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

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26 GARFIELD GLEANER VOLLEY BALL We have had some very interesting and exciting volley ball games this term, al- though we failed to win the championship. The first game was with Willard, in the Willard gym. The Eighth Grade team of girls and the Ninth Grade team of the boys played first. The girls were victorious, but the boys lost. Next the Ninth Grade girls and the Eighth Grade boys played and both were victorious. This was a good beginning and cheered the players along. The following Thursday we played Edison at our gym. This time we were not vic- torious as we only won the H-9 boys ' game. The Eighth Grade girls played a good game. The Garfield players made up their minds to beat the next school they played. Tuesday, October 23rd, every player said they were going to win and they did. The game was played against burbank in the Burbank gym. Burbank was very easy to beat and every team was victorious. This was the end of the volley ball games. Julia Petersen, H-8. TENNIS The tennis courts were built by the North- brae Tennis Club on Garfield property which was rented to them by the Board of Educa- tion. The pupils of Garfield were granted permission to play on the courts. They have enjoyed the privilege and there are many excellent wielders of the racket in our school. Alvin McKelligon, L-8. FACULTY GAMES On August 23rd the High Nine boys had a baseball game with the faculty. Mr. Rush- forth appeared to be the star on the team making many runs for his side. The teach- ers showed their skill at baseball by beating the boys 6 to 5. On November 1st the teachers again took part in a game with the High Nine boys, but this time in basketball. This proved to be a one-man game on the part of the teach- ers, Mr. Kilburn making all the points. The boys played well and as a result were only beaten by a few points, the score being 19 to 16. Marion Tobin, H-9. BASKETBALL On November 8th the student basketball team was defeated by the faculty team. The game was very interesting, having many thrills. Mr. Kilburn was the star of the game making a total of 13 points out of the 19 winning points. Mr. Rushforth also made some very good plays. Walberg was chalked up with 6 points. He made the first goal in the first two min- utes of the game. The rest of the points were made by Williams, Captain Farnsworth and Horner. The game, on the whole, was very well played, each team fighting its best. School was let out early for the occasion. Hot dogs were sold which proved delightful to everyone. Ten cents was charged to see the game and the same for the hot dogs. The purpose of this game was to raise money for the Big G Society. Those boys who won G ' s in volley ball and penta- thlon were not able to receive them on ac- count of lack of money in the treasury. The lineup was as follows: Studnets Faculty W. Jackson Forward..Mr. Zimmerman S. Walberg Forward Mr. Rushforth R. Williams Center Mr. Kilburn R. Horner Guard Mr. Flanders J. Pugh Guard Mr. Morton Subs for Students — James Tuttle, George Bernard, Walter Bernard, B. Gleason, Jack Gardner,Captain Farnsworth. Subs for Faculty — Mr. Leland.

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GARFIELD GLEANER 25 Sports GARFIELD ATHLETICS FOR THE PAST TERM The athletic sports of Garfield have been very numerous during the past term. First the Garfield pentathlon and volley ball teams, in competition with the other Junior High Schools of Berkeley; also the inter- class games. First volley ball and baseball and then soccer and basketball. These games were held at noon between the boys of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Grades, each grade being in a separate league. The winner of each group was awarded numer- als. There has been much competition in these games, nearly every person in each class showing up when scheduled to play. The Garfield pentathlon and volley ball teams in their games with the other Junior High Schools of Berkeley have shown them- selves very successful. The Garfield pen- tathlon team won handily from the othdr schools, and the four volley ball teams of Garfield won eight of the twelve games played. The boys have also had after-school leagues at Garfield the past two years. The winners of these leagues being rewarded with circle letters. The leagues being of four teams each are made up of the boys under one hundred pounds in one league, and the boys over a hundred pounds in the other league. Ellsworth Williams, H-9. GIRLS ' PENTATHLON Many girls from Garfield took part in the annual pentathlon meet which took place at San Pablo Park on Friday, Septem- ber 28, 1923. The girls worked hard to make Garfield win and many of the girls won G ' s. Among those winning G ' s are: Tessie de Giere, Margaret Christensen, Frances Rhod- ing, Loucretia Scholin, Delia Fisher, Nina Gerow, Marion Tobin, Margaret Williams, and Lillian Stevens. Together the girls had a very high score and with the boys ' scores added to it, Gar- field won. Marion Tobin, H-9. BOYS ' PENTATHLON The boys were very successful in the pen- tathlon, winning by a score of 14,115 points. Willard came next with 11,203 points, and Burbank last with 8,840 points. Every boy fought his hardest, which resulted in vic- tory. The team left Garfield at 2:30 for San Pab- lo Park. There they changed their clothes to their gym suits. The meet started at 3:30. Garfield went right into the lead and came out the victor. Those who won G ' s in the meet were as follows: R. Gavem, W. Bailey, P. Kingett, E. Hawley, J. Brasford, D. Dart, E. Farns- worth, D. Rice, E. Hockenbeamer, A. Gander, R. Dewell, D. Page, J. Walton, J. Kirkman, E. Rivett, A. Stewart, R. Horner, B. Gleason, and R. Olsen. James Walton, H-9. AFTER-SCHOOL LEAGUE On October 9th, Mr. Kilburn called a meeting of all the boys over one hundred pounds of weight. At this meeting the boys chose four teams and captains. They chose a college name for each team. They are as follows: Captain Eldridge Farnsworth — Dartmouth. Captain Robley Spalding — Maine. Captain Frank McCarthy — Cornell. Captain Dick Talbot — Notre Dame. These teams play two games a week, one in soccer and one in basketball. Richard Talbot, H-8. THE NOON PASSBALL LEAGUE Under the able supervision of Mr. George Kilburn, teacher of physical education in the Garfield School the boys of Garfield have just finished a successful season of pass- ball the games being played during the noon hour, from twelve-thirty to one o ' clock. Mr. Kilburn had a regular schedule posted, tell- ing which teams played, and when. The object of this league was to interest the large number of boys in athletics and to give them something interesting to do. Be- fore Mr. Kilburn organized these leagues the noon period was a dreary one. As a result of his efforts nearly two hundred boys have beeen playing some sport during the noon hour. This was made possible by the large area of ground that is used for a play- ing field. Daily interest grew greater as the season neared the end. The competiti n was great. The league had three classes, the Seventh Grade, the Eighth Grade, and the Ninth Grade. Mrs. Kleeberger ' s class put forth the best team and won after a hard fight. The boys on the winning team in each class are to receive numerals. ' Robert Dewell, L-9.

