ' s a good little boy. --Alita Zolot, H7 ANDY ' S NARROW ESCAPE As Andy Powell, cowhand on the Bar-H-C Ranch, was walking along the trail he heard a series of sharp rattles behind him. He spun on his heel to be confronted by a huge rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike. Andy thought rapidly and decided to jump a nearby crevice. It would be very dangerous, for he had no room to run in before the jump. He turned swiftly,- gave a mighty leap, and landed two inches clear of the edge. The snake slowly uncoiled and crawled away. Andy jumped back across the gap. He reached the ranch in safety and from that day on he always has his eyes open for snakes. --Elon Packard, L7 MY LITTLE SISTER She is nine years old And not so very bold. She has golden hair And not a single care. One day she went away But not for a long stay; And yet how we missed her, My precious little sister. --Ruth Shulte, H7 BASEBALL tie were playing baseball; their side had nearly won. Mary made a homer; that made us four to one. Evelyn got to third base and I hit her in; I tried for second; how we hoped to win; But .t.fter Jean had blundered, she began to pout. And when she did, 1 wondered how it would turn out. When May hit a homer v e had hopes of winning. But when they got mad and quit, that was the end of the inning. --Helen Simonds, L7 L0CLL BOY Bill Rhodn, said a very energetic baseball fan, why of course I Ifnow who he is. He- is that boy from Burbank, another case of local boy makes good. I hoar ho was a good student, both in mental activities end citizenship. He is playing baseball in the Southern League at Nashville, Tennessee, this year. Last year he was called Old Man River (he rolled them along.) His fans, in order to show their appreciation, had a Bill Rhoda Day. They gave him a watch, new car, hunting-dog, and a shot gun. He used to play ball for the Missions and the Oaks. Ho has always played short stop. Burbank, he says, was very different when he attended here; many improvements have been added. Although he spends most of his time in Tennessee, he still makes his home in Berkeley. How do I know so much about him? Why, he is my uncle. --x.dele Scoble, L9 baseball . Au gy Gal an, who is a Berkeley resident, plays for the Chicago Cubs. He is an outfielder for his club. His outfielding and hitting have been Vcry S°°d this season. although he has hit few homeruns, his averag is Bigh. His b .at ting has nelped the Chicago Cubs vc-ry much in win- ning -ome ot the g..mcs they played. This season was his greatest si ce ho started to be a baseball player. .mother . player I know and see nearly every day is Emil Mailho. He ‘ _0 Berkeley resident. He plays for a smaller le.aguc but is a great player. He was in the Oakland Ball Club in the Pacific Coast League. This, year was his best season for fielding and hitting. His atting average for 1935 was % 335; this was his best batting average, al- hough he doeq; not lead in homeruns. Next season Mailbo will try out ' for the major leagues. — Alfred Soo, L8 regatta The fleecy clouds tumbled and churned about one another; the wind was strong and the time was right. The fifteen yachts gathered speed as th ir sails filled with the restoring wind behind them. On and on they raced, with the setting sun glistening like diamonds on their we sai s and the restless white-caps bubbling along beside them. On and on they raced as if Mercury had taken a silver cord tied to the bow of each and flown swiftly on his winged sandals. The sturdier motorboats c.nugged along beside them like pudgy dwarfs, but always a little bit behin . The sun sank lower and lower on the horizon as the sleek crafts cut the water and neared their goal. The clouds were tinted a delicate rose by Aurora, who had graciously consented to appear to wield her brush. In the crafts came, one after another, their white tips touching the chang- ing-hued clouds as they swooped upon us, but always our Flying Fish was just a little ahead of the others and then our craft passed the goal. We had woni The wind had died, the sun had set, and all was calm. We had cap- tured the honors and it was the end of a perfect day. --Nancy Pairman, H9 BOATING Boating is a very interesting sport. Some people prefer the in- board and outboard motor boats; others like the regular sailing. In both kinds of yachting a person usually knows how to keep up the boat as well as to manage the sails or motors. I find sailing to be real sport. In sailing you glide along the wa ter at a fairly good rate of speed. When you go along on your tack and pass up another boat you say, Now, here is some real fun. The trouble comes when you are tacking. When you change your tack you sit on the op posite side of the boat, and in doing this, you usually sit in water. If you have ever seen a skimmer sail along with about three people in it and then run into some waves, you see how people get wet while sailing. The fastest sailboats on the lake are skimmers which go as fast as some of the outboard motorboats. On Lake Merritt, Oakland, there are sail and motorboat races. On September 9, 1935, Miss Arcadia of Arcadia, California, won more races than any other boat on the lake. Miss Arcadia is a flat wide boat that can take the turns without tipping. She is an inboard motorboat, one of the fastest of her class on the Pacific Coast. Miss Arcadia took the championship away from Miss Hobbs . The Booth boys and their father entered a number of races in the Dotsie , during one of the races, hit some waves and rocked the boat so much that the pilot was thrown out; the mechanic backed the boat up, picked up the pilot and went on with the race. Later, in the same race, the Dotsie turned over, then righted itself and kept on going. Oakland is proud of Mr. Booth and his sons. During the same afternoon they gave an aquaplane display showing great skill.— Robort Ayres, L8 CHESS The game of chess is a warfare in miniature. If we believe one tradition we can say that it was invented in India to take the soldiers ' minds from the actual warfare. In chess two opposing forces, consisting on each side of the king and queen, two bishops, two knights, two rooks (castles), and eight pawns (foot soldiers), are drawn up in battle array, and the strategy of the conflict lies in making a successful attack on the enemy ' s king. When one player or the other is Unable to protect his king from capture on the next move he is checkmated , and the game is over. In the hands of master chess players, this game has grown very com- plicated, and one player, the champion chess player of the world, has been known to play twenty to twenty-five boards at the same time. Chess was probably invented somewhere in the Far East, passing from India to Persia, and then to Europe. The word Chess is supposed to be derived from shah the Persian w ord for king, and checkmate from shah mat , meaning the king is dead The chess-board is divided into sixty-four alternating black and white (or red) squares, and the board is so placed that each player sits with a white (or red) square at his right hand. In setting up the pieces, always give the queen her color , that is, always place the white (or red) queen on the proper white (or red) square and the black queen on the proper black square. Chess is a very valuable game as it teaches the players to concen- trate on whatever they do. It has proved to be a very interesting game and is played by peoples of many countries. It will probably keep on be ing a first class game of the world, enjoyed by thoughtful people every- where. --William Morse, H9 HIGHLAND SPORTS On September 5, 1935, the beautiful Princess Royal Park, Braeman, Scotland, was filled with people who had come to see the Braeman Games, an annual affair, where the best sportsmen compete. The chief sport, one which calls for great strength and skill, is the tossing of the caber, a distinctly Scotch activity. The caber is a tapered tree trunk about sixteen feet long and it weighs about two hun- dred and eighty pounds. The tosser takes one end in his cupped hand and pitches it from him, the object being to have it turn completely over and land on the other end. Other games are running, jumping, wrestling, and throwing the ham- mer. All these are athletic sports but there is one which calls for great competition. That is the bag pipe-playing which is the national music of Scotland. The dancing of the Highland Fling and Reels is also highly interesting and the source of much competition. Of course, those competing wear the Scotch costume. -ell these games are really a part of the life of the clansman and have been handed down from one generation to another . --Kay McEvoy, L8 SPORT IN ITALY In Italy many interesting games are played. One game is very funny and simple. Two boys get into sacks. The top of each sack is tied with a rope. Then the boys begin to hit each other with their bodies and try to knocK each other down. In another game a whole row of boys get into sacks. After they are all settled and ready to go, someone shoots off the gun. They all try to beat each other to the white line. When they fall most of them can ' t get up and then they are taken out of the sack. The one who gets to the white line first wins, — Palmira Iacobitti, H8 FINNISH ATHLETICS It is in the distance runs, more than in any other form of ath- letios, that Finland excels over every other country in the world, and it is argued that Greece, in the golden days of her athletic eminence, could not possibly have rivalled the modern Finns There are four men living today who have won this distinction for Finland Hannes Kolemainen comes from Savo, Finland, and made his bow to the world at the Olympic Games at Stockholm where he captured four gold med- als and established two world records, Willie Ritola ' s achievements were made at the Paris Olympics where he won the 10,000 meter and the 3..000 meter steeplechase, bettering the world record in the first, and establishing a new Olympic record in the second, and proving that he is the greatest distance runner of all time. At the Paris Olympics Albin Stenroos ran twenty-six miles to finish as easily as if he had only run the quarter Get the picture of a man about forty running twenty-six miles through mid summer heat without a sign of weariness. He had been preparing for seventeen years. Paavo Nurmi had devoted his entire life to becoming a great runner. Paavo is the superb athlete of modern times, the greatest running ma- chine the world has ever seen, possibly the greatest the earth will ever produce. That is a sweeping statement but when Nurmi ' s records are remembered and his latest powers calculated, it is soon realized that nothing short of a human break will ever beat his time. In the 1928 Olympics fturmi ran the 1,500 meter race in 3,45; the QOQ meter in 14 minutes; and the 10,000 meter under 30 minutes. Distance running seems to the Finn the most satisfying. It is per- haps the slowness of the movements of the runner in the distance runs which makes his running graceful; the slow stride is much more graceful than the short one. --Esther Gustafson, L8 AN ESKIMO AMUSEMENT . , favorite getrne among the children of the Alaskan Indians is pLayed with the bow and arrow. The object of the game is to see how many ar- c...n be ohot in the air at one time. When the first arrow hits the ground the player must then stop. The number of arrows shot is the score of the player. — Emma Cunningham, L7 INDIAN SPORTS Although Indians were stoical and rarely gave external evidence of thPir true feelings they were not without a sense of humor Among their legends and traditions are many games and amusements They were toA ot a sort of game of droughts or checkers; they had dice made of bone which they cast on a wooden plate. Preferences to games and gam- blings often occur in their legends. They also had a kind of football game, lacrosse,- and other rough and strenous games of ball. There were several forms of the throwing stick and the object sought for in all of them was distance. Story telling was a favorite pastime. They had a number of strange dances and festivals. One of these was the Smoke Dance during which the Indians who took part gave away valuable presents. Singing was one of their favorite amusements . --Jacqueline Le Protti, H8 VICTORY IN THE MIDST OF DEFEAT Would you say that a lacrosse team had a triumphant tour if it met its Waterloo in all but one of its engagements, sometimes by such flash- ing scores as 21-1, 10-11, 12-1, and 11-11? Perhaps not, but the American girls who were recently in Britain confirm most emphatically that it was. They declare that they thoroughly enjoyed being defeated and imply that one learns more and quicker that way. The girls from the United States went to England to return a visit paid to them by a British side the preceding season, but they did not go with the expecta- tion of avenging the heavy defeats dealt out by their former guests. They Went abroad with the frankly avowed intention of learning more than they already knew, and according to the president of the American Woman ' s Lacrosse Association they succeeded amirably. Taking into consideration the fact that the national governing body for women ' s lacrosse was established but three short years ago, American girls are to be congratulated for their fine progress. Although they have made excursions to various European countries and have been defeat- ed, they have come, they have seen, and they have conquered--unf ailing sportsmanship, cheerfulness in face of defeat, and a keenness of lacrosse strategy and execution. --“Elizabeth Wirta, H9 SPORTS IN DENMARK In Denmark a main sport is track meets wherein field competition is outstanding. It consists of javelin throwing, discus throwing, and weight events. Soccer is another outstanding sport in Denmark. It takes the place there of our American football games Minor sports in Denmark consist of swimming, tennis, and bicycle riding. Bicycle riding is an everyday sport. All the people of Denmark have bicycles. It is also their means of transportation. In vacation, groups of young people go bicycling all over the country. Outdoor sports form an important part of the lives of Danish people. --Jean Pederson, L8 THE BIG C� C is for California ' s big C , A symbol that ' s dear to me L iving in Berkeley we see it all the time, I t ' s something very dear to your heart and mine. F rom time to time the C has changed its hue, 0 ur neighboring colleges have painted it anew; R ed is used mostly when it isn ' t painted gold, Never left unpainted so it cannot grow old. 1 know it will stand for many years yet, A constant reminder we cannot forget. --Jean Yool, L8 STUB ALLISON, COaCH OF THE NEW BEaRS Four years ago Stub Allison was assigned to be first assistant to W. A. Navy Bill Ingram at California. Stub had had much experience in athletics. In 1913 he entered Carleton College, and he was the cap- tain of the football, baseball, and baBketbo.ll teams at Northfield, Minnesota. He also was All-Conference end for three years and was men- tioned for All-American honors. His first assignment after the World War in athletics was when ho went to the University of Washington to coach football, basketball, and baseball teams. In 1922 he went to South Dakota to coach football for five years. He went to Wisconsin as end coach, assistant athletic director, director of intramural sports andcoach of the boxing team. Then Navy Bill Ingram brought him to California where he was assigned assistant coach of football. When Navy Bill Ingr?.m resigned, Stub Allison was made head coo.ch by popu- lar demand and he is certainly doing a good job for California. --Sheldon Iverson, L8 CALIFORNIA VARSITY, L935 In the fall of 1935 the California Varsity, coached by Stub Allison, won every game until they played the Big Game with Stanford at Palo Alto, Stanford won this gome by a score of 13-0. The California Varsity football team has thirty-nine players. The average v eight is 182 pounds; the o.verage height is five feet eight in- ches; the average age is twenty years. Bob Herwig, the Ce.lifornia center, and La.rry Lutz, left tackle, who is the only first string All-American on the coast, play sixty minutes in every game. The outstanding ends are the Brittingham brothers. Jack c.nd Lob. In the back field are John Meek, Floyd Blower, Don Fowler, Jack Howard, and George Cornell. California has thirteen players from the Bay area. Six are from Berkeley. They are: George Cornell, Perry Thomas, Edward Vallejo, Ray Jack, Stanley McCoffrey, and Ray Nordstrom. This was California ' s best team in several years . --Gordon Bader, L8 GEORGE CORNELL Burbank has reason to be proud of one of her former students. Aft- er his graduation he went on to Berkeley High School where he was very successful in football. In his first two seasons he played right half- back, and was later shifted to the ball-carrying position. Ho worked to good advantage here where his ball-carrying, passing, blocking, and de- fensive work were excellent. Now he is a sophomore in the University of California. Again he is proving himself a valuable player on the var- sity football team. Burbank is very proud of George Cornell .--Violet Belluzzi, H8 WALTER GORDON Walter Gordon, football scout for the University of California, is probably the greatest football scout in the United States. Every year in football season he scouts for California, up and down the state. He tells Stub Allison what players and what plays to fear. He sits at the top of the stadium and from that position can see the plays well. When he was a student at U.C. he was a star backfield player. He went to law school, passed the bar examinations with a very high rating, and now practices law in Berkeley. He has two sons in Burbank Junior High School. One is Walter Gordon, Jr., member of the Oriental miniature football team. — Albert Hardie, L8 BERKELEY ' S MINIATURE FOOTBALL TEAMS Many times this year and last year, between halves of a big foot- ball game, we have seen Berkeley ' s miniature football teams, Orientals and the Occidentals in action. Most of the boys in these teams are en- rolled in junior high schools of Berkeley. Walter Gordon, Jr., and Shinji Tsuchida, two Burbank boys, are members of the Oriental team. Teddy Iida and Ben Fukutome are former Burbank boys. On the day of the Stanford-Calif or nia Big Game, in 1935, the Orientals and the Occidentals played the preliminary game at Palo Alto. Both teams are well-known for their clever shifts and great speed. They are sponsored by the Berkeley Lions Clu o. The Orientals are coached by Mr. Lumpe and the Occidentals by Mr. McKevitt. — Ted Poage, L8 m-Ci ruuiDAJjl blATUE was madp ° n the campus of the University of California to be acauainted 1 v den ’ sculptor � with whom I was fortunate enough Machines ™ J manJr other among which were The the School for l ln San “clsco am -The Bear Hunters- at lived alone i i f — W«.lf a deaf mute, who alone in Berkeley for many years until his death in 1935. --Claire FVazee. L8 AMEPJ CA ' S BIRDWOMAN Of all those to whom fame and fortune have come in recent years, Amelia Earhart seems least changed and least spoiled. She was in Boston completing a course as a social worker when she met George Palmer Putnam, now her husband, who was looking for a woman pilot for a trans-Atlantic flight. Up to that time she had had light years of flying experience and worked as a mail clerk, all without her father ' s knowledge. She was also the first woman to fly across the ocean by plane. She was accompanied by Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordan. The twenty-one hour flight which ended June 18, 1928, at Burry Pout, Wales, gave her the Congressional Distinguished Flying Cross and France ' s Legion of Honor, Speeding her red and silver Lockheed Vega through the clouds was a big thrill to her. The first time Amelia Earhart flew across the Pacific Ocean alone, she added another laurel to those she already wears. She had to have courage, nerve, and health. She left Honolulu with many people watching her. When she arrived in Oakland there were twice as many there to greet her. Miss Earhart is a woman with no craving for publicity. She does things such as crossing the ocean alone, not to show off and make a name for herself, but for the thrill of it. Since she is the only woman making such a trip, she deserves her place in the Hall of Fame . --Ef f ie Simoneau, H8 j Donna Jeanne Slater, L8 AVIATION Aviation is one of the greatest inventions of modern science. Huge passenger planes have been made in which people eat and sleep. The cab- ins are warm and the people sleep comfortably in bunks like they have on trains. There also are fast planes that are used for racing purposes. One of these planes is called gee-bees. It has a two hundred mile land- ing speed. Then there are planes that the army and the navy use. The army uses the Martin bomer. They also use pursuit planes like the Boeing two-wing and Boeing low-winger . The navy uses mostly pursuits like the Vought Casair and many other kinds of planes. --Roy Wall, H8 AIR MAIL The carrying of the air mail is a very hard and dangerous job. Blazing the trails of the sky has been as hazardous as exploring a track- less forest. A reliable mail pilot requires at least two years of expe- rience. In that length of time he may have many accidents and crack up two or three planes, while his life is always endangered. In the nine years of air mail service only forty men have been killed and most of them had not flown for more than two years. It takes a man with courage and nerve to fly air mail because all the time he must think of getting his mail to its destination and not think of the danger to his own life. --Betty Seher , L9 FROM ROUNDERS TO BASEBALL Baseball comes from the old English game of rounders . New York was the first state in the United States to adopt it. They played reg- ular games at Hoboken, New Jersey. The rules of these games were very crude indeed and very few in number. The regulation ball weighed oix and one quarter ounces and was ten and one hall inches in diameter. The pitchers now-a-days jerk, twist, and swing their arms all about but in those days it was prohibited. The modern pitcher has a specified place to stand to pitch, but then the pitcher could take as many steps as he wanted to before he pitched the ball so long as he was anywhere behind a line twelve feet across and forty-five feet from the home base. So matters drifted for six years until the Red Stockings of Cincinnatti began a tour of games. The Red Stockings of Cincinnatti were the first to wear the regulation pants that are worn now. Before that, base ball players wore long pants. Since then there have been several organ- izations, each one better than the last. From rounders has come America ' s national game, baseball . --Geraldine Barnes, LS BASEBALL Baseball is one of the most popular games in the world. It has been called the national game of the United States, and it is gradually conquering the world. Wars have spread baseball among the nations. There are two major leagues in the United States, the National League founded in 1876 and the American League in 1900. Each baseball league has eight teams or clubs. They play almost daily from April to October. There was a third league called the Federal League which was founded in 1913 but it was not successful financially. The two winning teams of each league play in the World Series and the team winning four games is declared the world ' s champion team. --Charles Kitto, L9 BABE RUTH Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore, on February seventh, 1894. He bats and throws with his left hand. He started as a pitcner, but his value as a batter soon took him out of the box. His childhood was one of hard work, for he was very poor. When he joined the Baltimore Orioles his manager was always bragging about his future. One day, as he was going toward the club house, some one said, Here comes the Boss ' s new baby. The name stuck to him. His success has never gone t his head. His advice to young players is, Study the game, perfect you self in whatever position you take on the team. When on the defensive side, play with the others; never try to be dramatic or draw attention o yourself. if on the offensive, keep your eye on the ball coming to- ward you. Remember the pitcher is studying you, trying to find your weakness. Most important of all, remember, you can ' t play baseball a- work ucc ® ss in baseball as well as in life depends upon team- work. --Kathryn Young, L8 THE BATTLING BASS While I was on my vacation in the jungles of Northern California, I heard a legend of a bass that had captured enough sporting goods to start a store. He was never seen out of the water and was always lo- cated among the lily pads. For many years fishermen had returned with broken rods. I decided to try for him. I took my favorite bass lure. My guide told me it was too small and told rne to take a plug. I stub- bornly refused to change. After a while nothing happened, so I did change to a plug. As soon as it hit the water my pole bent. The bass jerked; my arms felt as if they were coming off their hinges. I got him, I yelled. There was a whirring sound as the reel paid out. He was slowly pulling the boat towards the lily pads. Suddenly the line slackened. I felt as though a trip hammer had hit me and a huge jerk sent the guide into the lake. At least I knew I had him. Suddenly he jumped out of the lake. I was frenzied; the fish weighed at least fifty pounds. Before I knew what had happened I was in the water fighting while the bass whirred around me. I could just picture it in my den. I heard a loud snap. I knew I had lost him. I didn ' t think a fish could deserve to get away, but that old fellow did. So I fished my guide out of the lake and started home as the sun was setting. --Robert Haney, H7 DON ' T FEAR THE WATER Swimming is one of the easiest things a person can learn, once the fear of water has been mastered. It is as easy to swim as it is to walk, easier, in fact, because the water offers a soft couch and you can turn over, lie on your back and rest whenever you get tired. It is also impossible to drown, if you keep your head and don ' t be- come panic-stricken from fear of the water. Every now and then the pa- pers record that somebody has waded out beyond his depth, and, because he couldn ' t swim, was drowned. We mistakenly conclude that he drowned because he could not swim. He drowned because he lost his head. You don ' t need both legs or both arms to keep afloat, and if cramps temporarily put you out of commission, the other three will see you through, if you don ' t lose your head Lorraine Maderos, L9 JOHNNY J hen Johnny Weismuller was only twelve years old, he lived near the sea °h° re He wanted to learn how to swim better than anyone else, so he went to the coach of the swimming club that was near his home. He as e the coach what he should do in order to become a good swimmer. T e coach told Johnny to swim at least one mile a day, so he swam home rom school every day in the rough sea. By swimming in the rough water he learned to swim very well, and developed his body and muscles. Jo nny entered many races, and won some of them. He is now a big, s rong an healthy man, and can swim very well. He has the coach and mgn ss to learn, to thank for that. — Harold Lindquist, H8 TRACK This year track has seen two great Negro stars, Eulace Peacock and Jesse Owens. They were entered in races. Jesse Owens was running so well that he broke three world’s records in one day. He won all his outdoor races but was beaten by Peacock a few times in the indoor events. U. C. had a running star in George Anderson. He equaled the world ' s record in the one hundred yard dash and was a shade behind Jesse Owen when they competed against each other this suborner. We have a star pole vaulter in Jack Major. He was pole vaulting near the record and was right in there with the best vaulters. This track season was a big success and I hope next year will bo just as won- derful Sheldon Iversen, L8 GLEN CUNNINGHAM It was once feared that Glen Cunningham, one of America ' s greatest runners, might never be a.ble to walk at all. He was raised in Kansas. He and his older brother walked several miles each day to school, when they ran part of the way, Glen was usually beaten because his legs were shorter and he couldn ' t take such long steps. Glen and his brother started the fire in the school house every win ter morning to get it warm before the teacher and other children came. They usually put a little kerosene on the wood and paper to get the fire started. One day, through an error, gasoline was poured on instead of kerosene. When it was lighted, it exploded and burned the schoolhouse, burning Glen ' s brother ' to death. Glen was burned severely and had to go to the hospital for several years. It was said he never ' would walk a- gain or if he ever did he would be crippled because of his shortened leg As Glen grew older and stronger, he found it easier to run than to walk. He went to high school and took up track. He then went to college. A few years 1„. ter he tried for the world ' s championship and won it. He held it until last spring when Love Locks , a New Zealander, beat him. Glen Cunningham has brought honor to America and is still holding the United States cup . --F1 orence Ipen, L8 BILL CHISHOLM Bill Chisholm, a bright Los Angeles boy, had an idea and stuck to it. While a student at Los Angeles Polytechnic High School, he decided that he wanted to be a great athlete. He had the Olympic team as his goal. After trying various forms of sport. Bill said he was going to make the hardest event of track, which is the walk. Nothing requires such training and peculiar development of certain muscles, but Bill was determined and stayed with it, with the result, that today, he is not only one of the fastest one-mile walkers in the world, but a walker with endurance. He made the American Olympic team in 1932, when the require- ments were a walk of about thirty-one miles. --Lois Wuagneux, L8 JAMES BKADDOCK James Braddock, as you probably know, is heavyweight champion of the world. He won this title from Max Baer several months ago. Before he got this title he was on relief. When he won the championship he re- turned quite a large sum of money to the government for what he had re- ceived. He is married and has three children. He was once a longshore- man, and had retired from fighting. Then he surprised the world by be- coming the world ' s heavyweight champion. He is an example of what can be done by clean living and determination. —Fay Goddard, L8 JOE LOUIS AND HIS BOXING Joe Louis, whose name is really Joe Louis Barrows, is one of to- day ' s most famous boxers. He is called The Brown Bomber from Detroit . His parents are from Alabama, where they were cotton pickers, living in a little cabin. Joe Louis has only been fighting for eighteen months and has had twenty-one fights, all of which he has won. Joe Louis ' s fight with Camera was the first sensational one, showing thc:t he was becoming the world ' s champion. His second big fight was with Levinsky and he won the victory in the iirst round. ihe light that will go down in history is the Baer versus Louis fight, where standing room was sold for £3.45. Louis was victor of this fight. He is now going to train and fight in South America and in a year he will try for the world ' s championship title. —Wi 11a Mae Johnson, H8 JACK DEMPSEY Jack Dempsey, the former heavyweight champion of the world, is loved by millions. His fame was acquired through many years of hard work. All through his ring career he was regarded as a great man and sportsman. There are man, instances when men have asked hi 111 for help and he gave generously to them. Jack Dempsey now owns a restaurant lo- cated across the street from Madison Square Garden, in New York, where he fought many of his great battles. The cafe is patronized by many of his old friends. If he had not boon liked, his C£ f e would not have been so popular. In the cafe ho is fair and square, and that is why his business is always prosperous. He was fair in the ring also. He has al- ways given the decision fairly, and I believe his name will go down in history as the world ' s greatest f ighter. --Charles Davis, L7 MAX BAER When Max Baer of Livermore, California, was a small boy he ran to his sister for protection from the other boys. As he grew older, he was very strong so he took boxing-lessons and became a fighter. In time he became the champion of the world. Braddock beat him. After Louis fought Camera and beat him, he beat Max Baer. Now Max Baer has retired from the ring and is ranching here in California, --Raymond Murphy, L8 ORIGIN OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES Bob: Grandpapa, please tell us a story. Betty: Yes, do tell us. Grandpapa: All right, tonight I ' ll tell you the history of the Olympic Games: Long, long ago in the northern part of Greece there was a very high mountain called Olympus. This mountain was so high that most of the year it was covered with thick snow. The people thought that pal- aces of their gods were built high above the top of this mountain, hid- den from the sight of men by clouds. The king of the gods was Jupiter, who ruled over heaven and earth. It was he who caused the clouds to form and sent showers and rain to refresh the thirsty earth. Jupiter was a good and powerful ruler; therefore the people loved him and were grateful to him. They gave many festivals in his honor. The greatest of these festivals was the one held at a place called Olympia. Every four years messengers went from town to town announcing the coming festival. Then all wars ceased and many people from differ- ent parts of Greece came to worship their mighty god, Jupiter. After the worship they held many games. The swift runners raced for a wreath of graceful olive leaves as a prize. There were the char- iot races, wrestling matches, and archery. The Greeks believed that Jupiter loved to see men using their strength and skill to do him honor. The one who gained the victory was looked upon ever after as the favor- ite of the gods and men. The history of the Olympic Games dates back to 766 B« C. Today Olympic Games are still held every four years. The last ones were held in Los Angeles in 1932, and the next Olympic Games will be held in Berlin, Germany, in 1936. --Miyoko Ito, H9 AMERICA WINS AT THE OLYMPICS Winning eight of the seventeen groups of contests and scoring near- ly three times as many points as the second highest nation, Italy, America emerged from the tenth series of Olympic Games with honors sur- passing any attained within twenty years. Until the next Olympic at Berlin four years hence, athletes from the world will be debating the reason for America ' s sweeping victory at Los Angeles. --Ernest Siri, L8 TRACK Jim Bausch was a Kansas man who won the Olympics for the United States. He was a one-man track team. He could run, high jump, pole vault, throw the discus, broad jump, jump hurdles, and throw the shot put. On the first day of the Olympics, Jim had enough points to be fifth that was not so good. The second day he won most of his events and got enough points to come in first. He won for the United States. --Jack Oliver, L8 A GREAT SPORTSMAN Will Rogers was a great sportsman whose favorite sport was polo. Young Tommy Hitchcock told the story of when Will Rogers played for him. Hitchcock ' s team was playing a championship game when one of the players was hurt. According to the rules the game could not go on un- less someone was substituted. Tommy saw Will Rogers sitting in the grandstand. He rode over to him and asked if he would help them out. Will Rogers said he would and in a few minutes he came riding in with a pair of chaps on and said he was ready to play. They played hard, but in the end they lost the championship. Will Rogers was apologizing as they rode out of the field; for the first time the players noticed there was a cast on his leg. He had played through the entire game with a broken ankle. No wonder the whole world loves the man who said I never met a man I didn ' t like . ' --Phil Ray, L8 AT THE DRIVING RACE The grandstand was crowded with thousands of buzzing people. Oth- ers were at the betting stand placing their bets. The horse race was about to begin. The horses came out, heads erect, with each driver sitting proudly behind in a small buggy. They lined up, and the gun went off. They ' re away. shouted the crowd, watching closely as the horses trotted around the track. When it was all over, some people we re happy for they had placed a bet on the winning horse. Some were not so happy, for they had not been so lucky, while others hurried to the betting stand to place bets on the next race which would begin at any minute. There is nothing more popular or exciting, than the races at the oacramento State Fair. Many people go to the races because they love horses, as well as to bet on the races. --Louise Thurner, H8 SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL In May 1935 Sir Malcolm Campbell drove his car, the Bluebird, over the sands at Dayton Beach, Florida, to a new world ' s record of 277 miles an {lour. If it were possible to make that speed the Bluebird could cover the 717 mile distance from Chicago to New York in two and one half hours. The speed would destroy any tire made today in a few minutes. In a run of almost ten miles the Bluebird ' s tire casings were torn to bits and were almost down to the inner tubes. Campbell shifted from second to third at 150 miles per hour. In three miles the car had speeded up to 243 miles per hour. At Salt Lake City, Utah, Campbell tried to get the Bluebird to make oOO miles an hour. In doing so, his tire blew out but he didn ' t get hurt. Ho tried again and he made 304 miles per hour, more than five miles a minute. --Richard Wulbern, L9 TENNIS CHAMPIONS Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player, was born in Centerville, California, and grew up in Berkeley, She has been the Women’s National Tennis Champion of the United States continuously from 1923 to 1931 ex- cept the years 1926 and 1930 in which she did not defend her title. She was Women ' s Champion of France and England in 1927, 1928, and 1929, Helen Jacobs, America ' s other outstanding woman tennis star, is from Berkeley, too. --Betty Jean Reynolds, L8 DON BUDGE Don Budge is the greatest young tennis player that Oakland has ever known. He graduated from University High School. He was on the 1935 Davis Cup Team which represented the United States. He was very suc- cessful at Wimbleton, England, last year , --Virginia Oveshire, L8 A TENNIS GAME Are you ready to play? shouted Beth to her friend Isobel. Yes, but you ' re in the wrong court, answered Isobel, Service, replied Beth, after shifting to the other court. The two girls were competing for the Junior Tennis Championship of their school, Beth was light and wiry, a very good tennis player, but she al- ways lost by defaults. Nearly everybody that she had played won over her because she either served in the wrong court or wore hardsoled shoes on the tennis courts. Some fault could always be found about her. While Isobel didn ' t play so well, she still had a chance to win, but she didn ' t want to win by a default of Beth. During the game Beth defaulted once, but the score was 2-4, in Isobel ' s favor. How that happened nobody ever knew except the players, Isobel was playing her best. She was as light and wiry as Beth, but not quite so quick, and yet she was winning. One more game to go, and who would win? Beth, or Isobel? It was hard to tell, for Beth was at her best and so was Isobel. The score was 3-5, but they were playing a three-game advantage, Beth lost, not by a default, but because Isobel played her best and won a complete victory.— Claramae Hough, H9 WRESTLING IN OLD JAPAN I nnim r ! tiU 9ight in the m °rning the Japanese beat drums to an- s °™?? “ t0 be wrestling that day. The people rise early to HI iJ ' COm ° fr ° m EaSt and Wcst - The umpire watches the signal to i + o r t at the same time, then with a fan gives the wrestlers are all bent from twisting and writhing about each: other. At last one grows weaker and it is ovef. The sveoJ tutors throw their clothes and other valuables to the wrestlers. --Katherine Truitt, H9 Student Body Officers Girls’ Association Eleanor Barbarus Elizabeth Gee Clair Hawks President Vice President . Secretary Class Officers President Grade Vice-President May Nordquist H9T Aldo Brigante William Higgins H9-2 Lillian Brown Earl Bergfeld H9 ' 3 Elsie Trumpf Carlos Alvardo H9-4 Dot Marsicano Elaine Tscheekar L9-1 John Mailho Daniel Magnan L9 ' 2 Georgia Wathen Jack Horn L9C Goldie Tate Ruth Harris L94 James Chandler Noel Dubois L9 ' 5 Shakey Tashjian Edwin Jacobs L9 ' 6 Grace Anzelone Martha Collins H8x Richard Watters Joe Chong HSy 1 Louise Thurner Joseph Briseno H8y” June Yellis Sherman Young H8z Rose Biagi David Everhart L8x Kathleen McEvoy President Water Peterson Tony Maita Gilda Mezzetta Billy Williams Clifford Christie David Strong Sam Titone Rudolph Castro Thordis Euranios Engene Struhm Roy Biagi Walter Botkins Virginia Zelenka Eleanor Costa Claude Belshaw Jane Stark Boys’ Association Robert Hvidt Jack Sawers Frank Leites Grade Vice-President L8yT Frances Regalia L8y ' 2 Esther Gustafson L8y-3 Al. Mergenthal L8z Jean Johnson H7x Ruth Shulte H7yT Hellen Wilson H7y ' 2 Mildred Rose H7z Marylyn Reynolds L7T Charles Davis L7 ' 2 Granuccia Amadei L7 ' 3 Helen Avila L74 Norma Umholt L7 ' 5 Tony Pastana L7 ' 6 Lloyd Lewenthal L7 ' 7 Mane Jeffer S7 Fred Meyer Student Council. We have a Student Council in our school, so that the pupils can voice their opinions as to how the school should be run. The Student Council, made up of a representative from each class, meets once a week to discuss problems which concern all pupils in Burbank. One week the girls’ association meets and a girl representative from each class is present. The next week the boys meet for the same purpose. The boy and girl presidents and vicepresidents are in charge of these meetings. The secretary of each association records the results of the these meetings. Miss McCall is faculty sponsor for the Girls 1 Council, and Mr. Frick for the Boys 1 Council. When any Burbank student thinks of a suggestion which might improve Burbank he tells his class representative. The representative takes the suggestions to the president of the student council. The president then forms a committee of which he is the executive head. The committee takes the suggestion to the principal of the school, Dr. L. L. Stand ley. He then listens thoughtfully to the suggestion. Since he is the principal, he has supreme power over the school and therefore voices his opinion of the suggestion in such a manner that it benefits the entire Burbank Student Body. Burbank’s form of government is a demo- cratic one modified to meet the needs of every Burbank student. — Robert Hvidt, H9 The Girls 1 Council. The Girls’ Council of Burbank has been organized for a number of years as an activity of the school. The purpose of the organization is to promote good school spirit and to bring to each advisory through its representative any suggestions for improvement in conduct of pupils in general or any improvement in the organization of activities. The Council is composed of a girl representative from each advisory , the girl student ' body officers, and a faculty sponsor. The officers this semester are : Eleanor Barbarus, presi ' dent; Elizabeth Gee, vice ' president; Clair Hawks, secretary. The faculty sponsor is Miss McCall. . . The Council meets every two weeks and the meetings are conducted by the girls. Representatives bring from their own classes any fitting suggestions which are discussed in the meeting. Some of these suggestions are referred to Dr. Standley, some to other orga ' nizations of the school, but most suggestio is concern the pupils themselves. Some of the representatives have been most successful in creating a fine spirit in their classes and a decided improvement in the general conduct of pupils has been observed. — Eleanor Barbarus, H9 Traffic Court. The Traffic Court meets twice a week, every Tuesday and Friday ninth period, in Room twenty ' six. The purpose of this court is to provide a proper hearing for all persons arrested for violating traffic rules in halls, yards, and streets near the school. The punishment, if the of ' fender is found guilty, consists of a detention or demerits for his advisory. The court officials are as follows: Judge .... c Bailiff . . ( Jler .... Secretary Assistant Secretary Mrs. Martha Scales Burleson Callahan Aldo Brigante Dorothy West . Geraldine Barnes Sergeant .... Assistant Sergeant (Jourt Traffic Officers (Jourt Traffic Officers (Jourt Traffic Officers Anselmo Sin Vivian Chambliss Bertram Riggio Eugene Gambetta Ernest Tanner — Dorothy West, H9 Student Traffic. Indoor traffic was organized to protect the rights of each pupil, to maintain order in the halls between periods, and to perform many other duties in the school. Traffic has been successful because of the cooperation of the pupils. It has also been a benefit to the officers, f or it has taught them how to handle responsibilities given to them. During the seven years that traffic has been in existence, only the best pupils have been honored by being placed in traffic positions. Each week the officers he Id a meeting conducted by Mrs. Sackett, the traffic supervisor. Here they discuss improvements, give new suggestions, and smooth out their difficulties. The officers are rewarded for their services by special privileges, and a theater party once a semester is made possible by Officer Fraser of the Berkeley Police Department. Feed” which was held on November 22, 1935. Each member had plenty to eat and a de- lightful evening. Each term an instructor is chosen by the University of California R. O. T. C. to instruct the Junior Traffic Officers in preparation for the Annual Traffic review which is held in Edwards Field. Our officers were very fortunate in having Mr. Goldsmith as in- structor this term. This term the members were: Sergeants, Kenji Mayeda, Elmer Holm; corporals, Tony Sena, Tony Silva, Warren Eijima, Jack Urch, Robert Drake, Thomas Caretto; privates, Daniel Magnan, Jack Grady, Samuel Yanagisawa, Kenneth Anderson, Shinji Tsuchida, Edward Winthers, Maurice Despinoy, Giocondo Jacuzzi, George Tracy, Ralph Ahlgren, Nick Feduloff, Rodman Leonard, Jack Blaney, Edward Sundell, Robert Bader, Joseph Chong, Edwin Gordon, Emil Simoncini, and Walter Gordon. — Warren Eijima, H8 Traffic Club. The Traffic club was opened to pupils of the ninth grade. Officer Kidd of the Berkeley Police department directed this activity every Monday and Tuesday during the ninth period in Room 14. It was so interesting that it seemed that everybody in the school should be enrolled in it. We had questions and demonstrations about traffic rules, just as they have in a real court room. Take my advice, ninth graders, and sign up for this activity, if you wish to receive some good instruction about driving a car. — Anton Lindquist School Dances. Each semester, we have both afternoon and evening dances at Burbank. The afternoon dances are enjoyed especially by those pupils do not care to come in the evening. Our first dance was held on September 27 in the afternoon. There was a large at- tendance, good music, and everyone had a most enjoyable time. The second dance was on October 18 in the evening. The Indoor and Outdoor Traffic Officers and their sponsors had charge and as usual the Traffic Dance was a great success. On November 8 the second afternoon dance was held, and on December 13 the next evening dance. The High Ninth graduating dance was held on January 17- The latter was primarily for the graduates but outsiders were welcomed. The money made from these dances is used fcr student aid and to pay for costumes, and for traffic officers 1 badges. The Band. The Burbank Band, under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, our beloved band director, is a credit to Burbank School. The band is expecting to go to Sacramento after Christmas to compete in a contest. The composition “Absent”, written bv our director, Mr. Hobbs, was played in the seventh, eight, and ninth grade assemblies at the beginning of this term by a trombone, bells and a piano. Much credit was given Mr. Hobbs for writing this composition. A tag is given by an officer to any pupil breaking the traffic regulation, and this per ' son must appear in court, where he is given a fair trial. If he is found guilty, he receives a sentence, usually consisting of one or more detentions, according to the nature of the offense . The officers of the Indoor Traffic wish to take this means of thanking all for their cooperation which has made it easier to fulfill the oath which they have taken, and to carry out their duties in a more efficient manner. The following officers are in charge for this semester: (ffhief of Police . . GROUP I. Lieutenant, Elvira Mediros Norma Monroe Gertrude Tauchmann Claramae Hough Billy Noland Albert Kaski George Keltner Violet Belluzzi Alvin O’Leary June Peterson GROUP II. Lieutenant, Doris Lowe Dorothy Horn Evelyn Wares Alice Coopman Joan Kammerer Gorene Harris Verna Johnson Qaptaxn Mamie Gaipa David Silva Stanley Thisdell GROUP III. Lieutenant, Raymond Suter David Moohr Roberta Clarke Clara Huillard Pauline Ghego Hatsuye Tanaka Elmer Silva GROUP IV Lieutenant, Frank Xavier James Warren George Felix Sydney Michael Albert Hardie Stanley Bond . . . Charles Navarro GROUP V. Lieutenant, Marie Bernardi Loretta Jordan Frances Ponsetta Anna Young James Collins Evelyn Stockey Frank Wakefield GROUP VI. Lieutenant, Ted Poage Lorraine Sena Gordon Bader Raymond Phipps Ester Torchio Jean Pedersen Robert Newlon Robert Greenwood Jean Yool Lena Mignone Kenneth Phinney Outdoor Traffic Officers. The Berkeley Junior Traffic Police is organized for the purpose of training in leadership and responsibility for the boys who participate, and fo: the purpose of assisting the Police Department in safeguarding school children while crossing streets in the vicinity of schools in the city of Berkeley. This term the Outdoor Traffic Officers of Burbank Junior High School were under the excellent leadership of Mr. Grover Carlsen and the two sergeants, Kenji Mayeda and Elmer Holm. Our Outdoor Traffic consists of two sergeants and six corporals, and their squads. There are three squads which go on duty each lunch period for a period of one week and the next week the other three squads go on duty, so that the other squads may have a rest. Each squad is under the leadership of a corporal. The officers have many privileges such as passes to the theaters in Berkeley and to the football games held at the University of California. They also enjoy the annual “Bean On Hallowe’en night the band played at the Franklin School Hallowe’en party. They played twelve marches which were enjoyed very much by the audience. At a recent meeting of band directors, Mr. Hobbs presented a composition on “Music In The Schools”. I think that every school should have a good band because it provides a place for a pupil to have a musical career as well as a scholastic one. A band adds to the school spirit and provides a place for pupils who love music and cannot afford to pay for expensive lessons. Everybody in Berkeley knows that the Burbank Band wouldn’t be the good band that it is without our great director, Mr. Hobbs. — Helen Murden, L9 The Orchestra. The Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Victor Schott, is com ' posed of fifteen violins, five cellos, one drum, one saxaphone, one flute, four basses, two trumpets, two pianos, one clarinet, one oboe, and one accordion, a total of thirtyTour. The orchestra practices every Tuesday and Friday, during the ninth period. Each member has one period a week for private instruction on his particular instrument. Each term we give concerts, sometimes at our school, other times at the Veterans’ Memorial Building, our city parks, churches, and clubs. On Sunday evening, November 10, we played several selections at the First Baptist Church. The American Legion, Berk ' eley Branch, sponsored the program. The progress of our orchestra is due to the excellent supervision of Mr. Victor Schott, our director. — Midory Asakawa, L7 Junior Girls’ Chorus. The Junior Girls’ Chorus consists of a group of fifty ' five girls from the L7, H7, and L8 classes. There is always a long list of girls waiting to join as soon as there is an opportunity for them. We girls sing the best we can in order to make our club a success. Miss Hoffmire is our director. For the P.