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

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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

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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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28 GARFIELD GLEANER won second place in volley-balL The girls won second place also. The girls have been working hard on their middies and skirts for graduation. We only had about five weeks to make them. During the last term we have studied three authors, Whittier, Lowell and Haw- thorne. As we complete our study we or- ganized the Whittier, Lowell and Hawthorne clubs. Each club gave its performance on Tuesday, November 20. Four of our girls took part in the Armis- tice Day program at the Greek Theater. Our member, Rosa Bloom, was Goddess of Liberty. Seven took part in the Armistice program in the gym. We are drawing near the last of our fourth term in Garfield. We are over- whelmed with the feeling that we are to graduate. All these years we have kept together. May our next two terms in dear old Garfield be as happy as the past have been. Edith Apgar, H-8-I. THE GAY GIRL ' S SOCIETY Around the 28th and 29th of August all the Japanese and Oriental shops were busy filling girls ' orders for beads. On Thursday, August 30th, the girls from Miss Gay ' s class and those who were trans- ferred from Miss Gay ' s into Miss Talbot ' s met in room 37 for the first meeting of the Gay Girls ' Society. The Gay Girls ' Society was formed for the purpose of learning to string beads Miss Gay ' s way, with a fancy stitch be- tween. Such fun as we had! Of course, scissors ran away, pins bent, beads refused to be strung, and cord tied itself in snarls. But when Miss Gay found the truant scissors, striaghtened pins, strung beads and untangled snarls they never misbehaved again. Whether she threatened 150 incomprehensibilities or whether she interwove detention slips into the cord, is yet a mystery. Anyway, our beads are done, and many have made more for Christmas presents. Esto Linscot, H-8-I. HIGH EIGHTH EX CLASS 0, we ' re Miss Talbot ' s pupils, We always are on time. And we are called the extra Because we ' re extra fine! Miss Talbot ' s extra division has certainly been a success. Besides the usual clown we have a literary star, an artist and an athletic girl and boy. u ® If y taken from several divisions and extra just suits us. We ' re small and se- lect. When school opened, August 13, there were plenty of people in Garfield, the high eight being especially popular. To the horror of all present at the assembly Mr. Hennessy called, he read some names. They were to leave the class! Pupils from several divisions were placed in a new class. There were seven people from Miss Gay ' s room and five of Mrs. Russ ' pupils. Nine of Miss Peterson ' s people said good-bye to her and one of Miss Wilson ' s joined them. So, with some additions and a subtraction or two, the High Eight X stands as it did then. Ruth StogsdUl, H-8-X. H-8-II CLASS The night of the Sirkus the boys and girls in Mrs. Russ ' room took the hot dog booth under full control, and sold over 300 hot dogs. The hot dogs were delicious. They sold as rapidly as we could prepare them. We made over $30. I am sure that who ever reads this will agree that our hot dog booth was a success. On November 19 our class was shown through the Mercantile Trust Company bank as a lesson in arithmetic. We learned many interesting things about a bank, such as where and how to make a check; why the 4,000 safe deposit boxes are so secure and why the vaults with their combinations and time clocks are so nearly burglar proof. Miss Meyer, Mr. Harvey and Mr. Greer were very careful to explain everything that was asked about. We visited our school savings department and saw some of our own cards, also a most interesting money separator and counter and money wrapper. Our visit was surely a profitable one. We were each presented with an eversharp pencil by the bankers. Regene Racine, Vivian Cody. At the start of the year our class hopes for numerals were taken down a notch when Tige Hazelton and Red Alcorn did not return. As soon as Mr. Kilburn made up the pass- ball and volley-ball leagues we decided to try for numerals in volley-ball. Russ Bacon was elected captain and he organized a good team. After some hard fights we finally succeeded and we now have our numerals. Then we organized a football team, but after losing one game the fellows lost heart and we disbanded. Now that the soccer and basket-ball leagues are on the way we hope that we will again receive numerals. Harry McGrath. MISS ABBAY ' S ADVISORY L-8-I When returning to Garfield in August, after our long summer vacation, our class, which is now the L-8-I, found that we would have Miss Abbay for our advisor. Since there are quite a number of new teachers this year it took us a few days to get settled. When the first reports came out this term our class had the second highest per cent of pupils on the honor roll and Mr. Hen-