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

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GARFIELD GLEANER 29 nessy proposed to give to the classes who had the highest percentage the statue In- spirazione to keep in their room for one week. In October we had our annual Sir- kus and our class helped out by selling sandwiches, clearing about $15. After see- ing that we were the second highest on the honor roll we felt sure that the next time we would be first, but much to our dismay we came in third. Dorothy Lean, L-8. MISS WHITE ' S ADVISORY L-8-II The L18-II took an active part in the Sir- kus and sold salted peanuts. The sale was a decided success. We sold all of our peanuts and added quite a sum to the Sirkus fund. Two of our girls took part in one of the plays which was given. Out of 38 in the class we have 20 good bank depositors. We believe that our class is among the best depositors of the school. Our boys had a very successful season in indoor and won their numerals easily. We did not have such a good season in pass-ball because five of our boys were out most of the season on account of inter- class volley ball. In basket-ball and soccer we have started out well and so far we have been very suc- cessful. Two girls of our class helped the school win the Pentathlon meet. Two of our boys are members of the school orchestra. Nancy Burnell, L-8-2. MISS HAMSHER ' S ADVISORY, L-8-III The day of the Sirkus, October 19, the children in Miss Hamsher ' s room sold Eski- mo pies. It was a great deal of fun to sell them. We began to sell at 1 o ' clock in the after- noon. Two people would sell pies for half an hour, then two others would take their places, and sell for half an hour also. The children kept on exchanging in this way until the pies were gone. We took in $60.25 in the afternoon and evening, which is considered good for that length of time. Rose Lawrence. HIGH SEVEN II The beginning of the fall term we found that we had changed advisors, now having Miss Macgregor. The girls have won in contests with other H-7 classes and are now playing the H-8 in soccer. The boys are quite interested in their games. We are glad that the two boys who were in automobile accidents are back with us again. Stuart Rose and Billy Wilke are on the Gleaner staff as artists. Class Reporter. H-7-III A certain class of good losers is the H-7-III, because we only lost one game in volley-ball, winning all in pass ball. Our class team is a very good one. We tied Miss Macgregor ' s boys 6-6 and it was a well- fought game. We are the only the class in school that won both in passball and vol- ley-ball this season. We have numerals for volley-ball and have received stars for passball. We also are doing well in basket- ball, winning our first two games and losing no games. Edward Waterbury, Elgar Swan,H-7-III. H-7-IV Kenneth Ralph, Sam Woolf, Chester Silvas and Richard Jenkins are publishing a daily paper covering the exciting happening ' s of the day at the Garfield. Five cents a week per subscriber covers the expense of publishing this interesting sheet. Frank Westphal, Class President. ACTIVITIES OF THE L-7-S When our class came to the Garfield we were very much lost in such a large school. We soon became acquainted with our new surroundings, however, and became very fond of our new school. As the ball games at noon had been start- ed, we decided that we must have some good yells. Many of the children in our class wrote them and prizes were awarded for the best ones. James Woford won the first prize, which was a Baffle Bar. Mr. Hennessy was kind enough to allow us to have a rally in one of our music periods with Mrs. Smith. In the first period of the term we secured the lovely statue of Inspiration, as we had the highest per cent on the honor roll. The second period Mrs. Keeberger ' s class beat us by 2 per cent, but we hope to have 100 per cent the last period. All of the low seven classes had a de- bate. Fred Glover was chairman. The de- bate was won by the negative side, helped by Bob Condon of our class. In the Sirkus we had a popcorn ball booth, and the balls sold quickly. Mrs. Smith had several children make a picture of a house with 42 windows. The best one was made by Ida Olson, who copied it on the blackboard. We put a candle in one window for every banking account. When we get three more accounts we will have 100 per cent. We learned that Garfield was to have a visiting day on Tuesday, November 20, and that the class the highest per cent of visitors should win a beautiful pennant. We won the pennant. Phyllis Preston, L-7-S.

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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-

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30 GARFIELD GLEANER THE L-7-P CLASS On August 13, 1923, 38 pupils came from nine nearby grammar schools and formed the Low 7-P class. Mr. Hennessy told us that P stands for Perfect Work and we are trying to make that our motto. Thir- teen pupils have been on the honor roll both periods. We like having different teachers for each subject. In history we have current events once a week. In science, we perform experiments and sometimes, on Fridays, we have moving pictures. In cooking, the girls gave a luncheon to a group of girls. We all enjoy the cafeteria, where we can get good hot lunches for five cents a dish. During the first period we had the Pen- tathlon. In the second period the girls practiced the half-lever and soccer and the boys practiced passball and soccer. In the Sirkus we sold hot dogs in the afternoon. We enjoyed selling them very muchc. We made about thirty dollars. Our class is happy at Garfield school, and we hope to keep improving in our work. MISS LOWREY ' S ADVISORY L-7 The L-7 English class under supervision of Miss Lowrey has formed a club called the A. B. C. club, which means Always Be Careful Club. The idea of this club is to help us remem- ber to watch our English and make every week Better English Week. Whenever anyone makes a bad mistake in English some one says A. B. C. and the of- fender is out of standing. He can get back in standing if he catches someone else in a bad mistake and says A. B. C. The club is a great deal of fun, at the same time helpful. The pupils of our class think there are other classes in the school that would en- joy organizing an A. B. C. club. Dorothy Martin, L-7.