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

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Sunset The sun, receding bright, Changes bhie waves to gold ; then lowering light Alter the brilliant hue, and golden waves In ever-dark ' ning red, bespeak the coming night. Lowering still, through cloud attendants gay, It stoops to kiss farewell at close of day ; Then, like a wizard, vanishing from sight As darkness falls, it says, O Golden West, Once more, good night ! G. Luke, ' 11 10

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OLLA PODRIDA breath as they marched through the fields covered with snow. Soon they saw in the distance the houses of the village. No lights were to be seen, and everything seemed to be quiet. When they reached the first line of houses th company stopped. Two of the soldiers were sent to the house of the chief of police and the other village officials, to deliver to them the general ' s order to join the company immediately. In a very short time the officials arrived. Then the village was encircled by the chain of soldiers, the rapid-firing gun was placed on a neighboring hill, and then — Oh ! I shall never forget the next moment! The signal sounded, and the gun, together with the rifles of the soldiers, began to talk. The general stood near the gun, and I could hear him commanding, Aim ! Fire ! Soon the frightened people began to run out of the houses, women with crying babies on their arms, and falling on the snow, shot by the swift bullets. Horses and cows ran on the streets and were shot with their masters. And yet the silver moon was shining in the sky. Soon, by the order of the gen- eral, the whole village was set on fire, and the reddish light of the fire was like a funeral torch. The firing ceased. The officers consulted about further action. It was decided to wait tmtil the next morning. Next morning all the peasants were taken to the city prison and several days afterward executed. The village was pun- i ' hed. General B received a medal for bravery and Captain C was made a colonel. The pacifying expedi- tion was over. [Editor ' s Note. — The above incident is an actual experience in the life of a Russian boy who has been in this country seven months and is now a student in Berkeley High School. Pur- posely the English has been left in the quaint, idiomatic form in which the composition was handed in.] 4

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The closing- number last term contained an account oi nearly all the concerts. The band concert was something fine, the climax of a long series of rehearsals. We owe much to Ir. Ernest LaSelle, for its occasional noon concerts are but a small part of the work the band is doing for the school. On Wednesday, December 14th, Miss Ruth Smith. ' a B. ]i. S. girl, and Miss Dorothy Brooks gave a piano recital that Vv-as received with great enthusiasm. The duets were particu- larly enjoyed. The ten minutes added to the noon period this term will be i: help to the concerts, for the time was too short. Among the important concerts of the near future is one promised by the famous Boys ' Band of the Lockwood School, Oakland. Mr. Herbert von Meyerinck has promised a clarionet recital, ] Ir. Kurt Steindorf one for the violin. Several piano recitals of high class are booked, among them one by Miss Lois Porter of the King Conservatory of ] Iusic, San Jose. All will remember how she took the school by storm last February. We are also looking forward to a program by the B. H. S. Boys ' Quartet, to be given in a few weeks. 11