Garfield Junior High School - Gleaner Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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GARFIELD GLEANER 10 Perhaps one might get the impression from this article that we are in school merely for pleasure ' s sake, bur on the con- trary, we have our several scholars to bring us down to earth and the serious question of education, which unites the scholars and the athletes by a firm bond of goodwill. What have I done now? Painted us as an angelic class, unable to get the neces- sary enjoyment out of life? That was not my intention, for we would go a long way to get clean fun, fun that even our ancient grandmothers would have us indulge in. This article may give you food for thought, as some of you may imagine us as a rough class, some as an angelic class, but after all. why can ' t all of us use our imaginations which have been so gener- ously bestowed upon us. to picture us as the model class which we aim to be? Xext fall we shall bid good-bye to our hotel-home and go to a fine, large room in the new building. HIGH SEVENTH III. (Miss Mossman ' s Class) There are thirty-four of us A-7th boys. We ' ve tried hard this term to bring up our records. There were three times as many of us on the honor roll the second period as there were the first period, and the class average was higher. Our room has many good baseball play- ers. We have a ' ' home run king, a fly catcher and a bat breaker. These did a lot in winning our three out of six inter- school games. About a month ago we had a great time at our class picnic — two big. roaring bonfires — roasted potatoes, hot dogs and marshmallows. besides cake, cookies, taf fy and chocolate fudge — then games, box- ing and races. Xext term as B-8 boys we ' ll do just as well at picnics, baseball and basketball, too; and a lot better in our studies, for we ' ve made a arood start in that direction. A-7-IH ' s. HIGH SEVENTH IV. (Mrs. Turner ' s Class) Our Migrating Class. To the Xorth. South, East and West our class is scattered. Our very teacher comes from France, and a good per cent of our present pupils come from different states or even countries. Edward Grand has gone to Mexico: Edward Riddle to Los Angeles. Brantley McCullagh to Ohio, George Martin to Massachusetts, while Elizabeth Ward is going to Canada and Washington. D. C. even. I am going to Boston and back to England after a time. Ruth Palmer came from England a few years ago. and I came from England a few months ago. We are all more or less like ships that pass in the night, meeting for a time and then going on again. We may be accounted a troublesome class, but per- haps why we can ' t be better is that the wander-spirit is so rampant among us that we cannot settle down to steady work very easily. At any rate, though we go to the Xorth. South, East or West, we ' ll never forget Garfield School. Mavis Smith. LOW SEVENTH I. (Miss Skinner ' s Class) From many schools our scholars come, To be welded at Garfield together as one. We do our best to make Garfield the best school in Berkeley. These are some of the things we are doing: About two months ago we started writ- ing plays. The best one is to be played. We decided Rhea Radin ' s is the best. The title is The Two Birthdays. The girls in our room have organized a baseball team which has lost but one game out of five. Julia Scheibner. one of our girls, has noted the interesting collection we have in our class: Class Grass. Margaret Reid. Class Tree. Margaret Palm-er. Class Bird, Roseanne Lark-in. Class Vehicle, Patricia Carr. Class Delicacy. Olive Anderson. Class Book. Ramona Kercher. Class Sweet. James Cain. Class Hall. Marie Hall. Class Coin. Eloise Nichols. Class Animal. Rose Wolf. Class Berry. John Logan. Class President. Beresford Harding. Class Churchman, Charles Sexton. We were very proud of Renee Fourres from our class in the French play, Sleep- ing Beauty. She learned her part for the king in one week. We are all very anxious to move into our new school. This poem, written by Mabel Everding, one of our members, will show how hard we intend to work in the new Garfield school: On Rose and Grant a building stands, Xot yet complete, ' tis true. But next fall it will be ready. To hold each one of you. We ' ve suffered overcrowding here, In many, many ways: Yet we ' ve had some splendid times And happy, jolly days. Within these rooms we ' ve learned much, And I ' m sure you ' ll agree. That you will leave a tender thought Behind, as well as me. But the new school waits, so let us then, With strong determination. Plan to enter through its gates. With brightest aspirations. Olive Anderson.

