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

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MUSIC CLUBS 1. GARFIELD BAND 2. A CAPELLA CHOIR. 3. GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB. 4. BOYS ' GLEE CLUB. 5. JUNIOR TRAFFIC SQUAD 6. GARFIELD ORCHESTRA. 7. STUDENT LEADER CAPTAINS. 8. OFFICE ASSISTANTS. 9. COUNSELORS ' ASSISTANTS. 10. FLAG COMMITTEE 1 1. ATTENDANCE ASSISTANTS. 12. LIBRARY ASSISTANTS 13. PUBLIC ADDRESS ASSISTANTS.

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r Why did you break your engagement with that school teacher? Because if I failed to show up at her house every evening she expected me to bring a written excuse signed by my mother. Bea Nuckolls: ' I used to sing in a choir. Dot Wright: How long did you sing in it? Bea Nuckolls: Until they found out what was wrong with the choir. Traffic Cop: Come on, what ' s the matter with you? Harold Kerfoot: I ' m well, thank you, but my engine ' s dead. (Jack Griffith in a barber shop) Barber: Do you want a cut or just the oil changed? Carolyn Engstrom: I hear your father ' s mechanic died. Margery Friday: Yes, he crawled under a mule at camp to see why it wouldn ' t go. Arthur Ohlson: I got a peach of a job this summer. : Kenneth Johnson: Where? Arthur Ohlson: In Honolulu. Kenneth Johnson: I ' d hate to work there. Why, sometimes the temperature rises to 100 in the shade. Arthur Ohlson: But I won ' t be working in the shade. JUNIOR CRAFTSMEN Ninety-four regular members went to the craft bungalow and made something in the way of a ship, airplane, or home models. No boy or girl can talk himself into good craftsmanship. He must do it. THE POTTER AND HIS CLAY Edwin M. Dill, the well known potter who so graciously entertained us on October 4, was born in Macomb, Illinois, in 1876. Mr. Dill does considerable traveling. While his home is at Macomb, a great pottery and earthenware center, he has not been there for six years. He has been visiting and lecturing in Cali- fornia during the current year. Next April will complete Mr. Dill ' s fiftieth year in the field of pottery. BLIND XYLOPHONIST Pierce Knox, the totally blind xylophonist who so wonderfully entertained us on Octo- ber 23, has been without sight since he was four years old. Mr. Knox was born in Wash- ington, Iowa, in 1920, and graduated from Castlemont High School in Oakland. His playing the xylophone really dates back to when he was seven years old and his parents presented him with a drum for Christmas. At the age of twelve he was given a xylophone and (guote Mr. Knox) since xylophoning is practically the same princi- ple as drumming, he picked it up guite easily. Although he is planning to make a regular circuit of the United States, Mr. Knox has so far been at Ripley ' s on Treasure Island and also has covered all of northern California. John Goldeen and Bill Waste MAGICIAN Mr. Swallow, the talented magician-mind- reader-blind-man-etc, who entertained us on November 16, was born in Omaha, Ne- braska in 1 907. He was born, raised, and went to college in Nebraska. He started his way in the world as the leader of a swing band But since he didn ' t want to continue this he start- ed the practice of magic 16 years ago. Mr. Swallow is now on the National As- semblies Circuit and is covering ten states this year. Last year he was down in Ala- bam.

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Joy Martin: I don ' t believe there ' s any tur- tle in this soup at all. Waiter: Turtle? I know there isn ' t. If you ordered cottage pudding you wouldn ' t ex- pect to find a cottage in it, would you? Mr. Hughes: Are you equal to the task of sawing wood? Ernest Terry: Equal ' s not the word. I ' m superior to it. Mr. Roscoe (in student court): 1 shall have the next person who causes a disturbance thrown into the street. Defendant: Hooray!!! An Irishman was watching a chemist ana ' lyze some water one day. What are you doing with that water? he asked. Analyzing it, replied the chemist. And what ' s that? persisted the Irishman. Finding out what it is composed of, ex- plained the expert. And what is it composed of? queried the observer from Erin. Two-thirds hydrogen, and one third oxy- gen, came the answer. What th ' divil, ain ' t there no water in it? Walter L.: After all, it isn ' t brains, it isn ' t heredity, it isn ' t education, but it ' s personali- ty that counts in making a success. Bill Brown: Righto! ! ! What would you be, old fellow, without personality? Miss Eraser: Henry II died with no heir, John I died with no heir, therefore — Margie Fowler: I knew it was the dark age, but didn ' t they have any air either? Jean: I had a second degree burn in cooking today! Bob: That ' s nothing, I have 3rd Degree Boehne for science every day. Bill Waste (coming into class from hall duty): Did anything happen while I was gone? Bob Henderson: No, only someone spilled ink on the seat you ' re sitting in. Miss Stout: What is the first thing you do before washing your gym suit? Alice Hyerle: Look at the name on it. Miss Stout: Oh, and why do that? ■ Alice: To m.ake sure I don ' t wash some- one else ' s, Motto of the student who flunks in ex ' s: Fools ask questions wise men cannot an- swer. Chemistry Teacher (who had been a little too exacting with a student at an examination in chemistry, asked as a final question): Can you tell me anything at all about prussic acid? Yes, replied the student. It is a deadly poison. One drop on the end of your tongue would kill a dog. Last night Harriet called me an impecuni- ous barracuda. Didn ' t you resent it? No; it wasn ' t till I got home that I found that the name was high-brow for ' A Poor Fish ' . Miss Ochoa (in chemistry): Under what combination is gold released most quickly? Verton O- Marriage. Laura P.: I may be poor, but there was a time when I rode in a carriage. Bea N.: Yes, I know, but who pushed it?