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

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GARFIELD GLEANER 15 OUR NEW GYMNASIUM Our new gymnasium was finished this term and it is the first one that Garfield School has had. Since the “Gym” has been finished it has been used for several pur- poses beside Physical Education. There was a dance given when it was first opened, for the people who donated toward it. This dance was very successful and the money that was raised went toward furnish- ing it. This dance was called the “Patrons’ Ball.” When the Garfield Annual “Sirkus” was given, the “Gym” was used for two dances that were given. One was given in the noon hour and the admission was ten cents. The music was furnished by the school and the school pupils were the only ones allowed. The dance that was given in the evening cost five times as much because it was five times as good. —James G. Cain, H8. OUR DEBATING SOCIETY When we first came into Garfield, Miss Gay told us about the debating societies she had had before we came to this school. We decided to start a society of our own. We elected officers and selected the de- baters for the coming term. Our class society meets every three weeks. We hold debates at every meeting. Miss Gay selects the debaters for each meeting. We also have two pupils who recite poems, and two pupils who give news items. The book in which the secretary keeps the minutes of the meetings was started in 1912 by a class Miss Gay had then. The debating helps us a great deal in our English. It teaches us self control and how to stand and think on our feet. — Hartley Daneke, H7. LANTERN SLIDES USED IN SCIENCE The last couple of weeks, the pupils who are in Mr. Rushforth’s science classes, have been having lantern slides to illustrate what they have been studying. So far we have had three sets of slides. The first set was about the rubber in- dustry. It showed how the rubber milk was taken from the trees, made into huge balls, dried and shipped. The second set was about birds. There were nearly fifty different kinds shown. The third set of slides was about flies. The set showed how injurious flies are, how to get rid of them, and also the several different kinds of flies. — Elvin Johnson, H7. THRIFT The High Seven class of Garfield School through the idea of “Work and Earn” has been able to get eighteen new bank accounts in our room. Altogether we have twenty- five School Savings Bank accounts. We agreed to save a nickle a week to put in the bank Tuesday mornings. We have a bank teller, Josephine Beck- with. Sometimes we have to have an assis- tant bank teller, Rose Hurley. Every Mon- day night our bank teller puts a notice on the board reminding us not to forget our money for banking. We have tried to in- fluence a few other classes to do the same way. Are you with us to make our school be the best depositor, and learn the habit of thrift? If you are, start a bank account this very day. — Josephine Beckwith, H7. ARMISTICE DAY On Armistice Day, November 11, 1922, a splendid parade was held. Among the chief attractions was Garfield’s part. It was President Garfield riding in an old fashioned carriage, with a negro coachman driving. The “float” caused much applause from the onlookers and received honorable mention. Bayard Rucker was the coachman and Elbert Smith impersonated President Garfield. — Hattie Ruth Merrill, L8. HIGH NINE SWIMMING PARTY On Saturday, September 30, some of the members of the High Nine class started with Miss Arendt and Mrs. Russ for Sutro Baths. At 9:00 a. m. we met at the Southern Pacific

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14 GAEFIELD GLEANER FIRE PREVENTION During ' Fire Prevention week a member of the Berkeley Fire Department gave the school a talk. He informed us of many ways to prevent fires and told us several stories of how many were started. One of the warnings he gave was never to wind an electric wire of any kind around the doorcase because the small copper wires will break and make small sparks, and finally the ' wrapping of the wire -will start burning and set the house on fire. He also said that we did not imagine how much damage and cost are caused by carelessness. , He told us never to turn in a false alarm because while one company is called away the other will receive a call for a real fire and. needing a machine that is on a false alarm, will be unable to put out the fire. - — William Stinson, L7. LOW NINE LABOR DAY On Friday, November 24, 1922, the Low Nine boys of Garfield held a labor day. There were four jobs that were assigned to the respective classes; planting geraniums around the gym, pulling stumps and shrubs, starting terraces for the outdoor theatre. Each division of boys had a foreman and subforeman, as follows; Bernard Becker, Sanford Williams, Morse Frasier, Arthur Boyden, Barney Gow, Charles Mulks, Bay- ard Rucker, Carlton Cherry. The jobs were accomplished to Mr. Rush- forth’s satisfaction. — Sanford Williams, L9. Bernard Becker, L9. HIGH NINE LABOR DAY The boys of the high nine were asked to build a walk from the court to the new gym. By co-operation the work was done very well. The walk is a great help to the pupils, because on rainy days the ground would be quite muddy, and the walk prevents this. After the work was over “eats” were en- joyed by the boys. The high nine girls prepared the food. A CHRISTMAS PLAY Miss Skinner’s High 8 class prepared a play entitled “Christmas at Golden Gulch.” This illustrates in an interesting manner the way in which the big hearted miners living in the small western towns spend their Christmas. Miss Vale, the teacher; five miners; Toby Dent and Mabel Curtis, the oldest boy and girl, makeup the principal characters. The play will be given in the gymnasium near the end of the School Term. — Ethel Tibbetts, H8. Frances Bradley, FI8 A VISIT TO THE HEALTH EXPOSITION Our Cooking teacher, Miss Barry, took the ninth grade cooking class to the Health Exposition in the Oakland Auditorium. As we entered we saw safe but enjoyable play- things for children. We saw two sets of white mice, one being fed on milk and the other was thin and weak because it was fed on a milkless diet. This was to show the value of milk in the diet. There was an interesting demonstration of the old fashioned bath room and the modern one. The old fashioned one showed a dirty sink, broken sewer pipes, an old wooden bath tub which was sharply con- trasted with the modern one. Good sani- tation was shown in everything demon- strated or exhibited. About three o’clock some of us went to the theatre which featured a pageant given by the Milk Fairies, Boy Scout Drills, and which had many other interesting numbers. — Geraldine Shipley, L9. THE MOTHER GOOSE BALL The Thousand Oaks Chapter of the East- ern Star, knowing of the great success of the Story Book Ball at the Garfield “Sirkus” asked the members of the cast to repeat the performance at Thousand Oaks School on Saturday, November 4th, which they did. — Rhea Radin, L9.

