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

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LADY FRANCES Lady Frances, an interesting and enjoyable operetta, was given by Mrs. Brennan ' s advisory of High Ninth girls. Audrey Haskins played the leading role as the maid Frances. Doris Reed played the interesting role of Bridget O ' Harrigan. Short dances and skits were given with many of the songs. The girls wore beautiful dresses. The stage was an array of color. The setting of the stage was arranged by the art department. Betty Harper managed the curtain and the properties. Some of the girls sang solos, while others took speaking parts. Mrs. Smith kindly directed the operetta and contributed much to the success of the program. The proceeds of the entertainment went into the fund for the publication of the Gleaner. THE BYRD PICTURES How would you like to go to a moving picture some evening and see and hear Lincoln deliver his famous Gettysburg address? It is an utter impossibility of the present day. In years to come when Byrd ' s name is written on the pages of history moving picture audi- ences will be able to see him make his famous explorations as have the pupils of Garfield. On Wednesday, February 3rd, the pupils of Garfield, who had paid their advisors their dimes, were privileged to see this marvelous picture. It was a great improvement over previous pictures shown here for it was a sound picture. Ruth Healy. MAJOR SCHOOF On Friday, March 6th, Garfield was greatly honored by having Major Schoof with us. His entertainment was quite interesting and very amusing. He told us we could do the same things when we were sixty as we did when we are sixteen, if we take proper care of our bodies. Several boys were dressed in the costumes of the armors of different countries and periods. He showed us the skins of many animals and snakes. As a whole the entertain- ment was very profitable and enjoyable. OUR LIBRARY Our library at Garfield is one of the most useful departments in our school. We have such a varied selection of books pupils can find help in all their different studies. There is a fine collection for book reports and pleasure reading. We also have many magazines which are in constant use. There are twenty-two student assistant librarians who help Miss Patton in her various duties. Being an assistant is fun as well as good training. In a library each book has its particular place on the shelf. It is the assistants ' duty to keep these in order. We receive knowledge of books and training in keeping records. Aside from assisting in the library we have a class once a week in which we receive library instruction. This is very helpful and interesting. For being assistant librarians for a semester each one receives a point toward the Honor Society. The Garfield Library is truly a wonderful place. La Verne Burgess, Low Eighth.

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4 THE PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION The Garfield P. T. A., as usual, is making a splendid showing. There are about two hundred and twenty-five members. Mrs. F. H. Yelton is president. The teachers belong 100 per cent and co-operate effectively. Some of the P. T. A. programs have been given by the various classes and glee clubs. The P. T. A. raised money by selling refresh- ments on Library Day and by giving a large and successful card party. They paid for and made most of the a capella chorus costumes. Long live the Garfield Parent Teacher Association. Aletha Simmons. A WASHINGTON PLAY Some excellent scenes depicting Washington were given under the direction of Miss Grover on February 21st. There were three scenes: the reception, a tea party, and the ball. All of the characters were well chosen and the scenes seemed very realistic. I am sure every- one enjoyed it immensely. The costumes were charming and many remarked about them. Margaret Kessing. THE CANEY CREEK COMMUNITY CENTER A few years ago some boys from the Caney Creek Community Center came to Berkeley and spoke in the various churches and schools, asking for aid for the people of the Kentucky Mountains. They made an appeal for help this year, and during the fall semester the seventh and low eighth grade girls under Miss Riley ' s supervision prepared a Christmas box for them. Dolls, clothing for old and young, shoes, and toys, were collected by the girls. Old clothes were washed or cleaned, dolls dressed, toys mended, until we had a most attractive box. The Student Association allowed us five dollars for expenses, all of which went for express charges. So generous was the response to our request for clothing and toys, that we helped to clothe eleven families here in the East Bay as well. The copy of the letter below shows with what appreciation our box was received at Caney Creek and also gives a vivid picture of conditions in the southern mountains. Caney Creek Community Center, Inc., Postoffice, Pippapass, Kentucky, January 7. Dear Garfield Junior High School: Your splendid Christmassy package arrived, and we feel that we never can thank you enough for it; and for all that you are doing for us. Your skirts, your family clothes, your games, your raincoats, your dresses and sweaters, your coats, your sand box, your toys, your dolls, more clothing, your vest, your jackets and everything, were exactly what we wanted and needed most to carry the spirit of Christmas to 130 little up-hollow public schools, and to make a Christmas tree here, for the 1 5 00 mountaineers in this district. We had our Christmas after Christmas. We had it January third so the women and younguns could come, for there is so much shooting and moonshine-liquor abroad on Christmas day that only the men dare go up and down the creeks. Please know that we are thanking you from the bottom of our hearts and through the increased service we can accomplish through your gifts. We are still breathless over your wonderful gifts and the joy they brought here. June Buchanan.

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THREE TREES My scene is a woodland glade. In the center is a beautiful bubbling fountain, sur- rounded by three trees, there, there, and there. We have all enjoyed this cantillation. We have also suspected that we were not the first to enjoy it. But did we realize its antiquity? We did not. How could we? It remained for Miss Grover and her high seventh class to render it for us in the original (?) Latin. TRES ARBORES — Hj Latin Class Scena mea est silva. In loco medio est pulcher fons effervescens, circumventus tribus arboribus, ibi, ibi, et ibi. Olim mane parvus lepus pulcher per silvam currebat ut parvam sitim pulchram restin- gueret e pulchro fonte effervescente circumvento tribus arboribus, ibi, ibi, et ibi. Venator errans per silvam parvum leporem pulchrum vidit. Sed parvus lepus pulcher, ore aqua completa, adventum venatoris non audivit. Bibebat, igitur, e pulchro fonte effervescente, circumvento tribus arboribus, ibi, ibi, et ibi. Venator arcum sagittamque sustulit et telum misit, terrens parvum leporem pulchrum a pulchro fonte effervescente, sed relinquens tres arbores, ibi, ibi, et ibi. LA PRIMA VERA La rosa tiene su f ragancia, Blanca es la paloma, El naranjo es hermosa, Y el colores tiene la manposa. Beverley Knudsen. THE FORBIDDEN CONTINENT The Forbidden Continent! That is what Byrd calls the Antarctic continent. The first dose of the South Polar Regions, the ice pack, may foil any expedition. The treach- erous ice pack which easily crushes the strongest ship caught in the betraying leads. Th tremendous pressure can destroy the best equipped icebreaker. For an example, take Sir ErnestShackleton ' s stout ship, the Endurance, which was unable to make a passage through the pack, and was held there for months, and was eventually crushed. Shackelton is probably the most important figure in the history pf the Antarctic, and is probably the most often disappointed. In 1908 Shackleton bravely set out with four or five companions to uncover the secrets of the pole. Less than one hundred miles from their goal their rations gave out, and they had to return to their camp. Nearly three years later, in 1911, Roald Amundsen took five companions and more than sixty dogs and set out for the South Pole. Who but Amundsen would think of taking dogs? All others had taken stout Manchurian ponies. The dogs came through, however, and he arrived at the pole nearly a month before Scott. Scott, using his ponies reached the pole, and started on his return journey, a dejected man. During this trip he was overtaken by a blizzard. Two of the party took sick, and one died. Scott wrote in his diary: We cannot go on, and leave men dying. All of his brave party froze to death while they slept. The most successful Antarctic Expedition was Byrd ' s. He did everything that he set out to do, and did not lose a man. Even though he returned in a time of unemployment, he saw that each of the men of the party had a job before he started on his lecture tour. Alfred Myatt.