Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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Spring Day, May 1, 1936 After weeks of daily uncertainties in regard to the weather, we were all infinitely relieved to be greet- ed by sunshine when we awoke on May Day. It continued until all the festivities were over, and the last stragglers were well on their way home. Then it did rain, but who cared? After an unprecedented epidemic of measles, colds, and influenza, it was also a great relief to know that those upon whom we had counted had not failed us. We were glad to find that there were enough Maypole dancers to wind the ribbons as the personnel had changed daily, to the great despair of Mrs. Hoskins and of Miss Farwell, who had the responsibility of the costumes. Willing workers arrived as early as 6:30 so that when the others came at the usual time, they found the school building gay and festive with its Spanish shawls and serapas hanging from the upper windows. Im- mense Mexican hats figured prominently in the decorations as well as fascinating charm strings of colored gourds. The pillars between the arches bore Mission signs, each containing the name of a California mission and the date of its founding. The band concert added enthusiasm to the scene as California characters, historical, fictitious, and fanciful, made their appearance. At ten o ' clock the school assembled in the yard to witness the program that had been prepared. The entrance of the May Queen, Patty Hardy, and her court was impressive and beautiful. The members of her court included Ava Jean Barber, Edith Borman, Margaret Connick, Martha Cran- dall, Gilbert Cross, Eleanora Dawson, Ellen de Journette, Joy Drobish, Faith Droitcour, Barbara Durkee, Betty Green, Dexter Guio, Charles Hanger, Yukiyo Hayashi, Lois Hiester, Henry Houser, Loie Judkins, Dolly Lais, Marie Lais, Polly Love, Elizabeth Marshall, Joan Maslin, Ruth Meads, Kenneth Mirov, James Morley, Jimmy Moulton, Dorenne Paris, Betty Piatt, Bill Robinson, Bill Silver, John Sproul, Arthur Starke, Bill Tucker, Bill Vincent, Benjamin Weir, Verna Wilson. This unit was under the direction of Miss Minnie Mayne. The dance of the California Poppies followed. The dancers were Cathleen Burt, Babs Du Puy, Edna Haggerty (solo dancer), Trent Johnston, Frances Lockwood, Mary Rosenkranz, Betty Stewart, Clarinda Vandegrift, Carol Wright. The next number on the program was a colorful pageant of Early California in seven episodes, the text being the work of Mrs. Hall. The narrators were Elinor Crocker, Jean Follette, Callie Home, Eileen Kenyon, Sylvia Kiosterud, Ada Lewis, Dorothy Rasmussen, Doris Sparks, Marjory Sutcliffe. The Pageant Episode I, Discovering El Dorado, under the direction of Mrs. Mahoney, included Robert Brown (Carmelite friar), Neil Falconer (Cabrillo), William McDonald (Soldier), Arthur Morgan (Sir Francis Drake), James Pepper (Soldier), Richard Reinhardt (Standard bearer), David Takahashi (Viscaino), Richard Warwick (Indian chief). Episode II, The Coming of the Padres, was directed by Mrs. Lamiman and Miss Holmes. The stu- dents taking part were George Blevins, Roy Burnett, Bob Burns, Dave Cox, Frank Dinwiddie, Dorothy Dodge, Helen Fieldbrave, Bill Gracey, Don Hellier, Robert Hilton, Karl Honsinger, James Hoxie, Charles Hoyt, Marion Jewell, Hilda Kettle, Margaret Knibbe, Eddie Knudsen, John Kondoff, Bill Lowe, Leon Marsh, Richard Monson, Marjorie Munro, Henry Schaub, Kenneth Terkildsen, Bruce Tillman, Stanley Willett. Episode III, A Romance of the Old