-T. A., we sang “Shadows Over the Sea” by West, and “La Paloma”, Spanish folksong, and for American Education week, “The Gypsy Camp”, an Italian folk ' tune. We also sang for the Christmas program. Officers of the chorus are: President, Kathleen McEvoy; Vice President, Eleanor Costa; Secretary, Frances Fraga; Assistant-Secretary, Virgina Stadelhofer; Librarians, Melba Armstrong, Evelyn Stahl, Lillian Arnold, Eloise Lincoln, and Betty Ward. The cos ' tume committee consists of : Madeline O’Neill, Katherine Sutherland, Guadalupe Martinez, Lorraine Johnson, Jean Rennie, Virginia Ovenshire, Granuccia Amadei, Virginia Geraci, and Charlotte Munkelt. The members of the Chorus are: Granuccia Amadei, Melba Armstrong, Lillian Arnold, Wilma Bishop, Cleo Burrows, Eunice Cavellini, Ella Chrisman, Eleanor Costa, Sylvia Cugley, Emma Cunningham, Faye Dixon, Shirley Duffin, Elaine Erickson, Doris Faria, Theresa Farley, Katherine Felix, Margie Lee Forsythe, Frances Fraga, Virginia Geraci, Margaret Gering, Edith Ghego, Peggy Green, Anita Hardage, Doris Harrison, Ruth Hund, Shirley Jarvis, Lorraine Johnson, Evelyn Kiefer, Frances Laugel, Frances Lewis, Eloise Lincoln, ' Guadalupe Martinez, Kathleen McEvoy, Annie Mori, Charlotte Munkelt, Evelyn Nethercott, Betty Noble, Madeline O ' Neill, Virginia Ovenshire, Shirley Phipps, Hazel Reid, Jean Rennie, Fern Ribley, Kathryn Rowley, Dorothy Schaefer, Virgin- ia Stadelhofer, Evelyn Stahl, EvonSilva, Virginia Storm, Katherine Sutherland, Dorothy Veb iotes, Betty Ward, Bernice Watkins, Betty Lou Walker, and Ida White. — Frances Fraga, L8 and Virginia Stadelhofer, L8 Junior Boys’ Chorus. Our Junior Boy’s Chorus is limited, at present, to sixteen members. Later on, several boys who are waiting to join will be given the opportunity. We have been working very hard to make our chorus a success and are anxious to continue to improve, for we enjoy our songs. At the general assembly in September we sang “Play to Me, Gypsy,’’ and for the P.-T.A. we sang “Keep in The Middle of The Road,’’ a spiritual. For the American Education program we sang “Sleep, Kentucky Babe,” by Adam Geibel. We also sang for the Christmas program. Our Thanksgiving party was a great success. A program of music, stunts, and games was given and refreshments were served. Officers of the Junior Boys’ Chorus are: President, Charles Davis; Vice President, Jack Navarro; Secretary, George Nelidov; Treasurer, Richard Traul; Librarians, Raymond Murphy, and Clifford Stewart; Costume Committee, Charles Martin, and Frederick Grass. The members of the Chorus are: Joseph Bale, Seabron Calhoun, Donald Clark, Caleb Crandall, Charles Davis, Norman Deming, Frederick Grass, Charles Martin, Ray- mond Murphy, Jack Navarro, George Nelidov, Edward Powell, Manuel Rodriquez, Clif- ford Stewart, Harold Stone, Richard Traul. — George Nelidov, L8 “The Merry Juniors Sophie was unhappy. She had wished for good weather and now that it had come she had nothing to do. Her little friend, Helen, came over to visit her, just then, and Sophie asked her how she could be so cheerful with nothing to do. “But I have something to do, Sophie,” Helen replied. “You see, I belong to the Girl Reserves at Burbank School. The Girl Reserves is a younger branch of the Young Women’s Christian Association. A Girl Reserve must try ‘To face life squarely’, and ‘To find and give the best.’ This term when we had nice weather, we planned picnics and weinie roasts, and we went swimming. When the weather was cold we went to Rollerland. Our club is called ‘The Merry Juniors’. You see, our school is a Junior High School and our meetings are run just as any club’s meetings ought to be run. Our officers are careful to do their work well. Then we enjoy handicraft. Some girls did embroidery work, some made designs in wood, and others made serpentine powder-boxes for their mothers for Christmas. “And of course we have something to wear to show we are Girl Reserves. There’s a tie, a pin, bracelet, and a ring, all with the Girl Reserve emblem on them.” “Join Girl Reserves! It’s the club for you. Then you’ll never again Be lonely and blue.” Sophie took Helen’s advice and now she, too, is busy either helping others or planning new activities for her group. — Louise Thurner, H8 “The Jolly Girls” A Girl Reserve group has been formed this term for low seventh grade girls. We have ten members and our leader is Miss Leuenberger of the University of California. We have been meeting every Tuesday during period nine. We call ourselves “The Jolly Girls”. We not only decided to have jolly times ourselves, but agreed to give some happiness to others, so we have made trays for the hospital. They are very pretty and we hope the patients will enjoy them. We have all learned the code and we are trying to live up to it. — Sumiko Kuriyama, L7 Girl Scouts. There has been an increased attendance at the Girl Scout meetingsjthis term. The patrols are: The Busy Bee, Betty Jackson, patrol leader; Sequoia, Patriria Riley, patrol leader; The Pansy, Theresa Farley, patrol leader; and The Robins, Edna Stobing, patrol leader. The following are the members; Marvell Ramsey, Jewel Hendricks, Pearl Jones, Santina Ippolito, Lorraine Olsen, Carmel Riley, Frances Maden, Anita Jackson, June Strombeck, Lorraine Miller, Wilma Bishop, Betty Lou Walker, Dorothy Henry, June Jones, Louise Roberts, Rachel DeLaRive, Elvira Brennes, Doris Johnson, and Jacqueline L. Protti. We met ninth period for games and singing and after school for Scout work. Groups have been working for the home-nurse and child-nurse badges, and for their pioneers badges. Mary Tieslau, Patsy Riley, and Jacqueline Le Protti received their Junior RedCross First Aid Badges. The Court of Awards was held in January. — Jacqueline LeProtti, H8 Parent -Teachers Association. This Association has had a very successful year of interesting meetings under the direction of the President, Mrs. R. J. Breuer, and the Ex- ecutive Board. These meetings are held on the third of each month and they have been well attended. The theme for this year has been character enrichment through education. — Helen McKenry, H8x Cafeteria. There are three places where food is sold. The main cafeteria is in the science building. Pop’s Inn, where the boys eat, is in the yard. The cafeteria has an annex in the auditorium, where the girls may purchase food. The boys may patronize the audi- torium cafeteria, if they wish. Many children buy their lunches this year at the cafeteria. The servings are large and welbcooked. The school sells one dollar tickets for ninety-five cents. Ifyou bought five of the ninety-five cent tickets, you would save twenty- five cents. The cafeteria sells candies, cookies, cakes, pies, hot dishes, hot dogs, hamburgers, and ice cream. What a number of different things to choose fiom! The teachers have already real- ized the advantages of the cafeteria, and we hope that the students will, too! — Florence Date, H9 Welfare Work. This December, at the Berkeley Municipal Christmas tree, many of the needy people of Berkelely had a pleasant surprise, for the sewing classes of this and the previous semester have worked diligently to be able to give the children of the needy a joyful Christmas. They have made flannel pajamas for the small girls of six years, and bright colored print ones for the older girls from twelve to fourteen years. To please the girls from six to eight years, they have made colorful dresses. For boys of six and twelve, they have made shirts and flannel pajamas. The sewing classes have enjoyed doing this beneficial work and hope that all gar- ments made will be just as fully enjoyed by the receivers. — Mae Cook, H9 Junior Hi-Y. Thls organization has a membership of twenty-five boys. It is spon- sored by Mr. Frick of the faculty. The purpose of this club is to improve the mind, body, and spirit of the boys. The president is James Woodard; secretary, Neil Harris; and treasurer, Robert Ayres. The other members are: Edward Larson, Billy Johnson, Harvey Wilkes, Harold Lindquist, Billy Noland, Harold Carson, Robert White, Clarence Andrews, Kenneth Stoltenberg, Arnold Hosman, Robert Haney, Jack Chamber, Jack Mede, Charles Dalke, Maurice Despinoy, James Warren, Leland Anderson, Andrew Pasqual, and Buel Kennady. So far, our club has achieved what the purpose calls for, and is a success. — Robert Ayres, L8 The American Junior Red Cross. The American Junior Red Cross is an in- ternational organization in which children of many countries take part. This helps to estab- lish international peace. In Berkeley there is a Junior Red Cross Council which holds a monthly meeting at Berkeley High School. Representatives from the elementary, junior, and senior high schools attend and talk over plans for the semester. Then the representa- tives report to their particular schools and the work is carried on by the classes Our projects this year have been the making of Hallowe’en novelties and jelly for the veterans and nurses at the United States Sanitarium, Livermore, and furnishing ten Chris- mas gift boxes for the children living in Guam. Letter which express the joy of these children make us feel that the junior Red Cross projects are worthy of our best efforts. -Martha Collins, H8, Representative. ' vVcskly News. Each year we strive to make our weekly paper more interesting. Among the new features this term were: moving-picture appreciation, radio reviews, Bur- bank personalities, a book corner, and the development of Berkeley, called “The Good Old Days”. This is an activity that we enjoy, and it is one in which we learn a great deal. We learn to use the dictionary constantly, to type accurately, to mimeograph, to assemble, to use the krimpit machine, and to distribute the News to the classes. Mrs. Stewart was in charge of the English, Miss Santos the art, and Mrs. Mead the mechanical part. We hope that everyone enjoys our newspaper as much as we enjoy making it. — Virginia Fisk, L9 Student Assemblies. This term we have had several very fine assembly programs . The first assembly of the term, held September 12, was an outstanding one. During this program, the members of the outdoor and indoor traffic and the court officials were in- stalled in office by a member of the Berkeley Police Department. Mr. Joe Tibbets, Secretary of the Y. M. C. A., ntroduced some excellent University ofCalifornia swimmers and presen- ted to Burbank a silver trophy which had been won during the summer by a group of Burbank swimmers. Another program of note was an illustrated lecture on Africa given October 10, by Mr. Ornn Denny , world-traveler and explorer. Each term we look forward to the semi-annual program presented by gifted pupils of Berkeley Senior High School under the direction of Mr. Biedenbach, principal of Berk- eley High. The speakers and entertainment were very good this term. The October 17th program of instrumental and vocal music was most enjoyable. We were very fortunate in being able to welcome to our school Jacqueline Duke, the most talented girl violinist now appearing on the concert stage. Her music was exquisite. Of particular appeal was the “Cradle Song” by Brahms. On October 31, Mr. Welty, principal ' of the Oakland Technical High School, gavean educational lecture on the Indiansjof Old Mexico, New Mexico, and Texas. On November 7 ,the Navy Day program was given under the auspices of the Berke- ley Junior Chamber of Commerce. Ensign H. A. ShawkoftheU. S. Navy told us many interesting stories about the navy. The Armistice Day program was given November 12. Our Burbank Band played patriotic selections and a most interesting talk was given on the significance of Armistice Day. On November 21, the “Two Clefs”, a ninth grade musical organisation, presented a three-act program of singing and dancing under the direction of the ninth grade music teacher, Mrs. Orpha Rhodes. Our annual Xmas program was presented by two casts: a L7 cast and 9th grade cast under the direction of Miss Emily Truman. The play “Nativity” consisted of four scenes: the first, the temple scene; the second, the annunciation; the third, the shepherds in the field; and the fourth, the Nativity. At the last assembly of the term, January 22, the new student body officers were introduced and pupils of high scholastic standing and citizenship were honored. Music was furnished by the Burbank Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Victor Schott. Our student body meetings afford opportunities for the pupils of the various grades t Burbank to meet and to enjoy programs which are presented either by pupils of Burbank or by outside speakers and organizations. — Eleanor Barbarus and Robert Hvidt. The Wizard. Every day of the past term the literary staff of the Wizard under the guidance of Mrs. Phelps, has performed the duties involved in editing our school book- As soon as school opened we began advertising. The staff wrote bulletins and news arti- cles. We even recreated a conversation about the Wizard in the first assemblies. About the time that Johnny began asking Mom for nickels and dimes for the Wizard our advertising work was done. Then we had to find the material to fill up the magazine so that Johnny would get his fifty cent’s worth of literatute. We wrote, stencilled, and mimeographed a bulletin to all English teachers asking for write-ups from the children on the subject that had been chosen as the theme. The English teachers chose and corrected work which they thought w r as worthy of appearing in the Wizard. As the articles were handed in, they had to be read and corrected, re-read and recor- rected several times. Finally our part of the Wizard was done ! As far as we know, Johnny got his money’s worth in buying the Wizard. We hope he did. — May Nordquist, H9. Art Work. The illustrations for this issue of the Wizard are block prints cut from rubber instead of linoleum, as the new rubber plate has a better printing surface. The designs in two colors are by H9 girls, Miyoko Ito, Nancy Pairman and Betty Jackson. These prints required two blocks each. Nancy Pairman also designed and cut the blocks for the cover of the Wizard. Martie Thorndyke did all the lettering of the section headings. A competition for the remaining designs was held in Miss Weller’s L8x and L8y-1 classes, as a class project, each class selecting by ballot the best drawings. The high nines design class then balloted to choose the nine best L8 drawings, to be used on block print for the Wizard. There were many excellent designs that were not used in the Wizard be- cause of limited space. The boys and girls doing art work for the Wizard found it very interesting. — Betty Jackson, H9 Mechanical Staff. The mechanics of editing an issue of the Wizard is a tremendous- ly important and responsible project. This term’s issue was an even more painstaking under- taking than ever because the heavy paper we used made it necessary for us to feed the paper into the mimeograph machine by hand. This, of course, required much more time. The Wizard artisans, under the direction of Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Tomsen, typed and proof-read all the articles handed in by the literary staff and retyped them until they were perfect. Then the high nine t vpists stencilled the articles, and the boys mimeographed the pages. The staff then assembled the pages for each book, arranging them in the proper order. Six hundred fifty books were made and a total of fifty-seven thousand two hundred pages were handled. The Wizard machanical staff alone consisted of seventy-five. The staff was large, but every member was busy doing something all the time. - Misao Kawakami, H9 Circulation. Every Tuesday this term, there has been a meeting of the Wizard circul- ation staff. Through this organization, you have received your Wizard. A collector was ap- pointed for each class. This collector received subscriptions and collected the money during the term At our meetings the children made out financial reports for their respective advis- ories. Then there were copies of their own collection record to be made. We had three re- ports to make out. Two of them we handed in to Mrs. Skimmings and the third one we kept ' In this way we kept our records straight. The collectors received money from the children and gave them receipts. Then Mrs. Skimmings received the money from us and gave us re- ceipts. It was the duty of the high nine collectors to collect the money for the high nine pictures, also. The work of the circulation department, besides helping produce the Wizard, makes us better business boys and girls. — Audrey Christopher, H9 Photographs. When the H9 graduation pictures were taken it was great fun even if some of the girls did moan and groan because “She snapped it just when I blinked my eye!” or “My nose was shiny and I forgot to fix my bangs!” To those poor children we offer our deepest sympathy and tell them to hope for the best. The H9 pictures were taken in the little room below the stage in the auditorium. The boys who helped with the lights deserve credit for getting the right effect. Each graduate paid a small sum of money for being photographed and received the negative to keep. Although everything can’t turn out exactly as we want, from the looks of the pictures as I leisurely turn the pages of my Wizard, no H9 need be disappointed in his picture. They were taken by Miss Glover. The remainder of the Wizard pictures were taken by Mrs. Tomsen out by Pop’s Inn. We feel that she does a very good job. — Jacqueline Wright, H9 Printing. The process of printing is composed of a series of fundamental steps, con- sisting of type setting, proofing, correcting, making into pages, locking up for the press, cutting paper, gathering and binding, all leading up to the finished product. First, the material to be printed is typewritten and sent to Mr. Marker, who is head of the printing department. He reads it. If the construction appears satisfactory, he assigns the job of setting it in type to some boy. When the boy has finished setting the type, he makes a proof and gives it to Mr. Marker for proof reading. If there are any errors in the type setting they must be cor- rected. If it is a long story, several boys work on different parts of the composition. The story is made up into pages. It is then locked in a chase or frame and put in the press and it is ready to be printed. A word about the photographs. The photographs are taken and sent out to be de- veloped. The prints are sent to a photo-litho company. They are put through a series of de- velopments and sent back printed ready to be assembled with the other pages and made in to books which are known to you as the Wizard. — Elmer Schmidt, H9 American Education Week Program November 12, 1935, 8:00 P.M. Robert Hvidt, Presiding Officer “The Merry Widow” Lehar . ... . Burbank Orchestra Presentation bv Mr. Leslie Head, Commandant, Berkeley Post American Legion of Silver Medals won by Shinji Tsuchidaand Mary Tieslau in Constitution Essay Contest. Remarks ........ Dr. L. L. Standley Speakers on Student Activities: (1) Assemblies ...... Robert Hvidt (2) Student Council ..... Eleanor Barbarus (3) Outdoor Traffic ..... Jack Urch (4) Indoor Traffic ...... . Kenneth Phinney (2) Court ....... . Burleson Callahan (6) Band ....... Michael Leone (7) Septette — “Smiles and Chuckes” Klicffinan Kenneth Wohn, Baritone Saxaphone;]Eugene Bryant, Soprano Saxaphone; George Medeiros, E A Alto Saxaphone; Jack Oliver, Tenor Saxaphone; Albino Caprio, E 6 Alto Saxaphone; Carl Stromberg, C Melody Saxa phone; and Anna Grob, Piano. (8) Orchestra ...... Midory Asakawa (9) Ninth Grade Dancing Club Nancy Pairman (10) Dance — “Wooden Shoes” Ninth Grade Dancing Club (11) Junior Girls’ Glee Club .... Evelyn Kiefer (12) Song — “The Gypsy Camp” Italian Fol Song Junior Girls’ Glee Club (13) Wizard and News .... May Nordquist (14) Girl Scouts ...... . Betty Jackson (15) Junior Boys’ Glee Club .... Clifford Stewart (16) Song — “Kentucky Babe” Geibel Junior Boys’ Glee Club (17) Junior and Senior Girl Reserves Shirley Simmonds (18) Red Cross Martha Collins (19) Junior High Y . Robert Ayres (20) The Two Clefs ..... . Aldo Brigante (21) An Egyptian Dance .... Doris Lowe Exit March — “The Drummer’s Delight” Edwards . Burbank Orchesra June, 1935, Winners of Silver B ' s ; top left, scholastic; top right, service; (3) Student Body Officers; (4) Boys ' Council and Mr. Frick;l (5) Student Body Officers; (6) Girls ' Council; (7) Martha Collins, Jr. Red Cross; (8) Wizard News Staff Officers; (9) Wizard Editors and Mrs. Phelps; (10) Wizard News Mechanical Staff, Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Tomsen; ill) Wizard News Mechanical Staff andJi Mrs. Mead; (12) Wizard Collectors and Mrs. Skimmings; (13) News Reporters and Mrs. Stewart. ju m THE WEEKLY NEWS , BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. The Weekly News is of a good size, uses a good grade of paper and is well- printed. Most important of all, this fine paper has not only comical writings in its contents but seems to have covered all the school activ- ities and happenings of importance. Another item that interested us was the Manuscript Club. The pupils who have any talent for writing poems, short stories, or essays have a chance to try out. THE JOURNAL , SANTA ROSA JR. HIGH SCHOOL, SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA. We find the construction of this book very clever as it refers to the school as a ship and its crew. The stories about the sea and the poems in the book are well-placed and well-organized. As a whole, we find the book very interesting. THE REDWOOD BARK , EUREKA HIGH SCHOOL, EUREKA, CALIFORNIA. The car- toons, jokes, and opinions on different subjects make this paper ex- ceptionally good. The school is to be complimented on their inter- esting editorial section; it shows fine school spirit. TELLY NEWS , ROOSEVELT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, HAMILTON , OHIO. We like es- pecially the Who ' s Who column in your paper. Your illustrations are excellent and your column written in Spanish is unique. We would re- commend a few jokes. The only criticism we would make w as that the spacing between the words should be done more carefully. THE APTOS REVIEW®, APTOS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. We were very much interested in the article discussing your plan to com- pete with other schools in sports. In Burbank Junior High School we do not play with other schools, but we do have competition between classes. We like the idea of playing with other schools. THE CUB , JEFFERSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI. We liked your column Cracks from Nuts and A Thanksgiving Diet for Growing Children . The songs you have composed are very clever. We are glad to hear that you have so many clubs and that they are doing many interest- ing things. We like the arrangement of your paper and think your illus- trations are very good. HI-LIFE , TOMALES HIGH SCHOOL, TOMALES, CALIFORNIA. We like jour paper very much and think it is constructed in a manner that is of interest to everyone. The columns that were the most interesting to us were the Stop, Look, Listen and the Identify Yourself and Get a Nickel . Both of those articles were very cleverly composed and held our inter- est to the end. The only criticism we could make is that the letters are not all very clear; otherwise your paper is very good. TENT TALK , GARFIELD JUNIOR HIGH, BERKELEY , CALIFORNIA. We like the way you separate your compositions with designs underneath them. The popularity contest was a very good idea; it was something different. Your pages are blocked out very neatly; you have a variety of interest- ing topics. The typing on both sides is very well done. � K A KEELIKOLANI , CENTRAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, HONOLULU, HAWAII. We find in this paper an editorial and a sports page which we have not been featuring in the Burbank News . The names in the paper certainly get our tongues twisted; for example, the name of the paper, Ka Keelikolani But if the Honolulu pupils can pronounce them, we guess it ' s all right. We like the arrangement of the paper. HAMILTONIAN , HAMILTON JR. HIGH SCHOOL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. It is a very good idea to have pictures in the paper once in a while so the school will know the class officers. Probably you yourselves would think your paper better if it could be printed at your own school. TIGER WEEKLY , BANDON HIGH SCHOOL, COOS COUNTY, OREGON. We enjoyed Aunt Enna ' s column and the Have You Noticed? department. We would suggest the addition of editorial and literary columns. THE COORDINATOR , HEREERT HOOVER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. We consider this one of the best newspapers we have re- ceived. The special features are good, namely, What Does Your Name Mean? , Faculty Funnies , and The Hobby Column . We like the block illustrations on the front page. THE WIZARD , BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON, TEXAS. The outstanding fea- ture of the Wizard is the literary page, Loose Leaves from Eurbank . The editorials are well written. From a mechanical standpoint, the Wizard is quite professionally done. THE JUNIOR TEXAN , UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, AUSTIN, TEXAS. We enjoyed the column headed It ' s Whispered That-- and the Believe It or Not column. There are interesting articles telling Why Teachers Get Gray , Nugget News from Allan High , and the serial, The Mystery at Edgecliff e were glad to see that there were forty-nine on the All A ' s Honor Rol] . We hope to receive more copies in the future. T !i CARSON COURIER , KIT CARSON JR. HIGH SCHOOL, SACRAMENTO, Ho like your printed paper very much. Your style is similar a newspaper and your ideas are good. We wish you great with your broadcasting station in Mrs. Adams ' s English class. CALIFORNIA to that of success STANFORD NEWS Junior High may ter-iaMng paper We like y- u- nh , STANFORD JUNIOR HIGH, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. Stanford well be proud of the Stanford News . It is a most in- like your editorials and your many departments. o3 -° ft of selected material from classical sources. — - Q - 1 -— Pb- ° • Scene: Vacant lot. Character: Sammy Squirrel. JUNE.. Sammy Squirrel is playing base-ball. He runs to the pitcher ' s box throws the ball, runs home, hits it, runs to first, runs out in the field to catch a fly, to second, to third, and home. ' JJJLf Sammy Squirrel is now playing tennis. He serves the ball, runs to the other side of the net, hits the ball, and runs b- ck and forth un- til at last he hits the ball out. Hurray. ' Sammy Squirrel is the new world ' s champion of baseball and of tennis. AUGUST . Sammy Squirrel is getting in tune for his big match-fight. Thousands of people have gathered to watch the fight. The referee is stepping into the ring to announce. Ladies and gentlemen, we have with us tonight that famous boxer, Sammy Squirrel. The Crowd: Hurray. ' Hurray. ' The bell : Bong! Announcer: The fight is on, folks. Sammy Squirrel is hitting him self fairly hard. Ow . ' A left upper-cut! He ' s in a clinch now. The referee separates him. Now he ' s hitting himself right and left. The bell: Bong. ' (The bell saved Sammy that time.) Announcer: Round two! Sammy hits himself very hard. Owooch! What a blow. ' Right on the jaw! One-two-three-four-f ive-six-seven-eight nine- ten. He ' s out in round two. Sammy Squirrel is out and Sammy Squirrel is the new champion of the world! PERHaPS . Neighbor: They tell me your son is on the football team. Proud Mother: It is quite true. Neighbor: Do you know what position he plays? Proud Mother: I ' m not sure, but I think he is one of the drawbacks. A BRIGHT PUPIL . Mrs. Svane : Give me the plural of solo, Helen. Helen: Duet! DEC H,A-i.L SYSTEM . Sign on a farm gate in Ohio: Peddlers beware. We shoot every tenth peddler. The ninth one just left. NeXT ! They were sitting round the fire in the clubroom, swapping yarns. When I was up in Montana, said one, I saw a mountain lion come right up to the camp. It was a fierce beast, but I, with great presence of mind, threw a bucket of water in its face, and it slunk away. Boys, said a man sitting in a corner, I can vouch for the truth of that story. A few minutes after that happened I was coming down the aide of a hill. I met this lion, and, as is my habit, stopped to stroke its whiskers. Boys, those whiskers were wet! SOCIAL STUDIES . Miss Santos: What grew rapidly in the South? Bright lad: Trees. BEWARE! A BLACK WIDOW. From the tone of this sign, which appeared one day on the black-board in Miss Albee ' s room, one might have drawn sever- al conclusions. Little did anyone realize that Burbank was in such dan- ger. Edward Williams showed his bravery by sending the spider to a ter- rible crushing death. On the wall the black stains still remain. We all have Edward to thank. --Michael Leone, II 9 STATISTICS. Five percent of the cars have radios and ninety-five per cent have loud speakers in the back seat. YES SIR! Long ago the man who saved was a miser. Now, he ' s a wonder. WHY BE HALF DEAD ? Mr. Provost was very angry at the line in gym because it looked half dead and did not have snap when he said Right face. You remind me, Mr. Provost exclaimed, of an advertisement I saw in Los Angeles-- ' Why be half dead when we can bury you for $40.98? ' MENU. Waiter: Zoup, sir? Zoup? Zoup? Guest: I don ' t know what you ' re talking about. Waiter: You know what hash is? Well, zoup is looser. HORRORS ! Doctor: My dear man, you must bury yourself in your work. Patient: But doctor! I ' m a concrete mixer. NOT TO BE BEATEN . The champion athlete in beu with a cold ’was told that he had a temperature. How high is it, doctor? He wanted to know. A hundred and one. . ' hat ' s the world ' s record? WHEN HUBBY HELPED . Friend husband was asked by his wife to copy a reci- pe on the Cozy Kitchen Hour Broadcast. He got two stations, the other being The Dizzy Dozen Morning Exercises. He did his best and this is what he got: Place one cup of sugar on shoulders; raise knees and wash in one cup of milk. Inhale two cups of flour and one teaspoon baking powder; exhale and sift. In a squatting position, bend the whites of two eggs backward over the head and make a stiff dough that will stretch at the waist. Hop to a standstill in a cup of boiling water. In ten minutes, remove from the fire and dry well with a towel; dress in warm flannels and serve with fish soup. EAiRNUM KNEW . When you began this You thought it would Ee a poem. Isn ' t it Peculiar that some people Will keep on reading Something even though They know that They are being fooled? Now that the time has come for us to leave, Tears fall from our eyes and our hearts sorely grieve, But we fear dear old Burbank won’t miss us. Too bad, When the brave H9-1 1 s feel so gloriously sad! The H9-2 ' s are very proud, and maybe you know why, If all goes well, at the end of this term, we ' ll march to Berkeley High. There are fifteen of us who have won great fame As police-chief and officers, too many to name. We ' re H9-3 ' s we ' re proud to say. We ' ve worked and done our best. Although at times we ' ve been too gay, We hope we ' ve met your test. We H9-4 ' s are very sad For soon we have to leave. I guess the teachers won ' t feci bad, But oh, how we do grieve! The L9 l ' s will always remember the good times we had when we gave plays for bonus work on Fridays in Mrs. Bennett ' s social studies group. It was a novel idea and we thank Mrs. Bennett for the suggestion. Believe it or not, if tho L9-2 is just a groat big jumble to you, We play our parts with all our hearts without the usual What shall I do? Whatever we have we shall give to you, as all our thoughts are really quite new. We love to argue and work things out; in our classroom there ' s not ev r a pout. L9-3 Motto. From J. T. Henley It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishment the scroll, I am the ©aster of my f to: I am the captain of my soul. Horo we are! At last wo arrive! Now we are known as L9-5. Study us well and you can s -e , no class in Burbank is better than we. There ' s Larson thu gallant and Stevens the clown; Silva the boxer, Whom Adolf can ' t down; Wesley the dancer, Blaney the wise; Noel and Stan whose shyness we prize • We ' ve Ducnas the graceful, famed for his bow. More we could name, but space won ' t allow. The H8x English class was correcting tests. One of Mrs. Golly s questions was, How do you punctuate this complex sentence? A girl answered, To punctuate a complex sentence is very difficult hut you put a comma after dinner because there is more to follow. The H8yl ' s have neither rhyme nor reason, But still some people think them rather pleasin ' . In ' rythmetic they are quite bad. In English they are very sad. In typin ' they ' re lazy an ' in gym they go almost crazy. L ena is a lot of fun. 0 liver ' s the handsome one. w agner ' s voice is not so strong. E leanor would not get the gong. 1 verson laughs at all our jokes. G ottfriedsen receives the notes. H ardie is always hearing and seeing. T here we are, all happy at being. X ' ceptions in the x section. H7x M tt.-j If success is the goal you seek, hear and see before you speak. We ' re the H7yl ' s, we are, Interested in many things-- Kipling tales, in games to star, Homework fine, that each one brings. We are the children of the L7-1. Our studies hard are mixed with fun. We sometimes work and sometimes play, And sometimes sit and talk all day. The L7-2 Is a jolly young crew. If no failure notes strike, To high seven we ' ll hike. The L7-4 class is four months old. fe ' re bright and shining, like silver and gold. We are glad to dwell in the burbank fold, 7e ' ll always be good, and do as we ' re told. We ' re the jolly sixes of the low seventh grade. Very hard did we work for the marks we made. e re glad to go home and find games to play, But we come back fresh to start oach now day. T O those who have gone ahead in an honest man ' ner; to those who have t ried and failed, but tried again to win; to all who appreciate the wonders of our world; to those who have made the lives of other, as well as their own, happy, we dedicate this Wizard. FACULTY Miss Frances C. Albee Mrs. Carrie L. Bennett Miss Mary E. Cameron Mr. Grover C. Carls en Mrs. Sadie E. Derry Mr. E. B. Ellis Mr. John J. Frick Miss Adele P. Gilbert Miss Hazel S. Glasgow Miss Virma M. Glover Mrs. Eleanor M. Golly Mr. L. J. Graham Miss Zella Henrich Mr. Martin Hobbs Miss Clara £. Hoffmire Mrs. Eleanore R, MacGregor Mr. Clifford B. Marker Miss Dora Martin Mrs. Virginia Martin Miss Mary McCall Mr. Albert L. McDermont Mrs. Grace B. Mead Miss Frances Misch Mrs. Sarah R. Most Mrs. Jeanette Phelps Mr. Leo Provost L8 Mrs Orpha Rhodes Miss Delight Rice Miss Lucy M. Robinson Mrs. Rose I. Sackett Mrs. Anna W. S afford Mr. Henry A. Sammet Miss Louisa Santos Mrs. Martha M. Scales Mr. Victor M. Schott Mrs. Jean E. Skimmings Mrs. Jeanette M. Stewart Miss Myra I. Streightif Mrs. Phyllis F. Svane Mrs. Mary M. Tomsen Miss Emily V. Truman Mrs. Mary Walton Mrs . Ruth H. Waugh Miss Hazel Z. Teller Mr. Earl D. Williams Mrs. Henrietta Williams English Social Studies General Science Physical Education Foods Metal Work, Wood Work Metal Work Arithmetic, Social Studies Cafeteria, Clothing H7, L9 Counseling, Social Studies English, Library H9 Counseling, Arithmetic General Science Band Vocal Music English, French, Social Studies Mechanical Drawing, Printing Algebra, Latin English, Social Studies Physical Education General Science Typewriting English, Physical Education Fine Arts English, Social Studies Counseling, Reading, Business Practice, P. E. Dramatics, Vocal Music Lipreading, Speech Defects Arithmetic Arithmetic Arithmetic, English Arithmetic, English, P. E. , Social Studies Fine Arts, Social Studies Social Studies Orchestra Arithmetic, Business Practice English, Social Studies Social Studies English L7, H8 Counseling, Typewriting English Clothing, Foods Activities Coordinator, Social Studies Fine Arts Wood Work English, Social Studies L. L. STANDLEY, Ed. D. Principal Dr. L. L. Stand ley Principal Mrs. Eila S. Parker Miss Marjorie Wind Miss Ina Ericksen Secretary Clerk Nurse Dr. Lewis F. Smith Superintendent of Schools Dr. Virgil E. Dickson Assistant Superintendent of Schools Mr. M. C. James Deputy Superintendent of Schools E 0 A R D OF EDUCATION Dr. Louise L. Hector, President Mayor E. N. Ament Mr. C. L. Ziegler Mr. Walter T. Steilberg Mr. Otis R. Marston Miss Clare. B. Andrews, Secretary W IZARD S T A F F Lorraine Ward Helen Tronoff Mary Taylor Bertha Oman, Edwin Potter Ralph Ahlgren Managing Editor-in-chief Literary Editor-in-chief Circulation Manager Art Editors Printing Manager ADVISORY EDITORS Ruth Harrison, John Michelson, Ethel Gustafson Dorothy Teixeira, Phillip Hynes, Joe Duenas, Alvin Coelho Toshiko Tekawa, Gertrude Tauchmann, Frank Wakefield, Art Miller Elaine Erickson, Alice Harper, Peggy Lawrence, Jannie Maranzana June Jones, Dorothy Ray, Chiyoko Nagato, Ira Longrus George Ramn, Arthur Gordova, Betty Dick, Lois Bloom Eldin Harrild, Helen Howard, Lawrence Albrie, Elon Packard Claude Belshaw, Clive Jennings, Vera Adams Phyllis Borgs trom, Charles McKay ART START Edwin Potter, Bertha Oman, Lucille Brown, Oliver Chrissman Angella Civello, Barbara Crandall, Bob Fuchs, Melvin Fur man n Ethel Gustafson, Thomas Joy, Frances Kajfez, Margaret Koerlin Aldo Jacuzzi, Vivian Ma s, Clifford McDaniel, Adele Scoble Tony Silva, Maurice Thompson, Georgia Wathen, Howard Richardson Irene Kehoe, John Mailho, Helen Tronoff EDITORIAL STAFF MIMEOGRAPHING AND TYPING STAFF Lorraine Ward, Geraldine Barnes, Eric Becky Marguerite Cabral, James Chandler, Joe Delaney, Pauline Ghego Walter Gordon, Mary Hanson, Gilbert Johnson, Lorraine Maderos Lynn Mobert, Nels Nelson, George Norin, William Oliver Frank Passarino, Helen Pavlova, Eugen Rolf-Reique, Betty Seher Phyllis Squires, David Taylor, Elaine Tscheekar Barbara Walker, Dorothy Nelson, Selma Blakeraore, Peggy Lawrence Sophie Lippold, Louise Roberts, Ruby Sundstrom Christine Vietti, Francis Hill, John Johnson Kenneth Stoltenberg, Harold Lindquist, Frank Hutchinson, Joe Perez Howard Hayes, Harold Moore, George Fong, Robert Sabini PRINTING STAFF Ralph Ahlgren, Louis Allara, Henry Berndt Charles Dalke, James Warren, James Woodard SUBSCRIPTION COLLECTORS Elaine Attix, Herbert Farrer, Frances Kajfez Elvira Wares, Glen Hill, Alvin Coelho, Thomas Streib Audrey Ebli, Thelma Houck, Barbara Rodger, Isabella Manning Donald Labrie, Le Roy Hayes, Mildred Newhard, Norman Graham Manuel Estrada, Alita Zolot, Kenneth Geary, Wanda O ' Neil Haroldine Strickley, Evelyn Me ska, August Ghego, Mary Yamashiro Marjorie Eash, Michael Augello, Phyllis Santos, John Chavezz Louie Ghidella, Billy Stevenson, Dorothy Aba, Dolores Vance Mitsuko Kaibe FACULTY COMMITTEE Mrs. Mary M. Tomsen, Business Manager, Group Photographer Mrs, Jeanette M. Stewart, Editor-in-chief Mrs. Sarah R. Most, Art Editor Mrs, Jeannette Fhelps, Literary Editor Miss Virraa M, Glover, H9 Photographer Mr, Clifford B. Marker, Printing Editor Mrs. Jean E, Skimmings, Subscription Manager BRIDGES FROM DREAMLAND 1 A Bridge to Dreamland! How ridiculous 1 There isn ' t a bridge; you merely drop ofi to sleep and drift to Dreamland. But stop, think a moment! Isn ' t a mother ' s lullaby to her baby the bridge that carries him to Dreamland? Isn ' t a bedtime story the bridge that brings a child to the land of dreams? Do not our happy thoughts and memories build a bridge to Dreamland? James Russell Lowell says, in The Vision of Sir Launfal : Over his keys the musing organist, Beginning doubtfully and far away. First lets his fingers wander as they list, And builds a bridge from Dreamland for his lay. The bridges fill the gap between our everyde.y life and Dreamland. Without dreams the necessities of our lives could not be fulfilled. A vague dream in the mind of man some day becomes a reality. A large steel and concrete bridge could never be built unless there were dreams. As the organist in The Vision of Sir Launfal” builds his bridge from Dreamland, drawing his theme at first vaguely and then clearly, so do people who are able, dream and then produce the marvelous inventions of today. Dreams! You may think that dreams are not important, but they really are. When you stop to think of many wonderful inventions, remember they couldn ' t be possible with- out dreams. A bridge from Dreamland! Each one of us needs such a bridge to bring our dreams to reality . --Helen Tronoff , H9-1 VARIETY Many kinds of bridges are being built, as well as the new Bay Bridge. In 1927 Lindburgh built a bridge of friendship between the United States and France. The Pan American Clipper Ships are building bridges of travel and commerce with the States and Hawaii, Guam, China, and the Philippine Islands. The ships from Europe are building a bridge across the oceans so the people from the United States can enjoy Europe. The modern transport airplanes have built a bridge of travel from one state to another. Bridges are being built not only over the sea, but on land as well .