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

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O-HE-TA-YA (Brave) He was a full-blooded Indian of the Blackfoot tribe. As he sat beside me looking towards the setting sun, his high forehead and firm chin stood out well in profile. He was about fifty years old, yet as lithe and limber as a young man. His name was O-he-ta-ya. This means brave. He had aptly proved his name in his younger days. Now, compelled to end his days in a reservation, he thought he had no chance to live up to his name. But I think he has. It is not easy to be calm and cheerful when one sees one ' s race rapidly disappearing, to be tolerant towards the laws of the white man that seem to be full of injustices for one ' s people. It is not easy to resist the tempta- tions that beset a despised Indian, and remain as clean and strong as the older Indian before the white man. He showed me his headband, made by his mother. On it were beaded his symbols. The mountain, for strength; the hand, for service; the arrow, for unswerving purpose. This headband he cherished. The symbols had shaped his life and character. Joyce Hoeft, High Ninth. TO A DOG I have a friend who is kind and true, A friend who helps me when I ' m blue. He comes to greet me every day, In a very friendly way. He ' s only a dog, but do you know? He ' s always with me where ' re I go. He ' s always faithful swift and brave, And guards me all the livelong day. He seems to know when I ' m sad And tries to cheer and make me glad. Tho ' other friends may come and go, With a faithtul dog it is not so. Hamdex Forkxer. .High Seventh. CHILDREN Some children are naught} ' , some children don ' t care; Some children won ' t wash, some won ' t brush their hair; Some children are happy, some children are sad; Some children are good, some children are bad; Some children are saucy, some children are bold; Some play in water, then they catch cold; Some children won ' t study, and others delight, In shirking their work and stay out at night; Some children won ' t do as their mothers say, Then they are punished in some severe way; But to all mothers, their children dear, Are sweet and kind, throughout the year. Nancy Whiteock, Loiv Eighth.

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SPRING Green hills, Green trees, Golden sunshine, Bumble bees, Other signs, And all of these Show it ' s Spring. Flowers bloom, An April rain, Singing birds, A shady lane Show that we ' ve Not hoped in vain, Spring is here. Lilian Hennessey, Lore Seventh. DISRAELI Disraeli was born a Jew and though he became a Christian in name, his heart was always with his people, and the glory of his race was his secret pride. He delighted in the irony of associating with the people who worship a Jew as their Savior, yet despised the Jews. One of his favorite comments was, All sensible men are of one religion. When asked, And what is that? he replied, Sensible men never tell. When twelve years of age he showed an intense desire for mastery which was, through life, his outstanding trait. Disraeli attended school for one year during which time he felt himself superior to everyone in the school, master included — and he was. He split the school into two factions, those who followed him, and those who opposed him. After leav- ing school he laid out, with his father ' s help, a course of work that kept him studying for ten hours a day. At eighteen years of age he was at home in any company, gave his opinion unasked, flashed his wit, and criticised his elders. Neither he nor his father believed in dumb luck. They fixed their faith in cause and effect. His egotism was so great that it was admirable. When he was jeered down in the House of Commons, he smiled and said, Very well, I will wait. He knew his power. Defeat meant mer ely a passing episode; his goal was victory. His oratory was quiet, deliberate, and subdued in manner. He learned through his ex- periences that loud speaking was unnecessary. Disraeli chose men of power for antagonists. If small men sought to draw him into debate he would just answer them with silence or his tantalizing smile. Disraeli believed that honesty was the best policy, and his record contained no taint of dishonesty. It is said he had no vice but ambition. Disraeli did not carry out all the plans and reforms he attempted but his personal ambi- tion was reached when he, a Jew at heart, had made himself master of the fleets, armies, and treasury of the proudest Christian nation the world has ever known. Robert Wood, High Ninth.

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THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN The right was his To take the ball With all he had Through that human wall. He gripped his hands, The game was at stake For his Alma Mater And everything to make. The ball was shot He gave a sign The tacklers missed He cleared the line. He staggered on Half-trot half-run He crossed the goal The game was won. Dick Hemp, High Seventh. RAIN I stood at the crest of a hill one day, Just at the sunset hour, And watched the clouds go drifting by, Each holding a crystal shower. As night came on the clouds grew gray, And on my window pane, I heard a soft sharp tapping sound, The clouds were scattering rain. The lightning flashed, and streaked the sky The thunder roared the whole night long, The wind whistled and howled and shrieked, ' Till a calm came after the storm. With morning came a wondrous change, All nature seemed to beam, What had been dead the day before, Was now a sparkling green. The birds were singing in the trees, And butterflies danced on the flowers, All the world sent its praises to Heaven, For God who sent the showers. Eileen Hopps.