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

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20 GARFIELD GLEANER of books bv famous artists and had an ex- hibit. ' , On Friday, as many of Miss MacGregor s students as could be excused from their seventh and eight period classes met in her room at two o ' clock. There they were met by Miss Macgregor and Mrs. Smith, who marched them down to the Key Route sta- tion. . J , We caught the Key Route and arrived at our destination, Paul Elder ' s Book Shop, at about three o ' clock. There we exammed the lovely illustrations and books until four o ' clock. At four o ' clock we all found seats and the talk began. Mr. Elder gave us a short but interesting lecture on how pictures are printed. Pen and ink drawings are photo- graphed through a fine screen, giving one a great manv little dots. In some mysterious manner the dots are much closer together where the picture is black. Colored drawmgs are done by what is called the Three-Color Process. After Mr. Elder ' s lecture he pulled down a screen and showed us two enjoyable mo- tion pictures. The first was called Mov- ing Water. It showed water in all its forms, clouds, fogs, rain, steam and falls. The pictures were very beautiful and life- like. The second picture was a cartoon, Why Noah Put the Cat Out. As its name im- plies it was uproariously funny and I think that some of us liked it better than the first picture. That was the end of the program, and we came home laden Vv-ith pamphlets. We all enjoyed the program immensely and wished that we could take away all the pictures. Strangely enough, we believed it more worthwhile than our school work! Mary Frances Thelen, L-9. A REAL LIVE SHOW Miss Lowrev ' s class of L-T-L had an Oriental booth at the Garfield Sirkus. They gave a snake show, with real live snakes. Fillus, the charmer, had a great many varieties of snakes, even to a large constrictor, that came from Australia. The booth attracted much attention and made forty dollars. Janet Rowley, L-T-L. INSPIRAZIONE The statute of Inspirazione was bought during the Panama Pacific Exposition at San Francisco from the Italian representa- tive. The school used the money secured through an entertainment to buy this bit of statuary for the old Garfield, which was situated at Rose and Shattuck. A great rivalry grew up among the classes as to who was to have Inspirazione in the class room as a reward for having the largest number of pupils on the Honor Roll. This rivalry is now apparent in the new Garfield School where, during the term, this beauti- ful bit of statuary has been the boasted pos- session of many rooms. Roger Miller L-9. MYTH BOOKS This year ' s myth books are a beautiful sight. They represent hours of work by students of the High 9 classes. And cer- tainly their work is not in vain for it de- velops their artistic and literary spirit. It impresses the knowledge of these ancient myths as well as gives to each pupil an op- portunity to exhibit his handiwork and thus gives pleasure to others. John Sturges, H-9. THRIFT Many splendid Thrift Plays were written this term at Garfield. Each advisor se- lected the best one written in her section and gave it to a committee of teachers. The teachers selected the best three from the twenty-seven submitted. These three were sent to an outside committee of which Mr. Hollis Thompson, Y. M. C. A., is chairman. They were judged with three from the other Junior High Schools. The plays selected were written by Ruth Waldo, Ninth Grade; Dorothy Gay, Eighth Grade, and Winifred McGill, Seventh Grade. Honorable mention was given to Margaret Thunen of the H-7 grade. The first prize for 9th grade was was by Ruth Waldo of Garfield, first prize in the 8th grade by Dorothy Gay of Garfield and the first prize in the 7th grade went to Willard School. BANKING IN OUR SCHOOL Since January, 1923, banking in Garfield School has increased 9 per cent and 275 new accounts have been opened. It stands highest of all the Berkeley Schools in total deposits, with Willard a close second. There are many thrifty sons and daugh- ters of Garfield bringing their earnings and sa ings to the banking department every Tuesday. Over S85 which earns 4 per cent interest payable on January 1 and July 1 of each year is usually deposited. Over 82 per cent of the students have sav- ings accounts which last year amounted to $3,282.81. Ernest Benning, L-8-I. THE AUDITORIUM Our Auditorium is being built. The Auditorium we have prayed for, hoped for, and most of all, waited for. Day by day I have watched it grow and day by day it has grov,-n in size, in grace, in beauty and in promise. I counted each board as it went on and now I count them as they come off. I can barely wait for the time to come when I -ill at last sit within those walls and know that my dream has come true. Perhaps I am lea-vnng Garfield but I will always think of Garfield and her Auditorium and wonder if the other boys and girls will ever enjoy anything half as much as I did the building of the Auditorium. Merle Smith, H-9-II.

