Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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THE TARGET 21 GIRLS’ TENNIS NOTES. Girls’ tennis has been progressing splendidly this term; the game is very popular and the courts are always in demand. A series of tryouts have been held which resulted in making Mabel Canavan our representative for singles while Helen Rust and Louise Bigelow will play in doubles. These people met the players at Miss Rans- me’s School, Piedmont, and did ex- cellent work. Although we were de- feated the teams had much the same style play and in the majority of games the score was brought up to deuce. The Seventh Grade girls have been doing some good playing. They have just completed a series of most inter- esting games. Helen Clark and Beth Cereghino played the final match and they did excellent work. Helen Clark was victorious, however, and is the champion Seventh Grade player. All the tennis girls had an opportu- nity to play on the Berkeley Tennis Club courts one Saturday recently, owing to the courtesy of Anthony Folger, and they spent a very pleasant morning. LAURINE MATTERN, (Mgr.). BOYS’ TENNIS NOTES. There have been no match games in tennis with hoys this term, owing to the recent illness of Girard Gray and Anthony Folger, and the ab- sence of Leland Moccker. For next term plans are being made for inter- school tournaments which are looked forward to with great enthusiasm. However, the boys are not idle. Fred Houston has developed a strong drive, and is playing a better game than for- merly. It is expected that he will win the coming tryouts with ease. Walter Tweedie has improved his serve and drive, both of which usually take ef- fect. Anthony Folger is getting his overhead strokes under control, and is trying to develop a drive. Let us wish them all success, and that the inter-school games will prove the climax of the coming season. ANTHONY FOLGER (Manager) ODYSSEUS AT THE CANDY SALE. It was a great day at the school when the Seventh Grade had a candy sale. As I was coming to school at noon, I met a man who looked as if he had lived in ancient times. Lie was dressed in a red doublet and mantle, and had a very stately walk. He asked, “Stranger, to what man ' s land have I come? See! this country is not in the likeness of royal Ithaca.” I said, “Come and I will show you our school.” He followed with his swinging strides, and it did not take long to reach the school house. Then he spoke and said, “Surely this looks not like the council-place of great men.” I had to explain that it was a school and not a council-place. When we got into the building he was amazed and said, “Ah! all high-roofed dwellings in Ithaca are made of stately marble!” After he had wandered about the building he went to the candy table and said to the girl there, “Friend, thou seemest to be a good one at the sale. How much is the price of these bags of sweets?” He paid the price and began to eat the delicious candy. All that afternoon you could see him buying and then wandering off to eat. When he had gone I asked a person standing near, who this queer-looking man was. He replied that it was renowned Odysseus of Ithaca who had landed here on his journey homeward. CHARLES HALLONQUIST.

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TENNIS CHAMPIONS AND MANAGER. Left to right — Louise Bigelow, Helen Rust, Mabel Canavan, Laurinne Mat- tern (Manager). TENNIS CHAMPIONS. Left to right — Walter Tweedie, Fred Houston, Anthony Folger (Manager)

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BRASS BAND. Upper Row, left to right — Bert Howard, Orville Wright, Edward Osborn. El- den Colby, Walter Paroni, Earle Wright, Charlie Biddle. Lower Row, left to right — Bartle Rolph, Frank Fowder, Girard Gray, Wallace Schort, Walter Sissons, Melvin Broderick. Parker Hall. MAXDOLIX CLUB. Left to right — Edward Osborne, Parker Hall, John Sammi. Bradley Wil- liams, Randolph A ' ickerson.