Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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1 • t Vi, V t H ’ ktM wy 4 iJH.. BAND BOYS’ GLEE CLUB This year under the skillful direction of Mr. Thomas R. Caldwell the band has played for many important occasions. Among these programs were the Willard Open House, Willard Spring Concert, a program at the Little Theater, May 12, at Civic Center for the Junior Traffic Review, Spring Day, and for several assembly programs. On May 4 we played in the Northern District Festival Competition at San Jose and received a rating of ' ' Good. ' ' If you want to play in the band, please con- tact Mr. Caldwell, as we have some instruments available. JOIN! ROBERT MATHEWS The Willard Boys ' Glee, consisting of seventy- five members, has just completed another very successful term under the excellent leadership of Mrs. Kellogg. We sang for Open House on April 19th, and the Spring Concert on May 4th. We were especially honored in being invited to sing at the Dedication of the new Berkeley High School Auditorium, and also sang in the com- bined chorus of the three Junior High Schools. I would like to express my thanks to my fellow officers for their help and cooperation. They are Richard Tocher and Morton Hilliard. FRANK MORSE, President

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RALLY COMMITTEE This year the Rally Committee has been very successful. We sold tickets for a P.-T.A. benefit movie at the beginning of the se- mester. We had an after-school dance, and a night dance which were both very success- ful. All the members of the Rally Committee have enjoyed this year ' s activities, and we want to thank Mr. Allison for all his help, and also the rest of the faculty members for their help. BOB HANSCOM GIRLS ' LEAGUE The Girls ' League activities this semester have been pleasant and very successful. The Senior Committee and Girls League Council cooperated with the officers and have given them their loyal support. The Big Sister Party, February 10, 1950, created a friendly atmosphere among the new girls. The program featured a few of the best acts from the Variety Show and the refreshments were enjoyed by all. The Bunny Ball, our night dance, which was given on March 31, 1950, was a lot of fun. The bids and decorations, which were made and arranged by Gail McGinty, Fujiko Nakano, and their committees, were clever and quite attractive. There have been two afternoon and a number of noon dances that have been well attended. The noon dances we consider to be a weekly must for the Girls ' League next year. All in all the officers of the Girls ' League feel they have had a fine time and appre- ciate the support given by the Senior Com- mittee and Girls ' League Council and es- pecially the guidance through the semester given by Mrs. Conrad. SALLY VAUGHN, President JANE WEAVER, Vice-President MARILYN PAGE, Secretary SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY One of the greatest privileges at Willard is to belong to the Scholarship Society. Every year awards are given for scholarship. Stu- dents with grade points from 2.00 to 2.45 receive a certificate for good scholarship and students with grade points from 2.50 to 3.00 are given certificates for superior scholarship. Also a button is given with every certificate, the number of stars on each button denoting how many times one has received a certificate. Gold W ' s are the highest award for scholarship. If you stay on the Superior Honor Roll through the Low 9, you receive a Gold W and if you maintain this superior sttanding in the High 9 you keep the pin. In this year ' s graduating class twelve Gold W ' s were awarded. This year a new award has been added. Special Privilege Passes were awarded to students in the Low and High 9 who had always been on the Superior Honor Roll. This pass entitles one to go to the library without a pass, to go to locker from a class, leave advisor to see another teacher with a pass, leave room on the first bell. Thirty cards were awarded this year. Banners are also awarded to the advisory in each grade with the highest percentage of students on the honor roll. The membership of the Society this year is 144 and there is certainly room for more. MARGO DENNES iii Bfi i n m ill ■ 1 I I

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ORCHESTRA This year the Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Thomas R. Caldwell, played for five pub- lic performances. They played for the Spring Concert and Open House. They repeated the Spring Concert for assembly and played again for Washington ' s Birthday. The Orchestra went by chartered bus to San Jose to compete in the Music Festival. They received a rating of ex- cellent. The final performance will be the Grad- uation Ceremonies. JERRY TOLMIE GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB This term the Girls ' Glee sang for Open House, the P.-T.A. meeting, and the Spring Concert. Our selections were Debussy ' s Claire de Lune, Bizet ' s Open Thy Heart, and Strauss ' Voices of Spring, with solos by Vera Cruse and Sylvia Ruscitti. Sue Bermel has been our president and we have all had lots of fun. Under Miss Bonney ' s expert guidance next term is bound to be as successful as this term has been. JOYCE RICHARDSON