Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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THE TARGET 23 so, by Louise Runckel; Rameau ' s Sarabande, by Helen Maher; Nol- let ' s Elegie, by Dorothy Elling- wood; Rogers ' Etude No. 10, by Margaret Geisler; Leo Delibes ' Piz- zicati, by Gertrude Seaver. On March 31 another attractive group of selections was given. Ade- laide Kibbe rendered Godard ' s Au Matin ; Grace Scrantom, Chopin ' s Mazurka ; Hazel Niehaus, Lang ' s Flower Song ; Marjory McCullough, Poldini ' s Birds of Passage ; Clare Lenfesty, Chopin ' s C Sharp Minor Waltz. GLEE CLUB. Our Glee Club is one of our strong- est organizations, composed of some of the best vocal talent of the school. They are studying Gloria and Car- mena, with excellent results, assist- ed by the accompanist, Clare Len- festy. The sopranos are: Dorothy Armstrong, Evelyn Denham, Lulu Foss, Imogenc Hall, Tay Cutler, Grace Greet, Mary Ames, Lois Pearce, Maybelle Irvine, Ivy Mehrten, Bessie O ' Brien, Phyllis La Shells, Anna Love, Virginia Wynkoop, Katherine Wilder, Grace Conzelmann, Camille Haynes, Esther Schenkel, Emma Quillinan, Anita Foss, Miriam Mack, Vivian Thaxter, Helen Jackson, Eliz- abeth Thompson, Edith Wieland, Elizabeth Lee, Gertrude Montgomery, Marjorie Merriman, Henrietta Pey- ser, Florence King, Eula Lee Smith, Gladys Wann, Genevieve Jefferson, Lois Brock, Alice Gibbs; altos, Paul- ine Elder, Leda Van Haren, Dorothy Blean; Charlotte Arnold, Anita Avila, Elise Houghton, Florence Thaxter, Marjorie Moore, Elizabeth Mclndoe, Natalie Raymond, Edna Wheeler, Glory Howard, Dorothy Perkins, Jean Scotford, Louise Lawton, Elinor Stillman, Evelyn Lewis, Marian Woolsey, Maxine Davis, Adelaide Kibbe, Alice Queen, Helen Maher, Isa- bel Avila, Jane Reilly, Leitha Hatha- Elizabeth Roberts, Louise Runckel, way, Dorothy Manasse, Ada Minifee; bases, Charles Whitworth, Francis Kelsey, Clarence Mitchell, Donald Goss, Thomas Harris, Raymond Gil- man, John Daly, Edward Ritson, Fred Paul, Teddy Michels, Edward Gunn, Walter St. John, Frank Hall, Leigh- ton Dyer, Edward Barnard. SWIM — SWIMMING — SWUM, SWUM Now it ' s Spring, most beautiful; Soon it ' s Summer, not so cool; Then we swim from noon right on Till at four our clothes we don. Later, though, our backs we feel; At our mothers ' skirts we kneel, Pray to her our backs relieve. Soon from her relief receive. Weeks and weeks we hardly go From the house, our backs burn so. Lounge around, we have no vim, Wish we ' d never learned to swim. Swim, the verb I used to hate, Worst of all, it had no matt. Now IV learned to hate it more. ' Gainst that word I ' ll wage a war. Later, when the summer ' s gone, When I lie or walk or yawn, Swim, the verb that spoiled the best Time of the year, the time of rest, Comes to mind, I think it o ' er. All the time dislike it more. Never did a word sound so Cruel as swim. I think I know! WILLIAM HOSSELKUS.

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THE TARGET 25 The Art Course m the Ninth Grade The world ' s activities are grouped in terms of art: the industrial arts, the liberal arts, the mechanical arts, the domestic arts, the manual arts, the fine arts. Art is the skill, taste and judgment with which we adapt things in the natural world to our personal needs. The value of a strong course in free hand drawing is recognized in all schools of high grade. It is a pre- requisite for many of the advanced courses in High School and Univer- sity, and students of the Ninth Grade cannot afford to disregard it in the serious consideration of their future course. The plan in the Ninth Grade is- a very practical and broad one, which aims to give the students a glimpse into many fields, and to develop in each an individual power of expres- sion. Criticisms and discussions which bring out individual tastes and judgment are a vital part of the work and are considered co-equal with the technical problems. The work is related very closely to the other subjects which the students are studying, and to their school and civic activities as well. Ideas are drawn from English, History, Me- chanics, Architecture, Music, Ath- letics. Original designs in posters are encouraged, and the illustrations and cover designs of the school maga- zine, The Target, are the work of students in the drawing classes. Skill in the use of pencil, pen, brush, crayon, charcoal and water color is gained and with it the more vital thing, — the fine control of hand and arm which is necessary in every line of work. A thorough study of color is made by laboratory method, by which stu- dents analyze and create colors, with given pigments. They are given op- portunities of judging colors in pic- tures, in textiles, and choosing from them pleasing combinations. Their color sense is strengthened and bet- ter taste and ideas developed along this line. This course then, stimulates imag- ination and keener observation; de- velops skill in hand and arm control, enables one to have greater power of individual expression and teaches the broader meaning of art. A LIVELY IMAGINATION Ellen, who loved to read mystery stories, and tales of adventure, was in the largest and oldest apple-tree in the orchard, lost in the pages of her exciting book. But in a few minutes her mother ' s voice interrupted her, Ellen, dear, will you go to Aunt Lucy ' s now? So Ellen climbed down, reluctantly, and started on the half-mile walk to Aunt Lucy ' s house, which nestled in the hills just above the little valley. As the day was warm, she walked slowly, still thinking about the book she had left behind in the apple-tree. She fell to wondering what she would do if an exciting and mysteri- ous adventure sought her out. Of course, I don ' t think anything unusual would happen, she mused, but if it did, I ' d like to be ready for it.