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

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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.

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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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GARFIELD GLEANER 13 } EVENTS OF THE TERM j w j THE HIGH NINE PLAY William Shakespeare will return to earth and take up his abode at Garfield for one day. He will bring with him many well- known characters from his immortal plays. He will also present to the boys and girls several scenes taken from Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, and the Tempest. — Josephine Morrish, H9 GARFIELD SCHOOL BANNER Our new Banner which appeared in the Armistice Day parade is the pride of the school. Before we had a banner other schools had banners and of course we wanted one. Our colors, which are orange and white, attracted much admiration, and made us feel proud to belong to Garfield. — Frank Shay, L8. THE MINT On Friday November twenty-fourth, Mrs. Russ’ class went to San Francisco to visit the mint. There we were divided into two groups, the girls in one and the boys in the other. In the receiving room there were very large scales where they weighed the bullion. In the next room were hot furnaces where men in huge asbestos gloves poured the melted metal into moulds about the size, but twice the thickness, of a ruler. Another man with asbestos gloves threw the red hot ingots into cold water. In the next room these blocks of metal were rolled twenty-five times under one hundred tons pressure. They were stamping silver dol- lars the day we visited. After the dollar was cut from the strip of silver it was cleaned, milled, and stamped with the United States dollar stamp. It was then ready to enter the world as United States money. — Lauraine Woolman. Roy Cowden Kenneth Walker. TYPEWRITING AWARDS WON BY GARFIELD PUPILS Before the wonder typing class of 1922, awards had been won by two Garfield pupils : Bobbie Case and Roland Elrod, who had both won card-cases. Fourteen awards have been received by pupils of the High Nine class. The second highest award given to students by the Rem- ington Typewriter Company, the gold medal, has been won by two pupils in this class, William Hudson and Richard McCarthy. You can see what an honor this is by the fact that only one person attending Berkeley High has won this award. Card-cases, pre- sented also by the Remington Company, have been received by seven members of the High Nine Class, namely: William Hud- son, Emrich Gehb, Richard McCarthy, Kahn Uyeyama, Elizabeth Martin, Elsie Bull, and Marshall Horner. Bronze Medals and Certificates have been awarded to the following people: William Hudson has received an extra bar for fifty words per minute, to add to his medal, while Marshall Horner and Richard McCarthy have received medals for forty words a minute. They all have received certificates for the same speed. This is the first year in which Underwood tests have been re- ceived by Garfield pupils. All of the Underwood tests are taken for a period of fifteen minutes, while the Rem- ington tests are for ten minutes. This sounds as though the Remington tests are easier, but they are not, as a student is limited to five errors in those ten minutes and the Underwood tests are practically un- limited in the amount of errors allowed. Garfield has two quartets of fact typists. The first includes: William Hudson, who has won the gold medal for fifty-five words per minute, bronze medal for fifty, and card- case for forty-five; Richard McCarthy, who is expected to win the gold medal, has won the bronze medal for forty, and card-case for forty-five; Marshall Horner, who has won the card-case for forty-five and bronze medal for forty; and Emrich Gehb who has won the bronze medal and bar for fifty and card-case for forty-five. Kahn Uyeyama, Elizabeth Martin,, Elsie Bull, and John U’Ren rank as a second quai’tet of sneed- sters, as all but John U’Ren have won or practically won awards.