--Robert Tollberg, H8x A GOOD SPORT A good sport does not cheat nor does he quit. He does not lose his temper and does not play for reward. He does not play to the grandstand or show off in any way . He does not abuse his body and does not shirk at orders from his superiors. He does not neg- lect his duties and does not bet. He nevor takes any technical ad- vantage and never blames officials for defeat, or kicks, or com- plains over a decision. --Wilbur Spencer, H9-4 LOVERS OF HUNTING Have you ever known people who were hunting lovers, Who loved to kill rabbits, foxes, deer, and others? The fun of this terrible murdering I can not see, I guess that kind of thing was never meant for me. Animals always seemed like little persons just like us, Playing, laughing; now and then making a fuss. Personally, one of their enemies I would not like to be, I guess that kind of thing was never meant for me. Just think of being glad to find a bear trapped by the foot. Or glad to hear an animal scream after the hunters shoot, Or glad to find animal tracks of a tiger or lion maybe, I guess that kind of thing was never meant for me. Hunting lovers, go ahead and kill ever y animal friend, The sweet things that God does send, And go your way with your gun, whistling merrily, But I ' ll still believe that kind of thing was never meant for me, --Elaine Attix, H9-1 MY MOTTO Courtesy is my highest aim, ' Which I will try hard to gain. I know ' twill lead me to success And in the end bring happiness. --Jeannette Bush, H8y STORY WITHOUT AN END My love for my mother is a tale that never ends. Of course I like my father and brother. But Mother is the best of all my friends. She is so dear and helps me so And cares for me with all her heartj Mother is the person I love deep down, Even when I ' m far away. And never, never, will my love for her part For one minute, hour, or dayj Whom do I go to when I am in trouble? Who gives me advice so I never feel alone? Who puts me to sleep in a humming low tone? Why, Mother, of course’ She ' s the best of ray friends And that ' s why my love for her never, never, ends l --Angela Civello, H9-2 Plumley, Evelyn Girls ' President Nelson, Nels Boys ' President Maderos, Lorraine Girls ' Vice-President Gratz, James 1 Boys ' Vice-President Anderson, Consuelo Girls ' Secretary Whisler, Thomas ' Boys ' Secretary o Acton, Bert Ahlgren, Ralph Ali, Leslie Al ' ara, Louis Ambrose, Gertrude Anderson, Roy Anselone, Grace Astorg, Lola Attix, Elaine Avena, Mae Backlund, Edith Bader, Robert Bannatyne, James Barnes, Geraldine Baupre, Jeanette Becky, Eric Becky, Vivian Bell, Marion Berndt, Henry Blaney, Jack Bolden, Deborah Bolden, Naomi Brennan, Edward Brown, Barbara Brown, Lucille Brown, Willis Bryant, Engene Brusasco, Realdo Cabral, Marguerite Carre, Ray Cashen, Arlene Castro, Emily Chambliss, Vivian Chandler, James Chrisman, Oliver Civello, Angela Clark, Haney Clark, Roberta Claudeanos, Donald Coelho, Alvin Corley, Barbara Crandall, Barbara Cunningham, Ruth Dalke, Charles Delaney, Joseph Debois, Noel Duenas, Joe Faria, Randall Farrer, Herbert Fisk, Virginia Fitzgerald, Dale Fuchs, Bob Fuhrman, Melvin Gaipa, Mamie Gerken, Emma Ghego, Pauline Giovannoni, Louis Goddard, Della Gordon, Walter Grady, Jack Gray, Donald Gustafson, Ethel Gutterriez, Mary Hamburg, Anna k irk WmZik Hanson, Mary Hanson, Yngve Harlow, June Harris, Corene Harris, Eleanor Harris, Neil Harris, Ruth Harrison, Ruth Hickman, Sidney Hill, Glenn Hodges, Frank Horn, Dorothy Horn, Jack Howard, Grace Huillade, Clara Hynes, Phillip Jacuzzi, Aldo Jacuzzi, Giocondo Jasper, Billy Johnson, Gilbert Johnson, Robert Johnson, Verna Jondrow, James Jones, Bernice Jones, Pearl Joy, Thomas Just, Theresia Kajfez, Frances Kehoe, Irene Kennady, Buel Kindle, Margaret King, Ernestine Kitto, Charles Koerlin, Margaret LaMotte, June Lara, Florial Larson, Edwin Lawrence, Albert LeBon, Darrell Lincoln, Kermit Lindquist, Anton Long, Glen Louisiana, Alfred Maas, Vivian Magnan, Dan Mailho, John Mann, Clifford Matson, Elmer Mauch, Adolph McDaniel, Clifford McWalters, Francis Michelsen, John Miller, Arthur Mobert, Lynn Moore, Harold Moyer, Harold Murden, Helen Nagata, Masao Navarro, Charles Norin, George Oliver, William Oman, Bertha Pasqual, Andrew Passarino, Frank Pavlova, Helen Pillman, Kathleen Potter, Edwin Richardson, Howard, Riggio, Bertram Riley, Patricia Rivola, Lillian RolLRique, Eugen Scoble, Adele Scott, James Seher, Betty Silva, Ernest Silva, Tony Sohlman, Arthur Soo, Eleanor Spencer, Wilbur Squires, Phyllis Stevens, Bob Stephens, Whitney Stobing, Edna Stockey, Marjorie Strombeck, Virginia Strut?, Veronica Sundell, Edward Sutherland, Virginia Tashjian, Shaki Tate, Goldie Taylor, David Teixeira, Dorothy Thisdell, Stanley Thompson, Maurice Thompson, Robert Trunick, Jack Tronoff, Helen Tracey, George Thorne, George Ver Linden, Ralph Verbeck, Rene Van Ness, Charles Tscheekar, Elaine Ward, Lorraine Walker, Virginia Walker, Barbara Waaland, Milton Watts, Donald Wathen, Georgia Warren, James Wares, Elvira Wilkman, Arvo White, Walter White, Edmund Wesley, Lovell Wood, Ethel Wohn, Kenneth Wilson, Cecil Williams, Metta Yamashiro, Henry Wulburn, Richard Woodard, James NAME OF H9 HOBBY PET HATE NICKNAME AMBITION Bert Acton Basketball Cold weather Pee Wee Basketball star Ralph Ahlgren Going to shows Raw eggs Drizzle- Printer Leslie Ali Hiking Homework puss Les Aviator Louis Allara Fishing Vegeta.bles Brain Eat all I want Gertrude Tennis Snakes Storm Honey To travel Ambrose Consuelo Piano Dimples Dimples Pianist Anderson Roy Anderson Swimming ? Andie Draftsman Grace Horseback riding Busi. Pc. Skipper To travel Anzalone Lola Astorg Dancing School Sis To travel Elaine Attix Dancing Studying Snooks Marry a Mae Avena Collecting pins Dressed up Ronnie millionaire Sports ' Edith Backlund Violin boys Po tatoes Deedie director Teacher Robert Bader Model airplanes Girls Bob Aviator James Stamp collector Candy Jimmy Reporter Banna tyne Geraldine Music Homework Jerry Court reporter Barnes Jannette Piano Social St. Burpy Music teacher Beaupre Eric Becky Hunting School Bucket Draftsman Vivian Becky Dancing g irl Homework Beckie Private Marion Bell Reading Snakes Belle secretary Teacher Henry Berndt Accordion Gym dances Hank Printer Jack Blaney Cartooning School Joe Cartoonist Deborah Bolden Volleyball English Du Traveling Naomi Bolden Dancing English Nee Secretary Edward Brennan Sports Girls Champ Secretary Barbara Brown Piano Skunks Bobbie Nurse Lucille Brown Horseback riding Homework Lue Artist Willis Brown Sports School Brownie Auto mechanic Eugene Bryant Baseball Girls Gene Engineer Realdo Model airplane School Ray Aviator Brusasco Carol Mae building Dress designing Loud people Brownie Night club Burgess Ray Carre Aviation School Ray singer Singer Arline Cashen Sports Homework Cuddles Nurse Emily Castro Cooking Lizards Mickey Singer NAME OF H9 HOBBY PET HATE NICKNAME AMBITION Bert Acton Basketball Cold weather ■ Pee Wee Ralph Ahlgren Going to shows Raw eggs Drizzle puss Leslie Ali Hiking Homework Les Louis Allara Fishing Vegetables Brain Storm Gertrude Tennis Snakes Honey Ambrose Consuelo Piano Dimples Dimples Anderson Roy Anderson Swimming 9 Andie Grace Horseback riding BuS ' i. Pc. Skipper Anzalone Lola Astorg Dancing School Sis Elaine Attix Dancing Studying Snooks Mae Avena Collecting pins Dressed up boys Ronnie Edith Backlund Violin Potatoes Deedie Robert Bader Model airplanes Girls Bob James Stamp collector Candy Jimmy Banna tyne Geraldine Music Homework Jerry Barnes Jannette Piano Social St. Burpy Beaupre Eric Becky Hunting School Bucket Vivian Becky Dancing g irl Homework Beckie Marion Bell Reading Snakes Belle Henry Berndt Accordion Gym dances Hank Jack Blaney Cartooning School Joe Deborah Bolden Volleyball English Du Naomi Bolden Dancing English Nee Edward Brennan Sports Girls Champ Barbara Brown Piano Skunks Bobbie Lucille Brown Horseback riding Homework Lue Willis Brown Sports School Brownie Eugene Bryant Baseball Girls Gene Realdo Bxrusasco Model airplane building School Ray Carol Mae Dress designing Loud people Brownie Burgess Ray Carre Aviation School Ray Arline Cashen Sports Homework Cuddles Emily Castro Cooking Lizards Mickey Basketball star Printer Aviator Eat all I want To travel Pianist Draf tsman To travel To travel Marry a millionaire Sports ' director Teacher Aviator Reporter Court reporter Music teacher Draf tsman Private secretary Teacher Printer Cartoonist Traveling Secretary Secretary Nurse Artist Auto mechanic Engineer Aviator Night club singer Singer Nurse Singer NAME OF H9 HOBBY RET HATS NICKNAME AMBITION Vivian Re ading Turnips Chamie Stenographer Chambliss Oliver Aviation School Chris Aviator Chrisman Angela Civello Art Tests Angie Artist Kaney Clark Hunting History Heine Electrician Roberta Clark Tennis Spiders Bobbie Cosmetologist Donald Mathematics Gangsters Claudie Millionaire Claudeanos Alvin Coelho Sports School A1 Safe-cracker Barbara Corley Reading Snakes Bobbie Commercial ad ' vertising Barbara Boys Homework Bobbie Marriage Crandall Ruth Cunningham Singing Singing critics Woof ie Singing Charles Dalke Band Shakespeare Farmer Printer Joseph Delaney Reading Girls Joe Architect Noel Dubois Baseball Candy Halfback Professional football Joe Duenas Baseball Candy Joe Pete Prof essional baseball Randall Faria Stamps English Dough Gardener Herbert Basketball Arguments Slim Marathon Walk Farrer Virginia Fisk New clothes Spinach Fiskie Frivate Sec. Dale Texas steex ' s Non-Texans Tex Texan cowboy r Fitzgerald Bob Fuchs Football School Fatso Electricity Melvin Fuhrman Making boats English Porky Boat builder Mamie Gaipa Typing School Mama Ty pi s t Emma Gerkin Horse riding Tu mips Statue Housewife Pauline Ghego Swimming Homework Paul Saleslady Louis Sports Housework Fat Butcher Giovannoni Della Goddard Reading Homework Freckles Stenographer falter Gordon Sports Girls Walt Lawyer Jack Grady Sports Typewriting Cowboy History teacher James Gratz Stamps Certain singing Cracked Draftsman Donald Gray Airplane Two-timers Don Orchestra building leader Ethel Swimming snakes Gusto Aviatrix Gustaf son Mary Gutierrez Dancing Homework Dimple Secretary NAME OF H9 HOBBY PET HATE NICKNAME AMBITION Anna Haraberg Swimming Mice Tootie Teacher Mary Hanson Swimming Shrimps Stenographer Yngve Hanson Sleeping Algebra Hergo Engineer June Harlow Art Homework Patsy Costume designer Corene Harris Swimming Brussel sprouts Chena Dancer EleanorHarris Tennis Worms Elie Concert pianist Neil Harris Basketball Snowball Blondie Pharmacist Ruth Harrison Dancing Baseball Rudy Teacher Sidney Girls Giddy Girls Hickie Clark Gable II Hickman Glenn Hill Talking Silence Nobbie Printer Frank Hodges Music Girls Bud Racing Dorothy Horn Horseback riding Basketba.ll Honey Dancer Jack Horn Reading Work Horney Writer Grace Howard Dancing Busi. Pr. Alabama Doctor Clara Huillade Swimming Homework Carrots Office clerk Phillip Hynes Woodwork Basketball Phil Sailor Aldo Jacuzzi Baseball Squealers Cuzzi Accordianist Giocondo Jacuzzi Swimming Certain singing Cuzzie Mining engineer Billy Jasper Band A boy Jassie Musician Gilbert Johnson Stamps Certain singing Gibby Engineer Robert Johnson Bike riding School Bob Builder Verna Johnson Sewing Skunks Man Mountain Dressmaker James Jondrow Stamps One boy Jimmy A in algebra Bernice Jones Swimming Snakes Bunnie Marriage Pearl Jones Reading Piano practice Kat Nurse Thomas Joy Baseball Girls Joy Cartoonist Theresia Just Dancing Squash Tedie Office clerk Frances Ka jfez Dancing Homework Franie Newsre porter Irene Kehoe Dancing Homework Bubbles Gum chewing stenographer Buel Kennady Horse riding Girls Kenny Navel officer Margaret Dancing Homework Muggie Secretary Kindle Ernestine King Dancing Busi. Pr. Erna Music t eacher Charles Kitto Swimming One boy Chuck Machinist Margaret Koerlin Swimming Squash Margie Telephone operator NAME OF H9 HOBBY PET HATE NICKNAME AMBITION June LaMotte Dancing Homework Frenchie Stenographer Florial Lara Track Baseball Lara Civil engineer Edwin Larson Garden work Girls Slim Sailor Albert Publicity Arithmetic A1 Boxer Law re nee Darrell LeBon Sports School Dal Sportsman Kermit Lincoln Hunting Teachers Abe Fireman Anton Lindquist Roller skating Girls Bud Engineer Glen Long Swimming Girls Huey Aviator Alfred Louisiana Baseball Spinach Toots Baseball player Vivian Maas Art Homework Sweet pea Reporter Lorraine Tennis Vegetables Larry Stenographer Maderos Daniel Magnan Sports Dancing Danny Magazine editor John Mail ho Sports Homework Johnie Conductor Clifford Mann Hunting De tention Mann Hunter Elmer Matson Swimming One boy Nattie Interior decorator Audclph Mauch Stamps School Paul Pattern maker Francis McWalters Reading Homework Mac Railroad engineer John Michel sen Stamps Dog catcher Lanky Astronomer Arthur Miller Swimming Teachers Art Mechanical engineer Lynn Mobert Riding horses Teachers Buch Bridge builder Harold Moore Movies Mickey Mouse Manth Piano tuner Harold Moyer Sports Girls Harry Doctor Helen Murden Music Homework Nelly Orchestra leader Masao Nagata Radio None Moscow Radio engineer Charles Navarro Football Homework Chuck Court re porter Nels Nelson Hunting Grammar Gus Naval officer George Norin Stamps Singing Nuts Pharmacist William Oliver Stamps English Oliver Lawyer Bertha Oman Horseback riding Homework Pig Bertha Fashion columnist Andrew Pasqual Stamps Cracking peanu ts Pasqually To be tall NAME OF H9 HOEEY AMBITION PET HATE NICKNAME Frank Woodshop Rats Pass Pas sari no Helen Pavlova l Horseback riding Nicknames Perky Kathleen Dancing Spinach Kay Pi liman Evelyn Plumley Horseback riding Shrimps Evie Edwin Potter Art Girls Pott Howard Football Algebra Lefty Richardson Bertram Coins Work Bert Riggio Fatricia Swimming White rats Squeeky Riley Lillian Dancing Homework Lil Rivola Eugen Hunting Grammar Abdul Rolf -Rique Adele Scoble Dancing Homework Dale Betty Seher Reading Homework Lets Ernest Silva E’ootball Algebra Ernie Tony Silva Sports Homework Tony Arthur Swimming School A.rt Sohlman Eleanor Soo Sports Homework Sue Wilbur Ukelelee Girls Spence Spencer Phyllis Hiking Worms Phil Squires Robert Stamps School Bob Stevens Whitney Stamps School Steve Stevens Edna Stobing Swimming String beans Red Marjorie Dancing Cats Muecie Stockey Virginia Swimming Spinach Pee Wee S trorabeck Ed war d Jumping rope Football Ed d ± l; Sundell Shaki Dancing Spinach Eabe 1 ash jian Goldie Tate Boys One boy Dodo David Taylor Res ting ' 7 ork King Baker Nurse Stenographer Teacher Artist Fignter Millionaire Artist Private secretary Explorer Des igner Clerk Engineer Faseball player Boat builder Secretary Pilot Private secretary Bookkeeper Doctor Stenographer Dressmaker Stenographer Uiave-u jigger Fiano teacher Marriage Switch thrower NAME OP H9 HOBBY PET HATE NICKNAME AMBITION Dorothy Dancing Cats Bobbie Stenographer Teixiera Stanley Sports Study Dizzy Traveler Thisdell Robert Baseball School Red Baseball Thompson George Thorne Sports Certain Ro se player Engineer George Tracey Girls singing School bush Georgie Lumber jack Helen Tronoff Sewing Spide rs Tronie Private Jack Trunick Model airplanes Poetry Red secretary Doctor Elai ne Tennis Bumble bees Cheekie Private Tscheekar Charles Model airplanes Cracking Boo ja secretary Engineer Vo.n Ness Rene Verbeck Dancing peanuts A boy Frankie Aviatrix Ralph Fishing Dames Tex Boat captain Ver Linden Milton Waaland Model airplanes Homework Mickey Sailor Barbara Wai ke r Swimming Homework Eabs Secretary Virginia Horseback Boys Ginger Old maid Vainer Lorraine Yard riding Baseball Stingy Fi Fi Frivate Elvira 7 ares Collecting people Cats Vi sec re tary Dress designer James Warren pictures Photographer Algebra Twerpy Printer Georgia Dancing Boys Geo To be beautiful Wat hen Donald Watts Wood work Teachers Candle- Engineer Lovell Wesley Dancing History power Lovie A great dancer Thomas Whisler Model building Make u p Whisler Engineer Edmund White Music Algebra Eddie Book binder Walter White Swimmi ng English Bub Aviator Arvo Wilkman Skiing School Arv Fireman Metta Swimming Boys Oui ja Nurse Williams Kenneth John Plants Girls ' Duet Ken Engineer Ethel Wood Club Reading Ted Teacher James Woodard Swimming Dancing Tubby Printer Richard Collecting Fish Dick Comedian ’Wilburn Henry pictures Sitting around Working Hank Traveler Yamashiro Ruth Harrison Dancing Baseball Rudy Teacher THE F.ilRY BRIDGE On the way to fairyland, in the beautiful kingdom of flowers, stands a magnificent bridge spun of splendid silks and sprinkled with yellow daisy flowers. Many years ago the little fairy folks built this bridge for their dear princess who once each year crossed over it to see the fairy May festival, ' hen the princess was to come, the fairies spread soft silver moss upon the floor of the passage and sprinkled rose buds upon this. In the evening when the fairies c?me out in the silver star- light, the bridge looked like a beautiful picture from a story book. When you are on your pillow of dreams, you too may visit this tiny bridge. --Patsy Herton, H8z ' aN imaginary bridge I sometimes see language as a bridge. Each interjection, prep- osition, and conjunction is a hinge, screw, or a bolt because they show relation or connect. The pronouns and nouns are the big and little steel beams. A phrase is a span. Each sentence is a sec- tion of the bridge. And all these together make a paragraph or the bridge. Adjectives make up the paint. Verbs are the workmen. History makes a good bridge too. Every country has its own bridge. Sometimes some war will change the whole plan of the bridge and connect it with some other bridge. See it is all so easy. However, for a bridge to travel on, I prefer a bridge of steel and concrete, wouldn ' t you?--Lois Bloom, H7-2 THE ARCH OF ARCHES O ' er the dancing waters, gleaming in the sun, Men labor on the Bay Bridge that now is almost done. We gaze in admiring wonder at piers of solid steel. This mighty structure o ' er us. How small it ma.kes us feel! --Frank Wakefield, L9-3 THE GREAT SaLT LAKE CUT-OFF The Salt Lake was a place to be shunned until a bridge was built across it. The bridge was started in 1901. It took eighty feet of piles before the company struck rock bottom, ' hen they did they dumped in rocks until it was a solid mass. The bridge-workers planned to wear rubber boots but the salt water ate away the rubber. In spite of all those difficulties, the bridge was finally built. Now you can ride for miles and miles seeing nothing but the spark- ling water and be as safe as riding on dry land. --Elairic Erickson, H8x Walking the cat Walk It was a very windy day when I decided to go on the Cat Walk. I wanted to do this because I heard someone say it was very danger- ous, and I like dangerous things. About ten o ' clock I was on the Cat Walk. When I looked down, the ferry boats looked like toys, and the people like ants. For a long time I looked down. Then all of a sudden, the Cat Walk began to sway back and forth, and I had to begin to think of my life in- stead of ferry boats. After the wind stopped I watched them make the cables. A large instrument would go across and come back, and when all the wire is woven together it is called a cable. Then when I was tired of watching the cable being spun, I watched the riveting. The men who riveted had to be experts at it. When a rivet was red hot, this man would throw it to a man with a bucket, and he would catch it in the bucket. Then he would throw it and the next man would do the same. This went on until it reached the man who riveted it. You should take a trip on the Cat Walk. --Martha Matson, H7-4 THE HOMEMADE ERIDG-E Last summer we made a small bridge over a part of a creek where I was staying. We first drove some heavy boards into the creek bed. We put large rocks and dirt at the bottom so that it would be strong. To finish the bridge, we nailed boards on top of the timbers that were sticking out of the water. After we finished the bridge we started to cross it. At first we did not know whether it would be safe or not. So we put on our bathing suits so that if it broke we would not get our clothes wet. When we went over it and we re in the middle, it broke and we fell into the water. We found that bridge-building is not so easy. --Eugene Struhm, H7 THE RAINBOW There are bridges large, there are bridges small, There are bridges wide, there are bridges tall. But of the bridges, big or small, The- rainbow is the best of all. Nov if you hear the story told. That at the end there ' s a pot of gold, Don ' t think of what was said or meant. Just think that that bridge was heaven-sent. --Raymond Francis, L9-3 A BR IDG 1 ?. FROM YESTERDAY Yesterday the Indians ' Sere growing their corn; Today the swift motorist Is blowing his horn. Tomorrow what will come? That nobody knows. Probably satin For everday clothes. Yesterday we crossed the Bay By boarding a boat. Today we can bridge it And no longer float. --Melba Armstrong, L8x FROM PRIMITIVE TO MODERN In many places in Africa, where dusky natives live, are primi- tive bridges. These are not made of steel and concrete, as our modern bridges are, but are made of straw. Across them the people actually walk. The natives make them the same as their straw bas- kets, only stronger. Most of these straw bridges are made over water and rocky places. Sometimes they fall down or tip over when people walk over them. In other places, where there are no means of getting across a river, a temporary span is used, the pontoon bridge. Many small boats are placed side by side until they form a floating bridge. Planks are laid on this floating foundation. Armies often use the pontoon bridge in crossing the enemy ' s country. In California the largest bridge ever constructed is now being built. This bridge has cost millions of dollars and the cables used on this gigantic structure are so long that they can wind around the world several times. This already famous bridge joins San Francisco and the East Bay. This contrast shows how civilisation has advanced from the times of crude straw bridges to the present when we have huge steel structures. — Joe Augello, H8z ' RIPRL33S Bridges you cross Covered with moss Over the river small. Rippling streams flow; Toward ocean they go From many a waterfall. If ripples could talk As on bridges we walk They would tell wondrous tales to all. --Edward Lonergan, 117 -2 MY EXPERIENCE ON THE BAY ER1DGE When my last day in the College of Engineers was finished, I got my diploma and set out to see if there was a good job for me Naturally my thought turned to the Bay Bridge. It was just the job I was looking for. They were just laying the foundation in the middle of the Bay. I read further and it said, Workers needed. Call Glencourt 0645. I hurried to the phone booth in a drug store and phoned to inquire about the job. I told them of my preparation and asked for the job. The man at the other end of the line said to report for duty at eight o ' clock at the foot of Ashby Avenue. The next day I was brought out to the middle of the Bay where they were laying the foundation. I was put on a big barge which was anchored there. First we built a large box to be set down to the bottom of the Bay. Then we pumped the water out of the box. We filled the box with cement and put iron stakes down to hold the box in place. We then let that stand to dry. The men ordered a big crane to be brought so we could put the tower together. This took two months. After the tower was finished, we went on with the next tower. This went on for at least six months until we had all the towers up. The next step was to hang the steel from tower to tower. We started working out to the first tower from San Francisco and after about six months were out to the first tower and half way to the second tower. I was walking along the catwalk and saw a man fall. I turned my head so I could not see him killed. One day in January, 1936, the main catwalk tipped. Two men were saved when they jumped to a cable which happened to be strung about that time. We started to string the rest of the cable in January, 1S36. it is said that the bridge will be finished in 1933. I hope to live to see that day. --Jesse Brownlee, H7-4 A PATHFINDER Many years ago when Cryus W. Field tried to spin a cable a- cross the Atlantic Ocean, did people marvel at the idea and hurry to help him? No, they said such a thing was impossible, and that it could never be done. But were they right? Their impressions were entirely wrong, ’7hen Mr. Purcell mentioned his wonderful idea oi our Bay Bridge he was thought insane. Although it was much easi- er ior him to persuade people upon this subject than it was for ■ r ' r: ' ' Fi®ld, it still remained a hard task. Finally they began wit.a ouilding the giant towers and then spinning the cables. High upon t.ie catwalks, skilled men work day by day. Think of the risks + ey are taking to develop our modern world I People from all over th . world shall come to s e this bridge and to steiro motionless at no boautiiul piece of science and skilled engineering. --Shirley Duffin, H7-4 ABRAHAM LINCOLN I first saw him at Gettysburg -va president of the United States. His shoulders were bent with the cares of a nation; his face was lined with the symbols of worry; but when he began that famous speech he was no longer a weary official; he was the leader of his people,. Watching and listening to this great man, I seemed to be hypnotized with the magic of his v ords. I was not the only one; the multitude of others listening were under the spell, for- getting their worries and cares. It seemed that the man was a magi- cian.. His lately bent shoulders were straightened, his tired face alight with enthusiasm, honesty, and fairness. Little wonder that our beloved Abraham Lincoln was the ideal of his people. --Barbara Corley, K9-1 THE PEANUT VENDER Old Tony, who sells peanuts on the corner of our street, must have been born with a peanut in one hand, and his prized monkey in the other. His long black whiskers jerk back and forth as he jab- bers over the quality of his goods. A black slouched hat perches on top of his kinky, oily black hair, and frequently the floppy red feather falls over one eye. The startling thing about Tony, though, is his beady black eyes. They seem to stare through you, and are set in a frame work of fine wrinkles, which make them look like two spiders in their webs. --Ruth Cunningham, H9-1 REUNION A chill February day crept upward from the East. One by one, the stars that had been awake all night began to fade, and ceased to look upon the earth. Below, the houses of the town lay silent. Some were stately and beautiful; others were shabby and comfortless; some crowded thickly together and many stood stark and stiff. Of all these dwellings, none was so dreary as one rough hut that crouched upon a hill. The door opened slowly and an old man came forth. Shivering with cold, he walked down the hill and gath- ered dry sticks which he laid upon the ground beside him. He looked up and saw a bright limousine bounding swiftly over the rough road. It stopped; a young man jumped out and came quickly to the old man, who gave a cry of joy and fainted in the arms of his son who had been away on an African expedition. When night again descended on the little village, the old hut was unoccupied, but before a crackling fire in a hotel on the oth- er side of the village, sat the old man with his son. Oh what a joyous reunion it was. ' The son told tales of his adventures while his father listened, with a smile upon his face, glad that his son was alive and with him once more. --Ruth Harrison, II9-1 BROKE 1 SAVED 1 Last winter my friend and I went on a trip into Western Canada. We had been gone about a week when he, whom I called Bob, broke his leg. I tried to relieve the pain by putting splints and tight band- ages on trie leg, after I had set it. Bob insisted on trying to make home, so the next morning we set out at sunrise. It was about the third day of our return trip when we stumbled upon a deserted trapper ' s cabin. We agreed to stay there for at least a few nights to let the leg heal. That night about eleven- thirty , I awoke J Some noise awakened me but I didn ' t know what. It sounded like someone crying for help} I listened as the seconds went by. Suddenly it came again, the terrifying howl of the wolf! I took my gun and started outside when the whole pack of about fifteen started to howl. To me it sounded as if a thousand wolves were trying to outdo each other. Of course, this awoke Bob. Suddenly, Bob told me to listen care- fully and to tell him if I heard anything strange. I did! It was an aeroplane motor. I ran out to signal the pilot. As soon as I stepped outside the wolves started to howl again. I went back into the cabin, re- turned with my gun, and shot three of the vandals. The plane landed in the hard snow, and my friend was taken back to the hospital and I to my home. --Joe DeLaney, H9-2 A HINGE THAT NEEDED SOME OIL The rain came down in large quantities and thunder could be heard frequently as Dan sat alone in the library trying to keep his mind on the book he was reading. Why does everybody have to go out and leave me home alone, especially on a night like this? thought Dan. What was that? He listened intently but he only heard the moaning of the wind, the patter of the rain on the windows, and his own quick breathing. Perhaps he had just imagined it, but there it was again--the soft squeaking of a door hinge as if someone were pushing the door open. Dan ' s heart was pounding madly as he rose from his chair. Then came to his oars the soft footsteps of some- one walking in the other room. Dan gathered his courage, took the old poker that was standing by the fireplace firmly in hand, and walked to the door. He opened it as noiselessly as possible, tip- toed to the next room slowly, and peeked in. Lo and behold! There on top 01 the sinK were a pair of groen eyes looking at him! It was his cat, Mitzie. So she was the one who had been frightening the life out of him! There was the family car coming up the drive. It surely was a relief to have someone around, even though Dan ' s fears had been for nought. --Margaret Kindle, H9-2 MY VACATION On ray vacation last year I went to the ocean. I stayed in Fort Ross for four weeks and I had a fine time. In the mornings I went fishing for trout and when I got back I always had at least six or seven trout. Then I would eat and could I put the food awayj One day I went out with one of the boys to see how many deer we could see. After we rode about six miles we stopped at a little spring. After filling our canteens with fresh water, we climbed a tree. We had been sitting for about ten minutes when we heard some twigs cracking, and what do you think we saw? A little baby deer. We took him back to camp and showed him to the folks. The last day of vacation came and was I sorry to leaveJ When we start- ed away, I looked back. I could see Squeak, Marshall, Pat, Ernie, and all the rest saying, H Good-by. We’re going to miss you. --Melvin Fuhrman, H9-3 BURBANK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL B stands for Burbank U stands for unity R stands for reliability B stands for the best A stands for ambition N stands for neatness K stands for knowledge. — Frances Kajfez, H9-3 A CAT TALE Sir Tom Cat, the duke of Catnip, rode with pride for at his side was Lady Kitty. Lady Kitty had not decided whether to become the bride of Sir Tom Cat or Mr. Alley Cat. She decided to wait and see which was more honest. Of course Mr. Alley Cat was jealous be- cause if he did not marry Lady Kitty he would not become lord of Kittenville. He decided he would kidnap Lady Kitty while she and Sir Tom Cat were out riding. It was dark in the woods where they were riding and, as they approached a clump of bushes, out jumped a bandit who was masked. It was Mr. Alley Cat. He demanded that Sir Tom Cat dismount from his horse. The bandit stood close and, as Sir Tom Cat dismounted, he brushed his tail in the bandit ' s face causing him to drop his gun. Sir Tom Cat quickly picked it up and mounting his horse again, told the bandit to walk ahead. Then Lady Kitty said she would marry Sir Tom Cat. When Mr. Alley Cat was turned over to the sheriff of Catnip, Lady Kitty and Sir Tom Cat were married and lived happily ever after. — Patricia Riley, H9-3 A FRIEND TO REMEMBER My father took me to Santa Cruz two years ago, where he got a job in a drug store,. We met some old friends and we lived with them and paid board. My father had a chance to get a job in Oakland so he left me to stay with them. The woman of the house was short and stout, and she could just waddle around. She would make doughnuts and cookies for me and every night I would play her a game of checkers or cards. It seemed that I had always lived with her, I would get up in the morning and hear her singing and flipping pancakes. Finally, my father took me away. We went up to Alturas for a vacation, about a month later I received a telegram from her son. She had been walking across the street and had been hit by a car and dragged thrity feet before it stopped. She died three hours later. Needless to say, I was sick. Every once in a while when I am faced with a problem I sit and think what she -would have done under the circumstances, --Noel Dubois, H9-5 I THOUGHT I WAS A POET I thought 1 was a poet, But strange as it may seem, My poetry came back one day From my favorite magazine. Oh, it was such a lovely poem, At least, I thought it was. about the king of fairyland And the things he usually does. Your spelling is atrocious, The verses do not rhyme. If you can ' t send me some better stuff Please don ' t take up my time. --Ruth Harris, H9-4 A SO-CALLED FRIEND I once had a friend w ho was all front and no back. He was al- ways bragging about h£W wonderful he was in his school work, and what wonderful games of baseball and marbles he could play. One day just to test him, I asked him to play a game of One-a-cat with me. My friend and I went to the lot next to my home. He had first up and just the two of us wore playing. The game went on until I ' was called for dinner. When I told him that I had to go, he was very angry with me. At that time the score was in my favor twenty to one. He called me a cheater and said I was unfair, I chal- lenged him to a game of marbles and won and he still didn ' t like the way the games were won or played. It was all done in a fair manner but he didn ' t think so. .. ' L oo- allod friend didn’t like me afterwards and he doesn ' t like me now. --Phil Hynes, H9-5 BURBANK SCHOOL B urbank is a place of work and play. U better do as you ' re told or you won ' t stay. R un, jump, skip and hop; that ' s the way you play. E urbank, Burbank, hurray l hurray l a nd that is the way you will feel, if you K ever fail the school of happy memory and fun, K eep work and play in their place and your race is well run. --Pauline Ghego, H9-4 A FRIEND I ONCE HaD A friend I once had 7 as very nice to me when he first moved here. We would go to the show some nights. He was very polite and not selfish at all. There was only one thing I did not care for about him. He 7 ould boast a lot and when he came to do the deed he would be afraid. He used to brag how far he could swim, so we went swimming one day. He seemed to be afraid, to come into the v ater, and then suddenly he came in and he could not swim at all. He got into bad company and was soon in trouble. He smoked a great deal, swore, and got into a fight; sometimes he went around stealing from stores. When he looked at a person, he would not look him in the eye. He would always turn around and look the other way. One day he said to a little boy, Sonny, I bet I have more money than you have. He only had a dime and the little boy had seventy-five cents. When the boy showed him the money, he grabbed it and ran. Later he went to the show, spending the whole amount. He ended in the reform school .--Edward Sundeli, H9-5 FAREWELL , BURBANK ! Burbank will always be the best of schools Until we leave for Berkeley High.. Respect for teachers and schoolmates and rules We ' ll always consider until we die. At last we w ill hear our names Being read aloud, leaving a happy crowd. Keep up our spirits as we have vowed. B e a good citizen U nder all circumstances. R eliable at all times, B e a good sport. A lways obey the rules of the school. N ever waste your needed time. K now the lav s of the school. --Charles Navarro, H9-4 WHAT A RIDE The most exciting bicycle ride I over had was in the country three years ago. The thrill of the ride was provided by the old, rusty, broken-down bicycle, which had neither a chain nor a brake. On this contraption my friend, Jane Williams, and I rode down the hill in front of our house. Our getting on the bicycle and her pushing off, I still remem- ber. With a creaking of wheels we started down the hill. Down a short hill we flew, gaining speed at every turn of the wheels. The ground leveled off for about ten feet; then we shot out into space like a ski-jumper, continuing our flight downward. After this hill came a long stretch of level ground, where we slowed down considera- bly. Just as I thought the ride would end, vie reached the top of the third and last hill. Once more we raced along and around a bend at break-neck speed to thunder down the home stretch. As we reached the foot of the hill, our front wheel hit a bump. Crunch! I felt myself flying through the air, and thud I When I regained my breath, I found Jane examining the bent and twisted remains of our once glorious bicycle. It was the last time we rode on it, but that last ride w as glorious, though wild. — Dorothy Horn, H9-3 A STREAMLINED CAR Sam Sprats and his friend Jim worked day after day on their re- cently purchased automobile, a de luxe touring car built in 1914. After weeks of hard work on their part, the motor ran. At last they vie re ready for their test ride. Their racer ran nearly five miles per hour. This, too, was a great surprise to the boys, since only one tire had air in it; gas, oil, and water leaked out rapidly; and the steering wheel didn ' t v;ork constantly. They were traveling down a country lane when they noticed a man in front of his house crying for help. He shouted that his house was on fire. Sam sped his car up to the terrific speed of ten miles per hour. As they were going up a hill, the car came to an abrupt stop. Jim asked what they should do next. Push! said Sam. Jim did, and with much labor they reached the top. As the car gathered speed coasting down the hill, they started the engine. At last they came into the nearest town and the fire trucks wore sent to the rescue. The boys were rewarded by receiving a new car, since their auto had lost two cylinders, the front axle had broken, the band- ages had come off of the tires; in fact, the car was not in a good condition. --Mels Nelson, H9-3 AT ALANIA AND HIPPOMENES The many suitors would not part, Because they sought Atalanta ' s heart. Her feet were so very fleet, A race with her suitors she would meet. Sven though they knew her speed, Her death warning they did not heed. Hippomenes, a brave young lad, Sought her heart as others had. He prayed to Venus up above To help him win Atalanta’s love. She journeyed far unto the west To grant Hippomenes ' request. And from a beauteous tree did pluck Three golden apples for his luck. The morning that the race began Three apples were within his hand. He cast an apple to the side. As Atalanta snatched it, he went by. She looked up with a lovely grace, To find that he had won the race. --Grace wares, L9-1 NAUGHTY JOHNNY Johnny was the only child in the family, full of fun and frol ic, always playing tricks on others. Some were even mean and cruel Once he ran away with an old lady ' s hat. Because his family was rich, Johnny felt free to do the mischief he pleased. One night while he was in bed, the window was opened and in came a little dwarf with two companions. They sat at the end of his bed and when he opened his eyes and sat up, the dwarf chief said, Johnny, we are from Mischief Land. We tease people and make them angry. With these words they all pounced upon him and began pulling his hair, tickling his toes, and tearing his pajamas, un- til Johnny thought he could stand it no longer. Then something happened. It was morning and Johnny ' s mother was kissing his cheek. Oh Mother, he said, may I buy a new hat for that lady and give my toys to the children whose toys I broke? Why, Johnny, his mother answered, of course you may. Why i What brought this on? Johnny didn ' t answer. He just sat up in bed and thought how perfect it must be to be a really good boy. --Louise Thurner, L9-1 NEVER SETTLED Moving to the country is the favorite subject of conversation in our family. Every time someone gets a little cold or sniffles, my father brings up the subject of getting away from it all . He says, If we lived out on a farm somewhere and had nothing to do but raise chickens, we would not be sick so often. Then the argument begins. Don ' t be silly. You know we could not live on chickens alone. Mother says, V e couldn ' t be satisfied on a farm away from our friends . We couldn ' t go to a show put in meekly. Between mother and me, we of Dad ' s head, for a while, at But in a few weeks, if it well, out comes the old family by mother and me until another nearly so often as we can here, I finally get the notion of moving out leas t. is foggy or someone doesn ' t feel argument again, only to be quieted day. --Virginia Ledbetter, L9-2 GETTING YOUR OWN WAY But, Mamma — No, you are not going to Ida ' s house. Well, what ' s wrong now? (This usually from mj father) Ev- ery time I enter this room I hear that. ' She wants to go to Ida ' s house again, stated my mother. What on eartn do you find so a.lluring there? ' Yell, there ' s always a crowd over there, and h re I sit alone, with nothing to do all evening, I explained. Clean out your desk, said my mother. Mamma, you know very well that Erna ' s (my married sister ' s) three little angels ere coming the day after tomorrow, and then my desk will be a nice mess all over again! I argued. Anyway, I was invited to go over there. Good grief. ' Will this infernal arguipg never stop? Gertrude, for heaven ' s sake, why don ' t you move over there? Oh! She just wants to see Ida ' s brother, said my mother teasingly. By now, the argument has ceased to be funny to me, and I leave the room with an angry; Oh! who cares about him anyway? Now see what you ' ve done! says my father. Why don ' t you let her go? There is a soft and hesitant knock on my door and Mother en- ters. All right, Gertrude, you may go to Ida ' s but don ' t 6tay later than 8:30 and don ' t- The rest of her speech is smothered by my grateful hugs and kisses. — Gertrude Tauchmann, L9-2 LOST, BUT VORTH IT During the early spring, a young hoy, not more than three years of age, started towards the forest. After several hours he became tired and hungry, so he turned back towards home. He was so interested in the birds and the but- terflies and the beauty of the forest that he did not notice the way. He ' walked one way, then another, but he could not find the right way. Then the sun sank below the horizon. Soon he heard a long, soft, howl. It seemed to him that a hundred eyes were look- ing at him, but they belonged only to the night owls. The black- ness was broken by a bright light, a beam from the flashlight of a searching party. The lad was glad to be found, but told the group that he should never forget the beautiful things he had seen in the forest that day. — Ward Vance, L9-3 AN UNEXPECTED BATH It was a lovely day in January, so I walked to the pond to see if it were frozen. I was dressed in my snow outfit and carried new skates. The pond was frozen very hard, so I skated swiftly to the middle of it. I did fancy tricks to show the other children that I could really skate. I skated backwards and didn’t notice a sign, Danger ' 1 . All of a sudden the ice broke and in I fell. I thought surely I would drown , but someone pulled me out. I went home very quickly. I was put straight to bed and had to take some medicine for I was sneezing by that time. I never tried to skate backwards again for I did not want another ice bath in the middle of January. --Phyllis Kleeberger, L9-3 A NARROW ESCAPE Birds wore singing, locusts humming, and all seemed peaceful this fine morning when I decided to stroll to the trap I had set the night before. The trap had been sprung, but nothing was in it. To set it a- gain I had to crawl inside of the opening. I was just ready to leave when I looked up and saw, on top of the ledge, a big Diamond- back rattler, his beady black eyes staring at me. He came closer. I could hear his long body slithering through the underbrush. He reached the ledge where he stopped and coiled. Cold sw at rolled down my face. I was caught in my own trapJ Then I heard another slithering and saw, to my great surprise, a beautiful King snake making his way towards the rattler. It all took place in a fe.-j sec onds, but it seemed as if hours passed while I crouched ' there. T King snake was victorious and I climbed out of the trap uninjured. — Prank Wakefield, L9-3 OUT ON THE RANGE Jesse’s uncle has invited Jesse and his friends to the ranch. The boys have a new friend. Altogether there are: Pete, Jimmy, Scoot, and the Johnson twins. They have just arrived at the ranch; it is almost dark and Jesse and the rest of the gang have gone to see the horses. One of the twins has headed for the ranch house. Jesse ' s .