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12 GARFIELD GLEAXER LOW SEVENTH II. (Miss Abbay ' s Class) OUR MANSION Perhaps you may have seen our man- sion some day as you -were on your way to the numerous and sundry buildings of the school, and admired its individual architecture, but for the sake of those who have not, I will try to describe it and its luxurious interior. Advancing upon its bulk, on the left side it appears to be an incense factor} ' , from the volume of smoke pouring out of the doors, windows and small crevices, or perhaps some casual visitor coming sud- denly upon it. would in fright run to the nearest fire station and turn in an alarm. You. my dear readers, must know the real truth: it is only our patented oil heater warming up. A front view of the home proves our real originality for (excuse me if I boast) we have the only building with a garden. Allow me to boast further. When you reach the top steps (you are lucky if you do) you behold our door which contains a pane of colored glass that is a work of art. Beneath it is an old fashioned door bell. According to rule you should ring it to gain admission, but in our home, ber ing original, you open the door without further ado and walk in. Once inside you are confronted by a hallway and on the door to the left is a little French girl who bows enticingly. Following instinct you walk in, being quiet lest you disturb the peaceful inhabitants. You glance around the room, noting with interest the works of art upon the walls and the frescoed ceiling. The venti- lating system is unique, one pane of glass being removed by sudden contact with a stray baseball. Allowing your gaze to wander from the wonders of this interesting interior, you confront no less than Miss Abbay ' s bril- liant class of 7-B girls. Sitting in the last seat of the last row to the left is Frances Bradley, our efficient president. Across the aish? is our far-famed secretary, Gladys Brown, and her great friend, our trust- worthy treasurer. Eleanor Hovey r . Next you see. as your eyes rove around the class, our great helper. Honor Brown, the vice president, who always lives up to her name and the class motto. To thine own self be true and it must follow as the night but the day. thou canst not then be false to any man. Honor is not the only person of the class to live up to our mot- to, for though we sometimes fail, we will always strive to live up to our motto and the ideals of Garfield school. Genevieve Lynch. LOW SEVENTH III. (Miss White ' s Class) On January 17. 1921. the thirty-two members of the B Seven Three class arrived at Garfield from nine different grammar schools. Annex 5, otherwise known as The Grocery Store, on Vine Street, has been our class room, in spite of which fact we have not failed to have an active part in all the activities of the school. Both boys and girls represent us in baseball, track, swimming and rowing, while Marian Thomas, in the orchestra, and Henry Whaley and others in the Glee Club have brought us right to the front in musical affairs. As class officers, James Tuttle. president. John Pugh. secretary, and George Planz, treasurer, have proved very capable. All of us are trying to live up to our class motto. Save. Serve, Succeed. ' Class Secretary. LOW SEVENTH IV. (Mrs. Kellogg ' s Class) THE ROTARY CLUB DINNER. Since we sit in the cooking-room it seems appropriate that we write about eating. William Chase was chosen from our advisory of seventeen boys to attend the Rotary Club dinner. His report was some- what as follows: We got down there (to the Whitecot- ton) at about 12.00. Each Rotary man was to take a boy in. The man who took me in was called Charlie. He has a posi- tion in one of the banks. The dinner was very good. We had first an asparagus salad, then string beans, fried potatoes and meat. For dessert there was a slice of ice cream with raisins and pieces of maraschino cherries, and a big strawberry right in the middle. In the center of one of the tables was a large keg labeled K. E. G. Those sitting at the table were a committe and the K. E. G was their secret sign. The one who guessed it won a prize. The prize was the keg. The correct answer was Keep ' Er Goin ' . Besides all this there were several speeches, one of which was about power available in some of the nearby streams. Mr. Herbert Jones made a very fine address, which we boys appreciated very much. GARFIELD ' S BASEBALL TEAM. It is not necessry to go out and con- quer everything in order to accomplish something worth while. Our baseball team, composed of all new players except one, won the last three of the six games played with the Willard. Burbank and Edison. We tied with Edison for second place. That is a good record, considering that we had to go clear across the city to play our games. The players were full of pep and good spirit and played their very best throughout the schedule.