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

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HISTORY OF MISS HELWIG ' S CLASS At the first of the spring term scrub, and a return of high scrub, and a lot of other remarks were to be heard all over the school, but that is not class hi story. We are now in the high seventh grade of Garfield school and Miss Helwig is our advisor. We are rather a small class, there being seven girls and eleven boys. When we first came to Garfield we had a room down stairs with another group. Now we have a room by ourselves. Ever since we came to Garfield we have tried to be 100 per cent in banking, and with the help of Miss Helwig I am very proud to say we are 100 per cent in banking. There have been many interesting things this term. One which all Garfield remem- bers is that of Library Day, and our class took part with a lively spirit. Another event was the track meet. Of course, Garfield won. Two of our pupils. Bud Hanson and Evelyn White, were in the meet and both took first places. We have organized our class this sem- ester, and every one has something to do. Our president is Martella Wraith, our vice- president is William Perry, our class rep- resentative is Donald King and our student leaders are Ruth Brown and Jack Hoenes. We have a number of other officers who attend to matters of attendance, sanitary conditions of the room, locker inspection, and the beauty of our room. Altogether we have spent a delightfully happy year at Garfield and look forward to the coming semester with great pleasure. Dorothy Jayne. Donald King. Bud Hanson. CLASS HISTORY The H-7-W class of Room 12 have made a success in athletics this term and have enjoyed the activities of the Garfield school. Marjorie Solway. THE HISTORY OF MISS GROVER ' S CLASS August thirteenth was our first day at Garfield. We sat in the auditorium until we were assigned to our advisors. Our names were at the end of the list but we soon found that the last was not always the worst for we had Mrs. Kilkenny for our ad- visor. Sirkus day aroused much excitement among us for it was the first one in which we took part. For some of us it was the first Sirkus we had attended. Daniel Popper was on the Constitution Committee and we felt very proud of him, our first representative in school politics. How we searched the pages of the Gleaner for our names under a story, an article, a limerick or a joke. Those who found their names were proud; the disappointed ones congratulated the lucky ones. When we returned from our Christmas vacation Miss Grover was our teacher and we were glad to make her acquaintance. We entered into Library Day with zeal, and at the suggestion of one of the boys represented the Covered Wagon and won the second prize. Rosalie Ryan H-7-G. HISTORY OF OUR CLASS. Our class came to Garfield in the fall of 1924. We had Miss Abbay then, but now we have Mrs. Gavin. We have had a class of thirty-nine. Our first officers were, president. Warren Kinney, vice-president, Billie Hunter, and treasurer, Henry Dewell. That was during the first term of the stud- dent body. The second term the president was Dorothy Swan, vice-president, William Meyer, and treasurer, Henry Dewell. Every term our class has been one hundred per cent in the Gleaner and Student Body sub- scriptions. We think we have a very good class although we hope to make it much better in the future. William Meyer, H-7-G. CLASS HISTORY Low 7K. When we first came to Garfield we felt rather small and lonely in our class of six- teen pupils, but now we really feel that we are a part of the Garfield Student Body. Our class was one hundred per cent in buying student body cards, and in banking our weekly average is very high. We also have a remarkably high attendance record, and have had but one tardiness in the last three months. The boys had a fine speed-ball team, fin- ishing second in the league. All have shown a very good spirit in showing up at the games. We have in our class a very good watch- maker, Marvin Butts. He can fix all kinds of watches and clocks, and does his work well. We have had a very happy and profitable term and are looking forward to many more. Merton Williams. Irvine Schueller. LOW 7 R Mrs. Russ ' class of nineteen pupils has had a very happy time together this term. Mrs. Russ has been very busy with the Gleaner so we will be as glad as she will when it is published. The boys have been very successful in their athletics and have won many games. Some of the girls are on the track team. Next term we think we shall have more of our teacher ' s time and we hope to do many more interesting things. Elvera Carlman. THE WISE ONES The teachers think themselves great! We pupils know its a fake, What do they know That we don ' t also ? Why we are the ones that are great Paul Maslin, H-9-K. FOUR Four is a grade Of low degree U who get it R bad indeed. Paul Maslin, Jr., H-9-K. THE WEED Curses on you little weed. Growing upward with great speed; For as fast as I pull you out A dozen more are sure to sprout. Stuart Rose, L-9

