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

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GARFIELD GLEANER 11 while the men accomplished much manual work. One day we behel d in the distance a beautiful land and gradually the Great Tide of Victory swept us safely upon the land of Wisdom and Success. — Gladys Brown, H8. CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS Once more the Christmas time is near, And joyful thoughts to us ’twill bring Of blessings crowned with season’s cheer Again sweet carols we will sing. In sunny lands or wintry climes The Christmas story will be told, And children waked by midnight chimes Will seek the star as kings of old. — Roseanne Larkin, H8. A TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO In English we are studying “The Al- hambra” by Washington Irving. We are especially interested in the architecture de- scribed in the book, as much the same style is used in California. Miss Gay showed us some pictures of the Alhambra, sent to her by a former Garfield student who studied the same sub- ject. These only increased our enthusiasm to see this beautiful edifice in Granada. One day Miss Gay told us that there were some casts of the Alhambra in the museum at Golden Gate Park. We were all very anxious to see them as we knew there v as small chance of us all visiting Spain. Our wish was soon granted and on November 17th the Low 8-2 class spent the afternoon in San Francisco. We were very well pleased with the models and spent more than class time studying the beauty of these casts and at- tempting to draw them. We found that the more we gazed at the intricate patterns and delicate designs, the more we marveled at the thought that they had outlived cen- turies. We then made a hurried round of the other rooms, wishng we had more time to spend in each place. To get a more thorough idea of the marvels of the Park, we visited the Natural Science Museum. It took very little to imagine we were on mountains, plains, rock- bound sea coasts or any other place where beauty abounds, so real were the stuffed animals and settings. We could not stay long however so at about four o’clock (by the sun-dial in the Park) we boarded the street car. After a delightful trip across the Bay, we reached home at sunset and each one pronounced that time to be the “end of a perfect day.” — Jean Pederson L8. THE FRENCH TWINS On June second, nineteen hundred twenty- two, the ship “San Jose” let down her anchor at Ellis Island. She had many immigrants on board, among whom were Jean and Pierre Moyne who had come from France. “I’ll be glad when we get settled and mama and papa and sister come over,” said Jean. “So will I,” said Pierre. “Why what’s that?” exclaimed Pierre. “It is the Statue of Liberty,” said an officer who had heard the exclamation. “Will it be hard for us to gain admit- tance?” asked Jean who was anxious to see the world. “Well,” said the officer, “I don’t know — for some it’s easy and for others, hard. Can you read and write in English?” “Oh yes,” said Jean. “Also,” continued the officer, “you must prove that you are not an idiot, lunatic or convict.” “We can do that too,” said Jean, “is that all?” “No,” said the officer, “for you must be examined by a doctor to see if you have a contagious or loathsome disease.” “Why do they do things like this?” asked Pierre. “To protect the country. By nineteen hundred ten,” continued the officer “so many people had come into the country that there was hardly any room, so now only three per cent of those that came in nineteen hundred ten can come in one year. Japanese and Chinese are also excluded, but good- bye now for it’s your turn to be .examined.” “Good-bye,” answered the twins.

