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

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REPAIRING MR. EDWARD ' S CHEVROLET ENGINE One of the class activities which is of particular interest is the repairing of Mr. Erward ' s Chevrolet engine down in the shop. There are fifteen mechanics working- on it at different times. Some time ago the engine was brought to the school through arrangements made by Mr. Leland. Upon its arrival it was taken apart by one group and cleaned by another group. The work of fitting in new pins was started by still another group. When this work was finished the cylinders were ready for lapping into the block. Lapping was necessary because the pistons were over- size. As we did not have the proper ma- chinery for doing this work, it had to be done by hand. At first it was a very awk- ward and hard process which was done by the pulling up and down of a handle. It greatly resembled the actions through which the wash-woman goes. This was, however, made easier by the ingenuity of Mr. Flan- ders who made a contrivance so that it was operated by a lever which was easily pump- ed up and down. It lessened the energ-y needed to operate it so that a person did not get so tired. One person steered this contrivance by hand as before and another pumped the lever. The work is all finished now and we are starting to assemble the engine. Melville Holmes. THE CONTEST AT JUNIOR HI-Y The Junior Hi-Y which holds its meet- ings on every Tuesday night at six o ' clock at the Y. M. C. A. building, had an attend- ance contest which began on March the tenth and lasted until April the seventh. Every body paid a nickel tax and the school which won received an extra dessert. Edison was the lucky one but Garfield was second, with about sixty points less than Edison. Stuart Rose. Thursday April 23, Garfield School had a drive for jams and jellies, for the Liver- more Hospital, where the wounded and dis- abled soldiers stay. These men were very happy to receive anything that would cheer their dreary lives. They have adopted us and we are glad to do anything that will make them happier. Evelyn White. OUR INTERESTING TEACHERS 1. Who are our most cheerful teachers? 2. Who is our most gloomy teacher? 3. Who are our shady teachers ? 4. Who are our colored teachers ? 5. What teacher is a skilled tradesman? 6. Who is our best joker? 7. What teacher has a fiery head-piece ? 8. Who is our negative teacher? 9. Which teacher is a sharpshooter? 10. Who are the loudest persons in Garfield? 11. What teacher is a bird? 12. Who are the heaviest teachers? 13. What bird do you see in the office? 14. What teacher represents a classy car? 15. What teachers should have been boys? 16. What teacher is a woodworker? 17. What teachers sound like a riot or massacre ? THE SCOUT BANQUET On Friday evening, March thirteenth, in the Garfield School cafeteria, a banquet was held for the Boy Scouts who meet at the school. Mr. MacCaughey, who was toast- master, opened the banquet at seven o ' clock. The parents of the boys in the three troops 24, 22, 19, were their guests. The Scout- masters and Mr. Hennessey were also guests. All through the banquet we were enter- tained by boys from each troop in musical performances and other stunts. Mr. Rush- forth and Mr. Zimmermann put on a play, Romeo and Juliet. As a whole the pro- gram was a wonderful success. The ban- quet was sponsored by the P. T. A. and the mothers of the scouts. Edward Waterbury, L-9-G. BOY SCOUT BENEFIT Friday night, April 1, a Boy Scout benefit performance was given. The ad- mission was fifteen cents for children and twenty-five for adults. The name of the picture was, His Majesty the American featuring Douglas Fairbanks. I think everyone must have enjoyed the picture as it was exceedingly exciting and funny. Almost all the main floor of the auditorium was occupied. THE POET ' S CLUB In the L-9 X class of Garfield Junior High School there is a club called the Poet ' s Club. Every Fri day certain girls are picked out to read poems and tell the history of some poet. For instance, they have thus far told of Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier, Service and Kipling. The girls bring pictures of the poets and make the poems very interesting. Leanora Hamilton,L-9-X HELLO, PAPA! Glen Bergfried Haydon, Born March 30, 1925, Weight, seven pounds, and Looks just like his father. David Graham Kilburn, Born April 17, 1925, Weight, eight pounds, and Looks just like his mother, ANSWERS 1. Bonney and Gay. 2. Lowery. 3. Elms and Grove — r. 4. White and Gray. 5. Taylor. 6. Kid-well. 7. Hel-wig. 8. Aren ' t. 9. Archer. 10. Cannon and Schott. 11. Martin. 12. Stout and Kel — ton. 13. Hen— i— see. 14. Haynes. 15. Peter- — son and Wil — son. 16. Turner. 17. Rush — forth and Kil-burn; Kil — kenny and Skin ' er.

