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

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IS IT WORTH IT? This is what you get for the One Dollar Student T)ues: The Olla Podrida. Six Basketball Games. Six Baseball Games. Two Track Meets. Swimming Meets and Tennis Games. Membership in the Associated Students. This is what you cannot do, unless a member of the Associated Students. You cannot: Participate in Athletics. Serve on the Pod Staff. Hold an Associated Students Office. Hold a Class Office. Serve on any School Committee. Vote at Student Body Elections, Be a Candidate for Any Office Next Term. In fact, you are not in it unless a member. IS IT WORTH 17 IT ?

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Student control of student affairs, to be tried out in the most up-to-date manner and along the broadest lines, is at last a fact in Berkeley High. This semester of 1911 promises the culmination of a long-wished for state of aft ' airs, and the balance of student power rests with the students collectively ' d.-nd individually. You have a government that should stir your pride, lor it is essentially of. by, and for yon. hat- ever errors it makes are a reflection upon you : likewise, what- ever glory or honor comes to it. that belongs to you. The opportunity is early presented to you to demonstrate to those whose whole-hearted interest is focused upon you, just Avhat sort of citizens, men and women, you are going to make, for right here in your high school world is the practical side of government at your disposal. Your attitude toward gov- ernment and discipline in a local Avorld will be an index to your character, attitude and integrity oiu in the world of men. In after life, if you would have your one thousand fellow students in High remember you as one who strove to maintain justice, fairness and common manliness or womanliness, ' i: would be well to uphold, further and defend the government that is of vour own creation. 16

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»i (jAhr ATi(in This term the Fornm will face a crisis. To speak plainly, the Forum consists almost entirely of high seniors — in fact, there are but two or three members who are not members of that class. This fact indicates the necessity of introducing -x great deal of new material if the society is to continue its ex- istence after next term. Naturally this material must come from the lower classes. The Forum needs ten. possiljly fifteen, really nearnest fellows who desire to get some good out of the society. A ' e have limited the membership list to twenty-five in order to be able to produce a really helpful organization, and those fellows who really want to help will not be disappointed. This term Berkeley High again debates her old rival Oak- land. AA ' e have been informed that the tryouts for the term will take place shortly, so boys and girls prepare. Although not the Forum team, the team which debates Oakland is usually a product of the organization, so naturally all members are interested. The debate this year promises to be a good one. The two teams will be about evenly matched, and it will be a fight from the start. For a debate can be a fight, contrary to the consensus of opinion about the school, and it can be a good fight. This is the first debate for an entire year, so get interested — and help. 18