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

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I Foreword IN CLASSIC MYTHS we learn of Janus, a Roman god, who guarded the gates of the cit3 Janus was blessed with two faces, one being at the back of his head. With one pair of eyes he watched over the affairs ;of the city; with the other, he watched the avenues of approach. Teachers are popularly supposed to be the lineal descendants of Janus, both in respect to their guardianship duties and to their having eyes in the backs of their heads. May I exercise my Janus-prerogative and take a brief glance in each direction? Looking backward, over the year just drawing to a close at Garfield, I see much that pleases me, far more than I ca n mention in the brief space allotted. There stand out conspicuously the splendid, cheerful adaptation of teachers and pupils to the crowded conditions due to our rapid growth; the remarkable spirit of helpfulness developed by our excellent Student Association; the unusual success of Garfield in athletics, in thrift-essay contests, in savings-accounts and in every other activity in which we have taken part; the unfailing response of students and teachers to every request for communit} service; Library Day, Sirkus Day, Tree-Planting Day, and the many special programs and assemblies, each more successful than those of preceding years; and, finally, the fine scholarship records made by the great proportion of our boys and girls. A whole page might be filled with recital of the wonderful assistance given to the school by the Parent-Teacher Association under the leader- ship of its capable, versatile, unselfish and tireless President, Mrs. C. E. Condon. We owe Mrs. Condon and her willing helpers a deep debt of gratitude. Looking forward we have every reason to be optimistic concerning next year ' s prospects. We know that we shall have hundreds of new students. We hope that we shall have more room, and more teachers. We are con- fident that by the end of another year our grounds will be wonderfully improved. A school like Garfield cannot stand still. Forward! March! To the two hundred boys and girls who are leaving Garfield after three happy years we wish Godspeed in their new work. May success and happiness attend them in all the years to come. — D. L. Hennessey.