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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

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GARFIELD GLEANER 21 OUR WORK FOR THE FIRE VICTIMS An item I think should interest every one, is the work of Mrs. Brennan ' s sewing classes on garments for victims of the fire. Mrs. Brennan who had charge of buying the cloth, made a very economical purchase of the material, which after cut and com- pleted produced about twenty-five garments at a little over fifty cents per garment, which was considerably less than they could be purchased for. As every one was anxious to do her part, through the kind assistance of Mrs. Bren- nan and the effort of the pupils, these gar- ments were completed in about two weeks. The garments that were made were: boy ' s shirts and blouses, under clothes, night gowns and pajamas. Eleanor Hovey H-9. AWARDS WON BY GARFIELD PUPILS IN TYPEWRITING The Remington Typewriter Company is- sues a Primary Certificate to each student in typewriting who takes the regular monthly tests, writing for ten consecutive minutes, with a net speed of twenty-five or more words per minute. Not more than five errors are allowed, and for each error, ten words are deducted from the total numbei written. No test is counted, except in the first trial. There are various regulations and requirements which have to be met by each pupil. Remington Certificates have been won by Alice Clark, Kenneth Conway, Ernest Ranft, Elmer Rinne, Philip Solomon, Billy Jackson, James Kavanagh, Andrew Stewart, Ruth Stott, Edwin Van de Mark, Stanly Walburg, Ethel Zimmerman, Velma Berry, Peter De- chant, Florence Lambert, Virginia Moles Allen Reynolds, Vera Thomsen, Sherwood Wirt. The net words per minute for these Certificates range from 25 to 48. Remington Card Cases (which are issued for writing forty or more net words per minute in a ten-minute test) have been won by Kenneth Conway and Philip Solomon. Underwood Certficates (the requirement for which is thirty or more net words per minute in a fifteen-minute test) have been received by Kenneth Conway, Philip Solo- mon, Edwin Van de Mark, Billy Jackson and Andrew Stewart. LATIN PROGRAM GIVEN AT OAKLAND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL Miss Grover ' s Latin classes were given special honor when they received an invita- tion from the State Teacher ' s Association at the Oakland Technical High School to give a program on Tuesday, October 23, 1923. Latin teachers were present from all parts of California. A few of the selections they gave in Latin were the Twenty-third Psalm, Onward Christian Soldiers, Sweet and Low, Swanee River, Chorus of Jingle Bells and America. Mary Isabel Belford L-9. THE LOW SEVENTH DEBATE On Tuesday, October 16th, the Low Seventh classes gathered together in the study hall to listen to a debate on Frank Stockton ' s The Lady or the Tiger. The question was Resolved! That the Lady and not the Tiger came out of the door. One person from each room was chosen for the affirmative and the same for the nega- tive making a total of five on each side. Frederick Glover acted as chairman. After the last speaker on each side had spoken the judges, Mr. Hennessey, Miss Lowrey and Mrs. Penfield decided two to one in favor of the negative. The judges thought the debaters had spoken very well. The debate was under the supervision of Miss Patton. Cecyl Rathbone Low 7-L. GRADUATION EXERCISES OF JUNE, 1923 There was an interesting program at the graduation exercises of the High Eighth and High Ninth classes of June, 1923. The most interesting were the speakers. Milan Dempster, a young man who had graduated from college with honors and was going to work his way, on a steamer, to New York, spoke. Lemuel Sanderson, another speaker, had studied law, had been a yell leader, and is now city attorney. Scott Wil- son, a high school boy had taken first prize in a Shakespearian contest and recited his lines. Rhea Boynton, a noted classical dancer, and Helen Wills, the present holder of the women ' s tennis championship, gave us short talks. Daniel Herb sang a solo and a division of the High Eighth recited an oration en- titled Toussaint L ' ouverture. Then the High Eighth received their diplomas, and the High Ninth their G ' s. Henry Whaley H-9. THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN On the tenth day of last September, I had the opportunity of viewing, for the first time in my life, a partial eclipse, which was caused by the passing of the moon between the earth and the sun. The eclipse started about 11:55 a. m. and as we had smoked several pieces of glass we were well prepared for the occasion. For the first two or three minutes we saw no change in the sun. However, gradually it began to lose its former shape and to assume the shape of first, a three-quarter moon, then a half-moon and finally a quar- ter moon. We had been so absorbed in the sight that we had not noticed the growing darkness and chill air about us. In fact, our neighbor ' s chickens had a faint idea that it was roosting time and had not the sun gradually come once more into plain sight I am sure they would have been peacefully resting for the night. I am certain that I have never seen any- thing quite so interesting as this eclipse. Louise Atkins, H-9.