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Besides these, many Gleaner officials are members of our room. They are as follows: Ted Merry, joke editor; Naida Gilmore, assistant joke editor; William Wilke, Stuart Rose, both are editors; Margaret Thunen, girls ' athletic editor and Martha Kruschke an assistant subscription manager. Our student leaders are Esther Shelley and Royal Wiseman. Our boys have been very successful this year in the athletic line and are at present wearing numerals for speed-ball, showing that they are champions in that game. We are all very proud of this and we hope that they will do as well in baseball which they surely will. The girls, although they tried hard, have not had such good luck in baseball but they are using the motto, Try, try again, which shows that they have the true Garfield spirit. Martha Kruschke Frances Branch Esther Shelley Eleanor Butler MISS RILEY ' S CLASS This term we have come to be quite suc- cessful as a unit. Our boys won numerals in basketball in the early season of 1925. There were two of our boys and two girls on the school Basketball team: Ruth Giles, Gladys Mangels, George Miller, Lawrence Colson representing us. They received G ' s and stars. On Library Day our class represented Wells ' Outline of History. We appeared in costumes from the Cave Man up to the modern school boy and girl. There were representatives in every age of the world We were accorded honorable mention and we received a copy of Jules Verne ' s Myster- ious Island which we are presenting to the library. AN INTERESTING SEMESTER Our boys ' speed-ball team won numerals after a hard struggle and many bruised shins. Now we are trying to get stars for the numerals in baseball. The girls base- ball team have tried hard to get numerals and it looks as though they may at their present rate. This semester our class officers are all girls except the boy student leader. The officers are: President, Nadine Rudledge, vice-president, Barbara Crump, treasurer, Mary Walker, (Mary Walker was also on the Garfield girl ' s basket-ball team), secre- tary, Catherine Miller, cabinet representa- tive Marion Cooledge, student leaders, Bar- bara and Carleton Peck. These officers are hard-working and earnest, the result being that our class was first to have one hundred percent Student-Body Membership and we all have subscribed for Gleaners. In March we went to see the California Relief Map in the San Francisco Ferry Building-. The class surely got more benefit from seeing the map than any amount of study could do, to give us an accurate idea of California. Also, we went to the Oakland Court-house and Hall of Records for civics. Some of our girls were in the entertain- ment on April 24. Several pupils are in track. Carleton Peck. H-8-K THE HISTORY OF MISS ERASER ' S CLASS Miss Fraser ' s advisory is a H8 Class. There are forty-two pupils in this advisory. Miss Eraser has the class for civics and we have had many interesting times together. One Friday we went to visit the Court House and the Hall of Records in Oakland, an interesting trip. Miss Wilson ' s Civics class, Miss Wilson and Mr. Zimmerman went with us. During the Easter vacation two members of our class went to Sacramento and visited the State Senate and the Assembly. When they returned they gave a good explanation of what they had seen and heard. In March we got a letter from Marie Jones, a girl in Florida, whose English assignment had been to write to soine one in California. Seven of our advisory an- swered it, telling her about Berkeley. One Saturday our class went on a skating party to Idora and had a very enjoyable time. During one advisory period we had a good class program. The officers elected in our class were: Gleaner representative, Elmer Kern; presi- dent, Tom Rhodes: vice president, Harry Bauer; secretary, Genevieve Gay; Gleaner reporter, Sylvia Stecher; student leaders, Drewanne Chidester and Fred Dellett. Sylvia Stecher, H8F. Genevieve Gay, H8F. THE LOW EIGHTS We have had a successful term at Gar- field this year, quite the most success- ful term we have had since we entered as low seven ' s. Our first team has worked hard, in base- ball, and with true school spirit this sem- ester, and we have been victorious in the majority of games. Our second team and girls ' team have not been as successful as the first team; however, they have done quite well. The class-work, we are sorry to own, has not been as marked as our athletics have been, but we are looking forward to a new semester, in which, we hope, a fresh start and more earnestness of purpose will increase the per cent of names on the Roll of Honor. We wish to thank our teachers for their co-operation and interest in our work, and we intend to improve so that they may see how greatly we appreciate their kind co- operation. We therefore hail the new term with a firmer determination to make good, than we have ever shown before. Betsy Ailing, L-8-P. CLASS ACTIVITIES OF L8W Miss Wilson ' s low eighth class has been very successful in all it has undertaken to do this term. The girls ' team in baseball have won all the games they have played. They have played twenty games and have thirty-six points which places them first in League B. The boys have not been so suc- cessful but hope to do better next term. Many of the girls participated in the Twelve Dancing Princesses given on Library Day. The class was also one hundred per cent in buying their Gleaners.

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BASKETBALL TEAMS BOYS ' BASKET BALL Our last basket ball season was very successful, Garfield again coming out at the top of the league. Captain Ernest Rowland of the unlimiteds, led his men through eight games, winninr - seven of them. The team was made up of Ernie Rowland, Martin Tierney, Hans Mil- ler, Kenneth Young, Earl Springer, Stephen Gamble, Earl Pratt and John Ransome. The 115-pound team was captained by Les. Barhyte. Les ' s team played eleven games and won eight of them. His team consisted of Gerald Neasham, James Dealey Steven Knox, John White, James Luce, and Roger Scott. They are all good players, Jerry Neasham having played for Garfield last year. On the 105-pound team we had Robert Condon as captain. Bob ' s team, Frank Westphal, Alrik Soderman, George Miller Max Farrar, Laurance Colson, Kenneth Mi- ler and Arnold Lindquist, played eleven games and won nine. All through the basketball season the Student Body Association proved its value It was constantly urging the members to come out and root for their school teams We all know what effect this has on the players, and may attribute some of the school ' s success to its backing. The eighty-fives and ninety-fives had a very successful season. They won most of the games which they played. Our unlimiteds, hundred-fifteens, and hun- dred-fives played altogether ttwenty-nine games. Out of these twenty-nine they won twenty-three. Of course Garfield was for- tunate m having good material for teams, but, nevertheless, we must credit our coaches, captains and the fine Student Body u ? i? having been RIGHT 1 HERE. Paschal Longaker, L-9-B. FACULTY vs. GARFIELD 115-lb. CAGERS Thursday afternoon March 13, a world ' s championship basket ball game was plaved m the famous Garfield Gymnasium, when Garfield s hundred and fifteen pound team held a game with the faculty quintet. f P l ' Legs Barhyte was sup- ported by Cutey Neasham, ' Tope Learv, Battling ' Knox and Jim Dealey. The opposing- team players were Shriek Kil- burn, Speed Rushforth, Pepper Zim-