‘.ant Emma had seen the party start off. Just before the twin reached the house, he saw two pies on the window sill. He sneaked up and grabbed one and ran away. Aunt Emma had seen him and thought something was wrong and went down to the stables. She saw the other twin and went back. When she got to the house and looked into the kitchen, she almost fainted. The kitchen looked as though a hurricane had hit it. Preserves were all over the floor, dough was plastered on the walls, and flour had been thrown around. She looked into a big pot to see if the sandwiches she had made were sti]l there. When she opened it she shrieked, for out of the pot jumped a big cat. After a time she found out that the boys were twins. She was going to make the one that made the mess clean it up, but she got the wrong twin. Next day they were going to have a hurdling race on horses. Everyone was riding except one of the twins. On the other side of the first hurdle he poured water and the ground became muddy. Un- der the saddles of the horses he put burrs. When the horses jumped over the first hurdle, the riders were thrown. Pete and Jimmy land- ed in the mud. Jesse was hooked by a limb and was hanging in the tree. The twin was thrown into a hedge. When the boys caught the other twin, they gave him a good soaking in the river and put flour all over him. — George Nelidov, HSx SPRING Spring has come with its pretty wild flowers. Birds again nestle amongst the trees ' bowers, Far o ' er the fields the flowers are meeting, And nodding their heads as if in greeting. For they ' ve not seen each other, for fully a year, And there ' s so much to tell; they must listen and hear. Their nows passes on from one to another. From buttercups to the lily and clover. The clouds in the sky seem so fluffy and white, And to look at them really is sheer delight. Winter is over. Oh, how the birds singi They are so happy; they ' re singing of spring. --Kay McEvoy, H8x A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE Drums, beating to an even tempo and gradually speeding up, na- tives with their que-er dress and weirdly painted faces and shrill cries. ' My mind w as so muddled up with all these happenings that I couldn ' t think straight. What a funny feeling it was to know that I was going to be burned alive. The natives had tied me to a pole in the center of a clearing and then they started to dance and yell. The witch doctor came over and lit the wood that was at my feet. Flames rising higher and higher hid from view the things that were going on around me. Just then I opened my eyes wide and everything disappeared. I was in my own bedroom at home. I have never forgotten that hor- rible dream experience. — Evelyn Nethercott, K3y ' THE WRECK The California was wrecked in a typhoon and the passengers were all lost but two. They could not launch the life boat because there was a heavy sea rolling the ship from one side to another. The two survivors were Nick and Carol. They drifted ashore with the wreckage. They landed on an island called Rainbow Island, where they were marooned for about three weeks. While on the island, they discovered gold and they were attacked by savages two or three times. They. were having a terrific battle when help came. A battleship crew came to the rescue. They were taken aboard the battleship and were given food.. On their return to San Francisco they found themselves wealthy because of the gold they had found and brought back with them. --Particia Cramer, H8z ' AN ACCIDENT One day as I was writing a composition in the room, ray pen . went dry. I stuck it in the inkwell to fill it, but the inkwell was dry. I turned around to fill it in the inkwell behind me, but that was dry too. Then I decided to fill the inkwell. I went to the front of the room and tried to get the ink, but it was up too high. T-ien I got a small stool and climbed upon it. Just as I grabbed the In t- tle, I lost ray balance and went tumbling head over heels, witn tne ink all over the floor, on my face, and on my clothes. The teacher made me stay after school and clean up the me °° I had to buy a new bottle of ink for the room. When I got home I got a licking, and had to stand and scrub my clothes lor two houi s until they were clean. I hope I have better luck the next time I have to fill my pen. --Alvin Ohman, H8y 1 AN AMUSING INCIDENT One day when we were camping in the woods, we decided to hunt rabbits. 7e made a lunch, took our twenty- twos and some ammunition, and started out. About twelve o ' clock we reached a small stream, where we sat down to eat our lunch and rest. After a while we saw some rabbits drinking from the stream, and shot two of them. ‘Ve skinned them, put them in our knapsacks, and started back to camp. Vhen we reached camp we saw a doe and. a fawn chewing on some carrots which we had left uncovered. The doe saw us. She started to run away, but cane back for the young deer. The young one wculd not budge because he liked the carrots. So the doe grabbed a bunch of carrots in her teeth and coaxed the young deer to follow. After the fawn had eaten all the carrots in reach, she ran after the doc for more until they were out of sight. --Alvin Ohman, H8y ' SCOUT CAMP The Berkeley Scout Camp is an old rock quarry about two miles from the end of the Arlington car line. It is about a hundred feet up to the top. Up on top the-ro are three cabins. The way to get tc those cabins is up a twisting path on the inside of the quarry. At the back of the quarry on top is a signaling tower that is about tifty feet up. It is not very strong now but it is still possible to go up it. On the other side there is an observatory and about six more cabins. Down below is a big lodge and a house where the caretaker stays. There is a Sea Scout cabin there, also. There are some mine shafts, but you are not allowed to go inside. — Raymond Phipps, H8y ' THE HEIR Mrs. Higgins, an old widow, had passed away. She hadn ' t been sick. She had died at the ago of nighty- ti o . Mrs. Higgins had a butler named Pat O ' Malley who wanted very much to inherit the bulk of tier estate. To get on the good side of h -r, he acted as if he loved to pet her poodle. Mrs. Higgins loved this dog very much. In h .r will, that she had made out to Pat, she left a note say- ing that in one of her hundred copies of Alice in wonderland that was in her library, she had the will all made out. ■,’o.t went right to lork for he was anxious to find that will. He looked into seventy-five books before he could find it. when ho found it, ho read it and over the clause that mentioned him ho wept. It. said, To my faithful and honest Pat O ' Malley, I will leave my poodle who, a he claims to love, and the bulk of the estate goes to the orphanage. — Aileen Posopank,, H8y ' MY FAVORITE HOBBY My favorite hobby is skating. Almost every Saturday night I go to Rollerland and skate to my heart ' s content. It is one pas- time that is not only a pleasure but healthful as well. Grown-ups as well as children should learn to skate and enjoy it. Rollerland is not an excellent place to go unless you are an experienced skat- er; nine times out of ten you find yourself on the floor with about ten or twenty more that have tripped over you. I have taken many a fall and know how it feels. At Rollerland there ' s a sign which says All skate . When you hear a bell ring, you all turn to look at the sign and follow its directions. Not only have they All skate but ladies skate , Men skate , Tag , and Hi jinks . If you have no place to go, I advise you to go to Rollerland. You will never regret it unless you take a severe fall, but it ' s still lots of fun. --Violet 3urke, H8y THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY BRIDGE What is it stretched across the Bay, Glittering ' neath the moon ' s bright ray? Ah, ' tis a bridge, majestic, tall, Growing, growing for you, for all. What is it shining over there? Yes, shimmering like a jewel rare. ' Tis a bridge growing mile by mile, Gaining beauty all the while. Everyone knows the joy, the pleasure, To be so near a royal treasure. We admire it day by day Stretching o ' er the shining Bay. — Kenneth Atkinson, H8y THE BROADWAY TUNNEL The Broadway Tunnel had twin tunnels about one mile long. Mud and dirt are about one foot deep on the floor of the tunnel. When it is finished it will be sixteen feet high. The tunnel work is now in a very bad place for soft debris, large boulders, and springs have been encountered. It is also full of gas. Men cannot smoke in the tunnel due to the danger ol explo- sions. They work in shifts all day and all night. They have to wear eight-pound batteries on their backs. Six locomotives in the tunnel, t hree in one portal and three in the other, are used to car ry mud. The Broadway Tunnel is another of the groat projects of today. --Herbert Hickman, H8y A TRIP ON A SHI? One hot summer day a friend of mine visited me. He was a cap- tain of a boat which was docked near our house, so he thought he would visit me. That wasn ' t the only reason, for he asked my mother if I could go with him on his ship for a trip to San Pedro up the coast past San Francisco to Portland and back to San Fran- cisco. My mother could not resist such an opportunity for me. in a few days everything was ready for the trip. Before I knew it we were sailing out the Golden Gate. It began to get rough with a small gale blowing towards the northeast. A few miles do wn the coast I began to feel the misery of seasickness. After two days of sailing we arrived in San Podro. We did not have many hours for touring because it only took three hours to load and unload. Then off we started up the coast to Portland. During the trip from San Pedro to Portland I did not become seasick. We made it faster than the first part of the trip, for we did not have a head wind. In three days we arrived. Within the harbor we saw many ships coming and going. We did not stay long at this port for a storm was due. We arrived in the Bay of San Francisco within a day and a half. There was a heavy fog so we had to stay there until it lifted. Then I got off the boat and onto a ferry boat headed for home. I was happy to get hom e from the long journey but I wish everybody could make such a trip. --Howard Thor, H7-4 MOON, SO ROUND AND YELLOW You moon, so round and yellow, Shining in the sky, Oh, how I love to see you Looking from on high] Again and again I wonder When I see you there, How they get to light you Hanging in the air? Where do you go at morning When the night is past, And the sun comes peeping O ' er the hills at last? Sometime I will watch you As you move overhead, When you think I ' m sleeping Snugly in my bed. --Helen Howard, U?-4 THE DAFFODILS Tiny tips of green Slowly come from their beds in the earth; Daffodils slowly uncover their heads And show their golden worth. --Bernice Lucy, L8x A QUEER NEIGHBOR Mother. ' Mother. ' cried ray little sister one sunny morning. Come quick and sec the people that are going to live next doer. To satisfy my sister, my mother went to the door and there she saw a huge moving van unloading the furniture of our neighbor-to- be. My mother, seeing the elaborate furniture, thought surely they must be wealthy. Late the same day, she saw a noisy old car drive up in front of our new neighbor ' s house. Out stepped a thin man of about forty- five dressed entirely in black with a high black hat. After a few days my mother thought it would be kind to call on our new neighbors and get acquainted. Imagine her surprise when she rang the bell and the same man answered the door . ' She asked to see the lady of the house and the man said that no lady lived there. She then asked to see the man of the house and the little man replied that he was the man of the house , My mother said that she had come to pay a visit and he invited her in- to the library. Of his own accord the man began to tell her his life. He be- gan, I married when I was quite young. A few years ago I lost all but a small portion of my money. Shortly after that my wife died. I lived, by myself for a long time, for I could no longer employ any servants. A few weeks ago I was left this house and so I moved in. My mother asked why he didn ' t sell his furniture and move to an apartment. He said that all the furniture belonged to his wile and he didn ' t want to give it up. This queer neighbor had been living alone for years, cooking his own meals and making his own bed. My mother felt sorry for him and invited him tq visit us. He accepted and came over. This was quite a while ago and now our f m ily and he are the best of friends. — Ruth Shulte, L8x THE FIRST SIGNS OF SPRING Spring must be coming here at last. Cold winter, too, will soon be past. Oh. ' Many mating birds I ' ve seen, And now the trees are turning green. --John Pritz , l8x IMPORTANT RATS Where my mother works they are experimenting on rats. There are many different colored rats; some are black, white, and brown. There are many departments for experimenting on them. My mother works in the stock room. She raises them. When they are first born, they have no hair. The color of their skin is the color that their hair is going to be. The mother rat keeps her babies until they are twenty-one days old. Then they are kept by themselves or sent to a different department to be experimented upon. Only one male is kept from each litter. Different foods are tested for vitamins. Some have lots of vitamin E and some have no A or visa versa. One diet consists of butter, milk, cheese, and vegetables. It is in powdered form. Then the rats have water, of course. Each rat has a family history written on a card. In this way the workers can tell the rats from each other. They also have marks in their ears , --Clarence Andrews, L8y 1 MY FLYING COUSIN I have a cousin who is an aviator. He has covered enough space to have gone around the world thirty-five times. Many of his friends say that he can ' t fly in a straight line because he is al- ways doing stunts. His name is Cloyed Cleverger and he has flown ever since he was twenty-one. He ran a school not long ago teaching aviation. He has pub- lished a few books on how to fly. He also tests airplanes. In flying you ' ve got to be able to keep your head, because if you are up in the air and something happens, you cannot get all ex- cited because it might mean your life. When you are flying an air- plane, keep everything below .you on a level. --June Galleher, L8y ' BUGEARS ' FIRST AMD LAST FIGHT When Bugears was a kitten, he was the most devilish animal in the neighborhood. We always let him out at night, but since he almost killed himself, we don ' t let him out any more. One night we were sitting in our kitchen when we heard a bloodcurdling screech. My brothers and I rushed out to see what made the noise. Bugears and another cat were fighting. Fur was flying, and the hissing and screaming sounded lika sirens, it looked as though sparks were flying from the ball of black and grey fur. I grabbed Bugears and ran into the house. I don ' t know what happened to the other cat. Poor Bugears was horribly scratched. I bathed his wounds and put him in his box. Since then I never let him go out of the house.— Betty Churchill, L8y A PC EM A poem is a lovely thought that lives on and on in the years, Sometimes of fields and meadows, other times of wars and fears. Lovely thoughts have gone jnto poems 0 Thoughts oi happiness are the most beautiful to hear; When the sun is sinking behind the evergreen trees Many pec-pl are thiukn mg how lovely this world is now; Seme are t. linking of Cod and his promise to us. And of these, .loveJy m. Q ra. r have been vrixten. A poem has a sparkle, a hope , ana a fear; Of ancient soldiers, their battles they dare; Of lovely maidens taker, from their homes; Of hills, f lovers, oxenm, and sun, and any distant dome. All these a poem has hidden in its breast. Hoping some one will discover it and use it to its best, --Martha Jenson, H7-2 A CHANGE It was cold and gloomy all about; It was winter time no doubt. The wind was bloving, with snow on the ground. Why, there wasn ' t a. single flower around. The trees were lonesome for their loaves, While birds were flying to keep warm in the breeze. And then all of a sudden, what do you think? The sun came out of the clouds like a wink. There was no snow now, hut in its place, There was green grass in every space. And to be sure there was no doubt, It was spring all about. ' Granuccia Amadie, H7-2 SPRING The flowers are blooming, The birds now sing, Everywhere , everywhere , ' Tis spring; The robin and the blue bird Are returning from the South. And now their hungry babes Each wait with open mouth. The darling little Is poeping through And out in the big A cluster of roses violet the ground, green woods is found. May it be beach, yard, or wood Everywhere , ' tis very clear, Even on the mountain side Spring is here. ' --Helen Simonds , H7-2 THE RETURN OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS It is midnight in the graveyard, whore the dead are resting under the cold ground. Christopher Columbus is rising from his grave. Huey Long, v:ho died a short time ago, joins him. As Christopher Columbus looks sli around him strangely, he questions Mr. Long. ' There are we? I have never heard of this place before. .Ye’re in America, the land you have discovered, replies Huey America. 1 You must be mistaken; this couldn ' t possibly be America. This place is so different from my land! But remember, Columbus, it has been a long time since you died and the place has changed. Let us argue no longer. I must see what they have done to this place you call my America. So away they went to New York where evorythiug was alive. Look, Mr. Long, there are cliffs. That is all that reminds me of my land. HaJ Hal You make me laugh, Columbus; those are skyscrapers. What ' s the matter? You look as if you ' d taken a dose of castor oil Well, you seem to know everything. I hope you can tell me what this is; it looks like a monster. You do kill me. That is a streamlined train people use for transportation. But it goes so fasti Mr. Long, oh look, there is a smaller train, talking. No, that ' s an automobile, Columbus, with a radio in it. Oh, if only my friends were here, Mr. Long. I wonder if they would think the world was coming to an end. Gracious, what ' s that in the sky, a giant eagle? Oh, that is the new China Clipper, also used for transporta- ytion and for carrying thin gs . Why, Columbus, it ' s almost day. We must hurry to our graves. The quickest way back is by airplane. Oh, no, it goes too fast and too high. please let ' s v alk. No, help. ' Not by airplane. They went by airplane and into their graves they went fast as leep. --Tony Nuccio, L8y ' MY LOG I have a Boston bull dog whose name is Luke. He has the fun- niest tail i have ever seen. It is something like a pig ' s tail or ° capital z. When he runs, he looks as if he puts his back legs first, then his front. He does many tricks. He walks on his hind legs and he puts a pipe into his mouth and makes believe he is smok irit,. ' hen he runs away and then comes back, he knows what he ' s go- ing to get, so he gets ready and turns his back for us to hit him. — Lorraine Gouveia, L8z ' CAPTURING A WILD COLT The other day when niy cousin, some boys, and I were walking in San Pablo Canyon, we saw a herd of wild horses. In this herd was a colt not more than a week old. He was a healthy and well propor- tioned animal, so my cousin decided that he would try to capture him. He was pure black with a white mane and tail, and a white dia- mond on his forehead. ' e decided to name him Prancer. This horse was too young to fear us, but as soon as the rest of the herd got the scent of human beings, they began to flee. The colt ' s mother also fled until she found out that her colt was not with her. Then she swung around and came back. Prancer could not go very far; he was too young and his legs were too shaky and weak. The mother horse soon got tired of hanging back from the rest of the herd, so she left him, but she kept an eye on him all the while. The next day my cousin and I went back on our horses; this time we took a lariat and a lump of salt. Soon we saw r the horses near the place where they were before. The wind was blowing in the opposite direction, so they did not smell or see us ' till we got right up to them; then they fled as fast as they could. But Prancer did not go. We got off our horses, and edged up little by little, holding out the lumps of salt until we got within a few feet of him. Much to our surprise, he came up and took it, but he did not run away. Suddenly I got a chance to grab him. My cousin cut his lariat in pieces and made a halter out of it. This he slipped over prancer ' s head with ease. We had a hard time leading him to the trailer, but we got him there somehow. When we got him out to the riding stables, I heated some milk, put it in a bottle, put a nipple on it, and fed him. We had to feed him in this manner for a month. After a month I put a saddle on him and walked him around the stables and yard an hour or two every day. One day, when I thought he was about used to the saddle, I tried to ride him, but I didn ' t g o far; I found myself on the ground. I did this every day until I could ride him. He is still out at the stables, and is the best horse in the whole academ y. He is now a year and six months old. --Veronica June Vidolin, H7-4 SPRING Springtime is the time for joy and happiness, for the world is full of happy people. Blue skies, flowers, and sunshine make the world happy. Pansies, china- lil ies , tulips, peonies, and daffodils bloom radiantly under the quiet blue skies. A brilliant green is the background of these fresh, young, spring flowers. Robins, blue birds, and sparrows sing joyously, making the world more gay. Happy children smile down on them. Happiness arrives when spring- time visits the world. --Yasuko Obayashi, H7-4 THE BRIDGE Over the splashing waves it will go, Coming along sure though slow. Soon we will look very far down And see a lovely little town; Automobiles going back and forth Over the top of the city wharf. Trains and buses go here and there Through the fresh breezes of the air. Trucks with every kind of load Will go over this great long road. Over it we hope you ' ll go Until you get to San Francisco. Over there is a wonderful sight When the lights are on at night. Ferries still are working their way To get the autos across the Bay. But soon we will say farewell To these ferries that worked so well, And soon on this completed bridge you ' ll go Again and again to San Francisco. — Lloyd Angella H7-5 AN ADVENTURE IN A DREAM I was on a cloud going to Dream City, made of candy. We trav- eled through the city on a little car made of peppermint. From the windows we saw Cinderella, Peter Pan, the Old Woman in the Shoe, Jack and the Giant, Little Red Riding Hood, Mother Goose, and many other characters of ’whom we had read. About one o ' clock we saw all the people running into their can- dy homes. We didn ' t know what was happening. Suddenly, a woman called out of her window, Get out of the street. A giant is com- ing and he will eat anything that is in his way. V e didn ' t have time to move the car, for we heard a noise, and the earth felt as if it were moving from under us. I knew it was the giant, so I started to run, but I never seemed to get any- where. The giant was right behind me; he picked me up and laughed and laughed. He put me into his mouth and I was falling into a dark tunnel. When I hit the bottom, it was light. I opened ray eyes, and there I was on the floor. I had been dreaming and had fallen out of my bed. How glad I was to find myself safe at home! --Margaret Gee, H7-5 AT THE WHARF The water was green as green could be ; Such fun again I shall never seel The boys were swimming And the balls were skimming And the boats in the harbor Were swaying toward starboard. The papers were flying, And the fish were dying Under the fisherman ' s knife. Oh! what a place for life! The club-house was full And the lines had a pull; It is never dull When you feed a gull. — Francis Hill, H7-6 AT THE FAIR Things at the fair are very funny But, of course, they all cost some money. The Ford Building is a beautiful sight; You could stay and look at it all the night. You spend a nickel here and a nickel there. Your father looks at his wallet which is getting bare. You get lost while walking round the fair ground But a short while after you are found. --Herman Wrede, H7-6 A WONDER As we look from Berkeley out on the Bay We see the eighth wonder in our world today, A great span outlined by a golden sun, And far below it the white caps run. The wonder we gaze at you probably guess Is our own Bay Bridge, the sign of progress. Slowly but surely it ' s going up high ' Till you think that surely it ' s touching the sky. Will wonders never cease? you say as you gaze, And from your lips flow words of praise. Trains can cross it and cars can cross, too. Just to hear it said you think it untrue But it really is true and you will see In a very short time a fact it will be. -•-El on Packard, 117 -6 BROKEN DISHES One day my mother offered me a dime to do the dishes. I want- ed to go to play football, so I whispered to the boys who were waiting for me. They went away and when they «ame back they had a lot of old dishes. I opened the window and they handed me the dish es. Then I started to drop them. My mother heard the noise and said, Be more careful • I dropped another one. Then she came in and said, You go right out and don ' t come back until suppertime. You don ' t know how sorry I was because I could not come back until suppertime. — Marvine Ellis, H7-7 A SMART DOG One day we were going on a fifty-mile trip. We were all ready to go when my mother said, Is the dog in her pen? I said, Yes, for I was sure that I put her in. We were about fourteen miles out of town when we heard something banging in the trunk. We stopped. My father got his gun and opened the trunk ArfJ Arf l n Out jumped the dog. She had climbed in when I put in some chains .--Charles Martin, H7-7 THE BAY BRIDGE The Bay Bridge is progressing very rapidly. It is supposed to be finished in 1938, but if it keeps up the way it is now it will probably be done before. If you have been across the Bay lately you will see that the cat walk is all the way across. I think that Mr. Purcell did a wonderful job of planning this bridge. It cer- tainly must have been a hard task, but he carried it out. The ef- fort of years will soon be crowned with success. Many people thought that the Bay Bridge would never be built. They thought that it was impossible. When they read about it in the paper they sneered at Mr. Purcell, and practically called him a prevaricator. But now the people that sneered at him are saying what a wonderful job they think he made of drawing the plans, and how wonderfully they think that it has been progressing. — Veronica June Vidolin, H7-7 THE CALL OF SPRING The flowers nodded their pretty heads, And the blue bells started to ring. The news was carried from flower to flower And the birds began to sing. The roses sprang from their wintery bower, And joined in the call of spring. --Doris Harrison, H7-4 THE AMATEUR This day is done and I ' m in bed. Myl It seems as though morning will never come. I’m going to sing on an amateur program. Morning at last. ' I get dressed and eat breakfast as fast as I can. Then I go to the neighborhood theater and I see there are only three amateurs waiting outside. We go inside and up on the stage I am the second to appear. The first one finishes very quickly. It is my turni I get up and sing my best, but half way through I hear a ringing sound. Why! That ' s no gong; it ' s the alarm clock ringing. Dreaming again, ' --Albert Claudeanos, L7-2 A EAD DaY At ten minutes to six my brother, sister, and I decided to go out and play ball-tag. We were playing among the water pipes when suddenly a heavy rain fell upon us. We were surprised to hear thun- der. When we saw lightning, it didn ' t take long to start running for home. I was the first one out of the pipe and the first to get home. When I was in the backyard, I slipped and fell into a puddle. May- be I did look funny, but it was no joke to me.--Aileen Carlson, L7-2 THE UNFORGIVEN PET One day a cute little stray kitten came to our house. I asked my mother if I could keep him but she said that I would have to try to find his owner. I went to all the neighbors, but they said that they had never even seen the kitten before. My father went to the newspaper office and put an article in the newspaper inquiring if anyone owned the kitten. Two weeks later a man came to our house and asked about the kitten. He said that he was the owner but I could have the kitten because I had taken such good care of him. Then I was so glad. Later we we re presented with a beautiful white canary. Every time we looked at the kitten he was watching the canary. At night we locked him outdoors.. One day a terrib.1 e disaster occurred. While my mother was cooking dinner, the kitten jumped upon the table and killed the bird. The kitten has not been forgiven. --Barbara Cook, L7-2 A GREAT AMERICAN Abraham Lincoln was a poor man. He walked for many miles just to get a book. One night while he was asleep, a big storm came. The rain spoiled the book that he had borrowed. The book cost four dollars and he had to work very hard to pay for it. Abraham Lincoln taught himself to read. He only went three months to school in his whole life. He studied more than other boys. When Abraham Lincoln became a man he became the president of the United States .--Jack Killer, H7 GOING TO SCHOOL Through the meadows bright and cool, In the pleasant breese, Ohl We love to go to school, Mornings such as these. And the flowers in the dew Call to us, Good Bye! Very well your work you ' ll do If you only try! --Ruby Ghidossi, L7-4 THE OLDEST HOUSE I EVER SAW On the top of a hill stood a large house which I had always wanted to investigate. One day my friend Mary and I went for a walk. I said, Let ' s go up the hill and see what is inside the strange house. She said, Yes. We went up and crept to one of the many win- dows; it had large thick curtains so we could not see through. We rang the doorbell and an old woman answered the door. She asked us in and showed us many things. One was a grandfather ' s clock that ticked so softly that you could hardly hear it. Another was a large cat with green glassy eyes that sparkled when the light shown on them. When it grew dark we went home. I enjoyed the hike and all the things we saw. — Dorothy Derganc, L7-4 THE BEAR ' S WINTER NAP The bear is a very peculiar sort of an animal. He gets fat in the summer and then he goes to hunt for a place to sleep. He walks around his camp for many days. When he smells a storm coming, he goes to camp to sleep for the whole winter. Many times hunters come to look for him. They find his tracks if the snow hasn ' t cov- ered them. When the hunters cross the spoor, or tracks of the bear, they walk around in a circle; if they cross the tracks again they know that the bear is not in the circle. Then they start again and if they don ' t find the track they know that the bear is in the circle. Closing in with their dogs, they arouse the sleepy thin bear from his snowy bed, and are able to gain enough money from his skin to pay for their trouble. — Mark Gray, L7 J anu ary 31 , 1936 . The Burbank P.T.A. gave a dinner at the school. It was vary successful. One hundred twenty-five guests enjoyed the dinner ana the recreational program that followed. Janu ary 31 . There was much hurrying and scurrying around as the News reporters kept their ears open, for wasn ' t this the day of their meeting? Nov I suppose you think that means a dull forty min- utes of sleepy boys and girls. The Burbank News Reporters are wide- awake, ready to do their part toward our News. These boys and girls chosen by the teachers, are alv ays on the alert for news just so our school paper will be more interesting for you. Februa ry 5. The first meeting of the wizard editors was held. As you can see, they lost no time getting started on your Burbank book. These Wizard editors were chosen by the teacher. The meetings were carried on in the fashion of a club. February 13 . Just another date you ' ll probably say, but somewhere in the seventh grader ' s mind it sounds familiar. Then suddenly you exclaim, w hy that was our assembly! Of course you rememDer the introduction of the new student body officers: president of the Girls ' Association, Evelyn Plumley, vice-president, Lorraine Maderos, and secretary, Consuelo Anderson. From the Boys ' Associa- tion there was President Mels Nelson, Vice-president James Gratz, and Secretary Thomas Whisler. The court officials, Charles Navarro, Geraldine Barnes, Bertram Riggio , Albert Hardie, Vivian Chambliss, Martha Collins, Verna Boston, George Keltner, Gorden Bad r , Stanley Bush, and Robert Greenwood were presented. The seventh graders were introduced to the Wizard and News Staff who are: Helen Tronoff, Mary Taylor, Lorraine Ward, Edwin Potter, william Oliver, Elaine Tscheekar, Virginia Fisk, Tiheresia Just, and Alfred Louisiana. Stanley Thisdoll, our chief-of-pol ice , and Captain Frank Xavier were presented. The last introduction was Eugene Bryant, our Red Cross Representative. One of the most interesting numbers of this assembly was the Wizard Skit which advertised our wizard and News. This was present- ed after a speech made by Dr. Standloy. Mrs. Orpha Rhodes played two harp selections which everyone enjoyed. The remainder of the program consisted of a dance, Mazurka Minuet, by a group of girls, a musical number Red Sails in the Sunset , arranged by our own Mr. Hobbs, and played by Edmund Whites, Elmo Abernathley, George Medeiros, Helen Murden, and Marjorie Go ttfriedsen. February 14 . Everyone enjoyed the Valentine Dance put on by the P.T.A. The auditorium was beautifully decorated with huge valen- tines. The P.T.A. has met monthly in the auditorium and have had some interesting speakers. In the fall Dr. George Ouloton spoke to us on universal fingerprinting and we were one of the first schools to have adults fingerprinted. In January Miss Harriet Fitzgerald, dental hygienist, spoke on Care of the Teeth . February, Mrs. Sue Wiley, F. T. A. Founder ' s Day chairman, pre- sented a program in honor of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst and Mrs. Alice Birney, founders of the P. T. A. We gave corsages to our former presidents who were our guests that day. Fe bru ary 20. The 117-4 class under the direction of their class teacher, Miss Truman, presented a play entitled The Headless Horse- man. Midory Asakwa. was the announcer. A group of girls under the direction of Miss Misch danced the Virginia Reel. February 21 . A reception was held in the Purbank Auditorium in hon- or of August Galan, a member of the Chicago Cubs and a former Burbank boy. City officials joined a large group of his friends in doing honor to Augie. He was presented with a handsome leather club bag. Februar y 2_7. Afternoon dance in the auditorium. Good attendance and fine music. March 5_. High School program. Mr. Biedenback brought to us a group of Senior High School students who put on a program of talks and mu- sical numbers. This was one of the last assemblies of the semester. Mar c h 17 . P. T. A. meeting. Violet Richardson Ward was our speak- er and her topic was The Mother ' s Part in the Health Program. March 19 . The I,8x class under the direction of Mrs. Bennett present- ed a play entitled Around the Blue Wigwam. Dorothy Riley an- nounced the cast. A group of boys and girls under the direction of Mrs. Rhodes furnished the music for the play. The play was about an Indian girl who saved John Smith, the explorer, from being killed. March 20 . Evening dance in Burbank Auditorium. Mgr ch 2jS • The three Morrow sisters, Mary Jane, cellist, Betty Jean, violinist, and Lucy Ann, the little sister who plays the piano, pre- sented musical selections for the ninth grade assembly. Four art students, under the direction of Mrs. Most, presented a program of art talks, some of which were accompanied by slides made by the pu- ils themselves. The speakers were Ethel Gustafson who spoke on the Ait oi the Home ; Margaret Koerlin, the Art of Personal Appearance; Ancon Lindquist, Art in Transportation; and Edwin Potter, An Excur- sion into Architecture. Each of these pupils gave an interesting account of his sub- ject, which the audience enjoyed immensely. Lorraine Maderos pre- sided over the assembly. ifereji 26. Three cheers for our H8x who contributed $5.85 towards our flood relief campaign. They had been saving their money for a useful purpose and decided to help relieve the suffering of other people with their savings. — P r ijL group of seventh, eighth, and ninth grade girls, under the direction of Miss McCall, presented a program of gymnastic stunts and folk dances. Some of the low seventh pupils gave the arrn drill. There were gymnastic stunts presented by seventh and eighth grade girls and some ninth grade girls presented a number of folk dances. April 21.. At the yearly evening meeting of the P. T. A., Mr, Green, President of the Berkeley Traffic Safety Commission, spoke on Pedestrians 1 and Motorists ’ Responsibility . Jhpril 23. Program of songs and dancing presented by pupils of Mrs. Rhodes and Miss Misch, James Grata presided. Apr il G5 o A group of Burbank pupils presented a program at the Masonic Hall. Included in the program were: two selections by the String Ensemble, a Fashion Show, Art Talks by Ethel Gustafson and Edwin Potter, selections by the Accordion Club, and a song by Mickey Garisse.. April 24,. The orchestras from the Berkeley Schools met at Berkeley High School for a concert. A combined elementary school orchestra played first. The program was a success and was enjoyed by a large audience, Apr il 29 Scouting for court officers began. The doorman and the officers were chosen from the H8 and L9 classes. The tnree offi- cers were promoted. Ma y 1. We loft our third period classes long enough to watch Franklin School ; s May Bay Parade go by. The Burbank Band played for the parade. May 1, Our parents were invited to inspect our school and see an enjoyable program in the auditorium and gymnasium. Since both programs were the same, I shall try to describe the performance in the gymnasium. The program was op ' -ened by the Band with a selection, Eastern World, by Chenette. We enjoyed three interesting speeches. First Br. Standley spoke, followed by two art talks by Ethyl Gustafson and A.nton Lindquist , A group of high eighth and ninth grade pupils presented Griental songs a.nd dances. Many people thought this to be one of the best numbers of the program. Edmund White, Elmo Abernathy, George Maderos, Helen Murden, and Eleanor Harris played two band selections, Lights Out and Absent . The second piece which the quintet played was written by our own band master, Mr. Hobbs. Two dances were presented, a Spanish dance by Sumiko Kuryama, and an Elizabethan dance by a group of ninth grade girls. I think our parents thought the Fashion Snow by a group of high eighth, lo w ninth, and high ninth girls another of the most enjoyable programs presented. The last number, an exit march by the Burbank Band, ended an evening which was enjoyed by all. Many people forget that this program ' s success depended greatly upon the teachers who sponsored it. I think Burbank owes its deep- est gratitude to Mrs. Waugh , Miss Misch, Miss Glasgow, Miss Santos, Miss McCall, Mrs. Rhodes, Mrs. Most, and many others who helped make Burbank an outstanding school on that night. May 12 . Band Concert at Men ' s Gymnasium of the University of California. Burbank Band took part as well as Garfield, Willard, and the two bands from Berkeley High School. A symphony orchestra from the Oakland high schools took part. May 1 9 . P.T.A. meeting. The children of the school have presented programs each month. This is to interest the parents and demon- strate the ability of the child. Dances and gymnastic stunts were presented by a group of girls under the direction of Miss McCall. May 28 and May 29 . The Spring Fantasy. This operetta was given by the Junior Girls ' and Junior Boys ' Choruses. The first act, The Advent of Spring , showed the girls of a nearby village in a wood- land glen. The second act, Arrival of the Gypsy Band , took place in the same glen. A group of real Gypsies told in song and dance of the joys of Gypsy life. The third act, Quest of the Gypsy , opened with the chief of the Gypsy band telling the audience that he and they are looking for a cook. ' While he was gone, charming maidens from a private cooking school in Boston, entered the glen. The Gypsy chief, returning, found not one but many cooks. So every- thing ended happily and in true Gypsy fashion. All who participated in this fantasy had a most enjoyable time. The following pupils, over one hundred, took part in the entertain- ment: Martha Jensen, Eleanor Costa, Anita Hardege, Betty Ward, Virginia Storm, Dorothy Veliotes, Barbara Morse, Charles Navarro, Elmer Silva, Orton Haugen, Caleb Crandall, Fred Amondsen, David Silva, David McPherson, Andrew Pasqual, Shirley Jarvis, Marjorie Gottf riedsen, Katherine Sutherland, Annie Pavlova, Geraldine Harrison, Lucille Rose, Emma Cunningham, Ellen Erickson, Ruby Amadei, Lorraine Miller, Lorraine Thompson, Phyllis Borgstrom, Geraldine Bua, Betty Bustellos, Aileen Carlson, Enice Cavellini, Dolores Castello, Helen Crane, Sylvia Cugley, Marian De Costa, Dorothy Durgane, Shirley Duff in, Doris Fana, Katherine Feliz, Margaret Gering, Edith Ghego, Marian Gray, Doris Harrison, Santina Ippolito, David Johnson, Marie Jefferds, Marvel Jourdonais, Frances Langel , Mildred Lewis, Eloise Martinez, Charlotte Munkelt, Jean Orth, Eleanor Pfister, Jean Rennie, Fern Ribley, Eleanor Riter, Kathryn Rowley, Dorothy Schaefer, Olga Seath, Evon Silva, Mary oilva, Constance Steele, Shirley Strenli, June Strombeck, Betty Lou Walker, Jean ' Walker, Florence ' Vest, Virginia Geraci, Wilma Bishop, Ida Ferreira, Kathleen McEvoy, Virginia Stadelhofer, Barbara Jean Kirby, John Amarel, Joseph Bale, Alvin Brandon, Norman Deming, Edwin Fisher, Frederick Grass, Edmund Hempel, William Kirby, Charles Martin, Billy McIntosh, Wilford Nethercott, Edward Powell, Robert Whistler, Emile V urdack, John Cornetti, Joseph Pardini, Dan O ' Leary, Seaborn Calhoun, Edwin Larson, Joe Briseno, Charles Dalke. June 5 . Junior Traffic Review. Juno 12 . H9 Dance. Graduation Day at lastl We received our diplomas in our auditorium at Burbank in the night. H9-1 Girls H9 ' l Boys, Miss Martin H9-2, Mrs. Phelps H9-3, Mrs. Williams H9-4, Mrs. Rhodes H9 ' 5, Mrs. Safford H9 ' 6, Mr. Provost H8x, Miss Weller L8x, Mrs. Bennett L9-3, Miss Streightif H8yl, Mrs. Martin L8yl, Miss Santos H7-2, Mrs. MacGregor H7-5, Miss Hoffmire Silver “B r H7 ' 4, Mrs. Skimmings H7 -6, Mrs. Stewart Winners Janurary, 1936 Girls’ Physical Education L8x Play L8x Play L8x Play HE RD IN CLASSROOM . Teachers Now ‘boys, tell, me the signs of the zodiac. You first, Thomas. 11 . . f Taurus, the bull. Right! Now you, Harold. Cancer, the crab. Thomas : Teacher : Harold : Teacher : Albert looked puzzled, hesitated a moment, and then blurted Mickey, the mouse. Right again. And now it ' s your turn, Albert. out. TOO BAD! Miss Martin: Now we find that x is equal to zero. Student: Gee! All that work for nothing. IT MADE A DIFFERENCE. Mr. Brown: Thomas, I d.o not like calling my chauffeur by his Christian name. What is your surname? Thomas: Darling, sir. Mr. Brown: Drive on, Thomas! A LUCKY BREAK. Joe: Where were you born? Bill (Froudly): In Texas. Joe: Were you raised there? Bill: They tried it once but the rope broke. 2H I AH ? Little Audrey was in Ethiopia during a heavy bombing. One bomb didn ' t go off. Little Audrey ran and picked up the bomb. Everybody told her to put it down or it might blow her to bits, but little Audrey just laughed and laughed. She knew Italian Balm was good for her hands. SOMETHING TO , QRK FOR . Teacher: How many fingers have you? Bobbie: Ten. Teacher: Well, if four were missing, what would you have then? Bobbie: No music lessons. ENERGETIC FELLOW . Neighbor: Hey, mister! Roof ' s leaking. Why don ' t you mend it? Owner: Can ' t nov ; it ' s raining. Neighbor: Why didn ' t you fix it when it wasn ' t raining? Owner: Didn ' t leak then. TIME TO GO TO WORK . Friend: How long have you been working for this firm? Employee: Ever since the boss threatened to fire me. JUST AS WE SUSPECTED . Now, said the teacher, give me a defini- tion of space. Junior stood up flustered and red. Space, he began, is where there is nothing. I can ' t explain it exactly, but I have it in my head all right. WIZARD PUBLISHED SEMLANNUALLY BY THE PUPILS OF THE BURBANK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA JANUARY 1937 The Composition, Press Work, and Binding was produced by the students of the Printing Department and the Linoleum Blocks were cut by hand in the Art Department of the Burbank Junior High School. Berkeley, California. January 1937 L. L. STANDLEY. Ed. D. Dr. L. L. Standley Mrs. Eila S. Parker Miss Ina Ericksen Principal Secretary Nurse BOARD OF EDUCATION Dr. Louise L. Hector, President Miss Clara B. Andrews, Secretary Mayor E. N. Ament Mr. C. L. Ziegler Mr. Walter T. Steilberg Mr. Otis R. Marston Dr. Virgil E. Dickson Mr. Morris C. James . Superintendent of Schools Deputy Superintendent of Schools FACULTY Mrs. Carrie L. Bennett Miss Mary E. Cameron Mr. Grover C. Carlsen Mrs. Sadie E. Derry Mr. John J. Frick. . Miss Adele P. Gilbert Miss Hazel S. Glasgow Miss Virma M. Glover Mrs. Eleanor M. Golly Mr. L. J Graham Miss Zella Henrich Mr. Martin Hobbs Mrs. Eleanore R. MacGregor Mr. Clifford B. Marker Miss Dora Martin Mrs. Virginia Martin Miss Mary McCall Mr. Albert L. McDermont . Miss Francis Misch Mrs. Sarah R. Most Mrs. Jeanette Phelps Mrs. Orpha Rhodes Miss Delight Rice . Miss Lucy M. Robinson Mrs. Rose I. Sackett Mr. Henry A. Sammet Miss Louisa Santos . Mrs. Martha M. Scales Mr. Victor M. Schott Mrs. Jean E. Skimmings Mrs. Jeanette M. Stewart . Mrs. Mary M. Tomsen Miss Emily V Truman Mrs. Mary Walton Mrs. Ruth H. Waugh Miss Hazel Z. Weller Mr. Earl D. Williams Mrs. Henrietta Williams English, Social Studies Arithmetic, General Science . 