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

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18 GARFIELD GLEANER Frank Runnels and Herbert Hughes are on the Weekly News and Pod staff. Nor has the art of music been neglected. Laura Mitch ell was awarded a season ' s ticket to the San Francisco Symphony Con- cert for the best effort and improvement in the orchestra. Many others of the Alumni have taken up work in the orchestra, band, and glee clubs. In athletics, football is predominant dur- ing this season of the year. Mike Murphy, who is the captain and star player of the Berkeley High football team, graduated from Garfield as did also his brother. Jack Murphy, who is also on the team. Bob Booth, Ralph Farnsworth, Tom Hutton, Don Kock, Fred Moffett, Donald Stevick, and George Martin have all been fighting on the gridiron this year, demonstrating the de- termination by which so many of these Gar- fieldl Alumni have forged ahead. Lorraine Drury. BOYS ' GLEE CLUB The Boys ' Glee Club was organized at the beginning of this term, with about forty boys turning out. Towards the end of the second period conflicts arose making it im- possible for the majority of the boys to make the 8:10 period, consequently the boys decided to have glee during the noon hour. The boys participated in a few of the school social activities. They contributed a group of songs for the Armistice Day pag- eant held in the gymnasium and also gave an interesting program before a P. T. A. meet- ing on the evening of December 4th. Mrs. Smith deserves great credit for the way she has developed the Glee Club. Georgia Dickie. GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB Under the leadership of Miss Bonney the girls of Garfield have started a Glee Club. The club, numbering about fifty, is composed of girls from all the classes of the school. The girls meet for rehearsal every Wednes- day and Friday mornings at 8:10. Miss Bonney has taught them many two and three-part songs. Among these is a group of Indian songs including By the Waters of Minnetonka, Fallen Leaf, and From the Land of the Sky Blue Water. The girls have memorized these selections and expect to give a concert with the assistance of the Boys ' Glee Club early in the spring term. Miss Bonney wishes to take this oppor- tunity to invite any of the girls to try out for the club early in the spring term as many of its faithful members leave Garfield at this time. Frances Bradley. THE GARFIELD ORCHESTRA The Garfield Orchestra, since changing leadership, is picking up again. Mr. Haydn our former leader, has gone to France to study music. Our new director, Mr. Schott, now has as good an orchestra as ever. The first orchestra meets every Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 8:10. Mr. Schott sometimes has the members who have hard parts or are not very far advanced, come on Friday morning at 8:10 to give them per- sonal help. With the exception of a trombone and a cornet our orchestra has the essential in- struments for an A-I orchestra. The orchestra has not given any concerts yet but are prepared to do so at any time. We played at the teachers ' meeting on De- cember 4th. We are also going to play at the Shakesperian plays. Our leader, Mr. Schott, gives us new pieces every two weeks, making our work very interesting. Norman Rush. THE GARFIELD BAND The Garfield band, like the orchestra, has changed leadership since last year. Mr. Morton, our former leader, is not the band instructor this term, although he teaches the brass-wind instruments here. Our new leader, Mr. Ingram, has turned out as good a band as Sousa himself could do with the raw material he has had to work with. The reason that Mr. Ingram has only raw material is because many of our most experienced boys graduated last term. The band meets at 8:10 until 9 twice a week in Miss Bonney ' s room. The band has just obtained a new cornetist, Moore Devin. Very few members of the band will gradu- ate this year. This gives an opportunity for a band that will uphold the standard of Gar- field next year. Norman Rush. THE JUNIOR RED CROSS COUNCIL The Junior Red Cross Council has held meetings in room 105 at the High School every month and discussed the things that have gone on in the different schools per- taining to the Red Cross. Garfield may be quite proud for Robert Dewell was elected secretary. Garfield has done very well and has shown a splendid spirit in the work for the Junior Red Cross. The boys, under the supervision of the manual training teacher, have done wonderful work in the repairing of the toys. The boys and girls of Gar- field contributed so well that we received more money than the amount we asked for this work. The shoes which were turned over have more than served their purpose. For ex- ample, Miss McLean told us of two little boys who were found on a cold, wet, rainy day and the shoes they wore were so full of holes their feet were wet. They were sent down to the High School to see what could be done for them in the line of shoes. The first little boy had no trouble in securing a pair to fit but the second little boy had quite a time. At last some were found and both boys were in shoes. They were very grateful and went away, their faces wreathed in smiles. Beth Strickland.

