Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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many years, Francis was elected president of Evanston College for Ladies, Miss Willard was the first woman in the world to hold this post. In 1873, this college became a part of Northwestern.. But Francis resigned her post as a dean of girls because she disagreed with the president ' s ideas. So she traveled around the country as a lecturer, and stood before more than four thousand audiences during her career. Frances Willard was a great educator and lecturer, with a moral courage and a will that never failed. But all her gifts and abilities were used with one goal in mind, to make home brighter and happier for all children. yC WILLARQ THROUeUTVIE AGES 1916 The boys wore knee pants, but the girls never showed their knees Latin was taken in the seventh grade by everyone February 16 was Francis Willard Day. So many tra- ditions have died I There was grass on the terrace. The latin classes entertained the school at assem- blies by chanting nursery rhymes in Latin The glee club Has m.ixed boys and girls Called Willard Intermediate School The baseball team got all dressed up in suits and - O ities for their picture. And they crossed the bats in front ' . wwx Oh, so patriotic ' All the class pictures taken in front of an American April 18, 1918: ™ t Early every morning a flock of pigeons assembles in our school yard and makes a dainty breakfast of breadcrumbs, pieces of cake, and even whole sandwiches. This is a very sure sign that the best efforts are not being made to conserve food. Crumbs are all right, no waste that can be helped there, but when whole sandwiches are thrown aviay simply because some boy or girl doesn ' t like that kind, something must be done. There are three solutions, to eat the sandxd.ches, to take a smaller lunch, or to be sure that one is taking the kind of sandwiches that he likes. Pigeons need to be fed, but not on this kind of food, which is so necessary to the winning of the war.

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50 VEARS AGO-. THIvS EDITORIAL was written in 1916 by W. B. Clark, principal. It was the first semester of Willard ' s existence. The privilege of being listed as a charter member of an organization is a distinctive one. A sense of honor is attached thereto that is denied those who join after the time for enrolling such members is expired. C 2yY ir y Those of us who have our names on the register of the Frances Willard School for the first term of its existence are the charter members of an institution that is destined to play a very important part in the educational life of the city of Berkeley, and with this opportunity comes the responsibility to so order our affairs that the traditions that shall become a part of the school shall be worthy of our heritage. It is my purpose in this article to mention three important traditions that we should incorporate early into the life of the school, and to indicate briefly some of the ways by which these traditions may be aquired. 1. First — We must have a standard of scholarship that shall be second to no other intermediate school in the country. How shall we acquire it? If we can cultivate a habit of self-reliance, and so exercise it that, when the time comes to give the results of our efforts, we have that feeling that what we give is the result of our o m honest endeavor, there will be no fear on the part of any one that our scholarship standard is going to be anything but first quality. .Second — We should have a high standard of school citizenship. The people of Berkeley have dealt generously with us in establishing the Intermediate plan. They have housed us in a beautiful building. Let us give them an adequate return by jealously caring for our building so that in the years to come it shall not show traces of willful desecration or careless neglect. Let its attractiveness be enhanced by reason of our stewardship. y p!- 3. Third — We should develop the proper kind of school spirit that is cheerful in defeat as well as in victory, a spirit that accepts thoughtfully the counsel of parent or teacher even though such counsel may be contrary to our own selfish desires, a spirit that places honor above personal advantage. These are a few of the characteristics of school spirit we ought to establish. If you didn ' t know (and you probably didn ' t) who Willard was named after, now is a good time to find out. )PL |4 FRANCES E. WILLARD Frances Willard was born in Churchville, New York, on September 28, 1839. Hep childhood home was an inspiration for the rest of her life. Her family later lived in Ohio and Wisconsin. Frances was taught at home until whe was eighteen, when she entered North- western University, from which she graduated. She then became a teacher. After

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DEC. 1918 Victory n amberl Stars and stripes DEPRESSION It didn ' t seem to have much effect on the students Boy ' s glee wore bow ties Student court met only once in two weeks Separated girls and boys in graduation pictures The Student Court system was abolished in 1929 J When I first came to Willard, I thought how conservative and old-fashioned a school it was. l Jhen I talked with boys from other sehools, I heard of the vast number of student offices and positions that their schools offered to the ambitious fel- low. It seemed to me that their Lord Chief Justices and High Chief Clerks , etc. constituted the true self-government idea. Wiy was it that Willard was backward in this ' 2 Since then, I have learned more of Willard ' s history. Under its former name of McKinley School, it was the first Jr. High in . the world ' . It is interesting to note that the idea of our Ju- nior High school is being copied throughout the United States. Willard originated the idea of student government and courts in junior high schools. The traffic system, together with the student court and council, required so much tirae to operate, however, that a joint meeting of the faculty and student coun- cil was called to revise the system. In i923 our present con- stitution waH written, ' The student courts used to meet for an hour about twice a week. VJhereas, before, an offender had to be laboriouslytried and sen- tenced, his name is now simply handed to Mr. Clark by the tra- fic officer. The matter is settled more quietly, sensibly, and efficiently, and is disposed of immediately. In the Bay Region, many schools have followed our former student court system. But our present method of handling this question is far preferable to the clumsy and long dravm-out court ma- chine r;;, ' - that was used at McKinley. The students now use their time for recreation or study instead of staying after school to sit monotonouslv in court. Gordon Griffiths Girls wore modest black gym clothes x-fith blaqk tights covering their legs. How could they change in eight minutes? They had girl traffice | Here we go with the patriotic bit again I Willard seemed to have contributed quite a ' lot to the war effort. The Red Cross was a booming organ- ' I ization, and many students were growing Victory • gardens.