Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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i6 THE TARGET Musical Organizations THE BAND THE BAND. The band is far better this year than ever before as they are not only playing much more difficult pieces but they are doing all their selections better. The members have been hard at work polishing up the num- bers for the concert. They have not been heard in public since the last issue of the “Target” except at the Red Cross meeting of May 23rd. A few changes have occurred in the membership of the Willard Band. Murray Putman has succeeded Horace Davidson as manager of the bass drum and Ned Mfaher has taken over the baritone and will begin reg- ular work next term. Heber Gute one of our recent graduates, kindly consented to play the baritone at the concert. MANDOLIN AND GUITAR CLUB The club has, in spite of the many interruptions, been meeting regular- ly in the morning each week, in pre- paration for the spring concert. With Winston Petty as cello accompanist for “Metropole March,” two other pieces are to be on the program, “Le Voyage Gallop,” and “Home to Our Mountains.” They hope to play for us at the final exercises at the close of the term. THE ORCHESTRA. We always expect good work from our Orchestra and we have not been disappointed. They contributed to the success of the Seventh Grade pageant program and to the Ninth

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THE TARGET 15 HIS COMRADES. During the construction of a rail- way in England, a number of tunnels had to be bored. Shafts, some of them two hundred feet deep, were sunk from the hill-tops to the tunnels, for purposes of ventilation. Among the men employed on this work was a man by the name of Dan Graves, whose duty was at the top of the shafts. He had to raise the tubs filled underground, and return them empty to the other workmen. If any mishap occurred, such as the breaking of a chain, or the falling of a piece o. loose rock, he had to warn the men below, so that they could retreat out of danger. One morning, while he was thus en- gaged at one of the deeepst shafts on the line, his foot slipped, and he felt himself falling towards the nar- row channel, against whose ragged sides or whose rocky bottom he knew he must be hurled and killed. In that terrible moment, however, he did not lose his presence of mind. His first thought was of his com- rades. If he cried out for help, the men below would mob out of their shelters to see what was the matter, and even if they succeeded in saving him it would be at the tremendous risk of losing their own lives. So the man with a chivalry as great as that of any knight, gave in his usual voice the signal, “Look out be- low!’’ And, secure in their retreats, ignorant of what was happening, the workmen below heard the crash as their comrade fell to his death. FRED PETERS. Miss Christy: “To him this dun- geon was a gulf. Define ‘gulf.’ ” Aileen Strehl: “An abscess.” A MOTOR BOAT. A supervising teacher of a certain district in the central part of the Philippines had a motor boat which was noted for its great speed. It won three consecutive one-hundred-fifty mile races that were scheduled for championship of the middle islands’ sea water sport. One day during the Christmas vacation, he started out for a trip with his wife and son of six. Think- ing that the weather was very pleas- ant, he brought nothing that they would possibly use in case of emer- gency, excepting a few gallons of gasoline, just enough for the intended round trip. Owing to the fact that they had gone farther than the oil could afiford, on their way home the gasoline sup- ply was exhausted. They rowed the boat with the palms of their hands, but the current was so strong that a little later they were washed out to the heart of the ocean. After five days on the water the boy was dead thirsty and hungry. “Mama, mama, give me bread and water,” he cried. “Yes, my son, when we go home,” she said. Fortunately it rained. The man took off his coat and spread it wide so as to catch the raindrops. It being wet he squeezed the water out of the garment into his son’s mouth. In two weeks’ time they were pick- ed up by a government coast guard boat, bundles of skin and bones but with hearts still throbbing. JOSE MAKALALAD. Phyllis Harms to Alice Means: “How long is your costume?” Alice: “Nine inches.”

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THE TARGET 1 7 THE MANDOLIN AND GUITAR CLUB Grade dramatics as well. Selec- tions were played by them the evening of May 18th when the Em- erson pupils gave “Snow White’’ in the Willard auditorium. They, too, have been preparing for the concert of May 25th, arranged for the bene- fit of the Red Cross work and the school treasury. THE GLEE CLUB. This organization has been very busy throughout the semester pre- paring for the spring concert. As the fifth period is used almost every day, there is only Wednesday left, and that is sometimes necessary for class meetings, so our work has been interrupted frequently. However, the members have done their best and very satisfactory work has been the result. PIANO CLUB NOTES. The second meeting of the Piano Club was held April 5th. Follow- ing is the program: Newland’s “Valse Caprice,’ by Elaine Rambo; Spindler’s “Romanze,” Alice Peter- son; Mendelssohn’s “Spring Song,” Lucile Landregan; Mortez’s “Pan- derous,” Joseph Fredericks; Wach’s “Ballancelle,” Marion Smith; Oust’s “Chansonette,” Zella McCreary; Schubert’s “Serenade,” Eugenie Schutt; Grieg’s “Ase’s Death,” Helen Gray; Chopin’s “Nocturne,” Irene Kelman. At the third gathering on May 7th Beatrice Pedler played Krogman’s “In Slumberland”; Laura Durkee, Cho- pin’s “Two Little Preludes”; Marion McCord, Schubert’s “Moment Musi- cale”; Valentine McGillycuddy, Bee- thoven ' s “Farewell to the Piano”; Gertrude Kendall, Chopin’s “Waltz.”