Presidio was under the supervision of Mrs. Shulgin. The actors were Elinor Anderson, Theresa Clark, Barbara Erickson, Billy Follette, Patsy Heaslett, Edna Herrmann, Betty Kinsey (Conception de Arguello), Robert Laning, Jeanne Le Quatte, Elva Lynch, Barbara Newman, Maralee Ogle, Dorothy Patmont, Dorothy Rasmussen, Alma Roth, Dorothy Sayles, Lillian Sholin, Irving Short (Count Rezcnnoff). Episode IV, Spanish Echoes of the Idle Forties was supervised by Mrs. Ivelsky, and the students participating were Gordon Andrews, Helen Barker, Eileen Blackwell, Bob Bruen, Beverly Bruning, Allen Buckingham, Billy Clark, Lorraine Ehle, Mildred Ekstrom, Jack Eldridge, Ursula Haven, Betsy Hoffman, Betty Jeanne Josephs, Marie Losee, Jean Mallory, Muriel Porter, Dorothy Noxon, Marjorie Scott, Lorraine Sharp, Evelyn Shultis, Marjorie Silva, Timmy Smith, Thomas Stanton, John Stroud, Virginia Thompson, Donald Vance, Virginia Veirs, Narcisa Williamson, Imogene Wilson. Episode V, The California Argonauts, with Mr. Edwards as director, was presented by Bill Barnard, Clarice Behm, Bill Bennett, Bob Boyd, Patsy Compton, La Nell Davis, Bill Day, Andrea de Grassi, Dean Dris- coll, Jean Elliott, Bob Ellis, Pauline Galliett, Elizabeth Gebhart, Jay Haley, Bud Hansen, Bill Johnson, Mada- lynne Lindenberg, Conon Molody, John Sebastian, Bud Spurrier, Paul Trometter, Janet Weldon, Prentice Wharff, Margaret Whelan, Howard Wolf, Nan Woodworth, Mona Young. 26

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. ,J ; . SI ' i SPRING DAY SNAPS What I Wish I wish I had a million pies With nuts and raisins too. I wish I had some pop corn But, of course, no work to do. People say I am lazy ' Cause I simply love to play. And when there ' s any work to do I always run away. Gloria Shallat. 25

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Episode VI, The Golden Spike, was arranged by Miss De Lancie and Miss Chace and given by Francis Allen, Barbara Beedle, Fred Beretta, Ellen Davis, Barbara Detels, Annabelle Duthie, Lola Ann Fisher, Mar- garet Godfrey, Ruth Grove, Joy Guenthner, James Hahn, Fred Holling, Jack Johnson, Margaret Knibbe, Patricia Landregan, Verral Lincoln, Norma Lowry, Domonic Marcellino, Edward McCreary, Bill McDonald, Vivian Megerian, Shizue Ota, Pauline Railton, Bob Ready, John Roberts, Erna Roth, Simone Sciobereti, Robert Schmitt, Robert Van Buskirk, Gordon Varnum, Robert Wise, Sam Yamamoto. Episode VII, A New Star in the Flag was staged by Mrs. Hardy, Mrs. Allen, and Mrs. Johnson, and the following students were in the scene: Duane Alton, Richard Angell, Muriel Bennett, Tatiana Buzanoff, Florence Carleton, Robert Dubuque, Annabella Elkner, Lowell Foster, Barbara Foulds, Virginia French, Ed Gilman, Roger Gilmore, Barbara Hodges, Wayne Hooper, Sally Howard, Barbara Kirby, Ray Kruschke, Hisaka Kuroiwa, Robert McFarland, Lois McKay, Lois Merkt, Elenor Moore, Bill Morton, Ronald Naess, Bob Patter- son, Donald Remig, Edmund Richard, Don Riggs, Fred Ritchie, Leslie Rogers, Nicholas Rose, Jack Sather, William Silva, George Snell, Raymond Snow, James Stewart, Jack Teagarden, Junior Tesar, Coris Thaxter, Bill Thompson, Donald Treadwell, Harlan Veal, Donald Waldie, Peter Wolff, Don Wood, Yumiko Yoshimine. The Queen and her attendants, followed by the participants in the program and the entire audience, then formed a procession to witness the Maypole Dance given on the lower terrace of the school grounds under the direction of Mrs. Hoskins. The Maypole Dancers were Janet Bagby, Marilyn Biehl, Helen Callahan, Carolyn