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Skimmings Mrs. Jeanette M Stewart MIMEOGRAPHING AND TYPING STAFF Mildred Astorg Jack Bates Mildred Callahan Alice Coopman Gertrude Dykhuiten Betty Ehrhorn George Fong Esther Gustafson Robert Greenwood Howard Hayes Francis Hill Frank Hutchinson Florence Ipsen John Johnson Barbara Kirby Phyllis Kleeberger Harold Lindquist James Navarro Jannie Maranzana Dorothy Nelson Genevieve Pettijohn Frances Regalia Virginia Runge Robert Sabini, Dorothy Silva Alfred Soo Doris Sorensen Kyllikki Stromberg Jeanette Thurner Florence Weber SUBSCRIPTION COFFFCTORS Seabron Calhoun Mildred Callahan Aldea Cornetti Thordis Euranius Philip Garcia Bill Gary Jack Grant June Hamilton LeRov Hayes Santina Ippolito Pearl Johnson Ralph Kennedy Mitsuko Kaibe Vincent Mattioda Chi voko Nagata Dorothy Rodger Fvon Silva Donna Jean Slater Edith Soo Billy Stevensen Jeanette Thurner Virginia Vitale Herman Wrede Wuagneux, Lois Mary Yamashiro THELMA HOUCK President FOft THE GrUMES TOM THE r BOYS ESTELLE ANDERSON Vice-President STUDENT BODY OFFICERS LOUISE THURNER Secretary JACK GRANT President WARD VANCE Vice-President RAYMOND FRANCIS Secretary Elmo Abernathy Anita Alvarado Estelle Anderson James Anderson Robert Apostolo Mildred Astorg Lillian Chappell Joe Briseno Alice Coopman Robert Cochrane Martha Collins Betty Ehrhorn Audrey Ebli Robert Drake Joseph Chong Herbert Christensen Aldo Cianciarulo r r 7 iX. 4i Dixie Cruess Violet Dellamar Robert Diogo Howard Hayes Marian Jacobsen Willa Mae Johnson Mitsuko Kiabe J, v Albert Kashi George Keliner S mts msm. ■■ ill Phyllis Kleeberger Virginia Ledbetter Jacqueline LePrctti Harold Lindquist Dorothy Longrus Helen McHenry H Raymond McWalters Marie Metoyer Naomi Miller Mary Jane Morrow Dorothy Nelson Manuel Soo Thomas Streib Doris Sorensen Kenneth Stoltenberg Jean Strauss wmri Kylliki Stromberg Hatsuye Tanaka Gertrude Tauchmann Toshiko Tekawa Louise Thurner Mary Tieslau Mariha Tonin John Tronoff Shinji Tsuchida Salvadore Vallelunga Ward Vance Frank Wakefield Roy Wall Grace Wares Clarence Watkins Florence Weber Robert Wildman Fred Wilkes Harvey Wilkes t — w. Edward Winthers Raymond Wirta June Yellis Genevieve Young Mary Jane Young Frank Zulaica (3ur boys and girls have given. In the following pages here, Poems, stories, and adventures, That have occurred throughout the year. These poems, and stones, so very well done, Tell of jolly good times, and lots of fun. Now, when you begin to read, I know. You’ll greatly enjoy this section, Because it is so interesting, It will win a favorable impression. — Margie Gottfriedsen AQUATIC PARK T he Aquatic Park is being built by W .P .A. labor through a federal grant given to the City of Berkeley. This park extends from the foot of University Avenue to the foot of Ashby Avenue. There is a horseshoe highway surrounding the entire park, and the park department is planning to plant fourteen hundred trees, eight thousand shrubs and many flowers. The ground has all been pumped from the bottem of the bay and con ' tains sand, shells and mud. A spray of water is being forced onto this soil to wash out the salt and sulphur which is harmful to the plants. A large swimming pool is being contemplated, just south of Umvesity Avenue. The dimensions of this pool are 7 5 by 250 feet. Four tennis courts and a recreation park will adjoin the swimming pool. Plans have been drawn and the project is now under way. Areas are being constructed for bird sanctuaries on small islands. There will be a large feeding area, where they expect competition from neighboring bird sanctuaries. There will be a large lagoon where motor boats, sail boats, canoes or kyaks can be used. There will be many lawns, barbecue pits and fireplaces where one can go for a day’s outing. A model yacht course is being planned and experts say this is the best course mthe country. Oakland and San Franaisco boys and men ranging from fifteen to seventy years of age met m a model yacht race two weeks ago. The Yacht Harbor is on the North of University Avenue where dredges have been working. The harbor will accomodate three hundred yachts. The Bayshore Highway just adjoining the harbor will have cypress and pine trees planted along its sides to serve as a windbreak. — Ruth Breuer ROTE OF THE BERKELEY FIREMEN ON CHRISTMAS E very Christmas the firemen of Berkeley remodel discarded toys and donate them to the less fortunate boys and girls of Berkeley, who have never thought of getting a present or having a real Christmas. The firemen always appreciate donations of old bicycles, outgrown by their owners, or the wagons with squeaky axels or wobbly wheels. They also like to receive old dolls. Nearly every little girl in the world wants a doll even though her daddy might be out. of work. The firemen make the bicycle shine more than the eyes of the youngster who re ' ceives it. A supposedly new doll is placed in the arms of a less fortunate little girl. As for the other toys to lighten the heart of a youngster, well, the firemen work wonders. I really think that the firemen like to work in their spare time to make children happy. If possible, will you donate some article or a discarded toy to the firemen to repair? There are many small children in this world for whom Christmas would only be a name if it were ' not for the firemen and you.- Elmo Abernathy A RUN FOR SAFETY A FTER school was out for the day, I went to my locker and put away my looks, and put A on my coat and rubbers. jL “Marian., how are we going to get away from those boys out there that are throwing snowballs?” I asked. “We might go out the back way,” she replied. As we went out the door there stood five other girls wondering how they would get away. “Let ' s get across the yard and out the gate,” said Pat. As we ran, there were shouts and running feet heard. The boys had seen us and we had to suffer the consequences. Across the yard and out the gate we ran, with snow scattering everywhere. “Let’s go in Mrs. Barretts’ back yard,” said Marian. Into the yard we ran with icy snowballs whizzing past us. Many of them bit our bare legs. Fifteen minutes later the boys gave up and went home. I’ll never forget that cold winter day and those hard icy snow balls. — Donna Jeanne Slater THE HAWAIIAN SURFBOARD H awaiian surf riding is enjoyed during summer, and winter. It started in l783inKea- lokakua Bay. The surfboard then was narrow and had the ends rounded. The surf- boards were made out of koa wood. They were over sixteen feet long, six inches thick, eighteen inches wide, and weighed one hundred sixty-eight pounds. The new stream lined hollow ' design is twelve feet long, twenty-two inches wide, five and one-half inches thick, and weighs forty-four pounds. Free-board aquaplaning is a sport fast becoming popular on the lakes and rivers in the mainland of the United States. The tow rope is tied to a motor boat, and the other end is held by a person on the board. The board can be controlled at speeds over forty miles per hour by guiding it with the feet. There are many different uses for the surfboard such as; wave riding, paddling, life saving, water rescue, trick riding, aquaplaning, racing, and sailing. Surfboard riding has been spreading rapidly through the islands, and other count- ries all over the world. Surfing is a fine sport and aids in physical development of growing boys and girls. — Robert Tollberg WATER SKIING G reat popularity among German sportsmen has been won by floating skis on which the wearer may move upon the surface of the water. Using these appears to be an art in itself, since they are about as tricky as those worn on the snow. However, as the wearer grows more skillful, he discovers that an unusual speed can be developed. For various water games the skis offer many new thrills. — Helen Simonds CURIOUS KITTY It happened on Christmas Eve. Quit a few years ago I was sent off to bed, Where all good children go. I knew that mother and all the rest, Were to decorate the tree, And they were having such a good time, Everyone was having such glee. So I slowly walked upstairs, My eyes were seeing red, I woefully said my prayers, And then jumped into bed. I thought how all the folks downstairs, Would be having one grand time. To be downstairs among them, Would surely be very fine. Finally, curiosity got the best of me, And up out of bed I came, I tiptoed down the stairs again, My conscience then was lame. I peeked through the keyhole, Behold! what did I see? Right over in the corner was A beautiful, magnificent tree! On it were the ornaments, Tinsel everywhere, And way, way, up on top of it, A glistening star shone there. A friend of ours looked up, She said, “My that star is bright, But it isn’t quite in the middle, It should be a little to the right.” So up on the chair she climbed, To set the matter right, When suddenly she slipped, and oh! The tree was a sorry sight. It had fallen to the floor. The ornaments flew each way, The shining star was broken, As upon the floor it lay. I ran so quickly up the stairs, And quickly got into my bed, The thrill of looking at the tree. For me, was now quite dead. — Kay McEvoy MEAL SPORT E arly one morning when I got up, it was very clear outdoors. I decided to go fishing. I went over to a boy friend’s house and asked him if he would go with me. He said he would. We took a lunch and our poles and left. When we got to Port Costa, w went down a big cliff. The tide was coming in. We threw out our lines, and waited a long time. Then I got a bite. As I pulled my line, the fish took the line and ran out. I tried to stop him, but he kept on going. At the end of the line, he turned. I reeled in about two hundred feet of line. Hestaited out again. He kept doing this for a long time. When he was all tired out, 1 pulled him in. He was a big bass. His weight was twelve pounds. My boy friend had his limit, and I had four fish. The smallest was four pounds. We had a splendid time that day. — Arthur Risch PAGEANT OF THE PACIFIC S AN FR ancisco, the city by the Golden Gate, will play host to the world when the World’s Fair is held February 18, 1939 ending December 2, 1939 lasting two hun- dred eighty-eight days. The pageant will be on a man-made island. This island which is now under construction has set ten thousand men to work building sixteen thousand feet of sea wall, nineteen million cubic yards of sand has been pumped up from the bay. This work is under the supervision of the U. S. Army engineers. The work which started February 11, 1936 will be finished fourteen months later. Twenty million people are expected to attend. This is one fair where any means of transportation can be used: car, railroad, boats, bus and airplane. Interest will be so great that the Queen Mary may dock here. San Francisco always has been a colorful city since its beginning with its docks, theaters, parks and mission and many other interesting places. San Francisco will receive strangers from all nations with a warm welcome, at the Pageant of the Pacific. — Patsy Herton CHRISTMAS TO HGEEAHD I n Holland, the children do not celebrate Christmas exactly like we do. They put one of their wooden shoes outside on the doorstep while the American children hang up one of their stockings. Dutch boys and girls think that if they are bad they will not get any gifts from St. Nicholas. If the Dutch child was good, her mother would put the gifts in the shoe and if they didn’t fit St. Nicholas would put them around the shoe. Dutch children like ice skates best for the winter, with them they play on frozen canals. I think that if we we were in the Netherlands, we would want ice skates. — Ernest Figueira SHOW IH BERKELEY A lthough Berkeley, California is situated in a position where its weather is practical- ly the same the year round, many of you remember the time when snow fell here. X JL Amazed by the weather’s unusual procedure, many parties were formed to go up to the snow which covered the high hills. I was in one of these parties headed by a play- ground director. My mother, before letting me go, made me take a heavy coat and a pair of rubber shoes. When we started to ascend the hills it was decided that we would take a short cut. The short cut led us up a narrow path in which the dirt became thick sticky mud. Finally, my foot sank into the mud up to my ankle. As I was trying to pull my foot out, both rub- ber and shoe came off. The path being very narrow, it was hard to pass and so I held up the line. After all my embarrassment, we finally reached a place where the snow was fairly deep. Although it didn’t last long, I enjoyed the trip to the snow very much. -Stanley Bush FORBIDDEN GROUND O ne winter day, my brothers and I decided we would go exploring in the hills around Seattle, Washington. We hiked until we came to a path running through the dense trees and we decided we would follow it. It led around many hills and over many small streams. Finally, we came to a spot where we could look down, and we saw a large lake. We decided to go farther down and see it. When we got to the lake, we saw a raft and made up our minds to take a ride on it. We chopped some poles and climbed aboard it As we got farther out, we saw many fish, mostly trout. When we had enough riding on the raft, we carefully placed it back. Then we saw some buildings and what we thought were swimming pools. As we looked into them, we saw so many fish that the bottom could not be seen. About that time a man came out of the building, and started talking to us. He asked us how we got there. We told him. He politely told us to get out and never to come back again. We were in a private fish hatchery. So we left what we first thought was going to be a perfect day’s fun. — Jerry Pulley THE SAN FRANCISCO “OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE I n 1929, San Francisco and Oakland joined together and made a geological survey of the bay. Many plans for a bridge had been turned in, but none of them seemed suitable. Seme engineers reported that there were many difficulties, but a bridge could be built. The bridge was started on June 9, 1933. The tunnel through Yerba Buena is the largest bore tunnel in the world. It is cut through solid rock and is two miles long. There are fifty-one piers, forty-four of which have under-water foundations. Lurking death is awaiting the workers for one misstep would prove fatal. After the course was mapped, eighteen months of submarine work started. It took the lives of twelve men. When the towers were completed, the catwalks had to be built and the cables had to be spun. Outside of resisting the wind, the catwalks were almost completely safe from fire. The wire was clamped together to make steel ropes. It took four hundred seventy-two wires with the thickness of a pencil to form a strand, and thirty- seven strands to form a cable. Three tunnels were bored through Yerba Buena Island, they were made to form a horseshoe shaped tunnel which was lined with concrete. There will be six lanes for automobiles, two lanes for heavy trucks and three for the trains. The bridge is estimated to take two hundred thousand gallons of paint, twenty-five thousand gallons, of which, is aluminum. It will be completed in November, 1936. The expo- sition to celebrate the completion will be held 1939. — Marie Anderson. THE BIRTHDAY Another day, another year, Before you know Christmas is here, With snow sparkling on the ground, And bustling folk all around. With Christmas trees brightly adorned, For celebrations on Christmas morn. We are all merry and all very gay, Because it will soon be Christmas day. The wonderous day at last will come, The birth day of the Holy One, On that day He was born, In a stable one early morn. — Eleanor Riter CHRISTMAS Christmas soon will be here, And with it all the joy Of sending gifts and presents To every girl and boy. People await its coming And beforehand, they prepare Gifts for all and lots to eat, For their families will be there. The Christmas tree will be trimmed In a very grand array, The gifts are waiting beneath it To be opened Christmas day, Christmas is very near; Santa is on his way, To wish each person good cheer On this coming Christmas day. ■ — Margie Gottfriedsen A DREAM I t was Christmas Eve and Dotty and her brother, John, were wide awake. Dotty was looking out the wi ndow and wishing she could visit Santa Claus and John was wish ' ing the same. All of a sudden a little dwarf appeared and told them to follow him and catch a breeze. Suddenly they were flying through the air. When they had flown over snow and ice they sudden ' y felt themselves dropping. They landed with a bump on the ground. When they picked themselves up, they saw a little red door in the most attractive house they’d ever seen. Upon entering, they saw a jolly old man, with a white beard and a red suit, walking up and down clasping his hands. The children asked him’ what was the matter. He said that his painter and his doll tailor had left and that there was one more boat to paint and one more dolhdress to be made. The children eagerly volunteered to help. Immediately they set to work. John painted the boat and Dotty made the dress. Then Santa Claus said he had to leave and they could drive back with him. They climbed into the sled and soon found themselves home. When they awakened next morning and looked under the tree, there was a doll lot Dotty and a boat for John. The doll was even more beautiful than Dotty remembered it and the boat had the gayest paint and the whitest sails imaginable. — Helen Simonds A SNOW STORM I t was late in the afternoon and I was sitting looking through the window at the clouds. They seemed to get blacker every minute. It looked if we were going to have a snow.- storm. 1 dreaded snow-storms because we had to stay inside the house and a snow- storm made everyone so miserable. I sat there hoping there wouldn’t be one. All of a sud- den I saw flakes dropping to the ground. I was so disappointed that I couldn’t say a word. Mother was in the kitchen getting supper ready and father was sitting in the corner on a chair with a sad look on his face. I did noc have to ask him what he was thinking about because I already knew. He was thinking of the cattle in the stables. Mother was the first to break the silence by saying, “dinner is ready.” When we finished eating, everybody went to bed to keep warm. As soon as I awoke in the morning, I looked out of the window and saw that it had stopped snowing After breakfast we all went outside and played in the snow and everyone was happy again. -- -Phyllis Berns AN ORPHAN’S CHRISTMAS S itting on a dirty cement porch of a rented house in the eastside of New York, was a little girl dressed in rags. She had walked all day trying to sell magazines so that she could buy something to eat. The weather was miserably cold and the snow had fallen so fast that it had made her walk slowly. Her feet were numb with cold. The shoes she had were patched with newspaper. She veas very cold and hungry because she could smell the tempting odor of some roast. She knew that she wasn’t going to gee anything for Christ- mas, not even a candy cane, for there was no one to give it to her, not a soul that she knew. She started again, going from door to door, trying to sell her magazines but with no luck. Turning around, she started walking towards home. Home was wherever she could get shelter without being disturbed. She slept some nights supperless, some others with a bite of stale bread from some restaurant. Suddenly she heard a jingle of bells and a big beautiful shining car came by her. In the car a kind faced elderly lady sat. She was the lady who was known in the Eastside for her kindness. Every Christmas she came and brought something to most of the poorer children. My, how all the children worshipped her! This little girl turned and looked after the car which had stopped about two doers from where she was standing. The lady got out and walked towards the girl. The frightened girl started to run away but fainted from fatigue. When she became conscious, she was in the old lady’s care. The lady was looking at her with an inviting smile and asked her about herself. The kind lady decided that she would give this little girl, who she called Dotty, a home, a Christmas dinner and clothes. Dotty was speechless with pleasure. She started on her homeward journey, not to a basement floor, or park bench, but to a beautif ul home with a feeling of contentment in her heart. — Chiyoko Nagata YULETIDE O n a cold December morning, two weeks before Christmas in La Boigne, a little town of France, down one of the narrow streets, a little twelve year old boy came running. On his arm dangled a shop worn basket once the pride of Madame Char laye’s little shop, which stood just around the corner. As he neared the corner, he heard someone call him. “Pierre, Pierre”. The small boy stopped and turned around trying to find the owner of the none too friendly voice. At last he saw him and his heart skipped a beat. Across the street and now coming toward him was Joaan, Monsier Antone’s seventeen year old son. He was the bully of the neighborhood and picked on the small boy. As Pierre saw him, he wanted to run, but no, that wouldn ' t do for Joaan was a fast runner and could easily catch up with him. Pierre knew that Joaan was quite close, and Pierre heard the meanness in the other’s voice as he called out, “Boy, where do you think you’re going?” As F ierre hesitated, Joan drew close to the frightened child until Pierre could feel the other’s breath upon his neck. Then the bully gripped the boy’s shoulder and pinched him. Pierre winced, but remained silent. “Answer me,” Joaan shouted. Pierre summond up his courage and answered in a trembling tone, “Pm going to the shop for bread.” Joaan laughed in a terrible way. With one more pinch and he stalked away. “Have a Merry Christmas, Pierre, my child,” he called over his shoulder. The days passed and Joaan ' s family was compelled to move from LaBoige to another part of France. Christmas came and Pierre awoke on that glorious morning full of happiness. Dress- ing quickly, he ran into his father’s room and seated himself on the foot of the bed and said in clear tones, “Father, wake up, it’s Christmas day, father do you hear me?” His father sat up quicklv after rubbing his eyes for a minute or two, then noticing his son’s happy face beaming with smiles, exclaimed cheerfully, “So it is, so it is.” After some lively chatter he sank back into his warm bed, yawned, and turned over on his side and fell asleep again. Pierre slipped carefully off the bed and turned towards his own room and exclaimed, “I’m sure I’ll have a nice Christmas this year because Joaan is gone. Now I can look forward to a New Year with joy.” He was right. — Dorothy Lyford SAIL “SKATING IN SWEDEN O n the many water ways in Sweden, sail-skating has become a popular winter sport. It takes place when the ice is smooth and the wind is strong. Sometimes as many as fifty contestants take part and race at astonishing speeds. On one occasion the speed was almost fifty-eight miles an hour. The sail is made like a huge kite and is carried by the person skating. It is carried on the right side. The right hand holds the front of the sail and the left hand the back of it With long distance skates and sail, one can travel anywhere over the icebound fairways —Elaine Erickson MY FRIGHT O ne day, I was walking along a narrow dirt road near our ranch. All of a sudden I heard a rustling in the grass. I became frightened at the thought that it might be a snake. 1 stepped forward and to my surprise my thought was right. I couldn’t tell the difference between a harmful snake and a harmless one, so I didn’t go near it. I ran away from it as fast as 1 could. The next day, my brother and I were walking along the same dirt road. I told him about the incident. While I was talking to him, I heard the same strange noise in the grass. Again, I saw the snake. I stepped back with a gasp. My brother looked around to find some ' thing to kill it. I glanced toward him, and saw a large rock. Too frightened to speak, I pointed out the rock to him. He stepped quietly toward the rock, trying not to disturb the snake. He picked it up, turned toward the snake and threw it at him. We looked it over and made sure that it was dead. My brother discovered that it was a very harmful rattlesnake. — Madeline Erickson BERKELEY WATERFRONT I n about a year the citizens of Berkeley will have something else to be proud of in their city. It will be the Aquatic Park which is now under construction on the waterffront. The Berkeley waterffront up until a year ago was a dirty and unsanitary place. There was much refuse from the factories and city sewers collecting there. Many people, instead of using the place provided for it, dumped their garbage there. The beach was also covered with driftwood and refuse which floated in from the ocean. The driftwood was picked up by beach combers and they used it for fuel. There will be no trace of this hereafter. In the center of the Aquatic Park there will be a lake. The shores of it will be made irregular so that tables and fireplaces can be put in separate places around the lake. In this lake there will be motor boat races and various other water sports. The University of California Crew will use the lake to practice on instead of the Oakland Estuary. W ith the tables around the lake there will also be fireplaces There will be accommodations for one thousand people. At one end of the park there will be an out ' door swimming pool with its bath houses. The water in this pool will be heated. It will be filtered and pumped from the bay. Then a little way from the swimming pool and next to the wharf, there will be a yacht harbor where many boats will be kept that are now in San Francisco and Richmond. Already there are several small motor launches in the harbor. The property in West Berkeley will become much more valuable than it is now because of the improved water front. The Aquatic Park will be a great improvement to the city of Berkeley. It will be enjoyed by its citizens for many years to come. — Richard Fehr A MOWING MACE T oday, was the day that Leon Rivers, a student at the University of California, had been looking forward to for months. He was on the rowing team which was to race Harvard in the biggest race of the year. If they won this race, they would win the national championship, which meant they would go the Olympic games next year. At one o’ clock all the rowers for California assembled in the gym by the aquatic park. Where was Bill Felton, the star of the team? He hadn’t shown up at one-thirty. The telephone rang. The coach answered it. He returned with a sober face and ad- dressed the team. “Bad news, Bill has hurt his arm in an automobile accident and won’t be able to race today. Now, men, that means we will have a much harder time to keep up with Harvard, to say nothing of winning. Rivers, I’m going to give you Bill’s place. You’ll have to row harder than anyone else.’’ Two o’clock and the teams file out and take their position on the beautiful lake. The starting gun is fired. They’re off! For half the race the boats are just equal, then slowly but surely the Harvard boat creeps ahead. Three fourths of the race is over with Harvard in the lead Rivers who has seemed incapable of his position starts to do seme hard rowing. Closer and closer, the California boat comes, but will it make it in time for there are only two hundred yards left. Now the Harvard boat is only a foot in the lead, and just a few feet before the finish ! Rivers gives a spurt of strength which sends the boat ahead so that it passes the finish line before Har- vard. California has won the race! — Mary Tieslau MY EXPEMIENCE IN A BEIZZAMB A few years ago, my mother’s sister asked me to visit her during Christmas time. She lives in the East. One morning when I awoke my aunt asked me if I would like to visit the school- house. I said “yes.’’ It was very warm and sunny. When we arrived at the school-house I locked into the sky and saw a great cloud in the west and north. I called my aunt’s attention to it and she said it was going to storm Sure enough, on our way home it began to snow and grow dark. The snow stuck to our clothing and faces, melting rapidly. We were not half way home when the wand be- came a gale and the snow a vast cloud which hid the road. We thought we would never get home, for we couldn’t see very far ' ahead of us. We were frightened and very cold. All of a sudden, we heard the faint sound ofabell.lt happened to belong to a sleigh. We were picked up, and reached home safely owning to the horses’ good sense of direc- tion. We found my uncle waiting for us. He said, he thought something was wrong, 50 he sent the sleigh after us. I was never before so happy to get to bed as I was that night. — Dorothy Veliotes THE BAY BRIDGE S ixty five years ago a bridge was proposed to span the San Francisco Bay and to I connect the East Bay area with San Francisco. During the administration of President Hoover the prooosition was passed and put into effect. It costs approximately seven ' ty-eight million dollars to build having all recent scientific, devices, economizing in both money and safety. If necessary, the bridge could hold twelveTon trucks parked close to ' gether on the entire traveling area. In the case of a storm the top of the towers give to either side fifteen feet. Special lights will be installed which cost less to run and give a soothing green light, which does not irritate the eyes of the motorists. The pavement used on the bridge is twentyTve to thirty ' five pounds lighter than the pavement used on streets and highways. The piers are the deepest in the world, in fact they are two times as deep as the former deep piers. In time of an invasion the bridge will not be a great handicap. If there is a bomb ' mg raid the specially made drawTridge will be opened so that the fleet may get out of the enclosed area. The future fair grounds will be turned into an army air base. The estimated traffic for nineteen thirty ' seven is eight million vehicles and a ris ' mg amount for the following years. The toll will be the same as the ferry rates. After twenty years it will be free of toll. — Herbert Christensen SANTA CXAUS Pitter patter on the roofs, Can you hear the reindeers’ hoofs? A jolly old man clad in red Cautiously steps from a silver sled. He bends over a minute, just a pause And then we know T it’s Santa Claus. He takes from the sleigh a great big sack And fastens it securely upon his back. First on one foot and then on the other He steps very softly so he won’t waken brother He fills the stockings w ith candy and toys For a good little girl and a good little boy. Up and up the chimney he climbs, Until the top of the roof he finds He gets in the sleigh and is off in a flash And he goes to the next house with a dash. — Helen Howard THE WAIF I t was late Christmas Eve and my uncle was sitting at the table m a log cabin. Outside the snow was so thick you couldn’t even walk. He was cutting some venison when a strange noise was heard at the door. He arose to see what it was and found a tiny puppy lying in the snow. He picked it up and carried it into the cabin. The puppy was wet and cold, and looked as if it had traveled a long way. The puppy wagged his tail and looked at my uncle with its big brown eyes. My uncle sat down to his own meal feeling much happier because he had someone to share it with him.— Lorraine Sena. A CHRISTMAS VIGIL Little Marlene was watching Long, long after day For Santa Claus to come riding Along the milky way. Said she, “Will he bring me something. Like he does other boys and girls 7 Or will he just pass me by and say She isn’t pretty, and hasn’t curls?” The tears rolled down her cheeks. But then! She listened very hard. Was that Santa’s bells a tinkling. Or Fido’s chain in the yard? She waited all night, still no Santa Claus came. And the morning broke cold and bleak, Then from her vain vigil, through the night. She felt disappointed and weak. From an older, wiser girl than she Marlene learned the very next day, That there is no real Santa Claus. Oh ! Why had she been led astray ! —Bernice Lucy A BGHFIRE THAT WAS WASHED GUT M y family and I went to Little River for a two weeks vacation. We took along our camping outfit so as to camp at the Van Damme Camping Grounds. When we arrived at Little River, we were surprised to find it so cold. We didn’t expect it to be as cold as it was. It was very dull for my brother and me the first day. We helped straighten the camp, put up the tent, and store our supplies away. When everything was in order around camp and we were through with supper, mother and dad said they were tired, and were going to bed. Larry and I were left to ourselves. We decided to sit in the car awhile and amuse ourselves by singing some songs and imitating orchestras. We had been sitting there for some time. The ranger rode by and asked us, if we didn’t want to go to the bonfire that they were having on the beach. We were delighted to hear the good news and hurried down to the beach as quickly as possible. We met many friends that night, and the next day we all got together and decided to build another botv fire. That night about nine o’clock we were all sitting around the bonfire, telling stories and jokes. Everything was going fine, especially the bonfire. Then all of a sudden, a large wave came up and washed away our bonfire and left us all sitting there like a lot of drowned rats soaked through, and freezing to death. We all got up and ran for camp. The next morning all of us had colds. The night’s adventure had taught us a lesson, never again to build a bonfire too close to the river. — Frances Fraga WINTER FUN W e arrived at Windlow, Arkansas, early on Thursday morning before breakfast. The snow lay two feet deep on the ground and was still fluttering down. Windlow is located on a beautiful snow-capped mountain. At the very top there are four or five winter homes. We were the lucky ones to be invited to stay at one of these attractive homes. We had prepared for this cold trip by dressing very warm. We all had the same cloth- ing, including a pair of long black stockings, a woolen petticoat, flannel underwear, a woolen dress, and a big thick overcoat and a pair of woolen gloves. Before we went into the house, we ran around the house in hopes of finding a long icicle. The person who found the longest icicle received the wish-bone that night at din- ner. I wasn t lucky that time. Some of the icicles were sixteen inches long, and it was hard to get them off of the house, and to carry them without breaking. After dragging the sleds up the hill many times, we found that just one sled and the riders won every time. Later we were not too tired to divide into three groups and have a snow fight. Tired and happy we went into the house to thaw our hands. We changed our clothes and sat at the table to enjoy another delicious meal. What an appetite we had worked up! We sat down to a meal consisting of hot cornbread, crispy biscuits, delicious apple dump- lings, baked sweet potatoes, chicken with dumplings, and a glass of milk. After the dishes were done, everyone settled down at the fire place fora chat. The elderly folks told fascinating stories of their younger years when they lived in Fine Springs and of the wonderful peach crops they turned out that year. The favorite game of the evening was chess. After we played chess for a couple of hours, everyone turned in for a cozy night’s sleep. This is the way in which the cold winters are spent in Arkansas — Florence West MY CHRISTMAS EVE O n every Christmas Eve my mother cooks a very nice dinner, but the best of all is the rice pudding. We have our rice pudding with pure juice of some berry and we also have Kromcagar, which is a Norwegian cake; it is shaped either like an ice cream cone or like a cup, and is very good. After we eat we go into the front room and sit around the tree. One of my brothers is usually postmaster; by that I mean that he gives out the presents. We have lors of fun. The postmaster doesn ' t pass out the second present until the first one is opened and every- one sees it. It is a family gathering. All our cousins, and nearly all our relatives that live close enough to come are there. Of couse we don’t go to bed until late but we always go to bed happy. — Haldis Froines CHRISTMAS AT MARY’S I t was Christmas day at Mary’s house, and all the children were opening their packages, except Mary who was in bed. Mary was in an accident which had left her in bed for a month. She was looking out the window at the snow when her mother came in with her breakfast and the packages. Mary’s mother told her to eat first and then she could open her packages. Mary ate her breakfast hurriedly and then started to open her presents. She was so excited that she could not untie her packages fast enough. As she was halfway through, the doctor came in with a “Merry Christmas to you Mary.” When the doctor was through examining her, he said, “Mary, I want you to call your family.” Mary did so and when they were all there, the doctor said, “Mary has been in bed now 7 for one month, when I finished exam ' ining her this morning I found that she will be able to walk with crutches in a week or two. Gradually she will be herself again.” Mary was so happy she exclaimed “Oh ! mother this is the best Christmas I’ve ever had.” — Esther Torchio ICE YACHTING S mling over the ice in a specially built boat with runners is a sport of distinctly American origin. It is still played in the United States and Canada and has been adopted in a slight measure in Russia but in no other country has it ever reached the position of a popular winter sport. The modern speedy yacht consists of a longbeam or body with a spread of sail capable of producing a speed of seventy miles an hour and more. Yacht racing is an import ' ant winter event. — Fay Goddard SGHJA HENIE S uch ease and grace, beauty and poise. I’d never seen before. “Oh!” somebody behind me whispered, “did you see that?” Of course everybody saw it. They couldn’t help it. All eyes were centered upon Miss Heme, who was doing her own version of the famous Dying Swan act. Bright green and pale blue lights played on the ice of the indoor arena; giving the impression of languid waters. Miss Heme was clad in a white fur costume designed by herself. She truly looked like a swan. Music played and grew louder until the climax was reached, then the music grew fainter and with it Sonja Heme slowly ceased moving. Suddenly the lights flared on and Miss Henie arose from her position on the ice to greet the thunderous applause of us all who were standing in tribute to her art. Graciously she bowed and skated out only to come back to be presented with flowers. She waved her hand and skated out to go back to her dressing room. — Grace Nelson CATCHING A TROUT I decided to go fishing, and beir. g in exellent trout country, my decision was justified. Foolishly enough, I was going to try to catch the cleverest old trout in Chestnut Creek. I arrived there, basket, pole, flies, and all just in time to see the sunrise. I had twodisad ' vantages, however, for the water was as clear as glass, and my fishing was poor. There were some things I knew though; one was to keep yourself as concealed as posisble, another was to let only your fly touch the water and slowly draw it upstream. I went straight to the old veteran ' s haunt. 1 could not tell if he were there or not, but the instant my fly hit the water I knew. He started from under a shadow but stopped when halfway, turned around, and hid under a ledge. Was he wise to me? I was well hidden. Maybe I was giving him the wrong kind of fly. Immediately I changed flies. I took off the Roya 1 Coachman and replaced it with a big Black Gnat. On my third cast he struck ' I was frightened, and let him have all the line he wanted. Suddenly I sprung him out. Just before clearing the bank he broke off, but the forward momentum carried him o’ it. As soon as he hit the bank he started flipping. I caught him just as he gained the stream. That evening everyone in camp enjoyed a delicious dinner, the founpound trout providing the mam dish. — John Veliotes CHRISTMAS WARNING Christmas comes but once a year, To all the good little girls and boys, Santa Claus will bring many toys. And when it comes it brings good cheer. Small children always believe in him, And ask him for their smallest whim. The older ones don’t care for such, But they enjoy Christmas very much. So all you boys and girls be good, And mind your parents like you should. You’ll be rewarded I’ll guarantee, On Christmas morning under the tree. — Hatel Reid MY KITTY I have a little kitty. His name is Dusty Black. He purrs and sings, contently, As I stroke him down his back I love my little kitty, He is so very small, I chase him to the window, And watch him climb the wall. I feed my little kitty Out of a nice new pan. He eats the fish and porridge Then pounces on my hand. — Harold Stone CHRISTMAS IN GERMANY C hristmas in Germany is very different from that in America. Every family has a Christmas tree. The tree is very small and nothing is put on except the candles and bonbons. They don’t believe in putting fancy ornaments on, as we do in America. The tree is lighted for the sake of beauty and to give that spirit of Christmas to everyone. The tree is fixed on a small stand in the center of a large square table covered with white cloth, and each person’s presents are arranged in separate piles around it. The peo- pie put their curtains aside so that others can see their tree from the street. The custom is to give very useful gifts. — Helen Hein ICE SKATING S kating is an ancient sport. Long before the time of steel skates, the skin and rib bones of animals were used. They were bound to the feet and men glided over the frozen surfaces by being driven forward with spiked sticks. Ice skating has been a popular recreation and sport for many years. In North America and Europe national skating championships are held every year Some internal lcnal championships are held every season. The amateur skating contest are controlled by the International Skating Federation. In most of the larger cities of Europe and the United States there are many large skating rinks to provide for the thousands of people who prefer skating as their recreation. Many of the fastest skaters have come irom the United States and Canada. Some of the fastest skating records have been made on the Hudson River. The World ' s championship Figure Skating Tournament was held in New York in 1930. The championship was won by a nineteen year old Norwegian girl, Sonja Heme. She has won the single championship for the fourth consecutive year. — George Fong SKIING T he ski is used a great deal by the people of Norway and Switzerland. Every winter a part of the Swiss army is trained to march on skis. The ski is so useful that young and old have taken it up everywhere. A pair of skis are two long stripes of wood, about four inches wide, and from seven to nine feet long. On the under side, they are smooth and polished. At first they are very hard to use. After one learns to keep his footing and his balance, and to gain the power of turning, it soon becomes easy to handle them. Skis are very helpful in deep snow. The long light wooden shoes do not sink into the snow. One can come down a hill at whatever pace his skill will permit him to take. — Howard Hein BOBSLEDDING B obsledding is one of the most dangerous sports in the world. The speed of a bob ' sled depends upon the driver and the brakeman. Bobsledding was organized in 1890, at St. Moritz, in the Swiss Alps, by two young Americans who craved a little ex- citement. Bobsledding was not adopted at that time because it was so dangerous, A few years later, another man invented a bobsled. This time it was a five-seater, and held its ground much better than the first, so it was considered. At St. Moritz, a sledding club was organ- ized to make rules already in use. There were still too many accidents. In 1904, a middle-aged man invented artificial runs. Now there are about forty in Europe and one in the United States. Bobsledding has became very popular since it was introduced at the Olympics in 1928. — Clifford Christie LOOKING Christmas month, will soon be here! The very best of all the year. With presents for each boy and girl, A pair of skates, a doll with curls, FORWARD A ball and bat, a game or two, A book for me, a watch for you, It’s these and many other things, We hope the month of Christmas brings. — Dorothy Lyford SKIING IN BERKELEY O ne winter sport is skiing. This sport is considered one of the most thrilling of all the winter sports. The average ski is about eight feet in length and is made of hardwood. In recent years a novelty ski jump was held on a hill at the head of Hearst Avenue in Berkeley. The snow was shipped by train and then transported by truck to the place of the meet. When the snow was received by the men at the hill it was formed to make a runway on which they landed when they came shooting off the takeoff. The take-off was a large shute about fifteen feet in width and many feet in height. When the men came down the chute they leaped into the air and jumped anywhere from one-hundred and fifty feet to two hundred feet. After they had jumped they landed on a steep hill which reduced the shock of their landing. Then they ran on a flat runway around a corner and then to a stop. All of the contestants were not as lucky as others for many of them lost their balance when they landed and others went off the runway into a stack of hay when they attempted to round the corner at the end of the jump. Even if everybody didn t make the jump it was good entertain ment. This ski jump was held two years but was abandoned because it was un- profitable Sheldon Iverson SWIMMING M an is the only one in the animal kingdom, that does not swim naturally. Any ani- mal, if you throw it into the water, will swim. Even your little puppy or kit- ten if it is still too young to stand on its feet very steadily will swim. Human beings have to be taught to swim, while animals do not. Any person can learn to swim, even if he is crippled Nearly everyone can float without much effort be- cause our bodies are buoyant. The specific gravity keeps you from sinking. If you move your arms and legs correctly and breath properly, you are swimming. — Barbara Newman MODEL YACHT RACING E very Sunday on Lake Merritt, the Elk ' s Model Yacht Club holds races between the different members in the club. This club has about twenty-five members in it. Each member has a smal l mudel sailboat which he has made himself. These boats are hol- low in the inside to keep them from sinking and have a heavy lead keel to keep them from turning over. Each boit has a name and number. The owner of each sailboat has a long bamboo pole with a hook on the end which is used to stop the boat from bumping into the shore. This is used to pull it along the shore, and to give it a shove when the boat is m the race. The rudders of the boats are fixed a certain way and so are the sails, so the boat will not go across the lake, but will make a wide circle and then comes back to shore. A record is made of each race, and the wanner of the most races receives a prize, which is a small lead casting of a sailboat with his name and the name of his boat on it. Each winner of the race is proud to own one of these lead sailboats, because it means that his boat is faster than any of the other boats in the club. — Alvin Ohman THE UNKNOWN PHESEHT I t was the early morn of Christmas, and the snow was falling lightly to the ground. Nestled in a corner of a mat, was a small, stray kitten. It seemed that he had picked out the best looking house on the block. Presently the front door opened, and a maid took the milk bottle from the steps. When she stooped o er, the kitten walked into the house, and over to the Christmas tree, and placed himself between the packages. When the clock struck seven, a little girl with long curls came running down a long stairway. She looked at the packages. The first thing she saw, was the kitten. She hugged him as if he had been a real present for her. Her parents didn’t know who gave it to her, but allowed her to keep him. From then on, thekitten has been the best Christ- mas present she has ever had. — Florence Laakse CHRISTMAS GERMANY T he tree was reflecting upon the happiness of that evening as it stood in an inconspic- uous house in a small town in Germany. Christmas Eve is the time when the child- ren in Germany get their presents and open them. Hans and Greta, two small child- ren, lay in their beds dreaming happily of sweets, toys, and new clothes. Whe it was time for lighting the Christmas tree, the family gathered in the living room around the tree. As the living room had been locked up all day, the children were fairly bouncing with excitement. When the tree was lit, they gasped with joy and awe. It was one of the prettiest that they had ever seen. On top were two tinsel stars. The branches were laden with oranges, apples, foil- wrapped nuts, gingerbread, chocolate-coated cookies, and ornaments. At the foot of the tree was a model of The Nativity made of sweets. The inn was made cf almond-paste