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10 GARFIELD GLEANER in its cage and close the door. He would then hold the food in front of Polly and say, “Will you have it now, or when I give it to you ? ” Of course Polly would have to wait, sometimes even for hours, while Bill teased her. One day it became Polly’s turn to tease Billy. He was to go to his grandmother’s farm for a Christmas dinner. He got up very early Christmas morning, and found a beautiful gold watch and a number of other things on a chair near his bed. He was wonderfully pleased with his new watch, for there was nothing in the world he had wanted so much as a gold watch. Polly had noticed that Billy was wonderfully pleased with his watch, and as she was out of her cage, she thought that this would be a good chance to get even with him. Billy had laid his watch on the bureau while he was dr essing. Suddenly he looked up and found that his watch was gone! A number of thoughts ran through his head as to who had taken his watch, and he had suspected everyone but the right one. Polly made a noise which had attracted his atten- tion. Looking up he saw her perched upon the electric light shade. “Come down,” yelled Billy, “and give me my watch!” “Will you have it now, or when I give it to you?” asked Polly. She teased him for about one hour. Finally he got a broom and went after her. Polly threw his watch on the floor and flew out of the window as soon as possible. Billy’s heart was broken. Polly had broken his watch and caused him to miss his train, therefore his whole Christmas was spoiled. I think it served him right, don’t you ? — Edith Hebard, H8. HIGHER EDUCATION S aid Johnny: “I’m going to be a rancher, And I don’t need any brains. I’ll just go through the high school, And dust it for the plains.” But Johnny got a letter, From a rancher friend of his It said, “Johnny, don’t be foolish, You need more brains for ranching, Than for any other work. So don’t you stop at high school, Or even think to shirk.” So Johnny went to college, To see what he could do, And Johnny’s now a rancher, That the states all look up to. - — Alan Finlay, L8. G is for Good and Greatness as well, A is Ambition, our Ardor to swell, R stands for Right — this truth we uphold, F is for Faithfulness, better than gold, I is Intent on the goal we would reach, E Education, alertness to teach, L is for “Loyal,” to teacher and friend, D is our Duty, well done to the end. — Bessie Stewart Mathews, H8. A JOURNEY An Allegory of the H8 Class History My friends and I had lived in the Land of Ignorance, when the good ship Garfield picked us up and we drifted through the Sea of Progress, slowly but surely. Our aim was to reach the land of Wisdom and Success. As we went along, the Sea of Progress becoming rocky and uncertain, one of our number was washed overboard and lost, near Port Failure. We were sorry for the poor fellow, but the captain and his officers had helped all they could. One calm and beautiful day our ship stop- ped at the port of Good Work, so that three of our most intelligent could board the train of Advancement, which leads through a higher pass in the Mount of Knowledge. As our ship left the port of Good Work we came upon a Mathematical Shoal, a Channel of Orations and in the distance sighted a Lighthouse of Government. Some of our number were interested in the Latin peninsula, while others saw more beauty in the Point of France. Following in our wake came the Sea Gulls of Science while the typing waves beat on our vessel’s side. The musical winds sang through the sails and we had many a physical frolic while on deck. It took three gloomy weeks to round the capes, Silence and Discipline, before we saw the glistening sands of Whis-per-ing Beach. On the journey, the women prepared gar- ments of white to wear upon their landing,

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SIcC ullagh , Photo GOOD CITIZENSHIP COMMITTEE Pearl Wood, Reginald Gordon, Mr. Hennessey, William Hudson, Mason Stevick, Jack Gardener, Anita Rhodes, Billy Jackson, Moore Devin, Eldredge Farnsworth, Walter Bernard, Janet Rutherford. Renard Farrar, Donald Monro. .Mien King, Ruth Cawthorne, Benny Boynton, Kenneth Mills, Roseanne Larkin, Alfred Linczer, Olga Linczer, Jean Carson. GOOD CITIZENSHIP COMMITTEE This is the first Citizenship Committee Garfield has ever had, and it is composed entirely of the students’ representatives, under the supervision of Mr. Hennessey. The reason for the organization of the Citizenship Committee is to develop the right spirit toward the school and toward the teachers. Representatives from each advisory sec- tion form the general committee and a larger committee is divided into three smaller groups, each group having separate duties. The first two groups are to see that the grounds and buildings are kept in good condition by the pupils. The third is to help the teachers in maintaining the right attitude of the pupils in school and toward the school. Reginald Gordon, L9. The Good Citizenship Committee is a fine organization! And we, the pupils of Gar- field, should help our class representatives by doing the things we are asked to, so they can make only good reports on our conduct. If we don’t, they will have to make strict disagreeable rules. Let’s show them we can respect the privilege of being allowed to whisper in the halls, as it wouldn’t be very agreeable if we had to go back to the rule of not talking. Let our slogan be “Help the Good Citizenship Com- mittee all we can!” Phyllis Hurd, L8-1.