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

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22 GARFIELD GLEANER A VISIT TO THE PACIFIC SLOPE DAIRY SHOW On November the second in the afternoon all the pupils who could go and were in the Garfield science classes went to the Pa- cific Slope Dairy Show held in the Oakland Auditorium. There were many interesting thmgs to be seen such as a milk cooling machine, bottling, automatic milkers, butter makmg machine and all things that have some- thing to do with the dairy business. There were many cows there also. Al- most every cow had won some prize. We had heard of hairless puppies and were anxious to see them, but they turned out to be some hot dogs in a box. Louis Pape H-8. A TRIP TO THE COUNTY SEAT Great was our excitement when we learned that our civics class could go to Oakland to study the county government. We took the street car and unfortunately as often, most of the boys got on first. We got off at Eighth and Grove streets and walked to the Hall of Records where we met Mr. Hennessey, who had brought four of the girls down in his auto. We first went to the County Clerk ' s office. Mr. Hadlen gave us a talk on naturalization papers, marriage licenses and other duties of the office. He gave us some blanks to be filled out by people who wish to be naturalized. Next was the Assessor ' s office. Here we wandered about and looked at the books. The books were put on rollers so they could be taken down easily, as they were very big. The pages were divided into columns for the section number, block, lot, improvements of property and furnishings. These figures are used to base the taxes on. Then we went to the Recorder ' s office, where there were books of the records of deeds, births, deaths and mortgages. The keep- ing of the records of deeds, etc., is very in- tricate and must be done by the government to prevent mistakes. After this we went to the Board of Super- visor ' s room. Each Supervisor has a desk of his own and there was a very expensive painting on the wall. We went to Mr. Mar- tin, the Superintendent of Schools, who gave us a talk on schools. He said that seventy-two cents on the dollar of the taxes is spent on schools and one child is allowed thirty dollars annually for grammar school education. His talk showed us how much is done for us. He gave us some pamphlet? about education. We walked across the hall to the County Library. The Librarian gave a talk on books and their uses. Next we went to the Treasurer where we saw an adding machine, the books and the vault with its burglar alarm. Across the street in the court room we listened to a trial about some land. The defendant was on the stand. We were not allowed in some of the court rooms as we were minors, but we peeped into several. We walked around to the jail to see if we could go in (but not to stay). We had to wait fifteen minutes while the prisoners were fed. On the first floor were about thirty cells where the prisoners were kept. The second floor was the cook room and a room for the trustees. The air was very bad and the cells dirty. There were about fifty prisoners in the jail. Many of them were young men, although a few were old. They looked unhappy, but some of them tried to pretend they liked it! We knew they didn ' t. We were glad to leave the jail and take the street car home. I wondered after visiting the jail if it helps the offender. The means of justice is fair, but whether the criminal is better off after leaving the jail is questionable. Prob- ably most of the criminals havn j ©or minds or lacked home training when they were young. Maybe, if more were done to help the children while they were young it would lessen crime. Work is being done along this line but not enough. The teaching of different trades in the prison does help the prisoner to get work when he gets out and should prevent him from boing back to his old life. Malcolm Reed H-8-IIi A TRIP TO SNOW ' S MUSEUM Miss Lowrey took the class over to the Western Slope Dairy Show, in Oakland and after we had taken in everything she took us over to see Snow ' s Museum. First, we went to the back of the Museum where we found many birds, fish and tur- tles. As we went on we saw a California black bear who was feasting on the dis- membered portions of a dead chicken. Next we saw a wildcat who with flaming eyes snarled at us when we passed. Far- ther on we saw two huge African lions, a few monkeys, an ant eater and lynx. Last of all, an ostrich that would eat an apple whole without the least difficulty. We went into the building and saw a huge elephant ' s tusks which was more than seven feet tall and a good eight inches in diameter. Beside it there was an ele- phant ' s foot, which had been hollowed out and was used as an umbrella rack. In the next room there were many kinds of skins hung upon the wall and there were long benches, which contained many kinds of bright colored butterflies and moths and different kinds of eggs ranging from the size of a humming bird to the size of an ostrichc egg, which is the largest known. On the walls were fastened the heads of huge moose and elk and stretching from the chandelier to the four corners of the room were skins of boa constrictors. As we went out we observed curious speci- mens of stuffed bugs that dwell in Africa. In the hall, crouching over it ' s prey, was the skin of the largest lion that was ever killed, which measured eight feet from tip to tip. As we walked along the hall, we saw pictures of many different kinds of animals in their natural dwellings photo- graphed by Mr. Snow himself. Jack Cardwell L-7.

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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.

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GARFIELD GLEANER 23 NINTH GRADE SCIENCE The ninth grade science class has a very interesting and educational program. The science classes have charge of the plant growth around the building and it is due to them that the trees and shrubs are planted. At certain times they plant seed boxes and cuttings of desirable shrubs. On Friday there are educational movies and experiments that show the students many of nature ' s wonders. - Alan Finlay L-9. THE FREAK SHOW This act required very little practice, as it was not a learned performance. There were many supposed-to-be freaks in it, such as the two-headed girl and the bearded lady, Mrs. Syrup. As it may be guessed, the freaks were of varied sizes and if they had not been it could not be rightly called a freak show. Some of the freaks were wax figures of some very famous characters in fiction, such as Flopsy and Neva, as they were called, and The Boy Who Stood on the Burning Deck. As a whole, our act was a success. One of the most comical actresses in the performance was Betsy Bologny, the edu- cated monkey. Four famous characters were two pairs of Siamese Twins. They were so alike that you could not tell them apart a mile off. Ellen Meagher. THE MIDNIGHT HOUR One of the most successful entertain- ments in the Garfield Sirkus was the Midnight Hour presented in the study hall under the supervision of Miss Bonney and Miss Stout. The play represented a toy-shop. The real and true and blue cuckoo sounded at the hour of twelve and all the dolls came alive. The first number on the program was a song that told the meaning of the play. Then followed dances and songs. The soloists were Frances Bradley, Eileen Hopps, Evelyn Dion, Robert Horner and Scott Wilson. The dancers were Nina Standish, Theresa de Giere, Mary Smith, June Wiser, Lillian Stephens, Betty Crittenden, Muriel Carr and Patsy Carr. Jean Patty, Mary Frances Thelen and Clement Allen sang Do Re Mi. Frances Bradley, Evelyn Dion, Jack Davis and George Dickie formed a quartet and made every one in the audience want to get up and dance. Other participants were Edwin Van de Mark, Homer Izumi, Gladys Brown and Margaret Bennett. Ten wooden soldiers marched and sang and the performance closed with a song by all the dolls who be- came rigid when the clock struck one. Gertrude Woodward, H-9-I. THE PET SHOW The Pet Show was down in theManual Training Department. The birds and cats were in the mechanical drawing room. The dogs were in the manual training room. Mr. Leland had charge of the pet show. He had a big dog pulling around a small dog in a small cart. The pup which was riding seemed to be enjoying himself. They had many dogs downstairs. In where the birds and cats were there was a cat with a very long pedigree, as some people would say, a mile long. There were some flies, a white rat and loving birds. In with the birds, cats, white rat and rabbits were Spark Plug and Sunshine. They performed fine. Berthold Stewart, L-7.