Berkeley High School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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OLLA PODRIDA :: :: :: BERKELEY HIGH But gone is all that city ' s ancient glory. And over now the Winged Lion ' s sway; Yet still lives on in ringing song and story The history and pride of yesterday ; For here the poet ' s people live today. Triumphant o ' er the shifting change of time: Shylock and Portia, with people grave and gay, Who lived in Venice in her happy prime, Xow grace the fallen city by the poet ' s gift sublime. — Elanore Holland, T2. Now all the fickie. many-colored leaves Hasten to cornered nooks, wherein to stay And wait the coming of the winter day. Sing on, cry on, moan on, O autumn wind ! And drone about the passing of the year. Fill chilly air with dust, and from the trees Drive the fast-withering, feebly clinging leaves, And tell, with many a warning moan and sigh. How each departing year withered leaves must die ! — G. Luke. If you are looking for that which is best in the men and women with whom you come into contact ; if you are seeking also to give them that which is best in yourself ; if you are looking for a friendship which shall help you to know your- self as you are and to fulfill yourself as you ought to be, then you are surely on the ascending path. — Henry Van Dyke. 1 1

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The Silent City! Here no tramp of feet Or strident gongs ring out discordantly ; No roar of wheels and hoofs in ceaseless beat Is here ; but in a sweet tranquility The gondolas upon a silent sea Float by high palaces on either side, Which stood in days when Venice used to be The Adriatic ' s fair and honored bride. And ' mongst the nations held her place with queenly pri Against her very doors the Ocean beats In ceaseless tides of changing ebb and flow, As softly through the silent, limpid streets The noiseless gondolas ply to and fro. And to the dip of oars and water ' s flow The gondolier sings some quaint ballad old Of Venice in the golden long ago. And of her ancient rulers, wise and bold. Whose glorious names are written in the Book of Gold. When daylight fades, and twilight softly falls, The silvery moon mounts up the sky ; it gleams And shines on storied palaces and walls, Hiding the marks of time with magic beams Till Venice seems a fairyland of dreams, With naught this earthly paradise to mar ; The streets are changed to rippling golden streams, While lovers ' songs sound softly from afar. Mingled with throb of harp and of guitar. 10

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EUGENE K. STURGIS, Editor. Telephone Berkeley 2197. DOUGLAS SHORT, Business Manager. Telephone Berkeley 6017. EDITORIAL STAFF: Percy J. Neal Assistant Editor Elizabeth Glenn Literary Marjorie Parker Organizations Carrol Kauffman Athletics Sophia Aden Art Noel Rushforth Joshes Theodore Grady, Jr Exchanges Joseph Sturgis School Notes BUSINESS STAFF: Wilson Brown Clayton Ristenpart Eric Lawson Gordon Monges Guy Witter Robert Stevenson Alvah P. Conklin J. A. McDonald Circulation Manager James Dyer Assistant Manager The Olla Podrida is published at Berkeley, California, by the students of the Berkeley High School. Subscrip- tion rates, twenty-five cents per term ; single copies, ten cents. Address all communications to Editor or Man- ager, Berkeley High School. Entered at the postofhce at Berkeley, Cal., as second- class matter, January 29, 1909. Advertising rates: Page, $10.00; half page, $5.00; quarter page, $3.00; one inch, $1.00. 5£ 12