Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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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.

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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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The Target 15 OUR CONCERT. Our annual concert will take place Thursday night, May 29th, in our auditorium. The organizations are all working hard and expect to give the best kind of a program. There will be two soloists, Barbara Lull, who is an artist on the violin, and George Eldredge, an excellent bari- tone singer. We feel very proud of the work done in our music depart- ment and we know the school will support them by seeing to it that the Willard auditorium is filled to its limit. Come, one and all, to show your appreciation of the splendid program that is to be given as the climax of a faithful and very suc- cessful term ' s efforts. COLUMBUS NAVIGAT. Post eum iacent atrae Azores. Post eum iacent portae Herculis. Ante eum iacent umbrae litorum, Ante eum iacent ignota maria. Comes bonus, Nunc oremus, inquit, Nam ecce! stellae ipsae non sunt! Die, imperator valide! Quid ego di- cam? Inquit, Navigate, et navigate, et navi- gate! MEDA HOUGHTON, H8. SANTO TOMAS. Santo Tomas is a mountain in the northern part of Luzon. It is about thirty miles from the China Sea coast, and has more than seven thou- sand feet elevation. It is considered one of the most beautiful peaks in the Philippine Archipelago. To reach Santa Tomas from Ba- guia, the summer resort of the Philippines, which is five thousand feet high, one must go some four or five kilometers on a rocky plateau that is partly covered with a coarse sharp grass and a few ferns. After passing this stretch, the trail winds upward, and occasionally there is seen a beautiful tree fern. There are places on this trail, where one looks down on the tops of tall trees, and if a stone is thrown, it can scarcely be heard as it falls. In other places it is hewn from the perpendicular side of the rocky mountain, and is scarcely three feet wide. If an Igorot carrier is met in such a place, though he has a case of milk on his back, he will perch on the side until the Americans have passed. When the summit is reached, the view is exceedingly beautiful. The country all around lies out like a re- lief map. Close below are the foot hills with two sparkling rivers wind- ing in and out on their courses to the sea. Below the foot hills are the very green rice paddies and brown tobacco fields. Where the sparkling rivers run through the brown fields, there is a narrow rib- bon of sand ori either side. Be- tween the fields and the white sandy beach are beautiful groves of cocoa- nut palms. Far in the distance the blue of the sky meets the blue of the sea in a dimly distinguished line. Very few people visit Santo Tomas as it is a very long rough walk or ride. MARGARET WRENTMORE. SPRING. Oh, Spring has come with colors gay To dress the land anew, With poppy, snow-drop, lu pin gray, And baby eyes of blue. With these come cheery songs of birds And hum of bees ' mid gardens gay; Warm sunshine tells us winter ' s gone, And happy are we all today. MARJORIE WAIDE.