Clifford, Beatrice Foster, Jean Grove, Lenore Hermida, Harriet Johnson, June Lamb, Jean Lower, Mary Magruder, Evelyn Massoni, Agnes McKechnie, Rita Richberger, Vivian Saph, Helen Scott, Gloria Shallat, Ailene Smith, Barbara Solinsky, Carol Sutcliffe. This concluded the morning program. Luncheon was then served by the mothers of the P.T.A. in the cafeteria and in a booth in the east yard. Candy, peanuts, and punch were also on sale. The afternoon program featured a costume parade. Prizes were given to Robert Bray, Evelyn Haines, Alan McGregor, John Richardson, Donald Wescott of the Seventh Grade; Eva Blanchard, Bruce Gillespie, Joyce Hall, Delbert Laudel, Ellen Langley, Delmer Spar- rowe of the Eighth Grade; Edward Lind, Dan Naughton, Margaret Poston, Richard Randall, Roy Sayles, Dean Solinsky of the Ninth Grade. Honorable Mention Badges were given to Alice Arnold, Bernice Bowersmith, Thomas Boyd, Roy Brad- shaw, Barbara Dean, Geraldine Daugherty, Dean Driscoll, Boardman Drobish, Jeanne Eyman, Mary Finley, Virginia Fischer, Ted Gourlay, Helen Grant, Dorothy Hensley, Jack Hewson, Mona Janney, Jeanette Jones, Margaret Jory, Eugene Kauffman, Will McFadgen, Marjorie McKay, Marylee Miller, George Montier, Betty Mountford, Marian Parry, Helen Pearson, Eleanor Peet, Beverly Perry, John Pillsbury, Vern Robinson, Robert Ross, Lionel Talbot, Howard Thompson. Two performances of Beyond the Gate, under the direction of Mr. Edwards, were given in the library during the afternoon as the Drama Club ' s contribution to the day ' s pleasure, and the cast included Bruce Baker (Clown), Peggy Crane (Pleasure), Andrea de Grassi (Child), Chester Gall (Work), Evelyn McClure (Idleness), Wallace McKague (Sleepy-head), Don Page (Harvester), Johnie Pearson (Failure), Belle Pur- cell (Joy), Edith Savin (Corinna), Irving Short (Discontent), Phylis Treleaven (Love), Clarinda Vande- grift (Slug-a-bed ) , Jean Van Heusen (Day Dream). A costume dance in the cafeteria concluded the Spring Day Program of festivities, which was an out- standing success from every standpoint. Sancha This is a story about a little deer. Sancha was about three weeks old when we got her. Her mother had been shot, and we found her wandering aimlessly about the hills. The Mexican houseboy was the one that started bringing her up on a baby ' s bottle. When mealtime came, he would make a sound like wee-wee, wee-wee, and you would see Sancha bounding over the plain with one object in her mind, food. Sancha had many cute traits. For example, when the door of the house was open, she would mince in and steal a luscious cigarette. When winter came and it began to snow, she went wild. She would run in big bounds and land in the midst of a four-foot snowdrift and then prance right out again. Sancha would see someone walking along the path from which the snow had been cleared. It was then she would hide, and, at the opportune moment, out she would leap wildly into the air and gallop off at top speed as if she thought no one was within ten miles of her. Anybody would have to be an eye witness to the occasion, for it ' s certainly difficult with mere words to do justice to her playful antics. I am sure that a deer is one of the most lovable of pets when young, but after three or four years it ' s inclined to become mean and jump on you, using its vicious hoofs most unkindly with no provocation whatsoever. I believe, however, that Sancha ' s or any other deer ' s first three years make up for any mean or disagreeable traits which come in later years. Don Hellier. 27