candy; the Christ-Child of sugar and the other figures of ginger- bread. Around the tree were stockings full of sweets fruit, and nuts. Besides these deli- cacies there were two pair of ice-skates, two sleds, and some school clothes. After the giving and receiving, came the singing of carols. During intervals the children were seen munching their sweets. Later the children went to bed and to sleep. The first of three Christmas holidays, Christmas Eve, was over. Christmas morning was partly spent at the quaint little chapel at the edge of the woods. After church, the children, having put out their new skates and sleds, started off for the lake. To reach their destination, more quickly, they coasted down the last stretch: a long, gentle, sloping hill, delighting in the smooth, noiseless gliding of their new sleds. After being pleasantly surprised at the swiftness that the bright new blades ient their feet, they trooped homeward to a goose dinner. Oh, that bird was magnificently done, golden brown, plump with stuffing, and emitting such aromas! The afternoon was spent visiting other children s homes and seeing their gifts, and, in turn, showing theirs. While on the first holiday everything and everyone was reverently quiet, Christmas Day was gayer, with the happy shouts of children and greetings of their parents. On the third holiday, the day after Christmas, the small town was bright and gay, sparkling with supreme happiness and colorful merry-making. The elderly people were recuperating from the excitement, but the young people and children sparkled on with unending vitality and freshness as they danced, sang, skated, and palyed with then sled. As the fiery red disc of Old Sol sank behind the westerly ridge of mountians, it seemed to say, “Your Christmas has been merry as a day in May, may all the future ones be so.” — Gertrude Tauchman A BOY WHO MADE GOOD J ack is a crippled hoy who has to walk with a limp for the rest of his life. He was caught underneath a truck when he was riding a bicycle. A bone had to be taken out of his leg and that made one leg shorter than the other. One day, as he was going down to watch the boys swim, he met the swimming teacher. The teacher was talking about swimming. He asked Jack if he would like to learn how to swim. Jack thought that Mr. West was only teasing, so he didn’t say anything. Mr West knew what Jack was thinking, so that he told him he was not teasing him and for him to come to class every day after school. Jack was puzzled so he asked, “How will 1 ever learn to swim with my leg like this?” “You can easily learn if you try hard enough,” said Mr. West. Jack went home a very happy boy that night A ' hen he told his mother she thought it impossible, but said he could try if he wanted to learn. Jack had been going to classes for four weeks and he was learning slowly. Every once in awhile his leg would get a cramp and he would have to stop swimming for the rest of the day. This would disappoint him and make him feel discouraged. Mr. West would tell him that he would not have cramps after the leg muscles became stronger. Finally they disappeared, and Jack could swim faster, and better. Later he even learned to dive. A tournament as to be held and Mr. West asked Jack to enter it. The tournament day finally came and to Jack ' s surprise, he won first and second prize for his school. Later, he became the best swimmer in his group Jack learned that if you have any difficulties, you can overcome them if you try hard enough. — Yolanda Titone KITES W hile you w ere having fun flying a kite, have you ever stopped to think of the dif- ferent ways the kite is used, where it received its name, and in what other ways the different countries make theirs? The boys of America and Europe make their kites with a light frame of wood covered with paper. The kite rises with the wind and is held in by means of a long light cord. A tail is attached to one end to steady its move- ments. It got its name probably from a bird by the name of kite, because it resembles the movements of the nird. In China and Japan they mike them the same way, but they paint them bright colors and they are shaped like birds and animals. Kites are used to determine the direction, moisture, and temperature of the upper currents of air. They are used to get pictures of the surrounding country by sending up a devised system of cameras which is carried by the kite. Tnere is a cord that operates it. This method is used to get the view of the enemies fortifications during wartime Kites are also used for signaling. — Helen Hanson CHRISTMAS ON A FARM I n the hills of Nevada lived the Simburgs in an old ramshackled farm house. There were eight members in the family. Their small farm gave them a meager living. They were very poor and the oldest daughter needed an operation. It was one o clock on Christmas morning and Mr. and Mrs. Simburg and their old- est daughter Opal were fixing the Christmas tree that they had cut down in the woods. They were very quiet as they didn’t want to wake up the children who were sleeping in the next room. After they finished decorating the tree, they put the presents that they had made and bought under the tree and went to sleep The next morning the children woke up and ran into the living room which was brightly decorated and opened their packages with quick fingers. Opal, who lay in her bed very tired from her nights work, smiled and thought it was worth the work of decorating the tree for those happy children even though she wasn’t going to receive any presents herself. It was noontime and the Simburg children were waiting for their father who had gone to the railroad station to meet Uncle Jack who was supposed to arrive on the noon train. When Mr. Simburg arrived with -Uncle Jack at the Simburg farm, the children, including Opal, were happy to see their uncle. After dinner, Uncle Jack suggested that they go into the living room and see the Christmas presents. Opal did not like the idea very much because she hadn’t received any presents, but she smiled and consented. After seeing all the children’s presents except Opal’s, Uncle Jack asked to see hers. After hearing that she had received none, he replied that he had brought something for her. He handed her an envelope which she quickly and excitedly opened. In the envelope was money enough to pay for the operation that was necessary and to buy much needed clothes. Opal’s Christmas was now complete. — John Tronoff ne winter I was visiting my aunt in South Dakota. They were living on a farm a few miles from a little town. One nice winter morning my aunt suggested a trip to town The roads were too drifted with snow to drive an automobile. Vv e put on heavy clothing, and walked. That afternoon when we were on our way home, it started to snow again and the wind blew and we were in the middle of a Dakota snow-storm. It was a diy haid snow that pricked our faces. At times we couldn’t open our eyes to see where we were going . The snow on the road was deep and it was very tiresome to walk. We could only walk vei y It was getting dark. Then, to our relief, we saw oui neighbor coming home in a sleigh with two horses. He picked us up and gave us a fast ride home. Thordis Euianius ONE WINTER DAY slowly. MAJESTIC MOUHTAIHS W inter had come with all its white snow. Mary hurried home from school Her parents had promised to take her to the mountains Packing did not take long and by the next day, they were on their way. When they reached their destina- tion, a wonderful sight was beheld by Mary when she saw where they were going to stay. There stood a log cabin surrounded by majestic mountains which ended in a purple hue against the sky. Evergreen trees surrounded the cabin. All this was set off by clean, white, fleecy snow. Mary stood in one spot, spellbound. Her eyes transfixed on the beautiful scene. At the first chance, Mary and her father dressed for the snow Together they went hard in hand to have their first turn at the snow in skiing. First of all they had to choose their skis. Skis just as high as a person can reach with his arms upraised are considered to be the correct length. Mary was told to keep her feet close together. She gave herself a start and away she went. The snow’ hissed beneath her flashing skis as she glided up a slope and coasted along it’s crest. Gratefully, deeply she inhaled the frosty air. Tlrs is just what she needed to for- get her school worries. She crouched low to gain more speed. Up and down the slopes she flew until she thought she had had enough. Into the house she went Mary was glad to receive the comfort that the warm and cheery fire offered her. She lay there in a chair thinking of all the fun she would have up there in the clean, deserted mou ntains where there was nothing to remind her of school. — Violet Rautio HISTORY OF FOGTBAFF F ootball has been known in a variety of forms since medieval times. In the city of Flor- ence the Medicis were among enthusiastic players of the game. Although much de- cried, it was long a favorite sport in Great Britian, where it became a college game at Eton, Rugby, Harrow, and Charterhouse. The game was first introduced into America at Harvard in 1875 and the rugby rules were used; the first inter-collegiate contest was between Harvard and Yale a year later, and from that time on American colleges took up the sport with enthusiasm. With the formation of the inter-collegiate football association in 1885, American rules, which have differed greatly from those used in England, have developed Football has never been pliyed outside of schools and colleges, but there, large crowds are attract ed to the games which are. followed with great interest. The old method of playing resulted in so many injuries to the players that the later revisions of the rules tried to eliminate the personal struggles of the players and the team plays that require a massing of teams. As a sport, the majority of the people would rather watch the game than participate. — Grace Wares HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS D o you know where the woid Christmas comes from? If you do not, this will be some-thing new. Christmas comes from the Latin words, Christes Masses or Mass of Christ. As you all know Christmas is the annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas is observed by the Christian Church on December twenty-fifth. It was established in the fourth century. In most of the Christian countries, in addition to being a religious festival, Christ- mas Day is al so a public holiday, in which there are many social activities. The Christmas tree originated with the Romans, from Rome it went to Germany and then to England. R has become universal in the United States, together with the sending of Christmas cards and the distributing of Christmas presents. This year let us pause and think of how Christ- mas and the Christmas tree originated. — Alice Chapman A HAPPY CHRISTMAS I t was Christmas eve. Everyone was singing Christmas carols with the exception of one little girl who was very unhappy. Alice was very hungry because she hadn’t had any- thing to eat all day. She lived with her mother who was ill and couldn’t work. Alice was worrying about not having a Christmas dinner. She had been trying to get odd jobs around town all day to buy the dinner, but with no luck. Finally she went home and found a woman with her mother. Alice was surprised because they had few friends, and none of them had enough money to buy such expensive clothes. Alice’s mother intro - duced her to the lady. Mrs. Brewster said that she would send her car to bring Alice and her mother the next day to her house. After arriving at Mrs. Brewster’s house, Alice was very happy. They had a big turkey dinner. After eating, Mrs. Brewster said she had a surprise for them. She took them into the next room where there was a large decorated Christmas tree with many presents under it for Alice and her mother. Alice was given many new dresses and new toys and her mother received some new clothes That was the happiest Christmas, they ever had. — Dorothy Rodger FIGHT OYER THE OAR T his summer I went to Oregon on mv vacation. I visited my cousin who lives in the country near Coos Bay, where this experience happened. My cousin owned a rowboat and suggested we go boating. We walked down to the bay and he showed me where he kept his boat. I started rowing first. After I had rowed a little way my cousin said that he wanted to take the oars. I said, ‘‘Just let me row a little further, then you can. He was eager and started to take the oars away from me. “Let go!’’ I said, “you’ll upset the boat.’’ That was just what happened. Conceive our chagrin when we walked into the house soaking wet. — Philip Ray WHICH WERE HAPPIER I I t was a cold Saturday morning in December and the Good Deed Club was having its weekly meeting in the old shack in back of Jack’s house. They had decided to make toys and to prepare some baskets of food for the poor families around their district. Jean was appointed to see that dolls had been dressed. Robert was to see that boys’ toys were made. They all helped to get the baskets of food ready About two days before Christmas, a very poor family moved into that neighbor- hood. The club was worried for they had just enough food and toys for those who had been living there. Jack, the president of the club, suggested that on Christmas morning the mem- bers each take one of their presents and some food to the clubhouse They did this and put the food into a basket and the toys into a box. They took these to the poor family and left their gifts on the door step This remembrance was all the neighbors received that Christ- mas day and the members of the Good Deed Club were very happy. — Selma Blakemore AN OLD HILL E very year at Louiston, Idaho, there is a celebration almost as important as Christmas. Usually it is in December. All the children get their sleds and go to Louis Hill. It is a steep hill with a large valley near the bottom. Children slide down both sides and near the bottom there is a place where the two paths meet and cross, so if the sleds are not timed correctly there is a collision and both sleds run into a snow bank leaving the occu- pants behind. This is a place for chills, thrills and spills. — Caleb Crandall FUM WITH A SLED W hen I was living m Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it was very cold in the winter time. It was so cold that if you took a glass of water and threw it up in the air it would drop back in the form of ice. I was only six years old when my brothers and sister and I would go up a hill near our house with a sled and then ride down. For us, it was the most fun of the winter season. We were dressed in brown woolen suits, so we didn’t feel cold. We had a sled large enough to hold four children. I would like to go back east for one season, so that I could play in the snow. Yet, on second thought, is it too cold? California offers many thrilling winter sports. — Virginia Geraci THE CHRISTMAS JOY O ver nineteen hundred years ago Christ our Savior was born on December 25. We celebrate Christ s birthday because he has been and still is our Noble Leader. He has helped to destroy evil and give hope to the world. Before he was born there were wicked people everywhere. He died for our sins, being crucified on the cross on Good Friday. Because little children are too young to understand the meaning of Christmas their parents tell them fairy tales of Santa Claus and give them gay little gifts. As children grow older, they learn that there is no Santa Claus and they too begin to give gifts to their friends. All little folks should know the joy of Christmas time. Jf we know some children who will be neglected at this time of year, we should practice self ' denial to give them something. Everyone should be happy at Christmas time.— Lorraine Sena SAN FRANCISCO INVITES THE WGREB T he great International Exposition will open February 1936, and continue two hum dred and eighty ' eight days, and close in December of the same year. It will cele ' brate the completion of the world’s two largest bridges. February 11, 1936 marked the beginning of the preparation for the Exposition. Two United States Army dredgers began filling four hundred and thirty acres of shoal lands. They are working day and night pumping nineteen million cubic yards of sand on the fill that will be a mile long and nearly two ' thirds of a mile wide. A sea wall formed of two hundred and nine thousand tons of rock from Bay District quarries is now being made. The wall is sixteen thousand feet or three miles in length. In a few months the shoal land will be raised to thirteen feet above the bav level. The actual construction will begin this year. On the exposition grounds will be one of the world’s busiest and most modern airports and seaplane bases. It will be owned and operated by the City of San Francisco From downtown San Francisco and Oakland, the site will be reached in ten minutes. It will also be reached in ten minutes from the San Francisco ' Oakland Bay Bridge a nd by ferries. It is an ideal spot for weather conditions, with the government record showing an almost complete absence of fog during the months of the exposition. The site is just north of Yerba Buena Island, and fifteen to twenty million people are expected, from all parts of the world to visit it. Its theme will be Modern Developments in Transportation and Communication. Sports will also be one of the features of the fair, and since in 1940 the Olympic Games are scheduled for Tokyo, an effort will be made to hold as many of the Olympic Game trials as possible in the exposition stadium. Again San Francisco welcomes you as in 1915. Shit ley Simonds. GRETEL’S CHRISTMAS G retel lived in Holland. She often helped her mother with the tulips, to make some money. It was getting near Christmas and she was bustling around town with mother, looking for “just the right thing” for her brother Jan. As they passed many people here and there, she would see one of her little friends and call out a merry Christmas. They bought the gifts, and went home to wrap them with some red paper, and pretty ribbon. Christmas Eve, at last, came. Gretel put her clean wooden shoe in front of the brick fireplace, with a carrot in it for St. Nick ' s reindeer. She went to bed very excited and anxious for Christmas day to come. When she awoke the next morning, she eagerly jumped out of her bed in the wall, and dressed. Her shoe, and a stocking besides, were both full of little gifts and goodies Her mother was already up, and was getting breakfast. Gretel looked at her gifts and found a lovely lace apron and cap from mother, a ball from Jan, and many other gifts. That afternoon, they had a Christmas dinner and went visiting. When evening came, Gretel told her mother that she had had the best Christmas. By night she was ready for bed. As soon as her blond locks touched the pillow, she was asleep. — Marian Grey WAS I SCARED! I ast December I was staying with my mother’s aunt and uncle on their farm. I was walking down the lane which led from the house to the main road. I was wearing a very red dress. Humming to myself, I turned around to see how far I was from the house. I didn’t have time to see the house, for following me was a great big steer. I started running, and so did the steer. The faster I ran, the faster he ran. I couldn’t get back to the house any other way except by the lane where the steer was. 1 ran out by the big field. The steer still fob lowed me. A dreadful thought came to me. I was afraid that the steer would tear me to pieces, and that red dress of mine didn’t help matters any. The beast was only fifty feet away from me. I just about gave up hope ! I ran a 1 ttle further, with the steer following. 1 came to a tree and used it as a sup ' port to climb over the barb wire fence, and ran home as fast as I could. 1 was just about exhausted when I got to the farm. The charge of the big bad steer is one incident I’ll never forget! — Margie Gottfriedsen YACHTING S team yachts and especially gasoline-driven vessels, which have a high rate of speed | are coming rapidly into use. They are especially favored by business men who de- sire quick transportation between their country homes and the business centers. The fastest boats of the largest class use turbine engines and many of them burn oil instead of coal. Yachting is an exhilarating sport that has become of national importance in the United States, Canada, and England. International races between the United States and England began in 1851, when the “America” won a race around the Isle of Wight, win- ning a five hundred dollar silver cup offered by the English Royal Yacht Squadron. The trophy has since been in possession of the New York Yacht Club, although several Eng- lish yachts have endeavored to win it back. The waters off Sandy Hook are usually the scene of these exciting races, which never fail to arouse great interest and enthusiasm on both s ' des of theAtlantic. — Frances Regalia DAWN A bird is starting its new nest, A bird is starting its new nest, For the babies soon to arrive. For the babies soon arrive. After dawn the birds have little rest, After dawn the birds have little rest. For the winter food they must strive. For the winter food they must strive. The twinkling stars are out of sight. And the moon has gone away. Soon the sun will show its light, And greet us on a new and pleasant day, — Marie Anderson THRILL OF TOBOGGANING T obogganing is a popular winter sport in almost every country in which there are ice and snow. The word toboggan comes from an Indian word, uda ba gan which means sled. Our modern toboggan is from four to nine feet long and is about eight- een inches wide. A toboggan holds from one to five persons. The chutes which the tobog gan goes down are slanted at an angle of about thirty degrees. This port is very popular in the Adirondacks and in Canada. The course at St. Moritz, Switzerland is considered to be the hardest one in the world. It is thirteen hundred yards long, and has many difficult curves. Even though the toboggan reaches a speed of sixty miles an hour, it is comparatively safe because they are so easily handled. I am sure that many people, young and old, would enjoy this exciting winter sport. — John Pritz SANTA WAS LATE Twelve o’clock ! Why Santa ' s late! He ' s always been on time To fill the stockings and fix our tree He has especially favored mine ! I hear a sleighbell; can it be? It is, oh, I must hide! He is coming down the chimney now. And soon will be inside. I’ll just sit in this chair And shut my eyes a peep. Oh my I ' m growing sleepy now. I’m falling fast asleep! It’s naughty to stay and watch But I only want to see I hope he won’t be angry And lets me help him with the tree. Where am I, and where is Santa? How did I get in my bed? Santa came while 1 was sleeping And then rode off in his sled. — Shirley Duffin WINTER SPORTS IN FINLAND I n Finland during the winter months, the principal sports are skiing and ice skating. On the day of the contest for ice skating, the whole city comes to see the fun. The entries are all placed in a line to either skate the length of a lake or a distance from three to five miles. The first one to reach this point is the winner and usually gets an emblem of some kind. Father told me some of his experiences, when he was young. He skied on level snow, for the distance of ten miles in thirty and one half minutes. He was the winner of this race and won a medal and a trophy. In other races, he won many other prizes. In Finland during those days, the record breaking time for ten miles, was twenty seven minutes. Another novel experience was almost a disaster. A large group of boys would s ate on the same place on the ice, until it became springy. Then, they would skate over this part very fast and usually someone would fall through. Father happened to be the one to fall through. When he was in ihe water, he could see the hole through which he had fallen. As soon as he came to the top, the boys lay flat on the ice, and helped him out. — Florence Laakso AWAY FROM HOME I ast winter my family and I went on a train to my aunt’s house in Colorado. It took us three days to get there. One night it was very gloomy and lonely; a strong wind ■J was blowing; the shutters banged, the doors squeaked, and the wind howled like coyotes as it made a whistling sound through the trees. I was looking out of the window when suddenly a shower of rain came down. I watched it until I had to go to bed. The next morning J woke up very early to find it had been snowing. It was cold. The door was blocked with snow. We had to dig our way out. Three days later a blizzard came and no one could go outside for fear of freezing to dea ' h. The lakes and river were covered with ice and icicles hung from the roof of our house. The room was very cold and sometimes my uncle had to go out and get wood. When he came back he would be covered with snow. Five weeks later the blizzard stopped and the sun began to shine. My mother being frightened by the blizzard told me that we had better go home before another one came. So we said good bye to Aunt Jane and Uncle Tom and soon we were on our way back to California. — Annie Pavlova THE BIRTHDAY Christmas comes but once a year, With glad tidings and good cheer, With snow sparkling on the ground, And busy folk all around. That great day will at last come. The birthday of the Holy One. On that day He was born, In a stable, one early morn. We often hear the sleigh bells ringing, And children Christmas carols singing, Wishing us much Christmas cheer, And a very happy New Year! — Marion Gray WINTER AT YOSEMITE O ne of our most popu lar winter resorts is Yosemite. The huge rock walls around the valley, with snow caught between the crevices and icicles hanging on the trees, make it a very delightful place. People not only come for the beautiful scenery, but for the sports. One of the most popular sports is going down the toboggan slide. To get to the top of the slide you can either walk up or ride. Another exciting sport is the ash can alley. The people go down the slide on garbage can lids. The participants all go down together, hanging on to each other. If any one falls off of his lid, he slides down on the ice. The ice freezes to his clothes. A very graceful sport is ice skating. The rink is in front of Camp Curry. Another sport which you are liable to find in Yosemite is skiing. Many people - uld call Aiing a graceful sport, but it often ends diastrously for the amateur. — June Galleher WOOD SPRITES The wood ' sprites romp o’er hill and dale, After the bright sun is down. They use our flowers, as they sit and weave, For their fairy queen a crown. In day time they are out of sight, Asleep in a rosebush or lily bed. But when the moon comes out at night, The fairy queen to her throne is led. Playing and singing are they, The whole long night through, Until the bright sun is in the sky. Laughing, they vanish as a wind comes by. — Marie Anderson CHRISTMAS TIME Christmas time will soon be here We all will sing with glee! We wake on Christmas morning, And hurry to the tree. Yes, old Santa has been here; He’s left us lots or toys. He’s left us dolls and sewing sets, And many things for boys. When the snow is on the ground. You hear the sleigh bells ring. And then outside your lonely home You hear the people sing. Then as the hours pass away You hear the lovely chime. When all this is happening You know it’s Christmas time! Alice Valle CRYSTAL TREES The sun cast a flood of warmth On a delicate carpet of white, And streamed across the firs, Dazzling in the light. The trees gloried in silver lace. Their slender tops against the sky Held proudly in grandeur and grace. Icicles like jewels on their limbs Hung, like beads in a row. Crystal trees, 1 call them, For they stun you with their glow, Swaying as in a graceful dance They charm me like a queen. The most enchanting of Winter ' s gifts Are the Crystal Trees, serene. — Verna Boston OED ST. HICK Christmas comes but once a year, My sake ' s alive! It’s almost here. Old St. Nick makes the rounds once more, As he busily taps on everyone ' s door. He brings many presents from far and near, Children be good, ’cause Christmas is ’most here. — Clarence Domingos CHRISTMAS WAGON B ob and Jimmy were brothers who lived with their aunt. Bob was much older than Jimmy, but he loved his little brother very much. One day Jimmy saw a wagon in a store window which he liked a great deal. That night, Jimmy told Bob about it. So the big brother went to the store with Jimmy to see it. Bob agreed it was a nice wagon. Jimmy said he hoped no one would buy it so he could have it. The next day Bob went to the store and had the cl erk put the wagon away for him. That afternoon, Jimmy went to look at the wagon but saw that it wasn’t there. He started to cry and ran home. That night, after work, when Bob came home he saw Jimmy sitting on the porch looking very sad. Bob asked him what was the matter and Jimmy said that someone had bought the wagon. Bob told him not to cry anymore that maybe the store clerk had taken out the wag ' on to put something else there. Imagine Jimmie’s surprise on Christmas morning when he saw the wagon with his name on it under the Christmas tree. — Dorothy Wiley ALL HALLOW Halloween has come again Man or woman, hoy or girl, Just as it does each year Is sure to have some fun. To most people, young and old, Of course, those mean old crabbed folks It’s bound to spread some cheer. Will count the damage done! Well, Halloween has gone again, And we shall not forget, The fun we had when dressing up And scaring folks, and their pets. — Dorothy Lyford SANTA CLAUS Good old Santa dressed in red and white. Comes once a year for he has a long flight. He comes from the North wherever so far. To see all boys and girls wherever they are, He comes in his sleigh with many supplies, Then off with his reindeer he goes through the skies. He goes to houses of good girls and boys, And under the Christmas trees leaves many toys. At last, when his work is done to the best, He is off again for his long long rest. He climbs into his sleigh and makes the deer run, For if he is caught it will spoil all the fun. — Granuccia Amadia CHRISTMAS As I look out of my icecovered window I like to think of Christmas And I see the falling snow, Because it brings great joy. It makes me think of Christmas Since the birth of the “Christ Child” Which started long ago. In a manger long ago. He lay there in a manger With only straw for a bed Sought by three wise men who by a star Were guided on ahead. Evelvn Kiefer MT TRIP TO CA2ADERG O n a Saturday morning in June, my mother decided that we were going to the open- mg of the Berkeley Cazadero Camp. I was going to spend the summer at my grand- mother s home in Healdsburg, and Cazadero was on the way there. When we arrived at the camp we saw many people. Most of them were city offi- cials, and playground directors. We were shown to our tent. After unpacking our things I decided I would go in swimming. Many more decided, too, as the swimming hole seemed quite the gathering place of the camp. I met several of my friends there. I stayed in the water about an hour, and then I dressed, and started to play some games with my friends. I heard a bell ring, and I did not know what it was, but everyone was going over to a cabin. I happened to see my mother and father. I asked about the bell. They said that it was the dinner bell. I then rushed over to the dining hall, and was about the first to arrive there which was lucky, as everyone makes a wild dash when the doors open. It was a very good dinner, with plenty to eat. After dinner, mother and dad took me around the camp and I certainly was sur- prised to see such large Redwood trees. The besc of all, daddy said, was that the City of Berkeley owns the camp and that we will enjoy it for years to come. About eight o’clock that night we had a big campfire, and the playground directors put on a program. After the campfire, we started back to our tents. I went right to sleep as I was very tired. I had a very good time Sunday and Monday. I hope that I can go again next year. — Carole Rose MARY’S GIFT O nly one more day before Christmas, how lucky she was, thought Mary as she remembered she had twenty-five dollars saved to buy anew coat which she so badly needed. All summer she had scrimped along, worked and saved. Today, it would be hers. Mary hastily ran down the steps of her little cottage and started to town. On her way she noticed an aged lady standing on the corner crying bitterly. When Mary asked her what was the matter, she pointed her finger to a little house across the lane. Then with a choked voice, she told Mary that unless she had twenty-five dollars by tomorrow that the little house wouldn’t be hers. Feeling sorry for the little ladv who was bent and crippled with age, Mary gently slipped her money into her hand and quickly walked away thinking how foolish she had acted. As she walked down the street and heard the choir sing Christmas hymns and watched people hurrying to and fro with bundles in their arms, she felt a glow of happi- ness and realized that the greatest Christmas present for her was to have made someone else happy. — Violet Burke ONE WINTER DAY T he day was dreary and the rain was softly dripping on the window pane. The sil- ence was broken by the shrill ringing of the door bell. Mother answered the door bell and said it was my girl friend. Sh’ had asked me the previous day to go up to East Berkeley with her. It looked as if it might clear up so I suggested waiting. When the clouds had passed by we started on our way. We were about half way to our destination when the rain came down in torrents. We dashed for an awning. I made it safely but my friend didn’t. She slid and fell It was comical to see her sitting there on the side walk. She looked around to see if anyone had seen her fall. Several people in the street car were laughing at her. She stood up and came over to where I was standing. Her face was very red with embarassment. She suggested that we start home. I agreed willingly. We told my mother how it happened. She laughs now, but the first few days she didn’t think ' it was a bit funny. — Dorothy Silva MY FAVORITE PASTIME I have made many interesting trips around the world and have even gone to Mars and Jupiter ! Whenever I have the least time to spare, I visit a foreign country or go explor- ing into unknown regions. On my last spectacular journey, I went “North to the Orient” with Anne and Colonel Lindbergh. It was one of the most interesting trips I have ever made, probably due to my distinguished companions. The only real fright I experienced was just before we reached Hokkaido. Because of the very heavy fog, we were compelled to land in the Chisma Islands. Colonel Lindbergh had to try many times before he finally succeeded in safely land- ing the Sirius. At each of his attempts I thought this was the end of us, but here I am back safe and sound This trip was more of a geographic and scientific journey than a straight pleasure trip, but it was extremely interesting and we learned many valuable things. Above all, I was thrilled to make the sought for acquaintance of the Lindberghs. On other trips, I have gone to eastern boarding schools with a lot of merry young girls; gone up the Alps in Switzerland with Heidi, a sweet little creature; or played with Amy, Beth, Jo, and Meg. Sometimes I even go to the battlefront with Florence Nightingale, or play with Beethoven and listen to his almost indescribable music; or go on a thrilling, breath-taking journey to the South Pole with Admiral Byrd. Now, I am planning to travel back through the centuries to visit Jean Valjean. I greatly sympathize with him, and I want to see if I can comfort him, and share his grief. You see, I have met many great people in history, literature, and music, so now if any of you want to visit all of these wonderful places and people with me, come, you are welcome, and better still, I will treac you, so the traveling expenses are free of charge! — Midory Asakawa STUBEHT BODY PROGRAMS M r. Greenwood Adams, world traveler and explorer, gave an illustrated talk about his native land, Australia, to the senior assembly, September 24, 1936. The pupils were glad to have the opportunity of seeing Mr. Adams, because many of them had read his most entertaining article about Australia in the National Geographic Magazine. October 1, the H7 ' 3 class under the direction fo its teacher, Miss Emily Truman, presented a physical education play entitled “Postularium.” Elizabeth Jane Renigham, a little eight year old girl, gave some very clever and amusing readings. The junior assembly pupils hope that Elizabeth Jane will return soon to Burbank and give a similar program. October 7, the entire student body assembled on the playground and listened to a fire prevention lecture given by Captain Higgs of the Berkeley Fire Department. The Book Week program was given October 22, by a group of pupils from the physical education classes under the direction of Mrs. Eleanor Golly, Mrs.Orpha Rhodes, Miss Frances Misch, and Mrs. Sarah Most. Selections from “Talking Drums,” “Your Car ' riage Madame,” “BrightMexico,” and “Masha” were dramatically presented. Thedancing, singing, scenery, and costumes were enthusiastically praised by all senior assembly pupils. The Navy Day program was given October 29. Ensign Harry A. Shapp briefly sketched the history of the United States Navy. The band under the direction Mr. Hobbs, played patriotic selections. The Armistice Day program which was given November 5, was under the direc ' tion of Mrs. Henrietta Williams and Miss Louise Santos. The band played martial songs, and Claire Frazee explarned the signrficance of Armrstice Day. Mr. Grover Carlsen, a vet ' eran of the World War, read the names of former Burbank pupils who gave their lives for their country during the World War. American Education Week program was given November 13, at eight o’clock p.m. members of the Berkeley Board of Education, Dr. Virgil Dickson, superintendent of schools, members of the city council, and prominent West Berkeley citizens took part in thededica ' tion of the reopened boys’ gymnasium. November 13, Jack Rank, a professonal dramatist, presented a three act drama in which he portrayed many different characters by means of lightmng ' quick changes of cos ' tumes. After the performance some of the girls surrounded the actor requesting his auto ' graph. December 17 and 18, Christmas programs of sacred music were given under the direction of Mrs. Orpha Rhodes, Miss Emily Truman, and Mrs. Sarah Most. The children of the Berkeley Day Nursery were presented with attractive toys, some of which were made under the direction of Mr. Earl Williams and Mr. John Frick. All pupils brought gifts of food which were collected and distributed to needy families in this district. January 7, 1937, Orendo, a professional magician, presented a program which was well attended. January 14, Mr. J. E. Bollinger of the Air Reduction Sales Company gave an il- lustrated talk on liquid air. January 14, and 15, the Two Clefs and the choruses presented a musical fantasy under the direction of Mrs. Orpha Rhodes.lt was one of the finest operettas our school has given. January 22, closing programs were held by both junior and senior groups. Scholastic honors were awarded and honorable discharges were given to the outgoing indoor and out ' door officers. H9 pupils received their certificates of promotion. The student body officers who presided at the various programs of the term were: Jack Grant, boy president; Ward Vance, boy vice-president; Thelma Houck, girl president; and Estelle Anderson, girl vice-president. Effie Simoxeau INDOOR TRAFFIC I ndoor Traffic is one of the most important activities at Burbank Junior High School. To be a member of the Indoor Traffic Organization, one must have a good reputation as a citizen. The officers are sworn into office each term by the Chief of Police of the Berkeley Police Department, or by one of the police officers in his department. At the end of his term of office, each school officer receives a certificate of honorable discharge. The object of the Indoor Traffic is to place the direction and c ontrol of traffic and conduct in the halls, yard, and assembly hall in the hands of the pupils. About sixty officers comprise the squad. A meeting is held each week to discuss any problems which may arise in the performance of their duties. While at their posts, the staff is under the direction of several lieutenants, a captain, and the Burbank Chief of Police. The officers are stationed throughout the halls, yard, cafeteria, and the science building. As a symbol of their authority, they wear metal badges Any pupil, who is observed disobeying traffic regulations, is given a ticket. A per- son receiving such a ticket must appear in the Lower Court where he is given a fair trail. If the evidence given by the officer shows that the pupil has infringed upon a law of the school, he is sentenced. This term the student officers have succeeded in directing their fellow pupils with comparatively few arrests. — Aileen Posepanko and Jean Yool OUTDOOR TRAFFIC T he Junior Traffic Police is organized for the purpose of safeguarding school children in the vicinity of the school. This term the system of Outdoor Traffic has been changed in our school. In previous terms the officers have been on duty only during the noon hours. This term dif- ferent squads have been chosen to be on duty before school, during noon hours, and after school in keeping with the regulation of the Safety Council. After a long illness Officer Fraser, the originator of this organization, handed in his resignation. Officer Simpson has been chosen to succeed in the wonderful work Officer Fraser contributed in safeguarding school children. Indoor Traffic Officers Outdoor Traffic Officers Traffic Court Officers Wizard Editors Wizard” Collectors Student Council The Outdoor Traffic Officers were under the excellent leadership of Mr. Carlsen, our gym teacher, and Mr. Lester, R. O. T. O. representative from the University of Cali- fornia. for drill practice. Many privileges are always granted to the officers such as theater passes, and as guests of many football games held in the Memorial Stadium. This term the officers were: Lieutenant, Warren Eijima; sergeants, Robert Drake, foe Chong; corporals, Pio Ghidella, David Moohr, Robert Tollberg, Robert Apostolo, Edwin Gordon, LeRoy Jensen; privates, David Silva, James McCoy, William Wagner, Ray Murphy, Peter Flammang, Yoshikazu Ito, Ken Geary, William Randolf, Jack Navarro, Frank Zuliaca, Gerald Ponsi, Frank Accurso, Leslie Moniz, Allan Salhberg, Eugene Bice, Joe Briseno, Theodore Poage, Jerry Pulley, Philip Ray, Donald LaBrie, Robert Cochrane, Frank Gutierrez, Bill Williams. — Warren Eijima E very advisory class has a Wizard collector. The collectors meet every Tuesday at the ninth period with Mrs. Skimmmgs. A report, of the subscriptions obtained, and of the money collected, is made by each representative. Subscriptions for the Wi:ard are obtained from the members of the class, the advisory teacher, and from faculty mem- bers who do not have advisories. Mrs. Skimmings receives the money that is brought in by the collectors, and as our faculty advisor in this work, she keeps an account of all money on hand to finance our Wizard. The goal, of each collector this term, was to obtain seventy-five percent of the pupils of his class as subscribers. If this goal was reached, the class subscribing had its pic- ture printed in the Wizard. Each week the Wizard collector distributed the News to the subscribers, who ob- tain the school paper by subscribing to the Wizard. At the end of the term, it was the re- sponsibility of the collector to see that the Wizards were delivered. — Mary Yamashiro S ingers frcm all the classes in the school are chosen for this organization, which meets on Monday and Wednesday of each week. It is directed by Mrs. Rhodes. This term the chorus gave a fantasy with the Boys’ Chorus, the T wo Clefs, and the High Eighth Grade Chorus The fantasy was called “Music of Nations, ’’and was divided into a prologue and four episodes, which wore Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. It was dramatized by the children in dances, songs, tableaux, and processionals. The prologue symbolized man searching for knowledge and enlightenment. Each episode began with a solo dance, which represented the element to be portrayed. This was followed by group dances on this theme. After Earth came the Sowers, Green Growing Things, Reapers, Miners, Peasants, Fruits, and Grains. Water entered the scene. In his train came the Ocean King, Sea Gardens, Vikings, Sailboats, and Sailors. Accompaning Air onto the stage were: Four Winds, Clouds, Lightning, Storm, Rain ' bow. Moonlight, Starlight, and Aeroplanes. Following Fire were the Men at the Forge, Wheels of Industry, and the Sun Dancers. In the finale, there was a great procession of all the acts. The last “Music of Na- ture” expressed the sentiment of the entire fantasy. The dances were directed by Miss Frances Misch. The songs were accompanied by Mrs. Wiley, and a small orchestra under the direction of Mr. Victor Schott. — Peggy Greene TWO CXEFS T wo Clefs is a mixed chorus of ninth grade pupils. This group meets every day and spends cons derable time preparing for programs. It is under the able direction of Mrs. Rhodes. The members of Two Clefs assisted in an assembly program fo r Book Week. They sang songs in Spanish to represent the book, “Bright Mexico.” Another interestingjfepre- sentation was given by a group of boys, who performed on drums to introduce the book, “Talking Drums.” During Open House Night, a group of volunteers sang for the guests. When the seniors held their Christmas assembly, the entire class took part and led the singing of Christmas carols. The most elaborate program of the year was the fantasy, “Music of Nature ”, in which the Two Clefs took a prominent part. The aim of the Two Clefs is to provide good program material for the school, and to interest pupils in good music. The members of the class particularly strive for clear enunciation, and finished musical expression. — Dorothy Longrus BOYS 9 CHORUS T his fine organisation is composed of boys from different classes. They have been chosen for their ability to sing. Any boy in school may try out, if he wishes. If he passes this test successfully, he becomes a member. Meeting twice a week, under the direction of Mrs. Rhodes, a great deal of progress is accomplished. Members of the chorus assisted at the Book Week program, Open House Night and in the Christmas Assemblies. The boys worked hard to help make the Fantasy a success. As miners, sailors, vik- ings, or Wheels of Industry, they helped to portray some scene in the panorama “Music of Nature”. The members realised that in singing, as in athletic games, success depends upon team work. This was their aim throughout the semester. BAND E very pupil in the school is proud of the band, which has forty members. It is recog- nized as one of the finest bands in Berkeley. The leader is the well-known Mr. Mar- tin Hobbs, who is responsible for the fame that it has received. This term, the band appeared at Walnut Creek, and played, “Our Director”, “Navi- gator”, “Show Boy”, and “Military Escort”. It also played at a Parent-Teachers’ Associa- tion meeting, Junior Traffic Review, Longfellow School, and for some school assemblies. Some of the new pieces that the band played are, “The Bridal Rose”, “The Burbank March”, “The Billboard March”, “Lights Outs”, and “Under the Double Eagle”. Although there were no new members this term, it kept together, and improved by fine team-work. The members had to work twice as hard. Lesson time was shorter, be- cause Mr. Hobbs came only on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. A new organization, the beginners’ band, was founded. It had twenty members, and advanced rapidly. This group met on Thursday. In the spring, the advanced band will be enlarged by new members from this group. This will be most helpful to the band. — George Mederios MEMBERS OF THE BAHB Qlarinet Aldo Cianciarulo Clarence Watkins Richard Fehr Robert Ayres Ernest Sin Salvadore Vallelunga Albert Claudeanos Arthur Johnson Hubert Ross Melvin Coppa Kenneth Mero Nevon Stuckey Saxaphone George Mederios James Anderson Jack Oliver George Lopez Oboe Hannibal Brennes Trumpets Elmo Abernathy Edward Malta Robert Wild man Herbert Christenson Walter Botkins John TronofF Howard Hayes Eugene Friddle. Trombone Harlan Hodges Tommy Marks Ray Lopez Frazier Scott Melephone Robert Carpenter Marvin Ellis Eugene DeSoto 1 Bass Grace Wares Jacqueline LeProtti Drums Martin Maretti Sheldon Iversen Victor Yellis John Cornetti John Veliotes Edward Hardege. L7-2 Class L8-2 Class News Editors ORCHESTRA T his term the orchestra had thirty-five members. This was the smallest organization that the orchestra has ever had. Next term, however, we expect the orchestra to he almost doubled in size, as Mr. Schott has prepared many new players. The Special Orchestra was requested to play for a dinner, at the Veterans’ Me ' morial Building given by the Volunteer Fire Department on October 20. This orchestra also played at the American Legion’s patriotic celebration, November 10. November 13, the entire orchestra played three selections for Open House Night. The orchestra was requested by Mrs. Rhodes to play on December 13, for the Two Clefs’ Fantasy. On January 22, the group played for the two closing Christmas Programs. We hope that next term, we will have as much enjoyment as we had this term. — Claire Frazee MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA V wlins Lucille Treines Fred Wilkes Rudolph Castro Betty Jean Morrow Ruth Breuer Laurence Tate Howard Thor Jesse Werren Fern Murden Betty Jean Reynolds Mickey Geracie Ross Rentfrow Gaudalupe Martinez June Galleher Betty Paget Carmel Riley Rodney McConn Walter Hendrick Victor Schott, Director Qellos Mary Jane Morrow Midory Asakowa Marie Anderson Dorothy Veliotes c . Basses Dixie Cruess Martha Gibbs Mary Tieslau Claire Frazee Martha Matson Piano Margie Gottfriedsen Rufus Farley Flute Bernice Doyle (Clarinets Richard Fehr Clarence Watkins Robert Ayres Saxaphone Jack Oliver Trumpet Edward Maita, Trombone Frasier Scott Drums Eugene Cahill BURBANK NEWS T his term, our weekly paper was in charge of Miss Weller, the art sponsor; Mrs. Williams, the literary sponsor; and Mrs. Stewart, the mechanics sponsor; and the chief editors, assemblers, mimeographers, stencilers, and typists. The features, of our weekly paper, consist of school and community news, library menus, sports, jokes, editorials, and literary section. Special issues have been presented on Hallowe’en, American Education Week, the Oakland-San Francisco Say Bridge, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. All the news is written by the pupils. A representative, from each advisory class in the school, meets with Mrs. Williams, on Friday of every week to write the news of the school Four hundred fifty copies are issued every week, consisting of three sheets. There is a paper for every week of the term. Forty copies of each publication are sent to all parts of the United States. — Eleanor Polo THE BURBANK COURT T he Burbank Court is a traffic court which was originated to take care of arrests for infractions of rules in the hall, the yard, and the street. Mrs. Martha Scales serves as judge of the lower court. Any case appealed from the lower court is tried be- fore the supreme court, of which Dr. Standley is the judge. The lower court meets twice a week, every Tuesday and Friday, during period nine. The court officers are: bailiff, George Keltner, H9; clerk, Stanley Bush, F9; secre- tary, Martha Collins, H9; assistant secretary, Verna Boston, H9; doorkeeper, Albert Har- die, F9; chief clerks Gordon Bader, F9; Stanley Bond, F9; John Gambotto, L9; Jean Peder- sen, F9; Pauline Mignone, F9; William Kan. H7. — Verna Boston GIRE SCOUTS T he Girl Scouts have done many interesting things this term. In September, we joined the other Girl Scouts of Berkeley in an overnight camp at Tilden Park in Wild Cat Canyon. We slept out-of-doors in sleeping bags, and cooked our meals over camp fires. In October, we had a Hallowe’en supper party at Miss Henrich’s home. A trip to Golden Gate Park, by way of the new Oaklan J-San Francisco Bay Bridge, was November’s activity. The term ended with a Christmas party for our mothers. Practically all of our meetings have been handicraft meetings. We meet on Monday after school. The following girls belong to the Burbank troop, Bernice Doyle, Peggy Green, Anita Jackson, Betty Jackson. Dons Johnson, Pearl Johnson, Jacqueline LeProtti, Betty, Paget, Carmel Riley, and Patsy Riley.