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GARFIELD GLEANER 17 CALENDAR OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 1923 Aug. 13 — School Opens. — Great Day! — Registration. Aug. 23 — Faculty versus Student ' s game. — Faculty wins. — Oh, boy! Hot dog sale — um! d on ' t you wish you ' d been there? Aug. 31 — Mr. Snyder ' s visit — rally in the gym. — Fun? You said it. Sept. 3 — Labor Day — Holiday — Students enjoy life! Sept. 4 — Pentathlon — Regular Greek athletes, you ' d agree! Sept. 10 — Admission Day — Holiday — Fun! Sept. 17 — The Berkeley Fire — Oh, my house! Sept. 18— Forming of Big G Society.— Were you joined? Sept. 24 — Report Cards. — Deep groans are heard! Oct. 4 — Volley ball game with Edison — Whee! Oct. 12 — Columbus Day — school dismissed early. Ain ' t it grand? Oct. 13. — Volley ball game with Willard. — Did you see it? Oct. 19— Sirkus Red Letter Day. At The Midnight Hour. I went to the Vaudeville Extraordinary to see Penrod ' s Sirkus and the Tumblers. Everybody was Silly. Oct. 20-29— Institute — Vacation.— Sweet Daddy. Oct. 23 — Latin program at Tech. High. Quam praeclarus est! Nov. 1 — Oration at High. More blue-eyed Saxon. Nov. 8 — Teachers versus Students. Teachers win. I told you so. Many more ums. Nov. 9 — Armistice program in Gym. Peppy ' s the name. Nov. 12 — Holiday — More good times. Nov. 13 — Report Cards. The thirteenth is unlucky anyway. Nov. 20 — Visiting Day. — The lessons were perfect. Nov. 29 — Thanksgving Holiday. Weren ' t you mad? Dec. 23 — Report Cards. — This isn ' t the thirteenth, but — Dec. 23 — School closes. — Then the fun began. Priscilla Ruggles, Bessie Scarf e, L-9-1-A. THE DOINGS OF THE P. T. A. The Parent Teachers Association has had three very successful meetings which tested the capacity of the Study Hall. The November meeting was especially en- joyable. Following a short business pro- gram our new refreshment committee, com- posed of Mrs. Harold Brown, Mrs. Robt. Hector, and Mrs. W. E. Elliott served re- freshments in the court. They were ably assisted by two mothers from each grade. This served as an excellent means of bring- ing together mothers and teachers. After the eats we re-assembled in the hall and Dr. V. E. Dickson, of the Research and Guidance Bureau, gave an interesting talk on the Adolescent Girl in the Home. On the afternoon of November 10th we entertained about a hundred of the mothers and teachers in the Gymnasium. The after- noon was passed playing bridge and mah jongg) There was music and refreshments were served. This netted about forty-five dollars. There are other plans afoot which we trust will make the year a very successful one for the Garfield P. T. A. Mrs. Geo. A. Brown. THE GARFIELD ALUMNI Many of the Garfield Alumni have proved themselves worthy of their former school. In various fields they have shown themselves energetic and successful. Helen Wills, who recently became Na- tional Woman Tennis Champion, is a former Garfield student. Bob Kinkhead is the yell leader of the freshman class at the University of Cali- fornia. Newell Mell and Dana Carey on the U. C. varsity football team, which won from Stanford on November 24th, were formerly Garfield students. D. C. Clinton and Ralph Hagopian, both Garfield Alumni, have opened an electrical shop on Shattuck Avenue. In all branches of High School activities Garfield has some representatives. Scott Wilson, who was active in dramatics at Gar- field, is now president of the Berkeley High Student Body. He is also president of the Forum and is taking the leading role in the Senior Play Adam and Eva. Frank Run- nels and Robert Rose are also in this play. The president of the Senior Class, Beverly Brown, graduated from Garfield as well. In the Girls ' Association, Esther Cox is treasurer, Kathleen Graham is chairman of the Improvement Committee, and Frances Warnecks is chairman of the Welfare Com- mittee. At the last initiation of the Girls ' Athletic Association Ida Koike was made a member. In the Girls ' Association play Louise Craviotto, Barbara Smith, and Far- rington Tweedy distinguished themselves. Many former Garfield students partici- pated in the vaudeville, contributing both musical and humorous skits to the program. Those in the Forum are Scott Wilson, president; Helen Damon, Nancy Hodgkin, Junior King, Mario Margutti, and Marie Verdi.

