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

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October i — Berkeley, o; Stanford Freshmen, 10. Saturday, October 1st, we journeyed down to Stanford to play the Stanford Freshmen. A few moments after the kick-off it could be plainly seen that the fight was destined to be in Berkeley territory. Our forwards put up a strong defense against the heavier college players, but the ball Mgr. Kauffman remained on dangerous ground. Toward the last of the first half Darsie and Clover made a well earned try, and converted, making the score at the end of the first half: Stanford 5, Berkeley o. In the second half Berkeley put up a harder fight, but from every Berkeley gain the ball seemed to fall into Geissler ' s hands, who kicked marvelously from any position. The longest run of the day was made by Fui Woods, who. after picking the ball up behind our goal, carried it up the side lines with such a burst of speed that it seemed he must get away, but Kaufman made a timely tackle and downed him thirty yards up the field. About the middle of the half. Geissler broke through for another try, which, when converted, left the score : Stanford 10, Berkeley o. Although beaten, the fellows put up a good fight to the very last. In this game we missed the brilliant plays of Forbes and the heady work of Billy Knowles, both of whom were left behind, due to injuries. Among the backs, Hunt, Austin. 22

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BERKELEY HIGH made the evening speed by, and the feast afterward will long- be remembered. October 29th the Debating League of California was enter- tained by the Ecclesia, the debating society of the California Institute for the Blind. The convention was a great success, both socially and in its accomplishment of business. The piesent board of managers has been engaged in a revision of the constitution, and submitted its report. Several changes had been made and were accepted with evident satisfaction by the convention. At noon the hungry delegates were given a bountiful ban- quet, and also food for thought in the words of several old members who were present. These ex-members gave the present membership praise and encouragement, and criticised kindly the faults of the league. The day was finished by a dance at Wilkins Hall in the evening. The Ecclesia is most certainly to be congratulated on its generous entertainment of the convention. Greek Club The past month has been one of great activity for the Greek Club. October 7th, Professor Richardson of the Uni- versity of California gave an instructing and interesting lecture on The Education of the Roman Boy. He showed the dif- ference between our educational system and the Roman, telling of the religion, play, and schooling of the boy. He explained the Roman boy ' s method of multiplication, which seems much simpler and easier than ours. On October 8th the Greek Club ' s semiannual luncheon took place in the school basement. Over sixty guests shared the club ' s hospitality and all had an enjoyable time. Miss Bellman made a noble toatstmistress, calling on Mr. Bunker, Mr. Brink and Miss Clayes for short talks, and on Miss Lois Denman for a recitation. All the talks were listened to with great in- terest, while Miss Denman was sincerely applauded for the excellent manner in which she rendered Stevenson ' s Our Hired Girl. 21

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OLLA PODRIDA BERKELEY HIGH Woods and Corgiat were most conspicuous, while in the for- ward rank, Hardy, Crane, Sinclair, Doyle and Randall were a tower of strength. The Berkeley players are to be commended on the strong fight and good playing exhibited. October 5 — Berkeley, o; U. C. Freshmen, 18. On Wednesday following the game at Stanford we played our third game with the University of California Freshmen. In the first half our fellows, although much lighter, held their opponents down. At last, however, the Freshmen broke through, making the only score in the half. They failed to convert. Score : Freshmen 3, Berkeley o. At the opening of the second half Berkeley ' s team showed a dash of speed and continued its dogged defense. But after the first fifteen minutes of this half, condition began to tell on our fellows, and from then on to the end of the game the Freshmen trotted over our goal almost at will, but they failed to convert one. The score at the end of the game was : Fresh- men 18, Berkeley o. We were much weakened in this game by the absence of Austin and Hardy, but we acknowledge the Freshman team and their condition to be better than ours. October 8 — Berkeley, 16; Lowell, o. Saturday. October 8th, we were scheduled to play a game with Lowell. When they arrived, they refused to play any longer than fifteen minute halves. We certainly expected to play much longer halves, but we easily defeated them in that short time by a score of 16-0. Friday, Oct. 21 — Berkeley, 3; Oakland, o. Oakland was again forced to suffer defeat at our hands. Friday, October 21st, everyone must have turned out to see us defeat Oakland. From the support the team received we should have won, and did. Berkeley started the game with a dash, and soon had the ball on Oakland ' s five-yard line, but, due to over-eagerness, we lost the ball on offside plays. Oakland then played offside, 23