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

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GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION Treasure Island’s Recreation Cen ' ter has provided typical Western hos ' pitality for children and parents vis ' iting the Fair. Around a huge Recre ' ation Building is grouped a spacious playground, a model play yard, an open-air fireplace, and garden plots to be planted and cared for by chib dren . Other attractive facilities include a Young People’s Theater for plays and puppet shows, a children’s library and studyroom, workrooms for demon ' strating and teaching craft, and a chib dren’s cafe with health food menus . Many attractions never before shown in an exposition amusement zone are scheduled for the San Fran ' cisco Fair’s Gayway. A great rocket ship, giving its 250 passengers a thrilb ing “Trip to Mars”; a giant Aerial Crane, swinging its visitor ' filled cages fourteen stories above Treasure Island for a panoramic view of the Fair and San Francisco Bay; a Cy ' clone coaster on its first showing in America; and a deep sea diving bell for young and old are among the fea ' tures now being enjoyed by Fair vis ' itors. — Elizabeth Richardson, H8 TREASURE ISLAND T for T reasure afloat in the Bay, R for R ecreation in the Gay way, E for E legance of its creation, A for A rchitecture from all nations. S for S cience of things to find out, U for U nique without any doubt. R for R emembrance as we get old, E for E xhibits in numbers untold. I for I sland all made of sand, S for S plendor of the land, L for L ivestock, sheep and cows, A fcr A griculture with their plows, N for N ations whose flags unfurl, D for D esigns that set you awhirl. — Robert Poage, H7 PAGEANT OF THE PACIFIC 1 he Pageant of the Pacific deals with the glamor of the Western World It represents the unique color and charm of the nations on the Pacific, the fine culture of the Or ' ient, the primitive ways and beauty of the South Seas, the flame of Latin A ' merica, and the splendor of the West ' ern States. Instead of looking into the future and the progress we have made in machinery we will dwell on the sub- ject of the Old West. Our Fair intends to give the people what they want and I’m sure it will succeed. — Norma Bellman, Elaine Ornberg, H8 TIME MARCHES ON On Saturday January 14, 1939, the shiny orange and silver streamliners roared across San Francisco Bay and into the Union Terminal at First and Mission Street in San Francisco. The new Trahs ' Bay Rail Service was ofiE ' cially opened by two specials and the Sacramento Northern Limited At 10:30 A. M., they took off at Twen ' ty ' second and Broadway. They coast ' ed off the biidge and slid to a stop in the new terminal at 11:15. The pas ' sengers of the first trains were offi ' cials, business leaders, their wives and children. These trains will take the place of the old ferry boats. A little steamer, the Kangaroo in 1850, was one of the first to carry pas- sengers and freight across the Bay. It was scheduled to make two trips a week, if the weather permitted. The fares were, one dollar per person, one dollar per head of hogs, three dollars per horse, three dollars per wagon, three dollars per head of cattle and five dollars per two ' horse wagon. By 1853, there were many crafts which carried on inter ' city trade. Time marched on, and in 1939 the old ferryboats were replaced by the new electrical trains. — Mildred Gee, H8