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GARFIELD GLEANER 19 THE BIG G SOCIETY Coach Kilburn of the Garfield School has organized a Big G Society, to which are eligible all boys who have won block letters for school competition. A meeting is held every week in Mrs. Gray ' s room, and every Friday the society meets in the gym to play games and discuss business. The dues are five cents a week and the money is used to buy supplies and letters for the boys. Robert Williams is the president and Turk Mc- Carthy is the secretary. Donald Dart, L-9. GARFIELD GIRL SCOUTS A troop of Girl Scouts was formed in the Garfield School about one year ago. Troop I, Poppy Troops. The Girl Scouts have just gotten a new guardian, Miss Beady who came from the East. Miss Beady is very active in the Girl Scout work. On Armistice Day the Girl Scouts led by the Boy Scouts, were in the Armistice Day parade. We marched around the University grounds and then went to the Greek Theater where Armistice Day services were held. We have had a splendid time in the Girl Scout activities and we wish there would be many more Girl Scout troops organized. Leola Dixon, Mary Richardson. HI-Y ' S Every Tuesday evening the boys of the High and Low Ninth grades of the Junior High schools meet at the Y. M. C. A. for supper and amusements. Talks are given by prominent men and athletes from the University. A pennant is given for the night, to the school that has the most stu- dents there. It is a very beneficial and help- ful organization. James Tuttle, H-9. OUR LIBRARY Books are keys to wisdom ' s treasure; Books are gates to lands of pleasure; Books are paths that upward lead; Books are friends, come let us read! During the last six months our library has grown with marvelous rapidity. We have had the library less than two years and have over 1600 books. The first of this term Miss Patton gave an interesting and instructive course of lectures to all the classes on the use of the library, care of books and how to find material in the different reference books, including the encyclopedias, dictionaries, Who ' s Who, Reader ' s Guide and many others that are in constant use by the pupils. These lectures have indeed helped the pupils of Garfield to know how to find all the valuable library material so helpful to us in our school work. One very industrious class wrote compositions on the information they received from these talks and some were very interesting. There is a book list in the library with the titles of good books for children to read. This list is consulted quite frequently for took ' reports. We have a splendid system for the use of the library. If we didn ' t have this, the library would be swamped with children. As it is, there are always plenty in it from eight in the morning until four in the after- noon, looking up reference work adn getting other material. The Garfield book plate is in all our books. This was designed by Stewart Rose, a Garfield pupil. The library has a set of stereographs known as the Keystone 600 Set with the teacher ' s guide. These pictures, which are used with the Stereoscope are a carefully selected set of scenes closely fitted to the regular course of study and make our class room work much more interesting. Miss Lowrey has given the school some splendid mounted material. We have also gifts of very nice books from Miss Fraser and Mrs. Mills, and a beautifully illustrated edition of the Courtship of Miles Standish from Miss Macgregor. A set of Standard Reference Books is a recent addition to our library. We also have a selected assortment of helpful magazines, numbering about twenty-five. And we take a daily paper. A number of pupils have shown their interest by bringing magazines and books. National Book Week was appropriately observed in every class. All pupils visited the library to see the book display, and in- teresting books lists were given us. The books looked so shiny and attractive that I want to read them all. There were beautiful illustrations from many books drawn by Jessie Wilcox Smith, which great added to the attractiveness of the room. The library is being used more and more. Every one in the school has a library card, which means that over 900 pupils are using 1600 books. A school is incomplete without a library and we pupils of Garfield should feel proud that we have such a well-equipped one, re- alizing what rapid progress it has made in so short a time. Since books are our best friends, will you not treat your friends well? Do them no injury, do not lose them and thus show your appreciation of the great value they are to you. Catherine Cathcart, L-8-II. BOOK WEEK The week of November 12-17 was cele- brated as book week. The pupils of the Gar- field school were given lists of good books, published by the public library. Miss Mac- gregor procured some lovely illustrations