Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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12 The Target a little dog whose mouth was slowly opening in a long howl. As he came directly overhead his tail began to grow, and it grew and grew until it was very long and slim. At last the tail broke in two and the broken part immediately turned into a snake and wiggled off through the sky. Next came a little woolly bear with a great big lion behind it. Then came a huge elephant and some little fat pigs. Next a long series of carts, drown by ponies, dogs and rabbits, passed in the parade. In the carts you could see the tops of little girls ' and boys ' heads just like Teddy. Some had long pointed caps that waved in the wind, and others had broad hats with wavy ostrich plumes in them. Best of all were the clowns who walked on their hands and rolled themselves into balls. How Teddy laughed as one great big clown winked at him and stretched out his hands as if to take Teddy along with him. Then the sky was azure blue. Teddy thought that kind of a circus was very nice, for he didn ' t have to sit squeezed tight in a row, but he just lay in the grass and watched .the parade go rolling by. JOSEPHINE MILLIGAN. Miss Christy in H 9 English: Who were the criminals of the under- world? Edward Harms: The Kaiser. Miss Christy: Not yet. Miss Farwell in Latin: Where do these belong? Bonnie George: In the second congregation. (Meaning conjugation.) Ruth Henderson: Who was Cu- pid? Florence Hillhouse (absent-minded- ly): Thomas McEneany. JUST A PLAIN BUG. Edward knew he would be caught in the draft, because his father had gone to every official in the state, but he had been unable to save his loving son from the horrors of war. The fateful day arrived. How could the mother let her only child go to war and get all covered with nasty- bugs, and maybe not even get his bath three times a week? She wept incessantly, but alas! it was of no avail. He had to go. On leaving, his mother gave him, with many other articles, a box of cootie ex- terminator. Six months later finds Edward in France, fighting with the bravest. A great change has come over him. Instead of always finding the best place for himself he offers it to a comrade; instead of always complain- ing about the food, his bed (if he has one), and untimely hours, he ac- cepts these hardships good-naturedly. He applied his exterminator daily, but one day during a fierce attack by the Germans, in his excitement, he forgot to use it. His forgetfulness saved his life. While marching through a town in Germany which had been captur ed by the Allies he leaned over to scatch a cootie bite on his knee. As he did so a sniper, who was concealed in the attic of a nearby house, shot at him. If he had not leaned over at that precise moment, Edward would not, with a bullet wound in his left leg from a later shot and a medal fastened on his breast for distin- guished bravery, have been talking for the Fifth Victory Loan. SHELDON COOPER.

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The Target A Fire and a Rescue The Louisville High School Base- ball Team had just finished practice for the afternoon. The boys then went home. When John arrived home he did his chores around the house. When he finished, he sat clown to rest Clash! Clang! Bing! Bang! went the bells on the fire engines as they tore past John ' s home. Mother, may I go to see the fire? asked a very excited John. Yes, you may go, said Mrs. Cosby. Without waiting for anything further, John rapidly mounted his wheel and rode down Main street. It ' s the Adams building, John heard one excited pedestrian say. Sure enough, it was. John dismount- ed his wheel and locked it under- neath an elm tree. Then pushing for- ward on foot, he came quite close to the burning building. The Adams building was supposed to be fireproof and so it did not have fire hose, but it was a modern building in every other way. It had elevators, stairs, electric lights, etc. Only a few of- fices were occupied. Air. Smith, a wealthy broker, was heard to shout: One hundred dol- lars ' reward to the person who saves my Liberty Bonds! The people looked at Mr. Smith and then at the burning building. Not one stirred. Here ' s a good chance to get some easy money, thought John. Then he edged his way out of the crowd and ran up to Mr. Smith and said, I ' ll save them for you if anybody can. Dashing into the burning building, he ran up the first flight and pausing at the top and looking at the burning stairs he said to himself, I ' ll never be able to climb those. Then an idea occurred to him. Running down, he entered the elevator shaft and rode up to the third floor. Looking down the hall, John could barely make out the words: MR. SMITH, Broker. Taking a breath of fresh air, he ran down the hall and, opening the door, dashed into the office out of breath. Hastily scanning the docu- ments on the desk, he put them in his pocket. Then staggering on up the hall he reached the elevator. He was nearly suffocated when he got there. After fumbling around for a few seconds, which seemed hours to John, he found the crank and, giving it a push, the elevator went down. His eyes were aching and it seemed as if his head would split open. He staggered out into the open, where many willing hands lent him assist- ance. He was taken home in Mr. Smith ' s car and John was very happy that night when he realized that he could do whatever he wanted to do with the reward. EUGENE GALLAGHER. A CIRCUS IN THE SKY. A little boy was rolling and tumbling on the grass, thinking of the posters of a coming circus he had seen. Ex- hausted, he lay on his back, kicking up his heels. The sky was blue — a deep, deep blue — and a few little puffs of clouds were slowly coming from the east. Teddy watched them with thoughts of the circus still lingering in his mind. As the clouds drew nearer they seemed to take shape. The first was

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The Target 13 THE JUNIOR ORCHESTRA. Our Juniors have been working hard for the concert Thursday, May 29th. They are preparing some very interesting pieces and everyone will enjoy their playing at that time. THE PIANO CLUB. This organization held its second meeting April 3, 1919, and the fol- lowing delightful program was given : Ellen Sharpe, Whims (Schumann); Irving Kirk, Dance of the Elves (Spindler); Mary Bailey, Mazurka (Godard); Leonie Miller, Quartet from Rigoletto (Spindler); Kenneth Ferguson, Evening Star (Wagner); Helen Darch, Waltz (Chopin); Marjorie Girvin, Arabia (Adams); Margaret Fish, Arabesque (Debus- sy). The next meeting of the Club will be held some afternoon after school during May. THE SENIOR ORCHESTRA. Our Senior Orchestra is now dili- gently preparing for the concert com- ing on May 29th, when the program will contain a series of new pieces, including The Knight Errant Over- ture and Selections from Robin Hood. The Orchestra has recently received an invitation from the Hill- side Club to play at their meeting, the evening of May 19th, and it has also been requested to furnish music at a meeting of the Intermediate High School Teachers ' Association. Some weeks ago a stringed orches- tra was formed by Miss Elle rhorst. They expect to be prepared for the concert. THE BAND. The Band is composed of 28 mem- bers who meet on Tuesdays from 12:45 to 1:35 and on Fridays from 8 to 8:45. May 2nd they played at an entertainment given at Burbank School that money might be raised for band instruments for that school. Un- der the leadership of Miss Ellerhorst the band has made excellent prog- ress. They are to give a concert at the new school in Albany, Friday night, May 16th. They hope to go in automobiles. Some of the new pieces under- taken this year are The Hippo- drome, Westmont Cadet March, The Rose Waltz and some other selections for the concert which they are keeping as a secret. The Band was sorry to give up Kenneth Goode