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16 GARFIELD GLEANER Station, and took the boat for San Francisco. Those who composed the party were: Wil- lard R.etelle, Malcolm Sharpe, Richard Me Carthy, Jack Cameron, Arthur Clapp, Harry Fraser, John Hathaway, Darrel Maxson, Nancy Surr, Evelyn Palmer, Helen Cushing, Gladys Bradshaw and Elizabeth Priestley. We spent about two hours in the tank, and then had lunch. All had fun on the beach where we then went. Later, . we looked over the Museu m at Golden Gate Park. Going through the Museum we saw all the interesting things there. Time was flying, and so as soon as the party had “finished” the museum, we boarded the car, and took the boat for home. So ended a perfect day. —Richard McCarthy, H9. GARFIELD COOKING CLASSES The cooking classes of the seventh and ninth grades under the supervision of Miss Barry have been giving some very suc- cessful luncheons this term, the guests being class teachers, mothers and friends. Just ask them for details as to the quantity and quality of the food. This means that one hundred eighty-five gii’ls have learned how to cook, to serve well balanced, nourishing and appetizing luncheons, and even to wash dishes (there’s a lot in know- ing how to do it correctly) in the very best and most economical way. When you are thinking about the ad- vantages of Garfield do not forget the cooking classes. — Helen Perry, H9. A VISIT TO THE CITY HALL All the High Eight Civics classes of Gar- field have visited the City Hall and been shown through the various departments. We first visited the Police Department and there were shown some prison records and where they are kept. A record is made of all criminals who have been imprisoned or are wanted any where in the United States. We then were shown some maps of Berk- eley, which show where all crimes, accidents and the like have happened. We were also shown the room where photographs are taken of all criminals or suspects. We saw two methods of finger prints made and also saw the “Lying” machine. The chemist being sick, we were not able to see the way in which milk is tested. Having visited the Fire Department just as a fire was re- ported, which caused the man who was ex- plaining to us to leave, we visited the Tax Collector’s office Upon leaving the Tax Office we went to the Health Department where there is a map shoving the location of all diseases in Berkeley. Then, the Coun- cil meeting having begun, we hurried quietly in to the Council Chamber. The Council acted on many matters and as a mark of gratitude for our splendid times our class invited the Mayor and the Council mem- bers to lunch at the Garfield Cafeteria, Wednesday noon, December 6th. The in- vitation was accepted. — Edward Cardwell, H8. THE FRENCH PLAY Two of Madame Matignon’s French classes gave a French play, Friday, Novem- ber 10th. Most of the characters were played by members of the High Eight class. The others were from seventh grade French classes. Quite a number of pupils attended who were not able to speak French but just went to see the play. The leading character in the play was Pierre Delsart, played very well by Ruth Waldo, HI and Margaret Palmer, H8. The part was taken by two different pupils because it was too long for one person to learn. Lissete was played exceedingly well by Evelyn Dion, H8. Others taking part were Allen Brown, Reginald King, Roseanne Larkin, Bob Wales, Dorothy Herrick, Jean Curtis, and Arthur Clapp. — Bernice Edgar, H8. THE GARFIELD “SIRKUS” About the first of October, all of the pupils of Garfield School began to get ex- cited, and all of the teachers began to pre- pare for the “worst.” Why ? Because, wasn’t the annual “Sirkus” coming off in