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GARFIELD GLEANER 27 L-g-l-A— MRS. KLEEBERGER ' S ADVIS- ORY Although many of our classmates have been forced to leave our class, we are still, with a few exceptions, the same class that came into Garfield in its first year, in the big brick building on Rose and Grant streets. Since we were Little Low Sevens we have achieved many things, but we all agree that, without the help and encouragement Mrs. Kleeberger has given us we would never have been able to be the first to have a hundred per cent in banking, the statue Inspiration twice, once for the class that had the highest percentage of all classes on the honor roll. We have always maintained active parts in the annual Sirkus, either having charge of some popular booth or giving one of the many shows. Our Boys are expert tum- blers. Last Sirkus they took part in Pen- rod ' s Circus, but this year conducted a show of their own. The boys have always excelled in all types of athletics, winning numerals, stars, and Block G ' s. We were represented in the Pen- tathlon by many of our classmates and the highest record of any boy in the three Junior High Schools which took part was made by Donald Dart of the eighty-five- pound team, having 932 points. Emily McKelligon. L-9 -1.B— MRS. GRAY ' S ADVISORY This term our class has been very suc- cessful in both our studies and athletics. We had Inspirazione in our class room for two report periods. Our class had one of our members, Jean Pedersen, chosen as assistant literary editor of the Gleaner. Edwin Van de Mark, a member of our section, recited, at an English and History teachers ' meeting, A Message to Garcia. In the Armistice Day program on Friday, November 9, 1923, he recited In Flanders Fields. Eleven of our class took part in the ta- bleau at the Greek theater on November 12, 1923. The boys have been very active in ath- letics. They won third place in passball and have been successful in soccer. The girls of the volley-ball team have re- ceived numerals and stars tfor the winning of the championship, as a class, in volley- ball. They won three out of three games with the L-9-l-As and two out of three games with Miss Bonney ' s High Nine girls. Four of the girls were on the Pentathlon team. Although our class as a whole did not par- ticipate in the Sirkus, because Mrs. Gray had to sell tickets, several individuals topk part in the various shows. Three members of our class play in the orchestra, two the piano and one the violin. As a whole, our class is an up-to-date, ready-to-work and anxious-to-excel group of boys and girls. Jean Pedersen, Beth Strickland, L-9-1-B. MISS HOLBROOK ' S L-9 ADVISORY This class did not start out as one class, but as many different classes, and after about two and a half years of work under different advisors, came together with Miss Holbrook as their class teacher. The boys in our class are making a much better ending than beginning in the ath- letic events in which they have taken part. In volley-ball, we only won fifth place, but as this book goes to press, we rank first in basket-ball and third in soccer. In soccer we lost one game with Miss Hamsher ' s class, and tied once. We won from Mr. Rushforth ' s and from Miss Gay ' s classes. In basket-ball we won from the advisories fo Miss Hamsher, Miss Wilson, Miss Gay and Mr. Rushforth. In one of the two games which we played with Mr. Rush- forth ' s class, we lost, our only defeat in bas- ket-ball. Elsie Galbot, L-9. MR. RUSHFORTH ' S L-9 ADVISORY The pupils, who are at present in Mr. Rushforth ' s advisory were the advisee while at Garfield in various classes, Mrs. Kellogg one, Mrs. Brennan five, Miss White one. Miss Prindle one. Miss Skinner one. Miss Kelton ten, and at present Mr. Rush- forth. We have in our advisory three wearers of G ' s, three numerals, and one girl wearing a winged G. There were three who took part in the graduation exercises of the H-8th. One pupil won a prize on an essay. We have 11 boys on advisory teams and ten on school teams. Our class president is Eldridge Farns- worth and vice president Florence Dem- eritt. Ethel Zimmerman, Verona Gleason, L-9. H-8-I CLASS On coming back to school August 13, 1923, we found that there were 38 members in our class. Many interesting things have happened in the past terms. Among these was the Sirkus. Of course, all know that Miss Gay ' s class gave Pen- rod ' s circus. We practiced for many weeks, and we gave five performances. The ex- penses were small, and we made $86.25. Both boys and girls have taken great interest in athletics this term. The boys