Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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i6 The Target FDITORIAJL.5 TARGET STAFF Editor Harriett Wilson Manager Harry Benteen ASSISTANTS Paul Bartlett, Elizabeth Avila, Dorothy Angus, Winfree Bowran, Edwin Buckalew, Florence Bullard, George Byrne, La Verne Calnen, Wesley Carnahan, Willa Conzelmann, Jack Dalziel, La Verne Driver, Hugh Fal- coner, Mildred Glasson, Evalyn Henderson, Dorothy Hiefield, Raymond Hill, Harold Holden, Roberta Holmes, Helen Howson, Janice Hoyt, Gladys Hull, Elizabeth Hunter, Elsey Hurt, Florence Jackson, Carol Keeh- ner, Leora Kibbe, Derrick Lehmer, Eunice Lehmer, Susanna McCann, Paul McGuire, Seth McKenna, San ford Moses, Grace Richardson, Jean Scott, Donal Skilling, Ruth Taft, Marjorie Waide, Margaret Wangenheim, Agnes White, Lawrence Yater, Vird en Wilkie, Anna Clinton, Louie Anema, Lucia Miller, Constance Johnson, John Rhodes, Renwick Cong- don, Rhoda Lewis, Mary Bartlett, Avery Shuey. ADVISORY BOARD. Mr. Clark Principal Miss Christy Teacher

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The Target 15 AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE (A True Story) One bright sunny morning, two little boys, named Arthur and Wheeler, awakened very excitedly because they were going to see the President of the United States. The little town of Geneva, Ohio, was gaily decorated, for it was not very often that the President came. The two little boys soon arrived and took their place in the anxious, wait- ing crowd. Finally President Gar- field came and gave a fine speech. Arthur and Wheeler were trying very hard to get a view of him, but they couldn ' t see over the other people ' s heads. So they took turns holding each other up. This didn ' t prove satisfactory. They decided that they must have a closer view of the Presi- dent, and so they formed, what they thought, a very daring plan. While the crowd was dispersing, Arthur and Wheeler went to the train which they felt Garfield must have reached. Then mustering up cour- age, and after timidly debating the matter, they tiptoed into the train to where a medium-sized gentleman with a pleasing personality, was con- versing with several other men. The President knowing how two little boys would probably feel on an oc- casion like this, stopped his conver- sation with his associates, shook hands with the boys and told them it was very nice of them to come and bid him goodbye. Then they ran home feeling very proud to have shaken hands and talked with a real President. DOROTHY VAN GORDER. A DRINK One day, about twenty years ago, my grandfather left the village where he lived, and went down to San Francisco, to get some supplies for his store. He did not return and grandmother, very much alarmed, notified the police. They and the daily papers did all they could, but did not find a trace of him. After six months they got a letter from him. He was in Lower Cali- fornia, returning from Mexico. In about two weeks he arrived horn and this is his story. When he arrived in San Fran- cisco with about $500, he met a chance acquaintance who asked him to have a drink, which he did. The next thing he knew he awoke so sick that he could not hold his head up. He was on a ship at sea. Soon two men came in and ordered him to work. He refused and demanded to know where he was and why. The men then locked him up without food. Next day he was exceedingly hungry so he decided to work. After three weeks of hard work he saw that they were near land and in the dark he and another man who had also been shanghied, escaped to the coast of Mexico. After many hard- ships and troubles, because he had no money, he worked his way home. Although he tried, he could never find the guilty party. Note: — This is a true story, told to me by my grandfather. ELINOR OLIVER. Janice Harris: Lend me a dime and I ' ll be eternally indebted to you. Susanna McCann: Yes, I ' m afraid so.

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The Target 17 The students of the Willard School are much indebted to the pupils of the English classes of Mrs. Colmore and Miss Stockton, for the pleasure the} ' ' have given us in the tableaus and plays, presented by their students this term. On February 11th the play, Evan- geline, was presented by the pupils of Mrs. Colmore ' s class, before the pupils of the eighth grades. It was again presented on the twenty-seventh before the ninth grade students. The play was dramatized and arranged en- tirely by Edith Comstock with the co-operation of her classmates and the assistance of Mrs. Johnson who supervised the dancing. Kathrine Sibley, two weeks later, presented a delightful group of tableaus taken from Longfellow ' s Evangeline, reading a selection to illustrate each picture. The General Electric company kindly furnished the lighting for each scene. It has been estimated that the light so generously furnished by the General Electric company would have cost the school about two hundred and fifty dollors. The pictures were most carefully and artistically planned and executed. Katherine Sibley and her corps of as- sistants deserve much praise. Miss Stockton ' s English class dramatized A Man Without a County. The best scenes were chosen by Miss Stockton from the dramatiza- tions handed in by the class. The class then voted for the people they wished to take the different parts. The Seventh Grade chorus were thus delightfully surprised by the drama- tization of the well-known story A Man Without a Country. We hope to see many such pro- grams, for they are always interesting, and greatly enjoyed. Such programs mean hours of extra thought and effort on the part of the participants, but their labors are not in vain. A strong spirit of unity is fostered and every student is bound to feel that when the opportunity is offered it is his duty to give pleasure to his fellow students and gain honors for his school. MARJORIE WAIDE. BLEACHER STRENGTH In the recent baseball games with Garfield and Edison, the opposing schools had large bodies of patriotic rooters on hand to cheer on the players. A team with strong back- ing behind it, no matter how good a team, will have more spirit and fight in it than a team without boosters. All of our great colleges hold ral- lies before important games to fire the players with enthusiasm and to arouse the interest of the students. It would be a good idea if we could stage a rally every Monday afternoon, as the games are on Tuesday. Last year the Willard team received the cup offered to the winning school. If we are going to keep the cup, we must win it this season and next, as the team winning it three times will be entitled to keep it perma- nently. To do this the students must turn out at all the games and show the players that they are backing them to the finish, as bleacher strength wins many a game. JOHN RHODES. A BAD HABIT Abraham Lincoln was once asked how long a man ' s legs ought to be. He replied that they should be long enough to reach from his body to the floor. Some pupils of Willard School do not seem to think so. Some of