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G. S. A. CABINET REPRESENTATIVES HOW ABOUT IT GERRY ? MY SHADOW Now students if you wish to eat, Your candy on the grounds outside, You boys and girls must be more neat, Don ' t scatter papers far and wide. The way this room looks is a shame, There ' s paper under every seat. You careless boys are most to blame, And girls your sides are not a treat. If this work isn ' t stopped at once The candy won ' t be sold at all. Except to those who buy their lunch, And eat it in the dining hall. This absolutely is the last Time I will speak to you of this; I ' ve been too lenient in the past. Are there announcements ? You ' re dismissed. William F. Ajello, H-9-H. (With apologies to Robert Louis Stevenson and the Garfield Student Leaders). There is a student leader that goes all around with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He ' s very, very strict with me from morning until night; And I see him step before me, as I come into his sight. One very rainy morning, ' twas nearly half past eight, I hurried up the slippery walk thinking I was late; But my lazy student leader, like an ardent sleepy head. Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. Theodosia Stephens, H-9-B. Eleanor Howell, H-9-B. G. S. A. STUDENT LEADERS

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OUR CLASS HISTORY Although Mr. Rushforth does not realize the fact at times, he is quite fortunate in having- an extremely intelligent aggregation with which to work. Our class has always prided itself on its pep and spirit, being one hundred per cent in Gleaner subscriptions and student body subscriptions. Our class won the soccer and speedball championships of the school and reached the semi-finals in passball. Martin Tierney, Bill Taylor, Ed Connelly, Ted Deran and John Leary were on the baseball team, while Martin Tierney made the boys ' bas- ketball team. Martin Tierney, Reynold Keith, Neil Southwick, Alan Hargrave and Sher- lock Hackley were on the track squad. Among the girls, Alicia Cooper, Dorothy Smith, Nancy Burnell, and Ellen Smith made the girls ' athletic teams. We have many m embers in the glee clubs and in the band, and also five members of our class are on the Gleaner staff. We hope before we leave Garfield to cure our worst habits and leave a class record behind us as a real one hundred per cent Garfield class. David Lyon. we organized and now have a true class spirit. At the beginning of the term we elected Jane Geisendorfer as president of our class, Mary Powers, vice-president, and Dorothy Newcomb, secretary. We chose Miriam Colson for our representative to the student association, Frances Loring and Marjorie Jordan, for our student leaders, Eleanor Ramstead for our Gleaner representative and Virginia King for our second Gleaner representative. Many members of our class have received distinctions in some way. Here are only a few: Ruth Kelly and Dorothy Newcomb won a prize Library Day. They repres- ented Topsy and Little Eva. Mary Powers won second prize in the thrift essay con- test. Florence Stuart and Evelyn Combs are captains of the baseball teams, and there are girls from our class in the orchestra and three in the Glee Club. Mary Powers, L-9 MISS MALLY ' S H-9 In Miss Mally ' s H-9 we find that over half the class are either prominent leaders in some school organizations or on one of the teams. There is Leila Peoples who is social secre- tary of the G. S. A. and also student leader. Edwina Putman is editor of the Gleaner, a member of the student cabinet and a student leader. Betty Wood is secretary of the G. S. A. and a student leader. On the Gleaner staff are Harry Malon, Laurance Maxson and Marvin Morgan. Other stu- dent representatives and leaders are Harold Pearson, Kathrene Cathcart, Edna Mayer and Barbara Davis. On the Basket Ball teams we had Lelia Peoples (captain of the unlimited team), Clara King, Naomi Farnsworth and Esther Stuart who re- ceived stars and Alice Schmit and Ruth Cawthorne who received G ' s. Earle Brock, Edna Mayer and Augusta Doell were on the hundred-fifteen pound team. MRS. BRENNAN ' S CLASS HISTORY Assembling for the first time on January 5, 1915 with Mrs. Brennan as teacher, our class began the work of a term which has proved most successful and interesting. We had come from different sections, where we had been for the past two years and our old classes and organizations had been divided. But with Mrs. Brennan ' s help LOW NINE B Miss Bonney ' s low nine class has twenty- five boys and eleven girls. At the begin- ning of the term our new class-mates seem- ed almost strangers, but we soon got ac- quainted. On Library Day our class represented a cross-word puzzle, spelling the words, Garfield Library Day. One of the boys in our room, Chester Silvas, has been absent through illness for a long time and we all hope he will soon be better and back at school. In the drive for Gleaner subscriptions we were one of the first classes to be a hundred per cent. I am sure that the happiest time during our two and one-half years at Garfield has been spent in Bungalow B. Dulcie Breininger, L-9 HISTORY OF MRS. GRAY ' S LOW NINE There are several very important people in Mrs. Gray ' s L-9 class of 1925. William Sills is the vice-president of the Student Body and also took part in Mrs. Gray ' s Shakespearian Review on Library Day. The Girls ' Athletic manager, Delia Fisher, is in our class and won the second prize on Library Day as John Silver. Eleanor Butler and Stuart Rose, our cab- inet representatives, acted in Mrs Gray ' s olay too, very successfully and Frances Branch took a leading part in the Mother Goose play. She has entertained the school many times by singing, or playing her musical saw. She and two other girls in our class are members of the Girls ' Glee Club.