— Anita Jackson THE MEftftY JUNIORS T he Merry Juniors of the Girl Reserves have definite reasons for their existence. Friendliness is the greatest aim within the club, and outside of it. Joy in every- day life is sought for, and cherished in our weekly meetings. Each new experience is interpreted by the aid of the ideals that we have adopted. Each month an inter-club council, of the Girl Reserve groups, was held. Dorothy Longrus represented us at these meetings. On Saturdays members of the group availed them- selves of instruction given at the Y.W.C.A. cottage, in craftswork, knitting, and dancing The Oakland airport was visited October 21, 1936. It was a very enjoyable and in- structive trip. Other outings have been enjoyed through the term. The officers were: president, Helen Hood; vice president, Lillian Chappell; secre- tary, Willa Mae Johnson; treasurer, Dorothy Ray; interclub council representative, Doro- thy Longrus; publicity chairman, Katherine Freeman; song leader, Marie Armstrong; mem- bers Dorothy Jones and Marie Metoyer. Miss Lucy Robinson is our school sponsor and Mrs. Stanley Pedder acted as our ad- visor. — Marie Armstrong THE JOLTY GIRTS T he Jolly Girls is a group of the Girl Reserves. It has a secret code, a slogan, and a purpose. The slogan is “to face life squarely,” and the purpose is “to find and give the best.” The triangle and the circle are used by Girl Reserves as a symbol of growth. To a Girl Reserve, this symbol is her trademark, and a remind: r of the way she wishes to live. To wear it, a girl must fulfill the membership requirements of her club, and take part in a Recognition Service. The triangle pictures the girl herself; the circle, the world in which she lives. When a girl grows in health, keenness of mind, and depth of understanding and spirit, her triangle expands and marks an ever widening circle, showing that more and more she is of value to the world, and the world to her. At the beginning of the term the Jolly Girls met at the Y. W. C. A. in which it has a membership, and had a candy pull. Some girls brought candy, and the next day it was sold at school The carnival called the “Land of Make-Believe,” wis given Saturday, November 19, at the Y. W. C. A. cottage. Everyone had an enjoyable time. The girls are sponsored by Miss Robinson, and their leader is Miss Green. The officers are: President, Sumiko Kuriyama; vice president, Jean Orth; secretary, Betty Mc- Kenzie; treasurer, Norma Feneran. Inner club counselors are: Jean Orth, Sumiko Kuriyama, Norma Feneran. Members are: Sophie Benvenista, Annie Pavlova, Betty Dick, Haroldine Stnckley, Lenore Grobs, Dolores Costello, Mildred Lewis, Margaret Burnham, Irene Bale- stracci, Aileen Wards, Helen Avila, and Jewel Hendricks. — Annie Pavlova and Betty Dick. KEY KLUB E ach Girl Reserve group was allowed to name itself. The Key Klub was so named, be- cause it opened the door to a new world of friends. This was accomplished by the monthly meetings of all the Girl Reserve Clubs of Berkeley. There was splendid coop- eration in preparing for the carnival, which was held in November. The girls prepared many fine baby clothes for charity, a nd donated some things to the needlework guild. At the beginning of the term the Key Klub recognised its new members, by invit- ing mothers and teachers for the recognition service, followed by a tea party. On Novem- ber 2, the girls went to Columbus School to assist a group of girls, who started a new Girl Reserve Club. Three parties were given for the pleasure of the girls. A Halloween party was great- ly enjoyed. The members attended a show, and afterwards went to the Y.W. C. A. cottage for supper. A Christmas weenie roast, at which gifts were exchanged, was held. The girls also enjoyed athletic games. Baseball was played between the Key Klub and the Jolly Girls. The officers are: Shirley Simonds, president; Effie Simoneau, vice-president; Estel ' e Andersen, secretary; Evelyn Patterson, treasurer; Louise Thurner, inter-club represen- tative; Alice Coopman, publicity manager; Kyllikki Stromberg, Betty Johnson, Evelyn Larripa, Helen Simonds, and Verna Boston, members. — Louise Thurner BOYS 9 COUNCIL T he Boys’ Council had three chief officers, and a representative from each advisory class in the school. The officers were: president. Jack Grant; vice-president. Ward Vance; secretary, Raymond Francis. The council met every other Monday under the leadership of Mr. Frick. All mat- ters and problems, concerning beneficial measures for the school, were discussed Each representative kept an accurate record of the business of the meeting in his council book. The next day, he presented a report of the business acted upon by the coun- cil, to the class. These matters were discussed, and many helpful suggestions were made by the class. Representative took these suggestions from his class to the next council meeting. The officers and the class representatives worked diligently to make the term s work successful for the improvement of Burbank. — lerry Pulley GIRLS 9 COUNCIL T he Girls 1 Council meetings of Burbank were held twice a month. Each class sent an elected representative, who was either the vice president, or president of her class. This gave the girls a chance to openly discuss the problems which arose, and to find some way of solving them. Each girl gave a report of the meeting, when she returned to her advisory class. This kept all the girls of the school in contact with the work of the council. The students felt that these council meetings gave the girls and boys a chance to improve the school. The officers decided that besides the regular business meetings, there should be some sort of program for entertainment. This was discussed with the council group, and the majority voted tor it. An amateur hour was planned, with prizes for the winners. A few short skits written by the girls were given. This was a very interesting and enjoyable program. The officers were: president, Thelma Houck; vice president, Estelle Anderson; sec- retary, Louise Thurner. The class representatives were: Toshiko Tekawa, Virginia Led ' better, June Yellis, Carole. Rose, Eleanor Poky Lorraine Johnson, Jean Stanley, Tatsy Her ' ton, Lillian Risch, Melba Armstrong, Bernice Watkins, Virginia Geraci, Marilyn Reynolds, Dorothy Veliotes, Winifred Dowling, Phyllis Santos, Shirley Duffin, Virginia Zelanka, Lorraine Miller, Zorka Kisin, Betty Bustilla, Mary Silva, Shirley Strueli, Margaret Nelson, and Louise Paredey. — Louise Thurner T he Junior Hi ' Y started with a membership of thirty boys. During the term, many boys applied for memberships. The club took only a limited number of boys, so most of them were placed on the waiting list. However, a few came into the club. The purpose of the club is to create, maintain, and extend through our communi ' ty,and through the world, high standards of Christian character. The symbol of the Y M. C. A. is the triangle, which stands for mind, body, and spirit. The Junior HnY tries to follow the teachings of these high ideals, Mr. Frick, our faculty sponsor, spent much of his time with the boys of the club. Mr. Lynch, the boys 1 secretary of the Berkeley Y.M.C. A. and Mr. Tibbetts, the physical instructor, and our leader, Mr. Frick, have made it possible for us to enjoy the Y.M.C. A. swimming pool. We appreicated their helpful interest very much. This semester the club members elected Billy Noland, president; Clarence Andrews, secretary; Jack Chamber, treasurer; Robert Ayres, and Warren Friehofer, leaders. — Robert Ayres RED CROSS COUNCIL T he Red Cross Council is a meeting of representatives for the purpose of exchanging and discussing ideas. At each Red Cross Council meeting, the representatives report on the Red Cross activities of their schools. Reports of the meeting are carried back to each school by the representatives. In this way the schools are kept in- formed of the work of the Red Cross Council. Naturally, all the schools of Berkeley co- operate with the Junior Red Cross. Burbank can well be proud of the service it has rendered to the American Junior Red Cross. For ' one thing, it emphasized membership. Also gifts that were brought in went to a worthy cause and were greatly appreciated. Some of the services carried on by Burbank were: Raising funds for the subscription to the Junior Red Cross Magazine (this helped to get the news to the pupils of what the Junior Red Cross members throughtout the world were doing); donating gifts ' to fill Christ mas boxes for the children of Guam (this year the boxes were overflowing); contributing food for Christmas baskets to be distributed to the needy. The Christmas tree and program in the auditorium for the delight of the Day Nursery children was another part of Burbank’s service. Clothing for these children and doll clothes were made here in our sewing classes, and toys were made by the boys in the shops. — Florence Ipsen WIZARD EDITORS T he English teachers selected a pupil from each class to act as editor. These class editors met each week with Mrs. Virginia Martin. They planned the material for the Wizard. Each editor reported the work that was being undertaken to his Eng. lish classmates. Latest developments were discussed, and material collected for publica- tion. In this way plans for the Wizard were carried out. The editors decided that the themes for the Wizard would be Christmas and Winter Sports. The art motif was planned accordingly. A blue and white color scheme was selected to carry out a wint ry effect. This work was very enjoyable and interesting. The group accomplished a great deal in the weekly meetings. All enjoyed the part that they played in editing the Wizard — Gertrude Tauchmann D o you like to hear a funny joke That’s full of tun and life, About an absent-minded man Or someone’s cross old wife? Or abuut a boy who sits in school, Not doing his work just right, And when the teacher calls on him He answers something bright? For all the jokes you like to hear, Just read the next few pages, They’ll bring to you some fur that’s new And laughs that are contagious. Kathryn Young Man entering ball park: “What’s the score?” Another man: “Zero to z;ero.” First man: “Must be an interesting game.” Second man: “I dont know yet; it hasn’t started.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Paper boy: “Extra 1 Extra!” Man: “Here boy. I’ll take one.” Boy: “Where is the money?” Man: “It’s an extra, isn’t it?” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ First Crook: “How did Bill die?” Second Crook: “ ’E fell through some scaffolding.” First Crook: “What was ’e doing up there?” Second Crook: “Being ’anged.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Girl friend: “I don’t see how football players ever get clean.” Freshman: “Silly, what do you suppose the scrub teams are for?” ★ ' k ★ ★ Aileen : “Do you girls really like conceited men better than the other kind?” H ' 9 girls: (simultaneously): What other kind?” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Miss Martin: “I suppose you’ve been through algebra?” New pupil: “Yes, but I went at night and couldn’t see the place,” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Small Son: “Grandpa, when are you going to play football?” Grandpa: “Football? I can’t play football?” Small Son: “But dad said we’d get a new car as soon as you kicked off.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Clerk: “These are especially strong shirts, madam. They simply laugh at the laundry.’ Customer: “I know that kind. I had some which came back with their sides split.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Inquisitive Lady: “Is your new horse a dray horse?” Owner: “It’s a brown horse — cut out that baby talk.” Johnson: “So you gave up trying to teach your wife to drive the car? ” Williams: “Yes , when I told her to release her clutch, she let go of the steering wheel. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wife (waking during the night): “John, there’s a burglar downstairs!” Movie Hero: “Quick, get my double!” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Porter: “Did you miss that train, sir?” Passenger (bitterly) : ‘No! I didn’t like the looks of it, so I chased it out of the station.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ She: “You say you were in your last place three years? Why did you leave?” He : “I was pardoned?” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ John: “My brother thinks a football coach has four wheels.” Albert: “Ha, ha! And how many wheels has the bally thing 7 ” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Mother: “Stop reaching across the table, Junior! Haven ' t you a tongue?” Junior: “Yes— but my arm is longer.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Mabel : “You would be a good dancer were it not for two things.” Jack: “What are they?” Mabel: “Your feet.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jimmie: “I wonder why they say ‘Amen’ and not ‘Awoman’ Bobbie?” Bobbie: “They sing hymns and not hers, stupid.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Elmer S. : “I never clash with my teachers.” Grannucia: “No?” Elmer S. : “They go their way, and I go theirs.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ First boy : “Is this cup sanitary?” Second boy: “Must be; everyone uses it. ” Dr. Crabb had almost succeeded in dismissing a talkative patient when she stopped in the doorway exclaiming, Why, doctor, you didn’t look to see if my tongue was coated.” I know it isn t, said the doctor wearily. “You never find grass on a race track ” ★ ★ ★ ★ Mother: How would you like to go to the country for a while this summer Johnnie?” Johnnie: “I don’t want to go where they’ve thrashing machines. It’s bad enough to be thrashed by hand.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Caller: “Won’t you walk as far as the street car with me, Tommy?” Tommy (aged five): “I can’t.” Caller : “Why not?” Tommy: “ ’Cause we’re gonna have dinner as soon as you go.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Elderly lady walking into a ticket office in Toronto, asking for a ticket to New York. Ticket agent: “Do you wish to go by Buffalo?” Elderly lady: “Certainly not! By train, if you please!” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wife: “My husband is so careless of his appearance. It seems like he just can ' t keep buttons on his clothes.” Friend: “Are you sure its carelessness? Perhaps they are-uh-well, sewed on improp- erly.” Wife: “Maybe you’re right. He is terribly careless with his sewing.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Joe: “When I went to the boarding house, they gave me one of those three season beds.” Jack: “Never heard of ‘em.” Joe: “ No spring.” A A ★ ★ ★ Nut: “Do you think Lindberg is a greater flyer than Jimmy Doolittle, or vice versa?” Bolt: ‘T ve heard about Lindberg and Doolittle, but who is this guy Vice Versa?” Policeman: “Did you get that man’s number who knocked you down?” Victim: “No, but I’d know his laugh anywhere.” AUTOGRAPHS AUTOGRAPHS The Composition, Press Work, and Binding were produced by the students of the Printing Department and the Drawings were made in the Art Department of the Burbank Junior High School Berkeley, California. June, 1937 I l Dr. L. L. Standley Mrs. Eila S. Parker Miss Anne Reith Principal Secretary Nurse BOARD QE EDUCATION Dr. Louise L. Hector, President Mayor E. N. Ament Mr. Walter T. Steilberg Miss Clara B Andrews, Secretary Mr. C. L. Ziegler Mrs. Christine Wilson Dr. Virgil E. Dickson Mp. Morris C. James Superintendent of Schools Deputy Superintendent of Schools L. L. STANDLEY, Ed.D. FACULTY Mrs. Carrie L. Bennett Miss Mary E. Cameron Mr. Grover C. Carlsen Mrs. Sadie E. Derry Miss Mary K. Drake Mr. John J. Frick. Miss Adele P. Gilbert Miss Hazel S. Glasgow Miss Virma M. Glover Mr. LeoJ. Graham Mrs Esther Hagan Miss Phila Helt Mr. Martin Hobbs Mrs. Eleanore R. MacGregor Mr. Clifford B Marker Miss Dora L Martin Mrs. Virginia Martin Miss Mary McCall Mr. Albert L. McDermont . Miss Frances Misch Mrs. Sarah R. Most Mrs. Jeannette Phelps Mrs. Orpha Rhodes Miss Delight Rice . Mrs. Rose 1 Sackett Mr. Henry A. Sammet Miss Louisa Santos . Mrs. Martha M. Scales Mr. Victor M. Schott Mrs. Jean E. Skimmings Mrs. Jeanette M. Stewart Mrs. Mary M. Tomsen Miss Emily V. Truman Mrs. Eunice Walker Mrs Mary Walton Mrs. Ruth H. Waugh Miss Hazel Z. Weller Mr. Earl D. Williams Mrs Henrietta Williams Social Studies Arithmetic, General Science Physical Education Foods . English, Library Metal Work Arithmetic, Music Cafeteria, Clothing H8, LlO Counseling, Social Studies H7, L9 Counseling Arithmetic . History, English English, Geometry Band English, French Mechanical Drawing, Printing . Algebra, Latin English Physical Education • General Science English, Physical Education Fine Arts English, Social Studies . Dramatics, Vocal Music Lipreading, Speech Defects Arithmetic Arithmetic, Physical Education, Attendance English, Social Studies English, Social Studies Orchestra Business Practice • T ypmg L8, H9 Counseling, Typewriting English Biology, Commerce, Science Clothing Activities Coordinator, Social Studies Fine Arts Wood Work English, Social Studies STATES COMMITTEES FACULTY COMMITTEE Mr. Clifford B. Marker Mrs. Virginia R. Martin Mrs. Sarah R. Most Miss Virma Glover Mrs. Jean E. Skimmings Mrs. Jeanette M. Stewart WIZARD STAFF Betty Erhorn. Claire Frazee. Mary Yamashiro Printing Literary Art . Photography . Subscriptions Typing Chief Typist Literary Editor Circulation Manager ADVISORY EDITORS Milton Bankhead, Lorna Brant, Janet Bush, Dorothy Costa, Dolores Costello, Muriel Cuneo, Joel DeCayette, Violet Dellamar, Marjorie Durum, Madeline Erickson, David Everhart, Ida Ferreira, Elden Harrild, Arpie Flussian, Mitvuki Iwahashi, Jacqueline LeProtti, Mildred Lewie, Corinne Louie, Dorothy Lyford, Chiyoko Nagata, Pearl Shuhert, Patsy Stinger, and Harold Stone TYPING STAFF Betty Ehrnorn, Fay Goddard, Margie Gottfriedsen. Esther Gustafson, lune Hart, Florence Ipsen, Barbara Kirby, Jannie Maranzana, Gilda Mezzetta. Annie Mori! Fern Murden, Dorothy Nelson, Betty Paget, Frances Regalia, and Virginia Runge! WIZARD COLLECTORS Lucy Adams, Phyllis Burns, Ralph Cornelia, Alice Chapman, Arthur Cordova. Norman Deming, Mary Helen Dunlap, LeRoy Fisher, Margaret Green, Jack Grant, Lorraine Johnson, Nettie Mei curio, Evelyn Patterson, Barbara Rodger, Dorothy Rodger, Anna Louise Rudzenir, Donn 1 Jean Slater, Evon Silva, Dorothy Schiefer, Earl Santos, Constance Steele, William Stevenson, William McIntosh, Lois Wuagneux, and Mary Yamashiro STUDENT BODY OFFICERS BOYS’ ASSOCIATION GHRLS’ ASSOCIATION DAVID SILVA AILEEN POSEPANKO President President DAVID MOOHR Vice President ESTHER TORCHIO Vice President JOE BRISENO Secretary LORRAINE SENA Secretary Frank Accurso Kenneth Atkinson Robert Ayres Violet Burke Janet Bush Stanley Bush Bertha Clements Ralph Cornelia Marie Corso Frances Duffy Elaine Erickson Madeline Erickson Sophie Lippold Louis Linville Kathleen McEvoy A. - S Jsj HArA+Vitr Tam Ar J T — - XL? — i - T ... Guadalupe Martinez Clifford Mays Betty Trumpf Christine Vietti Virginia Vitale William Wagner Billy Williams Lois Wuagneux Jean Yool Shiella Zuber Kathryn Young STUDENT BODT PROGRAM SPRING TERM 4357 O ur first student body meetings of the term were a girls’ meeting held January 26, 1937, which featured Miss Margaret Starr, Girl Reserves secretary, and Miss Harriet Fitzgerald, dental hygienist; and a boys’ meeting, held Febuary 4, 1937, which featured Officer Simpson of the Berkeley Police Department. Our operetta, “Music of Nature”, was given February 18 and 19. It pictured the struggle of man in his conquest of earth, water, air, and fire. It was of such out ' standing merit that it was repeated as an institute program for the Berkeley Teachers’ Association. March 4, a three-reel program of the Chevrolet Motor Company was enthusiasti- cally received by both junior and senior assemblies. Of particular interest was the reel entitled, ’’Cinderella’s Coach.” April 8, two fifteen minute assemblies were held to further the Wizard subscrip- tions. The Top 1 latOrchestra under the direction of Mr. Herbert Redfield played Jt ex- cellently. accompanied Jack Grant, soloist, as he sang, “There Somthing in the Air.” The H-8 pupils sang “La Paloma,” and an original Wizard song. Claire Frazee, liter : ry editor of the Wizard, urged every pupil to buy a Wizard. April 15, the H7-5class gave a play entitled, ‘Democracy, the Goal of America.” It depicted the origin of our law and government throughout, the ages. April 22, we enjoyed the p ' ay “Grandma Pulls the String”, because of the delight- ful comedy and its clever acting. We hope Mrs. Esther Hagan, the coach, will find time to present another similar progam next term. April 23, David Silva, our boy president, welcome our patrons and friends to the Public Schools program of music, drama, and dancing. Our orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Victor Schott, played three numbers. Our saxophone trio, composed of George Medeiros, Laurence Silva, Jack Oliver, and its accompanist, Mary Jane Morrow, played two selections under the direction of Mr. Martin Hobbs. A group of girls under the dir ection of Miss Mary McCall danced a beautiful old fashioned dance. The play, “Grand- ma Pulls the String”, was repeated. May 20, the Boys’ Glee Club presented a cowboy skit entitled “Around the Campfire.” The Girls’ Glee Clubassisted by the H8-6and H8-4 classes presented a play- let entitled “Spring Weather”. The “Dyspeptic Ogre” was the humorous fantasy that the H7-4 class presented June 3 under the direction of Mrs. Jeanette Phelps and Miss Louise Santos. Paul Fehr was the ogre, and Haldis Froines was his cook. Our closing program held June 17, were our usual honor and award programs Honor roll certificate were awarded and a list of best citizens was read The Burbank Orchestra played a novelty number and the students’ councils presented entertaining musical and dancing numbers. Thursday evening, June 17, graduation exercises were held for the H9 graduates. One hundred sixty-three pupils received certificates of promotion. This term our assembly programs were enjoyable and I am sure they have helped to promote good fe ' lowship among the pupils of both junior aud senior assembly groups. — Effie Simoneau STUDENT COURT urbank Court is now in session.” This is the introduction to an important ac- tivity, everv Tuesday and Friday, ninth period. Court is supervised by our very able and fair judge, Mrs. Scales. The students carry on the rest ol the work. During the past year, two hundred and thirty-three cases have passed through our hands. The usual cases are tried by the lower court. When a case becomes so in- volved that it is not within the power of the lower court to handle it, it is passed to the Supreme Court over which Dr. Standley presides. Within the memory of the present officers only two Supreme Court cases have been tried. The members of the court are as follows; bailiff, George Keltner; assistant bailiff, Albert Hardie; secretary, Martha Collins; assistant secretary, Verna Boston; clerk, Stanley Bush; doorkeeper, Louis Lin ville; court officers, John Gambotto, Stanley Bond, Pauline Mignone, Jean Pedersen, and William Kari. At present some court changes are contemplated. A trial jury of five persons will be appointed. It will be composed of low ten students. They will hear cases and render decisions. The graduate bailiff and secretary will alternate as judges to hear the cases. The object of these changes is to make the court more democratic and more like a real court. — Martha Collins OUTDOOR TRAFFIC O ur school has the largest number of traffic officers in the city of Berkeley. The lieutenant is Robert Drake and the sergeant is Joseph Chong. There are six squads. Each squad has six boys who go on duty before and after school and at noon. Four squads go on duty for fifteen minutes each day, rain or shine. It is the duty of the lieutenant and the sergeant to see that the boys do their duty. Every boy works up in rank. He starts by holding a sign and gradually work up by being prompt, neat in appearance, and accurate in the dischage of his duties. Every Wednesday at the ninth period the traffic squads practice marching and have drill-downs under the leadership of Mr. Lester, an officer from the University of California. He worked very hard to get us into shape for the review on May 28, 1937- Mr. Lester gave a party at Bertoli’s tor the four boys who won the drill-downs. They were James McCoy, Tony Magnetti, Theodore Poage, and Yoshakazu Ito All the traffic boys in Berkeley were invited to a bean feed given by the Dad’s Clubs and the women’s. grandma pulls the string FANTASY FANTASY CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM BAND MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA CAFETERIA HELPERS JUNIOR HI-Y Auxiliary of the American Legion. They also had moving pictures of the Olympic Snow Competition, and the Hill Billie Orchestra played and sang. It was held March 15, at the Longfellow School. The hoys in the Outdoor Traffic Squad are Joseph Chong, Jack Mede, Richard Rosenquist, Jack Navarro, Kenneth Geary, Peter Flammang, Jerrey Pulley, Donald La- Brie, Raymond Murphy, James McCoy, Frank Accurso, Teddy Poage, Phillip Ray, Eugene Bice, Pio Ghidella, Billy Wagnar, Jerry Ponsi, Agapito Noriega, Yoshakazu lto, Tony Magnetti, David West, Raymond Phipps, Howard Hein, George Hanson, Peter Antonini, Roy T iagi, James Navarro, Louis Ghidella, Lloyd Harris, Louis Rampcne, and Robert Drake. — Robert Drake IHBQQJR. TJR.A1TTIC here are about sixty officers in the Indoor Traffic organization. Both boys and girls can become members. Dr. Standley appointed our chief, Elmer Silva, and our captain, William Johnson. Mrs. Mac Gregor who is head commissioner, appointed six lieutenants to supervise the squads; Squad 1, Granuccia Amadei; Squad 2, Madeline O’ Neill ; Squad 3, Donna Jeanne Slater; Squad 4, Leland Andersen; Squad 5, Norman Graham; Squad 6, Frank Cosner. All the officers were sworn in by a representative of the Berkeley Police Department. At the end of the term those who are leaving their posi- tions will receive honorable discharges from the Berkeley Police Department. The lieutenants have officers stationed in halls, yard, cafeteria, and the science building. The officers carry tickets which they can give to pupils who refuse to obey school regulations. Tickets can be given by officers for misconduct in assembly, halls, street, or yard. The pupils who receive tickets must report at the next session of the Burbank Court. The organization meets once a week to discuss problems that arise in directing traffic, and to plan for improving the organization. The one rule adopted by the school this term is that all students who wish to serve on Outdoor Traffic Squads must give one term of service to the Indoor Traffic. The Berkeley Police Department has promised us a theatre partv at the United Artist Theatre as a reward for the term’s work. — Granuccia Amadei BAWD H ave you ever thought, as you saw the Bui bank Band march proudly down the street in their red and white uniforms, of the work behind such an organiza- tion? The members of the band, besides individual practicing, practiced each Monday and Wednesday, ninth period, on such pieces as the “Bridal Rose” and “March Bur bank”. Mr. Hobbs, the band leader, composed the “ ' March Burbank”. The trio, made up of three saxaphone players, Jack Oliver, George Medeiros and Lawrence Silva, and accompanied by Mary Jane Morrow played twice for assent ' blies. The band was the official band for the Yacht Harbor Opening, May 7, 8, and 9, during the Berkeley Pageant of Land and Sea. We all enjoy our band and wish it much success in the years to come. — Claire Frazee. T rum pets Ed Maita Herbert Christensen Walter Botkins John Tronoff Eugene Friddle Carl Bowden Ro viand Thompsen Clarence Da Ike Russell Morse Peter DeVincenzi S axaphones George Medeiros Jack Oliver Lawrence Silva Edwin Wooley Glen Bilyeu Jack Loebe Flute Bernice Doyle MEMBERS OF THE B Busses Grace Wares Jacquline LePiotti Claire Frazee Carmen Johnson Fraser Scott Paul Hruska Baritone Clifford Mays (Clarinets Aldo Cianciarulo Richard Fehr Ernest Siri Melvin Coppa Claire McArthur Robert Ayres Nevin Stucco Mary Ellen Dunlap Arthur Johnson Don Barksdale Louis Linville Oboe Hannibal Brennes Trombones Harlan Hodges Tommy Marks Eugene Cline Wallace Cabral M elophones Robert Carpenter Eugene DeSoto Marvin Ellis Clarence Andrews Antonette Mazzone Alvar Vickman Drums Martin Miretti Sheldon Iverson John Cornetti Edward Hardege Victor Yellis Robert Pearson John Veliotes Kelly Boulware ORCHESTRA IT he musical “Spring Fantasy” which was given many times by unanimous requests was a great success. We owe credit to Mrs. Rhodes and MissMisch. Faculty menv JL berswho gave generous’y of their time were Miss Martin, Mrs. Mostand Miss Weller. Let’s not forget the splendid cooperation of Mr. Schott and his orchestra. They played a very import nt part in the fantasy. The Burbank Special Orchester played for the “Spring Fantasy” when it was given for the pupils on February J 7, and for the parents on February 18, and 19. The orchestra accompanied the water episode which was given for the P. T. A. on March 16. On March 17, the Fantasy was again presented for the teachers of Berkeley at an evening meeting. The water episode was repeated lor the High-Twelve Club on the afternoon of April 23. Besides all the fantasy work, the orchestra played for Open House, April 23, in the evening. The complete orchestra played “Frat” by John F. Barth, and the “Marine Band” by John L. Greenawald. Two violins, a cello, and the piano accompanied the Fash ' ion Show. The orchestra furnished the music for the commencement exercises on June 17. The orchestra also played for the assemblies on the same day. The members are: Vioh ' ns: Tadashi Asakawa, Ruth Breuer, Rudolph Castro, Howard Ford, June Galleher, Paul Hruska, Guadalupe Martinet;, Rodney McConn, Betty Jean Morrow, Fern Murden Betty Paget, Ross Rentfrow, Betty Jean Reynolds, Carmel Riley, Lawrence Tate, Lucille Treinnes, and Jesse Werren. Cellos: Marie Anderson, Midory Asakawa, Bettv Johnson, Mary Jane Morrow, and Dorothy Veliotes. Bass Viol: Claire Frazee, Raymond Lopez, Martha Matson. Piano: Margie Gottfriedsen. Flute: Bernice Doyle Clarinet: Richard Fehr. Saxaphone: Jack Oliver. Trumpets: Edward Maita, Clifford Mays. Trombone: Frazier Scott. Drums: Rufus Farley, and Sheldon Iversen. — Margie Gottfriedsen. GIRLS’ GJJEX CLUB - his oganization is composed of forty-five girls. They meet every Monday and Wednesday, ninth period. Mrs. Rhodes is the director She teaches the girls songs for public performance as well as for enjoyment in the class room Last semester the members took part in the fantasy, “Music of Nature”. They also presented a musical play for the assembly entitled “Spring Weather”. They were assisted by girls from the H8-6 and H8-4 classes. Virginia Shanks and Eleanor Costa took the parts of Helen and Louise. They per suaded the Weather Man, Norman Deming, to change the weather for their spring f esti- va 1 . Marion DeCosta and Nelda Jean Walker, as Threatening Showers, caused much ex- citement. After the weather became settled, the festival proceeded with songs and dances. The Girls’ Glee Club is a profitable and enjoyable activity for those who have musical talent. — Virginia Shanks BOYS ' ’ CHORUS is UE boys’ chorus is under the able direction of Mrs Orpha Rhodes. We have given several performances. Our last one was a cowboy scene entitled “Around the Campfire”. Five boys did a cowboy dance. They were Herman Wrede, Joel De Cayette, John Cornetti, David Silva, and Lawrence Silva. Kenneth Mero and Charles Martin enacted “The Strawberry Roan”. John Gians sang “Twilight on the Trail.” We hope to acquire better singing voices and better pronunciation while singing. — John Gians WI Z.TRB EDITORS y ir H E editors met every Wednesday during the ninth period to discuss methods of making the Wizard interesting to all the pupils. Mrs. Virginia Martin was their faculty adviser and acted as chairman of the meetings. Many things were discussed. The class editors were always anxious to obtain good sugg stions from their classmates. They endeavored to make our school book more popular. They took notes and reported the work as it progressed to their class-rooms. It was decided that the theme of the book would be “Hobbies”. This was chosen primarily because it would interest all children in the school. An effort was made this term to have more pictures of school activities. We were pleased to have every advisory picture in our Wizard With all the effort, thought, and work spent in making the Wizard, the staff felt confident that it would please all the pupils. — Muriel Cuneo. ' WIZARD COLLECTORS t very class has a Wizard Collector. We meet every Tuesday during the ninth period, with Mrs. Skimmings, and discuss many things such as, what percent of the classes have subscribed, and how to get more subscriptions. The goal of each collector is to get seventy-five percent of his or her class to subscribe. If the class gets these subscriptions, they have their enlarged picture in the Wizard . Subscriptions are ob- tained from pupils, advisory teachers, and other members of the faculty without an ad- visory. During the meeting we make a report on subscriptions, money collected, and money due. We give Mrs. Skimming all the money we have collected, and as our faculty advisor, she keeps the money on hand to finance the Wizard. Each subscriber to the V izird gets the News every Friday. The collectors de- liver these to each advisory. It is the responsibility of each collector to see that each sub- scriber gets his or her Wizard, at the end of the term. The Wizard collectors are: Lucy Adams, Phyllis Burns, Ralph Cornelia, Alice Chapman, Arthur Cordova, Norman Deming, Mary Helen Dunlap, Le Roy Fisher, Mar- garet Green, Jack Grant, Lorraine Johnson, Nettie Mercurio, Evelyn Patterson, Barbara Rodger, DorothyRodger, Anna Louise Rudzenia, Donna Jean Slater, Evon Silva, Dorothy Schaefer, Earl Santos, Constance Steele, William Stevenson, William McIntosh, Lois Wuagneux, and Mary Yamashiro. — Mary Yamashiro L9-2 Class fi8-5 Class L8-1 Class After the News articles were written by the pupils of Burbank, they went through a series of corrections, and were then handed to the publishers. They, in turn, typed and stenciled them, put the stencils on a mimeograph machine, ran off the re ' quired number of copies, assembled the pages, and then the final touch, krimped the pages together. The “News” publishers tried in every way to make the “News”, each week, better than the last one. The chief members were: mechanical editor, Dorothy Nelson; chief stencilers, Florence Ipsen, Betty Ehrhorn, Frances Regalia; chief mimeographers, James Navarro, Alfred Soo; chief assembler, Barbara Kirby. Other members were: Gik’a Me etta. June Hart, Annie Mori, Jannie Maram zana, Esther Gustafson, Fern Murden, Virginia Runge, Betty Paget, Marjorie Gott ' friedsen. John Johnson Francis Hill, and Fay Goddard. — Barbara Kirby. BOYS ' SPORTS 1937 Basketball Season was a very successful one. All the games that were played were attended by many pupils of all grades. The spirit was appreciated . by all the playing teams and it did much to cheer them on. One of the reasons for the delay in starting the Basketball Season was due to the fact that the Berkeley High School Basketball Team played all their home games in our boys’ gymnasium We have not had the use of our gym for three years, and we are very grateful for having been able to use it this season for our basketball games. Mr. Carlsen his shown much interest in the directing and teaching of the proper ways of playing basketball. We have greatly appreciated his interest. The H9 ' Basketball Team won the interclass games. The following boys were on the team: Vincent DeBiasi, center; LeRoy Jensen, forward; Martin Miretti, forward; Donald LaBne, forward; Eugene Fnddle, forward; John Veliotes, guard; David Moohr, guard; Clifford Mays, running guard. It also looks as if the HQ Team will win the baseball crown this year. Some of the baseball scores were: H9 — 1 LlO — 0 L9 — 3 H8— 3 H9— 2 L9— 3 H9— 15 L t S— 6 H7 — 8 L8 — 6 — David Moohr GIRLS ' SPORTS - he girls’ gymnasium program this semester has been very full, with never a dull moment. At the beginning of the term a basketball series was played. Two teams from the same class or different classes played against each other. It seemed that this was hardly over, when baseball came upon us. This was the most important sport of the semester. The scores were as follows: L8 defeated H7 — 33-23 H7 defeated L8 — 51-14 L8 defeated H7 — 24-13 L9 defeated H8 — 11-9 LlO defeated H9 — 46-14 There were other games besides these, but the scores were not kept. There is also dancing in the gymnasium twice a week. We have an accompanist and we do folk dances such as “Highland Fling,” “Eloise Gavotte,” and many others. We have ball mom dancing and marching. Miss Misch and Miss McCall have organised tennis for those who know how to play. There is a club for those who do not know how to play, but would like to learn. We have had an enjoyable year in the field of sports, and hope that next term will be as lively and full of fun as this term has been. — Kay McEvoy ■ he American Junior Red Cross is made upofchildrenfromall parts of the United States. This organisation acts as an auxiliary to the Senior Red Cross and its work is to assist when there is an emergency which needs help. The Junior Red Cross has also done such work as sending gifts to the children of Guam. This is an annual project. The gifts consist of toys and dolls. The doll clothes are made in home economics classes. The boys in metal shop and wood shop make toys for the Berkeley Day Nursery. Besides these, the Veteran’s Hospital at Livermore is sup- plied with birthday cards. Another piece of work done by the Juniors was raising money for the flood relief. Corresponding with children of foreign lands is an activity of the Junior Red Cross. This creates a friendly feeling with other children. From each school a representa- tive is chosen to attend the monthly meeting of the organization. It is the duty of the representative to report what the school is doing and bring back reports of the business and topics discussed. Miss Fannie McLean gives her time to act as leader of the work in Berkeley. She arranged for the room in the Senior Red Cross Building for the Juniors. It is being fitted up by the Juniors and is a very pleasant place to meet. — Robert Ayers. HELPING WITH NEEDLEWORK ■ — veryone knows that old saying, “It is better to give than to receive.” The girls of the school have practiced this saying and are making clothing of all descrip- tions. The Municipal Christmas Tree Committee raises funds every year to buy — ' • y materials which the Burbank girls help to make into many useful things such as: shorts, slips, boys’ shirts, blouses and dresses. These garments are given to needy children at the next Christmas tree party. During the school term we make these clothes to the best of our ability. At Christ- mas time, the committee gives a party at which the clothing is given to less fortunate children. — Anita Hardege SWIMMING CLUB - his club was organized for boys who did not know how to swim. The different strokes were taught by Joe W. Tibbetts, who is the Y.M.C. A.’s swimming in ' structor. He gave a series of lesson, then he let you try to swim across the width of the pool. If this was well done, he allowed you to swim the length of the pool. After that he would permit you to swim and dive as much as you liked. You could not swim any more after the day you had passed the test. The junior high schools in the city had ■certain days of the week upon which their pupils could swim. They could not go on any other day but the day reserved for them. Burbank boys who passed their Y. M. C. A. Beginner’s Swim Test are: James Gimble, Arthur Cordova, Bill Gary, Bill Metoyer, Charles Bressie, Francis Vaine, Carl Bowden, Joseph Bale, Kenneth Atkinson, Allan Harrild, Kenneth Litz, Charles Brown, Fred Vogt, Bill Williams, Ronald Boak, Russell Morse, Donald Eltchinoff, Joe Valente, Haiold Marquis, Joel DeCayette, Summer Cashen, Jimmey Vierra, George Perez, Cecil Young, Kaiki Seige, Donald Barksdale, Charles Pick, Jack Lobes, and John Mota. — Joel DeCayette MURRY JUNIORS here are three groups of Girl Reserves in Burbank. Our group is the “Merry Juniors”. We have done many interesting things this term. One of our most enjoyable evenings was a corn-popping and marshmallow ' toasting feast at the Y.W.C.A. Cottage. The “Merry Junior’s” former advisor, Mrs. Pedder treated the club to a party at Drake’s Restaurant- in Berkeley. At this party we met our new adviser Miss Fannie Parks. Mrs Egglestone spoke at one of our club meetings. She told us about the activities of the clubs in Texas where she had been an adviser. The club’s president, Lillian Chappell, and inter ' dub council member and secre ' tary, Dorothy Longrus,and vice ' president, Willa Mae Johnson, attended meetings at the Y.W.C.A. Cottage. A recognitiotvservice was held Friday, April 16, 1937- Symbolism was carried through the ceremony by red, white, and blue flowers. The red was for courage, white represented the spirit, and the blue was for knowledge. Dorothy Longrus, Katherine Young, and Thelma Smith were recognized at this service. The club went to the president’s house for a small party and singing circle. There they learned some new songs. These are only some of the interesting things that the Merry Juniors have done. Other officers of the club who have contributed to its success are: treasurer, Marie Armstrong; adviser, Miss Fannie Parks; and sponsor, Mrs. Jeannette Phelps. Other members are Jeanette Thurner, Dorothy Stevens, Thelma Smith, Dorothea Jones, Katherine Young.