Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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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

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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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14 The Target and Herbert Dreisbach. They gladly welcome as newcomers Will Hub- bard (clarinetist), Addison Cole (cor- netist), and Hugh Bishop (base drum- mer). THE GLEE CLUB. The Glee Club did splendid work at the Bond Rally held in our audi- torium just before the election. The two bond songs composed by Miss ElleVhorst for the occasion made a special hit with the audience. The Club has been invited to sing for the Intermediate High School Teachers ' Association program to be given in the auditorium in June. At the present time the members are preparing four selections for the con- cert, one of which will have a violin duet obligato. The Glee Club has never gotten better results, and their work is greatly appreciated by their audiences. BASEBALL. On May 1st the Willard baseball team played the first game of the In- termediate High School series with Garfield. The team, after two months of practice, showed an efficiency of team work that enabled them to win the game to the tune of 11 to 1. With a little support the team should win the series with ease, but it needs the little support. The lineup was as follows: Bliss, catcher; Ditzler, pitcher; Van Nos- trand, first base; Takahashi, second base; Harms, third base; Cheek, shortstop; Thatcher, left field; Clev- erdon or Biglow, center field; Lowell or Whitton, right field. The game was featured by the heavy hitting of the Willard nine, and by the steady pitching of Ditzler. The team kept up the good work against Edison and Burbank, beating Edison 3 to 2 and Burbank 11 to 2. The Edison game was hard fought and was won at the last minute. Neither team scored until the second inning, when Harms singled, stole second and went to third on Thatch- er ' s out, scoring when Bliss doubled. The game went to the fifth inning without another score. In the first of the fifth Edison put over two runs, due to a couple of errors by Willard. It looked to be all over but the shouting when, in the last of the seventh, Bliss and Cheek got hits and scored on Van Nostrand ' s double. The Burbank game was never in doubt, due to the steady pitching of Ditzler. Willard pounded the Bur- bank pitcher for eighteen hits. Cheek made a home run in the fifth inning. Ditzler had good support all through the game, especially when men were on bases. TENNIS. The girls of the seventh and eighth grades have organized a tennis team, •with Susanna McCann for their cap- tain. The ninth grade will meet Monday, May 12th, to choose their captain and her assistant. The best players will participate in the first tournament, which will be held on the Hillegass courts. After several games have been played the seventh and eighth grade champions will play the winners of the ninth grade tourna- ments. Everyone is asked to join the team, whether she is an experienced player or not. About 50 boys interested in tennis organized, electing Edward Chandler manager, and Sheldon Cooper as as- sistant. A tournament is being ar- ranged and the time for matches is being scheduled. The sport promises to be very popular this season.