Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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THE TARGET 19 When the strange equipage was un- der way, one Indian at the horse ' s head, the other walking stolidly be- side the running board, the gears were shifted into mesh to see what would happen. Bur-r-r went the engine. The In- dians were startled out of their accus- tomed composure. The men looked straight ahead as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened. After an inquiring glance or two, the In- dians settled down to their usual gait, gait. Bur-r-r-r-r went the engine again as the gears were engaged once more, this time with success, for the car gave a bound forward and hit the horse, who was not used to such treat- ment. Immediateh - he broke the ropes and bolted across the prairie, the squaws following him as scared as he. Wishing to recompense them for their trouble, the sheriff set out after them on foot, shouting and waving a dollar bill. But although the records may never be written, Jim, the sheriff, is willing to admit that notwithstand- ing the fact that he held the record for a mile among his townsmen he was no match for that pudgy squaw burdened as she was with a papoose tied on her back. EVELYN BARBER. MAY May, we greet thee, lovely queen, Fairest of the months e ' er seen, To you good Nature gives her best, Your reign is just one glorious fest. You bring the cherries ripe and red, And robins chatt ' ring overhead, And flowers, arrayed in colors gay, Are loveliest in your month, fair May. BEATRICE PEDLER. LEGEND OF THE FOUNDING OF MEXICO CITY In the northern part of Mexico lived a tribe of Indians known as the Aztecs. They were a wandering tribe, and misfortune followed them. At last a medicine man told them that in order to gain prosperity they must find a lake in the middle of which was an island with a lone cac- tus growing on it. Perched on the cactus was an eagle, holding a milk snake in his talons. The Aztecs started in search of prosperity. They wandered for years without success. Finally, in the south central part of Mexico they found Lake Texcoco with the sign of pros- perity as prophesied. Accordingly on this island was founded the present City of Mexico, the emblem of which is an eagle on a cactus, holding a snake in his talons. LOUISE LAWTON, WINTER. The maple tree is bare and brown, And scattered ' round upon the ground Her scarlet dress is lying. The wind has tried with many a stroke The stately pine and sturdy oak To strip of all their branches. The dark ' ning clouds are hovering o ' er And send as from another shore Their messages of white. W hen in the morning we arise There ' s not a cloud in the clear skies; The snow is on the ground. LOUISE RUNCKEL.

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18 THE TARGET McKINLEY CITY OFFICERS. Upper Row, Left to Rieht: Ashley Hill, William Beckett, Harold Gee, Harold Woolsey, Richard Dunn, Nelson Chick, John Perkins. Lower Row, Left to Right: Helen Maher, Isabel Avila, Jane Reilly, Alice Gibbs. Helen Maslin, Marian Woolsey, Dorothy Gibbs. One on the Indians Men who spend their lives on the frontier have many interesting expe- riences. Seven or eight years ago, when automobiles were novelties along the Canadian border, a sheriff was driving across a prairie in one of the great northwestern provinces with a friend at the steering wheel. When some distance from any me- chanical aid the machine stopped, due to the long grass of the prairie catch- ing the petcock on the radiator and letting the water out. This caused the cylinders to heat and the bearings to become tightened. No sign of habitation was seen ex- cept a couple of Indian tepees. Upon nearing them two squaws, one with a papoose on her back, were seen pick- ing up chips for their little fire. An old horse, their sole possession in the live stock line, was grazing nearby. A horse was what the men were seek- ing, for they knew that if they could get the car started after the radiator was full of water again, it would con- tinue to run as well as before. Where horse? ' ' asked one of the squaws. He run away, answered the sher- iff, not wishing to alarm his prospec- tive helpers.

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20 THE TARGET McKINLEY ORCHESTRA. Upper Row, Left to Right: Warren Burke, John Brothers, Ralph Beals, Neal Klemgard, Kendrick Bell, Sheldon Trenery, Walter St. John, Harold Woolsey, Lowell Schultze, Clarence Mitchell, Winston Brasfield, Charles Whitworth. Second Row, Left to Right: Muriel Peiser, Erato Dehmel, Eleanor Weber, Helen von Ende, Winston Petty, Jessie MacMillan, Marjorie Bond, Phyllis Harms, Henrietta Peiser, Lois Brock. Lower Row, Left to Right: Herman Jockers, Scott Elder, Sheldon Schott. Our annual concert, given by the musical organizations of the school under the direction of Miss Etta El- lerhorst, took place on the e vening of May 27. It was a very great success and the result of marked talent sup- plemented by much faithful labor on the part of each and all of the partici- pants. The program follows: 1. (a) March Our Nation ' s Pride H. C. Miller (b) Serenade, The Evening Star W. S. Ripley McKinley Band. 2. (a) Serenade Schubert (b) Deutscher Tanz ... K. D. von Dittersdorf Phyllis Harms and Marjorie Bond. 3. Gloria McKinley Glee Club. 4. Like the Lark F. Abt Neal Klemgard and Ralph Beals. 5. (a) Slumber Song R. Schumann (b) Minuetto from Eb Symphony Mozart McKinley Orchestra.