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

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suggestions in her note book and takes them up before her class the next day during ad- visory period Assigned committees take these also to the principal. Sometimes they are not heard of again because of various reasons. It may be that they are impossible to grant or are against the policy of the school, others may be approved and passed because they are beneficial. Girls’ (Council We are planning to give a farewell to all LlO and H9 girls who are leaving Bur- bank this term for high school. There will also be a get-acquainted meeting for all in- coming students to the school in the spring semester. We hope to further the democratic spirit in our school. The officers are: president, Chiyoko Nagata; vice-president, Helen Hanson; sec- retary, Betty Jerome; The representatives are: Norine Ferrari, Aileen Posapanko, Gladys Silva, AldeaCornetti, Virginia Geraci, Marilyn Reynolds, Ruth Bannatyne, Emma Cun- ningham, Doris Harrison, Phyllis Santos, Haroldine Strickley, Helen Avila, Edna At- kinson, Dorothy Bensley, Carol Sue Wiley, Betty Keitz, Mildred Brown, Dolores Diaz, Margaret Nelson, Marjorie Durm, Lorraine Olsen, Olga Maglio, Barbara Chandler, and Zell Corley. — Helen Hanson - GTRJL RESERVES he Seventh Grade Girl Reserves have nine members. They are: Shirley Brown, AliceGlass, Gertrude Cerwonka, Ruth Friddle, Minnie Lara, Leila Miller. Elaine Knudsen, Geraldine Wilson, and Leona Whitney. Our president is Shirley Brown vice-president, Geraldine Wilson; and secretary, Leila Miller. Miss Joy and Miss Bush are the advisors from the University of California. Every other meeting is a business meeting. We do craft-work in our meetings. — Alice Glass

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The boys sang with the girls again on open house night in an act called “Scenes of Other Lands.” The radio program over KRE was a new experience to most of the boys. After the performance they realized the amount of practicing it required to become Boys ' Glee Q lub a good radio performer. At the three performances of the Christmas pageant various members of the chorus took the parts of the three kings They were: Norman Deming, DinoCarlini, Euler Finley, David Silva, Louis Delgado, John Amaral, Leslie Moniz, and David Moohr. The work of this chorus was very interesting throughtout the semester — David Moohr WJ ZNRB COLLECTORS oney is needed to publish any magazine. The same is true of the Wizard. The collectors handle the money taken in by subscriptions to finance our Wizard. The collectors meet every Tuesday, during the ninth period, with Mrs. Shim- mings. Each advisory is represented by a collector The subscriptions are obtained from pupils and faculty members. A report on money collected, money due, and the number of sub scriptions, is made by each representative. The price of the Wizard may be paid by one depositor by installments. — Mary Yamashiro M GIRLS ' COUNCIL r ed 7T his term the Girls’ Student Council has been very active. The girl representa- tives come with many suggestions for improvements in the school especially in 1L a social way. These suggestions are brought from every advisory by a girl representative elect- by her advisory. She attends regularly every other week. Each girl copies the different

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ORCHESTRA ach term we are prepared to give a concert. This is held at Burbank or in the -j Veterans’ Memorial Building. The pieces are chosen for us by Mr. Schott and every member endeavors to do his best and play each piece according to his leader’s instructions. When the new students arrive from the various elementary schools we are going to organize a “Feature Orchestra”. This special group will play popular music for dif ' ferent school activities. Pupils with outstanding talent will be asked to play in this orchestra. The instrument players are: Violins; Betty Jane Morrow, Rudolph Castro, Lucille Treinis, Ross Rentfrow, Fern Murden, Jesse Warren, Betty Jean Reynolds, Lucy Orchestra Ann Morrow, Lupe Martinez, June Gallaher, Carmel Rilev, Betty Paget, Paul Fehr, Paul Hruska, Earl Maccross, John Klier, Diana Doyle, Ardis Eckles, and Kenneth Eck ' land. Cello; Marie Anderson, Dorothy Veliotes, and Irene Thor. Bass; Claire Frazee, Martha Matson, and Carmen Johnson. Flute; Bernice Doyle. Clarinets; Patrick Mur phy and Charles Martin. Cornet; Walter Botkins and Carl Bowden. Trombone; Eugene Kline. Saxophones; Lawrence Silva, Edward Woolev, and Warren Hanson. Drums; John Veliotes, Sheldon Iverson, and Rufus Farley. French Horn; Eugene DeSoto and Clarence Andrews. Piano; Margie Gottfriedsen and Faye Passet. THE RHHB - ins organization has gone through a drastic change on account of the shifting of the Low Seven and Low Ten pupils. However a large influx of Low and High Seven pupils are going to put new life into the band next term. It is from this group that we expect to build a large and first class Exposition Band. We will certainly