— Dorothy Longrus. EXT KLUB Uie Key Klub was established to open new doors for its members. It furnished the key to health and happiness. As members of the Key Klub participated in its pro- gram, many new interests were introduced. This term the club interested those girls who like to take part in sports. The group met after school and baseball became one of the chief interests. The club’s team was very successful and won every game. Our adivsor has been Miss Evelyn Brannon, a sophomore of the IJniverity of Cab lfornia. We have profited a great deal from her direction. The officers were: Shirley Simond, president ;Effie Simoneau, vice-president; Alice Coopman, publicity chai man; Louise Thurner, inter-club representative; These officers were re-elected from last term. The newly elected officer were : Helen Simonds, secretary! Kylikki Stromberg, treasurer. The members are : Sumiko Kuriyama, Evelyn Larripa, Evelyn Paterson, Jacquelyn LeProtti, Dorothy Nelson, and Tuulikki Stromberg. — Shirley Simonds JQ1AT GIRLS -Mie purpose of the Jolly Girls’ Club was to find and give the best in life. We entered many interesting activities such as; camping, swimming, horse back riding, parties, and others. When playing baseball against other teams, we were usually a very successful group. We made many plans for the future and we all hope that these plans will be fulfilled. The officers were: president, Norma Feneran; secretary and treasurer, Lenore Grabs. Our adviser has been Miss Greenand our sponsor, Mrs. Phelps. Our club mem- bers were; Betty Dick, Betty McKenzie, Lenore Grobs, Annie Pavlova, Wilma Bishop. — Norma Feneran JMNCE CLUB group of tenth grade students have been meeting in the assembly and gym- nasium for the purpose of associating and dancing with their fellow students. .Our club has been under the direction of a committee which has worked to- gether in selecting the specific time, place and a special number for the dance. The special number is either an Early American Group Dance or a vocal solo, or other diversion. Audrey Ebli, the secretary, has been in charge of securing permission for the use ot the auditorium and setting the date for each meeting. Her assistants, who com- posed the rest of the committee were Jacqueline LeProtti, Martha Collins, Alice Coop- man and MarthaGibbs. We have attempted to make this activity a happy social experi- ence for our members. Our music is furnished by the “Top Hats” and John Veliotes’ Dance Band. We also have several piano players. After we have left Burbank we hope the other students will take enough inter- est in associating with their schoolmates to continue the club. — Martha Gibbs and Martha Collins PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION he Parent - Teacher Association holds its monthly meetings on the third Tues- day of each month. During the past year, programs featuring the different activi- ties in the school have been presented. Many interesting speakers were heard at our meetings. Instruments and uniforms for the Burbank Band were purchased. Clothing was distributed to needy children. These, and other forms of Student Aid were accomplished by the association. We wish to continue this work extensively during the coming year, and this. Mother and Father, can be done with your help. Dues are fifty cents per capita for each school year. Make an effort to attend. A cordial invitation is extended to all. — Mrs. J. A. Martin, President H9 4 Dorothy is the pretty one, Christine is the one who’s shy, Raymond is the little one, A combination we mustn’t pass by. Margie is the musician. A dancer in our class we have too, She represented water at one time; Her name B.J.F. to you! Another dancer we also have, Madeline is her name, And maybe someday like Eleanor Powell, She’ll dance her way to fame. Frances Regalia is the studious one. Fay follows right behind. But I’m afraid if they don’t watch out, They’ll be the genius kind. Jean Yool is the fast talker. As she told a teacher one day. But Betty Jean Reynolds, The slow speaker says; “Someday, I will teach Jean the way.” Bobby and Florence play the accordian. While Leslie and Jerry play pranks. Donald and Leroy, Jack and James, Among good officers rank. CLdLSS Virginia is the busy one. Eileen spends her time doing French. Elmer makes up all the jokes. Walter from Alvin you couldn’t wrench. Teddy asks the questions; Carole can answer him back. Frances Fraga sits and looks, And talks to Betty Jane Franks. Grace always has a grin. Wagner uses a pencil. Pio studies very hard. Gustafson runs the stencil. Alfred is the worker. Frank is the one who plays. While Donna Jeanne collects the money. The class is the one that pays. Lorraine is the one with dimples, James Navarro is the one who draws, Esther makes out the absence slips, Never, never, with flaws. There is one other person you know, Mrs. Skimmings is her name. Who strives to set our footsteps, On the pathway of fame. — Kathleen McEvoy V-P$£RE ART WORK rt work in the Wizard this term was done by high nines under the direction of Mrs. Most. There are seven block prints cut by hand. They were made like .those of last term but represent this term’s theme which is “Hobbies”. Names ot the pupils who made these block prints appear with their respective design. The new type used on the cover of the Wizard and the title lines were procured by Mr. Marker for this book and the title on the cover was enlarged to suit the space. I’m sure that everybody will enjoy this term’s Wizard after all the time and work that the pupils have put into it. — Robert Greenwood BOYS ' ’ COUNCIL ■ he Boys’ Council has tried to give the most constructive service to Burbank. Three officers from the doys’ Student Body and a boy representative from each advisory . class in the school attended the meetings. The meetings were held twice a month on Monday, under the direction of Mr. Frick. Many matter were discussed. All subjects under discussion were for the better- ment of the school. This was very beneficial for Burbank ' s progress and it aided the re- presentative by giving him practice in parliamentary procedure. The Boys’ Council was instrumental in putting into effect the Student Talent Parade which entertained on the last day of school, and delighted the junior assembly. This term’s officers were: president, David Silva; vice-president, David Moohr; and secretary Joe Briseno. — David Silva GIRLS’ COUNCIL ■ or several years we have had Student Council meetings. A representative from each advisory in the school attended and took suggestions from his class. They discussed them with Miss McCall, the members, and officers who presided over these meetings. The officers were: president, Aileen Posepanko; vice-president, Esther Torchio; secretary, Lorraine Sena. Minutes were kept of all the meetings. They met every othe Monday. Many problems which the representatives felt concerned the school were discussed. Improve- ments making for better conditions were carried through. For example, we undertook to get a clock installed in the yard. After much discussion, we received it, and we found it a convenience for all pupils. The question of Student Body Cards also arose It was, after considerable discussion, finally decided that the price would not be on the cards hereafter. This term we communicated with seven junior high schools to learn what kind of student control was in each school. We went to Herbert Hoover Junior High School, accompanied by Dr. Standley to see how the student meetings were conducted. — Lorraine Sena LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEWS T THE beginning of each term a new group is chosen for the news staff. The literary section of this staff is composed of an editor, a sponsor, and a reporter from each advisory On Monday afternoon, these re porters under the direction of our sponsor, Mrs. Williams, meet and discuss the theme of the News to be issued the following week. They take the suggestion back to their Engl ' sh classes. Each child may write one article. The following Thursday these articles are turned into Mrs Williams. She selects the best one Some of the classes have asked to issue an entire paper. Mrs. Phelps’ English H9 class was the first class to write all the copy for “News”. Other classes which have furnished literary copy for an entire paper are, Miss Glover’s Social Studies II class, Miss Helt’s English classes, and Mrs. Williams’ L8-4 English class All of these issues have been outstanding in literary quality. These class issues have also increased the sale of the “News” greatly. We hope that the “News” will continue to improve so that every pupil in school will subscribe — Kay McEvoy NEWS” art S ome OF YOU wonder what I mean by “News” Art. Three boys drew and sten died for the Burbank News every week. We had to get the drawings very accurate, because there was a limited space on the stencils. If they were not accurate Mrs. Stewart had tc cut some of the stories or the drawings. The “News” Art editors were; Euler Finley, John Veliotes, and William Wag- ner. Euler Finley drew the small editorial pictures and the titles. John Veliotes drew the jokes and the titles. William Wagner drew whatever was needed, but he regularly did the stenciling. We usually worked a week ahead of time so we would have the News” for the next week ready on time. — William Wagner MECHANICAL WORK OF THE NEWS oom ten was the workshop of the Burbank “News” Publishers. These publishers were very busy every day in the week. They were typists, stencilers, mimeo- graphers, assemblers, and krimpers. These people made up the twenty selected members of the eighth, ninth, and tenth grades, who worked with Mrs. Stewart on the mechanical work of the “News” each week. HOW JQHH MUHR. LEHRHKD TO SWIM O ne hot summer day John Muir was told by his father that if he watched the frogs that they would give him all the lessons that he needed in swimming. His father told him to watch the frogs’ arms and legs and see how smoothly they kicked themselves along and dived and came up. John found a little basin among the rushes at the south end ol the lake, about waist-deep and a rod or two wide, shaped like a sunfish’s nest. He kicked and splashed for many a lesson faithfully trying to imitate frogs; but the smooth, comfortable sliding gait of his amphibious teachers seemed hopelessly hard to learn. One day it occurred to John to hold his breath as long as he could and let his head sink as far as it liked without paying any attention to it, and trying to swim un- der water instead of on the surface. This method was a great success ftr at the very first trial he managed to cross the basin without touching bottom, and soon learned the use of his limbs. Then, of course, swimming with his head above water soon became so easy that it seemed perfectly natural. David, his brother, tried the plan with the same success. Then they began to count the number of times that they could swim around the basin without stopping to rest, and after twenty or thirty rounds failed to tire them, they proudly thought that a little more practice would make them as amphibious as frogs. On the fourth of July, John and David rowed to their bathing pool, and went in for a swim. After a few turns in the pool, it occurred to John that it was now about time to try deep water. They were swimming through the thick growth of rushes and lilies, where it was twenty or thirty feet deep. When then reached the end of the little skiff, John raised his right hand to take hold of it. He failed to reach high enough, and of course, the weight of his arm and the stroke against the overleaning stern of the boat shoved him down, and he sank struggling, frightened, and confused. After sinking and rising, some water got into his lungs and he began to drown. Suddenly his mind seemed to clear. He remembered that he could swim under water, and making a desperate struggle toward the shore, he reached a point where, with his toes on che bottom, he got his mouth above the surface, gasped for help, and was pulled into the boat. John was very much ashamed of himself, and that night he concluded that there had been no reason for the accident. In order to punish himself, he stole away, rowed directly out to the middle of the lake, dived straight do wn thirty or forty feet, letting his feet drag, paddled straight to the surface with his hands, as his father had directed him to do. He then swam around the boat, climbed into it, and dived again, with the same success. He went down four or five times, and each time as he made the dive, shouted aloud. “Take that”! He felt that he was getting even with himself for his fear. — Jean Rennie PHOTOGRAPHY he adoption of photography as my pet hobby came about by accident. As the result of a bet, I received a camera with full instructions of iiow to take pictures. . Ostentatiously I displayed my camera as I went to snap my first picture. Care- fully taking out the instructions, I read them and carried them out as best I could. Then when I was all set, I hastily snapped my picture and anxiously awaited the results. When the film was developed, I found that the picture was blurred and un- recognizable. I did not become discouraged however, but I determined to perfect my photography by photographing every object of interest which I might happen to see. Pursuing my hobby by taking more pictures, I encountered a very wet experience. One summer while taking a trip north, I stopped by a rippling stream to take a picture of it. Very bravely I ventured out on a log to get my would-be prized possession. As I snapped my picture, I felt the sensation of losing my balance and I toppled into the water. Holding my camera above the water, I explained complacently that I had the picture anyway. I came out of the water looking like a drenched dog. My ill-fortunewas well rewarded, as the picture was superior to all the others which I had taken — Grace Wares BOATS TOR MY HOBBY O n a rainy day this winter 1 was looking through a Popular Mechanics when 1 saw plans for a duck boat. The boat was twelve feet long and three and one-half feet wide, and its weight was only ninety pounds. So I went to the basement and enlarged the plans. Then I sawed out boards for the ribs. After I had done this I began to put them together with screws. When 1 had a few together, I had to stop and goon my route. After I came home I finished screwing the ribs together. I screwed the ribs to the keel, put the strips around the bottom and top of the boat, fastened the boards across the front and back for the deck, placed boards on the bottom of the boat, and painted the whole frame work. Then came the hard job of covering the boat with canvas so it would be tight. I cut the canvas so that it would fit, tacked it on the framework, and painted it. I had to go down to the paint fac- tory, where I got paint in the back yard for nothing. The man at the paint shop wanted too much for the paint, and I woula just as soon use cheaper paint. Then I painted the canvas and it shrank so tight, that it was like a drum 1 gave the boat six coats of paint and made two paddles. Now i t was ready to sail . 1 had no way to take it down to the bay. I had to build a trailer which did not cost me a cent. When J put the boat into the water, I climbed in and began to paddle. The boat skimmed over the water like the wind. Every Saturday 1 go down to the bay and go fishing. — Robert Drake THE HISTORY QE ELHG8 O ne of my hobbies is the study of flags and their meanings. I think this hobby is extremely interesting and educational because it makes you understand the different flags, where they came from, and in what wars they were used. There is also something else which is very interesting, and that is that each flag’s color and shape tells of heroic events that happened centuries ago. It is very beautiful to see the red, white and blue flag on the top of a flag pole waving in the breeze, with the sky for a blue back ' ground and white clouds floating slowly past as if saluting the flag. A few years a go when i was attending a festival with my parents and some othei friends, the queen of the festival set off a skyrocket somewhere near noon containing a Portuguese and a United States flag. It sailed high into the air tied to a little parachute which was released and slowly floated along with the wind. At once, Henry, a friend of mine, and I star ted to run after the flags We would run a block and then stop to see whether we were running in the ri ht direction. After climbing barbwire fences and running through private property, Henry beat me and got the Portuguese flag, while some other boys tried to get the United States flag. On the way back a man wanted to give Henry twenty-five cents, but after arguing a while Henry sold the flag for thirty cents. — David Silva MY EH T HEMS HOBBY Y es, here indeed was something ‘ ' else’ for my father to build. A friend had thrust before him a magazine containing an article telling how to build a reflecting tele ' scope with an eight ' inch mirror at an expense of ten dollars. My father set to work and in a year of purely spare ' time labor had comp eted a ten-and-a-half inch telescope at an expense of twenty ' five dollars. The tubing was made of chimney pipe and the polar declination shafts were made of two rear axles of a Ford automobile. He then builtatwo ' story observatory with a revolving dome which has sliding shutters. The observatory was completed in another nine months of spare ' time work. That magazine had opened a door leading to an unlimited field of work. In another oneTourth of a year he had completed a clock-work to move the telescope This movement counteracted the rotation of the earth so that stars under observation would not pass out of the field of vision ;i.e., the telescope moved, though very slightly, along with the heavenly bodies. During a period of another three months, my father ground another better mir- ror for it and polished it This instrument was satisfactory for my father for about two years. Then, still using the first, he began another! It was twenty-two inches in diameter and eight feet long This tube was made of framework, not sheet metel. Oneand-a- half-inch strips of cold-rolled steel interlaced to form a basket-like tube. The lower two feet of the tube are net of framework, however. This part was enclosed in heavy sheet metal not bent to roundness, but in separate plates set together in an octagon shape. In the bottom of this octagon is the mirror cell wherein rests the twenty-two inch mirror. The cell is the pan of an old Dodge disk-wheel The mirror comprises two port-hole glasses between which are cemented nine-to-twelve inch glass tubes which aid circula- tion of air and regulation of heat and cold, thus preventing expansion and contraction. This mirror has been patented by the United States Patent Office, as was the grinding tool on which it was made. He is now working on a new mirror to replace the above ment ioned. It is made of a special low-expansion glass. This mirror, however, will not be made with glass tubes. The entire telescope swings through an iron fork on the upper end of the polar shaft, which rests on an iron construction. The iron construction is carried by a three-ton con- crete base. This telescope is driven by an electric motor which provides two speeds; one f or use while observing the moon (which, by the way, is not made of green cheese and has no inhabitants) and another for observing the stars. This instrument is considered the largest as weil as the mechanically-best home-made amateur telescope in the world. — Gertrude Tauchmann BUILDING MINNTUBL SPLLDBGNTS I like carving miniature speedboats and making them goby themselves with rubber- band power. I chose this hobby because I can benefit from it bv getting the practice of doing fine carving and also selling some of my good boats. Making the boats is fun j also seeing them going around the fish pond. Some of the speedboats I have built are the “Miss America”, an outboard motor-boat, and other speedboats I see in Lake Merritt. On some of my boats I put a small rubber in order to make them turn in circles. On many of the speedboats I carve out the wood which is no good or makes the boats heavier. The funniest thing that happens almost every time 1 launch a boat is that it al- ways turns around while it is going. Now, 1 have found a trick so that it won ' t turn over and over. Whenever it turns J tie two paper-clips on each side at the end of the boat. This serves two purposes. One is that it keeps the boat from capsizing. The sec- ond is that it holds che aft of the boat down, giving the boat more speed. If it is too high it doesn’t help much. Whenever 1 start making these boats I usually get clean wood that is easy to carve, two pins with the heads cut off, two small beads or buttons, and a three-blade propellor. In building the boats, I shave the form of the boat and then make it better My last carving of a boat was a speedboat similar to the “Miss America.” I have experi- mented on one o( my boats and carved it like a Spanish galleon. I think it is a worth- while hobby to build miniature speedboats because I can profit from it when 1 can carve them more exactly. — Alfred Soo FISHING HS A SPORT ven George Washington would have stretched the truth if fishing was as pop- ular in his day as it is in ours. Nowadays, especially on Sunday one can see big, little, old, and young people going after the “stripers that inhabit the San Francisco Bay. The fishermen who catch nothing after a whole day’s fishing can always fall bac ' to the old saying “you should have seen the big one that got away.” Men won’t take their wives fishing, because they say “women are poor fishermen” but most of the time it is the women that catch the most fish. A fisherman is the worst person imaginable; he wants you to get up before the sun rises because fish sometimes bite at the crack of dawn. If the fish don’t bite you will have to stay all day because they tell you that there will be a bite any minute now. When at last the sun sets they always say, “It was cloudy or the wind was too strong.” In relating the fishing when the season is over, the fish that was caught which was fif- teen pounds, will grow steadily to about thirty pounds. My advice to people that haven’t as yet gone fishing, is to stay away from it, and on Sunday night you won’t have sunburn, fish to clean, and best of all you won’t have to stretch the truth about the fish you did or didn’t catch. — Selma Blakemore CC TPj4H 77 Y eah !” is an animated version of yes. It sounds like a tire that went suddenly flat with a weak “poo”, or the razzberry from a theater audience. What really makes a good imitation of it, is someone trying to say a tongue-twister with a mouthful of mush. “Yeah!” That word! That horrible unpalatable word will haunt you until the day you die. Everywhere you go from the gutter to the highest position of society you’ll hear it. Why, you can’t even ask a man a civil question without getting it for an answer! I’ve known people, even teachers, to foam at the mouth at the echo of that ghastly word. When they wrote that song, “I Can’t Escape from You,” it was meant for “Yeah 1 ” It taunts you like being tickled on the bottom of your feet with a feather. This overworked part of speech belongs in the catalogue of words such as “uh- huh” and “um-umm” and many other famous groans, which mean something, other than a lazy groan for an answer. — Frazier Scott. SCIENCE OF OBSERVATION M y hobby is a very queer one. It is the Science of Observation. In the line of insects, the butterflies are the most interesting to study. I observed them for months during vacation. Some people think that moths and butterflies are alike, but if you study them closely, there are simple differences which will assist anyone in distinguishing them. Butterflies are usually bright-colored and have slender bodies, while the moths are in general dusky and thick-bodied. The butterflies love the sunshine, and will be seen flying about only in the daytime. I have never seen them on a cloudy day. It you notice, moths are abroad in the twilight. The most noticeable distinc- tion that I have observed is that when a butterfly alights it holds its wings erect, while a moth spreads its wings out flat. These things are learned without destroying the insect. That is the fun of observation. Plant life is another thing that I have observed. For a seed to germinate there are three conditions required : moisture, heat and air. The germination consists of three steps : emergence from the seed coat, penetration of the soil, and obta ' ning of first nourishment In our biology class we planted a bean and watched it grow. First the seed emerged from the seed coat. The hypocotyl or stem appeared next. The plant pulled itself out of the ground. When it emerged the stem had two cotyledons that looked like leaves. Here the food was stored. When the plant had used all the food in the cotyledons, it dis- carded them. A close study of plants will show that they breathe, not so actively as ani- mals, but still they do breathe in the same way and for the same purpose, namely, to liberate energy for life. Observation brings a person closer to nature, and shows how nature has made her life like ours in many ways. — Elmer Silva FHEMBS 1M BOOKS M y hobby is to read books. I cannot resist the friendliness of a good book. At any time or place, I am entranced by the contents of its pages. One may alwa vs find me curled up in some corner far away from this work-a-day world. 1 am making a collection of interesting volumes and hope some day to have a large library. It will not be for show only, but I shall read each and every book that goes upon its shelves. There is nothing so comforting as an hour spent with true friends, and indeed worthy literature is the place to find them. — Lawrence Silva MODEL AERONAUTICS he building and flying of model airplanes is my hobby, and truly it is the most fascinating ofall my activities. The pleasure and satisfaction ofhaving built with . your own hands a miniature flying craft is exceeded only by the thrill and joy of seeing your work actually leave the ground and fly without your aid, duplicating the gracefulness of its full-sized relative. The building and flying of models is more than a hobby or sport. It teaches in simple steps the fundamental principles of airplane flying and design. Model building also keeps one occupied, developing skill, ingenuity, yet pro- viding many pleasant hours of interesting work and fun I do not think there could be a better method of obtaining a proper foundation for a future in aviation than to build and observe the flights of model airplanes which have the same aerodynamics as the full- size aircraft. I think, therefore, that more than any other industry aviation depends on the youth of today. To you who have lost interest because you thought model airplanes to be uninteresting and dull, let me encourage you and try to make you more enthusiastic. There are many, many types of model airplanes in all fields and best of ah, each one is interesting. Only to the inexperienced and puzzled beginner does the model seem diffi- cult, but soon with interests high, the beginners will love it. Like all other activities, model airplanes have improved greatly. The latest de- velopment is the country-sweeping use of miniature gasoline engines to power the models. Then there is still the popular rubber-band powered model. Although the gas- oline-powered models have the endurance records of flights over five hours, the rubber- powered models are not very far behind, for flights over one hour are very common now. The main disadvantage is that the models fly out of sight into the clouds quickly; thus the timing by the judges is automatically stopped at that point. There have been ad- vances in indoor flying also, (indoor flying means that the models are built as hgnt as ic is possible, and flying is done indoors, such as in an auditorium or gymnasium) . T he latest improvement is the use of microfilm, a film like material used in covering the framework of the model, where in other cases tissue paper or silk is used. In appearance it looks like cellophane but it is many thousandths of an inch thinner and hghter In some cases it is so light that the heat of the human body standing below the model would make it rise. The hand-launched glider is also popular Flights of over half an hour have been made before they go out of sight in the skies. I have briefly told what some types of tne most popular kinds are. There are many more, but there is not room to teh of them. If you are enterprising make some of the other kinds.— Shinji Tsuchida A BOT ? S INTEREST M ost little boys instinctively turn to playing with different kinds of machines for a pleasant pastime. My brother, Scotty, was no exception. At the early age of three he was showing a great deal of interest in automobiles, airplanes or anything with wheels and a motor. My mother was far-sighted enough to realize that making a hobby of this trait might lead the way to something greater. Therefore when she went to the city she bought some kind of a little car for him. As the years passed, one could see that his hobby was developing in him. Of course, most boys don ' t need anything to encourage them in fixing machines, but even so, a hobby of this sort does not hinder. He kept building up his collection until he had a model to show for nearly every year of his life. He had everything from an old, broken down “Model T Ford to a modern coupe. The storekeepers often asked him for his collection to use in their dis- play windows when the occasion demanded. His life work is mechanics and the buying and selling of automobiles. He is about the best mechanic in town and can diagnose a case of rattles or knocks the quickest of any one present. Scotty is now twenty three years old but he still buys little cars when he sees one of the latest models in a dime store. — Loma Brant AN ODD HOBBY BOUT SEVEN or eight years ago my cousin and I had a hobby, which was collect ting spider of all colors and sizes. In a lot behind our shed there were many straw ' . berry and blackberry vines which were the home of millions of spiders. They lived in the curled ' Up leaves, which looked like tiny cases. Every time that my cousin would come over, we would climb over the fence and into the lot to hunt for spiders. We first looked for the curled ' Up leaves. When we found them we would look for s igns of life, such as a spiderweb attaching one leaf to another, or the moving of a curled leaf as a spider leg or two would come poking out from underneath. After this discovery was made, we proceeded. In one hand we each held a stick with which to pry the spider out of its abode. In the other hand we each held ajar in which to put the spider after we pried is out. Each spider had its own bottle We kept the bottles in a huge box, open at the top which had a sign on it called “The Spidery.” It wasn’t long until my cousin and I had collected hundreds of spiders. We of course had to feed them and clean their home each day We captured flies, little spiders, and many pestering insects. We put curled ' Up berry leaves, dirt, and sometimes berries into their jars. We had many scares from these spiders. Sometimes my younger cousin would come to look at the spiders, and if he were left alone with them, he would take off the lids of the bottles. When my cous ; n and 1 came to see the spiders they would be crawling around. It was worse trying to get them all back into their bottles than it was to capture them from the vines. We would sometimes have contests by putting many spiders together. They would fight to the finish, and to the conqueror we always awarded an extra fly. When I think of how I used to collect spiders as my hobby, it gives me chills, because now I certainly dread them. — Margie Gottfriedsen AM INTERESTING PERSON ntonia Brico, an orchestra leader, started a musical career to cure herself of biting her fingernails. To make her nerves calm, she began to play the piano . at the age of twelve. After studying the piano for awhile she decided to be a conductor. As she studied every day, she learned more and more. Today she leads a ninety ' two piece all-feminine symphony orchestra in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall. At the University of California, professors told her to think less of her ambition. In directing women musicians for a radio audition a year ago, she received her greatest idea. She thought, if I can play so well, why not ninety women? She picked out the out ' standing professional women musicians in America. Two months later their debut caused the worst traffic jam of the year in New York. Before a concert Miss Bnco drinks a quart of orange juice to fortify herself. She has a pal, “Mickey ”, a canary that rides on her wrist while she plays the piano. — MarieCorso SWIMMING S wimmino, as any swimming instructor wi ll repeat in your ear until you rind effec- tive means of stopping him, ' s healthful. Physicians and surgeons are constantly prescribing swimming as an aid to convalescence after various diseases. Swim- ming gives more of your muscles a workout, without straining anyone of them, than does any other form of exercise. It is a good thing to know for the sake of safety, too. Picture yourself falling off a ferry-boat, bridge, pier, dock, or wharf — not knowing how to swim. Makes you shudder even to think of it! Swimming, does not only lead to the gain of good health, but also improves and strengthens the entire system, and develops the body. There is no better normalizer than swimming. Speed swimming is not recommended for exercise and physical culture. If it is done at a moderate pace, it yields the best results Why swim? It is simply that swimming is a great deal of fun, and provides a pastime with variety, turning work into recreation. A few years ago, up at Clear Lake Park, I hid a most am is n g experience. I had a good idea of how to swim, but couldn ' t get up enough courage to go out in deep water. I was on a wharf one day, when I felt a terriffic push. My sister had shoved me into six feet of water. I tried swimming and to my surprise I actually kept afloat! That’s how I learned to swim and 1 think it is a very good method for a person who wishes to learn . It would be a good idea to know if the person knows how to swim before giving him a shove. — Esther Gustafson .4IK MINDED 2 oom! Look out for a crash! A sickening noise is heard. You most likely have guessed what it is by now. It is a model airplane on a test flight. The builder j 6 picks up the pieces and brings them home for repair. This has happened to me many times but I am still building planes. It must sound discouraging but it is part of the game. I stai ted to build models about four years ago, and I am more interested now than ever. It is a lot of fun miking models, but it takes a lot of time and patience. I have just begun to go into it in a big way. I belong to the “Internatioaal Gas Model Airplane Association”. This club was formed by “Model Airplane News”, a magazine known to most all model builders. This association is for builders who build models that are powered with small gasoline motor ' .- ■ Alfred Johnson a P o THE GREAT DOLL Jn her little wooden box, Arrayed in all her splendor, Lies a little doll. So graceful and so slender. Dressed as of long ago, Powdered wig and all, Ready to dance the minuet At the fashioivball. Lying there so peacefully, She watched the years go by. Even though she’s so very small, She’s wiser than you and I. She’s seen the early time, Even through peace and stress. Now, she’s the wonder of everyone, Who looks at her dainty dress — Miyuki Iwahashi — THE SAILOR’S STORIES “Just let me wet me lips, me lad. And Ell tell you of the sea.” That’s what Joe, the sailor. Would often say to me. He told of whaling crafts That sailed the northern sea; He told of a pirate bold, A fellow, grilled, old. Who buried stolen treasure In old deserted caves — Where crashed the thundering waves. — John Posepanko MY DREAM OF THE OCEAN I love to watch the ships come in, And dream of the places they have been, And wonder if some time I may sail Through gentle mists and ocean galey To some far off land where I may see The sights that are waiting there for me. Ted Lewis. MY KITTEN I have a little kitten, Her fur is soft as silk. When she takes my mitten, She doesn’t get her milk. She loves to play with grandma’s yarn, And scatter it about, But quickly scampers to the barn, When grandma finds it out. Sh e runs and plays with Rover, As happy as can be. If neighbor’s Tige comes over. She climbs into a tree. — Marjorie Durum THE BAY BRIDGE Through rain and fog, a brillant sight. Tall and staunch, with its yellow lights. This large suspension crosses the bay, With huge, long cables and sides of gray. On it stretches for many a mile. To Yerba Buena, a little isle. Onward to the city great. It takes its cargo of men and freight. — Josephine Titone MY MOTHER When l am lonesome, so lonesome, and blue, And need a friend, I go to you. You give me courage to start anew; The tasks 1 thought 1 couldn ' t do. When 1 am far away from home, And have to roam and roam alone, 1 think of all the things I owe to you, And wonder if you’re thinking of me too. Mother dear. I’ll promise you. I’ll try my best in all I do Yes, I am happy with a thought so fine, I’ll love you, and you ' ll love me always, Mother mine. — Agnes Fornaro WHISPERING BREEZE I can hear the wind, through the whispering trees. I can smell the flowers, w r et with the dew. As I walk alone, with the whispering breeze, I can hear it saying, “There should be two.” — Palmira lacobitti VALENTINE ' S DAY What shall I give for a valentine? Buds don’t grow when the sun doesn’t shine Flowers are nice, but are far away, Old Mr. Winter is king today. I’ll look for some flowers to give to you. Maybe not many, but just a few, All tied up in blue ribbons gay. They’ll be there on Valentine’s day. I wanted to give you something sweet. Something that was nice and neat I thought of lots of things divine, But I’ll give you this, my Valentine. — Lucille Rose MY APPLE TREE A FOOTBALL GAME I have a little apple tree. As pretty, as pretty as it can be. The fruit is red; the leaves are green. It’s the prettiest tree you’ve ever seen My daddy put up a swing for me On the bough of my little tree All day long I swing to and fro. Where the red, red apples grow and grow . — Juanita Thomas MY PET A cat have I with jet black fur, 1 really think the world of her. The other day came kittens three, And they are black, as black can be. Two with tails and one without, All this you will probably doubt, But it is true as true can be, For she is a Manx from the Irish Sea. — Juanita Thomas TEN TO NOTHING SCORE The girls of the Low Eight Threes, To all their classmates swore; That they would win the game With a ten to nothing score! The game was just beginning Our team was way ahead, But their team was confident We’ll win the game, they said. Three minutes left to play. The score was ten to none. The captains blew the whistles, The game was ours, we’d won! — Constance Steele The score was six to two The fans were cheering loud. All ol a sudden a Burbank player, Hit the ball across the yard ! The Burbank team had given up hope, And were sure that that they would lose, But they went on fighting just the same While the other team began to doze The Burbank team got in and played As they hadn’t played before, The Burbank boys won the game With a terrific score. This good team won many a game, As you did readily see. But they never had the “big-head” Over their victories. — Marjorie Beggs COLORADO, MY HOME STATE I love old Colorado, With its mountains high and green. Of its valleys and its dales. Oh! how I love to dream. I see the rushing rivers. And hear the meadow larks. And see the snow-capped mountains In its national parks. It’s noted for its sugar beets Its oil fields, and its weather; It’s noted for its railroads. And things made of rawhide leather. From Maine to California, I like to travel and roam. But best of all to me. Is Colorado, my home, sweet home — Cecil Young MY HOME THE HILLS I ' ll build my home on the prairie wide. Out where my heart is free. Way down yonder where Ell reside. That ' s the place for me. I ' ll build my home on the prairie wide. Under the sky so blue. With flowers growing at my side. I’ll always think of you. — William Stevens MY BABY SISTER I have a b by sifter That gurgles ad day on ; She lies in the sun al ' dav And never does inything wrong. She plays with her rattle And toy elephant, too; She ' s always so happy. She never feels blue. She’s learning to walk now. And does she have fun 1 She’s Mama ' s little pest. And Papa’s wonderful son. IN SEPTEMBER As I look through my window. 1 see a far-off town It brings back pleasant memories; As the leaves come drifting down. It brings back pleasant memories, Of days of long-ago. It makes my mind with rapture thrill; And sets my heart a glow. Far away to the west, I see The welcome lights of a town. I think of the days of long-ago As the leaves come drifting down — Tom Streib From my study windows, I love to sit and gaze. At the hills and meadows Sloping far off into the haze. When I gaze ar them in spring, And think how beautiful they are. With the blooming of the flowers, I ' d like to run up there, But the distance seems too far. When the hills are parched and dry, And the trees and flowers, all, From lack of water die; I think of winter’s call. All the birds fly southward. There to stay until the spring. They come back to build their nest. And they happily sing. — David Everhart — ABRAHAM LINCOLN Who was the lad so honest and true. Whose early life inspires you? Abraham Lincoln. Who was the man so brave and strong, Who tried so hard to right each wrong? Abraham Lincoln. — Doris Johnson MY DESIRE When I grow up, I want to be, Full of pep, And full of glee. I want to fly. I want to run. I want to sing, And have some fun For to be. So old and gray. Is to me. A dreary day. — Eunice Moschetti Foreman (pompously): “Do you know that I began life as a barefoot boy? Fireman: “Well, I wasn ' t born with shoes on either.” He: “Girlie did you ever travel with a trailer?” She: “Yes, 1 have a kid sister.” First Cockroach (on cracker box): “What ' s your hurry?” Second Cockroach : “Don’t you see this sign, ‘Tear along this line’.” Girl: cn t you thrilled when the taxi driver drove around the corner on two wheels?” ' ojr ' ' Sandy: ‘ You bet. The meter stopped ticking ” Attendance Officer: “Say, what does this mean? Someone just called up and said you couldn’t come to school because you were sick.” Truant Pupil: “The joke’s on him. He wasn’t supposed to call up until tomor row!” She: “Just think, a fellow gave me a penny for my thoughts today!” He: “Huh, that’s just like you. Always getting something for nothing.” — - Jolly One: “Why so gloomy, old chap?” Gloomy One: “Just heard my uncle has cut me out of his will. He’s altered it five times in the last two years.” Jolly One: “Ha! Evidently a fresh heir fiend, what?” Bovine: “That new farm hand is terribly dumb.” Equine: “How’s that?” , Bovine: “ He und some milk bottles in the grass and insisted he had found a cow s nest.” Insurance Man: “You want your office furniture insured against theft?” Manager: “Yes, all except the clock. Everybody watches that.” Aunt Laura: “Well, Fred, were you very brave at the dentist’s?” Fred: “Yes, auntie, J was.” Aunt Lura : “Then here’s that fifty cents I promised you. Now tell me, what did he do?” Fred:“ He pulled out two of Auntie’s teeth.” — Waiter: “Yes sir, omelets have gone upon account of the war.” Diner: “Great scott, are they throwing eggs at each other?” -— %• — Johnny : I bet you a dollar that I found a word misspelled in the dictionary.” Jim: “All right show it to me.” Johnny: “There it is “misspelled.” — Tommy: “It is really lucky to have a black cat follow you?” Mr. Smith: “Well, it all depends whether you are a man or a mouse.” She: “Just think, a fellow gave me a penny for my thoughts today !” He: “Huh. 1 hat’s just like you Always getting something for nothing ” Lady: “I thought you said this was a good car” Salesman; “On the level, it is madam.” A man was sitting in the concert hall when a little boy in front of him looked at his watch. “Does it fell the time?” the man asked. “No,” answered the boy. “You have to look at it.” Dentist: “Have you seen any small boys ring my doorbell and run.” Cop: “1 hey weren’t small boys, they were grown-ups.” Proud Mama; “I wish to find my son, the Honorable Fitzmaurice Fercival Clar- ence Rudolph Vande Houf.” School boy: “I 11 have him here in a minute. Hey, Smith, get Pie-Face to hurry over here at once.” Willie: “Pa, what comes after a million?” Pa: “A fortune hunter, my son.” Cal: “How big is your h ome-town, Al?” A1 : “It’s as big as New York, but it isn’t built up yet.” — Sailor: “Honey, I’ve brought something for the one I love best. Guess what?” Honey: “A box of cigars.” Sailor: “Don’t bother me. I’m writing to my girl.” Marine: “Why are you writing so slow?” Sailor: “She can’t read very fast.” — Sandy: “We celebrated our twentieth anniversary yesterday.” Angus: “Did you give your wife a present?” Sandy : “Sure I did ! I took her for a wee game o’ golf, and gave her three strokes.” - Sunday School Teacher: “Now, children what is the last thing you do before you go to bed?” Bright Girl: “Put the latch-key under the door unat for mother.” Massey: “That gal I dated last night sure had affectionate eyes.” Hardy: “What do you mean affectionate eyes?’ Massey: “I reckon they’re affectionate — they ‘looked at each other all the time I was with her.” Wrestler’s Manager: “I’m surprised that you let that sap beat you! Why he hasn’t the intelligence of a billy goat ' ” Wrestler: The heck he hasn’t ! He butted me out of the ring.” Teacher: Lot was warned to take his wife and daughter and flee out of the city. Lot and his wife and daughter got safely away.” Willie: “What happened to the flea, sir 7 ” j4XJTGG1Rj4PHS j4UTOGRj4PHS