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

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THE MERRY JUNIORS TT he Merry Juniors is a club which every girl should join. She would learn things as well as have a lot of fun. This is the junior high ' school branch of the Girl . Reserves. The group meets every Tuesday during the ninth period. The girls work on crafts, sing songs, and give parties, Mrs. Barthold, the director, brought some wood and cut out their initials, making broaches. Membership in the Merry Juniors is not e pensive. The dues are twentydive cents per term. When you join a club like this, there must be cooperation. This fosters good fellowship. Mrs. Barthold is a new Girls Reserve Director. She asks us what we would like to do and helps us in what we choose. She asks certain people to the school to speak to us, and she also leads our singing. We all enjoy our club meetings and find them full of interest. We learn things which we will need to know as we grow older. Officers are elected at the beginning of each new term. Dorothea Jones is our president this term. — Rosetta Thorne and Louise Roberts GIRLS’ .4CT1VJTJLS W e moan and groan when winter comes because we think we have to stay indoors, but there are many winter sports such as ice skating and roller skating that we can enjoy. Can’t you feel that exciting beat of your heart, as you play volley ball, football, and soccer. If you don’t think you play well enough, there is always some kind and helpful person willing to show you the things you don’t know. Girls shouldn’t be bashful, or reluctant to play in the winter sports, because we have them for all to participate. We plan to have a girls’ club after school. Just think girls, of the places we can go! We can go ice skating, roller skating, wiener roasting and to any interesting place we choose. Of course I know what some of you are worrying about! You do not know how to ice skate. After all what’s a few falls, and hard knocks among friends? We invite you to join our club. We cannot forget dancing, when most of the girls practically run to the gym ' nasium when they hear the unmistakable rythm of music. If you want more triends you can easily meet them in your Learn to Dance Class. After all, aren’t the Learn to Dance Class and winter sports progam formed to pave the way to new friends Don t moan and say you haven’t any f riends, because you are provided with opportunities in which to meet them and enjoy yourself. — Norine Farrari

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JUNIOR RED CROSS he American Junior Red Cross is an auxiliary to the American Senior Red Cross. Each school has a representative in the Berkeley Junior Red Cross Council. Each month the co uncil has a meeting. At these meetings the affairs of the Junior Red Cross are discussed. The president of the council is also the president of the Berkeley High School Boys ' Association and the secratary is a delegate, from one of the junior high schools This office is rotated every term. The vice-president is the president of the Berkeley High School Girls ' Association. Each fall term the Junior Red Cross has its annual membership drive. You will all remember that sometime in October there were notices in the bulletin about the drive reminding you to bring your pennies. Some of the many other activities are pro- viding birthday cards for the veterans at Livermore and Mare Island, the filling of Christmas boxes for the children of Guam, the donation of food at Thanksgiving and Christmas time for needy families, and the making of garments by our own sewing classes. The sewing classes worked very hard in order to finish all the garments before our Christ- mas vacation. Burbank entertained the children of the Berkeley Day Nursery at its an- nual Christmas Party. At this party there was a Christmas tree, and Santa Claus, and plenty of presents for all the children. The toys were made in Burbank’s own shop. This year the Senior Red Cross called for speakers to help the membership drive. Three of our students spoke at different social meetings. They were : Granuccia Amadei, Warren Freihofer. and Albert Hardie. The value and joy of doing for others is what Jesus meant when he said these words “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” — Alice Chapman JUNIOR HIGHLY kHE Junior High-Y strives to maintain and advance the religious, educational, and physical standards of the American youth. These lofty ideals are reached only by our able leaders expending patient labor-filled efforts. The Burbank Junior High Y under the watchful direction of Mr. Frick meets every Thursday at the Berkeley Y. M. C. A. For thirty minutes we enjoy the complete facilities of the game room. The boys then proceed to play as strenuous game of volley- ball. After this we go into the swimming pool, and have a wonderful swim for the re- mainder of the meeting. The present membership of the Junior High-Y consists of thirty boys. The influ- ence of the Y is thoroughly felt throughout the school and the waiting list is filed to overflowing. We hope the new boys entering Burbank will undertake the cooperative spirit of the organization and maintain the high standards of the Y. — Eugene Taylor

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WIZARD EDITORS ■ he English teachers selected a pupil with ability in writing from each advisory in the school so that each class would be represented on the Wizard Staff. These punils had the responsibility of planning the Wizard. Many inter ' esting ideas were discussed and considered. There was an overwhelming request for more pictures. So the staff planned to have more photographs in the book. A central theme for the Wizard was considered, but owing to the fact that the Wizards of past years had a theme for each publication, it was thought advisable not to follow that policy this term. Our weekly meetings were of interest to all of us. The contact with children from other classes was stimulating. The active participation of all helped us to build the book — Florence lpsen Library Staff